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Philly officer who hit woman at parade acquitted
- Article by: PATRICK WALTERS
- Associated Press
- February 26, 2013 - 12:33 PM
PHILADELPHIA - A former Philadelphia police lieutenant who was videotaped punching a woman after a Puerto Rican Day parade was acquitted of simple assault Tuesday, two weeks after a judge heard testimony from the officer in which he said he had been trying to knock a bottle from her hand.
Municipal Judge Patrick Dugan found Jonathan Josey not guilty of the second-degree misdemeanor, which was filed in November after prosecutors said they had carefully reviewed video of the altercation.
"We were confident all along that once we had the opportunity to present the facts and circumstances of the incident in a courtroom, as opposed to the court of social media, that Jonathan Josey would be vindicated," defense lawyer Fortunato Perri Jr. said.
The incident happened as police were responding to a raucous situation at a street party in north Philadelphia in September. Authorities said a driver had been causing a disruption, doing doughnuts with his vehicle, and some people were throwing water, shouting epithets and shooting "silly string" at police, trying to restore order.
Video shows 39-year-old Aida Guzman being struck in the face and falling to the ground, her face bloodied, and then being led away in handcuffs. Josey, a veteran supervisor, was later fired.
At a one-day, nonjury trial before Dugan earlier this month, Josey testified he thought Guzman had thrown beer on him. He said he told her to put down the bottle and then swung in an attempt to knock it from her hand. Guzman has said she didn't throw any liquid, but she did shoot aerosol string into the crowd.
An attorney for Guzman, Enrique Latoison, said he and his client were shocked by the ruling. "She feels like she got beat on again," Latoison said, adding that Josey's actions after hitting Guzman were not those of someone who did something by accident.
"His actions after the punch were shoving her in the back ... (and) immediately putting handcuffs on her like she's some sort of danger," Latoison said. He said he plans to file a civil lawsuit.
A disorderly conduct charge against Guzman was withdrawn. Mayor Michael Nutter later apologized to her, saying he was "appalled," "`sickened" and "ashamed" after seeing the video, which went viral on YouTube.
District Attorney Seth Williams said he was disappointed with Tuesday's ruling.
"I respect Judge Dugan's decision but I disagree with it," Williams said in a statement. "Let's be clear there were no winners on that day in September. While I believe Jonathan Josey was guilty of simple assault this is not the time to dwell on that and I hope as a community we can move past this."
Josey plans to seek immediate reinstatement, his lawyer said.
A message left for the Fraternal Order of Police was not immediately returned.
© 2018 Star Tribune


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See How China's Celebrating 90 Years of Communism
This week the Chinese are celebrating their Communist Party's 90th by buying it a sentimental birthday card, taking it out to Shoney's for the breakfast buffet, then swinging by J.C. Penney to get it a nice new cardigan sweater and some comfortable slippers.
Okay, not really. Actually, on Friday China's holding a gigantic bash in Beijing that includes synchronized dancing, patriotic films, lots of socialist realist imagery, and at least one supersized peanut prop. Check out these pics for a taste of what's to come.
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As a gesture of goodwill, President Barack Obama lent his favorite White House lawn ornament for the occasion. [Image via Getty]
This picture has more red flags than _______. [Image via Getty]
This gala show's about a revolutionary who finds a lantern full of collectivist genies who, when released, grant the top three wishes of the people: seizure of the means of production, the end of wage labor and private property, and pet ponies. [Image via Getty]
Even some of the classes at the local Bally's Total Fitness are getting into the celebratory swing of things. This flexible fellow is the instructor, natch. [Image via Getty]
"Red Cloth, you've come home! We thought you'd never return after you ran off to Vegas to elope with that dipshit, old what's-his-name." [Image via Getty]
The gigantic projected guys on the right are like, "oh look, little dancing people. If we could bust out of this screen, we could eat them." [Image via Getty]
Some people get a big peanut all to themselves, while others have to share the pumpkin. And then there are those who have to hold grapes above their heads, which is semi-glamorous but also hurts your arms. That's life. [Image via Getty]
Tea Party protesters (those signs are all misspelled). [Image via Getty]
Aw, that little boy on the far left looks so bored. Well, wait till he sees what China does for the Party's centennial. [Image via Getty]

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Nathaniel Hackett is enthusiastic about everything he does. Whether it's working with offensive players on the practice field or simply standing at a podium and fielding questions from the media, the Buffalo Bills' offensive coordinator seems to be bursting with energy at all times.
Nathaniel Hackett is enthusiastic about everything he does. Whether it's working with offensive players on the practice field or simply standing at a podium and fielding questions from the media, the Buffalo Bills' offensive coordinator seems to be bursting with energy at all times.
After rookie EJ Manuel completed a touchdown pass earlier in training camp, Hackett ran to him and gave the quarterback a leaping chest bump. The 33-year-old is clearly a big change from former coach Chan Gailey, who called the plays in Buffalo the last three seasons.
"I almost pulled a hamstring, that was a long, long run," Hackett said. "That throw and catch by 88 (Marquise Goodwin) and 3 (EJ Manuel), that's something I hope we can get to hear a lot. Then you get hear that sweet song ('Shout')."
Hackett's father Paul coached in college and the NFL until 2010. He started his coaching career at the University of California-Davis before spending several years at Stanford. Hackett spent two seasons as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' offensive quality control coach and held the same title in Buffalo from 2008 to 2009 under coach Dick Jauron.
After Jauron's firing, Hackett joined Doug Marrone's coaching staff at Syracuse. Hackett spent the last two seasons as the Orange's offensive coordinator, quarterbacks coach and tight ends coach. Syracuse's offense set multiple school records in 2012, including yards per game (476), passing yards (3,757), touchdown passes (26), completions (295) and first downs (328).
Marrone brought Hackett with him to Buffalo. His job interview ended up lasting eight hours, as the pair watched old game tape and talked about the different offensive systems they've worked in.
"I was with his dad for a couple of years and his dad was a very fiery type of guy, and then when I met Nathaniel — I obviously met him through his dad first — I saw the same thing," Marrone said of Hackett's energy. "And then having the experience of working with him, I've learned to understand it better where I'm not at times that type of person. But, I don't think it's bad to show your emotions."
Hackett is looking to bring an up-tempo offense to Buffalo. The team has used a no-huddle approach at times during the preseason and even goes quickly from play to play during practice.
The offensive coordinator is excited about the different weapons he has to work with this year. However, he's clearly a big fan of running back C.J. Spiller. Hackett plans to ride him until he throws up, as he told WGR-AM earlier in camp.
"If he's tapping out I feel as though I've done my job," he said. "I think that's critical and I think it goes the same with Stevie (Johnson) and it goes the same way with all those guys. I think when you go up tempo, you have a lot of plays and we'll see how many people have to tap out."
Hackett is also high on his young receiving corps, which features rookies Marquise Goodwin, Robert Woods and second-year man T.J. Graham. He encourages his receivers to play with "swagger" and "get after people."
The coordinator plans to be up in the box for all of the games this year and joked that he won't be able to run down to the field to give out chest bumps after touchdowns. However, that won't stop him from celebrating.
"Any time you score a touchdown, it's unbelievable," Hackett said. "It's hard to score a touchdown; I don't care what anybody says. In practice versus this defense, on the field, it doesn't matter. Anytime you score, you should celebrate and you should get used to it. The more you celebrate, the more you want to do it, the more touchdowns come."


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Just a few moments tonight in the Word of God, turn in your Bible to John 21. As I was sitting there listening to the testimonies and anticipating what would be said, and indeed is usually said in testimonies like this, the thing that kept ringing over and over again was the desire of these folks to follow Christ, the desire of these people to commit their life to Him, to confess Him as Savior and Lord, to be obedient to Him. And it reminds me of this wonderful occasion of John 21 where the Lord Jesus comes to Peter and gets him back on course because what is singularly important in the Christian faith is your relationship to the Lord Jesus Christ. Not your relationship to the church, not your relationship to some Sunday school group or some Bible study, not your relationship to some set of doctrines, not your relationship to your theology, not even your relationship to Christian friends, not even your relationship to the Bible as such, but what is your condition of your relationship to Jesus Christ?
And this kind of testimony time always brings that back into focus, doesn't it? You hear people say, "Well I knew about God, I believed in God, I prayed some kind of prayer as a young person and affirmed my trust in Christ, but I didn't have a relationship with Him." What is the nature of your relationship with Christ? How would you define it? Are you like the Apostle Paul praying with every part of your being that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings being made conformable unto His death? Or has your Christian life been reduced to activities and your spirituality to some little formulas? What is really the condition of your relationship to Christ?
No matter what kind of Christian activities you engage in, no matter what kind of quote/unquote "religious" things you do, no matter what kind of spiritual activities you're involved in, what is your personal relationship to Christ? Because that really is your Christian life. We may have varying degrees of theology that we understand. We may have varying degrees of experience in the church. We may have varying degrees of opportunity in terms of the years of serving the Lord and using spiritual gifts. We may have sat for briefer or longer times under sound Bible teaching. And all of those things certainly fit in to the picture somewhere. But the real issue is this matter of a relationship to Christ.
Here was Peter who had spent three years with the Lord Jesus, who had what you would probably want to call a rather intense relationship. He certainly wasn't at all put off by Christ. He understood Christ to be God in human flesh. He understood Christ to be none other than the Messiah. He knew that He was God. He understood His miraculous power. He understood that there was no one like Him. Even the pagans knew that no one ever spoke like He spoke or did what He did. Peter certainly understood Christ as much as any man could understand Him and was not at all intimidated by that at times, and felt even so bold as to occasionally rebuke Jesus, if that's not unimaginable, saying to Him silly things like, "Lord, let it not be so...You may think You're going to the cross, but I'm not going to allow it," brash on his part. Peter was not so intimidated even by his own weakness as to say to Christ, "If everybody else in the world forsakes you I never will." Over- confident about his spirituality.
And, of course, when the time of testing came, he collapsed in a heap...a heap of denials. And as you come to John 21 the Lord comes to restore him. Peter has been called to be an Apostle. Peter has been the leader of the Twelve, their spokesman. He was chosen by the Lord Jesus personally as part of the inner circle of three, including James and John. He is always listed at the head of every listing of the Apostles, all four of them. He stayed close enough to Jesus Christ to walk on water, to speak profound revelation, to be amazingly bold and forthright and grab a sword in the garden to try to defend Christ against the Roman soldiers. He also knew what it was to be the very model of weakness, denying Jesus with curses, losing his courage, acting in disobedience, fear, cowardice.
As we approach John 21 we might say that the condition of Peter's relationship to Christ isn't what it ought to be. Oh we would affirm that he is a believer. Yes, he believes. We saw that if no other way in his remorse and repentance, as soon as the cock crowed he went out and wept bitterly because he immediately was confronted with the reality of his human weakness and his heart was filled with repentance.
But as we come to John chapter 21, we're going to see again that the condition of Peter's relationship to Christ was not what it ought to be and we're going to see what was contained in the Lord's reconstruction of a proper relationship. Verse 1, "After these things Jesus manifested Himself again to the disciples at the Sea of Tiberias; and manifested Himself in this way." Now it's post-resurrection. Jesus has already risen from the grave. He has already appeared on several occasions to the disciples. In fact, He told them to go to Galilee and wait for Him in a mountain and He said, "I'll come and appear to you again there." There were numerous appearances after the resurrection that He made to those who believed in Him, and only those. And so, they were to be waiting for Him in a mountain in the area of Galilee.
They were gathered together, verse 2 says, "Simon Peter and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee and the sons of Zebedee who would be James and John, and two other disciples...Philip and Andrew no doubt. Simon Peter said to them, "I'm going fishing. And they said to him, We will also come with you." Now don't ever question Peter's leadership. He was a leader. I mean, he could lead people to flatly blatantly without thinking outright disobey what the Lord had said. He was a very influential guy. the Lord said, "Go to Galilee, go in a mountain and wait till I come." Peter said, "I'm going fishing." And everybody said, "We're going to follow you."
You can surmise a lot about why Peter said this. What he was really saying, if you look at the Greek text, may indicate that he was saying, "I'm going back in a rather permanent way to do what I used to do." He always did struggle with his spiritual commitment and his faith. And he may well have been thinking, "You know, I have really been a bust as an Apostle, I mean, when it came down to the crisis, I bailed out, I denied Christ, I did it on three occasions, I did it with curses. I...I can't keep my foot out of my mouth. I've said so many foolish things, I almost drowned because of a lack of faith and maybe it's just better if I go back to doing what I used to do. I'm going fishing."
And all the other disciples who came from basically the same profession felt like a lot of failures themselves and becoming impatient and having somewhat weak faith, they said, "We'll go too." And of course, they went.
They got in the boat and that night they caught nothing. Of course, the Lord rerouted all the fish...no fish ever came near that boat. And, of course, you know what Peter was saying...I don't know how to be an Apostle, and I'm not sure I could make that well, but I know one thing, I can fish." And the Lord was saying, "Oh no you can't. You can only fish if there are fish." He went out and caught nothing. And that's difficult when you've fished all night.
"And when the day was breaking, Jesus stood on the beach. The disciples didn't know it was Jesus. He arrived just as He said He would, only He had to go down to find them because of their disobedience. Jesus therefore said to them, "Children, you do not have any fish, do you?" And they answered Him, "No." And they may have muttered a few other words under their breath that aren't recorded in the Scripture. "And He said to them, Cast the net on the right hand side of the boat and you'll find a catch." That would have distressed me a bit if He had said that and I was a fisherman. I think I would have said, "What does He mean by that? Does He think the boat sits in one spot or the fish know the difference or they're all on one side? Or we haven't tried that? What kind of a command is that?" But He was so powerful in His commands that they just did it. And in verse 6 they weren't even able to land all the fish, they couldn't haul them in there were so many. And the Lord just instantaneously called for all the fish in that section of the Sea of Galilee to go to the right side of the boat on command, which they all did. They showed up there waiting to be caught.
"That disciple therefore whom Jesus loved," John refers to himself that way, why call yourself John when you can call yourself the disciple whom Jesus loved? He said to Peter, "It is the Lord." Has to be. So when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord...this is so typical...he didn't say, "We'll be there in a moment as soon as we rode ashore." He put on his outer garment for he was stripped for work and threw himself into the sea. He was so impulsive. He put his coat on and dove in the water. He didn't want to see the Lord unless he was properly dressed. I'm sure he didn't think that it's hard to swim in a dress...which was what their cloak was like. The other disciples being a bit more sane came in the boat...for they weren't far from the land, about 100 yards away and they were dragging a net full of fish.
Peter had problems sustaining a relationship with Christ but he really wanted it, didn't he? And he hated his own defections. So when they got on land they saw charcoal fire already laid and fish placed on it and bread. Jesus had made breakfast. You know how Jesus makes breakfast? "Breakfast." Fire, fish, bread.
Jesus said, "Some of the fish which you have now caught, bring." He went up and drew the net to the land, full of large fish, 153, they counted them although there were so many the net was not torn. Jesus said, "Come and have breakfast." None of the disciples ventured to question Him...who are You?...because it was obvious, they all knew He was the Lord. Jesus came, took the bread, gave them and the fish likewise. This is the third time that Jesus was manifested to the disciples as a group after He was raised from the dead.
Here then, Jesus arrives and He finds the disciples in basically a posture of disobedience. And it is essential that He restore the relationship, particularly with Peter because Peter is so crucial as the leader. Now that He's got them on the shore and they're having breakfast, Jesus says when they had finished in verse 15, "Simon Peter, Simon son of John, do you love Me more than these?" Some think "these" means "these fish, nets, boats," this whole thing of fishing which you seem to be so in love with and have such an infinity for, do you love Me more than these? Others think He meant these other disciples, after all didn't Peter say with his own mouth, "Thou everybody else forsake you, I won't," He could well be saying to him...is it really true that you love Me more than these men love Me and you proved it because you didn't forsake Me? That's not so, that's not the case. In any case He is saying to him, "Do you love Me supremely?"
He said, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love You." He said, "If you do, tend My lambs." He said to him a second time, "Simon, son of Jonah...son of John, Jonas, all of those names are the same, do you love Me?" He said, "Yes, Lord, You know that I love You." He said to him, "Then shepherd My sheep." And He said to him the third time...why three times? Because Peter had denied Christ on three occasions, He was giving an opportunity for restoration at each point. "Simon, son of John, do you love Me?"
Now the first two times I think Jesus used the loftiest word and Peter said, "I have a deep affection for You," using a little less lofty word. And this time the Lord came down to Peter's word and questioned even that.
I think it may be that Peter was saying, "I don't want to claim agapao, I don't want to claim the supreme love, but I can claim phileo." And the Lord questions him on whether he can even claim that. And he was so grieved because He asked the thing the third time, not because it was the third time but because the third time He used Peter's word and said, "I don't think you have a right to even claim that kind of love based on the way you've acted."
And so Peter said, "Don't look at the way I've acted, You know everything, You know that I love You. Look at my heart." And Jesus said to him, "Then tend My sheep."
Now this gives to us, I think, the first and foremost component of a right relationship to Christ and it is the component of loving Christ. When you ask yourself...what is the condition of my relationship to Jesus Christ, you have to ask yourself a very simple question...do I love Jesus Christ more than anything else? That's the simple substance that is foundational to the relationship. That's the question He was asking Peter. And Peter tried to claim that he did and Jesus questioned his claim legitimately because of his conduct. This is the bottom line characteristic of a relationship with Christ. Do you love Him more than anything else? Anyone else? More than father? More than mother?...as we heard tonight. More than family? More than education? More than fame and fortune? You see, 1 Peter 2:7 says, "To those who believe, Christ is precious." It's the kind of affection that has to be demonstrated, however, and it will show up in your obedience. That's where our relationship to Christ really begins.
Look at the second component of a proper relationship to Christ. Verse 18, Jesus then says to him having dealt with the issue of love to restore the relationship, He says there's another component in this relationship, "Truly, truly I say to you, when you were younger you used to gird yourself and walk wherever you wished." What He's saying...in...in your youth, Peter, you ruled your own life, you basically did what you wanted, you put on your own belt, strapped up your cloak and took off and went wherever you wanted to go...you were kind of controlling your life. "But when you grow old, you're going to stretch out your hands." Very interesting phrase used in extrabiblical literature to speak of someone who was nailed to a cross. "You're going to stretch out your hands and someone else is going to bind you and bring you where you do not wish to go."
Somebody is going to tie you up as a prisoner and haul you away. You're not going to have any control over it. In your youth you've had control, in your old age you're not. Verse 19, "Now this He said signifying by what kind of death he would glorify God. And when He had spoken this He said to him, Follow Me."
The second component of a relationship to Christ is sacrifice for Christ. The first one is love for Christ, the second one is sacrifice. And that's essentially what he's telling Peter....Peter, it is absolutely inherent in our relationship if it's to be right that you be willing to give your life for Me...I'm tell you, He said, I'm telling you to follow Me but I'm also telling you that by following Me you're going to end up in a situation where somebody is going to bind you and take you where you don't want to go and it's going to result in your death. You're going to pay the supreme price...now are you willing to follow Me?
Any legitimate relationship with Jesus Christ if it is what it ought to be is going to involve love for Christ that affirms that He is the supreme one over everything else and that means that I will do what honors Him and glorifies Him, I will obey Him at all costs. And secondly, my sacrifice for Him is nothing short of a sacrifice even to death. That's what Jesus meant when He said, "If you're not willing to take up your cross and follow Me, you're not worthy to be My disciple." The cross is emblematic of death. Certainly the mark of love is sacrifice, "Greater love hath no man than this, then a man lay down his life for his friends." It measures the level of affection, doesn't it, when we're willing to die for Christ. If there's anything in your life that you sacrifice for Christ, that's evidence of your love. If there's anything in your life that you will not sacrifice for Christ, that's the evidence of the shallowness of your love.
Then thirdly, and this comes into play at the end of verse 19, the third component in a relationship with Christ that is a right relationship is following Christ...loving Christ, sacrificing for Christ and then following Christ. And this is so wonderful. Jesus says at the end of verse 19, "Follow Me." Now that is not a difficult command to comprehend. And Peter sometimes was so thick, as we are, He said, "Follow Me, just follow Me." And just to give a simple graphic demonstration of what He meant, apparently Jesus started to walk somewhere, started to move. And Peter, it says in verse 20, it doesn't say, "Peter followed Him," it says, "Peter did...what?...turned around."
Now why is he doing that? Well it didn't take long, I don't know whether the Lord took any real steps or whether He took a few steps or whether He started away from the shore or what happened, but it wasn't very long before Peter turned around and he saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them, you know, the one who had leaned back on Jesus' breast at the supper. John is just milking this thing, isn't he? He just...he loves to think of himself as beloved. Why not? You know, I'm the one that Jesus loved, I'm the one that leaned on His chest at supper, you know. And he won't use his own name because it's a humble thing but he's overwhelmed by it.
So Peter turns around and sees John and then he asks the question, verse 21, "Lord, what about this man?" Now already Peter is no longer concerned about Peter, he is concerned about John. "Well what about him?" Now he doesn't know he's got enough to deal with just with himself. "I'm concerned, You just told me I'm going to die, well what about him? Is he going to have to die, too?" The truth of the matter was Peter was eventually crucified. Tradition tells us that he was...he didn't want to be crucified like his Lord and so he asked to be crucified upside down which is a far more excruciating death in some ways cause the blood rushes to the head in a horrible experience. But he's concerned about John.
I love Jesus' answer. Verse 22, He says, "If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow Me." Which is another way of saying, "None of your business if he lives till the Second Coming, you follow Me, you stop being concerned about him." And that again is another very graphic demonstration of a component in following Christ, a component rather in a right relationship to Christ and that is following Christ no matter what and not evaluating and discerning your own worthiness or your own faithfulness or your own role by comparing yourself with somebody else.
By the way, people always get everything wrong, and so they got the statement of Jesus wrong in verse 23, "And the saying therefore went out among the brethren that the disciple wouldn't die." So the word went out, "Did you hear John's never going to die?" But Jesus didn't say that he isn't going to die, but only if I want him to remain till I come, what is that to you? And here the Holy Spirit has to inspire a correction because that's what happens with rumors. But Jesus is simply saying to Peter, "If you're going to be in right relationship to Me, Peter, you've got to stop being concerned about other people and follow Me. You follow Me." That's obedience, my friend, and obedience is central to a relationship to the Lord.
"You call Me the way and walk Me not?" Jeffrey O'Hara wrote. "You call me the life and live Me not, you call Me the truth and believe Me not. You call Me Lord and obey Me not." What do your words mean? From the start Jesus had said, "Follow Me," and He had to keep repeating it and repeating it and repeating it. The relationship that you and I want to have with Christ is really built on those simple truths.
The epistle ends, "This is the disciple who bears witness of these things and wrote these things and we know that his witness is true. There are also many other things which Jesus did which if they were written in detail I suppose that even the world itself would not contain the books which were written."
That verse has always intrigued me. I wish there was more written, don't you? We have this one book, and you mean that if everything was written all the books in the world couldn't contain it? Boy, there's a lot left out, isn't there? Some day, however, we'll know as we are known.
So here is the Lord Jesus Christ restoring a relationship with Peter and reminding us that if your relationship as Peter's is right with Him, it will be characterized by loving Him more than you love anything else, sacrificing for Him anything and everything, including your life, and following Him at any cost no matter what He asks of you with no regard for what others are asked to give.
If you look at your own life now and you say to yourself, "I want to know what the condition of my relationship with Christ is," then these are the simple things that are necessary to consider. Do I love the Lord Jesus Christ? Do I love Him more than anything else? Is He the joy of my heart? Is He my constant delight? Do I find pleasure in His presence? Is that demonstrated by time in the Word and time communing with Him? Do I love Christ more than I love anything, be it my career, my profession, as in the case of nets and boats? Do I love Christ more than others love Him? Am I supremely a lover of Christ?
Secondly, am I willing to sacrifice for Him even if it means that some day somebody is going to tie me up and take my life? Do I love Him that much? Am I willing to take up my cross and die for Him? Or are there a myriad of things that are more precious in my life than Christ and none of them would I willingly sacrifice for Him?
Thirdly, will I follow Him? Will I follow Him no matter what it means? Will I follow Him no matter what He asks of me, no matter what He doesn't ask of someone else? All those questions will define for you your relationship to Christ.
When you hear people who are new Christians who come to be baptized like those folks tonight, you get the feeling that all of those things are in place, don't you? That they have a joyous fresh love for Christ, that they have a heart of sacrifice, willing to pay whatever price is asked and that they long and desire to follow and they're demonstrating that by the obedience that they've shown even in the matter of baptism. And it should be a fresh call to all of us who may along the line have sort of lived out the story of Peter again and allowed our relationship to grow cold and found ourselves having gone fishing. And maybe the Lord needs to show up on the shore of our life again and draw us back into the relationship the way He would want it to be.
Well, just a reminder.
Father, thank You for this wonderful day. Thank You that we could share tonight briefly in Your Word, a glimpse of Christ as He comes to pick up a disobedient and reluctant Apostle and shows us the path to a right relationship with You. Thank You that You demonstrated that You wanted to bless him, that You controlled everything in his life, that You controlled the fish. Thank You that You could make every provision, You could create a meal for him. Lord, You demonstrated Your power, You demonstrated Your sovereignty to Peter and then You asked him to trust You and love You and give his life for You and follow You. And You've done it for us. You have demonstrated Your power, You've demonstrated Your provision, Your providence, Your sovereignty and You ask of us the same thing that we would love You enough to tend Your sheep that we would be sacrificial enough to give all that we are, all that we have for You and that we want a relationship with You that's characterized by unending obedience no matter what You ask.
Father, we thank You for a picture of Peter and the testimony of all those who have come tonight to affirm these great components of a right relationship. May we have that daily with You so that we may know the joy that comes to those whose relationship with the living Son of God is what it should be. And, Lord, we thank You for the day, for all that it has contained for us, what a wonderful day. We give You praise in Christ's name. Amen.
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Germany's Woerner fractures leg, tears knee ligament in skicross
KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia — German skicross racer Anna Woerner fractured her right shin and tore a knee ligament Friday during a nasty fall in her quarterfinal heat.
The German Olympic Committee says Woerner will need surgery on her knee.
Woerner lost her balance on a jump about halfway down the course, her right knee kicking upward. She slammed to the ground and flipped side-over-side before stopping in the middle of the course.
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A medical team worked on her for about 10 minutes before loading her onto a stretcher and taking her off the track.
Woerner's injury was among a series of injuries on the challenging course, won by Marielle Thompson of Canada.


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- Chat Center
@ rightviewftw « Wed 4:28 am »
@ salayatananirodha « Tue 5:42 am »
very few
@ Viscid « Fri 9:10 pm »
Anyone here?
@ rightviewftw « Sun 5:33 pm »
i figured that much, either way good fortune to him
@ DNS « Sat 3:40 pm »
As I mentioned in those threads about forum governance, people come and go for a variety of reasons. There are lots of in-person real life issues people need to take care of (family, work, school, etc) from time to time. I don't want to speak for him, but can assure you it is merely real-life priorities, nothing against DW.
@ rightviewftw « Sat 12:15 pm »
what happened to Bodom btw
@ DNS « Fri 3:44 am »
Each forum has it's own specific focus. DWE is "Engaged Buddhism forum, a nonsectarian community discussing the application of the Dharma to social and environmental issues."
@ LuisR « Fri 1:54 am »
Why is better suited for that forum?
@ DNS « Fri 1:50 am »
Those topics are better suited for: https://dharmawheel.org/
@ LuisR « Fri 12:21 am »
I didnt realize it was worng for buddhist to speak out against racism
@ LuisR « Fri 12:16 am »
Wow I am so disapointed
@ salayatananirodha « Thu 4:27 am »
It is, and it seems more likely one would receive sustaining, beneficial support and sympathy from fellow buddhists. Professionals are fine too, it doesn't speak very faithfully of the forum that one couldn't be open about something so serious
It's a matter of life and death, literally.
What if they didn't?
@ salayatananirodha « Thu 4:25 am »
What if someone gave good (dhammic) advice?
@ DNS « Thu 4:24 am »
People with those expressions should seek professional help or at the very least contact a suicide hotline immediately. Getting advice from random people on the internet is not the best place for advice and someone might say (write) something that might just push them over the edge.
@ salayatananirodha « Thu 4:24 am »
That is what I said
@ DNS « Thu 4:23 am »
salayatananirodha wrote: OK, so why are expressions of intent to do self-harm or suicide not permitted under the terms of service?
OK, so why are expressions of intent to do self-harm or suicide not permitted under the terms of service?
@ diamind « Thu 6:08 am »
@ salayatananirodha « Tue 5:15 am »
good morning, namo buddhay
@ diamind « Mon 1:23 pm »
@ pismak « Tue 3:50 am »
@ rightviewftw « Sat 3:40 pm »
if creating a thread about his views is deemed ad-hominem then any critique of any view should be deemed as a breach of 2.g Attacks against the Buddha, Dhamma, or Sangha
@ rightviewftw « Sat 3:35 pm »
stop creating a safespace for heresy
close nyanananda thread
close waharaka thread then
but you still delete it
does not breach ToS
fascinating af, why can't i make a thread?
not beliving in rebirth, nibbana at mind sense base, devas being upper class humans
@ rightviewftw « Sat 3:30 pm »
i am fascinated by his doctrine why can't i make a thread discussing his teachings?
@ rightviewftw « Sat 3:29 pm »
ok to discuss Waharakara but not Doot?
@ salayatananirodha « Sat 6:07 am »
Mossy pond, push aside the moss and scoop out the water, if you are thirsty
because that is all that new members see
and as long as you have red and green letters and post counts you can't claim to have no differential signs
@ rightviewftw « Fri 2:13 am »
suggestions declined, problems remain... all good on dw
@ rightviewftw « Sun 11:00 pm »
just send a pm to a moderator, i usually send to whoever is online
@ aspiring_sotapanna « Sat 2:41 pm »
How do I ask a moderator to edit my post from long back. I cannot edit it.
(2) On the soles of his feet are wheels with a thousand spokes, complete with felloe and hub. (3) He has projecting heels. (4) He has long fingers and toes.942 (5) He has soft and tender hands and feet. (6) His hands and feet are net-like.943 (7) He has high-raised ankles.944 (8) His legs are like an antelope's.
@ Piyatissa « Tue 10:52 am »
Can anybody tell me the signs or the marks of the palm of Lord Buddha
@ salayatananirodha « Sun 6:29 am »
Hope everyone is doing well
@ rightviewftw « Thu 10:26 am »
i don't even... bye bye
@ salayatananirodha « Mon 6:39 am »
insight practice: http://seeingthroughthenet.net/wp-conte ... ev-0_3.pdf
@ salayatananirodha « Sat 7:17 am »
let's not be complacent with existence, just a general notice
@ salayatananirodha « Fri 6:40 am »
Ryuko, can you find a facility that can keep up with the demands of your ex-wife?
@ salayatananirodha « Fri 6:39 am »
"Bhikkhus, how do you conceive it: is form permanent or impermanent?" — "Impermanent, venerable Sir." — "Now is what is impermanent painful or pleasant?" — "Painful, venerable Sir." — "Now is what is impermanent, what is painful since subject to change, fit to be regarded thus: 'This is mine, this is I, this is my self'"? — "No, venerable sir." (anatta-lakkhana sutta)
@ rightviewftw « Wed 9:00 pm »
"..Those who are less than noble fall - on their heads when path gets rough. But for nobles the path is smooth, for nobles smooth out what is rough!"
we cannot maintain/manage things to our satisifcation (anicca), this makes us unsatisfied (dukkha), and therfore we are helpless (anatta)
anicca leads to dukkha therefore anatta
@ budo « Wed 1:58 pm »
i just read a new translation of the three charcteristics that i like better
@ rightviewftw « Sun 11:16 pm »
Does anybody know what the abbreviations "MS" and "VRI" stand for in the Mahasi Sayadaw's Notes section of the Manual of Insight?
@ Dhammarakkhito « Thu 8:42 am »
@ rightviewftw « Wed 11:50 pm »
my first thought is that your sons should be helping you, they are more indebted to her than you are. Taking care of the sick is good, afaik the Tathagata said that he who would nurse him should nurse the sick.
@ Ryuko34 « Wed 6:31 pm »
I am living with ex wife who is seriously mentally ill and who will never get better. I returned to relieve my grown sons of this burden so that they may have a life. I am a Buddhist member of a Dharma Teaching group Sanga- I work with At Risk kids GangMembers . She is a tremendous burden on and off meds falls through all the safety nets ! If I left she'd be eating out of garbage cans and acting like a werewolf - melts down . How do I continue , when there are no real options .. My practice sustains me but I still feel depleated she's so very angry and sad all of the time?!.... Any suggestions how my Buddhist Oractice can help me further?!
@ Ryuko34 « Wed 6:24 pm »
I am a Buddhist member of Dharma Treaching Order Non Ordained I live with my exwife who is mentally ill. I returned to care for her , rather than have the burden plCed upon my three grown sons. She will never recover SPMI. How do I cope as a Buddhist to the enormous pain stress and emotional turmoil I'm subjected too 24 hrs a day?!... My practice sustains me . But I still break down . My Sanga my mentor have no answers nor my Drs.. A hobsean choice . I can't go she falls between all the cracks
@ Dhammarakkhito « Sun 2:40 am »
i would like to stop making storylines when worry or doubt arises
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In many ways, tonight's Florida-Marquette game at the O'Connell Center won't resemble the Sweet 16 matchup between the two teams last March.
In many ways, tonight's Florida-Marquette game at the O'Connell Center won't resemble the Sweet 16 matchup between the two teams last March.
Gone is sharp-shooting Florida guard Bradley Beal and UF all-time assist leader Erving Walker. Beal is now draining jumpers for the Washington Wizards, while Walker, who hit a big 3-pointer down the stretch against the Golden Eagles, is playing overseas in Italy.
Marquette, meanwhile, will be without its top two scorers — Darius Johnson-Odom and Big East player of the year Jae Crowder.
"Two totally different teams," Florida coach Billy Donovan said.
Florida knocked off Marquette 68-58 last season, advancing to its second straight Elite Eight. But Donovan is wary of the talent that Marquette is returning in the SEC-Big East Challenge matchup.
"Losing Crowder and Odom, those guys are really good players, but I think they have the potential to be better than they were a year ago," Donovan said.
In particular, Donovan is concerned about Marquette's scoring balance and ability to share the basketball. The Golden Eagles scored 31 baskets off 28 assists in their 79-46 win Monday night against Maryland-Baltimore County. Marquette played the game without starting guard Vander Blue, who sat out with a twisted knee. Blue is expected to return tonight.
"They've got a really well-balanced team, whereas maybe a year ago, their team went as Crowder and Odom went and those other guys filled in," Donovan said.
Marquette coach Buzz Williams is just as concerned about the challenges that Florida presents. The Gators have won their first five games by an average of 23.8 points per game.
"Their personnel is outstanding," Williams said. "I think when we played Florida, Beal was on his ascent. … Erving Walker was a good player, but I think they are a better team with (Scottie) Wilbekin. Kenny Boynton is extremely talented. (Erik) Murphy is back, (Patric) Young is back. I think they are really, really good."
Even with the personnel changes, Donovan said there will be some familiarity with Marquette from last March in terms of style of play. Florida players also know Marquette's returning players will come into the game with motivation, looking to avenge a season-ending loss.
"If you have been beat the year before, you will try to come back and win it next year," Boynton said. "I know they are going to come in ready to play, so we've got to match their intensity."
Said Young: "It might be on their minds, but they have to know, we're a completely different team. That game has nothing to do with this game coming up on Thursday. Both teams are going to have to be ready to play."
The game also will feature two coaches who have developed a strong mutual respect for one another. Williams first attended Donovan's coaching clinic two years ago. After Marquette's Sweet 16 loss, Williams called Donovan "a future Hall of Famer" while speaking glowingly about his approachability and ethics.
Donovan said he had a chance to spend more time with Williams during Nike founder Phil Knight's induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame last September.
"He's a really good guy and we built a pretty good relationship," Donovan said. "I've got a lot of respect for him as a person and a coach and what he's done there at Marquette."
G Kenny Boynton 6-2 Sr. 16.2 ppg, 5.0 rpg
G Mike Rosario 6-3 Sr. 11.0 ppg, 2.4 rpg
F Will Yeguete 6-7 Jr. 6.8 ppg, 7.8 rpg
F Erik Murphy 6-10 Sr. 12.8 ppg, 4.4 rpg
C Patric Young 6-9 Jr. 10.4 ppg, 7.4 rpg
G Trent Lockett 6-5 Sr. 9.0 ppg, 4.5 rpg
G Junior Cadougan 6-1 Sr. 7.0 ppg, 5.0 apg
G Vander Blue 6-4 Jr. 11.4 ppg, 1.8 rpg
F Jamil Wilson 6-7 Jr. 11.0 ppg, 4.7 rpg
C Chris Otule 6-11 Sr. 8.5 ppg, 3.3 rpg
Notes: Florida is playing in its third SEC-Big East Challenge game. The Gators are 0-2 in prior SEC-Big East Challenge games, with both losses coming to Syracuse (72-68 in 2011 and 85-73 in 2009). … Florida is 1-2 all-time vs. Marquette. … Backup guard Scottie Wilbekin is coming off career highs in points (17) and assists (8) in UF's 79-66 win over UCF. … At 1.670 career points, senior guard Kenny Boynton needs just eight points to tie Stacey Poole (1,678 points) for fifth on UF's all-time scoring list. … Florida is currently second in the nation in points allowed (48.4 ppg) and one of five teams in the country giving up less than 50 points per game. … Marquette returns three starters from a team that finished 27-8 last season and lost to Florida in the Sweet 16. … Marquette junior center Davante Gardner (6-8, 290 pounds) has been productive off the bench this season, averaging a team highs in scoring (14 ppg) and rebounding (6.5 rpg). … Marquette guard Todd Mayo, who scored 11 points off the bench against the Gators in the Sweet 16 last season, has been academically ineligible to play since the beginning of the season and will not play tonight. Mayo is the younger brother of Memphis Grizzlies' guard O.J. Mayo.


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Compiled by Teresa Martin Klaiber
June 2011
About twelve years ago hubby and I attended an auction in Russell, Kentucky. The auction ran into the wee hours of the night but there were some exciting items that kept everyone alert. The item that brought the most attention and bids was a 5 gallon salt ware crock marked Catlettsburg, Kentucky. We have inherited a Cecil crock from Catlettsburg and also have a more widely known Hamilton & Jones crock from Greensboro, Pennsylvania. Since, at the time, we were living in the heart of pottery country in Muskingum County, Ohio, I made a mental note to someday research the early potteries of Catlettsburg, Boyd County, Kentucky.
The clay utilized for salt ware has a white grey appearance. The term salt ware is applied because salt would be tossed in the kiln at the highest temperature. As it vaporized it created a shiny glaze. Salt glazed ware began to replace wood vessels for food storage in the mid to late 1870's. The pottery is also referred to simply as stoneware.
The compound cobalt can also withstand extreme temperatures produced in the kilns. The decorators would either free hand or stencil the name of the pottery or an advertizing firm's name on the piece, using slip made with the cobalt, creating a beautiful blue that is prized by collectors. Since clay has variations because of locale and firing results each piece of crockery is unique. My love of all things with a history combined with my favorite color blue makes these beautiful historic pieces one of my favorites.
William Ely mentions potter's clay along the banks of Big Sandy in his book The Big Sandy Valley. The United States Geological Survey Bulletin 1896-1905 talks about clay used principally in the manufacture of fire brick and locally suitable for pottery in Catlettsburg. It goes on to cite that the product was also obtained near Amanda Furnace in Greenup County and shipped to Cincinnati for the same purpose. The 1906 Kentucky Geological Survey says that clay rests on Ferriferous limestone and has been found in the cliff between Ashland and Catlettsburg. "The color of the clay varies from dark near the top to a light drab below." The article goes on to state that "Forty feet below the clay opening, at the base of the cliff-forming sandstone, coal number four is now being mined and used at the pottery plant. … Underneath the coal is a deposit of fire clay three feet in thickness…"
Local newspapers are housed at the Boyd County Public Library, many of which have not been microfilmed. The first advertisement mentioning pottery at Catlettsburg indicates it is being shipped on the river to the wharf. The ad indicates that there must not be a producing pottery large enough to meet buyer demand locally and thus is being imported. The ad appeared in the Big Sandy Herald December 1869 and involves Colbert Cecil who will be cited later in this article.
The Catlettsburg Centennial 1949, page 14 states "James Le Grand McLean operated a pottery on what is now Oakland Avenue…produced jugs, churns, jars...the pottery was torn down in 1890. Work continued for the Weaver Pottery in the lower end of town in …1888…Above McLean Pottery and facing the railroad was John W. Dillon's Machine Shop." The article provides great clues for further research. Early Sanborn maps show that James L. McLean does have a lot next to Mrs. J. W. Dillon's Pottery on Louisa Street which would later become Oakland Avenue. No kiln nor pottery is shown on McLean's lot. But the Dillon property shows a substantial building with another building housing a kiln on Mrs. Dillon's property which borders John W. Dillons Machine Shop. John L. Vance in his History of the Great Flood of 1884 made a list of "sufferers" from the Ashland Democrat. The list appears to have been compiled as they went from location to location and includes the following names in the order given: "…J. W. Dillon, A. Borders, A. P. Borders, Catlettsburg Pottery Company, Stein & Son…"
James McLean does not appear in the Federal Census in 1880 in Catlettsburg. The 1892 Wiggins Directory for Catlettsburg lists James L McLean at 320 Louisa Street and the Foundry of J. W. Dillon at 336 Louisa Street. By 1900 McLean gives his occupation as brewery man. James Le Grande McLean was born in 1851 in Ohio and died in 1907. He married Minnie F. Price 17 November 1886 in Boyd County, Kentucky.[i] He and his family are buried in Catlettsburg Cemetery. The lot that McLean lived on had been a small portion of property owned by Archibald Borders. It appears that McLean worked next door at the Dillon's pottery operation.
I have not located any person listing their occupation as potter in the 1880 Federal Census. John Dillon lists his occupation in both the 1870 and 1880 Catlettsburg census as Machinist. Having reviewed records from the formation of the county in 1860 including IRS tax records of the early 1860's I find no one paying tax on pottery manufacturing during the years leading up to the 1880's. John W. Dillon married Julia Ann Borders, the daughter of Archibald Borders 19 April 1863. There is no indication that they had a large pottery until the 1880's. Thus it is this writer's theory that the first significant pottery production in Catlettsburg did not commence until between 1880 and 1884.
The Dillon couple received property on Louisa Street from Archibald Borders[ii] the year after they married where they settled and John W. Dillon built his large machine shop and an excellent reputation.
The first advertisement for Catlettsburg Pottery Company that I have located from the scattered newspaper collection is from the 27 August 1884 Kentucky Democrat, the same year as the flood. The ad clearly states that in 1884 John Dillon, J. W. Dillon and Thomas L. Marr are partnering and manufacturing pottery as the Catlettsburg Pottery Company on Louisa Street.
Julia's father and brother A. P. Borders shipped goods via steamer along the Sandy River. Their goods include crockery. Her husband, John W. Dillon, was the son of John Wesley Dillon [1801-1891] from Burlington, Lawrence County, Ohio. The elder John Dillon purchased a pottery from Joshua Hambleton[iii] in Burlington. Thus John W. Dillon was more than familiar with the working and running of a pottery business.
Captain Ellis Clarence Mace born 1862 near Burlington wrote an autobiography[iv] and mentions a boat the Sandy Fashion that blew up at the mouth of Sandy in 1879 and killed two people. "I was at this time working for the Burlington Pottery. John Dillon would give us boys seventy-five cents to take a skiff load of jugs down to Catlettsburg and ship on one of these boats. That day we had just delivered a consignment to the Sandy Fashion and we left for home at the same time she left for Pikeville. We were about half a mile above the point when she exploded her boiler. Joe Newberg and Alfonzo Osborn were killed. Osborn was pilot." It is easy to see that the Dillon pottery on Louisa Street was an extension of John Dillon's pottery across the river at Burlington, Ohio, and did not start firing until after 1880. Maybe the cost and hardship of skiffing the pottery from Burlington to Catlettsburg was the catalyst for encouraging the younger Dillon to open a pottery on Louisa Street where shipping was thriving.
The other partner involved, according to the ad, in the earliest Catlettsburg Pottery was Thomas L. Marr. Marr married Matilda Williamson, daughter of Benjamin and Easter Deskins Williamson in Lawrence County, Ohio. In 1880 he was working as a clerk on a wharf boat in Catlettsburg. He would be one of the first people to notice how productive pottery was as it was shipped in and out of Catlettsburg. The 1892 Wiggins Directory of Catlettsburg lists him as a bookkeeper living on Penola Avenue. In all probability his contribution to the pottery was keeping books. When Matilda died in Cabell County, West Virginia Thomas moved back to Catlettsburg living on Front Street in 1910. Thomas L. Marr died 30 December 1920. The couple is buried in Catlettsburg Cemetery.
A social news article appeared in April 1891 at Burlington stating that "John W. Dillon, of Catlettsburg, was in town a few days ago"[v]. John's father, the elder John W. Dillon died in 1891. A newer and larger pottery was established in the north end of Catlettsburg in 1889. With the death of the elder Dillon, his own age and the growth of the newer pottery the demise of the Dillon works was eminent. The 1901 Sanborn map still shows the Dillon Pottery works but has added "not in operation." John W. Dillon died 9 October 1902 and is buried in Catlettsburg Cemetery. Julia Ann Borders Dillon lived until 19 July 1909 and is buried beside her husband.
For Catlettsburg pottery lovers narrowing down exactly which pottery produced a pot marked "Catlettsburg Pottery Company" may be difficult. On 5 September 1889 D. D. Gieger and A. L. McDyer went to the courthouse and filed incorporation papers under the name of Catlettsburg Pottery Company. It is unclear at this point in my research if Dillon gave them permission to utilize the name or not. Did he sell his pottery wheels, molds and other equipment to the new pottery? What is clear is that Dillon was the first to use the company name.
Capital stock, at $100.00 per share, in the new Catlettsburg Pottery Company was held as follows: D. D. Geiger 2 shares; A. L. McDyer 30 shares; C. W. Berger 1 share; C. Cecil Jr. 1 share; John McDyer 4 shares. The purpose of the said incorporated company was the manufacturing and sale of stoneware, sewer pipe, tiling and paving bricks. The incorporation was stipulated to commence on the 16th of September 1889 and continue in said manner for 25 years. I found no renewal which indicates the Corporation of Catlettsburg Pottery Company would be defunct by 1914.
Incorporated as such, the pottery ran under various name changes throughout it's life. First called McDyer & Co. Pottery it was built on the Ashland and Catlettsburg Turnpike "one mile north of the courthouse."[vi] It appears prior to the filing of Incorporation on the Sanborn Map in 1885. The detailed drawing shows a large furnace within the building that is brick lined. Extending back from the furnace is a large kiln. Notations state that there is no watchman, no hose, no lights, heat live steam and fuel wood.
John McDyer, son of John and Laverna Hutchinson McDyer, married Nellie Geiger in Boyd County 20 April 1881.[vii] Nellie was the daughter of D. D. Geiger and Anna Eliza Henderson. Prior to John's marriage the 1880 census lists his occupation simply as merchant. The Ashland Independent 24 November 1881 writes "Rev. I. B. Hutchinson ceased cutting calico long enough the other day to join in matrimony Joshiah Bush of West Virginia to Miss Elizabeth Smith of Ohio, who were married among the bales, boxes and bundles of goods in John McDyer & Co.'s store in which the Reverend is chief clerk."[viii] Among those boxes and bundles one can visualize a crock or two. But there is no mention of the word "pottery" when referencing the store.
John McDyer was one of the twelve jurors selected for the murder trial of William Neal in January 1882.[ix] In August 1887 William Geiger wrote in his diary that he voted for John McDyer for Legislature against Jim Hughes. By 1900 McDyer is listed as a surveyor. [x] He acted as the county engineer, was instrumental in forming the Catlettsburg Chamber of Commerce, and bid on a bridge over the Big Sandy River. When John McDyer died 13 December 1914 his death certificate lists him as a civil engineer.[xi] Well known and community active, sadly his wife, Nellie Geiger McDyer, who lived until 28 November 1940 died alone in the Masonic Home of Kentucky for Widows and Orphans in Jefferson County, Kentucky.[xii] Both John and Nellie are buried in Ashland Cemetery.
There is no mention in any materials reviewed for this article of John's interest in the Catlettsburg Pottery other than his 4 shares in the corporation. The main shares of Catlettsburg Pottery Company were held by A. L. McDyer. As of this writing no information has been located for A. L. McDyer.
Shortly after the 1900 census the pottery name changed to the K. B. Cecil Pottery Company. The 1901 Sanborn map once again indicates that they have no watchman, no lights and no hoses. The map shows no expansion of the pottery nor the kiln. The grounds appear the same. Kinzie Berry Cecil was the son of Colbert Cecil Jr. and wife Arabella "Belle" Miller Cecil. Another son William Cecil is listed as a pottery manufacturer, living with his mother in 1900 making it highly probable that the brothers worked together utilizing their father's share in the pottery.
Colbert Cecil Jr. along with John McDyer were among nine gentleman that formed the Catlettsburg Cemetery Association in 1882. Colbert Cecil Jr. was a wholesale dealer. Ads appear in early Catlettsburg newspapers as C. Cecil, Jr. selling stoves, grates, mantels, hollowware, glass and Queensware. An ad in the Kentucky Democrat 12 January 1887 states that he is also a manufacturer of tinware. The store was on Front Street in Catlettsburg. Potteries made good profit by taking orders for advertising. Cecil took advantage of this advertising opportunity.
Colbert Cecil Jr. died in 1896. It is conjecture that his sons would have received his share in the Catlettsburg Pottery Company Corporation. The information helps date the crock prior to 1896 in the picture above.
Kinsey Berry Cecil was only 24 years old when the pottery was named the K. B. Cecil Pottery Company. With great flair the Catlettsburg Pottery Company with K. B. Cecil as owner was published in the Annuaire De La Verrerie Et De La Ceramique in 1906. Yet after only five years the K. B. Cecil Pottery Company had changed hands in 1905 before the publication reached readers. By 1910 Kinsey/Kinzie Berry Cecil along with a brother named Colbert Cecil III were involved in banking. Brother William had become proprietor of a hotel on Penola Street. Kinsey Berry Cecil was a cashier at the Catlettsburg National Bank while Colbert was employed as a bookkeeper in the same bank. In April 1916 Colbert Cecil Jr. was convicted of "misapplication" of funds while working at the Catlettsburg National Bank. He received a five year sentence.[xiii] By 1920 Colbert was back in Catlettsburg residing with his mother on Louisa Street with no occupation. Divorced and still listed with no occupation Colbert Cecil III died 17 February 1953 in The C&O hospital at Huntington, West Virginia.[xiv] Kinzie Berry Cecil's life was a success story. He had moved to Philadelphia by 1920 and unlike his wayward brother became a bank examiner for the United States Treasury.[xv] Kinzie died in 1954 and is buried in Catlettsburg Cemetery William also died in 1954 and is buried along with his brothers and parents.
The pottery became Weaver Pottery in 1905. The Brick and Clay Record reported that the Weaver Pottery Co., of Catlettsburg, Kentucky was considering the advisability of increasing the capacity of its pottery in March 1905. The Sanborn map for 1907 shows that the kiln had been damaged by fire and the word "dilapidated" is written across the plat showing the grind room and brick lined furnace. But the pottery was updated as shown on the 1912 Sanborn map. They still had no lights and no fire apparatus but were using steam coal and gas for fuel. The 1906 Kentucky Geological Survey describes the plant as "near Cliffside Park, between Ashland and Catlettsburg…in the manufacture of jugs, churns and similar wares…The plant has one round, down-draft kiln of 4,500 gallons capacity. It requires sixty hours to burn the ware. Coal is used as the fuel."
John Weaver was a potter operating in Fayette Township, Lawrence County, Ohio in 1880. It is unclear if he owns his own pottery in the Burlington area or if he was possibly connected with John Dillon. What is clear is that he migrated from Roseville, Muskingum County, Ohio, the heart of all things pottery to Lawrence County, Ohio shortly after the birth of his son Earl Morton Weaver in July 1877. John L. Weaver married Martha J. Thomas in 1866 in Perry County, Ohio.[xvi]
By 1910 Earl Weaver is listed as the owner of a pottery in Catlettsburg, Kentucky. Earl married Mayme B. Williams 14 January 1906 in Boyd County, Kentucky.[xvii] When Earl died in January 1934 an obituary states that his father was the founder of the Weaver Pottery Company of Catlettsburg.[xviii] Under the guidance of Earl Weaver and the knowledge of the Weaver Potteries the business flourished until 1922. In 1921 The Chilton Hotel Supply Index listed Weaver as one of their suppliers along with Weller Pottery in Zanesville, Ohio. Then in 1922 Albert Foster Crider wrote "…pottery plant located near Cliffside Park between Ashland and Catlettsburg…which was still in operation in 1912, but is no longer. It made stoneware jugs, etc. At the present day there are few potteries in operation within the state…" [xix] By 1924 Earl is listed as an employee of the Ashland Fire Brick Company. Earl Weaver died in Boyd County 1 January 1934[xx] His simple will was written in April 1926 leaving all real and personal estate to wife Mayme.[xxi] Both are buried in the Williams section of Golden Oaks Cemetery.
While the fire in the kiln went out a legacy of wonderful salt glazed pottery still tantalizes collectors of stoneware and local history buffs, leaving tangible evidence of the craftsmanship and ingenuity of our ancestors.
[i] Boyd County, Kentucky Marriage Book 9A page 175
[ii] Boyd County Deed book 2 page 4
[iii] Ironton Register, Thursday, Aug 29, 1895
[iv] http://incolor.inetnebr.com/raydar/notiongoing/dox/ellis1big.htm
[v] Ironton Register, April 16, 1891
[vi] Sanborn Map, Catlettsburg, KY 1907
[vii] Boyd County, Kentucky Marriage Book 7A page 57
[viii] Jackson, Evelyn, Bygone Bylines, page 42
[ix] Daily Evening Bulletin, 17 Jan 1882
[x] Ker, Charles, History of Kentucky, Volume #4
[xi] Kentucky Vital Statistics, Boyd County Death Certificate 1914-30764
[xii] Kentucky Vital Statistics, Jefferson County Death Certificate 1940-26439
[xiii] Hartford News, Hartford, Kentucky 12 April 1916
[xiv] West Virginia Vital Certificate, Cabell County #1255
[xv] Census, 1920, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 24-WD Series T625, roll 1627 page 71
[xvi] Perry County, Ohio Male Index to Marriage Records 1818-1914, Marriage book 4 page 434
[xvii] Boyd County, Kentucky Marriage Book 24A page 83A
[xviii] Portsmouth Times, 3 Jan. 1934
[xix] Clays of Kentucky, Series 6, Volume 8 Kentucky Geological Survey, 1922
[xx] Kentucky Vital Record, Death Certificate Boyd 1934 - 168
[xxi] Boyd County Will Book 4 page 276


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In an on-air report for WFAN, SI.com's Jon Heyman said the Yankees are now targeting both Derek Lowe and A.J. Burnett.
Heyman estimates the Yankees will offer Lowe a four-year, $68 million deal.
If the Yankees cannot sign Burnett, they will move on to Ben Sheets, on a two-year deal, and will likely pursue free-agent Andy Pettitte as well.
…so, the Yankees could be looking at a rotation of CC Sabathia, Chien Ming Wang, A.J. Burnett or Ben Sheets, Derek Lowe and either Andy Pettitte or Joba Chamberlain…almighty then…
According to Heyman, 'The Phillies are still in the mix for Lowe,' but he is 'not an option for the Mets.'
Speaking of starting pitchers…
According to the East Valley Tribune, the Brewers, Rangers and Cubs are all interested in free-agent pitcher Randy Johnson, as are the Rangers, said Nolan Ryan to MLB.com.


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Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Brasserie Excelsior Nancy
26 comments:
Oh that Brasserie could only be France.. If I'd have been with you I would have chosen exactly the same. I could almost smell the crispy bacon on top of the scallop... Then the lightness of the quiche looked so delicious.. my mouth is watering. How do you find these wonderful places.ReplyDeleteReplies
easy peasy to find Barbara...Delete
maybe the best place in town and every seat filled
I went for the architecture really but the food was excellent
Trop beau!ReplyDelete
Quelle surprise! When I opened up my e-mail and saw were you were! I have friends in Nancy and they took us to the Excelsior. Already, earlier in the day, I'd taken photos of the exterior, trying to capture the beautiful molded iridescent glass grapes or pine cones (I couldn't figure out what they were) in the fancy wrought iron work. I'm sure you will be visiting the glass shops new and old to feast on the art nouveau/deco (get those mixed up) lamps and sculptures. Can't wait for your post tomorrow!ReplyDelete
Looks like a great meal carol..you are better in Paris ..In QC just high winds..and power outages so far..well where I am..ReplyDelete
That certainly is a beautiful place to weather Sandy!ReplyDelete
Oh my, I'm drooling! The Brasserie looks so elegant. And the food!! Too bad it's chilly, but it looks like you're having a wonderful trip. Wish I was there, too!ReplyDelete
.. thanks for the lovely tour and experience. I really enjoy your travels. How did you choose to go to Nancy? It's a ways from Paris, no? ... have a great trip, you chose a good time. Karen in CTReplyDelete
Carol, what a lovely place to lunch. I think that the atmosphere would have had me daydreaming of earlier eras while enjoying that delicious meal.ReplyDelete
Over here, it is going to be quite a while before all reaches the new normal and area-wide electricity and public transport return.
Your timing couldn't be better to be in France during the Frankenstorm. That Brasserie looks fantastic. I would be eating there too and a second place for dessert, love it! Try them all. When I was in France, I had the best omelette ever! Clearly the French have a way with eggs.ReplyDeleteReplies
WHERE did you have that omelette??Delete
Do tell svp
TWO salons de chocolat?? I am vert with envie. Paris me manque. Merci pour les belles photos!ReplyDelete
You timed your absence perfectly! Subways are flooded and some areas without power in NYC although the worst is in NJ.ReplyDelete
The restaurant interior is heaven!!!! And dang! Now I'll have to get the ebook version, too. I generally buy food books in hard copy only!
Oh that Quiche looks wonderful. You sure timed going to Paris right. I hope your home is safe and your friends there all safe too.ReplyDelete
- Michelle12:44 AM
Did you not love Nancy?? My husband and I were there two years ago at this time and fell in love with that beautiful Square. I was lucky enough to be the only person in the museum of the city, and a wonderful guard became my guide, explaining everything in a quaint mixture of his broken English and my broken French. Loved the food, (we ate at the Brasserie Excelsior twice) the art and the architecture. I am envious...ReplyDelete


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It's back. Megabus, which offered low-cost bus service to Las Vegas from L.A. in 2007 and then withdrew from the market, will begin service between the two cities on Dec. 12, it announced Wednesday.
Like Greyhound, which also has recently introduced low-cost service to Las Vegas from L.A., Megabus hopes to lure Vegas-bound Angelenos out of their cars and onto modern coaches with one-way fares starting at just $1.
"We've seen impressive growth throughout North America and are confident that our 21st century double-decker buses with Wi-Fi and power outlets combined with our outstanding prices will be a success among California and Nevada residents," said Mike Alvich, Megabus.com's vice president of marketing and public relations.
As was the case during its first foray, the $1 ticket isn't simply an opening gimmick. Such fares are available for those willing to book a few weeks in advance.


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I have high expectations for Cook. I beleive he's Bradford's go-to-guy and this is good to hear.
Bradford-Cook connection growing/PD
• By Jim Thomas
http://www.stltoday.com/sports/football ... 1116f.html
Bradford knows the feeling.
"I'm definitely excited about the potential of this offense and the things that we're capable of doing," he said. "Obviously we have a lot of speed and a lot of playmakers.
The offense was at it's best Sunday during a 2-minute drill that began deep in Rams territory with a "pretend" 1:40 left on the Dome scoreboard clock and one timeout. Working against the Rams' starting defense, Bradford completed seven of eight passes — totals that don't include a couple of spiked balls.
.... go to link for full article.


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East Midlands Designer Outlet in South Normanton is hosting a range of activitiesto entertain shoppers.
East Midlands Designer Outlet in South Normanton is hosting a range of activities to get shoppers in high spirits during the sunshine months. Starting with a Food Fair celebrating all things Italian, there will be stalls offering shoppers the chance to sample the best of Italy's delicatessen delights such as charcuterie meats, juicy olives and freshly-baked breads. The market will be open from Thursday 5th June until Sunday 8th June, and Thursday 7th August until Sunday 10th August.
Celebrating all things creative, East Midlands will also host a Craft Fair filled with haberdashery treats, homemade jewellery and gifts. The Craft Fair will run on Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th June, and Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th July.
For football fanatics, the Derbyshire FA will visit the centre and host exclusive workshops to shoppers and aspiring footballers alike. Freestyle footballer Danny McGhee will also be gracing the centre on Saturday 14th June to showcase his tricks of the trade.
Finally, a treat for all the family, East Midlands will host a Fun Fair for customers to enjoy when taking a break from the shops. Equipped with bumper boats, a mini carousel, bungee trampoline and a mystical magic show every Tuesday, the Fun Fair will arrive at the centre from Friday 11th July and will remain at the centre until Sunday 7th September.
Kenny Murray, Centre Manager at East Midlands Designer Outlet, says: "Summer is always an exciting time at the centre and we are pleased to be offering our shoppers a range of activities to ensure there is something for everyone when they take a moment to relax from the shops."


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I have the habit of fasting every Thursday and it so happened that I fasted on Thursday 12th Dhu'l-Hijjah. On the Friday I heard that it is not permissible to fast on the Days of al-Tashreeq and that Thursday was the third of the days of al-Tashreeq. Is there any sin on me if I fasted that day? Is it true that it is not permissible to fast on the days of al-Tashreeq or should we avoid fasting only on the first days of Eid?.
Fasting on the two days of Eid is haraam, as indicated by the hadeeth of Abu Sa'eed al-Khudri (may Allaah be pleased with him) who said: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) forbade fasting on the day of al-Fitr and al-Nahr." Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 1992; Muslim, 827. The scholars are unanimously agreed that fasting on these two days is haraam.
It is also haraam to fast on the days of al-Tashreeq which are the three days after Eid al-Adha (the 11th, 12th and 13th of Dhu'l-Hijjah) because the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "The days of al-Tashreeq are days of eating, drinking and remembering Allaah." Narrated by Muslim, 1141.
Abu Dawood (2418) narrated from Abu Murrah the freed slave of Umm Haani that he entered with 'Abd-Allaah ibn 'Amr upon his father 'Amr ibn al-'Aas. He offered them food and said, "Eat." He said, "I am fasting." 'Amr said: "Eat, for these are the days on which the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) would tell us not to fast and forbade us to fast, and these are the days of al-Tashreeq." Classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Abi Dawood.
But it is permissible to fast on the days of al-Tashreeq for a pilgrim who does not have a hadiy (sacrificial animal). It was narrated that 'Aa'ishah and Ibn 'Umar (may Allaah be pleased with them) said: No one was allowed to fast on the days of al-Tashreeq except one who could not find a hadiy. Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 1998.
Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen said: It is permissible for those who are doing Hajj qiraan or tamattu', if they cannot find a hadiy, to fast these three days so that the Hajj season will not end before they fast. But apart from that it is not permissible to fast on these days, even if a person is obliged to fast for two consecutive months; he should not fast on the day of Eid and the three days following it, but then he should continue his fast.
Fataawa Ramadaan, p. 727.
See also questions no. 21049 and 36950. And Allaah knows best.


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Ref.: Gray Hat Python
The framework is coded entirely from Python and is open source.
Developed by Pedram Amini and Aaron Portmoy from Tipping Point, Sulley is a fuzzer packed with interesting capabilities. Such as packet-capturing, crash reporting and VMware automation. It also has the capability to restart the target application in the event of a crash. Then continues on with the fuzzing process.
For data generation, Sulley uses a block-based fuzzing, the same method used as Dave Aitel's SPIKE. So if you're familiar with SPIKE, you shouldn't have much trouble with this fuzzer. In block based fuzzing, you build up a general skeleton for the protocol or file you are fuzzing. There's going to be an example later in this post.
One great feature this fuzzer has over others, is the ability to show the CPU's registers at the moment of the crash. Sulley comes with PyDBG, and once the framework installed it uses this to monitor the process you are fuzzing. Another one is Sulley's ability to monitor the network (using pcapy), capturing every "fuzz" sent to the target. Creating one pcap file for each attempt. This way you can follow your progress, or review your fuzzing session. Lastly, you can even see the fuzzing progress via an HTML page. The page shows you which variable it's currently fuzzing and it's progress.
Sulley Primitives
Sulley uses the s_strings() directive to denote that the data contained is a fuzzable string. So we wantd to fuzz an email address, we'd declare it like this in our skeleton:
This tells Sulley it's a valid value, so it will fuzz that string and exhaust all reasonable possibilities. Once it's finished, it will revert to it's original value and continue fuzzing the rest of the declared values down the file.
This is just a small string that helps break up larger ones. If we take our email example from above, the delimiter would be the "@" sign. This is how we'd passe this primitive on to Sulley:
Like the s_string() primitive, the delimiter is also fuzzed. In this example, odds are the "." is a value we really don't need to so we can tell Sulley to not fuzz it like so:
s_delim(".", fuzzable=false)
The values passed to a static string, remind unchanged (or un-fuzzed I suppose).
So let's take a look at a complete, yet small and simple, skeleton file. In this example, we'll look at the FTP protocol.
# import all of Sulley's functionality
# We'll call this file ftp_ability.py
from sulley import *
s_delim(" ")
s_delim(" ")
s_delim(" ")
You can see, it's pretty simple. This file basically feeds Sulley with starting values and it takes it from there. Fuzzing the fields you denoted as fuzzable. In this case; the username, password and STOR command. Depending on the target FTP server, you'll add and/or remove commands. Not every FTP server will have "STOR", and not all of them have "LIST" … So this is where you'd supply a valid list of commands.
Now that we've seen our blocks, lets take a look at the session file. The file that starts the whole fuzzable process.
from sulley import * # import everything from Sulley
from requests import ftp_ability # this is our ftp_ability.py file from requests folder
def receive_ftp_banner(sock):
sess = sessions.session(session_filename="audits/ability.session")
#Target IP xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
target = sessions.target("xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx", 21)
target.netmon = pedrpc.client("xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx", 26001)
target.procmon = pedrpc.client("xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx", 26002)
target.procmon_options = { "proc_name" : "Ability Server.exe" }
sess.pre_send = receive_ftp_banner #grab the banner
sess.connect(s_get("user")) # Notice our commands from the previous file
# This tells Sulley user must be authenticated to use this command
Because most FTP servers send a banner, we tell Sulley to wait for it before fuzzing any data.
The next thing, is the session file which keeps track of our overall session. This allows us to stop and restart our fuzzing where we had previously left off.
After that we define our target with the appropriate IP and port number. In this case, a FTP server.
After defining the target, we tell our network sniffer to set itself up on the same host and listening on 26001.
Last we tell our debugger is listening on the same host and that is listening on 26002.
We chain in the authentication commands and tell Sulley to start fuzzing.
To start the fuzzing process, we need to have Sulley installed on 2 machines (I find it less confusing this way). The attacking and victim machines.
From the target machine
1: start the process we want to fuzz (this case Ability Server)
2: attach the process monitor to our server.
C:\sulley>python process_monitor.py -c c:\ability.crash -p "Ability Server.exe"
3: attach the network monitor to our network card and have it sniff for specific traffic. The -P parameter is to store your pcaps file. You must create this folder first. You can use a mapped drive too.
C:\sulley>python network_monitor.py -d 1 -f "src or dst port 21" -P z:\
From our attacking machine
1: execute the session file from Sulley's root directory
C:\sulley>python ftp_session_ability.py
Once the process has started, you can point your browser to the attacking machine's IP on port 26000 to get a progress report. You need to manually refresh the page. Once the application crashes, you'll be able to see the crash report on the page. Enabling you to see what/where was overwritten in the CPU's registry.
You can get the install executable here
And the PDF here
Here's a video on kioptix.com demonstrating all of this. Using the same files and vulnerable application mentioned above. Thanks to dookie for pointing out a few mistakes of mine while I was setting up Sulley for the first time. Also the Gray Hat Python book that gave me a good push with this.
Next week, fuzzing the wife to get.. wait wrong blog.


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ESA-2013-003: EMC Avamar Client Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
EMC Identifier: ESA-2013-003
CVE Identifier: CVE-2012-2291
Severity Rating: CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.8 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Affected Products:
EMC Avamar HP-UX Client 4.x, 5.x and 6.x
EMC Avamar Mac OS Client 4.x, 5.x and 6.x
EMC Avamar Plugin for Oracle 4.x, 5.x and 6.x
Note: Other Linux and Unix Avamar client systems could also be affected as a result of a support or locally-performed procedure that incorrectly sets the permission of the Avamar var directory (/usr/local/avamar/var or /opt/AVMRclnt/var).
Due to a vulnerability, described in detail below, the Avamar client leaves certain directories and files as world writable. The presence of world writable directories and files may inadvertently result in elevation of privileges by a user who has access to the local file system.
The Avamar affected client process runs as root and after each backup it leaves the cache files as world readable and writable. While the cache files themselves do not contain sensitive information, when the parent directory is world-writable, the cache files could be used by an attacker to elevate the privileges when a system-level backup is performed. The non-root user can create symbolic links to obtain unauthorized access to files on the affected system.
Note: This vulnerability information is currently public. EMC is not aware of any instance in which the vulnerability has been exploited maliciously.
The following workaround steps must be performed to mitigate the risk until the full fix is available from EMC.
For HP-UX clients:
The permissions of the /opt/AVMRclnt/var directory should be set to 0755.
Log into the HP-UX client as the \u201croot\u201d user and type the following command:
chmod 0755 /opt/AVMRclnt/var
For Mac OS clients:
The permissions of the /var/avamar directory should be set to 0755.
Log into the Mac client as the \u201croot\u201d user and type the following command:
chmod 0755 /var/avamar
For Oracle clients:
The following procedure only applies to clients where the directory permissions of the Avamar var directory (/usr/local/avamar/var or /opt/AVMRclnt/var) have been manually changed after installation of the Avamar plugin for Oracle:
The permissions of the /usr/local/avamar/var should be set to 0775 with the group ownership set to the oracle group. Log into the Oracle client as the \u201croot\u201d user and type either of the following pairs of commands:
On Linux and Unix Oracle clients other than Solaris and HP-UX:
chmod 0775 /usr/local/avamar/var
chgrp oracle /usr/local/avamar/var
On Solaris and HP-UX Oracle clients:
chmod 0775 /opt/AVMRclnt/var
chgrp oracle /opt/AVMRclnt/var
Other Avamar clients:
Verify that the permissions of the Avamar var directory (/usr/local/avamar/var or /opt/AVMRclnt/var) on Linux and Unix clients are not modified as a result of a support or locally-performed procedure. The permissions should be set to 0755.
If you have any questions or concerns about running the above commands please contact EMC Technical Support at http://www.emc.com/contact.
Read and use the information in this EMC Security Advisory to assist in avoiding any situation that might arise from the problems described herein. If you have any questions regarding this product alert, contact EMC Software Technical Support at 1-877-534-2867.
Because the view is restricted based on customer agreements, you may not have permission to view certain downloads. Should you not see a software download you believe you should have access to, follow the instructions in EMC Knowledgebase solution emc116045.
For an explanation of Severity Ratings, refer to EMC Knowledgebase solution emc218831. EMC recommends all customers take into account both the base score and any relevant temporal and environmental scores which may impact the potential severity associated with particular security vulnerability.
EMC Corporation distributes EMC Security Advisories, in order to bring to the attention of users of the affected EMC products, important security information. EMC recommends that all users determine the applicability of this information to their individual situations and take appropriate action. The information set forth herein is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. EMC disclaims all warranties, either express or implied, including the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title and non-infringement. In no event, shall EMC or its suppliers, be liable for any damages whatsoever including direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, loss of business profits or special damages, even if EMC or its suppliers have been advised of the possibility of such damages. Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, so the foregoing limitation may not apply.
EMC Product Security Response Center
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You can perform administrative tasks on a Sun Cluster configuration by using a graphical user interface (GUI) or by using the command line. The following section provides an overview of the GUI and command-line tools.
Sun Cluster software supports GUI tools that you can use to perform various administrative tasks on your cluster. These GUI tools are Sun Cluster Manager and, if you are using Sun Cluster software on a SPARC based system, Sun Management Center. See Chapter 12, Administering Sun Cluster With the Graphical User Interfaces for more information and for procedures about configuring Sun Cluster Manager and Sun Management Center. For specific information about how to use Sun Cluster Manager, see the online help for the GUI.
You can perform most Sun Cluster administration tasks interactively through the clsetup(1CL) utility. Whenever possible, administration procedures in this guide use the clsetup utility.
You can administer the following Main Menu items through the clsetup utility.
Resource groups
Data Services
Cluster interconnect
Device groups and volumes
Private hostnames
New nodes
Other cluster tasks
Other commands that you use to administer a Sun Cluster configuration are provided in the following list. See the man pages for more detailed information.
Starts remote console access to the cluster.
Switches IP addresses from one adapter to another in an IP Network Multipathing group.
Manages Sun Cluster access policies for adding nodes.
Manages Sun Cluster devices.
Manages Sun Cluster device groups.
Manages the Sun Cluster interconnect.
Manages access to NAS devices for a Sun Cluster configuration.
Manages Sun Cluster nodes.
Manages Sun Cluster quorum.
Manages Sun Cluster resources for logical host names.
Manages resources for Sun Cluster data services.
Manages resources for Sun Cluster data services.
Manages resources for Sun Cluster data services.
Manages Sun Cluster resources for shared addresses.
Configures a Sun Cluster configuration interactively.
Administers Sun Cluster SNMP hosts.
Administers Sun Cluster SNMP MIB.
Administers Sun Cluster SNMP users.
Configures system resource monitoring.
Manages the global configuration and the global status of the Sun Cluster configuration.
Initializes Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) on a Sun Cluster node and optionally performs root-disk encapsulation.
Creates and modifies a zone cluster.
In addition, you can use commands to administer the volume manager portion of a Sun Cluster configuration. These commands depend on the specific volume manager that your cluster uses, either Solstice DiskSuiteTM software, Veritas Volume Manager, or Solaris Volume Manager.


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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Government officials have revealed that Puerto Rico's overall deficit stood at a record $39 billion in the past fiscal year, adding to gloom over the economy.
The figure was made public late Monday in an annual audited report that Puerto Rico is required to submit to federal officials who oversee the municipal securities market. It's a $5.4 billion increase from the 2011 fiscal year and comes as the U.S. territory struggles to emerge from a seven-year recession.
"The numbers are transparent and demonstrate the critical state of the government's finances," Jaime Perello, president of the island's House of Representatives, said Tuesday.
The revelation comes a week after Puerto Rico's Government Development Bank announced it was reducing its bond sales due to a record yield of more than 10 percent, spooking investors and raising concerns about the island's economic health.
Perello and others blamed the deficit on the administration of former Gov. Luis Fortuno, who governed Puerto Rico from 2009 to 2013 before losing to Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla in November.
Fortuno's administration laid off some 30,000 public workers, cut salaries and raised taxes, but Rep. Rafael Hernandez, House treasury committee chairman, said those actions did not save the economy.
"There was no fiscal discipline and the country saw the highest debt in its history," he said.
Jose Torres, general secretary of Fortuno's pro-statehood New Progressive Party, said Fortuno inherited a financial crisis from the previous administration.
The overall deficit of $39 billion covers all government agencies, public corporations and other entities, including the University of Puerto Rico and the Government Development Bank. The report also noted that the territory's general fund deficit stood at $1.3 billion in the 2012 fiscal year, a 24 percent increase from the previous year. That amount was reduced to some $700 million after the government issued $952 million in bonds.
Puerto Rico also has a $69 billion public debt.
Treasury Secretary Melba Acosta said the deficits are being reduced and that the government's priority is to revive the economy. She noted that officials have revamped the island's crumbling pension system, increased water rates and privatized management of Puerto Rico's main international airport. These and other measures are expected to generate some $1.4 billion in new revenue, Acosta said.
"We have taken fast, decisive and unprecedented steps to meet the enormous challenges we inherited," she said.
Acosta said the 300-page comprehensive annual financial report was submitted more than four months after its due date because of the financial state of some public agencies. She said the government expects to submit the next report on time in May 2014.


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Education / Teaching / Training / Counselling / Academic
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M.A, Ph.D/Doctorate
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Online applications are invited for Teaching Posts at the levels of Professor, Associate Professor and Assistant Professor in Gangadhar Meher University (hereafter GMU), Sambalpur 768 004, Odisha, India.
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Desirable Qualification : Industrial microbiology/Enzyme technology; Plant tissue culture & Plant genetic engineering; rDNA technology /Animal tissue culture/Genetic engineering/Proteomics; Medical Biotechnology; Bioprocesses & Fermentation technology; In silico studies & modeling; Biosenors/Nanomedicine; Environmental/Agricultural nanotechnology.
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Note : Preference will be given to candidates having research experience and academic exposure in the specialized areas mentioned above against each subject. However, candidates with specializations other than the specified above are most welcome to offer their candidature.
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