During 2018, CSBE completed the second and final phase of its Enhancing Civic Responsibility of Youth in Schools project, which involves redesigning and rehabilitating the grounds of a number of public middle-schools. In addition, CSBE completed the eleventh cycle of the Omrania | CSBE Student Award for Architectural Design. We also organized an open online course in association with the Education Program of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture entitled "Enhancing the Quality of the Built Environment." Moreover, CSBE carried out a study on urban agriculture in Jordan in association with the Amman office of the Fredrich Ebert Foundation, and has worked with the Ahliyyah School for Girls and the Bishop's School Amman on developing the process of selecting an architect for designing a new campus for the merged two schools. As for CSBE's 2018 budget, it showed a deficit of 3,920 JD.
CSBE completed in 2018 the second and final phase of its Enhancing Civic Responsibility of Youth in Schools project, which was funded by the USAID Civic Initiatives Support Program in Jordan and carried out in association with the Queen Rania Teacher Academy. The project included redesigning and rehabilitating the grounds for a number of public middle-schools located in and around Amman through a highly interactive process that involved the schools' students, teachers, and administrators. These processes aim at promoting civic responsibility among the youth by creating opportunities for them to take part in designing and implementing improvements to their school environments, thus promoting a sense of belonging to and ownership of their schools.
CSBE carried out a series of interactive sessions with the students at each of the schools that introduced them to the basics of design and construction. Through this process, we identified and implemented improvements that the students wished to see in their school grounds. For the first phase of the project, we worked in three schools: the Salhoub School for Girls, the Safout School for Boys, and the Rumman School for Boys. For the second phase of the project, we continued working in two of the three schools involved in the first phase of the project (the Salhoub School for Girls and the Safout School for Boys), and added another four new schools: the Salem School for Girls, Salem School for Boys, al-Jazaer School for Girls, and Ghazaleh Co-ed School.
CSBE completed in 2018 the eleventh cycle of the Omrania | CSBE Student Award for Architectural Design, which CSBE and the regional architectural and engineering firm Omrania and Associates had established in 2008. Students of architecture graduating from universities in Arab countries may submit their graduation projects for the Award. 210 projects from 40 universities from 11 Arab countries (Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates) were submitted for this cycle of the Award.
The Award jury consisted of Jordanian architect Sahel Al Hiyari, Principal Architect at Sahel Al Hiyari and Partners in Amman; Elias Anastas, Design Director at A.A.U. Anastas in Bethlehem and Paris, and the co-founder of Local Industries in Bethlehem; and Ammar Khammash, Principal Architect and Founder of Khammash Architects in Amman.
The Award jury members met in Amman in September to evaluate the participating entries and select the winners. They selected a first-prize winner and two honorable mentions. The first prize winning project was from the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik – USEK (Lebanon), and the honorable mention projects were from the American University of Beirut and USEK.
The Award ceremony and exhibition were held in Amman in November at the Amman Electricity Hangar.
CSBE organized an open online course in association with the Aga Khan Trust for Culture entitled "Enhancing the Quality of Urban Life: Fifteen Winning Projects of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture." The course was made available to the public in September 2018. This is the second open online course that CSBE has developed (the first one was on the contemporary Arab City), and is part of CSBE's efforts to keep abreast of ongoing technological and pedagogical developments as it works on disseminating knowledge relating to the built environment to the public.
The Amman School for Girls (ASG) and the Bishop's School for Boys – Amman (BSA) are amongst Jordan's oldest and most respected schools. The two schools have been undergoing a process of merging over the past few years, and the process is expected to be fully completed shortly. The schools' current facilities can no longer satisfy their spatial needs and sustain their values and vision. A decision was consequently made to relocate the two schools to a new campus that would be designed in a manner that satisfies the needs and aspirations of the merged institution in terms of space and facilities, and that is physically more easily accessible to the school community.
CSBE has been working with ASG / BSA in helping them select an architect for the new campus for the merged school. CSBE's work has included developing a design brief for the new school campus, carrying out a pre-qualification process for the design of the campus amongst interested Jordanian architectural offices, inviting nine pre-qualified offices to submit technical and financial proposals for the new school campus design, and organizing a jury panel that will review the submitted designs and recommend a winning design to the schools' administration and board of directors. This process is expected to be completed during the spring of 2019.
- Adding new sites to the "Amman's Worth-Noticing Spaces and Places" section (http://www.csbe.org/amman-worth-noticing-spaces-and-places).
CSBE continues to strive for a significant social media presence through its Facebook page. These feature regular postings about CSBE's publications and activities, as well as postings with outside links to articles, videos, and events of interest to those concerned with the built environment.
CSBE also continues to manage the Omrania | CSBE Student Award Facebook page, which aims at disseminating detailed information about the Award.
-The number of "Likes" for each of the CSBE and Omrania | CSBE Student Award Facebook page exceeded 7,600 at the end of 2018.
Touma Hamarneh, who holds a bachelor's degree in architecture from the German Jordanian University, joined CSBE as a new Research and Coordination Officer. Research and Coordination Manager Ali Attari, and Research and Coordination Officer Afnan Barqawi both left CSBE in 2018 to pursue other opportunities. We thank both of them for the valuable contributions they made to CSBE during the time of their affiliation with us, and wish them the best of luck with their future plans.
CSBE continues to function on a very limited budget, particularly in comparison to its outputs. CSBE's primary income for 2018 included support obtained from Omrania and Associates for carrying out the Omrania | CSBE Student Award; from the USAID Civic Initiatives Support Program for work on the Enhancing Civic Responsibility of Youth in Schools project; and from the Aga Khan Trust for Culture for developing the open online course "Enhancing the Quality of Urban Life." In addition, CSBE received a generous contribution from a donor who wishes to remain anonymous.
CSBE's total income in 2018 amounted to about 82,690 JD, and total expenses amounted to about 86,610 JD. This resulted in a deficit of about 3,920 JD, which has been covered by previous CSBE surpluses (note: 1 JD = 1.41 USD).
Obeidat and Freihat Attorneys & Counselors at Law have continued to provide legal counseling to CSBE on a pro bono basis. Also, CSBE Director Mohammad al-Asad has continued to give a considerable part of the time he devotes to CSBE on an unpaid basis. CSBE is grateful for their support.
Finally, a special thank you is due to the CSBE staff and board of directors for all the efforts they made to ensure that 2018 was a successful year for the Center.


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Col. Houston T. "Terry" Hawkins, Ret. United States Air Force (USAF)
Terry Hawkins of Los Alamos, New Mexico—faithful disciple of Christ; devoted son, brother, husband, father, and grandfather; distinguished USAF veteran; Cold War patriot; and strategist and innovator—began his journey home early in the morning on June 14, 2021. Ultimately, he died from complications related to an immunotherapy treatment for metastatic kidney cancer that he had received in February 2021. At the time of his passing, his loving wife of 55 years, Martha Butts Hawkins, was by his side. Terry was born in Seneca, South Carolina to the Reverend Thomas "Houston" and Mary Elaine Moore Hawkins. Shortly after his birth, his father enlisted in the US Navy and was deployed to the Pacific Theater during WWII. Terry's paternal grandparents, Silas Drayton and Rular Ann McKee Hawkins, helped Mary raise him during Houston's absence. Terry grew up in the tiny mill village of Newry, South Carolina, alongside his youngest uncle and aunts in a faith- and joy-filled family. Terry was the eldest of three children born to Houston and Mary. He and his brother, Roger, and sister, Rachel, were taught to love God and to serve others in accordance with His will. Throughout his 80 years and following much professional and personal success, Terry was steadfast in his faith and unwavering in his commitment to the Lord. His success did not change him, and his kindness, humility, and gentle spirit were testaments to his faith. Terry always preferred to turn the spotlight into a floodlight to shine upon those who were fortunate to have met him along the journey. At the end of his life, he assured his family that God would take care of him and that he was looking forward to being reunited with those who have preceded him in death. Terry graduated from Seneca High School in 1959 with honors and attended Clemson College (now, Clemson University) as a Chemistry undergraduate student and member of the ROTC program. He worked several part-time jobs and lived at home so that he could afford to attend college. He completed his BS in Chemistry in 1963 and was a Distinguished Military Graduate of Clemson. He was commissioned upon graduation and was stationed at Wright Patterson Air Force Base (AFB) in Dayton, Ohio. It was during his return home on leave that he asked Martha—the youngest daughter of Stephen and Helen Knox Butts, and whom he had known for most of his life—on a date. That date sparked a beautiful romance and Terry and Martha were married on October 3, 1965. In 1967, Terry was deployed to Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan to serve in the Vietnam War. During his year of service in Southeast Asia, he led a reconnaissance avionics unit and was a technical advisor to the Commander of the 313th Air Division on reconnaissance matters. Upon his return to the US, Terry and Martha moved to several different military installations as he advanced through the ranks as a USAF Officer. The couple were stationed at McClellan (Sacramento, California) and Patrick (Cocoa Beach, Florida) AFBs. During these years, the couple welcomed two daughters, Heather and Holly, and forged lifelong friendships with other military families. While at McClellan, Terry completed a degree program in law through the LaSalle Extension University. While at Patrick AFB, he developed his skills as a radiochemist with the Air Force Technical Application Center, performing thousands of radiochemical analyses of nuclear debris and developing new forensic technologies and methodologies. Terry was then promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and the family moved to the Washington, DC area, where he completed three consecutive assignments. From 1979 to 1983, Terry was the leader of the Defense Intelligence Agency's Nuclear Energy Division where he also served on the Joint Atomic Energy Intelligence Committee and co-chaired the Department of Defense's Hard Target Kill Committee. He subsequently served as the Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Air Force Nuclear Matters until 1987. In this capacity, he advised Secretaries of Defense (SecDef) Caspar Weinberger and Frank Carlucci on decisions pertaining to USAF nuclear weaponry, prepared the SecDef position paper on nuclear winter, and led foreign assistance programs pertaining to hardening against nuclear effects. Finally, after transferring to the Defense Nuclear Agency in 1987, he led the formation and growth of the Defense Threat Reduction Office (now the Defense Threat Reduction Agency). He retired from the USAF as a Colonel after 25 years of service. Soon after, Terry joined the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) where he continued his service to the nation for more than 30 more years. Terry was a senior-level manager and technical leader at LANL who led several organizations through challenges resulting from significant technical challenges and dynamic change. Throughout this stage of his career, he led major technical programs aimed at assessing, detecting, preventing, and reversing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and the use of those weapons by international terrorists. He served as deputy and division leader of both the International Technology and Nonproliferation and International Security divisions at LANL. Additionally, he served as an acting director of the LANL Office of Counterintelligence. At the time of his passing, Terry was a LANL Senior Fellow assigned to the Principal Associate Directorate for Global Security. He concurrently served on the Advisory Board of the American Center for Democracy, New York, New York; as a Distinguished Research Fellow with the Institute of Physical Science, McLean, Virginia; and as an advisor for the Marshall Institute for Interdisciplinary Research, Huntington, West Virginia. Terry was previously the Director of the LANL DoD Programs in the Office of the Associate Director for Threat Reduction. As an internationally recognized expert on modern terrorism, particularly terrorism involving the potential use of weapons of mass destruction, Terry served on the Presidential Panel on National Infrastructure Protection. He delivered invited lectures worldwide on this topic. For his efforts, he received the Aviation Week & Space Technology 2000 Laurel Award and two Valley Forge Freedoms Foundation Medallions. Most notably, he received the Chief Justice Earl Warren Medallion, the highest honor granted by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to non-CIA persons, for his work in counterterrorism. Terry received numerous awards and recognition for his work including two Defense Superior Service Medals, the Legion of Merit, two Air Force Superior Service Medals, the Air Force Commendation Medal, and numerous service medals, including the Humanitarian Service Medal, the Korean Defense Medal and the Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm. From his tenure with the USAF, he holds patents in graphite fiber reinforcements and super hard-structures. Terry was a Deacon and adult Sunday School teacher at White Rock Baptist Church in White Rock, New Mexico, for more than three decades. He served as a member of the J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Committee for many years. He and Martha traveled internationally with a close group of Los Alamos-based friends and enjoyed their time in the US with their four grandchildren. Terry is survived by his wife, Martha, aunt Lucille Hawkins Sanders, aunt Jean Hawkins Roper, brother Roger Hawkins (Marcia), sister Rachel Hawkins Bolt, daughters Dr. Heather Hawkins Erpenbeck (Gregory) and Holly Hawkins Saporito (Nick), four grandchildren, Eli Erpenbeck and Charlotte, Sawyer, and Harper Saporito, and numerous cousins, nephews, nieces, and lifelong friends. Terry was preceded in death by his grandparents, parents, uncles, several aunts, in-laws, sisters and brothers-in-law, and grandson, James Christian Erpenbeck. Services for Col. Houston T. "Terry" Hawkins will be conducted at 11 AM on Wednesday, June 23, 2021 at the Davenport Funeral Home Chapel, West Union, South Carolina. Visitation will be at 10 AM, one hour prior to the funeral service. The interment will follow at the family plot at Oconee Memorial Park, Seneca. Thereafter, friends and family are invited to Poplar Springs Baptist Church, Walhalla, for a reception honoring the memory of a son, brother, husband, father, grandfather, uncle, cousin, friend, and a true disciple of Christ. In lieu of flowers, the family asks those wishing to honor Terry's memory to consider contributing to the J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Committee (JROMC) in his name. A scholarship will be established in honor of Terry. Contributions may be sent to: JROMC, P.O. Box 220, Los Alamos, NM 87544
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However, Dr. Wu cautions the second victim phenomenon can be brought on by stressors other than medical errors, including an unexpected or disappointing patient outcome. Additionally, the many chronic stressors physicians experience with patients and practice demands can make them vulnerable. Without support, any physician, including rheumatologists, can experience serious emotional harm and burnout.
Although rheumatologists may consider themselves to be at lower risk of becoming second victims compared with a surgeon who loses a patient unexpectedly, Dr. Wu believes rheumatologists are still at risk for several reasons.
Dr. Wu believes recognizing the need for peer support has reached a tipping point in healthcare, as the drumbeat of burnout grows louder and self-care and wellness are emphasized by accreditation bodies and professional organizations. He also sees a natural progression toward physicians accepting peer support as they more commonly work in multidisciplinary teams.
Psychological first-aid is a formalized approach to peer support for second victims in place at several hospitals across the country, including Johns Hopkins University. For physicians, nurses and other healthcare providers who experience a stressful patient event, a peer-support program provides an outlet to discuss their experience and receive private, structured support from trained providers working in the institution.
At Johns Hopkins University, Dr. Wu and a team of physicians, nurses and other providers formed the RISE (Resilience in Stressful Events) peer-support program. Launched in 2011, the RISE program started small, with a team of trained healthcare professionals carrying cell phones and disseminating calling cards. The cards asked providers to call RISE when they experienced a stressful patient event they needed to talk about. Today, the RISE program includes a team of 35 trained, peer-support professionals who respond to provider needs and offer resources to help them build resilience to overcome emotional trauma.
Dr. Wu describes the RISE program's success as gradual, punctuated moments of success that have increased as the program continues to develop. In 2018, the program reached a milestone when the medical residency program director requested training on the basics of RISE for all of his medical residents in an attempt to provide greater peer support for one another. "This [request] was a sign to me that physicians are becoming more aware of the second victim phenomenon and ready to seek out support," he says.
Today, Dr. Wu and his RISE colleagues offer care for the caregiver training to providers outside their institution and support the creation of new peer-support programs.
The gradual increased use of RISE at Johns Hopkins is a sign to Dr. Wu that healthcare providers are becoming more comfortable with accessing peer support. It's becoming part of healthy professional practice, and Dr. Wu hopes this mindset will only continue to grow among physicians. He estimates less than one in 10 calls to RISE is from a physician, although rheumatologists do access RISE, commonly when a patient unexpectedly does badly or dies.
Support resilience tools for providers, such as a network of colleagues a provider can turn to, and resilience-restoring activities, such as sleep or exercise.
At Johns Hopkins, Dr. Wu still thinks there are people in need who are not calling RISE to seek support, which may be for many reasons, including time. "Physicians [who are] already stretched thin with busy schedules may be unlikely to make time for peer support, but we know in the long term, and even in the relatively short term, self-care pays itself back," he says.
Rheumatologists can support creating time for self-care by normalizing peer support in their own practice settings and increasing awareness of the ubiquity of the second victim phenomenon. "Ultimately, we are stronger together, stronger for each other and stronger for our patients," Dr. Wu says.
At his own institution, Dr. Wu hopes to continue normalizing RISE or asking for help when it's needed. He says leaders play a critical role in this normalization by recommending peer support when they see a colleague experiencing emotional distress. Dr. Wu believes training providers on the basics of psychological first aid would also pay off for healthcare teams.
Carina Stanton is a freelance science journalist based in Denver.
Wu A. Medical error: The second victim. BMJ 2000;320:726.
Johns Hopkins University has more information available online if you are interested in implement peer support in your practice. Click here to learn more about the Caring for the Caregiver RISE training program.


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Title by Author
Bound for Glory by Woody Guthrie
Satchmo: My Life in New Orleans by Louis Armstrong
Lady Sings the Blues by Billie Holiday with William Dufty
Blues People: Negro Music in White America by Amiri Baraka
Yes I Can: The Story of Sammy Davis Jr. by Sammy Davis Jr. and Jane and Burt Boyar
The Sound of the City: The Rise of Rock and Roll by Charlie Gillett
Diary of a Rock 'n' Roll Star by Ian Hunger
Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll Music by Greil Marcus
Lost Highway: Journeys and Arrivals of American Musicians by Peter Guralnick
Deep Blues: A Musical and Cultural History of the Mississippi Delta by Robert Palmer
Catch a Fire: The Life of Bob Marley by Timothy White
Showtime at the Apollo by Ted Fox
The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones by Stanley Booth
Divided Soul: The Life of Marvin Gaye by David Ritz
Hammer of the Gods: The Led Zeppelin Saga by Stephen Davis
I'm With the Band: Confessions of a Groupie by Pamela Des Barres
Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung: The Work of a Legendary Critic: Rock 'n' Roll as Literature and Literature as Rock 'n' Roll by Lester Bangs
Miles: The Autobiography by Miles Davis with Quincy Troupe
England's Dreaming: The Sex Pistols and Punk Rock by Jon Savage
Dino: Living High in the Dirty Business of Dreams by Nick Tosches
Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana by Michael Azerrad
Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America by Tricia Rose
X-Ray: The Unauthorized Autobiography by Ray Davies
High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
One Nation Under a Groove: Motown and American Culture by Gerald Early
Revolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records and the Sixties by Ian MacDonald
Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk by Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain
Cash: The Autobiography by Johnny Cash
The Mansion on the Hill: Dylan, Young, Springsteen and the Head-On Collision of Rock and Commerce by Fred Goodman
Tunesmith: Inside the Art of Songwriting by Jimmy Webb
Visions of Jazz by Gary Giddins
Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey by Bill Brewster
Last Train to Memphis/Careless Love by Peter Guralnick
Fargo Rock City: A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North Dakota by Chuck Klosterman
Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991 by Michael Azerrad
The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band by Mötley Crüe with Neil Strauss
Shakey: Neil Young's Biography by Jimmy McDonough
Chronicles: Volume One by Bob Dylan
Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation by Jeff Chang
Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984 by Simon Reynolds
Love is a Mix Tape by Rob Sheffield
Appetite for Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Age by Steve Knopper
The Disco Files 1973-1978: New York's Underground, Week by Week by Vince Aletti
Decoded by Jay-Z
Just Kids by Patti Smith
Life by Keith Richards
I Want My MTV by Craig Marks and Rob Tannenbaum
Out of the Vinyl Deeps: Ellen Willis on Rock Music by Ellen Willis
Positively 4th Street: The Lives and Times of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Mimi Baez Fariña, and Richard Fariña by David Hajdu
You Never Give Me Your Money: The Beatles After the Breakup by Peter Doggett
How Music Works by David Byrne
My Cross to Bear by Gregg Allman
Rod: The Autobiography by Rod Stewart
Eminent Hipsters by Donald Fagan
I Would Die 4 U: Why Prince Became an Icon by Touré
Mo' Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove by Questlove and Ben Greenman
Clothes Clothes Clothes Music Music Music Music Boys Boys Boys by Viv Albertine
Rock She Wrote: Women Write About Rock, Pop, and Rap by Ann Powers and Evelyn McDonnell
Boys in the Trees: A Memoir by Carly Simon
First Collection of Criticism By a Living Female Rock Critic by Jessica Hopper
Frank: The Voice; Sinatra: The Chairman by James Kaplan
Girl in a Band: A Memoir by Kim Gordon
How Music Got Free by Stephen Witt
Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl: A Memoir by Carrie Brownstein
The Song Machine: Inside the Hit Factory by John Seabrook
Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen
Tranny: Confessions of Punk Rock's Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout by Laura Jane Grace
Trouble Boys: The True Story of the Replacements by Bob Mehr
Under the Big Black Sun by John Doe and Tom DeSavia
David Bowie: A Life by Dylan Jones
From Cradle to Stage: Stories from the Mothers Who Rocked and Raised Rock Stars by Virginia Hanlon Grohl
Good Booty: Love and Sex, Black and White Body and Soul in American Music by Ann Powers
Meet Me In the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001-2011 by Lizzy Goodman
Otis Redding: An Unfinished Life by Jonathan Gould
Shake It Up: Great American Writing on Rock and Pop from Elvis to Jay-Z by Jonathan Lethem and Kevin Dettmar
Sticky Fingers: The Life and Times of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone Magazine by Joe Hagan
Beastie Boys Book by Beastie Boys
Country Music USA (50th Anniversary Edition) by Bill C. Malone and Tracey E.W. Laird
David Bowie Made Me Gay: 100 Years of LGBT Music by Darryl W. Bullock
Let's Go (So We Can Get Back) by Jeff Tweedy
My Own Devices by Dessa
My Thoughts Exactly by Lily Allen
Paul Simon: The Life by Robert Hilburn
They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib
Lou Reed: The Last Interview by Lou Reed
David Bowie: The Last Interview by David Bowie
Prince: The Last Interview by Prince
Billie Holiday: The Last Interview by Billie Holiday
She Begat This: 20 Years of the Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Joan Morgan
Astral Weeks: A Secret History of 1968 by Ryan H. Walsh
Inner City Pressure by Dan Hancox
Women Who Rock by Evelyn McDonnell
The Rest is Noise: Listening to the 20th Century by Alex Ross
Turn the Beat Around: The Secret History of Disco by Peter Shapiro
Space is the Place: The Life and Times of Sun Ra by John F. Szwed
Country: The Twisted History of Rock and Roll by Nick Tosches
How The Beatles Destoryed Rock 'n' Roll: An Alternate History of American Popular Music by Elijah Wald
The SPIN Alternative Record Guide by Eric Weisbard and Craig Marks
Bass Culture: When Reggae Was King by Lloyd Bradley
The Smiths: Songs That Saved Your Life by Ian McDonald
Hip: The History by John Leland
This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of Human Obsession by Daniel J. Levitin
The Freedom Principle: Jazz After 1958 by John Litweiler
Free Jazz: The Roots of Jazz by Ekkehard Jost
As Serious as Your Life: The Story of New Jazz by Val Wilmer
The Old, Weird America: The World of Bob Dylan's Basement Tapes by Greil Marcus
The Music of Black Americans: A History by Eileen Southern
Celine Dion's Let's Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste by Carl Wilson
Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon — and the Journey of a Generation by Sheila Weller
Beneath the Underdog: His World as Composed by Mingus by Charles Mingus
Wonderland Avenue by Danny Sugerman
Stoned by Andrew Loog Oldham
Slash: The Autobiography by Slash
Be My Baby: How I Survived Mascara, Miniskirts, and Madness by Ronnie Spector
Moonage Daydream: The Life and Times of Ziggy Stardust by David Bowie
Rat Girl by Kristen Hersh
The Tao of Wu by RZA
The Lives of the Great Composers by Harold C. Schonberg
Rip It Up: The Black Experience in Rock 'n' Roll by Kandia Crazy Horse
Girls to The Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrl by Sara Marcus
No Walls and The Recurring Dream: A Memoir by Ani DiFranco
A Dream About Lightning Bugs by Ben Folds
Triksta: Life and Death and New Orleans Rap by Nik Cohn
Riot Grrl Collection by Lisa Darms
Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop by Bob Stanley
Blues Legacies And Black Feminism: Gertrude 'Ma' Rainey, Bessie Smith and Billie Holiday by Angela Y. Davis
Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge by Mark Yarm
Nevermind the Bollocks: Women Rewrite Rock by Amy Raphael
A Seat at the Table: Interviews with Women on the Frontline of Music by Amy Raphael
Words Without Music: A Memoir by Philip Glass
Got To Be Something Here by Andrea Swensson
Complicated Fun by Cyn Collins
First Avenue: Minnesota's Mainroom by Chris Riemenschneider
Everybody's Heard about the Bird: The True Story of 1960s Rock 'n' Roll in Minnesota by Rick Schefchik
Sights, Sounds, Soul The Twin Cities Through the Lens of Charles Chamblis with Davu Seru
See a Little Light: The Trail of Rage and Melody by Bob Mould
High School by Tegan and Sara Quin


The town of Bay de Verde is under a state of emergency after fire erupted around 5:30 this morning at Quinlan fish plant.
Most of the tiny community of 398 have been evacuated due to toxic smoke that is billowing from the large structure.
At peak the plant employs 700 people. Fire crews from Bay Roberts, Carbonear, Harbour Grace, and Winterton are helping to battle the blaze but it still burns out of control.
Gusty winds are only increasing the already devastating situation. Crews have managed to depressurize a large ammonia tank inside the building.
The local school Tri-Con Elementary is open to people displaced by the fire.
Wx Centre will continue to update the story as new information become available. An earlier version of the story can be retrieved here.


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When you file your initial I-526 you will have the documentation to ensure a successful application; and when you file your I-829 petition you will have the confidence that the information provided by New Hampshire EB-5 Regional Center about your investment in the Ragged Mountain Resort will ensure your permanent Green Card visa.
Ragged Mountain is a member of the Audubon International Silver Signature Program. This program covers the wildlife management, land management, water management, and education of a resort staff. We are proud of this membership as a reflection of our stewardship of the incredible natural resource which Ragged Mountain Resort calls home.
The New Hampshire EB-5 Regional Center is a valuable asset to the greater New Hampshire community. With deep ties in this regional community, its founders are committed to developing and maintaining close relationships with political, civic, and business leaders. This will be of equal importance for both the Regional Center and its sponsored business. The application for USCIS approval included documentation from Federal, State, regional, and local support among political, civic, and business leaders and organizations. "We are proud to have earned this support and will work hard to maintain it".
The sponsored business, New Hampshire Ragged Mountain Resort, is only 90 miles from the Boston metropolitan area. Boston has always been the dominant financial, cultural, intellectual and transportation center of the region. The tenth largest metropolitan area in the United States, the Boston metro area is home to the world's premier universities and institutes, including Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Brown College, Tufts, Brandies, and Boston College.
Boston is thriving technology and biomedical sector hub including the home to global corporations like Akamai and Aspen Technologies; Biolgen, the third-largest biotechnology company in the world; and Boston Scientific, the worldwide leader in the development, manufacturing and marketing of medical devices The 2,100 acre Ragged Mountain Ski and Golf Resort is within a 90 minute drive of over 400,000 households and 8 million people. Conveniently located in the beautiful New Hampshire mountains, Ragged Mountain has been and will continue to be a high demand vacation, retirement and weekend retreat location.
The development for Ragged Mountain Resort's expansion is a nationally respected team with proven expertise in the market. As the Regional Center's founder, the Pacific Group, and its development team and affiliates have been leaders in master planning, development and construction of some of the finest commercial, residential and resort properties.
Faxon & Booth. Brad Faxon, a 22-year PGA Tour player with eight Tour victories, and Brad Booth, an award-winning golf course architect, combine their passion for golf with a deep commitment to environmentally respectful design in creating some of New England's finest golf courses. Hart/Howerton. Hart/Howerton's 200 strategists, planners, architects and designers have a global reputation for designing complete environments with thoughtful and innovative solutions that create an authentic sense of place including; Bachelor Gulch in Colorado's Vail Valley; Empire Pass in Deer Valley Resort, Utah; and Spanish Peaks in Big Sky, Montana.
OZ Architecture. OZ Architecture has become a leader in creating high-end residences that address environment, aesthetics and sustainability including the memorable architecture found at The Ritz-Carlton at Northstar Ski Resort in Tahoe, California; Brightwater in Colorado's Vail Valley; Main Street Station in Breckenridge, Colorado; and the award-winning 22 Station in Squaw Valley, California.
Bob Ashton, President and General Manager. Ashton brings extensive executive and financial management experience to his position as the President and General Manager of Ragged Mountain Resort. Most recently, he spent 10 years as President and CEO of the four-season Wintergreen Resort. Ashton is heading up the expansion of Ragged Mountain Resort.
Bob Fries, Advisor. Ski industry veteran, Fries serves on the Board of Advisors for Ragged Mountain. His resume includes Owner and President of Bolton Valley Resort in Vermont; General Manager of Waterville Valley Resort in New Hampshire; Senior VP for Intra West Resorts and General Manager of Breckenridge Ski Resort in Colorado; and CEO of the Olympic Regional Development Authority in Lake Placid, New York.
Unlike many EB-5 projects – Ragged Mountain Resort is not a new business but an existing successful and proven business looking to expand to meet its growing market.
The founder of the Regional Center are national leaders in the resort development. Pacific Group is a leader, investor and developer behind some of the best known brands in North America.
The management of the New Hampshire EB-5 Regional Center are experienced business operators. They will ensure that every investor dollar is spent on delivering real value.
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ATLANTA, Aug. 17, 2015 – The Coca-Cola Company today announced that James Quincey, President and Chief Operating Officer, will present at 11:15 a.m. EDT, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015 during the Barclays Global Consumer Staples Conference being held in Boston.
The Company invites investors to listen to the live audiocast of the presentation at its website, www.coca-colacompany.com/investors. A replay in downloadable MP3 format will also be available within 24 hours after the audiocast on the Company's website.


Johannes (Jean) M. H. Knops, University of Nebraska, Walter D. Koenig, University of California, Berkeley, and William J. Carmen, Hastings NHR.
Tradeoffs between growth and reproduction are widely assumed and considered the fundamental paradigm for the understanding of life-history evolution. There are, however, relatively few studies unambiguously demonstrating such tradeoffs in plants, and tradeoffs have often been inferred from correlational studies. It is thus critical to determine the extent to which negative correlations between growth and reproduction reflect real tradeoffs rather than being incidental to other confounding factors. This is particularly true in perennial plants where a long lifespan makes manipulations difficult and where the expected tradeoff within years may be obscured for a variety of reasons, including that resources allocated to reproduction may be relatively small, seed production may be constrained by pollination, reproductive structures can supply a large part of the resources required, photosynthetic rates increase if the demand for carbon increases, and predator satiation might be driving annual variability in reproduction. Here we report a unique contrast among five California oak species demonstrating that the inverse correlation between growth and reproduction observed in three of the species is not causal, but rather a consequence of reproduction and growth depending in opposite ways on correlated weather conditions. These results indicate that growth and reproduction may be independent of each other, even when inverse correlations between these key life-history factors are observed. Thus, life-history evolution of reproduction and growth within these long lived plants are apparently independent of each other.


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Everyone is invited. Come celebrate the great success and growth of the Utah Cyclocross scene!
To get an accurate count for our caterer, we need everyone to REGISTER ONLINE by Dec, 29th 2008.
Day of Registrations DO NOT INCLUDE DINNER at the Party.
Not racing, but plan on attending the awards party and would like to eat dinner? Register here.
The cost is $15 dollars for adults and $10 dollars for Kids.
Dinner will sell out at 300, so get registered. If you are not eating dinner, the Program Starts at 6:00pm and there will be chairs and standing room in the back. Max Occupants for the room is 360.
Choice of 2 Sides: Pinto Beans, Spicy Beans, Corn on the Cob, and Coleslaw.
Some of Uinta's finest brews will be served.
5:00pm: Doors Open. There will be drinks and we will have Sam Ray's Best of Season Cross Video's playing.
6:15pm: The Reverend's Top 10 Reasons to race Cyclocross.
6:30pm: Matt gives some Awards out.
8:15pm: Junior's Piñatas filled with Prizes – So bring the Kids!
* Everyone with 7 races or more will be entered in the drawing for the Cannondale Caad 9 Cross Frame and Easton Carbon Fork. Must not be present to Win!
** Everyone who used Sportsbase on-line to Register is entered into the Raffle for the Fuji Cross Frame and fork. Must not be present to Win!
*** We will have plenty more prizes to raffle off to anyone at the Party. Must be Present to Win.
9:00 pm: Talladega Nights – Have your pillows and bean bags ready!
Race Schedule *Different from Series Races!!!!!!
Clydesdale (210 plus) *This is a Test, Tell everyone you know about it.
$17.00 For Juniors and Women C by Dec 29th, 2008 includes Dinner.
So come on out and play in the snow!
I guess I'm going to have to put my officials cap back on and pretend to do accurate results.


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Q: How to disable Spring's JpaExceptionTranslatorAspect I'm migrating from Spring 2.5.6 to 3.2.5. The jar spring-aspects-3.2.5 contains the new aspect JpaExceptionTranslatorAspect which translates standard JPA exceptions into Spring exceptions. It seems to be a Roo-specific aspect. This aspect gets automatically weaved into repositories (annotated with @Repository). Consequently, standard JPA exceptions are not caught anymore and the application is broken.
How can I exclude JpaExceptionTranslatorAspect from being weaved? If it can't be done, is there any other workaround? Or am I missing some piece of configuration?
I'm using AspectJ 1.7.4 and AspectJ Maven Plugin 1.4.
What I have already gathered:

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*Spring rejected the issue because it's a build issue

*AspectJ Maven Plugin rejected the issue because the AspectJ compiler doesn't support excluding specific aspects from a library
However, I wonder if those pieces of information are up to date.

A: First, upgrade aspectj-maven-plugin to 1.5 and add the complianceLevel tag in the configuration of the plugin (otherwise it will try to compile with java 1.4 compliance by default).
Then you can specify the exclusion through the xmlConfigured property of the aspectj-maven-plugin. This property references a file from your local directory (i.e. where your pom.xml is)
pom.xml exemple :
  <plugin>
    <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
    <artifactId>aspectj-maven-plugin</artifactId>
    <version>1.5</version>
    <configuration>
      <source>${maven.compiler.source}</source>
      <target>${maven.compiler.target}</target>
      <complianceLevel>${maven.compiler.target}</complianceLevel>
      <xmlConfigured>myCtAspects.xml</xmlConfigured>
      <aspectLibraries>
        <aspectLibrary>
          <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
          <artifactId>spring-aspects</artifactId>
        </aspectLibrary>
      </aspectLibraries>
      <showWeaveInfo>true</showWeaveInfo>
      <weaveMainSourceFolder>true</weaveMainSourceFolder>
      <proceedOnError>${maven.aspectj.failOnError}</proceedOnError>
    </configuration>
    <executions>
      <execution>
        <goals>
          <goal>compile</goal>
        </goals>
        <phase>process-resources</phase>
      </execution>
    </executions>
    <dependencies>
      <dependency>
        <groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
        <artifactId>aspectjrt</artifactId>
        <version>${aspectj.version}</version>
      </dependency>
      <dependency>
        <groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
        <artifactId>aspectjtools</artifactId>
        <version>${aspectj.version}</version>
      </dependency>
    </dependencies>
  </plugin>

Then in myCtAspects.xml file, you just have to specify all the wanted aspects explicitly, including Spring Aspects. In your case:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<aspectj>
    <aspects>
        <!-- Spring Aspects -->
        <aspect name="org.springframework.beans.factory.aspectj.AbstractInterfaceDrivenDependencyInjectionAspect"/>
        <aspect name="org.springframework.beans.factory.aspectj.AnnotationBeanConfigurerAspect"/>
        <aspect name="org.springframework.transaction.aspectj.AnnotationTransactionAspect"/>
        <!-- Your Application Aspects -->
    </aspects>
</aspectj>

A: Please try to use aop-autoproxy's include proprety with some invert regexp (something like ^((?! JpaExceptionTranslatorAspect).)*$).

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New among the admitted municipalities
July 11, 2022 by homeplanltd.com
Councilor Jerovante: "In this way we will be able to make human resources available with adequate preparation"
Noci is among the admitted municipalities training and accompaniment course promoted by ANCI initiate a path of growth of competencies aimed at developing intervention models dedicated to NEETspecifically i young people who do not study, do not work and do not attend education and training courses.
With the Notice of March 23, 2022, in fact, the Anci implemented the agreement stipulated with Presidency of the Council of Ministers – Department of Youth Policies and Universal Civil Service, promoting a manifestation of interest addressed to Municipalities or Unions of Municipalities. After analyzing the applications, ANCI has drawn up the list of entities that will participate in the training and support course, which will last between 3 and 4 months. Harm is among them.
A characteristic element of the whole procedure is that only the admitted Municipalities that have made the aforementioned route will be able to access the next public announcement and present project proposals for a maximum amount of 200 thousand euros, charged to the Youth Policy Fund. He Dr. Ivana Quarato, administrative instructor of the sociocultural sector, contact person of the Public Offer of Education / Training – Associations – Office of Youth Policies, responsible for the procedure of the Universal Civil Service, with a long accumulated experience in information services, guidance and support for users. as a referring social worker of the Social Secretariat in the Municipalities of Noci and Putignano; ei referents of the AgriCultura Social Promotion AssociationNocese youth organization active since 2014 and committed to the dissemination and promotion of the artistic and cultural languages of our territory.
"It is not easy to identify, in our territorial context, inactive young people, who are not looking for work and who do not attend any training course: Social Services, and territorial public services in general, are perceived by this category of young people as incapable. to understand and meet their needs. Perception fueled, on the one hand, by the strong demotivation attitude that often specifically distinguishes NEETs, and on the other, by the real absence of services specifically dedicated to the involvement and activation of younger citizens in general.»Explains the Councilor for Welfare Marta Jerovante.
When undertaking the candidacy we also started from the analysis of needs that arose during the stage of the participation process. "Puglia I Will See You – Young Protagonists" on October 15, 2021, organized by the City Council in collaboration with Aps AgriCultura and Vocoder, in the framework of the path that the Region of Puglia has begun with the aim of defining the new Regional Program of Youth Policies . From the wide audience of young people who took part, the need for guidance itineraries to study and work predominated, as well as support services for the creation / management of companies: the need clearly arose. of structured professional figures dedicated to accompanying young people. in the development of new ideas, also through the establishment of branches of tutoring, able to support young people in planning to access regional, national and European funding opportunities. Another issue that is emerging strongly is the strengthening of InformaGiovani Accountants.
"Although the selection process for the operators of the Universal Civil Service has already been completed, which our City Council will begin for the first time from next autumn, the operators of the Office of Youth Policy / Training Offer, are available to learn about the fundamental elements of the project, in some cases revealed a strong sense of disappointment and mistrust, if not confusion; The analysis, therefore, of the applications received confirmed that not only young people with a medium-low degree but also graduates have had to deal with a labor market hired for too many years, with jobs discontinuous, "weak" from the contractual point. of view, often little or no coherence with the respective educational and study itineraries»Explains Councilor Jerovante.
A survey that adds, with specific reference to the phenomenon of early school leaving in our municipality, to the numerous reports collected by the Professional Social Service for the academic year 2021/22, relating to minors enrolled in higher secondary education institutions, none to parents. students who do not comply with compulsory schooling. "During interviews with these parents – adds the evaluator, – social workers generally found silence-consent behavior, where it was considered useless to force the minor to return to school. Only in some cases has this attitude been associated with the search for alternatives, such as enrollment in private or night schools. In smaller numbers, then, the phenomenon of school dropout has generated the systematic and structured intervention of the Professional Social Service, with the opening of criminal proceedings in the competent Juvenile Court.In addition, the professional figures who follow the households benefiting from income support measures, such as the RED and the Citizenship Income, and those destined for the Social Secretariat, constantly collaborate with the training institutions regularly accredited by the Region of Puglia, based in our municipality and neighboring municipalities, in the identification of young people fleeing the education system (whose presence seems predominant in "fragile" family contexts), in the context of projects aimed at preventing and combating early school leaving and aimed, in fact, at children under the age of 18 who have obtained the baccalaureate degree and who are not in possession of a degree.
In the face of these emergencies, the municipal administration has not been stopped. This is the conclusion of Councilor Jerovante: "With the intention of activating processes of active citizenship and participation in community life and creating an appropriate information and communication system, our Administration, however, has already launched a series of specific actions, such as the first edition. of the Universal Civil Service Project "Young Planet 2020". ", developed in the framework of the program" Isidora 2020: inclusive cities ", and which sees, in fact, the Youth Information Point as an area of intervention. Even more recently, with the Territorial Social Area, our Municipality has joined the experimental project "Care Leavers", promoted by the Ministry of Labor and Social Policies within the Poverty Fund, after assessing the presence in the territory of residents leaving residential communities and / or foster families heterofamilial, in favor of which projects relating to the right to education, the income of dignity and the income of the citizenry are already activated.With this project we aim to guarantee, with greater systematicity and continuity and promoting an integrated network between the agencies. welfare of the territory, the accompaniment of new adults in the aforementioned condition in the path of socio-labor inclusion, prevention of early school leaving and in overcoming the condition of need. er Announcement and the corresponding opportunity to present project proposals -which will be recognized only in 154 Municipalities included in the ANCI list- will allow, therefore, our Administration to put at its disposal human resources with the appropriate qualification, with the aim of on the one hand, to acquire more elements for a more in-depth quantitative and qualitative analysis of the phenomenon, on the other hand, to prepare consistent and even more coherent responses to local needs, also in accordance with the NEET Plan approved by the Government earlier this year".
[Fonte da Comune di Noci; foto in evidenza di Anemone123 da Pixabay]
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First day of school shut down by ransomware attack in Connecticut
by Jonathan Greig in Security on September 9, 2020, 10:18 AM PST
Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin said the attackers did not make a specific ransom demand after shutting down systems for 40 schools.
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The Hartford School District in Connecticut has become the latest victim of a ransomware attack, disrupting the first day of school for thousands of children.
In a statement on the school district's website, administrators said they were informed by the city's Metro Hartford Information Services a ransomware attack caused an disruption of critical systems, and that on Tuesday, restoration of those systems had not been completed, forcing them to postpone the first day of school to Wednesday.
"This includes the system that communicates our transportation routes to our bus company and it is preventing our ability to operate schools on Tuesday," the statement added, and during a press conference, Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin said system administrators discovered the problem on Saturday.
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Bronin noted that the hackers had not actually asked for a specific ransom and only provided an email address to contact them. More than 18,000 students at 40 schools were affected by the attack but Bronin said no information had been stolen and that thanks to improvements made last year, government officials were not fully locked out of city systems.
The attack went beyond just the school systems too, impacting 200 of the city's 300 computer servers as well as police department systems for report writing and video cameras. City officials are now working with the FBI to figure out the people who may have launched the attack.
"We are often the subject of cyberattacks. This was, however, the most extensive and significant attack that the city has been subject to...certainly in the last five years," Bronin said at the press conference.
The situation highlights the precarious situation facing thousands of schools across the country that are kickstarting hybrid learning systems and are now heavily reliant on computers and devices to educate children in person as well as at home in light of the coronavirus pandemic.
Another school district in the state was hit with ransomware attacks twice last year, prompting state officials to ask schools to beef up their cybersecurity.
Karen Walsh, a parent and cybersecurity compliance expert based in West Hartford, said school districts like the one in Hartford have had problems keeping up with the kind of security protocols that would keep them safe from an attack like the one that occurred this weekend.
"As a parent, I've spent a lot of time discussing cybersecurity with my child's elementary school while also worrying about the vast amounts of data schools collect today," Walsh said. "Many school systems, such as Hartford, struggled to rapidly accelerate their infrastructure to meet student distance learning needs."
This year has been especially rough on school districts and administrators as they struggle to open their doors, both virtually and in person during this pandemic, said Erich Kron, security awareness advocate with KnowBe4.
Like many other cybersecurity experts, he highlighted that cybercriminals likely knew the attack would put enormous pressure on school officials to pay a ransom and avoid the rage of parents.
"Attacks like this serve to not only cause significant delays in opening, which is very frustrating to many, but also erode the public's trust in the modified school programs even further and the timing is unfortunate because of how many families are already struggling to deal with the online programs and schedules," he said.
"The timing of this, on the cusp of a holiday weekend in the US, should not be considered accidental. Attackers have been attacking municipalities and school districts right before long weekends, as they count on staffing being minimal and response times being longer simply because people are away on vacation and unavailable to respond as quickly. Recovering from this will be especially difficult due to the additional workload already caused by supporting a virtual and an in-person opening and the modified school and transportation schedules."
According to Chester Wisniewski, principal research scientist at Sophos and an expert in ransomware, gangs continue to increase the sophistication of their attacks and enterprises are likely to continue to see targets being more strategically selected to maximize impact of their disruption.
Wisniewski noted that it was not an accident that the attackers hit the school district on the first day of school. They likely knew that administrators and school officials would be pressured into fixing systems as quickly as possible due to the negative reaction from parents, which is precisely what happened.
"We may see similar targeting around Election Day or the upcoming Christmas shopping holidays. It is heartening to hear that Hartford is not negotiating with the criminals behind this, and we hope this sets a new standard moving forward for others to follow," Wisniewski said.
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Chris Clements, vice president of solutions architecture at Cerberus Sentinel, said most organizations do not separate computer systems by their function, meaning that end-user systems at highest risk of compromise, such as laptops and desktops, have direct access to "high value" server class systems.
"It's easy to speculate that if the situation at Hartford School District was similar to this the damage from the attack may have been limited if they had firewalled off the transportation systems from other systems," he said.
It is still unclear how the Hartford School District was attacked but Wisniewski said based on previous attacks, it was likely the district was compromised through the exposure of a remote desktop protocol externally for remote management and either phished or previously stolen credentials were used in password stuffing attacks.
Wisniewski added that all remote control and management tools need to utilize multifactor authentication and should be behind a VPN or only locally available.
"Even if these tools are not externally exposed, multifactor should be used in all remote control situations, as it only takes compromising one PC to be 'on the inside,'" Wisniewski said.
Kron highlighted that ransomware is most often spread through phishing emails or remote access portals and that it was key for organizations to ensure that backups are tested and kept secure to help with the recovery of the encrypted files.
Organizations need to look carefully at proactive measures such as the security controls related to their remote access options and ensure that employees are trained and tested in the art of spotting and reporting email phishing attacks before the ransomware can be launched and cause the damage, Kron said.
Piyush Pandey, CEO at Appsian, said the key for maintaining security during this time is to ensure that a "layered approach" is being used, including multifactor authentication, single sign-on, and sensitive data masking.
Enterprises should maintain heightened levels of visibility over data access and usage, but this can be difficult with legacy applications, Pandey said, adding that all institutions should be aware that cybercriminals know their systems are under stress and are likely to leverage that stress to increase the likelihood of payment after a ransomware attack.
Pandey added that the Hartford School District attack highlights why visibility into database level access is so vital because cybercriminals had 48 hours to be in the network before they were caught.
"Understanding exactly what was accessed during that time will be challenging," Pandey said. "The true damage done may take a while to be uncovered."
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There will be a student faculty basketball game in the gymnasium this Saturday at 1 p.m.
However, your classmates may prove to be a tough opponent for the faculty.
All of the proceeds from this event will be used to remodel the gymnasium next year.
The student team won the varsity championship last winter.
A victor is a group or person that wins in a contest.
No matter who the victor is, the student faculty game is always fun for everyone.
Which allow them to borrow equipment free of charge?
You paid the man for fixing it.
May be I left it on the front porch by accident.
I'll go home and relax.
We had two big birthday parties earlier, and a retirement party just left.
to move down beneath the surface of water, mud, etc.
You paid the man for fixing our sink.
I'll go home and take a bath.
We've invited all of our family and friends over to celebrate.
A check-up is a medical examination by your doctor or dentist to make sure that there is nothing wrong with your health.
You'd better get a medical checkup.
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I really don't like going to the doctor if it's not an emergency.
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I fed them this morning.
Should I prepare the table out on the patio?
Your father got a promotion.
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You'll probably agree it's important to recognize people for benefitting mankind.
They're awarded in three categories: chemistry, medicine, and literature.
What kind of containers do you have?
The Nobel Foundation, which handles all of the Prizes, was started in 1900.
Mankind is all of the world's people.
It's important to recognize people for helping mankind.
We have net pockets for $4 each and plastic boxes for $6 each.
They're awarded in three categories: physics, peace, and economic sciences.
The recipients of these prizes have included Mother Teresa and Barack Obama.
I don't remember those, but I do recognize this old, torn up couch.
They're easy to tidy up.
The Nobel Foundation was based on the last will and testament of Alfred Nobel.
They want to find an answer by discussing their ideas.
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The colors of the futuristic cityscapes were so lifelike.
I almost got in trouble in Rome.
His character had so much passion.
I got pickpocketed on my first day there.
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I rented a scooter to get around the city, and I got pulled over for speeding.
The sweeping melodies were so fitting.
The colors of the futuristic cityscapes were so vivid.
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Almond milk is growing in popularity here and abroad.
Second and most interestingly, it was her.
It's Sunday afternoon, and Joe is taking his girlfriend to see a volleyball match.
Do you ever feel like the negative effects of milk outweigh the positive?
The stadium is very crowded, but Joe bought expensive tickets for private seats.
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When they find their row, they see a large man and his wife sitting in the seats that they reserved.
Do a quick Internet search now to see what these amazing creatures look like.
I'm sure it's something they will really appreciate.
Do you know what a bush baby is?
It's similar to a monkey, and it got its name a long time ago when British explorers in Africa heard cries that sounded like children.
Bush babies have long, skinny hands and fingers, and their hind legs are specialized for jumping.
They also have the ability to move their ears in opposite directions simultaneously.
Bush babies can find food in the dark because they have such keen eyesight.
The bush baby sleeps through the day, and at night it feeds off insects and other small creatures, like lizards and mice.
I can rent a bike from here and return it to any location on the island, right?
I really appreciate you coming on such short notice.
Their ears allow them to pinpoint the exact location of their prey.
They also have the ability to move their ears in opposite directions simultaneously, allowing them to pinpoint the exact location of their prey.
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Their hind legs are specialized for jumping.
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Here, you will find a unique collection of artifacts.
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You need to confirm hotel reservations.
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Now it is funded by the American Historical Society.
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What if you get injured or have your wallet stolen while traveling?
Did you buy travel insurance?
I guess I have to be prepared, just in case.
And last but not least, please be quiet.
I've finished packing my luggage.
If, for whatever reason, you need to cancel your reservation, please do so at least twenty-four hours prior to the scheduled visit.
He aims to provide information regarding museum tours.
Please be respectful on the premises.
What if you have your wallet stolen while traveling?
Our team is holding a special event next week for Fan appreciation Day.
Could I please have your attention?
You can find a list of eligible fans in the manager's office.
As some of you may know, our team is holding a special event next week.
Drop the postcard in the box in the locker room, and we will deliver it for you.
Once you've chosen your fan, write down their name and a short note to show your appreciation on an FC APEC III postcard.
If you haven't chosen a fan to recognize, please do so before Friday.
I couldn't get tickets for an earlier showtime.
Wow, you had a run of bad luck.
Hey, check out that flock of birds!
a situation that is difficult and involves problems, effort, or arguments with people.
I'd better head downstairs and rest.
When something is overboard, it is over the side of a boat and in the water.
Just be careful not to fall overboard.
I think it's sea sickness.
Look at that flock of seagulls!
The tickets include all of our attractions but not the rides.
Well, because the farmers use different chemicals to make the carrots grow larger than they would naturally.
Actually, the chemicals are considered safe for humans to eat, but still, I'd like us to try to eat naturally-grown produce whenever possible.
There are attraction tickets, which don't include the rides.
You can just carry the light stuff.
The carrots are big because they are not organically grown.
Let's go to the produce section.
Pursuing her dream as a professional soccer player wasn't easy.
a place for painting, broadcasting, etc..
You can just carry that stuff.
I'd love to, I volunteer at the animal shelter every Saturday.
Don't make me blush, Ted.
It'd be really fun to compete against you.
I passed the preliminary round yesterday.
I'm sorry, but you have to purchase something before you can use the restroom.
Get on the website and submit your application today.
celebrities and professional dancers will join our judges' panel.
We're looking for the most talented young dancers to compete for a spot on our team.
We are holding tryouts to find out contestants.
To find our contestants, we are holding tryouts.
You might even get a chance to meet them in person.
a flat or curved part, usually rectangular, that serves as a wall, surface, etc.
Professional dancers will join our judges' panel.
Then we also have passes for our rides.
If you think you have what it takes to dance with the best, come down and show off your talent.
I signed up online last night.
We need the best and most talented dancers to compete for a spot on our team.
Get on the B-Boy Superstar website and submit it today.
We're looking for the best and most talented young dancers.
We are holding tryouts in four cities around the country.
It just seems like something is bothering him lately.
He's been really depressed lately.
Well, Joey has been going through a hard time.
He's been less active in class, and his grades are starting to drop again.
Something is bothering him lately.
Make sure you don't take naps during the day, either.
I work out almost every day.
He raises funds all year-around.
She calls her mother and asks her to bring her ID to the movie theater.
She needs to show her ID, but unfortunately she left it at home by mistake.
The movement consists of several different organizations.
The movement works without any discrimination of any kind.
The organization was founded to protect human life and health.
The movement protects human rights.
My name is Wendy, and I work with The International Red Cross, which is an international humanitarian organization.
She needs to show her id, but unfortunately she left it at home.
There are 97 million people involved in the movement.
It consists of several different organizations that are legally separate from each other.
This month we're raising funds for humanitarian aid, so if you would like to be a part of the movement, please visit our website today and make a donation.
She finds out that the minimum age is nineteen.
The movement consists of several different organizations that are united by the objectives.
The movement operates all over the world.
Red Crescent Movement is an international organization with about ninety-seven million volunteers, members, and staff all over the world.
Several different organizations are united by the basic common principles.
It was founded to create quality control for the treatment of all human beings, and to put an end to human suffering.
The movement raises funds every day.
It consists of several different organizations that are legally separate from each other but are united by, the basic common principles.
A statute is a law that is official and has been written down.
They are united by the symbols, statutes, and governing organizations.
They suggest that she call her mother, ask her to find the ID, and bring it to the movie theater.
unfortunately, she left her ID at home by mistake.
Wendy works with an international humanitarian organization with about ninety-seven million volunteers, members, and staff all over the world.
I'm afraid I've lost the DVD that I checked out.
Upon completion, all of our employees will be going on all-expenses paid trip to Jeju Island.
Of course this will be a big project for our small team, but I'm confident we're up to the task.
The current price of that DVD is $15.
You'll have to pay overdue fines, too.
This project will require all of us to work overtime and irregular hours, but I promise you it will be worth it.
You can pay us market price for the DVD.
Well, don't forget you'll have to pay overdue fines, too.
We have been chosen to write a collection of reading comprehension books for the biggest publishing company in Korea.
Cast your ballot in the administration office.
I tried to arrange for my friend to take care of them.
We have assembled here today to discuss the matter.
After all, our award committee will reveal the final results.
After all the votes are tallied, they will reveal the final results.
You may pick up and cast your ballot.
Please cast your vote for this year's winner of Jude's Javelin by the end of the week.
This is a student who has devoted his or her time, energy, and effort to our community.
His fame will be remembered for years to come.
Jude's Javelin is given to the student who has shown the greatest initiative in our school.
He aims to recommend a nominee for the award.
We have to discuss Jude's Academy's most prestigious award.
However, although I'm principal of the school, it's not up to me to select the winner of the award.
a person newly enlisted in the armed forces and not yet fully trained.
He aims to recruit people for the award committee.
He will reveal the final results.
But I have a slight problem.
The recipient of Jude's Javelin is ushered into our Hall of Fame.
He aims to report the results of the voting process.
European people are friendly and accommodating.
I'm proud to announce that our new gymnasium should be completed by the end of the week.
I did some backpacking and some sightseeing.
I'm proud to announce that the unveiling of our new school is scheduled for March 9th.
The new building should be completed by the end of the week, and the unveiling is scheduled for March 9th.
Our new gymnasium should be completed by the end of the week.
As the gymnasium has yet to be named, we're looking to you, the students, to name it.
If you think you have a good name, please write it down and put it in the green box next to the student council office.
The unveiling is scheduled for March 9th.
At the end of next week, the student council and I will vote on the name of the new gymnasium.
Sure, but we only have the smaller fields available that day.
Could you please put all of your belongings in that tray?
Does it come with a bathroom?
I'd like to reserve a room for September 2nd.
I have a spare key in my back pocket.
Please reserve a training facility for September 2nd.
A tray is a flat plate used to hold food.
Please put all of your belongings in the x-ray tray.
Where is a weight room?
Well, even though they are basically made from potatoes and corn, they're also greasy and covered in salt.
We have too many players on our team, coach.
I'm considering changing my career.
That sounds like a decent idea.
We really need to get rid of some players.
I'm considering going on a diet.
Don't eat too much fast food because it's so greasy.
Unhealthy eating habits can eventually lead to a heart attack.
Our minor league team needs some players, so we can send a few players to them to improve.
food such as potato chips, sweets and doughnuts, which is mass-produced and is of low nutritional value.
Yeah, I also eat too much junk food.
Eating too much fast food can eventually lead to a heart attack.
You know, I guess I never really considered the long-term effects.
So your goal for your diet is not to lose weight, but to change your eating habits.
We just have to take them off our roster for the season.
to tell people about something on TV, radio, etc.
I'd like to begin with an important announcement.
We charge $20 to fix each sole.
She will not be at Bob and Bob's Eatery, because we've received several complaints about Bob and Bob's selection.
Thank you for joining our group's monthly conference.
Those garages are completely destroyed, due to a sudden explosion.
Due to weather conditions, we've changed the date to November 3rd.
Lunch will be at High Street Market, not at Bob and Bob's eatery.
You should tie your laces, because you might step on it.
The rubber on the soles is coming loose, and the laces are destroyed.
City Hall will be much less crowded, making it easier to organize everyone.
The laces are nearly destroyed.
It wasn't easy to organize supplements for everyone.
The replacement lace is charged $5 each.
The rubber on the soles is coming loose.
The report is based on their shopping behavior.
Well, the rubber on the soles is coming loose.
I went to see the doctor for a checkup.
the sharing of information, news, etc.
It is also convenient to travel around the city from there.
I actually haven't gotten the results yet, but the doctor didn't see anything out of the ordinary.
I really hope we can find a room that meets all of our requirements.
It was just a routine checkup.
Let's try to find a room with a nice view, too.
You can find wireless internet at any cafe.
I'm browsing welp.com for a restaurant to take my girlfriend to.
How about that new Indian buffet on Main Street?
To lessen the stress on your neck, you need to sit directly in front of your monitor.
He wants to hang out with some new friends.
He got so angry he hung up the phone.
Indian food's low in calories and incredibly healthy.
Oh, you mean he was insulted?
Office workers reported troubles caused by long hours spent in front of the monitor.
Well, Indian food is both delicious and nutritious.
To offend someone means to make them angry or upset.
I don't want to risk offending him again.
I made a mistake and said something very offensive to him on the phone last night.
I've wanted to, but I tend to overeat at buffets.
It is to reduce the pressure on your back.
You should try sending him a message and see if he responds later.
Well, I think I upset one of my Korean friends.
We will greatly appreciate your help.
Some of the residents love to play games, so we need volunteers who are willing to play chess or checkers with them.
They have chatted on the Internet and exchanged emails for the past four years.
The members of the community will appreciate your contribution.
I met a friend at a famous e-pal website.
Lastly, we need students to join the senior citizens' drawing class at the facility.
Mike showed Joe around his hometown and introduced him to all of his friends.
We're also looking for students who can play a musical instrument to perform for the residents.
Joe would like to ask permission for Mike to visit from the school's principal.
They met through a popular e-pal website.
Mike wants to visit the school's principal, Mr. Lee.
Firstly, we need volunteers who can serve food to the residents.
Joe wanted to return the favor and invited Mike to Korea for this summer vacation.
We're looking for a couple of art students to join the senior citizens' drawing class.
If any of this sound interesting to you, please visit the student council office before the end of school this Friday.
This is the vice president of your student council, Tom Robbins.
As many of you may already know, we're going to the retirement home at the end of the week, and we're looking for volunteers.
They used their weapons aggressively.
It survives in colder climates and is found in northern oceans.
Its most unique feature is a tusk that protrudes out of the top of its head.
Ann, how's your job at the grocery store?
A horn is a device that makes a loud noise.
It looks like a unicorn's horn.
The animals find mates in the wild.
They mostly use the horns to find mates.
I usually have to do so many different things on my own.
The Labor Department recommended that employers increase the part-time pay rate.
The employers asked for the increase of the part-time pay rate.
A tusk protrudes out of the top of its head.
Narwhals rarely use these aggressively.
A tusk is a long, curved, pointed tooth of an elephant, boar, or walrus.
It has a tusk that protrudes out of the top of its head and looks like a unicorn's horn.
The narwhal is a very unique, medium-sized whale.
It usually grows to between four and five and a half meters, and it can live for up to fifty years.
We seem to be on good terms with them.
I must've fallen asleep on the couch.
It's a disturbance to others.
The furniture donation went really well this month.
As a volunteer, you will get free entry to the event and a free T-shirt.
We want to give a big thank you for the furniture you gave us.
The event went well this month, and we want to give a big thank you to everyone who helped out.
Next month we want to have a grand opening party.
We've hired a live band to play at the event.
Mark, how are the preparations going for your party?
As you know, we have recently remodeled the lounge.
We have recently remodeled the student lounge.
If you would like to volunteer, you can stop by the office today and let us know.
Since this is the student lounge, we would like to ask some of you to work at the event as volunteers.
You know you're not supposed to run the washer or dryer after 11 p.m. in our apartment building.
How are the things going for your parents' 50th wedding anniversary party?
We want to see all of you there for this awesome event!
If something is exclusive, it is expensive and only for rich people.
We have an exclusive pre-release copy, and you're free to try it!
If you are looking for the special edition of the game, with loads of extras, buy it!
This Sunday, August 27th, we would love for you to come down and play the latest games for free.
The weather forecast is calling for rain.
We want you to play the latest games for free, including the newest edition of the Courts series.
We would love for you to come down and play the latest games for free.
Purchase a special edition of the game, with loads of extras!
We're looking forward to seeing all of you there.
You're free to try our pre-release copy!
I think we need to reschedule.
As you may know, every month we sponsor a free gaming day for our club members.
Play the latest games for free, including the newest edition of the Courts and Castles series, Conquest!
Anyway, one of my coworkers called in sick, so I had to cover her shift.
I did, but I had to cancel at the last minute.
Do you have your baggage claim number?
Please fill out this damage complaint form.
I had to cover my coworker's shift, because she called in sick.
I started dozing off at the end, though.
Okay, I just need you to fill out this form.
Would you be willing to wait until we can have your baggage fixed?
She is a flight attendant.
instead of having your baggage repaired, I can offer you a thirty percent discount on your next ticket.
Yeah, but I couldn't make it today.
She called in sick, so I had to cover her shift.
And you believe the baggage was damaged during transit?
Well, according to an article I read, reading in the dark can tire out your eyes.
I was just reading an article on the Olympics.
Your pupils expand when there's less light.
I can't wait until the NCAA finals tonight!
I'll bring my homemade salsa and chips.
I have some extra T-shirts lying around.
Because your pupils need to expand when it's dark.
The article said that the reading in the dark can tire out your eyes.
As part of our Valentine's Day tradition, lots of students send anonymous gift to anyone in the school.
My shirt has a hole in the armpit.
This is a great way to show that special someone that you truly care.
We will deliver the gift to whomever you wish.
I dropped off some clothes last week.
The event includes a fashion show and an exhibition of artwork.
The coats will be $5 apiece, and I can fix the hole in that shirt for $3.
I'd like to have dry-cleaned and a shirt that has a hole.
Write a short note, and we will deliver it to whomever you wish.
The event includes an exhibition of artwork and a folk dance performance.
Many students send personal gift to anyone in the school.
Simply purchase a gift, and we will deliver the gift to whomever you wish.
We have several gifts to choose from in the lobby, such as chocolates and roses.
As part of our Valentine's Day tradition, many students send gift to anyone.
What can you say regarding an upcoming special event?
But it certainly appears to be working for you and your family.
It certainly appears to be working for you.
The directions can be a bit complicated if you don't know your way around town.
Jogging is relatively safe and convenient.
Well, it's not far from here, but the directions are complicated.
Are you familiar with the city at all?
Greg, you look like you've lost weight.
Well, I've actually been running a lot recently.
Running is easy, relatively safe, and convenient.
So, you've been working out lately?
The other isn't that great academically, but it's only an hour away from his hometown.
After waiting for a few months, he gets accepted to two schools.
according to statistics reported by Job Fair magazine, the average salary of people aged 20-30 earn lower salaries than before.
Andrew has applied to several universities.
He has to choose as soon as possible.
An autograph is the written name of a famous person.
Do you know the average salary of people aged 20-30 who have a master's degree?
The market can't bear to pay the same salaries it once could.
She didn't mention the declining condition of the overall economy.
Many people receive salaries far lower than what they deserve.
employees are overqualified for the positions they're applying to.
One is an excellent school with great facilities.
Andrew's guidance counselor, Mrs. Towns, walks toward him.
To hesitate is to wait for a short time before doing something.
Andrew, if you hesitate too long, you may lose your chance.
But the school is very far from his hometown.
The average salary of people aged 20-30 who have a master's degree or higher is between twenty and forty thousand dollars lower than before.
First, the overall economy is not doing well.
Nowadays, there are many overqualified people who are working with salaries far lower than what they deserve.
That company has a large pool of potential employees to choose from.
She is overqualified for the position she is applying to.
Companies now have a much larger pool of potential employees to choose from.
Yeah, you have quite a lot of information to present.
Job Fair magazine reported that the people who have a master's degree earn lesser than it was only ten years ago.
She didn't mention the increase of the average cost to run a business.
It's Andrew's senior year of high school.
When something is stiff, it is hard to move.
Second, there are far more people earning graduate degrees than ever before, so competition for jobs is stiffer than ever.
With a struggling economy, people are often overqualified for the positions they're applying to.
His guidance counselor urges him to choose as soon as possible.
Please visit our website for new exhibitions and additions.
To attend our special events, you need to purchase a membership.
Can you see the curator at the front desk?
If you would like more information or would like to donate money to the Franklin Arts Center, feel free to call our toll-free number any time.
Please visit our website at www.artscenter.franklin.edu on the first of each month for new exhibitions.
Membership is free to students and faculty.
Our exhibition hall is open daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. It's closed on Sundays, Mondays, and on national holidays.
Please purchase a membership from the curator at the front desk.
Please put all this on my card.
He felt dizzy after taking his temperature.
The catchy tunes combine elements of dance, electronic, hip-hop, electro pop, and even R&B music.
It combines elements of dance, electronic, hip-hop, electro pop, and even R&B music.
Is there any discount for the display model?
To expire is to no longer be effective because its use has come to an end.
You could have gotten a ten percent discount, but it has expired.


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LIGHTNING ROUND: THERE WILL BE BLOOD.
by Mori Dinauer
Last night's vice-presidential debate drew 45 percent of American households, a considerably larger audience than the first debate between John McCain and Barack Obama. Meanwhile, Think Progress has compiled a video that demonstrates how reliant Sarah Palin was on notecards to deliver her talking points. [EDIT: Marc Ambinder argues that wasn't the case, as it would violate the debate rules.] Finally, blogger Aden Nak has put together a useful flowchart to help you make sense of Palin's thought processes during the debate.
Today on Fox News, Palin discussed being "annoyed" during the Katie Couric interviews because "no matter what you say, you're going to get clobbered. If you cease to answer a question, you're going to get clobbered on the answer. If you choose to try to pivot and go on to another subject that you believe that Americans want to hear about, you get clobbered for that, too." I agree. It must be irritating to have to answer questions from a journalist when all you're trying to do is use the interview to spew campaign boilerplate. In the same interview Plain revealed that she first learned about the McCain campaign's decision to pull out of Michigan in the paper this morning. Definitely a valuable member of the team, that Palin!
Yesterday, Politico reported that the McCain campaign is planning to target three states in the wake of its Michigan decision: Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Minnesota. In addition, the campaign is targeting Maine's second congressional district, which, if it's successful, would yield a single, potentially tie-breaking electoral vote. Meanwhile, Barack Obama appears to be playing the same game, putting resources into Nebraska's second CD.
The RNC raised $66 million in September, a record amount. That kind of money can sure buy a lot of attack ads.
Charles Krauthammer calls the election for Barack Obama, observing that "he's got both a first-class intellect and a first-class temperament. That will likely be enough to make him president." He's right, but since he's Krauthammer, he uses his media real estate to pump the Jeremiah Wright, William Ayers and Tony Rezko connections that the McCain campaign is sure to tap soon (as if anyone cares or is listening).
Quote of the Day, courtesy of Rich Lowry, editor of that serious journal of conservative ideas, National Review: "I'm sure I'm not the only male in America who, when Palin dropped her first wink, sat up a little straighter on the couch and said, 'Hey, I think she just winked at me.' And her smile. By the end, when she clearly knew she was doing well, it was so sparkling it was almost mesmerizing. It sent little starbursts through the screen and ricocheting around the living rooms of America." Dood, shez so hawt!!!
In Virginia, Barack Obama has reached his voter registration goal of 150,000 people, adding over 100,000 in the last month alone. Virginia doesn't require disclosure of party affiliation but, based on where these voters are coming from, they're probably mostly Democrats.
--Mori Dinauer
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