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'Surrender to the Germans? Nuts!'
by Steve Balestrieri Dec 22, 2019
Photo of General Patton decorating McAuliffe: U.S. Army
On this day 75 years ago one of the most famous lines ever uttered by an American military officer was said when the Germans surrounded the 101st Airborne around Bastogne, Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge.
General Anthony McAuliffe, the acting Division Commander in the absence of General Maxwell Taylor who was in the United States at a conference at the time, was woken from his bed with the news that the German troops, who had encircled Bastogne, had demanded the 101's surrender.
McAuliffe uttered the answer "Nuts" and would immediately be remembered forever.
In the Ardennes Forest, the Germans had taken the Americans completely by surprise and using their armored reserves attacked the most thinly defended line manned by the green U.S. 106th Division. They easily broke through and created a huge hole, a "bulge" in the allies' lines.
The 101st Airborne, still recovering from the beating it had taken in Operation Market-Garden, was refitting in France. It was rushed into the breach, short of men, equipment and with nearly a total absence of winter clothing. They were given the task of holding the important crossroads town of Bastogne where seven roads and the railway intersected. The 101st's defense of the town steeled U.S. resolve during the battle. The unit would forever become famous for holding out against overwhelming odds.
McAuliffe was born in Washington D.C. on July 2, 1898. He attended West Virginia University and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, graduating just after World War I ended in 1918. He advanced slowly through the ranks in the small peacetime army. Just before the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel.
By the time of the D-Day invasion, McAuliffe had risen to Brigadier General and was the commander of the 101st Airborne Division's artillery. He jumped into Normandy with the troops. After the death of the Assistant Division Commander, BG Donald Pratt in Normandy, McAuliffe was given that title.
He took part in Operation Market-Garden and after the battle was the acting division commander while General Taylor was in Washington. When the 101st was alerted, he took the troops into Bastogne. The 101st ABN was joined by Combat Command B of the 10th Armored Division.
The Germans surrounded the Americans at Bastogne and had a vast numerical advantage over the lightly armed American paratroopers. The German Corps Commander General Heinrich Freiherr von Lüttwitz attempted to get the Americans to surrender. They sent four soldiers, two NCOs and two officers under a flag of truce.
The senior officer was Major Wagner of the 47th Panzer Corps and the junior officer, Lt. Hellmuth Henke of the Panzer Lehr Operations Section. They approached a portion of the American line covered by Company F, of the 327 Glider Infantry Regiment of the 101st. They said they had a written message to be presented to the American commander of the U.S. forces in Bastogne.
The officers were blindfolded and taken to a command post. The message was passed from the Company, Battalion, Regiment and levels and then finally reached the Division commander: McAuliffe was woken from his sleeping quarters next to the Division Communications Center by the Acting Division Chief of Staff, LTC Ned Moore. He was told that the Germans were asking for their surrender. McAuliffe groused, "Aw nuts" and began to crawl out from his bunk.
The staff of the 101st then read the typewritten German demand for surrender.
To the U.S.A. Commander of the encircled town of Bastogne.
The fortune of war is changing. This time the U.S.A. forces in and near Bastogne have been encircled by strong German armored units. More German armored units have crossed the river Ourthe near Ortheuville, have taken Marche and reached St. Hubert by passing through Hompre-Sibret-Tillet. Libramont is in German hands.
There is only one possibility to save the encircled U.S.A troops from total annihilation: that is the honorable surrender of the encircled town. In order to think it over a term of two hours will be granted beginning with the presentation of this note.
If this proposal should be rejected one German Artillery Corps and six heavy A. A. Battalions are ready to annihilate the U.S.A. troops in and near Bastogne. The order for firing will be given immediately after this two-hour term.
All the serious civilian losses caused by this artillery fire would not correspond with the well-known American humanity.
The German Commander."
McAuliffe left the command post to personally congratulate a group of soldiers who had destroyed a German roadblock. When he returned he received a phone call that the two German officers were still waiting for an answer.
"Well, I don't know what to tell them." At that point, LTC Harry Kinnard, the Division's Operations Officer said, "What you said initially would be hard to beat." McAulliffe asked "What do you mean?" Kinnard, said, "Sir, you said nuts." All members of the staff agreed, so McAulliffe wrote it down on a message pad and said, "Have it typed up."
To the German Commander,
N U T S!
The American Commander"
McAuliffe's written reply was delivered back down to the Command Post where the German officers were being held, still blindfolded. Asking if it was written or verbal, the German officer was told that the message was written. He was told that it consisted of a single word, "Nuts!" the German officer was confused. "Is that reply negative or affirmative?" The Americans said, "The reply is decidedly not affirmative."
The Germans were taken back to the front lines were, confused, they again asked what the reply meant, not understanding the American slang. An American enlisted man who spoke German said, "Du kannst zum Teufel gehen." He told the American officer it meant "You can go to Hell." Then the officer said to the Germans, "If you continue to attack, we will kill every goddamn German that tries to break into this city."
Henke replied, "We will kill many Americans. This is war." The American officer Major Harper then said, "On your way Bud," and without thinking, added, "and good luck to you." After Henke translated, the major acknowledged. They saluted and the Germans started to walk away. Harper angrily called out to them, "If you don't know what I am talking about, simply go back to your commanding officer and tell him to just plain "Go to Hell."
The Germans didn't take Bastogne. Soon afterward the skies cleared and American fighter-bombers began to pound the German panzers in the Bulge, while C-47s began airdropping supplies and ammunition to the men of the 101st. On the afternoon of December 26th, the lead tanks of the 37th Tank Battalion, 4th Armored Division of the Third Army under General Patton had broken through the German encirclement and created a tenuous lifeline where the most seriously wounded paratroopers could be evacuated. The American lines were restored and the 101st was no longer encircled. Getting back the terrain lost took another month.
The German attack had failed at a tremendous cost. The German reserve armor had been smashed and there were no more to replace them. With the Russians pushing from the east and the Western Allies squeezing them from the Belgian/German border, the Nazis were finished. It was just a matter of time. Germany capitulated on May 7, 1945.
When the Third Army linked up with the 101st, General Patton personally decorated McAuliffe with the Distinguished Service Cross on January 14th, 1945. The next day, McAuliffe was promoted to Major General and given command of the 103rd Infantry Division. He would lead the division against the Germans for the remainder of the war and later liberate the Kaufering concentration camp, part of the Dachau complex. The 103rd would take Innsbruck in Austria and secure the Brenner Pass where elements of the Fifth Army, moving up from Italy, linked up and joined the Italian and Western fronts.
After the war McAuliffe returned to Europe as the commander of the 7th Army in 1953 and in 1955. After being promoted to full General (4 stars), he was named Commander-in-Chief of the United States Army Europe. He retired in 1956.
McAuliffe died of leukemia on August 11, 1975, aged 77. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery alongside his wife, son, and daughter.
About Steve Balestrieri
Steve served as a Special Forces NCO and Warrant Officer before injuries forced his early separation. He writes for SOFREP and covers the NFL for PatsFans.com and his work is regularly featured in the Millbury-Sutton Chronicle and Grafton News newspapers
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I'm 40 years old, but still a rocker at heart.
And now I have a chance to get up on stage again.
We're polishing up something evil from Alice In Chains for our June 6 show at Nick's Nightclub.
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IFTTT Gets An iPad App, Curated Recipe Collections And Native Notifications
Matthew Panzarino @Panzer / 9 years
Today, the Internet glue service IFTTT gets an iPad app to complement its offerings on the iPhone and the web. You can also now use native push notifications in your recipes, and collections of recipes have gotten much more exposure.
The addition of native iOS push notification support will be welcome by those of us that have custom crafted alert recipes. If you were triggering an app that had its own push notifications built in, you were just fine, but if you were winging a custom setup that sent you a message or alert you had to use services like Pushover to ping a notification. I don't mind Pushover specifically, but I found that sending a text was more reliable. But that led to a buildup of texts from IFTTT and an additional sender that I didn't really need. Making the standard notification service available to the IFTTT app on iPhone and now iPad means a more streamlined alerts system.
This also means that you're able to send yourself 'lighter' one-off alerts that felt too heavy to send a text or launch an app. Who knows better about what you want to know than you?
Adding curated collection sections in the apps makes a lot of sense, as collections have been available on the web but haven't been made prominent before. You'll see stuff for the connected home, travel and a bunch more and these will be rotated through every week. Offering a coherent list of recipes around a particular use case does a lot to emphasize the usefulness of IFTTT.
The IFTTT team has also added location triggers to the iOS Photos channel, which lets you perform an action only when you shoot images in a proscribed area. Good for creating location-aware albums or only posting images when you're on vacation.
IFTTT says that Android is still in the works, but that they've "almost nailed it," so hopefully soon. You can snag IFTTT for iPad here.

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Eclectic Murder Suspect Arraigned
Victim's Mother Opposes Death Penalty
The man accused of committing the eclectic murders was arraigned Wednesday. Robert Fry was charged with killing two people at an occult store called The Eclectic in 1996. Police reports said that Fry almost decapitated his two victims. Christina Trecker, the mother of one of the victims, said that she disagreed with the district attorney's decision to pursue the death penalty. "I don't believe in the death penalty," Trecker said. "Two wrongs don't make it right. What I want is for him is to serve four life consecutive sentences without a possibility of parole. Let him live in prison." Fry was described leaving the courtroom as quiet and avoiding eye contact. Previous Stories: December 05, 2000: Charges Filed In Eclectic Deaths
ALBUQUERQUE —
The man accused of committing the eclectic murders was arraigned Wednesday.
December 05, 2000: Charges Filed In Eclectic Deaths


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Mario Giordana (* 16. Januar 1942 in Barge, Provinz Cuneo, Italien) ist ein italienischer Geistlicher und emeritierter Erzbischof sowie Diplomat des Heiligen Stuhls.

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Mario Giordana empfing am 25. Juni 1967 die Priesterweihe. Papst Paul VI. verlieh ihm am 5. Oktober 1977 den Ehrentitel Kaplan Seiner Heiligkeit (Monsignore); Papst Johannes Paul II. verlieh ihm am 3. Oktober 1990 den Titel Ehrenprälat Seiner Heiligkeit.

Am 27. April 2004 ernannte ihn Papst Johannes Paul II. zum Titularerzbischof von Minora und zum Apostolischen Nuntius in Haiti. Die Bischofsweihe spendete ihm Kardinalstaatssekretär Angelo Sodano, am 29. Mai desselben Jahres; Mitkonsekratoren waren Paolo Romeo, Apostolischer Nuntius in Italien und San Marino, und Giuseppe Guerrini, Bischof von Saluzzo.

Papst Benedikt XVI. ernannte ihn am 15. März 2008 zum Apostolischen Nuntius in der Slowakei. Seine Amtszeit als Apostolischer Nuntius endete mit der Ernennung seines Nachfolgers Giacomo Guido Ottonello am 1. April 2017 und er trat in den altersbedingten Ruhestand.

Am 4. Oktober 2017 ernannte ihn Papst Franziskus zum Mitglied der Kongregation für die Evangelisierung der Völker und am 15. Dezember 2018 zum Mitglied der Kongregation für die Selig- und Heiligsprechungsprozesse.

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October 2, 2022: Car Wars Sixth Edition Playmat Pre-Orders Close Tomorrow
If you're a fan of Car Wars Sixth Edition (in stores on October 5th!), then you have one final day to place your pre-order for the new City Block playmats. The BackerKit pre-order page lists the three new playmats, while also giving everyone a chance at other Car Wars Sixth Edition playmats, games, expansions, and accessories.
Warehouse 23 is a small space, so we're unlikely to produce many more playmats than we need to cover the pre-orders. If you're looking to add these new City Block playmats to your collection, we recommend pre-ordering, since there's no guarantee that we will have extra copies for sale after we fulfill the pre-orders. (We're likely to offer another chance to pre-order them in the future; these are not one-and-done releases.)
Visit the preorder page at BackerKit today!


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Fire at the Lister's Factory, July 27th 1983
On Wednesday July 27th 1983, during the main factory shutdown, the largest fire in R.A.lister's history occurred at the Dursley works. It started at lunch time in the main office block and burned down the Commercial, Financial and Parts and Services Offices together with the pipe shop and the Applications workshops. The Sales and Marketing departments were also badly damaged. The fire was attended by Lister's own Dennis fire engine and others from local brigades, all of them doing a sterling job to contain the blaze. However all-in-all 75,000 sq.ft. of workshops and 50,000 of office buildings were lost requiring temporary replacements or use of alternative space in other existing buildings.
Recovery was rapid despite the damage. By 8.30am the following morning the computer system was back in action. The telephone exchange was a casualty of the fire but by Thursday three lines were operating and by the following Monday twenty-four lines had been connected. On that day also, new telex and computer terminals were delivered and became operational. Ten days after the fire, the main factory workforce returned, with those working in the pipe Shop or Toolroom having to relocate to new buildings. However through all this, there was actually very little direct impact on customers, old or new, due to the fire.
The loss of the main offices was a blow but led to the construction of a new purpose built administration building, Drake House, which opened in early 1986. Unfortunately, in 2003, the building is no longer used by Lister's, although it is occupied by another company.
Lister's fire brigade first started in the mid 1920's, their first engine being a Morris Commercial. At the time Lister's also gave fire cover for the whole of Dursley Parish Council. Other serious fires attended to by the brigade include one in the Harrowland in 1963 and a serious one in March 1930 when the original Lister-Bruston generating set department was gutted.
A full report of the fire at R.A Lister is available for download in PDF format.
Further details of Dursley's Fire Brigade history can be viewed by following this link.
Picture Gallery (Click on picture for larger view)
Office block fully ablaze
The fire soon took hold of the main office block and rapidly advanced through the building making it difficult to fight until more resources had arrived on the scene.
(July 27th 1983 - courtesy Ian Wilkins)
The Churn Works goes up in flames
As the heat built up, burning embers crossed the gap to the Churn Works building which was soon well alight. Being used latterly for the production of woodware items it was soon engulfed by flames.
All hands to the pumps
The fire fighters from around the county continue to damp down the fire which has by now destroyed the main office block seen in the background.
(July 27th 1983 - copyright Ian Thomas)
Fighting the blaze
The flames take a strong hold on the office block as the firefighters try to keep it from spreading.
(July 27th 1983 - copyright Dursley Gazette)
Fire engine line-up
Fire engines came from far and wide to attend the blaze at R.A.Lister.
The damage has been done
Just the walls remain of the most affected buildings as the firemen finish the job.
High platform over Lister's
Water continues to be played on to the fire to finish off the last of the flames.
Office block aftermath
The shell of the main office block and the extent of the damage done is clearly seen in this view.
Clear-up
The whole of the top floor of the Churn Works building has collapsed and is open to the sky as the fire fighters tidy up the hoses.
There's going to be no work done in this office block today. The hard work is over and the only thing left to do is collect up the equipment and leave the scene.
Little remains of Lister's office block on the day after the fire. The twisted girders of the destroyed structure make a sorry sight. It was demolished soon afterwards.
Lister-Petter fire engine
Lister-Petter's 1972 Dennis fire engine.
(August 1988 - copyright Ian Thomas)
R.A.Lister fire engine in the early years
An early shot of R.A.Lister's fire brigade with their 1926 Morris Commercial.
(1930's - courtesy Ian Thomas)


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UN Peace deal reached between Libyan factions
December 18, 2015 by The New Mail	in Africa
TRIPOLI, Libya, A peace deal has been signed by Libya's warring factions, who will now form a national unity government.
Libyans celebrate the overthrow of the Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. A new UN-brokered peace deal brings together the factions into a unified government. UPI/Tarek Elframawy | License Photo.
The deal was brokered by the United Nations with the hope of bringing stability to the country and the North African region in the fight against the Isis.
Libya has essentially been two countries since the death of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. One self-declared government in Libya's capital of Tripoli and another in the eastern part of the country that is the government recognized by the rest of the world. Both are supported by various militia.
But despite the deal being signed by multiple parties, including members of the opposing parliaments and local councils, many others on either side of the country refuse to accept the deal and forming a new government.
"This is just the beginning of a long journey for Libya," said UN envoy Martin Kobler at the signing ceremony. "Signing is only the first step on the road to putting Libya back on the right track. The door is always open to those who are not here today. The new government must move urgently to address the concerns of those who feel marginalized."
The U.S. State Department offered its encouragement to the agreement.
"We applaud the efforts of those courageous Libyan leaders to rebuild a united Libya," said spokesperson John Kirby. " We stand ready to support the implementation of the political agreement and are committed to providing a unified government full political backing in technical and economic security and counter terrorism assistance. The U.S. will stand with you as you take the next necessary steps to build Libyan peace and security."
British troops could also be sent to support the fledgling government but would not be in a combat role.
By Shawn Price
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Q: How to uninstall a package installed from snapcraft? I used this command line
sudo snap install pwgen-tyhicks

to install pwgen but I can't findout how to use it.
So I want to uninstall it. How to  uninstall it?

A: sudo snap remove pwgen-tyhicks --purge

Uninstall completely

A: sudo snap remove pwgen-tyhicks

From documentation:

Prior to removal (except on Ubuntu Core systems), a snap's internal user, system, and configuration data is saved as a snapshot (snapd 2.39+), and retained for 31 days. A snapshot can be used to restore the state of your snap upon reinstallation.

A: Purge
Use sudo snap remove --purge snapname to completely remove a snap package, including all of its revision loop drives. Only by doing so, will the hard drive space be made available again, as demonstrated below for the snap package firefox.
$ lsblk
NAME     TYPE   SIZE    MODEL    SERIAL    WWN    MOUNTPOINT
…
loop6    loop  70.4M                              /snap/core22/275
loop7    loop 176.9M                              /snap/firefox/1810
loop8    loop 178.4M                              /snap/firefox/1860
loop9    loop 346.3M                              /snap/gnome-3-38-2004/115
…

$ snap list
Name       Version    Rev    Tracking         Publisher    Notes
firefox    105.0-2    1860   latest/stable    mozilla✓     -

Here is the command that performs the purge:
$ sudo snap remove --purge firefox

$ lsblk
NAME     TYPE   SIZE    MODEL    SERIAL    WWN    MOUNTPOINT
…
loop6    loop  70.4M                              /snap/core22/275
loop9    loop 346.3M                              /snap/gnome-3-38-2004/115
…

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Q: React/material ui raisedbutton executing onTouchTap on init I am using react/redux/material ui and normally through out my website the components work fine. One 1 page there is something very very wierd going on.
I create a component like this:
class MyOwnComponent extends Component {
  doSomething = (id) => {
    alert('doSomething: id = ' + id )
  }

  render() {
    return (
      <RaisedButton secondary={true} label={'My label'} onTouchTap={this.doSomething(id)}/>
    )
  }
}

I have a raisedbutton from material ui and put it in the render method.
The thing is that when the page loads with the component in it the doSomething method is called. Even though it is only called in the onTouchTap in raisedbutton. Almost as if a bug in the raisedbutton is calling the onTouchTap method immediately instead when the button is clicked.
Does any body have a explanation for this really strange behaviour?
Thanks

A: You are giving to onTouchTap void, because that's what this.doSomething(id) returns .
this.doSomething(id)

is executed the firs time MyOwnComponent is rendered.
Instead you should do this :
class MyOwnComponent extends Component {
  doSomething = () => {
    const {id}  = this.props.object;
    alert('doSomething: id = ' + id )
  }

  render() {
    return (
      <RaisedButton secondary={true} label={'My label'} onTouchTap={this.doSomething}/>
    )
  }
}

A: The problem was that the return value of doSomething() function is returned and assigned to onTouchTap. Instead you should just pass the function name, without paranthesis.
One solution can be this.
class MyOwnComponent extends Component {
  doSomething = () => {
   alert('doSomething: id = ' + this.props.object.id );
  }
  render() {
   return (
     <RaisedButton secondary={true} label={'My label'} onTouchTap=
      {this.doSomething}/>
   );
  }

}
Alternatively you can use also use
<RaisedButton secondary={true} label={'My label'} onTouchTap={()=>
   this.doSomeThing(id) /> // eslint-disable-line

A: I tried your sollution. However when I use onTouchTap={() => this.doSomething(id)} the page wont load because the browser says JSX props should not use arrow functions.
And the id is from the props. At the top of the render method I say
const { id } = this.props.object


35mm B&w set from a trip up to the ravine a few weeks ago stoked to head back up soon for some spring corn!
there is, all around us, this country of original fire. you know what I mean. the sky, after all, stops at nothing, so something has to be holding our bodies in its rich and timeless stables or else we would fly away.
Few humans I'm more thankful for. Grateful I get to support what he's doing.
More houses in the Cape Breton countryside.
Vibing on this warm weather today! I hear we are getting some crazy thunderstorms later today. It reminds me of Brynna and David's wedding last year - their ceremony was bright and sunny and then the sky turned purple and yellow. We had about 10 minutes before the sky opened with rain and these photos were some of my favorite last season because of the soft light.
Late nights and early mornings - This metaphor has become my lifestyle. Although I love my sleep I've trained my body (with lots and lots of practice) to be okay with functioning on minimal sleep. Projects keep me up late at night and meetings, calls, emails are my morning brew. I've noticed after a few months of doing this that I look forward to waking up and getting on with my day. By noon time I've already gotten so much done and I still am left with time. I find great pleasure in efficiency. You can always improve on it, constantly perfect it but never truly master it. It's a delicate art. @jevanleith in frame 6:00 AM.
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Bitfinex Must Answer NY AG Allegations It Hid Over $800M In Lost Funds
Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex must answer allegations by the state of New York that the Hong Kong-based company hid more than $800 million in losses of client and corporate funds, the New York Court of Appeals ruled Thursday (July 9), according to Bloomberg.
Companies connected to Bitfinex have been accused by New York Attorney General Letitia James of the loss of commingled client and corporate funds, Bloomberg reported. The companies have insisted the cash was deposited with Crypto Capital Corp.
Investigators at the U.S. Department of Justice alleged Crypto Capital provided shadow banking services to several cryptocurrency exchanges, including Bitfinex, Binance, Cex.io, Coinapult and QuadrigaCX. The Panamanian company was indicted for conspiracy to commit bank fraud and conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transfer service, Cointelegraph reported.
Crypto Capital President Ivan Manuel Molina Lee was arrested last year by Polish authorities on suspicion of laundering $350 million worth of funds from illegal proceeds and having ties to a global drug cartel, Cointelegraph reported. The company later collapsed.
In April of 2019, cryptocurrencies saw a double-digit percentage drop in bitcoin. On April 26, the price of bitcoin fell to $5,092, down from levels earlier that week that topped $5,580. The slide came as James accused Bitfinex of covering up missing funds through illegal transactions to the tune of $850 million.
Companies tied to Bitfinex also operate the stablecoin Tether, a conduit for trading in much of the cryptocurrency market globally, Bloomberg reported. The appeals court rejected the argument that Tether, with a market capitalization of more than $9 billion, is not a security or commodity and said the court has jurisdiction over its issuer.
The justices also rejected the companies' argument that since they are not based in New York or serve local traders, they shouldn't be answerable to or have to produce certain documents for New York authorities, Bloomberg reported. The court said New York traders had used Tether, and some of the companies' staff worked in New York.
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Centralized exchanges and their risks
The ecosystem of 2Ether will include a decentralized exchange, 2EtherEx. How are decentralized exchanges – DEX – different from traditional centralized exchanges? Are they really better? What issues do they face? We'll tell you all about it a series of posts. This time, we'll look at centralized exchanges – why they have nothing to do with real decentralization and what risks they pose.
Big exchanges like Coinbase and Huobi allow you to trade in decentralized crypto assets, but they themselves are completely centralized. This is for three reasons:
1) All transactions are processed off-chain and recorded in the exchange's own database. All those thousands of trades made every day on Coinbase, for example, are never recorded on the blockchain.
2) Client funds are stored in a centralized way. When you deposit money on an exchange, it goes into the main wallet of the exchange. It's huge – there are millions of dollars' worth of crypto there. If you send money from your blockchain wallet, then this – and only this – operation is recorded on the blockchain. After this, the centralized exchange assigns you credit of sorts – it puts as much crypto on your individual account as you put in the main wallet. At the end of trading, when you want to withdraw your profits, you sort of exchange those credits for the real crypto, which gets sent to your wallet. This transaction is also recorded on the blockchain. But everything in between has nothing to do with decentralization.
3) The exchange management is centralized – it's in the hands of a few people. They can become very powerful, and their decisions influence what happens to your funds. For example, Changpeng Zhao, the CEO of Binance, has such weight in the industry that he doesn't even comment on the potential of any coins. On the other hand, illegal actions taken by exchange executives can have terrible consequences. When the CEO of the Canadian exchange Quadriga was found dead in India, it turned out that almost $100 million were missing from the accounts. This money will probably never be found.
Centralization of exchanges has several more risks:
- Easy target for hackers. We've all heard about massive thefts from exchanges – sometimes up to $500 million. Since all the funds are stored together, exchanges' wallets are among the most attractive things to hack, so criminals keep trying.
- Market manipulations. Exchanges and their partners do lots of wash trading, fictitious deals, front-running, etc. It's estimated that over 80% of all Bitcoin trading volume is essentially fake. Exchanges want to be in the top-10 by volume – and most of their revenue comes from commissions. So they will allow bots and many dubious practices, even if their Terms of Use usually say that you can't manipulate the market in any way.
- Arbitrary actions. An exchange can suddenly close operations in a certain country, introduce an obligatory KYC, or delist an asset.
So if centralized exchanges are so risky, why do most traders use them? The reason is that they have some very serious advantages, too. We'll look at those advantages in our next post.
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The Biggest Scams In The Crypto History: Part 2
Here's the sequel of our previous article. You wanted — you got it. Let's roll!
OneCoin
OneCoin is a good example of a Ponzi scheme. In 2015, the Indian company One Coin Limited began to issue digital currency without a blockchain and decentralization. The old-school MLM (Multi-Level Marketing) strategy was used for the distribution of coins.
The company was selling a wide range of training packages on crypto trading, mining and successful life. There were textbooks, presentations, and other rubbish, among which were OneCoin tokens. They were supposed to allow users to get even more tokens. But the thing was that only One Coin Limited had exclusive rights to issue of coinage. So there were no other options for mining this coin.
On the international conference the founder of OneCoin, Ruja Ignatova, presents these tokens as the Bitcoin killer. See how easy it is to fool users?
Over the years, the company has spread its network globally. And only in 2017, the project gets into a number of investigations and restrictions. Owners and employees of the company more and more often could not answer questions from investors and carried on with the nonsense about "a bright crypto-future."
Finally, regulators and banks in Italy, Germany, Hungary, Belize, Thailand and other countries have banned the trade of OneCoin and warned users not to get engaged with this company.
In early March 2019, the current OneCoin cryptocurrency leader Konstantin Ignatov, brother of Ruja Ignatova, was arrested at Los Angeles airport. He is accused of fraud and creating a financial pyramid.
According to the United States Attorney's Office, Ignatov and his sister misled investors all over the world, and as a result, the people invested billions of dollars in a fraud scheme. They are accused of building a billion-dollar cryptocurrency company, based entirely on deception.
FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge William Sweeney, Jr. said:
"OneCoin was a cryptocurrency existing only in the minds of its creators and their co-conspirators. Unlike authentic cryptocurrencies, which maintain records of their investors' transaction history, OneCoin had no real value. It offered investors no method of tracing their money, and it could not be used to purchase anything. In fact, the only ones who stood to benefit from its existence were its founders and co-conspirators."
Despite all hardships, One Coin Limited continues to work. If you check out their website you will find everything there: a meaningless text about the benefits of a "revolutionary" token and other signs of a high-quality international project that deceives people.
QuadrigaCX
It's not possible to take your savings to the grave, right? More than 100,000 clients of QuadrigaCX are ready to argue with that. So let's try to recount the details of this strange story.
QuadrigaCX was created in 2013 and was Canada's largest cryptocurrency exchange.
In December 2018, Gerald Cotten (founder and CEO of the QuadrigaCX) and his wife — Jennifer Robertson, were in India on their honeymoon. During this trip Cotten suddenly passed away from Crohn's disease. After his death, it turned out that Gerald was the only one who had access to cold wallets of the exchange platform.
Changpeng Zhao (Binance CEO) comments this situation on Twitter:
"That's sad. There are many solutions to split private keys or signing to achieve 3/5, 5/7 etc. Never neglect security. Also, never have CEO carry private keys. Bad on many levels."
On January 25, 2019 (that is, almost two months after Cotten's death) a special meeting was convened to appoint QuadrigaCX's new directors. As a result, the inconsolable widow Jennifer Robertson, her stepfather Thomas Beazley and Jack Martel were elected to take charge of a company. By the way, this meeting was held by a conference call as the widow was very busy by hastily selling the property of her deceased husband. Indeed, there was something to deal with: a yacht, a plane, and several houses. Also, dearly departed managed to take care of his Chihuahuas by opening a special trust account for them in the amount of $100,000 (which is interesting, as Cotten did not show such forethought about the clients of his company).
It's worth to mention that the clients of QuadrigaCX had problems with the exchange for a long time — mainly related to the withdrawal of funds. The first wake-up calls took place in March 2018, when press reports negatively about delays in the withdrawal of funds the total amount of which exceeded $100,000. But that's all just moonshine compared to the fact that in June 2017 the exchange platform lost about 15 million Canadian dollars — as explained to the community, due to a bug in the smart contract. As a result, the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) froze about $22 million in QuadrigaCX accounts. This happened in November 2018, and for all users, it would have meant the end of a remarkable business but Mr. Cotten wasn't explaining the problems to customers, wasn't trying to solve them, and so on. He had just married and went on a honeymoon trip to pass away exactly two weeks after freezing the accounts.
As the inconsolable widow stated in her testimony:
"To the best of my knowledge, most of the businesses of these companies was being conducted by Gerry whenever and wherever he and his computer were located".
In February 2019, the head of Coinbase — Brian Armstrong unveiled the results of an independent investigation into the QuadrigaCX. He reported on his Twitter account the following:
"Sequence of events suggests this was a mismanagement with later attempt to cover for it." "This implies that at least few people inside Qadriga knew that they were running fractional. If so, then it's possible that untimely death of their CEO was used as an outlet to let the company sink".
Brian Armstrong stressed that QuadrigaCX users started complaining about problems with withdrawing money long before Gerald Cotten's death. Thus, the company management decided to invent a story about private keys on the laptop of the CEO to hide the financial insolvency, one of the reasons for which could be inefficient management.
Nowadays, the Canadian cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX is officially bankrupt. Users of the closed Quadriga are now leading legal battles in order to recover their funds. The total amount of which is about $190 million in crypto. The exact circumstances of the disappearance of user deposits remain uncertain.
Do you think the story with QuadrigaCX was Exit Scam or Mismanagement?
One of the largest crypto scandals of the year broke out on April 30, 2019. The New York State Attorney General's Office has filed serious accusations against the biggest exchange platform — Bitfinex. According to Leticia James, the exchange platform used the reserves of Tether, an affiliated company to cover up a loss of $850 million.
Questions to Tether have been in the air for a long time. In January 2018, the critics of the main stablecoin assumed that the company, in fact, produced more coins than it actually could sustain. Some critics accused the Bitfinex in fraud and manipulation of Tether's rate and influenced through it on the price of Bitcoin.
So what's up with the Bitfinex? Investigators of the prosecutor's office claim that the lost money belonged to the clients and iFinex corporation. That is why, back in October 2018, Bitfinex started having problems with the withdrawal of the funds: the clients complained about long response time and a delay in receiving currency. According to the authorities, Bitfinex transferred $850 million to Crypto Capital Corp., the payment company. The Tether reserves were used to fill the gap, but this information was not disclosed to the public. According to the first data, Tether provided funding in the amount of at least $700 million for this purposes. Withdrawing this amount of currency severely shook faith in the idea that Tether tokens are indeed fully backed by dollars.
And then Bitfinex had extraordinary difficulties in satisfying the withdrawal demands from the platform since Crypto Capital refused to process withdrawals or simply could not return any funds. One of the senior Bitfinex executives opened a can of worms by writing the following:
"Please understand all this could be extremely dangerous for everybody, the entire crypto community. BTC could tank to below 1k if we don't act quickly."
Soon after it was known about the serious accusations against companies, Bitfinex's users began to panic. They started buying Bitcoin and trying to get rid of their assets in USDT. As a result, BTC was trading $350+ (6.75%) more expensive than the crypto market average.
Tether and Bitfinex published a joint statement on their official blogs in response to the allegations of missing funds. The posts allege that the companies did not receive any preliminary warnings, as well as that lawsuits from the New York Prosecutor General's Office were "riddled with false assertions".
According to the latest information, Bitfinex is supposed to release its own token and attract $1 billion in Tether through IEO.
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Main Discography Page | LPs | Previous LP | Heaven or Las Vegas | Next LP
Heaven or Las Vegas
CAD 0012
Capitol Records (USA)
Cherry-coloured funk
Pitch the baby
Iceblink luck
Fifty-fifty clown
I wear your ring
Fotzepolitic
Wolf in the breast
Road, river and rail
Frou-frou foxes in midsummer fires
Additional Live Crew
Mitsuo Tate
Ben Blakeman
Written, recorded, and produced by Cocteau Twins at September Sound, London.
Sleeve design by Paul West. Photography by Andy Rumball.
The following songs have appeared in live performances: "Cherry-coloured funk," "Pitch the baby," "Iceblink luck," "Fifty-fifty clown," "Heaven or Las Vegas," "I wear your ring," "Wolf in the breast," and "Road, river, and rail."
Promotional videos were produced for "Iceblink luck" and "Heaven or Las Vegas."
An alternate version of "Pitch the baby" was recorded and released on the Mute Records/4AD compilation "Red Tape."
A version of "Cherry-coloured funk," remixed by Mark Clifford, appears on the 1995 EP Otherness.
The songs Iceblink Luck, Fifty-Fifty Clown and Heaven or Las Vegas appear on the 2000 compilation Stars and Topsoil.
This was the last Cocteau Twins recording to appear on the 4AD label, and was simultaneously released on Capitol Records in the United States.
Heaven or Las Vegas was digitally remastered and re-released by 4AD in 2003.
Voted #18 of "Scotland's 100 Best Rock and Pop Albums" in 2003


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Q: how to make user access level using pdo? i have here the code for login and it works fine i also use session here but my problem now is that how can i suppose to make a user access level?.in my login database i have username, password and level, now admin=1 and guest=0.
what i want to happen is that when i login as admin it will redirect me to signup.php and if i login as guest it will redirect me to index.php, please help me i'm working this for almost two weeks..
here is my code..
db.php
<?php

session_start();

$DB_host = "localhost";
$DB_user = "root";
$DB_pass = "";
$DB_name = "survey";
$charset = "utf8";

try
{
  $DB_con = new PDO("mysql:host={$DB_host};dbname={$DB_name};charset={$charset}",$DB_user,$DB_pass);
  $DB_con->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
  $DB_con->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES, false);
}
  catch(PDOException $e)
{
  echo $e->getMessage();
}

?>

class.user.login.php
<?php

class crud
{
private $db;

function __construct($DB_con)
{
  $this->db = $DB_con;
}

public function login($uname,$upass)
{
try
{
  $stmt = $this->db->prepare("SELECT * FROM users WHERE user_name=:uname AND level=:level LIMIT 1");
  $stmt->execute(array(':uname'=>$uname));
  $userRow=$stmt->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);

    if($stmt->rowCount() > 0)
    {
    if(password_verify($upass, $userRow['user_pass']))
    {
      $_SESSION['user_session'] = $userRow['user_id'];
      return true;
    }
    else
    {
      return false;
    }
  }
}
    catch(PDOException $e)
  {
    echo $e->getMessage();
  }
}

public function is_loggedin()
{
if(isset($_SESSION['user_session']))
{
    return true;
  }
}

public function redirect($url)
{
header("Location: $url");
}
?>

****login.php****
<?php
include_once 'dbconfig.php';

    if($crud->is_loggedin()!="")
    {
    $crud->redirect('insert.php');
    }

    if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST")
    {
    $uname = $_POST['user'];
    $upass = $_POST['pass'];

    if($crud->login($uname,$upass))
    {
    $crud->redirect('index.php');
    }
    else
    {
    echo "<script type='text/javascript'>alert('Invalid Username or Password');</script>";
    }
}
?>

home.php
<?php
include_once 'dbconfig.php';

    if(!$crud->is_loggedin())
    {
    $crud->redirect('home.php');
    }
    $ID = $_SESSION['user_session'];
    $stmt = $DB_con->prepare("SELECT * FROM survey_section WHERE ID=:ID");
    $stmt->execute(array(":ID"=>$ID));
    $userRow=$stmt->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
?>

A: The term you're looking for is ACL (Access Control List)
This should help you gain an understanding :-)

For your current implementation, there is no checking what level the logged in user is, you only seem to $crud->redirect('index.php'); if the login is successful.
But before we get to that section; you're trying to bind :level yet not specifying it or implementing it anywhere...
In your login() method you have:
$stmt = $this->db->prepare("SELECT * FROM users WHERE user_name=:uname AND level=:level LIMIT 1");
$stmt->execute(array(':uname'=>$uname));

That is going to fail as you haven't specified what :level is, hence you'll be thrown an invalid parameter count error -> meaning this function will always return false.
You need to modify that query (either removing AND level = :level or specifying what :level is in your execute().)
From there, you'll need to modify your functions appropriately - in this case, setting level into a session variable would be more fitting:
//.....code above...
if(password_verify($upass, $userRow['user_pass']))
{
  $_SESSION['user_session'] = $userRow['user_id'];
  $_SESSION['user_level'] = $userRow['level'];
  return true;
}
//.....cove below...

Now; from within your login.php, you can redirect accordingly:
if($crud->login($uname,$upass))
{
    switch($_SESSION['user_level']) {
        case "0": // regular user
        $crud->redirect('index.php');
        break;
        case "1": // admin
        $crud->redirect('signup.php');
        break;
    }
}


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Is Organized Labor Turning on Obama?
Damon Root | 2.1.2010 10:22 AM
Over at the pro-union site In These Times, lefty journalist Steve Early complains that the Obama administration sold out organized labor in favor of health care "reform" (his scare quotes):
To keep labor in line, the administration has, for the last seven months, repeatedly dangled the carrot of labor law reform whenever leading unionists joined other critics of the president's health care plan who lamented its emerging lack of a public option, expanded access to Medicare, or any other single-payer strengthening features. Earlier this month, unions were even prodded to accept, in postponed form, a controversial tax on more expensive medical private plans; if enacted, this 40 per cent excise tax will encourage further cost shifting by management, leave workers without bargaining rights more exposed to an already devastating trend, and, ultimately, saddle union members with higher co-payments and deductibles as well. In marathon talks with the White House that produced this self-defeating deal, labor reps were reminded once again, that any derailing of such "reform" would be a victory for the GOP and, thus, the death-knell of employee free choice.
Now trade unionists are seeing the latest opportunity to strengthen workplace rights, as promised by the Democrats, simply vanish. As one dismayed union official in Washington, D.C. told me: "It's the end of labor law reform for another generation."
Last July, Shikha Dalmia explained why the Employee Free Choice Act deserved to die.
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DanD
February.1.2010 at 10:30 am
hoo.
"It's the end of labor law reform for another generation."
Damn man, news just keeps getting better and better. Of course then the Republicans will be in control and we can go back to bad news all over again, just a different sort of bad news.
Death Panelist
I demand alt text.
John Tagliaferro
You people and your demands. I want to see a good long hunger strike before I take you people seriously.
Not bad. I can totally see Obama saying that to the base's various special interests, but I just don't know how it ties in with him toasting.
Caption Contest:
Damn, I want a forty.
Nipplemancer
"you tell 'em Billy Dee..."
February.1.2010 at 2:29 pm
Rule #2: Never run out of Colt 45.
healthscarequotes
"to less oil for more blood!"
Slut Bunwalla
"For a magazine called 'reason'..."
A few weeks ago the construction guys at my Metro North station were talking about how they hated Obama's health care plan, because they didn't want to have to pay to support deadbeats.
Anecdotal, I know.
Sign-holding shovel-leaner
Define deadbeat.
Someone who depends on the generosity of others for a living. This also includes those who make a living off of taxpayer money.
brotherben
There is no credible threat of unions abandoning the democrats en masse to vote republican. As such, democrats can walk all over them. If they only applied these political instincts more universally, they would be able to accomplish a lot more.
Just like we do with black folk.
Isaac Bartram
The following is generally only true of the old-line industrial and craft unions of the AFL-CIO. In other words, the dying unions.
It is not generally true of the public sector unions like AFSCME or those reprenting lower wage workers like SEIU and UFW. In other words, the growing unions.
There has been a serious disconnect between union leadership and their members for decades now.
Union members want high wages and benefits and wil tend to vote for candidates who will legislate the necessary protectionism and immigration restrictions (and in times past racial discrimination) they perceive are necessary to get and keep them.
On the other hand, union leaders tend to be increasingly removed from the "shop floor" as their ranks become filled with college grads who have never done a lick of blue collar work in their lives.
Significant numbers of union members have been voting Republican since the Nixon years (remember the "hard hat" attacks on Vietnam war protesters and other hippie layabouts).
In spite of this alienation from their membership the primary purpose of unions today is to raise money for the Democratic Party. That is because the people who keep winning union leadership elections are still generally attached to the mythology of the Party.
Enough About Palin
February.1.2010 at 12:41 pm
"remember the "hard hat" attacks on Vietnam war protesters and other hippie layabouts"
All that proves is that like everyone else, union workers hate goddam dirty hippies.
John C. Randolph
February.2.2010 at 1:37 am
I'd put it a bit farther back than that. The unions became mob subsidiaries pretty much from day one of prohibition.
-jcr
P Brooks
ultimately, saddle union members with higher co-payments and deductibles
Free unlimited health care is a RIGHT. You can't ask these people to take money out their own pocket; that's not fair.
and racist.
oaktownadam
the unionistscollectivist thugs have a point; for years, they have (collectively) opted to forgo wage increases in exchange for better health plans. To turn around and selectively tax these plans means they get screwed, and have to start their negotiations over from the beginning.
I've seen some studies which explain the stagnation of wages in the US since the 70's in this light; it's not that we're being compensated less, it's that healthcare keeps taking a bigger piece of the pie.
Caption Contest!
"Here's to me, because...well, what else is there to toast?"
"Ladies and gentlemen, only my national healthcare proposal will save us from the scourge of bitter beer face."
"Lips that touch alcohol will never touch mine."
Remember, when the hand that feeds you arrives empty it's time to bite.
That's an about-to-say-"fuck" face.
"Fuckin' 'Irish pint' my fuckin' ass."
"I like drinking from tiny glasses. It makes me feel like a giant. Excuse, but now I must go ravage Tokyo."
Cabeza de Vaca
I'd like to see Godzilla & Giant Obama battle over Tokyo.
That's So Al Gore!
"I'd like to see Godzilla & Giant Obama battle over Tokyo in a locked box.
Obama = Megaguirus?
Obama vs. MECHA-OBAMA!
"I shall steal your money with my cold steel hands! Try and stop me! Ha ha ha!"
"Never, Mecha-Obama! Flesh-Obama totally has first dibs!"
"Then fight we must!"
My idea is better.
Racism detected and duly noted.
No, no... racism is when I point out that Obama is controlled by the songs of two tiny Asian ladies in a bird cage.
Who isn't?
I ate mine. Tasted like star anise.
You guys are just full of great book ideas today.
A Different Bill
Geez, and here I thought I dreamed that movie with the tiny Japanese ladies in the cage.
They did make some weird stuff back then. Not unlike the weird stuff they still make now.
I didn't really sink in the first time.
It didn't... Those typing classes at the adult annex over Christmas were a total waste of time and money.
That's what he said!
Goddamnit Sug. You double-talked Nomad into overload *again.*
Say yeah. Card check was suppose to sail through congress and signed into law before the inauguration music stopped. Here it is a year later, and it's still on the back burner.
A GOP sweep in Nov. could be a repeat of the Clinton years. Could be the best of all possible worlds.
Now THAT would be something to drink to. And I don't mean "DRINK!" like when someone brings up Somalia or roads, but drink, because it's a relief to see an actual do-nothing government for a change.
Fun Fact: All of Somalia's roads are privately owned.
Although... the alt-text should totally be:
"Pass me a leg. Ha ha."
It's "Ha, pass me a leg man"
Blow me?
No thank you. But don't worry, it's Seattle, I'm sure your oral-erotic, hemp-drenched Price Charming will hacky sac his way into your loving, yet strangely muscular arms any day now.
Heterophobism detected and duly noted.
As well as the heterosexism.
Citizen Nothing
No, no no:
It's "Hahaha pass me a leg please."
What the hell is wrong with you people?
I am The First Apostate and will not be spoken to in such a scurrilous manner.
Your reward, SF, will come in the next world.
Infidel!!!
This is EXACTLY what happened to the Bible.
"If it's not King James, it's not The Bible."
"This one's for you, Gepetto. I'm a real boy, now!"
"Caption Contest!"
"Let me be clear. I will not tax tiny glasses of beer. Not one dime"
"Mmmm! Goddamn, Jimmie! This is some serious gourmet shit! Usually, me and Vince would be happy with some freeze-dried Taster's Choice right, but he springs this serious GOURMET shit on us! What flavor is this?"
OK, serious question...
If you cannibalize a person of the same sex, is that gay? What if you purposely avoid eating the sexual organs?
Name one body part on a living dude you would put into your mouth and not think it was gay.
His ear.
Sorry, Mike, it is gay.
Those closet-cases can be violent, it's true.
Good point. I guess that, once again, Ed Gein has shown us the way.
His heart.
Unless you're Klingon, that's gay.
Ripping the heart out of your enemy and eating it is not gay. Nor is it strictly a Klingon practice.
However, sex acts with your same-sex enemy's ripped-out-but-still-beating heart are most assuredly gay.
We've all heard stories about the Vulcans, but are there any gay Klingons?
I thought Koloth came across as a little light on his feet.
Was it the unitard, the tunic shirt or the sparkly pants that gave it away? Or was it just that fierce pose he's striking? Rowr! Work it, girl!
Yeah, and who is his gay buddy? Not Kirk, of course. Kirk is 100% all-American, not gay even for Spock.
Or the tribble. Tribbles are too busy with breeding to allow time for, well, anything else. Except eating, maybe.
The image might be blocked for some people. Heir's a new link.
If there was ever going to be a Klingon ice dancing medalist, that dude would be him.
For the record, of course, he also played Trelane.
Why, that's Korax, of course. Played by Michael Pataki, who guest-starred in almost every TV show ever.
Kind of the Harry Dean Stanton of television.
Are you a fan of the old Mission: Impossible series? It was shot right next door to Star Trek, and the overlap in props and actors is mindboggling. George Takei was one of those mission guest dudes, for instance, and, of course, there was Nimoy. But the guest stars were practically all the same for a while.
Actually, they were all Peter Lupus, but just wearing different masks.
They were all Martin Landau. If they were all Peter Lupus, I think masks wouldn't be enough to disguise him, at well over six feet.
I've seen a bunch, but not since I was kid. Sounds like they were the Law and Order franchise of their day.
I really like the show. The movies are an abomination, but what else is new?
Even Steve Smith wouldn't fuck with Kirk.
They're all gay. Leather boys, big time.
"Hoist one for populism, lads."
"Ahhhh, you no fool-a me!"
"Woman, what have I to do with thee? Mine hour is not yet come."
Or, "I never. . .tried to wreck a whole country's economy." [Obama drinks.]
Obama playing never did I ever sounds like a very frightening game.
Tim Vinko
Seems to me, the only thing Obama is truly good at is giving speeches.
http://www.be-invisible.es.tc
That's deep, man.
HOLY SHIT, THAT IS SO TRUE.
"Thanks to my hard work, and that of my economic team over the past six years, I am pleased to announce the beer ration has been increased, and the price of a glass of beer like this is stable, at only $365.- dollars. Have a happy and prosperous 2014, America!"
"To the Obamalypse!"
Enjoy Every Sandwich
Obama doing his impersonation of a working man.
I think he needs to work on it a bit.
Doesn't the drama department teach that at Harvard Law?
If everyone would just join a union, we could all make $30 an hour and have a "cadillac health plan".
Maybe this Obama guy isn't so bad afterall.
I think Obama is about to puke after half a pussy glass.
In his defense, it might be Budweiser.
Not on the taxpayer's money!
R C Dean
the unionists collectivist thugs have a point; for years, they have (collectively) opted to forgo wage increases in exchange for better health plans.
Boo fucking hoo. They got what they negotiated for.
The world changes, for union members and non-union members alike.
Who moved my union cheese?
Almanian
"I take a straw, and I stretch it across the room, and I DRINK your beer, I drink it right up. Bitches." BHO
Winner. Right there.
Hello.organized.labor.you're.quite.GOOD.at.TURNING.me.on.
lunchstealer
Who knew that Smithers was wielding the fist of etiquette?


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Tag: Book Reviews
Shock Value Intereresting but Flawed
Recently one of my best friends gave me a book called "Shock
Value" for Christmas. Written by Jason Zinoman, it chronicles the
birth of modern horror, beginning with "Rosemary's Baby" and "Night of
the Living Dead" and continuing with the great horror films of the
1970's including "Last House on the Left" and "The Texas Chain Saw
Massacre." Directors such as George A. Romero, John Carpenter, Roman
Polanski, Brian De Palma, Wes Craven, Steven Spielberg, and William
Friedkin are chronicled.
While it is entertaining to read about the birth of modern horror and
these amazing, strong personalities, the book ends
up trying to cover too much ground. Only Hooper and Brian
De Palma come across as fully formed individuals; everyone else
(particularly Carpenter and Romero) seems too thin a character for the
pages allotted. Dan O'Bannon (writer of "Alien") goes the other way;
we learn a lot about him personally but little about his filmmaking
techniques. Why, for example, does he think "Assault on Precinct 13,
one of the best films of the 1970's, is a terrible movie? The book is
entertaining enough but I have a nagging feeling it should have been
better. Definitely check it out of your local library then, but only
purchase at a big discount. "Shock Value" needs more shocking
insights!
Author Lord Beardschlimmer Wilhelm Bartholomew IIIPosted on April 4, 2018 April 13, 2018 Tags Book Reviews, Carpenter, horror, Romero
Presumed Innocent Sequel Prevails
In the late 1980's Scott Turow's first novel "Presumed Innocent" set the publishing world aflame with its sexual explicitness and its dense, riveting mystery. It was a number one best-seller and was turned into a classic thriller film with Harrison Ford. Twenty years later, Turow came out with a sequel called "Innocent" which is not sexually explicit but does have just as riveting a mystery. Why does it work so well?
At the end of "Presumed Innocent," the protagonist Rusty Sabich is acquitted of murder charges. At the beginning of "Innocent," he gets implicated in a woman's death again-this time, his wife's. He ends up on trial again and even his loving son Nat wonders if he is guilty or not. Further complicating matters is Anna, Nat's girlfriend, who used to be lovers with Rusty and may have some involvement with the wife's death. As the trial goes on, the twists and turns continue.
"Innocent" is a spellbinding thriller because it keeps you guessing till the end. The guessing is not so much who killed whom as it is what twist and turn in the trial is coming up next. The novel is told from the point of view of several different characters, which actually helps build suspense about what's going to happen. Several characters, such as Rusty and the prosecutor Tommy Molto, have complicated character arcs and many good and bad character traits. That sort of complexity is a breath of fresh air in an age of writing for dummies. I was spellbound through 400+ pages of this book, and by the end I felt I had been put through the literary ringer. In short, if you're looking for a great thriller, try "Innocent"!
Author Lord Beardschlimmer Wilhelm Bartholomew IIIPosted on December 4, 2017 December 4, 2017 Tags book review, Book Reviews, Inncocent book, Presumed Innocent book, Scott Turow
Book Review: Saint Odd is Bloody Good
"Saint Odd," Dean Koontz's final installment in his best-selling Odd Thomas series, is the perfect book for those of us who hate bloodthirsty Satanists. Odd Thomas, a fry cook with supernatural powers, is a refreshingly homespun protagonist who maintains an aw-shucks demeanor even as he blows away bad guys. Koontz used to be a Stephen King imitator, but in this series he has found a fresh voice and gives us a likeable albeit very bloody tale. I have not been keeping up with his recent books, but clearly I underestimated him and he is a better writer than I thought. I recommend this book to all horror fans. Also it was weird that the actor who played him in the film version of this recently died that bizarre accident where his own car pinned him to the wall. That's weird since he is psychic in this series and has a somewhat bad fate in the book as well. -CoolAC
Author Lord Beardschlimmer Wilhelm Bartholomew IIIPosted on August 25, 2016 August 25, 2016 Tags Book Reviews, Dean Koontz, Horror Novels, Odd Thomas, Saint Odd


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Canadian researchers combat arsenic poisoning with Saskatchewan-grown lentils
Michelle Carbert
Published January 2, 2020 Updated January 2, 2020
Judit Smits (light hair) testing arsenic in the well water samples in Bangladesh.
For academics Judit Smits and Albert Vandenberg, a married couple in unrelated areas of study, a friendly chat about work several years ago might just have led to life-saving consequences whose effects are being seen now.
Dr. Vandenberg, a plant sciences professor at the University of Saskatchewan, was researching lentils – specifically, how they help decrease toxin levels in the body. Dr. Smits, a veterinary medicine professor at the University of Calgary, studied toxicology in animals and was wondering about expanding to people.
A decade later, the couple is part of a Canadian team of researchers who are using Saskatchewan-grown lentils to help combat arsenic poisoning in humans.
"Whoever could have imagined that somebody interested in animal health and veterinary medicine would have ever had an academic overlap with their partner, who was a plant breeder? That was just really incongruous," Dr. Smits said.
At least 140 million people in 50 countries have been exposed to high levels of arsenic in their drinking water, according to the World Health Organization. The arsenic originates in contaminated groundwater and, when consumed by people, is linked to cancer, loss of extremities including fingers and toes, dark patches on the skin and a suppressed immune system.
Dr. Smits's groundbreaking research into a potential treatment for arsenic poisoning began during a drought in Western Canada. High concentrations of selenium occur in certain plants, which the animals had begun eating, resulting in selenium poisoning. The animals were treated with safe forms of arsenic, because the chemical element binds with selenium in the blood, creating a large molecule that doesn't get absorbed by tissue and is flushed out of the animal's body through its urine.
Dr. Smits wondered if the detoxification method could be reversed by treating arsenic poisoning with selenium.
That's where Dr. Smits and Dr. Vandenberg's worlds collided. The lentils Dr. Vandenberg was studying in Saskatchewan were rich in selenium, which is abundant in the soil. Dr. Smits hired Regina Krohn, a post-doctoral fellow, to oversee a study that fed selenium-rich lentils to lab mice exposed to high levels of arsenic.
The study found that the selenium-enriched lentils helped decrease the amount of plaque in the mice's arteries, which had built up as a result of the arsenic exposure. With the animal tests demonstrating positive results, the team launched a clinical trial with humans.
Bangladesh was an obvious location for the trial, as the WHO had deemed the country's arsenic crisis the "largest mass poisoning of a population in history." In 2012, it was estimated that 39 million Bangladeshis were exposed to high levels of arsenic in their drinking water, according to statistics published by the WHO.
Bangladesh was also a good fit for cultural reasons, as people commonly eat lentils there.
"Everybody in Bangladesh will eat a bowl of lentil soup. You don't have to ask twice," Dr. Vandenberg said.
From 2015 to 2016, with $1-million in funding from a variety of donors, the research team conducted a clinical trial in which they provided 400 Bangladeshis with Saskatchewan-grown, selenium-rich lentils to eat.
The trial found that participants had an increased body mass index and lower incidences of asthma and allergies after eating the selenium-rich lentils. However, the research team reached a breakthrough moment when samples showed higher levels of arsenic in participants' urine, proving the lentils were helping flush the toxin from their bodies.
"That was the most exciting and most solid evidence of this being helpful. Getting rid of [arsenic] so it doesn't have a chance to get absorbed," Dr. Smits said.
The research team published their work in the journal Environmental Research this fall and will complete a report for their funders by next April. Although other studies have looked at the use of selenium supplements to treat arsenic poisoning, they believe they are the only researchers looking into the effectiveness of selenium-rich lentils.
Selenium pills and salts are also being used to treat arsenic poisoning, but are costly and difficult to administer, Dr. Smits said. She said she believes the lentils are the most effective and inexpensive way of combating arsenic poisoning in the developing world.
In the long-term, communities affected by arsenic poisoning need to change their water supply, but that's easier said than done. The WHO installed a million wells with arsenic filters in Bangladesh in the 1980s, but their success was short-lived.
"They worked beautifully for about a year … and then they broke down and the people had no resources, no knowledge about how to fix them so they're just there, doing nothing," Dr. Smits said.
Dr. Krohn has also seen first-hand the social effects of the arsenic crisis during her trips to Bangladesh. She said people who develop the dark spots on their skin associated with arsenic poisoning are considered "cursed" and shunned from their community.
"If you show these spots on your skin, for example, women might not get married. They're not wanted. People get fired. There's a lot of superstition regarding those signs."
Dr. Krohn hopes the research raises more awareness about the impact of environmental toxins on human health and how good nutrition can combat the problem.
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HomeNewsCampaign group fears Ramsgate Port 3,000 tonne/hour conveyor plan will kill off marina village proposals
Campaign group fears Ramsgate Port 3,000 tonne/hour conveyor plan will kill off marina village proposals
March 28, 2019 Kathy Bailes News 6
Questions over the port Photo John Horton
Members of Ramsgate Action Group say refurbishment plans for a berth at the port used by company Brett Aggregates could destroy a marina development proposal.
An invite to bid for the replacement of berth 4/5 has been posted by Thanet council on the Kent Business Portal.
Thanet District Council says it is planning to replace the berth, consisting of two barges, and is inviting tenders to carry out a scoping and option study and to provide a performance specification and concept drawings for a design and build contract.
The successful bidder would also need to provide professional advice on the acquisition of the necessary Marine Management Organisation (MMO) licensing requirements for the project – such as those gained by Dover Port for the dredging of Goodwin Sands.
Ramsgate Port Photo John Horton
The invite says the "envisaged replacement is expected to be a piled structure capable of accepting a permanently fixed 3,000 tonne/hour conveyor… to facilitate future expansion for the landing of bulk cargos, the trafficking of mobile plant and with a lifespan of a minimum of 30 years."
The invite adds that; "completion of construction and handover of the new facility (is) expected 14 June 2019."
The start date of May 1 -one day before the local elections – is suggested.
But RAG spokesman Steve Coombes said the tender, which was not put forward for councillor agreement, looks like an attempt to expand industrialisation at the port and that would kill off any marina village development even before a viability study takes place.
At a full council meeting last month TDC pledged to carry out that study before the end of the year. Thanet council said some £40,000 is earmarked for the feasibility following the decision to axe funding to keep the port 'ferry ready.
A sum of $500,000 has been stripped out of the 2019/20 budget and another £130,000 of savings have also been agreed for this year making £630,000 (£730,000 for a full year) in cuts.
That decision came at the end of the saga of Seaborne Freight proposals for a Ramsgate/Ostend ferry service which, in December, saw the firm awarded a £13.8 million government contract for extra 'Brexit-resilience' crossings despite having no ferries and no company track record.
Photo John Horton
The government ditched the deal in February after saying backers for Seaborne had pulled out. The news came amid mounting pressure from politicians, media and reports from the National Audit Office that revealed Seaborne Freight was flagged as being a 'high risk proposition' before it was awarded the post-Brexit extra capacity contract.
Mr Coombes said: "This "consultancy and build" tender will take a Maritime Village Development off the table before the new council has any chance to consider any other options for the future of the port via a feasibility study."
RAG also question the need for Thanet council to be paying for the works – earmarked at £1.2million – saying the 2009 lease for the site indicates Brett's is responsible for repair costs.
At a full council meeting on February 28 members were told the work was so that the concrete batching company could " use bigger vessels."
Photo Ian Driver
A Thanet council spokesperson said no expansion is planned. They added: "This has nothing to do with any increase of activity at the Port, Berth 4/5 is provided as part of the council's lease agreement with Bretts for the importation of aggregates only.
"As the tenant, Bretts has the right to berth in connection with the permitted use and the council must ensure they are given access as and when they require to use it. The council's obligations under the lease are to keep the structure in reasonable condition and ensure the council can provide access at all times. The present berth is coming to the end of its operational life so we have to invest in the berth.
"The budget for this revised project has been allocated in the 2019/20 financial year for capital replacement works."
'Emergency' refurbishment work was previously carried out at the berth at a cost of approximately £1.5million.
The works were undertaken between September 2016-January 2018 by Burgess Marine, which has since been dissolved.
Brett Aggregates has a lease, signed with TDC in April 2009, which runs for 25 years with the option to renew every 5 years in a term that could run until 2054.
RAG say, based on the size of the port and TDC's annual to the Crown, a realistic rent would be £780,000pa, soaking up some of the estimated £1.3million per year that the site is still likely to be in deficit by despite funding cuts. They say this is not reflected in the currently annual payment of £68,000 per year,
Brett Aggregates has been asked for comment.
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Kent Resident
The Council are supposed to be trying to save money on expenditure. They are selling of public land and agricultural fields with the possibility of development in places that shouldn't be because they are so desperate to save. Then you hear these stories where they are paying hundreds of thousands of pounds on projects to help private companies get on. Then also putting hundreds of thousands more towards a train station in the middle of nowhere when a station is only a couple of miles away, then the huge amount on doing up the Council offices. What is going on with this Council? Are they all corrupt or just village idiots? Is anyone bothered where their money is going even?
Angry of Ramsgate
Absolutely appalling. People go on about democracy and the will of the people. This is where they should be focusing their anger. An unelected, unaccountable bunch of lying swindlers screwing our town. Terrible.
Why does anybody listen to an idiot like Coombes who is quite clearly being paid to stir up trouble within the Council on behalf of the Marina project. Never have I come across such a negative self-centred waste of space who does nothing but hinder any kind of progress. When will RAG ever come into the real world and represent the general position and not just that of the marginals that Coombes purports to represent.
Well Laughing Stock, what an appropriate name. You're clearly out of touch if you think that progress involves the industrialisation of our beautiful town. Coombes is doing a superb job of exposing underhand council attempts to use our council tax for destroying our heritage. While the rest of the country work to improve its assets, TDC is intent on ruining ours.
It's scarcely underhand if the details are being published here, is it?
This has all the hallmarks of a Conspiracy Theory.
Bretts has had its plant at the far end of the Port (which is at the far end of Ramsgate) for some years. I have asked KCC Environmental people how many breaches of the regs and enforcement action have been recorded. None, came the reply.
And I do wonder what pollution could be produced from an aggregate washing plant, involving as it does sand, gravel and water. Bretts is surrounded by sand, gravel and water!
It all seems to be a storm in a teacup, with a rather sinister hidden agenda
Marva Rees
I don't understand why people don't want there to be industry on the port area. It doesn't have to be heavy industry, or to produce air pollution.
Perhaps there could be an article in this paper informing residents about the plans for a marina village. What exactly is proposed?


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Die Madagaskar-Ringel-Schildechse (Zonosaurus madagascariensis) ist eine auf Madagaskar vorkommende Schildechsen-Art. Als Kulturfolger ist sie fast auf der ganzen Insel Madagaskar verbreitet, wobei hier ihr Ursprungsgebiet nicht mehr nachvollziehbar ist. Vom Mensch verbreitet, kommt sie auch auf einigen Seychellen-Inseln vor. Die Art gilt als nicht gefährdet.

Erstmals wissenschaftlich beschrieben wurde die Art im Jahr 1831 von John Edward Gray, als Cicigna madagascariensis.
Dieses Typusexemplar wird aber jetzt der Art Zonosaurus ornatus zugeschrieben, somit wurde Zonosaurus madagascariensis erst später als Zonosaurus madagascariensis madagascariensis (Gray 1845) beschrieben.

Seit 1985 unterteilt man die Art in zwei Unterarten, Zonosaurus madagascariensis madagascariensis (Madagaskar, Seychellen) und Zonosaurus madagascariensis insulanus (Glorioso- und Cosmoledo-Insel).

Die Tiere werden bis zu 35 cm lang. Der Schwanz kann an vorgegebenen Sollbruchstellen abgeworfen werden, wächst aber nicht mehr nach. Madagaskar-Ringel-Schildechsen pflanzen sich ovipar fort und legen dabei rund dreißig Eier ab.

Sie sind tagaktive Bodenbewohner, die aber gelegentlich auch auf Steine und Baumstümpfe klettern. Da sie Insektenjäger sind, ist ihr Lebensraum nicht stark begrenzt. So kommen sie vom Regenwald bis in offene und trockene Landschaften vor. Sie sind wärmeliebend und benötigen Umgebungstemperaturen von 25 bis 35 °C. Nachts vergraben sich in selbst gegrabene Erdhöhlen, um die Temperatur von 23 °C nicht zu unterschreiten. Sie benötigen eine relativ hohe Luftfeuchtigkeit von durchschnittlich 80 %.

Literatur
 John E. Gray: A Synopsis of the Species of Class Reptilia. In: Baron Cuvier: The Animal Kingdom. Arranged in Conformity with its Organization. With additional Descriptions of all the Species hitherto named, and of many not before noticed, by Edward Griffith, and Others. Bd. 9: Edward Griffith, Edward Pidgeon: The Class Reptilia. Whittaker, Treacher and Co., London 1831, S. 64.

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The Godfather by Mario Puzo analysis
Question One
The courtroom activity and the wedding in the novel The Godfather bring up the theme of justice in the first chapter of the storyline. Amerigo Bonasera, a man whose daughter was hurt by two male convicts, sat in a New York courtroom to hear justice take its course for his daughter who was then at the hospital after being beaten by the two males. Sadly, the judge makes a ruling in favour of the two convicts by suspending the sentence. This makes Bonasera so furious because he believes that the country and especially the judicial system in the country should be their family who always offer the citizens the protection and honor they deserve.
Bonasera is then left with no option but to pledge loyalty to Don Corleone, a very powerful mafia boss, to seek justice in his case. Corleone, depicted as a criminal in character, is no doubt the last savior for Bonasera because he is seen to have some moral codes. Bonasera, therefore, approaches Corleone at his daughter's wedding and pledges his loyalty to Corleone to seek justice for his daughter's attackers. Corleone satisfied of the plea promises to take action and orders Tom Hagen, his adopted son and also a family lawyer, to take action that is paramount to the crime but not murder.
Question Two
In the novel, Godfather is realistic because he uses his power to seek justice and follow the right path of law. For instance, in the case of the men who beat his undertaker's daughter, Don orders that justice takes its course by a punishment that is paramount to the crime without taking the lives of the two men. This happens immediately Bonasera leaves Corleone's place. In another instance, when Virgil Sollozzo, a drug peddler, seeks protection and financial support from Godfather on his business, he refuses the offer and ends up being hurt by the criminals.
However, Godfather is also seen to be unrealistic. For instance, he first refused to accept Bonasera's plea for justice claiming that he had always been on the right side of law. Yet he agree to pursue justice after Bonasera pledges loyalty to him. Thus, the character makes him unrealistic. To shade more light on this, The Godfather arranges for the Congress to grant citizenship to a war prisoner so that he can marry the daughter of his baker a situation that contravenes the same law that he stands to defend making him unrealistic.
Question Three
The novel begins in a courtroom where there is tensed atmosphere especially to the defendants of the criminal offence. The court's ruling ends up sorrowful to the defendants that makers a reader of the novel want to know more of the next step of action after the unjust ruling. In the second stage, the writer introduces the readers into a wedding function, which is the next stop for the sad Bonasera, who is seeking for justice thus making the reader want to know more of the happenings. The writer through artistic imagery describes Dons residence that indicates the kind of good life he is leading. Finally, the different leadership roles and business orientation the Don and his children performs also motivates the readers of the novel to know the next step of mafia boss story.
Puzo, M. (2005). The godfather. Penguin.


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Wild Hogs in the GSMNP
Posted by M. L. on May 14, 2016 at 9:00am
Wild Hogs in the GSMNP...
I read some articles and blogs with some disturbing accounts of wild hogs in the GSMNP...just wanted to give a heads up on the kind of damage that is caused by these ignorant beast and and most of it is the result of some people wanting to "scratch their itch" for sport hunting. Do not take my disdain to "sport/trophy" hunting as me being against hunting, I am not against hunting for food this is how I hunt but I am against the modern "sport/trophy hunting" and all the media promotion of the that type of hunting...here are some links to photos of damage caused by wild hogs and some reading.
http://wildpiginfo.msstate.edu/damage-caused-by-pigs.html
"Kris Godwin, director of the USDA Wildlife Services headquartered at Mississippi State University, said there are increasing reports of crop and land damage because of hogs.
"(Hogs) have the potential to change the ecology of an entire ecosystem," he said. "They compete with other animals for mast crops to the point they can shut down a reproductive cycle of native game animals."
Once the mast is gone, hogs — which Godwin calls nature's vacuum cleaner — can turn to roots, grubs, plants or even carrion for food, leaving other mast-dependent animals to suffer. An adult hog, weighing 150 to 250 pounds, will consume five pounds of dry mast per day. Godwin added that hogs could have the destructive impact of Cogongrass or kudzu.
"Mississippi has one confirmed case of swine brucellosis in a wild hog," said Godwin. "It's a disease that can be transmitted to domestic pigs, cattle and even people."
For that reason, it is important for anyone cleaning or dressing a hog to wear latex or nitrile gloves. The meat should be cooked to an internal temperature of 170-degrees. It is far more lean that domestic pork, comparing more to venison in grain and texture, and also makes an excellent smoked sausage."
"Some people are fostering the population for feral swine in order to expand hunting opportunities. This is a little like tossing around a lighted cherry bomb — eventually it's going to explode, and when it does people will be burned. Only in this case, entire ecosystems will bear the brunt of the explosion. It is flawed reasoning to think so many hogs can exist without impacting native game animals."
For hunters who think hogs can be controlled by deer hunters who may shoot two or three every season, consider this — from the end of deer season to the beginning of the next deer gun season, a breeding sow can have two litters. The hunter may take two or three, but in less than a year, 16 more have replaced them. Sows will have a litter of piglets three months, three weeks and three days following breeding. They are old enough to breed at six months of age in some cases. -David Hawkins
Hog damage to planted corn, they root straight down the row and eat the corn that was just planted.. Drew, MS, photos by consultant Tucker Miller of damage that he has encountered.
http://agfax.com/wp-content/uploads/miller-tucker-hog-damage-corn-0...
Reference link: http://agfax.com/southerngrain/2013/reports/southergrain-04182013-w...
Comment by Barb on June 13, 2016 at 1:08pm
That's okay....plenty of them horrid destructive creatures running around so just have at it an go get you another!! LOL
Comment by M. L. on June 13, 2016 at 12:58pm
Barb..Sorry but that was back in the fall of 2015..there were no leftovers ;~(
Comment by Barb on June 13, 2016 at 12:44pm
What time should we all show up for the vittles?? I can bring a side dish or dessert...LOL Oh my gosh that looks sooo good.
Comment by M. L. on June 13, 2016 at 9:57am
This is what the wild piglets look like when I slow smoke them ;~)
Comment by M. L. on June 13, 2016 at 12:05am
Think wild hogs only eat plants and roots etc. Think again
Comment by Bonnie on May 14, 2016 at 7:11pm
I have seen the damage these ugly creatures cause in the Smokies. There's one place they especially tear up reall bad and it's near the creek you ford just after Sparks Lane. I've seen damage at Tremont, Elkmont, Cades Cove and along Little River Road. They put out traps for them but I don't know how successful that is. Unfortunately, they have huge litters and it makes it hard to control the numbers. The rangers go in and shoot them during the evening when they get really bad. I don't know what they do with the "bodies". We were camping in CC a couple of years ago and kept hearing gunfire. We asked about it and was told "they" were killing hogs. They are such ugly and destructive creatures. They make a great impact on the food for the bears and deer and smaller creatures with their unending appetites.


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Q: Ubuntu Apt: not installing whole package I'm running Ubuntu 16.04LTS.
Using Apt, I have experimented with various programs, one of which I have repeatedly apt-get install-ed and apt-get remove-ed.
These days however, when I attempt to sudo apt-get install this program (suricata IDS), apt claims that the program is already installed, and has however been updated, and whilst directory systems in /etc/ and /var/ etc. exist; configuration files and rule-sets are not installed.
I suspect that apt isn't recognizing a manual uninstall I attempted some time ago, and so my idea is to reset Apt and hope that solves the issue.
In short: Why isn't Apt installing the entirety of packages?
Does anyone have any better ideas or solutions?


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The Greenbrier Companies ist ein US-amerikanischer Hersteller von Güterwagen. Greenbrier besitzt vier Produktionswerke in Nordamerika, davon eines in Portland (Oregon) und drei in Mexiko (Monclova, Ciudad Sahagún und Tlaxcala). Der europäische Markt wird unter anderem von der polnischen Tochtergesellschaft Wagony Świdnica aus Schweidnitz (Świdnica) beliefert.

Zusammen mit Watco Companies betreibt Greenbrier den Reparaturbetrieb GBW Railcar Services als Joint Venture. Das Unternehmen verleast außerdem eine Flotte von mehreren 10.000 Waggons.

Geschichte
Greenbrier geht auf die Gunderson Corporation zurück. Diese wurde 1919 als Wire Wheel Sales and Service gegründet. Das Unternehmen benannte sich später in Gunderson Brothers Engineering Corporation um und baute unter anderem Stahlskelette und Sägewerke. Später wurden auch Autotransporter hergestellt. Während des Zweiten Weltkriegs baute Gunderson Rettungs- und Landungsboote sowie Anhänger für die US Navy. Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg entwickelte sich Gunderson zu einer Werft für größere Schiffe. Gunderson baute z. B. das Forschungsschiff FLoating Instrument Platform (RP FLIP). 1958 wurden erstmals Rahmen für Eisenbahnwagen geschweißt. In den nächsten Jahren kamen auch Güterwagen dazu.

1965 verkaufte die Gunderson-Brüder ihr Unternehmen an die FMC Corporation. Dort erhielt der Standort 1973 die Bezeichnung Marine and Rail Equipment Division (MRED). Im Jahr 1979 wurden 6.027 Güterwagen hergestellt. Danach sanken die Produktionszahlen auf einen Tiefstand.

1981 kaufte James Furman die Greenbrier Leasing Corporation, welche 1985 den vormaligen Gunderson-Standort von der FMC Corporation übernahm. 1986 begann die Fertigung von Twin-Stack Doppelstock-Containertragwagen. Diese wurden zu Greenbriers wichtigstem Produkt mit einer Jahresproduktion von etwa 3.000 Stück im Jahr 1990. Bei ihnen ist Greenbrier heute Marktführer.

2015 verpflichteten sich Wagony Świdnica und PKP Cargo eine weitere Fertigungslinie für Güterwagen in Stettin zu eröffnen.

Greenbrier in Europa
136,8 Mio. US-Dollar Umsatz werden 2018 von Greenbrier in Europa erwirtschaftet. Produktionsstandorte befinden sich in den rumänischen Orten Arad, Caracal und Drobeta Turnu Severin, sowie im polnischen Świdnica.

Weblinks
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Einzelnachweise

Güterwagenhersteller
Unternehmen (Clackamas County)
Gegründet 1981
Lake Oswego