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Jaroslav Stodola (born 8 May 1966) and Dana Stodolová (née Bábiková; born 19 July 1970) are a pair of Czech-Slovak serial killers who robbed and murdered 8 retirees between 2001 and 2002. In total, they were convicted of committing of 17 serious crimes and both sentenced to life imprisonment.

Lives before the murders
Dana Bábiková was born in Slovakia, where she married at the age of 15. A year later, a daughter was born. Due to marital issues she soon divorced and moved to the Czech Republic, where she married a second time. She and her second husband traveled to Canada, where she worked as a bar dancer. In 1997, she was raped by a fellow employee and, in her words, she suffered from psychological trauma and then began to heavily abuse drugs. Due to this, her second marriage also ended in divorce. She then moved to her mother's house in Slavošov in the Kutná Hora District, in house number 31, where she married the four times court-sentenced Jaroslav Stodola, whom she met in 1998. He came from a troubled family, and in his youth he ran away from his home and soon became self-sufficient. He was known as a quiet man, who only behaved aggressively when drunk. The pair were unable to find a stable job and quickly got into financial trouble.

Crimes
On 30 September 2001, the disguised spouses went to the house of 77-year-old Alois Miškovský from Chabeřice, who was known for lending money. They threatened him with a knife and forced him to give them 160,000 crowns. The couple then tied him up and left him in the house, where he was discovered in a very bad condition two days later. Miškovský died less than a year later.

On 16 November 2001, the Stodolas decided to rob their 75-year-old neighbor Jaroslav Šanda from Slavošov, who was staying with Dana's mother. While Jaroslav sneaked out of the house in the early morning, Dana talked to her mother in the kitchen, assuring her that her husband is still asleep. He jumped Šanda's fence and hid so that he had a view of the main entrance. He then put on a wig and nylon stockings on his face, and proceeded to enter Šanda's house while he was in the barn. Jaroslav hid behind a curtain in the main hall, and when Šanda returned, he was knocked down and forced to give his attacker 40,000 crowns. But while handing over the money, Šanda pulled the stocking off from Stodola's face, and he strangled the pensioner in fear. Stodola then placed the body in a bed and lit some of the candles, before stealing a few items and running away. One of the candles caused a fire that destroyed the house. During the autopsy of the body, the doctor did not report any head injury and failed to notice any traces of strangulation. Since Šanda, in spite of his death, would rather burn his house than leave it to his children, his case was closed in 2002 as death without any external factors.

On 28 November 2001, Dana entered the house of 68-year-old neighbor Růžena Skohoutilová, who was known to possess valuable jewelry. While Jaroslav was watching in front of the house, Dana attacked the pensioner with a rod inside. They then both tied her up and beat her, asking to point where she was hiding her money. When Skohoutilová refused, the Stodolovis suffocated her with a scarf and pillow. Under her bed they found 50,000 crowns and stole some other things, before burying the body in the garden together with some papers and several daily necessities. They wanted to create the impression that the woman had gone on a vacation somewhere. The body of Skohoutilová was discovered by her son-in-law on May 4, 2002, during reconstruction of the house. The police accused a trio of men who robbed retirees in the neighborhood of her murder, as they had attempted to rob the woman one week before her death, which she had mentioned to Dana's mother. It later turned out that the reason for her murder was that she had seen who was Jaroslav Šanda's killer.

On 30 April 2002, the spouses asked for water in front of the house of 66-year-old Antonin Král in the village of Měchonice. When he opened the door, he was pushed inside the house. There, he and his 62-year-old wife Marie were tied up, and each led to a separate room where they were forced to say where they were hiding their money. When Marie revealed the locations, both she and her husband were strangled by the Stodolas with a lamp cable. The bodies were untied and the gas stove was released. Dana walked out of the door with Jaroslav behind her, locking the house and stretching out from the toilet window. The dead couple were soon discovered by relatives, whom the neighbors informed of their disappearance. As a preliminary cause of death, suffocation by gas from the stove was determined. However, as it could have been a sloppy installation, investigators ordered an autopsy report. Although traces of strangulation were noted on the bodies, suffocation was put out as the official cause of death. The police also made a number of mistakes in the investigation, especially with ignoring the opinion of forensics experts.

Another murder was committed by Dana, without her husband being involved. On 14 September 2002, she traveled to Jindřichův Hradec in search of a job and accommodation, before going towards Kardašova Řečice. There she met 78-year-old Maria Čondlová, whose trust was won by the story of being a victim of the floods in Prague. The woman let Dana sleep in her house, and when she came from shopping the next day, she caught her visitor searching for her. Dana attacked the woman, overcoming her and tying her to a chair. She then demanded that Čondlová tell her where she keeps her money. When she refused, Dana put a gag in her mouth, and hit her twice on the head with a roller pin before stabbing in the chest four times. Afterwards, she searched through the house, cleaned it and then slept there for another night. Police investigated this case from the beginning as a murder, and even though they received a description of the offender, the search for her identity proved unsuccessful.

On 28 October 2002, the pair attacked 81-year-old Josef Malinů, who lived in the house opposite them. Malinů often boasted in public about having big amounts of monetary savings in his house. They waited for him to open the door in the morning so they could venture in. Jaroslav stunned the man with a heavy blow to the head and then brought him to the ground, where he tried to strangle him with a phone cord behind a beam. But the cable broke off and Malinů fell to the floor. Stodola then began kicking him in anger, and again tried to hang the body over the beam, but was unsuccessful. The couple then took 10,000 crowns from the house, but could not find the savings worth 2 million. Due to more mistakes in the investigation, there was no suspicion of foul play and Malinů's death was ruled as a suicide.

On 2 December 2002, the Stodolas broke into the Brněnec home of 92-year-old Božena Cerháková, whom lived with her 52-year-old daughter Helena. Helena had planned to buy the dormitory that the Stodolas lived in at the time, and due to this, they assumed that she was rich. At the time of the burglary, Božena's other daughter, 62-year-old Dagmar Weiss, was visiting her. Dagmar tried to defend her mother, but she was beaten and tied up by Jaroslav. Helena then forced her sister to reveal where the money and savings were. The pair then decided to kill the three women, with Jaroslav strangling Dagmar with a scarf. He then lounged Božena on her bed and suffocated her with a pillow, before taking Helena to the bathroom and strangling her in the tub. After he left, Dana poured water and Helena's wrist to make it look like she had killed Dagmar and then committed suicide, leading to her mother's heart failure. Dana then went out from the main entrance and Jaroslav climbed out of the locked flat through a window above the main entrance. However, Božena had managed to survive the attack, and gave a very incoherent testimony, describing the offender as a tall man living in the hostel. The story was repeatedly connected to Jaroslav Stodola, who surprisingly told investigators he knew he was "suspected" of murder. However, according to the prosecutor, there was not enough evidence to accuse him of anything.

Arrest, trial and sentence
Jaroslav's psychological condition rapidly deteriorated after the murders in Brněnec, later attempting suicide by taking sedatives in combination with alcohol. However, his wife managed to save him, and he soon recovered. Jaroslav later learned of a rich pensioner who lived in Onšovec, and at the end of January, the pair went to the place of the alleged residence, but could not locate the house. On 3 February 2003, he deliberately tarnished his wife with mud in front of 78-year-old Josef Peroutka's home in Hrádek. Jaroslav then rang the door and asked for water for his pregnant wife, who supposedly fainted in front of the house. He then asked the old man if he could sit on the stairs in front of the entrance and take some rest. When the retiree pushed through the gate, Jaroslav threatened him with a knife and forced him to enter the basement, where they locked him and speedily searched through the house, but only stole a cell phone and some sweets. While leaving, the encountered a policeman who had previously carried out investigations in connection with the suspected series of seniors' death in Slavošov and the surrounding area. Stodola was then arrested because of his criminal past. The policeman knew that the pair had stayed for a long time in a hostel in Brněnec and therefore asked why they were there. Jaroslav did not give satisfactory answers. Meanwhile, Josef Peroutka had managed to exit the basement on his own and reported the robbery by phone.

Stodola admitted his crimes, but tried to downplay Dana's part in the crimes. On the basis of this crime, the double murder investigation in Brněnec, where the Stodolovis lived, was renewed, of which Jaroslav was originally suspected. Soon, physiological traces were confirmed his presence on the crime scene. During the interrogations, Jaroslav insisted that only he had murdered, but during the reconstruction of the crimes, it turned out that he had no idea of a wound on Helena Cerháková's hands. After the investigation into the Brněnec murders, the ones in Slavošov and the surround areas soon followed. Stodola refused to admit that his wife had anything to do with the crimes, but the turnaround occurred when she began to testify about the murder of Maria Čondlová in Kardašova Řečice. The crime scene was described very precisely, and Jaroslav, according to his own words at this moment, finally admitted Dana's guilt. On 26 April 2004, both spouses were sentenced to life imprisonment by the Regional Court of Hradec Králové. During the sentence, they communicated exclusively in written letters, although they could associate. In 2006, the couple divorced in absence by mutual agreement.

See also
 List of serial killers by country

References

External links
 Episode Stodolovi I. Documentary Series from Czech Television Series Legends of Criminology

1966 births
1970 births
Criminal duos
Living people
Male serial killers
Czech people convicted of murder
Czech serial killers
Czech female serial killers
Slovak people convicted of murder
Slovak serial killers

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10 Days / 9 Nights
Bhutan Druk Path Trek - 10 Days / 9 Nights
Jele
Jangchulakha
Jimilang Lake
Phojoding
Embark on a scenic trek that follows the ancient route connecting Paro and Thimphu. Rated as moderate, this trek involves crossing several passes over 13,000 ft with the highest camp at about 13,000 ft. The landscape includes terraced fields, mixed forests, alpine pastures and pristine lakes. This trek also offers hikers stunning views of Mt. Gangkar Puensum, possibly the highest unclimbed peak in the world at 24,836 ft. The best times to enjoy the Druk Path Trek are between March-June or September-November.
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Stunning Acclimatizing Hikes to Kila Gompa Nunnery & Tiger's Nest Monastery
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Ancient Temples & Fortresses along this Historic Trail
Spectacular Views of Mt. Chomolhari (23,995 ft) & Gankar Punsum (24,770 ft), the highest mountain in Bhutan
Beautiful Pristine Holy Lakes
This trip includes the essential highlights in Paro and Thimphu with a 4-night trek along the ancient Druk Path Trail that connects both cities. You will be supported by a trekking crew who will assist with meals, personal belongings and camping equipment such as tents, sleeping bags, mats, head lamps and trekking poles. Prior to the trek, enjoy acclimatizing day hikes to Kila Gompa Nunnery (13,000 ft) and Tiger's Nest Monastery (10, 240 ft), both located at dazzling cliff sides.
Day 1Arrive Paro
Upon arrival at Paro Airport, you will be welcomed and transferred to your hotel.
Afternoon, visit Kichu Lhakhang, one of the oldest temples in Bhutan originally built in the 7th century by the Tibetan Emperor Songtsen Gampo.
Later do a short hike up to Drukgyal Dzong, a defense fortress built in 1647 and now in ruins. If the weather is good, you can catch a glimpse of the snow-covered Mt. Chomolhari, a 23,000ft. peak.
Overnight at Paro
Day 2Chelela Pass (13,120 ft) and Kila Gompa
Today you will drive about an hour to Chele La Pass (13,120 ft), one of the highest motorable pass in Bhutan. If the weather is good, you can have a good view of the snow-covered Mt. Chomolhari. From the pass, you'll do a short hike of about an hour through the forests and along steep slopes to the nunnery of Kila Gompa. There are seven small temples and several retreat huts built into a dizzying cliffside, where some 30 to 70 nuns live in self-imposed isolation. If opportunity permits, you'll have tea with some nuns at the nunnery and learn about their daily life. On way back to Paro, it's possible to walk around a local village if you're not too exhausted or visit the small Paro town.
Day 3Tiger's Nest Monastery (10,240 ft)
Enjoy another acclimatizing hike for about 4 hours to the famous Tiger's Nest (Taktsang) Monastery, an incredible monastery built on the side of a 3,000 foot cliff. The trail goes through blue pines and switchbacks uphill to the ridge. First built in 1692, around the Taktsang Senge Samdup, a cave where Guru Padmasambhava is said to have meditated for 3 months in the 8th century.
After the hike, enjoy a traditional hot stone bath and learn about the traditional herbs used in your bath.
Day 4Druk Path Trek Day 1: Paro (8,036 ft) to Jele (11,270 ft)
At Paro Museum, meet your trekking crew, the horsemen and pack animals. Today's trek climbs non-stop for over 3,500 ft before dropping down 260 ft to camp.
The trail winds its way up steeply through blue pine forest and around several farm house and fenced apple orchards. After an hour of steady climbing, enjoy nice views over the Paro valley. Visibly above is Jele Dzong, located on the top of the ridge. At 9,825 ft, after 2 hours of trekking, the route passes a long Mani wall in a big flat grassy land called Damche Gom. This is where most of the trekkers stop for a packed lunch.
The trail continues through the forest of blue pine, fir and bamboo. At around 10,600 ft a gigantic hemlock tree over 600 years old overshadows the trail. Just before reaching a small pass (11,540 ft) below the Dzong, the route opens up, and there may be some yaks with their herders and dogs.
Tonight's campsite (11,270 ft) is a little way down from the pass. You may be able to hear the monks playing instruments in the Lhakhang during one of their prayer sessions.
Time: 5-6 Hours
Distance: 5 miles
Altitude Gain: 3,503 ft
Altitude Loss: 269 ft
Overnight at Tented Camp
Day 5Druk Path Trek Day 2: Jele (11,270 ft) to Jangchulakha (12,995 ft)
From camp, climb back to the ridge and the small pass leading to Jele Dzong (11,790 ft), a very impressive fort surrounded by many prayer flags. Enjoy great views here looking towards Paro Valley far below, while in the distance stand snowy peaks on the border with Tibet, including Mt. Chomolhari (23,995 ft) in the center.
Leaving the Dzong walk north for about 10min on the ridge with a stunning views before disappearing into forest. Go up and around a small peak, a steep 330 ft ascent to an altitude of 12,300 ft. Looking back you see a part of Paro valley and the large Doo Chu side valley. To the south, Dagala Range is visible. After about 3 hours, arrive at a campsite at Tshokam (12,995 ft), just after a small saddle.
Altitude Loss: 0 ft
Day 6Druk Path Trek Day 3: Jangchulakha (12,995 ft) to Jimilang Lake (12,726 ft)
Today continue to proceed north for most of the day. Climb gently for several hours to reach a small pass at about 13,350 ft. Continue along the ridge to the next pass with the view north to Mt. Chomolhari and down below several monasteries are visible at the far end of the valley. On the opposite side there is a view of Jimilang Tsho, a beautiful large lake stocked with trout and a large Chorten (religious obelisk) built at one end.
At 13,695 ft you reach a small stone shelter next to a small lake (a nice possible campsite). At the east of the lake is another good campsite (12,726ft.) It may be possible to catch some fish for the dinner if you bring along your own fishing gear.
Altitude Gain: 700 ft
Day 7Druk Path Trek Day 4: Jimilang Lake (12,726 ft) to Phojoding (12,103 ft)
Walk this morning around the lake to its far western end with a short steep climb through bushes to emerge to an open area. An exposed cliff trail leads to a small saddle (13,450 ft), from here you can see the next lake below, Jana Tsho (12,975 ft; 1.5 to 2hr hike) and a nice campsite which may be occupied by Yak herders. From the lake a white stone path between rhododendron bushes traverses a valley with a small lake below. There are several lakes just above, Dungtsho & Dungtsho Sama, regarded as male and female. The local people believe that the second (female) lake has powerful spirit, who gets easily provoked if anything dirty gets near the lake.
Climb up a ridge and look for a cairn. After an hour of hiking, a viewing point at 13,610 ft is reached, with another lake below, Simkotra Tsho (13,415 ft) where you can see some stone ruins nearby. There are several minor climbs to small passes before you finally look down to Phojoding monastery and Thimphu. Monks frequently pass here on their way to meditate at the sacred lake Jimilang Tsho. If the weather is clear, Gankar Punsum (24,770 ft), the highest mountain in Bhutan and other Himalayas can be visible.
Altitude Loss: several small ups & downs
Day 8Druk Path Trek Final Day: Phojoding (12,103 ft) to Thimphu (8,395 ft)
From Phojoding monastery, walk straight down past to the queen's compound, continuing on to Motithang. If you're interested, you can visit the Takin Preserve where you can see Bhutan's national animal and a rare member of the goat family that can only be found in Bhutan.
Your driver will meet you at the road head and transfer you to your hotel located in the city center. Enjoy a well-deserved shower and rest of the day is free for you to stroll around the center on your own. Your hotel is located right in the city center surrounded local shops and small eateries.
Altitude Gain: 0
Altitude Loss: 3,705 ft
Overnight at Thimphu
Day 9Thimphu City Highlights
Today visit the city highlights including the National Memorial Chorten, built in honor of late King Jigme Dorji Wangchuk and the Folk Heritage Museum.
Drive up to Buddha Point and offer your prayers to the largest Buddha statue in the country while enjoying great views of Thimphu valley below. Continue to Changangkha Monastery, a 12th century temple perched like a fortress on a ridge above central Thimphu. This temple has a special place in Thimphu life as parents come here to get auspicious names for their children.
Stop by the craft bazaar in the city center where artisans and craftsmen come across the country to sell their products. Later this evening, meet a local expert over a casual dinner to learn about fascinating facts on Bhutan's "Gross National Happiness Index". Enacted on 18 July 2008, this index is instituted in the Constitution of Bhutan.
Overnight in Thimphu
Day 10Depart from Paro
Transfer about an hour's drive to Paro Airport for departing flight.
Flights in/out of Paro from India, Nepal or Bangkok
Visa Fees & all applicable Government Tourism Fees
Standard Accommodation, including all Taxes and Service fees
Daily Lunch and Dinners at Local Restaurants
Supplements for Stays and Meals at Upgraded Luxury Hotels
Consider a pre- or post-tour extension to this itinerary in either Nepal or India depending on which city your international flight is routed through. It's quite easy to add a couple of days in Delhi with an excursion to see the Taj Mahal, or Kathmandu to visit its seven UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Kathmandu Stopover
Kathmandu Valley contains seven UNESCO World Heritage Sites and provides a fascinating contrast to the more rural and less populated Bhutan. Visas on arrival, make Nepal an easy place to include.
Taj Mahal Stopover
If you are traveling through New Delhi, consider a side trip to Agra to see the iconic Taj Mahal...truly a must-see. India makes it easier to get e-visas now, so if you're flying through Delhi, take advantage of the opportunity!
Here's an explanation of what to expect and why about the planning and booking process and working with a Red Lantern Journeys travel consultant.

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Philosophy, Science & Technology
Heroes at Harvard
Craig Biddle June 07, 2006
While Bush and company scheme to provide the America-hating Iranian theocracy with nuclear technology, some people are thinking rationally and promoting human life. From the Boston Globe:
Harvard scientists announced yesterday that they are beginning an ambitious attempt to create the world's first cloned human embryonic stem cells, bringing the university into one of science's most ethically charged fields.
The goal of the research, they said, is to create a powerful new tool to explore the biology of, and hopefully find treatments for, a number of devastating diseases: juvenile diabetes, genetic blood disorders, and ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease….
The research is controversial because scientists destroy days-old embryos, which some opponents say is essentially taking human lives, and because the research uses human eggs, which can place donors at a slight risk of side effects.
But at a press conference yesterday, Harvard Provost Dr. Steven E. Hyman said the university had concluded that the research was ethically justified, following extensive reviews by eight committees over two years. Hyman said the scientists will be required to follow strict guidelines governing how eggs are obtained and what experiments can be done—but he said the work is too important to not do.
"We are convinced that work with embryonic stem cells holds enormous promise for developing treatments for a host of presently intractable adult and childhood diseases," Hyman said. "We have approved this work after the most extensive ethical and scientific review in recent memory here at Harvard."
Hallelujah! Kudos to Hyman and the whole team at Harvard (and hellfire to Bush and his fellow religionists who oppose such crucial research in the name of the same fantasy that prevents them from eliminating the Iranian regime).
As to the extreme value of this research: . . .
Stem Cell Research Offers New Hope for Repairing Brain Damage
Caroline Glick and Michael Ledeen on a Golden Opportunity Regarding Iran
Ice-Bucket Challenge Supports Embryonic Stem Cell Research—And That's a Good Thing
New "Neurobridge" Technology Enables Quadriplegic to Move Hand
Iran Unsurprisingly "Celebrates" World Cup by Arresting Celebrants
About Craig Biddle
Craig is cofounder and editor of The Objective Standard, cofounder and director of education at Objective Standard Institute, and executive director of Prometheus Foundation. He is the author of Loving Life: The Morality of Self-Interest and the Facts that Support It; Rational Egoism: The Morality for Human Flourishing; and the forthcoming Moral Truths Your Parents, Preachers, and Teachers Don't Want You to Know. He is currently working on his fourth book, "Thinking in Principles."
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Aereo was built around a technicality. Some have called it a gimmick—Judge Chin called it a "Rube Goldberg contraption"—but here it is: if your gut reaction is "This is ridiculous," it's because copyright law is ridiculous. Aereo relied on the law to build its business. Today, the Supreme Court said that wasn't enough.
In 2008, cable networks sued Cablevision over what was essentially a cloud-based TiVo. In presenting their case, Cablevision analogized their service to a long-distance VCR. This struck a chord with the Second Circuit Court of Appeals—or at least, made it seem very, very awkward to rule against Cablevision.
The thing is, in 1984, the Supreme Court ruled that the manufacturers of the Sony Betamax (a device that was later succeeded in the market by VHS technology) were not liable for copyright infringement, since the Betamax was capable of "substantially noninfringing uses." The Cablevision case is about an entirely different theory of liability, but you can see how the comparison to the VCR made the idea of a verdict against Cablevision feel wrong.
In writing their decision, the Second Circuit created a bit of a legal fiction. Sure, the networks' copyrighted content was getting copied when Cablevision wrote the video files to their remote servers, but since they were doing it at the direction of their consumers, it wasn't Cablevision that was doing the copying.
If you upload a pirated movie to your Dropbox account or fill your Google Music account with pirated music, you might be guilty of copyright infringement. But Dropbox and Google don't have to worry. It's probably not a coincidence that cloud music services blossomed a couple of years after the Cablevision decision.
The Copyright Act is primarily premised on the idea of "copies." As we all know, the internet has wreaked havoc with that distinction. Just moving a file from one place to another technically means a copy has been made. Even streaming a video makes temporary buffer copies. The law has had to adjust little by little, making exceptions one after another in order to keep itself from looking ridiculous.
One of the bizarre things that happened as copyright law went digital is that in streaming cases, rights-holders would claim that both an infringing copy had been made and that an infringing performance had occurred—just through the single act of streaming. (The exclusive right to perform is also protected under the Copyright Act). Where, in the non-digital world, would this logic also apply? How we understand the legal meanings of "copies" and "performances" on the internet is a mess.
And is it any wonder? The law was written in the 1970s. Its fundamental premises might have worked great in the world of bookshops, movie theaters, and record stores, but it wasn't built for what the world looks like today. The best we can do is keep tweaking it, hoping that we don't get ridiculous outcomes. That was what Cablevision was about.
The Supreme Court knew it was delving into dangerous territory, which makes this decision all the more heart-breaking. The court tried to make its decision as low-impact as possible, but it's not enough. James Grimmelmann says in Vox, "The reasoning of Cablevision is dead." The Court didn't explicitly overrule Cablevision. In fact, the majority opinion does not address it at all, even though it is the core of this case. But this is damage enough. Even if a cloud service can succeed in court despite Aereo, the mere fact that Aereo exists paints a target on them all.
Just like Cablevision encouraged innovation, Aereo will chill it. The motto of Silicon Valley might be "Move fast and break things," but as the last couple of decades have demonstrated with respect to music, entrepreneurs would rather move fast and break things in sectors that lawsuits haven't turned into scorched earth.
Aereo will probably result in startups being sued into the ground. But that's not the real tragedy. We will never know the technologies that could have existed, the services that could have been. We will never know the internet we lost today.


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'BUTCHERING AND BURNING ROCK MUSIC'S SACRED COWS – Carcass 1 August 23, 2022
Filed under: Butchering The Sacred Cows — justwilliam1959 @ 2:23 pm
Tags: Beatles, Brian Epstein, George Harrison, George Martin, Gerry and the Pacemakers, John Lennon, Merseys, Oasis, Paul McCartney, Pete Best, Ringo Starr, Westlife
Hands up anyone who thinks that the Beatles are shite? I am kicking off this series with a piece on a crappy little beat combo from Liverpool. They are the first of rock music's untouchable deities to be laid out on Buffy's Butcher's block will be the Beatles. So, let me kick off first with that shitty bad pun of a name, the Beatles? Seriously? It might have been funny for five minutes in 1962, but now it is just mega dull. But I suppose that is a reflection on the band too, maybe they did briefly show talent in the early days. Their backing on Tony Sheridan's version of "My Bonnie" was almost as good as anything that Right Said Fred has released. As for the music, well it was mostly covers in the early days. The first two albums were 43% cover versions and 57% rip-offs from people like Carl Perkins, Chuck Berry, and Buddy Holly. How did they have the arrogance and audacity to turn down that classic pop song "How Do You Do It?" A song that went on to be a huge smash for a more talented Liverpool band, Gerry and the Pacemakers. In fact, the first three singles by Gerry and the Pacemakers all went to number one in the UK. The Beatles failed to do that with "Love Me Do" limping to a lowly number 17 and "Please, Please Me" stuttering out at number 2. Their early albums were recorded incredibly quickly and that shows in how interminably bland the music is. In a similar way, their later albums took months to record and that shows too, mostly in the overproduced, overrated drivel they put out. All they have left us is a series of mediocre pop songs and plenty of album filler. If I must provide reluctant praise, it would be to long-suffering producer George Martin. He knew that he couldn't polish a Beatles-shaped turd, but he was able to roll that turd in glitter occasionally.
Even Ringo, the second-choice drummer, (let's face it Pete Best was far better), didn't play on the "Love Me Do" single. John Lennon is alleged to have said that Ringo "wasn't the best drummer in the world, in fact he wasn't even the best drummer in the Beatles". Apparently, Lennon didn't actually say that, according to a number of sources, but the statement stands true, doesn't it? The Beatles a.k.a the Floptops were just in the right place at the right time, any beat band of the early sixties could have been picked up and groomed for success like they were. The Merseys or Gerry and the Pacemakers would have been moderately better, although still somewhat shit. The overuse of "yeah, yeah, yeah" in their lyrics made it abundantly clear that they couldn't write a decent tune to save their lives. They were basically a manufactured boy band put together by Brian Epstein. He got rid of the original drummer and made them change their appearance, dressing them in pretty little suits and promoting the Beatles' haircut. In that sense, they were the Westlife of their day, nothing more. Like the boys from Sligo they sold millions of records based on their pretty boy looks, well excluding Ringo, he was hardly pretty was he? To be fair to Lennon in particular, he was right when he said that the Beatles were bigger than Jesus. Extensive research (on Google) suggests that JC was no more than 5 feet 5 inches tall (other heights are available) while the shortest Beatle was Ringo at five feet 8 inches.
Some people say that a measure of success is all their number one records, 17 UK number one singles, and 11 UK number one albums (plus another 4 if you count compilations and archive issues) for example. But Westlife have had 14 UK number one singles and 9 UK number one albums, 11 if you count compilations. So, on that basis, I should add that I believe Westlife are absolute and utter shite, the Beatles are a few number ones better than Westlife. But simply put both acts are steaming piles of number twos! George Harrison convincing the boys to let him use a sitar on some songs probably explains why he was not given the opportunity to write more Beatles songs. The sitar in rock music? What a waste of overindulged, egotistical effort. Then there is the infamous "concept" album, 'Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band', if I linked the last three bowel evacuations I did it would be more of a concept and frankly would probably sound better. As for 'Abbey Road', well firstly what a lazy fucking title that is, and secondly it was filled with half-finished sketches of songs and a huge plagiarism of Chuck Berry by John Lennon in "Come Together". And what about the so-called "White Album"? A double album with 30 tracks, ridiculously overlong, and where the hell was the quality control on track selection. "Glass Onion", "Piggies" and "Don't Pass Me By" should have been expunged from tape never to be heard again. The sonic dirge/ soundscape that is "Revolution 9" is easily the best track the Beatles ever recorded, largely because it doesn't feature any of them and is just a bunch of insane randomly recorded sounds and words.
If you must listen to the Beatles, why not go with a facsimile from the 90s, at least you would be listening to something slightly more modern, albeit an even more shitty band than the Beatles, ladies, and gentlemen I give you Oasis. Let me finish by saying that if you have bothered to read this far you either agree with me or your head is about to explode with steam-fuelled anger and you are already typing me a message from "Angry of the Shires" telling me I am wrong. Well, you're too late, all that remains of the Beatles is their blood on my butcher's block. But they have provided several tough and bordering on rancid steaks and cutlets for local butcher's shops!
I have many more rock deities on my list, and I would love to hear who you would like me to take apart next! In the meantime please remember that "all you need is love" Buffy Frobisher Smythe Esquire xxx
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I'm in Real Simple Magazine!
I spent much of this morning at work thinking up excuses to walk past my office mailbox. Located in the kitchen area near the water cooler and tea, it's usually more of an afterthought. I don't really get much mail at work, save for the occasional invoice (which goes straight to accounting) or--more often--catalogs from Pottery Barn and the Oriental Trading Company. Today however, I had a reason to keep checking. Today, the May issue of Real Simple magazine containing an article about my mom and me was scheduled to arrive!
It was probably about 11AM when I finally spotted it. I'd walked over to get a bit of milk for my cereal and there it was, its characteristically thick and wide body slightly curved in the narrow box. I grabbed it and ran back to my desk, rhw cup of dry cereal in my left hand, Real Simple flapping in the air in my right.
"It's here!" I breathlessly announced to my coworkers who knew all about it. I set the magazine down and flipped quickly to it, everyone crowding around me to see what the commotion was.
And then I found it! On page 240 part of the story called From My Mother's Kitchen, a 1/4 page photo of my mom and me cooking (though really, I was just stirring a pot of boiling water), a brief article, my recipe for Camarones Enchilados (or deviled shrimp), and--on page 241--a gorgeous full-page photo of my beautiful shrimp shot by the fantastic photographer Ditte Isager.
I was so honored to be part of this story. It's a Mother's Day piece that features six women talking about a treasured family recipe that they learned from their mother. I talked about Camarones Enchilados, which is a wonderful dish of shrimp stewed in a spicy tomato sauce.
You should read the article for the story, but what I will tell you (what isn't in the magazine) is that this has become one of my favorite things to make. I actually updated the recipe a bit from what my mother originally taught me (sorry, Mama!) by adding smoked Spanish paprika and serving it differently. She serves it with white rice, salad, and plantains; I prefer it on charred whole wheat tortillas with a side of sliced avocado and a bit of salty white cheese. The recipe in the magazine is my updated version, but sentiment comes straight from my mom.
Another cool thing to look out for: check out the wooden pilon (Spanish for mortar and pestle)that is on the shelf above the stove I'm cooking on. That's my real pilon that my mom got me in Puerto Rico several years ago; I use it regularly and I brought it with me to the photo shoot.
The photo shoot was one of the most fun parts of the whole thing. My mom and I filled bags with clothing we wanted to wear and we met the team from Real Simple at a gorgeous loft down in the West Village. They welcomed us with an amazing breakfast, did our hair and make-up, and helped us choose outfits from what we'd brought.
I had just come back from Puerto Rico (hence my very dark tan in the photo; I'm not usually that golden). I had also been freaking out a bit because I happened to come down with a ridiculous and rather inopportune case of UV poisoning on the last day of the trip. You can't tell from the photo, but I'm actually covered in a prickly UV rash from my neck all the way down to my toes! I mentioned it the photographer and photo editors who assured me that the final photo wouldn't show it (Yay, Photoshop!).


Something I've never done before in life is surf so I figured I'd give it a go while out here and with nothing to lose. I was never a big skateboarder or wake boarder, but I feel comfortable with most things having to do with water, so I figured I'd be able to get the hang of it pretty quickly. Boy, was I wrong.
Some of you have possibly already seen this website, but I've waited to fully launch it until my trip actually started. I've gotten a lot of questions from friends and family asking whether I was keeping a blog or not during my trip. Well, here it is. John Sees Earth will be your hub for all things Traveling-John during the next 11 months and I hope you enjoy it as much as I have so far.


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Q: ldap_modify: Insufficient access (50) when changing password I'm trying to modify the LDAP admin password on a fresh OpenLDAP install on CentOS 6.7 (similar to RHEL 6.7).
I created a file called change_ldap_password.ldif:
# Hash your password:
# slappasswd -h {SSHA} -s "my_password"

# I also tried {1}hdb instead of {0}config
dn: olcDatabase={0}config,cn=config
changetype: modify
add: olcRootPW
olcRootPW: {SSHA}YP8q2haCD1POSzQC3GAuBdrfaHh+/Y49

When I run the following command as root, I get an access error:
# ldapmodify -x  -W -D "cn=admin,dc=my_domain,dc=com" -f ./change_ldap_password.ldif
Enter LDAP Password:
modifying entry "olcDatabase={0}config,cn=config"
ldap_modify: Insufficient access (50)

Here's the output of ldapwhoami:
# ldapwhoami -x  -W -D "cn=admin,dc=my_domain,dc=com"
Enter LDAP Password:
dn:cn=admin,dc=my_domain,dc=com

Here's the result of grepping for olcRoot in cn=config:
# grep -R olcRoot /etc/openldap/slapd.d/cn=config
/etc/openldap/slapd.d/cn=config/olcDatabase={1}hdb.ldif:olcRootDN: cn=admin,dc=my_domain,dc=com
/etc/openldap/slapd.d/cn=config/olcDatabase={1}hdb.ldif:olcRootPW:: ...

Here's the debug info for ldapmodify:
# ldapmodify -x  -W -D "cn=admin,dc=my_domain,dc=com" -f ./change_ldap_password.ldif -d1
ldap_create
Enter LDAP Password:
ldap_sasl_bind
ldap_send_initial_request
ldap_new_connection 1 1 0
ldap_int_open_connection
ldap_connect_to_host: TCP localhost:389
ldap_new_socket: 4
ldap_prepare_socket: 4
ldap_connect_to_host: Trying 127.0.0.1:389
ldap_pvt_connect: fd: 4 tm: -1 async: 0
attempting to connect:
connect errno: 111
ldap_close_socket: 4
ldap_int_open_connection
ldap_connect_to_path
ldap_new_socket: 4
ldap_connect_to_path: Trying /var/run/ldapi
ldap_connect_timeout: fd: 4 tm: -1 async: 0
ldap_ndelay_on: 4
ldap_close_socket: 4
ldap_int_open_connection
ldap_connect_to_host: TCP localhost:636
ldap_new_socket: 4
ldap_prepare_socket: 4
ldap_connect_to_host: Trying 127.0.0.1:636
ldap_pvt_connect: fd: 4 tm: -1 async: 0
attempting to connect:
connect success
TLS: certdb config: configDir='/etc/openldap/certs' tokenDescription='ldap(0)' certPrefix='' keyPrefix='' flags=readOnly
TLS: using moznss security dir /etc/openldap/certs prefix .
TLS: certificate [CN=my_server.my_domain.com] is valid
TLS certificate verification: subject: CN=my_server.my_domain.com, issuer: CN=my_server.my_domain.com, cipher: AES-256, security level: high, secret key bits: 256, total key bits: 256, cache hits: 0, cache misses: 0, cache not reusable: 0
ldap_open_defconn: successful
ldap_send_server_request
ber_scanf fmt ({it) ber:
ber_scanf fmt ({i) ber:
ber_flush2: 50 bytes to sd 4
ldap_result ld 0x184a340 msgid 1
wait4msg ld 0x184a340 msgid 1 (infinite timeout)
wait4msg continue ld 0x184a340 msgid 1 all 1
** ld 0x184a340 Connections:
* host: (null)  port: 636  (default)
  refcnt: 2  status: Connected
  last used: Fri Oct 30 14:04:24 2015

** ld 0x184a340 Outstanding Requests:
 * msgid 1,  origid 1, status InProgress
   outstanding referrals 0, parent count 0
  ld 0x184a340 request count 1 (abandoned 0)
** ld 0x184a340 Response Queue:
   Empty
  ld 0x184a340 response count 0
ldap_chkResponseList ld 0x184a340 msgid 1 all 1
ldap_chkResponseList returns ld 0x184a340 NULL
ldap_int_select
read1msg: ld 0x184a340 msgid 1 all 1
ber_get_next
ber_get_next: tag 0x30 len 12 contents:
read1msg: ld 0x184a340 msgid 1 message type bind
ber_scanf fmt ({eAA) ber:
read1msg: ld 0x184a340 0 new referrals
read1msg:  mark request completed, ld 0x184a340 msgid 1
request done: ld 0x184a340 msgid 1
res_errno: 0, res_error: <>, res_matched: <>
ldap_free_request (origid 1, msgid 1)
ldap_parse_result
ber_scanf fmt ({iAA) ber:
ber_scanf fmt (}) ber:
ldap_msgfree
modifying entry "olcDatabase={0}config,cn=config"
ldap_modify_ext
ldap_send_initial_request
ldap_send_server_request
ber_scanf fmt ({it) ber:
ber_scanf fmt ({) ber:
ber_flush2: 102 bytes to sd 4
ldap_result ld 0x184a340 msgid 2
wait4msg ld 0x184a340 msgid 2 (timeout 100000 usec)
wait4msg continue ld 0x184a340 msgid 2 all 1
** ld 0x184a340 Connections:
* host: (null)  port: 636  (default)
  refcnt: 2  status: Connected
  last used: Fri Oct 30 14:04:24 2015

** ld 0x184a340 Outstanding Requests:
 * msgid 2,  origid 2, status InProgress
   outstanding referrals 0, parent count 0
  ld 0x184a340 request count 1 (abandoned 0)
** ld 0x184a340 Response Queue:
   Empty
  ld 0x184a340 response count 0
ldap_chkResponseList ld 0x184a340 msgid 2 all 1
ldap_chkResponseList returns ld 0x184a340 NULL
ldap_int_select
read1msg: ld 0x184a340 msgid 2 all 1
ber_get_next
ber_get_next: tag 0x30 len 12 contents:
read1msg: ld 0x184a340 msgid 2 message type modify
ber_scanf fmt ({eAA) ber:
read1msg: ld 0x184a340 0 new referrals
read1msg:  mark request completed, ld 0x184a340 msgid 2
request done: ld 0x184a340 msgid 2
res_errno: 50, res_error: <>, res_matched: <>
ldap_free_request (origid 2, msgid 2)
ldap_parse_result
ber_scanf fmt ({iAA) ber:
ber_scanf fmt (}) ber:
ldap_msgfree
ldap_err2string
ldap_modify: Insufficient access (50)

ldap_free_connection 1 1
ldap_send_unbind
ber_flush2: 7 bytes to sd 4
ldap_free_connection: actually freed

If I enter a wrong password, the error changes from Insufficient Access to Invalid Credentials:
ldap_bind: Invalid credentials (49)

I saw this ServerFault question, but that one was about a user with limited privileges rather than admin or root.
How do I get past the ldap_modify: Insufficient access (50) error?
Why does root identifying as LDAP admin not have access to change the password?
I'm ok reinstalling slapd if that's the recommended solution. I'd like to resolve this error before moving further.
Edit: Going to cn=config on ldapi:/// gives the following error:
# ldapsearch -H ldapi:/// -Y EXTERNAL -b 'cn=config' -d1
ldap_url_parse_ext(ldapi:///)
ldap_create
ldap_url_parse_ext(ldapi:///??base)
ldap_sasl_interactive_bind: user selected: EXTERNAL
ldap_int_sasl_bind: EXTERNAL
ldap_new_connection 1 1 0
ldap_int_open_connection
ldap_connect_to_path
ldap_new_socket: 3
ldap_connect_to_path: Trying /var/run/ldapi
ldap_connect_timeout: fd: 3 tm: -1 async: 0
ldap_ndelay_on: 3
ldap_close_socket: 3
ldap_msgfree
ldap_err2string
ldap_sasl_interactive_bind_s: Can't contact LDAP server (-1)

I think I have ldapi:// defined in /etc/openldap/ldap.conf, but I'm not sure about ldapi:///
#
# LDAP Defaults
#

# See ldap.conf(5) for details
# This file should be world readable but not world writable.

BASE    dc=my_domain,dc=com
#URI    ldap://ldap.example.com ldap://ldap-master.example.com:666
URI     ldap:// ldapi:// ldaps://

#SIZELIMIT  12
#TIMELIMIT  15
#DEREF          never

TLS_CACERTDIR /etc/openldap/certs

Edit 2: I get the same ldap_sasl_interactive_bind_s: Can't contact LDAP server (-1) error after stopping the firewall (service iptables stop), so the firewall is not the issue.

A: In order to admin the 'cn=config' database you need the 'cn=config' admin, not the admin of the data DB.
In debian such admin is root with SASL TLS External. Try
sudo ldapsearch -H ldapi:/// -Y EXTERNAL -b 'cn=config'

Once you've confirmed the above works, you can change the password. First, hash the value:
slappasswd -h {SSHA} -s "my_password"

Then, paste the hashed value into an ldif file such as ./change_ldap_password.ldif:
dn: olcDatabase={0}config,cn=config
changetype: modify
add: olcRootPW
olcRootPW: {SSHA}cZbRoOhRew8MBiWGSEOiFX0XqbAQwXUr

Finally, apply the ldif file:
sudo ldapmodify -H ldapi:/// -Y EXTERNAL -D 'cn=config' -f ./change_ldap_password.ldif

Changing passwords with ldapmodify is discouraged. If user exists (it is not this case), ldappasswd is way better.

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Looking back over 25 years at The Rex cinema in Elland
A unique silver screen experience ... complete with organ interlude
The Rex Cinema in Elland (Gallery)
It had been closed for years and one of Calderdale's most iconic landmarks was in danger of never opening again.
But not only was it saved, the Rex Cinema in Elland has since gone on to recreate the golden age of the silver screen.
And it's now reached its own landmark for it was 25 years ago that it started its new lease of big screen life.
It's survived by offering a unique experience.
Rex Cinema owners Charles and Judy Morris have been entertaining Calderdale residents with the latest blockbusters and classics at the quirky venue since October 1988.
Under their ownership the one-screen cinema in Coronation Street has also been used as the location for big screen films itself, which have featured the likes of stars such as David Tennant.
The Rex had been empty for around three years and was last used as a bingo hall when the couple, both 63, bought the premises with Peter and Pauline Berry.
Charles,who had always dreamed of owning a cinema, said that offering an old-style experience, which still includes an interval and regular organ recitals, had encouraged loyal customers to continue to flock to the cinema despite the growth of multiplexes.
He even continues to regularly sell ice creams during the interval to audience members, some of whom he knows on first name terms.
Charles, who spent the first part of his working life as an electrical engineer, said: "We didn't know what would happen when we took it on.
"The first six months were hard going but people began to trust us and then we showed Shirley Valentine which was a sell out.
"I think people like the old fashioned style our cinema offered and the personal feel.
"We've always tried to make going to the cinema like a full night's entertainment and I like coming here because of the friendliness of our customers.
"Although it took them a while to trust us once they started coming they have been as loyal as anything."
The foursome continued to hold down other jobs until 1992, splitting management across the week.
Although the Berrys retired around 12 years ago, Charles and his wife continued to run the cinema and together now own five other cinemas across the north.
Charles, who began to work in cinemas voluntarily from the age of seven, said: "I will never retire from it – this is my passion.
"My family discouraged me from going into the industry because they didn't think that it was secure but my wife persuaded me to pursue my dream."
Among his favourite memories includes the time that David Tennant filmed scenes in the establishment for L.A. Without a Map in 1997 and premiering an adaptation of novelist John Braine's novel, The Jealous God, starring Coronation Street star Denise Welch, in 2005.
He said: "I will always remember the moment that David Tennant turned up outside to film ... on a bicycle."
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Kishuku Gakkou no Juliet Ep. 8: When lolis attack
In this week's episode, we're going to focus on these two new girls, Kochou and Teria. Now, they're prefects, which sounds like a big deal, but I still expect at least one of them to end up falling in love with Romio. Hell, why not make it a double decker!
— The two new girls overhear other students talking about a harvest festival just off campus. And because, y'know, they have no lives, Kochou wants to attend the festival in order to make sure no one gets into any trouble.
— So what do the prefects do? They sound like they have sticks up their butts. Not only that, it's a bad idea to give certain students the privilege to punish the rest. Smacks too much of the Stanford Prison Experiment.
— Meanwhile, Romio and Juliet continue to find odd ways to communicate. She has it harder, too; those manhole covers can't be light. Again, nobody can just FaceTime (or the Android equivalent) each other in this universe.
— And even after all these weeks of dating Juliet, Romio is still surprised when she agrees to go to the harvest festival with him. Dude has no chill.
— Juliet doesn't want to masquerade as Julio, however, so they won't be able to hang out the entire time. Instead, she simply agrees to meet up for the fireworks festival. That's… that's actually pretty lame.
— As soon as Juliet leaves, Kochou literally falls into Romio's lap. And like all of the other female characters on this show, she looks like she's 5. Romio then shoots himself in the foot by inadvertently groping her (non-existent) chest. But this is anime, so if someone touches you in a bad place, just get violent with them.
— Wow, girls are literally raining from the sky.
— Oh good, someone looked at this show, saw the lack of lolis, then decided to add two to the mix. You might balk and say that they're too old to be lolis, but c'mon… look at them.
— Apparently, you have to bow to the prefects. Japan loves its hierarchies. The thought of bowing to anyone period makes me want to retch, so the only redeeming thing about Romio is that he refuses to kowtow to the prefects.
— The loli twins didn't exactly see who Romio was talking to earlier, but he still freaks out and comes up with a bad cover story. But if you think he's stupid, Hasuki, who had dropped by at one point, actually believes him. Dumb and dumber…
— Welp, looks like the lolis won't leave Romio alone. Not only that, our hero doesn't waste any time getting fresh with one of them. Okay, so if one of the two lolis end up falling in love with him, it's gotta be Teria.
— Can you really respect someone who runs like Naruto?
— Between the two girls, Teria definitely wants to relax and have fun every now and then. Too bad it's a thing for twins to be attached at the hip, so she kinda just gets pulled in whatever direction Kochou wants to go.
— This is an aside, but do you guys remember those weird twins that refused to absolutely talk until one of them died?
— Meanwhile, Romio can't wait to meet up with Juliet. I dunno, I think fireworks are pretty boring. Like you see them once, you've seen them all.
— Honestly, our hero could probably shake these two girls if he would just act normal. But because he always freaks out, yells, and runs away when he sees them, he just keeps stroking their curiosity in him.
— Uh… yep, Japan loves its hierarchies.
— Welp, a couple that hides together, stays together.
— Eventually, these two end up hiding out in a barrel. Yes, a barrel. His devil appears only to tell him to embrace the girl. Oooh, how sinful! Hugging your girlfriend! You cad!
— There's a Chizuru (Maru) subplot, but I'm just ignoring it. Who cares about that loser.
— Speaking of losers, two random nobodies just start fighting out of nowhere. Let's see how a pair of loli twins are going to break this up.
— Ugh, I should've known that the lolis would be like kung fu masters or whatever. Plus, Teria has Batman-esque gadgets. Meanwhile, Kochou has weird chemicals on her that can knock a grown man out within seconds. 'Cause, uh, she's a pharmacy student. Yeah, they let you just make all sorts of drugs when you study pharmacology.
— Sensing that the twins are isolated from the rest of the student body and thus lonely, Romio decides to come out of hiding to play with them. Yeah, ditch your girlfriend to play with some lolis. He might miss out on the fireworks at this rate. Scratch that. He will miss out on the fireworks at this rate.
— Oh look, now the twin lolis are having fun. Great. Romio is such a gentleman.
— Like all anime girls, the twins really just want to be patted on their heads. And just like that, Romio manages to solve his loli conundrum. Too bad he's now too late for the fireworks as I expected.
— In fact, Juliet is still in that barrel. But of course, she isn't mad. She got to see her boyfriend hang out with other girls, and it actually made her happy.
— And to make it up to Juliet, the two of them play with sparklers afterward. Just anime cliche things.
— Oh, Airu is apparently Romio's older brother. Shrug. This isn't really much of a bombshell 'cause I don't even know anything about Airu other than that it sounds like Kochou is in love with him. Oh well, that just means Teria can still fall in love with Romio.
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Go-anywhere bond fund managers can pick and choose from a complete menu of income investments.
With the broad bond market down 2% so far this year, it's easy to see the appeal of a fund that can invest in the corners of the market that are working. That's where so-called unconstrained bond funds and their cousins, multisector bond funds, can help.
As the name implies, unconstrained funds (classified as "nontraditional" funds by Morningstar) can invest in a variety of fixed-income assets, from investment-grade corporate debt to junk bonds issued by firms with below-average credit ratings to emerging-market IOUs. They can hold outsize slugs of the fund's assets in the bond sectors they prefer, or they can sell short (a bet that prices will fall) the securities they see headed south. Some of the funds can even hold stocks. Multisector bond funds are nearly as flexible, but some have limits—albeit broad—on how much may be invested in a given sector.
But the increased freedom comes with some extra risk, especially when big wagers go wrong. In one striking example, Janus Henderson Global Unconstrained Bond, the fund run by erstwhile "bond king" Bill Gross, lost 3% in a single day in May, caught off-balance by a bet that German bonds would fall in price relative to Italian bonds (the market moved the other way). There are other caveats. Many of the funds in the two categories don't have long track records, and expense ratios can be pricey.
We think the funds below represent the best combination of flexibility and moderate risk. They come with reasonable expenses and have shown they can withstand periods of market volatility. All are geared to prosper as rates rise, and most important, they are run by managers capable of taking full advantage of their freer rein. Returns and other data are through June 15.
This four-year-old unconstrained fund doesn't have much of a track record, but its managers sure do. Jeffrey Gundlach is a legend, and his comanager, Jeffrey Sherman, is quickly making a name for himself. Together, they have nearly five decades of asset-management experience between them.
The fund is well fortified against rising rates. It has a low duration—a measure of interest-rate sensitivity—of 1.3 years. A duration of 1.3 implies that if interest rates rise one percentage point, the fund's net asset value would drop by 1.3%. The typical nontraditional bond fund has a 1.7-year duration, and it's 5.9 years for the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond index, a proxy for the market overall.
Not only that, but Flexible Income's managers have recently focused on bonds that do well in rising-rate environments. The fund has a 43% allocation to floating-rate debt. These loans pay variable interest rates pegged to short-term interest rate benchmarks that typically reset every 30 to 90 days, rising along with market rates.
Another favorite of late has been mortgage-backed securities. Non-agency mortgage debt—bundles of mortgages that aren't guaranteed by the U.S. government—make up more than 20% of the portfolio.
But these instruments aren't without risk. Both floating-rate debt and non-agency mortgage-backed securities are typically rated below investment grade, which means they carry greater risk that the issuers will default on their loan payments.
Since it launched in 2014, Flexible Income has returned 3.1% per year, on average—more than a percentage point better than the Aggregate index, with 32% less volatility.
The managers of this multisector bond fund—Matthew Eagan, Dan Fuss, Brian Kennedy and Elaine Stokes—love a good bargain and look for promising bonds that have been unfairly punished. The value focus can make for a bumpy ride. In 2015, for instance, the team loaded up on high-yield corporate debt, particularly in the floundering energy sector as oil prices plummeted. That year, the fund posted a 7% loss—an eyebrow-raising decline for a bond fund—as energy bonds continued to flail. But investors who held on were rewarded when Loomis Sayles returned a cumulative 16.2% over the next two years, compared with 6.2% for the Agg index.
The managers maintain hefty positions—currently 44% of the fund's assets—in the risky territories of high-yield corporate bonds (which come with higher default rates than investment-grade corporates) and non-dollar-denominated bonds (which are sensitive to currency movements). But Loomis Sayles has recently put a foot in the conservative camp, too, with a 30% stake in cash and short-term Treasuries. This pile of liquid assets lowers the fund's overall sensitivity to interest rates—its duration is currently 3.2 years—and can be put to work quickly when a compelling opportunity arises, says Stokes.
The fund has rewarded patient investors. Over the past 15 years, its 6.3% annualized return bests the Agg index, as well as 84% of multisector funds. Including the first half of 2018, the fund has beaten similar funds in nine of the past 10 calendar years.
The team that manages this fund likes to work under some constraints, despite the fund's name. They keep the fund's duration between two and five years, and they stick almost exclusively with bonds, here and abroad, that are denominated in U.S. dollars. The managers say they have no crystal ball when it comes to assessing how interest rates and currencies will move. So they'd rather hunt for undervalued debt within their preferred sectors, says Stephen Kane, a comanager along with Laird Landmann, Tad Rivelle and Bryan Whalen.
Kane says many bond sectors look expensive these days, including emerging-markets debt and low-quality corporate issues. The managers prefer securitized debt: bonds backed by bundles of assets, such as residential or commercial mortgages and student, home-equity or auto loans. Such bonds account for 69% of the portfolio.
The lower-grade loans in these bundles are offset by higher-quality IOUs; some, such as student loans backed by the Department of Education, carry Uncle Sam's guarantee. The overall result, says Kane, is a triple-B-style yield with a triple-A caliber default rate.
Scouting bargains has paid off for the fund in the past. In late 2011, high-yield and emerging-markets bonds were on sale, says Kane, as sovereign debt crises in Europe and headlines about a possible U.S. government default sowed volatility in the broad bond market and roiled riskier assets. The managers put 30% of the portfolio in emerging-markets bonds and high-yield corporate debt. The following year, the fund returned 15.8%, trouncing the Agg index and 98% of unconstrained funds. Since its 2011 inception, the fund's 5.5% annualized return has beaten the index by an average of 3.4 percentage points per year.
Managers Daniel Ivascyn and Alfred Murata tackle the vast fixed-income world by dividing the portfolio into two parts. In one portion, they hold high-yielding bonds that will excel in a growing economy. In the other, they hold high-quality debt that the pair expect to perform well when growth slows. They calibrate the two sides of the portfolio depending on Pimco's current assessment of the economy and the bond market. When the firm sees risks on the horizon, the managers shift more of the fund's assets into the high-quality group.
The managers have become more cautious recently. Bonds look richly priced, they say, and although global economies still look healthy, the U.S. economic recovery is getting long in the tooth. So they've added to the fund's position in high-quality assets, such as U.S. government bonds, which currently make up about half of the fund. Income still has a big chunk of its assets devoted to emerging-markets and high-yield corporate debt. The managers' biggest high-yield bet is in non-agency mortgages, which they say should continue to do well in a strong U.S. housing market.
Over time, the duo's balanced approach has paid off. Income has bested the Agg index in nine of the past 10 calendar years, including so far in 2018. The fund's A shares come with a 3.75% sales charge, but investors can purchase them without paying a load or a transaction fee at online brokers, including Fidelity and Schwab.


Benin – Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo has paid the medical Bills of some patients at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) and the Central Hospital, Benin since the inception of his tenure.
Mr Charles Idahosa, one of the All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftains in the state disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Benin.
Idahosa, who was a two-time commissioner in the state said the governor also recently flew three patients from UBTH to Israel for Kidney transplant and the operations were successful.
According to him, Obaseki delegated some doctors who visited the various hospitals in the state to recommend patients suffering from severe ailments and are unable to afford their medical bills for consideration by the state government.
"Obaseki is not a noisemaker, hence all his achievements are not published.
"The former governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole and Obaseki have common dreams which is to develop the state and the general well-being of the people.
"Both embarked on the dream in different ways and everybody is happy,'' Idahosa said.
He, however, said that initially the leaders of the party were not happy with Obaseki's method, adding that the leaders had since adjusted since all residents are happy.
According to Idahosa, who was also a former Senior Adviser to the state government, the APC government both at National and state levels have contributed tremendously to the well-being of citizenry.


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Monday Morning Scoop: Singapore!
Plus, goodbye net neutrality, we hardly knew ya
Welcome to the Morning Scoop for June 11, 2018. All eyes are on a truly historic summit in Singapore, while we're trying to hang on to the good vibes from the weekend.
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Trump, Kim Will Sit Down Soon in Singapore
Smiles or grimaces in Singapore? (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un are both in Singapore this morning, poised for a historic summit meeting mainly focused on nuclear disarmament and economic sanctions. The meeting begins in about 12 hours.
Trump arrives at the summit with typical turmoil swirling around him: He retracted his signing of an agreement at the G7 summit and blasted Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, while he got blasted by Robert DeNiro at the Tony Awards.
For his part, Trump says he'll know if the summit will be successful "within the first minute," while Kim hopes to "establish a new relationship" with the U.S. Finally, Fox News anchor Abby Huntsman had to apologize for what she called Trump yesterday.
Goodbye Net Neutrality 😢
Obama-era net neutrality laws were passed to regulate internet service providers, ensuring that all internet traffic got the same treatment. Those laws end today, following a repeal led by FCC Chairman Ajit Pai.
According to The Week, "without net neutrality, critics warn, giant corporations like Verizon and Comcast can throttle traffic to sites they don't own or partner with, or give customers who pay more better connections to services like Netflix."
Actor Jackson Odell, 20, Found Dead
Actor Jackson Odell has passed away. His family confirmed his death in a statement to media yesterday.
Odell, who may best be known for his role as Ari Caldwell on the ABC series "The Goldbergs" or his role on Nickelodeon's "iCarly." Odell also had credits on "The Fosters," and "Modern Family." He also starred in the 2011 film "Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer."
CMN Weekend Editor Arianna Lynne has more in her report. We also remember Anthony Bourdain and Danny Kirwan.
Today in a Tweet: Um, IHOB?
This International House of Burgers thing isn't going over well on Twitter…
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Justify became just the 13th horse in history to win the Triple Crown when he won the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, but did he have some illegal help?
USC won the NCAA track and field championships with a wild relay comeback and Washington, Mississippi St., Oregon State and North Carolina have all qualified for the NCAA World Series. The final four spots are up for grabs today.
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Q: How to connect to a remote MySQL database with Java? I am trying to create a JSF application using the Eclipse IDE. I am using a remote mySQL server as my database. How do I connect to this remote database for creating tables and accessing them?

A: You need to pass IP/hostname of the rempote machine in the connection string.
import java.sql.*;
import javax.sql.*;

public class Connect
{
   public static void main (String[] args)
   {
       Connection conn = null;

       try
       {

           String url = "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/mydb";
           Class.forName ("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
           conn = DriverManager.getConnection (url,"root"," ");
           System.out.println ("Database connection established");
       }
       catch (Exception e)
       {
           e.printStackTrace();

       }
       finally
       {
           if (conn != null)
           {
               try
               {
                   conn.close ();
                   System.out.println ("Database connection terminated");
               }
               catch (Exception e) { /* ignore close errors */ }
           }
       }
   }
}

A: Just supply the IP / hostname of the remote machine in your database connection string, instead of localhost. For example:
jdbc:mysql://192.168.15.25:3306/yourdatabase

Make sure there is no firewall blocking the access to port 3306
Also, make sure the user you are connecting with is allowed to connect from this particular hostname. For development environments it is safe to do this by 'username'@'%'. Check the user creation manual and the GRANT manual.

A: to access database from remote machine , you need to give grant all privileges to you data base.
run the following script to give permissions:
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON . TO user@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';

A: Plus, you should make sure the MySQL server's config (/etc/mysql/my.cnf, /etc/default/mysql on Debian) doesn't have "skip-networking" activated and is not binded exclusively to the loopback interface (127.0.0.1) but also to the interface/IP address you want connect to.

A: *

*Create a new user in the schema 'mysql' (mysql.user)
Run this code in your mysql work space

"GRANT ALL ON . to user@'%'IDENTIFIED BY '';

*Open the '3306' port at the machine which is having the Data Base.

  Control Panel ->
  Windows Firewall ->
  Advance Settings ->
  Inbound Rules ->
  New Rule ->
  Port ->
  Next ->
  TCP & set port as 3306 ->
  Next ->
  Next ->
  Next ->
  Fill Name and Description ->
  Finish ->

*Try to check by a telnet msg on cmd including DB server's IP

A: Close all the connection which is open & connected to the server listen port, whatever it is from application or client side tool (navicat) or on running server (apache or weblogic). First close all connection then restart all tools MySQL,apache etc.

A: in my.cnf file , please change the following
## Instead of skip-networking the default is now to listen only on
 ## localhost which is more compatible and is not less secure.
 ## bind-address          = 127.0.0.1

A: On Ubuntu, after creating localhost and '%' versions of the user, and granting appropriate access to database.tables for both, I had to comment out the 'bind-address' in /etc/mysql/mysql.conf.d/mysql.cnf and restart mysql as sudo.
bind-address           = 127.0.0.1

A: Change the IP / hostname of the vps in your database connection string, instead of localhost. For example if my IP is 193.23.127.130:
jdbc:mysql://193.23.127.130:3306/yourdatabase

then make sure your vps firewall allow port 3306 for MySQL.
Then go to MySQL workbench, Server–Users and Privileges, create an account (in this case account: remoteUser, password:password), make sure Limit to Hosts Matching is % (means you can access from any other IP)

Then set password and grant rights then apply

then you can add the following code in Java to access remotely
Connection connection = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://193.23.127.130:3306/swing_demo", "remoteUser", "password");


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Lui e suo fratello Gino diventarono famosi per la loro affiliazione con la Maserati, con cui parteciparono alla fabbricazione della Maserati A6 GCS (44 esemplari costruiti dal 1953 al 1955), la Maserati 350S e la Maserati 200S. Più tardi nel 1957, con la chiusura del reparto corse della Maserati, Medardo Fantuzzi lavorò per la Ferrari (fino al 1966); qui operò su una vettura progettata da Pininfarina, la Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa Spyder Fantuzzi (1961). Per la Ferrari lavorò anche su un esemplare della 250 GTE e sulla Ferrari 330.

Lavorò anche per la De Tomaso, la Serenissima Automobili, l'AMS e la Techno.

Morì all'età di 80 anni cadendo da un albero mentre raccoglieva dei frutti.

Fiorenzo Fantuzzi, suo figlio, continuò l'attività del padre con la "Carrozzeria Fantuzzi", che fino al 1993 si è occupata di riparazione di autovetture e del restauro di modelli classici, spesso gli stessi realizzati dal padre decenni prima.

Note

Altri progetti

Fantuzzi, Medardo
Fantuzzi, Medardo


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Gallery: On Board Shell's Kulluk Oil Rig
An oil rig owned by Royal Dutch Shell rig ran aground in Alaskan waters on December 31. PM deputy editor Jerry Beilinson and photographer Ed Keating were the only journalists to visit the rig, called the Kulluk, while it was at work in the Arctic Ocean no
By Jerry Beilinson
An oil rig owned by Royal Dutch Shell rig ran aground in Alaskan waters on December 31. PM deputy editor Jerry Beilinson and photographer Ed Keating were the only journalists to visit the rig, called the Kulluk, while it was at work in the Arctic Ocean north of Alaska in the fall. Shell planned to return the rig to the Arctic this summer to help it explore for oil in what could become America's last great oil frontier. But the rig's fate remains uncertain as remains stuck near Kodiak Island.
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The Kulluk oil rig, owned by Royal Dutch Shell, ran aground on New Year's Eve in the Gulf of Alaska, near Kodiak Island. Coast Guard experts and other personnel are formulating a plan to rescue the rig and tow it to safe harbor. Photographer Ed Keating and I were onboard the rig in the Arctic Ocean in the fall, when the Kulluk was preparing an exploratory well that was to be completed in 2013. The accident puts that plan in jeopardy.
Coast Guard rescue teams airlifted Kulluk personnel to safety in three helicopter sorties on Saturday, Dec. 29. There were 18 men on the rig as it was being towed from Dutch Harbor in the Aleutian Islands bound for maintenance and upgrades near Seattle.
Operators of underwater remotely operated vehicles, or ROVs, set up shop in the old dive shack of the Kulluk. The ROVs serve as the eyes and hands of the crews onboard, helping to place and monitor equipment on the seafloor.
The Kulluk has three cranes, which were installed when the rig was built in 1982-83 at a shipyard in Japan. The cranes are scheduled for replacement. A red lifeboat is visible to the left of the crane. The protected species observer (PSO) standing near the life raft was a member of a small team that helped the crew to avoid disturbing wildlife.
In the final days of October, crews welded equipment to the decks to prevent it from shifting while the rig was towed southward to Dutch Harbor.
The Kulluk's derrick is 160 feet high. It is partially enclosed to provide protection from harsh weather. The rig is designed to operate in temperatures as cold as -50 degrees F.
An enormous drill string compensator inside the derrick can accommodate vertical motion of up to 20 feet. That allows crews to continue drilling even in a strong swell. The Varco TDS-3 top drive motor can apply 28,000 lb-ft of torque.
The Kulluk is a mix of old and new technologies, as can be seen in the control room for the drilling floor. Many mechanical elements date back to the construction of the rig in the 1980s. But Shell has installed many modern monitors, sensors, cables, blowout preventers, engines, and other equipment since it bought the rig in 2005.
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Q: How to decide whether a sequence, defined with a quadratic map converges or not? Given a sequence $(x_n)_{n \in \mathbb{N}^0}$ defined by a quadratic map
$$x_{n+1} = ax_n^2 + bx_n + c$$
with $x_0 = 0$ and $a,b,c \in \mathbb{R}$, is there a fast way to decide whether the sequence converges or not?
So far I've been able to come up with some obvious tests that only can prove divergence, but not convergence, such as if the quadratic map doesn't have a real fixed point $(b^2 < 4ac)$, or if $b\geq1$ and $a,c > 0$, then the sequence diverges.


You are cordially invited to attend this lecture to be held in the Veterans Room of the Polish Center of Wisconsin. This event is free and open to the public.
Special attention will be paid to the Jones Island Kaszube settlement of fishermen who arrived from the Hel Peninsula in the Gdansk region of Poland beginning in the 1870's. We will also celebrate the 150th anniversary of St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr Church, one of the oldest Polish urban churches in the United States. And lastly, the audience will be treated to a special discussion by the Deputy Director of the recently opened Emigration Museum in Gdynia, Poland, who will focus on its goals, programs and future projects.
Moderator: Dr. Angela Pienkos, Educator, Past President of the Polish American Historical Association, and Past Executive Director of the Polish Center of Wisconsin.
Sebastian Tyrakowski, Deputy Director of the Emigration Museum in Gdynia Poland.
The program, registration materials and other information about the 3-day conference celebrating PAHA's history and achievements are available on the PAHA website, PAHA NewsBlog and the letter from PAHA President, prof. Dr. Anna Mazurkiewicz. We remember her from "The Story of Polish and East European Exiles in the United States After World War II" she told the members of PAC-Wisconsin Division and other guests of Polish Center of Wisconsin in November 2017.