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Sony launches world's fastest camera RX10 IV, know price
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Sony's electronics manufacturer, Japan, has expanded its Cyber-shot RX10 camera series and launched a new RX10 IV camera transmissions in India. The company has offered it at a price of Rs 1,29,990. The Sony RX10 IV camera is being made available for sale on alpha flagship stores and major electronic outlets from October 14.
Fastest Auto Focus
The company claims that it has the fastest 0.03-second high-speed auto focus (AF) in the world, with 315 focal-lane phase-detection AF points. This camera is capable of recording movies in 4K quality. Its LCD screen is sluggish, which is equipped with the 'Touch Focus' and 'Touch Pad' feature. Significantly, Sony launched its RX10 3 camera series last year, which had a great success. After this, the company has given the feature of continuous shooting of 24 frames per second (FPS) in its new RX10 4 which is equipped with full AF / AE tracking.
These features are also special
The Sony company said in a statement that this new camera has 315 Phase-Detection AF Points. Apart from this, there is also 'High Density Tracking Aif' technology. The shutter mode of this camera is completely electronic. But in view of the need of users, mechanical shutter mode has also been given in which it can also be closed or opened with its hand. It is believed that Sony's new camera will be very tremendous in its segment with great appreciation.
Discount on smartphones
The Sony company has brought down its smartphones and homeplans with heavy discounts and offers, in view of the festive season of Diwali in India. This season the company expects great sales. After this, the company will now release its new smartphones, which will be the toughest competition for the recent high-end smartphones of Apple and Samsung.
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In the last 10 years, statin drugs have emerged as important tools in lowering the risk of heart attack and stroke without causing significant side effects. However, cardiovascular diseases still account for about one in every three deaths in the United States. This has led over the past few years to more liberal use of statins for the prevention of heart attacks and strokes. Keeping pace, the United States Preventive Services Task Force recently issued new guidelines recommending that many more people take statins, including those who are at risk for cardiovascular disease but have no signs, symptoms, or history of it.
Low-density lipoprotein, or LDL, cholesterol is commonly called "bad" cholesterol. Too much of it in the blood can lead to clogged arteries, increasing the risk of heart disease. Statins are a class of medications that reduce the amount of LDL cholesterol produced and released into the bloodstream by the liver. Such drugs approved for use in the United States include atorvastatin, fluvastatin, lovastatin, pitavastatin, pravastatin, rosuvastatin, and simvastatin.
Statins are proven to reduce the risk of cardiovascular events over the long term. They are affordable and usually well tolerated. However, as with any drug, they are not free of side effects. Statins may cause muscle pain, which usually goes away when the medication is stopped or the dose is lowered. They also may cause liver or kidney damage, although that is rare and can be monitored with lab tests at the beginning of treatment and periodically thereafter.
For many years, statins were used only in patients with high blood cholesterol levels, meaning those with LDL levels greater than 100 mg/dL, and then only if dietary and lifestyle changes had failed to get the patient's cholesterol under control. More recently, high-intensity statin treatment has become the standard for most patients with known cardiovascular disease. In its new statement, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force now recommends low- to moderate-dose statins for the prevention of cardiovascular diseases in people at risk, regardless of whether they have a history of heart disease or high cholesterol.
The Task Force did not make a recommendation for patients over 75, because there is not enough evidence to assess the benefit versus harm of using statins for primary prevention at that age. The new recommendations also do not apply to patients with a genetic disorder called familial hypercholesterolemia, or those with cholesterol levels higher than 190 mg/dL, as they might need high-intensity statin treatment.
Anyone over 40 should have their risk profile for cardiovascular diseases evaluated by their primary care doctor. If it turns out you have at least one cardiovascular risk factor and a 10 percent estimated risk of cardiac events, discuss and consider starting lifelong, low- to moderate-intensity statin treatment, together with lifestyle and dietary changes. Taking a pill a day indefinitely can be annoying for relatively young people with no known cardiac disease. However, statins can improve cardiovascular health, and save lives, by preventing heart attacks and strokes, so the long-term benefit may outweigh the potential side effects and annoyance of using medications.
While much data supports statin therapy, we need to think of these medications as a helping hand. Statins should not replace habits like eating a healthy diet, exercising, getting enough sleep, reducing stress, and not smoking. Making these important changes could make a huge difference down the line. The latest study shows that even genetic risks can be overcome by a healthy lifestyle.
It is also very important to realize that cardiovascular disease is no longer considered a "man's disease"; understanding risk factors and implementing a prevention plan applies to women, as well.
It will take time for the effects of the new recommendations to become apparent, but we should eventually see a reduction in cardiovascular diseases in the American population. And that will mean fewer hospitalizations and follow-up visits, less medication use, and longer lives.


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DHS says no reason to doubt firms' China hack denials
October 7, 2018 Carol Humphreys
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said on Saturday it currently had no reason to doubt statements from companies that have denied a Bloomberg report that their supply chains were compromised by malicious computer chips inserted by Chinese intelligence services.
FILE PHOTO: A U.S. Department of Homeland Security employee stands inside the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center as part of a guided media tour in Arlington, Virginia June 26, 2014. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
"The Department of Homeland Security is aware of the media reports of a technology supply chain compromise," DHS said in a statement.
"Like our partners in the UK, the National Cyber Security Centre, at this time we have no reason to doubt the statements from the companies named in the story," it said.
Bloomberg Businessweek on Thursday cited 17 unidentified intelligence and company sources as saying that Chinese spies had placed computer chips inside equipment used by around 30 companies, as well as multiple U.S. government agencies, which would give Beijing secret access to internal networks.
Britain's national cyber security agency said on Friday it had no reason to doubt the assessments made by Apple Inc (AAPL.O) and Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) challenging the report.
Apple contested the Bloomberg report on Thursday, saying its own internal investigations found no evidence to support the story's claims and that neither the company, nor its contacts in law enforcement, were aware of any investigation by the FBI on the matter.
Apple's recently retired general counsel, Bruce Sewell, told Reuters he called the FBI's then-general counsel, James Baker, last year after being told by Bloomberg of an open investigation of Super Micro Computer Inc (SMCI.PK), a hardware maker whose products Bloomberg said were implanted with malicious Chinese chips.
"I got on the phone with him personally and said, 'Do you know anything about this?," Sewell said of his conversation with Baker. "He said, 'I've never heard of this, but give me 24 hours to make sure.' He called me back 24 hours later and said 'Nobody here knows what this story is about.'"
Baker and the FBI declined to comment on Friday.
Reporting by David Brunnstrom; Editing by Dan Grebler
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I thought that the New Year day would be a good occasion to share some thoughts with you as it brings new hope and enthusiasm to our lives. It is also a special occasion to me personally, as I begin my priestly ministry at Holy Family Parish at the dawn of the New Year.
As the members of one community formulated as the parish of Holy Family, it is an opportunity to renew and affirm our faith in the Lord Jesus and to confirm our trust in the protection of the Blessed Mother and Saint Joseph throughout our life-journey in the New Year.
The Malayalam translation of "parish", IDAVAKA, is really meaningful and significant. Idavaka means idayante vaka, i.e. 'owned by the shepherd'. We know that this Shepherd is none other than Jesus, who called himself the Good Shepherd who came to give His life to save His sheep. Jesus emphasizes that each one of us belongs to that herd of sheep owned by Him. Let us pledge that we will be a community worth its name and significance according to the mind of the Great Shepherd reminding ourselves that we are owned by Him. If so, we can imagine how united in love we must be to build up this community as Jesus' own brothers and sisters.
We must untiringly pray that our young generation and children must be comforted and encouraged by our strong faith and vibrant tradition handed over to us through generations and especially by our own parents. They will love our church only if they know the uniqueness of the vitality of our Church. Let us be optimistic and hopeful that all our efforts and sacrifice for building up our parish, will not be futile, but certainly will bear fruit. What may be the achievements of our lives and their tensions in a foreign land, away from our dear ones, if we cannot build up the lives of the growing generation, grounded in strong faith and real convictions?
So, let us continue our efforts for the growth of our community to the next steps, as we have done through the years after its formation and steady growth, not forgetting, but standing in great reverence before the selfless sacrifice and inspiration of all the priests who have ministered to us and the leaders who stood in front and the whole community which walked with them.
Yes, we will stand together with Our Shepherd, praying that we may be strengthened by the wisdom and power of the Holy Spirit who guides us in each step we take and all decisions we make.


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Las Redes Inalámbricas Municipales o RIM, son proyectos de interconexión inalámbrica entre los distintos servicios públicos que puede ofrecer un municipio a sus ciudadanos. Generalmente el desarrollo de una RIM implica la conectividad de los edificios y servicios municipales, pero también se suele realizar una explotación de esta red para proporcionar cobertura de banda ancha inalámbrica de bajo coste a toda la población de un municipio. Este último objetivo es fundamental para aquellas poblaciones en la que existe una brecha digital en el acceso a Internet ya sea por razones de la orografía del terreno o por la inexistencia de infraestructuras tradicionales como el cable.

Ventajas de las redes inalámbricas
El rápido desarrollo de las RIM se debe a las ventajas que suponen las redes inalámbricas:
 Un usuario puede mantenerse conectado mientras se desplaza dentro de una determinada área geográfica por lo que el concepto de movilidad es básico con este tipo de redes.
 Las redes inalámbricas permiten conectar dispositivos remotos fácilmente a distancias tan variables como desde unos pocos metros hasta varios kilómetros.
 La implantación de una red en un municipio no supone una gran actuación en la infraestructura existente como ocurre con el cableado.
 Despliegue de servicios de VoIP, en el ámbito metropolitano, permitiendo eliminar las "obsoletas" líneas tradicionales de telefonía analógica y RDSI, eliminando el gasto corriente de esta líneas.

Aplicaciones de las RIM
Las posibilidades de las redes inalámbricas municipales son numerosas:

Estructura de la red
Normalmente se establecen tres niveles de conexión dentro de la red:
 Red troncal: Se trata de la red principal que une los distintos núcleos de población de un municipio, generalmente mediante tecnología WIMAX.
 Red de acceso: Partiendo de la red troncal se extiende mediante nodos la red hacia los usuarios finales. En este caso se utiliza normalmente la tecnología Wi-Fi.
 Puntos de acceso: Se trata del conjunto de dispositivos necesarios para poder conectar a los usuarios a la red municipal.

Tecnologías más empleadas
Las tecnologías más habituales en el desarrollo de las RIM son Wi-Fi y Wimax.

Wi-Fi
Se trata de una tecnología inalámbrica, es decir, sin cables (wireless). La señal se emite mediante el uso de frecuencias de radio, de manera que si disponemos de un ordenador portátil, una PDA o un teléfono con Wi-fi, es posible conectarse a Internet en cualquier lugar donde haya cobertura: parques, terrazas, en la piscina, etc.

Wimax
WiMAX está diseñado como una alternativa wíreless al acceso de banda ancha ADSL y cable, y una forma de conectar nodos Wifi en una red de área metropolitana (MAN). Sus siglas en inglés vienen a decir "Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access" o Interoperabilidad mundial de acceso por microondas.
WiMAX puede proveer de acceso de banda ancha Wíreless de hasta 50 Kilómetros. Si lo comparamos con el protocolo Wíreless 802.11, el cual está limitado en la mayoría de las ocasiones a unos 100 metros, nos damos cuenta de la gran diferencia que separa estas dos tecnologías inalámbricas.

Ejemplos actuales
En España existen numerosos proyectos de RIM como es el caso de las localidades de Ciudad Real, Valdepeñas y Manzanares, el municipio madrileño de Rivas-Vaciamadrid, la localidad de Beniel perteneciente a la provincia de Murcia y el municipio de Níjar en la Provincia de Almería.

Cabe destacar la provincia de Valencia con su proyecto Valencia Provincia Wi-Fi con el que se conectará a todos los municipios de la provincia en lo que será la mayor red inalámbrica de Europa. Iberfone será la operadora responsable de dar servicio de acceso a Internet a través de esta red. La red ofrecerá conexión inalámbrica de pago en 265 municipios de la provincia de Valencia, combinando las tecnologías WiFi y WiMAX.

Véase también
 Internet
 Telecomunicaciones
 Banda ancha
 Wifi
 Wimax
 Red inalámbrica
 Brecha digital
 E-administración
 Red de área metropolitana

Enlaces externos

 Valencia Provincia Wi-Fi.
 Red Wi-Fi Diputación Valencia.
 Sona la Dipu, Valencia Provincia WIFI.
 Obama defiende el acceso a Internet como un derecho.

Redes inalámbricas
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Armenia preparing for major upgrade to air force with Su-30 fighter jets
BEIRUT, LEBANON (7:40 A.M.) – The Armenian Ministry of Defense is preparing to upgrade their air force with a new batch of Russian-made Su-30SM multirole fighter jets.
Citing the spokesperson for the Armenian Ministry of Defense, Artsrun Ovannisyan, Armenpress reported that Yerevan is preparing to ink a deal to acquire these fighter jets in the near future.
"Yes, we are working on purchasing these fighter aircraft," Ovannisyan said but refused to elaborate.
In December 2018 Armenia's Acting Defense Minister David Tonoyan said that Armenia and Russia are preparing to sign a contract on delivering Su-30SM fighter aircraft to Yerevan.
Currently, Armenia posses three different types of attack aircraft; these include the Russian-made Su-25, Mi-24 (attack helicopter), and L-39.
Since the founding of their air force in 1992, Armenia has actively worked to acquire new air assets in order to strengthen their position in the region.
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COLUMN ONE : A President And His Protectors : Clinton is a challenge for the Secret Service, but agents are used to it. Lyndon Johnson treated them like chattel, and Hubert Humphrey was whisked away after punching a protester.
By MARLENE CIMONS
TIMES STAFF WRITER
Keeping presidents out of harm's way has always produced headaches for the Secret Service, the elite security corps that was given the task of protecting occupants of the White House after the assassination of William McKinley in 1901. And Bill Clinton is a migraine already beginning to happen.
From his propensity for jogging through city streets and stopping at local eateries to his planned inauguration week bus tour from Monticello to Washington, the President-elect is a case study in risky impulses. And while the Secret Service, as always, refuses to discuss its task, there is no question that Clinton may pose its biggest challenge in years.
"He's got to be driving the agents crazy," said Dennis McCarthy, a former Secret Service special agent who tackled John W. Hinckley Jr. to the ground during the 1981 assassination attempt on former President Ronald Reagan.
Yet the venerable old institution that is the U.S. Secret Service has been down this road many times before. Throughout its rich history, the service, originally created by President Abraham Lincoln 128 years ago to investigate counterfeiting, has regularly had to adapt to the habits of new chief executives.
The conflicting desires of President and Secret Service almost never have been resolved to either side's satisfaction.
Normally, the Secret Service would prefer to perform its mission outside the public spotlight. But President-elect Clinton's relish for connecting--directly--with the American people has given greater visibility to the outfit and the men and women who are willing to place themselves between a President and a would-be assassin.
Certainly, the risks are real. Four U.S. presidents have been assassinated, and attempts on the lives of others have been thwarted.
Presidential candidates also have been targets--Robert F. Kennedy was killed in Los Angeles on June 5, 1968, after winning the California primary, and Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace was permanently paralyzed on May 15, 1972, after being shot while campaigning in an open-air shopping center in Laurel, Md.
"Every President thinks everybody loves him, and nobody wants to hurt him, but there are people out there who are convinced that the President--whoever he is--is responsible for all their troubles. Or they just want to make a name for themselves," said McCarthy, a 20-year veteran of the service who wrote a book titled "Protecting the President" after he retired.
The relationship between presidents and the agents who protect them can be openly hostile--as was the case with Lyndon B. Johnson--to very friendly, as was the case with former Vice President Spiro T. Agnew.
"Agnew was kind of a cop buff," recalled former Secret Service Agent Chuck Vance. "He enjoyed being with the agents and their wives. He would throw parties for them, and they would throw parties for him."
Johnson, in contrast, treated his agents like "hired hands" during stays at his Texas ranch and was generally considered a "royal pain," according to McCarthy, who offers this tale as evidence:
One rainy night at his ranch, Johnson put his dog Yukie out, screaming: "Secret Service! Throw Yukie back in when he's finished."
"As usual," McCarthy said, "there was no 'please' or 'thank you.' "
The dog got quite muddy, so the agent on duty "was delighted to follow the President's orders exactly. . . . The next morning the President awoke to find the silk sheets on his bed quite a mess," McCarthy said. After that, "we were told not only to put the dog back inside after he had been out, but to clean him up first."
Vance, who now owns his own security firm, says walking dogs is not part of an agent's job description and that he, in fact, once refused to walk Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey's dog, saying, "I'm sorry, Mr. Vice President, we're not allowed to do that. But we'll be glad to walk you, sir."
Sometimes, the relationship is so trusting that some presidents can even forget that their agents are there.
Former President Richard M. Nixon, for example, at one point during the unfolding Watergate scandal wept while McCarthy stood a few feet away.
Vance recalls that Humphrey, during a late-night return to his Chicago hotel during the 1968 Democratic National Convention, had to pass through a line of demonstrators chanting "dump the Hump, dump the Hump." One young man, however, held out his hand and said "Mr. Vice President, come shake my hand." Humphrey, thinking he had a friend in the crowd, reached out--but the man turned his hand over and shouted: "Dump the Hump."
"Humphrey formed a fist and punched him in the chest," Vance said. "We weren't sure what would happen, so we whisked him away and into the elevator.
"There was total silence until about the 16th floor," Vance continued. "Then, all of a sudden, we heard a voice from the back of the elevator say: 'Boy that felt good. ' "
On another occasion, in the chaos that erupted during a fire in Nixon's San Clemente residence, McCarthy yelled: "Who's got the (expletive) President?"
"I'm right here," Nixon replied. "Everything is fine."
"We were pretty careful about our language around the President . . . but as the Watergate tapes later revealed, Nixon was no stranger to salty language himself," McCarthy said. "He never said a word about my indiscreet phrase during the fire."
Oftentimes, the needs of the service to provide protection and the needs of a President for more contact with the electorate lead to conflict.
During a 1976 presidential campaign appearance by Jimmy Carter in a parade in Manhattan's garment district, agents refused to allow a camera truck--traveling in front of the candidate's car--to slow down enough to get photographs, recalled Jody Powell, Carter's press secretary
The agents needed an unblocked route--so they could get Carter out of the area if something happened--but Powell needed good coverage of his candidate, and was furious.
"I'm hanging over the side of the truck screaming and shouting at the agent, who is ignoring me," Powell remembers. "So finally, I jumped off the truck, ran around it, and stood in front of it, just to make it stop. The agents came up and argued, but I yelled back at them: 'This is the big event of the day, and you guys are really screwing it up.' I just wanted to keep them arguing, because by this time they're beginning to get shots.
"Finally, they go and talk to a policeman," Powell continued. "In a few seconds, one of New York's finest--the biggest policeman I've ever seen--picks me up under my arm pits, sets me down to one side and says very softly: 'Don't you ever do that again.' "
Such struggles go back even further in Secret Service lore.
Edmund W. Starling became part of the presidential Secret Service detail on Christmas Eve, 1914, and guarded five presidents--Woodrow Wilson, Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt--and none was ever harmed under his care. His was an era when danger existed, but presidents were clearly not as confined and constrained as they are today.
Starling, who wrote a book about his experiences in 1946 entitled "Starling of the White House," found Roosevelt the most difficult to control, despite the fact that this chief executive was confined to a wheelchair.
Once he disobeyed Starling's orders and went up a steep mountain on a bad road, where his car stalled. Roosevelt had to be turned around "at a spot where nothing lay between sheer rock and precipice but a narrow strip of dirt highway."
The President "remained in the car unperturbed while the turn was made," he wrote. But the next day Starling lectured him "for his recklessness and threatened to resign unless his orders in such matters were obeyed. Roosevelt, who was at that time the most powerful person in the world, apologized and promised not to take any more chances."
The Secret Service was not put in charge of protecting the President until the Administration of Theodore Roosevelt. Over time, coverage was extended to the vice president, family members of the President and vice president, presidential candidates and other dignitaries. A separate uniformed division also was established to guard the White House grounds and those of foreign embassies.
The agency's investigative responsibilities continue to this day and include not only counterfeiting but telemarketing schemes, computer fraud, credit card fraud and telecommunications fraud. In 1989, fraud cases made up one-third of the service's investigative time.
There are 2,064 special agents of the Secret Service, which is part of the Treasury Department. Of that total, 136 are women, the first of whom were admitted 20 years ago.
Since 1902, 20 agents and uniformed officers have died in the line of duty, including Julie Cross, a female agent murdered 12 years ago in a robbery while part of a counterfeit surveillance operation at Los Angeles International Airport.
To prepare for the hazardous line of work, all special agents receive an eight-week training course at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Brunswick, Ga., and then attend an additional nine weeks of training in the Washington area. There they learn about protection, investigations and intelligence, and they participate in extensive simulation training.
"All agents are trained to perform all of our missions--investigation and protection," said Special Agent Gayle Moore, a spokeswoman for the service. "Not every agent in the service can be on the President's detail."
More than 800 applications are received for every opening. Potential agents must hold a college degree and pass certain exams, including a polygraph and a drug test. But, beyond that, they must "demonstrate self-confidence and a sense of humor," said a former high-ranking agency official who requested anonymity. "If you take it all too seriously, the stress would bring you right to your knees."
All new agents must go before a three-person evaluation panel, which is where "you can really get into someone's decision-making ability and how seriously they take themselves," he said. "One important aspect of what we look for in new agents is their ability to react and make decisions. When they're out there, they have to make decisions that they can't run and ask their boss about."
To help prepare them for their special role as protectors, however, training exercises are designed "to condition agents' responses to an attack on the person whom they are protecting . . . they are trained to put themselves between the President and the source of the shots," McCarthy said.
"All agents are taught that if shots are fired, they should remain in an upright position and make themselves as large a target as possible."
The former agency official said that "we don't expect an agent to think about it--we expect him to react."
Nevertheless, Vance said, "the hard part is maintaining your alertness and professionalism when you know you might go your whole career without having an incident. It's very stressful knowing that if it happens, you have to be able to respond."
Some agents draw what amounts to "baby-sitting" duty for the President's children or grandchildren. This can mean long tedious hours sitting in a car outside a house or school, or standing in a hallway outside a classroom.
And this can be as tough on the family members and the public as it is on the agents.
For presidential children of dating age, it can be frustrating to have agents around all the time--and it can become a great game trying to outwit them. President Johnson's daughter, Luci, and her then boyfriend, Patrick Nugent, managed to escape from their agents one night while attending a party. They simply left through the back door for a night on the town, without telling their agents, leaving them panic-stricken and infuriated.
And Susan Ford, President Ford's daughter, married Vance, whom she met in California while he was guarding her father after Ford had left office. They were later divorced.
"Susan didn't have protection at that time," Vance said. "If she did, there would have been no way I'd have been able to date her. That's why the relationship ever began at all, because she was no longer being protected. Then, after we began dating and became serious, I was taken off his detail because that would have been a conflict of interest."
Occasionally, members of the public are caught unaware by the actions of special agents. Agents frequently will walk through a crowded area--along a route to be traveled by the President--and check individuals who have their hands inside their coat pockets.
"That's what frightens us," McCarthy said. "When you can't see the hands, you don't know what's in the hands. I have walked up to people and said, 'Hey buddy, how ya doin'?' and reached down to grab his hand in his pocket to see if he's got a gun--and then just kept on walking. They don't realize what I've just done. Then all of a sudden they do--and they jerk their hands out of their pockets."
Agents also continually monitor "lookouts"--people who are considered extremely dangerous and who may pose a threat to the President. The service's Office of Protective Intelligence has a computer system to follow the activities of approximately 40,000 people who are regarded as threats, and they are watched if they show up anywhere in the vicinity of the President, McCarthy said.
Occasionally someone, such as Hinckley, will not appear on these lists. But more often than not, the computer files have proved valuable over the years, according to the former agency official.
"There have been an awful lot of people who have been detained and arrested that, if they had an opportunity, they would have made an attempt on the life of the President," he said. "We knew this because of our investigations--and because of their propensity for violence and their ability to obtain weapons. The evidence was there.
"The major part of the security of the President is not his physical security, but the advance work and intelligence gathering that goes with it," he added. "The guys around the President are the last line of defense."
The Secret Service was formed to fight the wave of counterfeiting that was sweeping the nation during the Civil War. In the early 1860s, as much as one-third to one-half of the nation's currency was bogus, and Secretary of the Treasury Hugh McCulloch was desperate to do something about it. So on April 14, 1865, he asked President Abraham Lincoln for permission to form a force to investigate counterfeiting in an attempt to help stabilize the monetary system. Lincoln gave his approval. Ironically, Lincoln was assassinated that evening. It was not until the Administration of Theodore Roosevelt that the Secret Service was given responsibility for protecting presidents.


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The town has put out three requests for proposal to tear down the two small piers and repair the municipal pier.
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Q: Apache: CGI scripts requires permission I'm running Gentoo with apache.
If I go in http://localhost/ I get "It works!".
But, if I execute CGI scripts (http://localhost/cgi-bin/counter.cgi) I get this error:
403 Forbidden
You don't have permission to access /cgi-bin/counter.cgi on this server.
This is my httpd.conf:
$ cat /etc/apache2/httpd.conf

# This is a modification of the default Apache 2.2 configuration file
# for Gentoo Linux.
#
# Support:
#   http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/lists.xml   [mailing lists]
#   http://forums.gentoo.org/                 [web forums]
#   irc://irc.freenode.net#gentoo-apache      [irc chat]
#
# Bug Reports:
#   http://bugs.gentoo.org                    [gentoo related bugs]
#   http://httpd.apache.org/bug_report.html   [apache httpd related bugs]
#
#
# This is the main Apache HTTP server configuration file.  It contains the
# configuration directives that give the server its instructions.
# See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2> for detailed information.
# In particular, see
# <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/directives.html>
# for a discussion of each configuration directive.
#
# Do NOT simply read the instructions in here without understanding
# what they do.  They're here only as hints or reminders.  If you are unsure
# consult the online docs. You have been warned.
#
# Configuration and logfile names: If the filenames you specify for many
# of the server's control files begin with "/" (or "drive:/" for Win32), the
# server will use that explicit path.  If the filenames do *not* begin
# with "/", the value of ServerRoot is prepended -- so "var/log/apache2/foo_log"
# with ServerRoot set to "/usr" will be interpreted by the
# server as "/usr/var/log/apache2/foo.log".

# ServerRoot: The top of the directory tree under which the server's
# configuration, error, and log files are kept.
#
# Do not add a slash at the end of the directory path.  If you point
# ServerRoot at a non-local disk, be sure to point the LockFile directive
# at a local disk.  If you wish to share the same ServerRoot for multiple
# httpd daemons, you will need to change at least LockFile and PidFile.
ServerRoot "/usr/lib64/apache2"

# Dynamic Shared Object (DSO) Support
#
# To be able to use the functionality of a module which was built as a DSO you
# have to place corresponding `LoadModule' lines at this location so the
# directives contained in it are actually available _before_ they are used.
# Statically compiled modules (those listed by `httpd -l') do not need
# to be loaded here.
#
# Example:
# LoadModule foo_module modules/mod_foo.so
#
# GENTOO: Automatically defined based on APACHE2_MODULES USE_EXPAND variable.
#         Do not change manually, it will be overwritten on upgrade.
#
# The following modules are considered as the default configuration.
# If you wish to disable one of them, you may have to alter other
# configuration directives.
#
# Change these at your own risk!

LoadModule actions_module modules/mod_actions.so
LoadModule alias_module modules/mod_alias.so
LoadModule auth_basic_module modules/mod_auth_basic.so
LoadModule authn_alias_module modules/mod_authn_alias.so
LoadModule authn_anon_module modules/mod_authn_anon.so
LoadModule authn_dbm_module modules/mod_authn_dbm.so
LoadModule authn_default_module modules/mod_authn_default.so
LoadModule authn_file_module modules/mod_authn_file.so
<IfDefine AUTHNZ_LDAP>
LoadModule authnz_ldap_module modules/mod_authnz_ldap.so
</IfDefine>
LoadModule authz_dbm_module modules/mod_authz_dbm.so
LoadModule authz_default_module modules/mod_authz_default.so
LoadModule authz_groupfile_module modules/mod_authz_groupfile.so
LoadModule authz_host_module modules/mod_authz_host.so
LoadModule authz_owner_module modules/mod_authz_owner.so
LoadModule authz_user_module modules/mod_authz_user.so
LoadModule autoindex_module modules/mod_autoindex.so
<IfDefine CACHE>
LoadModule cache_module modules/mod_cache.so
</IfDefine>
LoadModule cgi_module modules/mod_cgi.so
LoadModule cgid_module modules/mod_cgid.so
<IfDefine DAV>
LoadModule dav_module modules/mod_dav.so
</IfDefine>
<IfDefine DAV>
LoadModule dav_fs_module modules/mod_dav_fs.so
</IfDefine>
<IfDefine DAV>
LoadModule dav_lock_module modules/mod_dav_lock.so
</IfDefine>
LoadModule deflate_module modules/mod_deflate.so
LoadModule dir_module modules/mod_dir.so
<IfDefine CACHE>
LoadModule disk_cache_module modules/mod_disk_cache.so
</IfDefine>
LoadModule env_module modules/mod_env.so
LoadModule expires_module modules/mod_expires.so
LoadModule ext_filter_module modules/mod_ext_filter.so
<IfDefine CACHE>
LoadModule file_cache_module modules/mod_file_cache.so
</IfDefine>
LoadModule filter_module modules/mod_filter.so
LoadModule headers_module modules/mod_headers.so
LoadModule include_module modules/mod_include.so
<IfDefine INFO>
LoadModule info_module modules/mod_info.so
</IfDefine>
<IfDefine LDAP>
LoadModule ldap_module modules/mod_ldap.so
</IfDefine>
LoadModule log_config_module modules/mod_log_config.so
LoadModule logio_module modules/mod_logio.so
<IfDefine CACHE>
LoadModule mem_cache_module modules/mod_mem_cache.so
</IfDefine>
LoadModule mime_module modules/mod_mime.so
LoadModule mime_magic_module modules/mod_mime_magic.so
LoadModule negotiation_module modules/mod_negotiation.so
LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
LoadModule setenvif_module modules/mod_setenvif.so
LoadModule speling_module modules/mod_speling.so
<IfDefine SSL>
LoadModule ssl_module modules/mod_ssl.so
</IfDefine>
<IfDefine STATUS>
LoadModule status_module modules/mod_status.so
</IfDefine>
LoadModule unique_id_module modules/mod_unique_id.so
<IfDefine USERDIR>
LoadModule userdir_module modules/mod_userdir.so
</IfDefine>
LoadModule usertrack_module modules/mod_usertrack.so
LoadModule vhost_alias_module modules/mod_vhost_alias.so

# If you wish httpd to run as a different user or group, you must run
# httpd as root initially and it will switch.
#
# User/Group: The name (or #number) of the user/group to run httpd as.
# It is usually good practice to create a dedicated user and group for
# running httpd, as with most system services.
User apache
Group apache

# Supplemental configuration
#
# Most of the configuration files in the /etc/apache2/modules.d/ directory can
# be turned on using APACHE2_OPTS in /etc/conf.d/apache2 to add extra features
# or to modify the default configuration of the server.
#
# To know which flag to add to APACHE2_OPTS, look at the first line of the
# the file, which will usually be an <IfDefine OPTION> where OPTION is the
# flag to use.
Include /etc/apache2/modules.d/*.conf

# Virtual-host support
#
# Gentoo has made using virtual-hosts easy. In /etc/apache2/vhosts.d/ we
# include a default vhost (enabled by adding -D DEFAULT_VHOST to
# APACHE2_OPTS in /etc/conf.d/apache2).
Include /etc/apache2/vhosts.d/*.conf

# vim: ts=4 filetype=apache

# Added by me

ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /home/mrlogick/www/cgi-bin/

<Directory /home/*/www/cgi-bin/>
    Options +ExecCGI
    AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl .py
</Directory>

I have executive permissions:
$ ls -l /home/mrlogick/www/cgi-bin/counter.cgi
-rwxr-xr-x 1 mrlogick mrlogick 8.2K Feb  2 21:58 /home/mrlogick/www/cgi-bin/counter.cgi*

I have just installed apache on my Gentoo distro. I've not set other files.

A: In Gentoo, the Apache Web Server is running under the apache user, see httpd.conf the config:
User apache
Group apache

So you need to grant access for this user and/ or group.

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Glycerin for Psoriasis: Does It Work?
Living with psoriasis can cause physical and emotional discomfort. Those who have been diagnosed with the skin condition already know that treatment focuses on managing symptoms. Glycerin is one option showing potential for helping treat painful ones. Read on to find out how it works and whether it's right for you.
Psoriasis is an autoimmune disease that affects the skin cells. Experts aren't sure what causes it. But they think it may cause the immune system to work against the body. White blood cells called T cells help to protect the body against infections, viruses, and diseases. In people with psoriasis, the T cells are too active. The cells attack harmful substances and organisms, but they also go after healthy cells.
Normally, skin cells go through a growth process, which starts deep below the skin's top layer. It takes about a month for the cells to come to the surface. This is called turnover. This process can happen in just a few days in people with psoriasis. It causes patches of thick, red, scaly, and itchy buildup. These patches can be painful and usually won't go away without treatment.
Glycerin, or glycerol, is a substance used in skin creams, lotions, and soaps. It can be made from alcohol or vegetable oil. It's thought that glycerin helps trap moisture in the skin because glycerin attracts water.
How does glycerin treat psoriasis?
You can apply glycerin to the skin as a cream, soap, or lotion. Cetaphil is a popular brand of products that contain glycerin.
A few studies have found glycerin is helpful in treating skin by restoring moisture. However, there isn't much clinical evidence specifically for psoriasis. While likely safe, it's always best to talk with your dermatologist or doctor before trying any treatment options.


Cathay Pacific welcomed the newest member to its fleet as the first of its 20 Airbus A350-1000 aircraft prepares to fly from Toulouse, France to the airline's home of Hong Kong today on a blend of biofuel.
Passenger comfort was at the heart of our team when they designed the cabins for this new aircraft. Featuring a brand-new Economy Class seat with a larger, higher definition personal television, and an advanced inflight entertainment system and LED mood lighting, the aircraft's cabins are also 50% quieter in perceived levels of external noise. Furthermore, enhanced Wi-Fi connectivity means passengers can remain connected throughout their journey.
Meanwhile, a higher cabin pressure supplies more oxygen to lower the effective cabin cruising altitude to 6000 ft on the A350-1000, which reduces passenger fatigue and improves their well-being. Cathay Pacific has been at the forefront of many initiatives to reduce the impact of greenhouse gas emissions and like with delivery of its 22 A350-900 aircraft already in operation, all 20 A350-1000s will be flown from Toulouse, the home of Airbus, to Hong Kong using a blend of alternate jet fuel.


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2014 Audi RS4 Avant Nogaro
by Kristen Lee
in Audi, RS 4
Nothing says you're throwing it back to a past legend more than wearing that legend's iconic colors, which is exactly what the special edition 2014 Audi RS4 Avant Nogaro will do, according to a Feb. 4 press release from Audi. A tribute to the 1994 RS2, the RS4 will sport the reminiscent Nogaro paint job: a deep, pearl effect blue. Wagon fans everywhere can rejoice when the car debuts at the Geneva Motor Show in about a month's time.
But the similarities to the RS2 stop there. Behind the sleek and high-gloss black signature Singleframe grille beats a direct-injected 4.2-liter V8 heart that produces 450 horses and 317 lb-ft of torque. A lofty 8,250 rpm ensures resonant, musical perfection from the oval RS tailpipes.
Mated to Audi's S-Tronic seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox, the RS4 Nogaro sprints from 0-62 mph in 4.7 seconds. Though electronically governed to 174 mph, the car still boasts excellent fuel efficiency and consumption. Combined city and highway driving hovers at around 21.98 mpg.
The interior is suited up in typical Audi RS fashion, except the Nogaro will feature accents, such as blue contrasting stitching, along the armrests, steering wheel and carbon inlays. An additional option includes nogaro blue inserts in the door trims, floor mat piping and seats.
But for all its awesome blueness, the RS4 Nogaro will not be going on sale here in the States. A true pity; we'd love to get our hands on one.
Ingolstadt, 2014-02-05
Homage to a modern classic –
the Audi RS 4 Avant Nogaro selection
Anniversary model based on the Audi Avant RS2
Audi RS 4 Avant Nogaro selection to celebrate world premiere in Geneva
Available from early 2014
Twenty years ago, the Audi Avant RS2, founder of the dynamic RS family, had its debut – and now Audi is launching a special edition of the current model on the market. The RS 4 Avant Nogaro selection will become available from early 2014, and will celebrate its world premiere at the Geneva Motor Show with Nogaro blue paint finish and exclusive equipment.
The customized Nogaro blue, pearl effect paint finish is the most salient visual signal of the anniversary model, and is also reminiscent of the RS2. The frame and use of the Singleframe grille, as well as the window slot trims, are painted high-gloss black, and the roof rails matt black. The RS sport exhaust system terminates in two oval, high-gloss black tailpipe trims.
331 kW (450 hp): the high-revving V8
Under the hood of the Audi RS 4 Avant Nogaro selection operates a high-revving V8 naturally aspirated engine with a displacement of 4,163 cc. The 4.2 FSI delivers 331 kW (450 hp) of power output at 8,250 rpm, with peak torque of 430 Nm (317.15 lb-ft) available between 4,000 and 6,000 rpm. The resonant eight-cylinder engine accelerates the anniversary model from 0 to 100 km/h (62.14 mph) in 4.7 seconds and takes it to a governed top speed of 280 km/h (173.98 mph). Its combined fuel consumption is 10.7 liters per 100 kilometers (21.98 US mpg) – for a CO2 equivalent of 249 grams per kilometer (400.73 g/mile).
With its high efficiency and tall top gear, the standard seven-speed S tronic also contributes to fuel efficiency. The driver can let the lightning-fast dual-clutch transmission shift operate automatically or change gears themselves using the selector lever or the steering wheel paddles.
The core of the quattro permanent all-wheel drive is the self-locking crown gear center differential. The compact and lightweight component distributes torque at a default ratio of 40:60 between the front and rear axles. This ratio can be broadly varied as required – with up to 70 per cent of the power going to the front and a maximum of 85 per cent to the rear. The crown gear center differential cooperates with the wheel-selective torque control, which makes handling at curve limits even more dynamic through selective, small brake impulses. Audi offers the sport differential as an optional addition that actively distributes the power between the rear wheels.
The standard equipment of the Audi RS 4 Avant Nogaro selection also includes the Audi drive select dynamic driving system. This system allows variation between three modes – comfort, auto and dynamic – for the characteristics of the electromechanical power steering, the seven-speed S tronic, the accelerator and the RS sport exhaust system. And if the car is equipped with Audi MMI navigation, there is also a fourth mode – individual – that can be configured by the driver.
Besides the sport differential, two further optional elements are available for Audi drive select. The dynamic steering varies the steering ratio depending on the speed and countersteers with small impulses at curve limits. The RS sport suspension plus with Dynamic Ride Control (DRC) equalizes the roll and pitch for the firmly sprung suspension by strictly mechanical means.
The Audi RS 4 Avant Nogaro selection rides on 265/30 series tires. Behind the gloss turned finish 20-inch wheels in 5-V-spoke design gleam red-painted brake calipers bearing RS emblems. The brake discs featuring a wave design are internally ventilated, perforated and joined to the aluminum brake disc chambers by pins. Audi installs carbon-fiber-ceramic discs at the front axle on request. The Electronic Stabilization Control (ESC) offers a sport mode and can also be entirely deactivated as required.
Black and blue: the interior
In the sporty black interior, Audi offers two different upholstery versions for the electrically adjustable S sport seats with their integrated head restraints. In both cases, the side sections are covered with black Valcona leather; the Alcantara synthetic fibers for the center sections and door trim inserts are colored either black as well or nogaro blue – in homage again to the Audi Avant RS2. The armrests are covered with black leather, with blue contrasting stitching providing accents. Black or nogaro blue piping frames the black floor mats.
Black leather with blue stitching also refines the steering wheel rim and the selector lever boot. Blue threads run through the carbon inlays to lend them a very special shimmer. A badge on the RS selector lever knob of the S tronic and the logos on the door sill trims refer to the special status of the anniversary model.
In early 2014, the Audi RS 4 Avant Nogaro selection will arrive at dealerships as a limited special edition. Its base price is 87,300 euros.
A modern classic: the Audi Avant RS2 from 1994
The Audi RS2 from 1994 was the first RS model from Audi and also the first high-performance model from the brand to combine full everyday suitability with a dynamic character, becoming the founder of a whole family of dynamic models. Audi had developed the RS2 in cooperation with Porsche, with assembly occurring at Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen.
Its appearance alone was indicative of the power of the first RS model. The front bumper featured powerful air inlets, and the grille was painted black. The exterior mirrors came from Porsche, the rear was emblazoned by a full-width band of light, and the emblems were large-sized. The RS2 optionally left the assembly line with an exclusive Nogaro blue paint finish, recalling the two victories achieved by Frank Biela on the Nogaro circuit in the French Touring Car Championship of 1993.
The engine embodied Audi's full expertise from touring car sports. The 2.2-liter five-cylinder engine delivered 232 kW (315 hp) by way of a large turbocharger, high boost pressure, expanded air ducting and adapted engine management. At 3,000 rpm 410 Nm (302.40 lb-ft) of torque were available, with the limiter only taking effect at 7,200 rpm. The RS2 accelerated from 0 to 100 km/h (62.14 mph) in 5.4 seconds and reached a top speed of 262 km/h (162.80 mph). A six-speed manual transmission delivered the power to the quattro drivetrain, which had a manually activated locking differential at the rear axle.
The suspension with its all-round transverse links derived from the suspension of the technical starting basis, the Audi S2. The shock absorbers were even firmer and the springs were shortened. Porsche supplied the 17-inch wheels, the large, internally ventilated brake discs and the red-painted four-piston calipers.
The interior was dominated by Silk Nappa leather and Alcantara in the color anthracite, blue or silver gray, and the Recaro seats were electrically adjustable. The instruments bore white dials, while small indicators on the center console kept the driver informed about the oil pressure, oil temperature and vehicle system voltage. CFRP inlays were optionally available.
Audi offered the RS2 at a base price of DM 98,900. Within a construction period of barely two years 2,908 units were produced – more than the quantity originally planned.
(Source: Audi)
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Media Monday: Dr. Horrible Teaser Trailer
30 June 2008 by MissMeliss
It's the latest from the JossVerse. What more do you need to know?
Teaser from Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog on Vimeo.
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CafeWriting: Helpful
Sometimes, there can be much joy in helping someone else…and since my own prompt at CafeWriting for May and June called on me to list seven ways I've helped another person, I thought I'd get this down for those times when I'm feeling useless and stupid.
My Mother: She went back to school in her thirties, and I used to help her by editing her essays, and suggesting stronger word choices. Later, when she had to learn a 100-page flip-chart presentation, I helped her with that as well. I think I can still recite it in my sleep. And she helped me, and continues to help me, all through my life.
Various friends, and Fuzzy: I've helped them re-write or tweak their resumes. They've helped in return by critiquing my work.
My grandmother: While I never learned to knit, I helped straighten her knitting bag, untangling yarn, and matching pairs of needles, more than once. She helped me by teaching me that a gift of the hand is a gift of the heart.
My friend J. in Colorado: I held her hand when she came out, answered her three AM calls when she first began dating women, and stood by when one of her relationships became abusive. She returned the favor, letting me agonize about Fuzzy, answering MY three AM calls, and always offering a safe haven when I needed to escape.
My friend G who sometimes drops in here. We helped each other survive high school, which sounds petty but really isn't.
Zorro Dog: He isn't a person, in the literal sense, but he means the world to me, and we gave him a home and love, and in his name, we've driven partial journeys to help other small dogs find their "forever homes" as well.
My grandfather: I baked bread, went fishing, and gardened with him. He helped me with everything from the concept of leverage to understanding negative numbers.
Of course, I've also taken friends to lunch, helped them move, sent letters to soldiers overseas, and any number of other supportive things, all of which have been returned many times over.
It's just…nice to remember, sometimes.
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We originally set out this morning to refill Zorro's blood pressure medication, and maybe find lunch. We ended up first driving to downtown Grand Prairie, which is all of a block long, trying to find a Filipino grocery store that's supposed to be there, but isn't.
We gave up on finding macapuno ice cream today, after all, and went to Piranha for sushi. I was craving their wasabi crusted tuna roll, which is to die for. Our waitress said that roll alone accounts for between three and five percent of their business, and I believe it. (I also had a dragon roll, because I was desperate for unagi). Fuzzy, had teriyaki salmon.
On the way to lunch we also stopped at the library, which was depressing, and will get it's own entry.
After lunch, we went to this part of Arlington we'd passed once that had a gate labelled Village Lake Historic Area, or some such. At the time we found it, it was closed due to flooding, but we're in a mini-drought, so we thought it might be open, it was, but it's just a park. Now, I like parks, but I was not dressed for walking on trails, it was 101 degrees, and we had no water with us. Fuzzy failed to see why this was a problem, and why I got angry with him when he said, "I'm just going to go look at the marker," and then was out of sight five minutes later, leaving me in the car. I called him, and he said, "Well I wanted to see what was here." It took him twenty minutes to return.
Next, we drove to Irving, in our ongoing quest to determine if any part of the metroplex has a cute, functional downtown (so far, the answer is NO). We got jamba juices and sipped them as we looked at funky houses, and mocked the different businesses on the old main streets, emblazoned with signs for modern furniture and the like, but clearly long-since out of business.
Today was one of the days when I sorely missed our old condo in California, and the surrounding neighborhood, and being able to walk to Starbucks and a bookstore.
I still have to go to a bookstore and do my Algonkian prep work, and I still have to write this weekend, and I feel like we wasted a day when we could have done something productive or meaningful.
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I Miss The Beach
I've been in a blue funk for most of the week, though I came out of it for a bit last night during an unexpected thunderstorm. There was brilliant lightning and intense rain, and though the storm itself was here and gone within about 45 minutes, it was a refreshing change from sun and sun and more sun.
Fuzzy mentioned today that he has to pop down to Boca Raton sometime in July, which has me thinking about Orlando vacations. I'm not really a Disney fan, but I've never been to Epcot and the last time I was on a Universal Studio tour was in California when I was twelve.
What I really want, however, is the beach. The wind chimes sounded much like the clanging of ship's bells during the beginning of the storm last night, and I sat on the deck and listened to the water sloshing in the pool and pretended I was somewhere coastal.
I don't want to live in Florida, but we live too far from the beach right now – lakes do NOT cut it – and this must be fixed.
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Bubble-less
I slept badly last night – was having a pre-migraine aura, and then just couldn't get comfortable, and ended up waking stiff and sore and with a raging headache. Never fun. Caffeine didn't help, either. I slept a lot and vegged a lot, and finally forced myself to at least get the work-writing done today, but my prose had no sizzle or pop.
My mother suggested taking a bath, but I'm still squicked by the large spider I killed in my tub while Fuzzy was away, and I'm out of bubble bath, and honestly, when it's nearly 100 degrees outside a bath is not really the thing, even for a Bathtub Mermaid like myself.
I confess that I sometimes have issues with the design of my bathtub. It's luxuriously deep and wide, but you have to step up onto a tile step and then into the tub, and it's just tall enough that I'm not quite comfortable with it, especially when my head's all spinny. Once in a while I fantasize about getting a walk in tub, but replacing a tub surrounded by tile really isn't on my list of Must-Do home improvements.
Building a wet bar in the closet, however…
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RIP George Carlin
I could write about how every media outlet talking about George Carlin's death from a heart attack last night is mentioning the Seven Words You Can't Say on TV, but none, even those that aren't governed by the FCC are actually listing those words.
But it seems more fitting, especially since it's Media Monday, to let Mr. Carlin speak for himself. So, the below video from YouTube is NOT work safe, but it IS appropriate.
And for the record, while I personally believe overuse of words like "fuck" reduces their impact, I also think we need to get over being afraid of words.
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Sunday Scribblings: Happy Endings
There's a line in The Pirate Movie an appallingly bad movie version of The Pirates of Penzance, in which Kristy McNichol breaks character as Mabel and tells the camera, "I want a happy ending." She then proceeds to re-arrange the cast into couples, and action resumes. It's an exceptionally cheesy moment in a movie that was over the top when it came to corniness, but there's a sincerity in her delivery that has made the line stick with me for a couple of decades.
There are days when I'm feeling so frustrated because my muse isn't speaking to me, the dogs are being obnoxious, and my husband and I just can't manage to communicate that I, too, want to demand that the universe provide me a happy ending.
The thing is, though, happy endings aren't something anyone can give you. They're something you have to make for yourself. While it's true that there are events that you often cannot control, it's equally true that what we can control our own actions and reactions.
In one of the early episodes of his show, Tim Gunn's Guide to Style, everyone's favorite fashion mentor tells the subject of the week to repeat these words: I cannot control how I am perceived; I can only control how I am presented.
It's a phrase that made me rethink a lot, and helped me change my attitude about life in general. It wasn't a moment of epiphany, or anything, just another concept clicking into place. The realization that I can give myself a happy ending whenever I want.
So now, when the dogs are driving me crazy, I still get frustrated with them, but I can step back and watch them and realize they're pestering me because they adore me. Being adored is never a bad thing. Likewise, when Fuzzy has to work late and is being terse and uncommunicative over IM, I remind myself that his behavior isn't intended to annoy or insult, he's just wrapped up in whatever he's working on, and his absence is a sort of a gift: two more hours of me-time before I have to focus on another person.
In improv, we are taught that there are no wrong answers, just high and low percentage choices, and that there are no mistakes, just gifts of a new direction. Most of the time, I have no real plan. I'm not a list-maker or a compulsive calendar-writer. I wing it. I do know, however, that even though I don't know how it will happen, I will have my happy ending.
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New Addictions: American Theatre Wing Podcasts
I was slow to jump on the podcast bandwagon, for reasons I can't really explain. Nevertheless, I've since seen the proverbial light, and am now addicted to the medium.
Recently, I've become hooked on two free offerings from the American Theatre Wing, which organizations gives us the Tony Awards among other nifty programs, like sending theatre professionals into New York City schools, or making it possible for NYC students and their parents to attend special performances of various Broadway shows that also include a discussion with cast and crew members.
Downstage Center is a true podcast featuring in-depth interviews with performers, producers and playwrights. It's available via RSS and XM Satellite radio as well as on iTunes.
Working in the Theatre is a video cast available on the ATW website or via iTunes and is produced in partnership with CUNY (City University of New York). It's a panel-discussion show that rotates epsiodes featuring performers, producers, and playwrights.
Both are fascinating if you're a true theatre geek, and interesting enough for the casual audience as well.
Crossposted from my LiveJournal.
Popcorn eaten while at the movies for a late matinee showing of The Happening was consumed with a rare treat of Dr. Pepper (I'm not really a soda drinker), and as a result my tongue is thick, both physically and metaphorically. I feel mentally parched, and water isn't quenching my thirst.
I used the money on an Aveda gift card I purchased for myself several months ago during a sale to pay for my salon services today. I went over by $20. That's not so bad. My hair is not entirely unpinked, but we used a sort of cinnamon-y brown (they call it a golden brown, but it's less yellow than that) and a color called "Boysenberry" (which I prefer more than any ordinary jam hair color) which is a warm light-chocolate brown with red-violet in it. The dye, before application, looked much like the color of chocolate milk – sort of half-way between purple, mauve, and brown, and yes I know that's one too many halves – it made me happy.
I had purposely NOT ordered more ATOMIC PINK Special Effects dye from Amphigory, because ten days ago when Fuzzy was out of the country I was certain that I wanted to be completely "normal" hair-color-wise. Then, Thursday night, I panicked. "I told the Algonkian people I have pink hair. They're going to be expecting it in August. What if I'm really unpinking because I think I need to be more 'professional' and not because I'm bored with the color?" I said to myself in a sort of hyper babbling sort of voice. We went to the mall (which I never go to, because I do not really like malls), where not only did I get stopped by many people who told me my hair was cool, but I ended up giving pink-dye advice to a gaggle of teen-aged girls who were encamped at the dye carousel at Hot Topic. (I went to Torrid first, actually, but they didn't have the color I needed.)
Torrid/Hot Topic no longer carry Special Effects. Well they sort of do, but it's a special mix/rebranded version made JUST FOR THEM, and the bottle said it was alcohol based, which scared me. I purchased RAW dye instead. It's a softer pink, but it did the job.
The end result? We touched up the pink around my face and in select parts of the rest of my hair with the RAW, and used the other two colors to do low-lights over the bulk of the pink. So, I still have punches of pink showing through in different layers and my bangs are mostly pink, and the effect is like the pink sky during sunset, with warm cinnamon-y browns as a backdrop.
Think of fresh raspberries dusted with cocoa powder. It's like that.
It's only been about 12 hours, but I like this new color. It's a bit more sophisticated – more artsy, less aging punk – and the plan is to gradually de-pink until the cinnamon and boysenberry are the only colors.
And then I think I shall add a few highlights of vivid blue or purple, for fall/winter.
Now, my brain is thick, but unlike my tongue, it's thick with thoughts, ideas, so many things I must pin to paper before they float away.
Who Needs Sleep?
I was up all night with a brain burning with activity and a sick dog. The former is still abuzz, the latter is now stretched out along-side my right leg, in blissful sleep, and the warmth of his tiny body is comforting in a way only Animal People truly understand.
*~*~*
I tried to catch some sleep today, but a gorgeous thunderstorm kept me awake. I feel like I've been waiting months for rain, and I didn't want to miss it. Storms are so magical to me.
I'm torn about my hair. I was ready to go in and have them strip all the pink out, last week, but now that I've had time to think, and had a mall full of people tell me they love my hair, I'm not sure I want to completely de-pink. In fact, I was at the mall because I'd been so certain that I was DONE with pink hair that I didn't re-order my usual color. The pink I ended up with is a softer one…maybe it will be a good transitional shade.
I just started reading Eat Pray Love. I was initially put off because of the title, but I'm two chapters in and so far I'm good with it. The author's approach to spirituality and religion is much akin to my own, except that I like the "smells and bells."
Natalie Goldberg once took a classroom full of students on a walk between raindrops. Sometimes I try to do that on my back deck. To step between the drops isn't to defy nature, but to perceive it from a different angle.
Clay is my muse once again. He taught me a secret to success that I hadn't considered before. I am in all kinds of love with the universe today.
Bed now.


Seems I've moved from just having SO's to having stacked SO's. The SO hits and if followed almost immediately by another SO of somewhat lower intensity. I've had five or six stacked like this. Once this passes it isn't long before another big SO hits. This stacking doesn't happen all the time with every SO but it's getting more frequent.


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Guardians of Legality
Panther God Save the King
Black panther has existed in Marvel Comics since 1966. The nation of Wakanda was introduced in that same issue of the Fantastic Four (Fantastic Four #52) but not really expanded upon Until Tales of suspense #97 in which Baron Zemo attempts to invade Wakanda. The legitimacy of the Black Panther's right to rule over Wakanda is established later on and brings me to the subject of this essay.
First a little bit of background on the Black Panther. The Black Panther is the chief of the Panther Clan. Descended from Bashenga, it is a ceremonial position that is entrusted with the protection of the great mound of vibranium at the heart of the nation. As head of the Panther Clan, the Black Panther is entitled to be anointed by the "Heart-shaped herb" Which grants powers similar to that of Captain America. That is if the individual is Worthy. If the Individual is not worthy they die. The one who makes this decision is the Panther God itself.
The position of king of Wakanda generally falls to the Black Panther. this is because the position of King is usually determined by a combat situation. Anyone can enter this contest but the individual who ends up winning generally is the one with the powers of a super soldier. In the modern readings, the position of Black Panther is tied directly to kingship and one cannot be the Black Panther and not the monarch of Wakanda. (There is one exception that we will get to later on, don't worry)
In analyzing the monarchy of Wakanda most people state is most like the Pharaoh of Egypt. This makes a little bit of sense. the panther God is generally seen, and written, as being Bast the Egyptian god(dess) of protection. Generally seen as a Goddess of Protection and War in Lower Egypt (the Nile Delta), she was the protector of the Pharaoh when both the Kingdoms of Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt were Unified. Marvel Comics is quite explicit that the Panther Cult of Wakanda, as well as the other Cults of Wakanda (Alligator, Lion, and White Gorilla), all originated in Egypt (Called the Heliopolitans, they feature a bit more in Thor and Hercules Comics). The Black Panther is the primary Priest of the panther God, which in turn grants him several privileges such as being anointed by the heart-shaped herb. this is where the similarities between the king of Wakanda and the pharaoh of Egypt end.
The primary difference between the Black Panther and the pharaoh of Egypt is that the Black Panther is not seen as a god upon Earth. Before the 12th century BCE, the Pharaoh of Egypt was not a term denoting the ruler. Pharaoh is derived from the term of "great house" specifically in referring to a dwelling. the king of Upper and Lower Egypt generally was called "The Horus" denoting their status as a incarnated god. Their power came from the fact that they were a sacred King, imbued with divine favor And Power. This was likely helped by the fact that the Pharaoh owned everything in both Upper and Lower Egypt, including the people.
The Black Panther is still part of this Sacred King tradition. I mentioned that if the person receiving the heart-shaped herb is not worthy then they die. We have seen in the comics a few people who have attempted to take the heart shaped herb. What ends up happening in each of these cases is that they go before the Panther God and have to prove their worthiness to it. This is similar to the anointing of a new monarch even in modern day. The coronation of any monarch has a religious authority anointing and granting the title. The Bishop of Canterbury for the British monarch, the Pope for Emperors in Europe (Something not done since the fall of the Holy Roman Empire), Shinto priests for the Japanese Emperor, and so forth. Here, we have the panther God literally giving its blessing to the Black Panther by taking this Earth. This sets the Black Panther apart from the rest of the people of wakanda. It anoints them as the protector of Wakanda. The only people who have taken this herb ceremonially have been from the Black Panthers Royal lineage. Imbuing even those who do not take the herb as being special in the society. It is behind this lineage that the nation unites and submits to the rule of the Monarch.
Recently, we have seen a change in how the Black Panther derives his right to rule, focusing more on the unity of the country and his people. The Black Panther has been betrothed to several women as "ceremonial wives", from rival tribes to maintain peace and to make his personal guard (the Dora Milaje), founded "The Crew" to deal with dissent and oppression abroad, and bring Wakanda to the world stage again as the force behind the Ultimates. In Ta-Nehisi Coates, run on the Black Panther, we see that the people of Wakanda are fracturing based upon a number of disasters that have befallen them recently. T'challa is no longer the chosen of the panther God, but rather the chosen of the past of Wakanda. his sister has taken over the mantle of black panther but was grievously wounded in one of the recent disasters (The Black Order attacking Wakanda because Namor is a dick). His title is now "King of the Dead" rather than "Chosen of the Panther" end the first volume ends with T'challa going out among his people. no longer separating himself from them. This act alone shows the modernization and liberalization of the Wakandan monarchy. Moving it away from the Western and European view on monarchy and to a more nationalistic and African form. Dependent upon the will of the people and the Traditions that have existed for centuries. This seems more fitting for the African Nation that is the most advanced in the world.
Registration Acts and you
Are Superhumans a suspect class that should make use of the heightened scrutiny? If they are, then should they receive the protections that strict scrutiny would grant during a judicial review? After exhaustive research (and not just in the comic books) I came to the conclusion of "Maybe".
Before I get blasted for hedging on this case, allow me to explain my dreaded answer of 'Maybe', in typical lawyer fashion. While some superheroes in the Marvel universe are hated and feared due to their innate and immutable nature (these being Inhumans and Mutants), most are not feared at all. In fact, they tend to be celebrated. Spider-man had an endorsement deal with a car company and a host of knockoff goods that people buy. Not out of fear of Spider-man but rather a kind of curiosity. Captain America is a beloved persona that has been punching Hitler and Baron Zemo since before most of the country was a twinkle in the parent's eyes (This may change after Secret Empire but that is besides the point). Even the Fantastic Four, who after some initial fear of the Thing, have become a tourist attraction and target of the paparazzi. Looking at these, it becomes clear that superheroes as a whole are not a suspect class. That does not mean the same for the Inhumans and Mutants.
In the real world, suspect classes tend to be limited to race, alienage and other immutable aspects. Mutants in Marvel have constantly been a stand in for race since their debut in the comics with a simplistic view of Magento and Charles Xavier as the civil rights leaders opposed to each other. The use of mutants as a stand in for race gets even more clear when we realize that the Morlocks are a subculture of mutants who lack the 'Passing Privilege' of the more common looking mutants, making the commentary on Race and culture all the more clear.
In determining if Mutants are a suspect class, there has to be a showing that there is a history of discrimination, prejudice, and stigma. Alternatively, they can possess an Immutable or Highly Visible Trait and be politically powerless. The Morlocks are shunned and different from other mutants in that they cannot pretend to be human, due to physical deformities and the like and usually are the poster children of hatred toward mutants. With the Morlocks we can see that there history of hatred toward Mutants based upon the physical trait of mutation. It is clear that they are a suspect class based upon these factors.
Inhumans are the other group of heroes that may potentially fall under the suspect class. A lot has been made that Marvel is attempting to replace Mutants with Inhumans due to the similarities between the two. Both are generally born as "Normal" humans with no powers and nothing to identify themselves, both get their powers at a later time in life (usually around a coming of age, either puberty in the case of mutants or during the terrigenesis in Inhumans), and when the powers come there are immutable change to the person. The main way Inhumans are different from Mutants is that they choose to undergo the change, where Mutants do not have a choice. There are a number of Inhumans who never undergo the Terrigenesis and are fine with it (Karrak being the most cited example) and a number who cannot wait to undergo the Terrigenesis. The choice is where Mutants and Inhumans are different and where the crux of the differences lie. This would likely not be enough to cause Inhumans to be not a suspect class.
This leads us to the often overlooked fact of the Superhuman Registration Act, and that is that Mutants are exempt and Inhumans are not. Mutants are exempt because they already are registered under the Mutant Registration Act. That's right! The Mutant Registration Act is in force in the Marvel Universe and has been since 1984. In fact, it has been amended multiple times to include such things as creating a reservation for Mutants, moving all mutants there and to allow them to be protected by the US Government with giant robots. For more information as to how that could have happened, stay tuned for a future post.
No matter how we slice it, Superhumans are not a specific race. While a specific race falls into the Superhuman category, it is by no means the majority of them. Captain America, Hulk, Iron Man, Ant-Man, the Wasp, Hawkeye and Black Widow are all humans. Based upon the fact that the act deals broadly, all the Government must show is that there is a rational basis for the registration of superheroes. If this law said "Only Register Inhumans" then we have a different story, but that is not what the Act stated.
Comic Hell
In this first podcast, we are talking about Hell and the Vertigo Imprint of DC comics. Vertigo generally is considered to have a more popular version of Hell than Marvel or even the mainstream DC continuity. In my opinion this is because the Vertigo Imprint was created so it could avoid the comic code authority and focus on darker and more adult themes and concepts. The other reason is that it employed a lot of writers who have their bases in fantasy and horror.
Hell in Vertigo was crafted, over time, by three people. Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, and Garth Ennis were the ones who built off each other's creations over years. Alan Moore introduced John Constantine, Gaiman introduced Morpheus and the Endless (and Lucifer), and Garth Ennis introduced the First of Fallen. Each of these over the years crafted the history of Hell and showed a reflection of how humanity sees Laws and society.
Let's start with Neil Gaiman's contribution, because it affects every other contribution to Hell in Vertigo. Gaiman created several characters that were instrumental to Hell but the two that we will focus on here will be Morpheus (or Dream) and Lucifer. Lucifer was created in Sandman in the the fourth issue where Dream visits Lucifer in Hell as put forth by Alan Moore in Swamp Thing (Told you there would be cross pollination here). I am not going to summarize the entire story with Dream, because the important part here is that Lucifer decides "No… I don't want to rule in Hell anymore" and gives Dream the key to Hell. Before he does so, he kicks all the demons out of Hell and locks the door. As Hell is important real estate, Dream then gets entreated by several other beings for control of Hell. The end result is that Angels take over Hell and reveal the truth of it to the souls within it. Specifically, that is not the devil, or the rulers of hell, that punish the inhabitants. It is the inhabitants themselves that do so and without Lucifer around to transfer the blame upon, they are forced to look inward and realize that truth. It is implied that this is the truth for all those within Hell, including the other lords of Hell.
We will move onto Alan Moore's contribution. I enjoy a lot of Alan Moore's work, but I sometimes feel as though I am missing one thing or another while I am reading his work. Alan Moore started to work at DC in 1983 and in a story very common to comic book lore was given a book on the verge of cancellation to 'show his ability'. He took over Swamp Thing and completely changed the character and story structure. It took an occult spin, bringing in Deadman, Spectre, and the Jason Blood. He also introduced John Constantine everyone's favorite miscreant magician in the pages of that comic book. Constantine was soon popular enough to have his own series known as Hellraiser, where the scenario that this week's podcast was first published.
Hellblazer: Dangerous Habits is Garth Ennis' contribution to the history of Hell. I am not always a fan of Garth Ennis' work as I am not a fan of profanity for profanity sake and graphic violence but his style seems to lend itself well to this story in particular. The story is described in the Podcast (so you should listen to it) but the short part is that it involves a deal with the Devil. There is a small problem though, in the Vertigo universe, the Devil is chilling out in Los Angeles running a piano bar and not in Hell at all. In addition, the people in charge of letting people into Hell are more interested in redeeming people than punishment. The solution to this problem is to create a new character and the "The First of the Fallen" is created.
Over the course of Hellblazer, we learn more and more about The First of the Fallen (Who we will call FirstFall from here on out). We learn that FirstFall was first thing brought into creation by God and the first thing banished to Hell. FirstFall was God's conscious and is totally completely and unapologetically Evil. Within the first second of creation, FirstFall rebels against God because it believes God is Insane and is sent to Hell as a result. One second later, It is soon joined by Second of the Fallen and Third of the Fallen. Three seconds later, Lucifer Morningstar arrives in Hell and it starts to gain form. After Lucifer, FirstFall is the most powerful of the Hell and does not move against the other two "of the Fallen" because he believes them to be like him, unique creations of God. When he realizes that they are simply very powerful demons, he murders them and takes over Hell, while the Stewards look on from outside.
I find the fact that the Devil in the Vertigo Universe is God's Conscience very interesting. One thing that we find in popular portrayals of Hell is that it is very legalistic and highly draconian. It is a place of punishment and a place where laws and agreements are followed to the letter, not the spirit. The strange thing is that God's Conscience is completely evil. Generally we think of the conscience as the little voice on the shoulder that tells you to do the right thing. Generally, the right thing is impressed upon us by religious and social structures. So what is the basis of God's Conscience? Given that there is no religion or social structures at the time of creation there has to be another reason behind it.
The idea of the natural conscience is brought up in a few places in classical thought and FirstFall is an example of the Hobbesian view. Thomas Hobbes was a political philosopher from England who came up with the foundation of Social Contract theory. Social Contract theory is the belief that Laws are needed to prevent people from killing each other. People give up freedom (in the form of laws) to prevent the neighbors from killing one another. The logical conclusion of this is that people are horrible and the normal state of being is one where we rip each other's throats, steal from each other (although the concept of Property Rights are substantially different in a world without laws), and create a life that is "nasty, brutish, and short". Hobbes postulated that the only thing that prevents that would be the conscience of the people, which would be the the result of another structure of laws, in this case the Church. Without those structures, one can logically presume that means without these structures, the conscience itself would be the most evil part of a being.
In Closing, Hell in the Vertigo Universe is a horrible place. More horrible than in the mainstream DC universe for the main reason that it is a place where the damned souls make their own punishment. It gets even more horrifying when you realize that in Vertigo, humanity follows the model of Thomas Hobbes. Deep down everyone is a horrible person, capable of deep depravity upon others and even themselves.
Where have we been?!
It has been a while since the last episode of Guardians of Legality Podcast has been released. The reason for that is mostly real world. I moved across the State of Florida to take a new job. With the new job (requiring quite a bit of new learning on my part) and my place in Fort Lauderdale was not being suitable for recording, the podcast was put on hold.
Good news is here though! New Episodes of the podcast will be released (Sporadically but still released in time) and this website will be host to a new blog. The point of the blog will be to discuss various topics that come up in comics and legal issues that strike the imagination. In short, look for more content from us in upcoming weeks!
Tiernan Cole is an attorney who writes in his spare time and attempts to learn how to run a website.


Lyric video for the song "Mrs Tehran" by Diminished Duo.
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