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zaptheimpaler 8 days ago | parent | favorite | on: Apple has pushed a silent Mac update to remove hid...
lol they removed what would be called horrific spyware if it wasn't made by Zoom and you're over here on some lofty criticism about possible implications years into the future
any OS (and many other apps) that update have the power to do what you're afraid of, and much more.
plus i don't really see a bright line between system level software and an app when apps can access your video cam, mic, all your files - basically your whole computer.
heyoni 8 days ago
That's it right there. This isn't some gray area, questionable thing like that time they pushed a David Bowie song onto people's iTunes. Remember that? People completely lost their minds over it, and I agree with the sentiment.
This isn't third-party anything. No one even knew this was running on their machine and it was demonstrably abusable. Good riddance!
HeWhoLurksLate 7 days ago
As one of those people who got really annoyed by it, here's two reasons why:
One: On the family iPad we had at the time, we hadn't ever uploaded music to it from the family library, because there wasn't enough space for it all. Whenever anyone opened control panel and accidentally pressed "play", something by U2 (with a not-appropriate-for-little-children album cover) would come on.
Two: It was hard to remove that darn album. I couldn't figure out how to get it to go away for the life of me.
There's also a fundamental difference between someone adding something like Clippy to your desktop (or a U2 album) and someone saying "you need to fix your stuff or you get kicked out."
pvg 8 days ago
a David Bowie song
It was an entire U2 album, a far greater offense.
bredren 7 days ago
It's blasphemous to equate these artists.
dclowd9901 7 days ago
If it was a Bowie song, people probably would've been happy.
userbinator 8 days ago
There's an ocean of difference between can and will.
The setting ostensibly refers to the operating system, i.e. macOS, which I have no problems with Apple modifying if you've enabled that option, and which their EULA probably has a clause about. But from a legal perspective, modifying a third-party application which Apple does not own and did not install seems an overreach; unless their EULA explicitly grants them the right to do anything they want with the files of the system it's installed on, they could find themselves in legal trouble. (That notorious CFAA and the like.)
jbverschoor 8 days ago
I'm quite happy with it, as I don't see millions of people removing some hidden directory.
No more zoom for me.
The point is precisely NOT to think about only this one case like many others seem to be focusing (or Zoom-ing in...?) on, but to consider how far you are willing to let Apple exercise its power over your computer.
Would you let it scan all your files and delete e.g. "suspected images of child abuse" (to use an old cliche)? Suspected copyrighted material or fragments thereof? "Extremist" content, or content which is contrary to current social norms? How authoritarian does it have to get before you start being creeped out?
Kadin 7 days ago
This is a classic "parade of horribles" argument. I do not find them compelling, personally.
If Apple starts being abusive, they'll get their hand slapped. If they don't, they don't.
There's no better company positioned to do anti-malware than the vendor of the OS itself. Which is why Apple and Microsoft both do it. You can disable updates on both platforms if, for some reason, you don't want anything to change on your system without your explicit action (pros and cons to that, obviously). But for most end users, the tradeoff of control vs. security is a very easy one, since the average user is in no way qualified to secure their own system or audit the code that runs on it.
You can take any capability and stretch it out to some absurd extreme. What if apt-get whatnot trashed your entire computer? What if buses started hunting pedestrians for sport? It's a line of inquiry that prioritizes handwringing over insight.
fauigerzigerk 7 days ago
Has anyone ever asked bus companies to start hunting pedestrians for sport? The answer is clearly no.
Contrary to that, the demands from governments and others for tech companies to "take responsibility" and become enforcers of all sorts of perceived virtues is reaching a crescendo.
And it's not just about clearly dangerous things like child porn or terrorism. The UK government seriously demands the takedown of "harmful but not illegal" content.
Just think about that concept of "harmful but not illegal" for a moment and you'll see that the sort of overreach that userbinator is talking about is anything but "some absurd extreme".
I still have a lot of trouble seeing how Apple removing a critical vulnerability - a completely mundane act with plenty of precedent from both Apple and others - is some clarion call that, if left unheeded, will have Siri judging everyone's hentai collection next. Why this - preventing myriads of users from becoming campeople - of all things? Why not, say, every Chrome autoupdate ever?
Crinus 7 days ago
> I still have a lot of trouble seeing how Apple removing a critical vulnerability
You have that trouble because you are focusing on the "critical vulnerability" part and ignoring the fact that Apple decided to uninstall a program they had nothing to do with from your computer without your consent.
The intentions might be noble, the implications however are less so.
But they didn't uninstall 'a program'. The product itself was unaffected. And, again, this was done in consultation with the makers of the 'program' who had screwed up badly enough to be unable to fix the problem themselves. Nothing happened here that doesn't regularly happen when all sorts of things update.
These are unimportant details, the issue is with Apple modifying people's computers silently and the users themselves having no knowledge or any say about it.
Replace this instance with something that you disagree about (imagine Apple removing VPN software from Chinese customers due to demands from China or "fixing" existing VPN software with backdoors that enable Chinese authorities to wiretap Chinese people) and see what the issue is here.
(if that example would happen or not is irrelevant, i'm making it to help you see the issue in a context i think you'd disagree with Apple about, i'm not making it for you to argue if that would happen or not)
You brought up the details, inaccurately, to now tell me the details don't matter. You can understand, I hope, how this starts to feel like an exercise in eel juggling.
I didn't brought up details, i explicitly mentioned in my first reply to you to ignore the specifics of this case, ie. the details, and see what happened without them.
> something something Apple, a US-based company who prides itself on privacy helping China spy on people.
Apple engineers go to China. Anything they do to help the Chinese government can immediately affect their own workers. If they did that, and a bunch of people with Apple devices got thrown in jail / whatever, their stock, and moral standing, would suffer some serious blow-back for it.
Google Chrome has a thing that pops up when it thinks you might be getting attacked / phished by somebody. I wouldn't mind if OS X terminated my connection and said "Hey, we don't think this is safe" to me, especially if it was something that the average person isn't likely to notice and can cause damage to them (also, in China [relative to the US], the stakes for everything are generally higher- the US probably tracks you around, China for sure does that and is actively nabbing people a lot more frequently, too.)
I already wrote
> (if that example would happen or not is irrelevant, i'm making it to help you see the issue in a context i think you'd disagree with Apple about, i'm not making it for you to argue if that would happen or not)
It is in its own paragraph. That China part wasn't meant to be debated, it was meant as an example of an event that if it happened would make you disagree with Apple. The important part of this example is you disagreeing with Apple, not the reason why.
pbhjpbhj 7 days ago
>terminated my connection and said "Hey, we don't think this is safe" /
That's not equivalent, equivalent would be doing something you don't realise, the point is about user agency: keeping users uninformed and, for those that get the information out-of-band, unable to exercise their own control over the situation.
dpkonofa 7 days ago
>the users themselves having no knowledge or any say about it.
This is not true. You can disable all the automatic updates in System Preferences.
This is a nuclear option and the issue isn't getting updates, the issue is being silent and not offering any control over that. See my other replies about Windows Defender about what i meant with that.
What do you mean? They're silent because they're malware updates. You can turn those off.
>uninstall a program they had nothing to do with from your computer without your consent.
Incorrect. Users who are vulnerable to this had already decided to uninstall Zoom and that's why it was a vulnerability. Zoom had decided to ignore the user's wishes and leave their server behind so that it could re-install the software. Apple's update simply enforces the users' past decision to uninstall the application.
The problem is that Apple appears to have made an exception to its own rules in this particular case. If I understand correctly, they used a first party system update mechanism to change third party software.
It's like Google making an ad hoc decision to use Chrome autoupdate to silently patch a particularly bad vulnerability in Microsoft Word just because they can.
So what is the principle behind this kind of exception? It's simply this: If it's bad enough, normal rules can be suspended and anything goes. It's like declaring a state of emergency. It's not normal or mundane.
Now the question becomes what is bad enough and who gets to decide what is bad enough? People will point to incidents like this and ask questions like: Why was the San Bernardino attack not bad enough for Apple to suspend its ususal rules? Why can people store tons of pirated music on their Macs without Apple taking action? Why does Apple allow criminals to hide behind end-to-end encrypted messaging software?
If Apple has decided to take responsibility for the security of all third party software on macOS then they should say so. They should change the rules instead of breaking them in an ad hoc fashion.
Then we can all decide whether or not we want to hand total control to Apple (and to those who have control over Apple).
filmgirlcw 7 days ago
This is untrue. The update process was part of Xprotect, the malware definition/signature system built-into macOS that's part of Gatekeeper [1]. It dates back to Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard and was expanded on Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard (the Gatekeeper GUI was introduced in OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion and back ported to Mac OS X 10.7.5 Lion). Updates were historically issued via minor OS updates, but Apple started to do silent updates to the Xprotect definition list a number of years ago, as a way to target popular/growing strains of malware (which were often installed via cracked apps).
There were a few instances in the last few years where the repos or built-in update systems of legitimate programs were compromised and bundled malware (and in one case, ransomware) along with their apps. In those cases, Apple also silently updated XProtect to remove the malware.
In this case, just because this was a webserver and not something more traditional like a trojan doesn't mean that it isn't still malware. The Risky Business podcast asserted the existence of the RCE before Apple jumped into action that it says Zoom knew about for months. Given that the only way to remove the webserver is to update Zoom (something that won't help any user that has already uninstalled Zoom, which kindly left the insecure webserver behind), this type of update makes perfect sense -- especially since Zoom itself is removing the server from its own application bundle.
This was malware, pure and simple. It wasn't third party software. It was malware left behind/included with a third-party app. It's not as if Apple removed the Zoom app -- it removed the piece of malware Zoom was including alongside its app. The fact that Zoom was including this malware as a way of bypassing Apple's access control in Safari (God forbid the user have to click a button confirming they want to open a meeting) is beside the point -- this was malware.
Additionally, users can turn off the auto system updates and they can disable Gatekeeper entirely.
I understand the broader concern of an OS maker being able to remove files a user chose to install -- but this is a very unambiguous case of malware. Just because the RCE wasn't actively exploited doesn't mean it wasn't malware.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gatekeeper_(macOS)
I understand why Apple did it and the additional context you provide does change my opinion somewhat in Apple's favor, but I disagree about Zoom being malware because malware is made in bad faith to introduce functionality the user never intended to use.
What Zoom did was negligent and incompetent, but I don't see that there was malicious intent. I do agree, however, that what they tried to do is unacceptable even if implemented competently.
I think when you refuse to address a reported security issue related to something you installed (without the users knowledge and without a way for the user to easily remove) as a way to bypass an access control pop-up, and cite that it's a feature not a bug, until forced by the public/other disclosures to remove it, The intent is malicious.
But even if it weren't — and we can agree to disagree on the intent — the second the RCE is popped, it becomes a massive security issue and it becomes traditional malware. As I said, I'm convinced Apple would do the same thing if this was something left behind or associated with Java or Flash.
Malicious intent is the only thing that separates malware from a regular security issue. So if we disagree on intent we have to keep disagreeing on whether or not it's malware.
But I will admit that I'm starting to see the question of Zoom's intent a bit differently after thinking about what you have said.
Lying to users about the uninstallation is pretty icky intent. It's weird to make this about the sanctity of user choice and just repeatedly ignore that bit on top of coming up with a throughly inaccurate narrative about the nature of Apple's response.
I didn't ignore that bit. You didn't bring it up in your responses to me.
Instead you defended Apple fixing security issues in third party software (as I understood it without user consent) and you compared any concerns about that with concerns about buses intentionally running over pedestrians.
So apparently our debate took wrong turn and that wasn't entirely my fault although I will take some of the blame.
I agree that Zoom's intent (and even more so their methods) is icky. So perhaps we should have focused on that, because I can understand the reasoning that this makes Apple's actions look far more justified than I initially thought.
It's not.. it is malicious. They want to circumvent os/browser behavior / user protection (the prompt to open zoom). To hack around this they install malware to get things done. It is exactly the same as using doing something that wouldn't pass the appstore checks.
It is actually very competent of them, except for the security part.
I don't see anything in the article that suggests this - as I read it, it pretty much says the opposite. What else have you read that outlined these rules and the exception Apple made?
The article says "Apple said the update does not require any user interaction and is deployed automatically."
As far as I know, there is no system-wide update mechanism for third party software not distributed through the Mac App Store that does not require any user interaction. So apparently they (ab)used the system update mechanism.
There is nothing in the article that suggests 'abuse' let alone rules, which is what you said. It's not entirely clear exactly what was done here but it was probably an update to the Malware Removal Tool which does what you can surmise from the name, without user interaction.
I care far more about the facts than about what's in the article.
Zoom is clearly not malware. It just has a bug. Is updating regular third party software documented behaviour of macOS? If so then I agree that it is not abuse. Otherwise Apple has some explaining to do.
rahoulb 7 days ago
I wouldn't call it a bug. Zoom deliberately engineered their app so it opened a security threat, accessible from any website on your browser, on your local machine without the user's knowledge. Then they reinstalled their software after the user had uninstalled it. Again, deliberately engineered that way.
That is not a bug
Zoom's intention was not to introduce a security vulnerability. That's why I'm calling it a bug.
Their intention was to bypass an inbuilt security measure. So no, maybe they didn't mean to add a vulnerability but they did mean to reduce the security of the system as a whole
Sure, facts are important. You started here:
I don't think any of these are established facts and I don't understand how you, a fellow fact-fancier, haven't acknowledged that before breezily moving on to a discussion of the precise definition of the term 'malware'.
If you read the quote carefully, you will see that I did use rather cautious language, and I did that exactly because I wasn't sure that I knew all the facts.
No, they installed an update to XProtect's signatures to say "this is malware, remove it if detected" -- something the company has done many times in the past.
lmm 7 days ago
No, it prioritizes thinking about clear boundaries ahead of time, while you're able to think clearly about the issues. "Hard cases make bad law" as the lawyers say. Ethicists do this sort of thing all the time.
There's a line between the OS and third-party software. There's a line between malicious software and accidentally vulnerable. Apple has just shown that it is willing to cross both those lines. Where is the line at which Apple will stop?
In what way did Apple cross a line? Platform vendors have automatically removed malware for many years. In this particular case, Apple, in consultation with the vendor, removed a particularly nasty vulnerability. The software itself was left alone. In fact, because the software was written so poorly, the vendor didn't even have the ability to address the problem - only Apple could. It's even odder to bring up ethics - should Apple have knowingly left zillions of users exposed to this?
To make this look scary, you have to misrepresent what Apple actually did and then extrapolate to some frightening hypothetical to end up at nothing more than a risk inherent in all self-updating software.
If the position is 'all self-updating software is an unreasonable risk', fine. But at least argue that unvarnished, and I imagine to most people, extreme and impractical view instead of trying to dress it up as some novel and intricate argument about morality and creeping authoritarianism.
throwaway2048 7 days ago
Lets ask a reasonable question: who wants the zoom webserver running on their systems providing a backdoor.
I didn't want my window to be broken. I still wasn't happy when my landlord came in and fixed it without giving me any notice.
You have to extend some goodwill to a company that invested millions of dollars and absolutely critical space in its handheld tech simply for security (I'm referring, of course, to the secure enclave).
Point to me any other manufacturer who has gone to those lengths to protect their users. There was no reason for Apple to develop that tech. No one else in that space, but they developed it anyway.
Can they do all this stuff? Sure, but I don't think they will. It does not seem to be in their interest.
I'd rather put Apple in control of my computer than any other random software vendor. This is exatly why all windows systems are full of crapware and are grinding their disks out of the box
eeeeeeeeeeeee 8 days ago
Exactly. What is the other option? Show my mom how to use terminal to delete hidden dot directories?
I also purged Zoom. They've blown it in the trust department. They better start working on a web app because that is as much access they'll get from me in the future.
They didn't remove the application. They removed the mechanism by which that application was circumventing user intervention (which does actually remove the application). It's almost like a company refusing to take chinless credit cards to stop fake credit card use. They didn't do anything to the credit cards themselves to make the valid ones invalid. They just updated their policies to exclude the ones that could be abused.
root_axis 8 days ago
It's not spyware, this was not something that was intended to be abused, it's insecure software and its very common, you're running plenty of it right now.
smittywerben 8 days ago
> It's not spyware, this was not something that was intended to be abused
Do you have a source for that. It doesn't peek around my computer a little and/or send back any telemetry? I'm being serious, I'd like to know.
I had to install Zoom in school in 2014, I ended up uninstalling it the next week and reformatted after the quarter. I'm with Apple here. It's shit insecure non-consenting software that wastes battery 99.99% of the time.
> I had to install Zoom in school in 2014
This is a good point; we shouldn't act as though users are necessarily making an informed choice or meaningfully consenting to all the software that's on their computers. Lots of people are forced to install software at economic gunpoint (and probably can ill afford a separate computer to isolate it on).
You can't depend on users and the marketplace to select against insecure software. The market is too distorted to function that way; the people forcing others to use shitty software are often isolated from the consequences themselves, so there's no effective feedback loop to stop it. Having the OS vendor step in is really the only good solution in the short term.
Izkata 8 days ago
IIRC, part of the functionality included silent background updates from a domain that nearly expired, and was only renewed when pointed out to them during the discovery of this.
Thanks, that cuts through a lot of the fluff.
The part that freaks me out is you can't uninstall it.
"The undocumented web server remained installed even if a user uninstalled Zoom."
I'm not sure if this is common. Sony got caught with their XCP rootkit (I'm not sure if they called it this at the time) you had to fill out a "uninstall request" form on their site with your email and location[0]. I'm not sure if the uninstaller fixed the vulnerability.
So maybe a rootkit might describe this if the vulnerable webserver is privileged. In Sony's case, the side effects were unintentional (though their history with DRM is egregious). I think Zoom is just polluted MVP in production.
[0] https://web.archive.org/web/20051104044919/http://cp.sonybmg...
greenshackle2 7 days ago
It's not spyware but it's user-hostile, insecure, undocumented, uninstallable-by-the-usual-process software.
Most of the insecure software that I run has enough grace to not silently leave behind a web server to automatically re-install itself after I dumped it in the trash can.
You have no idea what "most insecure" software does, if you did you wouldn't be running it. Lots of insecure software fails in spectacularly unexpected ways.
https://www.macworld.co.uk/news/iphone/facetime-bug-hack-369...
This is a horrifying bug. Is Facetime malware? Or do developers with earnest intentions sometimes write buggy code?
Buggy code is common, silently installing and running a web server is not.
The webserver is an implementation detail. It's not uncommon for desktop application software to use native code to provide UX enhancements that are not possible within the browser alone. If the server had been designed securely it would not be an issue, it would just be left-over cruft, which is also pretty common.
Mindwipe 7 days ago
This is effectively a press release to the Russian and Chinese governments that Apple could unilaterally remove all VPN software from Macs in a territory if they were compelled to.
If you don't think that's scary then you're just incapable of long term thinking.
What? The blowback from that would be huge. Why would they do that?
Yes, they can do that. So can Microsoft with Windows. So can Google with Android. Will any of them do that? Hopefully not, at the very least. Will all of them do that? Probably not- there's money to be made being the last company standing that actively protects privacy.
> What? The blowback from that would be huge. Why would they do that?
For the same reason Apple removed VPN apps from the Chinese iOS app store and multiple news organisations. Because they feel that the money from China is worth obeying oppressive regimes. I really don't think the backlash would be any worse.
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Book 2, Chapter 78 - Twigs For Swords
Drake's body wasn't only the result of hard training and high potential. The Thanes were second only to the Polaris family in military circles, with any number of lauded soldiers and officers as numerous as the clouds. In contrast to Skye's brood, however, the Thanes did not have demonhunting in their blood. They relied on their own strength to get ahead.
What they did have was a secret method for body strengthening, past down from generation to generation. It was a system far more rigorous than the one used by demonhunters – more effective but also tremendously difficult. It involved more than a dozen secret family medicines, and back-breaking training that subjected the student to extreme torment. In this way they made themselves strong, from bone to organs, from skin to tendons.
It was this body refinement that made the Thanes such a powerhouse. They were a second-tier family in Skycloud, yet thanks to sheer might they far surpassed the Lunaes in influence. Their younger generation, to a man, dominated the battlefields with their incredible skills.
No rain of arrows nor hail of bullets gave them pause. So who gave a shit about a stick?
Forget the fact that this kid was a nobody, if a Cloude or Polaris threatened to beat him with a stick it was downright laughable!
Cloudhawk gingerly swung his feeble weapon through the air. Whoosh! Whoosh! The thin branch whistled as it cut the air. He pointed it at Drake Thane tauntingly. "What? Scared? Truth is all that muscular nonsense might as well be paper to my eyes. I don't need a fancy sword, a branch will work just fine."
Anger tinged Drake's laughter. "A branch, eh? You've got a big mouth! And if you can't back it up?"
"I'm here, aint I? If I lose you do what you want. A sitting duck."
"Alright!" Drake gripped the jagged hole in his clothes and ripped the cloth apart, revealing the upper half of his body. If one looked closely they might see that he didn't have a single visible pore. Every corded muscle was perfectly smooth, glossy as bronze or marble. His physique was etched as perfectly as though he'd been sculpted, all hard lines, like a statue come to life. "Show me what you got."
Drake wasn't interest in wasting time, but everyone had their pride. And when his pride was so thoroughly insulted, he couldn't help but let his anger show. This guy was an irritating little shit, but letting him take a swipe with his little stick would only waste a few seconds.
When he failed he could go about grinding all his bones to dust!
"What is he thinking?!"
A magnetic and attractive voice rose from beside Claudia that drew her eye. She saw the blonde haired young man standing near her, back to the way he had been before. The frightening madness that had consumed him was gone. The bashful charm was back. Presumably Naberius could only come out for a short time when emotions ran high. Once things calmed down, Gabriel replaced him.
Claudia was alert and wary.
How could she not be? Not a minute ago his face had been filled with murderous rage. He'd tried his damnedest to rip her throat open with his bare hands! Now, all of a sudden it was like nothing happened. He was standing beside her naturally, like they were old friends. A guy like him, who changed his mood as fast as turning a page, was someone she definitely had to keep an eye on.
This bastard turncoat hadn't only betrayed her when she was trying to help, he'd turned his back on the gods themselves. In more ways than one he was far worse than Cloudhawk. She was determined to keep her eyes open, if a chance presented itself she would break this psychopath in half.
But now wasn't the time. Claudia pretended she hadn't heard him.
She wasn't sure what in the world Cloudhawk was thinking, either. Somehow his psychic energy had advanced by leaps and bounds, but physically the two were about equal. Even with a powerful attack relic it wasn't guaranteed he could break Drake's defense.
And a stick? That was flat-out nonsense.
Claudia was familiar with Cloudhawk's cunning nature. It made him different from the standard mold. He liked to get under his opponent's skin, even in the middle of a fight, and manipulate them to his purposes. Was this part of the strategy he was using now? Accepting this farce of a challenge proved that Drake had taken the bait.
Was the plan to distract him and try to run?
No, that couldn't be it. Drake was no fool. He would notice right away if Cloudhawk tried. What's more, at a glance from their leader the other soldiers had begun to circle them. They had Cloudhawk surrounded, so even if he got past one the others were there to stop him. There was no running.
Drake Thane roared at him with a voice that could crack boulders. "What are you waiting for?!"
Cloudhawk took a deep breath. In truth, he didn't know. But he had to try something.
The vibrations of power from the phase stone grew stronger. A field of power rose up, filling him up and enveloping him on all sides. It separated him from the fabric of reality.
Although everyone could still see him, Cloudhawk had stepped halfway between this dimension and the next. Although he didn't phase somewhere else entirely, he had become dislodged from the material plane. Like this he was safe, so long as an attack didn't overpower the stone's abilities. Anything less would pass harmlessly through him.
It was time to start. Cloudhawk held the stick high like a sword and flew forward.
And fly was right. He floated up off of the ground like nothing was holding him, while his coarse clothes fluttered. Gravity no longer existed for him. As gentle as a leaf on the wind, with his stick pointed straight ahead, Cloudhawk floated toward Drake. Without anything to stop him, Cloudhawk passed effortlessly through space toward his target.
Drake and his cronies looked on, shocked.
What was this? An attack this light would hardly tickle! But these men were experienced warriors, and they recognized when something wasn't right. It was an exceptionally strange scene to witness this guy rise like he did, with his clothes and his hair floating like gravity meant nothing.
Such a slow and easy strike was something even a child could avoid. He came at them like he was arriving from far away, from another world. Strange, certainly, but hardly dangerous. With a grunt, Drake stood stoic and steadfast as Cloudhawk approached.
The branch reached his chest.
Then, the unexpected happened.
Cloudhawk's branch slipped into Drake's body like he was made of air. They stared in shock, like looking at a ghost! It was more than abnormal, for beyond feeling anything it also left no wound. No blood was spilled.
Claudia's face froze. An illusion? A phantom?
Gabriel knew better. It had to be a relic that let him pass through things like this. That was the only way for Cloudhawk to pass through something so easily, while leaving no trace. But what was he thinking?
When Drake saw the branch slip through his body, he broke out in a cold sweat. It was short-lived, however, and disappeared when he saw there was no pain. He recovered fast and realized that it was all a trick. The bastard dared try to deceive him!
Cloudhawk's eyes were calm as a lake surface. It was the first time he was doing something like this. Whether or not he would succeed hinged on this moment!
The phase stone's power was suddenly interrupted. Cloudhawk was all at once returned to the material world, as was the branch he held. The branch that was still mostly inside Drake's chest… that's right!
This was Cloudhawk's innovative strategy!
A mere branch couldn't penetrate Drake's defenses, not even if it was Master Arcturus who wielded it. The branch was just too brittle. He'd have to stab it at Drake ten times the speed of sound to have a chance. Only, was there anyone in the world who could move that fast? Just the friction of it all would burn him to cinders.
But what did set Cloudhawk apart was the phase stone!
Under the stone's power he placed the branch where he wanted. Though Drake and the branch occupied the same location, they did not yet share the same place. The two were in separate dimensions and did not interact. But when he let the stone's field dissipate, suddenly the two were forced together. The branch reconnected to the material plane planted firmly in Drake's chest. This interdimensional attack was the only way to undermine the warrior's defenses.
Of course, Cloudhawk wasn't some planewalking master. He'd come up with it on the fly, and it was the only choice he had. If it didn't work, he and the others would be unlikely to escape.
Cloudhawk felt the branch fighting against the field. He sensed a fierce resistance that made him pause. It wasn't unlike the resistance he felt when he tried to pass through solid objects. The denser and more energy-rich the object he tried to penetrate, the higher it resisted. The force on the branch was increasing dramatically.
Not good!
Crackling came from the dead branch fixed in his grip. It shattered into more than ten pieces with splinters firing off like bullets. The bits that were inside Drake were violently forced out, much to Cloudhawk's shock and surprise. Was this right? Had he gambled and lost?
Drake screamed in agonized pain and hit the ground, clutching his chest.
The branch had indeed shattered but more than half a dozen pieces were still lodged in the soldier's body. The skin, muscle, bone and organs of his body all had different strengths. The stick hadn't damaged his skin or caused any issue to his muscle or bone, because the resistance force of his body spat the big chunks out.
But the body's internal tissues were complicated.
The splinters of petrified wood inside of him spread everywhere. Some were in his lungs, and some were in his blood vessels pumping through his heart. The results were unmistakably awful.
Blood poured from Drake's mouth and nose. This level of internal damage was unprecedented for him, more than he could bear.
A single hit had laid him out. Cloudhawk actually did it.
If he'd been using Quiet Carnage, or if his psychic energy were strong enough to combat the resistance, the stick would have been kept intact and ran Drake through. It would have killed him on the spot!
His first attempt was quite significant. Not only had he defeated Drake, Cloudhawk had discovered a whole new way to fight.
From now on the strongest defenses were meaningless before Cloudhawk and his phase stone!
Xiao Lai's Thoughts
Oh shit, a phasing attack! I've been waiting for him to get a special attack of his own like this. Someone predicted/hypothesized an attack like this in comments a bit ago. Nicely done!


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package com.nullify.travi;

import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.SharedPreferences;
import android.graphics.Color;
import android.graphics.Typeface;
import android.graphics.drawable.Animatable;
import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
import android.os.AsyncTask;
import android.os.Build;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.annotation.NonNull;
import android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout;
import android.support.design.widget.Snackbar;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.Window;
import android.view.WindowManager;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Toast;

import com.google.android.gms.tasks.OnCompleteListener;
import com.google.android.gms.tasks.Task;
import com.google.firebase.auth.AuthResult;
import com.google.firebase.auth.FirebaseAuth;
import com.google.firebase.auth.FirebaseUser;

import org.json.JSONObject;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.BufferedWriter;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.URL;
import java.net.URLEncoder;
import java.util.Iterator;

import javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection;

public class ConfirmActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
    private Button cverify, cancell;
    private FirebaseAuth mAuth;
    private String email, pass;
    private CoordinatorLayout coordinate;
    private TextView c1,c2;
    public static final String MyPREFERENCES = "MyPrefs";
    private SharedPreferences sharedpreferences;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_confirm);
        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP) {
            Window window = getWindow();
            window.addFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_DRAWS_SYSTEM_BAR_BACKGROUNDS);
            window.setStatusBarColor(Color.YELLOW);
        }
        sharedpreferences = getSharedPreferences(MyPREFERENCES, Context.MODE_PRIVATE);
        if (sharedpreferences.getString("vd","0").equals("1")){
            startActivity(new Intent(ConfirmActivity.this, ConfirmUsername.class));
            ConfirmActivity.this.finish();
        }
        Bundle bundle = getIntent().getExtras();
        email = bundle.getString("email");
        pass = bundle.getString("pass");
        Typeface galano = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(), "Galano Grotesque DEMO Bold_1481013698090.otf");
        cverify = (Button) findViewById(R.id.confirm_verify_next);
        cancell = (Button) findViewById(R.id.confirm_verify_cancel);
        c1 = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.ct1);
        c2 = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.ct2);
        cverify.setTypeface(galano);
        cancell.setTypeface(galano);
        c1.setTypeface(galano);
        c2.setTypeface(galano);
        coordinate = (CoordinatorLayout) findViewById(R.id.confirm_cordnate);
        mAuth = FirebaseAuth.getInstance();
        cancell.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                FirebaseUser user = mAuth.getCurrentUser();
                user.delete();

                mAuth.signOut();
                new DeletePost().execute();
                startActivity(new Intent(ConfirmActivity.this, LoginActivity.class));
                ConfirmActivity.this.finish();
            }
        });
        cverify.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                mAuth.signOut();
                cverify.setText("Wait..");
                cverify.setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(0, 0, R.drawable.spinner, 0);
                cverify.setCompoundDrawablePadding(10);
                Drawable progressAnimationLeft = cverify.getCompoundDrawables()[2];
                Animatable animatable = ((Animatable) progressAnimationLeft);
                animatable.start();
                mAuth.signInWithEmailAndPassword(email, pass)
                        .addOnCompleteListener(ConfirmActivity.this, new OnCompleteListener<AuthResult>() {
                            @Override
                            public void onComplete(@NonNull Task<AuthResult> task) {
                                if (task.isSuccessful()) {
                                    FirebaseUser user = mAuth.getCurrentUser();
                                    if (user.isEmailVerified()) {
                                        SharedPreferences.Editor editor;
                                        editor = sharedpreferences.edit();
                                        editor.putString("vd", "1");
                                        editor.commit();
                                        startActivity(new Intent(ConfirmActivity.this, ConfirmUsername.class));
                                        ConfirmActivity.this.finish();
                                    } else {
                                        Snackbar snackbar = Snackbar
                                                .make(coordinate, "Email is not verified please try after verify ", Snackbar.LENGTH_LONG);

                                        snackbar.show();
                                        cverify.setText("NEXT");
                                        cverify.setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(0, 0, 0, 0);
                                    }
                                } else {
                                    Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "error", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                                }
                            }
                        });
            }
        });

    }

    @Override
    public void onStart() {
        super.onStart();
    }

    public class DeletePost extends AsyncTask<String, Void, String> {

        protected void onPreExecute() {
            cancell.setText("Wait..");
            cancell.setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(0, 0, R.drawable.spinner, 0);
            cancell.setCompoundDrawablePadding(10);
            Drawable progressAnimationLeft = cancell.getCompoundDrawables()[2];
            Animatable animatable = ((Animatable) progressAnimationLeft);
            animatable.start();
        }

        protected String doInBackground(String... arg0) {

            try {

                URL url = new URL("http://www.nullify.in/travi/delete.php");

                JSONObject postDataParams = new JSONObject();
                postDataParams.put("email", email);
                Log.e("params", postDataParams.toString());

                HttpURLConnection conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
                conn.setReadTimeout(15000);
                conn.setConnectTimeout(15000);
                conn.setRequestMethod("POST");
                conn.setDoInput(true);
                conn.setDoOutput(true);

                OutputStream os = conn.getOutputStream();
                BufferedWriter writer = new BufferedWriter(
                        new OutputStreamWriter(os, "UTF-8"));
                writer.write(getPostDataString(postDataParams));

                writer.flush();
                writer.close();
                os.close();

                int responseCode = conn.getResponseCode();

                if (responseCode == HttpsURLConnection.HTTP_OK) {

                    BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new
                            InputStreamReader(
                            conn.getInputStream()));

                    StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer("");
                    String line = "";

                    while ((line = in.readLine()) != null) {

                        sb.append(line);
                        break;
                    }

                    in.close();
                    return sb.toString();

                } else {
                    return new String("false : " + responseCode);
                }
            } catch (Exception e) {
                return new String("Exception: " + e.getMessage());
            }

        }

        @Override
        protected void onPostExecute(String result) {

        }
    }

    public String getPostDataString(JSONObject params) throws Exception {

        StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
        boolean first = true;

        Iterator<String> itr = params.keys();

        while (itr.hasNext()) {

            String key = itr.next();
            Object value = params.get(key);

            if (first)
                first = false;
            else
                result.append("&");

            result.append(URLEncoder.encode(key, "UTF-8"));
            result.append("=");
            result.append(URLEncoder.encode(value.toString(), "UTF-8"));

        }
        return result.toString();
    }
}

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The GKD Evolution is a convertible sports car manufactured by British company GKD Sports Cars, based in Boughton Monchelsea, near Maidstone with workshops at Lenham.

History
On February 27, 2005, GKD Sports Cars purchased the G27 chassis jigs, body moulds, patterns and drawings from Ginetta.

A number of changes were introduced; to the front and rear aerodynamics, styling, torsional rigidity for the chassis, weight, and front suspension geometry. The driver seat was updated as well.

The updated car, renamed the Evolution, was launched in 2006.

The Evolution has been changed to take BMW 3 Series E36/E46 parts since the Sierra became more difficult to source. The Evolution will take any BMW 4- or 6-cylinder engine.

Parts are also available to G27 owners wanting to upgrade earlier models.

Components
The car uses a donor pack from a BMW 3 Series. The donor pack includes, half-shafts, brakes, prop shaft, steering column and lower steering shaft and if required, engine and gearbox. The large engine bay helps accommodate most engines, including 2.0-litre Cosworth, BMW straight six and Rover V8. The chassis comes with BMW engine mounts already welded to it to ease fitment.

Fully built cars are also supplied to foreign markets, countering crash test requirements.

The body shell is made from GRP fibreglass, with a bespoke chassis housing the engine and suspension.

Example cars
The Evolution can utilize most engines, the chart below indicates performance with a BMW E46 M3 with standard spec.

Awards and press comments
The S1 Cosworth first production car was awarded car of the year 2006 from Which Kit Car magazine. This included winning 5 out of 7 categories in the competition.

"From the specification, the Evolution comes across as an out and out performance car which, of course, it is but it's also practical."

References

External links
 GKD Sports Cars

Cars of England

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


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Atrial Fibrillation (AFib)
Back & Neck Pain
Eustachian Tube Dysfunction (ETD)
Foot & Ankle Pain
Hand, Finger & Wrist Pain
Limb Deformity
Nasal Obstruction
Rib Fracture
Vertebral Compression Fracture
Cervical Fusion
Colorectal Surgery for Colorectal Cancer
Colorectal Surgery for Diverticulitis
Colorectal Surgery for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Discectomy
Hand, Finger & Wrist Surgery
Knee Injection
Laminectomy & Laminotomy
Limb Deformity Correction
Lumbar Fusion
Nasal Balloon Dilation
Reflux Management System
Scoliosis Correction
Surgical Rib Fixation
Vertebral Compression Fracture Treatment
Shoulder Replacement Surgery
Teammates in Recovery
It takes a team to recover from a traumatic injury. A unified lineup of surgeons, healthcare professionals, family and friends to help navigate what is often a complex and challenging journey.
The road to recovery is tough. It demands a great deal of strength – and not just in the physical sense. Mental health and well-being also play a critical role, and finding emotional support is a key part of the process.
Teammates in Recovery is a campaign from DePuy Synthes, the Orthopaedics Company of Johnson & Johnson, that aims to create community and provide support for those who have experienced traumatic injury and the people who care for them.
Your Teammate in Recovery: Alex Smith
On Nov. 18, 2018, Alex Smith, former professional football player and the 2005 No. 1 draft pick, experienced a compound fracture to the tibia and fibula in his right leg during a game. Over the course of two years, Alex battled a grueling and complicated recovery journey. From learning to walk again to stepping back onto the football field, Alex credits a focus on his mental and emotional well-being as a key factor in his successful comeback.
We're All in This Together
When the days are hard, and the gains are slow, it's important to remember: You are not alone. That's why Teammates in Recovery is here to remind you that other survivors are out there. Other people are on the comeback trail just like you.
You may have different experiences, but your stories carry the same grit and determination. The same resilience that can become fuel for the journey. Your stories can show others that we're all in this together. That we're all Teammates in Recovery.
Your story of traumatic injury recovery can help others along their physical and emotional journey.
Share your story with us today
Ask Alex Smith
Sharing stories rooted in inspiration, Alex Smith recounts the importance of acknowledging the emotional side of physical recovery and lessons he learned throughout his recovery.
Alex Smith shares his perspective on how to keep fighting when times get tough while recovering from traumatic injury. Watch now.
Reflecting on your injury recovery journey, when did you start to feel like "I can do this?"
How did you approach your mental and emotional well-being throughout your journey, and how did it help in your recovery?
Alex Smith's approach to mental and emotional wellness helped play a role in his recovery from traumatic injury. Watch now.
What advice do you have for people who have experienced a traumatic injury?
Alex Smith's mindset shifts helped him during his injury recovery process. Watch now.
What would you say to friends, family and caregivers who have a loved one recovering from an injury?
Alex Smith shares what his support system meant to him during his injury recovery journey. Watch now.
Traumatic injury recovery is hard. But remember: You don't have to do it alone. There is a community of support to help you.
Learn more about available resources and support
Alex Smith has been compensated for his time working on the Teammates in Recovery campaign. Thoughts and opinions expressed are his own and not reflective of DePuy Synthes or Johnson & Johnson. Individuals in images are portrayals and not real survivors of traumatic injuries.
It takes a team to recover from a traumatic injury. While everyone's injury and recovery are different, the need for support is a common thread, and that's why it's important to surround yourself with a strong and caring team led by a trusted healthcare professional. The material on this site is intended only as educational information, and it is not intended to be taken as medical advice. If you need medical advice or have questions about your treatment or condition, we urge you to speak with your healthcare professional. If you are experiencing a medical emergency, dial 911. Consult your doctor or contact a national crisis hotline if you need mental or emotional support.


Highly Recommend Received without issue, quite fast.
Received without issue, quite fast.
Delivered within three days of order. Yet to try.
Very fast delivery and well packed. Thank you!
Repeat customer. Good service as usual. Thank you.
Always order this, good and delivery is prompt.
Hi, is this in stock? When will you be sending out if I buy today? Please advise, thanks.
Hi, the product is in stock. If order is placed today before 6pm, your order will be picked up by qxpress tomorrow. Delivery is usually 1-3 days after collection by qxpress. If you need the product urgently then we suggest that you make purchase from other vendors. Thank you.
If i want self collection at 7-eleven, the shipping fee of $3.99 is still charged. So no free shipping even if i collect fr 7-eleven?
hi, the shipping company that we engage is Qexpress and the option to collect from 7-Eleven is a pickup option provided by Qexpress. We did not offer the option to collect from 7-Eleven. The amount that you see at 'Checkout' is the actual price that you will need to pay. We do not have control over the shipping option.
We have switched the delivery option back to qprime. Please try again. Thank you.
Hi may i know what is the expiry date for the current stock of raw umf10? Thank you.
The best before for rawumf10 is 11 sep 2022. Hope this info helps.
Can I take calcium with manuka honey and goat milk?
Hi, gerenally it is okay to take manuka honey with goat milk but we not too sure about calcium tablets. You might wish to seek medical advise for this especially if there is underlying medical issue. Thank you.
Hi, can 2yo toddler take raw umf12 Manuka honey for health maintenance? How much is the recommended intake and if falling sick with cold and cough, need to increase intake? Thanks for advice!
Honey can be given to toddlers above 1 year old. Generally we recommend 1 teaspoon a day. When feeling unwell, the intake can be increased to 3 times a day. Hope this info helps.
Hi, may I know when you will be having stock of the normal umf 10 honey?
Hi, the new stock will arrive before end of october. Hope this info helps.
Hi, I've placed order for 2 bottles. Can you advise on the condition under which to store both opened and unopened bottles? Thanks!
Please store the both opened and unopened in a cool place away from direct sunlight and heat. The optimum temperate to store is below 20 degree C which is hard to achieve in SIngapore. If you don't mind very crystallized honey, you can place them in the fridge. Hope this info helps.


Welcome to King City's oldest church building, our historic brick Chapel with the pointed spire on Keele Street.
Alone on a large lot for many years, it was the focus of parish life for Anglicans from its opening in 1857 to the dedication of the new larger church in 1960. Many of our early parishioners are buried in the graveyard, and many later parish members have found final rest in the newer walled Easter Garden beside the chapel.
The chapel is still used and treasured for its beautiful stained glass windows, its wonderful small pipe organ, and the memories of the hundreds and hundreds of worshippers who have knelt here. The 8:00 am Sunday Eucharist uses the much loved Book of Common Prayer, and continues year round. In the summer months, the chapel welcomes our larger congregation to a 10:00 am Sunday modern sung Eucharist with hymns.
Our chapel is intimate and very friendly. So, come up the path from Keele St., admire our new peaceful hosta garden and enter through the huge old doors on the north side. We really do live up to our mission to be A Welcoming Community bringing comfort and love. Come as you are, let Christ inspire.


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Upgrade to gas distribution network at Millbridge, Liversedge
The North of England's gas distributer, Northern Gas Networks (NGN), is investing £50,000 to upgrade the gas distribution network in the Millbridge area of Liversedge.
The project, which will begin on Monday 22 July and is expected to complete on 16 August, involves replacing old metallic gas mains with new, more durable plastic pipes. This is to ensure the safe, continued and reliable supply of gas to customers in Liversedge for years to come.
To ensure the safety of NGN engineering teams and members of the public, it will be necessary to introduce some traffic management during the works.
From Monday 22 July until 16 August, the existing Millbridge traffic lights will be temporarily replaced with four-way traffic signals to ensure a smooth flow of traffic.
From Monday 22 July until 16 August, access to the A649 Halifax Road will be closed at Millbridge lights, with traffic only able to exit out on to the A62 Leeds Road. A full signed diversion will be in place for motorists and other road users to follow.
It's expected that journey times will be increased because of the traffic management in place, so all motorists and commuters are advised to leave extra time for travel.
NGN's Customer Care team will be on site throughout the project to provide updates to affected businesses and residents. Updates will also be posted on Facebook/northerngasnetworks and @NGNgas as well as Kirklees Council's channels.
Chris Nevison, NGN Business Operations Lead for Pennines, said: "After safety, minimising the impact of road works on our customers is our top priority and we have worked closely with Kirklees Council to plan this project.
"We would like to thank all our customers for their patience whilst we carry out these essential works, and apologise for any inconvenience customers may experience as we look to complete them as safely and quickly as possible."
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Whee, World War III, Here We Come!
The confrontational diplomacy is bearing the usual fruits: rising tensions and increasing dangers. North Korea has decided the sanctions are a declaration of war. Since Bush declared war on NK in 2002, this means shooting can commence at any time. Talk about hairtrigger. And Iran calls Bush a satanist. They are correct. And Iraq's destruction continues unabated.
BBC news:
China has appealed to Pyongyang not to escalate tensions, urging its key ally to resolve the issue "through dialogue and consultation".
NEW UN SANCTIONS
Bans sale to, or export from, N Korea of military hardware
Bans sale or export of nuclear and missile related items
Bans sale of luxury goods
Freezes finances and bans travel of anyone involved in nuclear, missile programmes
Allows inspection of cargo to and from N Korea
Stresses new resolution needed for further action
Who stands where
The UN Security Council unanimously voted on Saturday to impose sanctions, targeting Pyongyang's weapons and missile programmes as well as luxury goods.
In its first official statement since the vote, North Korea said it "vehemently denounced" the resolution and called it a "product of US hostile policy" towards the country.
"The resolution cannot be construed otherwise than a declaration of a war" against the North, the statement from the foreign ministry said, echoing comments made by North Korea's ambassador to the UN on Saturday.
Great. We had one stalemate war with North Korea. Now we can have another? The last one destroyed much of the infrastructure of Korea. This one could destroy the planet. The horses left the nuclear bomb barn long ago. When the USA imposed much weaker sanctions on Pakistan and India, they ignored it and after a very short while, we ignored it and indeed, we are frantically arming both countries.
North Korea expects the same courtesy. Ditto Iran. Of course, the USA has declared war on both nations so they won't get this same boon. This means the world gets a boom instead. Confrontations with countries that aren't flashpoints for world war is dangerous. Getting into terminal fights with countries that ARE obvious flashpoints for world wars is beyond dangerous, it is suicidal.
It is obvious to everyone that North Korea won't back down. If the people are really pushed hard, they will lash out. I once trapped a large rat in New York City. I threw a brick at it and it jumped at my face. I hit it with a garbage can lid. It took myself and a passing truck driver who saw the fight, some effort to kill this rat. There was blood all over the place. A horrible mess.
And there is an old saying about cornering small animals: they always turn and fight. So when the rat that is cornered pulls out a nuke, it pays to back off and reconsider. We aren't going to disarm North Korea. Period. Even China can't do this now. If we blockade the place, they simply will set off the inevitable fireworks. The Chinese don't want this and are really ticked off at our inept diplomacy that has set this disaster in motion.
Another thing one should avoid is religious wars.
By Frances Harrison
BBC News, Tehran
Ahmadinejad says he has inspirational links to God
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has reportedly delivered a scathing attack on US President George W Bush, saying he is inspired by Satan.
Just this month, the man who ran the religious outreach for the White House wrote a book about how all the satanists in the White House mock the brain-dead religious followers of the satanic ritualist who runs America. This very revealing book is causing a stir at home but to me, this is ridiculous. From day one, it should have been crystal clear to anyone watching Bush that he is a ritual satanist. Pretending the Skull and Bones is just a fraternity that happens to ape every single satanist ritual known to man is a frat prank is dangerous. After all, even teens can practice satanism and quite a few do so it isn't much of a stretch to understand that people over the age of 21 and all the Skull and Boners are above that age.
It pays to note the intentions and beliefs of satanists (which are NOT 'Wiccan'). The fact that the present crew of satanists also support the Catholic Church in destructive ways should alarm religious leaders in the Vatican except the guy on the throne with the seven tiered crown on his head is a former Nazi who believes in the satanic power of the Apocalypse. Erg. He declared war on Islam at Regensburg, Germany and then retreated when the resulting firestorm left him exposed.
The End of Times Protestants in America who support Bush do so because they want war. And they can't understand the Apocalypse's warnings about the antichrist because their lust for killing off fellow Americans who 'sin' has destroyed any sense of humanity, love or compassion. So now we have world leaders calling each other the Axis of Evil or Satan and this sort of talk is fueling a fire we can't douse.
Click here to see the jihad's home video of the American base they successfully blew up in Iraq. I will note this ends with talk about Mecca, the Jihad, and cleansing Isalm of Western influences. The desert storm we unleashed wasn't the victory of the Christian/Jewish armies but rather a dark, blood-red storm that is gathering strength, not weakening at all.
Iraq falls apart and this opens the portals for blinding rage and fury directed at everyone and anyone.
By Borzou Daragahi
Times Staff Writer
BAGHDAD — Months of bloodshed have threatened to loosen the bonds holding together Iraq's fractious government, with tensions between political blocs spilling out in recent days in fiery rhetoric as well as fighting that left more than 130 people dead nationwide.
Disagreements over several contentious issues burst into the open with a highly divisive vote on the issue of parceling Iraq into federal districts, finger-pointing over the assassination of a top politician's brother and a series of massacres between rival Shiite Muslims and Sunni Arabs north of the capital.
A fraternal war of Shi'a versus Sunni isn't going to help us. And having these wars take place in the heart of the world's oil reserves is pure insanity. Only a madman who worships the Devil that is Death while laying in a coffin in a building called the Tomb at Yale would want such an outcome and this all goes back to why we are in this mess: it doesn't pay to follow the devil.
And this satanist wants to stay the course of course.
By ANNE PLUMMER FLAHERTY, Associated Press Writer Mon Oct 16, 7:07 PM ET
WASHINGTON - President Bush told Iraq's prime minister on Monday he has no plans to pull U.S. forces out of the war-torn country, in a conversation that underscored Iraqi worries that the president is being pressured to curtail America's role in the widely unpopular war.
In a 15-minute morning phone call, Bush told Nouri al-Maliki that rumors of a withdrawal of troops in two months were untrue and that the United States would stand strong with its new ally. But even as Bush reassured al-Maliki, he is having to confront growing doubts among Republicans in Congress about his war policies.
We lost Stalingrad, Hitler. It is gone. And can some brave general who is NOW on the Pentagon's top staff please go to Rummy and tell him this is over and if he doesn't withdraw the troops now, everyone is going to walk?
Of course, this means no cushy jobs, no golden parachute into some rich military/industrial company that is milking the government into bankruptcy. Everyone has to have a happy life except for the lower class, luckless saps sent into this obvious hell hole. They can die and death is OK with satanists: they want human sacrifices and this makes them very happy and I can only assume the leaders at the Pentagon, a building designed on satanic principles, these idiots don't care how many Americans die.
On a side note, the racism of the neonazi Israeli Jews keeps popping up.
By HERB KEINON
Israel's ambassador to Australia, Naftali Tamir, is on his way home to clarify comments in a newspaper interview in which he was quoted as saying that Israel and Australia are "like sisters in Asia," because "we don't have yellow skin and slanted eyes."
Naziism=war. And the mindset of Nazis, namely that they are pure, loved by god and deserve to rule the earth and their skin color and hair type are signals they are supermen and therefore have the obligation to enslave or murder untermenschen has so infected the minds of Jews living in Israel that they can't control the urge to blurt out in public outside of Israel, this sort of racist garbage.
And the Muslims in the Middle East are now destroying ancient religious communities that have lived in relative peace for a thousand years thanks to the USA cornering them and forcing them down this path. Any sign of nationalism in the past has been attacked vigorously and viciously by Israel and the USA in concert because Israel wanted weak neighbors. This has driven the people of these lands into radical religious extremism which is a terrible solution to the problem of looting the Palestinian people of everything they own.
The jihad tape in this article even mentions Palestine. The key to much of this mess.
"If we blockade the place, they simply will set off the inevitable fireworks."
Imposing sanctions, which leads to money strains on a country that is KNOWN to sell weapons will elicit exactly the opposite result what what you want.
Posted by: Liberal AND Proud | October 17, 2006 at 07:58 AM
"Since Bush declared war on NK in 2002, this means shooting can commence at any time."
He didn't need to - the 1950-53 Korean War has never officially ended. There's a cease-fire but no peace treaty, so shooting could have started any time in the last 53 years (and has actually occurred a number of times.)
On sanctions: it's not a blockade that has the NKs annoyed. It's the banking regulations: banks that process transactions with NK get shut out of world funds transfers. Since you can't run a bank that way, Kim Jong-Il is having trouble finding a place that will cash his checks. That started a year or so ago.
http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2006/oct/15/north_korea_actions_tied_banking_dispute/?opinion
Posted by: JSmith | October 17, 2006 at 11:32 AM
Maybe he should use American Express!
No offense, JSmith...but PULEEEZE.
Arms trafficers don't write checks to one another.
I was born at night, but it wasn't LAST NIGHT. Do you REALLY think that ALL the global banking system regulation and scrutiny has done ANYTHING except hinder the ability of HONEST people to conduct business?
Last night I was watching a rerun of "Family Guy" and Peter Griffin says "Put an Israeli guy next to an Arab guy and I can't tell the difference".
Posted by: sin | October 17, 2006 at 12:48 PM
Reason rules all things.
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Saudis hold 'cross-dressing men'
Human rights activists are calling on Saudi Arabia to drop charges against 67 men arrested at a party for reportedly wearing women's clothes.
The arrests violate the basic rights of privacy and freedom of expression, according to the New York-based organisation Human Rights Watch.
Most of the men detained were Filipinos and the Philippine embassy says they have since been released.
But they face charges of imitating women, and possession of alcohol.
The affair came to light in a Saudi newspaper, al-Riyadh, which said those arrested were celebrating the Independence Day of the Philippines at a private party in the Saudi capital on 13 June.
Police are reported to have made the arrests after spotting "suspicious behaviour".
Further investigation is said to have revealed more women's clothing, cosmetics, and alcohol.
"If the police in Saudi Arabia can arrest people simply because they don't like their clothes, no-one is safe," Human Rights Watch said in a statement.
An official at the Philippine embassy said the men were set free after their respective work sponsors put up bail for them, but that charges remain.
Human Rights Watch says the Saudi authorities periodically raid gatherings at which men have allegedly worn female clothing.
It cites an example from 2005, when more than 100 men were arrested for "imitating women" and sentenced to jail terms and flogging.
On that occasion, those convicted were pardoned and released several months after their arrest.
© BBC MMIX
Labels: crossdressing, gay, Indian Transvestite, saudi arabia, women
A Swedish TV program on India does a small reportage on Ms PINAKI MITRA, an English speaking Kinnar somewhere in the north of India (mostly in English)
Labels: eunuch, hijra, indian transgender, Indian Transvestite, kinnar, Sex Reassignment Surgery, third sex
Indian city to build toilets for transgender people: report
MUMBAI — Pre and post-operative transsexuals in the southern Indian city of Chennai are to get their own public toilets in an effort to boost recognition of the community, a report said Monday.
Three toilets are to be built to cater for the sizeable transgender population as part of a pilot project that will begin after the upcoming general elections, the English-language Indian Express newspaper said.
Municipal commissioner Rajesh Lakhoni was quoted as saying that the scheme was aimed at "extending recognition to the community and mainstreaming them" and more facilities could be built if the public responded well to the idea.
But it has drawn a mixed response from the transgender community itself.
"I don't agree with this. We want to mingle with the mainstream. We don't want to be separated like this," said Aasha Bharati, president of the Aravanigal Association in Tamil Nadu state.
"Using separate toilets will open the way for discrimination. We want to be considered as females. In our hearts, we are women."
India's first transgender television host, Rose Venkatesan, was more positive. She said: "It is a big problem, because not everyone has undergone a sex change.
"This is a good idea but in the long run, I see a society where there is no difference and all use the same toilets."
There are about 30,000 transgendered people in Tamil Nadu state and there are thought to be about 500,000 across India. They are among the most marginalised and discriminated against in India's hierarchical, conservative society.
Source (AFP)
People often ask me as to where they can buy cross-dressing accessories like silicone breasts, lingerie, wigs, corsets, tummy tuckers etc. Well I have found a source in India, available on EBAY India.
The Ebay Shop is called ALVIPINTO http://stores.shop.ebay.in/Alvipinto__W0QQ_armrsZ1
He is selling a lot of things that maybe difficult for our Indian ladies to procure. This way of buying is quiet safe and anonymous.
Transsexual Activist Makes Bid in Indian Elections
The world's largest democracy goes to the polls today for the first phase of multi-stage parliamentary elections. By mid May, 714 million voters will cast ballots at 800,000 polling stations. There are, all told, 1,715 candidates for office. But one of these political hopefuls is unlike any other candidate India has ever seen. Her name is Daya Rani Kinnar and she is a transsexual activist.
From the Hindustan Times:
Kinnar is a popular figure in Ghaziabad and will stand for election as an independent candidate. "I don't mind taking on all the political heavyweights. I was born in Ghaziabad and people know me. I don't have children. I will work only for people. I am going to give a tough fight to Rajnath Singh, who is an outsider. The sitting MP did nothing for the constituency," Kinnar said.
Kinnar, founder of Sarva Samaj Sewa Samiti (a welfare organisation), promises a safe, developed Ghaziabad district.
Although illiterate, Kinnar is confident. City roads are already lined with her banners and hoardings. In these, she appears with a bindi on her forehead and head draped in a sari.
She is banking on the electorate's disenchantment with politicians. "I am just like a 'no-vote option' button on electronic voting machines," she said.
Unfortunately, the Indian press identifies her as a "eunuch." Still, just the fact that she feels empowered to put herself in the public lime light is itself a remarkable achievement in a society known for conservative cultural mores. This video from Russia Today reminds me that one courageous person can help break these barriers.
Bathroom Bullsh*t by Ms Chris Cocker
check out her website: http://www.sharenow.com/relations/profile/chriscrocker/
A Lifestyle Distinct: The Muxe of Mexico
By MARC LACEY
Photos by Katie Orlinsky for The New York Times: AT THE DEBUT Carmelo López Bernal, 13, at the recent annual town-wide muxe celebration, the occasion for his first appearance in the identity of a girl.
Mexico City — Mexico can be intolerant of homosexuality; it can also be quite liberal. Gay-bashing incidents are not uncommon in the countryside, where many Mexicans consider homosexuality a sin. In Mexico City, meanwhile, same-sex domestic partnerships are legally recognized — and often celebrated lavishly in government offices as if they were marriages.
But nowhere are attitudes toward sex and gender quite as elastic as in the far reaches of the southern state of Oaxaca. There, in the indigenous communities around the town of Juchitán, the world is not divided simply into gay and straight. The local Zapotec people have made room for a third category, which they call "muxes" (pronounced MOO-shays) — men who consider themselves women and live in a socially sanctioned netherworld between the two genders.
"Muxe" is a Zapotec word derived from the Spanish "mujer," or woman; it is reserved for males who, from boyhood, have felt themselves drawn to living as a woman, anticipating roles set out for them by the community.
Anthropologists trace the acceptance of people of mixed gender to pre-Colombian Mexico, pointing to accounts of cross-dressing Aztec priests and Mayan gods who were male and female at the same time. Spanish colonizers wiped out most of those attitudes in the 1500s by forcing conversion to Catholicism. But mixed-gender identities managed to survive in the area around Juchitán, a place so traditional that many people speak ancient Zapotec instead of Spanish.
Not all muxes express their identities the same way. Some dress as women and take hormones to change their bodies. Others favor male clothes. What they share is that the community accepts them; many in it believe that muxes have special intellectual and artistic gifts.
Every November, muxes inundate the town for a grand ball that attracts local men, women and children as well as outsiders. A queen is selected; the mayor crowns her. "I don't care what people say," said Sebastian Sarmienta, the boyfriend of a muxe, Ninel Castillejo García. "There are some people who get uncomfortable. I don't see a problem. What is so bad about it?"
Muxes are found in all walks of life in Juchitán, but most take on traditional female roles — selling in the market, embroidering traditional garments, cooking at home. Some also become sex workers, selling their services to men. .
Acceptance of a child who feels he is a muxe is not unanimous; some parents force such children to fend for themselves. But the far more common sentiment appears to be that of a woman who takes care of her grandson, Carmelo, 13.
"It is how God sent him," she said.
Katie Orlinsky contributed reporting from Juchitán, Mexico.
See Documentary film on the Muxes:
Hijra from Riftgirl on Vimeo.
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At the Shiawassee Arts Center (SAC) we offer lots of special programs to get the community involved and excited about art!
Students are introduced to several types of art when they take a short field trip to SAC with our Guided School Tours. Creative Arc offers an art outlet for young adults with disabilities in our county and Wendy's pairs up with SAC during the month of March for a Youth Arts Month. The Arts Center also hosts private Art a la Carte classes for adults and Art-themed birthday parties for children.
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Richard Dawkins outlines theory at Northrop
Dawkins, the famed evolutionist, is renowned for his controversial views.
Ashley Goetz
World renowned evolutionary biologist and atheist Dr. Richard Dawkins spoke to a crowded Northrop Auditorium on Wednesday about "the purpose of purpose" and why humans are obsessed with rationale.
After 13 years of Catholic schooling, Jeff CampbellâÄôs faith took a blow when he came across the work of evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins during his junior year of college. âÄúThis was an argument I hadnâÄôt heard before,âÄù said the mechanical engineering graduate student, now an atheist. On Wednesday night, Campbell got a chance to see Dawkins in person when the world-famous religious skeptic visited the University of Minnesota to present his lecture, âÄúThe Purpose of Purpose.âÄù In front of a packed crowd in Northrop Auditorium, Dawkins outlined his theory on the tendency of the human brain, unlike that of other animals, to be molded to seek new goals beyond those of basic biology. âÄúOur brains are flexible enough to be reprogrammed away from the goals that are directly concerned with gene survival,âÄù he said, âÄúand toward a new and competent purpose, led by a religion, by patriotism, or a sense of duty or loyalty to a party or faith.âÄù Widely controversial for his outspoken criticism of intelligent design, Dawkins was a professor at the University of California-Berkeley and the University of Oxford until his retirement in 2008. He has written nine books, including the 1996 New York Times best-selling novel, âÄúThe God Delusion,âÄù which has sold more than 1.5 million copies in English and is published in 30 other languages. The event was organized by the student group Campus Atheists, Skeptics and Humanists, whose mission parallels DawkinsâÄô promotion of a skeptical worldview, Campbell, CASHâÄôs activities director, said. âÄúHeâÄôs talking about something we all share, which is ancestry, which is history, which is our evolution,âÄù he said. But not everyone who attended the lecture agrees with DawkinsâÄô theories. Ben Cornish, history senior and president of the Campus Crusade for Christ, said although he welcomes Dawkins on campus, Dawkins is misguided in his understanding of religion. âÄúHe tends to only see the worst things that come out of religion,âÄù Cornish said. âÄúHe tends to not even consider what good has come out of it.âÄù When faced with Christian opposition, Cornish said Dawkins immediately dismisses it as fundamentalism rather than considering the argument. PZ Myers, associate professor of biology at the University of Minnesota-Morris and faculty adviser for CASH, said everyone should pay attention to DawkinsâÄô message. âÄúHeâÄôs talking about science education and getting more people interested in real science,âÄù Myers said, âÄúand heâÄôs also opposing the dogma of religion.âÄù Senior physics major Craig Muckenhirn, a member of Campus Crusade for Christ, likened Dawkins to a corrupt politician who promises a lot but delivers very little. âÄúI just would caution people to listen carefully to his arguments and try to see through the eloquent speech in which he wraps them,âÄù Muckenhirn said. The event was sponsored by CASH, the UniversityâÄôs Department of Anthropology , Hillel Jewish Student Center, the Minnesota Atheists and the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science. Myers, a personal friend of Dawkins, said he is persistent and asks difficult questions. âÄúI think thatâÄôs a good scientific approach to take,âÄù he said. âÄúIf you want to advance something, the place to start is by asking good questions.âÄù


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I have 10 clients that each have a process that posts a value to my web service every hour at three minutes after the hour. I needed to know when a post doesn't happen for a client.
I now only get notified if there last posting is more than 62 minutes old. I previously blogged about how to have rows like these show up in an RSS Feed HERE. The good thing about an RSS Feed is that you can have it on your phone, Outlook and web browser.


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Sometimes, I run across a recipe that makes me stop what I'm doing, run into my kitchen, and take an inventory of ingredients. This was one of those recipes. I found it on a blog hop on Let's Get Cookin'. I did get cookin and then I got to eatin. These Snickerdoodle Brownies are everything I hoped for and more. They have the dense, chewy texture of a brownie but the cinnamon goodness of a snickerdoodle. This is as close to a homemade cinnamon roll that I've ever come to baking. They are now a permanent part of my life...and hips.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray the bottom of a 9 x 13 baking pan with cooking spray.
In a small bowl combine flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside. In a larger bowl mix together softened butter, light brown sugar and sugar until blended. Add one egg at a time, then add the vanilla. Add the flour mixture and blend well. Spoon half of the batter into the pan and spread evenly.
Make the cinnamon mixture by combining: one tablespoon sugar and one tablespoon cinnamon. Sprinkle evenly on top of the batter that is in the pan. Using the remaining batter, place teaspoon sized dollops on top of the cinnamon mixture….covering all the pan. You will be able to see some of the cinnamon mixture peeking through. Bake for 25 minutes in a 350 degree oven.
Once baked, let it cool for one hour. Combine all ingredients for the icing and once cool drizzle it over the brownies.
Yes, you must stop what you're doing and make these.
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Very nice! I like recipes like this that I can bake easily and keep for my family. I made your blondies a couple of days ago and the pan is almost empty.
@Farmchick - Thanks! Glad you enjoyed them. They do go fast. These snickerdoodle brownies do, too. They're wonderful!
These sound very good. I love love love cinnamon sugar anything. I will be trying these for sure.
Snickerdoodles are one of my favorite cookies and I love brownies so will try this out. Was planning on baking in the morning so now I know what I will do.
These look heavenly!!! I bet they smell absolutely amazing baking in the oven. This is surely going on my fall baking list!
I just had to post again. I made up these this morning and yummy is all I can say. Just so good.Thanks for the great recipe. It is certainly a keeper for me.
@Karan-Glad you enjoyed them and reported back. I love them!
I love snickerdoodles! I've never heard of them in brownie form before, but I'd love to try these.
I have never made snickerdoodles before so this a new and yummy thing for me! I will have to try it soon. Thanks for posting the recipe.
Oh my goodness!!! Snickerdoodles in bar form...yummy!!!
YUM! I LOVE snickerdoodles! I am making these today for our annual church picnic! I'm sure they'll be a HIT! :D Thank you so much for sharing! Can't wait to try them!
oo myyy gooodness!! These look soooo amazing!!!!! As soon as my brother's wedding is over and we are no longer dieting, I am making this for my husband! What a perfect combination!!
This is my first time here and I'm so glad I came across u'r blog. These look great. I can't wait to try them. I'm off to see the rest of u'r space.
Yummy! Thanks for linking up to the Creative Genius Link Party! Hope to see you next week!
This is a great recipe, and comes out fabulous. But I must say that your recipe instructions are incomplete. While any baker would know to add the dry ingredients to the blended wet, the instructions for that step are not there.
I added the line. Thanks for letting me know.
I made these and wrote about them here. They were so addictive. Can't ever go wrong with cinnamon. Thank you for posting the recipe.
Made these the other day, they are great.
Hate to have to say this, but I wouldn't make these again. My family of five agreed. After 25 min they were still liquid, but after 30 minutes the center was almost raw, but the edges were hard as a rock. They were also very shallow and chewy like a fudge - not a brownie. The glaze also completely overpowered any taste the "brownie" had. Was a complete fail for us.