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Coventry City have recalled striker Cody McDonald from his loan stay at League Two leaders Gillingham.
Last Updated: 25/02/13 5:38pm
Coventry City have recalled striker Cody McDonald from his loan stay at League Two leaders Gillingham.
The 26-year-old, who bagged 25 goals for the Gills on loan from Norwich in 2010/11, returned to Priestfield at the end of January on an agreement until the end of the season in a bid to regain his scoring touch.
But City, short of firepower up front, have now taken the option to activate a recall clause after 28 days of McDonald's stay in Kent having watched him bag four goals in seven appearances for the League Two promotion chasers.
Gillingham boss Martin Allen told the club's official website: "We have just been contacted by Coventry and they have recalled Cody McDonald.
"I am sure that each and every one of us are very grateful for the way that Cody has conducted himself on and off the pitch.
"Off the field he has been a model professional. Hard-working, dedicated and committed to our club.
"On the field he has been honest, hungry and deadly."


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University of South Carolina Beaufort athletic director Quin Monahan got in a decent workout Saturday.
Monahan spent the afternoon walking back and forth between the two game fields at Hardeeville's Richard Gray Sports Complex as the Sand Shark baseball and softball teams hosted a joint opening day. It was the first opener for Monahan since he was hired in August.
Saturday was one of two dates both teams will play at home simultaneously this season. The other will be March 29.
"I like this idea," Monahan said, "and I would not mind doing it on a regular basis."
The 21st-ranked softball team took care of visiting St. Andrews (Laurinberg, N.C.) with a 10-0 victory by run rule and a 7-3 final.
The baseball team, also ranked No. 21 off an appearance in last year's NAIA World Series, split two games with Shawnee State (Portsmouth, Ohio). USCB lost the opener 5-4 in extra innings and came from behind to win the second game 4-2.
USCB didn't exactly plan the two-sport opener, Monahan said. Baseball coach Bryan Lewallyn and softball coach Ty Rietkovich made their schedules separately, and they just happened to schedule home openers for the same day.
Monahan said he would like to set aside a few dates in future seasons for similar events, when USCB could invite youth sports leagues or other community groups to watch both teams play.
"With the great weather we have here, we're always going to be able to open up at home," Rietkovich said. "It was a nice environment. The stands were packed."
Newcomers shine
Rietkovich's team showed off some new depth as it began its second season of play.
The Sand Sharks brought back all of their starters from 2012, but a couple of newcomers managed to break into the opening day lineup.
C.J. Browder, a junior transfer from Northwest Florida State College, got the start at shortstop and went 4 for 8 with two home runs. The Covington, Tenn., native also drove in five runs.
Browder, who started her college career at Union University in Tennessee, said she fully expected to break into the starting lineup when she signed with USCB.
"Of course," she said. "I have big expectations for myself and I'm trying to live up to them."
Alexandria Simmons, a junior who spent last season at Florence-Darlington Tech, was the Sand Sharks' designated player Saturday.
After returning ace Kristy Cook pitched five scoreless innings in the opener, she was relieved by freshman Ashlie Layman, a former Thomas Heyward Academy standout.
Sophomore Caitlin Campbell, an Armstrong Atlantic State transfer, started and got the win in the second game. Senior Becca Hewitt pitched a scoreless inning in her first appearance since transferring from Coastal Georgia.
Those reserve pitching performances were crucial, Rietkovich said, with returners Caroline Pastre and Cara Jamerson out with injuries.
"They did a great job of managing the game, because our staff has been depleted by injuries," he said. "It's good to get all four of your pitchers in there and see how they react."
Frustrating opener
Lewallyn said he was disappointed with the Sand Sharks' debut, as breakdowns in fundamentals frustrated their second-year coach.
"It was routine plays - getting bunts down, communication, that sort of thing," he said.
USCB is dealing with a glut of injuries - all of them minor, Lewallyn said - and many of Saturday's starters were seeing their first action at the college level. The Sand Sharks have only one returning starter in the field: First baseman Erik Armstrong.
Infielder Brandon Joyce, catcher Mitchell Johnson, infielder Ryan Walker, pitcher Bryce Hines, infielder David Greene, pitcher David Hannan and outfielder J.J. Crespo were out with various ailments. Lewallyn said two or three of them probably would have started Saturday if they had been healthy.
Pitchers Alex Graham and Ben Sauls will likely be out until March after undergoing appendectomies, Lewallyn said.
"I don't think I've known anyone in my life that has had an appendectomy," Lewallyn said, "and we had two guys have them in two weeks."
USCB fell behind early in both games.
The Sand Sharks were down 3-1 in the opener when Black Cilwick hit a three-run homer in the second inning for a one-run lead. Shawnee State tied it in the seventh and got one more in the ninth to hand USCB its first ever opening day defeat.
Down 2-0 after the first inning of game two, the Sand Sharks rallied.
Erik Armstrong tied it with a two-run single and Kyle Thompson scored on an error for a 3-2 lead in the fourth. Armstrong doubled in Thompson during the sixth and reliever Andrew Barrineau shut down the Bears in the seventh to close it out.
USCB split a second doubleheader Sunday against Shawnee State, winning the first game 7-4 and losing the second 15-9. The Sand Sharks begin Sun Conference play at 7 p.m. Friday at Webber International.
The softball team will host Southern Wesleyan at 1 p.m. Saturday.
"We had some young guys with some first-game jitters," Lewallyn said. "Things will get better."
What: Southern Wesleyan at USCB softball (doubleheader)
When: 1 p.m. Saturday
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- A Google search for "Zerg rush" spawns an attack of "O's" on the results page
- The term originated in the game "Starcraft," in which players can be "Zerg" aliens
- It has come to mean any instance of being overwhelmed by sheer numbers
Feeling besieged by pesky little problems today? You might want to be careful with your Google searches.
Users who look up the term "Zerg rush" Friday are finding the latest in a series of geeky Easter eggs planted by the search giant's engineers. The search produces a swarm of marauding "O's" which inevitably destroy virtually everything on the search-results page.
The term quickly became a top search topic for Google Friday morning, as gamers and the merely curious flocked to the feature.
In gaming terms, a "Zerg rush" is when a player is swarmed by a huge number of weak opponents. Any one of the bad guys is easy to take out, but the threat is that they'll overwhelm you with sheer numbers.
It came from "Starcraft," a 1998 real-time strategy game in which a player could choose to play as "Zergs," an alien race. Skilled players soon learned that they could quickly spawn a massive number of low-level units ("zerglings") and overwhelm their opponents.
According to Know Your Meme, the first instance of the term came during a game among some Korean players (a significant portion of the early "Starcraft" player base). The first Urban Dictionary definition of the term appeared in 2004.
Since then, the use has expanded. In some multi-player games, "zerging" has come to refer to a gamer who, often against the game's rules, creates multiple accounts to get an unfair advantage over other players.
It has come to be used in some circles as slang for any situation in which someone is overwhelmed by superior numbers.
In the Google search, the "O's" from the Google logo turn into "attackers" which multiply and begin banging themselves against text on the page. Users can click to "kill" them, but will eventually fall to the rush.
After they take out your results, the O's band together to spell out "GG" -- gaming slang for "good game." If a player does well enough, they can post their score to Google+.
Google, which famously encourages employees to take on sometimes-silly side projects in the course of their work weeks, has long been known for implementing winks and nods into their products. Most notably, "Google Doodles" transform the search page's iconic logo into other (sometimes animated) images to celebrate special days.
It's hard to know when these "eggs" get planted at Google headquarters. But in recent months, more and more have been discovered.
Currently, Googling "askew" or "tilt" will knock the search-results page slightly off-kilter and "do a barrel roll" will make the results page ... well ... do a barrel roll. Meanwhile, a search for "chuck norris google" renders this entry in the litany of one-liners about the action star: "Google won't search for Chuck Norris because it knows you don't find Chuck Norris, he finds you."


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Here's a must-share story I witnessed firsthand at the game which demonstrates the true heart of a hockey fan. At the end of the first period, a 32-year-old unemployed iron worker from the Atlantic City Union exited the complimentary seat he was given and was about to enter the concourse area.
Wearing the "Giroux" captain's jersey the fan purchased that very morning in hopes of getting it signed by his favourite player someday was a dead giveaway as to his team loyalty. This hockey fan was about to walk past a mother and her little girl (age 5) when he noticed that the child was wearing a surgical mask over her mouth.
The absence of hair on her little head along with her look was an indication that the child was a cancer patient. The blue collar fan then paused and asked the little girl if she was a Claude Giroux fan? As the child nodded he removed the brand new Giroux jersey, handed it to the little girl and said, "You are an angel and I would like to give this jersey to you."
The little girl beamed with excitement and commented to her mother that the jersey had the new "C" on the front. The good Samaritan Flyers fan simply walked away with a tear in his eye. The name of the fan is being withheld at his request because like most acts of kindness, he did not want to bring attention to himself. I felt the need to bring attention to the act of one terrific hockey fan and human being.
Event such as these demonstrate why hockey fans are the greatest fans in the world and make me so proud to be part of the game. Welcome back hockey fans. You are truly the GREATEST.


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Didn't we hear about this a week or two ago?
Yes, it was the Tom's Hardware article... the link was marked as visited and I generally avoid TH....
It's been known for quite some time, but apparently the one who submitted it and the editor who greenlit it didn't get the memo.
It's been known for quite some time, but apparently the one who submitted it and the editor who greenlit it didn't get the memo.
Did they crack the memo?
Wow you really know nothing about encryption. Sigh.. Everyone is an expert. Zdnet looked at ighashgpu that's unsalted password decryption when you already have a precomputed hash table. TH looked at salted password decryption where you have to perform a SHA-1 transformation invocation thousands of times per every password attempt.
Experts -- What do they know?
> Experts -- What do they know?
Enough to tell you in excruciating detail why they were wrong!
Even though it's a dupe, why are GPUs so much faster than CPUs at this? It doesn't seem like they have any more power, is the architecture that different from CPUs? Is it an issue where you can basically dedicate all resources (GPUs plus VRAM) to the one task?
I read somewhere else that GPUs are better at raw number crunching that general purpose CPUs, which makes them more efficient at cracking passwords.
And based on the replies you've gotten, maybe I read wrong?
And based on the replies you've gotten, maybe I read wrong?
Depends on what types of number crunching you're doing. If every step depends on the previous step then you won't be able to exploit the hundreds of cores that makes up even a cheap GPU these days by running them in parallel. If, on the other hand, your task consists of subtasks which can be easily done simultaneously like password hashing (just send a separate password to be hashed to all cores at once) or n-body calculations you will experience huge speedups. If you do a lot of matrix (vector) operations
Does anyone else remember the days when slashdot readers were technical? This discussion is fucking painful.
Does anyone else remember the days when slashdot readers were technical?
Nope. Been around since ~1997 too. Perhaps technical discussions went on here some time before that?
>Been around since ~1997 too. Perhaps technical discussions went on here some time before that?
I have read comments to the same effect in other discussions (can't find one at the moment).
I'll admit I noticed a sort of dilution of the technical level of late, but it may be the price to pay for popularity. I followed some very interesting discussions here, and recently.
Besides, who could follow high level technical discussions about so many subjects? For instance, the posts below yours, that quickly explai
Does anyone remember when you could come on this website and have a discussion on this website and learn about new concepts and ideas? Don't be so bitter, even you were a noob at some point in your life.
> Does anyone else remember the days when slashdot readers
> were technical? This discussion is fucking painful.
Well, in the enterprising tech spirit feel free to establish:
"Slashfork.org - News for real Nerds, Stuff that used to matter!"
CPUs and GPUs have very different focuses. A CPU is designed to take a single piece of data, run an operation on it, then grab a different piece of data, and run another operation on it. (There's a whole bunch of optimizations for running the same operation on different bits of data, and different operations on the same bit of data, but those are largely optimizations, and only apply to relatively small scales). A GPU is designed to take a butt-load (technical term) of data, and perform the same operation on all that data, followed by another operation on that same butt-load of data.
When you are cracking passwords, you have a bunch of potential passwords you want to try. On a CPU, you are stuck with hashing between 1 and maybe a dozen simultaneously. On a GPU, you could potentially run a few million simultaneously. Each step on the GPU would be slower, but your total output of hashed passwords would be much higher.
Thanks. Would the GPU have a single, multi-stage pipeline (with apparently a lot more stages than a CPU), or does it actually have multple pipelines? Or maybe just a ton of small cores? I'm confused about where the parallelity (technical term) actually gets implemented in the hardware.
Recent GPUs have hundreds of relatively simple cores. As you can see here [nvidia.co.uk].
a Radeon HD 6990 has, if my data is correct, 3072 cores running at 830mHz
That is re-goddamn-diculous. Thanks, I guess that answers my question.
GPUs are much more specialized than CPUs. CPUs can only do a few things in parallel depending on the number of cores available in the CPU chip (ie 4). GPUs have a magnitude more processing paths than CPUs, the GTX 570 mentioned has 480 cores. That's what's being leveraged here, it's not the resources or power, it's the number of parallel processing paths.
Didn't we hear about this a week or two ago?
It was a slightly different entry in
This is on brute forcing data encrypted with a symmetric cipher whose key is derived from a password. Yes, if you naively translate the password into a key, you go from a 128 or 256-bit keyspace to about the size of the dictionary.
Crypto 101: if you're deriving a crypto key from a passwor
Isn't that the point of the 'recent' tab? To identify dupes and vote them down?
More likely with enough GPU's they'll come up with perfect summaries.
Password hacking process could be used to create completely new content - even data like images. If you can make billions of attacks per second the amount of coherent information must eventually be high enough.
Zip and RAR encryption has never been trustworthy. Let me know when they can crack GPG.
The quoted billion passwords per second was for ancient Zip 2.0 encryption.
The actual numbers for modern RAR encryption (from TFA) is 14605/sec.
That's an average of 4 years for a random 7 character alphanumeric password, or 200 years for a 8 character one.
Alphanumeric would be 62 different characters.
going from seconds to minutes to hours to days to years for a 7 character password....
62 ** 7 / 14605.0 / 60.0 / 60.0 / 24.0 / 365.0 results in 7.6459888127245952
So its actually around 7.7 years but thats with just one computer.
If you had 7.7 computers, it would take a year.
If you got a shitload of time on Amazon (which I hear has GPU rigs available for rent) you could shrink that time way down.
I've been told before that WinRar's encryption wasn't much to crow about, but this article says it's 128-AES. So.. which is it? Is it fairly secure (provided it is used properly...) or does it still have a major weakness that makes it easy to get into?
WinZIP and WinRAR have effective encryption, but one needs to have an effective passphrase with it.
Ideally, the best way to encrypt stuff is with not just a passphrase, either with random keyfile for symmetric encryption, or use public key crypto (although PK crypto has its own caveats). This way, there is no brute-forcable passphrase to guess, so an attacker has to deal with the complete keyspace of an encryption algorithm, and not just what people type in.
There are multiple ways to brute force. One is just finding the known subset of the keyspace (what people can type in), and running scans through that. Another is using dictionaries (ye old Crack). Of course, using dictionaries, then scanning the keyspace is useful too.
Dictionaries are still useful even though people's passwords tend to more than just a word these days. A lot of people use two words and a character, so that is far more gussable than trying to just brute force every single option in a 10
Typically bruteforcing refers to exhaustively searching a reduced dictionary... bruteforcing 62^8 (alphanumeric, mixed case, a reasonable metric for a 'decent' password) might be easier with a GPU investment, bruteforcing 256^32 (let's assume a 256bit keyspace) is not.
I think you meant 2^256 in your second example. Technically, bruteforcing that probably is easier with a GPU, kind of like how you can get to Alpha Centauri faster in a galleon than by walking.
256^32 == 2^256...
I was under the impression that brute forcing did exactly that. They're not using a dictionary. They're taking advantage of the GPU processing power.
For this kind of encryption, the archive password is converted into a key. This is done because remembering a large key is hard, but remembering a password is not.
However, this kind of conversion is not remotely secure. With around 70 typable characters ("a-z", "A-Z", "0-9", a few symbols, etc.) the number of possible keys for keylength l is around 70^l . If we use a secure crypto algorithm, say, AES-256, then we would encrypt the archive with a 256-bit key. Something that uses a password for encryption does so by permuting the password into a key, typically through some combination of hashing, concatenation, and salting. This process deterministically maps the relatively-small ASCII password space to a 256-bit key space. So even though you're using a secure-sized 256-bit key, there are still only (at most) 70^l possible keys, since each key must be generated from a password.
Now, with AES-256, there are 2^256 possible keys. While brute-forcing the 256-bit keyspace is considered hard (that works out to about 1 * 10^77 possible keys), brute-forcing the possible plaintext passwords that could have generated the key is significantly easier (a 10-character password has only 2 * 10^18 possibilities).
So back to what the OP said, while the crypto and keysize of the underlying cryptography are secure (in this example, AES-256), the keyspace is inherently limited since it has to be derived from a much-smaller set of passwords. The OP is spot-on
I find it strange that you discount using a longer passphrase without bothering to calculate how long it would need to be. Assuming 70 typeable characters, getting 2^256 possible keys only requires 256*ln(2)/ln(70) ~ 42 characters assuming an equal distribution. (english text actually has much less entropy than an ideal even distribution of characters, but we'll ignore that for the time being)
As an example, "This is a fourty two character passphrase!" is a fourty two character passphrase. It's not unreasona
So even though you're using a secure-sized 256-bit key, there are still only (at most) 70^l possible keys, since each key must be generated from a password.
Maybe I'm just not thinking hard enough about this but it seems very trivial to me to create a password/passphrase hashing algorithm that wouldn't be limited as you defined. Yes, there may be about 70 possible characters that can be typed - but their placement in the password (1st, 4th or 17th character) can also used to increase the possible keyspace.
Additionally, the length of the key (256-bits) and the length of the passwords do not have to be identical - the password can be much longer and thus can ha
So why don't more systems lock you out after 3 tries for another 10 minutes or an hour?
That would deny brute force attacks.
Not much use if you have a password protected
The article (or even the summary) is not talking about repeatedly attempting to log in to a system. It's talking about encrypted files.
So why don't more systems lock you out after 3 tries for another 10 minutes or an hour?
That would deny brute force attacks.
Copy the file of passwords to your local machine, then hash against that file using software than intentionally does not implement such a delay.
Heck if you have access to backups, or vmware images, or backups of vmware images, just copy and NOP out the delay code...
How am I going to enforce that on an encrypted file possessed by someone who is trying to decrypt it against my wishes?
For most intents and purposes this is not that news worthy. In order to get processing performance like this you need a system that can also answer billions of password guesses per second. So keeping it simple, you need to get said database, make it function on/in a system/environment that can handle and that will allow this much activity for all those guesses.
ergo, someone has to jack yo shit before they can start guessing your password which may be more difficult than just trying to guess that password
I gotta ask why GPUs are faster? And because they are faster, why aren't CPUs using methods and techniques similar to GPUs for getting certain things done? I remember the days of the "math coprocessor" that the math processor was used to help speed things up by performing math on-chip rather than by using subroutines in software.
I was always under the impression that GPU means graphics processor unit, not "Guessing Passwords Unit."
These days there are GPGPUs with GP standing for "General Purpose". They're not only used for displaying graphics anymore but for general-purpose vector calculations. GPUs are faster *for vector calculations* because most of the chip consists of arithmetic units. In return, GPUs are much, much worse at pretty much everything else, such as branching. Don't try to run if-statements on GPUs.
My naive interpretation of this: http://www.nvidia.com/object/GPU_Computing.html [nvidia.com]
In effect, having a good,recent GPU is the equivalent of having hundreds of CPUs all in one single chip. Since password guessing is a task that can be divided easily, the GPU is 100x faster than a regular CPU, and it is very efficient at number-crunching.
In layman terms: The CPU is like a truck, the GPU like a Ferrari
One goes faster, but can't run on all kinds of terrain (data)
This analogy works (if you think the GPU is around 500MHz/1GHz and the CPU is at 3GHz)
But I prefer the other way because for example, GPUs would probably suck at SQL, or parsing XML, whereas the CPU can just 'deals with it'
Of course, analogies are never perfect
But the important thing. Did they crack the Wikileaks insurance file or not?
Since you don't know the plaintext, it's impossible, even by bruteforce
In the case of Zip, you know some metadata (like zip headers) and I guess it uses known data from file formats or checksums
One is AES->Zip->Data, wikileaks is AES->??
Since you don't know the plaintext, it's impossible, even by bruteforce
Not really. For example we might assume that the original file is a
Interesting, that's what I thought.
So the most secure thing to do would be having random bytes at the beginning of the AES file
"Omg, what am I going to do about my eight char password I use half across the Internets?"
One could print out a passwordcard [passwordcard.org].
Then one might start using passwordmaker [passwordmaker.org], to whatever phone/OS one fancy. By which time one (sh/c)ould check if ones passwords are long enough [lockdown.co.uk] and while this "one" is at it, have a look at these tricks [passwordmaker.org] from an almost "tl;dr-ish" list. Now, apply elbow grease and a bit of go figure. "Problem solved? Moving on?"
Oh, who am I kidding? Then all those (fear) mongering polemics would
A 15 char pass phrase is much more secure than an 8 char password. All it takes is a nonsensical pass-phrase and a light peppering of special chars and no one could break it without having a few dedicated power plants to supply electricity to their GPU cluster.
$5 wrench would work better.
Oh wow. Imagine what a Beowulf cluster of $5 wrenches could accomplish!
With the recent MTGox compromise, I've been looking at a better password system. It looks like one way to go is to use a program like password safe or keesafe to generate unique passwords per website. However, I'm curious as to how resistant these master files are to GPU attacks. GPUs basically sliced through the MTGox MD5 hashes like butter. How long would it take a higher-end distributed cluster to break a Password Safe master file? It's blowfish encrypted I believe.
Where is the practical relevance?!
If done over a network I guess it would generate a kind of traffic no server could handle.
In forensics, yes. But where otherwise?!
Using GPUs to crack passwords isn't going about it the same way that you are thinking. There are no network connections to a server as the GPUs wouldn't be any faster at that than a normal CPU. What they are doing is getting a copy of the encrypted passwords in some way. Either from a workstation with cached passwords or gaining some amount of access to system to get a hold of the encrypted passwords. Then they run the cracking software against that local file using the GPUs to do the heavy lifting.
Things to remember - password difficulty is based on x^y, where x is the number of possible characters and y is the password length. Increasing password length is *always* going to be more effective than increasing the mix of characters (indeed the point of a dictionary attack is to reduce can be thought of as reducing 96^8 8 character passwords to a mere 250,000^1).
Each additional alphanumeric character increases the search space by a factor of 62 - a two word password is still only 250,000^2, a password of ten random lowercase characters is 26^10, a *much* larger number.
Moores law says processing power doubles ~18 months. Every new lowercase character extends life of your password almost 12 years before new hardware can decrypt it as quickly as today's hardware. 23 1/2 if you use upper and lowercase.
Don't panic.
Assuming an alphanumeric search space is naive. There's actually (26 *2) + (10 * 2) + (11*2) -> 94 characters that can be typed on a US PC keyboard, far more if you add all the composable characters (over 30k). For example the default settings for the (not-quite) standard mkpasswd utility generates a password with four lowercase characters, two uppercase characters, two numbers, and one typable symbol. That's not quite 94^9 -> 572,994,802,228,616,704 or 5.73E+17 permutations, not quite because you can
Yes but the point is that (barring quantum machines) adding length (y) increases the permutations (and thus the size of the search space) at a far greater speed than adding characters (x). It also happens to be much for a human being to do rather than pulling out esoteric unicode characters that may or may not be legal characters in a given system.
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Dickinson State University and the Everett C. Albers Humanities Institute board members will host the Everett C. Albers 2013 Humanities Festival: "American Outlaw Identity," Thursday, April 11 - Friday, April 29.
"American Outlaw Identity" explores how social and cultural attitudes toward outlaw behavior are expressed in history, literature, sociology and film. This year's festival includes presentations, panels and discussions on topics as diverse as Native American gangs, the myth of the outlaw in American culture and historical reactions to outlaw behavior during the Prohibition period.
This year's festival includes a special panel presentation entitled, "Native Gangs of the High Plains," which will be streamed via IVN telecast to Bismarck State College NECE 304 in Bismarck. The panel features a presentation by Christopher Grant, national Native American gang specialist. Moderated by Dr. Frank Varney, assistant professor of history, the panel will also consist of Scott Davis, executive director of the North Dakota Indian Affairs Commission, and Dr. Karen Hale, DSU assistant professor of sociology. Additionally, Frank Vyzralek, North Dakota's first state archivist, will discuss the legacy of prohibition in N.D. with special emphasis on Dickinson and the Western Edge. Also, an original premier radio play, "The Man the Bank Fell On," will be performed by its writer and producer Pat Barnhart in collaboration with SneakPique productions.
Everett C. Albers graduated from Dickinson State University in 1966 and taught English at Dickinson State College from 1969-1973. His commitment to the humanities and public education in North Dakota eventually led him to be the inaugural director of the North Dakota Committee for the Humanities and Public Issues. Albers served from 1973 until his death in 2003. Following his death, DSU established the Albers Humanities Institute, which has been dedicated to the memory and professional values of Albers.
Each program is approximately one hour in length and are free and open to the public. The festival is sponsored by the Albers Humanities Institute, Dickinson State University and the North Dakota Humanities Council. For a complete schedule of Everett C. Albers 2013 Humanities Festival,
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Please tell me what kind of person gets a kick out of signing up for an internet message board for the sole person of getting banned. Well, you are the kind of person, and my opinion of people like you would get me banned, so enlighten, what's the draw?
Oh, sorry, meds wearin' off.
Yeah, I missed this place and wanted to see what our fav team has been doin' since down here all I hear about are those Deadskins.
And what do I walk into? A frickin' antisemite. Oh well, it felt kinda good to pull the trigger.
So the same thieves and idiots still around? I know TX came back for a bit.
Did the MOD's ban that clown that made the Jewish remark? The New York Jets clearly have large contingents of fans from three backgrounds; Irish, Italian, and Jewish. The Jets obviously are aware of the Jewish fan base as they have adjusted their schedule according to Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. This guy apparently doesn't know that, or doesn't care.
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"Reduce, reuse, recycle" — it's a mantra Chris Tuohey and his staff at Sand Creek Station Golf Course take to heart.
The Sand Creek staff regularly collect materials for recycling, look for ways to prevent pollution, and try to purchase materials made from recycled goods. Their efforts earned them a special award from the Environmental Protection Agency, presented during the Tuesday morning City Commission meeting.
EPA Region 7 presented the city with a WasteWise Waste Reduction Award, honoring the city for working to reduce waste and recycle materials at the city-owned Sand Creek Station Golf Course.
"I think it's all our commitment and call to arms to support the environment as much as we can," said Tuohey, general manager of Sand Creek Station. "... This is an initiative that's not pushed from the company level. It's something the staff really embraced. It's something we're proud of."
The City of Newton and its local partners, Sand Creek Station Golf Course and Kemper Sports, joined EPA's WasteWise program in 2009. Kemper Sports manages the golf course and facility operations, including water conservation, habitat management, energy usage, recycling, staff education and training.
In 2012, the City of Newton diverted approximately 24 tons of waste from landfills through waste prevention and recycling programs at the golf course. Golf course staff purchased more than three tons of recycled products and reduced other costs, which resulted in $32,000 in savings.
Marcus Rivas, pollution prevention and sustainability coordinator for EPA Region 7, commended Sand Creek Station for their efforts to bring the recycling process full circle, by both recycling and purchasing recycled products.
"That's actually closing the loop," he said. "That's what we're looking for."
The recycling program at the golf course includes the collection of aluminum cans, branches, cardboard boxes, fats, oil, greases, food, glass, light bulbs, mixed paper, phonebooks, plastics, tires and yard trimmings.
WasteWise helps organizations and businesses apply sustainable materials management practices to reduce municipal and select industrial wastes. WasteWise participants can join as partners, endorsers or both.
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- Approved a memorandum of understanding between the Kansas Logistics Park Development Authority and the Port Authority of Kansas City, similar to an agreement signed with the Tulsa Port of Catoosa in 2011. Joint projects between the organizations could include a marketing campaign to generate new shipping ventures; data sharing; and training programs.
- Approved a licensing process for all temporary shelters in the city, which will provide a database of locations and contact information.
- Appointed Willis Heck to the Newton Recreation Commission and Duane Miles to the Harvey County Planning Commission. Commissioner Glen Davis said he did not want to appoint former city commissioner Heck to the Rec Commission. He said he did not think Heck supported the mission of the Rec Center and thought the nomination was a political move. Mayor Jim Nickel said he felt Heck was qualified to serve on the board, and Commissioner Racquel Thiesen said it was a good idea to have a representation of a variety of voices on the Rec Commission.


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Guys like Contrares and El Duque came from Cuba, right?
And basically it means they have to escape Cuba to play here, correct?
I haven't watched much of the Cuba team play before tonight, but surely they have at least a couple guys MLB teams would be interested in.
What's to stop these guys from just not going home if they don't want to? It seems like it would be a lot easier to just sort of get lost in the United States when it's time to go home than it is to escape on a boat (or however they escape).
I mean, are they under strict lock and key in their hotel rooms after a game, or what?
Send a couple pitchers the address to GAB under the table or something.


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George Tiba, who fled to California on the last day of a trial in which a Boulder jury convicted him of sexually assaulting a 22-year-old woman, was sentenced Friday to 36 years to life in prison.
Tiba, 49, was convicted in December of two counts of sexual assault, one count of second-degree burglary and one count of theft after a jury found that he sexually assaulted and stole from a woman he met at Boulder's Walrus Saloon in February 2013.
The victim was found to be too drunk to consent to sex.
On Dec. 13, the last day of testimony in his trial, Tiba, who was free on $50,000 bond, fled Colorado. He was apprehended six days later in San Francisco.
At Friday's sentencing hearing, prosecutor Katharina Booth said Tiba has a pattern of lying: She said he did not have a clear employment history despite claiming he was gainfully employed; and she cited evidence on his cell phone that he lied and cheated on his now ex-wife. Booth indicated that Tiba may even by lying about his own name, noting that in recent talks she has had with U.S. immigration officials, she learned his real name may be George Engwong or Engwang, and he may be from Nigeria, and not Uganda.
"The defendant's deception, of course, continues and is most blatantly absurd and offensive when he continues to assert that the sexual conduct in this case was consensual," Booth said.
The victim, who now lives out of state, did not attend the hearing in person, but she wrote a letter that Booth read aloud in the hearing.
Part of it addressed Tiba directly.
"You may have taken advantage of me when I was weak and vulnerable, but you know what? This last year has taught me that I am strong and I am brave and I am decent," Booth read. "You are the weak one. You are a coward and a sad excuse for a human being."
Tiba was not without his supporters Friday, with the daughter of his girlfriend saying he was a good man who never acted violently.
His attorney, Kathryn Herold, asked that Tiba receive a community corrections sentence that would keep him out of prison.
But Judge Andrew Macdonald sided with prosecutors.
"You are a coward, and today you are going to be held accountable," Macdonald said.
The jury found that Tiba sexually assaulted the victim twice in her home, stole some of her property and took sexually explicit pictures of her while she was incapacitated.
Under Colorado law, sex offenders are subject to indeterminate sentencing, whereby they may be kept in prison until they complete a treatment program.
Tiba, who in the sentencing hearing maintained he is not a bad man, did not react emotionally when he was led away by Boulder County sheriff's deputies to begin his prison term.
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Committee reports were presented outlining planned agendas for the club year. The annual budget was presented and adopted. It was decided to give $500 to the Upshur County Museum and to sponsor a child for the Upshur County Backpack Program.
Project Chairman Sandy Dean announced that the Annual Christmas Home Tour and Bake Sale would be held on Dec. 6. This year's tour will feature the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ken Smith, the home of Mrs. Lynda Phillips, and the law office of Mr. Joe Newsome.
Following the annual reading of the club's constitution and guidelines by corresponding secretary Jeannie Smith, president Jean Hamil adjourned the meeting for the social hour.
Members were invited into the dining room where Mrs. Smith served sausage-mushroom quiche, tomato pie, apricot congealed salad, squash relish, pickles, olives, nuts, candy corn, cheesecake topped with caramel or cherry, orange nut cookies, and peach tea or coffee. The table featured autumn arrangements of pumpkins, fall leaves, and colorful mums as well crystal candelabras and a silver tea service.
Meeting attendees in addition to those mentioned above included Cal Arnold, Annette Breazeale, Mikie Clark, Merle Cross, Betty Finney, Bridgett Fowler, Marynell Henry, Annette Herrmann, Reta Lewis, Betty Orms, Mary Ann Patterson, Rebecca Skinner, Raye White and Irma Williams.
The next club meeting will be in conjunction with the East Texas Yamboree All Service Club Luncheon on Oct. 18 at the Gilmer High School Gymnasium.


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Kaufman Rossin Group is counting on its employees
Accounting firm Kaufman Rossin Group's move into fund administration happened almost serendipitously.
Eighteen years ago, a client in Latin America asked the firm to take over the back-office administration of his hedge fund. "We knew a little about it because we knew a little about the hedge fund," says James Kaufman, co-founder and CEO of the firm. "One thing led to another." It wasn't even until two years later than the firm hired its first employee dedicated to fund management. Now more than 100 employees in six offices from Boston to San Francisco manage hedge funds, private equity funds and broker-dealers.
Fund admisitration is hardly the largest part of Kaufman Rossin's business, but it's a unique offering from the firm, which in 2012 had more than $53 million in revenue. It expanded into that field in much the same way as it has expanded into areas such as forensic and litigation services, estate-planning and high-net worth services and bank compliance: An existing client asked for assistance, the firm later hired a leader in that specialty, and a new practice area took off. That was especially true during the recession that began in 2008. Faced with 250 employees and slowing business, the firm was "forced to start thinking about offering new service lines," Kaufman says. Between 2008 and 2013, it grew from 250 employees to 375.
Demand for accounting and related services is high these days, and competition for business is stiff. "We keep our edge by being very service-oriented and having a very stable core group of personnel who've been with us for many years," Kaufman says. "Accounting is about people. This is a people business, and we figured it out a long time ago." Half of the firm's employees have been with it more than five years.


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With a special permit granted, the developer of a controversial gun range near Denton said he hopes to open by spring 2014.
With a special permit granted, the developer of a controversial gun range near Denton said he hopes to open by spring 2014.
However, it's still unclear if opponents will challenge the range's permit in court.
Last week, the Davidson County Board of Adjustment granted a permit request from Brent Knight, who plans to build a 30-bay range off of Shiptontown Road near High Rock Lake. Knight, a Lexington resident, says the estimated $300,000 range will provide Davidson County concealed carry permit holders and other gun owners a safe place to shoot.
But many neighbors opposed to the range have voiced major concerns about how noise and safety will impact their property values and their lifestyles. Now, some are saying the board of adjustment didn't give them a fair shake during a public hearing that concluded with the board's decision last week.
"It really was evident that they had their minds made up before the opposition even had a chance to present," said Keagan Pope, who lives within three-fourths of one mile from the proposed site. Pope said she attended the public hearing as an opponent of the range.
"They seemed to be leaning so far in the applicant's direction, and they were almost defensive in how they treated the people that were against this," Pope said. "They didn't take into account that there were so many homes within one mile of this property."
The five-member board of adjustment approved the permit just before midnight on Thursday by a 4-1 vote after listening to more than 10 hours of testimony during a two-part quasi-judicial public hearing. During the hearing, Knight and opposing neighbors were represented by attorneys who made arguments and offered experts.
Greensboro-based attorney Tom Terrell, who represented a group of neighbors opposed to the range, said appeal is always an option.
"I have advised my clients that there were errors of law," Terrell said. "As far as I know, no decision to appeal has been made yet."
Assistant Davidson County Attorney Mike Newby, who represented the board of adjustment, said that's how the process works.
"If one party feels like they were not treated appropriately, they have a right to address it before a trial judge," Newby said.
The board found that Knight's application met all of the standards required to obtain the special use permit, which include promoting health and well-being of the public, maintaining or enhancing contiguous property values, complying with all regulations and standards and falling in line with physical development plans in the county.
Board member Kenny Meredith dissented in the vote to grant the permit, because he was unsure the condition to maintain property tax values had been met. On Monday, Meredith said while he stands behind his vote, he also affirms the board's objectivity.
"Most of these guys have been on the board for quite some time," Meredith said. "On standard practice, and in this case as well, I feel like everybody was objective."
Attempts to reach board chairman Thomas Cridlebaugh were unsuccessful.
The proposed range, to be located at a rurally-zoned property at 3950 Shiptontown Road in Denton, would be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. from Wednesday through Saturday and from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday. The range will have four shooting areas and would be used for turkey shoots, matches, tournaments and special events that could be held at night, according to Knight and his application.
The range would be located in a heavily wooded area, and shooters would fire from Shiptontown Road into a 25-yard backdrop that would include ballistic sand and a topsoil-and-grass cover.
The board included several specific conditions with the issuance of the special permit, including:
• That there be a six-foot chain-link fence surrounding a 20-acre tract for the firing range.
• That appropriate signage be placed around the property.
• That a geomembrane be installed under the berm for the bullets to carry into.
• That Knight must submit an affidavit to the county's clerk every five years regarding the reclamation of lead from the site.
• That the range could not be open on Christmas, Thanksgiving or Easter, and there could be no more than two turkey shoots a month held at night.
Knight, who is in the process of closing on the property that will host the range, said he is prepared to make his business as safe as possible.
"We are going to have higher standards on our range than most have that are already in existence in our county," Knight said. "We intended to do lead reclamation already, for instance, and the board has made that a requirement for us."
Still, opposing neighbors such as Bruce Peck say they don't see anything good coming out of the gun range.
"I don't see any tax breaks or any revenue coming to the county," Peck said. "And I really don't think people are going to stop shooting on their own property to go and pay someone else to shoot."
Nash Dunn can be reached at 249-3981, ext. 227, or at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow Nash on Twitter: @LexDispatchNash


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How secure, in general, Joomla 2.5.7 is IF a Joomla admin took all the necessary measures to protect his site? After all, there's also a server where Joomla physically resides (ie. hosting). Well, my hosting is one of the best for Joomla, but still...God knows what happens behind the curtain.
To put it simple, without paying a hacker to try to break into the site, is there a way to make sure it's safe?
I'm not talking about FBI or some wunderkind hackers here (those would surely crack any site), I'm asking about an average hacker (though not just some kid who only pretends to know all about hacking).
I'm aware about cloud services like what Qualys and alike offer.
Last, but not least...I'm not asking general public about their personal opinions (they vary), but only those who knows the subject well enough.
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International Pacific Research Center Officials Receive International Recognition
Honors bestowed by the American Meteorological Society and the Pacific Congress on Marine Science and Technology (PACON International)University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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Officials with the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa's International Pacific Research Center have recently been recognized by a variety of international organizations for their excellence in research and leadership.
Julian McCreary, professor and director of the International Pacific Research Center (IPRC), was among 34 international scientists selected as new Fellows by the American Meteorological Society (AMS). The AMS, one of the nation's leading professional societies for atmospheric and related sciences, bestows the prestigious lifelong title on only a small number of its approximately 11,000 members worldwide. He received the honor for his outstanding research contributions toward understanding the dynamics of the upper ocean and its influence on atmospheric circulation and climate.
McCreary received his PhD in 1977 from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego. His dissertation research was one of the first ocean model studies of El Niño, demonstrating how the eastern Pacific Ocean responds to changing winds confined to the western region. He will be recognized at this week's 83rd Annual Meeting of the AMS in Long Beach, Calif.
Lorenz Magaard, professor of oceanography and IPRC's executive associate director, was recently named president-elect of the Pacific Congress on Marine Science and Technology (PACON International), a Honolulu-based, international, nonprofit scientific organization. He will begin a two-year term as president in 2004.
Magaard has been an active member of PACON from its inception and has received numerous awards and honors, including the prestigious International Award of the Pacific Congress on Marine Science and Technology for his significant contribution to the advancement of ocean science and technology. A Fellow of the Marine Technology Society, Magaard is well known in Hawaiʻi and within the marine science community.
PACON is a dynamic network of marine scientists, engineers and policy makers organized for the purpose of sharing insights and breakthroughs in ocean scientific research, and in state-of-the art marine technology. The members of this organization are active in promoting scientific, technical, and environmentally sound use of ocean resources in a developmentally sustainable way. Though it is based in Honolulu, the organization focuses on issues and research affecting the entire Asia-Pacific marine environment, and its membership and sponsors are worldwide.
Also elected to a leadership position was John Wiltshire, acting director of the Hawaiʻi Undersea Research Laboratory at UH Mānoa. Wiltshire was named executive director of PACON with a specific focus of widening participation in the organization, its meetings and congresses.
IPRC is a research center within the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology at UH Mānoa devoted to studying the causes of climate variability in the Asia-Pacific region. It was founded in October 1997 under an agreement between the University of Hawaiʻi and Japanese governmental agencies — the Japan Marine Science and Technology Center and the National Space Development Agency of Japan. The center's financial support comes from Japan, U.S. federal granting agencies, and the state of Hawaiʻi. Under the directorship of McCreary, IPRC has become an excellent example of successful scientific collaboration between the United States, Japan, and the international climate research community.
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Open Letter to Campus Community: Year-End Parties
April 12, 2012
Dear Campus Community,
As we near the end of the 2011-2012 academic year, students may be thinking about ways to celebrate prior to the start of final exams. In the past few years, some students residing within a two-block section of Wheeler Street have organized a block party. Western Illinois University is not a sponsor of, or affiliated with, this off-campus event.
During the course of the year, we have hosted numerous meetings with students who reside along Wheeler Street, as well as an open forum, that allowed students to ask questions of, and address concerns to, both city and University officials in regard to block parties, ordinances, and the city's permit process. The City of Macomb has recently adopted ordinances that will limit large gatherings within the city unless the gathering meets the city's permit requirements.
The University asks its students who may host a party, and to those who attend such a party, to act responsibly, be respectful of one another, and obey the law.
We understand the desire to celebrate the end of the school year, but past events have resulted in serious consequences for some students and the community. Last year, the Wheeler Street Block Party resulted in over 110 arrests. More than 12 people were treated on site and in the local emergency room for dangerous intoxication levels. Eighty-eight WIU students were subject to disciplinary action through Student Judicial Programs, resulting in such sanctions as probation (36), deferred suspension (3) and suspension (3).
From 10 a.m. Friday, April 27 through 10 a.m. Sunday, April 29, University Housing and Dining Services will limit the number of guests allowed in the residence halls. For more information on guest policies from April 27-29, visit wiu.edu/housing.
During the week of April 23, like so many other weeks during the school year, there are a variety of activities on campus (many at no cost to our students). Visit wiu.edu/calendar for a complete listing of events.
Good luck on your final exams, and to those students graduating in May, we extend our best wishes for a successful future.
Jack Thomas
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What: Charles Johnson, nationally recognized novelist, short story writer, essayist and cartoonist, will deliver the keynote address at PSU's annual community-wide event celebrating the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The event is sponsored by Portland State University and Oregon Public Broadcasting.
When: Monday, February 19, 2007, at 7 p.m.
Where: Smith Memorial Student Union Ballroom (SMSU), room 355 (1825 S.W. Broadway).
Cost: Tickets are $5 for the general public, free for students with a valid student ID, and can be purchased at the PSU Ticket Office (SMSU, room 102, 503-725-3307) or Ticketmaster outlets. Tickets purchased for the original date will be honored. Seating is limited.
Contact: For more information call 503-725-5342. Media requests for an interview with Charles Johnson should be directed to Laura Jundt at 503-725-8555.
Background: Charles Johnson, a scholar of African-American literature, first came to prominence as a political cartoonist. In 1970, he published a collection of cartoons that led to a television series on PBS. Johnson won the National Book Award in 1990 for Middle Passage, which embodies his provocative version of black literature and in 2003 published Turning the Wheel, a collection of essays about his experiences as an African-American Buddhist. He is currently the S. Wilson and Grace M. Pollock Endowed Professor of English at the University of Washington and is a MacArthur Fellow. He is also the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship
Due to inclement weather, Charles Johnson was not able to make the original scheduled date on January 18, 2006.
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An Older Demographic May Soon Dominate Gaming 234
Reservoir Hill writes "An article from last week runs down the new mass audience for gaming among families, women and older people. The importance of the mass audience in gaming's spectacular growth is seen most clearly in the success of Nintendo's Wii, which is far outselling its more technically advanced hardware competitors, the Xbox 360 from Microsoft and PlayStation 3 from Sony. Wii Play was the No. 2-selling game of last year even though it received an abysmal score of 58 out of 100 at Metacritic, which aggregates reviews. The Times says that as video games become more popular hard-core gamers are becoming an ever smaller part of the audience. 'Paradoxically, at a moment when technology allows designers to create ever more complex and realistic single-player fantasies, the growth in the now $18 billion gaming market is in simple, user-friendly experiences that families and friends can enjoy together.'"


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Kimi Raikkonen will remain at Lotus in 2013, the team has confirmed.
With all the top seats taken in Formula One next year,
Raikkonen looked set to remain at Lotus and the team confirmed the news via a YouTube video on Monday. The Finn made his return to Formula One with
Lotus at the start of this season and is currently third in the drivers' championship on 173 points after scoring six podium.
When he first signed in November 2011 after two year's out of the sport, Lotus said he was on a two-year contract, but he was only confirmed for 2013 on Monday.
"I think my return to Formula One has gone pretty well and the team has done a very good job all year so far," Raikkonen said. "To be honest, I didn't expect to be fighting for the drivers' championship this season when you look at where the team was in 2011, so it has been great to be on the podium so many times and to score points on a regular basis.
"I feel very comfortable with Lotus F1 Team and we share the same philosophy of racing. Continuing with the team was an obvious choice for me and I'm looking forward to making another step forward together next year."
Team principal Eric Boullier added: "Kimi has made an exceptional comeback to
Formula One. From the first time he sat in the car this year it was clear he had lost none of his pace or technical feedback and we have been rewarded by a focused and motivated driver all season. For Lotus F1 Team to be fighting for such strong championship positions this year is in no small part attributed to Kimi's talent and experience of racing. It was a natural conclusion for us to confirm that we will be harnessing his abilities for next season."
Raikkonen's team-mate Romain Grosjean has not yet been named alongside him for next season.


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2004 Football
Bluffton sixth in preseason poll
Bluffton places sixth Heartland Conference football coaches poll
By Ben Risinger, Sports Information Director
August 6, 2004
BLUFFTON, OHIO - The Bluffton University football has been selected as sixth in the preseason Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference poll released on Friday.
Bluffton calculated a 2-8 overall record, 0-6 HCAC in 2003 under first-year head coach Greg Brooks. The Beavers return 15 starters (8 offense, 7 defense) to the field as they look to improve on last season's record.
Two-time defending HCAC champion Hanover College was picked to finish first in the league. Mount St. Joseph was picked second, Anderson University third, Defiance College and Franklin College tied for fourth, Bluffton University was picked sixth with Manchester College placing seventh.
"Being in sixth place provides us with the opportunity to move up in conference action," head coach Greg Brooks said.
Bluffton University will open the 2004 season on September 4 when they host Centre College in Dwight Salzman stadium. Kickoff is scheduled for 1:30 p.m.
Preseason HCAC Coaches Poll
1. Hanover College 46 (6)
2. Mount St. Joseph 40 (1)
3. Anderson University 36
4.-tie Defiance College 25
Franklin College 25
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WHEATON, Ill.-- The Panthers took on No. 16 ranked Wheaton College on Friday night and fell 3-0 to the Thunder on the road.
Wheaton got on the scoreboard in the 27th minute with a goal by Adam Blackman. Greenville held the Thunder to 1-0 heading into halftime.
Despite a determined Panther defense, the home team would score twice more in the second half, once in the 53rd minute with a finish from Jordan Golz and once again in the 90th minute with a shot by Chad Musgraves. The game ended 3-0, Wheaton.
This brings the Panthers' record to 1-4-3. They play again on Wednesday, September 25, when they return to their home field to take on Washington University-St. Louis at 7:00pm.


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I have a twist on this theory. By and large, about 99% of all speeding infractions even result in a ticket. Anyone who drives (like myself) can tell you that from personal experience. Also, only the most egregious speeders generally get whacked.
The practice of bicycles going through red lights hardly ever gets ticketed. So my theory is basically, a bicycle going through a red light is the equivalent of a car speeding. Common infractions that are sparsely ticketed and I would argue, rightly so.
Interesting. But clearly there are those who don't see this equivalency - if bikes want to be treated like cars, they must obey the rules like cars. This does not differentiate "a common infraction for a car" from "a common infraction on a bike" - an infraction is either a common one that is sparsely ticketed, or it is not. Running a stop sign - ticketable, always, no gray area. Speeding - common infraction that is sparsely ticketed - on a bike or in a car. Ergo, stop running the stopsigns, but feel free if you are on your bike to go ahead and speed.
Or perhaps not
Posted by Angela Hey, a resident of the Portola Valley: Brookside Park neighborhood, on Jun 13, 2007 at 10:47 pm
Today I passed a bicycle doing more than 35 mph down Alpine Road - speed limits apply to bikers too. Can the police please cite people who speed on bikes or break the traffic laws in other ways?
My all time favorite internet forum post.


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Latest update : 2012-05-03
French Presidential Race: Can Sarkozy beat Hollande? (part 2)
Mind the gap in the French presidential race which is tightening. Not enough, argues Socialist Olivier Ferrand for whom Nicolas Sarkozy has tacked too far right to win. The UMP's Arnaud Danjean – in a dig at François Hollande – answers you can be pro-Europe and still address the fears of ordinary citizens.
- Arnaud DANJEAN. French legislative elections candidate, UMP. Member of the European Parliament;
- Olivier FERRAND. French legislative elections candidate, Socialist Party. President and founder, Terra Nova;
- Marc PERELMAN. France 24 French Politics Editor;
- Markus KARLSSON. France 24 / MCD / RFI Business Editor;
- Douglas HERBERT. France 24 International Affairs Editor.
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THOMASVILLE | Well, better late than never.
THOMASVILLE | Well, better late than never.
The HiToms exploded for six runs in the seventh inning, then added two more in the eighth to defeat Martinsville 8-6 in West Division Coastal Plain League action Friday night at Finch Field to snap a three-game losing streak.
The win — and the rally — couldn't have come at a better time for the Tommies, who are fighting to stay alive for a playoff berth. The team is now 17-24 overall, 5-8 in the second half with 15 games left to play in the regular season.
"One thing the guys haven't done is give up," said HiToms coach Austin Love. "We're excited. Mathematically, we're still in it.
The HiToms trailed 4-0 going into the bottom of the seventh inning. Martinsville pitcher Matt Petrizzi seemed in control all night, working out of jams all through the game. The HiToms, in fact, had runners in scoring position in five of the first six innings — including the bases loaded with one out in the third — but couldn't score.
But in the seventh, the HiToms were unstoppable.
Joey Havrilak opened the inning with a single, then stole second. Ryan Hodge followed with a run-scoring double. One out later, Austin Crutcher doubled to score Hodge, chasing Petrizzi. Then, on a heads-up play, Crutcher stole third off reliever Billy Nixon, who promptly uncorked a wild pitch to score Crutcher.
Suddenly, the HiToms trailed 4-3.
Then came the fun part.
Josh Ingram came through with a double, and one out later, Glenn Batson hit a ball to deep right that at first appeared to be a two-run homer.
But right fielder Ron Farley started waving his arms and checking underneath the fence. The umpires conferred and declared the hit a ground-rule double, tying the game at 4-4 instead of a 5-4 lead and sending Love into an animated fit.
Love was never tossed from the game, and Pete Guy, the next hitter, made everything a moot point when he crushed a towering two-run shot over the scoreboard in left center, putting the Tommies up 6-4.
The Mustangs, however, came back with two runs in the top of the eighth to tie the game at 6-6. So much for moot points.
But the HiToms came back in the bottom of the eighth with two runs of their own, when Havrilak — who singled and advanced to second when Hodge was hit by a pitch and moved up to third on a sacrifice bunt by Bradley Morton — scored on a passed ball. Ingram then singled home an insurance run.
The Tommies sealed the deal when reliever Laetten Galbraith set down the side in order, collecting two strikeouts along the way for his fourth save of the season. Patrick Upchurch got the win in relief of starter Jordan Simons.
"I came in and had a lot of adrenaline going," said Galbraith. "A lot of momentum came our way after the eighth inning, and I knew I had to shut them down. I knew they couldn't get a runner on and they couldn't get any momentum back.
"So I came in with guns blazing."
Notes: The HiToms banged out 14 hits in the game, eight of them coming after the sixth inning. … Guy ended up going 4-for-4 out of the No. 8 spot. Ingram was 3-for-5, while Havrilak and Hodge each had two hits for the HiToms. … The HiToms travel to Forest City on Saturday, then welcome Peninsula on Sunday for a game at 5 p.m.


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Adele has apologised for sticking her middle finger up at the Brit Awards crowd as her Awards acceptance speech for Best British Album was cut short. And the singer clarified that the insult "was meant for the suits at the Brits, not her fans".
Brits host James Corden was forced to stop the Someone Like You singer mid-speech, just as she began to thank all those who had helped her with her record-breaking album, in order to allow Blur to kick off their show-closing set.
Speaking afterwards, soul star Adele said: "I'd like to say I got cut off and I did the middle finger, but it was for the suits at the Brits that cut me off, not my fans.
"I'm sorry if I offended anyone, the suits offended me. I'd like to take the chance now, which I didn't get earlier, to thank all of my fans."
Meanwhile, Gavin and Stacey's Corden has also expressed his regret over the incident.
Speaking after the show on ITV2, Corden admitted: "I don't understand quite why I was made to [cut her short]."
He continued: "I was having the best night of my life and then I had to cut Adele off before she's even had chance to say thank you. She's the biggest star in the world. I don't understand what happened but I'm upset about it."
Visibly upset, Corden added: "Blur played for 11 minutes and she didn't get chance to say thank you once."
Despite the glitch, Adele was in high-spirits as she spoke to journalists after picking up her Brit Awards for British Female Solo Artist and Best British Album for 21.
Commenting on the success of her second album, which has now sold over 20m copies worldwide, the London-born star said: "It just goes over my head really. It's phenomenal the success of this album… it carried on without me even when my voice stopped."
Waving and shouting "have a good night" as she left the press conference, the star said: "I'm off to a party - even if I can't get drunk because of my voice."
Adele, Rihanna and all the other stars of the Brit Awards 2012 on the red carpet:


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Among the flock of bars that open and close every year in Los Angeles, Tom Bergin's Old Horseshoe and Thoroughbred Club has prospered for over 60 years. Despite a recent make-over that forced the bar to close, today, Tom Bergin's still maintains a "no hassle" drinking mentality. "Even though we wanted more Duvel, our crowd is not overly fussy or fancy," said Kat Wittenburgh, Director of Operations.
And what is the signature drink at an Irish tavern? None other than the Irish coffee. While the drink may appear simple to patrons it has been in the making for longer than Tom Bergin's itself. The cocktail menu sites the drink's origins spanning as long ago as 1942, when the drink was served to warm up travelers before transatlantic trips. The secret to the sweet and comforting drink can be found in the cream. "Before re-opening we went through 80 options of cream until we landed on this local, organic farm cream," Wittenburgh says.
Success in four different dining establishments throughout LA, including Little Dom's, Dominik's, and 101 Café, all have the same running theme for Kat Wittenburgh and owners, Warner Ebbink and Brandon Boudet. "Changes are in the walls and the kitchen, but it essentially looks the same as it did in 1948," Wittenburgh muses,"The key is to never forget what the customer wants and they want history. We never forget that."
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Taylor University Prepares for Largest Freshman Class in its HistoryBy Jim Garringer Published: Aug 22, 2012
Taylor University officials are set to welcome the largest incoming freshman class in school history. An expected 560 new students are set to arrive this weekend: 518 of them being freshmen and 42 additional transfer students.
Freshman and transfer students move-in is scheduled for Friday, August 24.
Taylor's Director of Admissions Amy Barnett says that in addition to its size, the freshman class is also distinctive in other areas that include:
- More than 200 who achieved a 4.0 GPA in high school
- An average ACT score of 27
- An average SAT score of 1158 (writing sample not included)
- 61 class members (12%) who are ethnic students
- 47 (9%) are American ethnic students (most in Taylor's history)
- 15 are international students representing 13 countries
- 127 (24%) of the freshman class have had a parent or sibling attend Taylor
- 230 men; 288 women
"Our Admissions office was working on an initiative to increase the amount of students coming from Indiana," said Barnett. "Those efforts have resulted in 37% of the class coming from the State. We know that there are a lot of college options in Indiana, and we are pleased to have more and more students selecting Taylor."
Barnett added that 138 of the incoming freshmen plan to major in science, a rise from previous years and a development believed to be linked to the recent opening of Taylor's new $41.4 million Euler Science Complex.


text: Locking up a number two and five seed, respectively, in the Bluegrass Conference tournament next week, the Twin Cedars' girls' and boys' basketball teams will be looking for some momentum heading into "January Madness." Moulton-Udell is the opponent, and for the girls, if they play like they did versus Melcher-Dallas on Tuesday, then the Sabers should have no problem whatsoever against a 1 – 8 Eagles team. Their only win came against Seymour, 40 – 37, the same team Twin Cedars clobbered in December 59 – 17. Coach Justin Nolte would still like to see a stronger effort on the boards during the game from all of his athletes. The marquee match-up could be the boys' game, as the Eagles enter at 5 – 3 while the Sabers are 6 – 5. Moulton-Udell features four starters who average double-figures, led by Kalen Marsching at 14.6 points per game. Twin Cedars will also have to be careful with the ball, as the Eagles have stolen the rock away on average 20 times per contest. The doubleheader tonight tips off at 6:15 p.m.


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Start:7 April 2015
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Download as vCalendar (for Microsoft Outlook etc.)
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Google Announces "Classroom" 143
Addressing privacy concerns, Google reassures teachers, 'We know that protecting your students' privacy is critical. Like the rest of our Apps for Education services, Classroom contains no ads, never uses your content or student data for advertising purposes, and is free for schools.' After the recent torpedoing of Bill Gates' $100M inBloom initiative, Google might want to have a privacy pitch ready for parents, too!"


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Traffic was blocked on Highway 14 for about 30 minutes after a vehicle fire Wednesday evening. The fire was located at the intersection of Highway 14 and G-40. That's at mile marker 49 on Highway 14, about a mile south of the mile-long bridge.
The Knoxville Rural Fire Department, Marion County Sheriff's Office, and Knoxville City Rescue all responded to the scene. Smoke from the fire could be seen from just north of Knoxville, and one witness claimed that it was visible all the way from the Melcher-Dallas area. No injuries were reported. The cause of the fire has not yet been reported.


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By Melinda Wenner Moyer
NEW YORK -- If you have a child between the ages of 1 and 4 who has ever watched TV, had a play date, gone to daycare or preschool or been inside a toy store, he or she is probably obsessed with Elmo. My son first showed symptoms at 10 or 11 months, when I picked him up from daycare one day and saw him gleefully riding an Elmo car. For the first time in his life, he looked disappointed to see me.
What is it with kids and that round-headed, perpetually grinning creature? Why does his giggle elicit such blood lust that parents feel the need to trample and break the ribs of toy store employees to get their hands on his latest signature toy? Why does Googling the phrase "Elmo obsession" return 1.75 million results?
There are undoubtedly many reasons for his universal appeal, but the most important one is simple: Elmo is much like your little angel. I don't mean to imply that your child is a Muppet; I mean that Elmo almost perfectly captures a toddler's approach to and outlook on the world.
He is "just like toddlers who are in a exploratory stage of life -- like little scientists, trying out and exploring what is around them, delighting in it," explains Tovah Klein, director of the Center of Toddler Development at Barnard College in New York City. And we all love characters we can relate to.
"Sesame Street" Muppets have distinct personalities and functions. Cookie Monster is the impulsive guy.
In the early 1980s, "Sesame Street" content developers realized that they didn't yet have a preschool character, so they devised a list of attributes that they felt described the prototypic preschool child -- "curious, open-minded, fun, loves to learn new things, very optimistic, happy-go-lucky," explains Rosemarie Truglio, vice president of education and research at Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit organization behind "Sesame Street" -- and they mixed them all together to create Elmo, who first appeared on the show in 1985.
It's not just that Elmo goes about his business like a toddler; he is also about as knowledgeable as a preschool child. He doesn't know what big words mean and sometimes doesn't know how to pronounce them, which kids may find comforting and amusing.
"Elmo spends much of his time approaching new things or situations," Klein explains. "He tries something out and makes mistakes; he doesn't know how something works or what it does." It's nice for kids to see other young characters who are as clueless as they are. Yet Elmo never gets frustrated or angry, and this incessant optimism is probably also appealing. Research suggests that seeing others smile and laugh can make us happier and healthier, too.
Elmo's sometimes rather annoying speech patterns are also immensely important. His jabber mimics "mother-ese" -- it is high pitched with dragged out vowels and exaggerated inflections -- which helps kids identify Elmo as someone they should listen to.
"The style of it is very much, 'this is for you,'" says Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, director of the Infant Language Laboratory at Temple University in Philadelphia. He refers to himself in the third person -- Guess what Elmo's thinking about today? -- which is how many young kids first learn to talk about themselves. Elmo also talks directly to kids and tries to engage them, but in a respectful way.
Other television shows, such as "Dora the Explorer" and "Blue's Clues," encourage viewer participation, but they do so somewhat forcefully, incorporating pregnant pauses during which kids are supposed to respond. "Elmo's World," the "Sesame Street" segment that premiered in 1999, doesn't do this. Instead, the show invites kids to join in Elmo's adventures without "(making) children feel awkward if they chose not to," Truglio says.
Then there's the fact that Elmo is bright red. Funnily enough, this salient characteristic was not engineered. When it came time to pick Elmo's hue, "Sesame Street's" producers discovered that red was still unclaimed. Elmo's redness undoubtedly helps his popularity: Some research suggests, for instance, that bold colors give preschoolers a sense of security.
And, of course, red makes Elmo so darned easy to see. My son could spot that Elmo car as soon as he walked into daycare every morning, and that, I'm sure, helped to solidify their budding relationship.
Finally, adults like Elmo, too, and their tacit approval surely boosts children's adoration for him. "Sesame Street" fosters parental support and "co-viewing" in part by inviting celebrities like Alicia Keys and Ricky Gervais onto the show to sing with Elmo. Ultimately, " 'Sesame Street' is a play date for the family," Truglio says.


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It's the sound of all the real virus authors collectively spinning in their coffins/cells/cubicles.
You forgot - "then ou have to save the virus to the ipod"
The article goes on to say it can't propagate itself
Right.But most of the viruses(in reference to Windows), infected EXEs can harm your PC only if you execute them.Isn't this a kind of user involvement? Ironically if you don't run some XYZ untrusted EXE, you don't mess it up..simple. If you run it, thinking your AntiVirus will save you all the times, then sorry you are in soup.Not always you 'll be s
You also might want to read this site: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisor
I always find it amusing when a virus that requires the user to activate it is considered news.
By that definition, rm -rf / would be considered a virus.
By that definition, rm -rf / would be considered a virus.
"This virus is trying to attach itself to other files on your hard disk. Before it can do this, you will need to agree to the terms of the GPL. Ok or Cancel?"
Oh, great.
Now try explaining that the GPL isn't viral...
Hey, i made a multi platform virus that can infect almost any existing computer. And it's easy to spread : just compile following code
#include "stdio.h"
int main (void) {
printf("YOU ARE INFECTED BY ULTRAdOOM NExT gen, F3AR THE L0RD !!\n");
exit 0;
Launch and here you are ! (yes, i know, i should have posted that on my blog and write a story for Slashdot)
Hmmm, I don't think it will spread too easily by the means you mention. That code won't compile
iPod Linux - Free
Knowledge and desire to install linux on your MP3 Player - Your social life
Having been smart enough to install Linux on your iPod then go out of your way to install a virus - Priceless
For everything else theres run of the mill idiots.
What is the intersection between people who're smart enough to have installed Linux on their iPods, and people stupid enough to run a random executable?
Would anyone in that set like to make themselves known? Anyone? Don't be shy; anyone at all?
Didn't think so.
The Idiotisco virus is a 'proof of concept' that any moron running Linux can set executable bit on a file and run it to damage his system.echo "You're being infected with the Idiotisco, the second most stupid Linux virus"
rm -rf ~
If graphics hackers are so smart, why can't they get the bugs out of fresh paint?


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How Hard Is It to Get a Job if You've Been Out of Work for 6 Months? — Dollars and Sense
They say the best time to look for a new job is when you already have one. Turns out there might actually be something to this phenomenon: New research suggests that the longer you're out of work, the harder it gets to find a new job.