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Former Zeek Chief Executive Officer Paul Burks said he denies allegations that his company was a large Ponzi and pyramid scheme.
Former Zeek Chief Executive Officer Paul Burks said he denies allegations that his company was a large Ponzi and pyramid scheme.
In a formal response filed Monday in North Carolina Business Court, Burks addressed a class-action lawsuit filed against him and his company in Davidson County in August. Going through the complaint paragraph by paragraph, Burks largely denied allegations that he defrauded millions throughout the world through unregistered offers and sales of securities through Zeek Rewards and penny auction site Zeekler.com.
This is the first time Burks has directly addressed accusations against his former company since mid-August, when he quickly settled securities fraud charges filed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, without admitting or denying anything. Burks, a Lexington resident, was forced to pay a $4 million penalty and relinquish his reigns to the company. The case has since gone into receivership, and Charlotte attorney Kenneth Bell is actively pursuing what he estimates is hundreds of millions of dollars to eventually return to nearly 1 million people who lost money in the alleged scheme.
The complaint Burks is now responding to is a separate class-action lawsuit filed by about 82 local Zeek Rewards affiliates on Aug. 22. The lawsuit, targeted at Burks, Zeek Rewards, the program's parent company, Rex Venture Group, and profiting investors, seeks damages for all affiliates and demands a jury trial. The lawsuit was originally filed in Davidson County Superior Court but was transferred to North Carolina Business Court in October.
In his response filed Monday, Burks denied nearly the entire original complaint. The only things he admitted to included that he is a citizen of Davidson County, that his former company was shut down by the SEC, that Zeekler.com started in 2010 and allowed participants to purchase "bids," and that Zeek Rewards was created in 2011 and that affiliates were able to join, among other things.
Burks requested to the court that the affiliates "have and recover nothing," and that their complaint and claims be "dismissed with prejudice," according to the response. He also requested to the court that he recover his costs incurred in the lawsuit and that those costs and attorney's fees be taxed to the affiliate claimants.
Burks also argued that the class-action suit be stayed. In the SEC case against Zeek Rewards, the original order appointing Bell receiver imposed a "stay of litigation" for any litigation related to the federal case. Burks, who filed a motion to stay the class-action lawsuit Oct. 4, reiterated in his filing Monday that the affiliates' lawsuit falls under the category of related litigation.
"Mr. Burks' response to the lawsuit against him is to hide behind the receiver and blame the victims," said Lexington attorney Cal Cunningham, who represents the affiliates who filed the class-action lawsuit. "We are prepared to prove our case and have proposed a cooperative arrangement with the receiver to do so. We look forward to a lift of the stay that allows us to go forward."
Cunningham said if his party is able to work out an arrangement with the receiver in federal court, there won't be a need to enter an order staying the lawsuit in state court. While he could not discuss specifics of the arrangement, he said both parties plan to target multiple categories of defendants.
Neither Burks nor his attorneys could be reached for comment this week.
Zeek Rewards was one of the first penny auction-based companies to present profit-sharing opportunities to its customers. Its users, or affiliates, essentially invested in the program by purchasing large quantities of bids for the penny auction site Zeekler.com, which was also operated by Rex Venture Group. To earn a profit, affiliates were required to give those bids away to new customers and post a daily advertisement for the site online. For buying bids, giving them away and placing an ad, affiliates shared in the company's daily net profits through "rewards" — bonuses they could compile over time and eventually turn into cash.
Affiliates could also earn commissions with every friend, family member or average Joe they signed up. The longer an affiliate's "downline," the more money there was to be made, something the SEC called classic pyramid style.
The SEC, which issued a civil enforcement action against the company Aug. 17, alleges that the money from new Zeek Rewards investors was simply financing the payouts for higher-up affiliates. About 98 percent of Zeek Rewards' total revenues, and subsequent payouts to its affiliates, were comprised of funds received from new investors, according to the SEC's complaint. The SEC also alleged that affiliates' contributions required little or no effort, adding that they merely copy and pasted fake ads and used automated programs to give out bids.
Burks denied that allegation.
So far, Bell's investigation has identified about 2.2 million unique Zeek Rewards users, and he says about 1 million of those users invested money in the program.
While the majority of Zeek Rewards affiliates lost money, including some who sent in cashier's checks just hours before the SEC's action, others profited heavily. Bell estimates that more than 100,000 affiliates made money on the program.
Bell sent out more than 1,200 subpoenas to affiliates who "took out more than they put in" last month, asking the profiteers to surrender their gains or face legal action.
Bell also filed a motion last week to intervene in a federal class-action lawsuit filed in Louisiana on Aug. 24, seeking to stay the lawsuit and have it transferred to federal court in Charlotte. That lawsuit also targeted Zeek Rewards, Burks and Rex Venture Group.
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Tampa Bay Lightning center Steven Stamkos, Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby and Chicago Blackhawks goaltender Ray Emery have been named the NHL's 'Three Stars' for the month of February.
Stamkos was tabbed as First Star after posting 10 goals and 10 assists for 20 points in 14 games. He tied Winnipeg's Andrew Ladd for the most goals during February, scoring seven times during a six-game streak -- the longest in the NHL this season. He ended the month on an eight-game point streak, lifting him into the NHL scoring lead with 31 points.
Crosby garnered the Second Star honor after leading the NHL with 18 assists and 24 points during the month. He recorded six three-point performances and registered at least one point in 11 of 14 games.
Emery picked up the Third Star after helping the Blackhawks to the best start in NHL history at 17-0-3 entering Friday's action. He was 7-0-0 with a 1.66 goals-against average and .941 save percentage in eight games during February.

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Mustangs gallop past Buckaroos
BRECKENRIDGE — It started out looking like a blowout win for Sweetwater in the first half of its initial road game of the season.But then it got a little scary in the second half against a Breckenridge team that refused to go down easily.In the end, however, the Mustangs came up with two fourth-quarter touchdowns to stretch a five-point lead into a 33-14 victory.Sweetwater — which began a three-game road swing that will also include games at Wall this Friday and Brownwood on Sept. 28 before starting district play — improved to 2-1, while Breckenridge fell to 0-3.For most of the night, the Mustangs clearly looked like the superior team in spite of allowing a game-high 163 rushing yards by Breckenridge quarterback Pedro Ramirez.Yet Sweetwater wasn't assured of a victory until sophomore quarterback Kaegan Jeffrey scored the Mustangs' final touchdown with just over three minutes left on an 8-yard run.Jeffrey's TD was preceded by his 18-yard run that gave Sweetwater a first-and-goal on its final possession after Breckenridge turned the ball over on downs deep in its territory. But Jeffrey's passing was even more impressive. He completed his first eight throws and finished 17-of-22 for 227 yards and two scores, with no interceptions or sacks.The TD tosses covered 47 and 16 yards and both went to another promising sophomore, wide receiver Bray Amos, who finished the night with seven catches for 104 yards. His two scoring receptions, incidentally, were Sweetwater's first two receiving touchdowns of the season.However, first-year head coach Shane Mobley's team showed great balance while amassing 468 yards against Breckenridge, which along with the 33 points were a season high. Sweetwater also had 241 yards rushing with its new spread offense and the run game was vital down the stretch after the Buckaroos closed to within 19-14 in the opening minute of the fourth quarter.Sweetwater returned the kickoff to its 37, and the Mustangs needed just four plays to find paydirt. From Breckenridge's 46, senior Ryan Linebaugh took a handoff from Jeffrey and found a big opening after cutting back to his left. Linebaugh easily won the footrace to make it 25-14, and Tadeo Canon-Masjoan kicked the PAT with 9:30 left. The defense held Breckenridge without a first down for the rest of the game, and Sweetwater was able to enjoy great field position on offense until finally clinching it on Jeffrey's run with 3:02 remaining.Sweetwater punted just once in the contest, and the Mustangs scored on their opening possession with a 10-play, 69-yard drive capped by a 9-yard run from Canon-Masjoan. Jeffrey then led Sweetwater on its longest drive of the year, one that covered 99 yards, to make it a 12-0 contest. Amos scored on a 47-yard catch-and-run after receiving Jeffrey's throw around Breckenridge's 20. It was still 12-0 at half-time, but Sweetwater had two more scoring chances in the second quarter. A fumble at Breckenridge's 2 ended the first, and a missed field goal after the Mustangs reached the Buckaroos' 13 ended the second chance.Sweetwater's failure to cash in finally allowed Brec-kenridge to cut into the lead after the second half began.After taking possession to start the third quarter, the Mustangs had to punt without making a first down. Breckenridge took over and immediately got into scoring range with a 41-yard pass from Ramirez to Este-ban Duran before scoring on a 23-yard Ramirez run with 7:29 left in the third. But Sweetwater respond-ed on its next possession as Amos caught a 16-yard pass from Jeffrey for the TD. Canon-Masjoan's PAT made it 19-7 with 4:18 left in the third quarter.Breckenridge wasn't fin-ished, marching 96 yards and scoring on Ramirez's 26-yard throw to Chris Madison in the left corner of the end zone to cut the lead to 19-14 with 11:12 left in the game.That narrow lead would not last long, though, as Sweetwater quickly regained a two-score advantage on Linebaugh's TD run. Linebaugh finished as Sweetwater's top rusher with 83 yards on 11 carries. Jeffrey and Marquees Jen-kins rushed for 49 and 48 yards, respectively.Sweetwater hurt itself by losing two fumbles, and also was penalized nine times. "We've got to do better," Mobley said after the game. "But it was a good win for our kids."


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LIMA — There weren't any miracle comebacks for Liberty-Benton Saturday night at Lima Stadium.
One week after stunning Patrick Henry on the same turf, the Eagles' magic ran out as Coldwater took it to Liberty-Benton both offensively and defensively in a 38-0 Division V state semifinal.
No. 1-ranked Coldwater (14-0) will move into the state finals for the fourth straight year and face defending state champion Kirtland (14-0) in a rematch of last year's title game. Kirtland, ranked No. 2, defeated Baltimore Liberty Union 41-7.
"We are playing well right now," said Coldwater coach Chip Otten, who played football at BGSU. "Kirtland is a tough ballclub, and it should be a fun rematch."
Liberty-Benton (12-2) hung with the Cavaliers in the first quarter and trailed just 3-0 after Coldwater's Kyle Bergman booted a 32-yard field goal.
But Coldwater, which won state titles in 2005 and '07, took control with three touchdowns on each of its second-quarter possessions.
"Once there was blood in the water, look out, because here they come," Liberty-Benton coach Tim Nichols said.
Cavaliers quarterback Austin Bruns ran for 23 yards and passed for 17 more on the first scoring drive, which covered 62 yards in 11 plays. Bruns capped it with a three-yard run.
The senior quarterback tossed a 13-yard TD pass to Caleb Siefring to end an eight-play, 63-yard drive on Coldwater's second drive of the quarter.
After L-B rolled the dice with 1:52 left in the half and came up short on a fourth-and-two from their own 37, Bruns struck quickly. He tossed a 30-yard pass to Josh Huber and then ran in from seven yards out.
Bruns tossed a 32-yard scoring strike to Huber in the third quarter, and Grant Muhlenkamp capped the scoring on a two-yard fourth-quarter run.
"That's real good stuff right there," Nichols said of Coldwater. "There are no weaknesses, and they expose anything you may have that is weak. They are the bar for a lot of programs.
"If, when the year started, we would have been told 'Hey, you'll get to play week 14', there would have been a lot of surprised people. When their year starts, anything less than week 15 is not up to par. That program right there is the real deal."
Liberty-Benton struggled offensively all evening.
The Eagles managed a pair of first downs on its opening drive of the game and another later in the first quarter, but didn't move the chains again until the third quarter.
Liberty-Benton managed just 179 yards of offense.
The Eagles gained 150 yards rushing, with 74 coming in the fourth quarter. Quarterback Mitch Linhart led the way with 58 yards on 12 carries, but the senior had trouble throwing the ball. He completed just 4 of 14 passes for 29 yards.
"They put it on us," Nichols said. "We battled early, but at the end of the day I'm not sure we had what they had."
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This morning, I was listening to an episode of "This American Life" called "How to Rest in Peace," about people coping with the murder of a parent. I don't normally seek out subject matter like that for my morning commute, but now that it starts at 5:45, it's not like I'm all that conscious, anyway.
This story, however, jolted me out of my doldrums. But not for the reason you might think.
It begins with two houses in Westchester, neighbors whose kids were the same age and spent lots of afternoon time playdating. Our protagonist is Jason, who was 6 when he and his mom drove to the neighbor's to pick up his sister. In a horrible case of Wrong Place, Wrong Time, the neighbor's house was being robbed when they arrived. One thing led to another, the situation veered terribly south, and Jason's mom ended up shot through the head.
The rest of the story is about how Jason has processed, or tried to process, that day. Because in the 30 years since it happened, he's never cried. And he's coming to realize that his life's path has been shaped by his subconscious need to provoke an emotional reaction in himself.
A story like this is alarming enough if you have young children, and you wonder how they would react to seeing you lying headless on the bedroom floor. But as the story progressed, and I pieced together bits of Jason's life, I suddenly realized that Jason is the owner of my local cafe, where I'm currently typing this.
I wouldn't say we're friends. We haven't gone out to bend elbows or anything. But I interact with him several days a week, and our chats have risen above small talk. He knows my kids, and I've met his wife and daughter. We've discussed the neighborhood, family life, his work as a location scout on "The Sopranos." He's pleasant and soft-spoken, generous, and judging by the crowds at his restaurant, a smart businessman.
And I never knew. Not that I would, since it's hard to slip a story like that into normal conversation.
Me: "Good morning! How are you today?"
Jason: "Not bad. My kid said 'Dada.' The pastry delivery's late. And I'm still trying to reconcile the random course of events that culminated in my mother's murder."
I'm not sure why I'm writing this now. I guess I'm realizing that it's way too easy to forget that each of us is a story, and that the many people who serve as extras in the movies of our lives are stars of their own. It's also made me reflect on the various degrees of pain that my friends and family have endured over the last few years, and how grateful I am for the lattice of love and friendship that has helped cushion the blows.
If you have the chance, you should listen to and/or read about Jason's story. But please don't come to the restaurant, because if too many people realize how great it is, I'll never get in there again.


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McDonnell seeks delay on consideration of uranium mining in Virginia
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Gov. Bob McDonnell is asking the General Assembly to wait a year before taking any action on lifting a 30-year moratorium on uranium mining in Virginia.
McDonnell said questions raised in two detailed studies on uranium mining in Virginia showed the state needs further on-site study before considering whether to allow uranium mining in the state. The National Academy of Sciences and Chmura Economics & Analytics released reports on the science and economics behind uranium mining in December.
"The NAS study was broadly helpful in providing a better understanding of the associated economic benefits, which are potentially significant, as well as the possible risks, which are potentially serious, associated with uranium mining in this geography and climate," McDonnell said in a statement. "However, in order for an informed decision to be made by state lawmakers, we need more detailed information."
McDonnell has instructed state agencies to create a Uranium Working Group that will provide detailed study and information on whether a moratorium should be lifted, and if so, how to proceed forward. The recommendations are to be in place in time for the 2013 legislative session.
McDonnell's working group is to consist of staff from the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy, the Department of Environmental Quality and the Virginia Department of Health. McDonnell has instructed the group to develop a regulatory framework for uranium mining in Virginia. He also has instructed the group to do an on-site scientific analysis of the Coles Hill deposits in Pittsylvania County.
Virginia Uranium Inc., which wants to mine and mill an estimated 119 million pound uranium deposit in Pittsylvania County, applauded the step.
"The governor's decision is an important step toward establishing a regulatory framework that will enable our company to build and operate the safest uranium mine in the world right here in Virginia," Patrick Wales, project manager at Virginia Uranium, said in a statement.
The Coles Hill deposits make up the largest known, undeveloped uranium deposit in the country.
The proposal faced mounting opposition from environmentalists, localities concerned about the operations' effect on drinking water and many citizen and business groups.
On Wednesday, two groups representing state legislators from Southern Virginia and a group of area business leaders, asked the General Assembly to wait on consideration of the moratorium. The Virginia Coalition and The Alliance for Progress in Southern Virginia both said there were too many unanswered questions to allow uranium mining to progress.
In drafting a regulatory framework, McDonnell said the regulations should cover the potential for natural catastrophic events, monitoring required by the Department of Environmental Quality, fee structure for establishing and enforcing regulations, disposal of mine waste and environmental standards at the mine.
The group is to regularly report its findings to the Uranium Subcommittee of the Coal and Energy Commission through this year and present their findings to the Coal and Energy Commission before Dec. 1, 2012.
Virginia Business covered the issue in depth in its January cover story, which you can see here.


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Lopez Villa Shines in 1st Round Match at National's
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FLUSHING, N.Y. – Old Dominion University's Carlos Lopez Villa (Jr./Madrid, Spain) took down New Mexico's Samir Iftikhar (Jr./United Kingdom) in straight sets (6-4, 7-5) on Thursday in the First Round of 32 of the 2013 USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships at the USTA Billie Jean National King Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y.
Nationally, the ITA had Iftikhar ranked No. 115 coming into this season, while Lopez Villa held a national ranking of No. 59. Next up for Lopez Villa will be a showdown with sixth-seeded and nationally ranked No. 74, Clay Thompson of UCLA. Thompson made quick work of his First Round opponent, Diego Galeano of Baylor, 6-3, 6-3. Thompson is a right-handed junior and reigns from Venice Beach, California.
In the Second Round of 16, Lopez Villa and Thompson are slated to battle it out tomorrow at noon for an opportunity to advance to the Quarterfinals. The winner of Lopez Villa and Thompson's match will play again on Friday against the winner of Georgia's Nathan Pasha (nationally ranked No. 31) and Oklahoma's second-seeded Guillermo Alcorta (nationally ranked No. 36).
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Northern Gannets 40 Miles NNE of Annisquam
Joey – we got quite a show from a group of Northern Gannets yesterday about 40 miles NNE of Annisquam. Pretty spectacular with their 6 ft wingspreads, zooming low right over us.
Around the same time we had Monarch butterflies about. The wind was W about 15-17 kt.
Photo by Andy Bezanson from Green Dragon.
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The deadline to enter the Olive Hyde Art Guild Members Juried Show is May 10. New members are welcome. The show will run July 20 through August 19 and the opening reception will be July 20, 7 to 9 pm. at the gallery, 123 Washington Blvd. For entry rules, application and membership call Judy Anglin at (510) 651-2811 or email her at email@example.com.


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First Test: 2011 Lincoln MKX
Has Lincoln Sharpened its Edge?
For most manufacturers, a midlife update consists of a slight styling change or a new trim level, but like its Edge sibling, Lincoln's second-generation MKX got a major makeover for 2011.
The most significant change to the 2011 Lincoln MKX is the addition of Ford's 3.7-liter Duratec V-6 engine and new manually shiftable six-speed automatic transmission. Engine output is rated at 305 horsepower and 280 pound-feet of torque. Even with the bump in power, the MKX still gets a claimed class-leading 26 mpg highway.
Performance, naturally, is improved. An extra 40 horsepower and 30 pound-feet of torque are nothing to scoff at, and the MKX makes good use of them. The Lincoln ute's 0-to-60 time has dropped by half a second from the last model we tested, down to 7.2 seconds. The quarter-mile is similarly dispatched in 15.5 seconds at 91.9 mph, four-tenths and 5.5 mph faster. The MKX's 60-to-0 braking likewise improves by a full 19 feet to 132 feet, no doubt helped by a curb weight reduction of 133 pounds from the last model. Even the handling is better, with the new model seeing 0.77 g average around the skid pad and completing our figure eight test in 28.6 seconds at 0.58 g average, nearly a second quicker than the outgoing model..
There's another side to this coin, though, and that is the all-new Ford Edge Sport. It, too, gains the 305-horsepower V-6, and even weighs 80 pounds less. While the MKX has managed to best the Edge Sport in straight-line acceleration by 0.4 seconds both in the run to 60 mph and the quarter-mile, that's the only advantage the more expensive Lincoln holds. The Edge Sport stops 8 feet shorter, pulls 0.82 g average on the skid pad, and finishes the figure eight in 27.0 seconds at 0.65 g average.
In fact, the MKX just barely matches or beats the less-powerful Edge SEL with its old 280-horsepower 3.5-liter V-6. The 0-to-60 and quarter mile times are within a tenth or two of each other (7.1 seconds and 15.7 seconds at 91.0 mph for the Edge SEL). The Lincoln's braking and skidpad performance are slightly better, but the Edge SEL walks away on the figure eight. For all this Ford-matching performance, you'll have the honor of paying an extra $3500 over the base price of an Edge Sport and $9500 over the base price of an Edge SEL just to get your foot in the door of the Lincoln. As tested, our MKX tester sent jaws dropping at $50,435.
Power isn't the only place that work was done, though. Lincoln also made major changes in the cabin, starting with the all-new My Lincoln technology (the Edge calls it "My Ford"). The system provides a new interface for the climate, navigation, radio, and Sync systems. Lincoln has replaced standard controls with a touch screen and five-way controller, so instead of buttons or knobs, controls are now touch-sensitive sliders on the screen, which some of our evaluators found temperamental to use. Capping off the cabin improvements are all-new seats made of higher quality materials that are bigger and more comfortable. It's worth pointing out, though, that most of the same technology can be found on the Edge.
Sheetmetal on the MKX is all new as well. "I like the distinctive '41 Conti-style grille, though it looks better on cars and is going to age quickly," opined MT's Detroit editor Todd Lassa. Impressions of the all-new MKX during testing, though, were a mixed bag. "This vehicle has personality inside and out with a look and feel more interesting than those of the Lexus RX," technical director Frank Markus noted. "The baleen whale is back," associate editor Carlos Lago exclaimed. "The MKX is a softer Edge with a few interesting details, but the $50,000 price tag..."
Lincoln took a big swing with its redesign of the MKX, adding distinctive looks and a more user-friendly, tech-loaded interior, but the hefty as-tested price is enough to make us give a second thought to that loaded Edge across the showroom.
|2011 Lincoln MKX
|Base price range
|Price as tested
|Vehicle layout
|Front engine, AWD, 5-pass, 4-door SUV
|3.7L/305-hp/280-lb-ft DOHC 24-valve V-6
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|EPA City/hwy fuel econ
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L'Air du Temps has long been the reference of carnation scents. While the vintage l'Air du Temps was an enchantment, the fragrance you find in the stores nowerdays is not up to the former prestige.
There is also the fact that l'Air du Temps is curiously part of those few fragrances that turn into sheer horror when encountering a highly acid body chemistry.
As for more modern interpretations of carnation, undoubtedly there are CdG Carnation which mixes the flowers to blood orange peels. The beautifully concentrated carnation fragrance Garofano by Lorenzo Villoresi has, not much in common with l'Air du Temps.
There is also Caron's Bellodgia which transports the carnation flower on a breeze of the Lake Como or the very British Malmaison by Penhaligon.


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Smartphones are like mini-computers, full of data, emails and other personal information users like to keep private.
But cyber security experts tell CBS 5 News there's a new threat not everyone knows about and that has phone customers like Ethan Horwitz of Phoenix feeling a bit uneasy.
"If they can get my information through Verizon on my phone, they can get into my Verizon account and my credit card info and bill payments," said Horwitz. "It's completely an invasion of privacy."
Hackers are using small devices known as wireless network extenders to gain unauthorized access to smartphones.
These devices are microcells that you buy from your cell phone provider and are intended to help extend coverage in areas where it's not so good.
A lot of office complexes and businesses use them when their building has bad reception.
Cyber security expert Brett Scott with Live Square Security said that hackers have found a way to intercept the data connection from someone's phone to these devices, allowing them access to someone's personal information.
"What the bad guys will do is place compromised devices near you, or in public places, and you'll never know they were there," said Scott. "They'll simply be there compromising you."
"The primary issue is what the technology providers use to secure it is literally from the 1970s," Scott said. "They use a 56-bit encryption, which is extremely primitive and very easy to crack."
Scott said it takes a cyber thief about six hours to infiltrate one of the devices.
Verizon recently told CNN that they are aware of the security breaches and have taken steps to fix the issue.
Scott said that cell phone customers are still at risk.
"There's absolutely nothing visible to the phone," said Scott. "You never really know that your info has been taken."
According to cyber security experts, the best thing phone users can do is download an application on your smartphone that will encrypt your data.
To learn more about encrypting data, visit http://www.cellcrypt.com/ or http://www.techsecure.net/
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I don't get out to Mandarin often, but a recent find, Thai Cuisine & Noodle House, in a strip mall set off the road, gives me reason to return.
We began with a few appetizers. The dumpling-like pan-fried chicken and vegetable pot stickers ($5.95) were adequate, but the standout starter was skewered chicken satay ($6.95 for 4) served with a creamy peanut dipping sauce and a fiery-red sweet Thai chili sauce. Each bite of chicken was delightfully moist, and the marinade made it both tender and flavorful.
Despite the steadily climbing mercury outside, it felt like a soup night, so I secured a cup of Thai-style hot-and-sour tom-yum soup ($2.95), and added seafood for $1.30, a savvy move, I thought. The broth had just the right amount of spice, and the fragrant herbs — lemongrass and cilantro — really boosted the flavor (as did the scallions and lime juice).
From the noodles and rice section, I landed on the pad kee mao with shrimp ($12.95), which translates to "drunken noodles." Items from these sections are available with vegetables, tofu, chicken, pork, beef, krab meat, shrimp or calamari. There were ample shrimp tossed among the vegetable pieces and an abundance of thin, flat noodles. Easy enough for leftovers or sharing, these noodle dishes are massive. Next time, I'm trying the pad Thai with tofu.
Of the many chef's specials, we sampled jungle steak ($12.95) with rice. Unsure of what to expect, we were pleased with the marinated and grilled pieces of bite-sized steak that mingled with sautéed onions, scallions and chili peppers.
Prices are reasonable, and the menu has lots of options, from Thai curries with steamed jasmine rice to a crispy fried whole fish.
When we ate dinner, there was only one other patron seated in a booth behind us, and the owner, who was busy fielding take-out orders. It was eerily quiet — no music playing, just the occasional clink and clack of pans from neighboring Papa John's. It made for a slightly awkward experience, but the food was great, the space was immaculately clean and the call-in orders kept coming. Make this your next to-go adventure.


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Recently the House passed H.R. 1 which eliminates federal funding for public television. While the vote was a disappointment to those of us who use and support public broadcasting, it is not the final decision on the matter.
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MSU Law Moot Court & Trial Advocacy Board Team Wins National Criminal Mock Trial Competition
East Lansing, MI — The Michigan State University College of Law Mock Trial Team took first place in the first annual GGU Bernie L. Segal Criminal Mock Trial Competition: In Vino Veritas, which was held November 1 - 4, 2012, at Golden Gate University School of Law.
MSU Law was one of 12 law schools from across the country that competed in 21 trials held in five different Bay Area courthouses. The team of third-year students James Vicchairelli, Carmen Dorris, Nick Standiford, and Ali Rosloff beat Stetson University College of Law in the final round of the competition. James Vicchairelli was also awarded Best Closing Argument.
"These students put a tremendous amount of time and effort into preparing for this competition, and they earned this win," said Veronica Valentine McNally, associate director of the Trial Advocacy Programs. "Under the leadership of Adjunct Professor Steve Cabadas, this team was unstoppable."
As the winner, MSU Law is invited to compete in the American Bar Association National Criminal Justice Trial Advocacy Competition hosted by the Criminal Justice Section of the ABA and the John Marshall School of Law in Chicago, Illinois, every year.
Michigan State University College of Law, a leading institution of legal education with a long history of educating practice-ready attorneys, prepares future lawyers to use ethics, ambition, and intellect to solve the world's problems. Michigan State Law offers comprehensive interdisciplinary opportunities combined with a personalized legal education, and is on an upward trajectory of national and international reputation and reach. MSU Law professors are gifted teachers and distinguished scholars, its curriculum is rigorous and challenging, and its facility is equipped with the latest resources—all affirming MSU Law's commitment to educating 21st-century lawyers.
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Early Childhood Education
The Education Department at Robert Morris University offers a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Early Childhood Education. This can also be combined with Special Education.The Early Childhood Education program prepares teacher candidates for rewarding teaching positions, serving the PreK- 4 population (from birth - age 9), in schools, childcare settings, and child focused agencies across the country. Graduates are certified to teach in preschool, kindergarten, and primary classrooms, grades 1-4 in Pennsylvania. The professional core courses, competencies and experiences for the PreK- 4 teacher preparation program develop teachers who are prepared to serve/value our most precious commodity, our children, and their families. Throughout the program RMU's teacher candidates will develop personal and professional competencies by participating in both theoretical and practical/applied experiences in local, national, and international settings. All teacher candidates complete a set of core experiences in professional education including participation in guided fieldwork.
The handbook for early childhood education is here. The coordinator for the program is Dr. Susan Parker.
Note: The Early Childhood Education (PreK-4) and Middle Level Education (4-8) Pennsylvania programs have replaced the previous Pennsylvania Elementary Education (K-6) certification program. Either of the Early Childhood or Middle Level degree programs can be combined with Special Education (PreK-8) for a dual degree.
Course Requirements
Courses fall into one of four categories: Robert Morris University Core, Major, Professional Education, and Special Education/English Language Learner (ELL). Click here to see a list of all education courses.
Teacher Certification Requirements
In addition to the course requirements, there are a number of other program and certification requirements that each undergraduate education student must fulfill for the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) to grant a Pennsylvania Instructional I Teaching Certificate. These include field experiences, clearances, state testing requirements, applications for candidacy status and then for student teaching, a semester of student teaching, the professional portfolio, and an application for certification.
The steps are outlined in the undergraduate Teacher Education Progress Process (TEPP).
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Comprehensive, continuous academic advising is crucial for your success as you work your way through the teacher certification program. In order to ensure your success, you are assigned an academic advisor and will meet with him or her at least once per semester from the time you enter Robert Morris University to the time you complete student teaching and complete all degree requirements for graduation.
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Click here to view the requirements for admission into RMU as a freshman, and click here for the requirements for admission as a transfer student. Initial admission to an undergraduate education degree program as a freshman student, or as a transfer student with less than 48 credits, is not a guarantee of formal admission to candidate status in an education program. All education majors must apply for formal admission to candidate status in their degree program following the completion of 48 credits of college-level work. Specific grade point average, course specifications, and other requirements must be met at that time.
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Bestselling author Scott Turow is back with a new legal thriller, "Identical" -- look for our review in the Sunday Los Angeles Times -- and making the talk show rounds. On "CBS This Morning," he talked about the book and its origins, then turned to Amazon.com, explaining what things about the online retailer he finds "evil."
"To me, it looks like Amazon is trying to monopolize the e-book market," said Turow, a practicing attorney, choosing his words carefully. "They used what I thought of as unfair tactics."
It takes a bestselling author like Turow, whose "Presumed Innocent" sold millions of copies. to risk offending Amazon, which has more than a quarter of the entire e-book market. "I'm not talking about me," Turow said Wednesday. "Bestselling authors are going to do fine. I'm talking about shrinking the market so you have fewer writers and fewer voices."
As the president of the Authors Guild, Turow has been intimately acquainted with many of the business issues surrounding e-books. The Writers Guild has filed suit against Google regarding its massive book-scanning project and joined in the legal maneuvering around the Department of Justice e-book case against publishers and Apple Inc. But when it comes to Amazon, the guild has taken no official legal action.
However, Turow is a high-profile voice advocating for caution toward Amazon. "If you price e-books well below the cost, which is what they did for years, that both destroys physical bookstores and drives the reading public into the e-book, which of course Amazon dominates," Turow said.
Turow listed some of the many challenges facing authors today, and the outlook was unquestionably gloomy. Host Gayle King jumped in to voice her affection for printed books.
"Books are not going to die," Turow agreed. "Text will always be with us."
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Transfer news: Bayern Munich agree deal to sell Mario Gomez to Fiorentina
Bayern Munich have agreed a deal in principle to sell Mario Gomez to Serie A club Fiorentina for an undisclosed fee.
Last Updated: 08/07/13 3:13pm
The 27-year-old Germany international is understood to be on the verge of signing a four-year contract at the Stadio Artemio Franchi after scoring 112 goals in over four seasons with the Bundesliga champions.
Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge told his club's official website, fcbayern.de: "Mario Gomez wanted to leave Bayern Munich and go to Florence. We have now complied with his wishes."
Gomez joined Bayern from Stuttgart in 2009 for a reported 30million euros - at the time the Bundesliga's record transfer fee - and his consistent prowess in front of goal helped bring two league titles, two German Cups and the Champions League to Munich.
"With those goals, he made a big contribution to winning two Bundesliga titles and two DFB-Pokal triumphs," Rummenigge added.
"The highlight was, of course, the Champions League triumph and the treble last season. I would like to thank him for his efforts for Bayern.
"On behalf of FC Bayern, I wish him lots of happiness and success in Florence."
Gomez was the Bundesliga's top goalscorer in 2011, notching 28 times, but after missing the first part of the 2012-13 season due to injury he struggled to return to the Bayern first team and found himself behind Mario Mandzukic in the pecking order.
With the prospect of that situation enduring under new Bayern coach Pep Guardiola this season, he requested a transfer and set his stall on a move to Fiorentina, who had finished fourth in Serie A under ambitious coach Vincenzo Montella.
After initially struggling to reach Bayern's asking price, the Viola have now reached a compromise to make Gomez their second high-profile signing of the summer following the arrival of former AC Milan midfielder Massimo Ambrosini.
Gomez is expected to form a three-man trident alongside Giuseppe Rossi and Stevan Jovetic - should the in-demand Montenegrin remain in Tuscany - while the Viola boast an impressive range of creative options in a midfield that includes Adem Ljajic, Borja Valero, Alberto Aquilani and David Pizarro.


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Since there's not much content to go around in July, here's a shot of Jordan Kovacs at Dolphins training camp. Looks like either there was some hazing, or the South Beach lifestyle got to him.
No respected accountant should be subjected to that type of hazing
Doesn't scream "just keep smiling so they think I like it", I don't know what does.
In the end, that weekly NFL check will be more than worth the humiliation.
Hazing for sure. No free agent attendee would sport a do like that at training camp, especially one of Kovacs' humble ilk.
he looks like Andy Samberg there
No Kovacs in the Yahoo piece, but evidently rookies had their hair dyed.
Rockin the Brian Boz "do" with a splash of teal.
That's no smile. That's a grimace.
I think like Molk, we won't realize how good he really was until we're watching our defense play without him.
I have pretty high hopes for Gordon to step into Kovacs' leadership role. I think there's a good chance we don't see much of a drop-off in that sense, but do see an upgrade in athleticism in the defensive backfield. For all of Kovacs' strengths, swapping him out for Wilson is definitely a net positive from an athleticism stand-point.
That's not even remotely OT. In fact, it's explicitly on-topic.
Not according to those FAQ you linked. On-topic stuff includes anything Michigan sports related, anything related to other Big Ten teams or upcoming opponents, stuff about the blog itself, and University of Michigan topics that don't relate to sports. Off-topic stuff includes pro sports of any variety. Kovacs is a Michigan alum, but this post has nothing to do with Michigan sports, and is definitely related to pro sports.
Michigan players, in my experience here, are always considered on-topic.
This is correct. Michigan players are always Michigan players and therefore always on-topic.
The amount of arguing that goes into whether there should be an "OT:" in front of a thread title is astounding sometimes.
I'm going to start a thread titled "OT: Brian Cook" and watch the board devolve into chaos
I don't think it matters much when we're talking about a grey area (OP explained his reasoning just fine) but I do wish the OT tag was understood better, both by some that start threads and some that seem to be offended that WBB or Urban Meyer or the Blimpie Burger situation are all on topic.
Just have an OT section, similar to diaries--problem solved.
for two particular uses.
1) During the football or basketball season at a time of high traffic on topic discussion. It is mildy aggravating when there is discussion over a big game and all of the sudden there is a thead titled "Nucky or Walter White - Who is more badass?" with no OT label. In that case, the poster should have the duty to identify that he is breaking protocol.
2) Any thread posted at any time that has the possibility of being confused with an on topic thread, i.e. the topic "Edwards in more trouble" should be labeled OT if the Edwards in question is John and not Braylon as most would assume due to the nature of the blog.
There should be no need to label something OT during a dead season where the title of the thread speaks for itself as to topic.
I looked at it. I enjoyed it. I didn't use caps-lock or sentence fragments. This is a good board topic, and that's the point: the OP will hopefully better understand what is on-topic as football (no OT allowed) season approaches.
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(INDIANAPOLIS) - The number of documented U.S. cases of fungal meningitis has risen yet again, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reporting 198 cases Saturday, including 15 deaths.
The latest tally is 14 more than the agency reported Friday. And Saturday's death toll is an increase of one more than the previous day.
In Indiana, health officials confirm 27 cases including two deaths.
Meningitis cases have been reported in 13 states thus far, with Tennessee the hardest hit at 52 documented infections and six deaths.
The cases have been linked to injections of a contaminated steroid produced by the New England Compounding Center.
Some 14,000 people may have received the injections, the CDC estimated this week.
A Minnesota woman, Barbe Puro, filed a lawsuit Thursday -- which may be the first of its kind -- against the Massachusetts pharmaceutical company at the center of the deadly outbreak. In it, she alleges she was injected in September with a tainted batch of steroids from the NECC.
Meanwhile, members of Congress on Friday expanded an investigation into the outbreak.
In a letter to the director of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy, leaders of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce noted the Food and Drug Administration sent the NECC a warning letter in 2006 "detailing significant violations witnessed" by investigators the previous year.
Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick also accused the NECC this week of misleading regulators and operating outside its license by shipping large batches of drugs nationwide. Plus, the state's pharmacy board mandated that all Massachusetts compounding pharmacies sign affidavits stating they are complying with state regulations requiring compounders to mix medications for specific patients.
Meningitis is an inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord. It is usually caused by an infection, frequently with bacteria or a virus, but it can also be caused by less common pathogens, such as fungi in this case, according to the CDC.
Fungal meningitis is very rare and, unlike viral and bacterial meningitis, is not contagious.
Dr. William Schaffner, chairman of the Department of Preventive Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, told CNN that fungal infections are not usually mild. He said when a fungus invades small blood vessels, it can cause them to clot or bleed, which can lead to symptoms of small strokes.
In addition to typical meningitis symptoms such as headache, fever, nausea and stiffness of the neck, people with fungal meningitis may also experience confusion, dizziness and discomfort from bright lights. Patients might just have one or two of these symptoms, the CDC says.
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There are regulars who sit near me at the baseball park who I see every single game. One day, I was walking down the street and ran into one of them. I said "Hi! How are you doin'?" And he looked at me for a minute, and then another minute before he finally figured out who I was. After he said 'hello' back and we chatted for a minute, he came out with "I don't think I've ever seen you with clothes on!"As in "business clothes." As opposed to "baseball game clothes."behindbj
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Rugby star Gavin Henson has issued a grovelling apology after he was embroiled in a fight on board a plane.
The player has now been sacked from his club Cardiff Blues, after having spoken out about the incident.
He spoke of his embarrassment after he allegedly threw ice cubes at fellow passengers as he and his teammates returned home from a game in Glasgow.
In the statement he said: "I would like to publicly apologise for drinking on that flight, which is inappropriate behaviour."
"I admit I had been out drinking in Glasgow on the Friday night following our game against Glasgow Warriors and had stupidly carried on drinking on the flight, for which I am truly embarrassed about.
"I can see that drinking and behaving inappropriately on that flight as a professional sportsman at 7am has caused offence to members of the public, the Flybe airline staff and passengers.
"I know that I have let my team-mates, coaches, management, sponsors and indeed my family down with my actions.
"Drinking on that plane was inexcusable and I know that I must take responsibility for it. I also accept that in the light of this I need to learn from it and ensure this does not happen again."
Gavin - who is father to Charlotte Church's two children - was being lined up for a film role.
It had been reported he was to star in British romantic comedy, Lord Owen's Lady, alongside fellow Welshman Sir Anthony Hopkins and Slumdog Millionaire actress Rubina Ali.
His spokesperson told the Daily Mail last month: "He has held a meeting with producers but we haven't heard back from them, he hasn't signed anything."


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"Inskeep"er of the week
ELMHURST, Ill. – South Dakota State women's soccer goalkeeper Nicole Inskeep was named Defensive Player of the Week by The Summit League for her performance last week.
Inskeep started in net for both games for the Jackrabbits at the University Texas-San Antonio Tournament. She recorded shutouts in both games against Lamar and Sam Houston State.
Over the weekend, Inskeep registered her first career win on Friday (Lamar, 3-0) and a shutout against Sam Houston State in a 0-0 tie on Sunday.
"It was great for Nikki to get the win under her belt and a couple of shutouts," noted head coach Lang Wedemeyer.
She posted five saves over the weekend.
This is the first Defensive Player of the Week award for her.
Inskeep and the rest of the Jackrabbits will be back in action this weekend as they host the Jackrabbit Invitational. SDSU will play Nevada on Friday at 6 p.m. and Northern Illinois on Sunday at 1 p.m.


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Sandefjord [4] is in Vestfold in Norway.
An international small town with an exciting historical past.
Sandefjord is a historical town which has become a modern town of culture with a dynamic business life. The history of Sandefjord has been formed by the Viking Age, the shipping industry and whaling in Arctic and Antarctic areas. Sandefjord has a history of pioneer spirit and creativity, daring and bravery.
The Vikings had their very first settlements in Vestfold. The Gokstad Viking Ship which dates from the year 900 was discovered in Sandefjord. Today one can find a replica of this famous ship (the "Gaia") down at the harbour. Like the Vikings, the urge to go abroad and explore foreign countries led the first whalers to the Antarctic Ocean. The history of the whalers can be explored at the Whaling Museum and at the Museum's Wharf with a visit aboard the whale-catcher "Southern Actor."
Sandefjord is also a well known and frequently visited vacation spot for Norwegians.
Get in
Vestfold's international Torp Airport [5] (TRF) has flights to some major and minor cities around Norway and Europe, including Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Edinburgh, Frankfurt, London, Milan, Gothenburg, Marseille, Pisa, Liverpool, Newcastle, Glasgow, Nice, Alicante, Malaga, Milano, Prague, Stockholm Warsaw and Wroclaw. Sandefjord is located 10 km from TRF. There is an hourly train from Torp station to Sandefjord, with a free shuttle bus connecting Torp airport to Torp station.
The Norwegian State Railway [6] serves Sandefjord on the Oslo-Skien line (Vestfoldbanen).
Nor-Way Busexpress' [7] line 182 goes through Sandefjord.
The Color Line [8] vehicle ferry connects Sandefjord to Strömstad (Sweden) five times a day.
There are self-service luggage lockers at the train station. 40NOK per day.
Get around
vestviken kollektivtrafikk [9] operates a good bus service within Sandefjord and throughout Vestfold. The central bus station is just south of the train station on Møllersgate. Buy tickets on the bus, or buy a travel card at the Narvesen shop at the train station. You can get either a periodekort (period travel card) (unlimited travel in two weeks or a month) or a verdikort (stored-value card) (you must put at least 100NOK on to start with, and can then add as much or as little as you like, in the shop or on the bus). The card itself costs 50NOK.
There is a taxi stand at the train station.
Go for a walk on the Vesterøya peninsula North Sea Trail. Take the 168 bus to the end of the route (Tveitan) and follow the blue tracks (marked Kyststien) around the point. The tourist information centre has maps. Careful, there are only a few buses per day.
Sandefjord has a charming city centre, consisting of a mixture of old and modern buildings and a wide selection of shopping possibilities.
Sandefjord has a good selection of restaurants and cafés. What is possibly one of Norway's best gourmet restaurant outside Oslo, Solvold, is located here in a modern building near the harbour. Also located at the harbour is the fishmonger well known for the excellent quality of its goods and delicacies.
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I have used the old fashion chains my whol life. I was very reluctant to buy these chains due to the high price, however, I found that the money was well spent. These chains are so easy to put on and take off and easy to adjust. They perform as well as the old traditional chains do with an even soother ride. I highly recommend these!


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20Th C. English Slider Glass Media Console
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At the turn of the 20th century, well-made cabinets like this were often used by English shopkeepers to display their wares. True to its inspiration, ours has an elegantly molded cornice and a plinth-style base. Sliding glass doors reveal the cabinet's contents while protecting them from dust and moisture.


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E'Mail::Acme - the epitome of simple e-mail handling
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my $e_mail = E'Mail::Acme; $e_mail->{From} = q<Ricardo SIGNES <email@example.com>>; $e_mail->{To } = q<Alvin Theodore <email@example.com>>; $e_mail->{Subject} = 'Finally, a simple e-mail module!'; push @$e_mail, 'Alvin,', '', 'I agree! What the world needs is a module that makes e-mail more', 'accessible to the common man -- or at least the common Perl programmer.', '', 'I have attached a modest example.', ; $e_mail->('sendmail');
Good grief, everywhere you turn there's yet another e-mail module! This one says that the message is an object. That one says that every field is an object. Then there's the one that says the darn body is an object!
How many methods do I need to learn, anyway? Look, an e-mail is simple. It's a set of name/value pairs forming a header and a list of lines. That's it! Anybody who tells you otherwise is just being a nervous Nelly.
E'Mail::Acme is the epitome of simple e-mail handling. It does use an object, but only to help produce a synergistic, cohesive unity of purpose. It uses just the familiar, existing Perl data system so that you only need use the Perl you already know -- none of this overwrought API that we've all gotten so sick of.
Making a new e-mail is easy:
my $e_mail = E'Mail::Acme;
Setting headers is easy:
$e_mail->{header} = "First Value"; $e_mail->{HeadEr} = "Second Value"; print $e_mail->{header}; # header: First Value # HeadeR: Second Value
You can also assign multiple values at once:
$e_mail->{XForce} = [ qw(Lethal Aggressive) ]; print $e_mail->{XForce}; # X-Force: Lethal # X-Force: Aggressive
To clear all of those headers, you can just:
delete $e_mail->{xforce};
Or, to delete just the first, either of these will work:
delete $e_mail->{XForce}[0]; splice @{ $e_mail->{XForce} }, 0, 1;
Alternately, more values could be added in a similar fashion:
push @{ $e_mail->{XForce} }, 'except on Sundays'; splice @{ $e_mail->{XForce} }, 1, 0, 'and';
Of course, individual header values can be passed around and used to affect the original message:
my $recipients = $e_mail->{to}; munge_values($recipients); # the $e_mail is altered
This frees you from passing around a large clunky message "object" when you only need to deal with part of it.
The body is just a sequence of lines, and you can treat it as such:
@$e_mail = "Friends, Romans, Countrymen:" , '' , 'Lend me your ears!';
You can always easily add your sig to a message:
my $sig = "-- \nrjbs\n"; push @$e_mail, $sig;
E'Mail::Acme will take care of all the conversion of newlines, breaking up text on all likely newlines and normalizing to CRLF.
Multipart messages are easy: just push more e-mails onto the body.
my $e_mail = E'Mail::Acme; # top part; my $part_1 = E'Mail::Acme; # attachment my $part_2 = E'Mail::Acme; # attachment push @$e_mail, $part_1, $part_2;
Any lines in a multi-part e-mail message form the preamble, and an arrayref of subparts is always available at the end of the e-mail -- that is, like this:
my $subparts = $e_mail->[ scalar @$e_mail ];
Nested multipart messages are handled just fine. A multipart content-type will be added, if none has been supplied. If a multipart content-type is set, but the boundary is not, it will be added. Do not set your own boundary unless you know what you are doing! You will probably produce a corrupt message!
A mail exists to be sent, not hoarded! Once you've composed your e-mail message, you can send it just how you'd expect:
If your sendmail program is not installed in your path, you can specify which program to use by passing it as an argument:
$e_mail->(q(c:/program files/sendmail/sendmail.exe));
Thanks to Simon, Simon, Casey, Richard, Dave, Dieter, Meng, Mark, Graham, Tim, Yves, David, Eryq and everyone else who has helped form my understanding of how e-mail should be handled.
Ricardo SIGNES wrote this module on Friday, July 13, 2007.
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I have been working with the professional version of the SWAMI program. I don't fully understand all the settings of this software but have confidence that Dr. D' Adamo is aware of the limitations of some users and has thrown hidden switches based on the information entered for a person. One of these entry fields is for breath hydrogen levels. It is an optional value and SWAMI will work without it, but in order to achieve optimal results for a client, let's say with gut issues, having these values is helpful. With this in mind I set out to see if I could procure one of these gadgets. I had seen it used on patients at the University of Bridgeport clinic and again at Dr. D'Adamo's office so I was confident that I could operate one. New, a Breathe Hydrogen meter costs approximately $2000.00. Though a worthwhile tool, I was just not prepared to part with that kind of money. Then Lola, my cyber-friend from the forums, had the bright idea of looking for a second hand one, and so began my quest over the internet. I hit pay dirt at DOTmed, a medical auction site and scored one for 30% of the cost. It was new in the box, a trade show table display. It arrived as stated in the auction, in perfect condition and with a working battery. I confess, I had a few moments before it arrived, where I thought, "am I nuts" buying this thing but I would immediately console myself with, "you don't eat out, never go to the movies, and your hair color comes in a box, this is your hobby, enjoy it." What made it easier was the fact that my darling husband had just bought himself a car and I can't tell you the price but it was more then the $heckles I spent.
How does breath hydrogen relate to the Genotype and Blood Type Diet? Our bodies are colonized with thousands of organisms or flora. We have flora on our skin, in our noses and even in our ears. The gastrointestinal tract has the most diverse and abundant flora but the health of our bowel flora is hard to measure and most of us just hope we are getting it right by eating yogurt and taking acidophilis tablets. A breath hydrogen meter helps in determining your bowel health. High numbers mean you have an overgrowth of bacteria and low numbers mean you don't. It really is that simple. The SWAMI then uses that data to calculate food choices.
It's easiest to do this test first thing in the morning since you need to fast for 10 hours. A baseline is obtained by blowing into the instrument. Then you drink a sugar syrup called lactulose. Once the client drinks the lactulose syrup, a breath hydrogen sample is measured every 15- 20 mins for an hour. The hour is about how long it takes for the lactulose to move through the gastrointestinal tract and the bacteria to produce the necessary hydrogen to be measured. The bacteria of the gastrointestinal tract produce hydrogen as a metabolic byproduct, some of that hydrogen is then absorbed through the gastric mucosa into the blood stream and released through your breath. Hydrogen is exhaled as you breathe and the meter measures the excreted hydrogen. The amount of breath hydrogen is directly proportional to the amount of gut bacteria. Dr. D'Adamo says that after three months of following your individual diet the clients breathe hydrogen levels will decrease, a sign of restored balance in the gut flora.
What is nice about this test is that it is objective, so the data can be collected as proof that the diet is working. The data from thousands of people who have been following their respective diets is able to be collected through the SWAMI software and used as further proof of the diets effectiveness on bowel health. It is an exciting time to be involved in this work and I constantly feel privileged to be part of it. I want so much for all of you to be healthy so you can enjoy life. We have a long road ahead of us, and I am confident that we can meet the challenges. Anyone locally interested in a breath hydrogen test let me know I would be happy to perform the test.
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I can relate to this...very true!
"you don't eat out, never go to the movies, and your hair color comes in a box, this is your hobby, enjoy it."
This is very interesting. Very cool that you hunted that instrument down and actually found one that inexpensive and in such great condition! And you did a great job at explaining how it works. I guess there are "normal" H levels? So, could you also check to see if someone, like yourself, whose been on the proper diet for a long time, has normal bact. levels? Or do you need to just see "changes"? So, when are you bringing it down here? I have some nerve, I know. I soooo don't deserve for you to put out that effort until I make the effort to at least send you my fingerprints! OK, I'm going to read the TIME article now :)
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The U.S. Senate today voted for a four-year delay to many of the premium hikes that has made the government's flood insurance program unaffordable for thousands in Florida and across the country.
The bill passed by a margin of 67-32 after the Senate rejected a series of amendments that would have offered more modest financial relief to policyholders while sustaining the budget for the deeply indebted National Flood Insurance Program.
A group of Senate Republicans decried the legislation, which mainly stops rate increases for primary homes, predicting the House would not pass it.
The White House, too, has criticized the bill for the prospect of further destabilizing the flood program.
"We are finally coming to the point at which we can grant homeowners and businesses some relief from the huge, gargantuan – sometimes tenfold – increases in flood insurance premiums," said Nelson, D-Orlando.
The bill mandates the Federal Emergency Management Agency to complete an affordability study and reassess flood maps that determine rates.
Opposition in the House led by Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, could stymie the bill's passage, or it could be changed significantly, though Florida Rep. Kathy Castor has said there are 180 representatives from both parties that have already announced their support for it.
The legislation will not solve all the problems Florida's housing and tourism markets has faced since the premium increases that took effect last year as part of the 2012 Biggert-Waters Act.
While it puts off hikes on primary residences, second homes and commercial properties will be subject to rate increases.
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For the 38th year, the Phoenixville Kiwanis Club has offered a series of award-winning travelogues as a community service promoting international understanding and an appreciation of our world's many cultures. Kiwanis Travel and Adventure Programs are both informative and a great evening of family entertainment. All profits from the series go directly to support Kiwanis service projects in the Phoenixville community.
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Nepal's election commission yesterday gave the former ruling Maoists a five-day extension to propose members of a new parliament, a day after the party finally agreed to join the assembly.
"We have extended the deadline until Dec. 30," election commission spokesman Bir Bahadur Rai said as he confirmed that the Maoists had requested more time to agree on a list of lawmakers.
All parties had been meant to submit names by yesterday and it is the third extension granted by the commission.
The composition of the constituent assembly has been in limbo since Nov. 19 elections, when the Maoists were beaten into third place, prompting them to allege fraud and threaten to boycott the parliament.
However, after weeks of cross-party negotiations, the Maoists announced on Tuesday that they would take part in the assembly, which is to serve as a legislative body and is also to draw up a new post-war constitution.
The Maoists waged a decade-long civil war and then forced King Gyanendra to stand down. They took power in the Himalayan nation after winning elections in 2008.
However, the intervening years have seen a string of short-lived administrations, which have broken down amid bickering among all parties over the terms of a new constitution.
The Maoists won just 80 of the 575 seats up for grabs in last month's poll, well behind the centrist Nepali Congress party, which won 196, and the Unified Marxist-Leninists (UML), which got 175.
Twenty-six Maoists have already been directly elected to the assembly, but under the terms of Nepal's hybrid electoral system the party can nominate a further 54 lawmakers.
A new government will nominate a further 26 members to join the 601-member assembly.
The Maoists — including rebel-leader-turned-politician Pushpa Kamal Dahal, better known as Prachanda — have faced criticism over their apparent lavish lifestyles, a stark contrast to their revolutionary ideals.
After the polls last month, Prachanda demanded a halt to vote-counting and claimed fraud after results showed him losing his Kathmandu constituency, where he eventually came a distant third.
However, the Maoists on Tuesday signed a deal forged with the other parties to join the assembly, after a clause on the promised probe was included.
Senior Maoist leader Shrestha said they signed the agreement "for the sake of the peace process."
"If each party remains adamant on its position, then how can we reach a deal?" he asked. "Our focus now is on delivering the constitution within a year."
Ram Chandra Paudel, a senior leader from the Nepali Congress, which is expected to lead the new government, said: "This agreement has made us all very happy."
"This is the first step toward drafting the constitution," Paudel added.
International observers have expressed concern at the impact of the prolonged turmoil on Nepal, which relies on tourism, remittances and aid, and where annual economic growth has slumped to 4.6 percent.
Lokraj Baral, executive chairman of the Kathmandu-based Nepal Center for Contemporary Studies, said the parties had to settle for "a compromise formula."
"They have no other option — the Maoists have had to reconcile themselves to their electoral losses," Baral said.
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Apple Camera Patent Lets External Transmitters Disable Features 268
sticks_us writes with news of an Apple patent application, recently published by the USPTO, for an on-board camera system that would include circuitry for processing external infrared signals. The data received from these signals could then be used to present information to the user of the device, or even to modify the device's operation. "For example, an infrared emitter could be located in areas where picture or video capture is prohibited, and the emitter could generate infrared signals with encoded data that includes commands to disable the recording functions of devices. An electronic device could then receive the infrared signals, decode the data and temporarily disable the device's recording function based on the command. ... In some embodiments, a device may apply a watermark to detected images as an alternative to completely disabling a recording function."


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I know this violates the "one thread per day on Penn State" idea, but I'm honestly interested in where the broader MGoBlog community stands on this. Plus, if we can have four threads/day on a video game, I think we can have a couple on the biggest college football scandal in recent memory.
I haven't seen this proposed, but here's what I would do:
Probation, monitoring, demanded apologies, etc., and a one-year ban on playing college football… effective in 2018.
My arguments for the 2018 ban:
1. It's a real punishment. Missing a year of college football would hurt, and on top of that, recruits over the next several years would have to commit knowing that there's one year in which they couldn't play. Recruiting surely would suffer for the next few years. Plus, there something appealing about a crime-punishment parallel in which the PSU leadership let horrible things linger for a long time so the punishment lingers for a long time as well.
2. It enables the Penn State players, who knew and did nothing wrong, to finish their careers at Penn State without a poorly targeted punishment that hits them more forcefully than anyone else. This punishment hits the institution more broadly. Future recruits who know about the 2018 ban and commit anyway are punished, but they know what they're getting into beforehand.
3. It gives everyone time to plan for this. The conference and Penn State's out-of-conference opponents get extra time for scheduling, local businesses get time to anticipate a one-year loss in game day revenue, etc.
4. It's better than a lot of the alternatives. Scholarship reductions don't seem appropriate to me, because that's a strange penalty given the wrongdoing. I don't like the idea of removing Penn State from the Big Ten, because it'd be a massive pain that would be extremely harmful to a lot of innocent people. I think an SMU-style death penalty is too much. At the same time, the cover-up here directly benefited the football program (relative to what would have happened if this story came out), so I think it's entirely appropriate to issue punishments that affect Penn State on the field.
So anyway, that's my idea. I'd be interested in thoughts on this and on where you all stand more generally.


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Lady Tiger Elite Bowling Classic on Jan. 31
BATON ROUGE – Sponsorships and bowling teams are available for the third annual "Lady Tiger Elite Bowling Classic" being hosted by the LSU women's basketball program on Friday, January 31 at 7 p.m. at Circle Bowl on Florida Boulevard in Baton Rouge.
Event registration gets underway at 6:30 p.m. with the cost for a four-player team is $225 or $75 per player or $25 for a non-bowler which just wants to attend the classic. A four-player LSU staff team can enter the event for $75.
The cost includes three rounds of bowling, dinner, an awards ceremony, a Lady Tiger Elite Bowling Classic t-shirt, giveaways and bowling classic mementos for all attendees. There also are team prizes and individual prizes for highest total scores in both categories.
Silent and live auctions will take place during the event. Items up for bid include team travel for LSU's remaining road games with Texas A&M, Georgia, Alabama and the SEC Tournament. All proceeds go directly to the LSU women's basketball program.
For an additional donation of $50 to Lady Tiger Elite, teams will have an opportunity to choose which LSU women's basketball celebrity bowls with their team. Celebrity teammates are available for selection on a first-come, first-serve basis. Gutter guards can be purchased for each round at $50 for one round or $100 for all three rounds.
There are three levels of sponsorship for the Lady Tiger Elite Bowling Classic. The Lod Cook Hotel and Conference Center is an All-SEC sponsor, while Louisiana Lottery and Raising Cane's have already signed up as lane sponsors for the 2014 event. For more information on the levels of sponsorship for the event, please download the PDF forms or contact the LSU women's basketball office at (225) 578-6643.
Fans interested in participating in the event or forming a team can download the Lady Tiger Elite Bowling Classic entry form here at LSUsports.net. For more information, contact the LSU women's basketball office at (225) 578-6643. All checks should be payable to Tiger Booster Clubs - Women's Basketball.
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Sure, there are better ways to start the day. Debbie Lentz was in the bathroom in the back of her Salisbury Township store Tuesday morning, mixing formula for the babies — the baby macaws — when the building shook as if from an explosion.
Gas line rupture? Earthquake? Nope. A guy in a Kia sport utility vehicle had driven through the front of the shop, Bird Mania on Emmaus Avenue, where many of the Lehigh Valley's true bird fanatics get their shopping done.


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www.sjrlift.com which is Scott in Bellingham
you can PM: http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/customavatars/avatar19254_10.gif" /> The Beast I Drive with BOSS(BillOmlinSubaruSpecialties)
Gloyale and
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albieone and
Smiths Specialties
I would also search for these guys and you can see what they have done.
There's cat's in Seattle that would tell ya how it goes.EZ is one of'em.....he's got a little bit of experience......
ROB has some cool cars too...not a bad guy either
Hell, If you make it to Mt. Vernon, i bet that One Eye would build ya one too, or tell ya how to do it for free.......
Get ahold of these guys if you wish to add some needed height.I am kinda sponsored by one of them(kindof a joke, kindof not:lol:)so i cannot give opinions.
There are also several that have manufactured lifts themselves.This is much more involved obviously.Some folks have even gone as far as to add subframes and T-cases, but we'll save that for another time.....
Lets talk about lifts. THE most common lifts for EA cars are 2" (http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/...290#post850290 ) and 4".The two inch lift is most common on EA82 vehicles.(There are free diagrams floating around that i will try to link here in the coming weeks.)This is a relatively cheap way to gain height on an EA82 vehicle.Also very effective.
I have wheeled with some of these type of vehicles and they do well.
I have seen some 30" tires under one of these rigs.The fenders were trimmed moderately, and it was stuffed in there.......but it performed well.
The 4" lifts are common on the EA81 series vehicles.These are good rigs.With some other modifications you can accomplish more than you think you can if you learn how to drive.........i have stuffed 235/75/15's under a 4 inch lifted brat,McBrat stuffed some 30's, but trimmed and pounded pretty hard.....He actually had issues with his door alignment before he was done!:lol:Then he moved on.....
There are 6-8" lifts floating around for EA81's, and 4" and 6" lifts for EA71"s , I've seen 4" and 6" lifts for EA82's.There are 4" and 6" kits for EJ's as well.....
Basically, if you want to build one yourself, there are some that will help you here, and some that won't.It is fairly intensive at first,but it is do-able!It takes some basic tools to accomplish , and little math.Unfortunately there are no released CAD drawings of these lifts.Really though , if you are tackling it you can PROBABLY figure it out for your self,If you are a kid trying to do a cheap lift, get some help......If you are a basic shade tree you can probably get away with it......It is just work,time,and time, and thinking , and time , and work......etc, you get the drift.
Diluded's build:
SUBARUBRAT's build
(this is kinda the "flagship" BIG lift , you will probably not get an answer if you email or Pm , As he has not posted here for years.)But ,we have all of the answers here somewhere anyway.People have done what what you see there several times now.
Here is a basic writeup by Mudrat (a banned member,i only say this to keep you from tryin to find him....cause you won't!)
Why 8 inches....???
Are you planning to put a T-case in as well.....???
If so I would Do 10" instead.....Cost of steel is going to be almost the same
Here is a rough list of steel you will need/use to do this project...
14pcs. of 1/4" x 2" x (8" or 10") x 2 inches long
aprox 20 feet of 1 1/2" x 1/8" wall square tube for tieing blocks together......
10 feet of 3 x 2 x 1/8 wall Rec. tube for tieing front blocks to rear blocks...This is also what the T-case will mount off of.....
Depending on how you are going to build front strut tops, you will need
10 feet of 1/4" x 3" flat bar
3 feet of 1/4" x 8" flat bar
2 pcs 1/4" x 8"x 6" flat bar
You will also need Tubing to sleave shift and 4WD linkage,
2 pcs of 1/4 x 3 x 3 angle iron for motor Mounts,
You will be building custom tranny mounts, so there is some steel in there
You will be stuffing a T-case Most likely, there will be steel involved there as well to mount it into the sub frame structure you build to connect front blocks with rear blocks.....
Mudrat did Jarods For $1500.00 Installed.(that was like 8 yrs ago or something)...this didn't include T-case , or 5 speed tranny......
All steel above is a Rough guess-timate but it will get you Started, let you see cost involved.....
Also you have to remember fuel lines and Brake lines have to be lengthened.....
All in all it is relatively simple to lift your car, whether or not you buy one or build ...is up to you.
Ok. So that basically covers the ea series stuffs.
On to the EJ stuffs.........(mostly dealing with Legacies from 1989-1994)(some Outback ideas as well)
There are a couple of different ways to go about this one.Once again it depends on what you wish to be doing with your car.with a little more power under the hood than the EA series cars, some have said that it alleviates the aching pain of wanting a second transfer case(don't worry , i'll get to that)......
Suspension lifts for EJ series cars? ie: Legacy, Impreza, OBS, Outback, Forester
Impreza, OBS:
You can use Outback or Forester springs and struts and strut tops. These will each give about the same amount of lift. I used the KYB GR2 Outback struts and stock Outback springs (96) on my 96 OBS and gained roughly 4 inches in the rear, and 3 in the front. The car sits with a little bit of rake in the rear. It rides nice and firm. The KYB Outback struts have about an inch and a half more travel than the stock OBS struts.
Here's a couple comparison shots. 96 Legacy OutBack struts and springs added to 96 OBS.
The tires on the green one are 225-55-17 (about 27.5)
Outback and Forester:
You can buy lift springs from companies such as Scorpion and Custom spring makers in your town. These will give you roughly 2-3 inches of lift. Down travel may be compromised a little.
The angle of the CVs and the DOJs is not increased enough to cause worry about ware and tear.
Those are just a few.As you can see there is a ton of info, in crosslinks etc.
There are a ton of threads to start looking at , so GO AHEAD!
This thread most Definitely is still under construction. I am by no means a master of information, so i will be working on it for a while.
cheers , Monstaru
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