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Improved ERP offers resources for metal producers
Waiting for later waves of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems might have been a smart move as software vendors add capabilities that better fit the making of metals, while growing areas of management are becoming more a part of executives' daily responsibilities.
Lift factors: Despite some slowdowns, the automotive, heavy equipment, and oil and natural gas sectors have helped buoy demand.
Coast to coast: Import offers for mechanical tubing products rise as a number of world markets brave rougher seas than in the recent past.
Not exactly easy sailing: The recent slowing of the domestic and global economies is affecting the market in negative ways this year.
Recent historical trends might help nervous scrap players overcome their fears of what lies in store at the end of this year and the start of 2013.
The valiant, modestly successful partnership between the automotive and steel industries has deferred the day of reckoning—until now.
Technology is vital to all metal sectors, but it's not just breakthroughs in production and processes that are important to the bottom line. Information technology has become just as significant, and an array of hardware, software, systems analysis mechanisms and data-analysis tools are available to help metal companies make better decisions.
Facing wildly fluctuating scrap prices, the need to manage price risk is no more evident than in the United States, the world's largest exporter of the key raw material. To that end, CME Group Inc. on Sept. 10 launched its first-ever U.S. ferrous scrap futures contract.
Investing in the right enterprise resource planning (ERP) system can greatly benefit metal companies by allowing them to work more efficiently, effectively and cost consciously in every part of their business—from sales and marketing to finance, products and operations.
Legacy mines and mills are great, but legacy software is not, says one of the top North American integrated producers of primary aluminum products and rolled aluminum coil. Noranda Aluminum understands that competition demands better operations effectiveness.
From energy savings to worker safety, inspection systems to material composites, 2012 saw numerous technological ideas and advances help push the metals sector forward to greater efficiency and market share, setting the stage for the next round of improvements.
As the world's airplane manufacturers introduce innovative new carbon-fiber aircraft, some American titanium producers foresee more orders and a brighter outlook for years to come.
Major titanium producers are using a variety of strategies—including acquisitions—to approach challenges in the supply chain in order to integrate through sponge, melt and other product forms, as well as control the quality, productivity and delivery of materials.
Demand was remarkably strong in 2011 and pushed mill lead times and prices up dramatically, but those gains have slowly melted away this year.
A comparison of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (Ebitda)/sales ratios for select steel companies puts OAO Severstal in the top global spot for the past year
Every month American Metal Market takes a statistical look inside the marketplace.
The Korean producers 'seem to think they have a good case, but personally I wouldn't get overly confident.'
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Heard it on 700wlw but heres the Fay blog entry
Bob Howsam, the architect of the Big Red Machine, has died.
Howsam was the Reds general manager from 1967 to 1978 and again from 1983-84. He also served at chief operating officer from 1973-78 and 1983-85.
Howsam, who retired to his native Colorado, was 89 years old.
He was responsible for building the team that won the 1975 and 76 World Series.
Howsam came to the Reds after a stint as GM of the St. Louis Cardinals.
He hired Sparky Anderson in 1970. In 1972, Howsam made the big trade with the Houston Astros, getting Joe Morgan, Jack Billingham and Cesar Geronimo three key components of the World Championship teams.
Howsam was elected to the Reds Hall of Fame in 2004.

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CARSON CITY, Nev. - When I was a kid I went thorough a numismatic phase. After I found some Indian head pennies that my dad had set aside, I became a coin collector and pursued the hobby quite seriously, or at least as seriously as could a preteen with a paperboy's income.
CARSON CITY, Nev. � When I was a kid I went thorough a numismatic phase.
After I found some Indian head pennies that my dad had set aside, I became a coin collector and pursued the hobby quite seriously, or at least as seriously as could a preteen with a paperboy�s income.
My enthusiasm for collectible coins faded after a few years but I still remember the thrill that the letters �CC� could send up my spine.
�CC� stood for Carson City, once the site of a U.S. Mint where, from 1878 to 1893, silver from the Comstock Lode was transformed into gleaming Morgan silver dollars, all bearing a tiny �CC� mintmark on the reverse.
I never owned one of those exotic dollars, but I held a few at coin stores, dreamed Comstock dreams and followed the TV series Bonanza (set in nearby Virginia City) with different eyes.
Those memories came flooding back when I visited Nevada�s capital for the first time last summer.
One of the first things I noticed about downtown Carson City was the large number of coin shops there. Apparently the town is something of a numismatic hub, which is understandable.
The town also has a remarkable history. Carson City, named for legendary mountain man Kit Carson, has been the capitol since Nevada gained statehood in 1864. The capitol building, which is open for self-guided tours, was dedicated in 1871.
I enjoyed a few early morning walks through the historic downtown residential neighborhood past the governor�s mansion and the home that Sam Clemens, aka Mark Twain, once shared with his brother Orion, who served as territorial secretary just before statehood.
But the old mint is, perhaps, the real gem of downtown Carson City. The simple but lovely Renaissance revival stone building appears remarkably solid and secure, as would befit a mint that once held millions of dollars at a time.
Today it serves as the Nevada State Museum.
Happily, the history of the mint receives ample space. Visitors will see the original Coin Press No. 1 and many beautiful examples of the silver and gold coins it once churned out.
Other exhibits explore Native American culture, Nevada�s mining heritage and the natural history of the state.
And this being Nevada, a few friendly casinos are located just steps away, ready to relieve visitors of any extra silver dollars they might have in their pockets.
But the few bucks I left at Carson City�s blackjack tables were well worth the �CC� mint-marked memories I received in exchange.
For information on the Nevada State Museum and other historical sites in Carson City, call 775-687-4810 or visit www.nevadaculture.org.
Steve Stephens is the travel writer. He can be reached at 614-461-5201 or by email.


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Fusca, Debora (2012) Assignment of potential neurotransmitters and neuromodulators to physiologically and morphologically identified olfactory interneurons. PhD thesis, Universität zu Köln.
Gallas-Lindemann, Carmen (2012) The occurrence of waterborne pathogenic protozoa in environmental water samples, their reduction by wastewater treatment and dissemination in the hydrological circuit. PhD thesis, Universität zu Köln.
Hellekes, Katja (2012) Task-specific modulation of a proprioceptive reflex in a walking insect. PhD thesis, Universität zu Köln.
Küster, Christian (2012) Population genetics, ecogenomics and physiological mechanisms of adaptation of Daphnia to cyanobacteria. PhD thesis, Universität zu Köln.
Mao, Qian (2012) Cellular signalling of adrenomedullin regulating endothelial barrier function and granulocyte extravasation. PhD thesis, Universität zu Köln.
Schieffer, Andre (2012) Studies on diversity and coexistence in an experimental microbial community. PhD thesis, Universität zu Köln.
Sotiriadou, Isaia (2012) Development and application of molecular tools for the detection of the human pathogenic protozoan Giardia, Cryptosporidium and Toxoplasma. PhD thesis, Universität zu Köln.
Viergutz, Carsten Ralf (2012) Seasonal feeding patterns, growth dynamics and the impact of warming on the grazing effects of invasive freshwater bivalves. PhD thesis, Universität zu Köln.
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|2006-03-20, 21:43
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: US
"intel" and "amd" are not mobos.
To get a general feel for prices http://pricewatch.com
Skip the first few generics tho.
|2006-03-21, 05:21
|Link #4
Tech Bloke
Assuming that by "mother boards" you meant "processor" and by "better" you meant "higher performance", the latest word on the street is that the upcoming Intel chip codenamed Conroe will be "better" than any of AMD's offerings.
However, I agree with the other posters in saying that it'd be much easier to recommend stuff if you provide a price range and some idea of what you want it for.
|2006-03-22, 02:37
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Black Lagoon Social Club
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: North Carolina
Age: 33
|2006-03-22, 21:04
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for building a computer w/o monitor your looking @ least $1000 USD
CPU: 64 bit dual core
motherboard look for one pci x1 (gigabit ethernet) and pc x16 (vid card)
also, DO NOT GO CHEAP ON THE CASE, I learned the hard way. bought one for $30 with a 550 W power supply, that freaking case gave me homicidal urges. the freaking pci opening didn't fit all the cards. I had to get a plier to "loosen it up", it had a cheap ass locking mechanism for said pci. I had to cut one of the mounts on my vid card because it got in the way of the lock. motherboard mount was freaking soft that it kept bending when trying to secure that mobo to it, finally got pissed and got me a (i think overpriced) antec case, now that was solid!!!! All the screws and cards fit nice and snug.
|2006-03-23, 00:48
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|2006-03-23, 11:27
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Join Date: Dec 2003
And here's some plenty of ram for very cheap, with very nice timings.
|2006-03-24, 12:42
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Now in MHD!
Join Date: Dec 2003
|2006-03-24, 13:11
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Join Date: Dec 2003
I could have waited a good 6 months to get this chip.
So what I got is:
1) high scores in pointless synthetic benchmarks
2) about twice the processing I'll ever need
I am running the x2 3800+ at 2.7, but I realized it's something I could have done with a single core at only half the price. I just don't need that second core.
Dudes. You don't have to spend big money to get a reliable psu. Your mobo, graphics or memery could fry if the psu doesn't supply steady power. It's like paying a bit more for warranty.
|2006-03-24, 20:36
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Vancouver, Canada eh?
Age: 31
As for which is better, Intel or AMD, that also depends on what you are doing.
For Single Core CPU's ONLY
If you are planning on doing alot of gaming then you will have better results with an AMD system. If you want to do audio/video encoding or other multimedia work you will have a better experience with an intel CPU (that includes hyperthreading)
For Dual Core CPU's ONLY
Its a bit different when dual core processers are concerned. For both gaming and encoding AMD based CPU's (Opteron and X2) are a better choice performance wise. They run cooler and take less time to achieve results almost all the time.
It would really help if you mentioned exactly what parts you want advice on as well as your price range for ENTIRE computer, not just 1 or 2 parts. For instance, depending on the money I could recommend a computer like this;
AMD Sempron 64 2800+ 800MHz HT Socket 754 Processor - Retail $74.00
ASRock K8NF4G-SATA2 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail $58.99
G.SKILL Value DDR Series 512MB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM System Memory – Retail $32.63
LG Black IDE 16X DVD±R DVD Burner Model GSA-4167B BK – OEM $37.99
Leadtek Geforce 7300GS PX7300GS TDH 128MB Low Profile Video Card – Retail $64.99
HITACHI Deskstar 7K80 80GB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive $50.00
Antec LifeStyle SONATA II Piano Black Computer Case – Retail $94.99
Or for more money one like this;
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 1GHz HT Socket 939 Processor – Retail $201.00
DFI nF4 SLI Infinity Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX $107.99
SAMSUNG SpinPoint P Series 250GB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive – OEM $84.99
eVGA Geforce 7600GT 256-P2-N553-AX Video Card – Retail $189.00
G.SKILL 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM System Memory – Retail $63.25
Antec LifeStyle SONATA II Piano Black Computer Case – Retail $94.99
LG Black IDE 16X DVD±R DVD Burner Model GSA-4167B BK $37.99
Both are complete computers but the second is drastically better. More information is needed from you before any complete recommendations can be made.
|2006-03-25, 00:15
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Varies. Currently in Sydney, Australia.
Building a computer is not something to be undertaken lightheartedly, especially if you're not sure what type of parts you'll ultimately need. AMD/Intel don't make motherboards, they make CPU's.
You'll be dealing with hundreds of dollars worth of equipment, and even a simple failure to discharge static can fry most of it.
That said, remember the following:
If you buy a chip by itself, you will need a heatsink and fan for it. Use thermal paste, not heatsink tape. Use good thermal paste. Don't use too much, you want as thin a layer as possible to conduct heat the most effectively.
Make sure your MB matches your chipset.
Use a decent PSU; one of the most common mistakes made by people (although not those building their own systems) is getting an underpowered PSU for their components.
If you want the system for gaming, don't bother with a dual core. Many games don't even take advantage of the dual chips.
If you want good chip efficiency, go with AMD. If you're not confident with chips and heat dispersement, go with Intel.
Under NO CIRCUMSTANCES build the computer near carpet, with wollen or cotton clothes, or anything else that is likely to cause static.
Use compressed air to clean components, or a lint-free cloth. Avoid tissues, and blowing on things.
Make sure your MB matches your chipset. This is worth repeating, believe me.
Don't have the computer or components plugged in while putting it together. Kinda obvious, but you'd be surprised.
Remember that not everything comes with the right (or enough of the right) cables - you want to make sure you'll have everything you need before you sit down to begin.
The MB does not affix directly to the case; their is a gap between the MB and the case for airflow.
Fans blow cool air onto the heatsinks, they don't blow hot air away from the heatsinks.
|2006-03-25, 04:36
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Vancouver, Canada eh?
Age: 31
The most common (and arguable best arrangment) for this is intake fans in the front blowing colder air in while fanse at the back/top/side sucking hot air out. Basically air should enter one side and exit out the other (usually front to back)
As for dual core not good for gaming, while its true that it wont necessarily help with games, it helps immeasurably with multitasking. I can run a virus scan, download with bittorrent, encode in h.264 all while playing FEAR without problems, something impossible on a single core setup. I cannot even begin to explain how beneficial Dual Core CPU's are, they arent just for servers/encoders they are for EVERYONE. IMO if you are spending $200+ on a new CPU you would be foolish to not pickup a dual core CPU.
Let me make on more defending statment before I move on. I have yet to be able to bring my dual core CPU to its knees ( a lowly 3800+) and I ran simultaneously:
Maya7.0 - Had an entire scene filled, 980k polygons
3DS Max - rendering short animation, 300 frames at 15 fps 640x480
Photoshop CS2 - 70MB image open saving as targa
Virus Scan - Complete Scan of hard drive
Burning a DVD - full dvd at 12x write
Azureus - 6 torrents @ over 500KB/s
UT 2004 server with 16 connections
Guild Wars - AFK @ Lions Arch
FEAR - playing the demo (no full version at the time)
I also had a bunch of other programs running but none of them especially demanding.
My CPU wasnt at its limit yet, what WAS at its limit was my Hard Drive and Memory, especially hard drive. I definitely reached its max I/O's and it was struggling. I was also using about 3.8 GB's of memory and almost 3GB of Page File.
If I were running a setup with hard drives that could do more I/O operations I am sure that that my gaming experience would have been more pleasant. In short more than 2 CPU's = t3h win
|2006-03-26, 04:47
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Varies. Currently in Sydney, Australia.
That's impressive, and worrying. My MBP's got 40% on both cores from the kernal alone.
Anyway, to put my point simply, if a game or app only uses the one core, it's better to have a single 3.2 GHz core than two 2.0 GHz cores. Of course, this should change shortly.
|2006-03-27, 14:35
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Unless you ment an Intel chip, which at 3.2 would certainly get outperformed by a 2.0 dualcore even on 1 core (in game play).
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|2006-03-27, 18:05
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Excessively jovial fellow
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: ISDB-T
Age: 31
I have the same processor as you have, but not OC'ed (yet). Gaming usually uses 100% of one core (not that I game often...). Encoding stuff, however... x264 uses 70-90% total with 2 threads (more doesn't raise the CPU usage or improve performance). Lossless to XviD uses 100% of one core plus one or a few extra on the other, which means you can do two at a time, or run one encode and do something else CPU-intensive (like encoding audio or something) at the same time. Avisynth script with filtering -> XviD can easily go past 70% total usage, as well.
Dual-core isn't for everyone though - for most people, the CPU waits for the human MUCH, MUCH more than the human waits for the CPU, and even more so with dual-core. However, if you're someone who likes to do CPU-intensive stuff and actually use the computer in the meantime, dual-core is for you.
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Old Red Kimono
Old Red Kimono is the student-edited arts and literature magazine at Georgia Highlands College. Funded through the Office of Student Life, the magazine accepts submissions from all students, faculty, and staff, as well as publishing some submissions from outside of the college community. Students from all campuses are encouraged to submit to the magazine, as are members of the community at large.
Student editors as selected each year to work for the magazine, under the guidance of magazine advisors Dr. Nancy Applegate and Professor Jesse Bishop. The spring of 2011 will mark the 40th volume of Old Red Kimono, with a release party in April. Copies of the current issue are available at each campus, and back issues may be ordered by contacting either Dr. Applegate or Prof. Bishop through the ORK website: www2.highlands.edu/ork.


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Hyderabad, India
- Profession
- Handloom Textile Industry
- Business
- Dipali Mehta & DM Crafts and DM Fashion Relations
- Country
- India
- partner school
- Indian School of Business
The program has helped me to uncover bottlenecks in my business and also to revisit my business strategy.
Business Overview
My business focuses on developing and promoting exports of handloom and khadi products. My plan is to create export opportunities for the handloom and khadi industry, with emphasis on branding and socio-economic development of artisans and weavers. I currently employ eight people - four permanent employees and four part-time employees, which were hired graduating from the 10,000 Women program.
The major challenge I faced was to bring together the various businesses and services into one group while overcoming the competition and maintaining consistency in products and services. The 10,000 Women program has helped me in understanding my business strategy and related areas.
The program has helped me to uncover bottlenecks in my business and also to revisit my business strategy. With the presentation skills and spreadsheet formulas I learned in the program, I am now able to present much more effectively, which has resulted in new business propositions. Further, I learned how to prepare a marketing strategy for my business and to use minimum investments for higher profits. I am now planning to expand my business, both domestically and internationally which should result in revenue growth of approximately 15%.
Future Goals
I hope to give artisans a better livelihood through strategic warehouse sourcing and to generate employment at the grass roots level in India with support chains. Further, I aim to cut down the lengthy lead time from eight to nine months to one month for onsite purchases.


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Key to abbreviations and honors
Academic degree abbreviations
- A.A. ...... Associate of Arts
- A.A.S. ..... Associate of Applied Science
- A.S. ..... Associate of Science
- B.A. ..... Bachelor of Arts
- B.A.S. ..... Bachelor of Arts and Sciences
- B.B.A. ..... Bachelor of Business Administration
- B.E.M. ..... Bachelor of Emergency Management
- B.F.A. ..... Bachelor of Fine Arts
- B.M. ..... Bachelor of Music
- B.S. ..... Bachelor of Science
- B.T. ..... Bachelor of Technology
- Cert. ..... Certificate
- Gr. Cert. ..... Graduate Certificate
- M.A. ..... Master of Arts
- M.A.T. ..... Master of Arts in Teaching
- M.B.A. ..... Master of Business Administration
- M.C.E. ..... Master of Civil Engineering
- M.Ed. ...... Master of Education
- M.E.E. ..... Master of Electrical Engineering
- M.F.A. ..... Master of Fine Arts
- M.N.R.M.G. ..... Master of Natural Resources Management and Geography
- M.S. ..... Master of Science
- M.S.E. ..... Master of Software Engineering
- Ph.D. ..... Doctor of Philosophy
Students in the College of Rural and Community Development have their home campuses indicated beside their names. For the most part, degree candidates outside the Fairbanks area will participate in graduation ceremonies at their home campuses.
Confirmation of degrees and honors for the May 2013 degree candidates whose names are listed in this program will be made when final grades are received.
* Denotes summer degree recipient
** Denotes December degree recipient
Red sashes signify graduating Alaska Native and Native American students. Blue sashes signify graduating Community and Technical College students. The red, white and blue honor cords pay tribute to active-duty service members and veterans of the United States Armed Forces. Student-athletes are wearing a blue sash with the Alaska Nanooks logo. International students may be wearing a sash recognizing their home country.
Honors recognition
Graduation with Honors
Associate and baccalaureate degree students who graduated with honors in August and December 2012 and candidates for graduation in May 2013 wear a gold honor cord.
Cumulative grade point averages required for graduating with honors are:
- summa cum laude …… 3.9 or higher with no grades lower than an Amagna
- cum laude …… 3.75 – 3.8
- cum laude …… 3.5 – 3.74
Honors Program
The Honors Program graduation designation indicates completion of this program, which requires exceptional aptitude, academic performance and achievement in a challenging course of study. Honors students must complete 12 or 27 credits in specially designed courses and an honors capstone/senior thesis in their major. Students may also earn honors credits by studying abroad, through thesis credits, contracts, independent study agreements or through state, national or international internships. Graduating Honors Thesis Scholars have earned 12 honors credits and wear a long blue-trimmed and striped gold sash with a single blue and gold honor cord. University Honors Scholars have earned 27 honors credits and wear the same sash with a double blue and gold honor cord.
Golden Key Honor Society
An interdisciplinary organization to recognize and encourage outstanding upper-division students, Golden Key is an international student-run service organization committed to meeting the needs of scholastic achievers. Initiated members wear a gold medallion on a blue and gold ribbon, a gold satin sash with a blue logo, or a blue and gold honor cord.
Student Leadership Honors and Leadership Distinction
Student Leadership Honors recognition is granted to students who have made significant contributions to enhancing the mission of UAF, the surrounding community and the promotion of student life. Students receiving this recognition wear a burgundy honor cord.
Graduation with Leadership Distinction recognition is granted to students who have
displayed a commitment of excellence to themselves, UAF and their community as a
whole. Students receiving this recognition wear a silver honor cord.
Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi is open to students in all academic disciplines. PKP promotes the pursuit of excellence and the recognition of outstanding achievement by students and faculty alike. Membership is limited to the top students of each graduating class. Initiated members wear a blue ribbon and a medallion bearing the symbolic seal of the society.
Student Ambassador
Students involved in the Student Ambassador Program have demonstrated outstanding campus leadership and have supported the growth of the university through new student recruitment and community-service efforts.


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Chicken in Ancho-Pumpkin Sauce
8 cups water, divided
1/2 cup kosher salt
1/2 cup sugar
1 bay leaf
1 (3-inch) cinnamon stick
1 teaspoon whole black peppercorns
1 teaspoon whole cloves
6 bone-in, skinless chicken breasts
5 ancho chiles (dried poblano peppers)
2 large jalapenos, halved
1 large onion, quartered
3 Roma tomatoes, halved and seeded
4 whole garlic cloves
1 teaspoon whole cumin seeds
1/4 cup olive oil, divided
kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 cup pumpkin seeds
1 large bunch cilantro leaves, plus more for garnish
16 corn tortillas, kept warm
2 limes, cut into 8 wedges
2 avocados, halved, pitted and flesh sliced
1/2 head iceberg lettuce, shredded
1 red onion, thinly sliced
1 bunch radishes, thinly sliced
Special equipment:
Food processor
Dutch oven
Brining the chicken:
Combine 6 cups water, salt, sugar, bay leaf, cinnamon stick, peppercorns, and cloves in a saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring gently. Once the sugar and salt have dissolved, remove from the heat and let mixture cool to room temperature. Transfer to a large bowl, add the chicken, and refrigerate, covered, at least 2 hours or overnight.
Rehydrating the chiles:
Bring the remaining 2 cups of water to a boil in a small saucepan over high heat. In a medium heatproof bowl, add the ancho chiles and cover with the boiling water. Weigh down with a plate so the peppers remain under water and let them soak for 15 minutes. Remove and discard the stems when the peppers have softened.
Preparing the chicken:
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
On a sheet tray toss the jalapenos, onion, tomatoes, garlic and cumin with 2 tablespoons oil. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Roast until nicely caramelized with good color, 25 to 30 minutes. Add the pumpkin seeds to a dry, hot skillet on high heat. Stir often, until the seeds are golden and begin to pop. Transfer to a food processor along with roasted vegetables. Add the soaked chiles, about 2 tablespoons of chili soaking liquid, the cilantro leaves and the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil to the processor. Puree until smooth. Taste and season with salt and pepper, if needed.
Remove the chicken from the refrigerator, blot dry with paper towels and put into a large Dutch oven. Pour in the sauce and bake, covered, until the chicken is cooked through, about 55 to 60 minutes. Remove from the oven and transfer the chicken to a cutting board to cool. When cool to the touch, shred the chicken and add it back to the sauce. Spoon the mole into corn tortillas and serve with lime wedges, avocado slices, shredded lettuce, red onion, and radishes. Garnish with cilantro leaves and enjoy.
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Good golly Miss Molly...WHAT an adorable wittle wee one you are; puppy preciousness overload!:D
What a way to start the day, opening up Dog of the Day and seeing your adorable self up on my screen!:) I can almost smell the puppy breath through my monitor, feel that soft, warm belly! How lucky your family is, having a bright and beautiful, exuberant and life loving furkid such as you in their lives, bringing so much joy and endless smiles and laughs to their days! And hopefully, after some time, even your big sister Sandi will come around, with you and she being the best of buds! You truly are a blessing, Molly, and so very worthy of your "top dog" status!:cool:
Enjoy a happy and fun filled day of celebration, sweet baby girl, and every minute of your wonderful life!
Love and cuddles and kisses to you, adorable Molly, and to dear Sandi as well! Long and happy life to you, sweetheart!:love::love::love:
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The Louisiana Artificial Reef Council has approved for further consideration the establishment of seven special artificial reef sites (SARS) offshore. The action was taken during the council's June 19, 2006 meeting at the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries in Baton Rouge.
A public hearing to discuss the proposals further and gain public input will be held at the Larose Civic Center on Sept. 5 from 6-9 p.m.
A total of 25 proposals were received and evaluated by the council as potential Special Artificial Reef Sites. All these sites contained platforms that were either destroyed or damaged by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
The seven proposals that were approved for further consideration by the council are one by Anglo Swiss in the West Delta 117 block, one by Maritech in Ship Shoal block 269, one by Apache in the West Delta 103/104 blocks, one by ERT in the East Cameron 222 block, one by Stone Energy in the Vermilion 255 block, and two by Chevron, one each in the Eugene Island 276 blocks and the Vermilion 245 block. The sites approved by the council contained multiple platforms, to minimize the number of SARS while taking advantage of the greatest number of platforms.
Special reefs sites are those created to take advantage of material available for construction outside the nine planning regions designated by the Louisiana Artificial Reef Program. The council provides direction for the program, established by the Louisiana Fishing Enhancement Act in 1986 to enhance and maintain fish habitat in the state's offshore waters by utilizing oil and gas platforms that are no longer used.
For more information, contact Rick Kasprzak, LDWF artificial reef coordinator, at 225-765-2375 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The widening gap between the rich and poor in the U.S. has become a central touch point for economists, pundits and politicians across the U.S. New York City's newly sworn-in mayor, Bill deBlasio, was elected after campaigning against a city divided between the haves and have-nots. President Obama has called tackling inequality the defining challenge of our time, saying that growing inequality and a lack of upward mobility jeopardizes the American dream. But what, exactly, is income inequality? Audie Cornish puts that question to Drew DeSilver, a senior writer for the Pew Research Center's Fact Tank blog.


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Financial management policy
Overall purpose: seek to ensure a high standard in the management of public finances in the best interests of the people of Hampshire.
Key policies designed to achieve this are to maintain and seek continuous improvement in both Financial Planning and the provision of Financial Services. In doing so, the Council aims to maintain its maximum score of four for the financial aspects of the Comprehensive Performance Assessment.
A Financial planning
Overall financial planning and budget strategy
- Budget strategy related to corporate priorities, as reflected in corporate strategy, local public service agreement, improvement plan and four member priorities
- Growth and saving plans to be submitted to the appropriate executive member, identifying planned outcomes and performance improvements for budget growth and mechanisms for achieving any significant savings
- Ensure that the long-term level of revenue commitments does not exceed long-term funding likely to be available including reasonable expected levels of future grant settlement and council tax
- Ensure integration of medium term financial and service planning
- Maintain three-year budget projections based where necessary on alternative scenarios to reflect uncertainty of spending and resource assumptions in order to set the likely context for making final resource allocation decisions on an annual basis
- Minimise levels of non-earmarked reserves, with a target of 0.6% of net expenditure, subject to risk assessment, in order to maximise use of available funds on service provision
- Review the rationale and adequacy of earmarked reserves on at least an annual basis
- Build up an earmarked reserve in recognition of the transitional costs of implementing Pay and Benefits proposals
- Seek to minimise the degree of instability in the employers' contribution to the Hampshire Pension fund, subject to objective of securing 100% funding in the long-term
- Continue policy of increasing budgets for Schools and Social Services in line with increases in the County Council's related Formula Spending shares - providing that to do so does not have an unacceptable impact on the quality of other services or the level of the council tax
- Manage the application of the grant equalisation reserve in order to protect services and limit the council tax impact of the loss of transitional Education funding and, if confirmed, the loss in 2005/06 of the additional Government Grant of £7.5m announced in December
- In order to allow services to operate within firm cash limits, allocate provision for inflation to services at the start of the financial year and require excess inflation to be absorbed
- Services expected to contain spending within the approved cash limit, with no supplementary allocations being available other than in exceptional circumstances unless a specific contingency provision made within the budget
- Services expected to carry forward 100% of any overspending against the overall service cash limit, but are allowed to retain up to 100% of any planned underspendings identified prior to the approval of the following year's budget. 50% of any unplanned underspendings can automatically be carried forward
- Require the continuing identification of efficiencies by expecting services to absorb any net cost arising from the annual cost of salary increments
- Encourage service chief officers to submit applications for specific grants/partnership funding designed to maximise the resources available to the County Council, by allowing capital and revenue cash limits to be adjusted to reflect changes in grant levels
- Require services to review the level of fees and charges at least annually and set budget limits on the assumption that the level of charges will be increased in line with assumed inflation on gross expenditure
- Seek best value in spending, bearing in mind that considerations of quality, risk, sustainability, environmental impact, local economic development and equalities may all be relevant in addition to price
- Seek to retain relatively low council taxes in Hampshire, with the aim of setting a tax in the lowest quartile of County Council council taxes
Capital programming
- Review capital strategy on an annual basis and prepare four year capital programme in accordance with the strategy
- Seek to maintain the level of the locally-resourced capital programme by continued recycling of surplus assets to generate capital receipts
- Allow services to retain at least 25% of the value of their capital receipts and where necessary to finance investment in replacement assets, up to 100%
- Adopt a Public Private Partnership (PPP) approach, including the use of the Private Finance Initiative (PFI), where this provides best value for the Council
- Make full use of Government supported borrowing
- Seek to maximise capital resources by developing capital schemes in conjunction with external partners where appropriate
- Approve the use of unsupported borrowing within the framework of the County Council's prudential code
- business unit investment where the financing costs will be funded by charges made to customers
- 'invest to save' projects generating savings which will enable the financing costs to be funded, capital receipts which will enable borrowing to be repaid, or alternative costs to be avoided
B Provision of Financial Services
Effective management of budgets
- devolution of financial management to service departments combined with appropriate financial training, provision of appropriate systems to generate management information and a framework of sound internal controls including Financial Regulations and procedures
- rigorous annual budgeting and budget monitoring processes
- maintain integrated accounting and budgeting systems and set a consistent overall financial framework across the authority, including for schools.
Ensuring good practice and probity
- recognise the statutory and corporate finance roles of the County Treasurer in ensuring lawful and financially prudent decision-making through his membership of the Corporate Management Team
- report internal audit's strategy to the Standards Committee
- provide annual internal audit assessments for each department
- develop IT systems designed to enhance the provision of financial management information to users
- maintain Head of Profession arrangements whereby the head of each devolved finance unit has defined responsibilities for ensuring that both corporate and departmental needs are met
- maintain and work with Chief Officers to apply Financial Regulations and associated financial procedures in support of good practice in financial administration and corporate governance
- maintain an effective and efficient internal audit function which works co-operatively with the Council's external auditor
- comply with the CIPFA Code of Practice for treasury management
- comply with accounting and audit standards contained in the relevant Codes of Practice and CIPFA guidance.
Efficient and accessible processing of transactions
- best practice in relationships with local contractors and suppliers, including payment of bills in line with government prompt payment targets
- an emphasis on continuous improvement driven by a customer focus as the best way to deliver good financial services
- all services to be available electronically in line with government timescales, including moves towards employee self service
- obtain the Charter Mark for services dealing directly with the public, and seek to apply a similar approach to internal customers
- keep transaction costs within the lowest 25% of costs among county councils.


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One week removed from their third straight Northern Lights Conference title, the Soldotna girls are preparing to make their fourth trip to the state tournament out of the last five years, and they will be joined by conference rival Kenai.
Both teams faced each other last Saturday at Skyview in the conference championship game. The match was played to a scoreless draw, even after two overtime periods, and was decided by penalty kicks. Soldotna won the shootout 3-2.
"The thrill of the victory was probably over with on Monday, so we need to turn around and direct our attention because we're all starting anew again," Soldotna coach Jimmy Love said. "Anyone is just as capable as the other, and it doesn't matter which region you won, if you're not ready, you won't be able to get anywhere."
Second-seeded Soldotna stands a better chance than last year of making it past today's opening round, as they face up against Grace Christian, a seventh seed, at 11 a.m. at Chugiak High School. Last year, they lost to defending champ Dimond 4-0 on the first day.
"To me, it didn't matter who we drew, because before this started, if you're not thinking about state at the region tournament, you might be selling yourself a little short, and I knew who we drew for the region championship game, but who were we going to draw for state?" Love said. "I was thinking Service, so if you draw anybody other than an Anchorage school for the first round, I think your chances increase.
"I'm not taking anything away from Grace, but I spent a lot of time at regions watching them play, so I feel confident going into the first round, but not over-confident."
Soldotna will be playing with sophomore Kylee Wolfe, a key midfielder who was sidelined during the Star's NLC title game last week due to a red card Wolfe received the previous game.
"I really thought having her out would affect the team, but not to the level that it did, so that really surprised me that we weren't able to channel our energy or our focus the way we should have," Love said. "Hopefully that won't be an issue, and we'll be ready to go on Thursday."
Love said the team has been resting up and tweaking some aspects of the game that he feels needed to be addressed.
"We've just been working on our touches, working on our finishing," he said. "We've been giving up way too many corners and direct kicks, so we've been working on that area. We have got to take advantage of opportunities like that, because they don't come that often, especially against Anchorage schools, and when they do, you definitely want to be on top of your game."
The one time in recent years that Soldotna did not make it to state, 2009, was also the year that Kenai did, so 2012 marks the first time that both SoHi and Kenai will make appearances at state together, according to online records.
Both coach Love and Kenai coach Dan Verkuilen agree that the friendly rivalry that both schools share is not a particular aspect that they have been focusing on for the state tournament. If both teams should win or lose on Thursday, then they will meet each other for a rematch on Friday.
"It's just another team at this point, it doesn't matter," Love said. "If we have to go through them to get to the next game, so be it."
Verkuilen said the biggest point of interest for him at the state meet is the chance to measure up against other teams from around the state.
"The girls love playing Soldotna and look forward to it," Verkuilen said. "The biggest thing about state is the different competition, so that's just a good rivalry, and they would like another shot at that, but being able to see the other teams from around the state is good."
After their loss against the Stars last weekend, the sixthseeded Kards are hungry to win their initial game in the first round, in which they will be playing West Valley from Fairbanks, a third seed, at 11 a.m. at Dimond.
"I think our formula is good, and I think they move together well and are aggressive, so I need to keep feeding them mentally, and winning a game at state is exciting, so I hope they can experience that," Verkuilen said.
Like most schools, Verkuilen said the seniors on the team are just finishing graduating and everyone is wrapping up other events with friends and family. He said the team is now refocusing for a final state run.
"Everyone's in good spirits, and they're happy they made it," he said. "Tomorrow will be nice, we can practice on field, and hopefully be able to focus attention on what's going on in the soccer world."
After the loss against Soldotna, Verkuilen noted that even though Kenai is disappointed, they know the odds in a shootout.
"I watched the European World Cup games last weekend and three of the best players in the world missed kicks, so it can happen to anybody at all levels," Verkuilen said. "You can do that five times in a row and have a different result all five times."
On the boys side, Homer will be the lone peninsula representative, as the boys team has shown considerable improvement this year, nearly winning last week's conference championship, only losing to Wasilla 2-1 after a penalty kick with ten minutes to go in the game broke a tie.
Homer coach Warren Waldorf said the team is refocused after the loss the hectic days that have followed it, as seniors have graduated and players are taking care of last-minute details with family.
"We played three good games at the region championships, and we left it all on the field, but it didn't go our way in the end, and the tank was empty at the end of the Wasilla game," Waldorf said. "We have nothing to hang our head about. We're happy, we have a good draw, we're ready to go, and we intend to show well at state."
Waldord said the team met Tuesday for an hour, not to practice, but to talk about the gameplan they intend to follow for the next three days.
Homer will be making the trip to state in a long time for the boys, and the improvement the team has made in recent years is significant.
"We have a lot of players who have played together for a long time, and everything's coming together this year," Waldorf said. "They've worked awfully hard at it the last four years, and you could see it coming for a while.
"Now here we are, and they proved their promise, they've proved their potential over the course of the season."
Homer provides a strong, attacking offensive threat, with frontrunners Robin Glosser, Kyle Wisner, Konstantin Reutov and Andre Lovett, with additional support from Lennart Von Schlichting and Vegard Unhjem, two foreign-exchange students.
Homer, as an eighth seed, will face top seed Dimond today at 5 p.m., and Waldorf knows the steep challenge ahead, but acknowledges it is possible to produce an upset.
"We've never played Dimond, so we'll start with our eleven strongest players, and try to hang around as long as we can," he said. "Maybe we'll get a little lucky, and hopefully we'll keep it close and see what happens in the game. That's all we can do."


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RainhaDoTexugo is banned? Does anyone know why? I've skimmed through her most recent posts, and I don't see anything the least bit confrontational or offensive?
I'm sorry but you guys are a hypocritical and bordering on fascist regime. Aim straight for the heart so you can finally say you have one.
So I'm guessing since the new warning system is in effect, this is the first round of bannings as a result - could a mod clarify what behavior (in general) led to these bannings? In another thread it sounded like some posters were banned for bullying certain members or something - sounded like it was happening over PM rather than in threads (though I could be misreading). Eta: here is the post I'm referring to, posted by workgeek here: http://www.etiquettehell.com/smf/index.php?topic=107905.0In light of what's been happening, it's important to note that being friends off-site is not at all a bad thing. Plenty of members stay in touch outside of Ehell, via the various meetups, social networking, email and so on. We have a few family units around who stay in touch via genetics. The recent difficulties were due to deliberate attempts to disrupt the forum, ostracize certain people who were deemed "unworthy" of participating here, and actively lying about it to deceive both the mods and members. This is not "being friends".
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Events planned in Arkansas to mark MLK holiday
By The Associated Press
This article was published January 20, 2014 at 7:07 a.m.
LITTLE ROCK — Little Rock School District Superintendent Dexter Suggs will serve as the grand marshal in an annual event honoring the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
A march-parade, or marade, will take place at 10 a.m. Monday in Little Rock. The marade begins at 33rd and Chester streets and ends at the state Capitol, where a commemorative ceremony is scheduled to begin at noon.
The event is sponsored by the Arkansas NAACP.
Other events are planned throughout Arkansas to mark the holiday. In Pine Bluff, Gov. Mike Beebe is scheduled to speak at an event at the city's convention center.
King was born Jan. 15, 1929, and the federal holiday is the third Monday in January.
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Today's picture is from 1936, and it shows drought refugees from the Dust Bowl. Many families had to leave Oklahoma, and ended up in California looking for work. This picture was taken near Bakersfield. The photographer reported seeing 28 cars like this, all packed down, in a 45 minute period. Desperate people moving from place to place looking for a job.
Yesterday I reported that Lovie had renegotiated the 7-1 split of the chickies, and she had taken over all 8 of them, and she let Miss Kitty be "Assistant Mother". Basically Miss Kitty could stand around in the Peacock Palace and help Lovie if any help was needed.
Today I must sadly report that Lovie decided she no longer needed any help from Miss Kitty, and she has kicked her out of the Peacock Palace. Now it is Lovie and the 8 pea-chickies all to themselves. Miss Kitty just stands around outside looking sad, like she is saying, "what happened to my babies?" (In cases such as this, I have always wondered whether the question mark goes inside or outside the quotation mark.)


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As the Chargers try to close the broad gap between themselves and the Broncos in the AFC West, they'd added a defensive back who only recently became available.
Per a league source, former Dolphins cornerback Richard Marshall has agreed to terms on a one-year deal with the Chargers.
The Jaguars also were in the mix to sign Marshall, who collected $6.1 million for a total of four games with the Dolphins.
Marshall also has played for the Cardinals and Panthers. In San Diego, he joins a depth chart currently topped by Shareece Wright and Derek Cox, with Johnny Patrick and Steve Williams as the primary backups.


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After a 0-19 record last year, the Indians snapped their losing streak on April 26 when they faced off against Cedar Mountain/Comfrey in a doubleheader.
Game 1: Sleepy Eye Public 9, Cedar Mountain/Comfrey 0; Game 2: Sleepy Eye Public 6, CMC 5
After a 0-19 record last year, the Indians snapped their losing streak on April 26 when they faced off against Cedar Mountain/Comfrey in a doubleheader.
But not only did they start their season opener with a win, it was also a no-hitter.
Senior John Mangen threw 13 strikeouts to lead the Indians and didn't allow any hits or runs. Sleepy Eye head coach Aaron Nesvold said he was proud of Mangen's performance.
"John pitched a fantastic game to get the Indian's season going in the right direction," Nesvold said. "We hit the ball well, and played 'okay' defense for our first game."
Pitching: John Mangen 13 K, 3 BB, 0 H, 0 R.
Other: Matt Berkner 4-4, 1 R, 1 RBI;
Mangen 2-5, 2 2B, 1 RBI.
The second game was a different story for the Indians. They started out with a 2-0 lead, but CMC responded with four runs of their own in the second inning.
Sleepy Eye scored two runs in the bottom of the fifth to tie the score at 5-5. Senior Ethan Silfies had a game-winning RBI in the bottom of the eighth inning for the Indians.
Junior Sam Hirschboeck was a key player in the second game, going 3-4 at bat and hitting two doubles.
"Fun game to end the nightcap of a doubleheader," Nesvold said. "We needed to fight back to win the game and that was good to see from our team. We never gave up."
Pitching: Dylan Klein 6 IP, 3 K, 1 BB, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER.
Other: Sam Hirschboeck 3-4, 2 2B;
Ethan Silfies 2-5, 1 RBI.
Sleepy Eye Public record: 2-0 overall, 1-0 conference.


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Lady Mustangs back in playoffs after exciting win
It took 15 years before Sweetwater's softball program finally got back into the playoffs in 2012. On Friday, the Lady Mus-tangs claimed their second straight postseason berth with a 6-5 win over Big Spring in a game players on both teams may remember 15 years from now.Sweetwater jumped out to a 4-0 lead after four innings, only to see the visiting Lady Steers battle back and tie it 5-5 by scoring twice in the top of the seventh.But the Lady Mustangs (20-11 overall) won in walk-off fashion in the bottom of the inning as they improved to 6-2 in District 4-3A and stayed within a game of first-place Snyder with two games left in the regular season. Snyder (7-1) beat Monahans 12-2 on Friday.Jerren Villa led off with a single, then moved to second when Keyli Turner was safe on an error and to third on a sacrifice bunt by Cierra Knox.Kendra Crosson, the No. 9 hitter, then hit a flyball to shallow left field that was caught by Big Spring's shortstop for the second out. However, she was unable to stay on her feet while making the catch, allowing Villa to come home with the winning run.While the game's finish was exciting enough, the most memorable moment came earlier. After cutting Sweetwater's lead to 4-2 in the fifth, Big Spring appeared to have tied the game at 4-4 in the sixth on a two-run homer by McKenzie Roberts. However, the second run was denied and it became a 4-3 game instead because the umpire said Roberts had been assisted by her teammates in crossing the plate and she was called out.Sweetwater was able to keep a one-run advantage and get out of the inning without further damage, even though Big Spring put runners at second and third after Roberts was called out at home.Sweetwater then scored in the bottom of the sixth for a 5-3 lead and there was some controversy on that as well. Knox, who led off the inning with a single, was initially called out at third base after Morgan Gomez reached on a fielder's choice after laying down a bunt. But she was allowed to stay at third after a successful appeal, and scored on an RBI infield single by Suede Shirley two batters later.But Big Spring finally completed its comeback in the top of the seventh. A single, ground ball out and another single cut the lead to 5-4. Another groundball out put the Lady Steers down to their last chance, but Mercedes Ruiz delivered a two-out RBI double to tie the game.However, Sweetwater had the last laugh in a game that had more ups and downs than a Six Flags over Texas roller coaster.Both Crosson twins came up big offensively. In addition to her walk-off sac fly, Kendra stroked a two-run homer that made it 4-0 in the fourth inning, while Kelsi was 3-for-4 and drove in the first run with a first-inning single.Maty Montgomery went the distance for the pitching win, allowing nine hits and striking out five. She had a no-hitter until the fourth.Sweetwater plays the district's two last-place teams to end the regular season, as it goes to Monahans on Tuesday and hosts Wylie this Saturday in the finale.


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Feeling impulsive and hoping to book a last-minute getaway to Las Vegas for New Year's Eve? Despite the notion that Sin City is virtually sold out and that the only remaining rooms are wildly expensive, a variety of lodging options is still available.
And a two-night (Sunday and Monday) stay on the Strip can be as little as $320, taxes included.
That rock-bottom price is for a classic room at the Riviera, and we found it both at the hotel's website and the Vegas.com travel portal.
A couple of blocks north, a deluxe room at the Stratosphere for the same two nights is selling for $393.08 at the hotel's website. More options are available for guests willing to book Sunday and Monday nights, instead of just Monday, which is New Year's Eve.
Bellagio, on the other hand, is sold out for Monday, a telephone reservation agent at the property told me.
New Year's Eve draws well over 200,000 visitors to Las Vegas. Many book well in advance.
"I don't want to say we're going to sell out, but it looks like the city's going to be pretty full for this New Year's," said Bryan Allison, chief operating officer of Vegas.com.


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"telinit N", where N is the runlevel to change to, is the canonical way - however "init N" works fine too (although there may be Unixes where it doesn't work).Originally Posted by joshuapurcell
"telinit N", where N is the runlevel to change to, is the canonical way - however "init N" works fine too (although there may be Unixes where it doesn't work).Originally Posted by joshuapurcell
Pete,Originally Posted by PeteJ
1. On my ubuntu setup I have a bridged network which the graphical utility cannot understand, so I am forced to use the /etc/network/interfaces file. To add a default gateway in this is easy.
2. When restarting network from remote I have also had the problem you describe. I believe it is because when you loose connectivity, linux no longer can process the command because it looses its output.Code:iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.1.2 network 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255 gateway 192.168.1.1
There is a handy program called "screen" It acts like a buffer between your shell and the output display. Think of it like VNC for ssh/telnet. (You can disconnect from it and your application stays running.
This is how it works for me:
ssh -l user somewhere.com
# screen
# /etc/init.d/network restart
ssh -l user somewhere.com
# screen -r (This re-attaches me to a running screen)
That's the reason for wall command:Originally Posted by Heliode
# echo "**** off" | wall && init 1
The tweak firefox link is down. But there is another thread that does what you say... search for 'diggity' and find the firefox link. Just trust me... that is how I remembered to find it.
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If you make changes to /etc/fstab you can test or implement them right away without rebooting by simply doing:
Code:sudo mount
First of all, thanks for the tips (the "HOWTO backup" is awesome).
Why both of the lines does not do the same job?
I mean.. both of the lines should do the same thing, isnt it?
oem@ubuntu:/etc/init.d$ sudo networking restart
sudo: networking: command not found
and this dont:
oem@ubuntu:/etc/init.d$ sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
I know its a tipic roockie question, but you know...
networking is a service running.. and Bash interprets like as a command, this is why i got command not found. Right?
But why bash does not interpret when i put all the path along with?
Networking isn't a command, but a service run at boot time. The script for it is located in /etc/init.d, and the way to restart is it
This kind of "command" will work for any service, by the way...as far as I know. It's handy to restart, or to stop, or start, a service sometimes as a way of troubleshooting--for example, when there's no sound. (But this evening the main trouble was that I had my headphones plugged into the wrong outlet, and it took me an hour to find out.)Code:sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
The "restart" isn't a command recognized by bash but a special function associated with the scripts in init.d. With "sudo networking restart" bash interprets the word immediately after "sudo" as referring to a command--but that command doesn't exist. When a PATH follows "sudo," bash knows something special's going on: Either a command is coming up that is executed out of the directory being stated, or a special function. So there's no error message as long as either a command or a special function follows the path statement.
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I have read through this thread and found the howto and follow up posts informative. I do have a question regarding performance, relating to memory.
I've noticed when I have multiple applications open, performance of course decreases somewhat because the available hardware memory is being minimized. Ok, well if I close many of these and leave a few open, will the memory being used from those programs be cleanly released back into availability?
As well, is it a good practice to periodically Ctrl-Alt-Backspace, just because, or is it only necessary after applied config or update changes?
These do the job for me
no need to unload and reload.Code:sudo modprobe --force ndiswrapper sudo ifup --force eth1
linux, linux, linux
After reading this thread, somebody might have a solution for one of the reasons I reboot my hardy workstation almost once a day.
It seems like if I ever watch a video which is flash encoded then all my sound drivers are messed up except those for real player until I reboot. Totem will no longer play any sounds, nor will VLC until I restart my system. Does some body have a command line that could fix my sound issue(s) without rebooting?


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I´m still using Zeos 5-4 with Delphi 5 and now I need to execute a mysql procedure that returns some values.
The problem is when I execute the proc, I receive the message: "Procedure XXXX can´t return a result set in the given context"
When I execute a proc with no return, works fine.
I´m using the TZMySqlQuery component, because this version doesnt have an storeprocedure component for mysql.
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"It's a very simple game. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. Sometimes it rains." (Bull Durham)
Monday, December 20, 2010
The Monday Shuffle
-- The Pirates signed Josh Fields, 28, to a minor league deal. He was a first-round pick (18th overall) of the White Sox in 2004. Looks like with Andy Marte's signing and the long audition of Andy LaRoche that Pittsburgh is becoming the elephant's graveyard for third base hot shots.
He's also played a little first and corner outfield and is another guy who will compete with Marte and Steve Pearce for a RH bench spot. In parts of five seasons, Fields has hit .234/34/107 in 796 at-bats with 235 Ks.
-- John Perrotto and Rob Biertempfel tweet that the Pirates might be in on Carl Pavano. Interesting choice for a veteran anchor, as he's almost 35 and is said to be looking for a three year deal. Maybe the FO is hoping to buy some time for the young guns - or maybe they're set on finding a new home for Paul Maholm.
-- Chan Ho Park won't be back, and he's not going to Korea, either. He decided to cast his lot with the Orix Buffaloes of the Japanese League in 2011. He had a nice career in the show, pitching for seven teams over 17 years and going 124-98 with a 4.36 ERA.
-- Brian Bixler signed a minor league deal with the Washington Nats. BB has a .178 lifetime average and spent 2010 playing AAA ball for three teams.
2 comments:
- WilliamJPellas said...
Fields is certainly a better prospect than either Andy Marte or Steven Pearce. Given Pearce's extra option year, I am now certain this means he's not making the club.
I really like Fields and if he is healthy---a big IF given his recent hip injury---he definitely has "steal" potential. He doesn't walk much but he has 34 career HR in just over one season's worth of at bats. I really, REALLY like this move.
Ya know, Huntington has definitely shown he can do a nice job trolling for scraps in the dumpster. And he does a nice job with the draft. It's everything else that stinks. But, onward.
- December 20, 2010 at 6:11 PM
- Ron Ieraci said...
Fields does have a pedigree for the long ball, Will, although that 30% K rate is on the high side. But he was injured almost all of last year, so we'll see. he did almost all of his damage in 2007 - .244/23/67.
I agree that other option probably assures Pearce at least starting at Indy; maybe they'll get him some time in the OF and 3B there to make him a more complete bench guy.
- December 20, 2010 at 6:25 PM


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Sunday, September 04, 2011
WMU Post-Game: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
* Al Borges - Some Michigan fans were so concerned about Michigan's new offensive coordinator vis a vis Denard Robinson, you'd have thought Borges had announced he was going to utilize Shoelace in the slot position wearing ankle weights and a blindfold. But, when Michigan's offense started its first drive with three consecutive plays of Denard in the shotgun, one could almost hear the collective sigh of relief.
I think it's safe to say, no matter what he's done in the past or is "comfortable" with, Borges is smart enough to take advantage of the most unique talents to don the Winged Helmet in a long time.
* The Defense (the second "half" of the game) - So that's what adjustments look like. After making WMU's QB, Carder, look like a Heisman Trophy favorite the first couple Bronco drives, Michigan started blitzing and putting pressure on the WMU signal caller. He was never the same (or standing upright as much). Put it this way, if there were still real grass in The Big House, Carder's jersey would have been green at the end of the day.
* Bradon Herron - I could've put this under the listing above, but his two defensive TDs deserve their own mention. Due to the weather conditions and his performance yesterday, I officially dub thee Brandon "Lightning" Herron.
* Brady Hoke - How could you not be excited for Hoke, watching him run out of the tunnel and under the giant M Club banner for the first time as head coach of his dream job? The guy had a truly magical off-season. Glad the real season started on the same note for him as well. And no hat and no headsets on the sidelines, huh? Do your thing, Brady!
* The Emergence of a Running Game - Yes, it's early. It's one game. And it's against Western. But watching Shaw and Toussaint break free a couple times nearly brought tears to my eyes. Help is on the way, Mr. Robinson!
* The Defense (the first "half" of the game) - Be honest - how utterly horrified were you the first couple WMU drives? Holy crap! I kept looking on the sidelines for Gerg and his stuffed animals! And make no mistake, the game was much closer than the final 34-10 score. When the game was 7-7 and WMU missed an easy FG to end their drive, on Carder's pass into the endzone right before the kick on that series, there should have been pass interference on Michigan's DB (forgot who was covering, but on the replay it looked like he was trying to remove the Bronco dude's jersey). That would have put them down first and goal and, well, who knows? But it wasn't called they missed and the rest is history.
As good as the D looked at some points during the second part (since there was no second half, really) of the game, they looked equally as bad during the first part.
* Special Teams - Oh crap. That's all. Just, Oh crap. If I think about this further or say much more, I'll simply break out in hives. Thus... Oh crap.
* Troy Wolfolk's Injury - I know it was said he could've come back if absolutely necessary, but watching him get carted off the field, I felt horrible. Not even so much for the team, but for Wolfolk. The poor kid had the injury last year and missed the entire season, then to have this happen in the first game was a cruel twist of fate. Thankfully, at least, it doesn't appear to be too bad.
* The Weather - That was biblical. First the game starts in weather so hot, people from Phoenix would be appalled at the heat. Then the storms come and rain starts falling from the side... while the sun is still shining... and the temps drop about 30 degrees. And the pictures of an empty Michigan stadium were eery, though not as strange as watching a Michigan defense knock the snot out of an opposing QB and return two turnovers for TD.
* Craig James Calling the Michigan Game - I prefer the shitty weather any day.
* Notre Dame - I know Michigan didn't play them yesterday, but my goodness did they look AWFUL. That's how NOT to prepare your team for the season, then panic, and then fall apart enough to lose a game you shouldn't have. Again, while some may be saying, "We only beat WMU, don't get too excited," true. But the flip side of that statement is the debacle in South Bend. Unfortunately, I think this just puts more pressure on Michigan this week because Kelly and the Irish really have their backs up against the wall. This is make or break for them.
9 comments:
- Mikoyan said...
Just remember this about Craig James:
- September 04, 2011 3:34 PM
- T said...
I don't agree about Borges. I thought Denard looked uncomfortable.
- September 04, 2011 4:31 PM
- Yost said...
T, it wasn't going to be perfect first time out. He was 9 of 13 which isn't too shabby. Best of all, the entire game wasn't on his shoulders. I really think that's going to pay off down the road w/ a (hopefully) healthy DR.
- September 04, 2011 5:09 PM
- Mikoyan said...
I know this is a Michigan blog, but I figure that since I'm a regular here. These are my pictures from the EMU game.
- September 04, 2011 5:44 PM
- Andrew said...
Lets not forget...what one penalty & what no turnovers...what does that say...better discipline not playing scared...
Remember...3 years ago...a struggle the first game...
On a positive note, remember HOF Lloyd Carr's lasy year agaist ND where B Quinn was destroyed by our D...man...maybe we can see that next week...
- September 04, 2011 5:55 PM
- Andrew said...
Sorry..do you guys still have that video of the UofM D detroying B Quinn? The benny hill music...thinking of that still makes laugh...
- September 04, 2011 6:00 PM
- Dave said...
Just add "for heisman" in the search
Brady Quinn - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6M9fIincgM
Jimmy Clausen - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLOtDB1SzSA
- September 04, 2011 6:19 PM
- Andrew said...
Dave ...in the words of the late Harry Kalas. You are the man. Thanks..
- September 04, 2011 6:32 PM
- Bigasshammm said...
I was real nervous at the beginning but I think what we saw for the D was a very generic let's not show anything D. I think they though based on talent alone they could hold WMU back. When that wasn't working the different blitz schemes and shuffling players around was unleashed and it looked like a different team out there. If they can keep that up all year and keep adding enough new wrinkles to keep offenses guessing they should be far better than the last 3 years.
- September 05, 2011 9:44 AM


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I thought the lesson was..
"Don't let your asshole friend go to get the pizza, cause all he'll bring you home is a couple of cold slices"
Likewise, any venue that tries to take my fingerprints or iris scan.
Ah, my friend, these days they just digitally map your face using the 10s to 100s of cameras that film you every day. We know who you are, citizen.
why the hell some outfits feel the need to collect that much information about you just to sell you some food.
Email address: to reset your password if you forget it (you'd want an account so you don't have to type in your address and payment info each time).
Address: should be obvious.
Phone number: to phone in case they don't get an answer at the door.
TFA doesn't mention any extra personal details that were stolen. I don't see what's so crazy about them needing these other details for online ordering.
I am not sure if they store this info, but Dominos.com lets you pay by credit card on their online form, so that information very likely could be stored. And their pizza is much better to boot. I always get a lower price (the person on the phone is always rushed, hard to compare specials) AND I get points toward free food. Then again, I always use the (*)Cash option I prefer to tip in cash and the price is usually in the $15-$25 range is all. But ordering pizza by phone sucks, costs more and offers you
http://www.bluemaumau.org/police_and_collection_agencies_love_dominos_database_pizza_lovers [bluemaumau.org]
They store it and happily sell it.
P.S. dominoes pizza is nasty. Try a real pizza place like a smaller mom and pop that wants to make quality instead of the cheapest high profit one they can.
Dominoes Pizza takes pride in the fact that the whore out, I mean sell every aspect of you over and over and over again. Collection agencies can get all your info from them on a subscription basis. Marketing companies also subscribe to their database as well as other companies. They are proud to throw their pizza customers info to the wind for anyone to buy.
Most pizza places do this, they whore out your data left and right.
...that much information...
After reading TFA and visiting their website, I find that they don't collect a lot of extra information. The only thing I found unnecessary was gender - which might be a good courtesy measure (I've met a woman with my same name....it's a strange world.)
Lets do less-than-brain-surgery to determine what information is required.
Phone orders:
Name, phone number, address, and the pizza order (size, crust, toppings, side orders, drinks, etc.) and the nearest franchise location. Possibly creating a list of previ
This coming from "smooth wombat"... asl?
One outfit in my life has _required_ to see my ID, my photo taken and issuing me with a mandatory customer card -- Grand* Casino in Helsinki, Finland. I guess the purpose of this for them to be able to identify any ocean eleven attempters in their glorious mega casino.
(*) Grand: Couple of slot machines and black jack tables.
It should be obvious that it's for tax purposes and to defeat illegal activity connected with gambling (money laundering).
Tax information is collected automatically here and so are your taxes. Any income from gambling is obviously taxable as well, so the government needs a way to collect that information.
Gambling is strictly regulated in the Scandinavian countries and Finland. We don't like gambling [politically] and it's not wide spread.
I don't think we even have a casino in Norway at all, the lottery is s
I thought the lesson was..
"Don't let your asshole friend go to get the pizza, cause all he'll bring you home is a couple of cold slices"
No, the lesson is send your asshole friend who can't play rock, paper, scissors for shit to go get fat on pizza while you use his Amiga. Why the fuck should you pay for one? When he gets back with cold pizza refuse to pay cause hey he ate most of it and it's cold, then tell him it's time to go home.
I had to get up my ass and go get pizza. I asked my friends what they wanted. Adam said he wanted a delicious Pepperoni pizza. Jim said he wanted a Hawaiian pan pizza. I tried to remember their choices and took my bike. On the way over to the restaurant I tried to think what I want. Supreme pizza, double-cheese or maybe double bacon cheeseburger pizza?
So, PizzaAnalogyGuy, there seems to have been a little bit of a mix-up. This story wasn't supposed to get published till Christmas and your dream story ended up on
Between me and you, don't be expecting anything big under the tree in a few months. You can however, cherish this story, and the fact that you got first post on it.
*sips coffee*
Back then we didn't have credit cards, so I paid with the small amount of money that was in my pocket.
Did you have to move aside the onion you wore on your belt as that was the fashion at the time?
replying due to unintentional mod.
I thought the lesson was: If you fetch the chow, you're entitled to a service fee, payable in consumables purchased. Hmmm Lemming Pizza
I had to get up my ass...
That's got to hurt!
Your story reminds me of a High School job I had making pizzas.
It was years before I could eat a pizza that I didn't make myself.
I wouldn't be surprised if they just had IT security audits done by KPMG and Ernst & Young while the data was being pulled out by the truckload through a gaping hole, just like the Latvian banks...
Can you imagine the roll call?
Thompson, you got the banking industry, now make sure you are NOT distracted by those luscious red-headed twins they will send after you or for god sakes, say NO to the bulging envelopes of cash.
William, you got the pizza place down the block. And for god sakes, stay away from their cousin Agnes, she fancies you and the last guy was crushed to death when she jumped on him. Oh, you are a slashdot reader? Then this might be your only chance.
Its actually a really nice place. Without a doubt the best place I have been outside Australia. Their government is small scale, but it seems to work better that way.
Its actually a really nice place. Without a doubt the best place I have been outside Australia.
So you've just been there and Australia then?
Yeah agreed. Lovely country and I'd agree - best I've been to outside Australia in terms of where I'd want to live. And I've been to: the UK, the US, Canada, France, Singapore, Fiji (and Australia and NZ obviously).
If you can stomach the institutionalised racism.
Eg; your bereavement leave entitlement depends on your race. If you are 'non-Maori' you get three days. If you are Maori you get 'as much time as you need to fulfil your cultural responsibilities'.
Personally, I abhor this kind of thing; the only time your parentage should be of interest to the government should be on matters of nationality, not bereavement leave.
I'm disgusted with New Zealand.
Native Americans get benefits. Australian aborigines get subsidies for housing, education, land. All of this is payback for all the raping and pillaging which went on when Europeans were colonizing their land. Its not specific to NZ, though the Maoris are probably in a better state than the other examples I gave. The way they are going, Australian aborigines will hardly exist in a couple of generations.
Under the UN convention on human rights its not appropriate to punish children for the crimes of their parents.
And in this particular case, even if its 'payback' against New Zealanders of British descent, how about descendants of the newcomers who are of, say Chinese descent and who had nothing to do with the original colonisation? I guess they aren't even covered by the 'treaty of waitangi' and have no rights at all?
Much in New Zealand society appears to be premised on the notion that if your ancestors arr
Under the UN convention on human rights its not appropriate to punish children for the crimes of their parents.
I don't necessarily think you are wrong but I do think that the provisioning of alcohol to people who have no innate tolerance for it could be construed as chemical warfare. Thats pretty much the situation with Australian aborigines.
Our (I'm a NZer) government is small scale? Are you serious? It's nothing of the sort. We have an entrenched socialist system here, and as such it is not small scale.
Actually that's 99.936%, sir.
Oh god, I think I just overexnerded myself.
To be fair, he was including the sheep.
A different way to read it is that the other hacks were independent, and the anonymous celeb is saying that Hell is no worse than any of the other organizations which were entrusted with personal information.
I think he's indicating that he doesn't care about his personal information because he's already given most of it away on Facebook and Twitter. That, and he's a celebrity - personal life is the coin of that realm.
the "celebrity" (quotes because we are talking about New Zealand)
Its obviously Russell Crowe
Maybe he was just using the same keylogger.
This isn't news.
Their server would execute any SQL query sent to it. The SQL queries were hard coded into the Flash objects they used.
"I'd like to order a large, thin crust, double cheese, pepperoni and drop table..."
No clear the table before you place your order so your pizza gets the priority it deserves.
Can't believe nobody's made the "it was all fine until Bobby Tables ordered" joke yet: http://xkcd.com/327/ [xkcd.com]
Why else would you Hack into a Pizza chain, other than to order free pizza?
SELECT [cheese] AS [topping 1], [pepperoni] as [topping 2], [free] AS [price], [asap] AS [priority]
Unfortunately they've gone down hill lately, as proved by their new ads admitting that they have less fat than pizza hut pizzas and less salt than dominoes. Now, Hells are still better (by a huge margin in the case of dominoes), but by what stretch of the imagination is low fat & salt a good thing for a pizza?? I'm not eating pizza to lose weight and maintain a healthy heart or whatever, and personally I need my salt as I do quite a lot of exercise.
Anyway, Spagalimis do a better New Zealand pizza in
http://www.heluvagood.com/ [heluvagood.com]
makes only dips, condiments and cheese... No pizza
It wasn't until I'd consumed it that I realized what was happening. Tom heartily recommended the new bread-disc, imploring I buy it with gusto:
"Pete this triple layer, cheese, anchovy, jalapeno, ape and pepperoni monster will be the takeaway of your life. They put cayenne in the tomato puree and man...just buy it. Gotta be tasted to be believed."
It's hardly common for that man to grant such an endorsement, and the next day I phoned up and got a jumbo 14" , the guy over the phone even said; 'We think you're
Immediately I spotted the SQL Queries being made by the Flash SWF as part of the query string to the server-side. The Flash client makes queries which are hard-coded in the
Check the name of the company that designed the web site. I'm assuming they haven't yet changed design companies, but if I'm wrong apologise to
... The Flash client makes queries which are hard-coded in the
Their webdesign company is called "Inject Design Ltd.". Go figure
You could easily alter the query string to show the hashes stored in the MySQL users table. I figured out the version of MySQL was 4.0 (Debian Sarge) - and the hashes in this version are very weak, cracking them would take less than a couple of hours.
I'm unsure what hashes he is talking about here. Password hashes? What was the weak hash algorithm?
He is talking about the password hashes, if you have MySQL, look in the MySQL catalog for the users table, it should have a field with password, where all passwords are hashed.
Haven't checked, but they where most likely using MD5 back then for hashing, so it's a matter of quering a rainbow table to get the passwords.
Maybe using that credit card number as a Twitter password wasn't such a good idea after all.
The original breech was at least one year ago, but Hell chose to ignore it. Whoever made their website allowed SQL code to be run from the url.
Here's a blog [geekzone.co.nz] by the owner of the geekzone forum [geekzone.co.nz] that initially discovered the problem (because someone received spam from a disposable email address they used with the company.
It's actually brilliant pizza -- easily the best pie I've ever had outside of the USA (or Italy). Inventive topping combinations and skillfully made. I wish they'd open a franchise here in California.
I wish they'd open a franchise here in California.
Go ahead and make an order [hellpizza.co.nz]. Your pizza may require reheating on arrival though.
I agree. The other Pizza chains have raced to the bottom in terms of price, and as a result the quality is... well lets just say that many biologists would have trouble identifying it as biological matter, much less food. Hell Pizza has not played that game, much to their credit. They are not a huge chain, and that's the way we like it.
I don't care whether it's a huge chain. I care much more about whether the food is good. Hell Pizza: good food, at a worth-paying-a-bit-more-for price.
I wish they'd open a franchise here in California.
For the pizza, for the possibility to get the phone number of the celebs in Hollywood or for both?
I received an email from Hell just under a week ago:
"Dear Valued Hell Customer,
We have been approached by a party claiming to be in possession of
customer details from the previous Hell website which is no longer in
operation. The samples that we received included details of four customers
from 2006, including phone numbers and email addresses and order
information. We can confirm that credit card data was not at risk as this
is held independently on a secure banking website.
Whilst we are still investigating the matter, we can confirm that the
information was obtained without our knowledge and we have approached the
New Zealand Police with a view to lodging a formal complaint."
They were upfront and open to their clients about the data breach, in a world where most corporates prefer the 'duck and hide' tactic. I appreciated their honesty, and will continue to shop there.
I appreciated their honesty,
Yeah, they were so honest, they forgot to tell you about the other 229,996 customers...
Also, when you are already dealing with Hell, I think it's hard to get in good standing with the competition...
I received an email from Hell just under a week ago:
Dear Friend,
I am Lucifer of the Army of Evil. Our beloved father Satan is dead and has left over a inheritance of $14,000,000,000, which I have to transfer on a foreign bank account.
Sadly, this isn't the only computer system security SNAFU. It isn't often that you hear about it, but many of the systems I have seen are security WTFs. I continue to be amazed at how little some programmers understand about their trade, and I just don't have words for people who think the security of their computer systems isn't important. Getting a system that is completely secure may be too much to expect, but the least you can do is not make it easy for someone to walk right in and do whatever they want with your data after 5 minutes of observing the publicly accessible part of your system!
Okay but how can you make a non-technical customer pay for security? They will go to the cheapest vendor and pay later when it stuffs up.
I continue to be amazed at how little some programmers understand about their trade
What makes you think programming is different from any other profession?
You'd be amazed at how many "professionals" have absolutely no idea what they're doing, in any industry!
What's really crazy is how many video stores collect information with which they have no business. One video store wanted my SSN, I just made one up that was vaguely similar to mine so it would seem like a misremembrance if it ever came up somehow. You know they're not taking any care whatsoever with your data. Virtually nobody has a privacy policy, either. Crap, my local library logs all your activity, but then they can't tell me how long the data persists! I tried to explain to them that they were a state
With the RFC'd angel bit on top?
"Tonight we dine in HEAVEN!!!" just doesn't have the same ring to it.
Private information including passwords, e-mail and home addresses, phone numbers - plus pizza orders - has fallen into the hands of the anonymous cyber hackers.
Main think is the passwords. Ok, for the celeb also the phone number. The whole thing is that AGAIN they apparently had the passwords saved in plain text.
You could blame all the people who use the same passwords for many things and refuse to have a different password for each and every site they visit. I blame the people who have passwords in plain
"about 50 steps of fail"? Why did he miss the opportunity to describe it as "abandon all hope, ye who enter here"?
The party adjourned to a hot tub, yes. Fully clothed, I might add. -- IBM employee, testifying in California State Supreme Court


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