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Lori Elizabeth Hammond, 55
Lori Elizabeth Hammond, 55, of Blackfoot returned to her Father in Heaven on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, at Portneuf Regional Medical Center in Pocatello surrounded by her family, after a long fight with her health challenges.
She was born Sept. 14, 1955, in Raymond, Alberta, Canada, to Dale LaRoy Still and Agnes Marie Bourne Still, the eldest of four children and many foster brothers and sisters.
Lori lived in Blackfoot from 1975 until 1983 when her husband, Clarence, returned to school in Provo for 1 1/2 years, after which they lived in Grand Prairie, Texas; Kent, Wash.; and Roy, Utah. The last 20 years she and her family have lived in the Blackfoot area.
Lori attended schools and graduated from high school at Sundre, Alberta, Canada. She then attended Ricks College where she met her husband.
On July 27, 1974, she was sealed for time and all eternity to Clarence Hammond, the love of her life, in the Cardston, Alberta, Canada LDS Temple.
She was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served a summer youth mission in the Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Mission in 1972, and as a Blazer Scout teacher, a Relief Society instructor, nursery worker and other Primary callings and as secretary in the Young Women's organization.
Lori worked as a teacher's aide for children with learning disabilities. She enjoyed floral arranging and more recently enjoyed helping with wedding arrangements.
Before her health challenges prevented it, she enjoyed other crafts as well including sewing and crocheting. She also supported local dance and drill teams by sewing costumes and doing hair and makeup. Her concern for her adopted country and feeling of responsibility inspired her to complete requirements for U. S. citizenship in 2004.
She was deeply loved by all those who knew her, especially her family, close friends and neighbors. She kept her sense of humor until the end, and inspired others by her positive attitude in the face of her many challenges. She wanted to thank all those who have been involved in her life and provided service and care over the years and let them know she loved them.
She is survived by her husband, Clarence of Thomas; son, Sean (Amanda) Hammond of Eagle Mountain, Utah ; daughter, Trista (Jake) Werth of Groveland; father, Dale "Cactus" Still of Mountain View, Alberta, Canada; brother Randy (Sandra) Still of Mountain View, Alberta, Canada; sisters, Dixie, (Lloyd) Retzer of Cardston, Alberta, Canada; Leasa (Fraser) Sulz of St. Albert, Alberta, Canada; and four grandchildren, Clara, Shaina, Alena and RosaLin.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Agnes Marie "Billie" Bourne Still, grandparents, George and Lucy Bourne and Jim and Alice Still, and dear friend and companion Biscuitt.
A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, May 27, 2011, at the Thomas LDS Church.
The family will meet with friends and relatives from 7-9 p.m. on Thursday, May 26, 2011, at Hawker Funeral Home, 132 South Shilling Avenue in Blackfoot and for one hour prior to services at the church.
Interment will be in the Riverside-Thomas Cemetery. Condolences may be sent to the family at email@example.com.
She will be greatly missed by all those who knew her. We love you, Mom.
In lieu of flowers the family asks that donations be made to either the Bingham Crisis Center, 288 North Shilling Avenue Blackfoot, ID 83221 or Primary Children's Medical Center Foundation P.O. Box 58249 Salt Lake City, UT 84158-0249.


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Soul-searching on Sept 11
It's hard eight years after the tragedy of 9/11 not to do some reflection on what has happened since. There can be no doubt that the attacks were cowardly and grossly immoral, but I can't help wonder if our response as Americans has been any more moral--or Christian for those of us who are--or if our reactions have actually exacerbated the tensions that led to that violence rather than cooling them. Think Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the death of innocents and the millions of suffering refugees, including the many Christians of Iraq who have left because of sectarian violence and will likely never return.
I wrote in my June 2008 column [1], reflecting on my initial support for the war in Afghanistan and my tepid opposition ot the war in Iraq, especially given its effect on the Christians of Iraq: "I do not think I will ever again be able to contemplate something called a 'just war.' Perhaps some new Hitlerian monster will rise up and change my mind, but I think Pope John XXIII was right when he argued in his 1963 encyclical Pacem en Terris that, because of the power of modern weaponry, 'it no longer makes sense to maintain that war is a fit instrument with which to repair the violation of justice.'"
More than a year later, I still feel the same. I wish we had responded some other way to the violence against us, something more like "turn the other cheek" than "an eye for an eye." Anyone else?

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Southern Heritage Bank is a division of FIRST CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK
We want to be the people you come to for help with the biggest financial decisions of your life. Since 1925, our Investment and Trust Department's mission has been to understand each customer's specific financial goals. Our local presence has helped us develop an appreciation of our neighbors' needs. You can count on the First Citizens National Bank Investment and Trust Department's expert guidance — and unbelievably good advice — to help you with all of your estate planning and investment needs.
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For over 125 years at First Citizens National Bank, we've tackled recessions, cleared hurdles and created solutions; but no matter the decade, we have always desired to be the best community bank we can be. We are simply passionate about giving our customers an experience that is unbelievably good.


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One Type of Optimal Portfolio Selection in Birandom Environments
In order to solve the portfolio problem when security returns are birandom variables, firstly we propose a new definition of risk, then one type of portfolio selection based on expected value and risk is provided according to birandom theory. Furthermore, A hybrid intelligent algorithm by integrating birandom simulation and genetic algorithm is designed. Finally, one numerical experiment is provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the hybrid intelligent algorithm.
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TROY, Ala. – With the 2013 Trojan Challenge nearing its midway point, the Troy University football team will participate in phase one of its annual Trojan Olympics Tuesday evening in Sartain Hall. The event is open to the public and will begin at 7 p.m.
The Trojan Challenge is a semester long competition designed to raise accountability within the Troy football team. Players will be awarded points for a variety of different tasks including – community service, perfect class attendance, earning positive feedback from professors and for work in the weight room. Players and teams can also lose points for demonstrating poor accountability.
The Troy players will take part in five events on Tuesday to earn points for their teams. Phase one events consist of a bench press competition, 3-point shooting contest, slam dunk contest and touchdown celebration dance contest. The final event is a spinoff on Dancing with the Stars as each team has been paired with a Troy cheerleader and must do a one-minute dance.
Phase two of the Trojan Olympics will take place on April 25 on the turf in Veterans Memorial Stadium. The Trojans open spring practice on Thursday and T-Day is set for Saturday, April 20.


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Plan DescriptionTrue to its Floridian styling, spaciousness abounds with this Mediterranean home plan. Begin with the double doors opening to the roomy foyer making a dramatic first impression. Then notice the volume ceilings topping the adjoining living and dining rooms. Opposing walls of windows further contribute to the open and airy feel. At the back of the home, the casual living areas combine creating an open floor plan that is comfortable and flexible enough to accommodate a variety of family activities. A corner fireplace and a breakfast bar are the highlights here. Tucked between the U-shaped stair and the garage, Bedroom 2 reveals a private bath and walk-in closet, ideal for a live-in relative with mobility challenges. When you need to get away from it all retreat to the peaceful den. With a full bath across the hall, this room easily converts into a guest room for occasional overnight visitors. Brimming with many of todays most requested features, the master bedroom is ready to pamper. A splashy spa tub and private patio access are only the beginning of the fine amenities youll find inside. Upstairs, two more bedrooms share a full bath and gaze down on the two-story family room. Complete with a three-car, side-entry garage, this two-story house plan has everything you need and desire for comfortable family living.
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text: A coach bus went off Interstate 95 in Georgetown Tuesday night, injuring a number of people, officials said. Sara Lavoie, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Transportation, said the bus went off Interstate 95 near Exit 54, and two travel lanes were shut down. Georgetown police and fire and State Police responded to the scene. Ambulances were also sent, and a MedFlight helicopter was called, officials said. Further information was not immediately available.Travis Andersen can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @TAGlobe.


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BOLINGBROOK – As part of an ongoing effort to implement new state and national Common Core standards, Valley View School District recently introduced an online program to assist teachers and administrators.
During a June 24 meeting, the Valley View Board of Education unanimously approved the purchase of Teachscape Systems – a web-based application that caters to teachers and staff and features online professional learning, tools for teacher evaluation and services to improve teaching practices.
Valley View Assistant Superintendent Rachel Kinder addressed the board, explaining Teachscape is a comprehensive and cost-effective tool.
"Feedback provided by teachers indicates a need for job-embedded professional development that blends a more personalized online platform with the current face-to-face professional development model being used by the district," Kinder said.
According to a Valley View survey, 83 percent of teachers believe a blended approach to professional development – using technology and face-to-face training – would be beneficial. Also, 77 percent of teachers surveyed found a need for more job-embedded professional development, Kinder said.
In May, Valley View Board of Education was leaning toward the Educator Effectiveness System – also called PD 360 – but administration concluded that Teachscape is a more cost-effective solution, according to the Valley View Board of Education.
Teachscape is the second initiative that the Valley View board has approved this summer in order to implement the New Illinois State Learning Standards Incorporating the Common Core.
In May, the board approved Compass Learning program – an online resource that will assist district high school student in math and English studies.
Illinois adopted the Common Core State Standards in 2010, joining 44 other states. The Common Core sets new math and English language arts standards, provides across-the-board learning expectations for students, and yields higher, clearer, deeper real-life learning for college and career.
The Common Core standards make it more likely that a student moving from one state to another will face similar content and expectations, and graduates will be better able to collaborate and compete with their peers in the global economy, according to the Illinois Board of Education.
Teachscape will cost Valley View $752,916 over a five-year period, about $60,000 less than the alternative, PD 360.


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CHRISTMAS may be over, but thousands of Ballarat shoppers will flock to the shops this morning to find themselves a Boxing Day Bargain.
But, according to the city's retail experts, Boxing Day is losing its title as the token sales event of the year.
With the rise in popularity of online shopping and the increase in pre-Christmas sales, more people are opting to bag themselves a bargain on more days than one.
Stockland Wendouree centre manager Stevie Wright said she was expecting a large turnout for this year's Boxing Day sales. But, she said, retailers were becoming savvy about when the best time was to promote bargains.
"Whilst the dates have changed slightly, the impact of value and bargain hunting and frenzy is still quite apparent and exciting," Ms Wright said.
"Retailers are embracing the online space which accompanies the experience in the centre."
Commerce Ballarat executive director Jodie Gillett said she encouraged residents to shop locally this Boxing Day, and that if they preferred the online shopping method to at least buy local.
"Our retailers were very happy with the lead up to Christmas and we're hoping the Boxing Day sales will continue to be of good," she said.
"We know that online is the way of the future and retailers need to be part of that. They need to find a way to get onto the online space."
This year, for the first time, Target started its Boxing Day sales one day early with bargains available for purchase online as of 12.01am yesterday. The move follows Target's Pre-Christmas Stocktake Sale which saw products throughout the store discounted by up to 50 per cent.
But, Target Ballarat store manager Andrew Cassidy said Boxing Day continued to be a tradition that customers looked forward to.
"We have recognised that our customers do like to shop in different ways, both in our stores and online, so we like to be able to offer our customers these great savings, no matter how they shop," Mr Cassidy said.


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Did you ever leave a movie theater disappointed — not because the movie was bad, but because it was so good that you didn't want it to end? Movies like The Hunger Games, Harry Potter, and Monsters University are so amazing that fans want to keep them alive. That's why these manicures inspired by movies are an awesome idea. You don't have to say goodbye to your favorite characters, even when their stories come to a close and the end credits start rolling!
Click through the gallery to check out 25 of the most amazing manicures inspired by movies! Which nail art design is your favorite? Tell us in the comments below!


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Astaro Security Gateway (formerly Astaro Security Linux) is an all-in-one network security gateway that includes a firewall, intrusion protection, antivirus, spam protection, URL filtering, and a VPN gateway. Features include a modern packet filter, intrusion detection and prevention, portscan detection, application control, content filtering, virus detection for email and Web traffic, profile handling, L2TP, IPSec, SSL, and PPTP VPN tunneling, spam blocking, proxies for HTTPS, HTTP, FTP, POP3, SMTP, DNS, VoIP, SOCKS, and Ident, logging, and reporting. It supports Ethernet, VLAN, PPP, PPPoE, PPPoA, Cable Modem, IPv6, QoS, Link Aggregation, and WAN-Uplink-Load balancing in routing, and bridge mode. The WebAdmin GUI, Install Wizard, Change Tracking, Printable Configuration, and Up2Date service make it easy to install, manage, and maintain.
CGIProxy is a Perl CGI script that acts as an Internet proxy. Through it, you can retrieve resources that may be inaccessible from your own machine. The user is kept as anonymous as possible from any servers. HTTP and FTP are supported, and optionally SSL. Common uses include censorship circumvention, VPN-like setups, anonymous proxies, personal proxies, and others. Options include text-only browsing (to save bandwidth), selective cookie and script removal, simple ad filtering, access restriction by server, encoded target URLs and cookies, configuration by end user, and much more (currently over 70 config options). Javascript and Flash are fully supported. Messages are in 12 languages so far. Can be installed as a CGI script, a mod_perl script, a FastCGI script, or with its own embedded secure HTTP server. An online demo is available.
DeleGate is a multi-purpose application level gateway or proxy server that mediates communication of various protocols, applying cache and conversion for mediated data, controlling access from clients, and routing toward servers. It translates protocols between clients and servers, converting between IPv4 and IPv6, applying SSL (TLS) to arbitrary protocols, merging several servers into a single server view with aliasing and filtering. It can be used as a simple origin server for some protocols (HTTP, FTP, and NNTP).
Excelsior JET is a Java VM enhanced with an Ahead-Of-Time (AOT) compiler and deployment toolkit. It is certified Java Compatible on Windows and Linux on Intel x86 hardware. The 64-bit version is in the works. Excelsior JET Optimizer transforms your classes and JARs into high-performance binary executables. Excelsior JET Runtime includes a licensed Sun implementation of the Java API and Excelsior's proprietary JVM, which is responsible for Java memory management, threading, synchronization, security, and JIT compilation of classes that could not be precompiled. The Excelsior JET Installation Toolkit makes it possible to prepare your optimized application for deployment to end-user systems.
SPM (formerly known as SPAM) is a set of tools that help manage change in an AIX environment. It uses a client-server architecture and is focused on five functional areas: collection of configuration, reporting configuration changes, comparing configurations, extracting configuration, and searching for configuration changes. Each of these functional areas also includes reporting and export capabilities. The collection of configuration is achieved by installing a client package on all systems being managed. The SPM Server provides a Web interface for reporting and examining configuration changes.
SVNKit is a pure Java Subversion (SVN) client library. This means that users of the library (i.e. Java applications) do not have to include svn native binaries or javahl bindings to work with subversion repositories. It is not only a 100% Java replacement for javahl bindings, but also a library that provides a high level of control over subversion repository operations.


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Brought together by their mutual love for chamber music, the Ithaca String Quartet (formerly Ariadne String Quartet) was formed in 1994 by members of the string faculty at the Ithaca College School of Music. In their inaugural year they performed in New York City's Alice Tully Hall in commemoration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of Ithaca College. They perform regularly at Ithaca College as well as on recital series throughout the region. Violinists Susan Waterbury and Nicholas DiEugenio, violist Debra Moree, and cellist Elizabeth Simkin bring to the ensemble a broad and diverse background in chamber music that has taken them around the globe and back.
Dedicated and experienced teachers as well, the members of the Ithaca String Quartet support and nurture large individual teaching studios and together they team teach a thriving Quartet Seminar for six student string quartets.


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Submission + - California Moves to Block Texas' Textbook Changes (mercurynews.com)
eldavojohn writes: Yesterday the Texas textbook controversy was reported internationally but the news today heats up the debate as California, a state on the other side of the political spectrum, introduces legislation that would block these textbook changes inside California. Democrat Senator Leland Yee (you may know him as a Senator often tackling ESRB ratings on video games) introduced SB 1451 that would require California's school board to review books for any of Texas' changes and block the material if it is found. The bill's text alleges that said changes would be "a sharp departure from widely accepted historical teachings" and "a threat to the apolitical nature of public school governance and academic content standards in California."


text: Got some breaking news to report. It appears that the newborn girl found in a Union City trash can in May was dead before it was birthed, and likely died from a rare bacteria that entered the mother's uterus during a prolonged labor. I'll have more detail — I hope — later today. But the working story is posted here. It will be updated later.


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Earth : Europe : Scandinavia : Norway : West Norway : Møre og Romsdal : Valldal
Valldal is the 30 kilometer long valley going from the fjord in the south to the famous Trollstigen in the north. Valldal is in the south-east corner of Møre og Romsdal county in West Norway The village Sylte at the Norddalsfjord (a branch of Storfjord) is the centre of this agricultural district. Norddalsfjord is the northern branch of Storfjord, while the more famous Geirangerfjord extends to the south.
Valldal is surrounded by attractive alpine mountains and steep, green hills. A wild river runs through the valley creating several nice waterfalls, including Holsfossen (10 kilometers upstream), Gudbrandsjuvet (15 km upstream) and Skjerdsura (16 km upstream) - these waterfalls are next to the road.
Despite the high latitude, Valldal has a mild climate and is famous for cherries, apples, raspberries, and strawberries produced on a commercial scale. The thick forrests is home to a large number of red deer, roe deer and other wild animals.
Road 63 through Valldal connects, Trollstigen and Geiranger, two of Norway's major attractions, to each other. Because of it's natural beauty, involving both wild, alpine mountains, green fertile vallies and deep fjords, and impressive road constructions this has been named the "Golden Route".
From Sylte (Valldal village) there is a local road to Tafjord, a tiny village at the mouth of a wild, narrow valley. From Tafjord village the road leads to the 100 meter high Zacahricasdammen, a concrete water dam in the extensive Tafjord hydro power production system. This is also the gateway to the network of paths and huts in the Tafjord mountains, the western part of Reinheimen national park.
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Get around
There is one road (route 63) running through the valley. There are few buses every day from Valldal via Trollstigen to Åndalsens. It is possible to get around by bus but relatively time consuming and gives no freedom stop at nice and interesting places. A car or bicycle gives the best opportunity to travel your own way.
There are a couple of taxis in the valley. Unless you are in the village, you must order the taxi by phone and be prepared to wait for it.
Nature and wilderness is Valldal's prime attraction. Waterfalls, gorges, alpine mountains, glaciers, and lakes are all around.
"The snake" - a geological formation in the cliffs above Valldal village.
In Holsfossen (waterfall 10 km from fjord) next to the road there is a tiny power station recently reopened after 50 years.
The gorge and waterfall at Gudbrandsjuvet (15 kilometers upstream). Rapids/waterfalls at Skjerdsura near Gudbrandsjuvet. According to the Sagas, king Olaf the saint built the first road through the Skjerdsura boulders in 1027.
Try locally produced strawberries, sweet cherries and other fruits available from mid summer to end of August.
Although many tourists rush to world-famous Geiranger, neighbors like Valldal offers inexpensive accomodation a short trip from the crowded and narrow Geiranger village.
Get out
In summer there is a scheduled car ferry from Valldal to Geiranger. The ferry has limited capacity and runs only two or three times a day, make a reservation or arrive early to make sure that there is space for your car. The ferry is expensive but provides a 2 hour cruise on the Geirangerfjord.
From Valldal there are buses to Ålesund, Geiranger and Åndalsnes.
By car: roads to Geiranger (short ferry at Linge), Ålesund and Åndalsnes via Trollstigen.


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Chambers Talks Change
Cisco CEO John Chambers took to the main stage to talk to partners about the many changes impacting their businesses today. Among them, Chambers said, is the explosion of mobility, cloud and hosted solutions, many of which require solution providers to embrace new businesses and sales models.
"Change makes most people really uncomfortable," Chambers said, adding: "And yet we are talking about a partner ecosystem that we have to navigate through very carefully, knowing that each move we make in services, or each move we make in Internet of Everything, we have to say, 'How do we do it together?' and trust each other that we are going to work through this transition."


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Go. By midnight.
no one?
Oh lawd, you could slap a wig and some lipstick on a monkey and it'd be prettier than her and Whoopi Goldberg combined!
That's one helluva woman!
BTW what is this bang or bux stuff? I don't fully understand.
Disclaimer: The sentiment expressed in this post is strictly for entertainment purposes only.
I havent really done much with it since we updated the site, but it was a game I used to run on here. Started pretty simple and blew up to a pretty big game.
I remember that one fateful day when Coach took me aside. I knew what was coming. "You don't have to tell me," I said. "I'm off the team, aren't I?"
"Well," said Coach, "you never were really ON the team. You made that uniform you're wearing out of rags and towels, and your helmet is a toy space helmet.
You show up at practice and then either steal the ball and make us chase you to get it back, or you try to tackle people at inappropriate times."
It was all true what he was saying. And yet, I thought something is brewing inside the head of this Coach.
He sees something in me, some kind of raw talent that he can mold. But that's when I felt the handcuffs go on.
Maybe we should bring it back again.
"Let me give you some advice, bastard. Never forget what you are. The rest of the world will not. Wear it like armor and it can never be used to hurt you."
-Tyrion Lannister to Jon Snow, "Game of Thrones"
She is uglier then hell but with that tongue I'm sure she could do some wonders with it. If it was cheap enough I would throw a few bucks at it and close my eyes and think of somebody else.


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ReportingService2010.SetSubscriptionProperties Method (String, ExtensionSettings, String, String, String, ParameterValue[])
Sets the properties of a subscription.
Assembly: ReportService2010 (in ReportService2010.dll)
[<SoapDocumentMethodAttribute("http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/reporting/2010/03/01/ReportServer/SetSubscriptionProperties", RequestNamespace = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/reporting/2010/03/01/ReportServer", ResponseNamespace = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/reporting/2010/03/01/ReportServer", Use = SoapBindingUse.Literal, ParameterStyle = SoapParameterStyle.Wrapped)>] [<SoapHeaderAttribute("ServerInfoHeaderValue", Direction = SoapHeaderDirection.Out)>] [<SoapHeaderAttribute("TrustedUserHeaderValue")>] member SetSubscriptionProperties : SubscriptionID:string * ExtensionSettings:ExtensionSettings * Description:string * EventType:string * MatchData:string * Parameters:ParameterValue[] -> unit
- SubscriptionID
The ID of the subscription.
- ExtensionSettings
An ExtensionSettings object that contains a list of settings that are specific to the delivery extension.
- Description
A meaningful description that is displayed to users.
- EventType
The type of event that triggers the subscription.
- MatchData
The data that is associated with the specified type of event. This data is used by an event processing extension to match the subscription with an event that has fired.
- Parameters
An array of ParameterValue objects that contains a list of parameters for the report.
The table below shows header and permissions information on this operation.
SOAP Header Usage
(Out) ServerInfoHeaderValue
Native Mode Required Permissions
UpdateAnySubscription OR (UpdateSubscription AND the user is the report owner and the subscription is a timed subscription)
SharePoint Mode Required Permissions
ManageAlerts OR (CreateAlerts AND the user is the subscription owner and the subscription is a timed subscription)
The value of the EventType parameter must correspond to an event processing extension that is configured on the report server. If the event type is not handled by an event processing extension, a SOAP exception is thrown with the error code rsInvalidEvent. The event type must be handled by an event processing extension that creates notifications. When a value for the EventType parameter is received, the event processing extension is queried to determine whether the event creates notifications. If it does not, a SOAP exception is thrown with the error code rsEventNonSubscribeable.
The value of the MatchData parameter depends on the event type. If the event is a TimedSubscription event, a ScheduleDefinition object is required as the MatchData parameter. You must first serialize the ScheduleDefinition object as XML in order to pass it as a string value and create a subscription based on the schedule. The XML structure might resemble the one in the following example:
<ScheduleDefinition> <WeeklyRecurrence> <StartDateTime>2003-02-24T09:00:00-08:00</StartDateTime> <WeeksInterval>1</WeeksInterval> <DaysOfWeek> <Monday>True</Monday> </DaysOfWeek> </WeeklyRecurrence> </ScheduleDefinition>
The value of the StartDateTime element when it is passed as an XML string should correspond to the date format ISO 8601. This international date and time standard is the extended format CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss+/-Z where "CC" represents the century, "YY" the year, "MM" the month and "DD" the day. The letter "T" is the date and time separator and "hh", "mm", "ss" represent hour, minute and second respectively. This representation can be immediately followed by a "Z" to indicate Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). To indicate the time zone, represented as the difference between the local time and Coordinated Universal Time, "Z" is preceded by a "+" or "-" sign, followed by the difference from UTC represented as hh:mm.
If the schedule definition for a TimedSubscription is a shared schedule, you must pass the schedule ID of the shared schedule as the MatchData parameter. The schedule ID is passed as a String, for example, "4608ac1b-fc75-4149-9e15-5a8b5781b843". The schedule ID can be obtained by calling the ListSchedules method.
If the event is a snapshot update subscription, set MatchData parameter to null (Nothing in Visual Basic).
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Exactly. My parent tried my wii when they were visiting me for holidays. As soon as they came back they bought a wii. Guess what they are playing the most : wii sport and link crossbow training !
And damn they are good at those games since they have been playing it about one hour a day last year. How should we call them 'casual hardcore gamers' ?
SingStar, Buzz!, Rock Band etc. (OK not Sony themselves but...)
Before the Wii, the PS2 was the king of casual console games.
Can someone hand that guy an insightful mod? It's about as dead on as it can be.
The Wii is a "fun" console. It's a "party" console. Most games on the Wii are multiplayer, meaning local multiplayer (instead of networked/online gaming as the contemporary consoles). The games are certainly not as "sophisticated" or "hard" as the average X360 or PS3 game, and that's exactly what is wanted. Party games aren't really meant to be played for hours to master so you can participate at a party you get invited to. They
You know nothing about gamers! We don't want fun, we want HD graphics and twitch-aiming dammit!
The price is really the key. They need to drop the base model PS3 to $199 -- easiest way to do this is to go the "Arcade" route, lose the hard drive and put all the data on a flash chip or SD card. That would allow them to compete on both fronts against the Wii and 360. The next thing they need is to arrange licensing so that publishers can release shovelware at a $40 launch price.
At $299 for the base model and $60 games they're not going to win over any casual gamers. What makes those gamers casual is that
They're trying to do too many damn things at once, that's the problem.
Nintendo tried something like what the PS3 is with the Game Cube in a very limited market. Or rather, they let Panasonic try. Panasonic came up with the Panasonic Q [wikipedia.org] (released in Japan only).
It had such lovely features as:
And hey, it only cost five hundred bucks! It turned out that you could get a DVD Player and a Game Cube separately and it would wind up being chea
This is it exactly. I'm probably somewhere in the market Sony and Microsoft are targeting. My wife and I are in our 40's with a couple young kids. We all have PCs and play games on them. We also have a Wii for playing console games. We have a Blu-Ray player for watching movies. I can't see us "upgrading" to a PS3 or an XBox 360. At
We play Wii games when we want to play arcade style games or play muli-player together. The Wii is fun and the graphics are good. Before we bought the Nintendo we looked
No sound? The disk drive in the Wii makes a racket when it seeks, and the fan is far from quiet. It also has a hollow, plastic sound as it operates, much like the original PS1, which gets really annoying. IMO, my (fat) PS3 is much quieter, even when the fan spins up.
XBox360... well, that's a whole new level of noise. I can't stand using mine, because it just sounds like it's going to blow up at any second, and I mostly play Arcade games that don't even need a disc.
My experience is that it's really not that much cheaper. But rather it serves a different purpose. It is more for groups to play games and for casual gaming. The PS3 and XBox 360 tend to have games more designed for 'extreme gaming', online play, and long term commitment. Many of my friends who own a Wii say they only play it when friends are over and even at that haven't touched it in months. My friends who have a PS3 or XBox 360 play it at least every weekend, and often use it as a media player during the week.
The console is a tad cheaper and the games are a tad cheaper, but the peripherals, which make a Wii what it is, are expensive and plentiful. In order to play those group games successfully you need four controllers and likely four 'nun-chucks' which is $60 x four players. The PS3 controllers are $55 and the XBox 360 controllers are $35. Then there are balance boards and light sabers and gun attachments and who knows what else to go along with the Wii in order to play all the various motion games they have, most of which you will again want / need to have four of to get the 'full experience'. And now there's some "motion plus" thing to make the controllers more sensitive? Not interested, sorry.
In order to play those group games successfully you need four controllers and likely four 'nun-chucks' which is $60 x four players.
It's still cheaper than buying gaming laptops for all four players.
Exactly. When the PS3 launched here in the UK, it was £425 ($827 at the time), and the Wii was ~£130. Okay, you can get a PS3 now for £250, but the original PS3 even out-priced many serious gamers, you could forget the PS3 being a Christmas gift for most kids too.
New release games are also expensive on the PS3, £39 to £49, compared to Wii's £25 to £35 price ranges.
Wii used to be cheaper than the other ones. Today, the wii and the xbox 360 are at the same price ( $199 ). But the games for the wii are cheaper. They are a lot of very fun games on the wii for $15. I don't think it is the case for xbox 360 (but I don't own one so I do not know for sure)
Similar packages, one game, one controller (except Wii has a MotionPlus added), Wii in the UK is £170, Xbox 360 £200. They are not massively different in price, yes, however they used to be. That is when Xbox lost market share, and it' going to be hard to play catchup. PS3 is now more reasonable, but still the most expensive out of the three.
Actually, this is all wrong.
XBox 360 has been available for cheaper than the Wii for more than two years, at least in Europe.
For example, Xbox 360 cheaper RRP is £160, and you can have it easily for £125 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/bestsellers/videogames/676520011/ref=amb_link_84048773_2?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=left-1&pf_rd_r=1SKBT77N19WZRPE9W4AT&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=109912367&pf_rd_i=15826471).
Price is not what made the Wii sell, and in Europe, the XB360 got utterly de
Because it was cheaper than the other two.
LOL. No. They bought it because of the games. Games sell consoles.
for the developers to really develop for it?
The world is gasping for a Linux version of "International Mapouka Challenge" using the Wii balance board! Even I would pay $10 for it!
Why dont PC games developers support the Wii balance board?
I see three reasons:
Other examples of aftermarket controls that caught on are [...] joysticks for PCs
Citation needed that console-style joysticks for PCs have caught on. As I understand it, most major-label PC games are designed for a separate PC, monitor, mouse, and keyboard per player; social multiplayer games tend to be either console-exclusive or multi-console with no PC version. If there is in fact a healthy market for games designed for a PC, TV monitor, and multiple gamepads, I'd like to read about it.
Or by "joysticks", did you mean flight simulator joysticks?
Same old games- and heavily 1st shooters and racing. Now its HD, you can see more details maybe have less gameplay and more realism. Same old thing new look with maybe a big new "revolutionary" feature like some comical weapon or gimmick.
I didn't plan on touching any new systems, I've been there and done that; plus I have more of a life so I can't invest the time to master something that is just version 8 of the same cliche with more controls than version 7! (except no keyboard...)
I ended up with a Wii- be
The Balance Board doesn't come with the Wii console, yet games other than the Wii Fit game bundled with the Balance Board support it. The Classic Controller doesn't come with the Wii console, yet plenty of games support it. Controllers 2, 3, and 4 don't come with a console, but games that support them are the whole reason for gaming on a console instead of a PC.
Clearly this is the problem with the HD consoles, which focus on single player games or online multiplayer games, just like PC games. In fact, most games on these consoles, and most successful ones, are single player or online multiplayer affairs, meaning they are basically PC games. Only the Wii concentrate on console values and has lots of games with local multiplayer.
It's no wonder, because lots of western developers on HD consoles are PC developers migrating en masse to the consoles.
The good news is that you can basically think of all of the good or even great games on the Wii and then imagine them with HD graphics and surround sound. The best examples I can think of are Resident Evil 4 Wii edition and Dead Space: Extraction. Both are highly polished, adult oriented, motion controlled shooter titles. Now imagine the graphics of Resident Evil 5 or original Dead Space on the PS3/360 with the motion controller functionality of the Wii.
The definitive version of Resident Evil 4 is the Wii version in my opinion. After using the motion controls I had zero desire to go back to the old pad controller for RE5 on my PS3. And after playing the RE5 demo I didn't even buy the game. If RE5 had the Wii style controls I would probably be playing the game now. At this point Capcom should should be begging MS and SONY for motion control dev kits for RE5 Motion Edition.
And think of added functionality and benefits that recent games like Heavy Rain (PS3) will have. SONY and MS could really take the motion control idea and expand it into games geared towards adults and older gamers.
The real downside is that the motion controls on the Wii have led to an enormous number of gimmick games with little polish. Basically crap titles that are churned out day after day completely watering down the system's library of games. For every good Wii game that comes out it seems around one hundred awful games join the fray.
For every good Wii game that comes out it seems around one hundred awful games join the fray.
It's been that way since the Atari 2600. Sturgeon's Law: every console's library is 90% crud.
The good news is that you can basically think of all of the good or even great games on the Wii and then imagine them with HD graphics and surround sound. The best examples I can think of are Resident Evil 4 Wii edition and Dead Space: Extraction. Both are highly polished, adult oriented, motion controlled shooter titles. Now imagine the graphics of Resident Evil 5 or original Dead Space on the PS3/360 with the motion controller functionality of the Wii.
The bad news is that you can basically only think of all of the good or even great games on the Wii and then imagine them with HD graphics. Surround sound is just stupid as the Wii already has surround sound, just like Gamecube actually (Dolby Prologic II, which is at least 5.0).
Games can't be done in HD just because people want them. There's a reason why lots of games on the HD consoles are not even in HD resolution (which is minimum 1280x720).
There's a reason why Capcom, who made Resident Evil 4, abandone
I think the real factor in how these new motion controllers will do is the games.
IMHO, in all the years the Wii has been out only a few games have been innovative enough to really show off some cool stuff with the Wii mote.
And I have yet to see anything that made me very impressed.
While I love the normal game pad/keyboard and mouse, I believe that motion controllers have a huge amount of potential (not to take over, but to evolve alongside other controller types).
Try the PS3's High Velocity Bowling. Its been available for a while, its motion controlled, and costs only £7 last time I looked. (it uses the DS3/SixAxis motion control) and its actually a party game that is fun.. on the PS3.
"... if there was one positive you could take away from the event, it was that Move is clearly a far more precise implementation than the Wiimote. Some of the games felt clearly more 'tactile' than the Wii equivalents."
It's interesting that their experience is so different from Engadget's.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/playstation-move-first-hands-on/ [engadget.com]
Engadget's hands-on found:
* We hate to say this about "pre-alpha" software, but we're feeling lag. An on-rails shooter we tried out, dubbed The Shoot, was discernibly inferior to shooting experiences we've had on the Wii, both in precision and refresh rate of the aiming cursor.
* The system seemed to have a bit of trouble understanding the configuration of our body in a swordfighting stance: even though we selected "left handed," it was putting our sword arm forward instead of our shield. Right-handers didn't seem to have similar problems, and we're sure this will be ironed out in time, but it certainly shows that the controllers aren't magical in their space-detection prowess.
I had the same experience as Engadget at first - tried it out and there was noticable lag. I asked the Sony guy about it and he said that it loses calibration sometimes when its in really crowded environments (this was at the launch at GDC last week). He recalibrated it (took about 1 minute absolute tops) and then I tried again and the lag was completely gone.
I can't see either Sony or Microsoft succeeding, regardless of the quality of their actual products. The problem is that the "hardcore" gamers, the ones who flock to the Playstation and Xbox, don't want a motion controller. They're content to play games with a gamepad. Meanwhile, the more "casual" gamers have already gone with the Wii. Anybody looking into buying a new system with motion controls will see that the Wii is $200 while the PS3/360 are ~$300 plus the cost of the motion controllers.
This has nothing to do with the quality of the products (I suspect Natal's going to suck hard, though the feedback from Move seems to be pretty good) and everything to do with what people want. If Sony or Microsoft released a new, cheaper console with a motion controller packed in, I could see that being successful. As it stands, I can't see too many people dropping $100 to play LittleBigPlanet with a motion controller.
Meh, when I feel like hardcore gaming, I prefer to lay out on the couch in varying positions, not sit at my desk. Probably why there are about 20 games I bought from Steam that I never played.
So in other words what you're really saying is that you don't fit the target audience, therefore all hardcore gamers don't want this.
I'm actually looking forward to the idea of using motion controls. I didn't get a Wii because it was so underpowered and casual-gamer centric, and I didn't get a PS3/XBox 360 b/c one can get the same experience on a PC.
But motion controls on a PS3? I'm there. And ever since I got my hands on a copy of the original Zelda when I was 5 and was sucked into a world I had nev
I read the title of the summary and hoped that I could watch the comedy as Sony and Microsoft would try to compete against Siemens, GE Fanuc, Mitsubishi, etc, (you know, actual motion control vendors), but then I read it was about video games.
Oh well. So much for "news for nerds"
We have a Wii - it was the first current-generation console we purchased. We did eventually buy a PS3, but in large part it was because our old DVD player died - we figured if we were going to have to live with discs a while longer, we might as well have the option of watching Blu-Ray (through Netflix; I don't have much interest in purchasing most movies). Of course we did buy a few games for the PS3; but in the end we still end up playing much more on the Wii because it just seems to be more enjoyable.
I know there are lots of Slashdotters that really get into the high-def, shoot-em-in-the-head-repeatedly (or cut-them-into-multiple-pieces) games; but there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of variety or innovation in the PS3 games that I've looked at. The graphics are certainly stunning; but so many of these games are just variations on the same theme. If these new controllers end up leading to a wider range of games, then great! But if they end up just offering yet another way to swing that sword or shoot that gun, I can't see them having much impact - the people who want to spend lots of time playing those sorts of games seem perfectly happy mashing buttons.
Check out Heavy Rain sometime.
I know there are lots of Slashdotters that really get into the high-def, shoot-em-in-the-head-repeatedly (or cut-them-into-multiple-pieces) games; but there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of variety or innovation in the PS3 games that I've looked at.
Those games, on larger scales, are starting to come out. (Heavy Rain was mentioned, and I'm pretty sure Last Guardian will be pretty unique).
But if you really want something different, explore the games on PSN. There are some really fun things there, Flow was
Agreed, as I said earlier, one of the real stars on PSN is High Velocity Bowling. Its a motion controlled bowling game that exists NOW, for current machines/controllers, and just works. And is probably one of the most favourite party games we have (especially after a few drinks). Cheap too.
Also Lemmings is good. And cheap.
And Outrun 2006 for the retro lot.
http://www.hardcoreware.net/reviews/review-356-3.htm [hardcoreware.net]
I believe what Sony really hopes is that it will help developers create games for the Wii and PS3. The difference between the two will not be that huge other than one has HD. However, the huge problem for Sony is that this controller isn't in the hands of the 32+ MILLION PS3 owners. The other problem is that the vast majority of PS3 owners currently don't really buy the "casual" games and thus the games don't reflect the market base. Now Sony getting the PS3 down to 300 in the U.S.A has helped a ton, bu
PS3 owners do buy "casual" games, but they buy them via PSN. Which kind of leaves the PS3 in a bit of a pickle. The kind of folks who find the Wii appealing don't know about PSN or the fact that there are party and casual games on it. They can see the Wii's "family game night" library, but they see the PS3 with it's "Shooter of the week" lineup and don't look elsewhere.
I agree totally. I also own all the R&C games for the PS3, and LBP. The sad part is how hard you Sony pushed LBP to have it sell like it did. Granted the game has some great legs but it is still sad. Then you compare R&C to Resistance and you see why Insomniac would focus on FPS for the PS3.
...they are already designing the next bombshell for MS and Sony to run behind. ^^
And that is why they won't actually catch up.
It's old. Go ahead MS and Sony. Control that market for the time it dies while getting replaced by the next big thing.
The big thing that won't be coming from you.
There is ONE thing that REALLY annoy me with these reviews, it's all the buildup-hype.
Too many times I've been disappointed with all these augmented reality devices that are set to change the world every time they're released.
The only controller that "surprised" me in a positive way was the WiiMote, it was truly revolutionary, but the Wii itself - way behind our time due to it's slow speed, low-resolution non-HD graphics.
The PS3 camera was a HUGE disappointment for me, especially with EyePet, this thing nee
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WILMINGTON, Mass. — After the two-day, collective bargaining agreement-mandated break for Christmas Eve and Day, the Boston Bruins are back on the ice this morning for practice at Ristuccia Arena.
There are 13 forwards on the ice, including Petteri Nokelainen, who is wearing a red no-contact jersey as he continues on the road to a return from an upper-body injury. In addition to both goaltenders, there are seven defenseman, including Aaron Ward. Ward is in the usual black uniform despite the fact that he too is recovering from an injury (ankle).
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Lakes girls basketball team started off the New Year a little sluggish and a lot sick, coach Pete Schneider said.
The Eagles fell behind host Grant by a couple of points after one quarter, but rallied to win Saturdays North Suburban Prairie Division game by a 57-43 final.
I wish I had the answer for why we do not get ourselves going to start the game, Schneider said. We have tried different warm-ups, less time in the locker room, and nothing seems to get us up and ready to start a game.
Grant came out ready to play and showed their toughness.
Grant (6-12, 2-4) led 8-0 early. After Lakes (10-8, 5-2) called a timeout, the Eagles responded well and trailed 10-8 after one quarter.
Amanda Smith scored 7 of her 11 points in the second quarter, as Lakes outscored the hosts 20-7 to take a 28-17 lead into the locker room.
We started playing defense, led by Maya Schmitt and Nicole Mogged, and then started hitting some shots, Schneider said.
Smith also dished out 8 assists.
Amanda Smith sees the floor so well, Schneider said. Amanda had some passes today that everyone in the gym appreciated.
Lakes was led by Terese McMahon with 14 points. Alexis Lee and Mogged added 8 apiece.
We have a bunch of sick kids right now, Schneider said. The flu bug has been bad this year and we have been without 1-2 kids every day. Hopefully we can get healthy. Many kids stepped up today. We always speak about being a team of 14, and today we needed every healthy body.
Grant, which lost for the eighth time in its last nine games, was led by Taylor Rossi with 12 points. Tania Trbojevich added 10 and Kaylie Kanzler had 9.
Grayslake Central 47, Crystal Lake Central 28: Morgan Dahlstrom scored a game-high 14 points, as the host Rams improved to 10-7 and 3-0 in the Fox Valley Fox Division.
Grayslake Central also received 9 points from Lauren Spalding (two 3-pointers) and 8 from Carson Sparkman.
Crystal Lake South 44, Mundelein 32: Becca Woit scored 17 points for the Mustangs, who had their three-game winning streak snapped.
Lauren Rouse had 10 points for Mundelein (5-12) in the nonconference game.
Fenwick 66, Carmel 60: Claire Ogrinc and Kayla Quinn each scored 16 points for the host Corsairs in the East Suburban Catholic Conference game.
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LEWISBURG, Pa. — For Amanda Roy, it's the prosecution of war crimes and abuses of human rights. For J.J. Parker, it's medical relief in developing countries. For Sithanda Ntuka, it's economic development and the status of women. And for Kirby Thomas, it's individual rights and civil liberties.
After they graduate from Bucknell University on Sunday, these four members of the Class of 2012 will live in different parts of the world, but they'll be working toward a shared goal: achieving justice and human dignity.
Peace Corps work in Tanzania
Amanda Roy is headed to Tanzania, where she'll live in either a rural village or a larger banking town and teach secondary school mathematics. She'll also conduct HIV outreach and education. The two projects are connected.
"Part of the issue with education in Tanzania is that many of the people who are of career age and teaching have been impacted by the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the region, so the nation is desperately in need of science and mathematics teachers," said Roy.
Roy eventually plans to earn a graduate degree in human rights or international law so that she can prosecute war crimes and human rights abuses. She sees her Peace Corps experience as a fitting launching point for her career.
"I realized this could be the only time in my life that I'd have the opportunity to live and integrate into the life of a developing country, learn the language — Swahili — and give back," said Roy. "This is about a lot more than sending Americans to developing countries to teach English or education local populations. It's about what we can learn from each other on a person-to-person level."
Humanitarian aid in Nicaragua
Like Roy, neuroscience major J.J. Parker will perform humanitarian work before he enrolls in professional school. The future physician has signed up to volunteer in Nicaragua as a program director with Manna Project International, a nonprofit organization that empowers developing communities through collaborative, community-based approaches at sites in Nicaragua, Guatemala and Ecuador.
Parker will teach English and work alongside community members to address community needs in Nicaragua, one of the poorest countries in the western hemisphere.
"I want to use my energy and passion for service to give back to a developing country, while at the same time I will learn many lessons about humanity and myself," said Parker. "I think next year will be a great opportunity for me to grow as a person and will be an important step for me in meeting my goal of becoming a doctor in the U.S. and providing medical relief in the developing world."
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According to Pam Keiser, executive director of Bucknell's Career Development Center, Roy and Parker are part of a small number of students — about three to five percent in each graduating class — who volunteer full-time for a year or two before pursuing employment or enrolling in graduate or professional school. Other young alumni choose to first enter the job market or graduate school and may plan to focus on some aspect of humanitarian work later in their careers.
Take Kirby Thomas. The English and political science major has been accepted to Harvard Law School, where she'll focus on constitutional law. "My dream job is to work for the Institute for Justice, a civil liberties law firm dedicated to defending individuals and businesses whose rights have been violated by the government," she said.
Thomas said her varied academic experiences, internships and work for a campus newspaper helped her develop her writing and critical thinking skills — skills she believes will serve her well in law school.
Sithanda Ntuka also credits her broad academic background as an accounting and women's and gender studies double major, along with several internships, with preparing her to fulfill her goals. After graduation, Ntuka will work as an assurance associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers. But she doesn't plan to spend her career in the finance sector. Instead, like Roy, Parker and Thomas, she has plans to become a humanitarian with global reach.
"In a few years, I want to go to graduate school for a master's in diplomacy and law," she said. "I will hopefully work for an international organization such as the United Nations or the African Development Bank on issues such as economic development, humanitarian issues and improvement of women's status around the world. Eventually, I want to become the Secretary of State of Botswana, my home country."
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(CHICAGO) — Former Illinois cop Drew Peterson was denied a re-trial Thursday and now faces up to 60 years in prison for killing his wife, Kathleen Savio in 2004.
Peterson's defense team had requested a re-trial after he was found guilty in September of killing Savio and making it look like an accident.
The re-trial, Peterson's attorneys claimed, was warranted because his former lead trial counsel, Joel Brodsky, had "single-handedly" lost the trial last fall, according to attorney Steve Greenberg. Greenberg is a former colleague of Brodsky's, but the two have recently been embroiled in a bitter public feud.
Will County Judge Edward Burmila on Thursday rejected all of the motions for a new trial. Burmila has said he will move on to sentencing immediately if he were to deny Peterson a re-trial.
It is the latest development in the bizarre story of Peterson, a former suburban Chicago police officer. In 2004, Peterson's third wife, Savio, was found dead in her bathtub, a death that was initially ruled an accident. But when his fourth wife, Stacy Peterson, disappeared in 2007, Savio's body was exhumed and her death ruled a homicide.
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Did your family or ancestors serve traditional dishes for the holidays? Was there one dish that was unusual?
My brothers and I were rather picky eaters, and I was quite stubborn about what I would eat. On more than one occasion, I outlasted my mother's willpower in refusing to eat things I didn't want. For that reason, we had a fairly limited repertoire of foods that we had on a regular basis.
I really don't remember if we had a particular meal every Christmas. I know we had turkey dinners more than once, and probably beef roast or ham other years. Usually that was accompanied by mashed potatoes or white rice, gravy, corn and bread or buns of some sort. On several occasions, there was also stuffing and sweet potatoes and such, which I never paid attention to, as I did not like those. There were usually cookies and pie for desserts.
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KLAMATH FALLS — Poor serving hurt the Prospect volleyball team in its first loss of the year.
Hosanna Christian downed the Cougars, 25-13, 25-22, 25-22, in Mountain Valley League action on Friday.
Baley VanWormer had five blocks and Julia Latona 18 digs for Prospect (6-1, 4-1 MVL), which missed nine serves on the night.
"They're good and we didn't play very well tonight," Prospect head coach Shelli Lass said. "It was one of those nights. We missed more serves than we have probably all season."
Hosanna Christian improved to 6-4 overall and 4-1 in the MVL.
GILCHRIST 3, BUTTE FALLS 1 — At Gilchrist, too many service misses and serve receive errors doomed Butte Falls in a 25-22, 25-21, 20-25, 25-21 MVL road loss.
Torri Lilly had six aces for the Loggers (1-9, 1-4 MVL) and junior middle Shawna Creech had two blocks.
Girls Water Polo
ASHLAND SPLITS — At Roseville, Calif., Ashland beat Del Oro, Calif., 17-5 and lost to Linoln, Calif., 12-6, at the Woodcreek Tournament.
Against Del Oro, Sadie Kasiah had eight goals, three assists, three steals and one block and Sabrina Scoggin four goals, two assists and one steal for Ashland.
Maddy Longshore turned in three goals, one assist and one steal and Aubrie Georgevitch one goal, two assists and one steal. Goalkeeper Kaya Boehm made seven blocks.
Against Lincoln, Kasiah had two goals, two steals and one assist, Georgevitch one goal and three steals and Longshore one goal and one assist.
Scoggin added one goal and two steals and Leilani Sukles one goal. Boehm made six blocks.
Cougars suffer first defeat in volleyball
KLAMATH FALLS — Poor serving hurt the Prospect volleyball team in its first loss of the year.


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Shawn- I'm curious about how much my Brat is worth and if my topper adds to the value? -Calvin
I think it makes it a little ugly but if it adds functionality for you then its worth it. I personally like the open bed, rollbar and seats in the back look the best.
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Do you happen to know where i can find some 14s or 15s?
This is one of those heavily asked questions. A little searching and a little reading will take you far. As for this one, I'll toss you a freebie. Only other manufacturer that used the 4x140 bolt pattern was Pugeot, specifically on the 504 and 505 models. Good luck hunting some of those down with proper fitting lugnuts (yes, you need the factory Pugeot Lugnuts to make most of the wheels work, and yes, luckily enough the thread size and pitch is the same).
Anyway, welcome to the forum, take care of your new baby. I'll be ressurecting my 85 in the future.
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whats the widest tire size i can put on it?
I believe there is a thread in the offroad section that covers your question.
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At a time when it seems that someone is blogging about every facet of life, it should come as no surprise that there are a growing number of diet bloggers. No official count exists, but type "weight-loss blogs" into Google to see page after page of listings emerge.
Some blogs are written by medical professionals, but most come from people who want to share their success in shedding pounds.
Here are the stories behind three blogs that can inform, entertain and perhaps even inspire your own weight loss efforts. Look for more on weight loss bloggers in future Lean Plate Club columns.
Dietgirl (www.dietgirl.org) Shauna Reid burst into tears when she tipped the scales at 350 pounds at a Weight Watchers meeting in January 2001. "They told me I needed to lose half my body weight. I just cried and cried because I realized that it was going to take this miracle, superhuman effort. No one was going to rescue me, except me."
From that low point, Reid, now 30, created the Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl blog. Now at the goal set for her -- half her previous body weight -- Reid has not only gone public, but her book "The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl" is slated for U.S. publishing this year.
Reid, daughter of a Weight Watchers group leader in Canberra, Australia, knew from childhood how to eat right, but she had trouble putting that knowledge into practice. At college, she ballooned to more than 300 pounds.
Reid lost about 80 pounds during her first year on Weight Watchers, then drifted from the strict program and began just trying to eat sensibly. She regained 40 pounds, but then settled on an 80/20 approach where most of the time she watches what she eats carefully, but 20 percent of the time lets herself ease up. That eating approach, plus plenty of exercise, has enabled her to lose 175 pounds.
Despite her success, Reid continues blogging daily. "I do blogging for accountability," says Reid, who has lived in Scotland since 2003. "If you stop blogging, people assume that you are lying in a bag of chips. ... I want to be living proof that you can do this."
Disease Proof (www.diseaseproof.com) After college, Gerry Pugliese, 27, of Somerville, N.J., landed a stressful job with long hours that proved to be a bad fit. Short on time, Pugliese stopped exercising and found relief in food. He soon added 60 pounds to his 5-foot-5 frame. "I kind of collapsed inward," he says. "All my healthy habits went out the window."
Then he landed a job writing about health, diet and fitness for a blog publishing company. The company teamed him with physician Dr. Joel Fuhrman to produce a blog on health, including a mostly vegetarian diet. When the company was acquired by another firm, Pugliese and Fuhrman continued the blog on their own.
Pugliese says his diet epiphany came one day while he was writing about healthy eating and noshing on fried Chinese take-out. That's when he started following the tips that Furhman espoused: a mostly vegetarian diet and plenty of exercise. Since he started the regimen in 2007, he's lost 60 pounds and now does yoga, lifts weights and trains for 5K runs. "I'm your average guy," Pugliese says. "And I can make it work."
Drop the Fork (www.dropthefork.net) By day, Deborah Kosnett, 55, is an accountant in Washington, D.C. By night, she writes Drop the Fork, a weight-loss blog that she began in March 2005 after reaching her Weight Watchers goal. She's maintained her blog -- and her weight -- ever since.
A bike that was a present from her husband helped launch her on her successful weight-loss quest. The larger seat on the bike kept her derriere comfortable while she discovered how much she loved biking. The bike was long ago retired and Kosnett has 10,000 miles on her latest model. She has also taken up inline skating.
She blogs mostly to share her experiences with others who may think that weight loss is too difficult, if not impossible, in middle age. "I'm really trying to persuade the person who is sitting on the fence about trying to lose weight again that they can do it this time," she says. "I'm trying to say that this is a lifelong journey and that the losing-weight phase is practice for the rest of your life."
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Let's consider school lunches.
Always an important topic. But to be honest, it's only coming up right now thanks to Rep. Paul Ryan, who took a strong, principled stand against school lunches in a speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference. ("What they're offering people is a full stomach and an empty soul.")


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BLUFFTON, Ohio - Bluffton University kick returner Todd Trotter (Cincinnati, Ohio/Aiken University) has been named the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Football Player of the Week on special teams for the week ending Sept. 20, 2009.
It marks the second consecutive season that a Beaver has been named Special Teams Player of the Week in the HCAC after returning a kickoff for a score. Fellow sophomore Antwane Miller picked up the same honor last season after an 80-yard return for six points at Rose-Hulman.
Trotter returned six kickoffs for 182 yards, including an 86-yarder for a touchdown in Bluffton's loss to Adrian on Saturday. He found a seam and worked his way to the home sideline while staying inbounds and fighting off tacklers inside the Adrian 10-yard line before crossing the goal line for an 86-yard kickoff return.
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This section of Cold Creek runs through the Millsite Trout & Gun Club property, located near Castalia and Sandusky, just downstream from the Ohio Division of Wildlife fish hatchery. The Millsite property will be sold at auction on Nov. 21.
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SANDUSKY — If you live in Ohio and occasionally dream of an evening on Montana's Madison River, waiting for a rainbow trout to rise and accept your deceptive dry fly offering, then you are about to experience a truly historic moment.
If you have wished for a predawn engagement on Michigan's Au Sable, with the mist shrouding the stream in a ghost-like veil, and browns popping all around you but still invisible in the thin light, then you are about to witness a trout fisherman's Christmas in mid-November.
You see, Ohio has extremely limited trout fishing opportunities, so the anglers in the Buckeye State have to spend some time in whimsical thought, imagining what distant places might offer. They might expect to see access or a piece of one of Ohio's few trout streams go up for sale once in a century. Maybe, once in a generation.
But two separate sections of Ohio trout stream, going to the highest bidder, within a week's time — that's well beyond the fantasies of any area trout fisherman.
This double harmonic convergence for trout anglers is taking place along Cold Creek, the spring-fed waterway that drains a number of the blue hole aquifers in this area on its short run to Sandusky Bay. These springs provide the cold, clean water that trout need.
First, the Castalia Farms corporate retreat owned by Owens-Illinois, with its 4,400 feet of trout stream, is scheduled to be sold to the highest bidder on Friday. Then, the Millsite Trout & Gun Club, just down Cold Creek from Castalia Farms, hits the auction block six days later.
Millsite, with 3,800 feet of trout stream, was originally another O-I property, but it was owned most recently by developer Larry Dillin, and is now headed for a court-ordered bankruptcy sale.
Michael Murray, who is handling the sale for the Pamela K. Rose Auction Co. of Maumee, said in his four-plus decades of dealing with real estate, this is his first trout stream.
"This is a completely unique property, and in all my years in this business, I've never had an opportunity to do something like this," Murray said. "Buying a trout stream in Ohio — I'd say that is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for anyone."
The Millsite Trout & Gun Club property is a little more than 20 acres, with a 1920's era lodge complete with a large meeting room, game room, a commercial kitchen, and five bedrooms. The parcel also includes a 19th century, six-bedroom farmhouse with modern utilities.
There is a trap and skeet range and a large stone patio and fire pit, but it is the trout stream that makes the facility on Heywood Road so rare.
Lake Erie has its world class walleye, yellow perch, and smallmouth bass fishery, but Cold Creek has brook trout, rainbow trout, and brown trout, in numbers.
"As it moves through the property, that stream is very active," Murray said. "The water is so clear and just the right temperature for trout, so there's a lot of fish in there. And the stream just has a lot of character too."
Murray said the initial open house on Saturday generated quite of bit of interest in the property, which is essentially T-shaped, with a long driveway off Heywood Road connecting to the main grounds and the stream, which runs parallel to Homegardner Road. Additional open house sessions are scheduled for Thursday and Friday afternoon, with a two-hour preview period slated for Nov. 21 prior to the 11 a.m. auction that day. The minimum bid for the Millsite property has been set at $600,000, and there will be online bidding available.
The Millsite corporate retreat was once owned by J. Preston Levis, the cousin of former O-I president William E. Levis, and eventually by O-I. It was used to entertain O-I business clients. Once the Millsite property was sold in 2002, it was periodically leased to O-I and other companies for meetings and getaways.
Murray said the auction of the Millsite property has been advertised nationally in the Wall Street Journal and marketed in the Detroit, Cleveland, and Columbus areas. He said the property could remain a corporate meeting place, be turned into a private club, or be used as a banquet hall, a trout fishing themed bed & breakfast, or as a destination get-away.
"The place is so unique that there are a lot of options when you look at potential uses. You just put it out there and see what happens," he said. "Auctions do very well for properties such as this — properties that are just so rare. An auction is the best way to handle something as unique as a place with its own trout stream."
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This is completely normal human behaviour.
I only install from sources you insensitive clod!
Or you could source two binaries from two diff repo servers in two diff countries, and only accept the install if they both are identical.
Unless you're auditing said sources, you're no better off than installing binaries.
You know that Gentoo checks the SHA256 SHA512 and WHIRLPOOL digests of the downloaded sources before compiling right? You also know that the digests stored in Gentoo's repository are signed using a PGP key of the package maintainer, right?
So can you please explain me again why I need to audit such sources? Sure sources can be compromised at upstream's servers and Gentoo maintainers can also make mistakes but this is not what TFA is about.
I'd think this was a story about Cisco gear from not that long ago.
I was asked to clean some exploited servers in the wild that had compromised SSH binaries in them. This was about 10 years or so ago, so this is really a not current news story.
Thankfully most script kiddies are exactly that, and their script left the source on the machine for me to review. Why? I guess to compile on the machine to make sure it used the local libraries. They generally didn't have passwords hard coded though, they used SSH keys. The passwords they stole were usually stored locally in a file, and sent to somewhere in eastern Europe or Asia. I have no idea if that was by the script kiddie design or the person who rolled it up. It's a pretty slick trick though. You get the script kiddies to gather intel from compromised machines, and feed it back to you. Now you have access to every machine the script kiddies compromised.
The funny part about most of the cleanups was, the version of SSH they put on was newer than the remotely exploitable version they got in with.
I was asked to clean some exploited servers in the wild that had compromised SSH binaries in them. This was about 10 years or so ago, so this is really a not current news story.
Someone got murdered about 10 years ago, so there's no point reporting about current murders.
Or what is your point exactly?
Thankfully most script kiddies are exactly that, and their script left the source on the machine for me to review. Why?
Maybe it was an Open Source client, and they had to give you the source code to comply?
I cleaned up an a backdoored Debian system after discovering md5 sum mismatches on all the ssh binaries from the original packages some time ago.
debsums is a nice utility to check this for you, granted that the attackers didn't modify the signing keys and installed their own package.
So how is a compromised ssh binary getting on Debian?
Simple: It snuck in the back door.
Poor passwords, other infected (non-repo) packages, exploits in services (like apache, etc) installed with too many permissions, etc.
Mostly weak passwords/lack of anti-brute-force, Apache vulnerabilities is probably the second most common. Nothing new.
Yeah, I hate most Linux exploit articles. They always seem to be about what happens after the machine was rooted. Binaries changed out, configurations changed, permissions set, yadi yadi yada... They never seem to be about how they got rooted in the first place.
Unlike the MS world where typically some software maker (and often MS itself) has screwed up, Linux tends to be rooted because some administrator or user got careless. That is not very interesting and the details do not matter.
You can never clean up a system. MD5s help, but you know what one of the first things I'd do when rooting a system is? After making sure my rootkit didn't show up in directory listings, I'd patch md5, shasum, perl, and ruby to return the exact MD5 I wanted for every file I defined a magic string for.
You gonna catch me on some systems? Sure. You gonna catch me on an extremely common distro like Debian without installing out-of-tree software? Probably not.
Rule #1 of investigating a compromised system is you don't use the tools on the compromised system.
Security is a process. Running a scanner on a compromised system has no guarantee of finding out that the system is compromised. But 98% of the time it will work just fine - these systems are usually compromised by script kiddie tools that don't spend a great deal of effort to find the rootkit scanners.
I suppose it would be better if somebody came up with a well-developed package for cross-scanning systems o
I suppose it would be better if somebody came up with a well-developed package for cross-scanning systems over shared storage (does it already exist?) but that's also only going to reduce your 98% to 98.5%. I suppose all you need to really do is to validate the integrity of the host system's scanner (or rpm or dpkg, etc.) but then again the remote system access method could also be compromised (today it's TLA stuff to compromise e.g. nfsd such that it will only return the wrong (but valid) md5sum and sha1sum and [randomhashsum] for only the scanners you might check for) but it's not likely.
Taking down every system on a frequent schedule for an offline scan would be a good idea but then again the BIOS could be compromised and you start to run into the collision of business needs and absolute security.
I use NFS root internet servers connected to a intranet NFS server. On the last I use rsync to do backup and detection of any files change. The only permanent memory on the internet servers machines are the BIOS, ok, but I have yet to see an exploit that hack the BIOS in a way to compromise a TFTP + NFS boot without any detectable trace from the NFS server point of view. If your concern really go into this level of paranoia, then you can simply hack the write protection signal of your BIOS memory chip (see
Bootable CD or DVD with tools on it. Worth its weight in gold.
Man, you would run md5sum on the actual compromised box??
Why not do it from a ISO booted linux, and nfs share the whole box , so you can sum it from the outside.
What you really need is all binaryies libs running of a partition that is read only. Kind of like android.
Yes, "out-of-tree" is the key.
I have experimented a very successful way to solve the problem: Internet connected servers using NFS root from an intranet NFS server. All the machines are using a standard distribution. The intranet NFS server handle the backup of all the internet servers using rsync. It's really easy and efficient as it's just moving data internally of the RAID array. It's easy to detect unexpected files change, to compare internet machines binaries with the intranet machine binaries, and to
If there is one thing I truly dislike, it's getting backdoored.
I myself have set up modified versions of the sshd dameon/ssh client on various rooted machines in the past (mine was simply allowing root login without logging anything with a hardcoded password + writing logins/hosts/passwords, after encryption, deep inside a fake shared library on the system - this took less than an hour to implement in the openssh source).
In all cases, despite the extreme simplicity of this mechanism, it was very, very easy to then gain access to a lot of other boxes on the network, and eventually to all the network itself. Just wait for the clueless sysadmin to log in (dumping his pass), then wait for him to use ssh to log in to another box in the network (dumping his pass as well). Then install the modified version of the daemon/client on to this new box. Rince, repeat.
It is in a way terrifying to see how most sysadmins are clueless. So, IMHO, a few measures that should be compulsory on any network:
- Do not allow write access to any essential binaries (like sshd, ls, and so on). If you have to, make sure you have a stealthy daemon checking the hashes of all critical binaries at regular intervals to make sure they have not been tampered with.
- Never, ever, log in to a server in your network from another server in the same network. Use port redirection, then log in from your initial box.
- Always use a dedicated server for system logs (syslog handles that very easily - sending logs over the network). That way, the logs of the initial system compromise will not be deletable. Do not ever log in remotely to this dedicated machine.
- After the initial system install, make a dump of the syscalls table of your kernel. Check it regularly to make sure it has not been tampered with (kernelspace rootkits usually hijack this table).
Those are the main sane measures that come to mind (this is all based on real life experience intruding into large companies/laboratories/university systems, without ever having been detected). Posting anonymously for obvious reasons.
- Do not allow write access to any essential binaries (like sshd, ls, and so on). If you have to, make sure you have a stealthy daemon checking the hashes of all critical binaries at regular intervals to make sure they have not been tampered with.
I'm sure there are plenty of other such systems, but Tripwire ( http://www.tripwire.org/ [tripwire.org] ) is one of the more popular tools to keep a check on your system and warn you immediately if it detects tampering attempts.
- After the initial system install, make a dump of the syscalls table of your kernel. Check it regularly to make sure it has not been tampered with (kernelspace rootkits usually hijack this table).
AFAIK Tripwire handles this, too.
Security is usually one of three things: Something you know (password), something you have (key, token) or something you are (biometry). Alone, none of them is really a big security obstacle, at the very least you should combine two of them. If you're paranoid, require all three.
Using two of the same class is patently useless, as practice has shown. If one password can be sniffed, so can two and more. And people tend to store their keys and dongles and other work related gadgets in similar places (if you get their keys, you usually also get their ID dongles), so if one is gone, usually they are all gone. And I guess I needn't explain why fingerprinting and retina scans aren't really a sensible combo either (aside from the cost).
And preferably request them through two separate and independent channels. It's amazing how rarely this rather essential minimum of security is enforced.
There is no way to enforce this, except to scan people's home directories for unsecured keys. It's also awkward if they are using "ssh-agent" or other passprase unlocking tools on a shared host, such as a server where I have administrative access or when someone has set up software to use passphrase-free keys as part of a regularly scheduled task, such as a backup system for databases. I've used these approaches to borrow other user's SSH keys when needed, not always with their advance knowledge. (I always
There is no way to enforce this, except to scan people's home directories for unsecured keys
And it doesn't help when we get so many people writing "don't use passwords" - so they take that advice to mean not securing their keys
Do not allow write access to any essential binaries
This makes no sense. Once somebody has root and can write to those binaries you are already fucked and they can change access to anything they like, and then write over it to their hearts content.
Putting them on read only media sounds like a cool idea but is difficult to implement for anything other than the short term and can be circumvented if somebody roots your box anyway. There's the script kiddie toy of changing file attributes (and thus announcing
This makes no sense. Once somebody has root and can write to those binaries you are already fucked and they can change access to anything they like, and then write over it to their hearts content.
Quite right. Binaries are already write protected from users but if you're root you can do anything.
Simply use NFS root for the internet server. It's reliable, easy to backup, and fun to manage.
old school: send remote syslog to a printer. real paper printer.
can't rm -rf paper; at least not remotely.
The article says "...discovered on compromised servers."
If they are not distro(i.e. ubuntu, redhat,centos, etc.) servers, or openssh servers, this is a non-story. I can create a random domain, compile a version of openssh to sends passwords to me and host it on my server as an official ssh binary.
If I install stock wordpress with access to the file, would that then count a compromised?
I never use passwords with ssh. If ssh asks me for a password, I know something is wrong. I made this policy decision because of the endless attempts to log into my machine from all over the world. It was either something like a yubikey, or only using public key authentication. I went for the public key authentication.
So you don't password-protect your private key?
I may have missed it but was this a binary package for a specific distro (on their own servers) or a binary on an untrusted server not attached to any specific distro?
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