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Smoking Hot In Nylons
In this video, I take a cigar stick it in my pussy and then light it. Next, I get off and squirt with my nylons stuffed up my pussy! duration: 27 mins.
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Best Of Kat – Ass Deluxe
Studio: FemaleAuthority
Genre: Femdom, Humilation,
Cast: Deezle, Kat (FemaleAuthority)
Length: 1:21:36
Description: This Best of Kat movie features 12 ass eating scenes pulled from Kat's exclusive movie catalogue. Here is a sample of what to expect. Kat and Deezle pull their ass cheeks wide open and demand anal worship. Aggressive and vocal they spit in his face as they make him eat their assholes the way a Bitch expects. A Police Woman smoking a cigar puts her naked suspect to his knees. She bends over and makes him lick her asshole clean while she questions him. A Bitch in blue jeans smokes a cigarette while her male tongues her asshole right through her panties. Then she pulls them down and grinds her ass up and down his face before fucking her own asshole on his stiff out stretched tongue.
Quality: DVDRip
Format: WMV
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Proposal 2
Studio: Insex
In Proposal 2, AZ pays a heavy price for her pleasure. By the end, she's growling, her eyes deranged, her body dripping, a hundred points of red smearing. Like her mascara, the way it runs like blood. Bound upon her back on a metal grate, her ankles tight to her thighs, her labia rings are tied outward. A hook from her cunt is tied to her nose, her head up, an incredible strain. As he torments her with the point of his knife, her skin is milky, perfect. A fine film of sweat bathes her face. By this time her cunt is dripping. But as time passes, he breaks her down. He slaps her. He suffocates her with a plastic bag. She sobs, gasping for air. With a tube taped to the bag, he jams the other end over her pussy. He lights up a cigar and blows in smoke. She coughs and chokes. On her back again with her wrists and ankles shackled above her head. Two cigar cases – one tied in her cunt, the other in her ass. A plastic "funnel" s her mouth wide. Cigar burns line the back of her thighs, the bottoms of her feet. The lit end of the cigar fucks the tube in her cunt, then up and down in her ass. Ashes drop into her mouth. Yes, she's distressed. Yes, she's starting to unravel. The cigar is dropped into her cunt tube, lit end out, slowly burning down. cyd seems pleased, confident. cyd is ready to have his fun. AZ's body is filled with needles, chest, back, hands, arms, and legs. Seventy-five needles times two - end in, end out. The needles are tied to fiberglass rods, bent forward, pulling at her skin, keeping her immobilized. AZ growls and moans – a distraught form of mantra. A cattle prod takes aim at her skin. Her eyes freeze in place. "No please," she says, very quiet, as though not to disturb, as though any noise at all could start her screaming. He s her to plead, "Please shock me once." And after the one shock, he bargains for more. Five shocks will reduce her time spent in the needles from two hours to thirty minutes. Is she rational now? When the body has gone mad, where is reason? She accepts his offer.
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Slammin Shawnie Crazy Smoking Busty Mommy
Levi always gets stuck doing favors for all his buddies who have businesses of their own. I always ask him why he bothers with all these odd jobs and explained to me how it allows him a chance to hunt for MILFs in all these little known places. When he told me it was a cigar shop this time, I thought he had finally gone bat shit crazy. I would have sworn he was gonna come up short with this latest cigar shop caper and just resolved myself to the fact we could hang out, drink, shoot some pool and smoke some Cubans. Minutes turned to hours and hours turned to days, but on the third day, Shawnie came in to have a drink and relax after quitting her job. We thought she would be depressed about it, but she was ecstatic. She had taken the job just to entertain h
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Duration: 37:45
Video: 768x432, AVC (H.264), 1468kbps
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Give up that Ass (2011)
Release Year: 2011
Cast: Victoria Sapphire
Genres: Strapon
Mistress Victoria Sapphire truly enjoys putting sluts in their place - which is getting pounded by her strapon cock! With his legs spread and bound, all this slave can do is lay on his back and give up his ass. He moans as she slams her big cock deeper and deeper in his ass. Victoria enjoys fucking him so much she sparks up a nice cigar to double her enjoyment. She ashes her fat cigar right into his asshole, and keeps pounding away. The sub is there to serve for her pleasures. victoria writhes her hips until she is fully satisfied fucking the bitch on his back.
Format: asf
Duration: 6:40
Video: 1280x720, Windows Media Video 9, 2946kbps
Audio: 125kbps
File size: 148.0 MB
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Strange gift or shock for the pregnant woman
The present dirty beggar has the sexual pregnant woman in a shower.
It very much didn't have for a long time a woman.
And here suddenly the pregnant woman! It was similar to a hungry
animal received food. The pregnant woman couldn't
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The Blowjob Lifestyle
Cast: Gina Devine
This is the life! Relaxing in the pool, George Uhl enjoys his cigar as Gina Devine comes over with champagne and two glasses. He checks her out as he opens the bottle, and he clearly likes what he sees because he puts aside his stogie to enjoy a little kissing and tittie-sucking. Then Gina gets into the pool and takes his already rigid shaft in her hands, bending over to take him in her mouth as the water laps around them. George sits on the edge of the pool for more comfort, and with a smile in her eyes this sexy newbie to our site leans over to lick at his shaft and suck his balls.
Format: mp4
Duration: 18:30
Video: 1280x720, AVC (H.264), 3917kbps
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Muffin Stuffin' Lesbos 3
Year: 2007
Genre: All Girl / Lesbian, Mature, MILF
Studio: Camel Toe
Duration: 2 hrs. 30 mins.
Directed by: David Christopher
Starring: Dulce, Lena Ramon, Skyy Black, Trina Michaels, Tyla Wynn, Unique
Description: Everyone loves a lesbian, and these amazing babes don't dissapoint. Tasting each others pussie juices, these horny lesbians please themselves and one another! And when they're not taste testing, they're shoving their sex toys into their pussies for deep penetration!
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Zoey Andrews puts on her collar and gets...
Zoey Andrews puts on her collar and gets led around her house by Jay stopping to fuck along the way. She gets her pussy pound doggystyle and then gags on Jay's cock before getting his load of cum in her mouth.
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Rope porn part 04 (2014)
Release Year: 2014
Genres: BDSM
When having her puffy pussie licked fetish cutie had ropes pulled tight around her smooth bodie making it impossible for her to move.
Format: avi
Duration: 16:25
Video: 768x576, Windows Media Video 9, 783kbps
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The Born to Be Bound by JJ Plush Part 150
Genres: BDSM, Bondage
Video language: English
A man is in jail in a small town. He's been collecting stuff for his escape for a while now. The careless jailer brings in a court appointed attorney to chat with the man. He pulls out a weapon and puts his hand over her mouth and tells her to call for the guard…When the pretty blond guard appears he makes her tie up the attorney. Turns out she is a bit of a freak and ties the woman with more rope than necessary. He also makes her stuff the womans mouth and wrap her head. She even puts the attorney into a hogtie. It's her turn next and he ties her up, stuffs her mouth, wraps her head tightly and puts her into a hogtie. The attorney struggles frantically to get free once the man takes off. Eventually she loosens the binds enough to reach the ropes on the guards wrists and they struggle to untie and ungag one another. Once they are free they get up to call for help, but the convict locked them into the jail block and no one will be in to get them until the morning.
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Duration: 23:03
Video: 640x480, Windows Media Video 9, 1953kbps
Audio: 62kbps
File size: 341.1 MB
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Release Year: 2009
Studio: DeviceBondage
Cast: Christina Carter, Matt Williams
Genres: BDSM, bondage
Video language: English
Device Bondage presents a Super Hero production of "The Orgasm Trap" Starring Christina Carter as Wunder Woman. A girl is held against her will in an underground bunker and Wunder Woman comes to the rescue. As she grabs the bars of the cage holding the cute prisoner, Wunder Woman is hit with 5000 volts of electricity. Knocked unconscious, Wunder Woman never realizes it was a trap all along. Now bound to the wall, Wunder Woman is helpless. She is undressed, groped, flogged and humiliated. With a powerful vibrator positioned perfectly on our heroine's pussy and clit, Wunder Woman will soon face the ultimate of diabolical traps. Hooked up to 1,000,000 volts of power and a sensor that will detect orgasms, Wunder Woman must fight off the urge to cum. If she cums a 3rd time, the entire load of electricity will flow through her body. Who knows if even Wonder Women can withstand that much current. Join know to see the exciting episode: "The Orgasm Trap"
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Duration: 12:50
Video: 1280x720, Windows Media Video 9, 1464kbps
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File size: 153.0 MB
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The Born to Be Bound by JJ Plush Part 137
Video language: English
A pretty blond (Morina) has been and gagged with an ace bandage and she is being dragged across the room on a sheet. A pissed off woman ties her wrists and ankles while she is out cold. She comes to trying to make sense of what is going on and her captor begins to cut off her little black dress. The woman that has her all tied up decides to quiet her and puts something on a rag that makes the pretty blond pass back out…The captor removes her diamond earings and then turns her over pulling her hands over her head and tying that rope off to her ankles. The woman comes back and adds a crotch rope and asks the tied up lovely if she is going to continue to screw her boyfriend…Still gagged the woman tries to convince her captor that she didn't know he had a boyfriend. JJ, the angry lady calls her boyfriend and asks her to come to the building. He's going to find his mistress all tied up. JJ removes her undies, then the ladies gag and she shoves those panties in her mouth and wraps her head with microfoam tape. JJ is tired of the pretty blond protesting so she knocks her back out….She comes to struggling about and her lover comes to her aid, worried that his girlfriend knows about her…His mistress promptly slaps him.
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Duration: 16:58
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File size: 251.2 MB
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Naughty Samantha Ferraz in Uniform (2011)
Starring: Samantha Ferraz
Categories: Transsexual, Shemale
This sweet shemale turns into a naughty girl when she puts on this sexy red latex uniform. It definitely brings out her wild side as she struts around enjoying how it feels wrapped around her body. She puts on quite a show before flopping her big hard cock out and going to work on it insanely.
Format: wmv
Resolution: 960x540
Runtime: 17 min.
Filesize: 412 Mb
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Woman Knight Thats hermaphrodite elf
Release Year: 2014
Woman knight was embarked to look for Oak woman elf rescue!
But I met in the forest It was of elves that bearded Okuchi Po!
Increasing ironing hermaphrodite elf
Girls confess that it is half elf and oak.
Answer derived therefrom
Status quo "many times have also been conceived oak woman elf" and!
Woman knight was swear to overthrow the chest Oak not flutter to anger.
It is a woman knight SS-style CG collection hermaphrodite elves would have been insulted a woman knight!
Oak, but does not go out this time,
Hermaphrodite elf appeared a lot.
11 sheets + color comic page 4 basic picture
total 115 pieces, including the difference
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Mikala & Molly Cavalli – Smokin Hotties HD
Molly and Mikala stirred and played a chess slowly smocking fragrant cigars with glass of dear champagne. Small children looked very sexually and Molly looked very much a naughty girl with a long cigar in to the mouth. Girls played on undressing and a game made off in that moment when molli most was wet from extaz shorts, Makaela a soviet was to swipe them teeth from a friend gently lick the groin of girl-friend. Farther hotter, to the small children already it was not important who of them in fact winner hot kisses and long rubber members went out into motion…
Released: 2011
Genre: Big Tits, Lesbian, Big Ass, MILF
Starring: Mikala & Molly Cavalli
File size: 465.6 MB
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Women Seeking Women #81 (2012/DVDRip)
Release Year: 2012
Studio: Girlfriends Films
Cast: Prinzzess & Kirsten Price, India Summer & Alyssa Reece, Alicia Silver & Riley Jensen, Ashley Fires & Elexis Monroe
Genres: Lesbian
Video language: English
Restless Hearts Searching For That One Perfect Woman!
Beautiful Woman-Woman Sex Which Is Sure To Excite You!
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The Pain Is Not Enough
Year of manufacture:2011
Genre: Strapon, Femdom, Humilation, Bdsm, DVDRip
In roles:Amber Rayne, Daac Ramsey
Bon Vue presents "The Pain Is Not Enough", starring Amber Rayne and Daac Ramsey. James Bound is in trouble again as he is interrogated by the villainess Amber Rayne, she takes charges right away and binds him and puts him through his paces. She even puts on a strap-on to pound his ass but James comes back and Amber gets it in the END.http://photosex.biz/v.php?id=922fea08935a79f2c2915319b09c286e
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Thanks For The Pain
Studio: Syren Productions
Cast: Michael, Mistress Mina
Genres: Fetish, FemDom, Spanking
Video language: English
This is the first Syren Productions video of Mistress Mina from Las Vegas. This petite sadistic diva starts off with her slave giving oral service to her stiletto heels as she paddles his ass with a huge leather paddle. she then secures slave Michael to her bondage bed and puts at least twenty clothespins on his cock and balls, causing him extreme pain. Mistress Mina continually slaps his face and smothers him while pulling off the clothespins. She then puts him in a stand up cage and slaps his face repeatedly even harder and puts some vicious scratch marks on his chest with her nails. mistress Mina finishes the discipline with a caning with her slave bent over the horse.
Format: asf
Duration: 47:30
Video: 640x480, Windows Media Video 9, 1870kbps
Audio: 125kbps
File size: 698.9 MB
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The Born to Be Bound by JJ Plush Part 128
Genres: BDSM, Bondage
Video language: English
Armani finds herself ziptied to a pole. After a bit a woman comes and zipties her mouth and blindfolds her. A man comes in and inspects her. He cuts open her sweater and wanders a way to make a call. Upon returning he says that he has good news and his client is interested….They clip her off of the pole, but leave her blindfold on and put more ties around her wrists. She is lifted and carried to another part of the building and set on the floor. The female puts her into a hogtie, stuffs her mouth, wraps a fabric cleave gag around her and puts her into a hogtie. When it is discovered that she is trying to spit the wad of cloth out of her mouth she gets rope wrapped around the gag to make sure that doesn't happen….She struggles on the floor for some time before the man comes in and decides he is going to take her for a test drive.
Format: Windows Media
Duration: 16:45
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Not-So-Quick But Nonetheless Dirty Review of the Kitzmiller Decision
By Casey Luskin
Version 2.0, last updated March 20, 2006
This is a response to the Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School Board (hereafter "Kitzmiller) decision (see here to download the full opinion). This response is adapted from an e-mail I sent out to a bunch of friends in late December, 2005, just a few days after the Kitzmiller ruling was released. I've been asked by some friends who received the e-mail to post it on the internet in presentable fashion, and so I'm finally getting around to it in February, 2006.
The Kitzmiller ruling declared intelligent design is religion, not science, and unconstitutional to teach in public schools. This response here is by no means an exhaustive response to the problems with the Judge's ruling. In fact, a more extensive discussion of many of these issues may be found in the Response to the ACLU ID FAQ which I wrote in February, 2005, about 7 months before the trial started. In some cases I simply provide links to other places which provide more complete discussions and refutations to the assertions made in the Kitzmiller decision. However, I hope this will help the reader see 4 things clearly:
(b) The Kitzmiller decision was predicated upon a false definition of intelligent design that is not endorsed by design theorists;
(c) The Kitzmiller decision delved into numerous scientific controversies which were not only unnecessary to address in order to resolve this case, but should not have been touched by a court or a judge who is not an expert in scientific disputes. Most poignantly, Jones inappropriately ruled that religious people who view evolution as antithetical to the existence of God are wrong;
(d) The Kitzmiller decision stated many inaccurate conclusions surrounding the scientific issues at stake in this debate.
The ruling in the Kitzmiller case came out strongly against the school board. This did not surprise me because from what I had read, it seemed that the school board members had religious motivations. Whether or not one thinks motivations should matter in constitutional analysis, the law says that predominantly religious motivations are unconstitutional for government action, and the Dover Area school board members probably enacted their policy requiring the teaching of intelligent design in an illegal fashion.
Additionally, some contradictory testimony from school board members made it seem that they may have lied under oath. This was very inappropriate and unfortunate and, based upon courtroom exchanges, seemed to have (rightfully so) made the Judge very angry. Even more unfortunate is the apparent fact that this emotion may have affected the opinion itself.
However, there is a silver lining to the decision:
Id like to first share my top 10 problems with the ruling and then provide a little legal / scientific analysis .
Part I: Briefly, the top 10 problems with the ruling:
(9) It overreaches the judicial arm by ruling that the nature of science is characterized by methodological naturalism and that intelligent design is not science (pg. 65).**
(8) It overreaches the judicial arm by ruling that evolution is compatible with religion (pg. 136).**
(7) It overreaches the judicial arm by ruling that evolution is a solid theory (pg. 41) and that irreducible complexity has been refuted (pg. 64).**
(6) It sadly threatens the teaching of evolution by making religious motivations of public proponents a relevant factor in deciding whether or not a theory can be taught.
(5) It wrongly approves of the its wrong to single out evolution argument which was actually rejected in Selman. (pg. 39-40) and wrongly claims evolution is theory ... not fact language is unconstitutional based upon Selman (which may be overruled on that point anyway).
(4) It sadly threatens the teaching of evolution by using the endorsement test to determine if a scientific theory of biological origins would endorse (or presumably "dis-endorse") religion in the eyes of the average citizen.
(3) It asserts the factually false claim that ID proponents havent published peer reviewed papers (pg. 64).
(2) It completely ignores ALL of the statements in the Of Pandas and People (hereafter "Pandas") textbook making it clear that ID is NOT a supernatural explanation--the Judge doesn't even mention with these statements, much less explain why the Court disagrees with them.
(1) Incredibly, this trial court decision describes itself as the final answer for all courts, behaving and talking like it was handed down from the Supreme Court, as precedent for all. (pg. 63-64).
** Even if these points are true, which some people may believe they are, courts have no business ruling on such matters. These are not issues for courts to rule on.
Regarding the overreaching, Id first like to explain this point in more detail with regards to my point number 8 above. The Judges ruling that evolution IS compatible with religion is a clear case of judicial activism. Judicial activism is when a Judge tries to create law that he or she is not authorized to make. My reasons for this are simple: It is clear from previous decisions from our U.S. Supreme Court that courts have no business ruling on the validity of religious beliefs. This will be seen further below.
First, here is what Judge Jones wrote in his ruling:
The great thing about our First Amendment is that it preserves the rights of religious persons to believe whatever they want. Consider these clear statements from the U.S. Supreme Court which make it clear that what Judge Jones did was inappropriate for a court ruling:
"Laws are made for the government of actions, and while they cannot interfere with mere religious belief and opinions, they may with practices." (Reynolds v. United States, 98 U.S. 145, 166 (1878))
"'The law knows no heresy, and is committed to the support of no dogma, the establishment of no sect. ... Freedom of thought, which includes freedom of religious belief, is basic in a society of free men. It embraces the right to maintain theories of life and of death and of the hereafter which are rank heresy to followers of the orthodox faiths. Heresy trials are foreign to our Constitution. Men may believe what they cannot prove. They may not be put to the proof of their religious doctrines or beliefs. Religious experiences which are as real as life to some may be incomprehensible to others. Yet the fact that they may be beyond the ken of mortals does not mean that they can be made suspect before the law. ... The religious views espoused by respondents might seem incredible, if not preposterous, to most people. But if those doctrines are subject to trial before a jury charged with finding their truth or falsity, then the same can be done with the religious beliefs of any sect. When the triers of fact undertake that task, they enter a forbidden domain. The First Amendment does not select any one group or any one type of religion for preferred treatment. It puts them all in that position." (U.S. v. Ballard , 322 U.S. 78 (1944); internal citations omitted for clarity)
This is a clear-cut case of judicial activism, at least in this regard. So while the Judge did have the right to determine constitutional issues about teaching ID (I dont question his right in that regard), his clear judicial activism and overreaching in other areas makes the entire decision less credible. He literally was preaching from the bench, and his over-extending of his rights to power make it clear that his ruling has questionable authority. If you don't believe me, reread the passage from Jones ruling carefully before moving on to the next section:
Part III: Analysis of the Ruling and the Judges reasoning about whether or not ID is science:
The Judges reasons that ID isnt science, but rather religion, were all based upon inaccurate characterizations of ID or false statements of facts. Given that the Judge got simple facts incorrect such as whether or not ID proponents have published peer-reviewed papers in favor of ID (this is a black and white issue: such papers have been published, as discussed below; yet the judge incorrectly claimed they havent), its hard to see this opinion as properly informed and credible.
Here is a passage from the decision which summarizes this part ruling from Judge Jones:
(1) Decision: We find that ID fails on three different levels, any one of which is sufficient to preclude a determination that ID is science. They are: (1) ID violates the centuries-old ground rules of science by invoking and permitting supernatural causation;
My comment: ID is not an argument for a supernatural causation. Here, the Judge premises his entire decision upon a false understanding of ID. Please see this link or this link to understand in more detail why ID does not invoke a supernatural explanation. Perhaps the fullest rebuttals to this charge come from the Amicus Briefs submitted in the case, which the Judge completely ignored. Follow any of these links to see extensive documentation of how intelligent design does not postulate a supernatural cause, but simply postulates intelligent agency:
[Explains how "The Theory of Intelligent Design Does Not Postulate a Supernatural Creator and Is Distinct from Creationism"; see pages 22-25]
[This appendix to Discovery's Amicus Brief provides "Documentation showing that the scientific theory of intelligent design makes no claims about the identity or nature of the intelligent cause responsible for life."]
[This Amicus Brief submitted by the publisher of Pandas explains how "Intelligent design, as described in Pandas, is distinct from creationism because it does not use science to postulate a supernatural creator, nor does it attempt to validate the Biblical account in Genesis"; see pages 5-12]
[Provides documentation via scans of early drafts of Pandas and quotes from published versions of the textbook showing the textbook was never attempting to postulate a "supernatural creator."]
Additionally, consider this unambiguous testimony from pro-ID biologist, defense expert witness Scott Minnich, which apparently had no influence upon the Judge's decision:
A. I do.
Q. What is that opinion?
A. It does not.
(Day 20 PM, pg. 46; see also Day 20 PM, pg. 135)
"Surely the intelligent design explanation has unanswered questions of its own. But unanswered questions, which exist on both sides, are an essential part of healthy science; they define the areas of needed research. Questions often expose hidden errors that have impeded the progress of science. For example, the place of intelligent design in science has been troubling for more than a century. That is because on the whole, scientists from within Western culture failed to distinguish between intelligence, which can be recognized by uniform sensory experience, and the supernatural, which cannot. Today we recognize that appeals to intelligent design may be considered in science, as illustrated by current NASA search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI). Archaeology has pioneered the development of methods for distinguishing the effects of natural and intelligent causes. We should recognize, however, that if we go further, and conclude that the intelligence responsible for biological origins is outside the universe (supernatural) or within it, we do so without the help of science." (Of Pandas and People, pg. 126-127, emphasis added)
Regardless of the outcome of this case, one would have expected these 2 passages from Pandas to weigh heavily in the nature of the decision, given that they address how intelligent design deals with the question of the supernatural. In fact, the Judge completely ignored these passages, except for a brief quote where he quotes Pandas as if it is stating the precise opposite of what it is actually stating:
If there were any doubts that Pandas is not trying to give a particular religious answer regarding the question of the identity of the designer, consider this quote from the "Note to Teachers" at the end of the textbook:
(2) Decision: (2) the argument of irreducible complexity, central to ID, employs the same flawed and illogical contrived dualism that doomed creation science in the 1980's;
My comment: This is not true at all. Irreducible complexity (IC) does not employ contrived dualism because irreducible complexity is a form of specified complexity which is a hallmark of something which was produced by intelligent agency. The Judge again misunderstands ID: irreducible complexity is an argument against evolution but it is also a purposeful arrangement of parts which is central to intelligent design. As Michael Behe writes:
(Michael Behe, Intelligent Design Theory as a Tool, in Mere Creation, pg. 179)
The Judge badly misunderstood ID as simply a negative argument against evolution. This could not be further from the truth. Consider these quotes from leading ID theorists regarding the positive arguments we make for design. These quotes explain that design is inferred because of our positive understanding of the types of information produced when intelligent agents act:
"Though defined as a negation, design delivers much more than a negation To see why the filter is so well suited for recognizing intelligent agency, we must understand what it is about intelligent agents that reveals their activity. The principal characteristic of intelligent agency is directed contingency, or what we call choice. Specification is the only means available to us for distinguishing choice from chance, directed contingency from blind contingency." (William A. Dembski, The Design Inference, pg. 62, 64 (emphasis in original).)
"As I testified, the ID argument is an induction, not an analogy. Inductions do not depend on the degree of similarity of examples within the induction. Examples only have to share one or a subset of relevant properties. For example, the induction that, ceteris paribus, black objects become warm in the sunlight holds for a wide range of dissimilar objects. A black automobile and a black rock become warm in the sunlight, even though they have many dissimilarities. The induction holds because they share a similar relevant property, their blackness. The induction that many fragments rushing away from each other indicates a past explosion holds for both firecrackers and the universe (in the Big Bang theory), even though firecrackers and the universe have many, many dissimilarities. Cellular machines and machines in our everyday world share a relevant property their functional complexity, born of a purposeful arrangement of parts and so inductive conclusions to design can be drawn on the basis of that shared property. To call an induction into doubt one has to show that dissimilarities make a relevant difference to the property one wishes to explain." (Whether Intelligent Design is Science A Response to the Opinion of the Court in Kitzmiller vs Dover Area School District, by Michael Behe)
Clearly Judge Jones mischaracterized ID as merely a negative argument against evolution. Behe himself explains these positive arguments. I will end this section with an excellent piece of testimony from Scott Minnich, completely ignored by Judge Jones in the ruling, which explains how ID is a positive argument based upon our experience of what intelligent agents produce:
(3) Decision: (3) ID s negative attacks on evolution have been refuted by the scientific community.
My Comment: The judge should have shown more restraint than to adjudicate scientific matters related to evolution. These were issues which should not have been decided by the judiciary. Whether or not ID is accurate is not for judges to decide. This is why one court correctly observed:
At this point, it would be appropriate to critique the Judges claims that Behe ignores exaptation (i.e. co-option) in his writings. The Judge writes:
Dr. Kenneth Miller, lead expert evolutionist biology witness for the plaintiffs during the Kitzmiller trial, used this exaptation-of-the-TTSS same argument at trial when he claimed that the existence of the TTSS refutes irreducible complexity for the bacterial flagellum. Yet the authority on bacterial phylogenies for the flagellum, Milton Saier still believes that TTSS evolved FROM the flagellum, not the other way around, making Miller's claim highly dubious (see Milton Saier, "Evolution of bacterial type III protein secretion systems," Trends in Microbiology Vol 12 (3) pg. 113-15, March, 2004). However, Millers argument has a much deeper flaw, as it sets up a straw-man version of irreducible complexity which Miller then purports to refute.
Miller states that IC is refuted if you can find any use for some sub-part of the system:
(Dr. Kenneth Miller Testimony, Day 1, PM Session, page 16)
Firstly, refuting both Judge Jones's claim that Behe "attempts to exclude the phenomenon of exaptation by definitional fiat" and also Miller's statement that "Behe's prediction is that the parts of any irreducibly complex system should have no useful function," consider these passages from Darwins Black Box on the origins of the cilium where Behe discusses and evaluates the possibility of exaptation (also called "co-option"):
"For example, suppose you wanted to make a mousetrap. In your garage you might have a piece of wood from an old Popsicle stick (for the platform), a spring from an old wind-up clock, a piece of metal (for the hammer) in the form of a crowbar, a darning needle for the holding bar, and a bottle cap that you fancy to use as a catch. But these pieces couldn't form a functioning mousetrap without extensive modification, and while the modification was going on, they would be unable to work as a mousetrap. Their previous functions make them ill- suited for virtually any new role as part of a complex system. In the case of the cilium, there are analogous problems. The mutated protein that accidentally stuck to microtubules would block their function as "highways" of transport. A protein that indiscriminately bound microtubules together would disrupt the cell's shape--just as a building's shape would be disrupted by an erroneously placed cable that accidentally pulled together girders supporting the building. A linker that strengthened microtubule bundles for structural supports would tend to make them inflexible, unlike the flexible linker nexin. An unregulated motor protein, freshly binding to microtubules, would push apart micrutubules that should be close together. The incipient cilium would not be at the cell surface. If it were not at the cell surface, then internal beating could disrupt the cell; but even if it were at the cell surface, the number of motor proteins would probably not be enough to move the cilium. And even if the cilium moved, an awkward stroke would not necessarily move the cell. And if the cell did move, it would be an unregulated motion using energy and not corresponding to any need of the cell. (Michael Behe, Darwins Black Box, pg. 66-67)
So what exactly is Behe saying, and how is it different from Millers characterization? Behe actually formulates irreducible complexity as a test of building an entire system. IC operates on a collection of parts, not each individual part. Even if a separate function could be found for a sub-system, that would not refute the irreducible complexity of the system as a whole.
Here Behe formulates irreducible complexity by looking at the final system to see if it can be produced in a step-by-step fashion:
(Michael Behe, Darwin's Black Box, pg. 39 (Free Press, 1996), emphasis added)
Miller thus mischaracterizes Behe's argument as one which focuses on the non-functionality of sub-parts, while Behe looks at the ability of the entire system to ultimately assemble, even if sub-parts can have functions outside of the final system.
To understand how Miller's test fails to accurately apply to Behe's formulation of irreducible complexity, consider the example of a car engine and a metal bolt. Under Miller's logic, if a vital bolt in my car's engine might also used as a lugnut, then my car's whole engine is not irreducibly complex. But such an argument is fallacious. In the discussion of the irreducible complexity of an engine, then you have to focus on the function of the engine itself, and not on the functionality of a sub-part that might operate elsewhere. Of course one could use a bolt out of my engine for some other purpose in my car--perhaps as a something like a lugnut. But this observation does not explain how many complex parts such as the pistons, cylinders, camshaft, valves, crankshaft, sparkplugs, distributor cap, and wiring came together in the appropriate configuration to make a functional car engine. Even if each part could perform some other function in the car, how were these parts assembled properly to construct a functional engine? The answer will require intelligent design.
Behe says a system is irreducibly complex if the system stops functioning if one part is removed. This is the appropriate test of Darwins theory because it asks the question, is there a minimal level of complexity which is required for functionality of this system. Clearly my cars engine has a core set of parts necessary in order for it to function. The ability of an engine bolt to also serve as a lugnut does not refute the irreducibly complex arrangement of parts necessary to make the final engine-system function. Behe does not say that subsystems cannot play some other role in the cellbut that evolution requires that the macrosystem must be built up in a slight, step-by-step fashion, where each step is functional.
Miller has built a straw-test for refuting irreducible complexity. The test is not can one small part of the macrosystem be used to do something else, as Miller says it is, but rather it is can the system as a whole be built in a step-by-step fashion which does not require any non-slight modifications to gain the final target function. Even if Miller could find that every part of the flagellum existed somewhere else in bacteria (which he cannothe only accounts for the basal body, which constitutes less than 1/3 of the total flagellar proteins), Miller is no where close to explaining the evolution of the flagellum until he can explain how all of those parts came together to produce a functional bacterial flagellum.
William Dembski captures the essence of the problem with Miller's definition and treatment of IC in his expert rebuttal refutes this objection for the bacterial flagellum when he writes:
C2: Synchronization. The availability of these parts would have to be synchronized so that at some point, either individually or in combination, they are all available at the same time.
C3: Localization. The selected parts must all be made available at the same construction site, perhaps not simultaneously but certainly at the time they are needed.
C4: Coordination. The parts must be coordinated in just the right way: even if all of the parts of a flagellum are available at the right time, it is clear that the majority of ways of assembling them will be non-functional or irrelevant.
C5: Interface compatibility. The parts must be mutually compatible, that is, well-matched and capable of properly interacting: even if a paddle, rotor, and motor are put together in the right order, they also need to interface correctly.
Figure a: An Arch is irreducibly complex: if one removes a piece, the pieces will fall down.
According to Miller, if we can find a function for some sub-piece, then a system is not irreducibly complex. Lets now break this arch into sub-pieces:
Figure b: Here an arch has been broken up into subpieces. Miller has apparently found a flagellar sub-system which can perform some function. It comprises no more than 1/3 of the total flagellar parts. Thus in this arch, there is one large sub-section (labeled "s") which can stand on its own, or presumably, have some other function outside of the arch. However, the ability of this one piece to stand on its own does not imply that the arch is reducibly complex. For example, if one were to remove the top piece (t), the arch would crumble, even if (s) can still remain standing (figure c):
Figure c: Even if (s) can have a function (i.e. stand) on its own, this does not imply that the arch as a whole is not irreducibly complex and can be built up in a step-by-step manner.
Millers test of irreducible complexity is a straw test. What Miller should have said was:
If Miller could find functions for all flagellar sub-systems outside of the flagellum, he would admittedly be making progress towards an evolutionary explanation by satisfying Angus Menuge's first criterion of "Availability" (C1). All Miller would have to then do would be to explain the Synchronization (C2), Localization (C3), Coordination (C4), and Interface compatibility (C5) and he would account for the evolution of the flagellum. But Miller has not done any of this. As it stands, he holds only the TTSS in his hand, and accounts for less than 1/3 of Menuge's first step. Given that Scott Minnich's testimony that his own experimental tests point towards the IC of the flagellum with respect to its genes (see below), it seems that the evidence currently strongly points towards IC of the bacterial flagellum.
Perhaps evolution will ultimately explain the flagellum--but Judge Jones decides that we should put all our money on evolution despite the fact that all we have is a little blip in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, or a bolt, or a bottom section of the arch. Nonetheless, the Judge decides that Ken Miller's weak arguments and inaccurate characterizations of irreducible complexity are uncritically correct. The pro-ID arguments were never soundly refuted, regardless of what the Judge said. The Judge simply accepted whatever the plaintiffs said, hook line and sinker.
[4], [5], [6]: Decision: [4]As we will discuss in more detail below, it is additionally important to note that ID has failed to gain acceptance in the scientific community, [5] it has not generated peer-reviewed publications, [6] nor has it been the subject of testing and research....
My comment: This again is simply a false statement. While its clear that ID is a minority viewpoint, the central holding of the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Daubert. V. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals that an acceptance test is inappropriate as a litmus test for determining if something is science. Regarding peer review, the Judge simply ignored the evidence and invented the facts as he pleased. Please see also this page for more information. But here is a listing of just a few peer-reviewed books or articles published in mainstream literature supporting and testing ID:
Finally, there is much positive evidence for intelligent design which has been tested experimentally. At trial, Scott Minnich testified about his experiments testing irreducible complexity. Minnich begins by explaining how molecular machines can be tested for the presence of irreducible complexity:
(Day 20 pm, pg. 103-104)
This is the bread and butter of molecular genetics. If these systems we worked on weren't irreducibly complex, we would know very little about them. This is a mechanism how the fact that we want to identify all the components of a given molecular machine, we make mutants that trash the system, sort out, map the mutations, how many genes are involved, and then start piecing it back together. It's a very reverse engineering procedure more attuned to, you know, this concept of intelligent design or reverse the design process to understand how these systems work.
(Day 20, pm pg. 104-105)
Minnich then explained his methods:
(Day 20, pm, pg. 105)
(Day 20, pm, pg. 106)
(Day 20, pm pg. 107-108)
A. By definition I mean all the components for the type three system were identified by mutational analysis, and in this case attenuation of virulence.
(Day 20, pm pg. 112)
A. Some of the work. The theoretical work is. I mean, Mike Behe published this paper. Axe published his paper in terms of evolution and proteins. That addresses these issues.
(Day 21 pg. 85)
This reveals a consistent theme throughout the trial: if the defense experts said it, the Judge ignored it. If the plaintiffs said it, the Judge believed it. This held true for black and white issues which the Judge got wrong, such as "Have ID proponents produced peer-reviewed literature?" to more difficult ones such as "Does the Type III Secretory System refute irreducible complexity?" or "Does intelligent design postulate a supernatural creator?" (It is actually quite simple to address the latter question if one simply reads the writings of ID proponents.) In each case, the defense gave full rebuttals to the arguments of the plaintiffs. And the Judge ignored them. That the Judge got the simple black & white issues wrong gives pause to wonder, "Perhaps he got the bigger issues wrong as well."
Part IV: Is this ruling the final word?
In my number 1 problem with this ruling above, I noted that "Incredibly, this trial court decision describes itself as the final answer for all courts, behaving and talking like it was handed down from the Supreme Court, as precedent for all." This statement was based upon an incredible statement by Judge Jones in the case:
Indeed, in America, only the U.S. Supreme Court has the final say on legal matters. And there is a very good reason why the higher up one goes in the federal court system, the more judges there on a panel deciding a given case: cases which are binding over larger parts of the country require larger numbers of judges, to ensure more accuracy in legal decisions that impact more people. This case will only impact the parties which were involved. Judge Jones did not have the right to think that he was the final word on this matter. In fact, there are very good reasons to believe that in the future, other courts may come to different outcome....
I hope this brief analysis has shown that many of the Judges holdings in this case were not rooted in reality. In fact, I observed 6 days of this trial firsthand, and having eye-witnessed various parts of the trial, I came away quite encouraged: the nature of the plaintiffs' scientific and legal arguments presented at trial were incredibly weak. This should actually encourage that design proponents have the science and law on our side. It is no surprise that the Darwinists are trumpeting this case as a big win or the final word in this debate. But it isn't. I find great confidence in the fact that the plaintiffs won only by misrepresenting intelligent design. It is simply unfortunate that the plaintiffs' false version of intelligent design became canonized into this particular opinion.
Here are 4 of their misrepresentations which the judge believed but are refuted by reality:
While this was an unfortunate ruling, readers should keep in mind that one cannot force the empirical evidence for design out of the cell by judicial decree. Thus, this ruling is not the final word and this debate is most certainly not over.
Links for Further Reading:
[from Middle District of Pennsylvania Website]
- "The Separation of Powers in Establishment Jurisprudence: Arnold H. Loewy Gets What Judge Jones Didn't"
- "Law Review Article Supports Constitutionality of Teaching Intelligent Design"
- "Anti-ID Legal Scholar: 'By Defining Science, the Judge Acted Beyond the Judicial Role'"
[Defends the legality of teaching intelligent design]
[Provides documentation of peer-reviewed and scholarly literature demonstrating that ID is not a supernatural explanation]
[Explains why courts should not define science and should provide academic freedom to scientists regardless of their religious or anti-religious motivations]
[Defends the Pandas textbook and rebuts the assertion that ID is creationism; deals extensively with the "early drafts used creationist language" argument of the Darwinists]
[Provides documentation via scans of early drafts of Pandas showing the textbook did not use the word "creation" in an unconstitutional fashion]
[Corrects the record with documentation of how leading ID proponents did NOT favor Dover's policy to mandate ID]
Response to the ACLU Intelligent Design FAQ (Written before the trial, but responds to many assertions made by plaintiffs, and the final decision, in this case):
Other Informational and Response Links:
[A critique of the Kitzmiller decision which originally occurred as a four part blog post on the Evolution News & Views Blog in December, 2005.]
[A FAQ for the interested layperson about the case from the Evolution News & Views Blog]
[University of Chicago Law Professor Albert Alschuler critiques the Dover Decision in a 2 part series posted on the University of Chicago Faculty Blog]
[A good analysis critiquing arguments that ID is creationism.]
[A good analysis of a key portion of the Kitzmiller decision. See Kevin Wirth's main Kitzmiller resource page as well.]
[A rebuttal to Judge Jones from philosopher Alvin Plantinga, published in Science & Theology News, March 7, 2006.]
[A point-by-point response to the Judges rulings on the scientific validity of ID from a pro-ID biologist and expert witness for the defense in the Kitzmiller trial]
For more comprehensive yet concise response to the Kitzmiller decision, coauthored by the author of this page, check out Traipsing Into Evolution by David DeWolf, John G. West, Casey Luskin, and Jonathan Witt.
Other Links of Interest:
[from Middle District of Pennsylvania Website]
- "The Separation of Powers in Establishment Jurisprudence: Arnold H. Loewy Gets What Judge Jones Didn't"
- "Law Review Article Supports Constitutionality of Teaching Intelligent Design"
- "Anti-ID Legal Scholar: 'By Defining Science, the Judge Acted Beyond the Judicial Role'"
[Defends the legality of teaching intelligent design]
[Provides documentation of peer-reviewed and scholarly literature demonstrating that ID is not a supernatural explanation]
[Explains why courts should not define science and should provide academic freedom to scientists regardless of their religious or anti-religious motivations]
[Defends the Pandas textbook and rebuts the assertion that ID is creationism; deals extensively with the "early drafts used creationist language" argument of the Darwinists]
[Provides documentation via scans of early drafts of Pandas showing the textbook did not use the word "creation" in an unconstitutional fashion]
[Corrects the record with documentation of how leading ID proponents did NOT favor Dover's policy to mandate ID]
Response to the ACLU Intelligent Design FAQ (Written before the trial, but responds to many assertions made by plaintiffs, and the final decision, in this case):
Other Informational and Response Links:
[A critique of the Kitzmiller decision which originally occurred as a four part blog post on the Evolution News & Views Blog in December, 2005.]
[A FAQ for the interested layperson about the case from the Evolution News & Views Blog]
[University of Chicago Law Professor Albert Alschuler critiques the Dover Decision in a 2 part series posted on the University of Chicago Faculty Blog]
[A good analysis critiquing arguments that ID is creationism.]
[A good analysis of a key portion of the Kitzmiller decision. See Kevin Wirth's main Kitzmiller resource page as well.]
[A rebuttal to Judge Jones from philosopher Alvin Plantinga, published in Science & Theology News, March 7, 2006.]
[A point-by-point response to the Judges rulings on the scientific validity of ID from a pro-ID biologist and expert witness for the defense in the Kitzmiller trial]


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I am sick with envy! Sick with it! BUT! I'm going in December! Plane ticket's not purchased quite yet but that's just a technicality! And I'm desperate to get tickets to DIQ. Welcome back, Mawb!
Hahah well, that's not long to wait and I really think you'll have a great time. The best advice I got was to go with no preconceived expectations and just enjoy the country and culture for what it is. I liked everywhere I travelled equally, though ended up with a particular fondness for Kanazawa on the grounds that it's just rammed with cultural/historical stuff that I like to do. But every city i went to was quite different from the next (I planned it that way) and so that kept everything fresh and exciting as I moved around.
Tokyo… I don't know. I was absolutely tip-top fine there because while it's a few years since I lived near London, and Tokyo is laid out quite differently anyway, I am still very familiar with underground railway systems and generally negotiating large, unplanned cities. I automatically slipped into the habit of allowing for travel time and navigating by landmark. But I can absolutely see why some people are overwhelmed by Tokyo or find it a bit scary. I'll try and help you with any tips you need though (like where to find stuff if I have been there, or how to get to hide's grave if you want to go - that's in the country south of Tokyo on a small railway line, but totally doable).
DIQ is usually a big show and last year they did three DIQs I think, including one in Sendai because of what happened there. I think you can usually get tickets on the day at the box office so you should manage fine. Or if you have a friend in Japan they can get one for you from one of the machines in a Lawson convenience store.
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The new Super Duty Platinum will be distinguished from the rest of the line-up thanks to its grille that features a satin chrome surround, a monochromatic bumper and chrome tow hooks. The chrome treatment has also been applied to the door handles, mirror caps, running boards and exhaust tip. A "Platinum" logo will help you to further identify and a new set of 20" polished-aluminum wheels with painted black inserts are the final element for the new Platinum trim.
For the interior Ford is offering a combination of the highest quality wood grain and quality leather. The steering wheel is heated and leather-wrapped, with genuine wood accents, while the instrument panel, center stack and door trims are all wrapped in premium wood grain. The seats are wrapped in softer, premium leather and they have a "Platinum" logo embroidered on fine craftsmanship.
Exterior colors include: Ruby Red, Kodiak Brown, Tuxedo Black, Ingot Silver and White Platinum and for the interior Pecan and Midnight Black.
The engine
The new Ford F-Series Super Duty Platinum will be available only in the Super Duty crew cab and it can be ordered as an F-250, F-350 or F-450 pickup. Under the hood you can opt for either a 6.7-liter Power Stroke diesel engine or the 6.2-liter V8 gas engine. The two engines will be mated to a 6R140 heavy-duty TorqShift six-speed transmission.
The diesel version delivers an impressive 400 HP and 800 lb-ft of torque, while the gas version delivers a total of 385 HP and 405 lbs-ft.
The new 2013 Ford F-Series Super Duty Platinum will go on sale later this year. prices will be announced closer to its market launch.
The competition
We believe that the new Platinum version makes from the Super Duty a cooler pick-up when compared to competitors like Nissan Titan or Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD . The Titan is powered by a 5.6-liter DOHC Endurance V8 rated at 317 horsepower and 385 lb-ft torque - a huge advantage for the Platinum no matter what engine you will opt for. The Silverado is powered by a 6.6 Liter Duramax diesel engine mated to a heavy duty Allison 1000 six speed transmission and sprint from 0 to 60 mph in under 9 seconds.
- We just love those chrome elements
- Both diesel and petrol
- High quality interior
- Only comes in Super Duty crew cab version


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Hi folks,
Has anyone self installed Ruckus?
We'd be looking to self install a controller and 25 APs, but just checking what the reality of that is, or whether it needs a "partner".
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Hi folks,
Has anyone self installed Ruckus?
We'd be looking to self install a controller and 25 APs, but just checking what the reality of that is, or whether it needs a "partner".
It's plug and play really to get the basics up and running so if you are confident with the config of things like the SSIDs, security settings, RADIUS, SNMP etc... (and if using them) then go for it. I've fitted my own each time without any issues. You can get a cool fitting kit for the APs which are great cost a few £ but well worth it compared to using the holes on the back of the APs and work well and have a template in the box :)
I did a Ruckus install. Controller and 10 APs as @john says it was a case of plugging in the controller and setting it up then connect the APs. Job done. I'll add though that all cabling was already in place, as were switches and PoE midspan (if using PoE).
I had assistance with the first-time setup on the controller to save time, but I'm pretty sure I could have done it without. I also put up all the APs myself, though we did all our own cabling and hardware installs in my last school so I've had plenty of experience doing it.
Basic Ruckus install takes about 10 minutes. I'll do it for you. For half what the "partner" charges... :D
Thanks all. I've got this old view that the more complex wireless setups are done with a partner, but having thought about it a bit more we have all the cabling and locations ready to go (we have a piecemeal setup at the moment of independent WAPs) therefore it's more a case of swapping out kit, followed by controller setup.
I know nothing about Radius, but have a fairly good knowledge of router and WAP setup. I don't know if we would go to the lengths of Radius, but at least have dual SSID WPA. The purpose of the dual SSID would be to add a visitor network, so some thought there would be required perhaps in terms of VLANs to keep away from school traffic.
I'm guessing that Ruckus WAPs need PoE, or can they operate via a power adapter? (or failing that PoE injection, as we don't have capable switches)
Having VLANs to separate the traffic would be sensible - and Ruckus has a really nice "guest pass" facility that allows you to set how long guest access is valid for each individual device or user.
The WAPs don't come with power adapters but they're available as an optional extra. PoE injectors would work fine too...
Radius can be a little bit daunting if you've never implemented it before, but in reality (in my opinion) with a Windows network is very easy to implement. The best thing is that you can setup various SSIDs with Ruckus and so mess around with Radius without affecting anyone.
We installed our own (including the wiring) and it was straight forward. I'm sure you'll be fine. You'll need to buy the equipment with support, so there is always someone you can phone if you get stuck configuring the controller.
I did ours. Piece of cake. Really, it really was a piece of cake. Get it planned first, your IP addresses etc. Walk in the park. Can't think of any others.
According to Ruckus you need to make sure that if your ruckus network is sitting on a VLAN and your SSIDs on different VLANs, then your switch ports are tagged and trunked.
I'm in the process of doing this but can't figure out why our APs can't talk to the DHCP server.
In ProCurve speak:
Untagged for the VLAN you wan't the AP management in
Tagged for the VLANs you use for the relevant SSIDs available on that AP.
I assume you don't mean trunked as in link aggregation, the controller and APs have 2 port switches IIRC, not two individual ports. (The second on the controller is really only for plugging APs in as a PoE port to download the fw/config if needed before putting them up).
Ruckus say you have to trunk each individual port as a trunk so the APs can carry multiple tagged VLANs, or something like that.
Can I achieve this on a HP switch network without trunking a port.
Trunking on HP (not sure if it's the same on the Comware ones) is *always* link aggregation. "Trunking" on Cisco and others allows specified VLANs to be available to that port. Is is just the same word with different meaning depending on manufacturer.
You do not do this with Procurve, instead ports are set to "tagged" on each of the vlans they wish to be available. Procurves carry multiple tagged vlans, simply by tagging one or more. Set the port to untagged in the VLAN the AP should communicate to the controller on.
So in summary,
controller sits on vlan 80 untagged, tagged 81-87 for SSIDs.
APs untagged 80, tagged 81-87 for its SSIDs.
Do I need to setup the access vlan on each controller for the ipv4 address to 80 also, or is 1 ok?
Do I also need to change the access vlan 1 for the management IP to 80?
Do I need to set the AP policies to vlan 80 or keep it set to "AP settings"?
Ive done a self install of ruckus but had a bit of training on best practice when we bought it. Did my own survey too and its simple, like many others the APs are plug and play, just edit the main policy on controller for the access points to make sure there are locked down. I was worried about the setup if the vlans but soon got my head around it. Ive got HP switches and everything just works. What will you be using to give out the DHCP addresses? You may have to include the command ip helper on the switches. If you have a smoothwall you can get that to do most of it for you without the need of the ip helper command. Its all good fun :).


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Posted by Anthony Mullen on the Marketing Leadership Professionals Blog on October 15, 2013
Brands deals with human needs and wants. Leo Burnett, the advertising executive, said: "The work of an advertising agency is warmly and immediately human. It deals with human needs, wants, dreams, and hopes." Smart brands know not to initially focus on what they have to sell but rather on how it meets consumers' needs. If you can address a strong consumer need, you will get those consumers to act. If you can get them to act, then you have opened an all-important channel of dialogue.
The fulfillment of consumer needs, however, is not always a linear hierarchic approach as proposed by Maslow and effectively debunked by Forrester analyst James McQuivey in his book Digital Disruption. Human needs take place simultaneously and are fuelled by a mix of short- and long-term motivations — some conscious and some unconscious. As a student, I would sometimes forgo food on a Friday so I could afford to go to a concert that night; or consider a Spanish couple postponing the short-term comfort of a much-needed upgrade to their central heating so they can put their child through the next year of college.
The pyramid diagram below shows how the foundation of this needs-based thinking is built from the ground up, from customer descriptions through to the technology and KPIs applied.
Posted by James McQuivey on the CMOs Blog on October 25, 2012
In just a few hours I will be on stage keynoting Forrester's eBusiness and Channel Strategy Forum: Seizing Opportunity From Digital Disruption. This is an exciting event because it was one year ago at this same forum that I debuted our research on Digital Disruption, to overwhelmingly positive response.
It's now a year later and a lot has happened. Digital Disruption will soon be available as a hardback book (also as an eBook, natch). You can pre-order a copy now at Forr.com/DDbook. To complete the book I had to get far outside of my comfort zone -- I work with media companies and consumer product companies primarily, but to prove that digital disruption is a fundamental change in the way we all do business, I had to interview people in the pharmaceutical industry, the military camouflage industry, and I even recently spoke to the CIO of a cement manufacturer! And to my pleasant surprise, they were every bit as digitally disruptive as their counterparts in the consumer-facing enterprises that we think of when we imagine digital disruption.
One of the main reasons every company can be and eventually must be a digital disruptor is the rise of digital platforms. These platforms are founded on a set of devices, wrapped together with software experiences that identify each customer individually, and are open to app contributions from thousands of partners. The platform owners that matter today are Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft.
Posted by David Johnson on the Infrastructure & Operations Professionals Blog on October 1, 2012
Technology Vendors for IT Focus on IT Spend
Forrester's technology vendor clients prefer data over analysis, whereas our IT clients prefer analysis. The vendors are gracious and will sit through a few slides of customer problem examples and politely let me wax on about where their real opportunities are, but most only really perk up when I get to the data slides. Having been responsible for product strategy for software product lines myself, I understand precisely why this is the case: When you're in middle management, your ability to get oxygen (read: funding) to sustain your team depends on your ability to make a case, and the case is usually predicated on IT spend.
Posted by JP Gownder on the Infrastructure & Operations Professionals Blog on July 25, 2011
We talk to product strategists in a wide variety of industries. Regardless of the vertical industry of their companies, they tell us that the release of new, disruptive products -- like Apple's iPad -- changes their relationships with their customers. Oftentimes, nearly overnight.
Whether their product comes in the form of "bits" (content, like media, software, or games) or "atoms" (physical products, like shoes, consumer packaged goods, or hardware), consumer product strategists must navigate a world filled with a dizzying array of new devices (like mobile phones, tablet computers, connected TVs, game consoles, eBook readers, and of course PCs). We call this proliferation of devices the Splinternet, a world in which consumers access the digital world across a diverse and growing number of hardware and platforms. And product strategists have to react by developing new apps, by crafting digital product experiences, and by rethinking their product marketing.
Delivering digital products across the Splinternet isn't easy: It requires understanding -- and acting upon -- an ever-changing landscape of consumer preferences and behaviors. It also requires reapportioning scarce resources -- for example, from web development to iPad or Android development. Yet product strategists who fail to contend with newly disruptive devices (like the iPad or Xbox Kinect) will find themselves in danger of being left behind -- no matter what industry they're in.
We'd like to invite product strategists to take our super-quick, two-minute survey to help us better understand how you are reacting to disruptions caused by the Splinternet:
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and related to the last tweet - i love this site design. it earns the right to use that URL http://lookslikegooddesign.com/ (@jonaskamber)
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RT @schoolbinder: "The assessment is the starting point for teaching...not the end point." http://j.mp/jxi5ZZ @uncommonschools
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RT @schnaars: RT @smersy: Awesome. "You're way too dumb to figure out if your idea is good. It's up to the masses." http://t.co/ehsys7K
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RT @schoolbinder: Without rigorous interim assessments, analyzing year-end test results is like conducting an autopsy. #drivenbydata
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Coming across kickstarter projects like this makes me happy and inspired: http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2011/06/inspiration.html (via @fredwilson)
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A NC man robbed a bank of $1 to go to jail for free healthcare. It was only a matter of time until someone did it http://ow.ly/5m87X
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Some snazzy CSS to give a webpage some depth: http://playground.genelocklin.com/depth/
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we agree with this post :) RT @alltop_facebook: Edmodo vs @SchoolBinder http://bit.ly/lxR4vf
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RT @garrytan: Y Combinator Brings On Alumni To Be "Part Time Partners" http://t.co/RpSesjN via @TechCrunch
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i need to ingrain this in my head while designing V1 of anything RT @tomkrieglstein: Perfection Takes Time.. [IMAGE] http://dlvr.it/VqHkd
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$200-$800 an hour for a tutor?!? NYC parents/competitiveness are out of control (and i need to take advantage) http://ow.ly/5eeSO
posted on 6/9/2011 a 12:06 pm
Part of the reason i hate using java web frameworks is how awful the doc sites and demos look. it leaves me so uninspired
posted on 6/9/2011 a 9:54 am
the last fandango @livingsocial deal was used for bridesmaids. i will redeem myself with this one. http://ow.ly/5dRl8
posted on 6/9/2011 a 6:02 am
Woohoo NYC! I just scooped $5 - One AMC Theatres Silver Experience Movie Ticket http://t.co/1mXlNTy via @scoopst
posted on 6/7/2011 a 9:00 am
@melisbt try rewriting it, lol. i took the 9 nested blocks to 1, and 45 lines to 15 http://ow.ly/i/czXw could be better, but its a start
posted on 6/6/2011 a 11:41 am
this kid hustled his entire life, by the true definition. amazing story - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BewknNW2b8Y&feature=player_embedded
posted on 6/6/2011 a 5:53 am
congrats tullerdino! amazing job RT @alexandertuller: I just finished a 24.2 mi run with a time of 4:15:34 with Nike+ GPS. #nikeplus
posted on 6/5/2011 a 2:58 pm
RT @schoolbinder: Schoolbinder is in the Chrome Web Store! https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/epfdfjloienldinofenlheolloialopa
posted on 6/5/2011 a 12:15 pm
just paid my student loans off. in fact, AES owes me 17 cents. #goodsaturday
posted on 6/4/2011 a 10:10 am
people thought the linkedin IPO was out of control - i think the Groupon IPO could turn into a circus http://t.co/CESbrEB
posted on 6/2/2011 a 12:04 pm
TAG | Money Saving
Making the decision to live within your means is like a pre-nuptial agreement with your job. Failure to do so could leave you in a bad financial position if things don't work out.
This jumped out at me while reading two posts loosely related on the surface: one that analyzes why so many Ivy League graduates join Wall St firms upon graduation (link) and the other discussing the burden of consumer debt (link). With all of the job dissatisfaction that I encounter, the advice in this post is required knowledge.
I highly suggest reading both articles in their entirety, but if you're looking for enough to get through my post, see the footnotes here and here.
These articles work incredibly well in tandem, as debt (especially of the consumer variety) becomes an increasingly large hurdle to change your life as you age and encounter fiscally intensive life milestones. It's quite difficult to alter your career path if you need to support a family, and consumer debt provides that last mountain you may not be able to climb, effectively limiting you to your current situation.
Smart financial decisions are an investment necessary to provide future flexibility, plain and simple. Consider the following two scenarios. In both cases, the individuals put aside some money, but treat income increases differently.
Scenario 1: John graduates college and starts working for a major consulting firm. He embraces the life style that his salary affords, buys the best new car he can afford and spends his weekend nights draining $12 whiskey drinks in the city. He finances deals on his apartment furniture, has an iPhone, but still manages to save 5-6% for his 401k or other investments. After 3 years, equally increasing his expenses with salary, John meets a girl and within 2 years he's married.
Scenario 2: Jane graduates from the same school and John and works for the same consulting firm. She realizes this job (and salary) may not last forever, and wants to remain flexible if life doesn't go as planned. She buys a used car; nice, but not extravagant. She keeps tabs on her expenses, maintaining discipline even as she sees her annual income increase. She also ends up with a spouse after 4 years, but has considerable savings because of her lifestyle choices.
Of the two, obviously Jane is in a better spot to take a risk and move from her high paying, big firm job to go back to school, or start a company, while still living relatively comfortably. She can risk some time without a stable salary to pursue other opportunities. John, on the other hand, has grown accustomed to his lifestyle. Monthly payments and growing family aspirations require him to be risk averse. His fiscal mistakes early on, which have now compounded, have left him for more cemented into his current employment situation.
I'd much rather be in Jane's situation, obviously. I may indulge in unnecessary expenses and I have my fun, but I absolutely avoid burdening consumer debt that will compound and limit my options in the future. I treat income bumps as a savings opportunity to invest in my future, not as a means to scoring the best apartment I can afford in SoHo.
It's all a matter of discipline and resisting the temptation of co-workers like John. Naturally, it's much easier said than done.
1) "Why do Harvard Kids Head to Wall St?" by James Kwak discusses the various methods firms employ to attract Ivy League graduates to investment and management consulting firms, namely selling the opportunity for future overachievement, large salaries, and lavish headquarter offices. To someone who has been a success their entire life, feels the pressure to live up to their potential and is potentially strapped with debt, these firms are an attractive alternative to difficult to find positions at smaller firms or seeking out that "dream job".
2) "Consumer Debt is not Your Friend" by marketing god Seth Godin describes the overwhelming burden of consumer debt and the intense use of it as a marketing tool. He warns that taking on debt for anything that decreases in value is a worrisome mistake, while deferring payment on expenses that increase in value (like education) is worthwhile.


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UXPin Introducing: New DashboardPublished on November 18, 2013 in Featured, UXPin
The old dashboard… what can we say :). It felt right at the time, served its role and helped UXPin grow. But as time passed by we expanded the functionality of the dashboard which resulted in new ways you can work on your projects and a new experience.
New features, the ones already shipped and the ones planned, needed a new user experience design. While at it, we could finally do something about the visual design – that really needed a fix ;)


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Trying to upload the video of Universal 360 for you, just having a few issues with you tube. Ince done I'll post the links here. Not the greatest of video but considering I was using a basic camera (OK, cell phone, but a good one) and I had no idea what was going to happen, I think you can get the general idea.!
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iCloud to debut notifications? TUAW confirms mystery iCloud feature
Sharp eyed TUAW reader Michael Roberts noticed something intriguing when he logged into iCloud today. What seems to be a notification pop-up appeared at the top of the iCloud.com webpage. Several TUAW staffers confirmed this behavior.
Currently using stand-in values ("Default Title" for "English" and "English - This is test message description" [sic]), it looks like Apple is getting ready to introduce some hot new integration into their web services.
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In addition to the school, library budgets up for approval on the May 18 ballot, residents of the Massapequa School District will be asked if they want to support a plan to reduce the mileage requirement for bussing eligibility from the current of one mile to one half-mile for students in grades one through six.
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