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Jaffman says: What we learned in Week 8 games
Due to the effects of Hurricane Sandy, the Week 8 football slate is taking a little longer to complete with still a few statewide games left on tap Monday, including Derby and Seymour.
Pomperaug and Oxford pushed back their respective games to the week before Thanksgiving eve. For the first time since the Oxford-Pomperaug game was established five years ago, the Wolverines (5-2) will likely be considered the favorite against the Panthers (2-5).
We were able to get two divisional winners in the Naugatuck Valley League with Ansonia first wrapping up the Brass Division Friday night and Woodland securing the Copper Division title Saturday night, setting up a rematch with Ansonia on Nov. 15.
Here's what else we learned:
1. In the preseason, Woodland Anthony Scirpo was profiled as one of the premier playmakers in the NVL and he has proved that to be true.
Perhaps the most important game of the season to date was Saturday night when quarterback Tanner Kingsley looked to his favorite target. Scirpo caught 12 passes for 129 yards and two TDs in a 28-0 win over Holy Cross, as the Hawks captured the NVL's Copper Division title.
2. Torrington senior Jason Abbott spent the past three-plus seasons as a quarterback. But when injuries hit the Red Raiders last week, coach Dan Dunaj went to Abbott, his role player, to make the adjustment from signal-caller to primary running back. Abbott handled it easily, scoring three touchdowns and running for 148 yards against Kennedy. His approach was simple. He took the ball and kept his feet moving forward.
3. Northwestern junior Tony Ortiz Jr. had the best game of his season Saturday with an 185-yard, two TD effort against Granby in a 37-0 win. Ortiz opened the game with a 56-yard TD, setting the tone for the dominating game. That should give the Yellowjackets the boost they need for the final games of the season.
4. Ansonia sophomore Jai'Quan McKnight had to take over the quarterback duties in the preseason when starter Tyler Lester sustained a season-ending injury. Not only did he handle that transition, but he has thrived in leading the Chargers to an 8-0 record. But, more importantly, McKnight's handled the role of being the on-field leader well. He's calm under pressure, a sign of a great player.
5. We knew that St. Paul could score with such a great passing attack. But to be able to outscore Sacred Heart and overcome two 90-yard plus kickoff returns by Jacquan Overbey and David Coggins, that's pretty astounding. I've said it before and I'll say it again: Logan Marchi is a very good quarterback and not only did he show it with his arm (20-of-27, 261 yards, 2 TDs), he did it with his legs (three TDs, 73 yards). As a result, the Falcons have won two in a row after six straight losses.
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Wondering what kind of dog your family should get, or if your own furry friend is top dog? Based on hundreds of reviews submitted by our readers, we've compiled a list of the best child-friendly dog breeds along with some real-life anecdotes from parents. If you are looking for a new four-legged pal, keep in mind how much work it is and that every individual dog is different. Try to meet your potential dog (or its parents) face-to-face with your kids, and start training your dog early on. Do you have a favorite to add to our list? Leave a comment below.
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I'm in a similar scenario as with my other question. I have tried to answer the problem correctly, and I have found similar (and even an identical) problem in my textbook, yet I still can't seem to yield the correct answer with this specific problem.
The example problem in my textbook: A crate is hauled 8m up a ramp under a constant force of 200 N applied at an angle of 25 degrees to the ramp. Find the work done. W = F * D cos(25) = (200)(8)cos(25) = 1450J.
Can anyone give me any advice on how to solve it?
A woman exerts a horizontal force of 4 pounds on a box as she pushes it up a ramp that is 5 feet long and inclined at an angle of 30 degrees above the horizontal.
Find the work done on the box.
I would think that the work would simply be (4)(5)cos(30), but that is not the correct answer.
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TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - State Senator Laura Kelly is seeking a third term.
The Topeka Democrat filed Monday for re-election to the 18th district, which encompasses northern Shawnee County and Wabaunsee County.
Kelly filed by petition, submitting twice the number of names required by law.
Sen. Laura Kelly's re-election statement:
TOPEKA –State Senator Laura Kelly announced today (Monday) that she is running for re-election in the 18th District. Kelly filed by petition, submitting twice the number of names required by law. Kelly has been elected to the Senate twice before, winning by more than 5,000 votes in 2008.
"It has been a privilege to represent the hard working families of Shawnee and Wabaunsee counties. When I ran for office, I promised to fight for educational opportunities for every child, economic opportunities for middle-class families, and a state government that is efficient and responsive to the needs of all Kansans. That is what I have done, and that is what I will continue to do if re-elected," Kelly said.
In her eight years in the Senate, Kelly has developed a well-deserved reputation for moderate, common sense leadership in a legislature that is too often characterized by bitter partisan fighting and divisive rhetoric. On the important issues of education, job creation, and fiscal responsibility, she has charted her own middle ground course that reflects Kansas common sense values.
Kelly, a powerful voice in state budgeting, has consistently argued for a "rainy day" fund that would be locked into the Kansas constitution. Such a fund would set aside surplus tax receipts that could be used only when state revenues were lean. This is a fiscally responsible initiative and a far better alternative than the drastic cuts the state was forced to make over the past three years as tax revenues declined.
As senator, Kelly has also been a champion for public education and early childhood education, believing that investment in early intervention pays off with large dividends in the future.
"I know of no more important investment that the state can make in its future than investing in a strong education system. It means better jobs, better citizens, and better business opportunities. I have fought hard to make the state renew its historic commitment to public education, and I will continue to fight for restoration of the funding that was cut when state coffers were empty," said Kelly.
"In today's economy, we must do everything we can to create job opportunities in the state and a climate friendly to business. I have worked hard to make that happen. There are still too many Kansans struggling to make ends meet. It is imperative that we continue funding for road, bridge, and transportation hub projects as these mean jobs for Kansas citizens and infrastructure vital to keeping and attracting business," said Kelly.
While supporting all reasonable efforts for property tax relief for her district, Kelly has been a vocal opponent of the radical tax cut bill that Governor Sam Brownback just signed into law.
"Non-partisan authorities are predicting $2.5 billion deficits for state government within 5 years if this plan remains law. This will devastate our education systems, drive property taxes into outer space, and threaten our public safety systems. I will be working hard to repeal the most dangerous parts of this law," said Kelly.
Senator Kelly resides in Topeka with her husband, Ted Daughety, MD. They have two adult daughters, Kathleen and Molly.
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Baseball - Boys Junior Varsity
Rolling into another spring, Coach Kohlhepp, that wily campaigner, was uncertain about the hand he had been dealt. He knew he held three Jacks, but would his Bears prove themselves royal in relation to their New England foes? Had Coach Gappa's pillaging and pilfering left enough in the cupboards, or would the Saints and Beavers and Tigers and Falcons feast on these green Bears? Would Coach K's new lieutenant, one of the oldest rookies in baseball, be able to parlay his upstate outfield technique and college-placement wizardry into a strong showing in the first base box? Would any field ever be playable in April, and would the baby Bears have to rumble their bigger brethren for time on the diamond? And who the heck would pitch?
The last question proved easiest to answer, as the j.v. club benefitted from a lend-lease program with the varsity bullpen, which sent down a starter on most game days. Once the Gaynor Nation and Wilson Wave were used up, a corps of j.v. hurlers hit the hill, including newcomers Jack "Of All Trades" Martin & Luke "Seldom Silent" Scarafoni & Manny "Being Manny" Familia. Cody "Big Lead" Lucey found a new role as middle reliever, and Duncan "Do It All" Anderson dazzled in a closing capacity late in the season.
With so many arms firing so many pitches, the Bears needed worthy receivers. Who would don the "tools of ignorance" on those sweltering (and not-so-) spring days? A pair of Jacks stepped ably into this role, with brothers Martin & Siff "-ing Out a Victory" strapping on the gear.
Siff and Martin also logged multiple innings in the infield, where they were joined by Alex "My Way" Meehan manning the hot corner and Reid "Rocket Launcher" Lemker picking it across the diamond with a borrowed glove. Up the middle, Scarafoni and Jack "Largely Laconic" Lloyd anchored the defense.
The outfield proved to be an expansive arena for adventure and advancement. Manny "Being Manny" Familia, in self-imposed exile from the infield, found a comfortable spot among the likes of Pedro "Squeeze It" Alvarenga, who dazzled with his brand of Brazilian ball; Willie "Speed Merchant" Perekslis, who crushed it at the plate, gloved it in the field and churned it around the basepaths; Lucey, whose baserunning struck fear into the league's pitchers and, on occasion, family members in attendance; and Anderson, patrolling in center, waiting to annihilate baserunners with his laser-like throws.
Once the lineup was lined up, a question remained. Could these Bears hit, in the woods or anywhere else for that matter? And the answer, once the boys' bats thawed out after a long winter hibernation, was hell, yes. The Green warriors destroyed numerous starting rotations and earned run averages, not to mention the aspirations of several NEPSAC j.v. pitching coaches. The Bears broke into double digits in half of their games and, unsurprisingly, won all five of those tilts.
But these victories weren't all blowouts, to be sure. Among adversaries, Avon proved especially worthy, as Berkshire needed 16 runs over 9 innings to even up the series and 15 over 8 to break the tie. These epic victories helped to take the sting out of a couple of heartbreaking defeats, as we fell to Suffield 4-3 and Canterbury 6-5.
The coaches enjoyed the camaraderie; the parents remarked upon the improvement; the #1 fan and unofficial nephew Sean McCauley was thrilled to gain so many uncles; and the opponents walked away knowing they had been in a battle as Berkshire went "all in" when the chips were on the table. These battling Bears didn't win 'em all, but with a 5-5 overall record and a ton of great moments, these thirsty ballers sipped all season long from a glass half full. I'd call that a full house worth of memories.


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This is a please check my proof question. It's not homework.
Given a matrix $A_{n\times m}$ over some field, and its reduced row echelon form $R_{n\times m}$, show that the columns of $A$ corresponding to the columns in $R$ with pivots form a basis for the column space of $A$, $C(A)$.
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Originally I hacked together Agile Carousel and WordPress by passing wp-load.php into the AJAX script but clearly that isn't the way to go. I've now read that wp-admin/admin-ajax.php is better, but I can't yet trigger the
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Which term correctly identifies those who enjoy and are involved with programming and technology, geek or nerd?
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The most probable term would be "geek", as in "computer geek" (roughly "computer whiz").
This thread mentions:
One (non-official) difference between nerd and geek (in the computer field) could also be in term of general activity:
Eg. a nerd creates video games, a geek plays the video games.
That being said, I thought the remark from John Hodgman was quite accurate:
Nicely illustrated by phdcomics:
VonC's answer is more to the point, but I just can't resist the urge to post this Venn diagram:
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Merriam-Webster defines them thusly:
I'd say they're virtually synonyms. I've certainly heard them used interchangeably.
Geek or Nerd = People who are passionate about something and laughed at by people who are NOT willing to take the time or effort find something to be passionate about and in fact trying their best to poke fun at people who care about something :-)
My definition of a Geek is that its somebody that is very interested in something and knows a lot about that subject, but also knows a lot or just as much about many other subjects. ie computers AND maths AND physics AND chemistry AND politics.
A Nerd however goes VERY deep on one subject and has a cursory interest in other subjects.
What this means is that geeks do some really interesting things in some fields, and manage to cross fields really easily. But the focused advances in most fields come from the hardcore Nerds.
Thus a Nerd is a very hardcore focused Geek.
A theory of a hierarchy, based on level of social interaction capabilities, has been discussed over numerous, excellent bottles of beer. "Geeks," "nerds," and "dorks" all have the same level of passion for their field of study. As a result, it is impossible to distinguish among them based on their level of skill and degree of interest. Instead, it was concluded, one night, that it was better to organize them by their social skills. "Geeks" have a high level of social skills and are able to interact with people outside their area of expertise: they might be geeks in, say, Ruby on Rails programming, but they can chat up an art historian with alacrity. Nerds, on the other hand, are less comfortable outside their circle of peers--a C# programming nerd can talk to an advertising sales rep, if he/she must, but only if there is a substantial amount of alcohol involved. For those unfortunate people who are so absorbed in their subject matter as to consider social interaction with anyone beyond their ken...we tend to call them dorks. It's an cruel classification, but it exists all the same.
A fourth class have been discussed, usually late into the drink, and it's the question of the "poser," or someone who thinks they are an expert in something and think they belong in the "geek" or "nerd" class. Even "dorks" agree that the proper term for them is probably "dweeb."
Someone reasonably famous once said "Nerds are simply Geeks who earn lots of money" I think it was in the context of Bill Gates.
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Not to sure what it's coming from I don't have the tools to take the crank off or adjust the bb. The funny thing I don't get is that the creak is gone the next time I ride my bike then when I may go over a root or something and hour and a half into my ride the creak comes back then get progressivly worse the more I pedal. Then the harder I pedal the sounds gone. The lighter I pedal the sounds there. Th e only side it comes from is the left. I dont get it at all. I'm. It really bike inclined which is odd since I work as a vehicle mechanic. Any one have any suggestions.oh and the bb is a shinamo un-26 sealed square tapered bearing. And the bike is 2 months old
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The crank arm is most likely loose on the square shaft BB. Remove it, clean it, grease it and retorque it in place.
There are many possible causes. But it's likely the cranks are slightly loose on their axle. Vigorous pedalling and warming up during the ride make the situation worse.
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Are there free software tools where I can do mock testing?
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There's lots. For starters, what software do you have on the machine that you're using right now? Any reason to not try testing any of it? You could always go grab a copy of some open source software. Nightly releases are great for practice. Is there any approach in particular that you're interested in?
Seeing that you say that you're looking for web testing, my own personal recommendation would be to install some sort of web debugger. Since you're using mac, Fiddler is out of the question, however, it appears as though CharlesProxy is an option. It should help give you a good understanding of what's going on under the hood while you're browsing/interacting.
I'm not entirely certain about apple products, but, if you have a windows machine, you can use the web platform installer to install applications locally to test on as well.
Furthermore, spending some time browsing some of the question/answers here, as well as places like sqaforums and software testing club can give some great insight.
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I know a lot of girls come on here moaning and groaning about their problems, so I thought it might be helpful to have a topic in which we can remind ourselves of the sweet things our guys(or girls) do. Maybe you can tell us what he does that makes you feel better or simply a thoughtful thing he did today, but spill it so we can all aww.
Personally, I've been awwing for quite a while over how my boyfriend just called me out of no where about two weeks ago just to tell me he loves me. He had been talking to a guy at work about how their girlfriends just got out of bad relationships, how they love that glow of happiness in our eyes, etc etc. He realized when talking to him that he was seeing us from the outside and that made me smile so much.
Also, today he called me because he heard our song. Personally, I didn't know we had a song since I just sort of collect everything that reminds me of him(which is currently around 5-10 songs and is growing quickly), but apparently that first song he shared with me is it(Everlong by Foo Fighters if anyone is wondering). He is so wonderfully romantic and thoughtful, it makes me feel so special and loved even though I'm having one **** crappy day.
Aww... mine and my boyf's song is "Sweet Child O Mine" by Guns and Roses. ^^ The sweet things he does is cook for me sometimes, and also buy me chocolate. Especially during that time of the month, when a lot of men would rather run and hide. XD
Mine's been extra sweet today. Its that time for me, so even though I feel gross and unsexy, he still keeps telling me all about how beautiful I am and hits on me. It boosts my confidence a lot since I get really depressed during this time. I'm surprised he hasn't run away since I literally went through a ton of emotions while talking to him(sadness, happiness, anger, sadness, happiness, fear, etc etc). My roller coastery emotions D:
He comes and hunts me down if I dare to sit down anywhere nearby at recess and lunch and wraps his arms around me and acts as my armchair until I have to go to class
We went out once, and we had a while to wait for our movie, so we wandered around the shopping centre. We ended up in pets paradise (a pet shop), and we came across a display thingy of puppies.
I spent 10 minutes watching in mild amusement as he baby-talked and cooed at the puppies. It was very sweet. He then proceeded to pay for everything even though I know he has to practically grovel to get money off his dad. I was very happy. And I hope he never reads this...
Well, to start I've had an awful yeast infection for the past few days. When it started I was being silly and just thought I was sore, which is pretty common for me, but every time we talked he always made sure to ask about how I was feeling and kept suggesting I see a doctor. Then when I figured it out on the second day, he wasn't at all disgusted. Instead he actually asked about it, the reasons why I might have developed one, what I am doing to fix it, etc. Then he continued to tell me that I am beautiful and the such even though he knew I felt pretty bad and sore. He's being really sweet about it all.
My boyfriend was so wonderful to me when my mother passed away recently. I was in total shock and felt soo alone and he always came to my rescue. Holding my hand,telling me things will be ok, that he loves me. He helped me look through my mommies stuff to read some things she wrote that I would of never had the courage to read on my own because I couldn't grasp that my mom is gone. When I smile with my beady eyes he tells me I melt his heart. When I haven't seen him for a while he picks me up and twirls me around and tells me how much he misses me and gives me a kiss on the nose. Yesterday he called me before I went to bed to wish me a good nights rest and to tell me how much he loved me and my heart melted.<3
Well me and him are no longer dating for about 2 years now..
But I remember it had snowed a lot and he lived sort of far away too..
So it was impossible to get to where I was because of the snow and ice.
So one day he came and surprised me and I was still in my pjs and my hair was all wonky and I was like wtf. How'd you get here!
He said Well I couldn't stand not being able to reach you on the phone and I missed you a lot so I drove all this way to see you!
Hah it made me so happy.
So the whole day we built snow men and played snowball fights..
He was a great guy. :P
He even told me I was beautiful a lot..
Which I wasn't use to so I took for granted.
But yeah I was reading your guys replies..
It made me teary.
I wish I had something like that!
"Tonight I'm tangled in a blanket of clouds.
Dreaming aloud."
My guy friend I posted about (we're not dating, but we're definitely more than friends, it's just not, y'know, completely there yet.) comes over to hang out with us sometimes, and he gets along great with my family and that really makes me happy. ^^ Anyway, last week he and his ninth-grade brother came over and we all had a blast, and I had made this practically coma inducing chocolate cake (I need to post the recipe soon. XD) because Isaac wanted to try it one day. They really liked it; he had two pieces! O.O
I've been sick with bronchitis for a little bit now (only found out yesterday) and I've been missing school as a result, and his mother called and asked if I was okay because I texted him through yahoo about what the doctor said. This morning (I stayed at gram's last night to watch wrestling with my aunt, it's a thing we do almost every Friday) she came over to drop off the bowl we'd sent over that had the last of the cake - and it had homemade brownies in it. Isaac made them from scratch and they're absolutely delicious. ^^ He's such a sweetie.
I stare at the girl in the mirror: T-shirt, torn up jeans, no beauty queen.
But the way that you see me, you get underneath me, and all my defenses just fall away, fall away.
I am beautiful with you, even in the darkest part of me. I am beautiful with you;
Make it feel the way it's supposed to be!
My bf always buys me ice lollys when he comes over to mine, ause he knows there my favrouite, or saves his last mint to give me at the end of the day. Although he can be a jerk sometimes he's always quick to apologise.
On saturaday he acme round to mine and i was in a mood with him and trying to ignore him, but when he put his iphone in my speakers and started jumping around like an idiot i had to laugh and forgive him.
My bf acts like a kitty; purrs and even rubs his hands on his face like a cat without even realizing it most of the time.....til I squeal and call him adorable.
He has not seen me on "that time" yet soo..
Knowing him, he will run and hide..
You're slower than a herd of turtles stampeding through peanut butter.
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Celebrate spring at Kirstenbosch – A Cape Town Tourism Photo Essay
I recently spent a Sunday afternoon at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden.
We have such a vast variety of fauna and flora – and now, with spring upon us, we get to enjoy a spectacular show of colour.
Kirstenbosch strives to cultivate indigenous plants – more than 7 000 species are grown in the garden.
A spectacular showcase of nature's finest, Kirstenbosch is the perfect place for the whole family to sit back and soak up the scenery.
The splashes of spring colour make Kirstenbosch a photographic paradise.
The proteas and erica are in bloom, as are the colourful vygies – and don't forget the daisies.
On the next sunny Saturday or Sunday that comes your way, take some time from your normal weekend routine and head for Kirstenbosch.
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A few months ago, Anonymous took down a child pornography site using SQL-injection. I read in this article that Anonymous claimed that "the server was using hardened PHP with escaping," but they were able to "bypass it with with UTF-16 ASCII encoding." What does that mean they did, exactly? How do I protect my site from a similar attack?
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First of all "UTF-16 ASCII encoding" is a contradiction, since UTF-16 and ASCII are mutually-exclusive encoding schemes. But presumably he's just referring to using Unicode to bypass filtering mechanisms.
The general principle is this: we often think of characters encoded in ASCII -- "A" is the number 65, "z" is the number 122. But that's not the only character encoding scheme; because the world uses more than just the English alphabet, we need to represent far more characters than that. Hence, Unicode, which has representations for pretty much every character in every language ever written, from Sinhala to Klingon.
Representing all those characters (approx. 1.1 Million possible, not all in use) in a numeric form is a real challenge. You could use 32 bits, but that's a waste of space since 3 of the 4 bytes are usually zero. You could use a variable length, but then you can't do constant-time substring operations. So a number of standards exist, one of which is UTF-16 (which you probably guessed uses 16-bit characters).
Not all programmers are used to the idea of dealing with multiple character sets, even though the underlying framework will often support them. So sometimes filtering rules or precautions will be established using the assumption that characters will be represented in UTF-8 or ASCII, which they usually are.
So the filter looks for a given string, like
And while the filter doesn't understand UTF-16, the underlying framework does, so the content gets normalized and interpreted just the same as anything else, allowing the query to continue unfiltered.
In the meantime, the mbstring library was created to address this deficiency, but it's neither widely deployed nor undersood. If you're lucky enough to have this extension available to you, you can use mbstring.overload in your php.ini file to force internal string-processing functions to be replaced with multibyte-aware alternatives. This can also be activated using the
Another useful function is mb_internal_encoding, which sets the encoding used internally by PHP to represent strings. By using a unicode-compatible internal encoding, you may alleviate some nastiness. At least one reference I read (but unfortunately can't find now) suggests that by setting the internal encoding to UTF-8, you enable additional processing on inbound strings that normalizes them to a single encoding. On the other hand, at least one other reference suggests that PHP behaves as stupidly as possible in this regard, and simply slurps data down unmodified irrespective of its encoding, and lets you deal with the aftermath. While the former makes more sense, with what I know about PHP, I think the latter is just as likely.
As a final alternative; and I mention this only partly in jest, is to just not use PHP and instead adopt a better-designed architecture. It's hard to come up with a framework this popular that has so many fundamental problems as PHP does. The language, the implementation, the development team, the plugin architecture, the security model -- it really is a shame that PHP is as widely deployed as it is. But this is, of course, just an opinion.
I have no idea if this is the method that Anonymous used, but have a look at http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=22243
It appears there was a bug in Connector.Net (MySQL's managed .Net driver). From the linked bug report:
The bug report goes on to list a string containing the problem Unicode character and say:
The linked bug was marked as a duplicate of a fixed bug back in 2009, but it's entirely possible that the exploited server was running an older version of MySql that had this issue.
I came to the conclusion from the article that the site was depending more on 'hardening' techniques rather than good sql input filtering/escaping. There is no proof that the kiddie porn sites sql code was not flawed.
Bypassing so called hardened PHP filters is often quite trivial. ModSecurity for example can be quite easily bypassed and there are a number of methods being used constantly by attackers to walk around such input filters.
There are filters too that are included in the website code as plugins which do not urldecode the input correctly before checking for malicious inputs.
For example:
as seen in:
By playing with these characters such as "%bf%5c%27", "%bf%27", "%ef%bb%bf", "%8c%5c", it is possible to bypass so called hardening to trigger the injection.
Even worse are the whitelist filters that recursively update the $_GET with whitelist allowed characters such as:
Then consider this: id=-1%20ui*o+s|e|l|e|c|t+1,^2,*3,[4,[5,]6,]7,<8,<9,>10>
While the idea of urldecoding before filtering is a good idea, it is completely pointless in that the blacklisted characters are stripped out thus delivering the injection vector in its raw form.
In fact this method can inhance the attackers ability to bypass the likes of the so called PHP hardeners and filtering mods like modsecurity.
In the end the request is being crafted in a specific manner to bypass the input filtering, once those defenses are bypassed, the actual site code itself must have faulty DB input coding in the first place in order for the injection vectors to trigger irregardless of the claims of the attackers, in this instance Anonymous.
Just a wild guess. They can encode ASCII strings in UTF-16, this way, routines that were maybe used to check for dangerous user input were fooled/bypassed. The string was then interpreted and the malicious input didn't get filtered.
This sound like the developers used unsafe coding practices or some libraries/applications were outdated and therefore dangerous. It's not like anonymous hackers/scripties have any bypass magic, it's all about experimenting.
Mostly, if they have 0days or some new techniques to hack everything, they would not let people know about it. They are often using old school techniques that keep working because of the incompetence of some programmers/admins. Security is important.


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This Old Souse: A Bed-And-Breakfast Mystery (Mass Market Paperbound)
USA Today bestselling mystery maven Mary Daheim brings us another intriguing tale in her cherished Bed-and-Breakfast mystery series in which a trip down memory lane brings Judith and Renie back to their old neighbourhood, and they are drawn to a seemingly deserted house that is much more than meets the eye.
On a trip to Renie's old neighbourhood, the cousins curiosity is piqued by a mysterious brick Tudor house that always looked deserted during Renie's junior high school days. Surprised that the house still looks abandoned after all these years, Judith and Renie, of course, cannot resist an opportunity to snoop around. They discover that Mr. and Mrs. Bland have lived in the house since 1947, and after cornering the mailman and milkman, Judith and Renie also learn that the Blands receive regular mail and food deliveries, but no one has ever seen the occupants who simply pay the bills with cash they leave in the milk box. Although intrigued by these strange, but definitely not sinister, occurrences, Judith is ready to focus her attention once more on her neglected husband Joe and the busy B&B business. Until one day Judith finds a dead body in the trunk of her car. And it's the Blands milkman...
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I wonder what science says about how to set learning time. Specificially I wonder about how to mix learning and free time. This is of course related to the attention span.
My rhythm looks the following, but I have never seen a source proofing it.
- Study/code/work for 45min
- Do a 5min break (get some fresh air)
- Work another 45min
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I know that people differ in their ability to stay focused, but there are physical limits as well.
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Conspiracy theorists can find plenty to terrify them in a new documentary about the inner-workings of Wall Street.
Entitled "Wall Street Conspiracy," the film looks at how the financial community's manipulation of the market has prompted CEO's of dozens of unsuspecting companies to reach for their Pepto Bismol.
Kristina Leigh Copeland, writer and director, paints a terrifying picture of Wall Street brokers systematically selling stock they don't own, getting paid for those phantom shares and never actually delivering them to buyers - a controversial practice known as "naked short selling" that drives stock prices down and, critics say, has the potential to destroy publicly-owned companies and short-changes legitimate investors.
Short-selling itself is an accepted Wall Street practice, allowing traders to "borrow" a security from a broker and sell it, with the understanding that it must be re-purchased and returned to the broker within three days.
When the broker doesn't deliver those re-purchased shares, however, the trade is said to have "failed to deliver." When stock prices are falling, the longer the short-seller delays in returning the stock the more money he or she will make.
It's when a trader "borrows" stock and sells it with no intention of ever delivering the shares that it becomes "naked" short-selling. Normally the phantom trades go undetected, though the SEC may react when fail numbers for a specific stock spike; then, if it can be proven it was done to drive down share prices (and thus boost broker profits), regulators can file charges.
Just recently, the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission did charge Chicago-based optionsXpress, an online brokerage and clearing agency, along with four of its officials and a customer with "an abusive naked short-selling scheme," alleging the firm had racked up "continuous failures to deliver."
SEC Division of Enforcement Director Robert Khuzami alleged optionsXpress used what he labeled "sham reset transactions" to avoid complying with the regulations, saying that, "in effect, they 'kited' shares of stock, thus depriving buyers of the benefit of their bargain prompt delivery of their shares."
While the SEC filing didn't identify the target of the short-selling scheme, it did say that optionsExpress customers accounted for nearly 48 percent of the daily trading volume in one of the securities.
Naked short-selling has been banned by most other countries, but not here, in the U.S.
In her film, Copeland suggests the practice has made billions for the brokers while ruining unsuspecting companies that were, without realizing it, caught in their trading crosshairs. Companies like Eagletech, the brainchild of Richmond native Rod Young, were driven into the ground by the alleged stock manipulation. Others, like Overstock and Taser, though severely wounded, lived to fight another day.
All three companies are among dozens claiming damages from naked short selling that filed suit to recover their losses. Overstock, in fact, actually filed two suits - the first, targeting a hedge fund and a research firm, won them an apology and more than $5 million in cash. In the second, which is still being litigated, Overstock sued 11 Wall Street brokers, the company deemed responsible for the alleged stock manipulation, of which, Overstock Chairman and CEO Patrick M. Byrne said one has since gone out of business and two were sold at what he called "fire-sale prices," while others agreed to pay millions to be dropped from the suit.
(Overstock is still duking it out in court with Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch, and says a recent ruling denying the brokerages' motion to seal the evidentiary record on a summary judgment hearing is significant because in those proceedings, Overstock's attorneys were able to map out how the two brokerages allegedly used naked short selling to manipulate Overstock's shares. The brokerages have denied any wrongdoing.)
Taser, the company that built a stun gun empire, is also fighting back. Its shareholders, too, have sued some of the biggest names on Wall Street - Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Bank of America Securities LLC, Bear Stearns Securities Corp., Credit Suisse USA Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. and UBS Securities LLC - claiming they flooded the market with shares in their company that didn't exist anywhere but on their computer screens. An indication of how many counterfeit shares were in the market - and how extensive the problem is - came in 2005: Taser had sold about 60 million legitimate shares, but at the company's annual meeting more than 80 million shares were voted - an obvious indication that something was amiss in the marketplace. Taser sued and settled the suit for what was, presumably, "a very large amount" in June 2011. Due to a confidentiality agreement, no one in the know can actually talk dollars and cents.
Eagletech, too, filed suit, alleging in 2001 that some of the best known Wall Street brokerages had conspired with organized crime to commit securities fraud against it. Young said there've been setbacks - his lead attorney died a few years ago in an auto accident, while a new judge presiding over the case dismissed it on jurisdictional issues with prejudice, meaning they couldn't refile.
His story is one of several cited in Copeland's "Wall Street Conspiracy."
"We appealed it for two-and-a-half years," he said. "The appeals court just reaffirmed the lower court decision (dismissing the suit on jurisdiction) but reversed him on the prejudice issue. That gives us an opportunity to refile, so we're back in the game. It's not like we're starting over, but we lost a lot of time."
In the documentary, Copeland insists naked short selling is not an isolated occurrence. She said on any given day $500 million to $1 billion in shares are sold and not delivered, and the investment community is able to get away with it because trading now is done on computers rather than paper.
She also insists the real losers are the everyday investors, people who are counting on their investments to pad their retirements or pay for their kids to go to college, not to mention the American taxpayer, on whose behalf Congress shelled out billions of dollars to stabilize Wall Street.
Rod Young's family, for instance, sold a 100-acre farm and invested the proceeds in Eagletech, a company that should have taken Wall Street by storm. He'd come up with the idea of a virtual telephone system where calls to their number would follow the user from phone to phone "no matter where they were," a patented "follow me" technology. The big broker houses took notice, though, and for whatever reason Eagletech's trading volume "shot up 10-fold" - meaning that counterfeit shares were flooding the market."
"It killed my company," he insists. "My company was targeted (by unscrupulous traders) for destruction."
Soon after the bogus shares drove prices into the ground, he said the SEC set out to deregister Eagletech's stock. Young fought that deregistration and in the process was able to get his hands on literally thousands of records that, he says, detail how the big brokerages killed his fledgling company. That deregistration battled ended up being a blessing in disguise, he said.
"I ended up with those records purely as a consequence of fighting a deregistration action," he said. "Eagletech may be the only company in history that ever got trading records from the SEC that proved the brokerage community was manipulating shares in my company, but they refused to do anything about it, even when you put it in their face.
"The real story here is that virtually every investor in this country has been ripped off by Wall Street," he added. "Even if you think you're not a victim, you probably are. If you have an IRA, a 401K or a pension fund, chances are some counterfeit securities are in that account. Your fund manager probably purchased some securities that failed to deliver, they don't exist and they never existed. It's not a problem today, but when the baby boomers start withdrawing more money from the retirement system than is going in, it could be a big problem."
Eagletech is privately held now, a figurehead company with 2,400 shareholders - all of them waiting to see if they can get some their money back when Young's lawsuit finally makes it into a courtroom. To give you an idea of how valuable his tech idea could have been, he said a company using technology very much like his patented process recently sold to Google for $95 million.
And while companies like Overstock and Taser have managed to hang on, Young said there are "probably a thousand other companies like mine that didn't survive."
Copies of "Wall Street Conspiracy" can be obtained at thewallstreetconspiracy.com.


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On behalf of the library's staff, I would like to welcome all to the new blog for the University of Texas at Tyler Robert R. Muntz Library. I am Angel Rivera, and I am the Outreach and Reference Librarian here. I am looking forward to using this blog to better communicate with the campus community as well as other friends of our university. Here are some things you will see in our blog:
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This is great! I think that as our campus community becomes aware of it you'll see traffic start to pick up. Congrats on a great idea.
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It is good that you have a blog. Students can indicate to the library of what needs to be done, especially freshmen, sophomores, and graduate students. These students especially need to be informed of the blog so that suggestions can be given. Juniors and seniors at times become accustomed to "the system," so their impact is not as great as the other three categories listed. Freshmen have new and creative ideas that may help improve library's benefits to students. Sophomores know what they did not have the previous year at the library when attempting to study, have group meetings, etc. Graduate students may be in need of items that undergraduate students may not consider/use because of the magnitude of their coursework. This blog is a great idea.
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I used to attend a larger university who had their library open until 2:00 AM and their computer lab open 24 hours a day. The library hours are pretty sufficient for The University of Texas at Tyler's size. Although, I believe the library should be open 24 hours (or at least until 2:00 AM) the week before and the week of finals. If it is possible, the library should be open later during midterms, too, as I think this would be helpful.
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Anon.: Thank you for stopping by. Let me see if I can reply to your comments one at a time. On the extended library hours, at this moment we would not be able to open the library 24 hours a day. This would be due to some security concerns as well as logistics (staffing, etc.). However, we are planning on having some extended hours during finals week. We have not finalized the details yet, but as soon as the details are finalized, we will post that information here. On the settings for comments, at the moment we decided to leave the comments open. This is to allow visitors to leave a comment without too many restrictions. We would appreciate it if commenters would keep comments civil and polite. While we do want to encourage comments, discussions, etc., we do reserve the right to add some form of moderation if it becomes necessary. For now, we are trusting our visitors to be civil and polite. At your request, I have deleted the one comment. As for the other comment, thank you for your suggestions. Students, and the rest of our campus community, are welcome to post comments, suggestions for the library, etc. here in the blog. They can also use the Ask-A-Librarian link on our library's website (http://library.uttyler.edu) to make suggestions as well. Best regards, Angel Rivera Reference/Outreach Librarian


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In July, Saudi Arabia pledged $50 million in emergency humanitarian assistance for Somali refugees to be used for food supplies in cooperation with the World Food Program (WFP) and $10 million in medicine and vaccinations in cooperation with the World Health Organization (WHO).
Saudi Arabia is a valued partner of the World Food Programme and has donated more than $600 million to the United Nations food agency during the past five years. On August 17, the Jeddah-based Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) pledged $350 million for a Somalia anti-starvation program.


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Strawberry and Cream Cake
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Your kids will go crazy for this strawberry and cream cake.
Prep Time: 20M
Cooking Time: 25M
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- 8oz (225g) butter, at room temperature
- 1 cup granulated sugar, plus 2 tbsp
- 4 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 2 cups self-rising flour
For the strawberry and cream filling
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 3/4 cup sliced strawberries
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- Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C). Line the bottom two 8in (20cm) round cake pans with parchment paper. In a bowl, beat the butter and sugar with an electric mixer until light and creamy. Beat in the eggs gradually, adding a little of the flour if the mixture begins to curdle. Sift in the remaining flour and fold in gently. Divide the mixture evenly between the prepared pans and bake for 25 minutes, or until risen and firm to the touch. Let cool in the pans for 5 minutes, then unmold onto a wire rack to cool completely.
- To make the filling, place the cream in a bowl and beat with an electric mixer until soft peaks form. Spread the whipped cream over one of the cakes, top with strawberries, then align the other cake layer on top. Dust generously with confectioners' sugar.
- For a more intense strawberry flavor, spread a layer of strawberry jam on the top of first cake before you cover it with cream.
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Sen. Judy Emmons, R-Sheridan, along with Sen. Tonya Schuitmaker, R-Lawton; Sen. Rebekah Warren, D-Ann Arbor; and Sen. Gretchen Whitmer, D-East Lansing invite Michigan residents to a Human Trafficking Legislative Day at the Capitol on May 2 from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
The focus of the legislative day is to explain the ins and outs of the legislative process, which will be useful information for activists and coalition groups wanting to influence and participate in the laws being drafted concerning human trafficking and other matters. The panel will include former legislators, consultants and various human trafficking prevention experts who will discuss the legislative process.
"The Michigan Senate women are coming together to raise awareness of human trafficking and its life-altering effect on thousands of women and children," Emmons said. "Human Trafficking is the world's second-largest and fastest-growing criminal industry — and Michigan is on the front line. Estimates are that up to 150 girls under the age of 18 are sold into sex trafficking in Michigan every month. To learn more about this reprehensible crime and how you can help end it, I invite all concerned residents to participate in this free educational event."
The day will begin at 9:30 a.m. with a reception at the Capitol to meet the senators, followed by a panel discussion on the legislative process at 10:30 a.m. in the Senate Hearing Room and finishes in the hearing room with a 1 p.m. viewing of Very Young Girls, a documentary on human trafficking.
The Senate Hearing Room is located on the ground floor of the Boji Tower at 124 W. Allegan in downtown Lansing.
"We are joining in a bipartisan effort to protect Michigan women and children from exploitation," Emmons said. "Space is limited for this free event, so I encourage those planning to attend the legislative day to RSVP to reserve a seat."
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NRA's 'Anti-Gun' List Includes Some Not-So-Obvious Names
What do the Kansas City Royals, C. Everett Koop, Jack Nicholson and the United Methodist Church all have in common?
Turns out the Major League Baseball team, the former surgeon general, the actor and the denomination's general board and church society are all enemies of firearms, and as such have made it onto the National Rifle Association's list of "National Organizations With Anti-Gun Policies."
Containing a total of 506 names, the list is dated Sept. 27, 2012, and is broken down by category: 141 groups, from AARP to the YWCA; 237 celebrities (Krista Allen to Moon Zappa); 27 national figures (mainly doctors and clergy members); 37 columnists and cartoonists; 41 corporations and 23 media organizations.
The celebrities include Matt Damon (who wielded all sorts of guns in the Bourne movies), Carrie Fisher (who used a laser blaster in Star Wars) and Leonard Nimoy (who, with his Star Trek Vulcan nerve pinch, presumably had little need for a gun).
The corporations "have lent their corporate support to gun control initiatives or taken [a] position supporting gun control," according to the website. Among them: Ben & Jerry's ice cream, Levi Strauss and Mallinckrodt Inc., which is listed as making clothing starch.
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I notice when I bake cookies (usually chocolate chip or peanut butter) the recipe often says "place on baking rack to cool". Because I don't have one, I just place them on a plate after removing them from the pan. It doesn't seem to do any harm. What is the point of buying this special piece of equipment?
A cooling rack serves two primary purposes.
First, it allows the cookies (or other baked good) to cool faster by letting air circulate completely around the cookie.
Second, it prevents the steam escaping from the cookies from soaking the bottoms, and other cookies placed on top.
In addition to hobodave's cookie-specific answer, as a general point (since this was asked as a general question) it's also quite important to have a rack if you are baking anything with a significant quantity of fat (i.e. meat). The rack allows the fat to actually drain; otherwise the food would end up being drowned in its own fat and become soggy. In extreme cases the fat may actually burn and seriously taint the flavour of the food you're baking.
When you place something on a cooling rack you expose more of the surface area to the air allowing your cookies, bread, etc to cool faster than just leaving them out on the pan.


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The California Clinical Forensic Medical Training Center (CCFMTC) is pleased to present the SART Summit August 1 and 2, 2013 at the Queen Mary. Attached is the agenda for this affordable conference. Law enforcement officers, prosecutors, SAFE/SANE Teams, criminalists, and advocates from throughout California plan to be in attendance. Learn about: * Non-Stranger Rapists * Evidentiary Value of Suspect Exams * Stable Funding Model for SAFE/SANE Teams * Rapid DNA Analysis for Sexual Assault Kits * Much more….. Discounted hotel rates offered by the Queen Mary for the SART Summit: * $89 per night plus tax for standard room * $109 per night plus tax for deluxe king room * $119 per night plus tax for deluxe harbor view room The Queen Mary Ballroom holds 200 registrants !
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Glasgow and Barren County officials met today to talk about an outdated agreement related to their 911 center and dispatching.
County law enforcement and emergency services felt as if they were being overlooked.
"They felt like they weren't getting calls that should have been given to them in a timely manner," said Barren County Judge/Executive Davie Greer.
City officials said they were a little taken aback by what was said about dispatchers putting county calls on the back burner.
"It was just rumor. We were actually pretty disturbed by that, because the call center is not run that way," said Glasgow City Councilman Harold Armstrong.
Nonetheless, both sides agreed something needed to be done.
The current agreement they go by is about 20 years old and is outdated.
"At the time of our interlocal agreement we had four dispatchers. Now we have 14 full time, two part time, and the expenses are over a million dollars a year," said Armstrong.
"We decided there were a few things that needed to be changed if we were going to go on. We definitely are not going by the original interlocal agreement that was setup in 1993. So, a lot of things have changed," said Greer.
Currently the city pays for almost all of the service, and the county pays for nothing.
The county has offered to pay for part of it, and both sides want to get to work on a new agreement soon.
Current 911 services for barren county residents will not be affected.
City officials say they want to make sure it's working equally for everyone in the county.
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Innovative start-ups are an important driver of economic growth. This article presents empirical evidence on the effects of R&D on new product development, inter-firm alliances and employment growth during the early life course of firms. We use a dataset that contains a sample of new firms that is representative for the whole population of start-ups. This dataset covers the first six years of the life course of firms. R&D reveals to play several roles during the early life course of high tech as well as high growth firms. The effect of initial R&D on high tech firm growth runs via increasing levels of inter-firm alliances in the first post-entry years. R&D efforts enable the exploitation of external knowledge. Initial R&D also stimulates new product development later on in the life course of high tech firms, but this does not seem to affect firm growth. R&D does not affect the growth rate of new low tech firms, which seems to be driven mainly by the growth ambitions of the founding entrepreneur. The results show that R&D matters for a limited but important set of new high tech and high growth firms, which are key in innovation and entrepreneurship policies.
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5 Holiday Treats
Restaurants That Delight and Surprise
There can be very few diners whose heart isn't warmed by the phrase "No, I insist. It's my treat!" If you're keen to bestow a truly memorable culinary present, how do you go about picking a venue? The company, location and environment can all dictate the experience more than simply the ingredients on the plate. Perhaps the perfect meal is one that not only combines these qualities in the right balance but also knocks you sideways with the caliber of the cooking.
These five restaurants all offer surprises, even for the most jaded palate. They also represent in microcosm the differing schools of cuisine to be found in Europe, with Mugaritz the most avant-garde and Le Cinq representative of classical tradition. Fäviken and Mirazur are both great expressions of what can be sourced locally in locations as diverse as the Mediterranean and the lower reaches of the Arctic Circle, while Sonnora is a slice of perfection in a remote part of Germany. They are all, however, places that can change the way someone thinks about food—and that is a real treat.
Mirazur, France
Located within a few meters of the Italian border, Mirazur offers a classic vista of the Riviera, with a bay in the foreground, framed by the town of Menton on the horizon. Argentinian-born chef Mauro Colagreco speaks daily on his mobile with the local fishermen to see what catch they are bringing in, and travels to the best local markets in Menton and nearby Ventimiglia in Italy. The result is simple perfection, aided no doubt by his apprenticeship with Alain Passard of L'Arpège. in Paris With a set dinner costing less than €100 a person, it is also one of the cheapest haute-cuisine options in France.
Mugaritz, Spain
With last year's closure of El Bulli, Andoni Luis Aduriz has taken on the mantle of Spain's most adventurous chef. While he certainly pays homage to the Modernist tendencies of Ferran Adrià's restaurant, there is a greater respect for the actual produce. The experience can be challenging, but he offers stimulating dishes that still have identifiable ingredients. It may sound obvious, but his food is also enhanced with wine, which again, for me, shows it is the right side of Modernist cuisine.
Fäviken, Sweden
Arguably the world's most remote serious restaurant, Fäviken is in the middle of a 20,000-acre private estate just beneath the Arctic Circle and sources virtually everything except the sugar and coffee from its surroundings. It isn't for the fainthearted—during the meal in the tiny, 16-seat restaurant, chef Magnus Nilsson may saw up cow's leg bones before serving bone marrow with raw beef heart. The pristine langoustine comes from nearby Trondheim in Norway, but otherwise meat, vegetables and herbs are carefully stored from the brief summer season, to sustain diners during the winter and spring.
Le Cinq, France
There are a number of grand hotel restaurants in Paris, including some with three Michelin stars, but none exudes the sensation of calme et luxe more than Le Cinq at Hotel Georges V, which currently holds two Michelin stars. The dining room overlooks an interior courtyard and is a combination of chandeliers, classical pillars and elaborate flower displays. Eric Briffard pays homage to his Burgundian roots but with a lightening of style, thanks to the time he has spent in Japan. His other big influence is Joel Robuchon, one of the greatest French chefs. The cuisine emphasizes bold flavors, with a healthy degree of seasonality.
Sonnora, Germany
Located in the Eifel mountain range an hour from Luxembourg, the Sonnora is the perfect place to surprise someone who imagines Germany is incapable of delivering superb cuisine. Chef Helmut Thieltges is a retiring person with virtually no media presence, as he prefers to remain in the background, creating superb French-inspired classical cuisine. There is nothing unimaginative about his food, though, and cosmopolitan diners frequently consider his dishes—like a tartare of tuna with veal and caviar on a crunchy rösti, or timbale of pasta with girolles and sweetbreads—peerless.
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The following real estate transactions were filed in Jefferson County:
Luke and Ann Heusel to Samuel Mitchell, lot 36, Dixon Heights.
Betty Gault (deceased) to Norman Delaney, part lot 13, AR McNeal Second.
Norman Delaney to Barbara Nicosia, part lot 13, AR McNeal Second.
Raymond and Penny Dennis to Eugenia Roberts, 1 acre, Wells-Warren Township.
Eleanor Cross and others to Penny and Richard Warren, 1 acre, Smithfield Township.
Cathleen Reed to Cathleen Reed and Samantha Fisher, lot 31, McLaughlin Third (survivorship).
Matthew Norman and others to Donald Castner, lot 39, Charlestown Subdivision.
Herbert Huggins (deceased) to Tanya McMillen, lot 32, Wilson McKee First.
Arlene Smogor (deceased) to Frances Smogor and others, part lots 56 and 16, Simmons & Foster.
Carmir Smogor and others to Frances Smogor, part lots 56 and 16, Simmons & Foster.
Village of Mount Pleasant to John Mozingo, lots 8-10, Lewis Lupton Addition.
Renae and Kurt Yancey to Katherine Misconish, part lots 17-18, Banfield.
Joseph Borkoski (deceased) to Neal Kernen, lot 27, Brentwood Estates.
Gen Pro LLC to Terri and Robert English, Unit 28, Mission Point Condo (survivorship).
Joyce and Wesley Fithen to William Hoover Jr., lot 12, Brentwood Estates.
March and Georgette Mahan to Andrew and Joanna Bonyour, lots 40-41 and 84, Beverly Hills Seventh; and part lot 13, Sunrise Manor.
Barbara Zsigray to Daniel Zapolnik, lots 30-32, Walkers Second.
Cathleen Hecker and others to Beverly Norfolk, metes, Smithfield Township.
Dennis Flanagan (deceased) to Linda Flanagan, tracts 28-29, Lake Park.
Colonial Heights MHP LLC to UMH Eastern Oh LLC, 31.5394 acres, Island Creek Township.
Clyde and Kelly Larsen Jr. to CKL Real Estate LLC, lots 69-71, Marie Dale.
Brittany and William Marchbank to Marjorie Moffitt, 0.278 acre, Smithfield Township.
Richard and Virginia Howell to Gregory and Sherri Thompson, lot 6, Murphy First (survivorship).
Raymond Kraeer (deceased) to Joyce Kraeer, metes, Steubenville Township; and lot 2 and part lot 1, Hawthorn Court.
Housing & Urban Development to Margaret Mellott-Reynolds, 0.065 acre, Island Creek Township.
Donato Carducci (deceased) to Nancy Carducci, lot 7, Garden Acres.
Margaret McGough to Gregory McGough, 0.3195 acre, Cross Creek Township.
Daniel and Gwendolyn Thompson to Daniel Thompson and Anthony Diehl, lot 5 and 10, Anthony Clarks First (survivorship).
Kathy and Bryan Moreland to Kathy Moreland, lot 41, Original Tiltonsville.
William and Nancy Davis to Amelia Pool, Unit 4361, Steeple Chase.
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. to Thomas and Diane Kotur, lot 13, Sunny Acres.
Housing & Urban Development to Advantage Re LLC, lots 38-39, Manhattan.
Anna Gibbs to Bert Gibbs, metes, Island Creek Township.
Anthony DiBerardino to Doris DiBerardino, lot 2, Eastview.
Mary Snider to David and Patricia Grodhaus, 3.607 acres, Island Creek Township (survivorship).
Ross Wetherell (deceased) to Joyce Wetherell, metes, Cross Creek Township.
Sheriff of Jefferson County to First Choice America Commercial Federal Credit Union, tract 30, Lake Park.
Alfred Cicone Sr. (deceased) to Nancy Cicone, lot 13, Murphy Second.
Bank of New York Mellon to Elizabeth and John Zimmerman, 0.50 acre, Steubenville Township.
Tony and Jean Morelli to Church Street Commons LLC, lots 37-40, Original Wintersville; and 1.43 acres, Cross Creek Township.
Barbara Florak (deceased) to Edward Florak, lot 78, Westwood Estates.
Marlyn Klee to Barbara Heins, 0.2662 acre, Mount Pleasant Township.
Bryan Pownall to Jonathan Conaway, lot 12, Belvedere.
Jefferson Landmark Inc. to Henry Kendziorski, metes, Smithfield Township.
Toni and Darwin Copeland to Marcel and Margery Lollini, metes, Warren Township.
Della Ridinger to Larry and Jacqueline Ogden Sr., 0.5356 acre, Wells-Warren Township (survivorship).
Brandon Borkoski to Herman Borkoski, lot 60, McLaughlin Third.
Julianne O'Connell (deceased) to James O'Connell Jr., lot 32, Glendwell.
JP Morgan Chase Bank to Taylor Cain, 2.16 acres, Salem Township.
Richard Jolley to Jeffrey Bonecutter, 1.016 acres, Wayne Township.
Margaret Jolley (deceased) to Jeffrey Bonecutter, 1.016 acres, Wayne Township.
US Bank to Home America LLC, lot 220, Labelle View.
William and Deborah Castro to William Castro, 9.49 acres, Springfield Township.
Ross Wetherell (deceased) to Joyce Wetherell, metes, Cross Creek Township; lots 8-14 outlots 3-5, Jerome Datons Addition.
Sheriff of Jefferson County to Fannie Mae, part lot 136, Labelle View.
Charles and Becky Czapski to Amanda Regal, part lot 2, Long & Cunningham Second.


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Hancock County Sheriff
Gary Lee Eddy Jr., 31, Chester, capias, driving on a suspended license (third offense), having expired insurance, having an expired registration; May 16.
Leslie Nicole Feist, 33, Weirton, obtaining welfare that she's not entitled to; May 16.
Darlene Marie Carson, 49, Chester, obstructing an officer; May 16.
Amanda Nichole Durbin, 27, Lisbon, Ohio, child endangerment; May 17.
Joseph M. Evans, 34, Newell, disorderly conduct, public intoxication, resisting arrest (obstructing), transferring contraband (marijuana) into jail; May 18.
Jacob G. Wilds, 34, Wheeling, public intoxication, trespassing, fleeing on foot; May 18.
Jeremiah A. Jobe, 22, New Cumberland, destruction of property, disorderly conduct, public intoxication, obstructing an officer; May 20.
Heather Marie Re-ed, 29, New Manchester, capias (indictment); May 20.
Stacey Dawn Debee, 29, Evans City, Pa., obstructing an officer; May 22.
Kimberly Woolley, 56, Chester, disorderly conduct; May 22.
Guy L. Sharkey, 31, Weirton, malicious as-sault, child neglect creating risk of injury, possession of firearms by a felon, wanton endangerment with a firearm (three counts); May 24.
Cited: Ernest J. Lacko, 36, 721 Rosswell Ave., no dog registration; and Richard E. Davis, 24, 337 Union Ave., speeding and expired registration.
Robbery: Woman said a man grabbed a change purse attached to purse, knocked her down and fled around 5:13 p.m. Tuesday on Crabbe Boulevard.
Arrested: George W. Cartia, 41, 1212 Pennsylvania Ave., bench warrant and possession of marijuana, Tuesday.
Jefferson County sheriff
Cited: Thomas L. Thomas Jr., 31, New Castle, Pa., speeding; Lace D. French, 24, 2420 state Route 150, Dillonvale, speeding; Kyle J. Sutphin, 18, 1103 Gilchrist St., Brilliant, speeding; Fred A. McShan, 33, 1433 Belleview Blvd., expired plates; Joshua R. Pemberton, 24, 13 Garfield Ave., Mingo Junction, suspended license and unsafe vehicle; Kolby A. Burwell, 19, Martins Ferry, speeding; Nathan J. Snyder, 32, 58552 Sharon Blvd., Rayland, speeding; John R. Marshall, 53, Aliquippa, Pa., speeding; Dale A. Davis, 52, Bellaire, speeding; William M. Stine, 56, Apartment A, 141 Paige Court, Weirton, speeding; Ronee L. Saxton, 21, 6049 county Road 15, Rayland, left of center; and Michael Triscaro, 27, Chagrin Falls, speeding.
Theft: Two lawn tractors and brush hog taken from yard in the 600 block of Smithfield Street, Mingo Junction, Tuesday.
Arrested: Lisa McNicholas, 38, 402 Ohio St., Tiltonsville, operating vehicle under the influence and possession of controlled substance, today.


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NEW YORK - Borders Group is delaying payments to some of its vendors, a company spokeswoman said on Thursday. The news came just weeks after the company said it was trying to obtain new financing to avoid violating the terms of its credit agreements early next year.
"As part of this potential refinancing, Borders has determined that it is necessary to restructure its vendor financing arrangements and is delaying payments to certain of its vendors," Borders spokeswoman Mary Davis said by phone, in a Reuters report.
Borders has notified these vendors and will be working with them to restructure their arrangements with the company, she added. Davis did not give details on the vendors.


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Ultima Vez Modificado: 11 de abril del 2005
Authors: Jean-Claude Bystryn, MD, Sandra R. Reynolds, PhD
Source:Oncology 19(1):97-108, 2005
Tumor Regression vs. Absence of Progression
Challenges in the Design of Melanoma Vaccines
Constructing Polyvalent Cancer Vaccines
Adjuvant Strategies
Immunologic Activity
Clinical Effectiveness
The above article represents a good overview of the current state of melanoma vaccines. The rationale underlying these vaccines is well described as are the significant obstacles in producing a successful vaccine. These obstacles cannot be understated. It is clear that while melanoma vaccines have been shown to be effective in animal models and able to produce immune responses in clinical trials, the results of most randomized trials with melanoma have thus far been disappointing. Although the article emphasized the few positive randomized melanoma vaccine trials, the majority of phase III trials with these vaccines have failed to show improvement with the use of these vaccines. Clearly, much more needs to be learned about the optimal way to stimulate adequate immune response to eradicate this tumor. Despite these challenges, cancer vaccines remain an extremely intriguing option for cancer treatment. The potential for treatment specifically targeting melanoma cells with little toxicity is strong with these vaccines, and significant research should be invested in this promising technology.


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The Charlotte 49ers announce the appointment of Gokhan Yilmaz as the volleyball program's 11th head coach for the 2014 season. The former Turkish Junior National Team coach joins Charlotte after six years as the Associate Head Coach and Training Coordinator with Florida State University, which captured three Atlantic Coast Conference titles in the past five seasons, advancing to the National semifinals in 2011.
"When we announced that we had an opening for the head coach for our volleyball program, we were so pleased with the amount of interest from a national perspective," said Charlotte Director of Athletics Judy Rose. "We had so many very qualified candidates! After a thorough search we could not be happier with the selection of Gokhan to take over in this key leadership role. We are convinced that with his track record and experience that he will not only be a great coach but also a great recruiter!"
In addition to the 2011 National Semifinal appearance, the Seminoles achieved a pair of NCAA national quarterfinal appearances and three times advanced to the round of 16 in the NCAA Volleyball during his time there. As the lead recruiter at FSU, the Seminoles' turned in the number-three recruiting class in the nation in 2012, and the program had a 151-41 overall record and an 11-5 NCAA Tournament record during the last six years with him on the staff. In his years as the training coach, he cultivated 13 All-Americans, five league Players of the Year, one league Freshman of the Year and 24 All-Conference performers.
"I would like to thank Chancellor Dubois, Judy Rose and Kim Whitestone for believing in me and giving me a chance to coach at Charlotte," said Yilmaz. "I would also like to thank my fiancé for supporting me all for the way and the administration of Florida State and head coach Chris Poole for my time in Tallahassee. I am very excited to get started in Charlotte."
Previous to FSU, Yilmaz had sandwiched two stints as an assistant at Arkansas around a coaching stop as an assistant at Northwood University in Florida, which reached the NAIA Regional semifinals in 2005. He had previous collegiate coaching experience as an assistant at Division II programs Cameron University and Western New Mexico.
Prior to his years of collegiate experience in the U.S., Yilmaz coached volleyball at five institutions in his native Turkey, as well as serving as the head coach of the Junior National Champions. While the head coach of Uskudar Cmh High, his Youth Boys team captured the National Championship in 2002, with his high school team capturing the City Championship and finishing as National Runners-Up. Both his Youth and High School teams at Besiktas were National Finalists in 2001. He coached National Champions with the Youth team in 2000 and the Middle School team at Galatasaray in 1998. He started coaching on the professional level in Turkey in 1999, helping his team to the quarterfinals in the playoffs in 2000 as the second assistant.
In addition to the National Turkish program, he has worked with national team coaches of Cuba, Russia, and Bulgaria, staffs that work on both national and Olympic levels. He was the guest coach on the Turkish Junior National Team in Alanya, Turkey, which was the World Runner-Up in the World Championships in 2009. In 2012, he was among a group of coaches facilitating a coaching clinic with the Turkish Volleyball Federation as part of that country's coaches education program.
Yilmaz got his start coaching in 1995 after his final playing year with Besiktas, which followed four seasons playing with the Eczacibasi Sports Club.
He earned his Bachelor's in Eastern European Studies in 2002 from Istanbul University, adding a Master's in Sports Psychology from Cameron University in 2005.
Charlotte will compete in its second season as a return member of Conference USA this fall.


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How to catch the orientation event.. Say I am in Panel layout.. need to do something based on orientation.. let me know how do u catch it.?