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Global Patterns of the Risk of Seasonal Extremes Related to ENSO
Robert S. Webb, Jon K. Eischeid, Henry F. Diaz, Klaus E. Wolter, Catherine A. Smith, and Randall M. Dole
|Figure 1. Most recent weekly SSTs and anomalies from NOAA/CPC ENSO Advisory.
The emerging El Niño conditions in the equatorial Pacific [Figure 1] lends itself to the question of how and what will be the spatial and temporal signature of climate impacts from the anticipated changes in the sea surface temperatures in the coming months.
Many expectations for upcoming climate extremes and weather events over the 2002 Fall to 2003 Winter and Spring are based on the current memory of the 1997-98 El Niño and other recent El Niños. Alternatively, numerous rigorous studies [e.g., Ropelewski and Halpert, 1987; Kiladis and Diaz, 1989] and WWW based compilations and interpretive composite maps have provided global to regional assessments of the average changes in precipitation and temperature associated with El Niños and La Niñas. Unfortunately the development of an objective seasonal prediction system for the global patterns of temperature and precipitation extremes under the potential of evolving El Niño conditions remains an ongoing research task. In lieu of such a prediction capability, we use the instrumental record to make quantitative assessment of global patterns of the risk of ENSO related seasonal climate extremes [often defined as the upper and lower 20th percentiles of the climatological range]. In the following study we have followed the Wolter et al. [1999] approach developed to characterize the risk of climate [temperature and precipitation] extremes associated with El Niños and La Niñas for the coterminous United States. We expand on and slightly modify the Wolter et al [1999] approach to make a assessment of the global patterns of the risk of seasonal temperature and precipitation extremes related to El Niño and La Niña.
Extreme climate conditions strongly impact [both positively and negatively] the natural environment and society [Mearns et al., 1984] highlighted the potential large sensitivity of extreme events to relatively small changes in the mean conditions under climate change. The natural environment and society have been, and will continue to be, strongly impacted by extreme climate events associated with ENSO variability. Our climate extremes focus is based on the recognition that minor changes in the mean can result in rather significant change in the tails of a population distribution. For example, a mean climate shift equal to a 1/2 standard deviation decrease will double the likelihood of dry[cold] extreme events expected under normal conditions while halving the likelihood of wet[warm] extreme events expected under normal conditions (Figure 2). Likewise, a mean climate shift equal to 1/2 standard deviation increase would double the likelihood of wet[warm] while halving the likelihood of dry[cold] extreme events expected under normal conditions.
|Figure 2. The difference between the two panels illustrates an idealized mean climate shift for a normally distributed population of climate data and shows the amplified impact on the tails of the population distribution [e.g. climate extremes]. It is worth noting that many climate data [especially precipitation data] are very often not normally (not Gaussian) distributed and thus the increase/decrease in likelihood of extreme conditions associated with shifts in the mean will deviate from the idealized case shown.
Data and Methods
To generate that global maps of the risk of seasonal temperature and precipitation extremes related to El Niño and La Niña, we used temperature and precipitation data from close to 8000 terrestrial stations with data spanning 1890 to 2000 [Vose et al., 1992]. The monthly station data were converted into 3-month seasonal anomalies and then gridded to the NCAR PaleoCSM atmosphere 3.75°x°3.75 grid [48 latitudinal and 96 longitudinal grids] for each of the twelve 3-month seasonal averages [Jan-Feb-Mar, FMA, ......, DJF].
The existence of El Niño and La Niña conditions for the risk analyses were determined using the monthly Bivariate ENSO Timeseries ['BEST' Index ; Smith, C.A. and P. Sardeshmukh, 2000]. Given the persistence of sea surface temperatures and the lagged impact on the atmosphere and resulting climate conditions in the 110 year climate record analyzed, if the lead month of the three month seasonal average was determined using the BEST index to be either an El Niño or La Niña then within the risk analysis the season was considered to be associated with an El Niño or La Niña.
To define ENSO climate extremes, analyses were made at each grid box for each of twelve 3-month seasonal averages if data existed for a least 82 [75%] of the 110 years record. The 20 and 80 percentile values for each of the 3-month seasonal averages were used to define the climatological extreme threshold. The risk associated with El Niño or La Niña was calculated as the ratio of the 20 percent expected for a given month for both tails of the distribution versus the actual number of years for each 3-month seasonal average that exceeded the 20 and 80 percentile climatological extreme threshold.
For example, in the 109 year record of seasonal NDJ precipitation along the east coast of Australia, 9 of the 11 years classified as La Niñas, were in the upper 20 percent of the dataset (Figure 3). Since by chance one would expect only two of the La Niña years to be extreme (11 years multiplied by 0.2) then the change in risk was 4.5 (9 La Niña extreme years divided by the 2 expected extreme years).
|Figure 3. Histogram showing the distribution of seasonal NDJ precipitation in the east coast of Australia for 109 climatology years (grey) and for the subset of 11 La Niña years (red). The two vertical lines demark 20 and 80 percentiles of the climatological range.
We used a boot-strap resampling with replacement test for significance with a sample size of 10,000 and only included results that were significant at >95% confidence interval in the global maps of the risk of seasonal temperature and precipitation extremes related to El Niño and La Niña.
The resulting global patterns of Seasonal Precipitation and Temperature Extremes Related to El Niño and La Niña can be accessed below. Note that in many places there is not always a symmetric response in increase or decrease risk for wet/warm or dry/cold extremes under El Niño or under La Niña conditions. Likewise in many places there is not always a symmetric response in increase or decrease risk for wet/warm or dry/cold extremes between El Niño and La Niña conditions.
- Global Patterns of the Risk of Seasonal Precipitation Extremes Related to ENSO
- Global Patterns of the Risk of Seasonal Temperature Extremes Related to ENSO
To illustrate how a change in risk associated with El Niño or La Niña relates to shifts in the mean and extreme temperature and precipitation values, we selected a subset of cases with exceptional increases in the risk for extreme conditions. For these cases we generated empirical probability density functions [PDFs] for the complete temperature or precipitation records [all years] and for the subset of years under El Niño or La Niña conditions. In many cases the shift [increase/decrease] in the risk of climate extremes is associated with large shifts in mean climate [e.g., the east coast of Australia]; however in some cases [e.g., along the Pacific coast of South America] significant increases or decreases in the risk of climate extremes can occur with only minor changes in the mean value. Figures illustrating differences in the tail of the probabilities [extremes] associated with El Niño and La Niña years can be accessed below.
- Examples of extreme El Niño and La Niña related shifts in precipitation anomaly PDFs relative to Climatological PDFs
- Examples of extreme El Niño and La Niña related shifts in temperature anomaly PDFs relative to Climatological PDFs
Concluding Remarks
Although past performance is no guarantee of future performance, an examination of the instrumental record of the risk for seasonal temperature and precipitation climate extremes associated El Niños and La Niñas can provide insights into the range of possible future climate impacts. Extreme climate conditions associated with El Niños and La Niñas have and will continue to strongly impact the natural environment and society. The results presented in this study provide an objective quantitative assessment of global patterns of the risk of ENSO-related seasonal climate extremes. The maps showing the global patterns of the risk of seasonal precipitation and temperature extremes related to ENSO can be interpreted to provide guidance in terms of where one might expect an increased or decreased risk of flooding, drought, heatwave, or coldwave under El Niño and La Niña conditions; however, these associations should not be misinterpreted as deterministic. As illustrated in the empirical probability density function analyses, in almost all cases the increases in risk of extreme wet/warm climate conditions do not exclude the possibility of extreme dry/cold or mean climate conditions. In other words, an increase or decrease in risk of climate extremes does not preclude the opposite from happening, just that the probability of the opposite occurring is significantly reduced.
- References:
Kiladis, G. N., and H. F. Diaz, (1989). Global climate anomalies associated with extremes in the Southern Oscillation. J. Climate, 2, 1069-1090.
Mearns, L. O., R. W. Katz, and S. H. Schneider (1984). Extreme high-temperature events: Changes in their probabilities with changes in mean temperatures. J. Climate Appl. Meteor., 23, 1601-1613.
Ropelewski, C. F. and Halpert, M. S. (1987). Global and regional scale precipitation patterns associated with the El Niño/ Southern Oscillation (ENSO). Monthly Weather Review, 115: 1606-1626
Smith, C.A. and P. Sardeshmukh (2000). The Effect of ENSO on the Intraseasonal Variance of Surface Temperature in Winter., International J. of Climatology, 20, 1543-1557.
Vose, R. S., R. L. Schmoyer, P. M. Steurer, T. C. Peterson, R. Heim, T. R. Karl, and J. K. Eischeid. 1992. The Global Historical Climatology Network: Long-term monthly temperature, precipitation, sea level pressure, and station pressure data. NDP-041. Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Wolter, K., R. M. Dole, and C. A. Smith, 1999: Short-Term Climate Extremes over the Continental United States and ENSO. Part I: Seasonal Temperatures. J. Climate, 12, 3255-3272.


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Series 1. Correspondence 1969-1983
Scope and Content Note
Banks, Dennis 1983 December 21
Billington, Ray A. 1979 February 21
Blanchard, J. Richard 1969-1976
Buck, Frank 1979-1980
Chapman, Howard 1977
Cooper, Tom 1979 June 28
Craib, Ralph 1980 May 13
Hanna, Warren 1979-1980
Hart, James D. 1975-1979
Hedges, R.E.M. 1977
Heizer, Robert 1978
Kunitz, Donald 1969-1980
LaMarche, Valmore 1977
Mellon, Knox 1977 July 13
Newhall, Scott and Theiriot, Richard 1980 May 14
Pike, Donald G. 1976 June 7
Sansing, John L. 1977
Schober, Jerry L. 1976 September 22
Scovill, Douglas 1974 February 11
Slaymaker, Charles 1979
Smith, Cyril 1977-1979
Tart, Dr. 1978 March 17
Thompson, Lynn 1979
Thrower, Norman 1977
Tobler, Waldo 1979
Townsley, Robert 1980
Utley, Robert 1976-1977
Ward, Paul 1977 November 23
Waters, David 1976 May 18
Whalen, William J. 1976
Yeandle, Leatia 1977-1978
Ziebarth, Marilyn 1977 October 13
Series 2. Commissions 1970-1979
Sir Francis Drake Commission 1975-1979
State Historical Resources Commission (SHRC) 1976-1979
Meeting Agenda and Minutes 1978-1979
Index to Exhibits undated
Exhibit I, Drake's Landing in California: A Case for San Francisco Bay by Robert H. Power, published in California Historical Quarterly 1973
Exhibit II, The Francis Drake Controversy: His California Anchorage, June 17-July 23, 1579, published in California Historical Quarterly 1974
Exhibit III, A Study of Two Historic Maps by Robert H. Power 1978
Exhibit IV, Waldo Tobler, A Computer Study to Determine A Compatability Ratio for the Eleven Points of Compatability Presented in the Case for San Franciso Bay 1976 July 26
Exhibit V, Drake 400: A Catalog of Drake Exhibit With Introduction, "The Drake Quadricentennial Collection of Robert H. Power," Essay by Robert H. Power 1977 August 6-1977 September 11
Exhibit VI, Drake's Map of Cape Horn: A Comparison With the Hermite Islands, Study by Robert H. Power 1978
Exhibit VII, "A Plate of Brass 'By Me...C G Francis Drake'" by Robert H. Power published in California History 1977-1978
Exhibit VIII, Francis Drake and San Francisco Bay: A Beginning of the British Empire by Robert H. Power 1974
Exhibit IX, Terrae Incognitae, "Drake's California Harbor: Another Look at William Caldeira's Story," by Albert E. Doerr, Revised by Oliver Dunn 1977
Exhibit X, Elizabethan California by Robert Heizer 1974
Exhibit XI, Analysis of Raymond Aker: "Report of Findings Relatives to Identification of Sir Francis Drake's Encampment at Point Reyes National Seashore. A Research Report of the Drake Navigators Guild. Analysis by Professors Robert F. Heizer, John H. Kemble, Andrew Rolle, Point Reyes, California 1970
Exhibit XII, "Only Sir Francis Knows for Sure" by Robert H. Power, published in California Living 1976 June 27
Exhibit XIII, Drake in Marin: Fact and Fancy by Glenn Dines for the Board of Supervisors in the County of Marin, San Rafael 1975
Conclusions and Summary 1978
Program and Cruise Admission- The Francis Drake in California Hearings; Application from Office of Historic Preservation; Drake Navigators Guild and Power Hearings 1978
Series 3. Events 1977-1980
Sir Francis Drake, The British Library, London, England. Letter to British Museum Publications 1977
Drake 400. Plymouth, England. The Drake Quadricentennial Collection 1977
The University of San Francisco, Gleeson Library Associates Tour and Schedule 1977
UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library, Exhibit and annual meeting 1979
UC Davis Library Associates, Power Lecture and Oakland Museum exhibition 1979
Los Angeles and San Francisco International Conference; A Study of Two Historic Maps, by Robert H. Power.; Presentation: "Stephen Parmenius: The Poet for Drake's Mova Albion" 1979
UCLA Library Exhibit 1979
The Oakland Museum Exhibition Publication: "The Museum of California," 3 issues. 1979
California Drake Quadricentennial: Stamps and Calendar of Events 1979
California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. Two Centuries of British Discovery in the Pacific. 1979
Plymouth, England. Drake 400. 1980
Series 4. Research Projects 1977-1979
Scope and Content Note
Buckeye Survey 1977
Nova Albion Explorations 1979
Project Albion undated
Series 5. Newspaper and Magazine Articles 1975-1980
Scope and Content Note
Series 6. Publications and Speeches 1951-1980
Bancroft Library. Sir Francis Drake and the Finding of The Plate of Brass. undated
Bancroft Library. The Plate of Brass Reexamined. 1977
Bancroft Library. The Plate of Brass Reexamined: A Supplement. 1979
Crocker First National Bank. The Plate of Brass. 1951
Drake in Marin: Fact and Fancy. Dines, Glen. Marin County Free Library. 1975
Doerr, A.E., and Dunn, Oliver. Drake's California Harbor: Another Look at William Caldeira's Story. 1977
Drake Navigators Guild, Point Reyes, California. Plate of Brass. 1966
Hanna, W.L. Lost Harbor: The Controversy Over Drake's California Anchorage. 1979
Heizer, R.F., and Busby, C.I. Report on the Search for a Reported Drake Plate in Coppermine Gulch Near Bolinas Bay, California. 1979
Kinnaird, Lawrence. The Brass Riddle. 1979
Morison, Samuel Eliot. The European Discovery of America. advertisement. 1974
Nova Albion Map. 1979
Oko, Captain Adolph. Francis Drake and Nova Albion. 1964
Power, R.H. Putah Creek Letter. "Collecting Western Elizabethans." 1970
Power. The Nova Albion Pages of the Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoueries of the English Nation. 1970
Power. Plate of Brass. 1970
Power. The Significance of Francis Drake's Discovery of San Francisco Bay in 1579. 1971
California Historical Quarterly. Article by Power, "Drake's Landing in California: A Case for San Francisco Bay." 1973
Queen Elizabeth's Declaration: The Vse of the Sea and Ayre is Common to All. Introduction by Power. 1973
California Historical Quarterly. "San Francisco Bay/San Quentin Cove." by Robert H. Power. 1974
California Historical Society- Drake Debate MSS. 1974
Book Review: Drakes Island of Thieves. by Robert Power. 1975
Elizabethan World Map Including First Map of San Francisco Bay. 1976
A Plate of Brass "By Me... C G Francis Drake." by Robert H. Power. 1978
A Study of Two Historic Maps. By Power. 1978
The Drake Plate of Brass. By Power. 1979
Sir Francis Drake's Discoveries Revealed Through Maps. by Robert H. Power. 1980
Book Review: Lost Harbor: The Controversy Over Drake's California Anchorage. by Robert H. Power. 1979
"The Golden Hinde vs. The Golden Hind." by Robert H. Power. 1980
"The Spanish Lake." by Spate, O.H.K. 1979
The Smithsonian. Article "Replica of Drake's Golden Hinde." by Spencer, T. 1974
"Drake Landed in San Francisco Bay in 1579." by Walter A. Starr. 1962
National Geographic. "Queen Elizabeth's Favorite Sea Dog, Sir Francis Drake." by Alan Villiers. 1975
"Our First New England." by Edward P. Von Der Porten. 1960
"The Voyage of Sir Francis Drake Mapped in Silver and Gold." by Helen Wallis. 1979
Book Review: The World Encompassed, by Derek Wilson. 1978
Series 7. Addenda 1974-1980
Scope and Content Note
An Assessment of the Cultural Resources Within Point Reyes National Seashore, by Michael J. Moratto 1974
Advertisements 1977-1979
Clippings 1980
Poster and broadside undated
Proclamation by Governor Deukmejian in Honor of the Royal Visit 1983 March 3


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For this young male zebra, the grasslands of Botswana are paradise...when they're full of food, fun and fillies.
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A young filly is ready to mate...and a bachelor stallion plans to win her affection.
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Do we have to be on iOS 6 for this to work?
Hopefully that isn't a stupid question aha.
Edit: after taking some OTC sleep aids and not reading the article on full yup dumb.
AT&T reps (tier 2) told me on Monday that it will not be enabled for six weeks in any markets. They said they are doing it regionally - and that Houston, TX region will be 8-10 weeks out. AT&T sure has been back and forth on this feature.
Maybe I'm not lucky. No facetime on cellular with unlimited data plan ;(
Everyone needs to try a full reboot of your phone before reporting back that it doesn't work for you. Any time a change is made on AT&T's end to the functionality of your phone it requires you to fully reboot your phone before the feature will work. So try that before your report here.
I just chat with a representative at ATT.
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You are now chatting with 'Steve Austin'
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You: What do i have to do to enable facetime over my cell network?
I have an iphone 5 with unlimited data plan (XXXXXX) and an iphone 4 with a 3GB data plan (YYYYYYYY)
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He even shut the chat..
The only way mine works is...
I go to settings, try to turn on facetime over cellular, it gives me the "call att" message. Reboot phone and then it works, the slider switch it pushed in the on position.
BUT as soon as I get on wifi, it turns itself off...
Turning the WIFI back off, I head back over to facetime settings to re-enable over cellular date - FAIL "call att" message
This seems to be a bug in the software. At least on my phone. Can anyone else recreate this situation?


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You know an issue has reached critical mass when it's the topic of late-night comedian Jimmy Fallon's "Slow Jam the News" segment, and none other than President Obama shows up to help.
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The subject of the slow jam? On July 1, the interest rate for some new federal student loans is scheduled to increase to 6.8% from 3.4%. President Obama wants to extend the lower rate for another year. Republicans in Congress say they support the extension, but disagree with the president's plan to pay for it.
Many graduates are struggling with unaffordable loan payments, so any suggestion that loans will become more expensive is worrisome to a lot of college students. But a lot of information that has been circulated about the pending rate increase is misleading, if not downright wrong, says Kalman Chany, author of Paying for College Without Going Broke. If you have student loans, or plan to borrow, here's what you need to know:
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•The increase would only affect interest rates for subsidized Stafford loans for undergrad students issued after July 1, 2012. Interest rates for existing loans won't change.
About a third of undergraduate students have subsidized Stafford loans, which are awarded based on economic need. The College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007 gradually reduced the rates for subsidized loans for undergraduate students from 6.8% to 3.4% through 2012-13.
The rates are fixed for the life of the loan. For example, the rate for subsidized Stafford loans issued for academic year 2010-11 is 4.5%. That rate won't change on July 1, no matter what happens in Congress.
An interest-rate rate increase for subsidized Stafford loans would affect more than 7 million undergraduate students, according to the Department of Education. The administration estimates that doubling loan rates would increase their interest costs by more than $5,000 over the life of the loan.
That estimate is based on a borrower with $23,000 in subsidized Stafford loans, the maximum allowed for undergraduate dependent students. A borrower with an $11,329 loan would pay an extra $2,265 in interest, or about $22 a month, based on a 10-year repayment term, according to FinAid.org.
VIDEO: President Barack Obama spoke to college students about the importance of keeping student loans affordable.
•Rates for unsubsidized Stafford loans won't change. The College Cost Reduction and Access Act didn't affect rates for unsubsidized Stafford loans, which are available to all full-time college students, regardless of financial need. Unsubsidized Stafford loans issued since July 1, 2006, have a fixed rate of 6.8%. Likewise, rates for subsidized loans for graduate and professional students will remain at 6.8%.
•Even if rates rise on July 1, subsidized Stafford loans are generally less costly than private student loans.
Some private lenders are advertising student loan rates as low as 3%, which makes them look like an attractive alternative to Stafford loans with a 6.8% rate. But private loan rates are usually variable, which means they could shoot higher if overall rates rise. And to get the lowest rates, most borrowers will need a co-signer, which puts that individual — usually a parent — on the hook for payments if the borrower falls behind.
If you qualify for a subsidized Stafford loan, the government will pay the interest on the loan while you're in school, Chany says. Interest on private student loans and unsubsidized Stafford loans accrues while you're in school. If you don't make interest payments — and some private lenders require that you do — the interest is capitalized and added to your loan balance.
In addition, both subsidized and unsubsidized federal student loans offer repayment options that typically aren't available to borrowers with private loans. If you lose your job, for example, you automatically qualify for deferral of loan payments for up to three years.
Borrowers who can't afford their monthly payments may be eligible for the income-based repayment program, which reduces payments based on discretionary income. After 25 years of qualifying payments, the balance of the loan will be forgiven. The federal government also offers loan forgiveness programs for borrowers who pursue careers in public service.
Some private lenders provide forbearance or interest-only payments for borrowers who are experiencing hard times, but that's voluntary.
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Matthews: "Do Americans want to return to the Hillary model of first lady, or do they like the Laura Bush model?"
On the June 17 edition of the NBC-syndicated Chris Matthews Show, host Chris Matthews, leading off the discussion topic "What are Americans looking for in their next first lady?" asked "The Matthews Meter [1]" -- composed of 12 of his regular panelists, including June 17 panelists BBC Washington correspondent Katty Kay, Newsweek chief political correspondent Howard Fineman, and MSNBC host Tucker Carlson -- "Do Americans want to return to the Hillary model of first lady, or do they like the Laura Bush model?" All 12 panelists responded that Americans want "the Laura Bush model."
Guest Michele Norris, host of NPR's All Things Considered and the only panelist on the June 17 show who is not a participant in "The Matthews Meter," said that she did not think the question was "reflective of what you actually see on the campaign trail this year." Norris continued, "what you see are people who, who actually reflect the way many women live. They're juggling careers and kids and you see a very different kind of spouse on the road."
Unlike Kay and Carlson, Fineman identified himself as "a voter in The Matthews Meter" and added that the choice between Hillary Clinton and Laura Bush "was the only choice we were given." He then said that Michelle Obama, wife of Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL), "has a chance to be something different because I think she's more comfortable in her skin" than Hillary Clinton. He continued: "Michelle Obama is a younger woman, more confident, more settled as a professional person and wife." Michelle Obama, who was born in January 1964, is 43, only one year younger than Hillary Clinton, born in October 1947, was in 1991, the year before Bill Clinton was elected president.
Carlson claimed that Michelle Obama's comments that her husband forgets to put away the butter or pick up his socks [2] were "emasculating." He added, "[A]gain and again, she belittles her husband."
Kay stated that "Laura Bush is incredibly popular, even though her husband is unpopular. Hillary Clinton was not very popular, even when Bill Clinton had good approval ratings." Kay speculated that this was because Clinton was perceived as "too hungry for power, that she was too ambitious." In fact, though Laura Bush's favorability ratings as first lady are higher [3] than those of Hillary Clinton when she was first lady, Hillary Clinton was still viewed favorably by a majority of the American public most of the time. (In 20 of 28 USA Today/Gallup polls [4] conducted between 1994 and 2000, Hillary Clinton received a favorability rating of 50 percent or higher. In 23 of 28 polls, her favorability rating exceeded her unfavorability rating. She received a favorability rating of 60 percent or higher in seven of the 28 polls.)
From the June 17 edition of the NBC-syndicated Chris Matthews Show:
MATTHEWS: We put it to "The Matthews Meter," twelve of our regular panelists: "Do Americans want to return to the Hillary model of first lady, or do they like the Laura Bush model?" This amazed me. By a unanimous vote, the meter says voters prefer the Laura Bush model.
KAY: Laura Bush is incredibly popular, even though her husband is very unpopular. Hillary Clinton was not very popular, even when Bill Clinton had good approval ratings. People --
MATTHEWS: But why was she unpopular? Because she was too far to the left? --
KAY: It's not -- OK, first of all, it's not a very easy position, being first lady, or even running to be first lady, and many have been criticized for different aspects. But with Hillary Clinton, there was a feeling that she was too eager for power, that she was too ambitious, that she was trying to promote herself as being president, almost, when she hadn't been elected. They felt uncomfortable. That clip that we showed earlier in the program about how she wasn't going to stay home and bake cookies and have teas, that alienates a lot of people, and you're not going to hear her say it this time around, I'm absolutely sure of that.
MATTHEWS: Michelle -- Michelle Obama is a lawyer, she's an Ivy League grad. She's got, what, a degree from Yale Law, or Harvard or whatever, and she says she's going to continue her practice, continue to take care of her kids. Isn't she more the Hillary model?
NORRIS: I think -- I don't know that she's more the Hillary model. She's a lawyer, so they have similarities there. I think the question that was posed to The Matthews Meter -- no disrespect to those who participated in that, though -- was --
MATTHEWS: Unanimous vote.
NORRIS: Well -- but I don't think it -- it reflect -- it is reflective of what you actually see on the campaign trail this year. What you see --
MATTHEWS: Oh, good.
NORRIS: -- is a very different --
MATTHEWS: So they're wrong.
NORRIS: -- and what you see are people who, who actually reflect the way many women live. They're juggling careers and kids and you see a very different kind of spouse on the road.
KAY: It's interesting that Michelle Obama has decided to say, "I'm going to step back from my career," that she's actually taken on more of a domestic image. Talking about things like having to unblock the toilets, for example, how her husband doesn't put the butter away. She's almost deliberately promoting a much more middle-class -- the kinds of things I think women can relate to.
FINEMAN: Please.
CARLSON: Well, let me just say, I think when she says he doesn't put his clothes away and he leaves the crumbs around, he's a pig, she is following a sitcom schtick. Tried and true. My husband, the fool. My sort of slightly out-of-it, dorky husband. I think it's emasculating, actually. I think she comes -- wait, hold on, let me --
CARLSON: Listen to me, I knew that would make you mad. But listen to what she says. She -- again and again, she belittles her husband. "My husband, he's not the savior you think he is." Bill Clinton, by contrast -- Bill Clinton never said a bad thing about his wife.
MATTHEWS: Howard, last word coming up here.
FINEMAN: As a voter in The Matthews Meter --
MATTHEWS: Yes, as one of those who voted we prefer Laura.
FINEMAN: -- that was the only choice we were given. Michelle Obama has a chance to be something different because I think she's more comfortable in her skin.
FINEMAN: Hillary, as first lady, was jumping out of her skin, saying, "I want the power" -- of course, now she's running. Michelle Obama is a younger woman, more confident, more settled as a professional person and wife.
MATTHEWS: Listening to you, Michele, I hear you say, people may want the more traditional, yesterday kind of wife, but they're not going to get that choice, because the women who are running for first lady are modern.
NORRIS: Most of them, but not all of them, not all of them. I mean, there -- you have a full spectrum here. You also have women who left their careers. You have Ann Romney, who is, I would say, probably more demure than Michelle Obama. But Michelle Obama is not talking about, when she steps out on the plank, and she's, you know, a bit sassy, it's not necessarily in terms of policies --
MATTHEWS: OK, this will go on, we'll bring this up again later.
KAY: What they don't like is when they listen to Judith Nathan saying, "I'm going to be in on Cabinet meetings." I don't think anyone in the country is saying, "Oh yeah, that's going to make me vote for [Rudy] Giuliani."
MATTHEWS: I'll be right back with scoops and predictions.
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Brevard, N.C. – The Brevard College women's volleyball team fell in South Atlantic Conference action at home on Friday night, as the Tornados were swept in three straight sets, 25-16, 25-18 and 25-13 by the Lincoln Memorial University Lady Railsplitters.
The loss drops the Tornados to 11-13 overall and 2-10 in the conference, while LMU improved to 17-8 and 5-5 in the SAC on the season.
After the Tornados jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the first set, Lincoln Memorial ran off six straight points capped off by a kill by Caitlin Hankins to pull ahead 6-1. The Tornados stormed back to knot the score up at 8-8 on a kill by junior middle hitter Brooke Seaman. However, Lincoln Memorial then went on a 17-8 run to close out the set and pick up the 25-16 win and an early 1-0 advantage.
In the second set, the Tornados tied the score up at 2-2 on a LMU attack error but then dropped the next seven consecutive points to fall behind early 9-2 to the Lady Railsplitters. BC stopped the run on a kill from junior outside hitter Megan Street, but it did not stop the LMU offense as the Lady Railsplitters went on to take a 19-10 lead on a Alicia MacIntyre service ace to force BC to take a timeout.
Out of the timeout, the Tornados were able to cut the lead to six on two separate occasions but could not get any closer as the Lady Railsplitters held off BC for the 25-18 win.
Lincoln Memorial jumped out to an early 5-0 lead in set three, before two Lady Railsplitter errors got BC back in the game at 5-2. The Tornados hung tough, cutting the lead to five at 11-6 on another LMU error, but failed to get any closer to the Lady Railsplitters for the remainder of the match. LMU went on to win the set 25-13 and the match 3-0.
The Tornados, who saw action from 13 different players on Friday night, were led by Seaman, as the preseason second-team All-SAC selection had a match high 14 kills. Senior setter Jami Perry dished out 21 assists, while sophomore libero Rebecca Schoonover had a match high 14 digs on the night.
For LMU, Hankins had 11 kills and three block assists, while Ashley Knight added seven kills and a match high six block assists. Candace Richardson had eight kills, while setter Lauren Kiwacka had a match high 27 set assists.
The Tornados will be back in action tomorrow afternoon, when Coach Skeffington's squad will play host to the Lady Eagles of Carson-Newman College at 12 noon in Boshamer Gymnasium. Lincoln Memorial will also be in action on Saturday afternoon, as the Lady Railsplitters will travel to Hickory, N.C. to take on the Bears of Lenoir-Rhyne University at 2 p.m.


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I have been trying making an AP using Hostapd but I can't seem to get my NIC's into Master Mode. I have an ALFA AWUS036H and an Atheros AR2425.
The Atheros use ath5k.
The Alfa use rtl8187.
Does anyone know if ALFA can be set in master mode? Ive read that it is not supported yet.
Is it good or possible to use MadWiFi to make an AP?


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Easter Recipes & Table Settings
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Easter Appetizers
Serve these delicious Easter appetizer recipes at your Easter Sunday celebration or any spring party.
Spring in the South welcomes back sunny weather and gardens in full bloom. Easter egg hunts and outdoor barbecues are suddenly on the calendar. Make plans to capture the spirit of the season and host a lunch or potluck featuring some fabulous spring appetizers. Whether an Easter dinner or Mother's Day brunch, this lineup of spring appetizer recipes will give hostesses some great choices for satisfying a hungry crowd before the main meal. Just because you are time-challenged doesn't mean you can't impress friends with a show-stopping Easter appetizer; many of the following recipes are very easy to prepare, yet delicious enough to keep guests returning to the table for a second helping. From traditional appetizers such as stuffed eggs and pimiento cheese, to new twists like deviled potatoes and goat cheese bites, there is something for every taste. So when warm weather hits and everyone wants to take the party outside, check out these easy outdoor entertaining tips, whip up some tasty spring appetizers, and enjoy a comfortable, laid-back gathering.


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thats gotta be him the fill is almost identical. maybe it was older with a diff T or maybe he was tryin somethin new? ive seen people raggin on that T
thats gotta be him the fill is almost identical. maybe it was older with a diff T or maybe he was tryin somethin new? ive seen people raggin on that T
I dunno where the hell he's at, but I thought that shit was mad funny when I saw it. I guess dude is up so much that someone flicked it. Or he's on tumblr somewhere.
It was the I and the N that made me think it was him.
And Phil, where the fuck you been at?
does anyone post graff flicks on their facebook? i think this is a pretty stupid idea so i never have, but some people do. i think the police can look ur name up and see u and ur pieces and whatever and bust u cant they?
I'm sure they do, unless you block your shit and make it private, but still. I don't do it at all, or have any kind of connection to graffiti on my facebook. People who make facebooks specifically for their graff are stupid too, it can link back to your IP address, and blah blah blah.
I mean, you'd have to wreck a lot of shit to get that far, but I wouldn't risk something as stupid as that for not even getting up.
do any of you on this forum post from a proxy?
i run a proxy server out of an older gaming box i had, i use it 24/7 365
what is proxy??
a proxy is something that hides your i.p adress isnt it? think so.
its kind of like connecting to the internet through another computer thats in between you and the internet so your internet activity's appear to be coming from the proxy server and not your home computer.
Proxies make everything go a lot slower, so I don't really see the point in it.
+ Tor is amazing for it though.
yeah i have tor its pretty cool
yeah I know a couple of dudes on facebook that be postin' pics of their shit...not them standing next to it, but still. It's the fact of the matter...Graffiti to me is super anonymous...and I like it that way. That's what it's all about. Just seeing someone up and thinking to yourself like "damn, I see that ____ dude everywhere...who the fuck is that..." and I like to think of who the person is and what he does and he would be chill or just a poser or whatever. Graffiti is awesome, and pretty unique in my opinion. To lose it all for being stupid (posting on facebook) is just absoloutely retarded.
I like what you say nose. On another note, when the police have officially connected your real name to your other name, do you change it? Do the real heads just stick with it or what?
^that all depends on how big you are/how much your up/what that name means to you.... Recently bay area legend girafa just got out of prison and is faceing 38,000+ in fines just to one city, that ***** aint changing his name cause hes everywhere, and i mean everywhere. You write the same name for 10 years and your up all over why change it? If they try to pinch you for it you can say "thats not me, someones just trying to get me in trouble" like cope2 says. But if you get pinched over a name that you barely up with, or your a toy, it would be foolish to write the same name
how do you change your real name?
^google that shit breh, cmon now lol
well when i posted that your post wasnt above you post ninja so it wouldv looked better heh
There's actually this dude who writes "Kevin Harris" all over California, and I wonder if that is his actual name haha
his real name is probably some graff sounding name lol


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Last night I attended the OmniFocus Debut event in San Francisco, where the Omni Group offered the first public look at the next Mac version of OmniFocus, their powerful task management system that's based on David Allen's Getting Things Done (GTD) methodology for personal productivity.
Making it Easier
Omni Group CEO Ken Case kicked off the presentation by sharing the high-level goals for OmniFocus 2. One of the challenges with OmniFocus 1 is that while it's a powerful application, there's a steep learning curve that can make it difficult for new users to get up and running into a productive state. Easier ramp-up time was a concern, and as Case noted, with OmniFocus 2 you'll no longer need a degree in OmniFocus to use OmniFocus.
This easier ramp-up is facilitated primarily by two visible changes which became obvious as product manager Liz Marley demonstrated the working version of OmniFocus 2. The first is a refreshed look to the application. It's hard to specify exactly what's changed, but instead of the dated look of OmniFocus 1, the new version appears cleaner and more in line with current UI practices. The second big change is quite tangible: the separate Projects and Contexts sidebars are gone, replaced by a consolidated sidebar that features collapseable panels. In these panels you'll find access to Projects, Contexts, your Inbox, Flagged items, as well as a couple new views/features…
Back to the Mac: Forecast
OmniFocus' Forecast view was introduced with their iPad application, offering an easy look at what tasks are coming in the next week. It quickly became many users' favorite way of interacting with the program, providing a relevant view at pending work without having to create a custom perspective.
OmniFocus 2 introduces a Forecast view to the Mac version of the software. The basic look is similar to that of the iPad Forecast view, integrating both upcoming tasks and calendar entries into a view of "soon to come" items.
In a nice enhancement beyond what's available on the iPad, OmniFocus 2 doesn't restrict Forecast view to only the next week. You can pop open a calendar view of the upcoming month and select an arbitrary range of dates to be included. If you'd like your forecast to just include three days, you select those three days. Want a 2-week view? Sure. And, in a feature that David Sparks said made him pee a little with excitement, you can also select days vertically on the calendar, meaning that, for example, you can take a look at your next few Saturdays.
Back to the Mac: Reviews
The other area in which the iPad version offered a better experience than OmniFocus 1 for the Mac was the interface used for task reviews. Getting Things Done advocates a weekly review, but OmniFocus also allows users to specify a different review period on a per-project basis.
The pre-release version of the software we saw last night didn't yet have a functional Reviews component, but we were shown mockups of what is hoped to ship when the software is available. The Review interface is very similar to that of the iPad, which should make it much easier for OmniFocus users to keep on top of this important part of the GTD system. From the stage, Merlin Mann noted that the GTD review is where one is held accountable, and the improved Review feature will make it easier to see when you've been a slacker (which, in a positive light, might incentivize you to get back on track).
My Take
OmniFocus 2 is about what I expected, and that's a good thing. The new Forecast and Review views will be a nice enhancement to the Mac OmniFocus experience, and I'm looking forward to a fresher UI in the application. OmniFocus 2 will be a nice evolution of the product that should provide a more pleasant experience when working on tasks. A couple speakers yesterday reminded us that the goal of software like OmniFocus is not to become good at OmniFocus, but rather to become good at finishing tasks and projects.
I'm sure I'll have more to say once I start using the product.
What's Next
Ken Case noted that everyone has two big questions: when and how much?
When: OmniFocus will enter a private beta soon; allegedly those of us in attendance last night will be the first private beta testers so I'll share what I can, when I can. They also have over 9,000 folks who have registered to be part of their beta testing, so there won't be any lack of "real world" field testing. After a private beta, there will be a public beta (expected to last about a month) and then release.
How Much: OmniFocus 2 will be released in two versions. A Standard version will include all of the basic user features (projects, contexts, forecast, review, etc) and will be priced at $39.99. A Pro version will add the power user abilities to create custom perspectives (workflow views) as well as AppleScript support. The Pro version will be priced the same as the previous version of OmniFocus: $79.99.
Current registered users of OmniFocus will be eligible to upgrade at a 50% discount.
Read more about OmniFocus 2 on the Omni Group's blog.


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'The move represents a homecoming for Arniel. He began his NHL career with the Winnipeg Jets and spent the last three seasons of his pro career with the Moose. His family remained in the Winnipeg area while he was coaching in Buffalo.'
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Allstate Sugar Bowl Track Classic This Weekend
Sunday, March 21, 2010
The Allstate Sugar Bowl Track & Field Classic returns to Tad Gormley Stadium this Friday and Saturday with nearly 2,000 student-athletes from throughout the Southeast slated to compete in the two-day event. Since 1993, this event has been the largest high school track and field invitational in Louisiana, featuring more than 100 boys and girls teams from Louisiana and surrounding states. The event took a one-year hiatus due to renovations at Tad Gormley last spring.
For more information about the Allstate Sugar Bowl and its many community events, please log on to its website http://www.allstatesugarbowl.org/.


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A Celebration of Our History
April 22 -- October 29, 2000
Frontier Author
"I realized that in my own life I had seen it all.Then I understood that in my own life, I represented a whole period of American history."
Sharpshooter and Wild West Star
"From the time I was nine, I never had a nickel I did not earn for myself."
Americans still dream of wide open spaces and pioneer days. Here, an author and a performer represent true western heroes.
Laura Ingalls Wilder's "Little House" children's books have been enjoyed by hundreds of millions of readers. The joys and sorrows of the Ingalls family are narrated by the author (spunky daughter, Laura) as they homestead across the Midwestern frontier. Vivid descriptions of woodland or prairie landscapes and pioneer life have made this series a classroom standard.
Childhood was less than idyllic for Annie Oakley. Born Phoebe Ann Moses on a farm in Woodland, Ohio, she hunted, trapped, and worked in an asylum to help pay the family mortgage. Oakley became famous when she joined Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show. Nicknamed "Little Sure Shot," she thrilled audiences throughout the U.S. and Europe with her fabulous shooting skills and stunts.
Several movies have contributed to the Annie Oakley legend, and television boosted the popularity of Wilder's books with the 1970s-80s TV show, Little House on the Prairie. We will always think of these women as alive and free on the western plains
Historic Artifacts:
EDITIONS of the "Little House" series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
CHINA PLACE SETTING of Wilder's
TABLEWARE used by Wilder
POSTER for The Pioneer Girl, book by Bill Anderson about Laura Ingalls Wilder, and signed by the author and illustrator.
--On loan from Bill Anderson, Lapeer MI
of the "Little House" series of books by Laura Ingalls Wilder
MAILBOX of Wilder's used to contain hundreds of fan mail letters
QUILT made by school children and presented to Wilder
EYEGLASSES worn by Wilder
CHAIR, mate to the writing chair of Wilder
LAMP, silver kerosene, used by Wilder
-- On loan from the Laura Ingalls Wilder - Rose Wilder Lane Home and Museum, Mansfield MO
and MANUSCRIPTS of Laura Ingalls Wilder's "Little House" series
PHOTOS of Wilder
-- From the collections of the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library-Museum, West Branch IA
RIFLE, Remington .22, used by Annie Oakley
BRASS DISK used by Oakley for target practice, autographed and dated
GAUNTLETS, worn by Oakley
PISTOL, Colt "Cop & Thug" police revolver, carried by Oakley for self-defense
-- On loan from Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Buffalo Bill Museum, Cody WY
of Oakley's performances with the Wild West Show
-- Purchased from the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Circus World Museum Foundation, Baraboo WI
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|From Fifties to Feminism, 1950-1990
|From Growth to Civil War, 1800-1870
|Into the 21st Century, 1990 onward
|View an alphabetical list of all 106 women included in American Women! with links to photos and biographies for selected women
|View a Thank You to over 100 lenders to Ameican Women!
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|Return to Hoover Library-Museum virtual exhibits page
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Krissie Newman & Angie Ward talk racing and her charity, the Rescue ranch!
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I recently had the chance to talk with Krissie Newman, wife of NASCAR Driver Ryan Newman and founder of Rescue Ranch - a non-profit that promotes and provides humane education to enhance the human-animal bond; compassionate rescue; low-cost spay/neuter; and, responsible adoption in an effort to end pet
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Could future flooring design make the surfaces under our feet—currently static surfaces that are literally overlooked and frequent subject to a daily beating from our feet—an active element in our daily lives? Consider the possibilities: Say you were at the airport, awaiting a flight, only to see your smartphone run out of juice right before boarding, taking your mobile boarding pass with it? Do you frantically search for an outlet, fighting off other passengers for a plug and crouch on the ground for a few minutes trying to grab a bit of power? Run to a service desk to try and print out a paper pass? What if you could simply hit a button on your phone and have it wirelessly charge via an electrical charger embedded in a nearby carpet tile?
Or, what if the flooring in your home contained a computer interface that interacted with you when you arrived home, welcoming you home, giving you messages, or telling your children to do their homework when they come in after school? What if the surface in your gym could recognize you and provide a workout plan along with some motivation that follows you as you move through the machines?
Could your flooring improve your health? What if carpet tiles could be swapped in and out with easy-to-maintain indoor gardens to provide visual intrigue while helping to clean the air in your home or office?
These three scenarios could be in our future, according to a group of architecture and engineering students at the University of Pennsylvania. Under the guidance of Jordan Goldstein, AIA, principal and a managing director of Gensler's Washington, D.C., office, three teams of graduate students have spent the past semester exploring the next generation of sustainable flooring in conjunction with carpet giant Interface. The three scenarios above were presented as part of their final presentations last week in Philadelphia during a critique for which I served as a juror.
For the past five years, Goldstein's class, which is offered each fall, pairs students with a building product manufacturer to explore the nuances of product design and development on macro and micro levels, from conceptualization and establishing project goals and constraints, through market and user experience analysis to manufacturing and marketing. The students also learn how to work in a group to mature an idea from ideation through production, with hands-on experience in sharing ownership, a concept Goldstein believes is key in day-to-day professional practice.
This fall, 14 students partnered with Interface to explore a central question: What is the next generation of floor surfaces? Throughout the semester, the class met with Interface executives to learn about the company's mission (which puts a strong emphasis on sustainability through their Mission Zero initiative), travelling to a mill in LaGrange, Ga., as well as the D.C. and New York showrooms. They conducted market analyses and focus groups, identifying user needs and examining ideas for feasibility in terms of time, cost, and materials.
So what's next for flooring? Consider the proposals below:
Off the Wall: Flooring as a power source. Capitalizing on the growing use of mobile devices and how it is changing behavior, one group looking into ways to make power access more flexible, taking people away from traditional perimeter plug zones while benefiting from growing wireless technology. Their solution: carpet tiles that carry an integrated induction charger that is visually noted by an embedded LED light. The vision is that in the future mobile devices will come with embedded wireless receivers (with adapters available for older devices) that would allow them to connect to an electrical charge remotely, eliminating the current use of power cords that ties people to static outlets. "Power is a universal problem and this is a universal solution," noted Chip DeGrace, senior vice president of creative for FLOR. "It moves flooring from a finish that is selected to being part of the infrastructure, which allows people to think about carpet earlier on in the design process." An added bonus proposed: Reducing the amount of underfloor electrical cabling as the power source would be wired through in the carpet tiles themselves.
Living Room: Flooring as a dynamic element of the home that addresses comfort and health. In a twist on urban agriculture that also capitalizes on the growing relationship between human health and our built environments, a second group in the class took the modular aspect of carpet tile and used it to create a living insert in the form of a small-scale indoor garden. Could these gardens provide nature indoors and help absorb pollutants? Crafting an 18-in. by 18-in. tile frame that mirrors the dimensions of a standard FLOR tile, the Living Room system features a removable inner structural tray made up of 18 hexagonal compartments. Each compartment would then house a non-toxic, dual gel and seed pouch that dissolves in water to grow one of six species of low-maintenance vegetation. Could the area rug of the future be a miniature indoor field of grass? "There's an interesting connection to biophilia here," said Jennifer Busch, vice president of A&D market development at Interface. "It could also be vertical element, connecting to moments of horizontal elements."
Light It Up: Flooring as the new iPhone and iPad. In perhaps the most forward-reaching project of the three presented, the third team of students questioned how the floor can become an interactive digital display, featuring customized messaging or entertainment. Could a receptor in a floor tile connect with a mobile device to help you navigate through an airport, by lighting up a pathway to follow? Could floor tiles register retail visitors via integrated pressure sensors and catalogue that data for a store owner, to track daily traffic and which displays draw the most shoppers? Could your welcome mat become a digital interface that recognizes an entrant to welcome them home or remind them to clean their room and do their homework? "Activating the floor and making it an intelligent surface is intriguing from a very futuristic standpoint," Busch said.


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Did you watch the debate? I was driving home from Seattle so had to listen to the first hour the old-fashioned way, via a radio. Radio seems to be the perfect medium for debates. Listeners can't see the eye roll, the smug lift of the chin, the wry grin, the tightening of the jaw, [Read More…]
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Reviewing medical literature: a primer for those living with Celiac disease The safety, toxicity or otherwise of gluten…Author: Dr Geoff Forbes
The National Library of Medicine regularly publishes bibliographies covering distinct subject areas of biomedicine of current popular interest. The first and only National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference was in 2004, Current Bibliographies in Medicine 2004-2 Consensus Development refers to celiac disease.
¿Cómo se dice "gene" en español? The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) online Spanish Talking Glossary of Genetics
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Generally, the grants are in the form of seed money, in an effort to support the work of the scientific community as it searches for a cure for celiac disease and other gluten-induced conditions. Learn more about the CSA Peer Review Research Grant Program.
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Late Night Last Night: Jimmy Fallon and Jay Leno Duet About 'Tonight' Rumors
Over the past few weeks, rumors have been spreading that Jimmy Fallon will be replacing Jay Leno as the host of NBC's Tonight Show. Until last night, both hosts did their best to skirt around the issue with jokes and jabs, but on Monday they decided to address the rumors the best way they knew how — with song.
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The writing exercises in this guide provide possible essay topics, as do the five Discussion Questions in the Reader's Guide. Advanced students can come up with their own essay topics, as long as they are interesting and specific. Other ideas for essays are provided below.
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You've got all the bells and whistles when it comes to network firewalls and your building's security has a state-of-the-art access system. You've invested in the technology. But a social engineering attack could bypass all those defenses.
Say two fire inspectors show up at your office, show their badges and ask for a walkthrough—you're legally required to give them access to do their job. They ask a lot of questions, they take electrical readings at various wall outlets, they examine wiring under desks. Thorough, aren't they? Problem is, in this case they're really security consultants doing a social engineering 'penetration test' and grabbing access cards, installing keystroke loggers, and generally getting away with as much of your business's private information as they can get their hands on. (See How to rob a bank for details from this real-world example.)
Social engineers, or criminals who take advantage of human behavior to pull off a scam, aren't worried about a badge system. They will just walk right in and confidently ask someone to help them get inside. And that firewall? It won't mean much if your users are tricked into clicking on a malicious link they think came from a Facebook friend.
In this article, we outline the common tactics social engineers often use, and give you tips on how to ensure your staff is on guard.
Last updated September 27, 2012. See below for the following topics:
- What is social engineering?
- How is my company at risk?
- Sneaky stuff. Give me some specific examples of what social engineers say or do.
- Why do people fall for social engineering techniques?
- How can I educate our employees to prevent social engineering?
- Are there any tools that can help?
- Looks like this is an important security issue. Tell me more!
What is social engineering?
Social engineering is essentially the art of gaining access to buildings, systems or data by exploiting human psychology, rather than by breaking in or using technical hacking techniques. For example, instead of trying to find a software vulnerability, a social engineer might call an employee and pose as an IT support person, trying to trick the employee into divulging his password.
Famous hacker Kevin Mitnick helped popularize the term 'social engineering' in the '90s, although the idea and many of the techniques have been around as long as there have been scam artists of any sort. (Watch the video to see social-engineering expert Chris Nickerson size up one building's perimeter security)
How is my company at risk?
Social engineering has proven to be a very successful way for a criminal to "get inside" your organization. In the example given above, once a social engineer has a trusted employee's password, he can simply log in and snoop around for sensitive data. Another try might be to scam someone out of an access card or code in order to physically get inside a facility, whether to access data, steal assets, or even to harm people.
Chris Nickerson, founder of Lares, a Colorado-based security consultancy, conducts 'red team testing' for clients using social engineering techniques to see where a company is vulnerable. Nickerson detailed for CSO how easy it is to get inside a building without question.
In one penetration test, Nickerson used current events, public information available on social network sites, and a $4 Cisco shirt he purchased at a thrift store to prepare for his illegal entry. The shirt helped him convince building reception and other employees that he was a Cisco employee on a technical support visit. Once inside, he was able to give his other team members illegal entry as well. He also managed to drop several malware-laden USBs and hack into the company's network, all within sight of other employees. Read Anatomy of a Hack to follow Nickerson through this exercise.
In What it's like to steal someone's identity professional pen tester Chris Roberts, founder of One World Labs, says he too often meets people who assume they have nothing worth stealing.
"So many people look at themselves or the companies they work for and think, 'Why would somebody want something from me? I don't have any money or anything anyone would want,'?" he said. "While you may not, if I can assume your identity, you can pay my bills. Or I can commit crimes in your name. I always try to get people to understand that no matter who the heck you are, or who you represent, you have a value to a criminal."
Sneaky stuff. Give me some specific examples of what social engineers say or do.
Criminals will often take weeks and months getting to know a place before even coming in the door or making a phone call. Their preparation might include finding a company phone list or org chart and researching employees on social networking sites like LinkedIn or Facebook.
In the case of Roberts, he was asked to conduct a pen test for a client who was a high-net-worth individual to see how easy it would be to steal from him. He used a basic internet search to find an email address for the individual. From there, it snowballed.
Useful Books on Social Engineering!
By Hadnagy and Wilson (Wiley, Dec 2010)
"This book covers, in detail, the world's first framework for social engineering."
By Johnny Long et al (Syngress 2008)
"Whether breaking into buildings or slipping past industrial-grade firewalls, my goal has always been the same: extract the informational secrets using any means necessary."
"We searched for the e-mail address online were able to find a telephone number because he had posted in a public forum using both," said Roberts. "On this forum, he was looking for concert tickets and had posted his telephone number on there to be contacted about buying tickets from a potential seller."
The phone number turned out to be an office number and Roberts called pretending to be a publicist. From there he was able to obtain a personal cell phone number, a home address, and, eventually, mortage information. The point being from one small bit of information, a social engineering can compile an enitre profile on a target and seem convincing. By the time Roberts was done with his pen test, he knew where the person's kids went to school and even was able to pull a Bluetooth signal from his residence.
Once a social engineer is ready to strike, knowing the right thing to say, knowing whom to ask for, and having confidence are often all it takes for an unauthorized person to gain access to a facility or sensitive data, according to Nickerson.
The goal is always to gain the trust of one or more of your employees. In Mind Games: How Social Engineers Win Your Confidence Brian Bushwood, host of the Internet video series Scam School, describes some of the tricks scam artists use to gain that trust, which can vary depending on the communication medium:
-- On the phone:
A social engineer might call and pretend to be a fellow employee or a trusted outside authority (such as law enforcement or an auditor).
According to Sal Lifrieri, a 20-year veteran of the New York City Police Department who now educates companies on social engineering tactics through an organization called Protective Operations, the criminal tries to make the person feel comfortable with familiarity. They might learn the corporate lingo so the person on the other end thinks they are an insider. Another successful technique involves recording the "hold" music a company uses when callers are left waiting on the phone. See more such tricks in Social Engineering: Eight Common Tactics.
-- In the office:
"Can you hold the door for me? I don't have my key/access card on me." How often have you heard that in your building? While the person asking may not seem suspicious, this is a very common tactic used by social engineers.
In the same exercise where Nickerson used his thrift-shop shirt to get into a building, he had a team member wait outside near the smoking area where employees often went for breaks. Assuming this person was simply a fellow-office-smoking mate, real employees let him in the back door with out question. "A cigarette is a social engineer's best friend," said Nickerson. He also points out other places where social engineers can get in easily in 5 Security Holes at the Office.
This kind of thing goes on all the time, according to Nickerson. The tactic is als o known as tailgating. Many people just don't ask others to prove they have permission to be there. But even in places where badges or other proof is required to roam the halls, fakery is easy, he said.
"I usually use some high-end photography to print up badges to really look like I am supposed to be in that environment. But they often don't even get checked. I've even worn a badge that said right on it 'Kick me out' and I still was not questioned."
-- Online:
Social networking sites have opened a whole new door for social engineering scams, according to Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant with U.K.-based security firm Sophos. One of the latest involves the criminal posing as a Facebook "friend." But one can never be certain the person they are talking to on Facebook is actually the real person, he noted. Criminals are stealing passwords, hacking accounts and posing as friends for financial gain.
One popular tactic used recently involved scammers hacking into Facebook accounts and sending a message on Facebook claiming to be stuck in a foreign city and they say they need money.
"The claim is often that they were robbed while traveling and the person asks the Facebook friend to wire money so everything can be fixed," said Cluley.
"If a person has chosen a bad password, or had it stolen through malware, it is easy for a con to wear that cloak of trustability," he said. "Once you have access to a person's account, you can see who their spouse is, where they went on holiday the last time. It is easy to pretend to be someone you are not."
See 9 Dirty Tricks: Social Engineers Favorite Pick-up Lines for more examples.
Social engineers also take advantage of current events and holidays to lure victims. In Cyber Monday: 3 online shopping scams and 7 Scroogeworthy scams for the holidays security experts warn that social engineers often take advantage of holiday shopping trends by posioning search results and planting bad links in sites. They might also go as far as to set up a fake charity in the hope of gaining some cash from a Christmas donation.
Why do people fall for social engineering techniques?
People are fooled every day by these cons because they haven't been adequately warned about social engineers. As CSO blogger Tom Olzak points out, human behavior is always the weakest link in any security program. And who can blame them? Without the proper education, most people won't recognize a social engineer's tricks because they are often very sophisticated.
Social engineers use a number of psychological tactics on unsuspecting victims. As Bushwood outlines in Mind Games, successful social engineers are confident and in control of the conversation. They simply act like they belong in a facility, even if they should not be, and their confidence and body posture puts others at ease.
This is your brain on social engineering
Brian Brushwood is really good at tricking people. So good he founded a website called "Scam School".
Brushwood understands how social engineers mislead people. Four basic principles:
- They project confidence. Instead of sneaking around, they proactively approach people and draw attention to themselves.
- They give you something. Even a small favor creates trust and a perception of indebtedness.
- They use humor. It's endearing and disarming.
- They make a request and offer a reason. Psych 101 research shows people are likely to respond to any reasoned request.
Read the details in Mind games: How social engineers win your confidence
"People running concert security often aren't even looking for badges," said Brushwood. "They are looking for posture. They can always tell who is a fan trying to sneak back and catch a glimpse of the star and who is working the event because they seem like they belong there."
Social engineers will also use humor and compliments in a conversation. They may even give a small gift to a gate-keeping employee, like a receptionist, to curry favor for the future. These are often successful ways to gain a person's trust, said Bushwood, because 'liking' and 'feeling the need to reciprocate' are both fixed-action patterns that humans naturally employ under the right circumstances.
Online, many social engineering scams are taking advantage of both human fear and curiosity. Links that ask "Have you seen this video of you?' are impossible to resist if you aren't aware it is simply a social engineer looking to trap you into clicking on a bad link.
Successful phishing attacks often warn that "Your bank account has been breached! Click here to log in and verify your account." Or "You have not paid for the item you recently won on eBay. Please click here to pay." This ploy plays to a person's concerns about negative impact on their eBay score.


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I would advice you to read the documentation on the aircrack-ng website.
Hello All,
My very first post.... I have several questions. I am trying to use aircrack, however I just can't figure it out.
I have the Belkin F9L 1002v1 Wireless USB adapter, can someone tell me if this adapter will allow packet injection? If so, can someone point me to the right drivers? I am going to be trying aircrack on BT5R3 tomorrow after I get a reply here. I tried on Ubuntu (latest release) and the driver they have insterted in the distro doesn't support packet injection..
Also, can you give me the syntax (blacklisting, installation, etc..) to get the driver, if available to work.
I would advice you to read the documentation on the aircrack-ng website.
It seems to me like you are not only BT5 Begginer, but linux as well..Need to read more..Here we cannot give recipes and "word by word, step by step" instruction as far as "Linux basics"...
Do as rastamouse instructed you...And refer to Ubuntu wiki..
One very very important thing, all linux distros are not "Plug and Play", "One click will do it for you", etc..This is linux not windows, sorry..Some things might work, some others need to find a "work around"..
Well, I have done as you instructed and went and checked out the aircrack website and I can't find whether or not the Belkin Wireless USB adapter Model 1002v1 F9L has a driver that supports injection. I am sure it would be realtek and the latest driver stock in ubuntu definitely doesn't allow injection, i'm hoping someone could tell me if there is an older chipset/driver I can download and some instructions on how to get them installed..
Ratamouse instructed you to read aircrack-ng suite. If you really read, you will see thet the MOST important thing is not THE BRAND, no, no..The chipset, that is the key...This is not windows, you need to know the CHIPSET used by device...
Do you know how to know the chipset used?...I think so, you have Saint Google, WikiDevi, etc...Then once you have the info, go back to aircrack and read about the chipset, if it is supported and if there is a patch..
Read this links in the ordered posted:
Read the man pages to lspci: open up a terminal and type: man lspci
Read here: http://www.wikidevi.com/wiki/Belkin_F9L1002
Refer here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wi...Driver/bcm43xx
refer here: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...8-04-a-916633/
refer here: http://duckduckgo.com/?q=ubuntu+10.04+Belkin+n300
Refer again: aircrack-ng website with all info and go to the proper section according to chipset....All, pros and cons...
Once read and refered to links above, with the info well understood and read , go back and post if any doubt.
We are here to help, in my case with my limited knowledge, but it is not well seen posts including something like this: "Give me step by step all instructions", "Tell me exactly how to do it step by step", "It is not like windows, all automatic". Try not to post this way, you might end up receiving no response.
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Thank you sir, the info you just provided me taught me more than I have learned browsing google the past several Weeks. I wasn't trying to bother anyone, just simply needed a little direction. thank you


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Please Note: This package does not include registration into a 2013 marathon. It is intended for Atlanta area runners who are registered for a late October or early November 2013 marathon. The Complete Package includes the official Atlanta Marathon Club Coat to be presented towards the end of training. You must complete the training program in order to receive the club coat. We select a different location each week around the metro area. Some of our favorite runs are: Forsyth/Alpharetta Greenway, Stone Mountain Park, Kennesaw Mountain Battlefield, Silver Comet, Peachtree St. and others around the metro area. The fall program is for serious, intermediate level Atlanta area runners focused on training for a fall marathon. That's 26 miles, 385 yards. No small feat. You must be ready to train hard. You must have the focus and desire to cross that marathon finish line. You must have at least a few shorter races under your belt already. This is NOT a beginner's program. We meet for fall training on Saturdays, July through November. We have designed an intermediate daily training program that you can follow during the week. Each weekend we will meet for our group training session, camaraderie and run. Are you ready to compete in a race today? Would you have difficulty putting your shoes on right now and running a 10k? If this is you, instead join us in January for Spring Training. It will focus on training toward a goal of running a half marathon. Group runs will take place at some of Atlanta's best running locales. We train hard and you'll learn how to "clear the wall" with room to spare. A properly trained marathoner can sprint the last 385 yards and, unlike most who limp across the line, we finish strong. Whether you're a marathoner looking for a PR or a half marathoner looking to move up, Join Us.


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A special gift for mother & daughter, the sterling silver Chai Necklaces are similar but different, just like the wearers! The Daughter's Chai Necklace measures 1/2" wide. The Mother's Chai Necklace measures 1" wide (is still dainty). Especially meaningful because chai means "life", both are double-sided, hang on fine-gauge rolo chains, and are handmade in the USA out of sterling silver.
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'Kailbourne helped save the Bills, spearheading the drive to help the Bills sell $11 million worth of suites and premium seats, ensuring they'd stay in Buffalo for at least five years. Now Erkie Kailbourne, the 60-year-old retired banker who grew up in Wellsville, faces another gigantic challenge – helping save Adelphia Communications, which controls the fate of Buffalo's other major-league franchise, the Sabres.'
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WATCH: Ed Sheeran releases Lego version of 'Lego House' video
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Ed Sheeran has released a new video for his song, "Lego House" - and it actually includes Legos! The incredible new video mirrors the song's original video, which features actor Rupert Grint.
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Well here it is. The Lego stop motion version of the Lego House video ! - youtu.be/NEqY0eY1_vQ— Ed Sheeran (@edsheeran) April 11, 2013
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The beggar, on perceiving the soldier, arose in fear, and ran with all his might towards the alexander garden.
c.1300, from Old North French gardin (13c., Modern French jardin), from Vulgar Latin hortus gardinus "enclosed garden," via Frankish *gardo, from Proto-Germanic *gardaz- (cf. Old Frisian garda, Old Saxon gardo, Old High German garto, German Garten "garden," Old English geard "enclosure," see yard (n.1)). Italian giardino, Spanish jardin are from French.
Garden-party is by 1843. Garden variety in figurative sense first recorded 1928. To lead someone up the garden path "entice, deceive" is attested by 1925.