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Computer Users' Responsibilities
This Policy Statement applies to all users of computing resources at, for, or through Thomas More College regardless of user's affiliation or relation with the College, and irrespective of where the resources are located, utilized, or accessed. Specifically, this policy statement establishes important guidelines and restrictions regarding any and all use of computing resources at, for, or through Thomas More College. This policy is not exhaustive of all user responsibilities, but is intended to outline certain specific responsibilities that each user acknowledges, accepts, and agrees to follow when using computing resources provided at, for, by and/or through the College, as well as those computing resources existing throughout the world to which the College provides and/or enables access. The College provides computing resources and access to computing resources for authorized users to support the academic, educational, public service, and research initiatives of the institution. No use of the computing resources shall conflict with the academic, educational, public service, and research initiatives of the College or with applicable laws and regulations. As a condition of use and access to computing resources, each user shall comply with this Policy Statement.
For the purposes of this Policy Statement, the following definitions shall apply:
"Computing resources" shall be defined as all devices (including, but not limited to, personal computers, laptops, PDAs, and smart phones) owned by the College, the user or otherwise, which are part of or are used to access (1) the TMC network peripherals, and related equipment and software; (2) data communications infrastructure, peripherals, and related equipment and software; (3) voice communications infrastructure, peripherals, and related equipment and software; (4) and all other associated tools, instruments, facilities, and the services that make use of any technology resources owned, operated, or controlled by the College. Computing resources or components thereof may be individually assigned or shared, single-user or multiuser, stand-alone or networked, and/or mobile or stationary.
"Data" shall include all information and data that is used by or belongs to the College or that is processed, stored, maintained, transmitted, copied on, or copied from College computing resources.
"Functional unit(s)" shall include any campus, college, program, service, department, office, operating division, vendor, facility user or other entity or defined unit of Thomas More College that has been authorized to access or use computing resources or data.
"IP spoofing" shall be defined as a technique used to gain unauthorized access to computers, whereby an intruder sends messages to a computer with an IP address indicating that the message is coming from a trusted host.
"ITS" shall refer to Thomas More College Information Technology Services.
"Packet capturing" shall be defined as any unauthorized monitoring of data traveling over the network.
"Port Scanning" shall be defined as scanning a computer's ports (place where information goes into and out of a computer) to identify open doors to a computer. Port scanning has legitimate uses in managing networks, but unauthorized port scanning is strictly prohibited.
"Security breach" shall be defined as any known or suspected compromise of the security, confidentiality, or integrity of data or computing resources that results in, or there is a reasonable basis to conclude has resulted in, the unauthorized acquisition of and/or access to data. Good faith access or acquisition of data by an individual or functional unit is not a breach of the security of the system, provided that the information is not improperly used, or subject to subsequent unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.
"User(s)" shall be defined as any person or entity that utilizes computing resources, including, but not limited to, employees, faculty, staff, agents, vendors, consultants, contractors, or subcontractors of the College.
Use of the College's computing resources and network capacity is a privilege, not a right. TMC may limit access to and/or review and monitor its computing resources and the use of computing resources, without notice to or authorization from user(s), for any reason including user(s) failure to comply with applicable laws and/or College policies and directives. TMC may disclose information pertaining to use of its computing resources to College administration, law enforcement, investigating authorities, and others as TMC deems appropriate. By law, the College must preserve the confidentiality of certain data and information it maintains about individuals attending or working at the College. However, users should not have any expectation of privacy regarding their use of computing resources or information or data stored on the College's computing resources, and the College specifically reserves the right, in the course of technical, civil, or criminal investigations to review and copy any data or other information stored on any computing resources, without notice to or consent from any user, by use of forensic techniques or otherwise. To facilitate the security of data and computing resources and compliance with this Policy Statement, the College may monitor all usage of the Internet on or through computing resources and all other use of the College's computing resources, including, without limitation, reviewing a list of any and all Internet sites accessed by any user and all e-mails transmitted and/or received on any computing resources. College students, employees, contractors, and vendors are subject to legal and/or disciplinary action as a result of any use of computing resources that is illegal, unauthorized, or in violation of this or any other College policy or directive up to, and including, termination or expulsion.
I. Appropriate Use
Each user is responsible for adhering to the highest standards of ethical, responsible, and considerate use of computing resources, and for avoiding those uses prohibited by law or by policies or directives of the College. Under no circumstances can College computing resources be used for illegal or unauthorized purposes.
Specifically, each user of computing resources shall:
- Use computing resources only for authorized purposes in accordance with TMC's policies and procedures, with federal, state, and local laws, and with regulations by authorities governing the use of data, computing resources, software, e-mail and/or similar technology.
- Secure and maintain computer accounts, passwords, and other types of authorization in confidence, and inform ITS immediately if a known or suspected security breach occurs.
- Maintain confidential and other protected or proprietary data and information, particularly that prescribed by law and College policy, in accordance with appropriate security measures.
- Be considerate in the use of shared computing resources and network capacity, coordinating with ITS for "heavy use" operations that may slow operations for other users.
- Accept full responsibility for any publication resulting from the use of computing resources and/or publishing Webpages and similar resources, and ensure that all copyrights and trademarks have been authorized for use.
II. Misuse or Abuse
Appropriate College administrative office may establish and maintain procedures necessary to investigate, receive and resolve allegations of apparent abuse or misuse of College computing resources. These offices include but are not limited to the Office of the Dean of Students, Human Resource Management, Information Technology Services, College Registrar, Internal Audit, and TMC Security.
Specifically, each user of computing resources shall NOT:
- Obtain or use another's log on ID or password, or otherwise access data or computing resources to which authorization has not been expressly and validly given. Users shall not use another's log on identification or password to hide their identity or attribute their use of data or computing resources to another.
- Copy, install, or use any software, data, files, or other technology that violates a copyright or license agreement. In particular, each user should not distribute or download copies of copyrighted material for entertainment or personal use without explicit permission from the copyright owner.
NOTE: Copyright law applies to materials such as games, movies, music, or software in both analog and digital format. User(s) shall not download an illegally distributed file to a computing resource. Copyright holders regularly notify Thomas More College of infringing activity using the procedures outlined in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 (DMCA) and other legal procedures. As a service provider, Thomas More College must investigate complaints and take action to remove unlawful material. The law provides means for a copyright owner to obtain the identity of a subscriber. If you illegally possess or share copyrighted materials, you may be denied access to Thomas More College's computing resources, be subject to disciplinary actions via the Office of the Dean of Students and/or Human Resource Management, and possibly face civil and/or criminal legal proceedings and sanctions.
- Utilize computing resources to create, transmit, or otherwise participate in any pranks, chain letters, false or deceptive information, misguided warnings, pyramid schemes, or any fraudulent or unlawful purposes.
- Utilize computing resources, including the Internet and/or e-mail, to access, create, transmit, print, or download material that is defamatory, obscene, fraudulent, harassing (including uninvited amorous or sexual messages), threatening, incites violence, or contains slurs, epithets, or anything that may be reasonably construed as harassment or disparagement based on race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, or religion or to access, send, receive, or solicit sexually oriented messages or images or any other communication prohibited by law or other College directive.
- Intentionally or knowingly copy, download, install, or distribute a computer virus, worm, "Trojan Horse" program, or other destructive programs, or otherwise harm systems or engage in any activity that could reasonably and foreseeably disrupt services, damage files, cause loss of data, or make unauthorized modifications.
- Monopolize or disproportionately use shared computing resources, overload systems or networks with endless loops, interfere with others' authorized use, degrade services, or otherwise waste computer time, connection time, disk space, or similar resources.
- Add, modify, reconfigure, or extend any component of the College network (e.g. hubs, routers, switches, wireless access points, firewalls, etc.) without express, written authorization from ITS.
- Accept payments, discounts, free merchandise, or services in exchange for any services provided through use of the computing resources, unless expressly authorized in writing by the Office of the Vice President of Finance.
- Endanger the security of any data or computing resources or attempt to circumvent any established security measures, for any reason, such as using a computer program to attempt password decoding. Users must not acquire, store, or transmit any hardware or software tools that are designed to compromise the security of computing resources without the express written authorization of ITS.
- Send unsolicited mass mailings or "spamming." Mass mailings should only be sent to clearly identified groups for official purposes, and may not be sent without proper authorization and coordination (for example, disseminating administrative announcements, notifying students of educational opportunities, or College organizations sending announcements to their members).
- Utilize computing resources to develop, perform, and/or perpetuate any unlawful act or to improperly disclose confidential information including, but not limited to, IP spoofing, packet capturing and port scanning.
- Install, store, or download software from the Internet or e-mail to College computing resources unless such conduct is consistent with the College's educational and academic policies or otherwise approved by ITS, in writing.
- Copy, impair, or remove any software located on any computing resources or install any software on any computing resources that impairs the function, operation, and/or efficiency of any computing resources.
- Utilize or access computing resources or data anonymously or with shared user identifications.
- Engage in any acts or omissions to intentionally or unreasonably endanger or damage any data or the security or integrity of any data or computing resources.
- Allow or assist others to utilize computing resources in a manner that is in violation of this Policy Statement.
- Access, add, or modify any data without proper authorization.
- Utilize computing resources or data in furtherance of, or in association with, any crime or violation of the Code of Student Conduct or other College policy or directive.
- Utilize College computing resources to promote, solicit, support or engage in any commercial activities on behalf of or for the benefit of any person or entity other than the College
III. Eligibility
In general, access to computing resources is provided to the following groups:
- Active faculty, staff, and students in support of College operations and initiatives. The eligibility of these individuals to access computing resources may be tested automatically and periodically against College records. Other sources may be used where these databases do not accurately reflect an ongoing affiliation.
- Persons not affiliated with TMC engaged in research or support of College operations or College supported initiatives. The eligibility of these individuals to access computing resources and/or data requires initial and periodic verification of need by a Dean, Department Head, or Director. Requests must be accompanied by the reason for the access, the name and contact information of the sponsoring Dean, Department Head, or Director, and the length of time for which the access will be required.
- Access to computing resources by retired faculty and staff is a recognized benefit to the College community as long as providing these resources is economical and does not adversely affect the operations of the College. This statement applies primarily to electronic mail and general purpose academic or research systems. In the event that resources become constrained, this practice may be eliminated or restricted. However, the College, in its sole discretion, at any time may limit, withdraw, or deny access to retired faculty and staff.
NOTE: Departments, and other administrative units may issue local technology policies and procedures that support their organizational missions and requirements. Such policies may be more restrictive than College policy, but CAN NOT be more permissive. All local technology policies and procedures should be sent to Thomas More College's Director of IT for review.
I. Appropriate Use
Consultation: The Thomas More College's Director of IT is available to provide advice and consultation related to technology use, including the use of computing resources.
II. Misuse or Abuse
Reporting: Security breaches and apparent or suspected misuse or abuse of TMC computing resources should be immediately reported to the Director of IT. Where violations of the policies and procedures governing computing resources and/or of law are alleged, appropriate law enforcement and/or College administrative offices may be contacted.
Technical Investigation: When technical investigation or computer forensics is required, the Director of IT will coordinate the gathering and interpretation of relevant information. All investigations will proceed in accordance with applicable College practices, policies, procedures, and in compliance with applicable laws protecting the privacy of any education or other personally-identifiable records or data involved in the incident.
Sanctions: Violations may result in sanctions, such as terminating access to computing resources, disciplinary action, civil liability, and/or criminal sanctions. All users are specifically prohibited from taking any steps that block the College's access to files and data, other than the use of College passwords or approved encryption programs, unless such conduct is consistent with the College's educational and academic policies or otherwise properly approved by the College. The College may temporarily suspend or block access to any account, data, or computing resources prior to the initiation or completion of such procedures when it is reasonable to do so in order to protect data or the integrity, security, and functionality of computing resources, or to otherwise protect the College or its students and employees.
III. Eligibility
Requests for access to ITS managed computing and networking resources should be directed to the Computer Center/ITS HelpDesk. The Director of IT is also available to provide advice and policy interpretation to any member of the TMC community in these situations.
Requests for access to computing resources not managed by the Computer Center should be directed to the administration office where the service is located. Additionally, requests for use of other technology services (i.e., computers and copy machines) within a specific departmental area should be directed to the Dean, Department Head, or Director of the department in which the service is located.
Faculty and staff may access and use TMC computing resources until the termination of their affiliation with the College. Renewal is automatic and is based on College records. User(s) whose status as a student or employee has been terminated by the College are no longer authorized to utilize computing resources, even if their access has not been blocked by technology services.
- Retired faculty and staff may be provided access and use TMC computing resources, in the sole discretion of the College, as long as there are resources available to support their continued use. However, the College may limit, withdraw, or deny access to retired members of its faculty and staff in its sole discretion. Renewal is automatic and is based on continued active account use and College records. If a resource supporting "active" users becomes constrained and the number of accounts belonging to retired members must be reduced, account use and longevity will be used as the criteria for removing accounts as necessary to recover appropriate resources.
- Students may access and use TMC computing resources until they graduate or are not enrolled for two consecutive semesters (not including Summer). A student's account network access will be disabled after one inactive semester, and archived after the last enrollment period of the second semester for which the student is not enrolled. Enrollment is determined using College records.
- The College, in its sole discretion, may provide limited access to computing resources for specialized purposes, such as conference attendees, external entities under contract to Thomas More College, or visitors. A sponsor must be identified on any computer account provided for this purpose, and the sponsor must be a Dean, Department Head, or Director.
- Alumni of Thomas More College are NOT eligible to use computing resources unless eligible under another category. Alumni of Thomas More College will continue to have access to their email account for life.
Questions or comments regarding this policy statement should be submitted, in writing, to the College's Director of IT.
Director of IT
Computer Center
Information Technology Services (ITS)


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This list of volunteer opportunities is updated regularly. Members who are interested in one of the positions listed, should read about the program or activity on the webpage that is linked, read the Master Operating Manual (MOM) for the position if it is linked, and complete the Volunteer Application. The volunteer will be contacted as soon as possible.
Members who have a PSA position in need of a volunteer need to provide the information requested on the Post a PSA Volunteer Position form and the position will be posted on this page.
Select a position, below, to reveal or hide more information about it. Select "Show All" to see all positions and their descriptions.
The following positions are open in the Photo Travel Division:
Please email Brian Magor at firstname.lastname@example.com for a full description of each position.
The PSA Club Service Chairman should be a PSA member that is familiar with PSA-member clubs and their PSA activities. They would be responsible for overview of the 14 club consultants. It is desirable for them to have knowledge of interclub competitions, Newsletter, and Website competitions. They should be able to write articles for the PSA club newsletter (the Projector) and the PSA Journal. They should have knowledge of excel or a similar program. They would work with the PSA web editor to keep club activity information current on the PSA web site. They should be able to help to bring in new activities for clubs. They should help recruit new clubs and work on club retention.
The history committee needs member's familiar with Excel to create historical record keeping spreadsheets:
Contact Laura Davies email@example.com
A group of 60 volunteers needed to input data into the new Acceptance Data Bank. Training and guidance will be provided.
The Data Entry Teams shall be responsible for processing Electronic Data Acceptance Spreadsheets (EDAS) received from PSA-Recognized exhibitions. The initial requirements shall consist of processing of approximately 2400 reports received from exhibitions conducted during 2016, which will may be applicable to any of 6 divisions. The 2016 reports are being processed first so that the Who's Who Directors will be greatly assisted in the preparation of the 2016 results. By way of background, this will probably include approximately 900,000 individual acceptance records.


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Esthetician or Aesthetician? Pt. 10
13 comments
- Alyx said...
Whoa - I seriously never knew that about laser hair removal - that's pretty cool!
- April 6, 2012 at 7:45 AM
- SaffaKate said...
Thats what those bumps are??!!??!!?? I have been wondering for so long and lately I've had so many appear on my arm and have been wondering what is going on? I definitely learnt something new today. THANK YOU! I need to exfoliate more!
- April 6, 2012 at 8:20 AM
- Along Abbey Road said...
I've had those bumps since I was like 12! The dermatologist said to use this green bottle of stuff from Walgreens (can't remember the name) and I still haven't picked it up. AND I do not exfoliate, but I am going to start immediately! I hate those stupid bumps! I look like I'm diseased or something!
Along Abbey Road
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- April 6, 2012 at 10:18 AM
- Carolin said...
Gentri, this condition is also called (medical term) Keratosis Pilaris. (I have this) Its when your skin produces too much keratin and causes in-grown hairs. "DermaDoctor" (they call it chicken scratch) has great products to treat it. Anyone who has this will notice that there is less redness and less bumps using it. :)
- April 6, 2012 at 10:22 AM
- Tiana said...
ouchies! thank you so much for sharing this information - now i know what to do if this every happens :) xoxo
tiana of l'esthetique
- April 6, 2012 at 1:53 PM
- Kristen said...
Goosebumps are also a defense mechanism, back when we were cave people, and we thought we were in danger, we'd get goosebumps, and at that time we had more hair, which would cause us to look big to the predator! Our bodies are pretty amazing how they work!
And for the arm acne, it's horrible! A few of my friends have it, and they always have trouble trying to get rid of it! I think it is their diet-
defense mechanisms
- April 6, 2012 at 5:02 PM
- Lindsay @ Delighted Momma said...
You are going to be such a great esthetician! I love reading your posts :) I worked in a med spa before I started my own thing and I looooved laser hair removal (major perk of working there). I did my underarms and the hair is still super thin there woo hoo to that
- April 6, 2012 at 9:19 PM
- Lena said...
I'm currently in the laser hair removal process and it's amazing. I realize that I didn't reallyyyy need to share this information, but there it is. I'm so excited!!
- April 6, 2012 at 10:23 PM
- {[Jessica]} said...
I just did my first treatment of laser hair removal.. OMG the MOST amazing thing in the world!! I feel sorry that blondes can't have it but than again they really don't suffer from the pitch black under arm hair..
& i never knew that the thinning of our hair is from internal. A few years ago I lost ALOT of hair and randomly it all came back. I wonder if it was my diet.. but thank you for sharing!!
- April 6, 2012 at 10:32 PM
- Amber said...
I get those little bumps all the time and thought it was a heat rash. thanks for the tip. I'm going to start exfoliating and see if that works.
- April 7, 2012 at 5:26 AM
- Lisa said...
ohh good info to know! thanks for sharing!
- April 7, 2012 at 11:20 AM
- april millar said...
I read this then walked straight upstairs and exfoliated my arms. Thanks!
- April 7, 2012 at 1:08 PM
- Beckie said...
As a matter of fact, I did learn something new. Thank you for sharing : ]
- April 7, 2012 at 5:48 PM


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Today, I successfully "hosted" a Mario Kart race with 1.3b15. I used
my existing 1.2 config, which has static DHCP defined for all devices
(including the Wii), and two NAT rules for two computers, but no other
settings specific to the Wii. I have no other NAT or 1:1 mappings
defined. I don't see anything in the log for the default deny rule, so
I can't confirm or deny the use of any unusual high-numbered ports.
I'm not sure what more I can offer here, but it looks like 1.3b15
isn't itself incompatible with Mario Kart.. I had originally intended
to try a clean default config, but I had a 1.2 config handy and it
worked with no trouble. I can try again with a clean 1.3 config if you
think that would give us any more information.
I was and still am under the assumption that Nintendo WFC doesn't have
any inbound-port requirements, and that the "Create a room" option is
more like creating an AIM chat room (everything happens server-side)
than hosting a game of Quake (many peers connecting to another peer).
While FPS players may be able to handle port forwarding, Nintendo is
marketing to families and non-"hardcore gamers", and none of their
games make any mention of requiring special settings on home networks.
On Dec 12, 2008, at 6:50 AM, Christopher M. Iarocci wrote:
> Tim,
> I am able to do everything you described. It is when someone tries
> to connect to my room that it fails. They cannot. I can also play
> on Nintendo WFC and create rooms at will. The failure is when
> someone tries to connect to that room. Interestingly enough, if the
> someone connecting is behind a Linksys, they CAN connect, but if
> they're behind another m0n0wall, or behind a Cisco (only ones I've
> confirmed so far), they can not connect. If I put in the Linksys,
> anyone can connect to me no matter what router they are behind. All
> of this goes away if I put in a 1:1 mapping to the Wii.
> Chris
> Tim Kingman wrote:
>> Sorry for not getting to this last week when I promised. I'm now
>> running
>> 1.3b15 with the same config as my 1.2 box. I can connect to
>> Nintendo WFC,
>> and I can "Create a Room" without problems, but none of my friends
>> are
>> online right now to actually try a race. Since my config upgraded
>> with no
>> problem, I think I'll keep running 1.3b for a few days and try to
>> catch
>> somebody tomorrow night. I was able to join a worldwide Vs. race
>> and play it
>> successfully. (Well, I didn't win, but the network was successful.)
>> -tim
>> On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 8:51 PM, Tim Kingman <tim dot kingman at gmail dot com>
>> wrote:
>>> What games are you playing? I'm running 1.235 and have never set
>>> up any
>>> forwarding to my Wii, and I don't have any problems "hosting" in
>>> Mario Kart
>>> or Guitar Hero. I had assumed that the Wii connected to Nintendo's
>>> servers and all the communication happened there, rather than the
>>> PC games
>>> style of having other players actually connecting to your PC. When
>>> I have
>>> had problems, I would get disconnected after a minute or two of a
>>> kart race,
>>> but we would see similar issues regardless of who first opened the
>>> room.
>>> I guess I don't really have any useful suggestions or information
>>> here. I'm
>>> sure there are other Wii owners on multiple firmware versions to
>>> chime in. I
>>> have some spare hardware here and may try installing 1.3 over the
>>> weekend to
>>> see if I get different results than 1.2.
>>> -Tim
>>> On Dec 3, 2008, at 7:02 PM, Christopher M. Iarocci wrote:
>>> I have a WII behind my m0n0wall at home. I'm running 1.3B15. I
>>> am unable
>>>> to host a room on the WII. I can connect to a hosted room
>>>> without issue. I
>>>> found the ports used to host a game and port forwarded them to my
>>>> However, even though they are not being blocked (checked the
>>>> logs), the
>>>> connection still does not happen. So, I dropped a Linksys in
>>>> place, bam,
>>>> hosting works fine. So I did a bit more experimenting with the
>>>> m0n0wall
>>>> (borrowed a friend's WII and connected them both). If I do a 1:1
>>>> mapping to the WII from my outside IP and open the firewall ports,
>>>> everything works fine. If I simply port forward the ports and
>>>> open the
>>>> firewall, it will not work. So my question here is, what is the
>>>> major
>>>> difference between port forwarding and 1:1, and is there a way to
>>>> get around
>>>> this problem? I would love to leave the 1:1 in place, but
>>>> unfortunately I
>>>> only have a single IP and other services that run behind it that
>>>> get broken
>>>> when the 1:1 is in place. Thanks for any help you can offer.
>>>> Chris


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Related stories: Man dies of wound from Friday stabbing | Shedding light on male domestic violence
A 26-year-old San Bernardino woman was charged Wednesday with murder in the stabbing-related death of her boyfriend following a night out in Los Angeles, police said.
Brianna Jones stands accused of stabbing her live-in boyfriend of a year, Martin Luther King Daniels III, 28, of San Bernardino, once in the chest, knicking his heart, during a heated argument over "relationship issues" in the wee hours of Nov. 9, police Sgt. Gary Robertson said.
The couple had just returned home from a concert in Los Angeles when the fight erupted, said Robertson. He said he didn't know if something occurred during the couple's night out that triggered the stabbing.
"They had typical boyfriend/girlfriend issues. She said she felt like she wasn't being appreciated enough," Robertson said.
Daniels died of his wound at 4:48 p.m. Monday at Loma Linda University Medical Center. An autopsy was conducted Wednesday to determine the cause of death, Robertson said.
The couple's roommate called 9-1-1 following the stabbing, and Jones was not forthright with detectives at first, Robertson said.
"She basically said she didn't know who stabbed him or how he got stabbed," Robertson said, adding that it was only after further interrogation that Jones confessed to stabbing her boyfriend.
Jones' three children, all under the age of 10, were placed into the custody of child protective services, Robertson said.
Daniels' death made him the 41st homicide victim in the city this year, a 27-percent increase over last year's body count of 30 victims, Robertson said.
The uptick in homicides has not been a strain on department resources, Robertson said. In fact, the Police Department's homicide detail has a 58.5-percent homicide clearance rate this year, slightly higher than last year's clearance rate of 55 percent and higher than the national average of 55 percent, Robertson said.
"We've had to work harder and work more because we've already had 11 more homicide victims than last year, so we're more busy," Robertson said.
As is typically the case, the circumstances surrounding the homicides vary. Some are gang-related, some drug-related, some robbery-related and some are crimes of domestic violence ending in tragedy, such as the recent case involving Jones and Daniels, Robertson said.
As to why the increase in homicides, Robertson didn't have an answer.
"It doesn't seem like there are any real factors as to why we have an increase in these incidents. There's really no commonality to this at all," he said.
Jones, who according to online court records has prior misdemeanor convictions for petty theft, disorderly conduct while intoxicated and possession of marijuana, remains in custody at the West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga, where she is being held in lieu of $1 million bail.
Reach Joe via email, call him at 909-386-3874, or find him on Twitter @SBCountyNow.


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Senior John Taylor Named to 2008 Pre-Season All-SAC Second Team
Rock Hill, S.C. - The Brevard College Tornados, who are entering their first season as full members of the South Atlantic Conference, had senior running back John Taylor named to the 2008 Pre-Season All-SAC Second Team.
Taylor (Richmond, VA) is the first ever Brevard College student-athlete to earn preseason All-SAC first team honors.
In 2007, Taylor rushed 165 times for 766 yards and 11 touchdowns. Taylor led the team in rushing attempts (165), touchdowns (11), rushing yards (766) and all purpose yards (790).
In his home debut in 2007, Taylor had a season-high 218 yards and three touchdowns against Shorter College on September 1.
In 2008, the Tornados will compete as full members in the South Atlantic Conference, making Brevard College eligible for post-season tournaments and awards.
2008 pre-season All-SAC football teams
First Team
QB – Alex Good, Carson-Newman
RB – George Washington, Mars Hill
RB – Buck Wakefield, Carson-Newman
RB – Nelson Woods, Wingate
WR – Ryan Tallent, Tusculum
WR – Reggie Hubbard, Carson-Newman
WR – Shawn Barrett, Wingate
TE – Mo Whitten, Carson-Newman
OL – Ross Shaffer, Carson-Newman
OL – Terence Crosby, Catawba
OL – Cam LeGrand, Wingate
OL – Hunter Carnes, Catawba
OL – Jonathan Dailey, Newberry
RS – Antonio Patton, Newberry
PK – Gareth Rowlands, Tusculum
First Team
DL – Darius Wrentz, Carson-Newman
DL – Melquan Fair, Catawba
DL – Brandon Harmon, Carson-Newman
DL – Chris Dowdell, Mars Hill
LB – Justin Scott, Tusculum
LB – Brian Brown, Carson-Newman
LB – Jarvis Littlejohn, Tusculum
LB – Charles McAfee, Catawba
DB – Jeremy Thompson, Tusculum
DB – Temarcus Thompson, Newberry
DB – Denares Waites, Carson-Newman
DB – Otis Ballard, Carson-Newman
P – Chris Jones, Carson-Newman
LS – Jordon Simmons, Lenoir-Rhyne
Second Team
QB – Corey Russell, Tusculum
RB – George Bell, Catawba
RB – John Taylor, Brevard
RB – Chappell Rose, Mars Hill
WR – David Smith, Newberry
WR – Otis Miller, Carson-Newman
WR – Antwan Strong, Catawba
TE – Jarrell NeSmith, Tusculum
OL – Thomas Battle, Carson-Newman
OL – Eric Nelson, Mars Hill
OL – Marchent Faustin, Newberry
OL – Drew Noe, Tusculum
OL – Shelton Nelson, Wingate
RS – Travis Landrum, Catawba
PK – DJ Gill, Catawba
Second Team
DL – Marqus Davis, Catawba
DL – Rynel Butler, Tusculum
DL – Brandon Kelley, Tusculum
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One Last Look Back At 2008
|January 5, 2009
One Last Look Back At 2008
-- Jeannette Lee, NationalJournal.com
A few notable "firsts" highlight the major climate accomplishments of 2008 – and show us that there's still much work to be done in the months ahead.
For the first time, the United States elected a President who is ready to roll up his sleeves and deliver the action that is needed to protect our climate, our economy, and our national security. By supporting mid- and long-term emission reduction targets of 1990 levels by 2020 and an 80% reduction by 2050, President-Elect Obama is setting the right goals and choosing the right policies.
During the presidential campaign, both Obama and Sen. John McCain made global climate change a top issue and publicly supported a mandatory, economy-wide cap-and-trade system for reducing U.S. GHG emissions. Having both major party candidates support this strong climate position marked another first.
In Congress, a GHG cap-and-trade bill reached the Senate floor after being reported out of committee for the first time. The Boxer-Lieberman-Warner climate bill helped to identify key issues - such as cost containment, use of offsets, and competitiveness - that will require detailed debate in the 111th Congress. In the House, Reps. Henry Waxman (D-CA), John Dingell (D-MI), Rick Boucher (D-VA), and Edward Markey (D-MA) were among the key congressional leaders who will continue to advance the climate debate.
At the state level, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) held the nation's first GHG emissions allowance auction as part of a regional cap-and-trade program that includes 10 Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states. RGGI and other U.S. state and regional efforts demonstrate that bi-partisan efforts to protect the climate can succeed, a lesson that will hopefully have resonance in the 111th Congress.
These 2008 milestones show how far we've come in our efforts to protect the climate. But they also demonstrate that we are not yet where we need to be. In spite of the hard work that lies in front of us - I am filled with optimism as we enter 2009 because I believe we finally have the commitment, the leadership, and the momentum we need to begin tackling what may be the most defining issue of our generation.


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A long-anticipated land exchange between the state and federal governments lurched a little closer toward the finish line Monday with the release of a draft environmental assessment of a proposed deal that would give the Bureau of Land Management nearly 46,000 of state acres with conservation and recreational values.
In exchange, the state School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration, or SITLA, would gain 35,516 acres of federal lands with oil and gas and other kinds of profitable potential. Most of the lands the feds are giving up is in Uintah County, while most of the state holdings are in Grand County.
At statehood, Utah was granted four sections of land per township, resulting in a checkerboard pattern of ownership that does not lend itself to efficient management. SITLA, whose mission is to maximize revenue off its lands, holds sections land-locked within wilderness study areas and other BLM tracts with special designations that complicate development.
The deal, authorized by the 2009 Utah Recreational Land Exchange Act, is designed to enable the state to consolidate its scattered holdings. It loses popular recreation destinations like Corona Arch near Moab but gains land with valuable resources.
The parties are aiming to complete the transaction by the end of the year. The biggest hurdle now are appraisals, which won't be finished until the end of June. These reports are needed so the state and federal negotiators can make adjustments in the swap to equalize the land values, according to Joy Wehking, a real-estate specialist with the BLM.
Some federal grazers whose allotments are covered in the exchange would see their fees double after their permits expire when they would switch to the state's pricier fee schedule.
The Evironmental Assessment examined how the swap would affect several Areas of Critical Environmental Concern, such as Nine Mile Canyon, Behind the Rocks and Lower Green River, big game habitat, grazing, mineral resources, local economies, sensitive species and archeological resources.
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text: are you seeing the charts in rodanthe on saturday. Screw that "spot" im going to a way better spot in pea island, and most other people should think about doing so also. Come to think of it there are tons of spots there so go find you own spot. Especially with combo swells like were gonna have on sat, any spot will be good. Just don't go to s turns or shipwrecks, cause those are my spots... hahaha just kidding


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Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe will present a motion Tuesday calling for an investigation into a loud midweek fireworks show, reportedly at a boat party thrown by Khloe Kardashian, that angered thousands of Westside residents.
The eight-minute show shined brightly in the sky above Marina del Rey and could be seen as far as Venice and heard in Redondo Beach.
For many residents, the midnight fireworks display early Wednesday was an unwelcome surprise that caused chaos in their households. Children were roused and dogs were left shaken.
Residents are demanding answers and accountability for the non-holiday show, which appears to be legal, although many considered...
Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe was named chairman of the board Tuesday.


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This is really frustrating.I am desinging in Dreamwewaver CS3. I created an external style sheet and put it in its only css folder. I followed the directions to attach the CSS to the main HTML page but it does NOT attach.
Any suggestions?
Here is the CSS link.
<link href="cssfiles/styleone.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
It might be a folder organization issue, though I don't have any clue as to how you've organized your stuffs. Try
[highlight="HTML 4.01 Strict]<link href="../cssfiles/styleone.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />`
Just a shot in the dark.
Hi, go to the directory where this file is kept. Do you see the folder "cssfiles"? If not, then that's your problem
If you do see it, then go inside. Do you see hte file called styleone.css?
If all else fails give it an absolute URL to the stylesheet..or better yet, give us the link to the page (and then the link to the stylseheet) and we will tell u where you went wrong
Well, this is your problem right here !---->I am desinging in Dreamwewaver CS3.
<link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
Thanks everyone! Seems it was attaching. I just was not giving a class to each element in the HTML page. I have a lot to learn with CSS. I will get there.
Thank you for the link!
This website has a useful guide to CSS too:
It's run by the people who did Wikipedia, there's HTML and JS ones at Wikibooks too!


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What is Ptolus? Imagine a cosmopolitan fantasy city where humans, elves, and dwarves rub elbows with orcs, ratmen, and stranger creatures. A city built upon the ruins of two previous settlements, creating a mazelike undercity full of dangerous (but lucrative) chambers just waiting to be discovered. A frontier port ruled by a power-mad theocracy amid the decay of a collapsing Empire.
A place where crime families war openly and noble houses battle discreetly—with equally deadly results. A city where magic is familiar, adventurers are welcome, and thousands of residents dwell beneath the shadow of a Spire crowned with a citadel of evil so strong that the very earth thrust it away from itself untold ages ago.
Welcome to Ptolus.
- --{{{author}}}. Ptolus. Malhavoc Press.
Campaign SettingEdit
Ptolus is a campaign setting created by Monte Cook. The word is the name of the city which is central to the campaign setting.
Unlike typical campaign settings, Ptolus focuses on the city of Ptolus instead of an entire land. While some details about outlying areas and politics are included, the bulk of the book is dedicated to the streets, people and intrigue of Ptolus itself.
Ptolus was used as the earmark to the creation of D&D's 3rd Edition. It was the QA test bed for rules, the supplication of NPCs and the creation of tales that would help shape 3rd edition in to what it is.[1]
Comparison to D&D Core RulesEdit
Ptolus attempts to utilize the core rules as they are written with little changes, as noted by the lack of house rules or exceptions to the rules.
The most notable differences are:
- Changes to the core races[2]
- Elves include a Cherubim style that has wings and can fly
- Centaurs are an included player race
- Dark elves are also included, but capable of functioning normally in bright light
- Addition of campaign-specific prestige classes[3]
- Use of technology[4]
- Guns
- Techno-gadgets
While Ptolus includes guns and technology in the campaign setting, it also takes the stance that technology is a left over from years past and thus, more myterious than a fact of life.[5]
Ptolus includes the following chapters[6]:
- A Player's Guide to Ptolus
- The World
- Races
- Cosmology and Religion
- History
- Organizations
- The City by the Spire
- Docks
- Guildsman District
- Midtown
- Necropolis
- Noble's Quarter
- North Market
- Old Town
- Rivergate District
- South Market
- Temple District
- Warrens
- What's Down There?
- The Undercity
- The Sewers
- The Caverns
- Dwarvenhearth
- Goth Gulgamel
- Jabel Shammar
- On Being a Resident
- On Being a Delver
- Crime and the Law
- Technology
- Chaositech
- Campaign Advice
- Urban Campaigns
- Adventures
- Monsters
- Magic
- Prestige Classes
- ↑ Ptolus Campaign Setting page 10
- ↑ Ptolus Campaign Setting Chapter 3: Races
- ↑ Ptolus Campaign Setting Chapter 36: Prestige Classes
- ↑ Ptolus Campaign Setting Chapter 29: Technology
- ↑ Ptolus Campaign Setting Chapter 29: Technology
- ↑ Ptolus Campaign Setting Table of Contents


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Kody Davis hit a flare over the shortstop's head and was thinking double all the way.
He rounded first base at full speed, barreled head-first into second, then stayed motionless on the ground, cradling the base after the umpire signaled he was safe.
"Not again" was the immediate reaction, along with a slam of his batting helmet. Not another injury for the Utah Utes' second baseman and former Juan Diego standout.
Davis' left shoulder had popped out of place the same injury he sustained earlier this year.
"I hadn't had any problems, but I dove into second base and it came out again," the redshirt freshman said after the Utes' 15-10 extra-inning loss to USC on Sunday. "It went right back in after a couple of minutes."
It's been a brief yet painful collegiate career for Davis, who was The Tribune's Class 3A MVP in 2011 when he hit .506 as the Soaring Eagle's shortstop. His first season with the Utes was cut short after he broke his leg trying to turn a double play against UC Santa Barbara.
This season, he has dislocated his shoulder twice and played with a broken hand.
"When he's healthy, he can do a lot of things for us," Utes coach Bill Kinneberg said. "He's playing hurt. I'd really like to see him at full strength to see how good he can really be.
"He brings a lot of things to the table with his intensity, his style of play and his versatility at the plate. He can bunt, he can run and he has a knack for squaring balls up."
Despite the growing number of ailments, Davis has been a major contributor for Utah, which entered the week 16-19 overall, including 5-13 in the Pac-12 after taking one of three against the Trojans.
His .284 batting average is second on the team, and his 10 multihit games and 13 stolen bases are tops among the Utes.
"It's what I expected of myself, so I can't say I'm surprised," Davis said. "I'm really enjoying it, and it's a lot of fun."
He has started 29 games at second base and taken little time adjusting to the collegiate game.
"Ever since I've known him, he's been a great competitor," said Utes reliever Luke West, who played with Davis at Juan Diego. "In high school, he had it, and I knew he'd have it coming here. I was real happy when he signed because I knew how great a player he would be."
The former Juan Diego teammates have more than carried their weight on a roster full of young local talent.
West entered the week 2-1 with a 2.55 ERA in 10 relief appearances. He threw four innings of relief Sunday and settled a USC lineup that scored eight runs in the first three innings.
The Utes expect more local talent to stay close to home with the opportunity to play in the highly competitive Pac-12, against teams with the national cachet of USC, UCLA and Oregon State, among others.
"It's every pitch, every play, everything has to be perfect if we want to win," West said, comparing play in the Pac-12 with the Mountain West.
Davis, who chose Utah because it's close to home, said the program is on the cusp of turning the corner and climbing the standings.
"I fell really, really good about it," Davis said. "We've taken steps every day, and it's only a matter of time before we really get going."
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Former Juan Diego standout Kody Davis is the Utah Utes' starting second baseman as a redshirt freshman.
Davis enters the week second on the team in batting (.284) and leads the team in multihit games (10) and stolen bases (13).
His freshman season was cut short by a broken leg sustained trying to turn a double play.


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Would any of you guys know anything about the D-Link DIR-451/452 3g routers? I was given one today it is labeled DIR-450 on the bottem and face. But when I pull it up to configure it with my verizon card it comes up as DIR-451.
The difference is 450 works with evdo "verizon" 451 with ATT.
My guess is the hardware would be the same inside for both versions. My search did not turn up proof of this though.
As a shot in the dark I tried to manually config my card. Of course the easy road never works.
Next I tried to load the firmware update for the 450 version of my card. Well the next easiest road was a dead end also.
So would any of you have any suggestions for my newest $200 dust collecting apperatice?
Like flash it with some embedded distro?
I know it is not a BT question. But after lurking here for a few weks, think I would trust your ideas over most of the other boards.


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Andrew Meyers dedicated his life to competitive sports. From a young age, he participated in soccer programs and spent countless weekends traveling the country for tournaments. He advanced to elite status, and was awarded MVP, first place all-conference, and second place team all-state. Andrew's other passion was track and cross country; his achievements took him to National competitions twice in the Junior Olympics.
After high school, Andrew took a summer job with a local landscape company. He returned to work at the company during the summers while in college. His third summer with the company, Andrew received a promotion which required him to organize job sites, work directly with customers, and handle invoices. On occasion, he helped out in the field as a laborer, acting as the foreman on the jobsite.
August 23, 2006, was a day that changed Andrew's life. He arrived at work knowing he would be working in the field; his company was in the midst of moving equipment to a new site. "The day was nearing an end when a task required the use of one of our track loaders," Andrew recalls. He located the track loader, which was being operated by a coworker. He stopped the operator and directed him to complete the task. In an effort to expedite his transportation across the job site, Andrew climbed on the track loader and instructed the worker to head to the area.
"After I instructed the coworker to go, he pushed the loader into full throttle and took off. Right then I knew something was wrong as I was flung into the cage of the pallet forklift," he states. Andrew heard his coworker laughing, as if he had intended to scare him. Unbeknownst to the operator, Andrew was losing his balance, as he was standing on only a four inch step. "I repeatedly told the worker to slow down and stop, but he persisted. Before we knew it, the loader hit a bump and I was thrown from the forklift."
Andrew landed in front of one of the track wheels. It caught his left leg, crushing his femur, tibia, and fibula. The pain was nothing like Andrew had ever before experienced. He recalls instructing his coworker to back off of him slowly, as not to induce further injury. In a surprising moment of clarity, Andrew yelled for someone to call 911 and then his parents. "I tried to stand up at first, but nothing happened. I made a second attempt, and then felt my leg bend at mid-thigh; this knocked the wind out of me. I felt like I was glued to the ground."
Andrew was placed in a drug-induced coma for several days during which he endured several surgeries to attempt to save his leg. He suffered numerous infections, which required additional surgeries. Andrew's injuries were so severe that amputation was ultimately required to save his life.
In 2008, Andrew had a revision surgery on his amputated limb, which led to three subsequent operations to combat infection. Andrew had a total of 18 surgeries on his leg. Six years after his accident, Andrew struggles with phantom leg sensation and pain, but he is adapting to life as an amputee. He learned to walk again with the aid of a prosthetic, and now participates in extreme sports with a special prosthesis designed for running. He is training to run competitively and enjoys challenging himself with rock climbing.
Andrew changed his career focus and is now studying to be a mechanical engineer at the University of Cincinnati. "I believe research dollars in areas that could improve the quality of life for amputees is money well spent. I dream of the days where we will be able to combine technology with biology and create biomedical devices that replace lost limbs."
Andrew frequently speaks publicly about living with a disability, and has been interviewed on National Public Radio. "I like to make people aware that I am a person living a life with a "disability," not a "disabled person" living a life," he says. "Being an amputee is a physical condition; what I do as an amputee is what will define me."
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'King of the Blues' blues legend B.B. King dead at age 89
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Plane's Nose Gear Collapses in Philly
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Jim Grimsley, known for his work as a novelist and playwright, will speak July 16 at Appalachian State University.
His talk, sponsored by Belk Library and Information Commons, begins at 4 p.m. in room 114 in the library. The event is free and the public is invited. A reception and book signing will follow his presentation.
His book "How I Shed My Skin: Unlearning the Racist Lessons of a Southern Childhood," published in April by Algonquin Books, has been called "a powerful meditation on race" by former U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey, and "a sensitive memoir that probes the past to discover what and how Grimsley learned about race, equality and democracy 'from the good white people' in his family and community," according to Kirkus Reviews.
Grimsley also is the author of the science fiction novels "The Ordinary" and "The Last Green Tree," and the dark comedy "Forgiveness."
His other novels include "Winter Birds," a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award; "Dream Boy," winner of the Award for Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Literature; "My Drowning," a Lila-Wallace-Reader's Digest Writer's Award winner; and "Comfort and Joy," a Lambda Literary Award finalist.
He has written 11 full-length and four one-act plays, including "Mr. Universe," "The Lizard of Tarsus," "White People" and "The Existentialists." A collection of his plays, "Mr. Universe and Other Plays," was published by Algonquin in 1998, and was a Lambda Literary Award finalist in drama.
Grimsley has been playwright-in-residence at 7Stages Theatre of Atlanta since 1986 and was playwright-in-residence at About Face Theatre of Chicago from 2000-04. In 1988 he was awarded the George Oppenheimer Award for Best New American Playwright for his play "Mr. Universe." He was also awarded the first-ever Bryan Prize for Drama, presented by the Fellowship of Southern Writers in 1993 for distinguished achievement in playwriting.
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Tom Higgins, who has been called NASCAR's storyteller, will talk about his sports writing career June 12 at Appalachian State University. Higgins wrote about motorsports for the Charlotte Observer for more than three decades.
Higgins' talk is sponsored by Belk Library and Information Commons. The free event will begin at 4 p.m. in room 421 in the library. A reception will follow.
The fourth recipient of the Squier-Hall Award for NASCAR Media Excellence, Higgins was honored during NASCAR Hall of Fame induction ceremony in January and featured in an exhibit at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte.
The Burnsville native began his career as a sports writer in the late 1950s, covering sports for the Canton Enterprise after graduating from Brevard College, where he played baseball and basketball.
He later joined the Asheville Citizen-Times, and said in an interview with the paper that, "Once I got to Asheville and heard the clacking of those teletype machines and was part of the excitement of putting out a daily newspaper, I was hooked."
His first auto race was at the Asheville Weaverville Speedway.
Higgins is the author of "Racing into the Past," which covers the early years of NASCAR, "NASCAR Greatest Races: The 25 Most Thrilling Races in NASCAR History" and coauthor of "Junior Johnson: Brave in Life."
The newest exhibit in Special Collections features historical documents, photos, an original poster, and an artifact from Boone's outdoor drama, "Horn in the West." The exhibit, curated by Appalachian Studies graduate student Adam Sheffield, is located inside Special Collections and is on display through the summer during the department's open hours. All of the materials on display and much more is available in the Southern Appalachian Historical Association Records. Contact or visit the Dougherty Reading Room, which is located next to the exhibit case, to use the collection.
"Horn in the West" was first produced in 1952, and is the third oldest surviving American outdoor drama, following "The Lost Colony" and "Unto These Hills." The show derives from a script written by Dr. Kermit Hunter, originally titled "Wilderness Road." The Southern Appalachian Historical Association states that over 1.4 million people have attended "Horn in the West" since its first season. This month, on June 26th at 8pm, marks the beginning of the 63rd season of productions. For more information about Horn in the West, visit their website.
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Pictured: Original poster by Elsie Freeman, artist, 1952.
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Knox, a Canine Good Citizen and registered with Therapy Dogs, Inc. will be in the Belk Library today, May 4, from 2:30-4:30 pm.
Knox will be with his handler, Brianne Harris. Brianne is an Appalachian 2012 Psychology alumna and says that Knox, a Great Pyrenees is a good listener and is great for hugging.
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This year, we will have Engineering Discovery Days on campus April 10th and 11th for high school PLTW students. The last time we had EDD on campus was back in 2012, so some of you might not be familiar with it.
It is two full days for high school students to experience hands-on activities that showcase different types of engineering. As a participating Student Org you still get to put together hands-on 'challenges' that the students will take part in, BUT you do it once in the morning (a 9-11am session is held) and once again in the afternoon (noon-2pm session).
The hands-on sessions will only last 25 minutes max and you will see a max of 20 students during each rotation (3 rotations in the A.M. and 3 rotations in the P.M.)
There will be a budget for each selected Student Orgs to purchase materials for their hands-on activities as well as a monetary thank you for your org!
There are only 6 spots open for student orgs and spots will fill quickly! Please contact me directly to reserve your spot.
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An informal, informative, and slightly irreverent look at what
goes on unseen, backstage at the opera. Ron De Fesi, singer,
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Explanations, forbidden tales, and some video clips will illustrate
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Nikon 10-24mm
Intro Specs Performance Compared Recommendations
Nikon 10-24mm (77mm filters, 16.3 oz/463g, about $897). enlarge. I bought mine at this link to it at Adorama; this link to it at Amazon and to it at B&H are also excellent places.
This ad-free website's biggest source of support is when you use those or any of these links to approved sources when you get anything, regardless of the country in which you live. Nikon does not seal its boxes, so never buy at retail or any other source not on my personally approved list since you'll have no way of knowing if you're missing accessories, getting a defective, damaged, returned, store demo or used lens. (My approved sources ship from automated warehouses where no salespeople or lookie-loos can get their greasy fingers on your new lens.) Buy only from the approved sources I use myself for the best prices, service, return policies and selection.
If you want to buy used, they go for about $550 at this link directly to them at eBay (see How to Win at eBay).
Adorama pays top dollar for your used gear, especially the older model 12-24mm f/4 DX.
Ideal Uses: Perfect for use on every DX digital Nikon. Part of Nikon's DX Dream Team.
Not for: FX or film cameras.
July 2017 Nikon Reviews Nikon Lenses All Reviews
NEW: Nikon 10-20mm. A third the price & a fraction of the weight, but with a plastic lens mount and only works on newer cameras. Highly recommended.
Sample Image
Oaks, Kynsi, San Luis Obispo. 10:31 AM, 14 April 2013. bigger. (2013 Nikon D7100, 2009 Nikon 10-24mm G at 15mm, f/8 at 1/250 at ISO 100, built-in flash fired to no effect, Perfectly Clear.)
Introduction top
Intro Specs Performance Compared Recommendations
The Nikon 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5G ED is Nikon's best and newest ultrawide zoom for Nikon DX cameras.
It's not intended for film or FX cameras, but in a pinch, it works from about 18mm-24mm on them.
The Nikon 10-24mm is very sharp. It's reasonably resistant to ghosts but has a healthy dose of distortion, especially at the wide end.
Compared to the 12-24mm, the 10-24mm is more cheaply built. The 12-24mm was built to semi-pro standards, but this new 10-24mm feels more dinky and I suspect will break if you bang the front of it into anything hard enough. Hey, few people really need lenses that will last 75 years; if you do, you can still buy brand-new manual-focus AI-s lenses that will last longer than any of us.
Focus is easy: just grab the ring at any time for instant manual focus override, and if you do, you get back to autofocus as soon as you tap the shutter button.
How important is 10mm versus 12mm? I'm all about wide. 10mm lets you get closer to create images with deeper perspective and even more power than the 12mm end of the 12-24mm. Sharpness, distortion and all that mean nothing compared to the superior point-of-view you can get with a wider lens.
I don't know about you, but every shot I make with my 12-24mm is at the 12mm stop. Hooray for pushing that back to 10mm! These two silly little millimeters are everything; everything else is far less important than the stronger images I can make with those two less millimeters.
This is a great lightweight lens, but it's expensive. I'd also very seriously consider the Tokina 11-20mm f/2.8 DX which sells for less and is better made. If speed, build quality and price matters, get the Tokina. If zoom range matters, get this 10-24mm.
Compatibility back to intro back to top
Everything works perfectly on every DX digital Nikon, and especially on Nikon's cheapest D40, D40x, D60 and D5000.
If you use it on film or FX you'll get just a circular image in the center a10mm, marginal results at 15mm and perfectly fine results from 18-24mm.
Nikon 10-24mm. enlarge.
Specifications top
Intro Specs Performance Compared Recommendations
Nikon 10-24mm bottom ID.
Nikon calls this the Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5G DX SWM ED IF Aspherical.
AF-S and SWM: Silent Wave (focus) Motor.
G: Gelded for cost-reduction and removing compatibility with older cameras.
DX: Won't work well on film or FX cameras.
ED: Magic ED Glass.
IF: Internal Focusing.
Aspherical: Aspherical elements.
Optics top
Schematic diagram. enlarge.
14 elements in 9 groups.
Two of them are magic ED glass.
Three of them are aspherical.
It's multicoated, which Nikon calls Nikon Super Integrated Coating.
Coverage top
DX only, not film or FX.
Focal Length top
10-24mm, which on a DX camera gives angles of view similar to what a 15-35mm lens gives when used on an FX or 35mm camera.
Close Focus top
0.8 feet (0.24m).
In manual focus, it gets as close as 0.7 feet (0.22m).
Maximum Reproduction Ratio top
Hard Infinity Focus Stop? top
You have to let the AF system focus for you at infinity.
Focus Scale top
Yes, barely.
Depth-of-Field Scale top
Infra-Red Focus Index top
Diaphragm top
7 straight blades.
Stops down to f/22-29.
Aperture Ring top
Filter Thread top
77mm, plastic.
Does not rotate.
Size top
Nikon specifies 3.25" (82.5mm) extension from flange by 3.43" (87mm) diameter.
The 10-24mm is shortest at the 15mm setting. It's longest at the 24mm setting.
Weight top
16.320 oz. (462.7g), naked.
Nikon specifies 16.2 oz. (460g).
The 12-24mm measures 16.240 oz. (460.4g), or within 1/10 of a ounce (3g) of this new lens.
Caps top
Nikon throws in one of it's superb 77mm front caps and a classic LF-1 rear cap.
But wait — the best just got better!
Nikon's front caps have been the best in the industry since they moved to their "pinch" style cap about 2000. They are so good — big, chunky, and easy to grab from any angle — that I buy and use them on my Canon lenses!
The Nikon front cap is worlds beyond anything from Zeiss, Contax or Leica. I even buy fake Nikon caps to fit the 55mm threads of some of my Leica lenses since Nikon makes no 55mm caps!
I thought one of you folks was pulling a gag on me, but I kid you not: the made-in-Thailand 77mm front cap that came with my 10-24mm now has a strip of black sandpaper-like grip material glued onto each inner pinch surface.
Holy Guacamole! You'll never have one of these slip off your fingers and fall into Tiger Jumping Gorge.
Hood top
HB-23 plastic bayonet hood included.
Case top
CL-1118 sack is included.
Made in top
Red China.
Don't like it? Then buy Leica, Schneider or Angénieux.
Introduced top
14 April 2009
Available Since top
Photographers first got this 10-24mm in their hands on 15 May 2009.
Nikon Product Number top
Packaging top
Box, Nikon 10-24mm. enlarge.
Gold-colored corrugated box.
Brown corrugated innards.
Hood and carry pouch sit in a single-wall white cardboard box in a corrugated sub-support above the lens.
The 10-24mm lens sits in a thin foam plastic bag with a matching serial number. Collectors note: when reselling this item, you must have matching numbers on the box, lens and the internal bag!
Packing material with matching serial number!
Price, USA top
$897, Christmas 2015 ~ July 2017.
$710, February 2015.
$810, 06 April 2014.
$659 on sale, 01 April 2014.
$810, May 2013.
$820, November 2012.
$800, November 2010.
$810, March 2010.
$800, July 2009.
$840, June 2009.
$900 at introduction, May 2009.
Performance top
Intro Specs Performance Compared Recommendations
The Nikon 10-24mm is sharp and focuses and handles well.
It has plenty of barrel distortion at 10mm, but only if you place straight lines along the edges.
At 10mm, it is so wide that it sees more than 90º horizontally. If you want, you can look down both hallways at once:
Walnut Creek Embassy Suites (by the railroad tracks), June 2009. bigger.
Distortion performance top
The Nikon 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5G DX AF-S has a healthy amount of distortion. Modern Nikons all correct for this automatically:
Fine home, June 2016. Nikon D500, Auto Distortion Correction ON, Nikon 10-24mm at 10mm, f/3.5 at 1.8 at Auto ISO 160. bigger.
If you're using an old camera it is more difficult to correct; pray for a DxO module.
Most people will never see lens distortion unless they are shooting brick walls. For instance, the distortion is invisible in this shot:
Distortion at 10mm. enlarge.
The distortion is invisible because it mostly affects lines running parallel to the edges. If lines run across the frame or through the center as they do here, distortion doesn't affect them much.
Distortion is only visible if you go out of your way to put straight lines along the frame edges, like this:
Eastside Apartments, Chula Vista, California. enlarge.
This snap was made at 10mm on a D40, Program chose f/3.5, Auto ISO chose 1/125 at ISO 1,600.
In cases like this, the straight lines along the left and right sides look crooked because distortion affects them the most, there is another straight line (the frame edge) against which to compare them, and I didn't hold the camera level in the first place.
This can be corrected by plugging these figures into Photoshop's lens distortion filter. These aren't facts or specifications, they are the results of my research that requires hours of photography and calculations on the resulting data.
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*Slightly wavy after correction
These figures are at 10 feet (3 meters). Distortion tends more towards stronger barrel when you get closer.
Here's the shot of the apartment block after fixing the lens distortion (and sloppy camera work) in Photoshop:
After easy rectification in Photoshop's lens distortion filter. enlarge.
Not to worry, even Nikon's cheapest D3300 today corrects for all this automatically.
Ghosts performance top
It's reasonably free from ghosts. You really have to do something crazy to get any flare or ghosts. This bare bulb was about a foot away from my camera with a long exposure wide-open at high ISO in a dark restaurant.
Ghosts, at 10mm f/3.5. D40 at ISO 1600 and 1/8 second.
Lateral Color Fringes performance top
On a Gen 1 camera like the D40 and D200, there is just a little magenta-green in the corners, not enough to worry about.
On a Gen 2 camera like the D90 and D300, there are none.
Mechanics and Construction performance top
If you appreciate only the finest, then go buy Leica. Their 16-21mm f/4 zoom costs a mere $5,995 and is a pain to shoot through a separate viewfinder, both of which you have to zoom manually to the same setting!
If you want to get out and make stunning photos, then shoot Nikon and don't worry if the lens might fall apart after only 20 years of hard use. So what if it's made in China? So is everything else decent today, like Nikon's brilliant 50mm f/1.4 AF-S and 35mm f/1.8 AF-s lenses. If this was built as well as Nikon makes its manual-focus AI-s lenses, it would cost $3,995.
This 10-24mm is a bit more plasticy than the older 12-24mm, mostly because it's a pumper zoom (the front moves in and out) instead of a zoom which extends inside a tough, fixed outer barrel as does the 12-24mm.
This 10-24mm sells for $900 as a new model, and the old 12-24mm sells for the same $900, but as a discounted lens. If you want a tougher lens, get the 12-24mm instead.
Rear, Nikon 10-24mm. enlarge.
Barrel Exterior
Filter Threads
Plastic bayonet.
Focus Ring
Zoom Ring
Solid plastic.
Zoom Cams
Seem like alloy.
Depth-of-Field Scale
Seem like metal.
Aperture Ring
Dull-chromed brass.
Identity Plate
Metal-looking plastic thing.
Serial Number
Ass-Gasket (rain seal at mount)
Noises When Shaken
Mild clicking from the diaphragm blades and actuation system.
Made in People's Republic of China.
The front section pumps in and out while zooming, meaning if you hit the from of the lens, you're banging the optics and zoom followers themselves.
This is a much weaker lens mechanically than the 12-24mm, whose outer barrel isn't directly connected to the optics.
Sharpness performance top
Snapshot at 10mm at f/5.6 on a D40. enlarge.
The Nikon 10-24mm is sharp, even wide-open.
It's worlds better than the nasty Tamron 10-24mm, which is far softer.
The only way to make it unsharp is to look in the very farthest corners at 10mm at f/3.5. Even there, it's sharp if you stop down a little.
Sunstars performance top
Snapshot at 10mm at f/11 on a D40. enlarge.
The Nikon 10-24's 7-bladed diaphragm give 14-pointed sunstars.
The blades are a little curved, so the star points are broader as seen here, and not sharp daggers as more often seen on 1980s lenses.
Survivability performance top
Beware banging the front of the lens. If you do, I'll bet you'll crack the zooming system.
Beware that this lens will suck dirt, dust, chemical and biological elements into your camera as it pumps in and out.
I suspect that this lens will have a smaller percentage of good working samples left after 20 years than Nikon's pro lenses.
Then again, screw me. The toughest Nikon lens made in a long time, the 17-35mm f/2.8 AF-S, has none of these issues and zooms protected behind your filter inside a tough magnesium alloy barrel, but mine broke its zoom cam all by itself and broke its AF motor, too, all under warranty.
Rated MTF performance top
Comparisons top
Intro Specs Performance Compared Recommendations
Nikon 12-24mm Tokina 11-16mm Tamron 10-24mm Distortion Table
NEW: Nikon 10-20mm. Less than half the price & a fraction of the weight, but with a plastic lens mount. Highly recommended.
Compared to the Nikon 12-24mm DX Compared
Nikon 12-24mm and this 10-24mm. enlarge.
Both lenses weigh within 1/10 of a ounce (3g) of each other, both take the same pro 77mm filters, both are the same size (the 10-24mm gets longer as zoomed, while the 12-24mm stays the same size as seen here). Both focus in exactly the same way with exactly the same cameras. Both have about the same coverage if you do the nasty and try them on FX or film.
Which is better?
The 12-24mm seems tougher if you beat on your gear, but I'm all about getting wider. To me, there is no question that the 10-24mm is the lens to get today.
Should you throw your 12-24mm away and get this new 10-24mm? If you usually shoot your 12-24mm at the 12mm stops as I do, of course.
If you try to compare sharpness, you'll go crazy because each lens renders different pare of the field (radius) and zonally (theta) differently. This is because these lenses are made by man, not God, and mechanical and manufacturing tolerances are such that the glass wiggles around a little from shot to shot, and as you focus and as you zoom. On one shot you'll see one of these two lenses as better, and on the next shot (or on the other side), the other will win.
That's right: on some shots the 10-24mm is sharper on the left while the 12-24mm is sharper on the right, and on the next duplet of shots, the effect reverses, even when all this is done on a tripod.
These lenses are closer to each other in performance than they are from shot-to-shot or side-to-side, so you can not simply post enlarged crops from any two shots and see anything meaningful.
See also Is It Worth It.
Compared to the Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 top
Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8. enlarge.
Versus the Tokina 11-16mm?
Easy choice: if you have a low-end Nikon that can't autofocus with the Tokina 11-16mm, get the Nikon 10-24mm which will autofocus. That means for the D40, D40x, D60 and D5000, you get the Nikon without question.
The Tokina is faster, built better and costs less, but it won't autofocus on many cameras.
If you have a heavy DX camera that can autofocus with the Tokina, like the D300, D200, D2X or D1X, I'd get the Tokina.
For midweight DX cameras that can AF with the Tokina, like the D50, D70/s, D80, D90 and D100, it's a toss up over your need for speed (f/2.8) versus your tolerances for weight, distortion, physical toughness and price.
In addition to autofocus with light cameras, the other gotcha with the Tokina is that it usually takes a while to get one after you order it. It is very popular because it is in many ways a better lens then either of the Nikons, and costs less.
Specific Recommendations
These comparisons are regardless of price. If you're concerned about price, get the Tokina if it autofocuses on your camera (it will AF on old cheap Nikon digitals like the D100, D50 and D70), but I'd still go for the Nikon 10-24mm for my D40 or other lightweight or other cameras with which the Tokina won't AF.
This is fun: neither Nikon nor Tokina send me any Christmas cards, so I'm probably the only guy who can say it like it is. Yes, the Tokina is better made than the Nikon for less money, but it's heavier, tough to get and may not autofocus on your favorite camera.
Compared to the Tamron 10-24mm top
Forget this Tamron.
The Tamron 10-24mm used to have bragging rights that it was the broadest-ranged ultrawide (10-24mm), and that it offered autofocus on cheap Nikons, but it was way too soft.
Now that Nikon has the same range in a lens that's sharp, we can forget about the Tamron.
Yes, maybe I got a soft one, but the Tamron I borrowed came straight from Tamron's PR dept, unlike the rest of these lenses which I either had to buy myself (Nikon lenses) or was loaned by another reader (Tokina 11-16mm).
Contrary to what I thought as a kid, the most beat-up and defective gear comes from loans directly from manufacturers! Who knows how good or bad the Tamron is. I do know I always opt for the camera-brand lens when I have the chance, since it costs the least long-term.
Distortion Comparison top
Here are the figures I've measured for each.
All these lenses have about the same amount of distortion,
The real difference is in whether or not it's simple and trivial to correct in Photoshop's lens distortion filter, or will require more advanced tools, like DxO.
On DX at 10' (3m):
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* Some waviness remains.
** Really complicated and difficult to rectify.
Recommendations top
Intro Specs Performance Compared Recommendations
In 2009 this Nikon 10-24mm was the new standard in DX wide zooms. Buy one; I did.
This 10-24mm is now the foundation of the Nikon DX Dream Team. The Nikon DX Dream Team is now this 10-24mm, the 35mm f/1.8, and the 55-200mm VR. These are all anyone needs in DX, although many people buy more.
In 2015, the Tokina 11-20mm f/2.8 DX sold for less and is better made. I'd get it instead if I wanted a tough lens.
In 2017, the newest Nikon 10-20mm is superb and sells for a fraction of the price. I'd get it, and just be careful of the plastic lens mount, however this new 10-20mm only works on the newer Nikon cameras.
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Dude seriously the best thing you can do is to start reading about what it is you want to do!
Learn as much as you can about the subject and then learn something else if you are trying to learn how to crack wep keys then study that information. If it is running an apache server then go learn about apache servers.
This forum has so much information that it is almost unbelievable. You have to hit the search key and then enter something else just read random threads and see where it leads you.
IMO, aside from the technical side of things, check out purehate's sig. as true as it gets.
When I was working for a college doing network maintenence (Novell anyone?), a few of us had a bet. see how many passwords we can collect (Not for anything bad, just verify them, then reset them and inform the user to change it). The other guy's had way more technical skills than me, so I used my old favourite, social engineering.
I won. By a large margin.
If you put the right spin on it, people will tell you damn near anything. I got over 100 passwords, and involved about 6 hours "work" and the only thing I used on a computer was a word processor.
Your network is only as secure as the people using it.
A third party security audit is the IT equivalent of a colonoscopy. It's long, intrusive, very uncomfortable, and when it's done, you'll have seen things you really didn't want to see, and you'll never forget that you've had one.
3 of the 7 IT teachers replied, which was really really worrying.
took me longer to round up completed ones than it did to make it (And included in the 6 hours figure)
One of the rules was that you wern't allowed to "net send" or any other form of mass network broadcast (Email etc).
Is it the information you're after? Are you trying to completely screw up the network? Or are you just planning on getting your face on the wall at your job as the 'l337 Employee of the Month'?
Whichever is the truth, I have to go with purehate in that you're a douchebag, because the only thing your going to accomplish is fu{king up some network, where someone will have to put in the extra effort to clean up your mess
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