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Cairo •Enraged Islamists pushed back Friday against the toppling of President Mohammed Morsi, as tens of thousands of his supporters took to the streets vowing to win his reinstatement and clashed with their opponents in violence that killed 30 and drove the divided nation toward an increasingly dangerous showdown.
In a battle on a bridge over the Nile River in Cairo, gunfire rang out and flames leaped from a burning car as the rival camps threw volleys of stones and fireworks at each other. Military armored vehicles raced across the bridge in a counterattack on Morsi's supporters.
The clashes accelerated after the supreme leader of Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood defiantly proclaimed that his followers would not give up street action until the return of the country's first freely elected president, swept out of power days earlier by the military. Morsi opponents called out the public to defend against the Brotherhood, deepening the battle lines.
In scenes of mayhem, troops opened fire on peaceful pro-Morsi protesters. Islamists threw one opponent off a rooftop.
"God make Morsi victorious and bring him back to the palace," Brotherhood chief Mohammed Badie proclaimed before cheering supporters at a Cairo mosque in his first appearance since the overthrow. "We are his soldiers we defend him with our lives."
Badie said it was a matter of honor for the military to abide by its pledge of loyalty to the president, in what appeared to be an attempt to pull it away from its leadership.
"Your leader is Morsi. ... Return to the people of Egypt," he said. "Your bullets are not to be fired on your sons and your own people."
Hours later, Badie's deputy, Khairat el-Shater, considered the most powerful figure in the organization, was arrested in a Cairo apartment along with his brother on allegations of inciting violence, Interior Ministry spokesman Hani Abdel-Latif told The Associated Press.
After the speech, a large crowd of Islamists surged across 6th October Bridge over the Nile toward Tahrir Square, where a giant crowd of Morsi's opponents had been massed all day. Battles broke out there and near the neighboring state TV building. Pro-Morsi youth shielded themselves from flying stones and fireworks with sheets of barricaded metal. A car burned at the top of an exit ramp amid the sounds of automatic weapons and shotguns.
"They are firing at us, sons of dogs! Where is the army?" one Morsi opponent shouted as another was brought to medics with his jeans soaked in blood from leg wounds. At least three people were killed at the bridge.
The fighting ended when at least seven armored personnel carriers sped across the bridge, chasing away the Morsi supporters. Young civilians jumped onto the roofs of the APCs, shouting insults at the Islamists and chanting, "The people and army are one hand."
Across the country, clashes erupted as Morsi supporters tried to storm local government buildings or military facilities, battling police or Morsi opponents. At least 30 people were killed throughout the day in Egypt, with 210 wounded, Heath Ministry official Khaled el-Khatib told The Associated Press.
Islamists descended on anti-Morsi rally, opening fire with guns in the Mediterranean coastal city of Alexandria, where at least 12 people were killed, mostly Morsi opponents, emergency services official Amr Salama said. One man was stabbed and thrown from the roof of a building by Morsi supporters after he raised an Egyptian flag and shouted insults against the ousted president, according to an Associated Press reporter at the scene.
Five policemen killed by militants in shootings around the Sinai city of el-Arish, according to security officials speaking on condition of anonymity because not authorized to talk to the press.
The U.S. State Department condemned the violence and called on all Egyptian leaders to denounce the use of force and prevent further bloodshed among their supporters.
"The voices of all who are protesting peacefully must be heard including those who welcomed the events of earlier this week and those who supported President Morsi," State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said in a statement. "The Egyptian people must come together to resolve their differences peacefully."
Col. Ahmed Ali, a spokesman for the armed forces, said the Muslim Brotherhood was trying to "pick a fight" with the army and "drag it to a clash in order to send a message to the West that what happened in the country is a coup and that the military is cracking down on the peaceful protesters."
That mirrored a statement from an umbrella group of Morsi opponents including the National Salvation Front and youth groups. The group urged the public to take to the streets immediately "to defend popular legitimacy" against what they called a "malicious plot" by the Brotherhood.
Islamists vowed to show by their numbers and the turmoil that the military had made a mistake by removing Morsi on Wednesday night. The action followed mass demonstrations for four days this week by the president's opponents in the biggest rallies the country has seen.
"The military got itself in a trap by taking one side. Now they see the masses in the streets and now they realized that there are two peoples," Hamada Nassar, a figure from the hard-line former militant group, Gamaa Islamiya, told AP.
An interim president senior judge Adly Mansour was sworn in Thursday, and a Cabinet of technocrats is to be formed to run Egypt until new elections can be held, although officials have not said when that will be. Mansour dissolved the interim parliament the upper house of the legislature which was overwhelmingly dominated by Islamists and Morsi allies. He also named the head of General Intelligence, Rafaat Shehata, as his security adviser.
The Islamists called rallies Friday to express their outrage at Morsi's ouster. The Brotherhood has said it will not work with the new military-backed leadership, and Morsi's supporters say the armed forces have wrecked Egypt's democracy by carrying out a coup against an elected president.
They accuse loyalists of former leader Hosni Mubarak, ousted in 2011, and liberal and secular opposition parties of turning to the army for help because they lost the election to Islamists. Many also see it as a conspiracy against Islam.
The turmoil began in the afternoon when army troops opened fire as hundreds of his supporters marched on the Republican Guard building in Cairo. That site is where Morsi was staying when he was toppled before being taken into military custody at an undisclosed location.
The crowd approached a barbed wire barrier where troops were standing guard. When one person hung a sign of Morsi on the barrier, soldiers tore it down and told the crowd to stay back. A protester put up a second sign, and the soldiers opened fire, according to an AP photographer.
A protester fell dead with a gaping, bleeding wound in the back of his head, while others were bloodied and wounded. Witnesses told AP Television News at the scene that men in plain clothes fired the lethal shots. The Health Ministry said a total of four were killed at the site, though it was not known how all died.
Protesters threw stones at the troops, who responded with volleys of tear gas. Many of those injured had wounds typical of birdshot. The BBC's Middle East editor, Jeremy Bowen, was hit by birdshot in the head as he covered the clashes but said his injuries were superficial.
Badie made his appearance three hours later on a stage in front of tens of thousands of Islamists massed at Rabia al-Adawiya Mosque, not far from the Republican Guard building.
Morsi "is my president and your president and the president of all Egyptians," Badie proclaimed, thrusting his arms in the air, as a military helicopter circled low overhead.
The gray-haired Badie is a revered figure among the Brotherhood's followers, who swear an oath of absolute obedience to him to "hear and obey."
The circumstances of his appearance were a mystery. Security officials had said Badie was taken into custody from a villa on the Mediterranean coast soon after Morsi's removal Wednesday night and flown to Cairo, part of a sweep that netted at least five other senior Brotherhood figures and put around 200 more on wanted lists.
Just before his speech, the Brotherhood's political party said on its webpage that Badie had "been released." On stage, however, Badie denied he had been arrested. There was no immediate explanation from security officials.
Authorities also announced the release of Saad Katatni, head of the Brotherhood's political arm the Freedom and Justice Party, as well as one of Badie's deputies, Rashad Bayoumi, pending further investigation.
Fears have been running high over an Islamist backlash to Morsi's overthrow. Extremist Islamist groups that gained considerable freedom to operate during Morsi's year in office have already vowed violence in retaliation.
The first major militant attack came before dawn Friday in the tumultuous Sinai Peninsula, killing at least one soldier. Masked assailants launched a coordinated attack with rockets, rocket-propelled grenades and anti-aircraft guns on the airport in the northern Sinai city of el-Arish, where military aircraft are located. Also hit was a security forces camp in Rafah on the border with Gaza, and five other military and police posts.
One of military's top commanders, Gen. Ahmed Wasfi, arrived at el-Arish to lead operations there as the army declared a "war on terrorism" in Sinai. A crowd of Morsi supporters tried to storm the governor's office in the city but were dispersed by security forces.
On the night of Morsi's ouster, jihadi groups rallied in el-Arish, vowing to fight. "War council, war council," a speaker shouted, according to online video of the rally. "No peacefulness after today."
Islamic militants hold a powerful sway in the lawless northern Sinai. They are heavily armed with weapons smuggled from Libya and have links with militants in the neighboring Gaza Strip, run by Hamas. After the attack, Egypt indefinitely closed its border crossing into Gaza, sending 200 Palestinians back into the territory, said Gen. Sami Metwali, director of Rafah passage.
At the Rabia al-Adawiya Mosque rally earlier in the day, the crowd filled much of a broad boulevard, vowing to stay until Morsi is reinstated. The protesters railed against what they called the return of the Mubarak regime.
"The old regime has come back ... worse than before," said Ismail Abdel-Mohsen, an 18-year-old student at the mosque rally. He described the interim president as "the military puppet."
"After sunset, President Morsi will be back in the palace," they chanted. "The people want God's law. Islamic, Islamic, whether the army likes it or not."
Many held copies of the Quran in the air, and much of the crowd had the long beards of ultraconservative men or encompassing black robes and veils worn by women.
One protester shouted that the sheik of Al-Azhar, Egypt's top Muslim cleric who backed the military, was "an agent of the Christians" reflecting a sentiment that the Christian minority was behind Morsi's ouster.
In southern Egypt, Islamists attacked the main church in the city of Qena. In the town of Dabaiya near the city of Luxor, a mob torched houses of Christians, sending dozens seeking shelter in a police station. Key events in Egypt's uprising and unrest
Egypt's military-backed interim president dissolved the Islamist-dominated upper house of parliament on Friday as soldiers opened fire on mostly Islamist protesters in Cairo, killing at least one person.
The unrest comes after the military ousted President Mohammed Morsi, an Islamist, from power after several days of mass demonstrations against him.
Here are some key events from more than two years of turmoil and transition in Egypt:
Jan. 25-Feb. 11, 2011 Egyptians stage nationwide demonstrations against the rule of President Hosni Mubarak. Hundreds of protesters are killed as Mubarak and his allies try to crush the uprising.
Feb. 11 Mubarak steps down and turns power over to the military. The military dissolves parliament and suspends the constitution, meeting two key demands of protesters.
March 19 In the first post-Mubarak vote, Egyptians cast ballots on constitutional amendments sponsored by the military. The measures are overwhelmingly approved.
Oct. 9 Troops crush a protest by Christians in Cairo over a church attack, killing more than 25 protesters.
Nov. 28, 2011-Feb 15, 2012 Egypt holds multistage, weekslong parliamentary elections. In the lawmaking lower house, the Muslim Brotherhood wins nearly half the seats, and ultraconservative Salafis take another quarter. The remainder goes to liberal, independent and secular politicians. In the largely powerless upper house, Islamists take nearly 90 percent of the seats.
May 23-24, 2012 The first round of voting in presidential elections has a field of 13 candidates. Morsi and Ahmed Shafiq, the last prime minister under Mubarak, emerge as the top two finishers, to face each other in a runoff.
June 14 The Supreme Constitutional Court orders the dissolving of the lower house of parliament.
June 16-17 Egyptians vote in the presidential runoff between Morsi and Shafiq. Morsi wins with 51.7 percent of the vote.
June 30 Morsi takes his oath of office.
Aug. 12 Morsi orders the retirement of the top Mubarak-era leadership of the military.
Nov. 19 Members of liberal parties and representatives of Egypt's churches withdraw from the 100-member assembly writing the constitution, protesting attempts by Islamists to impose their will.
Nov. 22 Morsi unilaterally decrees greater powers for himself, giving his decisions immunity from judicial review and barring the courts from dissolving the constituent assembly and the upper house of parliament. The move sparks days of protests.
Nov. 30 Islamists in the constituent assembly rush to complete the draft of the constitution. Morsi sets a Dec. 15 date for a referendum.
Dec. 4 More than 100,000 protesters march on the presidential palace, demanding the cancellation of the referendum and the writing of a new constitution. The next day, Islamists attack an anti-Morsi sit-in, sparking street battles that leave at least 10 dead.
Dec. 15, Dec. 22 In the two-round referendum, Egyptians approve the constitution, with 63.8 percent voting in favor. Turnout is low.
Dec. 29 The Egyptian Central Bank announces that foreign reserves drained to $15 billion from $36 billion in 2010 have fallen to a "critical minimum" and tries to stop a sharp slide in the value of the Egyptian pound. It now stands at just more than 7 to the dollar, compared to 5.5 to the dollar in 2010.
Jan. 25, 2013 Hundreds of thousands hold protests against Morsi on the 2-year anniversary of the start of the revolt against Mubarak, and clashes erupt in many places.
Feb.-March 2013 Protests rage in Port Said and other cities for weeks, with dozens more dying in clashes.
April 7 A Muslim mob attacks the main cathedral of the Coptic Orthodox Church as Christians hold a funeral and protest there over four Christians killed in sectarian violence the day before. Pope Tawadros II publicly blames Morsi for failing to protect the building.
May 7 Morsi reshuffles his Cabinet. Officials say the changes aim to finalize long-stalled negotiations with the International Monetary Fund for a crucial $4.8 billion loan, which requires reductions to fuel and food subsidies. A deal on the loan has still not been reached.
June 23 A mob beats to death four Egyptian Shiites in a village on the outskirts of Cairo.
June 30 Millions of Egyptians demonstrate, calling for Morsi to step down. Eight people are killed in clashes outside the Muslim Brotherhood's Cairo headquarters.
July 1 Large-scale demonstrations continue, and Egypt's powerful military gives the president and the opposition 48 hours to resolve their disputes, or it will impose its own solution.
July 2 Military officials disclose main details of the army's plan if no agreement is reached: replacing Morsi with an interim administration, canceling the Islamist-based constitution and calling elections in a year. Morsi delivers a late-night speech in which he pledges to defend his legitimacy and vows not to step down.
July 3 Egypt's military chief announces that Morsi has been deposed, to be replaced by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Constitutional Court until new presidential elections. No time frame is given. Muslim Brotherhood leaders are arrested.
July 4 Supreme Constitutional Court Chief Justice Mansour Adly is sworn in as Egypt's interim president.
July 5 Adly dissolves the Islamist-dominated upper house of parliament as Morsi's supporters stage mass protests demanding his return; clashes between pro- and anti-Morsi groups in Cairo and Alexandria, and violence elsewhere leave at least 30 dead. Brotherhood strongman, deputy head Khairat el-Shater, is arrested.


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Surat al-'Imran verse 104
Let there be a community among you who call to the good, and enjoin the right, and forbid the wrong. They are the ones who have success.
Look, "They are the ones who have success," says Allah. Those who preach, and who describe and disseminate Islam. It is not hard to understand. It is quite clear.
Surat al-'Ankabut verse 68
Who could do greater wrong than someone who invents lies against Allah or denies the truth when it comes to him? Is there not shelter in Hell for the unbelievers?
"Someone who invents lies against Allah" What does this mean? They invent hadiths and allege that the Prophet (saas) said them. They tell lies in the name of Allah; that is a sin. Almighty Allah says in the Qur'an, "...or denies the truth when it comes to him?" I describe the commands of the Qur'an, and they say that is a lie. "There is no such thing," they say. I say this is what Allah says. I say that Allah says the Qur'an is sufficient; "Not at all," they say. They regard that as a lie, as well. "Who could do greater wrong?" asks Allah. He means these are the kind of people who will go to the bottom layer of hell. The unbelievers, the fundamentalists and extremists. "Is there not shelter in Hell for the unbelievers?" Allah regards this as denial. These people are denying and changing Allah's commandments.
Surah Maryam verse 12
'Yahya, take hold of the Book with vigor.' We gave him judgment while still a child,
"Yahya, take hold of the Book with vigor." Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh) will hold tightly on to the Qur'an in the End Times. He will clutch it to him. "We gave him judgment while still a child," This means that the Mahdi (pbuh) will be highly virtuous, even as a child. He will be compassionate and loving.
Surah Maryam verse 13
...and tenderness and purity from Us – he had piety –
tenderness and purity…" This means the Mahdi (pbuh) will be very open to love. He will delight in both loving and in being loved. There is a sign of this in the verse. "...and purity" The Mahdi (pbuh) will be scrupulously clean. The verse indicates that. "...he had piety." This means the Mahdi (pbuh) will be scrupulous in terms of the religion. Scrupulous in abiding by the Qur'an, not bigotry.
Surat al-Anfal verse 73
Those who are unbelievers are the friends and protectors of one another. If you do not act in this way there will be turmoil in the land and great corruption.
"Those who are unbelievers are the friends and protectors of one another." Bad people watch out for one another. "If you do not act in this way there will be turmoil in the land and great corruption."
What do the extremists do? They fall out with Muslims at the slightest excuse. They dislike someone because he is an Alawite or because he is a Bektashi or a Shiite, or a Wahhabi. Or they say, "She does not cover her hair." You would think that not covering one's hair was a sign of non-belief! But what the verse says is this. Look, "If you do not act in this way [if you are not one another's friends] there will be turmoil in the land and great corruption." It is full of turmoil and corruption now. This stems from the attitude of the extremists. They have come within the scope of the verse. I look at TV programs, for instance; they use such aggressive language toward one another. People who like one another are very rare. But when we look at deniers, they really do watch out for one another but Muslims are not so considerate of one another and the result is turmoil and corruption.2013-04-14 09:22:16

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4th September 2013 12:34 PM #1
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concerning mental development of babies conceived at late thirties
I've read that the best age for conceiving a baby are the twenties. Are there really any difference in the mental development of the baby if a woman conceives at age thirties? A 39-year-old woman perhaps? They say babies born from this "age-frame" are usually slow learners.
19th September 2013 06:23 AM #2
Thank you for posting your question here.
The main issue with being an older mum (which we could define to be over 35 years of age) is the difficulty in conceiving. Women in this age bracket release less eggs and the eggs are also of lower quality. The fact that less eggs are released makes it more difficult to conceive - a woman of age 40 has around 50% chance of conceiving successfully. The reduced quality of the eggs unfortunately means that the chance of miscarriage is higher and so is the chance of the baby having birth defects or a syndrome such as Down's Syndrome. The chance of having a baby with Down's Syndrome is around 1 in 80 at age 40. The chance of this more than doubles by age 45.
Here is a link to a useful previous post by our midwife Jane about conceiving a child as an older mum.
However, if a healthy pregnancy is achieved by an older mum then I am not aware of any sound research that indicates that such a child is more likely to be a 'slow learner' or attain less academically. In fact, the latest research shows that the age of a mum does not affect the health or academic success of a child as they grow up. What really matters is how much attention and time a parent gives their child as well as the education levels of the parents themselves. The former of these is something that the gentle parenting world has always advocated. Give a child love, attention and care and they will be confidently founded in who they are and inspired to follow their dreams.
Warm wishes,
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Related story: "Sexting" can lead to serious legal impact for juveniles
Opinion: Send kids the message that "sexting" is a crime
RANCHO CUCAMONGA -- Sheriff's detectives are investigating five students at Etiwanda and Rancho Cucamonga high schools suspected of distributing semi-nude images of fellow students.
The students, between the ages of 15 and 16, spread the images by text message and social media, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department.
No arrests had been made, but sending sexually explicit photos of children is a felony, department spokeswoman Jodi Miller said.
"Sending it to someone else is a crime, and somebody else forwarding those pictures is a crime," Miller said.
Students prompted the investigation, said Mat Holton, the superintendent of Chaffey Joint Union High School District.
"It was brought to our administration's attention by students coming forward saying, 'Hey, there are some inappropriate things involving our peers on the Internet, and we think you should know,'" he said.
A school security officer at Etiwanda High looked into the matter and reported the sexting incidents to the Sheriff's Department on Wednesday morning.
The officer learned a boy had four semi-nude photos of female students on his cellphone and sent them to others via text message. Deputies have identified two of the girls in the photos.
The students being investigated - the boy who initially sent the photos and four girls - attend Rancho Cucamonga and Etiwanda high schools.
"Communicating through social media is what high-school-aged kids do," Holton said. "In a high school district of over 25,000 teens, it's incumbent on us to educate them on the etiquette but more importantly the danger of sending pictures and other materials. "
The CJUHSD discusses the issue throughout the year, starting the first week of school. And this week's news will likely mean additional conversations.
"This morning, I sent a message to every teacher throughout the district, just to bring them up to speed with the information that I could share (and) just to encourage them, if they're comfortable, to use this as a teachable moment with their students," Holton said.
Etiwanda student Elijah Hunter said it is crazy how quickly something can spread on social media and that some of his peers may need to lessons on the consequences of sending explicit images.
"It should (be taught), because in the future, you're not going to be able to get a job. I think it's very important," Elijah, 16, said.
Anthony Wilson, a father whose son attends Etiwanda, said he advises his son not to post embarrassing pictures on the Internet, but believes educators must also impart these lessons to students.
"It would definitely help, because parents are definitely not supervising their kids," Wilson said waiting to pick up his son from school on Thursday.
This is San Bernardino County's second case in three years involving high school students caught sexting.
Four 15-year-old boys from Yucaipa High School were suspected of posting nude photos of at least eight teen girls on the Internet in April 2010.
"We try to make sure that kids know this and to educate them about it. But you know, being young, they think nothing will happen to them," said Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified Superintendent Sherry Kendrick.
YCJUSD educators discuss the issue in health class and during counseling sessions.
"We do talk to them about making sure what they're sending is appropriate and that they can get into serious trouble," she said. "I think the girls who are sending it, those are the ones who I don't think realize they could be guilty of a serious crime as well. "
The YHS photos were voluntarily sent by the victims - 14- and 15-year-old girls - to their friends. The pictures were then circulated among a group of other students. A student accumulated the photos and posted them on at least one social networking site, according to sheriff's officials.
"You can't forward it simply because it was sent to you. You need to delete it as well," Kendrick said. "As a parent of two boys, I think about what could happen to them if they got a photo and shared it as well, not recognizing the seriousness as well. "
The Sheriff's Department has tried to address the issue by holding presentations at schools and for faith-based groups about sexting and its penalties. The department has also developed a DVD on the subject and distributed more than 100 copies to county schools.
"It's a tough thing, and it's something that the parents, school and community all have to handle together," Kendrick said.
Groups wishing to schedule a presentation with the Sheriff's Department on sexting may call 909-387-3700.
Staff writer Andrew Edwards contributed to this report.


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I was speaking to a few friends last night who had been to watch a Thai boxing show. I asked who was fighting, was there any good fights etc etc as you do. Then 1 of the lads who they mentioned was fifhting came in the pub. So I asked who he was fighting did he win.... His answer was I stopped the guy in the 2nd, he was 55 year old. Before I even asked who it was I thought mike persil. So I turned to the 1st group I spoke to and said did he fight mike? They said "don't kno his name, but he isn't allowed to fight mma any more because he is that bad" of corse it was him. At the end of the fight he got a mike (like the pun) and made a speech about being 55 year old and don't let any body tell you that you can't.
So he is on the rampage again people


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text: For years, Jenni Pulos has been Jeff Lewis's assistant. In case you don't recognize the names, Jeff and Jenni co-star on Flipping Out. It is one of my favorite shows and the pair split as boss and employee a few years ago and Jeff called it a divorce. They got back together and apparently this is going to have a very nasty ending. Jenni has been in the process of writing a book which she says is a self-improvement type book but apparently Jeff thinks it is going to include things about him and their work together and wants to stop any sales of the book. He would also love to read it, but Jenni as been advised to not let him. I doubt Jenni would say anything nasty about the guy she works for, especially since she has signed two separate confidentiality agreements. Now, when Zoila finally comes to her senses and leaves, then there will be a book worth reading.


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so im guessing this MySQL Server is yours?
hi people, my privs dont allow me to post in the specialists area so i have to post here i guess, i've scanned a mySQL server with nmap and since the last time i got into this server and we had it patched it's security has updated, but others are still breaking in and it's getting anoying.
Nmap Results: No Open Ports
Custom Port Scanner Results:
53 Domain
80 http
135 Loc-SRV
139 netbios
445 is Microsoft DS
3306 mySQL database server
3389 telnet
i've tried a phew exploits i know will get in through 1027 but cant seem to
pen, any ideas?
so im guessing this MySQL Server is yours?
"Family, Religion, Friends, those are the three demons you must face if you want to be successful in business"
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I hate to be a A$$hole but I never trust queries like this from people who cant use proper grammar and punctuation. Most serious computer people make a effort to write and spell correctly even in IRC or IM.
Well pureh@te, we'll just have to wait and see
this has the makings of a fine thread with directions to the Corner...but you never know
"Family, Religion, Friends, those are the three demons you must face if you want to be successful in business"
Montgomery Burns
Alright, lets see if I got it right.
First of all this naturally is your own server, as you clearly state in your post, yet you need to use two different portscanners to tell you which ports you have opened up? The server's security has also updated on its own and now you can no longer hack your way in. On top of this you seem to be unable to just check which way the others are getting in and rather want us to tell you how to get in yourself than just patch up the security hole. I think we might just have a corner around here with your name on it
-Monkeys are like nature's humans.
And i'm sure he is rushing to give us a screen shot of him logged in as root on the server with this post in the background and of course the ip somewhere in the shot...
I don't see where you get all this "black hat" shiz from, who would want to abuse this forum if they were a "black hat hacker"
OIC...<&Messiah> I want to burn a white hat at defcon
<&Messiah> for the laugh
<@Stitchup> ROFL
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The Twins had plenty of options to choose from for this role. Matt Guerrier said that he would relish closing games (Twins' Guerrier keeps his cool, ready if Joe Nathan can't close). Eric Karabell thinks Jon Rauch should be able to replace Nathan and save 30 games while he is at it (Rauch can ably replace Nathan and save 30 games). The sexy choice in all of this closer mess has been Francisco Liriano. But his winter and Spring Training have made him the leading candidate for the final starter spot in the Twins' rotation (Liriano has edge for fifth starter spot).
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Having used a variety of moves in 13yrs of doorwork. Standing kimura is my favourite as it allows u to plant knee's. Head and arm triangle I have used loads or "unilateral head and arm restraint" as I call it.
Rolling armbar in the queue was probably my coolest ever move.
Altho my F5 is the pinnacle of cool door moves. The story is as follows...
Stood on an raised area on the ground floor of what used to be Yates in MK. From above a drink gets poured on me.
I look up at the balcony section directly above me and no one is there. So I resume surveying the crowd.
Once again a drink gets poured on me, again I look up. This time getting fucking agitated (Prop, Tren and Winny not helping the situation). NOTHING!!! GRRRR!!! I then realise the bar I am facing has a mirrored wall. So rather than monitor the crowd I patiently await the culprit to do it again.
It happen again just as someone starts to talk to me and unfortunately still fucking gets me. By this point I am about to HULK out. Especially as I notice the bell end responsible in the mirror.
I remain calm, which is using all my resolve. He starts to head down stairs where I am. I strut on and meet him 3 steps from bottom. My poker face staying strong, he has no idea he has been rumbled and BOOM.....
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Beast mode fully engaged he is primed for the F5. I foot his weight with ease tbh I am that livid a pregnant wilderbeast would feel light right now. Main entrance doors immediately adjacent to my left.
Like a man possessed I charge thru. The 2 doorman on the front are like WTF as is the busy Saturday night queue and then "IT'S TIME".
With all my might I spin driving his feeble body into the ground from about 7ft in the air...
The best part both his shoes come off on impact and I promptly frisbee them across the street in opposite directions.
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text: Having done the work it takes to configure these signals to work in the system's current state, I'm all for addressing this issue. I'm wondering if there are any community concerns about this change? Do you see any possible regressions? What are the risks? Should we make this change something that only happens if you turn it on in the mom config file? In some ways I like this option because it is easy to turn off if there are regressions, but on the other hand the kill_delay functionality is so cumbersome to set up its essentially broken now. I'm interested to hear the community's input on this patch. David On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 8:53 AM, Alan Wild <alan at madllama.net> wrote: > (wipes egg off face)... if it isn't obvious.. I haven't had to do any > heavy C-coding in a few months. > > I wrote the loop in the previous pass knowing fully that strcpy() doesn't > support overlapping memory regions. All of a sudden last night... I > recalled memmove() did. Here's an updated patch against the latest 2.5.11 > snapshot using memmove() and no loop. > > Yes.. and I also realize I screwed up the diff. That's what I get trying > to hand-tune it to not have it bounded by whatspace. This one should apply > cleanly with patch -p1 > > -Alan > > diff -rN -U2 torque-2.5.11-snap.201203081434-old/src/resmom/start_exec.c > torque-2.5.11-snap.201203081434/src/resmom/start_exec.c > --- torque-2.5.11-snap.201203081434-old/src/resmom/start_exec.c 2012-03-08 > 15:34:57.000000000 -0600 > +++ torque-2.5.11-snap.201203081434/src/resmom/start_exec.c 2012-03-13 > 09:47:55.000000000 -0500 > @@ -1997,4 +1997,9 @@ > int k; > + if (strlen(buf)+5 <= MAXPATHLEN) { > + memmove(buf+5,buf,strlen(buf)+1); > + strncpy(buf, "exec ", 5); > + } > + > /* pass name of shell script on pipe */ > /* will be stdin of shell */ > > > On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 3:38 PM, Alan Wild <alan at madllama.net> wrote: > > >> NOTE: we are presently running 2.5.7, but I've confirmed that this >> change is still applicable to 2.5.9. I've not had a chance to look at 3.x >> or 4.x in any way. >> >> We recently wanted to change our kill_delay on our system to allow jobs >> adequate time to properly clean up in the event of a qdel. At the same >> time I started playing with qsig and discovered that sending a USR1 signal >> to process would cause it to terminate (even if the jobscript/job properly >> handled SIGUSR1). >> >> It tuns out that both issues are related to the same problem: The failure >> of the user's shell (by default) to catch and properly handle signals. >> This has been discussed here (and on torqueusers) several times in the past >> and the general recommendation has always been to have the user add the >> necessary "trap" statements to their .bashrc (or appropriate file) in >> addition to putting them in their job script. >> >> The reasons for these recommendations stems from the process hierarchy >> that is created by pbs_mom: >> >> pbs_mom,6488 -p >> `-bash,10919 >> `-16398.hpdjsl001,10978 -l /var/spool/pbs/mom_priv/jobs/ >> 16398.hpdjsl001.SC <http://16398.hpdjsl001.sc/> >> >> pbs_mom launches a shell (in my case bash) which, in turn, invokes the >> job script. When the user executes a qsig or qdel... the server passes the >> signal to the mom and the mom signals both of these processes. If the job >> script has the necessary trap calls in it... it, of course, handles the >> signal properly, but the shell process will exit... and many shells will >> exit even on on a seemingly innocuous SIGUSR1. >> >> If the shell process exits... the pbs_mom believes the job to have died >> and automatically enters into a mode where it sends a SIGTERM to the >> jobscript and ~5seconds later a SIGKILL. This happens whether regardless >> of the singal the user sent (even SIGUSR1) or in the event of a qdel. >> However, given that the goal of a qdel is to remove a job... most Torque >> users are probably none the wiser that it isn't going through the "correct" >> termination sequence. >> >> We have a large user community (and most are not technical enough) that I >> don't reasonably expect them to be able to properly implement the changes >> to their individual login files. I've considering having our system >> configuration files updated, but this would affect all users (even those >> that don't submit jobs) and I we would be stuck maintaining a solution that >> works for each of about five different shells we have installed. >> >> So I wondered if there couldn't be a better way. >> >> I looked at the pbs_mom source and found how the pbs_mom passes the >> script command to invoked into the shell process. It does so via a pipe >> which is connected to the shell's stdin. So I thought, "why couldn't the >> shell simply 'exec' the job script instead of running it as a simple >> command line?" It turns out that the pipe is closed shortly after the >> script's path is passed to the shell so it's not like pbs_mom was going to >> talk to the shell anymore... so why leave the shell running? If the shell >> is no longer running... that's one less process to have worry about >> catching signals... and potentially it's less memory wasted on the compute >> node. >> >> I threw together this rather small patch as a prototype: >> >> diff -urN torque-2.5.7/src/resmom/start_exec.c >> torque-2.5.7-new/src/resmom/start_exec.c >> --- torque-2.5.7/src/resmom/start_exec.c 2011-06-17 >> 17:15:57.000000000 -0500 >> +++ torque-2.5.7-new/src/resmom/start_exec.c 2012-03-12 >> 13:29:13.000000000 -0500 >> @@ -1966,5 +1966,11 @@ >> { >> int k; >> >> + if (strlen(buf)+5 <= MAXPATHLEN) { >> + for (i=strlen(buf); i>=0; i--) >> + buf[i+5] = buf[i]; >> + strncpy(buf, "exec ", 5); >> + } >> + >> /* pass name of shell script on pipe */ >> /* will be stdin of shell */ >> >> ...And found it to work as expected in our test environment (with >> admittedly limited testing). All this does, (if there is still space in >> the buffer) is shifts everything over 5 characters and inserts "exec " at >> the beginning of the command line. The shell invokes the process, which of >> course, now exec's the script. The script inherits the pid of the shell as >> well as its stdin/stdout/stderr so pbs_demux appears to function correctly. >> >> Every shell I've investigated (sh, csh, ksh, bash, zsh) all appear to >> honor the "exec" command in the same manner so this appears to be a viable >> solution to this problem (premature shell termination) without requiring >> users (or admins) to add "trap" statements to dotfiles to protect that one >> process. For the record, this doesn't get anyone off the hook about >> installing trap's in the job scripts (or signal handlers in the processes >> themselves), but this appears to remove one of larger barriers in >> leveraging qsig(1) and extended kill_delay settings. >> >> I'lll concede there could be a flaw in my logic, and as I stated above, >> this has only had limited testing thus far, but I would love to hear what I >> may have missed and why this couldn't be a viable change in Torque. >> >> This was tested by qsub'ing the following perl script directly (no shell >> job-script around it). This code simply catches signals, prints the time >> that they were received, and after the first signal is caught... prints the >> time in 1 second intervals (since you'll never see the final SIGKILL you >> can at least count of the seconds). >> >> #!/usr/bin/perl -l >> use constant CATCH => qw/USR1 USR2 HUP TERM INT QUIT ABRT ILL FPE SEGV >> ALRM PIPE CHLD/; >> my $stop; >> $|=1; >> >> @SIG{(CATCH)} = (sub { $stop||=1; print join ' ', shift, '@', scalar > localtime }) x CATCH; > sleep unless $stop; > print (scalar localtime), sleep 1 while 1; > When tested with a qdel, you'll see a TERM signal logged at the time > invocation, followed by the number of printouts which correspond with your > kill_delay setting (defaults to 2 seconds). Finally you see a second > SIGTERM and then ~5 seconds later the output stops (because the process > receives a SIGKILL). For the unfamiliar, when the server asks a mom to do > a SIGKILL... it is hard coded to SIGTERM first and then ~5 seconds later to > try a SIGKILL. > > Without my patch above (and without adding trap statements to your > .bashrc) this script will output two SIGTERM's (typically within the same > second) with about 5 more seconds of printouts (before the final kill). > mom_logs will confirm that the initial SIGTERM terminated the shell > process, and that the mom then automatically initiated a job termination > (via the second TERM and KILL). > > I also won't take any offense if someone wants to implement the patch more > efficiently, I was just trying to do what I wanted with the minimal amount > of change to the torque code. > > Thanks, > > -Alan > > -- > alan at madllama.net http://humbleville.blogspot.com > > > > > -- > alan at madllama.net http://humbleville.blogspot.com > > > _______________________________________________ > torquedev mailing list > torquedev at supercluster.org > http://www.supercluster.org/mailman/listinfo/torquedev > > -- David Beer | Software Engineer Adaptive Computing -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Tornados top Lees-McRae on the links Thursday afternoonOctober 2, 2009
Bush's 74 leads the Tornados over the Bobcats
Brevard, N.C. - The Tornados squared off against Lees-McRae yesterday afternoon at nearby Connestee Falls Country Club for a two-team match. Led by medalist Thomas Bush's 74, Brevard defeated the Bobcats by 11 strokes, 307-318.
The win is the Tornados third victory of the fall season, having taken the trophy at the Montreat Fall Invitational and the win over Benedict University.
Joshua Davis finished in second, leading all with a front-nine 34, before fading with a 41 to finish a stroke behind Bush with a 75, 3-over for the day.
Thomas Rennie recorded a pair of 39's for the round to finish in a tie for fourth with Matt Washburn with a 78.
Parker Lewis finished two strokes back with an 80, while Mike Jones rounded out Coach Bayne's top five with an 87, finishing ninth.
The Tornados also placed three individuals in the mix, with Zack Christy, Penn Thompkins and Andrew Hall also teeing off.
The trio finished 10th, 11th and 12th with scores of 91, 95 and 100 for the day.
The Tornados are back in action on Monday, October 4th, as they take part in the Spartanburg Methodist College Fall Invitational at the Links O'Tryon Golf Club in Campobello, S.C.


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EVERETT — Some bright sunshine, a beautiful golf course and the company of good friends. For those who love golf, it all adds up to a great day.
And for a group of elderly Everett men, that same formula has been working for upwards of two decades. It works well enough that they come back every Friday, even in the winter months when the sunshine is iffy.
Proving that golf is a sport for all ages, the trio of 83-year-old John Clark, 85-year-old Don Hofstrand and Veryl Nelson, a remarkably spry 96, is still hooking up for weekly games at Legion Memorial Golf Course.
Yes, they have made certain concessions to age. They used to play three times a week, but now just once. They have moved forward from the white tees to the yellow tees. They have dropped their games from 18 holes to nine holes. And the group had a longtime fourth member, but he had to drop out a year ago.
But despite the changes, the three men still crave the camaraderie, not to mention the joy of playing a game they love.
"It's exercise and the most beautiful scenery you'll ever find," said Clark, who spent his working years with Safeco Insurance. "It's just a good, good thing."
"The score doesn't mean anything to me anymore," said Nelson, a former optometrist. "It's just nice to be out here."
There are groups like this at golf courses all around Snohomish County, of course. What makes this threesome unique are the ages, and particular Nelson, who turns 97 in November. A player who's been down more fairways than most of us can imagine, he still plays a respectable game. Certainly not long, but usually down the middle.
"Veryl is 96 years old and he can beat me in golf," Clark said. "Can you imagine that? He's something else. He's very inspiring."
"Veryl has a real good swing," said Hofstrand, a former engineer with GTE. "He always plays really well. And he looks forward to it all week long. He can't wait to get out here on Friday."
Though the three men dutifully record their scores, they play only for fun. No money changes hands and no one pays for the refreshments after the round.
"Veryl and I have a little competition," said Hofstrand, who shares a cart with Nelson. "He'll keep our score and at the end of the day, he'll say 'I beat you by one stroke' or 'You beat me by two strokes.' And that's it. That's all the competition there is."
All three men credit golf with keeping them fit. Hofstrand lives in an Everett retirement home and says many of his fellow residents "are running around there with walkers. But I don't want to get to that stage yet. I (sometimes) use a cane out there, but I try to get around without it.
"I've always been active — I used to ski and all that stuff — so it was just a natural thing to play golf. And I think I'm a lot healthier from being out here. I'm quite flexible. I can really do a lot of twisting and turning."
Added Clark, who still walks the course, "Before I retired, I used to just sit and watch football games and drink beer over the weekend. And sometimes my back would be so stiff that I couldn't get out of the chair." His wife encouraged him to play golf, "and it's the best thing that ever happened to me."
The question, of course, is how long these men can keep playing. Put another way, at what age does someone get too old for golf?
Clark has a quick reply. "You're never too old for golf," he said. "I'll play as long as I can. Because that's the one thing I still look forward to, is playing golf."
"I'll just keep going as long as I can afford to do it," Hofstrand said. "Because we're all just tickled to death to be out here."
As for Nelson, "I'm amazed that I can still get out here at my age," he said. "But I don't think I'm too old. If I get to the point where I can't walk, then I'll probably quit. But I'll keep it up as long as I can."


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Wanted: Food blog post "makeover" candidates for my Viva Vegan conference workshop
Are your culinary descriptions as wilted as last week's lettuce? Food blogging requires the ability to make readers "taste" your creations using words alone – & as few as possible. I'll help you pare down your writing & "tofu up" your descriptiveness. Want one of your blog posts made over? Send me a link: email@example.com
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Aaron Goodrich was born to family of traveling circus folk somewhere along the banks of the Mississippi. This unconventional upbringing provided Aaron with all the fodder he needed for later life as an artist and stunt man. Aaron now spends his days chasing his kids, surfing the cove, etching designs into people's hides, and painting in the man cave late at night.Cheater slicks, banjos, tamales, and BEER. Drag bars, old cars, rust and gears.
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Five games into the 2013 season, Long Beach State can feel a bit reassured that they faced an early high-ranked challenge and showed some promise for the future.
The Dirtbags on Wednesday finished Tuesday's rain-suspended game at Blair Field with a 5-4 win over Arizona and then dropped a 3-1 decision because of the lack of a big hit versus the defending national champs.
On the heels of a win over No. 2-ranked Vanderbilt Sunday, it was enough for the Dirtbags to feel good about themselves.
"To get a win against a team coming off a tremendous run last season is good," head coach Troy Buckley said after Wednesday's games. "It would have been great to get a second win since we had a ton of opportunities.
"But we made some nice steps already. We're taking good at-bats most of the time, we competed and we can build on a lot of positives."
The Dirtbags and Arizona picked up Tuesday's suspended game in the bottom of the eighth, and Jon Maciel worked a 1-2-3 ninth to get the save in the 5-4 win.
It was a nice first home game effort. The Dirtbags had four straight hits in a four-run fourth to take a 5-1 lead, and starter Nick Sabo threw five neat innings, striking out six and allowing one earned run while working out of trouble started by slipshod Dirtbag defense.
In Wednesday's regular game, the Dirtbags managed only one run despite seven singles, five walks, three hit batters, two wild pitches and an error, stranding 13 runners in the game including eight in the sixth, seven and eighth innings, leaving the bases loaded twice.
The plus side was a decent effort by junior Ryan Millison, making his first start and allowing six hits and three runs in five innings, and two scoreless innings of relief each from freshman David Hill and junior Josh Frye. The bullpen didn't allow a run and only two hits in eight innings of work in the two games.
"Our pitching is still evolving in terms of the roles guys will fill," Buckley said. "But I liked what we got for two midweek games. Sabo was great, especially working around errors. We have a lot of arms."
Johnny Field singled in a run in the first for a 1-0 lead against Millison, but the Dirtbags tied it on a two-base error, bunt and ground out by Juan Avila.
Back-to-back doubles by Kevin Newman and Ryan Koziol made it 2-1 Arizona in the second. It was the same pair scoring Arizona's third run in the fourth. Newman singled, stole second, went to third on a wild pitch and came home on Koziol's single to right.
The Dirtbags had plenty of chances to cut into the lead. Two walks and a hit batter loaded the bases with two outs in the second, but freshman second baseman Alex DeGoti struck out. Jeff Yamaguchi singled, Zack Rivera walked and Zack Belanger was hit by a pitch to load the bases with two outs in the sixth, but pinch-hitter Brennan Fulkerson grounded out.
With two outs in the seventh, Avila and Ino Patron singled, but Richard Prigatano struck out on a suspicious check-swing to end that rally.
Two walks and a Michael Hill single loaded the bases again in the eighth, but Arizona closer Mathew Troup struck out Jeff McNeil and then worked a 1-2-3 ninth.
The plus side hitting-wise was first baseman Jeff Yamaguchi, who is playing with poise and seems comfortable against right-handed pitchers for the first time in three seasons. Ino Patron had a hit in each game and played left field nimbly after spending the last two seasons at first or at DH.
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nobody got an idea?
finally i got the WLan running under Backtrack in the newest Version. I have a laptor with an "intel 2200bg" chipset. Only Kismet won't work. I saw that a lot of users have this problem. So I tried everything I found here, but it still won't work.
I have a tried to start it via: start-kismet-ng -> permission denied.
Then I searched for this error and found this:
# chmod +x/usr/bin/start-kismet-ng
# /usr/bin/start-kismet-ng
I entered those two lines in the shell, but I still get the permission denied error.
When I just write "kismet" in the command line i get an error that I have no packsources enabled.
I'm new in to all of this. Sorry.
Thanks for your help
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ah. thanks for your response!
I edited the config to: ipw2200,eth1,Intel
Then i got the error-msg, that "no packsources were enabled. Make sure that if you use an enabled source line that you specify the correct sources".
What does this message tell me? What's missing?
Thanks for your help.
well i was running into a similar problem, and at least figured out the solution for atheros cards. First to find out if i had an atheros card i typed airmon-ng, and it displayed the make of my card. Then i checked out the kismet support page at kismetwireless.net/documentation.shtml. Apparently you have to manually input your card with the kismet -c command. For me it explained that since atheros is controlled by madwifi my command looked like this kismet -c madwifi_g,wifi0,0. While i am very new to all this stuff, and this may not be the best solution its something that worked for
Means kismet doesn't know where your card is. Make sure your card is working and eth1 exists
and this is in your kismet.confCode:iwconfig
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Those Father's Day commercials are difficult to watch. The ones in which dads happily take sons fishing or sportingly play catch with their daughters. Where does a child go to get a dad like that? Undoubtedly that's a question Xzayvion Riley must have wondered as the eight-year-old endured the blows that would take his life. [Read More…]
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RIALTO - The financial backer of a multi-million dollar effort to upgrade the city's aging water infrastructure has selected a company to run the project.
San Francisco-based Table Rock Capital, doing business as Rialto Water Services LP, will work with Chicago-based Veolia North American on a $41 million project to overhaul, operate and maintain the city's water and wastewater services.
The city will receive a $30 million up-front payment under a 30-year public-private concession agreement signed with Rialto Water Services in March.
Rialto Water Services will manage the Veolia contract and oversee the project.
The city will maintain ownership of its water and wastewater systems, as well as control of the water supply, water rights and authority to set rates.
Veolia for nine years has operated the city's wastewater plant and collection system.
The contract calls for the company to operate more than 260 miles of pipeline, six lift stations and a wastewater treatment plant operating at about 8 million gallons a day.
Veolia also will operate a water system that includes five water reservoirs, distribution, eight groundwater wells and related pumping infrastructure.
The concession agreement finances work to fix and replace water and sewer lines, and develop seismic upgrades.
It also will provide lease payments back to Rialto, which city officials say is key after its redevelopment agency was closed along with others throughout the state.
City Administrator Mike Story said the agreement allows the city to not only improve its water and wastewater systems, but also continue work at Rialto Municipal Airport, where the Renaissance Rialto mixed-use development is planned along the 210 Freeway.
"It's a win-win for the community," Story said. "It did increase rates. It's just our responsibility to be accountable for where those rate increases go."
The City Council in June voted 4-1 to approve an increase that would spike water and sewer rates 114.8 percent by 2016.
Its decision came on the heels of a Proposition 218 protest vote by ratepayers.
The final tally for the water rate increase protest vote was 4,345, where 5,701 were required to block it. The sewer rate increases were opposed by 6,883, but 10,387 were needed to block it.
Officials said the infrastructure project will produce 445 construction jobs.
Story said the jobs are temporary, "but I'd rather have 400 temp jobs than no jobs at all."
West Valley Water District will lead continued perchlorate remediation and next year will unveil the nation's first bioremediation plant approved for drinking water.
The city's water system serves about 50,000 users.
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On Games
The Dreams in Which I'm DyingBy Michael Thomsen
The vanity of the zombie apocalypse.
There are few things as narcissistic as an apocalypse fantasy. The apocalypse doesn't mean the end of the world, just the end of humankind, and considering such a fate can lead us into a sentimental peace with the present day. Suddenly, in spite of all its flaws—flaws that might be harder to accept in less dire circumstances—the world seems worth keeping intact. In recent years, zombies have been a catalyst of fictional doom in every conceivable manner, from popular horror and comedy to moral parable and literary send-up. They offer us freedom from death in exchange for our subjective consciousness and social identity. But we'd sooner have death, if it means our egos can be spared for a bit.
The Last of Us, a PlayStation game whose latest version was released last month, is a story about a zombie apocalypse, but it wasn't supposed to be. Its creative director, Neil Druckmann, said in a 2011 interview that he wanted the game to be more of a love story, one between a middle-aged man and a fourteen-year-old girl. So maybe it's more accurate to describe The Last of Us as a story about a kind of taboo love that requires a zombie apocalypse to normalize—and, by extension, a story that, through love, gives the fungal zombification of humanity a silver lining. Our species may be on the verge of extinction, but if we're able to fall in love and learn a little about ourselves along the way, it can't be all bad. Love is where all educated people go to bury their narcissism. Read More


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NeNe Leakes speak on leaving 'RHOA'
Nene Leakes has been fueling rumors that she may be leaving "Real Housewives of Atlanta," but the reality star revealed she will still work with the network that made her famous.
"I will still work for Bravo. I'm happy to stay on. We just need to work out some things," she told Rob Shuter. "I'm happy to do some things. I don't know if I'm happy to be a full-time Housewife."
She also admitted that it may be time for her to move on from the hit show.
"I wouldn't say outgrown because people would want to throw eggs at me. I would just say that I have grown and I'm at a different place in my life and I personally don't want to go to work everyday where you have to be negative," she said.
"When I wake up every morning and I go off to be negative, it feels like it spills over into my regular life. You become what you work with."
She also took time to throw some subtle shade at her co-stars.
"I'm very direct. Some people appreciate the directness and some people don't. I think people enjoy my realness. I think people enjoy how genuine I am," she said.
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This is an exciting time and place to study medicine, with special opportunities to learn compassionate care and to advance discovery in ways that can benefit patients for years to come.
In addition to the MD, Emory's medical school offers a variety of outstanding degree programs, including a doctor of physical therapy (DPT); master's degrees in anesthesiology, genetic counseling, and physician assistant (PA); and a bachelor's in medical imaging. We also have almost 1,200 trainees in 94 graduate medical education programs. In all our programs, our goal is to train members of health care teams dedicated to providing the best and safest care possible. To do so, our learners often work side by side with students from various programs in the medical school, Emory's Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, and the Rollins School of Public Health (RSPH).
Emory ranks among the nation's top 20 medical schools in NIH research funding, and our programs in neuroscience, transplantation, infectious disease, vaccine research, cancer, heart disease, genetics, and other areas make this a vibrant research hub. New initiatives in health services research promise to improve how we prevent and treat illness in the future and to enhance the value of care provided.
We strive to immerse our learners in the research process. Our MD and DPT programs include time dedicated to research projects. Our MD curriculum includes a minimum five-month discovery phase, which many students elect to extend. Some MD students also enter our MD/PhD program to prepare for a research career. MD/PhD students may also enroll in a joint program with the Georgia Institute of Technology, with which the medical school shares a top-ranked biomedical engineering department. Others enroll in an MD/MSCR program to earn a master's in clinical research. For students committed to public health, our MD, DPT, and PA programs share joint degree programs with the RSPH to prepare leaders in epidemiology, international health, health policy, and other fields.
Our medical school is also a vibrant hub for patient care. Our physician faculty are responsible for more than 4 million patient service visits annually in Emory's own or affiliated hospitals. These physicians are part of Emory Healthcare, the largest, most comprehensive health system in Georgia. Emory physicians also provide a major portion of the city's indigent care. Our students and residents train at the publicly owned Grady Memorial Hospital and at a number of other facilities, including Emory University Hospital, Emory University Hospital Midtown, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Wesley Woods Hospital (geriatric care), and Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
Just as important as programs and facilities to learning the art of medicine is our focus on mentor relationships. We have more than 2,200 faculty members, and we emphasize meaningful trainee-faculty relationships in our curricula and residencies—we believe that these relationships are the foundation of teaching medicine. We expect our learners to grow not just in knowledge but also in compassion, curiosity, and commitment during their time here and to use these traits wisely in serving their profession and community.
We invite you to explore the many opportunities that we offer here in medical education, biomedical research, and clinical care. Please let us know if we can assist you in any way.
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