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In 1572, trying to end the conflict in France, the Catholic Catherine de Medici (queen consort of France's King Henry II) arranged for her daughter, Marguerite de Valois, to marry the Protestant Henry of Navarre, the future Henry IV. Catholics didn't approve of the Aug. 18 union. Six days later, during the Feast of St. Bartholomew, a massacre of Huguenots began in Paris and spread across France. Many Huguenot leaders, in Paris for the celebration, were killed. The exact number of fatalities is unknown — anywhere from 10,000 to 100,000 Huguenots died.
In 1598, Henry IV issued the Edict of Nantes granting Huguenots the civil rights of their Catholic countrymen. But in 1685, his grandson Louis XIV renounced the edict and declared Protestantism illegal, ordering Huguenot churches destroyed and schools closed. The bloody fighting didn't resume, though many Huguenots fled France.


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Saturday, June 27 2009 - In the Media
Continuing Questions, Call for Inquiry into London 7/7 Bombings
'If I didn't confess to 7/7 bombings MI5 officers would rape my wife,' claims torture victim
By Matthew Hickley
A British man spoke publicly for the first time yesterday to accuse MI5 officers of forcing him to confess to masterminding the July 7 bombings.
Jamil Rahman claims UK security officers were behind his arrest in 2005 in Bangladesh.
He says he was beaten repeatedly by local officials who also threatened to rape him and his wife.
Mr Rahman, who is suing the Home Office, said a pair of MI5 officers who attended his torture and interrogation would leave the room while he was beaten.
He claims when he told the pair he had been tortured they merely answered: 'They haven't done a very good job on you.'
Mr Rahman told the BBC: 'They were questioning me on the July 7 bombings, showing me pictures of the bombers.
'They showed me maps, terrains ... they asked me to draw things out and write names next to pictures.
'They threatened my family. They go to me, "In the UK, gas leaks happen, if your family house had a gas leak and everyone got burnt, there's no problems, we can do that easily".'
He says he eventually made a false confession of involvement in the July 7
bomb plots.
Allegations: Jamil Rahman claims security officers in Bangladesh, under the direction of MI5, made threats to rape his wife if he did not confess to the London bombings
The extraordinary allegations will add to pressure on UK ministers to come clean over the way Britain's intelligence agencies have been allowed to gather evidence around the world in the eight years since the September 11 attacks.
Jamil Rahman, a former civil servant from south Wales, is a British citizen who moved to Bangladesh in 2005 and married a woman he met there. He returned to the UK last year.
He said: 'It was all to do with the British. Even the Bengali intelligence officer told me that they didn't know anything about me, that they were only doing this for the British.'
Mr Rahman, 31, says he was released after three weeks but re-arrested and mistreated repeatedly over the next two years.
He described how two men he believes were British agents would leave the room for 'a break' while he was beaten.
They often asked: 'We're not torturing you, are we?' and recorded his confirmations
that they were not, he alleges.
Guantanamo inmate: Binyam Mohamed also claims MI5 colluded in his torture
'The first time they tried to be friendly, they came in trying to show they were my friends, calm and relaxed, nothing wrong.
'I tried to demonstrate my innocence. I thought this is wrong, because they were British I might get some justice.'
He added: 'They showed me hundreds of pictures. Black, white, Chinese, bearded non-bearded, woman, man, young and old. Every time, they came for a new session, same pictures with new ones.
'The main thing they wanted me to be is a witness against another British man in Bangladesh. They pressured me so much to be a witness against this guy in court.
Mr Rahman denies being a terrorist, although he admits attending meetings in Britain of the radical Islamist group al-Muhajiroun - claiming he later rejected their extremist ideology.
A Home Office spokesman said: 'We firmly reject any suggestion that we torture people or ask others to do so on our behalf.
'Mr Rahman has made a lot of unsubstantiated allegations. They have not been evidenced in any court of law.'
Jamil Rahman is one of a number of former detainees who accuse the British Government colluded in their torture abroad.
His account echoes that of former Guantanamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed, who said he was tortured in Pakistan and Morocco with MI5's knowledge.
The 30-year-old Ethiopian says he was beaten and deprived of sleep to try to make him confess to an Al Qaeda 'dirty bomb' plot, and his treatment is now the subject of an unprecedented police investigation into MI5's conduct.
Call for public inquiry into 7/7 from former head of counter-terrorism
An independent public inquiry should be held into how suicide terrorists were able to carry out the July 7 bombings, Scotland Yard's former head of counter-terrorism says.
Andy Hayman, who was Assistant Commissioner for Special Operations at the time of the bombings in 2005, is the first figure from the security establishment to break ranks and call for an open inquiry.
Almost four years after Mohammad Sidique Khan and his Leeds-based cell carried out the bombings, Mr Hayman says that he is "uncomfortable" with the official position that an inquiry would divert resources from the fight against terrorism. In his book, The Terrorist Hunters, extracts from which are published in The Times today, Mr Hayman says: "Incidents of less gravity have attracted the status of a public inquiry -- train crashes, a death in custody, and even other terrorist attacks. How can there not be a full, independent public inquiry into the deaths of 52 commuters on London's transport system?
"There has been no overview, no pulling together of each strand of review, no one can be sure if key issues have been missed."
Survivors of the July 7 bombings and families of the victims are taking High Court action over the refusal to grant them an independent inquiry.
The key issue for any inquiry would be why Khan, 30, who had been photographed, followed and bugged by surveillance officers because of his links with known terrorists, was left free to carry out the attacks.
A report last month by the parliamentary Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) said that MI5's decision not to make Khan a priority target was "understandable and reasonable". But that report, prepared by a committee that was appointed by the Prime Minister and took evidence in secret, has been heavily criticised.
It reveals that one MI5 team had begun an operation to identify a suspect known as "Ibrahim", who was later revealed to be Khan. At the same time, others in MI5 knew where Khan lived but had decided that he was not a key suspect. Critics say that the ISC does not appear to have inquired how the mismatch happened.
In his book, Mr Hayman paints a vivid picture from inside Scotland Yard of the day the bombers struck and admits that the attacks were "a bolt from nowhere".
He was called to a meeting of Cobra, the Government's emergency meeting, within an hour of the first explosions, and had to admit that he did not know what was happening.
Mr Hayman writes: "Imagine what it's like to tell the Commissioner or the Secretary of State, as I would have to, 'I don't know what's going on'."
Rachel North, a survivor of the Piccadilly Line bomb at King's Cross, welcomed his support for an inquiry. "It is not to blame or have a witch-hunt but. . . to learn the lessons of how 7/7 happened and whether it could have been prevented."
Sir Ian Blair, who as commissioner of the Metropolitan Police was in charge at the time of the London bombings, has received a substantial payoff. He was paid £580,000 during his final eight months in office, more than doubling his annual salary, and stands to benefit from a pension pot of £3.5 million.
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You might be proud of your feature wall, but it's not the best thing to happen to your living room lately. That would be smart TV, the catch-all term for bringing web browsing, apps, movie streaming and catch-up TV to the big screen. But do you need a new TV? Not necessarily – these add-ons will drag your old TV kicking and screaming into the modern age.
Xbox SmartGlass
Free, xbox.com
Sometimes all you need is an app. Okay, you'll need an Xbox 360 (from £140) and a smartphone, too. Xbox SmartGlass – which has just added iOS to a roster of platforms that already includes Windows 8, Windows Phone and Android – is that app. Intuitive touchscreen web browsing for the big screen, a live reference second display for gaming, graphically gorgeous (and informative) menus for video and music libraries, and remote control smarts. And it's only just getting started.
The Good Life it's free, multi-platform
Breaking Bad Xbox and movie subs not included
On the other side Zeebox (£Free, iOS) is a socially-driven TV companion app that needs no additional hardware.
Apple TV
£99, apple.com
We've heard it called a walled garden, a closed shop and many less savoury things in our time, and while it's true that Apple's neat little box doesn't play nicely with much outside the iWorld, it's still one of the simplest ways to get TV shows and films streamed to your telly. If you're using a modern (Core iX) Mac with up-to-date software, you can mirror anything on your computer's screen to the TV via AirPlay. A neat trick that makes it a much more valuable proposition.
The Good Life Simple, with a gorgeous interface
Breaking Bad No third-party (eg. iPlayer) support
On the other side Boxee Box (£130, dlink.com) costs a bit more, but it doesn't require iTunes, supports more file types and plays nicely with the likes of iPlayer and Spotify.
Humax DTR-T1000 with YouView
£300, humax.co.uk
Making smart TV simple, YouView packs the terrestrial catch-up VoD services into its EPG. There's no faffing around with opening and closing apps – just flit back and forth in the EPG and you can access programmes from the BBC iPlayer, ITV Player, 4oD, Demand Five and (for a fee) Sky's Now TV. Plus that 500GB of space and twin tuner set-up makes recording programmes a doddle.
The Good Life Simple to use, 500GB twin tuner PVR
Breaking Bad No Wi-Fi, pricey, no built-in apps or browser
On the other side If you just want to get the BBC iPlayer on your tellybox, the Roku LT (£50, roku.com) serves up iPlayer and Netflix alongside other channels – plus it connects using Wi-Fi.
Sony NSZ-GS7 (with Google TV)
£200, sony.co.uk
Set-top boxes are ten-a-penny, but not all of them come with Google TV, which lets fly a flurry of punches to the faces of its peers. The big hitters are a Chrome browser and music, movies, apps and games via Google Play. We're also particularly keen on the remote, which has a QWERTY keyboard on one side and a touchpad on the reverse.
The Good Life Great remote, Google keeps adding more stuff
Breaking Bad Google Play is still playing content catch-up
On the other side Sony SMP-N200 (£100, sony.co.uk) doesn't have the Google hook-up, but it's half the price and does iPlayer, Netflix, LoveFilm and Sony's own Video Unlimited service.
Sony PlayStation 3
£150, playstation.com
Yes, it's a games machine first and foremost, but the PS3 has always flown its movie-loving flag, not least with a built-in Blu-ray drive, but also with streaming apps for Netflix, Lovefilm, iPlayer et al. Grab a BD remote (about £15) and you'll be surprised how quickly your PS3 becomes as much a part of your TV setup as your gaming setup. It's a shame the browser's still not as good as better known rivals.
The Good Life Blu-ray, streaming and games are all top-notch
Breaking Bad Dicky browser, some nav issues with eg. 4oD
On the other side Sony BDP-S790 (£200, sony.co.uk) is a Blu-ray
player. But it's also a streamer. It's very good at both. And it's got 4K upscaling. Now you do need a new TV.
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Sidebar to the article The Future of Terrorism by John T. Picarelli.
Bruce Hoffman's review of Marc Sageman's most recent book in the journal Foreign Affairs began the debate regarding the nature of the threat from terrorism. The debate continued in subsequent issues of Foreign Affairs. For more on the public policy impact of this issue, see "A Not Very Private Feud Over Terrorism," Exit Noticee published in the New York Times in 2008. See:
Back to: The Future of Terrorism.


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The Academy for Math, Engineering and Sciences had the highest graduation rate of any Salt Lake County high school in 2012.
Information released by the Utah State Office of Education showed that 96 percent of the Class of 2012, defined as students who started ninth grade in 2009, made it through graduation.
The traditional public high school with the highest graduation rate was Skyline High School, in the Granite School District, with a 94 percent graduation rate.
Granite Peaks High, an alternative high school in the Granite District, had the lowest reported graduation rate in the county, 17 percent.
Beehive Science and Technology Academy had the valley's lowest graduation rate for a charter school, 26 percent.
Park City High School had an 87 percent graduation rate.
In Davis County, Davis High School had a 96 percent graduation rate for students who started high school in 10th grade. Northern Utah Academy for Math, Engineering and Science had the highest charter-school graduation rate, 91 percent.
The DaVinci Academy had the lowest graduation rate in Davis County, 39 percent, while Mountain High School had the lowest traditional public-school graduation rate, 40 percent.
The data were compiled by UtahsRight.com for a weekly series in The Salt Lake Tribune's Close-Up section highlighting information gleaned from public databases. The purpose is not to provide analysis of the data, but to provide raw numbers so the public can analyze the data themselves for their own purposes.
UtahsRight.com, the data website for The Salt Lake Tribune, conducts an ongoing statewide quest for district court information and other public information, including salaries of public employees and restaurant inspections, using public records requests made under the state's Government Records Access and Management Act, commonly known as GRAMA.
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Unless people think this guy/girl had their cock chopped off to gain a competitive advantage, there aren't really all that many great arguments as to why they shouldn't fight.
That's not to say I'm sold on it mind. There's just nothing in the current framework to account for it, that I know of.
Well, I'm unambiguously male and even after 5 years of training I still struggled to tap anyone out male or female. Gender/biological sex isn't necessarily the most significant variable in any sporting endeavour
Any opinions I express on this forum are entirely personal opinions and it should not be assumed that they reflect the official view of any organisations I am connected with
Matt Mitrione suspended.... Dude is a dick anyway.
Fallon responds.... sort of.
I'm not so sure she should be fighting women. 31 years as a fella, surely there must be a physical disadvantage for the opponent. As for Mitrione, fck him he deserves the ban imo. He didn't give his view, he was just incredibly disrespectfull to someone who I'm sure has had far more trials and tribulations in her life than that twat!
It's a sport, the fighters fight for our entertainment. What's more entertaining than a man smashing a womans face in?
If women want equal rights, then they should be treat like men under all circumstances. The UFC should mix the men and women division into each others weight categorys and then this Fallon Fox thing wouldn't be an issue.


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'"Yeah, I stand by that, in a sense that I said what I said because a lot of it was Theo's antics on the ice — the chicken dance the game before they came into town," Ruff said, referring to Fleury's taunting of Islanders defenseman Eric Cairns Nov. 8.'
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Talk about the novels, new and used books that Scott has written!
Author Scott's Book Reviews
Night Sky Mine
In Night Sky Mine, programs are no longer written - they're bred. They've been equipped with replication, attack, and defense code, and they live in the invisible world, preying on and interbreeding with other programs to form new ones. Ista is an apprentice hypothecary, one who harvests and analyzes wild programs, but she knows nothing of her past; at age two, she was the sole survivor of a mineship attack. When she meets two men who are investigatin...
Shadow Man
Humanity has developed five sexes as a side effect of a drug that allows FTL travel. Though most worlds accept this, the planet Hara insists that all people identify as either male or female. Warreven, a lawyer and an intersexed person, ends up at the center of a political battle and cultural clash. Though this book is more philosophical and idea-oriented than plot-oriented, it's still very gripping. Don't give up on it - it takes about a hundred page...
Silence in Solitude
This is the second book in a series that definitely needs to be read in order - the first book is Five-Twelfths of Heaven. In this book, Silence must rescue the Shazadi of Inarime in order to get the Portolan the group needs to find the lost road to Earth. The Shazadi is being held captive/prisoner in the Woman's Palace on the Hegemon's homeworld. Since men aren't allowed there, Silence has to do virtually all of it by herself - hence the title. This...
The Empress of Earth
In the third book of the Roads of Heaven trilogy (read the others first), Silence and her friends finally make the journey to Earth - but, because of a problem landing, they are trapped there. The real highlight of this book is watching Silence et al explore Earth - things we know rather well - from their culture of musical "magic" and so forth. Really interesting. ...
Scott booklist
The Garden - Star Trek Voyager 11
Captain Kathryn Janeway and the crew of the USS Voyager are marooned in the Delta Quadrant, 70,000 light-years from the Alpha Quadrant and earth. Although they manage to make friends and find energy sources to power the ship, the holographic doctor shocks Janeway when he tells her that the crew is ill with an ancient sickness: scurvey. They're low on vitamins, especially vitamin C. Luckily, the crew manages to find a planet that not only has food, bu...
Trouble and Her Friends
Trouble was a cracker before the passing of a law that made working in the shadows on the net more dangerous and difficult. She quit - but now someone is using her name online, linking her to a number of break-ins and attacks. To get the law off her back, she's got to reclaim her name, and find the new Trouble, which means looking up some old connections she thought she'd left before, including her ex-lover, Cerise. The story is well-written, but the ...


text: Just when you thought your cartoon characters were safe after a summer and fall of Elmo molesting stories, the voice of Charlie Brown has been arrested on a variety of charges including stalking and making death threats. 56 year old Peter Robbins was arrested when he tried to cross the border back into the United States and a search indicated there was a warrant out for his arrest. The actor portrayed Charlie for most of the Charlie Brown specials like "A Charlie Brown Christmas," and "It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown."


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'The Rangers were careless with the puck and cavalier without it while falling behind 4-1 at the 1:15 mark of the second. They surrendered two short-handed goals, one on a Miroslav Satan penalty shot against a shaky Mike Dunham.'
That familiar stench
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Did I just visit the Wikipedia page for the Waldorf salad? Yes, yes I did. What OF IT?
Truth is, I was trawling for fun facts. I LOVE a good random fact – my favorites are historical and very trivial – making them good for nothing except dominating a couple of Jeopardy categories if I'm lucky.
My limited research on the Waldorf salad didn't unearth much more than the obvious – that the salad was invented at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York around 1896. (By a man named Oscar!)
Useless facts aside, here's a lightened up version of the famous salad. It still has the signature crunch and sweetness of a Waldorf without the heavy dressing (I used a little Greek yogurt with a Dijon vinaigrette instead of the usual mayo business) and added bonus powerhouse foods like kale and quinoa.
Kale and Quinoa Waldorf Salad (serves 4 as a side)
– 3 cups of kale leaves, de-stemmed and finely shredded
– 1/2 cup cooked quinoa
– 1 small or medium-sized apple (I used a Pink Lady) sliced into bite-sized chunks
– 1 celery rib, finely chopped
– 1/4 cup golden raisins
– 1/4 cup toasted walnuts
– 2 tablespoons olive oil
– 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
– 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
– 1 tablespoon plain Greek yogurt
– salt & pepper
Mix dressing ingredients together in a small bowl or jar and set aside.
Place kale, quinoa, apple, celery and raisins together in a bowl. Pour on dressing a little bit at a time, tossing well to combine. The kale softens a little with the dressing – which is a good thing if using Tuscan kale – so this salad can be dressed for to 2 or 3 hours before serving. Otherwise let it rest in the fridge for 20 minutes and top with toasted walnuts before serving.
Make it a meal with: 1/2 cup more quinoa and 1/2-1 cup of chickpeas
Make it meaty with: grilled or roast chicken and/or bacon


text: At this rate, Elmo might have to stop being used as a Sesame Street character. Two more victims have come forward, bringing the total number of underage boys who were molested by the voice of Elmo to four. I can almost hear the Count saying four. From now on, Elmo is going to be associated with the molesting of boys. No one says Kevin Clash, everyone says Elmo or the voice of Elmo. That red Muppet is going to be associated with it and I think maybe it is time to retire the character permanently or at least for the next few years. Sesame Street can find some other Muppet for people to tickle.


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Law professor on a roll with alter ego
To look at law professor Joel Samuels in his conservative buttoned-down shirt and tie and navy blue blazer, you could easily imagine him in a classroom full of attentive law students, or even approaching the judge's bench in a courtroom. But outside the classroom, he is a hard-charging leader of a team of 14 hard-skating women—Columbia's roller derby team, The Quad Squad.
Yet it soon becomes clear that this son of a former U.S. ambassador who grew up in Africa has lived a life full of adventure and challenge.
When asked by a friend a few years ago to be the announcer of the Quad Squad, he jumped at the chance. Never mind that he knew nothing about the sport.
"I was a sports announcer at Princeton where I have a few claims to fame," he said. "I announced the NCAA in four different sports: men's lacrosse, women's lacrosse, women's field hockey and men's soccer."
He put his announcing on hold as he pursued his law career until a female friend mentioned that her newly formed roller derby team needed an announcer. Thus was born his alter ego, "Loquacious D."
"It's a fascinating sport," he said. "All of the women on the team actually pay to play. They're not professional. They pay to help cover our costs for rink space for practice."
But, Samuels' -- aka Loquacious D's -- announcing role quickly expanded to coaching when the team's leader moved out of town, and he was asked to take over that too. He didn't hesitate at that request either; no matter that he didn't roller skate.
"So this is a chance for me, as someone who has played organized sports, to help coach in this ethos of working together, establishing teamwork, camaraderie and strategy, which is something that comes as naturally for me as skating does for them."


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Hanapepe Town, Kauai
Hanapepe Town
- Name: Hanapepe Town
- What: South shore, west of Koloa
- Where: Small town, art capital of Kauai
Located on the south shore west of Koloa, Hanapepe Town once flourished as one of Kauai's largest communities. From World War I to the early 1950s, West Side Hanapepe was also one of Kauai's busiest towns, alive with G.I.'s and sailors training in the Pacific Theater.
Today, "Kauai's biggest little town" hasn't changed much over the last century at first look. Its historic buildings are so authentic that the town has become a location for films like "The Thornbirds," "Flight of the Intruder," and were even the model for the Disney film "Lilo and Stitch." But now those plantation style buildings are home to charming shops, local eateries and more art galleries than any other spot on Kauai.
Hanapepe Town celebrates its artists every Friday, from 6-9pm, as painters, sculptors and craftsmen open the doors of their galleries and studios to celebrate the arts. Visit the galleries, take a walk on the "Hanapepe Swinging Bridge" — which is always an adventure to cross — then shop and dine in one of Kauai's most famous small towns.


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Campbellton Street in Montague.
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MONTAGUE — In a tale of strange bedfellows, a pregnant dog abandoned in a filthy apartment here has been rescued by an animal control officer and the P.E.I. Humane Society.
The older golden lab was rescued from an apartment on Campbellton Street earlier this month after the occupant was successfully evicted.
The property manager had been unable to get into the apartment due to the aggressive nature of the dog.
The event was contained in the monthly report submitted to town council this week by animal control officer Mike Brothers.
"While waiting for (the property manager) I entered the house,'' wrote Brothers about the Aug. 3 incident. "The dog was barking and growling and seemed aggressive, but after letting her smell the palm of my hand, she immediately became friendly."
The dog was known to the neighbourhood and police because complaints of noise and barking had been filed. It appeared the occupant was rarely at home and the apartment was described as being left in a filthy state.
Brothers said he was able to remove the dog from the property on a leash and walked her up and down the street. A neighbour offered the dog some water and the animal rolled in the grass.
P.E.I. Humane Society's Kim MacMillan seized the dog under the Companion Animal Protection Act and it was discovered the dog was lactating. No pups were found in the apartment and officials determined a litter was forthcoming.
"After doing some interviews, it seemed that the unusual litter will probably be a mix of golden lab and shih-tzu,'' wrote Brothers. "I didn't even know that was possible."
The apartment owner is slated to join the list of being banned from adopting an animal from the shelter ever again.


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Welcome to the 27th year of celebrating the blue and briny mussel at the Penn Cove Musselfest.
The festival kicks off Friday, but most of the events occur Saturday and Sunday and visitors are encouraged to start at festival headquarters in Coupeville at the recreation hall.
There, cooking demonstrations start at 10 a.m. on both days as local chefs from places like Seattle's Space Needle and Microsoft Catering show off their skills. The popular chowder tasting competition starts at 11 a.m.
Other activities include trips aboard the Glacier Spirit to tour the Penn Cove Shellfish Farm. Tour tickets are $10.
You could stay on land and take a Mussel Shuttle to travel the "Chowder Tasting Route" aboard a 24-passenger coach. The free shuttles run a continuous loop from downtown Coupeville out to the Captain Whidbey Inn and back, along the route to south Main Street. Shuttle rides begin at 11 a.m. and go through 4 p.m.
For the kids, the weekend activities include art projects and a sing-along at 11:30 a.m. with Nancy Stewart, a national award-winning children's entertainer.
From noon to 2 p.m. each day, kids can fish off Windjammer Pier, 22 Front St., and instead of fish, can reel in some treats and treasure, such as landing a golden mussel.
The Penn Cove Shellfish Mussel, Wine and Beer Garden has live music including Marcus Whiting, The Orville Johnson Band, The Steve Trembley Band.
There's a mussel-eating competition at 3 p.m. each day.
The weekend includes a "Mussels in the Kettles" mountain bike poker ride. The Whidbey Island Working Artists are holding their Spring Studio Tour so visitors can see artists at work from Greenbank to Oak Harbor.
The Penn Cove MusselFest is from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, 901 NW Alexander St., Coupeville. Festival entry is free but certain activities come with a cost.
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MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State will play for the 2012 Big 12 title in front of a national ABC television audience as the league office announced today that Saturday's regular season finale against Texas will be broadcast by the network at 7 p.m.
With a win at sold-out Bill Snyder Family Stadium on Saturday, K-State will clinch the league's automatic BCS bowl berth and also at least a share of the conference championship.
Saturday's game will also serve as Fan Appreciation Day as all fans will have the opportunity throughout the game to win prizes from K-State Athletics, Verizon, Manhattan Town Center, the Eye Doctors, Pepsi, Briggs Auto, Clarion Hotel and Sonic.
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By GREG COTE
It is guaranteed. Done. Bet all you have, then borrow against your mortgage and bet more: Edgerrin James is coming back to Miami.
To his condo on Key Biscayne, I mean, eventually. He lives here.
As for his returning to the city of his University of Miami exploits to play for the Dolphins, what am I, Nostradamus?
All that's certain is the deal would be as good as done -- maybe even today, the first day of NFL free agency -- if it were up to James and the Dolphins.
The player would have his wish to bolt Indianapolis and head home. New coach Nick Saban would have his offensive stud to saddle up. And Dolfans would be thrilled -- especially those who bucked the local trend and refused to burn their Ricky Williams dreadlock wigs in effigy, on a wild hunch the next ballcarrier would be similarly coifed.
The Colts are in the triangular equation, too, unfortunately. In control, actually. And it says here they are likely to play hardball with James and consider any reasonable offer for him, including Miami's, to be not good enough.
In other words: Don't get your hopes up, Dolfans.
Indy slapping a ''franchise player'' tag on James was your first hint the team plans to hang on to the running portion of its offensive triumvirate with Peyton Manning and Marvin Harrison.
It means another team would have to give the Colts two first-round draft picks to get James, unless another deal was agreed upon.
Forget the two 1's, to start. Saban was hired to be the head coach, not the town lunatic. Ever heard of a lesson learned? Miami, remember, gave up a pair of numero unos for Williams, the reluctant football player/aspiring holistic healer with whom the team made zero playoff appearances.
As a quick aside, no team more than Miami should be cautious with its first-round pick. Consider: Since moderate success with 1996 top pick Daryl Gardener, the Dolphins in the eight drafts since either haven't had a No. 1 pick at all (on four occasions) or have spent dubiously with little to show (Yatil Green, John Avery, Jamar Fletcher, Vernon Carey). Gee, do you think the accumulation of all that might have played its part in the downward spiral to last season's 4-12?
But back to the future.
The only way for the Dolphins to have James is to agree on a trade, such as Miami getting James and Indy's No. 29 overall pick in April's draft in exchange for Indy getting cornerback Patrick Surtain and Miami's No. 2 overall pick.
Simple. Neat. Tidy. Right? Half-right.
I think the Dolphins would make the swap in a nanosecond, acquiring a premier runner while still maintaining a first-round presence.
Alas, I think the Colts would react by whinnying incredulous laughter.
It says here Indy will demand more. Not a sixth-round pick and a used 1976 Rob Konrad. Much more. Enough to make the Dolphins say no and change plans.
On both sides, the shape of the draft also seems to discourage a deal.
The Colts need defensive help, yes, especially at cornerback. But that position corners the draft market, with as many as seven CBs projected as first-round picks. Even at 29th, Indy might figure it can get a cover corner who can start right away.
Likewise, the running back-needing Dolphins will have tempting options in the likes of Texas' Cedric Benson (a likely top five pick) or Auburn's Ronnie Brown, who weighs 233, flies a 4.32 40 and was the hottest thing at the recent NFL combine.
The Dolphins might be able to trade down slightly from the second pick and still have either -- plus save millions vs. what James would get in signing bonus alone.
Miami's interest in James still makes huge sense, of course. Benson and Brown are probabilities; James is proof. He is healthy, motivated, coming off a great season . . . and 26. You think of E.J. as high-mileage, but he's younger than the holistic healer.
Why would Miami, with a shaky O-line, be better in 2005 with James than it was those two seasons with Williams?
Because now you would have (presumably) a better quarterback, in A.J. Feeley. And now you would have (almost certainly) a better coach, in Saban. And you would still have a first-round pick (only the club's third since 1998), if the Colts were dumb enough to accept the deal Miami probably will be pushing.
Why would James want to leave a winning team with a star QB to come to Miami? The splendor of arrogance, of believing oneself to be The Difference.
''As E.J. put it to me recently, when he was drafted to the Colts they had gone 3-13 the year before and his rookie year they went 13-3,'' James' co-agent, Gene Mato, said Tuesday. ``He believes things can get turned around real quick with the right players.''
Mato and Drew Rosenhaus, also of Miami, signed a joint-representation agreement Sunday after James became convinced that Rosenhaus -- whose 90 NFL clients include about 15 Dolphins -- might help fashion a path to Miami.
''He'd love to play for the Dolphins,'' Rosenhaus said. ``And it would be a quick way for Miami to erase the Ricky Williams stuff, and just what the doctor ordered for a young quarterback and a line looking to develop. It sure seems to make sense.''
It sure does.
Except, in all likelihood, to the Colts.
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In my opinion, Colts cant make the trade proposed there. Surtain is nice addition but with the number two pick in first round, Colts would have to take Ronny Brown as he is the single RB most likely to replace Edge. If Dolphins took Colts pick in second round instead of their pick in first, Colts could take DJ early in first and Fason in late in first. This gives them two top defenders and a potential replacement for Edge. That deal works for the Colts. Otherwise, you just add a CB who Colts believe is devalued by rules changes and an unproven rookie replacement for Edge. Brown and Fason supposedly have combination of skills needed for Colts RB. Run well, catch well and pass block/pick up blitzes well. If the Colts have room, maybe they could make it work by taking Madison and his larger contract instead of Surtain?
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Belmont, N.C. - Jamie Bundy and Althea Dunn both recorded shots on goal and challenged the Belmont Abbey goalkeeper early, but the Crusaders broke open a close contest with three second half goals as the Tornados fell in non-conference action on Tuesday afternoon, 4-0.
Bundy recorded the first shot on goal for the Tornados (2-9), firing on the net at the 13:58 mark, but Hannah Kohls turned the shot away to keep the game scoreless. Rebecca Mateo quickly put the Crusaders (5-6) on the board less than seven minutes later as she placed the ball in the goal off the rebound from Connie Axiotis' shot to give Belmont Abbey the lead at the 20:06 mark.
Brevard attempted to tie the match in the 34th minute as Allie Hovis lined up a shot on goal, but her attempt sailed wide right as the teams went into the half with the score remaining at 1-0.
The Crusaders took over in the second half, launching 16 shots in the period, but BC goalkeeper Crissy Moran nearly proved up to the task with seven saves in the period. However, shots by Carly Kensinger, Mateo and Alana Ryczek found the back of the net as Belmont Abbey built a 4-0 advantage.
Dunn gave the Tornados one last chance to get on the scoreboard in the closing minutes of the match, launching a shot at the 88:54 mark, but the ball was tracked down by Kohls as Brevard fell on Tuesday afternoon, 4-0.
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Saint Leo only run in the bottom of the seventh could not overcome the early 4-0 lead by the fifth ranked Pirates giving them the win. Meanwhile, Saint Leo overcame a 1-0 deficit in game two to post their third win of five games.
Game one saw a tough 4-1 loss to the No. 5-ranked Armstrong Atlantic Pirates. The Lions only score came by way of Angela Kafalas who doubled to center field and scored Brittany Ewing in the bottom of the seventh inning. Unfortunately, the Pirates strung together six hits and four runs to claim the win. The main damage was done in the second inning when the Pirates Kat Vogler doubled followed by a single by Kacie Patterson, and slugger Alexis Mercer steps-up and hits a three run homer to left field.
Starter Alana Tabel (2-3) struggled on the mound, she went 2.0 inning, allowing six hits and four earned. Ashley Ehlers (2-0) came in for the Green and Gold and shut-down the Pirates not giving up a hit in 5.0 innings and getting two striking outs. Tabel saddled the loss.
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One overtime playoff soccer contest went Cerritos College's way Saturday, the other did not.
The Falcons women recovered from a one-goal deficit to force overtime against visiting Ventura, then scored twice in the extra period to earn a 3-1 victory and a return trip to the CCCAA state tournament next week.
The men weren't as fortunate, losing 2-0 at home to rival Mt. San Antonio in another overtime contest and ending their season one round short of the state tournament.
The Cerritos women trailed 1-0 after 66 minutes but responded six minutes later. Claudia Lopez tied the game on an assist from Cristal Yantuche, and that re-energized the Falcons.
"That seemed to wake us up," Cerritos coach Ruben Gonzalez said.
Once the game reached overtime, the third-seeded Falcons (19-2-2) took command. Jazmin Aguas made the score 2-1 in the 92nd minute with an assist from Karina Sandoval, and Lauren Nanez closed the scoring in the 106th minute on a pass from Gabby Zamarripa.
Cerritos, which won consecutive state crowns in 2007 and 2008, hasn't been to the state tournament since 2010, when it lost in the semifinals.
"(Reaching the state tournament) and competing for a championship is the goal every year," Gonzalez said. "Every time we don't ... it's a failure."
Goalie Maria Santoyo made four saves for the Falcons.
In the men's game, Cerritos squandered several scoring chances, including two good chances for Daniel Garcia in the second half.
In overtime, Armando Ochoa gave the three-time defending state champion Mounties a 1-0 edge with an assist from Nestor Rodriguez. Also Magana closed the scoring five minutes later on a breakaway goal as the Falcons (14-6-3) pushed their defenders forward.
"It was a spectacular game," Cerritos coach Benny Artiaga said. "It went both ways. Both sides had some really good chances."
The Falcons played most of the game without sophomore defenders Oscar Enriquez and Gabriel Rivera, who suffered early injuries.
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'There are more opportunities'
Beginning life as a creepy short, jumping to feature length and finding a champion in Guillermo del Toro has been good to Mama. Brother-sister team Andres and Barbara Muschietti enjoyed solid success with the horror movie earlier this year in the US, and its producers are considering a sequel.
Mama, which arrives on our shores this week (you can read our review right here) finds Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Jessica Chastain as Lucas and Annabel, a couple faced with the challenge of raising his two young nieces who were abandoned in the forest for five years.
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There are some pretty technically advanced people around here so I thought I would ask this question here first. I got some 8mm videos that I want to transfer to DVD. I have a DVD burner and I assume I need some type of video input card or something like that and a program to capture the video somehow.
Does anyone have any experience with this type of thing?
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I have some slight experience in the subject. And yse, you'd need a video card that will accept at least an RCA video in, they're not too expensive these days (thouhg again, the more spendy it is, the better the quality).
Video capture software most likely will come with the card, and there are a few freeware/open source alternatives if you want to mess around with figuring out how they work.
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Your solutions fall into three categories, in increasing order of hassle:
1) Send them to a professional Hi8 -> DVD service ($15-$25 per tape)
2) Get a MacIntosh (rumored to be the best at this sort of thing)
3) Buy a PC video capture card with hardware MPEG-2 encoding ~$150
4) Buy a PC video capture card with software MPEG-2 encoding ~$30
You will also need a crap load of disk space, a really fast CPU (for realtime software MPEG-2) and I hope your time is free.
I tried a bunch of different Windoze DVD authoring software a few months ago, with a dumb video capture card. The MPEG-2 datastreams I got out of the "real-time" software encoders on Windoze were all crap. Each package had some fatal problem (poor video quality, random system crashes, audio skewing out of sync with the video). I made a lot of DVD coasters before I came to the conclusion that there was no Windoze DVD authoring software in the consumer price range that would do the job properly.
I ended up just capturing raw video/audio on the kids Windoze box (where the TV card is) and moving it over to my linux box in order to create a proper MPEG-2 datastream with high video quality and no audio skewing problems. My linux box doesn't have enough CPU horsepower to do realtime software MPEG-2 encoding, so moving the dumb video card there would have been pointless. Of course, this meant the conversion was not done anywhere near real time, and I needed even more disk space and time to author the DVD. I learned way more about MPEG2 than I ever wanted to know when I started. But I got to see what a well authored DVD using a two-pass MPEG-2 encoder should look like.
I came away from doing one HI8 to DVD like that with the opinion that it took too much of my time to do the 30 tapes that I have. I either needed to buy a video card with hardware MPEG-2 encoding (real time) like a PVR-250/350 and put it on my linux box, or better yet just pay a professional service to author the DVDs for me using a decent two-pass MPEG-2 encoder and a proven workflow process.
Which reminds me that I still have the 29 tapes to send out for conversion.
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Well I have #2 - A Mac with a DVD burner..... It takes about 10 hours to transfer a 2 hour tape to DVD. Around 3 to spool the raw footage, edit and layout the DVD, and the rest is just the number crunch encoding & burn which can run overnight...
You also have another option, depending on what other ports you have on your system... If you happen to have a FireWire port, some of the mid range Hi8 recorders also have a Firewire/DV output and typically do a decent job of conversion... Or there are also stand alone Analog/DV converters (~$150) that do a decent job of conversion to raw DV you could capture. They usally come with some FireWire video capture software, or I belive that there are some freeware solutions on the net, since iyou're really just capturing a pre-exisitng bitstream...
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As mentioned Macs come with the basic software. I hear the next version of windows is going to come with the basic software. There even might be something very basic in the WinXP Powertoys.
For hardware, on the PC side, definately go with a video imput card that does hardware encoding, you will get the best quality. After you you get done with your conversions you can hook it up to your TV like a TIVO (www.byopvr.com). If you get a Nexus or Nova WinTV you could do satellite hacking, but that's another topic
Depending on the power of your PC you might be able to get away with a sofware mpeg-2 encoder, but you will need at least a 1Ghz machine stripped down with alot of memory.
There is a company that does this stuff in Plymouth. I was thinking of starting up a simular service in this area as there isn;t anything like that here. It doesn't take much for software and hardware to do it, just time as you have to play the tapes. A graphic designer friend of mine wants to help, he'd make the DVD menus.
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Even external DV conversion can be troublesome for DVD authoring. You need to understand the audio/video sync problems you may encounter depending on a number of factors throughout your workflow. This will depend a lot on the specific hardware and software you use. Otherwise, you end up with a DVD that is in audio sync at the beginning of the movie, but out of sync by several seconds at the end of the movie. Highly recommended reading....
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Hey guys. I recently installed BackTrack 5 on my computer and have been trying to install a couple of programs using wine, but after the first two uses, the program would only load and close without showing me anything. I saw on another website where I can fix that issue by adding wine %s
I did that and it worked again for about two days and now, all it does it the same thing I mentioned above...To do this, right click on the exe, choose "Properties", "Open With" tab (or something like it), click "Add", "Custom Command" at the bottom, and type:
wine %s
I even tried wine "name of file here.exe" in terminal without any luck, because it does the same thing everytime...Start loading and nothing happens...
I even went to this website @ link and tried all of that...
I even tried apt-get remove wine and rebooted, then apt-get install wine but to my stress, it does the same thing.
Please help me out!
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- A group of Tampa friends is organizing a Florida-based fashion show to coincide with Fashion Week in New York City -- but with a twist.
Christian Fashion Week will kick off Friday and Saturday in Tampa. The organizers say there are nine designers who will showcase women's and men's clothes and swimwear at the event.
The clothing is modest yet cool, edgy yet not ultra-sexy.
This is the first-ever Christian Fashion Week, and event organizers hope to expand to Miami or New York next year.


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CBS News again carried water for Bush Social Security plan
CBS Early Show anchor René Syler [1] echoed the crisis rhetoric the Bush administration has adopted in its attempt sell the public on partially privatized Social Security. On January 5, Syler reported:
New details today about how President Bush plans to save Social Security. He's reportedly leaning toward allowing younger workers to invest $1,300 a year into private accounts. The rest would go into the current system.
President Bush's biography [2] on the White House website indicates that he "is working to save" Social Security, and in recent presidential radio addresses (on December 11 [3] and December 18 [4]) the president said Americans must "act to save it [Social Security]."
In adopting Bush's assertion that the program needs to be "saved," Syler ignored the overwhelming consensus that Social Security is not in "crisis," as the Bush administration claims. The Social Security Board of Trustees (of which four of six are Bush appointees) estimated in its 2004 Report of the Board of Trustees of the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and Disability Insurance Trust Funds [5] (OASDI) that Social Security "assets are projected to be exhausted in 2042," at which point, if left unchanged, "tax income would cover 73 percent of costs"; the report states that the system could still pay out 68 percent by 2078, as Media Matters for America has noted [6]. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projected [7] in June 2004 that Social Security "outlays are projected to begin exceeding revenues in 2019" but that "[t]he expected trust fund exhaustion date -- the year in which the trust fund balance (and thus the trust fund ratio) falls to zero -- is 2052 in CBO's projection."
On December 15, CBS Evening News inaccurately asserted [8] that Social Security's projected insolvency in 2042 would result in "0 benefits."
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Two members of the Jones School faculty have recently accepted new roles in their respective disciplines. Scott Sonenshein, associate professor of management, will join the new editorial team for the Academy of Management Journal as an associate editor July 1. Alex Butler, associate professor of finance, was appointed to the Society for Financial Studies (SFS) Council, a board of directors for the society.
"Both Alex and Scott are outstanding academic researchers. Their prestigious appointments are a strong statement about their peers' respect for their thought leadership. In each of these roles, they will have important impacts on their respective fields," said Bill Glick, dean of the Jones Graduate School of Business and H. Joe Nelson III Professor of Management.
The Academy of Management Journal (AMJ) is the flagship empirical journal in management, and has been indispensable reading for management scholars for more than five decades. Of his three-year term with the journal, Dr. Sonenshein said, "I am excited to take on this important responsibility that will help advance significant scholarly contributions in management." Gerry Sanders, professor of strategic management, was a former associate editor of the AMJ, and Anthea Zhang, also professor of strategic management, currently serves as an associate editor. Several other Jones School faculty are on its editorial review board.
Dr. Sonenshein teaches courses in organizational behavior, leadership and change management. His research focuses on strategies used by organizations and individuals in the management of change. Prior to joining the Jones School in 2007, he taught at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan where he also received his Ph.D. in Management and Organizations.
Dr. Butler's appointment on the nine-member SFS council will be a one-and-a-half year term initially. The SFS runs the Western Finance Association and SFS Cavalcade conferences and three of the finance field's top journals: the Review of Financial Studies, the Review of Asset Pricing Studies and the Review of Corporate Finance Studies.
"I'm really looking forward to being an integral part of the organization that manages the top journals and conferences within our discipline," Dr. Butler said. Council members are charged with control over the journals' editorial appointments and publication of the journals, allocation of SFS funds, and decisions regarding the association's conferences.
Dr. Butler holds the title Jones School Distinguished Associate Professor. His research is in empirical corporate finance, financial institutions, and financial markets, and focuses on external financing decisions of firms, governments, and individuals. Prior to joining the Jones School in 2009, he was on the faculties at University of Texas at Dallas, University of South Florida, and Louisiana State University. At the Jones School he teaches financial markets and corporate finance in the undergraduate, MBA, EMBA, and Ph.D. programs. He has a Ph.D. in finance from Indiana University and a bachelor's degree in mathematical economic analysis from Rice University.


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Prospect Pitch: Bedrosian back to work
Angels' first-rounder battling in first season back from surgery
By Andrew Pentis / Special to MLB.com | June 27, 2012 6:00 AM ET
- On the slider, a pitch his dad -- Cy Young Award winner Steve Bedrosian -- taught him at East Coweta High School in Georgia: "They want me to get the curveball down pat."
- On the cut-fastball, a pitch he's toyed with off to the side in his first full pro season at Class A Cedar Rapids: "They said, 'Wait for now.'"
- On the two-seam fastball, a pitch that could offer a devastating contrast to his mid-90 mph four-seamer: "Just want to get through this year."
Working with an intentionally simple three-pitch repertoire and on a limiting 80-pitch-count in the interim, Bedrosian (2-6, 5.31 ERA) completed six scoreless innings -- and earned his first pro win -- on June 9 against Clinton, then tossed up five more zeroes on June 14 opposing Burlington. But the 20-year-old right-hander suffered another setback last Friday when he allowed a season-high five runs to Beloit over three innings.
He has yielded three or more runs in six of his 10 post-op outings.
"It's frustrating. It is," he said. "Coming back from it, it's been tougher than I first imagined. I thought, 'Once I get to about 12 months and get back in the system and throwing again, I'll be all ready to go.' But it's been a lot tougher getting a feel for everything. My first couple of starts were a little -- I was a little wild. It was hard to control the fastball and other pitches. Each time I throw, I feel a little bit better."
MiLB.com asked Bedrosian to describe and grade each of the three pitches he is employing. (His grade is based on a scout's traditional 20-80 scale, 50 being the Major League average.) Here is Bedrosian, in his own words.
Pitch one: Four-seam fastball
Purpose: That's my go-to pitch. I mess with a two-seam a little bit, but not so much. That's more work for next offseason. I fiddled around with it in high school. Right now, I put it on the back-burner.
Grip: Traditional four-seam.
Speed: I like to see it between 92 mph and 94, 95. So far this year, it's been down a little bit -- probably 90 to 92 -- coming off of surgery, which is, they say, normal for the first couple of months coming back.
Grade: Right now? 50-55. I think it's a good pitch. Lately, the command has been good.
Pitch two: Changeup
Origin: I learned a whole new grip this year. I used to throw a two-seam changeup, but I switched to a four-seam to make it more deceiving coming off a four-seam fastball. Our pitching rover, Kernan Ronan, and my Cedar Rapids pitching coach, Trevor Wilson, were telling me about how they thought it was a little more deceiving to hitters, and I agree with that. Sometimes a hitter can pick up a two-seam grip off a pitcher's hand more than a four-seam, so if you throw the same grip, it's a little bit tougher to pick it up out of the hand.
Purpose: Not a ton of movement to it. Just something to mix up speeds to get the hitters off balance. It cuts a little bit right now, but I think I just have to get a feel for it and, after a while, maybe I can put a little movement on it.
Grip: Four-seam changeup. Middle and ring fingers on top of the ball.
Speed: I like to see it 83-84 to 86, somewhere in there.
Grade: 50. It's working well -- for not throwing it very long, it's working well. I threw it a lot my last three starts.
Pitch three: Curveball
Origin: In high school, my dad taught me how to throw a slider and then I started messing around with moving my thumb and taught myself the curveball. It wasn't too hard for me to learn at first because I had thrown that slider.
I threw both in high school and when I got to pro ball the Angels told me to get one of the two down pat. We all came to an agreement that the curveball -- if you can throw it, it's a harder pitch to hit it.
Purpose: It's more of a strikeout pitch, but lately I've been throwing it for strikes. I try to throw it any count.
Grip: My middle finger is on the seam on the right side of the horseshoe -- my index finger is behind it to give it a little snap -- and my thumb is on the other side of the horseshoe.
Speed: Anywhere from 77 to 79.
Grade: 55. I've struggled with it a little bit this year, coming off surgery, but lately it's been better.
Andrew Pentis is a contributor to MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter at AndrewMiLB. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.View More


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The next set of "eyes" to journey to Mars are already busy observing people and objects on Earth. Keen vision will be essential to keeping the Mars Science Laboratory rover, a vehicle the size of a small SUV, out of trouble amid the red planet's cliffs, sand, and boulders. Using near-sighted and far-sighted cameras identical to the wildly successful and long-lived hazard avoidance and navigation cameras on NASA's Mars Exploration Rovers, the Mars Science Laboratory rover will avoid obstacles and often find its own way.
Of course, no space explorer ever takes flight hardware for granted! Engineers conduct regular eye exams just to make sure the cameras are ready to use their digital eyesight and computer smarts to guide the rover, and naturally, to take pictures and send panoramic postcards back home.
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Traded Andrew Oliver (LHP) to Pittsburgh in exchange for minor league catcher Ramon Cabrera
The organization had clearly soured on Oliver after another disappointing season in which he struggled to maintain consistency, or see any development with his breaking pitch or the control of his power fastball. The move provides Oliver with the chance for a fresh start. On the flip side, the Tigers acquirinig Cabrera is a bit of an odd exchange as well. The Tigers have already invested heavily in the position in recent years in the draft, and their big league starter is just 26-years old. Cabrera is not a high ceiling player, but does appear to make the upper levels of the farm system more crowded at catcher. A bit odd, but a relatively low impact move in all likelihood.
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Signed the following players to minor league contracts for 2013:
RHP Trevor Bell
RHP Cesar Carrillo
RHP Shane Dyer
RHP Shawn Hill
RHP Micah Kellogg
RHP David Kopp
RHP Victor Larez
RHP Carlos Monasterios
RHP Jesse Todd
LHP Jose Alvarez
LHP Ramon Garcia
LHP Efrain Nieves
C Brad Davis
IF Argenis Diaz
IF John Lindsey
1B Lance Durham
UT Marcus Lemon
UT Kevin Russo
UT Matt Tuiasosopo
In adding their list of minor league free agents, Tigers fans familiar with the farm system will see a number of familiar names, including returning veterans like Lemon and Durham, as well as Argenis Diaz, who has been solid at short for Toledo the past two years. Shawn Hill is a veteran that pitched for the Blue Jays both in 2010 and 2012 and could add depth in Toledo. Carlos Monasterios is another arm to watch, as he was solid for the Dodgers in 2010, before undergoing surgeries in 2011 and 2012 for Tommy John surgery and to repair his ulnar nerve.
Posted by Wez, 11/26/12
Release Ryan Raburn (UT)
Outright contract of Tyler Stohr (RHP) to Toledo
Purchase contract of Bruce Rondon (RHP) from Toledo and place on 40-man roster
Purchase contract of Melvin Mercedes (RHP) from Lakeland and place on 40-man roster
Purchase contract of Dixon Machado (SS) from Lakeland and place on 40-man roster
Acknowledging that adding Rondon was a no-brainer, the Tigers also elected to protect Mercedes and Machado from the Rule 5 draft, clearing space by officially releasing Raburn after his dismal 2012 season and outrighting Stohr after be again battled injury issues. Mercedes remains a high potential guy that the Tigers wanted to protect, while Machado is a classic case of trying to protect a player susceptible to being snagged and stashed on a roster as a utility infielder for a year. The risk on losing either was low, but given that the roster space was easily made available, it's a good decision to play it safe and protect both.
Posted by Wez, 11/20/12
Signed Torii Hunter (OF) to two-year, $26 million deal
Hunter quickly became a top priority for the Tigers, and the Tigers a top priority for Hunter as he quickly narrowed down his options, sought out Detroit, and agreed to the two-year deal within a day of his visit. Hunter had an outstanding 2012 season with the Angels, and while he might struggle to duplicate that performance, he'll provide the Tigers with a steady presence in right field and in the middle of the Tigers lineup.
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The attacker approaches this attack differently by attacking the browser that is inbuilt to the operating system (OS) by using a collection of "browser exploits". They start up metasploit and configure it to create their evil page.
Once the evil web page has been set-up, it's a question of getting the target to visit this page. The attacker could try and "Socially Engineer" the target to view their web page (For example directly gets in contact either by placing a telephone call and saying the attacker is actually from technical support OR sends a spoofed email with their link disguised in the message). However, the attacker chooses to use XSS (Cross Site Scripting) to make the target visit the evil page when the target next views an infected page. The result being: the target visits the evil page without any knowledge of it happening.
The attacker could find what sites the target views (example in their lunch break/after their evening meal) and look for a weakness in those sites which would allow for XSS to be inserted. However, by doing this, it would be a "general/mass" attack which isn't ideal as the attacker specifically wants to attack just this target. Additionally, the attacker would also have to wait until the target visits that site (e.g. next lunch time).
To overcome this, the attacker decides to perform a Man In The Middle (MITM) attack, with the idea of speeding up the attack. As the attacker is on the same local area network (LAN) and subnet, the attacker has the option to perform "ARP poisoning" (Note: I plan to cover different methods of executing MITM attacks. Until then, see here).
This would allow the attacker to manipulate the target's traffic. In this instance, the attacker injects a hidden iFrame, with their XSS code that would link to the browser exploits.
The attacker is now ready and waits for the target to visit a vulnerable (1) web page so the target establishes a request to the evil page which responds with a collection of exploits.
Metasploit uses JavaScript to fingerprint (potentially detect the target's environment) for OS, Versions and installed software which use exploits that the target would be vulnerable too, as there is not much point responding with Firefox exploits if the user is using Internet Explorer!
Metasploit will automatically keep responding with remaining potential exploits until either a session is created or it hasn't got any more exploits left.
As it turns out, the target browser is vulnerable to "Internet explorer COM CreateObject Code Execution". We gained a session! As it turns out, 6 sessions were spawned, as all three injections methods work and the target refreshed the page...
The first thing the attacker commands is to create a backdoor, which allows for access afterwards without the need of exploiting the target again as it might not happen next time because the target might upgrade / patch the vulnerability.
Metasploit has two methods to create a backdoor, one of which is to add a VBS (Visual Basic Script) file to start up (via registry) which will be triggered when either; the user logs in, the system starts up or the boot process initiates. In this instance, the attacker initializes the script to run when the user logs onto the computer, afterwards try to connect every 5 seconds back to the attacker.
In the video I restarted the target's computer to test the backdoor.
The attacker then starts to gather information on the target and when the attacker discovers that the target has another interface, chooses to explorer this (How deep does the rabbit hole go?)
As the attacker has got their foot in the door, they proceed to add the new subnet (10.0.0.0/8) of the new interface into metasploit, allowing the attacker to pivot from that computer. This allows the attacker to launch attacks from the compromised target.
This is useful for the attacker as they can launch attacks from inside the network instead of doing them remotely, which is beneficial as there is a chance that not all internal computers have their own firewall. This is something the attacker wouldn't be able to benefit from if they were doing a remote attack as they would have to worry about the WAN firewall.
The attacker then starts an ARP scan to see who else is connected. This reveals that another node is connected (10.0.0.101). The attacker would like to know what services the target has running and does a port scan. This shows that the target has port 139 open. As this port is commonly used for NetBIOS and the attacker is aware of an exploit (ms08_067_netapi) that the target might be vulnerable to, they give it a try...
The attacker is in! Just like before, the first thing the attacker proceeds to do is to create a backdoor, however this time chooses another method, which is to convert meterpreter to a service and to test it by connecting to it.
Again just like before, the attacker starts to collect information on the target and also notices that it has another interface. Like last time, the attacker adds the new subnet (172.16.0.0/12), starts pivoting from it to detect what else is out there. The result being that there is yet another node attached and a port scan shows that it could be running a web server. The attacker wants to see for themselves, that they want to view the content of this internal server.
The attacker set ups port forwarding which allows them to view the remote content locally.
(1) The iFrame can be injected differently into each page as it depends on how the page is coded.
When I was developing the filter, the one used in this method had the highest injection success rate with the lowest count of broken pages.
The filter looks for "</title>" and "body>" tags (which covers "<body>" and "</body>"). Therefore, there are 3 possible places to inject into.
It may not work on EVERY page for a few reasons, much as:
- As the user may be using cache local version.
- The page doesn't have a title. E.g. doesn't use "<title></title>".
- The page has extra content in the body tags. E.g. "<body id="something">"
- Uses spaces to break up tags. e.g. "< / body > ".
The top half of the script makes sure the web page is sent in plain text – and not compressed, which increases the chances of injection for the attacker.
- The video recording software glitched making the mouse icon appear stuck in a fix position, as a result I hid the cursor. (First time recording it, virtual box crashed near the end, I didn't realised the mouse issue until I started editing it and I didn't really want to record it for a third time!)
- All targets were using Windows XP Pro. Other than having their service packs installed, no other updates have been applied and everything is set at their default values.
- Browser_autopwn may not work on your chosen target's web browser - Target in the video is running Windows XP SP2
- Windows XP SP2 (First target) has a firewall and it's enabled, however, as the attack is reversed and the target connects back to the attacker which allows the connection happen.
- Windows XP SP1 (Second target) has a firewall but its disabled by default (fail!). Therefore it doesn't matter too much about doing a bind connection, where the target is the server, allowing the attacker to connect.
- As the target is making a connection out to the evil page (without the target knowing it!) it bypasses window's in-built firewall making it not a issue. However some 3rd party firewalls and or a Intrusion Detection System (IDS) may detect it.
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Video length: 12:04
Capture length: 35:11
Blog Post: http://g0tmi1k.blogspot.com/2011/01/video-owning-windows-xp-sp2-vs.html
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You may want to check out the VNC payload in Metasploit.
I have gotten a meterpreter session to my (Windows XP) victim machine and am able to upload files, but I'm not sure where (if anywhere) in the Backtrack installation I can find a Windows VNC server to upload. Does Backtrack come with anything like that?
(Before anyone asks why -- I need to have GUI access to my victim machine so I can use a key piece of graphical software installed on it. Also, I'm running Backtrack as a live CD, so I would like to use files on the live CD if possible, but obviously if it's not there, I'll just mount a thumb drive and get it off of that.)
You may want to check out the VNC payload in Metasploit.
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yes the reverse vnc is easyer and more practical but maybe you should take a look in this directory, there is a zip file with vnc software and much more...
It's very possible to get a GUI from meterpreter session. However, I think you can make things even much simpler if you use the VNC reverse connector instead of the meterpreter one. Before running the exploit, type show payloads to get a full list of all the payloads and select the appropriate one from the last say 10 (can't remember exact number)..
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough -- Albert Einstein
Thanks for your responses.
Unfortunately, I'm stuck with meterpreter since I got on with autopwn. My goal is to get on a plain XP SP2 machine with pretty much nothing running on it, so I'm not sure how autopwn even turned something up. How do I know which exploit was the successful one? It does seem like it would be more straightforward to do the VNC payload with non-autopwning Metasploit, but OpenVAS doesn't find any vulnerabilities, so I'm not sure how to proceed without any information there. I tried ms08_067_netapi for kicks and it was not successful. Obviously there's *some* vulnerability that autopwn finds, but I'm at a loss for how to identify it.
BigMac, I think I see the file you are talking about -- vnc-ssh.rar -- but BackTrack doesn't seem to come with unrar. Is there something included that I can use instead? I'm really hoping to work just off the Live CD.


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Connections 20057. Early American Studies
The courses in this connection address America before the 1860s. Grounded in the interdisciplinary field American studies, the connection offers students an opportunity to employ different disciplinary approaches to texts that are often shared across English and history. As Sam Coale notes in his syllabus, "literature has never existed in a vacuum. It is always a product of its particular era, both participating in and criticizing it."
Questions of interpretation characterize both disciplines in their approaches to the period. Students in the English course read literary texts with close attention to the historical contexts in which they were produced. In the history courses, students learn to interpret a variety of primary sources, including documents produced by and for governments, narratives and diaries written by individuals, newspapers and other periodicals printed between 1750 and 1876. Students are as likely to find themselves listening to or singing folk songs as they are reading novels or learning about electoral politics. Central to each course are questions about the development of the place that came to be called America and interactions among the peoples who encountered each other there.
ENG 253 American Literature to 1865
HIST 201 North American Colonial History
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Hi, Sorry for posting this here. Ive been searching for an answer to my problem for the last couple of days. While Ive found plenty similliar issues none that quite matched what Im having a problem with.
I am currently running a dual boot system vista/ubuntu 9.04. I do not want to install BT4 as of yet and would like to run it from the livecd. However when booting from cd it goes into the grub console.
I have assured that my cd drive is the first bootable device and have tinkered with many other options I have found in my searches in hopes of getting this to work. However I have failed in all attempts.
So basically my question is... Is it possible to boot to the cd using the grub console?
Thank you ever so much in advance all help is most appreciated.


text:
O come, O come, Emmanuel,
And ransom captive Israel.
That mourns in lonely exile here,
Until the Son of God appear.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel,
Shall come to thee, O Israel.
O Come, O Come Emmanuel | Traditional for Easy Harp Solo
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