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Iran´s Spymaster Counters U.S. Moves in the Mideast (WSJ) WALL STREET JOURNAL) By JAY SOLOMON And SIOBHAN GORMAN 04/04/12)
Source: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303816504577305742884577460.html
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In the smoldering geopolitical feud between the U.S. and Iran, spymaster Major-General Qasem Soleimani is emerging as director of the Islamic Republic´s effort to spread its influence abroad and bedevil the West.
In January, Gen. Soleimanicommander of Iran´s elite overseas forces traveled in secret to Damascus to meet with Syria´s president and architect of that nation´s bloody and continuing Arab Spring crackdown. At the meeting, Gen. Soleimani agreed to send more military aid and reaffirmed Iran´s close friendship, according to U.S. and Arab officials.
In February, American officials detected four Iranian jets ferrying munitions to Syria. On Sunday the Obama administration announced it would start providing communications equipment to Syria´s opposition, while Arab states committed to paying the salaries of rebel fighters.
While it is tough to know the precise inner workings of Iran´s political machine, Gen. Soleimani´s role in Syria is the latest indication that he ranks among the most important figures driving Iranian policy.
Senior U.S. and Arab officials say it was Gen. Soleimani´s idea to harass and bleed American forces for years in Iraq by arming Shiite militias there. The general´s elite Qods Force of soldiers and spies oversees Iran´s support for groups fighting Israel, including Hezbollah and Hamas.
Israel publicly blames the Qods Force for a string of assassination attempts on Israeli diplomats; U.S. officials have publicly blamed Iran and privately point a finger at the Qods Force. Last October, the U.S. Justice Department indicted Gen. Soleimani in the Southern District of New York for his purported role in a bomb plot aimed at killing the Saudi Arabian ambassador at a cafe in Washington, D.C. Iran has denied the charges.
U.S. officials believe Mr. Soleimani´s approval underlies any Qods Force operations outside Iran. They have tied Iran´s Qods Force to recent bombings in Thailand and India, as well as alleged plotting in Azerbaijan.
"He´s a deep strategic thinker, but believes he should be a martyr" for Iran´s Islamic revolution, said Mowwafak al-Rubaie, Iraq´s former national security adviser, who has met Gen. Soleimani three times in Tehran in recent years.
Lightly bearded, 55 years old and often wearing a collarless business shirt or military uniform, Gen. Soleimani has a calm presence about him, according to people who have met him. American and British intelligence officials draw comparisons between the real-life Iranian general and the fictional Soviet spymaster Karla, of John le Carre´s Cold War novels. Global chess masters both, their goal is to blunt U.S. advances while aligning with Washington´s adversaries.
At times, Gen. Soleimani has communicated directly with American military planners. In early 2008, Gen. Soleimani passed a message to then-commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, via Iraqi politician Ahmad Chalabi. "General Petraeus, you should know that I, Qasem Soleimani, control the policy for Iran with respect to Iraq, Lebanon, Gaza and Afghanistan," he said, according to an official familiar with the incident.
His leadership of the Qods Force, the international arm of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, gives him a unique portfolio of duties, U.S. and Mideast officials say: intelligence operative, diplomat, foreign-policy strategist, battlefield commander and, allegedly, terrorism planner.
"I see [Gen. Soleimani] as sort of the evil genius behind all of the activities that Qods Force has done, all the expansion of Iranian influence," said Richard Clarke, counterterrorism czar for Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.
Attempts to reach Gen. Soleimani through Iran´s mission to the United Nations were unsuccessful. Tehran denies any role in supporting international terrorism or providing arms to the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Iran accuses Israel of overseeing the assassinations of five Iranian nuclear scientists in recent years, a charge the Jewish state has neither denied nor confirmed.
Gen. Soleimani grew up in a poor family in Iran´s southeast Kerman province, an area known for the central government´s limited writ and for the power of its local tribes, according to researchers who have studied the commander´s rise. As a young man he worked at menial construction jobs before joining the Revolutionary Guards, the armed- services branch responsible for enforcing the ideology behind Iran´s 1979 Islamic revolution.
Within the Revolutionary Guards, he joined the Qods Forcethe organization he now oversees. His background prepared him for his future operating in the tribal societies of Iraq and Afghanistan, said Ali Alfoneh, who studies Gen. Soleimani as a researcher at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington.
Gen. Soleimani spent his early years in the Qods Force combating Central Asian narcotics smugglers and the Taliban government in Afghanistan. Gen. Soleimani took over the Qods Force in the late 1990s after establishing a reputation for his fighting during the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war, according to Mr. Alfoneh and other academics.
In the months following the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on the U.S., he emerged as a surprising U.S. ally, says Hossein Mousavian, a Princeton University-based researcher who served on Iran´s Supreme National Security Council with Gen. Soleimani at that time. Gen. Soleimani was among those on the council who advocated cooperating with the U.S. to topple the Taliban. Iranian and American diplomats held regular meetings to devise ways to bring now-President Hamid Karzai to power, according to diplomats from both countries.
"Qasem is a very pragmatic commander," said Mr. Mousavian, who fell out with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad following the diplomat´s role as an Iranian nuclear negotiator in the early 2000s. "He´s willing to cooperate with the West if it serves Iran´s interests."
Messrs. Mousavian, Al-Rubaie and others who have met the general describe him as both religious and pragmatic, but differ on his ultimate willingness to make peace with the U.S. Mr. Mousavian says the general wants the West to recognize Tehran´s role as a Mideast power. Others see him as a revolutionary who will never accept rapprochement with the "Great Satan."
The fragile post-9/11 alliance between Iran and the U.S. collapsed with the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003. Both Washington and Tehran viewed Saddam Hussein as a threat but had very different views on who or what should succeed him.
Iran wanted the U.S. to quickly withdraw from Iraq and install a provisional government led by Shiites and Kurds with ties to Tehran. Instead, the Bush administration set up a formal occupation force and a military presence that stayed in Iraq for seven years.
The U.S.´s military occupation set the stage for what U.S. and Iraqi officials say was the Qods Force´s aiding and arming of the militias in Iraq that harassed U.S. and allied forces there for much of the past decade. Beginning in 2004, American and Iraqi intelligence detected fighters traveling over Iraq´s southeastern border into Iran for training with Qods Force and Hezbollah operatives. The Iraqis were schooled in small arms and roadside bombs, which became the biggest killer of American soldiers during the war.
The Iran-trained fighters also received religious schooling and were advised to follow the teachings of the founder of the modern Islamic state of Iran, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, according to fighters who were captured and interrogated by the U.S. military, Pentagon transcripts indicate. A number of the trainees told their American questioners that they had no love for the Qods Force or the Iranian system, but needed their assistance to fight the U.S. occupation.
As the battle against the militias wore on, U.S. officials voiced frustration that many of their allies within Iraqincluding Iraq´s president, Jalal Talabanimaintained their long-standing ties to Gen. Soleimani. Kurdish leaders such as Mr. Talabani cooperated with Iran during Saddam Hussein´s rule in an effort to obtain independence from Baghdad.
"General Petraeus mentioned that we continue to see on average one rocket and one [armor-piercing bomb] attack daily," a State Department diplomat wrote from Baghdad in 2009, according to a cable obtained by the Internet site WikiLeaks. "The next time Talabani spoke to Qasem Soleimani, he might pass along that we are concerned about Iranian actions," the cable said.
In addition to Mr. Talabani, other close allies of the Bush administration also knew Gen. Soleimani, including Mr. Chalabi, the Iraqi Shiite politician who shared a hatred of Saddam Hussein with the Iranians. In the weeks before the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Mr. Chalabi traveled between Washington and Tehran and briefed Gen. Soleimani on U.S. objectives, according to Francis Brooke, an aide to the Iraqi politician.
At times, Gen. Soleimani´s Iraqi and Lebanese allies engaged in direct conflict with U.S. forces inside Iraq, said American officials. In January 2007, four American soldiers were captured and executed in the central Iraqi city of Karbala in an operation the Pentagon believed was jointly run by the Qods Force, Hezbollah and Iraqi militants.
Later that year, the Pentagon captured two Iraqi brothers and a Hezbollah commander in southern Iraq who allegedly admitted to cooperating with Gen. Soleimani´s Qods Force, after initially pretending to be a mute, according to military officials briefed on the operation.
With the end of the Iraq warand the spread of Arab Spring popular uprisings across the region over the past yearthe U.S.´s conflict with Gen. Soleimani and the Qods Force has expanded into new territory. The U.S. publicly alleges that Iran has been working to overthrow American allies in Yemen, Lebanon and Bahrain. Tehran has accused Washington of propping up Arab monarchs and despots in the Persian Gulf to protect U.S. energy and security interests.
The center of this conflict now is Syria, where Iran´s closest Arab ally, President Assad, is facing a broad challenge to his family´s 40- year rule.
For the U.S., the goal of ending the Assad regime is primarily prompted by the opportunity to weaken Iran. Mr. Assad´s fall, U.S. officials believe, would cripple Iran´s ability to funnel arms to allies in Lebanon and the Palestinian territories. The Obama administration hopes the Syrian uprising will rekindle an Iranian protest movement that was suppressed by Tehran´s security forces in 2009.
The Qods Force has long had a presence in Damascus due to Iran´s and Syria´s joint efforts to arm Hezbollah and Hamas. Ever since the Arab Spring uprisings began last year, the Qods Force has been advising Syria´s security forces on crowd control and on technologies needed to track political activists, according to U.S. officials and Syrian activists.
Since Gen. Soleimani´s January visit to Damascus, U.S. and Arab officials said Tehran appears to have upped its support for the Syrian regime.
Mr. Assad´s forces have been trying to crush Syria´s opposition by overrunning its strongholds in the cities of Homs, Hama and Idlib. According to U.S. officials briefed on Syria intelligence, the Qods Force has been accelerating shipments of small arms and artillery to support that effort. Some of these arms have been ferried into Syria on Iranian Iluyshin jets controlled by the Qods Force, according to an American official briefed on the intelligence.
"Soleimani has emerged as public enemy No. 1 in the Arab Spring," said a senior administration official working on Syria.
The Obama administration, following the efforts of its predecessors, is trying to curtail the ability of Gen. Soleimani to project influence across the Middle East, senior U.S. officials said. The U.S. Treasury has placed sanctions on the Qods Force commander three times; those sanctions remain in place. The U.S. and European Union are also seeking to block the Revolutionary Guard´s ability to ship or fly arms into Syria, Lebanon and the Palestinian territories.
Last week, the Treasury sanctioned an Iranian airline, Yas Air, for allegedly ferrying arms to Damascus and specifically argued that the airline is controlled by the Qods Force.
A spokesman for Yas Air said all its flights are in accordance with international aviation law.
Last October, a former Central Intelligence Agency spy, Reuel Marc Gerecht, testified before Congress that if the Qods Force´s role in last year´s alleged plot to kill the Saudi ambassador is proven, the U.S. "should hold Qasem Soleimani responsible . Go get him, either try to capture him or kill him."
Iran´s government responded by calling for the international policing body, Interpol, to arrest Mr. Gerecht. More than 200 Iranian lawmakers signed a statement of support for Gen. Soleimani. And on Farsi-language websites, hard-line Iranian groups launched a campaign behind the slogan: "We Are All Qasem Soleimani."
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There area lots of places to get a good burger. But for a great burger, Dan Kaercher found an eatery that's earned a "Best of" title.
There are lots of eateries to get a good burger but for a great burger one that has earned the title best of we traveled to Dexter in Dallas County. White poles, dark chocolates and big burgers. They are all part of a community that has been called the original one horse town.
Kaercher: You know over the years I heard my father-in-law, the late Bob Wilcox, mention so many times stopping in the 1930s on his way from Council Bluffs and Des Moines at Drew's Chocolates in Dexter. For close to 90s years since 1927 these scrumptious sweets have been concocted in the same location using original recipes and equipment. Each treat is lovingly and individually fork dipped in chocolate. The result is a reputation for delicious and gorgeous candy. Drew's chocolates is just one of the many well worth your time stops along what is known as the White Pole Road, an important part of Iowa's History, running right through Dexter and marked by symbolic white poles. In the early 1900s Iowa's roads were getting a bad rap as some of the worst in the Midwest. Mud and snow often made them impassible. The solution a 380 mile river to river route built out of existing dirt roads. The White Pole Road was a predecessor to the U.S. Highway System and allowed travelers a shorter straighter pathway across Iowa.
Even though state and federally funded highways exist now, those old white poles can still be spotted roadside. They continue to lead to interesting destinations such as this historic market just outside Dexter. In July of 1933, Blanche and Buck Barrow were involved in a shoot out at Dexfield Park. An abandoned amusement area that once existed here. Buck was killed while Blanche was captured. This picture show Blanche being pulled away from her dying husband. Their infamous companions Bonnie and Clyde however escaped. I have just scraped the surface of sites to see along Iowa's White Pole Road. Hit the road yourself and let this route lead you to adventures in small town Iowa. My main stop in Dexter is at the Rusty Duck to sample the winner of the Iowa's Best Burger Award. Over 200 restaurants vied for the honor but Brad Waldron's Rusty Duck established in 2004 took the prize for one impressive looking burger.
Waldron: The particular burger that one it this year was the bacon cheeseburger. We grind our own meat. We use top sirloin ribeye trimmings for my steaks and we grind it ourselves, patty it. There is really nothing that we do any different. It is just that you know it is the same burger I have been serving for years. After we make the cheeseburger we put about 10/12 pieces of bacon on it and it is stacked pretty good. You know it is definitely a dinner. If you can't eat it you can definitely take it home and eat it the next day.
Kaercher: 10 to 12 pieces of bacon? I mean wouldn't two be enough?
Waldron: No, two wouldn't be enough.
Kaercher: This small town eatery has a nice warm atmosphere and packs in customers that are regulars and some who just stop in to try the award winning burger. In fact when the Rusty Duck first won the award, burger fans packed the place. We were selling probably, oh gee about six or seven hundred pounds of ground beef a week and it was just - it was crazy. I mean, I have never sold so many burgers in my life. I waited in eager anticipation for the arrival of my award winning bacon cheese burger. Now wait a minute - how am I suppose to bite into something that big?
Waitress: Smash it.
Kaercher: Smash it? Ok. Thanks for the tip. Ok, so here is what I was told to do. Oh my goodness, the juices are just tumbling out of there. Oh dear. For as much praise as Brad has received for his burger the Rusty Duck menu is actually quite extensive including an award winning tenderloin and lots of other dishes. The customers here order a variety of menu choices.
Customer: There is nothing on the menu that we have tried that we really haven't liked.
Kaercher: And I think it is pretty safe to say that no one walks out the door hungry.
Waldron: We have pretty good sized portions on everything. Like our hamburgers are 14 ounce, pork tenderloin is 10/12 ounces. We go through quite a few to-go boxes.
Kaercher: I know my meal left little room for anything else which seems to be a common customer feeling.
Customer: We have never tried dessert.
Customer: There's definitely never room for dessert.
Waldron: We don't serve a dessert because we tried that in the past because when they are finished, you know they're pretty full.
Kaercher: To-go boxes stream out the door at a healthy pace. Carry-outs are common here at the Rusty Duck. If you are hungry and looking for an outstanding big burger or another delicious selection stop in Dexter. The original one horse town with more than one unique attraction.
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As of Jan. 1, California employers can no longer turn away prospective employees based on their credit history.
Assembly Bill 22, authored by Assemblyman Tony Mendoza and signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown on Oct. 10, limits the use of consumer credit reports in the hiring process.
This is the third version of a bill that Mendoza, a Democrat from Artesia, has authored. Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed two prior iterations of Mendoza's bills, AB 482 (2010) and AB 943 (2009).
"I didn't want to let it go," said Mendoza, current chairman of the California Latino Legislative Caucus who has represented the 56th District since 2006. "I wanted to see it through because it was the right thing to do. This was a bill that I felt good about because there are so many people unemployed and looking for jobs and these (employers) aren't hiring them for all the wrong reasons."
The assemblyman came across the issue when several of his constituents complained about the practice.
"They were concerned that they weren't being hired because of their credit score," Mendoza said.
Supporters of employers using credit checks say it is a way for employers to protect themselves against theft and fraud. They argue that those with a poor credit history or bankruptcy may be more reckless or more likely to engage in unethical or illegal behavior, especially in jobs where they handle money.
But Mendoza disagrees.
"A credit score or credit history does not say how trustworthy a person is or how hard-working they are," he said. "Everybody right now has really bad credit because of the economy."
California is the latest state to enact limits on pre-employment credit checks. Other states such as Washington, Oregon, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland and Connecticut have similar laws in place.
The new California law exempts any position with the State Department of Justice; a sworn peace officer or other law enforcement position; and any position for which the information contained in the report is required to be disclosed by law or to be obtained by the employer.
Also exempted are all managers, named signatories, anyone with access to trade secrets, access to $10,000 or more in cash during the workday, and anyone who regularly works with information that can be used to commit identity theft.
Mendoza said the new law will have a significant economic impact, especially in 2012.
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Apps That Might Persuade You to Switch to Android
When it comes to developing apps, the iPhone is usually the first option. Look at apps like Instagram, which was exclusive to the iPhone for an extended period of time before landing on Android.
But there are plenty of reasons to want to go with an Android phone.
But Android phones open up a different kind of tool set for developers to tinker with, and as a result you end up with apps that usually have more functionality than the iPhone allows.
For example, you can tinker with the keyboard when it comes to Android smartphones, but not the iPhone. As a result, the most popular app on Android devices ends up being a productivity app that upgrades the keyboard.
And then there's the benefit of being on Google's ecosystem — and often having first access to Google's most powerful apps, like Maps, before the iPhone.
If you're at least interested in picking up an Android smartphone, here are a few apps to check out while still on the fence as to which device to pick:
Facebook Messenger. While Facebook Messenger is available on the iPhone, the Android version is able to tap into your phone's texting capabilities, turning it into a de-facto replacement for your text messaging system. So you have your Facebook messages and text messages in a single inbox, which further unifies your communications stream.
Swiftkey. If there's one app that will make you wish you had an Android phone, it's a productivity app called Swiftkey. This app connects to a number of your web accounts like Gmail and Facebook, and modifies your keyboard to predict words that you will type next based on your typing history. It also turns your keyboard into a virtual heat map, so regardless of how sloppily you type, Swiftkey will know what you're trying to type.
Seriesguide Show Manager. A second-screen app for watching television that includes more information about shows and schedules. This was one of Google's top Android apps of 2012.
Battery Defender and TaskKiller. For performance nuts, Android is the best platform for optimizing the capabilities of your smartphone. You can do that with apps like Battery Defender, which helps maximize your battery life, and TaskKiller, which helps you kill off unnecessary programs that are running in the background.
WiFi Analyzer. An app that helps you analyze the most crowded "channels" when it comes to setting up your WiFi network. For best performance, you'll want to set up a network in the least-crowded channel.
Plume. Plume is a Twitter client that, like other Android apps, is highly customizable, down to the font size and the color of your Twitter timeline.
Google Music. You can store your music in Google's cloud services and access it from anywhere. While there are a few iPhone apps that give you some access to that service, the native Google Music app is straight from the source.
Other new Google apps. As Google continues to release new apps, the company has a history of launching them first on Android phones — at least with greater functionality. For example, the Google Maps app for most of the iPhone's lifetime was superior on Android, until the company updated its iPhone app.
Flash. At least for the time being, Android still has some support for Flash, and much of the interactive web is still built on the ages-old architecture. This likely won't be the case for much longer as many new web apps are built in HTML5 (which the iPhone supports) — or are being shifted to native apps.
Third-Party Stores. The other benefit of being on Android is there are lots of third-party stores outside of the Google Play android store. Amazon has an Android app store, as well as some lesser-known third-party stores like GetJar.


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Still Open Amid the Shutdown: House Gym, Spa
(NEWSER) – No more bicep curls on the public dime, say two House Democrats. Reps. Bill Foster and Patrick Murphy are demanding the House gym and spa be closed for the duration of the federal shutdown. "Members of Congress should not enjoy access to their exclusive gym and spa while Capitol police go without pay, children are being turned away from Head Start, and veterans are left wondering if their benefits will come in the mail on November 1st," the pair wrote in a letter being sent to colleagues, reports Politico. Another, more appalling cut courtesy of the shutdown: The $100,000 death benefit paid to families of fallen soldiers.


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Christian identification with Divine Wisdom as the Holy Spirit, though not widespread, dates to at least Theophilus of Antioch (d.183?) and Irenaeus of Lyons (125?-202?).[i] Despite Orthodoxy's official denunciation of Sophianism, Sophia has had a role in the Orthodox faith from early-on as evidenced by construction of a church and cathedrals to honor her – Constantinople (360 A.D., 415 [Read More…]
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College Football Recap - Oct. 3
Monday, October 3, 2011
COLLEGE FOOTBALL RECAP - 10/3/11 Here's a brief look at the highlights of week five of the college football season, a week which saw five games between undefeated teams, six undefeated teams losing (there are 15 remaining in the country) and a host of huge games by quarterbacks. The rankings used in this recap are the AP Rankings from prior to the games.
COMEBACK CITY #18 Arkansas 42, #14 Texas A&M 38: The Razorbacks outscore the Aggies, 25-3, in the second half as Tyler Wilson throws for over 500 yards and Texas A&M suffers its second straight surprising collapse. #24 Illinois 38, Northwestern 35: The Wildcats were fully in control, holding a 28-10 lead in the third quarter, but the Illini fight back in a big way behind quarterback Nathan Scheelhaase, closing the game with a 28-7 run. Illinois is 5-0 for first time since 1951. COMEBACK COMES UP SHORT SMU 40, #20 TCU 33: The Mustangs build a surprising 33-17 fourth-quarter lead before the Horned Frogs come to life, scoring 16 straight points to force overtime. However, SMU wins it in overtime on J.J. McDermott's 19-yard touchdown hook-up with Jeremy Johnson - just the school's second win over a ranked foe since receiving the death penalty. #21 Georgia Tech 45, North Carolina State 35: The Yellow Jackets run early and often, piling up 293 rushing yards as they build a 42-14 fourth-quarter lead, before having to weather a Wolfpack storm of three late touchdowns. STOPPING POWER #1 LSU 35, Kentucky 7: The Bayou Bengals hold the Wildcats to 161 yards and star Tyrann Mathieu sets an LSU record for forced fumbles in a career (and he's just a sophomore) and scores another touchdown. #2 Oklahoma 62, Ball State 6: The Cardinals open this game with a successful on-sides kick, but not much else goes right as the Sooner defense allows just 214 yards and forces four turnovers, including three interceptions by Tony Jefferson. #4 Boise State 30, Nevada 10: With Kellen Moore having an uncharacteristic off-day (141 yards, two interceptions), the Bronco defense steps up, allowing just 181 yards and holding the Wolfpack scoreless through three quarters as Boise gains revenge for its lone loss of 2010. #19 Michigan 58, Minnesota 0: The much-maligned Wolverine defense holds the Gophers to just 177 yards as it posts its first shutout since 2007 while Denard Robinson completes 15-of-19 passes with a pair of touchdowns.
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Hi guys, I don't usually post but I thought you guys would like to comment on this...
Basically, the kids were having a grappling match. They make it sound like they were being forced into death matches or something...
It says they arent allowed to strike, but then says they were brawling. BARE KNUCKLE!
Its on the Daily Mail's front page, as well as being link to on the Drudge report, so it will get a ton of views.
Maybe some of you would like to leave a comment on their website, offering a better reflection of the sport.
The headline is:
"As the crowd roars, cage fighters aged 8 and 9 do battle... even after one breaks down in tears"
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Kicking, shoving and grappling each other to the floor, children as young as eight compete in cage fighting contests in front of a baying mob of adults enjoying a nights entertainment.
These shocking images show the primary school-age boys fighting with no padding, headguards or protection of any kind in what critics have described as like a circus performance.
The youngsters have been trained to wrestle their opponents into submission as their fathers, pint glasses in hand, look on.
Unlike adult contestants, they are not, in theory, allowed to punch, kick, knee or elbow each other during the competitions, but the rules are inevitably broken.
In these pictures, nine-year-old Kian MacKinson, who has been cage fighting for nine months, is shown brawling with an eight-year-old, whose father has asked for him to remain anonymous.
The boy of eight was left in tears in the middle of one of the terrifying ten-minute bouts before he was attended to by medics to check he could continue.
Last night, appalled doctors and child safety campaigners said the lack of headguards could cause brain injury or death and called for the sick and disturbing practice to be banned.
Rosie Carter, from the Safechild childrens charity, said: This is sick, absolutely disgraceful and I would call on social services to step in.
I cant believe the parents are allowing their young children to participate in this barbarity.
A spokesman for the British Medical Association said: Boxing and cage fighting are sometimes defended on the grounds that children learn to work through their aggression with discipline.
The BMA believes there are many other sports which require discipline but do not pose the same threat of brain injury. The event took place at the Greenlands Labour Club in Preston and was organised by joiner and professional cage fighter Steven Nightingale.
The 28-year-old said the sport is safe and growing in popularity among children.
He added: Competitions start from the age of five it is definitely a big up-and-coming sport.
Asked about the young boy who was crying during one bout, he said: The kid has never been beaten before, he is the one who wins the gold medals. When they get beaten, they are going to get emotional.
Father-of-three Nick Hartley, 33, whose nine-year-old son Kian fought at the social club, defended the event. None of the children were ever in danger, he claimed. There is no harm in cage fighting at all.
If he wasnt cage fighting, he would probably be chucking stones at buses and giving people grief. But now he has learned some respect and he would rather go training than play out.
There is no suggestion any of the bouts at the event, which took place earlier this month, breached any rules or licence laws.
Michelle Anderson, owner of Greenlands Labour Club, who attended the event, said: There was nothing wrong with it.
The parents were there. Would people rather these kids were out on the streets with guns and knives?
Cage fighting, also known as mixed martial arts, encompasses a wide range of martial arts which are performed in circular cages. The sport has become popular partly due to reality star Alex Reid, its most high-profile figure in the UK.


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From 1958-70, the Philadelphia Eagles called the University of Pennsylvania's Franklin Field home, highlighting that run with its 1960 NFL championship. On Sunday, Aug. 10, the Eagles will return to their former home for one of three open practices during their 2014 Training Camp. Some general information about the Franklin Field practice and ticketing for the event...
*Tickets are SOLD OUT for the event. A valid ticket will be required to enter the stadium. NO TICKETS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED ON EVENT DAY.
*The open practice will begin at 12:15 p.m.
*Seating is assigned by section, but will be general admission within that section.
*Ticketing questions can be directed to the Penn Box Officevia phone at(215) 898-6151 or via email firstname.lastname@example.com.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS FOR AUGUST 10 (Eagles Open Practice/Alumni Day)
When is the latest I can reserve tickets?
Ticket reservations will conclude on Friday, Aug. 8 at 11:30 a.m.
Will tickets be available on the day of the event?
*No, all tickets must be reserved by Friday, Aug. 8 at 11:30 a.m.
*The Weightman Hall box office will house guest services members to assist with any ticket issues and inquires, the Weightman Hall box office is located at the West End of Franklin Field across from the Dunning Coaches Center
*Guests Services for the Eagles will be provided at the Weightman Hall Ticket office beginning at 10 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 10
*Penn VIP tickets may be picked up at will call at 10 a.m.
Where is ADA seating?
The first three rows of seats in each section on the south side of the stadium will be reserved for ADA/Handicap seating/limited mobilty. Wheelchair accessible seating is available in sections SA-SL, row 1. Rows 2 & 3 will be reserved for ADA/ limited mobility seating.
Do children need a ticket?
All children 2 and under do not need a ticket
Where are the entrances?
*Fans will be able to enter on the North side of the stadium located on 33rd street between Walnut street and Spruce/South Street
*Entrances on the South side of the stadium along Spruce/South Street will also be open
Where are the restrooms located?
SOUTH SIDE: Women - SG; Men - SC, SB
NORTH SIDE: Women - NM, NH, NF; Men - NJ, NG
*Additional portable restrooms will be located at the east entrance to the stadium.
*Portable restrooms will also be available behind the Eagles fanzone, located near the Ringe Squash Center,
Is therean ATM located in Franklin Field?
There will be one (1) ATM located in the Eagles merchandise store on the North side of the stadium.
Where are the Concession stands located?
*Concession stands are located outside of section NC on the north concourse, as well as at Gate 2 on North side of the stadium.
*On the South side of the stadium concession stands are located outside of sections: SL, SJ, SE & SD (Chickie's & Pete's).
*Concession stands will be open outside of sections EC and EE on the east end of the stadium.
*There will also be a concession stand located in front of the Ringe Squash Center adjacent to the Eagles fan zone.
Where can I park?
Parking is $12 for the event:
Parking garages are located:
*Walnut Street between 32nd and 33rd Streets (CASH ONLY)
*34th Street b/w Ludlow and Chestnut
*Corner of 38th and Walnut
*Corner of 40th and Walnut
*Penn Museum located at the corner of 33rd and Convention Avenue (enter on 33rd Street)
University Parking Lots with kiosks: (CASH ONLY)
*Corner of 34th and Chestnut
*Hollenbeck (located under South Street); enter from northbound University Avenue and drive past the River Fields
*Penn Park – 31st and Walnut
There is limited metered street parking available
No street parking will be available on 33rd Street on the day of the event
Penn Athletics and the Philadelphia Eagles STRONGLY encourage the use of public transportation for this event!
*From 30th Street Station: Walk south on 31st Street to Walnut, turn right on walnut and continue walking until reaching 33rd street. At the corner of 33rd Street turn left (south), Franklin Field is on your left approximately 200 yards from the corner of 33rd and Walnut.
*Market-Frankford Line: Get off at 34th Street, walk two blocks south to Walnut Street (Center City should be on your left as you walk). At the corner of 34th and Walnut, turn left and walk one block to 33rd Street. At the corner of 33rd and Walnut, turn right and walk for approximately 200 yards. The entrance to Franklin Field will be across the street.
*Broad Street Line: Take the Broad Street line to City Hall, and transfer to the Westbound Market-Frankford Line. Get off at 34th Street, walk two blocks south to Walnut Street (Center City should be on your left as you walk). At the corner of 34th and Walnut, turn left and walk one block to 33rd Street. At the corner of 33rd and Walnut, turn right and walk for approximately 200 yards. The entrance to Franklin Field will be across the street.
*Subway-Surface Lines (Trolley Cars) -The 10, 11, 13, 34 and 36 lines all makes stops at 33rd and Market Streets, two blocks North of Franklin Field. The 11, 13, 34 and 36 lines all makes stops at 36th and Sansom Streets. Franklin Field is located on 33rd Street between Walnut and Spruce Streets.
*The University City Train Station is located directly across the street from Franklin Field (South Street and Convention Avenue). The station is a stop for the following regional rail train lines:
Airport Line Regional Rail
Warminster Line Regional Rail
Wilmington/Newark Line Regional Rail
West Trenton Line Regional Rail
Media/Elwyn Regional Rail
The address for Franklin Field is 235 South 33rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
From the Northeast via the New Jersey Turnpike South
Use Exit 4. Bear right out of the toll following signs to Philadelphia and Ben Franklin Bridge. After crossing the bridge take I-676 West, to I-76 East, the Schuylkill Expressway. Follow I-76 East to Exit 346A -- South Street (a left-lane exit). Turn right onto South Street to enter campus.
From the West via the Pennsylvania Turnpike
On the PA turnpike, use Exit 326, the Valley Forge Interchange. Take I-76 East for approximately 17 miles until Exit 346A, a left lane exit marked South Street. Turn right onto South Street to enter campus. To find parking, turn right at the second light onto 33rd Street. Take the first left onto Walnut Street, and there will be a lot on the right at 38th and Walnut..
From the North via I-95 South
Use the I-676/Center City Philadelphia Exit. Follow signs to I-676 West, the Vine Street Expressway. Take I-676 West until I-76 East, the Schuylkill Expressway. Follow I-76 East until Exit 346A -- South Street (a left-lane exit). Turn right onto South Street to enter campus.
From the South via I-95 North
Use the I-676/Center City Philadelphia Exit which is approximately 7 miles north of the airport. Follow I-676 West, the Vine Street Expressway, until I-76 East, the Schuylkill Expressway. Follow I-76 East until Exit 346A -- South Street (a left-lane exit). Turn right onto South Street to enter campus.
What can I bring into the stadium?
*The University of Pennsylvania prohibits alcohol, bottles, cans beverage containers, noise makers, food not wrapped in a clear plastic bag, fireworks and weapons
*The following are prohibited by Philadelphia Eagles: bags larger than 12 X 6 X 12, Alcohol, Binocular and camera cases larger 6.5 X 4.5, Animals (except service dogs), bottles, cans and beverage containers of any kind, thermoses, food not wrapped in clear plastic, hard sided coolers, umbrellas, fireworks, firearms and weapons of any kind, laser pointers, noisemakers (including but not limited to air horns, cowbells, whistlers and instruments), signs or flags on sticks or poles, strollers, video camera and the use of video capable cell phones, abusive, foul or disruptive language or clothing, throwing objects, trespassing, soliciting, peddling, any other item deemed dangerous or inappropriate, guests who appear to be intoxicated will not be permitted admittance into the stadium
*Fans are permitted to bring in clear bags no larger than 12"x6"x12" and small clutch purses
*Cameras (still only) are permitted inside Lincoln Financial Field as long as their use does not interfere with the game or other guests' enjoyment of the game.
*All fans will be subject to a security wand prior to entering the event
What is the Re-entry policy?
Guests may not exit and re-enter the stadium using the same ticket.
Download: External Eagles FAQ.pdf


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Thank you to all of the AGTS students, staff and faculty who participated in the Each One, Pray One prayer campaign, February 11 and 12, 2013. Together we blessed to pray with more than 1,400 of our alumni.
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"As many beauties and blessings there are in Paradise, that much ugliness and torment Hell is full with. Those who have denied Allah as their Creator are punished with an endless penalty in Hell. ...The common characteristic of the unbelievers who deserve Hell is their rejection when they have been invited to religion."
This article uses scientific discoveries and relevant verses from the Qur"an to show that every year the same amount of rain falls on the earth and that the stages in the formation of rain correspond to the Qur"an. "Past Civilizations," serialized in the May and June, 2000, issues gives an account of some of the destructive events suffered by those who denied God and ascribed partners to Him.
An article by Harun Yahya entitled "Righteous Deeds" appeared in the August, 2000, issue. With reference to the Qur"an, the article maintains that believers must do righteous deeds.
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Frank Thomas tires of steroid era questions, suggests his production influenced players to cheat
Frank Thomas was among the three players voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Wednesday. It's his reward for a career of excellence that he says was in no way enhanced by steroids or other forms of performance drugs. To this point, there has been no reason to cast any doubt over the legitimacy of Thomas' claims or his numbers. But even still, it's a topic he couldn't avoid talking about on his big day as members of the media peppered him with questions about the accused PEDs users who didn't receive the votes.
Here's how Thomas responded to the onslaught, according to ESPN Chicago's Doug Padilla:
Toward the end of a long day of multiple interviews, Thomas was asked if he was sick about having to discuss baseball's tarnished era.
"It's getting old," Thomas said. "I think you don't speak for others but I can speak for myself. I'm 100 percent clean and I'm so happy and proud of that. It's something I prided myself in because I came from an Auburn University program and there were no shortcuts. You got to the weight room at 6, 7 o'clock in the morning, basically killing yourself, or you weren't going to get any better.
"I was taught early, I took that through my career and every year I tried to work harder and harder and harder to be the best player I possibly could be."
Not surprisingly, PEDs are a sore subject for Thomas, just as they are for every other player who remained clean and achieved success through hard work. But that doesn't qualify as Thomas' most interesting comment of the day. As questions about PEDs continued, Thomas went so far as to suggest his athletic build and consistent, dominant production may have served as motivation for other players to start cheating the system.
"As for the others, I'll be honest, I think I was one of those guys that made a few guys go that direction, because of the size and the strength of a football player playing baseball," Thomas said. "For a seven-year run there, no one basically could compete. There were only one or two guys who put up numbers that could compare. But I don't fault anyone for what they did, but hey, I did it the right way."
The Chicago White Sox didn't pay Thomas to be humble, but there may actually be some truth in his comments. At some point there had to be an individual player or small group of players who set the standards so high, the only way others believed they could keep up was through PEDs. It's not far-fetched to believe Thomas was among that group setting the standard.
Thomas called it a seven-year run, but when healthy over about a 15-year stretch he was among the toughest outs in baseball. His numbers were gaudy at their best, but never quite unrealistic as we'd see when Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa and Barry Bonds were re-writing the history books. The consistency of Thomas' production makes it easy to believe he was always clean. When looking back at the timeline of his greatness and the prevalence of PEDs in the game, it's also easy to believe he could have been the guy his peers desperately aspired to equal or surpass.
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Lions post eight-run ninth inning to down Tornados 12-4February 19, 2010
Moman hits second home run of season in loss
Brevard, N.C.-Left fielder Kellen Moman went three for four with a home run and three RBI but Mars Hill used an eight-run top of the ninth to defeat Brevard 12-4 on Friday afternoon at Gil Coan Field.
Jacob White made his third start of the season and went seven innings while giving up four runs on eight hits. He struck out three Lion hitters and threw 124 pitches.
The Lions (3-2, 1-0) posted two runs in the top of the first. Matthew Kitt led off with a walk and stole second base. Devin Presnell then reached on a throwing error by Matthew Pruitt allowing Kitt to score. A one out single from Adam Lewis through the right side drove in Presnell to stake Mars Hill to an early 2-0 lead.
The Lions added a run in the top of the third while Brevard countered with two runs in the bottom half. Pruitt led off the frame with a single to center. With two outs and Pruitt at second, after a wild pitch Moman drove a 2-2 pitch over the right center field fence to bring BC within one run.
Mars Hill added grabbed a 4-2 lead in the fifth inning thanks to a Rusty Smith double down the left field line and an Adam Lewis RBI single up the middle.
Brevard (0-3, 0-1) fought back in the bottom half of the seventh, scoring two runs off new Lions hurler Joseph Keel. Moman and Ronald Patterson hit consecutive doubles, with Patterson taking an 0-2 pitch down the left field line to drive in the Tornado's left field. An M.A. Dozier sacrifice bunt advanced Patterson to third. Matt Ennis drew a walk and freshman Eric Renegar tied the game with an RBI sacrifice fly to right field.
Neither team scored in the eighth inning but Mars Hill broke things open in the final frame. Rusty Smith hit what proved to be the game winning home run off of Jacob Koontz on a 1-1 pitch. Tommy Yearty came in relief of Koontz and walked Patrick Davidson intentionally to load the bases. A bases loaded walk to Dalton Hardee drove in another run. Michael Kitt's double added two more. The Lions finished with 8 runs on 5 hits in the inning.
Brevard went down in order in the ninth. Ryan Potter pitched six innings for Mars Hill and won his first game of the season.
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Eminem & Rihanna are heading out on 'The Monster' Tour this summer!
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Eminem and Rihanna are bringing their monstrous collaboration to roaring life this summer for a three-city tour.
"There are some shows coming up with Rihanna," Eminem tells XXLMagazine. "It's a three-city tour: New York, L.A. and Detroit coming in August. The Monster Tour."
Before "The Monster" clawed its way to the top of the Hot 100 in December 2013, Em and Riri joined together for another blockbuster smash: "Love the Way You Lie," which climbed to the summit in 2010 and spent seven weeks in the penthouse.
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Avenged Sevenfold is officially in the cartoon business.
The rockers recently unveiled their animated series "Hail to the King" online. The six new episodes are the result of the band's collaboration with "Metalocalypse" director and co-producer Jon Schnepp.
But Avenged Sevenfold's multi-media projects don't end there. They also shared a trailer for their upcoming "Hail to the King" mobile video game, which is expected out early next year. Both the game and the cartoon series are based on Avenged Sevenfold's latest album, also titled Hail to the King.


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2nd Annual San Jose Taco Festival of Innovation
Moveable Feast
Saturday, May 25, 2013 from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM (PDT)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
Event Details
This feast day is filled with great eats, local shopping, and a bunch of exciting performances. Moveable Feast curates a selection of over 35 of the best food trucks from all over the Bay Area serving their best rendition of a taco. All plates are $5.00 or less with a selection of short rib tacos, nacho tacos, Vietnamese shrimp tacos, and even ice cream tacos--just to name a few.
Everyone's favorite tacos are judged by a celebrity panel! If your favorite taco tops the scoreboard in quality and presentation, then rest-assured they'll bask in the taco limelight. Get it, limes...tacos...limelight...
Though tacos are the main attraction, peruse the various entertainment acts with a beverage in hand and the scent of pico de gallo wafting through the air.
Are you a self-made VIP? Then secure a spot at the Firehouse Building VIP Lounge with all-you-can eat tacos and...an open bar. Yes, an open bar.
Check-out the SJMADE Street Mart vendors showcasing art, jewelry, clothing, and other various local goods. Look forward to a "Concert in the Park" musical line-up with various live musical acts throughout the day.
Watch a riveting Luche Libre (Mexican-style masked wrestling) match at a full wrestling ring. Hosting the second annual US Air Accordion Championship (USAAC) competition? Yes, as strange as that sounds--or doesn't sound--find that at the San Jose Taco Festival of Innovation!
2nd Annual San Jose Taco Festival of Innovation
Memorial Day Weekend
Saturday, May 25th, 2013
11:00 am to 5:00 pm
History Park
1650 Senter Road
San Jose, California 95112
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Bao and Bowl
BBQ Kalbi
Bigg Shrimp'n
Blast Off!
Chutney Mary's
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Eat On Monday
Fish Taco Wabo
House of Siam on Wheels
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Madd Max Cantina
Me So Hungry
MoGo BBQ
Mona's Fruit Truck
No Way Jose
Porky's SJ
Rib Whip
Rice Rocket
Road Dogs
Rocko's Ice Cream Tacos
Sugar Tree Sweets and Treats
Tacos De Los Altos
Takoz Mod Mex
Taqueria Angelica's
We Sushi
Whisk on Wheels
Yummi BBQ
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Calia Designs
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Jorcal Hat Co.
Jus Jodi
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Mac Cutting Boards
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Plumeria Flours
PRIMETIME Martial Arts
Red Stripes Boutique
San Jose Bike Clinic
Showroom by The Usuals
Sweetdragon Baking Company
There There
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Web: http://sjtaco.com/
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When & Where
History Park
1650 Senter Road
San Jose,
Saturday, May 25, 2013 from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM (PDT)
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Thanks for the great tutorial! Looking forward to trying this after work. Has anyone found a way to avoid the network slowdown that so many people are reporting?
Hi g0tmi1k! Thank's for the tutorial, it works great!
Thanks for the great tutorial! Looking forward to trying this after work. Has anyone found a way to avoid the network slowdown that so many people are reporting?
Didn't work for me, but the target machine was running Ubuntu 9.04. It appears as if Ubuntu simply didn't accept the ARP spoof. However if I reversed the arp spoof (arpspoof -i wlan0 -t 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.100), the target machine couldn't reach the network (obviously, since the router attempted to route traffic from the target to my attacking machine).
Is Ubuntu just not susceptible to this type of attack, or am I doing something wrong?
Still not underestimating the power...
There is no such thing as bad information - There is truth in the data, so you sift it all, even the crap stuff.
Thanks for the great tutorial! Followed this tutorial exactly and it worked seamlessly. No error messages appeared on the target computers and there was very little network slowdown. Also i tried setting 192.168.1.255 as the target and i was able to retrieve passwords from the entire network.
The target machines I tested against included a Vista laptop with Mozilla 3.0 and an XP desktop sp3 with Mozilla 3.0
Cool tutorial !!
Now I'm worried. I go to internet cafes often.
1. Is there anyway to detect if someone is arp spoofing my traffic (assuming I'm the victim) ?
2. As suggested in a previous post, can someone capture all wifi traffic and later decrypt, replay on i lo and get the username and passwords ? If so, does the victim have any tools to prevent this ?
2. yes, you can use airodump-ng to capture packets and airdecap-ng to decrypt them later if the network is protected, but it will only catch unencrypted usernames and passwords, not ssl encrypted ones. There's nothing you can do to prevent this if you connect to a insecure/WEP protected network. And even on a WPA network, if the attacker have access to the network, he can sniff data with airodump-ng. But normally, only unimportant sites have insecure logins.
Hope it helps
Ettercap already has mitm attack features(arp,icmp,dns,etc),
no need to use arpspoof for this.
or sth similar to 'redirect' connections between TARGET1 and TARGET2 to pass through you. (If you leave TARGET1 and TARGET2 empty it will try to spoof the whole network)Code:ettercap -T -i INTERFACE -M arp:remote /TARGET1/ /TARGET2/
Perhaps it is interesting to use the "-P autoadd" argument so that the autoadd plugin is loaded automatically. This adds any new host on the network to the spoofing list. /n/
To save the packets run ettercap with the -w or -L mode to log or just check the damn documentation using@sylvestor2002Code:man ettercap
ettercap has various plugins to see if someone has a interface running in promiscuous mode(capturing packets), spoofing address or any other conspicuous network activity.
One of my experiment was to execute a DHCP spoof attack(you become the networks DHCP server) to set my machine as the local DNS server, which reroutes requests to the original DNS server.
With this you can run metasploit in fakeDNS mode and use various information capturing techniques and try SMBrelay attacks.
#apt-get install arpwatch
And XArp for windows, google for it.
EDIT: Found an interesting threat on Detection and prevention of arp spoofing
Detecting/Preventing ARP Spoofing:
We have several options on how to detect this type of attack. First you can manually set the MAC address so that when your computer receives an ARP packet it will ignore it. Manually setting is a pain but is probably the easiest method. You can add an static entry by typing 'arp -s IP address MAC address' in Windows or Linux.
You could also run a program by Irongeek called DecaffeinatID. What this program does is monitor's your ARP cache and notifies you of any additions and any changes. If it detects an ARP spoofing attack it will alert you. DecaffeinatID is a windows based program.
Linux has several programs that you can use to detect ARP spoofing on your computer, one being ARPon. I couldn't get this to work on my machine, but it says it does more then detection, it will prevent it from happening. You can also use Ettercap to detect ARP spoofing (both on Linux and Windows), and ARPWatch.
A few other solutions would be to encrypt all traffic on your network with IPSec or something similar. You could also implement DHCP spoofing; with it you can configure your switches to only allow certain MAC address to have access to the network, not the best solution because MAC address can be changed, but it added another layer of complexity. And finally install an IDS/IPS system like Snort.
If your network happens to have Cisco equipment you can turn on ARP Inspection. [...]
ARP spoofing is not a major problem with large companies, mainly because in order to perform this attack you must have physical access to their network, either via wired or wireless. It can be a problem with home users who have a laptop and bring it to their local coffee shop and surf the internet.
when I try the arpspoof I getting an error messege
arpspoof: couldn't arp for host 192.168.1.71
I put my own IP (I'm using vmware)
I tried to put another host on my network and got the same message
any help??


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this is the only shit that i have on my photobucket at this time...too fat
and tooo lazy.
thats all fer now....
Heres some action for you scum.
Old eban bomb
Props to juiced for being the only other bencher here.
all this banter and no flix...
a lil somethin new from the boys......
grand daddy zer
uncle solid
sorry bout the burn i always end up taking flicks at shitty times of the day
Some Old School Brandon shit
Ten Recs Sed
dunno where this was... but it's cool
:blink:Originally posted by CanDilosKor@May 17 2006, 10:26 AM
all this banter and no flix...
a lil somethin new from the boys......
that aint no iglo thats my watch, that aint snow baby thats my chane =D
p.s.self promotion is no good.. flick other peoples shit except yours! cheaz
that was painted on a wet wall in the rain with scrap cans
Heres some ish/
but the real burner...
crappy angles....
i love how everyone in this city has an excuse for their pieces... well i did this drunk in the dark with 1.69/can zellers clearance paint stock tip with a truck parked beside me with people in it and fireworks going off in the background.. next up im going to get on the roof of the PSB and write 'fuck tha police'... drunk.
onik post your own shit, cause apparently my photography skills are an insult to your artistic brilliance. peace and go fuck yourselves.
and word up cayr... (he's not from around here)
i dont know whats more ghetto.. my camera or this spot.
That piece says KIN... as in KINO... which is onik being dyslexic.
Let's all get high and make stickers.
yup i love livin near freights and garbage hill.
some stuff i caught today yup.
yup yup yup...
boring saturdays
that SAUD ,DOSE, IRISH, ZER double panel is hot.
are you giving lessons concave???
or are you taking lessons in art fag school?
as for kino or onik or **** or whatever you want to call yourself.... everything i've posted burns you. everything i've painted burns you and everything i will ever paint will burn you....
watch your mouth
can aka nac aka i fucked your mom and you might be my bastard son
dilos <-----
Didn't catch anything from winnipeg i dont think.
,but this caught my eye.
...Waiting for the next batch to come along
You can find the rest of the other flick in that other thread with the freight picture and so on...
from reading this stuff make me think of dr dre "whats the difference"
...and speaking of impressing the ladies
...and since hammering things up is graffiti as well apparently, i got this gem
so much talking
respect to everyone holdin it down
...remember when all yoru pics looked like that after trying to put them together....
all beef aside and what not ....
this is actually a pretty good debate, and one that i've had many times over, whats better quantity or quality, both have their places in graffiti, and realistically very few people actually achieve both. like sure anyone can bomb, but it does take alot of dedication to get up the way it should be down, but at the same time getting up like that can result in a lack of quality and vice versa, you can paint the dopest burners, but if you don't do very many, its hard to expose yourself the way someone can with bombing.
i doubt anytime soon peopel in winnipeg will be showing off burners in locations that would be typically be deemed for bombing ( an example would be that billboard on pembina and grant) but then again on the reciving end of bombing and peicing are differnt, bombing is just there in your face where any tom dick and larry can see it, and thats just the point of it, you want tom to say to larry did you see that shit that dick did at portage and main at 5pm rush hour.
with peicing you get what you can almost call treasure hunters, no not everyone is gonna see it, and realistically very few people will probably see them in person, but the ones that do see it will appreciate it on a whole other level than someone could express with doing a throw up.
but in the end run its all the same game.....
gotta have the script to compliment your tag...
gotta have the tag to compliment the throw up...
gotta have the throw up to compliment your peice...
some people don't even neccessairily go through the steps of progression.... but the ones who seem to stand up to the test of time usually do.... my own observation anyway. this bandwagon is only so big.
but my point of all this was ..... Quality Vs. Quantity?
do you want a big bag of weed? or do you want a little bag but has the same ratio of good ness to each one?
...yeah i sit here and do nothing, if i had something better to be doing, trust me i would be.


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I have WUSB54G v4 and D-Link DWL-G650 PCMCIA wireless cards.
Both can be put into monitor mode and can packet inject however the Ettercap shell aborts ( ie dissappears ) if either ATH1 or RAUSB0 is selected . Ettercap accepts WIFI0 or LO but these are not connected to anything.
I have seen this problem reported within two other threads but no solution offered.
Has anyone resolved this ?


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Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority joins the rest of the world in commemorating World Rhino Day. The purpose of the commemorations is to raise rhino conservation awareness. The commemorations which will be held in Bulawayo on the 21st of September will run under the theme "Rhino Leading the Charge Against Extinction". The theme has been chosen because both rhino species are endangered as their numbers are very low. The reasons for the continued loss remain poaching and habitat loss. The first and second commemorations were held in Harare in 2011 and 2012.Bulawayo has been chosen as the venue for this year's commemorations because a significant number of rhinos are found in that geographical region of Zimbabwe.
This year's commemorations promise to be even bigger with a number of activities lined up in other parts of the country which include Imire Game Ranch, Kyle National Park, Chivero , Matopos and Hwange National Park. Activities to raise awareness on the rhino include fun run and walks, golf tournaments and game count.
The main event in Bulawayo will see stakeholders marching from Hard Square, which is behind the High Court and will end at the Centenary Centre. Stakeholders who will participate include rhino custodians and stakeholders, school children, army band, the police, the public and Parks officers. School children will come in as drum majorettes and will also provide entertainment, while Parks will also entertain through an anti-poaching display. Twalumba is going to lead the procession. Iyasa and Ingwenyama Traditional Group will also provide entertainment. The event will be capped by a key note address from the newly appointed Minister of Environment, Water and Climate Honorable Saviour Kasukuwere.
The Authority is grateful to rhino custodians for protecting the rhinos and to all stakeholders who have donated towards this year's commemorations.
Zimbabwe has come up with a number of strategies to ensure protection of flagship species. The anti-poaching unit which is the back-bone of wildlife conservation with special attention to the endangered species such as the rhino, both black and white, and the elephant, has seen resources being deliberately channeled towards anti-poaching activities. Over the years a number of activities have been performed to protect the rhino which is poached for its horn which scientifically does not have any medicinal properties; it therefore remains a myth. The Authority deliberately created IPZ (Intensive Protection Zones) meant for the protection of rhinos. The Authority continuously trains its officers and works in collaboration with the support unit. There is also cross border collaboration with our neighbours on issues to do with wildlife. Back home we also hold wildlife crime work shops which are meant to sensitize stakeholders of wildlife crime and familiarize other law enforcement agents with wildlife laws. The Authority continues to lobby the judiciary for stiffer or deterrent sentences.
Protection strategies for the rhino in the country include the appointment of a National Rhino Co-coordinator in 2006 whose duties include habitat assessment, population analysis e.g. sex, age, structure, causes of mortality, breeding performance and rhino protection and strategies. In 2008 another National Rhino Co-coordinator was also appointed whose mandate remains rhino protection and security strategies.
In 2011, the country commemorated world rhino day for the first time and a rhino day was held on the 22nd of September. This will become an annual event. Dehorning exercises have been done, all meant for the protection of the rhino.
Both black and white rhinos in the country have been under persistent threats from poachers, and 95% of their deaths are due to poaching. The country in 2011 lost 30 rhinos in private land and 5 rhinos in state land to poaching. In 2012 fourteen rhinos were lost to poaching in private land and 8 in state land. This year, between January and June, 8 rhinos were also lost to poachers, all in private land. In 2013, the majority of the rhino poaching incidents have been carried out in some private conservancies. The country has less than 1 000 individuals of both black and white rhinos distributed across.


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Are you format the partition under windows 7?
hi there,
i'm trying to install bt5 on my netbook with multiple o.s.
under windows 7 i created a 10gb partition in order to install bt5.
i boot through usb and when i get to the partition selection i see only the main partition sda and not the 10gb partition or the ubuntu partition, neither the win7 partition.
how can i solve this problem?
p.s. with dolphin i see all che partitions i mentioned.
Are you format the partition under windows 7?
What partition type did you use?
no it's just unallocated. i'll try to format it fat32 but i don't think that's the problem since the ntfs and ext4 are not recognized
Are you sure that you see the correct disk, and not the usb-drive you are booting from? Try cat /proc/partitions to see all partitions that you have when you boot through your usb.
format the partition unallocated space is invisible it can be fat32 or ntfs
Core i7-720QM
Nvidia GeForce GT 320M
BT5-64bit x WIN7-64bit DualBoot
done ! i formatted it ext3 unfortunalety with no result.
any other whay to solve it?
ok, the BT5 uses filesystem ext4, If you had dual boot, and i assume you first installed Windows 7 and then Ubuntu, You are using the Ubuntu grub...
Here the question would be what version of ubuntu are you using?
Karmic and versions above uses ext4 by default..
I have Jaunty by the way. I have 4 O.S. to boot and choose from: WinXP, Win7, Jaunty and BT4 r2..Jaunty and BT4 r2 uses filesystem ext3...I use the Jaunty grub to boot...
I do can install BT5, but it would use the BT5 grub and I really do not know if I might have problems reading the ext3 partitions (Jaunty and BT4 r2)..In the ext4, you can read ext3 and ext2, raiserFS, etc..I have some info in Wxp and W7, so I'll have to back it up and try use the BT5 grub and see if there is no problem when reading the EXt3...
The kernel in BT5 is 2.6.38...
with persistent usb
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As any Angeleno will tell you, it's worth hiking up to the Hollywood sign just for the view. California native Scott Sternberg imported a piece of that iconic vista for the Band of Outsiders show earlier today, and life-size replicas of the letters stood at the end of the runway against a montage of the city by night. The after-dark backdrop was a nod to Robert Altman's film noir The Long Goodbye, and images of Nina van Pallandt, the movie's bohemian Malibu dream girl, were pinned to Sternberg's inspiration board this season. "I wanted to take that idea of the ethereal seventies woman and meld it with something more sporty and preppy," said the designer backstage. "That feels very California to me."
While the silhouette—long, loose, fluid—was reminiscent of a certain seventies milieu, the fabrics had distinctly techno origins. A-line tunics and skirts were cut from honeycomb mesh, and the collection was grounded with a rubber-soled hiking sandal. Like several designers this week, Sternberg used the crisp purity of optic white as a top note for the collection, and the show closed with a romantic floor-sweeping silk T-shirtdress. The strongest pieces, though, were often the sportiest, and the bright blue parka laced with bungee cord and paired with a matching lightweight maxi skirt was a standout. With so much creative energy coming from the West Coast across art, fashion, and music right now, count Sternberg among the young designers reshaping the look of SoCal style.


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Those three formats are expected to outperform Kantar's projected 4.5% pace of overall retail sales growth by 2018, while supermarket sales are likely to grow about 4.4% in the next five years. "One reason club and dollar stores will be successful is that they both do a good job curating product," said Kantar chief knowledge officer Bryan Gildenberg.
Additionally, drugstores find themselves in a sweet spot because of $15 billion in projected increases in spending on prescription drugs in 2014 thanks to Obamacare. The drug retail channel is expected to grow about 4.8% in the next five years.
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Washington, D.C. - Administrator Stephen A. Perry of the General Services Administration (GSA) today announced the appointment of Wendell C. Shingler to the position of Assistant Commissioner for the Federal Protective Service for the Public Buildings Service.
"Wendell's appointment is the culmination of an extensive and rigorous process that considered many highly qualified candidates from both the public and private sectors," Mr. Perry said. "He will be a tremendous asset, as GSA continues to fine-tune its top-notch physical security team."
From 1988 until joining GSA today, Mr. Shingler served as Chief, Judicial Facilities and Security Program in the Marshals Service. In this capacity, he was responsible for the oversight of a multi-billion-dollar expansion/renovation of federal courthouses and the design and installation of security systems for the Marshals Service, prisoner movements and all judicial chambers and courtrooms.
"I've worked with GSA for many years, but never ror GSA," Mr. Shingler said. "As a result I've managed to experience GSA and security at all levels. I'm looking forward to focusing the Federal Protective Service into the future and making it the security provider of choice for federal agencies."
Mr. Shingler began federal service more than 30 years ago, holding various facility, security and construction management positions with the Department of the Army, the Federal Highway Administration, Voice of America and the U.S. Marshals Service.
He holds his B.S. in Business Administration and among his many awards, he received a commendation from the President of the United States in 1996 for the development of the Department of Justice's Vulnerability Assessment for Federal Facilities after the bombing in Oklahoma City. Mr. Shingler coaches and manages youth soccer teams in his free time.


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