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There's something I don't understand : how do you catch the informations from the other computer ? You're assuming he's connecting with a wireless connection, aren't you ?
Thats not my work. It's the work of another person I saw it sometime ago on the forums.Originally Posted by yeehaw
There's something I don't understand : how do you catch the informations from the other computer ? You're assuming he's connecting with a wireless connection, aren't you ?
Explain a little more in detail please.
I follow the directions, but when i get here(in red):
Go to: Sniff --> Unified Sniffing -->ethX(what interface you want to sniff).
Then Press: Ctrl+S to scan hosts.
Then Go to: Mitm --> ARP poisoning, select sniff remote connections, and press ok.
Then Go to: Start --> Start Sniffing.
It says "MITM attacks can't be used on unconfigured inferfaces"
What do I do about that? Do i put it in monitor mode? im using the WG511T. Thanks!!
*EDIT* Nevermind, got it working. One more question. I got the sinffer working, but now when I try to get my yahoo password it comes up as a hash. What can I do to crack that or make it show up as the password? rainbow crack? Thanks!!
RainbowCrack. Just search for it.
awesome, ill give it a try, thanks!
ok. i got rainbow crack working, and I have a rainbow table. I got it from http://rainbowtables.shmoo.com/ I got the second set, the alpha numeric ones. Rainbow crack wont crack the hash that ettercap gives me. It says
this table contains hashes with length of 8 only
What does that mean? What tables should I use? Thanks for the help!
I have not much luck with WPA's Myself. I used aircrack to do my attack on it though so I cant help you much with rainbow crack. The reason why I directed you to it though was because many people reported better success with it.
no, i'm assuming that your on the same network, wired or wireless, it doesn't matter.Originally Posted by Zanton
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Last week it was reported that Albertsons LLC, a separate entity that owns and operates 217 stores in Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Louisiana, New Mexico, Texas and Utah, decided to remove self check-out lanes from its stores. The Albertsons stores owned by Supervalu will continue to provide self-checkout lanes for the convenience of its customers.


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Born in Ireland in September 1970, Samantha Power immigrated to the United States with her family in 1979. After graduating from Yale University, she worked as a journalist from 1993 to 1996, covering the Yugoslav wars for U.S. News & World Report, The Boston Globe, The Economist, and The New Republic.
Power then attended Harvard Law School, earning her Juris Doctorate in 1999. She is currently the Anna Lindh Professor of Practice of Global Leadership and Public Policy at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government, where she is also affiliated with the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy.
Power has a long record of antipathy towards Israel. In 2001 she attended the United Nations' World Conference Against Racism (in Durban, South Africa), even after the U.S. had withdrawn most of its diplomatic participation once it became apparent that the gathering would give prominence to anti-American, anti-Israel, and anti-Semitic perspectives.
Just months later, during a 2002 interview with Harry Kreisler, director of the Institute for International Studies at UC Berkeley, Power said that even if it meant "alienating a domestic constituency of tremendous political and financial import" (i.e., Jewish Americans), the United States should stop investing "billions of dollars" in "servicing Israel's military" and invest the money instead "in the new state of Palestine." Moreover, she accused Israel of perpetrating "major human-rights abuses" and "war crimes."
Power's 2002 book, A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide, grew out of a paper she had written in law school and won the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 2003. This book examines the origin of the word "genocide," the major genocides of the 20th century, and the reasons why governments -- most notably the U.S. -- have so often failed to collectively identify and forestall genocides before the crisis stage.
In a 2003 New Republic article, Power suggested that U.S. officials could enhance their credibility with foreign countries by publicly apologizing for America's past failures and transgresions. "We need: a historical reckoning with crimes committed, sponsored, or permitted by the United States" she wrote. "... A country has to look back before it can move forward. Instituting a doctrine of the mea culpa would enhance our credibility by showing that American decision-makers do not endorse the sins of their predecessors. When [German Chancellor Willy] Brandt went down on one knee in the Warsaw ghetto [in 1970], his gesture was gratifying to World War II survivors, but it was also ennobling and cathartic for Germany. Would such an approach be futile for the United States?" "Some anti-Americanism derives simply from our being a colossus that bestrides the earth," added Power. "But much anti-Americanism derives from the role U.S. political, economic, and military power has played in denying such freedoms to others." Power characterized American foreign policy as "an explicitly amoral enterprise." She bemoaned the fact that America's "exceptionalist impulses" had been "with us for a long time," and that they animated George W. Bush's "militant moralism."
In her 2004 review of Noam Chomsky's book Hegemony or Survival, Power agreed with many of Chomsky's criticisms of U.S. foreign policy and expressed her own concerns about what she called the "sins of our allies in the war on terror," lumping Israel together with Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Pakistan, Russia, and Uzbekistan. She called Chomsky's work "sobering and instructive."
In the aftermath of John Kerry's failed presidential run in 2004, Power told the New Statesman: "The lesson we got was that the only thing worse than John Kerry being Swiftboated was his being slow to respond. God love him, he must have thought that having got shrapnel in his ass out there [in Vietnam] bought him some credibility. It didn't."
In 2005–06, Power worked as a foreign policy fellow in the office of U.S. Senator Barack Obama. In this role, she helped to spark and inform Obama's interest in the deadly ethnic and tribal conflict of Darfur, Sudan.
In a 2007 interview, Power said that America's relationship with Israel "has often led foreign policy decision-makers to defer reflexively to Israeli security assessments, and to replicate Israeli tactics which ... can turn out to be counter-productive." The United States, she explained, had brought terrorist attacks upon itself by aping Israel's violations of human rights. More than once, in fact, Power has implied that Israel played a role in the Bush administration's decision to invade Iraq in 2003. The author and retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Peters writes, "I know of no instance when Power has vigorously defended Jews or Christians murdered or driven from their homes by the Arabs she wants to 'save.'"
In the fall of 2007, Power began writing a regular column for Time magazine. That same year, she appeared in Charles Ferguson's documentary, No End in Sight, which criticized the Bush administration's handling of the Iraq War.
In January 2008, Power wrote a Time magazine column (titled "Rethinking Iran"), belittling concerns about Iran's nuclear program, characterizing that program as a figment of George W. Bush's imagination, and emphasizing the need to engage diplomatically with the Iranian mullahs. Wrote Powers:
"The war scare that wasn't [a then-recent incident between Iranian speedboats and the U.S. Navy in the Straight of Hormuz] stands as a metaphor for the incoherence of our policy toward Iran: the Bush Administration attempts to gin up international outrage by making a claim of imminent danger, only to be met with international eye rolling when the claim is disproved. Sound familiar? The speedboat episode bore an uncanny resemblance to the Administration's allegations about the advanced state of Iran's weapons program -- allegations refuted in December by the National Intelligence Estimate."
In February 2008 Power released her second book, Chasing the Flame: Sergio Vieira de Mello and the Fight to Save the World. This book is about the eponymous United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, who was killed in a Baghdad hotel bombing on August 19, 2003.
In early 2008 Power served as a senior foreign-policy advisor to Barack Obama's presidential campaign. She was forced to resign from the campaign in March, however, after it was learned that she had referred to Obama's Democrat rival, Hillary Clinton, as "a monster" whose modus operandi was "deceit."
Soon after leaving the campaign, Power publicly praised Barack Obama for stating that he would be willing to meet, without preconditions, with leaders of rogue nations during the first year of his administration.
On July 4, 2008, Power married law professor Cass Sunstein, whom she had met while working on the Obama campaign.
In January 2009 President Obama appointed Power to serve as Director for Multilateral Affairs in the National Security Council, a post where she would serve as one of Obama's closest advisors on foreign policy.
In March 2011, Power was instrumental in persuading Obama to authorize military intervention in Libya, to prevent President Moammar Qaddafi's forces from killing the rebels who were rising up against his regime at that time. Power's counsel in this matter was consistent with her longstanding advocacy of the doctrine known as the "Responsibility to Protect" (R2P), which encourages the international community to intervene in a sovereign country's internal affairs -- with military force if necessary -- in order to thwart genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, or ethnic cleansing. The Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (GCRP), which is the world's leading advocate of this doctrine, is funded by George Soros's Open Society Institute. Power and GCRP advisory-board member Gareth Evans -- who is also also president emeritus of the International Crisis Group -- have been joint keynote speakers at a number of events where they have championed the R2P principle together.
In June 2013, President Obama appointed Power to replace the outgoing Susan Rice as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Power officially stepped into that position on August 2, 2013.
On August 21, 2013, the UN Security Council called an emergency meeting to focus on a deadly chemical-weapons attack that had just killed more than 1,000 people inside Syria, where Islamist rebels were engaged in civil war against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. But Power, who tweeted a call for UN intervention after news of the attack broke, and who had long advocated outside military intervention in the Syrian conflict, was on a personal trip when the emergency meeting was held, and she did not attend.
At an International Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony on January 27, 2014, Power noted how the Russians had liberated Auschwitz 69 years earlier, and called on them to now use their influence again -- to facilitate the transport of humanitarian aid into war-torn Syria. Said Power:
"In October the Security Council spoke with a united voice about the need for action to address the humanitarian devastation in Syria. There are people who ... are literally being starved and bombed to death. They need food desperately and yet food cannot reach them because the regime won't allow it.
"In 1945, Russian soldiers liberated Auschwitz. Sixty-nine years later, if the United Nations is to live up to the noble purposes for which it was founded, the world again needs Russia to use its influence, this time, to ensure that food reaches the desperate and starving people imprisoned in besieged Homs, Yarmouk, the Damascus suburbs, and elsewhere."
Journalist Daniel Greenfield offered some cogent observations about Power's remarks:
"Considering that much of Syria thinks that the Holocaust was a good idea that didn't go far enough and has tried to repeat it, the linkage [between the Soviet liberation of Auschwitz and the Syrian Civil War] is inappropriate at best. As is Power's invocation of the Soviets as liberators. The Red Army did indeed take Auschwitz, but the Soviet Union's pact with Nazi Germany had helped make Auschwitz possible.
"The left worked hard to revise history and transform the USSR into the stalwart anti-fascist resistance with the Allies as virtual collaborators, when it had actually been the other way around.
"The Soviet Union then spent decades minimizing and denying the Holocaust. And toward the end of his life, Stalin had allegedly planned to carry out his own Holocaust.... Stalin's plan was aborted by his own death, but in his lifetime, his purges had killed large numbers of Jews. And the killings did not stop with his death.... The death toll under Khruschev and subsequent Soviet leaders decreased, but never stopped....
"Auschwitz wasn't liberated because Stalin wanted to stop the killing. The killings would continue. Samantha Power is inappropriately hijacking Jewish history to promote a regime that engaged in mass murder, on behalf of terrorist groups that seek to murder Jews."
On February 24, 2014 -- shortly after she delivered the Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture at UCLA -- Power tweeted the following about Pearl, an American Jewish journalist who in 2002 was kidnapped by Pakistani militants and was later beheaded -- simply because he was a Jew -- by al-Qaeda member Khalid Shaikh Mohammed in Pakistan: "Daniel Pearl's story is reminder that individual accountability & reconciliation are required to break cycles of violence."
In October 2014, the governors of New York and New Jersey ordered that all medical workers returning from West Africa after having treated victims of the ebola virus which was ravaging that region at the time, were to be quarantined for 21 days. The Obama administration opposed the quarantines, however. As Power put it during an interview on NBC's Meet the Press: "All of us need to make clear what these health workers mean to us and how much we value their services, how much we value their contribution. We need to make sure they are treated like conquering heroes and not in any other way."


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Laurel Whitney | May 28, 2012
By Laurel Whitney • Monday, May 28, 2012 - 11:53
It's okay, people. We've been blowing this whole fracking thing way out of proportion. Dr. Barry Stevens of TBD America sets the record straight in hopes that we'll re-align our focus and concentrate on the real issues at hand, which, by the way, is not fracking (Spoiler Alert: it's toothpaste).
Over at OilPrice.com, Dr. Stevens has provided an exhaustive retort to some "environmentalist" who posed the question, "if hydraulic fracturing is so safe, why do drilling operators working in Pennsylvania's Marcellus Shale Play dispose the backflow out of state in Ohio?"
Let me summarize some of Dr. Steven's salient points for you:
Earthquakes really aren't that big a deal.
"…injection well seismicity typically ranges from 1 to 4 on the Richter scale and rarely cause damage."
Sure, Youngstown, Ohio, where the earthquakes happened, may have never had them before, but that doesn't mean anything. The State Representative there is just going way overboard in calling for an indefinite moratorium there. The citizens should really be thinking of it as a free city-wide massage. Besides, the D&L Energy said it will be conducting its own investigation. I'm sure they'll find it's nothing to worry about.
It's only a few chemicals.
"The fracturing fluid is a proprietary mixture consisting of at least 98% water and sand with the remaining 2%, or less, of chemical additives, each having a specific function. Although there are dozens to hundreds of chemicals, which could be used as additives, typically, there are no more than 12 chemicals used in the fracturing process. Most of the additives are commonly used household or personal care items, which pose little or no health risks. However, a limited number are classified hazardous substances."
ONLY 12, GUYS. Those chemicals could be shampoo, kitty litter, or arsenic, not that we would know because the companies won't release that information, but you know, we should trust him anyway because he's a doctor. It's not worth much concern, unless toothpaste is one of the household chemicals- then we better watch out.
I thought the actual reason gas companies are dumping fracking fluid in Ohio was because we never really forgave the state for helping re-elect Bush, but clearly, according to this article, it's because Ohio's geography is just better suited (don't pay attention to the fact that the rest of that article tries to explain why fracking is causing problems in Ohio).
It's totally safe.
"Since the 1960s, there have only a handful of incidents due to direct contact or chemical migration into aquifers."
Exactly, just like there have only been a handful of oil spills. Just like those diluted into the ocean, any incidents with natural gas will just dilute itself into the groundwater.
"Both horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing are established technologies with a significant track record; horizontal drilling dates back to the 1930s; and hydraulic fracturing has a history actually going back as far as 1860's, when nitroglycerine was used to stimulate shallow, hard-rock oil reserves, it was surprisingly very successful and not so surprising very hazardous and often illegal."
Let's face facts; we have a long history with fracking, which makes it safe, even if it wasn't technically safe before (or exactly the same). Besides, if it's successful, who cares?
"These two processes have allowed shale gas development to move into areas that previously were not accessible, literally your backyard."
It's just like your leaky gas grill.
"There are few, if any, known cases of anyone being hospitalized or harmed from chemical contact with the fracturing fluid and/or its flowback…proper geology, construct and cement the casing, and manage the handling, injecting and disposal have just about eliminated problems and complaints."
He forgot to mention the super lucrative offer when you sign a non-disclosure agreement to "eliminate your complaint."
And seriously, in comparison to fossil fuels like oil, gas, and coal, look how dangerous toothpaste is:
"Poison Center Control reports between 1989 and 1994, 12,571 reports were found from people who had ingested excess toothpaste. Of these calls, 2 people – probably both children – experienced "major medical outcomes", defined as "signs or symptoms that are life-threatening or result in significant residual disability or disfigurement."
As opposed to:
"Since 2001, 69 oil workers have been killed on the job, with more than 1,300 injuries and around 800 fires," and "Since 2001, there have been more than 60 deaths per year in coal mines, with annual injuries in the tens of thousands."
See, totally in perspective.
All this concern over fracking is just silly because you really should be concerned about toothpaste, and also, deicing salt, dry cleaning, the chemicals in household products (except the ones used in fracking fluid), garbage, and the toxicity of children's toys instead.
And with all his previous experience with RCA, CBS, Kodak, and Radioshack, he totally knows what he's talking about. I mean, his CV even says that he's been figuring out how to drive energy development projects to "higher levels of profitability" for over a decade! Business and environmental science are practically interchangeable.
Even so, when you get your information from Energy Facts PA, you can't really go wrong. I'm sure the Commonwealth Foundation, who runs Energy Facts PA, is completely unbiased on environmental issues (especially when their mission statement hearts free-markets and liberty).
So stop worrying about fracking.
Four out of five industry men recommend it.
I was gonna ask how many people died from Toothpaste...
So here's a fracking story…
The perf gun (shaped charges, designed to blow a hole in the concrete lining of an oil well) comes out of the well with one charge still on the gun. The operator leans over and points at the charge with his pencil and says "Look at that, it didn't go off." *Pow!* (They figure ESD lept from the pencil to the charge, setting it off.)
Appearently we contain a lot of intestines… they were blown all over the rig site.
There are many related deaths with H2S leaks at well sites, and waste water disposal. 10PPM you smell rotten eggs, 100PPM, you suffer from oxygen asphyxiation, and 300PPM, your nervous system instantly stops. H2S is soluable in water, and is released when agitated. (Got good shocks on those waste water trucks?)
Come to think of it… Why do I have to take so many safety courses to go to rigs and I have to take no courses to brush my teeth?
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You know what?
Yes, obviously working on any rig, gas or oil, is very dangerous and sometimes deadly. And to compare any of that to a supposed threst in toothpaste is really stupid.
But the bigger point, for me, is to look at the reason for all these gas fracking stories get posted on Desmog; You guys obviously want to stop any and all attempts to take ANY fossil fuels out of the ground! But it's never going to happen, you need to realize that fact.
The US is gung-ho on fracking and drilling now. It's part of Obama's new "All of the above" energy program. And for that matter, all that coal we used to burn and all that tar sands oil from Canada is going to be sold overseas if not burnt here so what is the point? They're even talking about exporting natural gas (from all the cheap fracking) to the UK now.
This stuff is going to be exploited whether we like it or not!
Fossil fuel = BIG $$$$.
Renewable energey = BIG losses for taxpayers.
Peope aren't stupid, they know this!
These are the facts of life in the US, ok?
I didn't vote you down… but I don't know why you dump on Desmogblog even as you agree with the article.
Why aren't you ragging on Fox for being utterly paid off by oil companies? I mean.. even the Muppets had a hay day with their oil fueled stupidity.
Personally, I'm on the fence about Fracking.
It doesn't seem safe. They've had to silence all opposition and specifically eliminated laws regulating water quality.
In Pennsylvania, your doctor is allowed to treat you for symptoms of ingesting fracking fluids, but they aren't legally allowed to tell you that is what happened. Why would oil companies need that kind of law passed I wonder? Why would you trust an industry like that?
Furthermore, fracking doesn't seem like something to even attempt to promote. We have a glut of Gas in North America which they are now trying to export. Unseasonably warm weather, likely caused by global warming is also killing demand. So why do we need to trash more American and Canadian farms for foreign exports? (The whole 'need' thing isn't there.)
All that being said, the rate of incidence is low.
My favorite… What is the oil industry's standard for cleaning trees? We had a frack in Alberta blow out another oil well. I was all over the place including the trees. But the industry says that never happens to water wells… it only oil wells. Hmmm….
I'd feel better if the industry actually let people see real numbers instead of lying all the time.
Furthermore keeping real numbers from the people and industry only serves to improve profits and delay solving the associated problems. If you don't know there's a problem, you can't and won't solve it.
Renewable energey = BIG losses for taxpayers.
What kind of idiot are you? Do you have any excuse? Or are you that retarded.
(I'm personally sick of the 'pollution is free' canard you and your ilk promote. But that's not what I'm ranting about.)
So speaking about real numbers facts and figures as opposed to your lies…
Solar is on par with electricity rates in the US and steadily rolling out. It saw so on Crock Of The Week….
Just to double check. I called my Mom and asked her how much she pays for electricty. She says $300-$400 a month. They hardly run their airconditioner! I'm cooking when I visit. She has a 1100 sqft condo right outside Waikiki.
Grid Parity…. timeline.
Its about saving money. Its not about the Dolphin Babies…
Chas… its a measured fact. The only person who's stupid and deluded is you. Grow up.
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I actually was encouraged by your first reply but then he name calling started in the second one :(
Listen, I'm not dumping on Desmog, I'm trying to send out a dose of reality!
Gas is really cheap right now. I don't nkow why your mother is paying so much in Hawaii, I live in Massachusetts and live in a full-sized house with my son and his fiance and we pay around $85. /month max for electric. We have a gas stove upstairs and an electric stove downstairs. Gas dryer and hot-water heater and gas furnace in the winter. My total utilities for the coldest winter month (not including phone and cable tv) is about $325. Don't see how that would ever go down with renewables.
From what I'm reading (not just on denier sites), many countries in the EU that over commited to renewables (especially Germany and the UK) are paying a HEAVY price for it now. Germany is building new coal powered plants because they unwisely decided to shut down all their nuclear after the Fukajima incident and their deployment of wind and solar is not working.
In the UK, their crazy green energy policies are killing them! Electric prices for consumers and industry are going through the roof and the whole time they are trying to fight fracking developement. It's just crazy. They want to go Green with absolutely NO transition and not only is it expensive but it is NOT WORKING. Rich landowners are making a killing allowing wind farms to be deployed (because of feed-in tarrifs) that are not capable of carrying the load and the poor people are footing the bill!
There has to be some middle ground here, seriously. And Desmog and sites like it aren't helping by demonizing fracking when they know darn well it's going to continue in the US.
First... that isn't what you said.
You said something completely different.
I see no evidence that Europe is over committed to renewables. None. (Link… dude.) If you were in Germany you'd be paying $4.25 more a month. That doesn't sound like a heavy price even for poor people.
"Germany is currently adding about 11 terawatt-hours of new renewable electricity generation a year."
Indeed the economic power house of Europe (the one propping the place up) seems pretty committed and hardly hampered by high energy prices.
Perhaps you're confused by the Europe's over commitment to loan sharked American homes? That caused quite a lot of damage and last I checked there was no upside to that. (My parents picked up another beach front condo for a song…230 degrees of ocean frontview.)
Furthermore any cost comparisons you will find are based on pollution being free. I don't see it as being free. The best price I've seen for removing carbon from the atmosphere is $250 a ton.
I personally pay about $85 for electric only. I have a gas furnace. I pay $240 peak in winter for all utilities.
Electricity in Hawaii is powered by gasoline… petroleum. Residential electricity is $0.36 per kwh. Solar is privately subsidized. (Its suspect this is on-grid, and the financial backers are selling the spare solar back to the grid which is usually how this works.)
In any case the links I posted before show exactly what is happening and why. Energy prices keep going up, and solar (renewables) keep going down. I don't see how that trend is going to stop.
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Laurel 's article sent the
Laurel 's article sent the needle on my sarcasm meter way into the red…lol
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don't use toothpaste already.
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Ryan Mallett, QB, Arkansas
The numbers started to come in his second season, proving that Mallett was not all talent and no production. The Michigan transfer tossed 30 touchdowns against just seven interceptions for the Razorbacks, while throwing for 3627 yards. As a junior he completed 266 passes for 411 yards with 3869 yards, 32 scores, and 12 picks. He led Arkansas to a berth in the Sugar Bowl.
Mallett was probably wise to return to Arkansas for his junior year, but now it is time for him to come out (and he is). He may not be the No. 1 quarterback taken, but he will benefit from Andrew Luck's return to Stanford. A Top 10 overall selection in the 2011 NFL Draft is not out of the question.
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wow everyone needs to watch ryan. he has the strongest arm in the ncaa easy with no doubt and half of his incomplete passes hit the recievers in the chest. they wrote reports and showed notes of broken fingers and talked about how half the time they couldnt see the ball. i watched the all star QB matches where he out performed all the top QB prospects and in the accuracy part he placed first as well as most of the other parts. he will easily grow to the next big QB and he will be amazing to watch i would love to see him at the bengals with ocho but the owner will never let go of palmer so i wouldnt mind the raiders picking him up it would certainly be better for them but my personal opinion he is the top QB out of all of them but that is my opinion... and he left michigan because nitch mustang left arkansas and thats where he always wanted to go he knew without a doubt he would start then.
MitchellBrockman 03/29/11 11:07 AM
I predict Vikings at #12.
very overrated in my opinion id be surprised to see any team take him in the first round
vaughnbros 02/28/11 10:31 PM
Panthers #1 Overall, hands down. He'd be a top prospect with the Matt Moore release, the Jake Delhomme trade, and the Jimmy Clausen suckishness
BleepBlopBloopBlop 01/30/11 07:19 PM
Mobility issues are you serious naflack75. You must be a fair weather fan ,,,I'm thinking saints,,,,,or. Patriots,,,,,,and in NCAA u are a whoever is on a 3 year dynasty ,,,,,am I right ,,,,,oh right u wouldn't tell me if I was haha
Calebchism16 01/11/11 04:21 PM
Are y'all serious when y'all say broncos????? Surely not right they just got tim tebo did y'all forget ,,,I mean I don't like Tim but , I'm sure there not gonna get mallett when there already paying Tim , the kind of money there paying him. I wish the bengals would pick him up they could really use him ,Palmer will be leaving sooner than later from what I've been reading on there fan page and I'm from Arkansas and a huge hog fan and mallett has even talked about the bengals and even the bills , saying he liked them, his favorite QB is Tom Brady though I wish it wasn't but it is .....I don't care what anyone says but mallett is a very very great QB he does need to improve on a few things but who doesn't right,,,,he should go in the top 4 picks ,,,,to either bengals , bills, or San Fran.
Calebchism16 01/11/11 04:15 PM
He's easily a first rounder because of his size and arm strength, and the performances against the SEC defenses will help too. But the bowl game against Ohio State wasn't the best last memory to put in people's heads. He had some receivers drop some passes but he also missed on quite a few too, and he seems pretty immature as well, mouthing off at receivers when the passes didn't connect. I think he's another Phillip Rivers: all the tools but immature. Looks like Rivers has grown up a little lately so maybe there is hope for Mallett too.
FantaC 01/07/11 12:22 PM
as of 12-30-2010 ryan mallett is already being compared unfavorably to ryan leaf, he has serious maturity issues and nfl scouts have already red flagged him.
all that said he defines potential bust in other areas as well. he has zero mobility whatsoever, none!
watch him closely, he gets away with many terrible decisions cause of arm strength, that mentality will not transfer in the nfl where the best of the best play. if he is coachable and grows up he has a chance to be very good. his combine interview will dertermine his draft position. with his mobility issues i wouldnt touch him!!
naflack75 12/31/10 12:08 PM
Honestly if would be better for Ryan Mallet if the draft gurus don't get on his bandwagon because then he won't be asked to carry a crappy team from Day-1 as a Top-5 pick. Let him ride back of the bus and he will wind up on a disappointing-to-mediocre team with a better owner (than Carolina) and less pressure to do everything himself. Mallet throwing deep square-ins to Marshall (in Miami), fades to Rice (in Minnesota) or posts to Fitzgerald (in Arizona) could be very entertaining. Whatever team does pick him will need to have a solid O-Line in place becasue he doesn't (yet) have the pocket mobility/awareness of a playoff caliber QB.
mblahnik 12/29/10 02:18 AM
Along with whoever replaces Dan Henning as the new OC in Miami, Mallet could bring a spark that is missing in the Dolphins passing attack, i agree. That being said, every Dolphan will tell you that a simple change at OC could very well mean a re-born Chad Henne ( the one we saw late last season ). Anyway I'm pretty sure they'll go QB ...... or RB ( Ingram ) in the 1st.
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Kellems comes to Brevard College by way of Beech Island, South Carolina where she played on the men's varsity golf team at Silver Bluff High School.
Kellems is the second women's golf signee for Brevard College and head coach David Nelson, as the Tornados are starting the program from the ground up this fall.
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Holiday shopping doesn't have to be a stressful chore. And 20 Lounge Boutique Nail Bar's first seasonal party will be proof of it, where attendees will not only get some holiday shopping completed, but pamper themselves, too — all in one shot.
The best part? One-hundred percent of the proceeds will go to charity.
Girls on the Run (GOTR), the partnered charity, "is a nonprofit, positive youth development program which combines an evidence-based, interactive curriculum and running to inspire self-respect and healthy lifestyles in preteen girls," says Meagan Kukowski, executive director of the national charity's Maricopa County chapter. "It introduces them to a different way of life and changes the way they see themselves and their opportunities."
While there are more than 500 girls in GOTR communities across the Valley, any girls of GOTR who attend will receive complimentary treatments, and the party itself will fund full scholarships for more than six girls involved in the program.
Guests will be able to drink from the Bubbly Bar, receive mini-treatments ranging from facials to eye treatments to massages, and GOTR reps will be in attendance for those that would like to get involved with the organization.
20 Lounge will offer a 20 percent discount on all retail items and gift certificates as well free gift wrapping on all purchases. All guests will receive gift packages of a 20 Lounge's retail body butter, wash and scrub.
Each guest will also walk away with a "super-secret gift that is definitely valued at more than the door price," says Melissa DiGianfilippo, spokesperson for 20 Lounge.
The event even has a "mommy and me" menu geared specifically for mothers and their daughters. "It's a great way for moms and daughters to get shopping out of the way, spend time together and relax before the holiday rush," DiGianfilippo says.
However, this event isn't just for the ladies; men are welcome, too. While DiGianfilippo says men are more discreet about their pampering indulgence, about 20 percent of attendees are male.
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The Ripple Effects of Trauma: Finding Meaning, Prof. Carrie Doehring
Description: Traumatic events like the Aurora theater shooting often raise existential questions about the meaning of violence and suffering. What helps us find meaning and hope, especially when we experience fear or anger? We'll share ways of finding meaning that draw upon past experience and help us connect with a sense of goodness in the world.
Carrie Doehring, associate professor of pastoral care and counseling, is a licensed psychologist and spiritual caregiver who teaches psychology and religion at the Iliff School of Theology and the University of Denver.
Date: Saturday, Sept 8, 3 p.m.
Saturday, Sept 15, 3 p.m.
Part 1 repeated: Tuesday, Oct. 2, 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Part 2 repeated: Thursday, Oct. 25, 6:30-7:30 p.m. (cancelled)
Location: Aurora Public Library - Central Library, 4949 E. Alameda Pkwy., Aurora, CO


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Naruto uses a bizarre photograph of himself in his Ninja Registration Form. The Third Hokage tells him to retake his photo, as the photograph made him seem senseless, but Naruto used his Sexy Technique in order to frustrate him. A child tries to attack the Hokage but trips on his own scarf. A ninja arrives and seems concerned for the child. He notices Naruto, identifying him as the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox. The child claims that Naruto made him fall, trying to deny the fact that he falls over himself. Naruto disputes with the child but the ninja, Ebisu, tells him that the child is the grandson of the Third Hokage; revealing him to be Konohamaru Sarutobi. Ebisu then tells Konohamaru to train with him so he will be Hokage quicker, but the boy slips away during Ebisu's speech to follow Naruto. Ebisu panics and leaves swiftly. Konohamaru follows Naruto through Konohagakure, trying to avoid being spotted. After Naruto sees through his obvious disguise, Konohamaru ordered Naruto to train and teach him how to overthrow the Third Hokage.
After doing various steps of the training Naruto asked Konohamaru why he is obsessed with the Hokage. Konohamaru tells him that the people never identified him as himself and just sees him as the Hokage's grandson. Konohamaru wants to be Hokage, but Naruto tells him that it is not easy to become one.
At the rooftops of the Hokage mansion, Iruka asks the Hokage about Naruto's ninja registration form. The Hokage explains that he has issued a decree not to let anybody know the fact that Naruto is a jinchūriki, and he would punish any who would break it. He also says that the Fourth Hokage wants the village to see Naruto as a hero, but most of the villagers saw Naruto as the Nine-Tails itself.
Ebisu finally finds Konohamaru and Naruto. Konohamaru announces that he was trying to learn the way to beat his grandfather so he could become Hokage. Ebisu taunts Konohamaru, who responds by using the Sexy Technique on him which distracts him. Then Naruto uses his Shadow Clone Technique while The Hokage watches them with his Telescope Technique. Naruto transforms the clones into nude women with the Sexy Technique, causing Ebisu to have a huge nose bleed and fall unconscious. Naruto tells Konohamaru that there is no shortcut to be Hokage, announcing that they would be rivals and that they would fight one day for the title of Hokage.
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Sheriff's deputies have arrested two Highland residents on suspicion of stealing more than $30,000 in property from a woman who died in early March.
Perla Alba, 34, and Janos Farkos, 42, were booked into West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga on suspicion of burglary and possession of stolen property, San Bernardino County sheriff's officials said.
Joanie Eckland, Alba's neighbor, had been found dead in her home March 8.
Alba broke into Eckland's home in the 28900 block of Elder Creek Lane before Eckland's family could make it to the residence to remove her property.
Alba took numerous items including family heirlooms, jewelry, artwork and antiques. Alba brought her 12-year-old daughter and the girl's 12-year-old friend to the home twice, gave them several items to keep and told them not to tell anyone about the thefts.
Deputies found several of the stolen items while searching the home of Alba and Farkas, but many of the items are still missing.
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Pianos Ready for Play at a Park Near You
Drop that Frisbee and break out the sheet music.
British artist Luke Jerram has set up 60 pianos in city parks and public spaces for anyone to play. It's part of a public art project called "Play Me, I'm Yours" that's bringing the hand-decorated instruments to locations like the Staten Island Ferry Terminal, Chelsea Market and Grand Concourse in the Bronx.
Jerram thinks the pianos, which have been decorated and painted by local artists, students and volunteers, will spark conversation between strangers and inspire impromptu concerts and music lessons.
"I hope the pianos really act as a kind of catalyst to get people talking with one another," he said. "The pianos are a blank canvas really for everyone else's creativity."
The art project debuted Thursday in Gantry Plaza State Park in Queens, where two pianos sit just feet from the East River. Pianists there have a pristine view of Midtown and the Empire State Building and the breezes off the river — well, be careful with that sheet music.
At the press conference introducing the project, Mayor Michael Bloomberg joked with the crowd of schoolchildren, reporters and passersby ogling a piano that looked like a boulder with wings.
"I hope everyone gives it a whirl, even if all you can play is 'Chopsticks' or, as I can do, a scale, which I screw up occasionally," he said.
More serious musicians were on hand. Alexander Long, 18, who plans to pursue a degree in music at SUNY Fredonia in the fall, tinkled the keys of the public piano in front of reporters and onlookers. Although the piano was, according to him, out of tune, he managed to get through the performance.
"That was a mixture of nerves, ad-libbing, and trying to play a song that I wrote," he said.
The event in Queens was a preview. "Play Me, I'm Yours" has its official kick-off June 21 at Make Music New York, a one-day music festival with more than a thousand performances across the city. The piano project was organized in part by Sing for Hope, a non-profit that organizes artists to volunteer in hospitals, schools and communities.
Sing for Hope director Camille Zamora summed up her vision of the public art project: "There are many people, even in this great city, that don't have access to creative outlets," she said. "Our feeling is, let's bring art into everyday life. Let's make it available to all, particularly to people who might not have access to it otherwise."
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Hello my valianT friends.
Frakes would like to try something and needs your august assistance. Tis manly to assist.
I have an idea whereby we create an internet meme and attempt to spread it and see how far it can go. We can decide what form this should take but generally it would be a word to try to slip into internet speak. Perhaps "Valiant". Or an idea, such as T being manly at the end of a word.
I'm sure you all have social networking sites and post on other forums. I want to see if we can make it catch on just by having enough people saying it. We can check the progress of it simply by searching on google and seeing where the terms pop up.
I think this would be quite a funny Derren Brownesque special, but it would be much funnier if we could do it ourselves.
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Mayor Bloomberg Accepts Report on Expanded Search for Those Lost During Attack on World Trade Center
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Former SC superintendent working on 3rd party
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A former state superintendent of education says he is forming a third party and wants to run moderate candidates in each of South Carolina's seven U.S. House districts in 2014.
The Herald of Rock Hill reports that Jim Rex will talk about his American Party of South Carolina at Winthrop University on Monday. Rex, who ran for governor as a Democrat in 2010, is joining 2006 Republican gubernatorial candidate Oscar Lovelace to form the party.
Rex says many of this country's problems are caused because its elected representatives are too partisan and extreme. He says voters are hungry for a moderate choice.
Rex says American Party candidates will pledge to serve only 12 years in Congress.
Rex will begin interviewing candidates for the American Party next year.
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Cover Weight Papers
Imprintable Invitations
Card Size
Solution 1: Attach a 4 bar card to an 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper with a small piece of double stick tape, placing the 4 bar in the upper left corner of the page. Your printer is use to feeding the 8.5 x 11 size and should pull the sheet through along with the small card. Adjust your Word processing document to the 4 bar size (instructions below) and test print to make sure that your text is laid out to print in the 4 bar area. We recommend loading the 8.5 x 11 sheet so the 4 bar side goes into the printer first. This method is also handy for printing shape cards like circles!
Solution 2: Print multiple cards on a larger card size - for example you can print text for two 4 bar cards onto one A7 card. After you print your 2 up template you can cut the A7 in half to create two cards that are almost exactly the same size as our 4 bar cards.
Folded Cards
Setting Up Your Word Processing Document
For example, to print vertically onto an A7 card, you would set the page dimensions to 5" (width) by 7" (height) with the orientation as Portrait.
Decrease your margin size to print on the entire card (though most Word Processing programs will not allow you to print in the outer most 1/4" area), or increase your margins to make a smaller text area (you would do this for cards that have pre-printed designs to avoid printing on top of the artwork).
Printer Properties
Setting Up Your Printer
Test Printing
Option 1: Print your text onto regular 8.5 x 11 paper then put the printed sheet on top of your card matching them up in the upper left corner. Hold both sheets up to the light to see through the pages and ensure that the text has been laid out properly.
Option 2: Cut a regular 8.5 x 11 sheet down to the card size on which you want to print. Test print on the mock card size to see where the text will print on your actual card. For an imprintable invitation you may still need to hold your test printed sheet against your imprintable to make sure the text works within the pre-printed design.
After you have successfully test printed onto a regular sheet of paper, print once onto the actual card prior to printing a large quantity.
Feeding the Printer
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Whether your favorite is creamy or crunchy, if you love peanut butter, you'll love this delicious moist cake. Jam or jelly is the perfect filling, then decorate it in any fashion you please!
Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly spray two 9-inch round baking pans with vegetable pan spray.
In medium bowl, combine flour, baking soda and baking powder; set aside. In large bowl, beat butter, peanut butter and sugar with electric mixer until light and fluffy. Stir in sour cream and vanilla extract. Alternately, add flour mixture and milk to bowl, stirring until just combined. Divide cake mixture evenly between baking pans.
Bake 35-40 minutes or until cake tester inserted in center is clean when removed. Cool cakes in pans on cooling rack 10-12 minutes. Remove from pans and cool completely.
Makes about 14 servings


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I was getting the same behavior in WEP, WPA... etc. Seldom i can got an ip address from DCHP.
I stopped using wicd, i get associated with the AP using wpa_supplicant and run dhclient, dhclient3, udhcpc and almost every dhcp client and the problems remains the same. "Unable to get an IP add...".
The problem was no wicd, associations occurs well using WEP, WAP or OPEN. I set manually my IP address and default route and my DNS at resolv.conf, using the following commands and it works.
ip address add <ip_address>/<netmask> dev <wireless_iface>
ip route add default via <gateway_ip_address> dev <wireless_iface>
echo <dns_server_address> > /etc/resolv.conf
Next i decided to browse the content of the file /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf. The following line kept my attention (the line states this, literally, including angle brackets)
send host-name "<hostname>"
...and it was uncommented!!
I replaced the value <hostname> with my current hostname like this:
send host-name "linuxbox"
After that:
ifdown <my_wireless_iface>
Launch wicd and everything works as it should.
I hope this would work for others, and yes... English is not my mother language.
best regards to the community!!!


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Williamson Named Candidate for 2013 Senior CLASS Award
Sep 4, 2013
LEXINGTON, Ky. – University of Kentucky football senior linebacker Avery Williamson has been named one of 30 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision student-athletes to the 2013 Senior CLASS Award, which recognizes achievements in four areas of excellence – community, classroom, character and competition – it was announced Wednesday afternoon.
A native of Milan, Tenn., Williamson had a great start to his senior season last weekend in UK's 2013 season opener, recording a game-high 14 tackles. The double-digit tackle game was the ninth of Williamson's career. The senior, who has played in 38 career games with 13 starts, finished second in the Southeastern Conference and seventh nationally in tackles last season.
Williamson has earned countless awards in the past few seasons, including All-SEC by Phil Steele's College Football and CollegeSportsMadness.com last season. So far this season, Williamson is on several watch lists, including 2013 College Football Performance Awards Defense Award Watch List and the Butkus Award Watch List, which honors the nation's best linebacker. Williamson is also a nominee for the Lott IMPACT Trophy.
An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School®, the Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities.
Off the field, Williamson has been very involved in community service projects during his three seasons at Kentucky. He traveled to Ethiopia in May of 2013 for a week-long community service trip where he interacted with residents of impoverished communities, visited imprisoned men, helped widows, cared for orphans, and helped renovate houses. He also has participated in "Read Across America" by reading books to children at a local mall, served as a celebrity guest for UK's largest student-run philanthropy, Dance Blue, which raised more than $1.1 million this year, volunteered for Big Blue U, helped UK freshmen move in their dorms, volunteered to pack and deliver food for God's Pantry BackPack Program, while also staying to interact with the children at the school, volunteered at Kenneth Kennedy's "Be a Match" Bone Marrow Donor Drive and was volunteer bellringer for the Salvation Army. He also frequently volunteers to speak at local elementary schools and summer camps.
Of the 30 candidates, 12 have grade point averages of 3.0 or higher, seven are All-Americans and 12 were all-conference selections in 2012. The Senior CLASS Award winner will be announced during the football bowl season in early January.
The 30 candidates will be narrowed to 10 finalists midway through the regular season, and those 10 names will be placed on the official ballot. Ballots will be distributed through a nationwide voting system to media, coaches and fans, who will select one candidate who best exemplifies excellence in the four Cs of community, classroom, character and competition.
2013 Senior CLASS Award Candidates
Lamin Barrow, LSU
Chris Borland, Wisconsin
Derek Carr, Fresno State
Steven Clark, Auburn
Ross Cockrell, Duke
Vincenzo D'Amato, California
Alden Darby, Arizona State
Jake Fischer, Arizona
Andrew Furney, Washington State
Dave Harding, Duke
Greg Heban, Indiana
Gabe Ikard, Oklahoma
Will Jackson, Georgia Tech
Jacob Karam, Memphis
Jordan Lynch, Northern Illinois
Taylor Martinez, Nebraska
Jake Matthews, Texas A&M
AJ McCarron, Alabama
Jack Mewhort, Ohio State
Alex Page, South Alabama
Cairo Santos, Tulane
Nathan Scheelhaase, Illinois
Eric Soza, Texas-San Antonio
Carey Spear, Vanderbilt
Will Sutton, Arizona State
Travis Swanson, Arkansas
John Urschel, Penn State
Kyle Van Noy, BYU
Avery Williamson, Kentucky
Ty Zimmerman, Kansas State


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Around the world, the name Canon means optical excellence, advanced image processing and superb performance. And Canon digital video camcorders are no exception.
For budget-conscious consumers, the ZR family of cameras is a perfect balance between style, performance and affordability. ZR digital camcorders give you a variety of features, including Widescreen HR recording, a Firewire/DV Terminal and Canon's advanced image stabilization system. The results are brilliant video and digital photos that you can easily share with family and friends.
Beneath its handsome Grey Smoke finish, the ZR700 packs a powerful combination of performance and features. It comes with a 25x optical and 1000x digital zoom - Canon's longest zooms ever. It also comes with features like: an easy-to-read menu system; an omni-selector joystick that lets you easily operate playback, focus, exposure and menu options with a single controller; a big 2.7" LCD viewscreen; and, Smooth Zoom and Level Shot Control. The ZR700 is a stylish performer you can take anywhere.


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Bar Refaeli tells Roger Waters to stop using her photo
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Pink Floyd's Roger Waters is getting a dousing from model Bar Refaeli via Twitter. The Israeli-born Refaeli wants the veteran rocker to stop using her image in his concerts following his calls for boycotts of her homeland.
Waters recently penned an open letter to his rock and roll pals calling on them to skip Israel on their concert stops to draw attention to what he called the "apartheid" and "ethnic cleansing" of Palestinians there.
Refaeli, who previously gushed over Waters using her photo in one of his concerts in 2011, is now changing her tune. On Wednesday, media outlets picked up a translation of a Twitter post Bar wrote in Hebrew addressing Waters' open letter. It read: "Roger Waters, you better take my picture off of the video art at your shows. If you're boycotting - go all the way."
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Warsaw, POLAND – Qatar Airways today launched scheduled flights to Poland, its latest entry into Central Eastern Europe and 12th new route of the year.
Qatar Airways' inaugural flight to Warsaw arrives in the Polish capital, its 32nd European destination.
Despite wintry weather, the Airbus A320 operating flight number QR 980 was warmly welcomed at Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport in the Polish capital to a special arrival ceremony.
Warsaw marks the latest point in the airline's expanding global route map, now totalling 122 destinations across Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific, North America and South America. In Europe alone, the carrier now flies to 32 destinations with Zagreb, Belgrade among the airline's route start-ups this year.
An official delegation from Doha was on the inaugural flight from the airline's Doha hub to Warsaw, including Qatar Airways Chief Executive Officer Akbar Al Baker, His Excellency Robert Rostek, Ambassador of Poland to the State of Qatar, and media from across the Asia Pacific region.
Upon arrival, the delegation was greeted by Director of Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport, Michał Marzec, followed by a traditional Polish folk dance welcome. Arrival ceremony guests included His Excellency Hadi Bin Nasser Al-Hajri, Ambassador of the State of Qatar to Poland.
The official part of the ceremony included speeches by Marzec and Al Baker followed by a gift exchange to signal the newest route on Qatar Airways' international map.
Guests enjoy traditional Polish entertainment at the arrival ceremony of Qatar Airways' inaugural flight to Poland.
Al Baker expressed his optimism about the development of the latest route, highlighting how the Polish economy was developing fast.
"I believe there are no other countries in this region that are developing so fast and dynamically as Poland is now," he said.
"That made us confident that Warsaw as a destination will attract many passengers, especially with Poles keen to travel to distant destinations in Asia, Africa and Australia which we can provide with our new flights via our Doha hub.
"Qatar Airways offers the people of Poland our award-winning five-star hospitality flying with us to the Middle East and beyond and in the other direction, we look forward to flying passengers from across our network to Poland with ease and comfort."
Qatar Airways Chief Executive Officer Akbar Al Baker addresses guests at Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport following the airline's inaugural flight to the Polish capital.
The Doha – Warsaw route is being operated four-times-a-week with a modern Airbus A320, featuring 144 seats in a two-class configuration of 12 in Business Class and 132 in Economy. The aircraft offers seatback TV screens providing passengers with the next generation interactive onboard entertainment system and a choice of more than 800 audio and video on demand options, together with an SMS text messaging service from each seat.
One of the world's fastest growing airlines, Qatar Airways has seen rapid growth in just 15 years of operations, currently flying a modern fleet of 114 aircraft to 122 key business and leisure destinations worldwide.
Since the beginning of 2012, Qatar Airways has launched flights to 12 new destinations – Baku (Azerbaijan); Tbilisi (Georgia); Kigali (Rwanda); Zagreb (Croatia), Erbil (Iraq), Baghdad (Iraq), Perth (Australia), Kilimanjaro (Tanzania); Yangon (Myanmar), Maputo (Mozambique), Belgrade (Serbia) and now Warsaw, Poland.
Over the next few months, Qatar Airways will launch services to a diverse portfolio of new routes, including Gassim, Saudi Arabia (7 January 2013); Najaf, Iraq (January 23); Phnom Penh, Cambodia (February 20); Chengdu, China (March 19); Chicago, USA (April 10); and Salalah, Oman (May 22).
|The DOHA – WARSAW schedules, effective 5 December 2012 – 4-times-a-week:
|Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays
|QR980 Depart Doha at 0920 hrs
|arrive Warsaw at 1320 hrs
|QR981 Depart Warsaw at 1535 hrs
|arrive Doha at 2255 hrs
Qatar Airways currently has orders worth over US$50 billion for more than 250 aircraft, including Boeing 787s, 777s, Airbus A350s, A380s and A320 Family of aircraft. In addition to winning Skytrax's prestigious Airline of the Year 2011 and 2012, Qatar Airways was named Best Airline in the Middle East for the seventh year in a row, and its Premium Terminal at Doha International Airport was named Best Premium Service Airport for the second consecutive year in 2012. Skytrax is the only global independent passenger survey monitoring airline standards and is considered the ultimate benchmark for excellence in the airline industry. In October 2012, Qatar Airways became the first of the major Gulf carriers to officially join a global alliance having been invited into the oneworld group. For more information, visit www.qatarairways.com
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First of all, I think more people, not just myself, could benefit from expressing heartbreak in the Acen community forums. The idea is not just any ol' breakup, but relationships that end at Acen or near its date. This could also mean friendships or other severed relationships, not just romantic ones.
Second, I'm really only doing this because...Acen's one of the best things that's happened to me and I...simply would like some support and advice because, as I'm about to explain, it's been...painful on a lot of levels. So thanks for reading c: I go to Acen every year and it's been my cubbyhole, where I can be at my maximum level of social chattiness and at ease. This doesn't go so well at any ol' social place...although my (sigh) ex didn't really agree.
Here's what I thought of myself before: real shy, not a lot of self-esteem (but a good level of self-respect), with not a lot of friends and those that I did have I hardly saw, very distrusting or weary of most people, very impatient, very irritated at how (sigh) I just wanted all the privileges other kids had. Envy at the kids with cars, phones, and most importantly, the ability to be out late. Or to be out at all. And it's hard to explain in a few phrases but I was heavily sheltered up until college. And even at 21 I was still struggling to be able to hang with my friends. I became to see myself as someone hopelessly socially crippled, inept at being "cool" and I also have this "give up easy" outlook on things.
I got into a relationship last year with a guy I met at acen. Chatty, loud, has to be the center of everyone's attention. Lives in a suburb, drives a minivan, lives with a family of: a mom, a great stepdad, 2 sibs and has 2 other stepsibs. Is confident, strong, persistent, seemingly un-flawed and unafraid of everything (except heights).
Does it sound like I'm a little envious?
Basically, (before I bore you to death), for the almost a year we were together I struggled with selfish behavior, irrational jealousy, and low self-esteem. I couldn't tell you why I had to sulk or pout as often as I did, simply because he had to take up the stage everywhere he went or why I could not appreciate being introduced to his friends, nor jump readily at the invitation of making them my own. Especially when I think they're perfectly nice people. But all of this bothered him and he got fed up with it. He got especially mad when he finally saw I could be what he had always wanted me to be around his friends, at acen. And so after my "sob story", he felt all of that was a lie. So I became a liar.
If you're wondering why it was possible to put up with that for almost a year it's because he was amazing like that. Making a lot of seemingly inconsequential sacrifices and bigger ones too. I'm still flattered that he got to feel so much for me. And I tried to be giving back and he would say I was a good gf but clearly....I got spoiled and forgot to try harder. harder. harder. We got along well, everything else about our relationship was perfect.
Sigh. How do I deal with being such a shtty person? Yeah, change is hard and it takes time and the things learned should be stronger than the pain. But I struggle trusting *myself* to really improve myself *for myself*. I miss him, can't stand that I hurt him again and again, and hate, hate how immature it was of me to oh, like some goddmn child, not get it together unless "the good thing" gets taken away and it's too late.
Anyway, thanks for your time.
This post has been edited by delial: 01 May 2012 - 07:47 PM


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The deal
Sep 3 / 10 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 24, 2016
- Tour for 1 adult (aged 12 and above) for $459 (rrp. $659)
- Tour for 1 child (aged 11 and below) for $339 (rrp. $539)
Sep 7 / 14 / 21 / 28, 2016
- Tour for 1 adult (aged 12 and above) for $389 (rrp. $589)
- Tour for 1 child (aged 11 and below) for $339 (rrp. $539)
The experience
On the first day of the tour, the group makes its first visit at Jiujiang Double Distillery Museum to understand the rich history of wine production in the province. After getting their dose of history, the travellers pay a short visit to the Wu Family Courtyard before moving on to the main attraction of the tour: Sese Universal Studios. A 450-acre theme park surrounded by a rich variety of flora, Sese Universal Studios contains up to 186 themed locations like the Ruins of St. Paul's, Eastern European classic architecture, South American Street, and more. On the second day, stops are made at Chen Baisha Museum and Chenpi Museum before dismissing at Luohu Port or Shenzhen Bay Port.
Day 1
- 8am: Gather at Luohu Port
- 9am: Shenzhen Bay Port
- Jiujiang Double Distillery Museum
- Wu Family Courtyard
- Sese Universal Studios
- Meals:
- Lunch: Jiujiang drunken chicken + flaming three-cup duck feast
- Dinner: Drunken chicken feast
- Accommodation: within Sese Universal Studios (Grimm's Fairy Tales Tree House or Lake View Chalet)
Day 2
- Chen Baisha Museum (if it's closed, the venue will be changed to Changdi Scenery Street)
- Chenpi Museum
- Dismissal at Luohu Port or Shenzhen Bay
- Meals:
- Breakfast: Hotel buffet
- Lunch: Duruan bitter gourd with Xi River seafood feast


description: August 16, 2012—Researchers at Harvard University have created a flexible robot that can change colors to hide from animals and people. The camouflaging system may be useful in studying animal behavior and other subjects where stealth is an advantage.

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credit: 2012 National Geographic; video courtesy: S.A. Morin, Harvard University and Science/AAAS

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Researchers at Harvard University have made a soft, flexible robot that can actually change colors, enabling its use in places where machines shouldn't be noticed.
Here, a robot is walked onto a layer of rocks, and a dye is activated to change its color, so that it blends in to its surroundings.
The robot is made of silicon rubber. Plastic tubing connects it to a control system, and the dye is transferred through the tubes.
The robot moves as air is forced through a network of tiny channels inside the robot.
Here, the robot walks onto colored leaves. And in this case, a fluorescent dye is pumped through the robot to make it stand out, and it's easier to find.
A chemo-luminescent dye can be used to make the robot glow in the dark, similar to animals like fireflies.
The temperatures of the dyes can be changed, too, so the robot can change color in the infrared spectrum.
Some snakes, for example, can sense infrared light using specialized organs.
The robot can be adapted for use in animal-behavior research or public display situations when invisibility helps lead to the best results.
This development appears in the August 17th issue of Science magazine.


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UPLAND - The city's public works yard is undergoing a transformation to help educate the community as well as save on the water bill.
The yard is being redesigned to show residents how the use of native and drought tolerant plants can save them money and time as well as create an attractive yard.
"I'm really excited," said Alison Loukeh, the city's water conservation specialist, who spearheaded the project.
Generation Water, a Los Angeles-based non-profit organization that assists in the creation of "green jobs," is the primary contractor for the landscape.
The landscape was designed by a Cal Poly Pomona student, who incorporated colorful drought tolerant plants that are native to the region.
There will be a rock creek bed for on-site water retention.
The plants were selected for their beauty, bloom time, local availability and ease of maintenance.
"I was really careful on this. It does no good to plant really exotic stuff that nobody can get," Loukeh said.
The plants will be labeled to help visitors identify and find plants they would like to purchase for their landscapes.
The plants should be available in local nurseries and maybe retail stores in the future, she said.
"Once we create some sort of demand, everybody will start to carry them," she said.
Since the plants are native to the region, they will only need to be maintained twice a year, she said.
"They live here. This is where they're home. They're good here," she said.
The plants should be able to survive off the winter rains, but if there is a dry spell, a new irrigation system being installed should help.
The Toro Co. donated a new irrigation system and controller that will feature high efficiency drip and spray emitters, which can all be controlled from a cell phone.
The same company also provided the city water-wise sprinkler nozzles that were given to residents for free.
Burrtec Waste Industries, which provides the city's waste management services, is donating bins to hold unwanted turf and plants during the re-landscaping.
Walmart has donated mulch for the project.
City Manager Stephen Dunn said the landscaping change should make a difference in water consumption in the city.
"We are always in conservation mode. Without a doubt we want to consume or use as little water as possible because it's a valuable resource," he said. "We have a number of residents that have put in water wise landscaping and find out the city hadn't done it itself."
The city hosts free workshops at the city yard to help residents with their water-wise landscapes.
"A lot of time it's people who are already pretty environmentally conscience," Loukeh said. "They are looking to save money, but are often looking to be better stewards of the environment."
Loukeh said Upland residents really care about their impact on the environment.
"They really care, so that's I would say of the majority of them is that they want to do the right thing," she said. "They're also very tired of maintenance, tired of mowing, and truly I don't blame them. It gets old."
Public Works officials are asking for volunteers to help plant the new garden from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the yard, 1370 N. Benson Ave.


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How Chicago Became 'Chiraq'
Editor's Note: Over the July 4 weekend, 82 people were shot and 14 of them killedin Chicago. It's not the first time a holiday was marred by gun violence. Over Easter, 45 people were shot in the city that's come to be known as "Chiraq."
President Obama may have gotten our troops out of Iraq, but the gunfire in his hometown of Chicago is still earning it a searing nickname coined by young people who live there.
On Easter weekend, 45 people were shot in the city, six of them children.
Five youngsters under the age of 15—four girls and a boy—were shot in a playground where they had gone after Easter services at a nearby church.
Witnesses agree that a car pulled up and one of the occupants asked the youngsters if they were in a gang. There is some dispute about whether the youngsters even got a chance to say no before the people in the car started shooting.
The most seriously wounded, 11-year-old Tymisha Washington, was listed in critical condition with multiple gunshot wounds. She is expected to survive.
"Prayers Going Up Blessings Coming Down," read a posting on her aunt's Facebook page.
A Facebook argument had apparently sparked a completely unrelated shooting at the start of the weekend. Best friends Jordan Means, 16, and Anthony Bankhead, 18, got into the online spat with a man in his 30s. The man is said to have followed his final post by appearing in the flesh and shooting the two teens to death.
Two other men were fatally shot later in the weekend as they sat in a car that was also occupied by two kids, ages 3 and 7. The children were physically unharmed but no doubt will join those who are as mentally scarred by living in Chicago as were some combat veterans who returned from the war in Iraq.
And this bloody Easter weekend was preceded by a weekend in which 37 people were shot, four of them fatally. FBI Director James Comey happened to be in Chicago the following Monday, and he ascribed much of the violence to the gang culture so deeply ingrained in the city. But Comey had little to say about what Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy recognizes as the core problem.
"Until we do something about guns, don't expect things to change overnight," McCarthy said at a press conference that same day.
McCarthy noted that Chicago cops have seized 1,500 illegal guns so far this year, but the people caught with the weapons are all too often back on the street all too soon.
"It's like running on a hamster wheel," McCarthy said of the effort to grapple with the problem. "We're drinking from a fire hose, seizing these guns, and people are back out on the street. They're not learning that carrying a firearm is going to have a serious impact on their lives."
McCarthy invoked the memory of Hadiya Pendleton, the 15-year-old who was killed by a stray round in 2013, just days after performing at Obama's second inauguration. McCarthy noted that her suspected killer had been at liberty despite having been convicted of illegal gun possession just two months before.
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