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NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Iran has agreed to hold talks with six major powers about its atomic program in January but the date and venue has yet to be decided, the country's top nuclear negotiator said on Friday.
The six powers want to rein in Iran's uranium enrichment program to ensure it is geared only for civilian energy, through a mix of diplomacy and sanctions. Iran denies Western assertions it is seeking nuclear weapons capability.
"We have accepted that these talks should be held in January, but until now, the details have not been finalized," Jalili said through a translator during a trip to India.
The six powers - the United States, Russia, France, Britain, Germany and China - have failed to achieve a breakthrough in three rounds of talks since April. But neither side has been willing to break off totally, partly because of concern this could lead to war if Israel attacked its arch-foe.
The powers last met Iran for talks in Moscow. That meeting was followed by low-level technical talks in Istanbul.
Jalili is the second member of Iran's nuclear team to visit India in the past month. He said he welcomed the two countries' strong ties but said India had no particular role in getting nuclear talks restarted.
(Reporting by Frank Jack Daniel; Editing by Robert Birsel)


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About Angela A'Court
Angela A'Court says her soft pastel paintings are "about color, form and texture, play, interaction, and balance." Informed by a background in fine art and textiles and 15 years of experience as an interior designer, A'Court has a particular interest in the interaction of line and form. In her figurative paintings, A'Court strives to portray the beauty in ordinary objects with attention to the forms created by their negative space. She chooses pastel as her medium for the vivid, pure pigments of color and energy of the lines, which evoke feelings of gesture and movement and help liven emotional responses to otherwise ordinary, mundane, private subjects. Her technique combines pastel with collage and print in textured layers that ultimately bring beauty to the otherwise "ordinariness" of her everyday moments.
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If oil and gas is a profoundly dynamic phenomenon, then so too must be environmental risk and conflicts over natural resources—and we are not getting the full picture from the mainstream media, according to Michael T. Klare, professor of peace and world security studies at Hampshire College, TomDispatch blogger, and author of Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet: The New Geopolitics of Energy (Metropolitan Books, 2008). As risk multiply, conventional sources evaporate and we are left with "extreme" energy, renewables may be the only way to avoid war and disaster.
James Stafford: In a recent article, you opined that "Militarily, culturally, and even to some extent economically, the U.S. remains surprisingly alone on planet Earth in imperial terms, even if little has worked out as planned in Washington." Can you add to this from the perspective of the unconventional oil and gas boom in the U.S.?
Michael Klare: The United States emerged from the end of the Cold War with the most powerful military force on Earth and, because of the decline of the USSR and its other rivals, was seen as the world's dominant power. In recent years, however, the rise of China has led some analysts to question America's overwhelming superiority, saying that China's accumulation of economic and technological power will allow it to compete on equal terms with the US in the not-too-distant future.
This, combined with the economic toll generated by the economic crisis of 2008 — largely attributed to lax economic oversight in the U.S. — has led some to speak of the eventual "decline" of American power. But now, with the rise in domestic oil and gas production, that talk is disappearing; instead, analysts are speaking of a "resurgence" of American power based on strong oil and gas output.
James Stafford: In terms of the pending decision on whether to expand U.S. natural gas exports, the geopolitical argument for this appears to be trumping the economic arguments. Will the geopolitical argument--natural gas exports to challenge Russia and Iran--win out in Washington?
Michael Klare: This is hard to predict, as the geopolitical argument cuts both ways:
While increased exports bolster American power vis-a-vis Russia and Iran, a revival of domestic manufacturing based on cheap energy also bolsters American power in the global economic equation. I would predict some exports, but not so much as they endanger the expected surge in domestic manufacturing.
James Stafford: How important is Myanmar to Washington's Asia "pivot", and how should we interpret the sudden blossoming of relations here despite the systematic ethnic cleansing that is taking place? China has the foothold here, but can it maintain it?
Michael Klare: Myanmar is important to the Asia-Pacific pivot, especially in symbolic terms (as it was long in the Chinese orbit), but not especially critical. Far more important are US ties with Japan, the Philippines and, above all, India. You can expect a major US drive to bolster military ties with New Delhi - this will really capture the attention of the Chinese!
James Stafford: How important will Myanmar's potential hydrocarbon reserves be against its position as a strategic gateway?
Michael Klare: Myanmar's hydrocarbon reserves are not that important to either China or the US. But it is becoming very important as an alternative delivery route from the Indian Ocean to southwest China, diminishing their reliance on the vulnerable Strait of Malacca, which is largely dominated by the U.S. Navy. China is keenly determined to reduce its reliance on sea lanes controlled by the U.S. Navy.
James Stafford: Iraqi Kurdistan is shaping up to be one of the hottest exploration venues in the Middle East, and while it comes with a lot of political baggage, oil companies show no concern. What do you think the political risk potential is once the Kurds get a new pipeline up and running directly to Turkey by the end of this year or early next year, courtesy of Anglo-Turkish Genel Energy?
Michael Klare: I think it would be very dangerous to make predictions about this, given all the instability in the region. The Iraqis in Baghdad are obviously very unhappy about this, and have various means to make it difficult for companies that invest there. But these companies may feel that the risks can be overcome, or minimized. Given the unrest in Syria and Turkey, I just don't know how all this will play out.


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SETTING: The front counter at Hank's House o' Hot Chocolate.
(A well-dressed Man walks into a hot chocolate shop and up to the counter.)
Man:Good morning.
(Clerk, standing behind the counter.)
Clerk:Good morning, sir, and welcome to Hank's House o' Hot Chocolate. Can I interest you in our strawberry bagel special?
Man:Uh, no, thank you. I'll just have a cup of hot cocoa.
Clerk:No problem. What type?
Man:Excuse me?
Clerk:What type of hot chocolate would you like?
Man:(A little befuddled.)
Just hot chocolate.
Clerk:Well, we have Peruvian, Mongolian, Chilean, Icelandic, Indian...
Just give me some standard hot chocolate.
Clerk:You can't have
(Making quotation signs with his hands.)
"Standard Hot Chocolate," you have to have a type.
Man:Well, what do you recommend?
Clerk:I prefer the Mongolian myself. It has a nice spicy flavor to it. There is also the Costa Rican, which is more bitter, and the Colombian, which is strong.
Man:Um, I'll have the Colombian. I like my cocoa strong.
Clerk:The Icelandic is the strongest.
Man:They grow cocoa beans in Iceland?
Clerk:Oh, yes, sir! It's very strong.
Man:All right, I'll have that then.
Clerk:Very good. Now, what kind of marshmallows?
Clerk:We've got fluffy, puffy, mini, squishy, mooshy, with mint, without mint-
Clerk:Paper, plastic, styrofoam, handle, no handle...?
Clerk:Now, what kind of straw do you want?
Man:Straw? But I don't drink hot chocolate with a straw!
Clerk:Don't drink hot chocolate with a straw? What kind of person doesn't drink hot chocolate with a straw?
Man:(A little offended.)
This one!
Clerk:But then you get those hideous chocolate mustaches.
Man:Oh, all right. I'll have a straw.
Clerk:Long, short, wide, normal, narrow...
Man:(Starting to get overwhelmed and more than a little confused.)
Clerk:With the little crickey-neck, or without?
Man:(Now completely overwhelmed.)
Clerk:Curly-cue or straight?
(Clerk finishes writing order.)
Man:(Man gives sigh of relief, thinking he's going to get the cocoa.)
Clerk:And what kind of cup warmer would you like with that?
Man:(Man is tongue-tied, angry, and confused.)
You know what, forget it! I'll just have a plain old glass of milk.
Clerk:(Clerk flips to a new order form.)
OK. Will that be whole milk, soy milk, skim milk, 1%, 2%, goat's milk ...
(Man puts his head down on counter in disbelief.)
Sir, are you OK? Can I get you a glass of water?
(Man gets up and runs out of store, screaming.)
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HARRISBURG, Pa., Sept 27 (Reuters) - A Pennsylvania judge may rule as early as Thursday on whether to block a voter identification law that could influence turnout in a key swing state in the U.S. presidential election.
Lawyers appearing for a second day of hearings on Thursday were asked by Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson earlier this week for suggestions on what kind of injunction to issue should he find voters have less than "liberal access" to the IDs required to vote under the new state law.
Simpson said he planned to rule ahead of the Oct. 2 deadline set by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, which ordered him to reconsider his August decision upholding the law.
The law, which was passed by the Republican-led legislature in May without a single Democratic vote, says that all voters must show either a state driver's license, government employee ID or a state non-driver ID card to vote.
With just six weeks before the tight presidential election on Nov. 6, national attention is focused on the court battle over the law. Supporters of the voter ID law say it is aimed at ensuring that only those legally eligible to vote cast ballots.
Critics say it is designed to keep minority voters, who typically vote Democratic, away from the polls.
The state of Pennsylvania has acknowledged that there has never been a single case of in-person voter fraud, according to court testimony.
Obstacles to obtaining IDs - from two-hour lines to crowded waiting areas with few seats to a lack of parking - were described by the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, a non-partisan watchdog group, at a press conference on Wednesday.
The group deployed observers this month to Pennsylvania Department of Transportation offices where the free IDs are issued. They found workers instructing those seeking the cost-free cards to apply for a different ID that costs $13.50, said center's executive director Sharon Ward.
One observer said elderly people seeking IDs at one center saw the crowd and left empty-handed.
"Although the Department of State ID was established to make it easier for individuals to obtain an ID, it appears that there's confusion, that the facts about how to obtain this ID are not well known and PennDOT staff are having some difficulty managing this process," Ward said.
She said the law, passed in March, should be delayed until after the November election because of the problems.
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit challenging an Alabama immigration law that requires state officials to post on the Internet the names of people living in the state illegally who have run-ins with the law.
The so-called "scarlet letter list" was part of Alabama's second immigration law that the Legislature enacted in 2013. The Southern Poverty Law Center challenged it in federal court on behalf of four residents from Mexico who got arrested for fishing without a state license.
State officials asked U.S. District Judge Keith Watkins to throw out the suit because they have never published the list, but he refused Friday. His ruling allows the Southern Poverty Law Center to proceed with its legal challenge.


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Nigella Lawson's husband, Charles Saatchi, was caught choking her and pulling on her nose in a crowded cafe during lunch time. Saatchi was eventually questioned by police and given a "warning." Nigella reportedly has moved out of their home with her children but didn't press charges.
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Hello all,
I posted this on the ubuntu site under my other handle, but I think the users here can certainly benefit from this!
This tutorial will go over all the steps one must take in order to set-up routing on a Linux box. There are some minimum requirements you must have in order to follow this tutorial to its completion. First you need a PC with Linux on it, the examples I will be giving are based off the Ubuntu distribution, but my examples should work on most other Debian based distributions and only slight modifications are needed to get it to work with Red Hat, etc... Second, you need two NICs. In my examples I will be showing how to do this with three NICs, 1 external and 2 internal. You probably need two cross-over cables to connect from PC to PC and one straight-through to connect from PC to modem, router, or switch (that will be on your external NIC). I say probably because some more advanced NICs support automatic conversion between the two. Thirdly, you need a somewhat working knowledge of Linux and networking in general, I will be covering a wide range of networking topics that are necessary to gain router functionality. Now before we get our feet wet, disclaimer time...
I am not responsible for any damage done to your computers and/or network. By following the instructions in this document you agree to these terms and recognize that you are solely responsible for what you do while following the instructions. Furthermore, the scripts provided here should NOT be used for a production and/or business environment. They are not secure and further modification would be needed in order to make them so. These instructions are for home use, educational purposes only.
There, now here is the setup I will be referring to in this document.
L Router (192.168.0.1) ----- PC's connected to router
Switch (typical 4 port) ----- PC's connect to switch
Our Linux Box with Ubuntu Linux (connected to switch as well)
(3 NICs)
L eth2 (192.168.0.103) via DHCP from Router above.
L eth1 (192.168.1.1 ) Statically assigned --------- Connecting PC
L eth2 (192.168.2.1) Statically assigned --------- Connecting PC
Do a quick ifconfig to verify you have the setup correct (subnet mask is 255.255.255.0).
Also, here are a few troubleshooting programs I recommend getting ahold of...
sudo apt-get install traceroute
sudo apt-get install build-essential (C compiler for ethereal)
sudo apt-get install ethereal
Ok, so you've got things setup and ready to go. Now you need a way for the PCs connecting to the Linux box to get an IP address. For this we can use the DHCP server that comes with Linux. If you don't already have this a simple 'sudo apt-get install dhcp3-server' should get it for you just fine.
Once this is done you're going to have to configure it. The base of this configuration file was taken from Sean O'Donnell http://code.seanodonnell.com, but modified to fit our configuration here.
So type.... 'vim /etc/dhcp3/dhcpd.conf'
and put the following in there (numbers may need to be tweaked for your setup)
Now to modify the /etc/default/dhcp3-server file to include eth1 at the bottom...Code:# Configuration file for ISC dhcpd (see 'man dhcpd.conf') # # For more information regarding the ISC DHCP Daemon, # please visit: http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/ # ########################################################## # # Configuration Notes: # # This configuration file assumes that you # have a total of 4 NIC cards installed on your system, # with eth2 connecting (as a client) to a remote dhcp server. # # This will assign a dhcp subnet to each additional NIC card # (eth1, eth0), which can be used to create a # multi-subnet DHCP Server. # # Example by: Sean O'Donnell http://code.seanodonnell.com # ########################################################## # # DHCP CLIENT CONFIGURATION SETTINGS # # use ad-hoc style name server updating procedures ddns-update-style ad-hoc; # this may be required for some network configurations, # but seems to work fine without it on my LAN. option domain-name "my-dhcp-server.com"; #assign the remote dhcp server hostname/ip addresses option domain-name-servers 192.168.1.1, 192.168.2.1; ########################################################## # # DHCP SERVER CONFIGURATION SETTINGS # # assign the defaul lease time (seconds) default-lease-time 600000000; # assign the max lease time (seconds) max-lease-time 720000000; # eth0 subnet configuration subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 { range 192.168.1.2 192.168.1.99; option routers 192.168.1.1; option broadcast-address 192.168.1.255; } # eth1 subnet configuration subnet 192.168.2.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 { range 192.168.2.2 192.168.2.99; option routers 192.168.2.1; option broadcast-address 192.168.2.255; } ########################################################## # end config
Now restart the DHCP server by typing ' sudo /etc/init.d/dhcp3-server restart 'Code:# Defaults for dhcp initscript # sourced by /etc/init.d/dhcp # installed at /etc/default/dhcp3-server by the maintainer scripts # # This is a POSIX shell fragment # # On what interfaces should the DHCP server (dhcpd) serve DHCP requests? # Separate multiple interfaces with spaces, e.g. "eth0 eth1". INTERFACES="eth0 eth1"
After that try resolving an IP with the connecting PC's (remember to use crossover cables when connecting). If you got IP's on both of the subnetted PC's great, thats a big step. If not, go back and check that your configs match your current set-up. Use the 'ifconfig' command to check if you are using the right IP addresses.
Once you've got it working your ready to now setup DNS. DNS is a snap, all you should need to do is type, 'sudo apt-get install bind9'. Boom you have a small DNS server on you box! This is so computers connecting to your router will be able to resolve web addresses based on their URL instead of their IP. For example...
instead of typing traceroute 188.8.131.52 you can type traceroute www.google.com and still gain the same functionality! (You won't be able to do that quite yet since the connecting PC's don't have internet access, yet).
Now there is just one more thing needed, and thats a script enabling IP Masquerade. I was able to figure this out by consulting.... (by the way I highly recommended reading over their site, it's very comprehensive and was a key part in me figuring out how to get this to work).
by slightly modifying their example script I came up with this...
Notice the top, you will have to set the external IP address to whatever it is for this to work. In this example it's eth2's IP. I realize that this is quite a long script but I left the comments in there because they explain what's going on in the script (remember the point of this is to learn).Code:#!/bin/sh # #firewall-iptables FWVER= 0.76 # # Initial SIMPLE IP Masquerade test for 2.6 / 2.4 kernels # using IPTABLES. # # Once IP Masquerading has been tested, with this simple # ruleset, it is highly recommended to use a stronger # IPTABLES ruleset either given later in this HOWTO or # from another reputable resource. # # # # Log: # 0.76 - Added comments on why the default policy is ACCEPT # 0.75 - Added more kernel modules to the comments section # 0.74 - the ruleset now uses modprobe vs. insmod # 0.73 - REJECT is not a legal policy yet; back to DROP # 0.72 - Changed the default block behavior to REJECT not DROP # 0.71 - Added clarification that PPPoE users need to use # "ppp0" instead of "eth0" for their external interface # 0.70 - Added commented option for IRC nat module # - Added additional use of environment variables # - Added additional formatting # 0.63 - Added support for the IRC IPTABLES module # 0.62 - Fixed a typo on the MASQ enable line that used eth0 # instead of $EXTIF # 0.61 - Changed the firewall to use variables for the internal # and external interfaces. # 0.60 - 0.50 had a mistake where the ruleset had a rule to DROP # all forwarded packets but it didn't have a rule to ACCEPT # any packets to be forwarded either # - Load the ip_nat_ftp and ip_conntrack_ftp modules by default # 0.50 - Initial draft # echo -e "\n\nLoading simple rc.firewall-iptables version $FWVER..\n" # The location of the iptables and kernel module programs # # If your Linux distribution came with a copy of iptables, # most likely all the programs will be located in /sbin. If # you manually compiled iptables, the default location will # be in /usr/local/sbin # # ** Please use the "whereis iptables" command to figure out # ** where your copy is and change the path below to reflect # ** your setup # IPTABLES=/sbin/iptables #IPTABLES=/usr/local/sbin/iptables DEPMOD=/sbin/depmod MODPROBE=/sbin/modprobe #Setting the EXTERNAL and INTERNAL interfaces for the network # # Each IP Masquerade network needs to have at least one # external and one internal network. The external network # is where the natting will occur and the internal network # should preferably be addressed with a RFC1918 private address # scheme. # # For this example, "eth0" is external and "eth1" is internal" # # # NOTE: If this doesnt EXACTLY fit your configuration, you must # change the EXTIF or INTIF variables above. For example: # # If you are a PPPoE or analog modem user: # # EXTIF="ppp0" # # EXTIF="eth2" INTIF="eth1" INTIF2="eth0" echo " External Interface: $EXTIF" echo " Internal Interface: $INTIF" echo " Internal Interface: $INTIF2" EXTIP="your external IP address" echo " External IP: $EXTIP" #====================================================================== #== No editing beyond this line is required for initial MASQ testing == echo -en " loading modules: " # Need to verify that all modules have all required dependencies # echo " - Verifying that all kernel modules are ok" $DEPMOD -a # With the new IPTABLES code, the core MASQ functionality is now either # modular or compiled into the kernel. This HOWTO shows ALL IPTABLES # options as MODULES. If your kernel is compiled correctly, there is # NO need to load the kernel modules manually. # # NOTE: The following items are listed ONLY for informational reasons. # There is no reason to manual load these modules unless your # kernel is either mis-configured or you intentionally disabled # the kernel module autoloader. # # Upon the commands of starting up IP Masq on the server, the # following kernel modules will be automatically loaded: # # NOTE: Only load the IP MASQ modules you need. All current IP MASQ # modules are shown below but are commented out from loading. # =============================================================== echo "----------------------------------------------------------------------" #Load the main body of the IPTABLES module - "iptable" # - Loaded automatically when the "iptables" command is invoked # # - Loaded manually to clean up kernel auto-loading timing issues # echo -en "ip_tables, " $MODPROBE ip_tables #Load the IPTABLES filtering module - "iptable_filter" # - Loaded automatically when filter policies are activated #Load the stateful connection tracking framework - "ip_conntrack" # # The conntrack module in itself does nothing without other specific # conntrack modules being loaded afterwards such as the "ip_conntrack_ftp" # module # # - This module is loaded automatically when MASQ functionality is # enabled # # - Loaded manually to clean up kernel auto-loading timing issues # echo -en "ip_conntrack, " $MODPROBE ip_conntrack #Load the FTP tracking mechanism for full FTP tracking # # Enabled by default -- insert a "#" on the next line to deactivate # echo -en "ip_conntrack_ftp, " $MODPROBE ip_conntrack_ftp #Load the IRC tracking mechanism for full IRC tracking # # Enabled by default -- insert a "#" on the next line to deactivate # echo -en "ip_conntrack_irc, " $MODPROBE ip_conntrack_irc #Load the general IPTABLES NAT code - "iptable_nat" # - Loaded automatically when MASQ functionality is turned on # # - Loaded manually to clean up kernel auto-loading timing issues # echo -en "iptable_nat, " $MODPROBE iptable_nat #Loads the FTP NAT functionality into the core IPTABLES code # Required to support non-PASV FTP. # # Enabled by default -- insert a "#" on the next line to deactivate # echo -en "ip_nat_ftp, " $MODPROBE ip_nat_ftp #Loads the IRC NAT functionality into the core IPTABLES code # Required to support NAT of IRC DCC requests # # Disabled by default -- remove the "#" on the next line to activate # #echo -e "ip_nat_irc" #$MODPROBE ip_nat_irc echo "----------------------------------------------------------------------" # Just to be complete, here is a partial list of some of the other # IPTABLES kernel modules and their function. Please note that most # of these modules (the ipt ones) are automatically loaded by the # master kernel module for proper operation and don't need to be # manually loaded. # -------------------------------------------------------------------- # # ip_nat_snmp_basic - this module allows for proper NATing of some # SNMP traffic # # iptable_mangle - this target allows for packets to be # manipulated for things like the TCPMSS # option, etc. # # -- # # ipt_mark - this target marks a given packet for future action. # This automatically loads the ipt_MARK module # # ipt_tcpmss - this target allows to manipulate the TCP MSS # option for braindead remote firewalls. # This automatically loads the ipt_TCPMSS module # # ipt_limit - this target allows for packets to be limited to # to many hits per sec/min/hr # # ipt_multiport - this match allows for targets within a range # of port numbers vs. listing each port individually # # ipt_state - this match allows to catch packets with various # IP and TCP flags set/unset # # ipt_unclean - this match allows to catch packets that have invalid # IP/TCP flags set # # iptable_filter - this module allows for packets to be DROPped, # REJECTed, or LOGged. This module automatically # loads the following modules: # # ipt_LOG - this target allows for packets to be # logged # # ipt_REJECT - this target DROPs the packet and returns # a configurable ICMP packet back to the # sender. # echo -e " Done loading modules.\n" #CRITICAL: Enable IP forwarding since it is disabled by default since # # Redhat Users: you may try changing the options in # /etc/sysconfig/network from: # # FORWARD_IPV4=false # to # FORWARD_IPV4=true # echo " Enabling forwarding.." echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward # Dynamic IP users: # # If you get your IP address dynamically from SLIP, PPP, or DHCP, # enable this following option. This enables dynamic-address hacking # which makes the life with Diald and similar programs much easier. # echo " Enabling DynamicAddr.." echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_dynaddr # Enable simple IP forwarding and Masquerading # # NOTE: In IPTABLES speak, IP Masquerading is a form of SourceNAT or SNAT. # # NOTE #2: The following is an example for an internal LAN address in the # 192.168.0.x network with a 255.255.255.0 or a "24" bit subnet mask # connecting to the Internet on external interface "eth0". This # example will MASQ internal traffic out to the Internet but not # allow non-initiated traffic into your internal network. # # # ** Please change the above network numbers, subnet mask, and your # *** Internet connection interface name to match your setup # #Clearing any previous configuration # # Unless specified, the defaults for INPUT and OUTPUT is ACCEPT # The default for FORWARD is DROP (REJECT is not a valid policy) # # Isn't ACCEPT insecure? To some degree, YES, but this is our testing # phase. Once we know that IPMASQ is working well, I recommend you run # the rc.firewall-*-stronger rulesets which set the defaults to DROP but # also include the critical additional rulesets to still let you connect to # the IPMASQ server, etc. # echo " Clearing any existing rules and setting default policy.." $IPTABLES -P INPUT ACCEPT $IPTABLES -F INPUT $IPTABLES -P OUTPUT ACCEPT $IPTABLES -F OUTPUT $IPTABLES -P FORWARD DROP $IPTABLES -F FORWARD $IPTABLES -t nat -F echo " FWD: Allow all connections OUT and only existing and related ones IN" $IPTABLES -A FORWARD -i $EXTIF -o $INTIF -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT $IPTABLES -A FORWARD -i $INTIF -o $EXTIF -j ACCEPT $IPTABLES -A FORWARD -j LOG $IPTABLES -A FORWARD -i $EXTIF -o $INTIF2 -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED \-j ACCEPT $IPTABLES -A FORWARD -i $INTIF -o $INTIF2 -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED \-j ACCEPT $IPTABLES -A FORWARD -i $INTIF2 -o $INTIF -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED \-j ACCEPT $IPTABLES -A FORWARD -i $INTIF2 -o $EXTIF -j ACCEPT $IPTABLES -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o $EXTIF -j SNAT --to $EXTIP echo " Enabling SNAT (MASQUERADE) functionality on $EXTIF" $IPTABLES -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o $EXTIF -j MASQUERADE echo -e "\nrc.firewall-iptables v$FWVER done.\n"
Now run the shell script, 'sh scriptname' and your connecting PCs should have Internet access! If not, check out the script and see if everything is configured appropriately (particularly the path to Iptables). Consult
for further troubleshooting techniques.
Now assuming that everything is in order and working properly, we want to make our new script bootable so we don't have to run the script every time we restart.
Type: cp 'scriptname' /etc/init.d/'scriptname'
This copies the script to the init.d directory where other scripts are run at bootup. Now that that is out of the way, we need to make a symbolic link in the rc2.d directory pointing to the script we stored in the init.d directory.
Type: ln -s /etc/init.d/'scriptname' /etc/rc2.d/S95masquradescript
Presto, restart your computer and test to see if you still have the same functionality. If so then congratulations! If not then make sure you followed the above correctly so the script is bootable.
Additional thanks to the webmasters of the URLs mentioned in this tutorial. Each site was a great aid. I hope this tutorial was an aid in you understanding linux and networking.
Take Care!


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Most power outages restored across viewing area
Most power outages restored across viewing area
Most residents who lost power during Thursday's strong storms now have it restored, according to Duke Energy.
Only a few dozen Duke Energy customers in the Piedmont were still in the dark Sunday. Statewide, about 1,600 residents were without power. The majority of those were in Henderson County. | Check the latest Duke Energy numbers by clicking here.
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A reference to the Twilight Zone episode, "It's a Good Life," in which a mutant with godlike mental powers, in the guise of a monstrous 6-year-old boy, sends with a wish anyone and anything that displeases him to a limbo-like void known as The Cornfield. This term is frequently used on Metafilter to describe the banishment, temporary or permanent, of members who disregard the sensibilities of The Community.
Example: "Since I'm probably off to the cornfield anyway, Mano, fuck you. If you don't like it, don't read it."
by cousincozen November 21, 2007
A place surrounded by unwanted ears. When you are on the phone with someone and you can't say something because there are too many people around to hear it (with their ears).
D: So L has a nasty rash that she needs antibiotics for.
K: How did she get it?
D: I cant say right now I am in a cornfield.
K: Oh too many ears in the room right now. Cool call me later and tell me what happened.
K: How did she get it?
D: I cant say right now I am in a cornfield.
K: Oh too many ears in the room right now. Cool call me later and tell me what happened.
by vsecrets August 09, 2009
Example...My husband makes me sick,I think I'm gonna wish him to the cornfield.
by Roni Coleman May 10, 2006
a corn field is when you cant talk about a subject becuase of the "ears" that are around who are listening
"omg did you see Carla, she is dressed like a total whore!"
"Hey its a corn field, can we talk about that later??"
"Hey its a corn field, can we talk about that later??"
by mistressNikki March 19, 2010
someone that is so corny, they might as well be an entire cornfield.
by Allegramachine1217 March 05, 2010
Fictitious place to send someone who is or says something stupid, yet comical.
Eric says..."You guys want to get the motorcycles out and go for a ride?"...and Jason replies " My rocket pig is ready for takeoff!"...where Eric replies.."Jason, cornfield, now!"
by Erinbear2 November 09, 2009
noun: The area between a blond boy's legs. Often accompanied by a windmill, and a barn with two cows.
by hoonlives95 June 07, 2009


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Dear Seekers,
New Year blessings are offered for 2013, a year of peace, health, prosperity and justice for all. You will notice that the Religious Studies Department Blog has been given a brand new updated look and function designed by Marylhurst's very own stellar techno star, Heather McLendon Social Media and Web Content Coordinator.
I encourage you to log into the Religious Studies blog to see commentaries on current events and sources that support our journey together as we yearn to understand the Holy One, the world in which we serve and the communities who embrace this mission with deep commitment.
Our Winter Term begins in the season of the Epiphany on January 7. 2013. It will be grand to explore the mysteries, traditions, spiritualists and ministries of our ancestors in faith as well as our brothers and sisters in mission in our time.
Happy New Year
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Fall and Spring; various s.h. or g.c./term
One lesson/equivalent per week with the student's major instructor. Younger students may receive two lessons per week. Voice and instrumental majors receive four s.h./term credit; piano, composition, conducting, and guitar majors receive six s.h./term credit. Opera students receive one g.c./term credit.
Composition Seminar
CMP 001–002; 1 s.h./term
Seminar class for composers, involving analysis, presentation, and discussion of contemporary music.
Early Music Performance
HRC 001–002; 1 s.h./term
Examination of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century performance practice through lectures, demonstrations, and coachings.
Chamber Music
CHM 001–002; 1 s.h./term
Regular coaching of student string, brass, woodwind, and mixed ensembles by Curtis's chamber music faculty. Trios, quartets, and larger ensembles are formed by students or assigned by the faculty. Required of all piano and orchestral instrument majors with specific repertoire requirements for each semester.
Score Analysis
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Fifty-five years ago, nine black children wanted to get a good education in Little Rock, Ark. We should salute them today not just for integrating all-white Central High School but also for helping to tear down the old walls of racism.
Fifty-five years ago, nine black children wanted to get a good education in Little Rock, Ark. We should salute them today not just for integrating all-white Central High School but also for helping to tear down the old walls of racism.
These children, known as the "Little Rock Nine," are worth mentioning by name as we celebrate the anniversary of their bravery: Minnijean Brown, Terrence Roberts, Elizabeth Eckford, Ernest Green, Thelma Mothershed, Melba Pattillo, Gloria Ray, Jefferson Thomas and Carlotta Walls.
The story of the Little Rock Nine began with the Brown v. Board of Education decision of 1954 ordering the desegregation of public education. Over the next three years, the city of Little Rock made plans to integrate their schools. Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus, however, had other ideas. When the school year began in the fall of 1957, he deployed the Arkansas National Guard to prevent any integration.
On Sept. 4, 1957, "The Little Rock Nine" arrived at Central High School only to find the Arkansas National Guard standing in their way. The NAACP Legal Defense Fund went to court and obtained an injunction preventing Faubus from stopping the nine students from entering school.
On Sept. 23, 1957, the students entered the school with police escorts, but due to an angry white mob out front and the threat of violence, the students were forced to go in through a side entrance. Because the situation was so unsafe, they were unable to remain in the school for the entire day.
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. sent a telegram to President Dwight Eisenhower seeking federal intervention in the civil rights fight. "This is a great opportunity for you to back up the longings and aspirations of millions of people of good will," King wrote.
Woodrow Nilson Mann, mayor of Little Rock, also asked Eisenhower to protect the students with troops. Eisenhower finally federalized the Arkansas National Guard and ordered members of the 101st Airborne to protect the students. For the remainder of the year, the troops escorted the students to each of their classes.
This was one of the major victories against America's "Jim Crow" laws. In the years to follow, many other Americans, from all races and backgrounds, would fight racism in America and undo the doctrine of "separate but equal."
Unfortunately, our schools today are increasingly being resegregated. According to a recent report by UCLA's Civil Rights Project, "43 percent of Latinos and 38 percent of blacks attend intensely segregated schools (those with only 0-10 percent of white students) across the nation." It added: "Fully 15 percent of black students and 14 percent of Latino students attend 'apartheid schools' across the nation, where whites make up 0 to 1 percent of the enrollment."
So even as we celebrate the 55th anniversary of the Little Rock Nine, we must recommit ourselves to tackling the issue of segregation. The Little Rock Nine would demand no less of us.
Gilmore is a writer for Progressive Media Project.


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A new video tutorial led by Pix, a surreal analog/digital anchorman, presents the Moleskine Pencil Set. Fluorescent or graphite, in limewood or cedar, they clip onto your notebook with a special cap. The tip is highly resistant, to avoid the annoyance of broken lead in the sharpener. The cross-section is rectangular, recalling an antique carpenter's pencil. The matte casing is exclusively black. The sharpener with an extra strong blade is made to measure for Moleskine pencils. The pencils come with a set of 24 decorative mini stickers.
In the video, made by Gluekit, the phantom anchorman Pix demonstrates the analog set: the pencils, the accessories and the two new fluorescent colors, yellow and orange, to highlight and add color.
A companion to journals and notebooks, the Moleskine pencil also attaches to the cover with the Pen Holder, which holds up to three pens or pencils, or the special rectangular Moleskine eraser. Also part of the Accessories Set are the silicon rubber grips to improve handling and make extended writing or drawing sessions more comfortable.
The Pencil Set is available at the Moleskine Store in three different combinations: a set with two pencils, a cap and a sharpener; a set with graphite pencils only (2 with 2B lead and 1 HB); and a fluorescent set with two colored pencils, a cap and a sharpener.


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I purchased Day of the Tentacle for my PS4 (to play on my big screen tv.)but don't have a Vita to play on the bus etc... So far the original seems to work great on my Android to play on the go.
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I had so much fun with Maniac Mansion as a kid (the nes version) but never got to play DotT because I didn't have a computer back then.
I've used DosBox for similar types of games in the past on my computer, even though this doesn't seem to work for nearly as many games, for the ones it does work on it works wonderfully and super simple to add games.


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Navajo Nation officials say they are on their way toward managing their own federally funded Medicaid program.
The Farmington Daily Times reports that the nation began looking into creating its own Medicaid program about five years ago because of issues some members had with other health care programs available in New Mexico, Arizona and Utah.
Navajo officials are optimistic that the tribe can sustain its own Medicaid program, even though a feasibility study wasn't as optimistic.
Tribal officials say more than 100,000 members of the tribe are currently eligible for Medicaid, but many of them do not take advantage of the services because of the complications that frequently accompany them
Tribal members often have to travel long distances or go to certain clinics to receive the services.


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A University of South Alabama campus police officer who fatally shot a naked student was carrying pepper spray and a baton at the time, the school said Friday.
University spokesman Keith Ayers said Officer Trevis Austin, a four-year employee in his first police job, was armed with all three weapons when he walked outside the police station with his gun drawn to confront Gil Collar. The 18-year-old college freshman was naked when he banged on police department windows in the pre-dawn hours last Saturday.
It's unclear why Austin went for his gun first, but the sheriff has said the decision was proper.
Authorities said Collar, a 5-foot-7, 140-pound high school wrestler in his first semester of college, was on LSD when he moved aggressively toward the officer in an athletic stance, prompting the shooting. But surveillance video shows the student never tried to grab the officer's weapon or got within 4 or 5 feet of Austin.
A copy of the university's weapons policy, released to The Associated Press in response to an open records request, shows an officer's actions in cases where force is necessary should be based on how much a suspect resists. Deadly force is justified only when a suspect has the intent, ability and opportunity to kill or injure someone else, the policy states.
The policy says that an officer's attempt to control a situation "should match (the) level of resistance then move up or down as resistance changes." But Ayers declined comment on how the guidelines are interpreted when an officer is confronted by someone who doesn't have a weapon, yet could present a threat.
"The university is withholding further comment at this time as the district attorney and sheriff's office have time to conduct a thorough external review," he said.
An attorney for Collar's family, former Alabama Lt. Gov. Jere Beasley, said the university's policy "totally gives support to our position" that the shooting wasn't justified.
"There is no question the required force here was much less than shooting somebody," he said. "He could not say his life was in jeopardy or he was in fear of bodily harm."
Authorities have said a grand jury would review the shooting to determine whether charges should be filed. Such investigations are typical in police shootings in Alabama.
Mobile County Sheriff Sam Cochran has said it was unclear whether the officer could have done anything other than shoot Collar because he walked outside with his gun drawn.
"Had the officer had a Taser or some other less lethal instrument, I do not know if that officer would have had an opportunity to ... holster his pistol and to use something else because the events were evolving so rapidly and he was so close that had he put the pistol in the holster, I don't know that he could have drawn something else," Cochran told reporters earlier this week.
Cochran said he believed it was proper for the officer to go outside with his gun drawn after Collar repeatedly banged on windows at the campus police station, but he hasn't said whether he thought the shooting was justified.
Authorities haven't said why Austin drew his gun first rather than opting for a less-lethal weapon. Collar managed to get up even after being shot once in the chest, and backup officers arrived seconds after the shooting.
Beasley said there was nothing to justify the shooting on the surveillance video, which was shown to both the media and representatives of Beasley's law firm but has not been released publicly.
Collar's funeral is scheduled for Saturday in his hometown of Wetumpka, located about 20 miles north of Montgomery.
The university police department has 33 sworn officers, Ayers said. Members are required to meet the same type of minimum training standards as officers in a typical municipal or county department, but the school hasn't released details on Austin's training.
Associated Press writer Phillip Rawls contributed to this report.


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Sony whips out better basic Blu-ray box
S350's successor
Sony has shown off the successor to its rather good entry-level Blu-ray Disc player, the BDP-S350.
Unsurprisingly dubbed the BDP-S360, the new machine adds DTS-HD and Dolby TrueHD decoding to the S350's base spec - a first for a Sony entry-level BD machine. Sony also claimed the new box will start up in just six seconds, just like the S350. Essentially, this mode doesn't put the machine so deeply to sleep in stand-by, so it wakes more rapidly at the cost of higher power consumption.
Sony's BDP-S360: out goes the blue look
The S360 also sports 1080p playback with support for cinema-style 24f/s playback. It'll do 7.1-channel sound through a suitable receiver, will upscale and play DVD content, and hooks up to your HD TV through a Deep Colour-capable HDMI port.
The machine has a USB port too, to allow you to plug in storage for downloaded content delivered via BD Live discs - so we assume there's an Ethernet port for the network connection too. It also supports BonusView, Blu-ray's picture-in-picture system.
Sony didn't say when the BDP-S360 is due to go on sale, or how much the machine will cost. The S350 currently retails for £220. ®


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LINDEN - After five years as head baseball coach at Linden High, Joe Piombo is moving on.
LINDEN - After five years as head baseball coach at Linden High, Joe Piombo is moving on.
Piombo has taken a newly created position at McNair High as an on-campus suspension instructor, meaning he'll work with students facing short-term disciplinary action. Rather than serving the traditional at-home suspension, students will report to Piombo's class for the length of their suspensions.
"It's a career move," Piombo said. "I was looking for a different challenge. It's hard to walk away from Linden. I had to remove the emotional part and look at it as a career move for me and my family.
"I think the hardest part is the kids. Our kids start playing for us in the eighth grade. To make that decision now was hard. You look at kids like (Justin) Giovannoni and (Bailey) Wright, we've probably played 100 to 150 games together. It's not an easy decision."
The move has nothing to do with athletics. Quincey Noble, who's been the head baseball coach at McNair since the varsity program's inception in 2007, isn't going anywhere. Piombo said he'll likely help Noble as an assistant.
Piombo, a 1979 Stagg High graduate, has worked as a football coach and baseball coach at Linden off and on since 1989. He took over as head varsity baseball coach in 2009, replacing Bob Amerman, a Stockton Athletic Hall of Famer who won more than 600 games over 43 years.
Piombo's teams went 91-31-2 and won three of the past four Mother Lode League championships. This spring, the Lions went a perfect 15-0 in the MLL (24-6-1 overall), and were one out away from advancing to the Sac-Joaquin Section Division V finals before suffering a 5-3 loss to Escalon in the final game of a best-of-three series.
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The video of a Chinese fishing vessel ramming a Japanese coast guard ship at sea off the disputed Senkaku Islands taken by the coast guard has been leaked, despite the Japanese government's efforts to suppress it to protect relations with China.
The videos can be inspected below.
The major crash occurs 1 minute into this video:
The fishing vessel can be seen swerving into the side of the coast guard vessel alongside – the direction of its wake seems to clearly indicate it was the fishing vessel changing course and not the coast guard ship.
The Chinese vessel rammed Japanese ships not once but twice it seems:
Player 1
In the further event that YouTube falls victim to pressure, the main collision again:
Player 2
Images and the aftermath:
Of course, with the videos being leaked there is no guarantee of their authenticity – however it is hard to see how they could have been faked (the Chinese ship can be clearly identified) or edited to give a misleading impression.
[Update: the coast guard has confirmed their authenticity and the government is vowing to hunt down the person responsible for the leak]
The rest of the videos are less eventful (apparently the entire incident spanned 3 hours, all of which was filmed):
[Update: The various videos have been removed, though not before they were covered fully by all major Japanese news networks]
Claims that a coast guard member was attacked in the water by the Chinese seem not to be supported by the video – whether this was a tactical fabrication as some have suggested, or was merely left off the released video, is not clear.
Claims that the Chinese captain was drunk are also neither confirmed nor discredited by the evidence shown in the videos.
Incidentally, China claims the Japanese devils viciously rammed their innocent little fishing boat:
However, the Japanese version (shown below in a media CG recreation before the videos were leaked) seems to match the video perfectly:
With the videos out, both China and the Japanese government have some major explaining to do – China might be expected to shrug off the incident as a patriotic act by one of its citizens against Japanese aggressors invading its waters, but the hitherto extraordinarily pro-Chinese Japanese government may now be in danger of falling, and the Japanese public is likely to be firmly Sinosceptic for the foreseeable future.


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Tom Cruise you son of a bitch.December 19th, 2013
Seriously Tom. I want to hate you. But how can I hate you when you are such an advocate of Sci-Fi! And dam, these movies you have been bringing out. Just great!
Seriously Tom. I want to hate you. But how can I hate you when you are such an advocate of Sci-Fi! And dam, these movies you have been bringing out. Just great!
Ok – I'm calling it.
I've spent the odd few hours here and there mucking around on a site – just learning and applying things as I go. Turned out to be a good idea as I learnt Ruby On Rails, bootstrap, CSS and some jQuery. Was a good laugh but I'm going to call it now and move on.
I've managed to mangle the site into apache and it works! Its called WishLinks. Started as a real simple idea of letting people list and share present ideas for themselves. The premise was you could create your list in your own time linking to funky stuff you liked and then when your birthday rolls round or someone wants to buy you something (cause they are super nice) they can head to WishLinks and see what you want (or what you have been bought). Its like targeted presents!
I could have kept hacking away on it and learning but I want to move on to something new. Whats missing that I would have liked? Hrmmm – many things, some of which are;
– User notification engine – eg; when a user marks a link as ordered or bought
– Improvements to the UI – use of AJAX so the user never leaves the front page
– Logic improvements – my code is pretty bogus and could be optimized
– Inject referral code – thought it would be nifty to inject my code into any amazon links (is this bad form?).
– Rating engine – include some method of users marking a rating on each link for cost/want
– Logo – I don't know. Get one? I need to play more with the gimp.
Its available on GitHub if you go for that sort of thing. I really got a lot out of building the site and it was great fun for my first time dabbling in building an interactive site.
Now on to my long-term idea of `redacted`.
Here are some of the resources I used if you want to have a bash:
– jQuery – where I learnt basic jQuery
– Bootstrap – twitter bootstrap!
– Bootstrap-sass, but I'd now use twitter-bootstrap-rails
– Ruby on rails tutorial – where I learnt to RoR
– Stackoverflow – where I asked all the hard questions, or more likely, found answers.
Desk. The missing word there is desk.
Turns out the work proxy got an upgrade! Or someone ticked a few more boxes – lo and behold WordPress type blogs were caught in the crossfire. So that is the Q4 2012 excuse and I'm running with it.
Why not update from home? Lazy.
Why not write more of these self-evident questions and then answer them with a single word? Lazy.
End of 2012 was pretty cool – the Project Mame is still ongoing. More parts have been acquired and testing run. We are now into developing the 3D drawings for production, design has changed but end game remains the same.
I learnt some new things – hopefully one of which I can link to in the near future.
The country around us is either burning or flooding but that is old news now.
Onward to think of more witty self-deprecating questions.
I've been powering through a great online technical book. The thing is complete with exercises, code snippets, implementation examples and questions. Its immense. I started hard and fast, powering through the first 5 chapters in 1 week – progress was easy and the concepts understandable. Things started to get complex and progress slowed – higher order thinking was required, re-reading of code became the norm. I forged on.
Somewhere around chapter 8 I seemed to develop an eye twitch. Initially, I thought it was a side effect of the work I was doing (heavy coding and excel usage) and staring at my (non-IPS) screen all day. It was odd though, the eye twitch only seemed to happen when I was reading this technical book. If I broke away to some other work or web browsing on the same monitor the twitch subsided.
I took a break from the book for a week or two. Work demanded more attention and I started reading a great book (Hyperion). The eye twitch dissipated.
Today, I thought I would re-visit the book and complete the later chapters. I find myself in chapter 11 of 12. I thought it was hilarious that 15 mins into reading the eye twitch returned. Its like a physical manifestation of the learning I'm trying to do by bashing my brain against the book.
I thought it was funny and wrote this. Thinking harder on it now, its not really that funny and likely I have a serious medical condition.
Not much of an update – but a box of excitement arrived in the mail;
I am pretty surprised by the quality. Without opening any of the actual bubble wrapping the weight of the joystiqs is amazing. Smooth rotation as well! Its a simple 2 player kit – 2 joystiqs, 12 buttons, 2 'start' buttons, 1 USB encoder and cables to match.
The next step in the plan is to assemble a test enclosure (using high-grade plastics!) and ensure Ubuntu can recognise our new babies. The testing will include vigorous games of 'Toobin' to ensure a full test cycle.
After that! We release our modelling and blueprints for the cabinet design!
Dear web developers,
I want to build a website (direct – I know!).
I have grounding in a few languages (ruby, powershell, c++, perl), I've deployed a few CMS' (wordpress, drupal), played with databases (MSSQL, MySQL) and feel comfortable with delivery methods (apache, IIS, nginx) but no experience in tying them together and deploying a site written by hand.
I want to learn and am seeking recommendations on where to start. Lets forget design and focus on code – for example, I'd like to start at a simple level, say deploy an HTML5 element that can draw an object (a square for example) that will tie into an application that can query a back end DB and then deploy that content.
I've run through most of "RailsForZombies" and enjoyed the learning system here (free, online and interactive) a while ago. Would this be sufficient to deploy my simple example as above? Accepting any and all recommendations/guidance!
Thanks Internet,
Get totally excited everyone:
Looks pretty ace. A slight departure from the original in many aspects – but I think it will be a decent sci-fi action clip.
First though, need to haul my ass to Prometheus. Then Total Recall. Then Jumpers.


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Last week, we announced our Range Life showcase, taking place at midnight on March 15 at the PureVolume house at 340 E. 2nd St. & Trinity, right in the middle of the brouhaha that is next week in Austin, TX. We've got a nice, well-balanced lineup in store with a dash of international, featuring the likes of Mr. Dream, Shearwater, Bear In Heaven, Screaming Females, Lakutis and DJ sets by REWARDS and Korallreven (but, alas, no Crucifictorious, unfortunately, as they are on hiatus. Texas forever). You won't have to settle down in order to enjoy this Range Life; we've got the full lineup and a mixtape below, as well as a gallery of the artists paired with blurbs up top. Have at it! It's free (no need for badges or wristband), but you must RSVP here. (Also, be 21+.)
The full lineup:
REWARDS (DJ Set)
Mr. Dream
Korallreven (DJ Set)
Bear In Heaven
Screaming Females
Mix here:
Rewards – "What A Loser"
Lakutis – "Wifey" (Feat. Das Racist)
Mr. Dream – "Fatherland"
Shearwater – "You As You Were"
Korallreven – "As Young As Yesterday"
Bear In Heaven – "The Reflection Of You"
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Bio 122: Introduction to Biology (4 units): Biology 122 is a survey course in the biological sciences designed to meet the laboratory science or life science requirement for most general education programs. Biology 122 covers the scientific method, molecular and cellular organization and function, genetics, and plant/animal anatomy and physiology. This course also covers evolution, a survey of biodiversity, ecology, and the impact of humans on the environment. (Recommended Preparation: Eligibility for ENGL101. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC)
Bio 123: Evolution (3 units):BIOL 123 examines the history of life on earth, and the mechanisms that have led to the diversity we see today. Topics to be covered include a brief history of evolutionary thought, adaptive vs. neutral evolution (natural selection and genetic drift), biogeography, the origin of life, population genetics and speciation, an exploration of the fossil record and modern systematics, and recent work in the fi elds of sexual selection, behavior, development, and human evolution.
Lecture 3 hours. Prerequisite: None. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC
Bio 125: Marine Biology (3 units): Biology 125 is an introduction to biology offering a general survey of the ecosystems and diversity of life in the marine environment. The course includes an introduction to the sciences of geological, chemical and physical oceanography as the basis to understand the environment where marine organisms exist. A comparative approach is used to learn about the physiological and anatomical adaptations of the different marine organisms to their environment. Aspects of the three major areas of biology, evolutionary, cell and molecular theory, are addressed throughout the course. (Prerequisite: None. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC)
Bio 126: Marine Biology Lab (1 unit): Biology 126 is an introductory science laboratory offering a general survey of the diversity of life in the marine environment and an introduction to some of its major ecosystems. The laboratory exercises utilize the comparative method in order to study the anatomy, physiology and evolution of some of the major phyla of marine organisms. This course requires the participation in at least four field trips. Field trips introduce the student to the ecology of marine ecosystems. Note: Field trips require student contribution for meals and transportation. (Prerequisite: BIOL 125 (BIOL 125 may be taken concurrently.) Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC)
Bio 131: Regional Natural History (3 units): Biology 131 offers individual and group investigations of the biological environment and the impact of human activities upon it. Students examine the inter-relationship between living organisms and their habitats by special projects. Library research, a scientific paper, and/or an oral presentation may be a part of the course. Field studies will investigate a variety of world localities. When taught in Baja California, Mexico, the field portion of the course is based at the Glendale College Field Station in Bahia de los Angeles. (Prerequisite: None. Transfer Credit: CSU)
Bio 146: Marine Mammals (2 units): Biology 146 provides an introduction to the diverse group of mammals that have secondarily adapted to life in the sea. Lecture topics include the evolution of these groups, adaptations for feeding, breeding, diving and communicating in the marine environment (anatomy, physiology, and behavior), the ecological importance of marine mammals, and a brief history of marine mammal exploitation and conservation. When taught in Baja California, Mexico, the field portion of the course takes place at the Glendale College Field Station in BahÃa de los Angeles. Focus is on local species that commonly occur in the area, including California sea lions, blue, fin and Brydeâs whales, as well as common and bottlenose dolphins. This field portion includes travel to gray whale breeding lagoons on the Pacific coast of Baja. (Prerequisite: None. Transfer Credit: CSU)
Allied Health
Bio 115: Human Biology (4 units): Biology 115 is an introductory course covering biological principles as they apply to the human body. The central theme is the structure and function of the human organism. Topics covered include: human evolution, the human species in the environment, cells, tissues, the major body systems, heredity, and the major human conditions and diseases. A weekly laboratory allows students the opportunity to gain practical experience in the techniques necessary to study the health sciences. Note: This course may not be taken for credit by students who have completed Biology 120 or 121. (Prerequisite: None. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC)
Bio 120: Human Anatomy (5 units): Biology 120 comprehensively covers the systems of the human body. The laboratory includes the study of tissues using the microscope and a detailed study of the human skeleton. Dissections on the cat muscles and blood vessels, sheep brain, and cow eye, as well as the human cadaver, are included to illustrate comparative parts of human anatomy. Note: Primarily for nursing, physical education, and health science majors. (Prerequisite: BIOL 115 is strongly recommended for students with a limited background in the biological sciences. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC)
Bio 121: Human Physiology (4 units): Biology 121 studies the functions of the systems of the human body. Course format includes lecture and extensive lab activity including EEG, EKG, spirometry, urinalysis, blood analysis, etc. Physiology is required for nursing students and is elective for others. (Prerequisite: BIOL 120 and CHEM 101 or CHEM 110 or CHEM 120. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC)
Bio 112: Microbiology (5 units): Biology 112 is a study of life using micro-organisms (algae, bacteria, molds, protozoa, viruses, and yeasts) as prototypes. The course includes microbial biochemistry, genetics, cellular and ultra-cellular activities, applied uses, and pathogenicity of these forms of life. In the laboratory students also identify one unknown microbial organism. (Prerequisite: CHEM 101, 110, or 120. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC)
Majors Biology
Bio 101: General Biology I (4 units): Biology 101 is the first half of a one-year course designed for biological science majors. It covers fundamental biological principles and processes from the philosophy of the scientific method through biochemistry, molecular biology, cell respiration and photosynthesis, cell structure and function, mitosis and meiosis, Mendelian genetics, molecular genetics and gene regulation. (Prerequisite: CHEM 101. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC)
Bio 102: General Biology II (5 units): Biology 102 provides a continuation of the study of fundamental biological concepts and processes introduced in Biology 101. The course includes the anatomy and physiology of plants and animals, animal development, population genetics, evolutionary theory, origin of life, ecological principles, conservation biology, and systematics. The course also includes an extensive survey of biodiversity covering the evolution, anatomy and physiology of the three domains of life and the eukaryotic phyla.(Prerequisite: BIOL 101 and CHEM 101. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC)
Bio 103: Molecular Biology and Genetics (4 units): Biology 103 is an extension of the study of molecular biology, cell biology and genetics introduced in Biology 101/102. This course examines the structure and function of nucleic acids and proteins in the living cell, as well as how these molecules are studied and manipulated in the laboratory. Topics include regulation of gene expression, recombinant DNA technology, chromosome mapping and viral and prokaryotic genetics. (Prerequisite: BIOL 101 and CHEM 105 (Chem 105 may be taken concurrently.) Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC)


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Mine are finally all in. Quick question: Is class rank now calculated by the entire year's grades (1L) or just the past semester? Obviously it may be different from school to school, but what's the norm?
Our school requires grades to be in within 30 days of the last final exam. Only one of my grades is still out (there's a way to tell through our website, even though they haven't released the grades yet.) and its legal methods, which was turned in April 12th. I think they take so long so as to screw up those who want to transfer. Friggin ridiculous.