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Photographer's Note
Here another photo of old car photo took inside the Lujan Zoo. I like the front grid of this Ford. However I don't know what model is this.
Anyone knows?
Have a nice week.
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danos (106223) 2014-01-20 7:21
Ola Andre,
nice the close up of the old car that is looks like as 'Taunus' model i think.I like the clarity as the sharpness of the scene.
nikkitta (17070) 2014-01-20 12:55
Good place to find old cars
It s a Taunus, there lots still on the streets of the sourroundings of Buenos Aires and in better shape
Greetings, Maria
Periko (7164) 2014-01-20 15:24
Hi Andre
Interesting photo of this classic car, preserved still in good shape. In Mexico it was called Ford 200, in the 1960s.
jhm (169754) 2014-01-21 5:27
Hello Andre,
I like the front grid of this Ford as you but I know not type or construction year.
Excellent nice quality and lovely presentation.
Very well done, TFS.
Best regards,
gus72 (3719) 2014-02-11 16:27
Hi Andre !!
This particular model was manufactured for more than 20 years.
You will still see thousand of them going around.
An there is another oldie in your photo ...... the Citroen on the right..
Greeting from Australia
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- Date Taken: 2013-08-09
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"How are [we] to believe that blue ivy is the daughtor of the devil" and More Questions Posed to Us this Week
A lot of important questions were tossed at us this week: What are Gawker's politics? What does it take to get escorted out of the RNC? Does Rand Paul wear a wig? And perhaps most pressing, are we sure that Blue Ivy is the daughter of the devil? Take the weekend to consider these questions and we'll regroup after Labor Day. Have a superb long weekend, everyone!
How to Use "Queer" as an Adjective, a Verb, and a Noun: A Tutorial by Glen F.
Hey pricks: do me a favor and do not write up any queer stories. Just go queering in the closet! These queers stories make me bunt and provoke me. The queer sodomites can do as they please but there is no reason to force me to read it. I tell all queers: ignore the temptation, ignore the feelings! Just go ahead and go queering in the closet! So there!
Glen F.
Just Wonderin'
subj: ur website
is this a far left web site?
In an Unexpected Turn of Events, A Redditor Shares His Strong Opinion
subj: here's a tip, Fire Adrian Chen
His article "Obama Grants Interview to Racist Teen Nude Picture Website" was inflammatory, inaccurate, and very poor journalism. Calling Reddit a "racist teen nude picture website" would be like calling Gawker a porn company because you used to own Fleshbot.
Reddit has millions of users, and Gawker shares a great deal of its readers WITH Reddit, me included. Take a look at the Facebook post for that article and you will see how well Adrian's writing is received by your readers. We do not want him. Please deal with the manner accordingly, because Gawker used to be a site for honest, fair, unbiased news; with writing like this, it's becoming nothing more than a tabloid trash mag.
David Is Strictly an Ideas Man
Dear Gawker,
This is more of a thought than a tip, but what would happen if someone unfurled a huge portrait of George W. Bush inside the RNC? Would they be escorted out of the building?
Please don't mention my name if you do anything on this.
Dear Gawker,
After doing a Google Image search on Rand Paul I'm almost positive he wears a rug. I think he's giving a major speech at the RNC. Might this be a good time to ask the question if he wears a wig?
Please do not include my name if you do anything.
Current Gawker writer, Alex Pareene
subj: Alex Pareene's LIES article
I've noticed, over the years, the more shrill one's opinion and outcry are, the more they are shone to be mindless political, partisan hacks— and you fit that characterization to a "T"......
An Illuminati Enthusiast Craves More Flesh
How are to believe that blue ivy is the daughtor of the devil when there is no reference in the Bible saying that the devil will bear a woman child? Can you put more flesh on this statement, sir!
Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you!

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Authorities say a 2-year-old boy critically injured in a Lancaster, Pa. house fire has died, bringing the toll from the blaze to seven.
Spokesman Grant Gegwich of Crozer Chester Medical Center says 2-year-old Cordail Kuhns was pronounced dead at about 4 p.m. Saturday at the hospital.
Two other victims, 41-year-old Crystal Kuhns and her 4-year-old daughter, Mickey, died earlier after being taken to the same hospital.
The fire also killed 51-year-old David Kuhns, 8-year-old Skylar Kuhns, and 6-year-old Shawn Kuhns, along with 65-year-old homeowner Jimmie Moore.
Fire officials said the blaze started in the kitchen of a three-story duplex in Lancaster at about 3 a.m. Thursday after frozen potatoes were left in the oven.
One woman who escaped reportedly gave birth to a girl hours after fleeing for her life.
The fire started in the kitchen of a three-story duplex at about 3 a.m. Thursday after frozen potatoes were left in the oven, fire officials said.
Fourteen members of several families lived in the home, which did not have smoke detectors, fire Chief Timothy Gregg said.
One victim, Jimmie Moore, 65, was described by neighbors and relatives as a generous man and Vietnam War veteran who let another family move in after they lost their own housing.
The Lancaster newspaper reported Friday that Moore's pregnant daughter was among those who fled the flames. Martha Moore, 22, escaped through a second-floor window and shuffled across the roof to a neighbor's house.
Nearly eight months pregnant, she had an emergency cesarean section Thursday morning. Her daughter, Zaliah, weighed 4 pounds, 5 ounces, the newspaper reported.
Another person was admitted in serious condition, a nursing supervisor at Lancaster General Hospital said. Several others were treated and released.
Lancaster County coroner Dr. Stephen Diamantoni said autopsies on the first four victims were scheduled for Friday.


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Pretty soon a small merry band of PCSOs had got together on the National-PCSOs forums and in that launch year 2004, we saw a great spike of participation, discussion and involvement. We were promised 24,000 PCSOs, way above the amount of Special Constables and this prompted many questions and precious few answers.
Of course the 24,000 PCSOs never arrived, this was all pie in the sky. But 16,000 PCSOs (the same number as there were Special Constables) was a significant achievement and for the next few years, National-PCSOs saw some pretty hectic and at times, sensational exchange of views!
What is the future of National-PCSOs now ?
In 2013 the domain name PCSO.com went up for sale click here for more info on that, at the same time as a hefty dip in membership and participation on the site.
Undoubtedly we have "lost people" to the more modern social media, such as Facebook and Twitter but National-PCSOs remains in place, we still offer a specific unoffical "home" to PCSOs across the UK!
Please spread the word, we need new PCSOs, veteran PCSOs, PCSOs who have moved on to PC, PCs who have moved back to PCSOs. We need EVERYBODY to pitch in with their views, opinions and comments!
Could you participate in our forum discussions? You would be more than welcome
What is the future of PCSOs now ?
To understand this, think back to 2002 and why the then Home Secretary, David Blunkett introduced PCSOs in the first place. He wanted a significant Police presence on our streets but didn't like the high cost of Police Constables.
PCSOs originally came in with just 3 weeks training and this was deliberate to save money. Saving money was a massive reason for bringing in PCSOs and do we still have the need to save money today?
Yes we do, as long as our Government has eye watering debts to pay off, then all sections of Government Operations will continue to "have to save money" and hence the continued need for PCSOs.
PCSOs today play a major part in Neighbourhood Policing and depending on which Police Force you look at, PCSOs have taken over many roles that previously were the proud domain of Police Constables. It would be expensive to reverse some of those PCSO roles for sure.
What does it all mean ?
Well that's what we want to know as well, could you join us and add your experience, your opinion and your guidance to the forums? We have an impressive back catalogue of old threads and old discussions dating back years. These are interesting and valuable, but more important are today's issues. What can you tell us about PCSOs today? CAN YOU JOIN US? Come aboard!


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- Lotus news
Lotus confident Renault won't prioritise Red Bull in 2014
Lotus is confident it will receive equal treatment with all the other teams Renault is supplying with engines next year.
In 2014 new regulations will see V6 turbos replace the current V8s and Renault is set to supply four or possibly five teams. The French manufacturer has a 'premiumtechnical co-operation'l with Red Bull, but Lotus technical director James Allison does not believe his team will be at a big disadvantage.
"I think one of the lovely things about Renault is that they are a very even-handed engine supplier," he said. "They will be delighted if all of their teams are fighting tooth and nail for pole position amongst each other and they genuinely don't offer technical preference to one team over another."
Part of the issue for non-works teams is developing a 2014 car around a new engine with limited data rather than having an input on the engine itself, but Allison said Renault is being very accommodating.
"They offer an even-handed approach but they are also extremely conscious of the fact they need to make a car that works well in 2014 and not just an engine that works well in 2014, so they want the whole package to work," he said. "They are very considerate in asking the chassis people what we think is important and then trying to bring that to the engine. We certainly feel like we are giving lots of attention by Renault."


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More sources confirm Nokia has scrapped Meltemi
0. phoneArena posted on 27 Jul 2012, 05:32
We've already heard by various sources that Nokia has shut down its Meltemi platform, a system that was meant to replace Series 40 feature phones and compete…
This is a discussion for a news. To read the whole news, click here
1. mobilefuture (Posts: 224; Member since: 12 Nov 2011)
cool, we'll get to see cheap windows phone 8 handsets that should be much smoother than the laggy low-end android smartphones
2. MistB (Posts: 581; Member since: 07 Jul 2012)
They'll just be as laggy, if not, laggier.
5. DIYguy (Posts: 190; Member since: 27 Feb 2011)
I don't think that is even possible...
6. Veigald (Posts: 290; Member since: 13 Jan 2012)
What do you base that statement on then? Nokia Lumia 610 is apparently just as smooth as its higher-end siblings?
15. lubba (Posts: 1313; Member since: 17 Jan 2011)
Based it on never having used a WP obviously.
17. Bluesky02 (Posts: 1439; Member since: 05 Dec 2011)
Android fanboy who says Windows Phone lags makes me laugh a lot, because they don't even realise how stupid and irrelevant this statement is.
3. MeoCao (unregistered)
all eggs in 1 basket eh??
12. lubba (Posts: 1313; Member since: 17 Jan 2011)
Apple have all eggs in one basket and so does google, and Sony, LG, HTC, etc. They're all betting on Android!
14. jackhammeR (Posts: 1548; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
and? what's your point?
just like lubba said. The same did Sony, HTC, LG and the rest.
4. IamYourFather6657 (Posts: 321; Member since: 01 Jul 2012)
Nokia is f**ked up . Only worst
I wish I have the power to save it
9. PhoneArenaUser (Posts: 5498; Member since: 05 Aug 2011)
11. PhoneArenaUser (Posts: 5498; Member since: 05 Aug 2011)
I also wish that you have powers to save Nokia and the whole world! :D
16. lubba (Posts: 1313; Member since: 17 Jan 2011)
f**ked up as in bad shape or idiotic. I'll agree with the former but that comes with change in strategy and new direction. There is no guarantee with anything new but that's a bet everyone takes. Hopefully Nokia betting on WP will be a good one. Idiotic, I don't think so.
7. Ohrules (Posts: 327; Member since: 11 Jun 2012)
nokia, just adopt android already!
8. hepresearch (unregistered)
Amazing... and Nokia's stock jumped almost 10% yesterday when this news broke (other news may have contributed, but still... wierd?)
So, Nokia leaves Symbian (I thought Symbian was great... they let it sag behind the times for too long, but if they had invested some real effort into it they could have developed an EKA3 microkernel which could have supported the better displays of our day, and a better stock browser and simpler email support... other than that, it already supported... in existing EKA2... everything else from USB OTG to HDMI to NFC...) in the dust and kills MeeGo at first release, burning all the bridges behind them as they transition to Windows Phone, and now they have cancelled Meltemi, the replacement for their Java-based Series 40 feature phone platform, and burned that one bridge they were building in front of themselves. Nokia is now marooned, by their own choice, on an island of Series 40 and WP. If Microsoft does in the mobile world what they did in the tablet world with the Surface, then Nokia really will have been used and eaten, and their carcass will be left behind to die on their little Series 40 island. I liked Series 40 as well, but not many other people do... and besides, Series 40, although powerful for a Java-based UI, can never turn into a smart device platform... it is stuck, and has been taken about as far as it can be taken. If they dump Series 40, and hence all future feature phones (likely, since the world is clearly in the process of leaving the feature phone concept behind), then they make themselves entirely beholden to Microsoft, and if they get used by Microsoft they will have very little way to compete in the smart device market. If they do not rid themselves of Series 40, and Microsoft still deprives them of their smartphone market, then they are in just as much trouble as their feature phones are all they will have left in a market that mostly shuns feature phones altogether.
They have burned the bridges in front of them and behind them. They cannot go forward to Meltemi, nor backward to Symbian and MeeGo. They are stuck with Series 40 feature phones and future Windows Phones, reliant on Microsoft to lift them to a different place... but Microsoft has a way of sucking their partners dry and heaving their carcasses out to bleach in the sun. At best, Nokia is effectively marooned on their Series 40 island, and now waits for the promise of good will from Microsoft to save them from their stranded status... but I doubt that Microsoft's promise is anything but false. With or without Series 40, Nokia is soon to be dead. I figure that Microsoft will pull a "Surface" maneuver in the mobile phone market, just like they did in the tablet market.
10. hepresearch (unregistered)
Yeah, and then the stock price goes up? lol...
18. snowgator (Posts: 3609; Member since: 19 Jan 2011)
Hey Hep!!
As usual, love your posts, disagree with alot of it.
Yes, they burned all their software bridges. They also do not want to be a software company anymore. The R&D and layers of inefficiency was sucking their profits dry. It was unsustainably. What they are doing is building new bridges. The fact that MS is willing to help them is a bonus. But, Android, open sourced WebOS, Tizen, and all the other options are still out there. They do not want to go back to software development.
Microsoft releasing it's own tablets kinda makes sense. That market is wide open and a huge growth potential is there. There is plenty of room for tablets with Windows RT and Pro from all manufacturers, including them. Smartphones- not so much. They have Nokia, Samsung, and HTC with a few other smaller companies to compete in that market which is established and cut throat. It requires huge commitments, and that is not MS's strength. That is what made HP shrivel up and fold, and why I think Amazon is in for a shock. Just because the Kindle fire and e-readers are successful doesn't mean you can make it as a Smartphone maker. MS has all the pokers in the fires they want. Only way they make their own Phones is if one of the big three pull out. When they tackled gaming industry, it was a little like the tablet market- room for growth. They learned from the Kin flop that mobiles phones isn't the same animal. They will happily stay out of smartphone development if at all possible.
Nokia is going to be fine, and its own independent company for a long time to come in my humble, unimportant opinion.
Hope all is good and you are healthy, my friend!!
13. lubba (Posts: 1313; Member since: 17 Jan 2011)
I assume when MS and Nokia start moving forward, all the fan boy clowns will get over it. Right now they live in the dark and can't see what's in front of them. Its just the same as the game console wars. Fan boys were all about Sony and Nintendo. They discounted Xbox. Now all those fan boy haters own one and love it! MS's Xbox bet with a winning outcome. Now it's the phone and pc/tabs turn.
19. snowgator (Posts: 3609; Member since: 19 Jan 2011)
Always fun to see a lubba post on a Windows Phone thread.
Preach on, Pastor Lubba!! Preach on.....
20. lubba (Posts: 1313; Member since: 17 Jan 2011)
Lolzz!!! My son, lord baldmar give me eth strength with wp8. Let us pray. Hallelujah! Lolzzz!
21. SemperFiV12 (Posts: 948; Member since: 09 Nov 2010)
Victor H has stayed objective on a Nokia/WP article?! CAN IT BE?!! All jokes aside Victor, this was a nice read. I prefer your articles when you remain objective.
22. lubba (Posts: 1313; Member since: 17 Jan 2011)
Lucky we got anything about MS and Nokia. Have you seen articles from wpcentral? Alot of WP8 leaks and here at PA, hardly anything! Its all about Google this google that. Android this Android that. Apple this Apple that! Oh well..
23. jack1059 (Posts: 72; Member since: 31 Mar 2012)
Ah yet more lunacy from whats left of a once proud company. Most handset manufacturers and OS makers are moving towards an integrated model of OS and handset manufacturing. Except for the brilliance of elop. Take the company away from what the integrated model they once had. Trash the profits. Produce 3 brilliant quarters of massive losses and get your shares listed as junk status. And voila.....rocketing to the bottom. But yes, lets trash another in house OS and go with something that has proven to be successful. More windows phone! What a complete joke. "Im driving towards a cliff. I think dismantling the brakes will help."


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Daewoo dips into UMPC pool
Solo M1 ships in Korea
South Korea's Daewoo - probably better known over here for its cars than its computers - is to follow Samsung into the ultra-mobile PC (UMPC) arena: the firm's Lucoms subsidiary has announced the Solo M1.
Like the Samsung Q1, the M1 sports a 7in LCD, but this time its a spacier 800 x 480 unit, better than the Q1's too-narrow 800 x 400 job. The Lucoms gadget is the better looking of the two, too.
The display is driven by the Intel GMA 900 graphics engine integrated into the unit's 915GMS chipset. The processor is a ye olde 900MHz ultra-low voltage Celeron M 353. There's 512MB of 400MHz DDR 2 SDRAM on board and a 1.8in, 4,200rpm 30GB hard drive. Alas, it runs Windows XP Tablet PC Edition.
The M1 has Bluetooth 1.2 and 802.11b/g Wi-Fi for connectivity, and folk buying the docking station also get 10/100Mbps Ethernet. The dock also provides four extra USB ports, and S-video and VGA outputs. The M1 itself has a single USB connector and a four-in-one memory card reader.
The device weighs 830g and measures 22.6 x 11.4 x 2.5cm. ®
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text: Shoulder feels fine right now and in fact has felt pretty good for a several days now, but I haven't tested it at all. The last few days I've gotten those tennis texts from different buddies to play and I came close to cracking but didn't. I may play this weekend. The pain was a general discomfort I felt especially when serving or when my racquet was above my shoulder. I could still hit serves at about 80, 90 percent -- but that little something just forced me to hold back. Then the shoulder was very sore (a pretty constant dull pain) for two, three days after my last hit before finally dissipating. So, it's been 8 or 9 days now since hitting and I feel good, but I'm just a little nervous. If the pain returns when I hit again, I know I'll have to see an ortho. From what I've read, I think it might be a rotator cuff or 'shoulder impingement' issue; hopeful it was just too much playing that needed a good rest, but that's just the hope. Interesting about the Youtek irritating your shoulder/wrist -- more so than other sticks? Which Youtek were you hitting? Initially when I return to hitting I plan on mostly wielding the flexiest of my frames, the BC20, which was the stick my shoulder seemed to be feeling the best with in the days before taking the layoff.


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March 4: Lev Raphael speaks on "The Burden of Inherited History" of the Holocaust for future generations
At 7:30 pm, in Klingenstein Lounge, Lev Raphael will speak on "The Burden of Inherited History: A Jewish Writer Returns to the World His Parents Escaped." At noon, in the Handwerker Galley, Lev Raphael will read from his work, My Germany: A Jewish Writer Returns to the World His Parents Escaped.
On Tuesday, March 4, 2014, the noted author Lev Raphael will visit Ithaca College to speak about overcoming the burden of inherited hatred, with his own life story as a prime example. He is the son of Holocaust survivors and the author of My Germany: A Jewish Writer Returns to the World His Parents Escaped. He will be doing a reading from My Germany at noon in the Handwerker Gallery and giving a public lecture at 7:30 pm, in the Klingenstein Lounge, entitled "The Burden of Inherited History: A Jewish Writer Returns to the World His Parents Escaped."
A reviewer discusses how Lev came to write the book:
Germany was, Raphael says, "a country I had sworn never to visit . . . anywhere I turned in that country, I might face something that had belonged to a murdered relative." But a book tour for his Holocaust-survivor novel The German Money (2003) took him there. Haunted by his mother's experiences in a slave labor camp, he wondered whether forgiveness is possible. In this book, this question is illuminated by flashbacks of his parents' experiences of the Holocaust. A photo of relatives in pre-war Vilna, "as much at ease as a Jew could be in Poland," prompted musings about the Poles' anti-Semitism, which leads to recollections of his mother's desperate retreat in 1941 from the Polish-Soviet border to Vilna, where Germans were rounding up Jewish men for mass execution. Encompassing recollections of childhood with parents grimly silent on the defining experience of their lives and accounts of historic atrocities, Raphael's chronicle of growth and self-discovery isn't easy reading, but his hard-earned healing and freedom from a tortured past make it remarkably satisfying. – Whitney Scott
Lev Raphael's visit to Ithaca College is sponsored by the Jewish Studies Program at Ithaca College and is cosponsored by Hillel, the departments of History, English, Writing, Psychology, and Modern Languages, and the Center for LGBT Education, Outreach, and Services.
For more information, please contact Rebecca Lesses, Coordinator of Jewish Studies, at email@example.com or (607) 274-3556. Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact Kim Wojtanik at email@example.com or (607) 274-3409. We ask that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible.
Originally published in Intercom: March 4: Lev Raphael speaks on "The Burden of Inherited History" of the Holocaust for future generations.


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Rays and Kaboom! Build Another Safe Tampa Bay Playground
Photo by TBO.com
It has been almost a month since I put down my flat-head screwdriver and my open-ended 5/8 wrench after the completion of another great playground in South St. Petersburg, just a few miles from Tropicana Field. Does it really feel like a month since the Tampa Bay Rays staff, players and even their owner Stuart Sternberg spent a blustery afternoon back on December 18,2010 building another Kaboom! inspired safe playground from drawings and designs submitted by local children back in October, 2010.
It was really inspiring to the tenth degree to see employees of the Rays ECOT organization again bring their tool belts and construct not the first, but the second Tampa Bay regional playground in the last year and a half. But even more impressive is the common fact that the Rays are the only current Major League Baseball team to construct a Kaboom! Playground……….. so far.
Over 200 volunteers from the 2010 American League East Champion Rays along with members of the James B. Sanderlin Family Center and a large assortment of local community volunteers. Everyone was eager, with hammer in hand to began the construction after the short Kick-off ceremony and volunteer deployment. But this was an event I did not take my camera to as it was for the kids.
This new playground that we lifted, nailed, bolted and sweat into place will replace an older aging playground that will give over 300 community kids a safe place to play. More exciting is that the playground's design was taken from drawings and designs submitted by the same local children who attend events at the James Sanderlin Center on a daily basis.
It was great to see the Rays "Three Amigos", Sternberg, Rays VP of Baseball Operations Andrew Friedman and Rays President Matt Silverman hoisting lumber and plastic pieces into place along with their fellow employees and staff. Says a lot about the Rays internal community within the Trop that so many Rays employees devoted their time and efforts to such a great cause.
And for some of the Rays ECOT organization, it was a second step into the playground storm as their initial hammer time was back in 2009 when the Rays built another Kaboom! System in Riverview, Florida, about 25 miles to the East. That day's build was one of the over 180 Kaboom! playgrounds that will be built in the United States in 2011. Simply put, Kaboom! Hopes that in the future it can put a great place to play within walking distances of every child in America.
It was a great experience seeing over 43,740 square feet of safety surfacing moving in unison by the volunteers and Rays that day. The bright colors of the equipment meshed in well with the mission of providing a safe and sturdy for every child in this South St. Petersburg community to enjoy this park for a long, long time. I want to again commend the Rays and their employees who took the time out of their busy off season to come out and help this region of St. Pete become safer and a new area of fun for kids of all ages.
Photo by TBO.com
Sometimes we focus too much on what is happening within the confines of our favorite teams to not always look at some of the great things done in the off season and during the regular season by our MLB team. From the top to the bottom, on this day Rays fans, employees and hundreds of tired volunteers stood and watched the ribbon-cutting and the onslaught of kids personally checking out our work. Even Rays Manager Joe Maddon got into the fray picking up a drill and hammer to help build a better playing environment.
Makes me smile inside to see this team give like this to their local communities. With so much being written about the dark-side of sports or even an ensuing firestorm going back and forth about a future home for the Rays. It was great to see everyone involved come together and mesh under a common goal.
The sore muscles and aches seemed to melt away instantly after seeing the first kid's laughter and smile while exploring his new and exciting playground kingdom.
If you want to know more about Kaboom! And their mission, feel free to click the link and see for yourself what you can do to help bring a safer playground environment for children in your own community. Can't wait to help with the next one!
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Do you get your pictures from the internet or do you take them?
I actually do both.
I take my own photos (most of the time), but if I do use a obtained photo, I try and list the photographer or the agency underneath it. The photos from this event were obtained from the St. Petersburg Times/ TBO.com.
I did not take my camera with me that day since I went as a volunteer and did not want to stop, go to the car and get a camera and break the work flow.
During the season, 75% of the photos I take are from my own camera lens.
Rays Renegade
That's great! I would love to see the MLB Network have a weekly special focusing on the charity work that different clubs do. I loved the fact that local kids got to submit their own designs too.
That is something I loved about it too.
The fact that kids got to design it and add their own little nuances and items that they can point to and telltheir friends they asked for….but then again, it was fun to build it no matter how it turned out.
Personally, as a kid I would have wanted two pirate ships that you could do play battles and crossa bridge to the opposite ship….But then I am a renegade….argggg!
Rays Renegade
Great program on the part of the Rays. I love when teams – and MLB – do outreach specifically designed for kids who are, after all, the future of the sport.
It ia amazing the things this generation have done that the past generations might have wished they too had contributed…….Like the Kaboom! playgrounds.
When I played ball community relations and services were a speck of dust compared to the concentrated effort and focus of today's athletes.
Sure we did things outside the realm of the game that did not get press, but there were somany things we could have done if we had the focus and tenacity of so many of the MLB team's charitable arms possess today.
Rays Renegade
Great program. I know MLB has done some outreach with programs like R.B.I., but it's nice to see them do other things that help local communities.
I loved doing it. Since I am not working it makes perfect sense (to me) to give back in some way to keep activeand not just sit on the couch like a lump of meat.
Plus you get to meet a lot of great people within the Rays organization.
Like I said in the lastline, it is the smile and giggle from the kids as they climb and explore the structure that makes all the pains, scraps and soreness just seem to magically melt away.
Rays Renegade
I also love it when MLB and their teams concentrate on the younger fans who will be the people who eventually decide the future fate of your local ball club.
That is why I volunteer for items like this and a few of the players charity events because it is another small piece of myself that I can give back, and also have a great time contributing to the future movers and shakers of this country.
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ok I just want to know because i've been debating whether to get them off the internet of not.
There are a lot of different views on this, but I like to give the photographer a credit at the lef-hand bottom under the photo.
If there is no photo credit on my photos, it was a photo taken by me personally, so I do not credit myself
No self promotion unless it is in the assorted words (lol).
I do it as a sign of respect for the photographers,but other still see it as "stealing" even with the acknowledgment.
Double-edged sword.
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Training to stop prescription drug crime
A pharma-training partnership helps train cops to spot and stop prescription drug crime in their jurisdiction
In 2010, overdosing on drugs became the leading cause of injury death in the United States — passing motor vehicle crashes in the age group 25-64 years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Of those 38,329 overdose deaths, 60 percent involved prescription drugs.
Police around the country fight to keep pace with the ever-expanding theft and consumption of prescription medication, a pattern that varies from one region to the next.
Two companies have come together to help police agencies nationwide by hosting training courses that show police what to look for and the tools that can help.
FBI-LEEDA, a law enforcement executive leadership training provider, partnered with Purdue Pharma L.P., a privately held pharmaceutical company, to travel from one agency to another throughout the United States to train police on preventative measures for prescription drug abuse.
Keeping Current
"Pharmaceutical Drug Diversion Training began in November of 2010, and we've since trained approximately 1,899 officers in 28 classes," said John P. Gilbride, Purdue's director of controlled substance compliance and law enforcement liaison programs.
"We discuss current trends in abuse: What's being used and how, how it's being sold, how much it costs, how to recognize and prevent diversion scams like doctor shopping and prescription fraud."
One and two-day eight-hour courses are available, designed for departments who have an interest in an overview of the program and for those that have a more advanced interest, respectively. The class takes place at a host police agency, where members of departments from the region can come to take part. Information about the course and how to sign up can be found at www.FBILeeda.org.
"I was notified through a training bulletin that the training academy was [hosting the class] so I attended with one other officer from our agency," said Chief Jeff Sherrard of the Prospect, Ky. Police Department, who attended the two-day class in April.
"The instructors broke down how doctors write prescriptions, the terminology that they use so that we could understand what all that stood for, so that if you're called into a pharmacy or you're at a traffic stop, you know what it is you're looking for," said Chief Sherrard.
Attendees of the course are given National Association of Drug Diversion Investigators (NADDI) cards, which contain pictures and descriptions of commonly abused and diverted drugs. The cards are a small, handy resource officers can keep on them to refer to in the field.
Discovering Resources
"[The course] didn't change our process. What it did was bring a number of resources to life for us," said Chief Sherrard. "There's a system in place called RxPATROL® that tells you of the pharmacy break-ins in your area. I can see the thefts that have taken place in the whole state of Kentucky and can see what's been stolen."
With RxPATROL® in place, police can see the most common days for pharmacy robbery, the most common kinds of drugs that are stolen, the number of males versus females committing thefts, their ages, et cetera.
"That information is always very well received," said Gilbride. "We have officers that come to us and say 'I didn't know this was the most common time frame for pharmacy robberies to occur' and then they can adjust their patrol routes accordingly."
The class is interactive, and can go in several directions depending on the location and the drug problems in that area.
"They tell us what they're seeing on the streets and their biggest problems so that we can give them direction and go over scenarios. Like, 'What would you do if a pharmacist calls and says someone handed them a fraud prescription?' Then we go through that process."
Spreading Knowledge
Though the instructors at FBI-LEEDA enjoy training as many participants as possible, they don't ask that "x" number of officers attend the course. The class size generally ranges from 25 to 75 officers, and the knowledge and resources can be brought back to the department and dispersed among officers.
"I would recommend the class to any department that has a drug unit or officers [specifically] responsible for enforcing drug laws," said Chief Sherrard. "I think it was good training, and they gave us a lot of useful resources."
Officers who have attended the course often reach out to the instructors after to share their experience and to get additional handouts, brochures and NADDI cards to disperse to their department.
"We've heard of some officers who attended the class, listened to the pharmacy safety presentation, and went out and spoke with local pharmacy owners — [discussed] what type of alarms and video systems they should have and gave them tips," said Gilbride.
One of the biggest eye-openers from the course is that a lot of abused drugs are legitimately prescribed and filled and then shared with or stolen by family or friends.
Those who are prescribed medications should take the amount directed by their doctor, and any "leftovers" shouldn't be kept in the house. Pharmacists can inform you how to dispose of any extra medication.
For more information on combating prescription drug diversion and abuse, visit www.rxsafetymatters.org.


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PEARL, Miss. (WCBI/MSU Athletics) – Mississippi State sophomore left-hand Ross Mitchell stands 6-foot-1.
Tuesday night Trustmark Park, Mitchell stood much taller than that.
A dominating six-inning relief performance by the Smyrna, Ten., native provided the difference as No. 16 Mississippi State knocked off No. 18 Ole Miss 5-1 in the seventh annual Governor's Cup baseball game played before a stadium record crowd of 8,240 at the home of the minor-league Mississippi Braves.
"It feels great to come out here in front of all of these fans and pitch a good game and then get the win at the end," Mitchell said. "I was able to get a lot of ground balls and it was a real good effort by everybody that came into the ballgame.
"Usually it's a good thing to keep teams from seeing me on the second and third time through the other but tonight was because I just kept the ball low and had movement."
The Bulldogs gained revenge for a 6-3 setback last year in this annual non-conference friendly with the rival Rebels. The teams meet again in a Southeastern Conference series in Oxford in May.
With the victory, MSU improved to 27-9. Ole Miss dropped its sixth straight decision to fall to 23-10. The Bulldogs are a perfect 9-0 in mid-week games and also notched their 16th victory out of the bullpen this season.
Brandon Woodruff drew that start for MSU. The sophomore right-hander was lifted after giving up three hits and the Rebels' lone run in the second inning. Mitchell got the final two outs of the inning, while working around one walk.
For the night, Mitchell worked six innings, allowing two hits with four strikeouts and that lone walk. Jonathan Holder closed the contest with 1.2 innings of work, allowing only one hit and striking out four.
"I went down to the bullpen in the second inning and it kind of shocked me because apparently Woodruff was a little sore, so I needed to come in a little earlier than I expected to," Mitchell said. "I attacked them the same way I normally do and after every game, it seems like I say the defense made every play possible."
For the season, Mitchell is now 6-0 with a 0.98 earned run average. In 15 appearances, Mitchell has allowed only five earned runs in 46 innings of work. Holder was again his splendid self, even though he did not meet the qualifications for a save.
"The obvious thing here is Ross Mitchell really stepping in when we really needed him today," said MSU head coach John Cohen, who has won six of the last night against in the arch-rival. "I thought he was just dominant and you're talking about a guy that walked just one in six innings. Eighty pitches in six innings is pretty economic for us."
The Bulldogs battled back from the 1-0 deficit with a single score in the fifth inning and two scores in each the sixth and seventh innings.
In his fifth career start, junior outfielder Derrick Armstrong started the fifth inning with a leadoff single. Taking second on a groundout and third on a wild pitch, Armstrong scored the game-tying run on an RBI-single by Alex Detz.
In the sixth inning, the Bulldogs grabbed the lead for good on a two-run RBI-single by Adam Frazier. Battling hard from the leadoff spot, Frazier fouled off three straight pitches before lining another 2-2 delivery to left field for the go-ahead scores with two outs. Two walks preceded the monster hit.
"Adam Frazier is a guy that you know is going to put a good swing on the ball and I think he got jammed a little bit but with two strikes that's okay," Cohen said. "He is just one of those guys that just gets hits and gets hits when it matters. He just knows how to play because he understands counts and how to get the barrel in position and that's a skill that is hard to teach in an 18-year period before a kid ever gets to us.
"You either have that feel or you don't and he has it."
A Hunter Renfroe double started the MSU seventh inning. Renfroe scored on an RBI-single by Brett Pirtle. An RBI-single by C.T. Bradford capped the scoring.
Each team finished with six hits. Ole Miss catcher Stuart Turner was the lone multiple hitter for either team.
Ole Miss starting pitcher Josh Laxer was lifted in the fifth inning. Jeremy Massie (0-1) took the loss in relief.
MSU remains on the road this weekend for a three-game conference series at Texas A&M. The Bulldogs and Aggies meet at 6:35 p.m. Friday, 12:35 p.m. Saturday (SportSouth and ESPN3 in selected areas) and 1:05 p.m. Sunday.


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Kittatinny Mountains > Delaware Water Gap - Mt. Minsi > Climber's Log
Delaware Water Gap - Mt. Minsi Climber's Log
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|Mind the Gap
Date Climbed: Jul 29, 2014
|Combined Mount Tammanay and Mount Minsi to make a nice dayhike. This is a fun little hike if you can handle the crowds. It's about as much mountain fun as you'll find in PA/NJ!
|Posted Nov 2, 2015 5:17 pm
|Done all the time!
Date Climbed: Aug 15, 2010
|Good hike, great to just get out!
|Posted Mar 6, 2012 8:53 am
|Throughout the year
|Delaware Water Gap is the closest "mountain" to me, so i go and hike this all the time. Love to head up during snow storms!
|Posted Feb 23, 2011 2:38 pm
|Took a look at the 'other side' of the Gap..
Date Climbed: Nov 11, 2007
|Day hike w/ family and friends... nice cool day.
|Posted Mar 7, 2010 9:36 pm
|Another year at the gap
|NUMEROUS times! Love the trad climbing here, where I learn to climb and lead as well!
|Posted Feb 3, 2009 6:11 pm
|Hiked all through here
|several times in the summers of 1969, 1970 and 1971. It was always hot and great to get to the top for the views. The most vivid memory I have is coming up past some small pond (Sunshine?) and encountering nude hippies sunbathing along the trail; quite an eyeful for the campers I was guiding that week!
|Posted Oct 4, 2008 12:36 am
Date Climbed: Aug 31, 2008
|Did my first outdoor climbing here on topropes. The steep use trail to the climbing walls is fun, too, I could've gone on for hours. Another first (coming from California, where it doesn't exist) was the poison ivy - damn, do those rashes burn for weeks.
|Posted Sep 22, 2008 11:23 pm
|Nice fall hike.
|Posted Dec 1, 2007 10:39 pm
|Many times
|I hiked up Mt. Minsi many a time when I went to school at nearby East Stroudsburg University.
|Posted Nov 17, 2007 9:49 pm
|Family hike
Date Climbed: Sep 1, 2007
|Family hike south on the AT. Another perfect day in the Gap.
|Posted Sep 2, 2007 8:05 pm
|Nice hike
Date Climbed: Jul 24, 2007
|Got to the tower
|Posted Aug 28, 2007 7:11 pm
|AT Trail from DWG
Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2007
|Hiked up the AT trail from the town of Delaware Water Gap on a warm August day. Nice views but the sound of the highway takes the edge off the experience.
|Posted Aug 13, 2007 10:00 am
|AT South from DWG
Date Climbed: Jul 6, 2007
|Got the itch to hike on the AT today (someone lent me AWOL on the AT last weekend). Comfortable hike up and down, lots of through hikers today.
|Posted Jul 6, 2007 9:28 pm
|Bill Reed
|Used to do some crazy stuff on this mountain
Date Climbed: May 9, 1971
|The 2nd "real" mountain I ever climbed, though I can honestly say I never knew it's name till now. Climbed it in every season. Great place!!
|Posted May 8, 2007 9:16 pm
|AT nobo
Date Climbed: May 6, 2000
|A nice spot along the way to Maine.
|Posted Jun 7, 2006 12:44 am
|AT South
Date Climbed: Mar 30, 2006
|After a hibernation from hiking all winter, made my first climb of the year. Wanted to see the "other side" of The Gap. A great hike. Very easy to get to. Winter's over!
|Posted Mar 30, 2006 4:56 pm
|Route Climbed: AT in ant out Date Climbed: January 21, 2006
|Even though I hiked Mt. Tammany fourth times never have the time to look for trailhead for Mt. Minsi (it looks little "disconnected" on the map). But this time went with some people who hike here every winter for couple of decades. So after hiking Mt. Tammany moved to the trailhead for Mt. Minsi.
The conditions felt a lot like late fall hiking. Very nice weather some morning clouds were exchanged for some afternoon sun. Very warm - 50's.
|Posted Jan 22, 2006 11:22 am
|Rob A
|Route Climbed: Telephone Traverse (Attempt)
Date Climbed: Jan 15, 2006
|Wanted to try a new route, but gap winds of 40-50 mph with gusts higher than that forced me down after 100 yards up the rockslide.
|Posted Jan 16, 2006 12:57 pm
|Rob A
|Route Climbed: A.t., Fire road Date Climbed: A few.
|Sweet Mountain. Great views of Jersey and P.A. A classic to climb over and over.
|Posted Jan 17, 2005 9:02 pm
|Route Climbed: AT and Mount Tamany Trail Date Climbed: August 1, 2000
|I've climbed both Tamany and Minsi in startlingly different circumstances. Tamany was sunny, hot, and sweltering. Minsi was at night, in November and quite cold. Still, the views from each were excellent if you ignored the roar of the semis on I80 down below.
All in all, the Delaware Water Gap is an impressive place. Definitely worth a visit. I'll also put in a plug for Sunfish Pond--southernmost glacial tarn I know of in the eastern US.
|Posted Aug 13, 2004 5:09 pm


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Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo playing F1 catch-up after losing appeal
Shanghai: Daniel Ricciardo wasn't counting on having his second place in the Australian Grand Prix reinstated on appeal, and insists he has moved on from the failed bid.
The Red Bull driver was stripped of the 18 points he would have scored for crossing the line second at his home GP in Melbourne - his first podium finish - for a fuel-flow violation.
The team lodged an appeal with governing body FIA but on Tuesday it was dismissed, leaving Ricciardo, who finished fourth in Bahrain, 10th in the drivers' standings on 12 points instead of third on 30.
"Obviously a little bit disappointed [to lose the appeal] but, at the same time, I had moved on already," the 24-year-old said on Thursday as he prepared for Sunday's Chinese GP.
"I hoped but I didn't really expect too much to come of it. So that's it."
Ricciardo said his priority was to make up for his lost points, starting this weekend in Shanghai.
"I'm here now in Shanghai. There's no more ifs or buts. I have 12 points and I just have to play catch-up," he said.
Ricciardo finished ahead of teammate and reigning world champion Sebastian Vettel in Australia and Bahrain. But Vettel said he was pleased for the team and Ricciardo that he was doing well.
"I'm happy for him. He's doing a very good job," the four-time world champion said.
"We are both trying to do our best. On my side, I'm not where I want to be yet, and there are probably a lot of reasons for that.
"But for sure, it is good to see him pushing hard and it's also good to have a benchmark to work to."
Vettel thought the team's appeal should have been allowed because, whatever had happened during the race, Ricciardo had not gained any advantage.
"One thing everyone needs to understand, ignoring the result for a second, that whatever [fuel flow] he ran on the day, it didn't make his car faster or slower.
"Yeah, obviously there are rules and you have to respect the rules. And the way they looked at it, they came to their conclusion.
"It's a shame because it's a big amount of points lost for Daniel and for the team in the constructors' race. How costly they will be, well, we'll get to know at the end of the season."
As for his own chances of catching Mercedes as he tries to defend his world title, Vettel admitted the Chinese GP was not the ideal place to start.
"It's a big gap at the moment. But historically, Shanghai was one of the circuits that favoured Mercedes over the years."
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Au Named Chair of the Department of Information Systems and Cyber Security
September 3, 2013
The College of Business has appointed Yoris Au, chair of the Department of Information Systems and Cyber Security. Au, associate professor, received his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota.
Joining UTSA's faculty in 2003, his areas of research include economics of information systems, technology adoption and electronic/mobile payments.
Prior to joining academia, Au worked 11 years in the information technology industry.
He will serve a three-year appointment.
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Goldschmidt receives first breather of season
By Tyler Emerick / MLB.com
PHOENIX -- He was the last one standing, but Paul Goldschmidt finally joined every other D-backs player on Sunday as manager Kirk Gibson left the first baseman out of the lineup for the first time this season. Goldschmidt had started each of the club's first 37 games of 2013.
"He's got to be a little tired, he was ready for a day off, definitely," Gibson said. "He's pretty important to our team. It's hard to do it, but at the same time you have to at some point."
After hitting four home runs in span of three games against the Dodgers in Los Angeles last week, Goldschmidt was 1-for-9 through the first three meetings of the four-game set with the Phillies at Chase Field. While the 25-year-old is hitting .385 with seven homers and 22 RBIs on the road, he's batting just .232 with two long balls and eight RBIs at home.
Entering Sunday's action, his 30-RBI total is second in the National League behind Brandon Phillips and his on-base percentage (.404) is seventh.
"I told him [Saturday] when he came in he'd get the day off," Gibson said. "You look at him and wonder how many games he can play and still be effective. Obviously I think it's quite a few. He's the guy you'd push the furthest, just because of the way he takes care of himself and the way he is."
Goldschmidt, who played in 145 games last year, struck out as a pinch-hitter in the ninth Sunday and remained in the game at first base as the D-backs fell, 4-2, in 10 innings.
In Goldschmidt's place, Eric Hinske got the nod at first base. Hinske was in the starting lineup once before as the designated hitter under American League rules at Yankee Stadium, but Sunday marked the first time he began a game in the field.
"It's hard to get starts the way he has been playing," Hinske joked. "I'm just hoping to contribute and keep it going."
In 27 at-bats entering Sunday, Hinske had six hits, a homer and four RBIs.
D-backs break out pink gear in Mother's Day tribute
PHOENIX -- In celebration of Mother's Day on Sunday, D-backs players and coaches donned an array of pink apparel stamped with the MLB breast cancer awareness logo to show their support.
Brandon McCarthy and A.J. Pollock each wore pink cleats and appeared to gain some good fortune from the gesture, as both players delivered a strong performance despite the D-backs falling in 10 innings, 4-2. McCarthy tossed eight shutout innings and struck out four while Pollock smacked a two-out RBI single in the first inning.
Martin Prado was only the D-backs player to use a pink bat Sunday, swinging with the lumber for his first plate appearance of the game before switching back to his usual equipment.
Others, like Didi Gregorius, wore pink wristbands, necklaces and batting gloves to do their part. Gregorius went 2-for-5 on Sunday with a pair of extra-base hits, an afternoon he was proud of given how much his mother means to him.
"I owe everything to her," Gregorius said. "She has helped me so much."
Snake bites
• Hours before Sunday's game against the Phillies, a group of D-backs coaches were out on the grass at Chase Field getting in some exercise in an unusual way: fungo golf. Beginning at certain locations on the field, the coaches chose a "hole" somewhere across the playing surface and tried to get it there using the fewest swings. One of the rounds started at home plate and ended in the D-backs' bullpen area.
"We just hit the ball around, pick a target and try to hit the target," manager Kirk Gibson said. "We run after the ball, it's just something to keep you moving. We don't keep score, we just have fun and chirp at each other. I can't really handle a bat at my age."
• Daniel Hudson (Tommy John surgery) threw three innings in a simulated game on Saturday at Salt River Fields (46 pitches). He is expected back with the D-backs sometime around the All-Star break. Meanwhile, Adam Eaton (elbow) went 0-for-5 with an RBI in his first rehab game with Class A Advanced Visalia.
Tyler Emerick is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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With the launch of its NSX platform Aug. 26, VMware has added network virtualization to the list of things its willing to do in the data center. It's also set a course that appears to intersect that of a venerated partner, Cisco.
If there's a collision, it's going to be hard to classify it as an accident.
VMware knows virtualization and understands very well the new control point that's emerged at the virtualization management console. If there's a software-defined data center someday, VMware will be deeply entrenched in the heart of it.
Cisco knows networking, and counts many VMware users among its primary customers. When VMware brought three early NSX users on stage on the first day of VMworld: eBay, Citi and GE, it gave CEO Pat Gelsinger a powerful testimonial that the crowd, too, could take the networking platform seriously. All three customers were also users of Cisco networking, Gelsinger acknowledged. It was a genuflection to an old ally, with the subtext that VMware customers didn't have to wait for Cisco to do what it had already done.
[ Want to learn more about VMware's entry into the virtual networking market? See VMware Builds SDN Ecosystem; Where's Cisco? ]
Cisco was silent on VMware's announced plans for three days, but on Aug. 29, CTO Padmasree Warrior disagreed publicly, in a blog. VMware's approach "places significant constraints on customers. It doesn't scale, and it fails to provide full real-time visibility of both physical and virtual infrastructure. In addition this approach does not provide key capabilities such as multi-hypervisor support, integrated security, systems point-of-view."
Warrior also said VMware was forcing its customers to "tie multiple third party components together ... address multiple management points, and maintain version control for each of the independent components." Software-only network virtualization views the physical network as separate from the virtual one, denying users a common policy framework from which to manage both. Cisco's approach keeps network management a unified task, Warrior said in so many words.
Warrior said VMware's analogy that it will do for network virtualization what it did for server virtualization mistakenly assumes that networks, like servers, were underutilized until VMware came along. On the contrary, with server virtualization, they're more likely to be fully utilized and require a different kind of management as virtualization penetrates deeper into the data center.
Despite this tension, the two companies are more closely intertwined than many people realize. Cisco's successful entry into the server market was fueled by its mastery of integrating the network with virtual machine environments. VMware invented a distributed hypervisor switch that could handle messaging from hundreds of virtual machines at a time. Cisco put it into hardware, the Nexus1000, and integrated it with servers on a rack. On the strength of its Unified Computing System (UCS), Cisco has gone from non-player to number four in the server market. If Sun Microsystems were still in existence, Cisco would have displaced it a year ago. HP, Dell and IBM, still lead but Cisco revenues are growing the fastest, 50% year over year.
That wouldn't have been possible without close collaboration with VMware. Furthermore, Cisco is an old ally of EMC, VMware's parent company. The top management of both companies are well acquainted, are used to coexisting in co-opetition and are pledged to work together. That may get more and more difficult as market forces in virtual networking play themselves out.
The two still work closely together through a subsidiary, Virtual Computing Environments, and VCE is one reason Cisco enjoys the place it does in the server market. VCE sells Vblock, preconfigured racks of servers based on Cisco UCS. Vblocks are how some companies have gotten into cloud computing quickly. CSC in Atlanta did not have a presence in cloud services until it built out infrastructure based on Vblocks. In August, Gartner put only two suppliers in the upper right, "Leaders," section of its cloud infrastructure Magic Quadrant: Amazon Web Services and CSC. (Amazon clearly still leads overall.)


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Discussion in 'Science Fiction & Fantasy' started by RAMA, Mar 27, 2013.
Yea and it sounds stupid. Doesn't it? What happened to their space opera 'Jupiter ascending or Rising' or whatever it was called? That sounds better than Sense8 soul hunters. Please. More telepathic police. Bab 5 regurgitated.
Very interesting combination. I love the Netflix model and I'm glad to see they are diversifying their genres with their original series. They did political drama, comedy, soon horror, now scifi. Nice.
Btw in reference to Xortex's question, Jupiter Ascending is a movie that is still happening.
I see no mention of spaceships. I want a spaceship, dammit!
But seriously, I like that Netflix is venturing into the scifi genre. I am much more likely to dive in a watch this series than "House of Cards."
Netflix is just in the experimentation phase with this new model of delivering programs. Spaceships are probably too expensive at this point, but give them time.
They're shooting that one right now & it comes out next year: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1617661/
So what happens first, rate increase or limited advertising? Producing programming is not cheap and only gets more expensive not cheaper.
If it involves Straczynski, my hubby will wet himself over it. So I imagine I will be watching it when it comes out. I hope it's good.
I don't really care where good SciFi comes from, just that it's actually good, so I like that Netflix is getting into the game. We'll have to wait and see about the results.
I'm a fan of JMS and the Wachowski siblings so will be checking this out. Hasn't been a new sci-fi show that's hooked me since Dollhouse ended.
It seems that right now, Netflix goal is to increase subscribers. If this is the way of the future of "cable" television then there will most likely be similar subscription models in the same way you can buy sports packages. I can imagine HBO offering a direct subscription package in the near future as well if they don't do so in the US already.
If it were 1999 I might be a little more excited about Wachowski and Straczynski teaming upski. As it is I'll check it out but I'm not expecting much. Not much to go on so far, but Sense8 is a pretty stupid sounding title.
It IS a pretty stupid title. It sounds like a new KY product.
HBO's current business model is too inextricably intertwined with television providers to do that. The network has, however, mentioned the possibility of bundling its on-demand streaming service HBO Go with internet providers.
The concept doesn't sound especially appealing to me, but the fact that a potentially expensive "scifi" show is finally being produced direct for streaming is important.
I'll be giving this a pass. JMS is a stupefying writer and I don't, at present, have any insomnia that needs curing.
Don't forget the Wachowski's are also responsible for the disaster of a film called Cloud Atlas. Not one I'd keep on my resume.
2014 series start
I want space ships!
Episodes of House of Cards are "much higher" than 4.5 million dollars an episode. For that kind of money they can make an awesome space opera show.
One person's desaster is another person's masterpiece. While some people picked it as their worst movie of 2012, it also showed up on a bunch of "best of" lists, including my own.
Well both parties are well known for their grand ambitions and frankly THAT is what is missing in SF TV these days.
So, I'll take a (likely) interesting grand mess over another safe, cookie-cutter carbon-copy SyFy product any day of the week.
All of them try to play in a bigger, more layered sandbox than a good proportion of other film/TV producers out there these days, so I feel there is hope for some real imagination and scope (either structurally or philosophically).
In fact, the only person I would be more interested making an SF TV show right now is Chris Nolan. So although the W's and JMS have their whopping flaws, count me interested.
Hugo - Mr Straczynski, we missed you...
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I suggest that we all do an official thread of our favorite rookie. Ill start with mine. Give reasons why u think the player should be drafted, what are the chances, and justify your fav. rookie, and possibly soon to be knick!
Who is Stephan (Steff-an) Curry
High school career
Curry attended Charlotte Christian School in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is the school's all-time leading scorer with over 1,700 points.
At Charlotte Christian School, Curry was named all-state, all-conference, and team MVP while he led his team to three conference titles and three state playoff appearances. He attended Middle School at Queensway Christian College in Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada, leading his team to an undefeated season. He finished his senior season by shooting over 48% from three-point range. After receiving offers from Davidson College, Virginia Commonwealth, and Winthrop[7], Curry chose Davidson College, a school that had not won an NCAA Tournament game since 1969.
Collegiate career
Freshman season
Before Stephen Curry even played a college game, head coach Bob McKillop said at a Davidson Alumni event, "Wait till you see Steph Curry. He is something special." In his second ever collegiate game against the University of Michigan, Curry scored 32 points, dished out 4 assists, and grabbed 9 rebounds.
Curry led the Southern Conference in scoring, averaging 21.5 points per game and was second in the nation among freshmen in scoring, to Texas' Kevin Durant, who ended up being the 2nd pick in the 2007 NBA Draft. Curry's scoring ability helped the Wildcats to a 29-5 overall record and a Southern Conference regular season title.
On March 2, 2007, in the Southern Conference semi-finals, facing Furman University, Curry set the NCAA freshman season record for 3-point field goals with 113.
Curry eclipsed the school freshman scoring record with his 502nd point against University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on February 6, 2007.[10] On March 15, 2007, Davidson marched into the NCAA Tournament as a 13 seed set to play the University of Maryland. Even though Davidson lost 82-70, Curry was the leading scorer with 30 points and received a standing ovation when he fouled out.
Curry ended his freshman season with 730 total points, including 122 3-point field goals.
After the season ended, Curry was selected for the USA team that appeared at the 2007 FIBA U19 World Championships in Novi Sad, Serbia. Despite playing only 18 minutes per game, Curry averaged 9.4 points, 3.8 rebounds, and 2.2 assists while shooting 45% from the floor.
Curry was selected as Southern Conference Freshman of the Year, Tournament MVP, All-tournament team, All-freshman team, and first team All-SoCon. He was also named an honorable mention in Sports Illustrated's All-Mid-Major.
Sophomore season
Coming off of a stellar freshman season, Curry was eager to impress again. In this season, Davidson would play a tough non-conference schedule including the University of North Carolina, Duke, NC State, and UCLA. Despite being lightly regarded, these games against top-ranked opponents were very close, but unfortunately for Curry and the Wildcats, all losses. Curry shined in each game, though, scoring 24 against UNC, 20 against Duke, 29 against NC State, and 15 against UCLA. On February 13, 2008, Curry's 41 point game against UNC-Greensboro helped Davidson come back from a 20-point first half deficit to win.
Curry once again led the Southern Conference in scoring, averaging 25.5 points per game and ended up fifth in Division I in scoring, while adding 4.7 rebounds per game and 2.8 assists per game. His scoring and leadership abilities led the Wildcats to a 266 regular season record, and a 200 conference record. As a result, Davidson earned their third straight NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Tournament bid in 2008, as a 10 seed.
On March 21, 2008, Davidson matched up with seventh seeded Gonzaga University. Despite Gonzaga being ahead by as many as 11 points early in the second half of this game, Curry scored 30 points in that half to push Davidson to their first NCAA Tournament win since 1969, 8276. Curry ended up with 40 points, going 8-for-10 from 3-point range.on March 23, Davidson played second seeded Georgetown University in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Georgetown entered the game as a heavy favorite after an appearance in the Final Four in 2007 and holding a number eight national ranking. Curry was held to only five points in the first half of the game, and his team trailed by 17 points at that point. However, Curry scored 25 points in the second half to push Davidson to a stunning 7470 win.
On March 28, 2008, Curry led Davidson to another upset against third seeded Wisconsin. With NBA superstar LeBron James in attendance, Curry scored 33 points over his defender Michael Flowers, who was considered one of the best in the nation. Davidson easily won 7356, advancing the school to the Elite 8 for the first time since 1969.[20] In this game, Curry joined Clyde Lovellette of Kansas, Jerry Chambers of Utah and Glenn Robinson of Purdue as the only players to go over 30 in their first four career NCAA tournament games.Curry also tied the single-season record for most three-pointers made in one season set by Darrin Fitzgerald of Butler University in 1986-87 with 158. He set the record in the next game against the Kansas Jayhawks with his 159th three-pointer of the season. Despite Curry's 25 points, Davidson fell to the top-seeded Jayhawks, (which would go on to win the tournament) 59-57 on March 30, 2008.
Curry was named to the Associated Press' All-America Second Team on March 31, 2008. He was also named the Most Outstanding Player of the Midwest Region of the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Tournament, becoming the first player from a team not making the Final Four to do so since Juwan Howard of Michigan in 1994.
Curry was nominated for an ESPY in the Breakthrough Player of the Year category.
Junior season
Curry said he wants to develop as a point guard and be able to create his own shot to get ready for the NBA. On November 18, Curry scored a career-high 44 points in Davidson's 82-78 loss to Oklahoma. He extended a career-long streak by scoring at least 25 points for the seventh straight game. On November 21, Curry registered a career-high 13 assists, to go along with 30 points, in Davidson's 97-70 win over Winthrop, in Davidson's next game, Curry matched his career-high of 44 in a 72-67 win over North Carolina State.Scoring Davidson's final 10 points, he helped his team clinch the game in the last moments with a three-point shot from 30 feet, and two clinching free throws with 4.1 seconds remaining. He also had a team-high 3 steals. On December 20, Curry went cold in the John Wooden Tradition in Indianapolis. Going 5-for-26 field goals, including hitting only 2-of-12 threes, he finished with only 13 points against Purdue and its defense (led by Chris Kramer), resulting in the Wildcats' second loss of the season, a score of 76-58.[30]
On January 3, 2009, Curry surpassed the 2000-point mark for his career as he scored 21 points against Samford. He accomplished this feat in just his 83rd career game.
On January 7, 2009, Curry scored 29 points in a loss to Duke and became the second leading scorer in Davidson's history.
Curry became Davidson's all time leading scorer on February 28, 2009, surpassing previous record holder John Gerdy. Stephen Curry scored 34 points in a 99-56 win against Georgia Southern, giving Curry 2,488 points for his career.
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Here is the current setup in my dad's office with an ADSL internet connection with a static IP:
1. Phone line connected to 2:
2. WiFi Modem/Router in bridged mode (Wifi unusable since it is in bridged mode, hence turned off) connected to 3:
3. Windows 7 PC (named system1) with an additional NIC to share the internet with two other Windows XP PCs via a Switch (named similarly, system2 and system3)
I just setup the Win7 PC (fully formatted and installed Windows 7 yesterday, minimal applications installed like a browser and Adobe Reader etc) to replace a WinXP PC that was connected to the modem/router earlier. I connected this new PC (system1) to the modem/router (let's call this connection LAN1) and configured it properly to the WAN IP (let's just say X.Y.Z.47), Subnet (specifically 255.0.0.0), and gateway (X.Y.Z.1). system1 was then able to connect to the internet. Then I connected system1 to the Switch (let's call this connection LAN2) and enabled Internet Sharing on LAN1. It then auto configured LAN2 to the IP 192.168.137.47 and instructed me to set all the other computers to DHCP. I also had to head into Advanced Sharing Settings in system1 (Win7) and set it to use user accounts and passwords to connect to other computers instead of letting Windows manage this by itself, and set it to 40/56 byte encryption as the other computers on the network run XP.
So this worked just as expected, all shared drives are accessible and internet access is shared without a fuss between system1, system2, and system3. But now I started seeing a new computer under Network in the Explorer sidebar of system1, named something like 'SRS1'. I am able to access all the drives of this system, C drive with only Read permissions and the other drives with Full Control! Now I am absolutely sure all the three Computers that are physically connected to the Switch in the office are accounted for, this system is a fourth one that is appearing! The files on this mystery box indicate it belongs to a business somewhere in the same geographical area as us, seems like a Car Accessories dealership (called SRS Auto Accessories).
An assortment of vacation photos, a scan of the insurance policy of a vehicle owned by them are also present. So this box is definitely not inside our office. How in the world can we access it? It has to be via the Internet connection for sure, as all the computers connected to the Switch are present within the office and are not named SRS1, nor do they have the aforementioned vacation photos etc!
Is it possible our ISP messed something up and hence we are able to access another customer's PC eas if via a local network?
EDIT: Some more details. Back when a WinXP computer was at the position of system1, there were no strange computers appearing on the network, only immediately after I setup the Win7 box. Also SRS1 appears to be an XP box too as there is a 'Documents and Settings' folder at the root of C drive, if that is relevant somehow. Here is a quick diagram of the setup to better explain the locations of everything I explained:
Last edited by TJKV on Fri Jun 21, 2013 12:16 pm
Your subnet mask includes a huge amount of potential IPs. Probably more than actually exist on the network. That machine is probably somewhere else on the same service and has its stuff exposed.
Why are you not just using the route properly?
Your setup seems to be the exact reason why you can see this guy's computer and all his files. Additionally, it sounds like he as a similar setup. The key problem is that you are running your router / modem device in bridge mode. Likely this other guy is doing something similar.
Do you have a specific reason for running in bridge mode? Also, why do you have to use Internet Connection sharing instead of connecting all the machines directly to a switch behind the router? It really sounds like you've made this far more complicated than necessary and introduced some serious security problems in the process.
Actually this was exactly the setup done by the ISP guys when they installed the Internet connection. I noticed this only when I came to setup a new computer to replace an aging one in my dad's office, since I have my holidays going on now. The router is in bridging mode apparently because they provide us a Static IP to host our website. Again the ISP's instructions were to set it up in bridging mode. I know this because I had setup this router a while back while on the phone with the ISP to replace an older router that stopped working.
Yeah reading through the FAQ in this forum I realized that since the subnet is 255.0.0.0 a large number of nodes will be present but that's the setting that was handed to us by the ISP!
But if I were to ignore the ISP recommedned settings, what should the setup be like actually, assuming system1 needs to host a website?
Also I updated the original post with an image for easier reference for me, if someone would like to explain what the setup should actually be like
I would assume the router should be setup normally and just port forward 80 to the web server. (maybe 443 as well if you use SSL/HTTPS)
Technically the subnet mask only needs to be large enough to allow your device to reach the gateway address. Given what you have said, 255.255.255.0 is probably correct.
Ideally you would have the router in router mode using NAT. So your router would get whatever public IP the ISP gives out and you would have all three computers inside your home on a flat LAN with a subnet like 192.168.1.0/24 (255.255.255.0). This allows for 254 IPs for devices but is much easier to scan and secure than a /8 subnet like you indicated previously (/8 is 255.0.0.0).
If you are hosting services on any of the devices in your home that you want to access from the outside world, you would use port forwarding to redirect individual ports to the internal IP address. For example, lets say you are hosting a website on port 80 on a computer on the LAN with the IP of 192.168.1.22. To allow traffic through the router to this, there would be a destination NAT entry forwarding traffic received on the router at port 80 to the inside computer at 192.168.88.22 on port 80.
Here's a quick diagram I whipped up for ya: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/69914/simple_network_diagram.png
Hmm both of you make sense. I have a little bit of experience with port forwarding and setting up webservers and utorrent remote such at home where we have a dynamic IP based connection (using Dyndns), but didn't know much about Static IP based connections. It sounds like there is not much of a difference between the two in the way the local network is setup beyond the Router. I hadn't understood this bridging concept before, so I had just followed the ISP instructions blindly.
I will look into setting up the router in the normal fashion but with a static IP, hopefully I can do it without having to call the ISP. This way the WiFi and USB filesharing/print server features of the router won't go unused! Won't trust them again with Tech Support.
EDIT: Thanks for the diag, makes sense now
Only worry is how to setup the connection parameters on the ADSL router to handle a static IP. Will look it up tomorrow, it is 12am here right now
Oh and if I set up the modem/router in the 'normal' way, a switch would not be needed at all right? The router has 4 ports available anyway. Like you said in your post above, no need to use internet sharing at all! Really cool...but the two gigabit PCI NICs I bought yesterday are a waste then
And on a scale from 1 to 10, how big of a security blunder is the original bridged mode setup the ISP guys did? I'm assuming at least a 100, considering that I had full access to (including the ability to delete) vacation photos, insurance information, and the entire Tally accounting database and more of a business. Not to mention the number of people who might have had access to our systems too!
I actually left a text file titled '!LOOK HERE!.txt' with our contact details on one of the drives of the computer we gained access to, hopefully they will see it and get in touch. I can then let them know of this issue too!
I would be careful accessing (and leaving) anything on that remote machine. Even if you have the best intentions, it may still be a crime.
Yeah leaving a note wasn't a good idea.
But even with a horrible ISP setup. They should of put in place a firewall.
Call the ISP. Something is definitely set wrong.
Thanks for the help everyone! I set things up the right way without bridging, and it all works fine now. Router is assigned the static IP,and is connected only to the switch. All the computers are individually connected to the switch too, no other interconnections. Obviously Wifi also works now! Most importantly the router shields our network from other customers of the ISP. If it was the 1970s maybe such a thing might have happened, but in 2013? Shocking!
Yes we called the ISP. We initially tried to explain to them the problem but the guy just couldn't understand what we were talking about. So we changed tactics and played dumb, simply claiming that our internet is not working and demanded that someone should come over to 'fix it'. Will explain to whoever comes, hopefully they'll understand the seriousness of this.
Took me a while to figure out how to configure a static address in the D-Link DSL-2750U, had to switch to IPoE mode or something to be able to specify the static IP and gateway.