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There's plenty of articles about the shortage of skilled IT workers, and the difficulty experienced by companies in finding qualified software developers. The whining would be far more credible if the Want Ads didn't have a silly, arbitrary qualification: a college degree.
There's nothing wrong with a software developer getting a college degree in CompSci, especially when it accompanies an opportunity to learn useful skills. My problem is with hiring managers who think the degree an absolute necessity, and who exclude otherwise-brilliant candidates who didn't spend four extra years in a classroom. If you never graduated from a university, you may discover that getting a programming job without a degree is like trying to get a Teamsters job without a union card. Which is, not to put too fine a point on it, really dumb.
Frankly, I have always found this attitude unfathomable. But I'm willing to be wrong (really) and to listen to the opposite viewpoint. So I asked for input about the reasons someone might require a college degree as part of their company policy. I hoped to be given an "Oh! Now I understand!" moment in which I whacked myself on the head. So much for that idea.
A strangely common explanation for requiring a college degree is that it demonstrates "commitment." As a recruiter friend said, "One client described it to me as less about the education or the degree and much more, for them anyway, about the sense of commitment the person shows to starting and finishing something. They indicated that they saw the lack of degree in parallel to the lack of loyalty or dedication to the employer." Or as someone else said, "It helps demonstrate that that person can set a goal and then achieve it. It also shows that the person had the vision to realize that four years spent now will probably pay off in the long run."
Maybe, maybe you could get away with that attitude if the manager is trying to fill an entry level position, and expects the pool of candidates to be very young or have little experience. In such cases, the youngsters have had little time to "achieve" much of anything, so the ability to do an all-nighter in pursuit of a good grade is — arguably — an indication of seriousness.
But even then, it's not really a measurement of commitment. It's a measurement of the candidate's parents' ability to pay a college tuition. Yet, someone who dropped out of school because he could no longer afford it and had to earn a living might care just as desperately about the field. Requiring a college degree (in anything, not just CompSci) excludes the people who are really committed to learning programming skills, because they did it on their own time, or worked full-time days while they attended a Tech School at night. Becoming a programmer because you want to demonstrates resourcefulness and determination. Aren't those equally important as "commitment"?
Another major problem with the "commitment" excuse is that its relevance fades over time. I might have been a drifter or impatient idealist at age 20 (and in fact I was: I dropped out of a poison ivy league university to Save the World). In the ensuing 30 years, I might possibly have learned something — ya think? Yet, if I apply for a "college degree required" position today, my résumé wouldn't make it past the HR department. (Because, as we all know, HR departments exist to eliminate candidates, not to find them.) I've seen several programming jobs listed that specify "college degree or five years experience," and I'm fine with that. But I also know a major innovator in programming languages who was told he couldn't teach a class in the field he invented, because he never bothered to get a sheepskin.
So far, I'm assuming that a company demanding a degree insists you have one in Computer Science, but I've rarely see them specify what your major should be. As several people pointed out to me (and I agree wholeheartedly on this point), the best programmers often come from other disciplines. (IBM at least used to give a +1 to any candidate with a degree in music.) To the degree that college does teach you "how to think" (though I suspect it's more likely to teach you how to drink), it's more important for students to acquire the skill of learning quickly than to have college experience in programming a now-"legacy" language.
As one correspondent, John M, explained eloquently, "The drop-dead killer programmers you want on your team, as likely as not, were not CompSci or Software Engineering majors. They're doing programming because they like to do programming. They're intrinsically interested in communicating with the machine, and what they can get the machine to do. The college kids you interview are in Comp Sci or Software Engineering because they think they'll earn big bucks. That's why Joel Spolsky insists that any job interview should include asking the candidate to write code. I've had Dean's List students from major engineering schools who couldn't solve a simple problem — and couldn't be coached into figuring out what to do. I have a young man working for me now who majored in Music Composition who rolled his eyes at the problem and said, "You probably don't want to do it that way—the new LINQ to XML tools make it easier...."
For fairness, let me cite a few of the more sensible responses I encountered:
A college degree in CompSci gives you fundamental skills, such as data structures, how to handle large problems in a systemic way, or an awareness of accounting (relevant, since many apps interface with accounting systems). Someone with a university degree understands the difference between "coding" and "software engineering," my correspondents argued.
I'll give a nod to this viewpoint, because a good degree program does expose students to these important concepts. But I'd argue that few college graduates get a holistic view of the field until they're out of school on their first job, busy un-learning all the technically interesting "techiques" they were taught, and finding out how programming works in the real world. (The most arrogant programmers are the ones who just graduated, as I'm sure you've noticed. They're also the best and smartest in the industry. You can believe them, because they'll tell you so.)
A degree does not guarantee that the job applicant learned these skills. Programming skill is not a sun lamp. Being exposed to it doesn't mean you soak it in.
Nor does it mean that someone who worked her way through tech school, or who is self-taught from many fine programming books, lacks an understanding of Computer Science basics. Instead of asking for a degree, the interview process at these companies should include the question, "What's the last programming book you read? When? What did you learn from it?"
Some programming tasks need specialized knowledge you'd only get in school. As one person said, if the software to be written has complex algorithms, such as those that are calculus-intensive, a degree is usually a must. "You might find some unique individual without a degree who can code such algorithms, but that would be a very odd case. Or maybe the person did go to college but did not complete. It is unlikely that someone off the street without schooling could do that task."
Here I disagree. If you need specific knowledge, advertise for that need. Someone can major in CompSci without taking calculus; the degree wouldn't assure you she had that knowledge. But if the job listing makes it clear that advanced math skills are a prerequisite, you have a better chance of finding the right individual. Degree status isn't part of it.
The other assumption in this argument is that domain knowledge can't or won't be learned outside of school. That's really strange. Because someone who works in a given area is likely to learn a lot more about it than somebody who took a three-hour course in it, a decade ago.
For example, one correspondent without an undergrad degree was contacted by a recruiter whose client wanted software developers who understood their specific industry. "The project they were undertaking was an exact mirror for the project I had just completed for their chief competitor. My references were excellent and were from industry leaders that their very own senior management had long relationships with. My qualifications were so solid, I expected an interview to be merely for ceremony." Instead, the hiring company decided not to speak with him. "His client required a college degree. It wasn't important if the degree was in the artistic studies of microscopic archeology but a degree was required. They refused to review my résumé."
The degree is a measurement of achievement for those who have no other metric. One individual asked, "How familiar with software development is the person doing the hiring? If little, then would you want to rely on someone who claims to have a lot of experience without a degree? What would be the measure of identifying how knowledgeable the person truly is?" That's a fair point — and one that is a worthwhile question outside of the hiring process. (Certainly, it applies to any computer consultant who needs to sell herself to a non-technical client... a topic I'd better leave for another time.)
But I'd hate to think about the decision-making process in which one candidate is chosen over another because the former, to paraphrase comedian Robert Klein, was admitted to a college that'd accept anyone who could make it to the bursar's office. If the hiring manager isn't qualified to judge someone's knowledge, hire a consultant to interview the candidate and write a report the boss can understand.
Or take the aforementioned John M's advice: "By contrast, I can think of three strong predictors: Has the candidate been involved with the full life-cycle of a serious project? Is the candidate presently doing software development outside of work (i.e. for a social organization, his church website, a non-profit, or a hobby interest)? And does the candidate have strong performance experience with music? Two of the three warrant giving this person a close look; find all three and you've likely got your new team member. The college degree? It's a nice-to-have."
If a company really and truly wants the best programmers it can hire, it should ditch the "college degree" requirement. Now.


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by Philip K. Dick, adapted by Jonathan Holloway
BBC Radio 4, June 15 (repeated June 21)
Rick Deckard, bounty hunter for the San Francisco Police Department, is put on the trail of Nexus-6 androids who have come to Earth illegally…
They may both be based on the same source text, but Jonathan Holloway's two-part adaptation of Philip K. Dick's 1968 novel makes clear how different it is from Blade Runner right from the outset. This isn't a Los Angeles pelted with rain, and hovercars flying past huge moving billboards – this is San Francisco, Christmas 1992, some twenty years after a terrible war which has left virtually no animals left alive. (It's not a slavish following of Dick's text though: for a start, the original story is set in January, not December!) Rick Deckard has a sheep, but it's an electric one and he longs for the day when he has the money to buy a real animal… and that's what 'retiring' the Nexus 6 androids will hopefully allow him to do.
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Unfortunately, Stuart McLoughlin doesn't get as much to do as J.R. Isidore in this version: unless the second part backtracks, then Dick's secondary thread, which follows Isidore, has been lost. That's a bit of a shame, since it counterpoints the humanity that the genetically-damaged J.R. shows to the androids with the lack of it Deckard displays, something on which he is called during the story, in one of the many portions of dialogue lifted directly from the original.
Holloway has made various changes and excisions to Dick's original (from quite major ones such as this Deckard not having to cope with a wife who can't self-medicate properly, to minor ones, like Luba Loft being a nightclub singer rather than an opera star) but this streamlining has brought Deckard's pursuit front and centre, and although Dick's story isn't first-person narrated, there are plenty of moments from Deckard's point of view from which to extrapolate.
Verdict: A strong adaptation which brings out many of the themes in Dick's work. 8/10
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Friday, January 15, 2010
On to 2010...
Finally got around to slapping together my 2009 in review post for Sequential, summing up the major events and themes in the anglo side of Canadian comics over the past year. Rather than talk about the economy (boring!) as the major story, I decided to go with a look at Seth's success and how the reception of his books can be read as a positive story for our comix culture in general. I went with Seth even though other cartoonists seemed to get just as much attention for individual projects. The giant edition of Jeff Lemire's collected Essex County opus, his new Vertigo series, and the Nobody graphic novel were certainly big news and say quite a bit about comics publishing and the place of young cartoonists today. Ditto the hype around the latest Scott Pilgrim graphic novel and the upcoming film project starring Michael Cera. Bryan Lee O'Malley feels like the hot cartoonist of the moment, but I think his star will burn even brighter in 2010. Nope, for 2009 it was definitely our man in the chapeau and his bevy of books...
Labels: graphic novels, meta, sequential
2 comments:
- Fanboy Wife said...
I can't speak for myself, but my husband really liked Essex County. We also have The Nobody print hanging in our living room.
- BK said...
Essex County is great. I actually teared up when reading parts!
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August 4, 2012: "Jimmy Fund Month"
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The Boston Red Sox and the Red Sox Foundation recently announced that August has been named "Jimmy Fund Month," commemorating the partnership that spans nearly 60 years between the charity, the team and its philanthropic arm.
To kick off the month-long festivities, Red Sox first baseman Adrian Gonzalez is committing $5,000 to the Jimmy Fund for every home run he hits during the second half of the 2012 season. Directing the funds to the Jimmy Fund through the Red Sox Foundation, Adrian has already hit four home runs since the All-Star break for a current tally of $20,000.
Also helping raise funds in August are Red Sox Manager Bobby Valentine; Bench Coach Tim Bogar; Director of Professional Scouting Jared Porter; and Director of Baseball Information Services Tom Tippett, who will all donate their time for the Sabermetrics, Scouting and the Science of Baseball Seminar (which has already sold out for this year) at Boston University today and tomorrow, August 4th and 5th, to benefit the Jimmy Fund.
For the 10th straight year, the Red Sox will support the Pan Mass Challenge, the annual bike-a-thon that crosses the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and raises funds for cancer research and treatment at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. The Red Sox Foundation is a presenting co-sponsor of the event, which began in 1980 and will take place today and tomorrow, August 4 and 5. Red Sox Front Office members ride, raise funds, and address participants at the start.
For the 11th straight year, the club will present the Red Sox Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon on WEEI/NESN. The event, which last year raised more than $3.4 million, is the club's 59th Act of Kindness in 2012. In honor of the 100th anniversary of Fenway Park, the club is engaging in 100 Acts of Kindness. This year marks the 59th anniversary of the Red Sox formal relationship with the Jimmy Fund.
The 36-hour fundraiser will run from Tuesday, August 21 from 6 a.m. to midnight, and Wednesday, August 22 from 6 a.m. to midnight on WEEI and NESN. The annual fundraiser was created in 2002 by the Red Sox in conjunction with their radio partner, WEEI. NESN joined forces in 2003. Red Sox players and their wives have participated in the fundraiser each year.
In addition to supporting the fundraising efforts during the Radio-Telethon, the Red Sox will hold pre-game ceremonies prior to both games during the two-day period. Since its inception, this event has raised more than $28 million.


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A regular meet up by all those inspired by movement in all its glorious forms ranging from dance, martial arts, play, expression, challenge, exploration and a combination of the mentioned. The classes are lead by professionals and experts in their field and is also an opportunity for them to explore new material.
Following the mini sprinh break LMC is going on "tour" and stepping out of the studio for 4 weeks to explore some inspiring alternative options for movers in london! We will converse with the trees, intertwine in the dance, game and fight of capoeira, fly with silks and then find a way back to our inner natures with Gaga movement language!
13th April - Paul Ranson - Moving with Nature - Highgate Woods
20th April - Mestre Marcos & Mestre Silvia of London School of Capoiera - LSC home (Finsbury Park)
27th April - María Flórez López - Aerial movement passage - @gravitycircuscentre (Walthamstow)
May 4th - Natalia Iwaniec - InsideOut - Hampstead Heath
Each class will start at 5pm except for María's ariel class which starts at 6:30pm in the various locations. Each class will have an individual cap on spaces so that we can get the most from each experience.
Tickets are £10 per session or you can book a block and pay as little as £7.50 per class.
As always just a reminder that this is a community driven, non profit initiative and all your support in continuing to attend and promote the classes is much appreciated by both myself and the artists sharing their passions.
These classes are open to all levels, from professional movers to simply the curious and engaged!
Look forward to sharing the space with you and if you have any questions please do not hesitate in contacting me.


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ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ7) Opponents of two controversial natural gas pipeline projects are praising a decision by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality.
The DEQ says it will require the Mountain Valley Pipeline and the Atlantic Coast Pipeline to provide more information on how they will protect water quality at locations where the projects cross streams and wetlands.
"This is very favorable," said Dan Crawford, Chair of the Sierra Club's Roanoke Group. "This is exactly what a lot of people need to hear to be assured that the state of Virginia is going to step up to the plate and do a good job. If they do a good job, this project will never happen."
The Mountain Valley Pipeline says it's committed to protecting the environment. And the company says it is looking forward to working with the state to meet water quality requirements.
The company provided the following statement Friday afternoon:
"Since the onset of the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) project, one of our primary objectives has been to design a route with the least overall impact to landowners and communities; and to preserve and protect sensitive species, historical resources, and the environment, including streams and wetlands. In doing so, MVP has worked closely with state and federal environmental agencies to provide accurate, comprehensive information that would allow for a thorough environmental review of the project. In late March, the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) issued its 401 permit for the MVP project, which we believe was a reflection of MVP team members and WVDEP staff working diligently to develop comprehensive plans for constructing the pipeline with the least possible impact on streams and wetlands in West Virginia. In similar fashion, we look forward to working with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality to obtain and meet Virginia's water quality certification requirements along with those of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' nationwide permit 12 for wetland and stream crossings."


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When I got my first set of bones I was very excited. I couldn't wait to get back to the home I was staying at to start working with them. As soon as I could I went to my room and pulled them out to look them over. I loved them immediately! Well, most of them anyway. Although it would take me a while to admit it and do something about it I didn't like the alligator foot.
I have nothing against alligator feet. I use them in money and gambling mojo bags. I even make quality assessments on them preferring a grasping look rather than having the toes point every which way. Based on that the one in my set was of a good quality. I just didn't like it. It didn't feel right for some reason.
As I learned to read the bones and became more comfortable with them I tried to ignore this feeling about that piece. But over time I found that the piece rarely spoke to me in a reading and when it did speak it was more often a source of confusion rather than enlightenment. Eventually I just took it out. What a relief!
I should have done it right away or after giving it a brief trial run, but for some reason I felt that removing it would somehow affect the integrity of the bone set. It came with the set and should stay with the set, or so my reasoning went at the time. I didn't have a problem adding pieces, probably because I was encouraged to do so when I bought the set. But for some reason removing pieces felt different.
This is not to say that the alligator foot is not a perfectly good piece to use in your bone set. I know readers who work with this piece and who would not be without it. It is just not a good piece for *my* bone set.
I would not be surprised if other people felt the same way about removing pieces, or adding them for that matter. There is something about breaking up or changing a set of something that some people find hard to do. But my advice is to do it – sooner rather than later. I could have avoided some frustration by just removing the piece early on like my gut told me to. I am happy to say that now when I get a new set that has an alligator foot I take it out first thing without batting an eye. There are other pieces I take out as well for various reasons, but the point is to follow your own feelings when it comes to adding or subtracting pieces. Don't get caught up in "maintaining the integrity of the set."
I like to think of a new bone set as a "starter set" and I describe it in terms meant to encourage the owner to jump in right away and make it his or her own. Is there a piece in your set that doesn't feel right? If so take it out. You can always change your mind and add it back in if you feel moved to do so.
Maybe someday that alligator foot will make its way back to my set. Who knows? But somehow I doubt it.
Happy Bone Reading!


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-Improve upon application essay that must, among other things, distill 30-page prospectus into three pages.
-Run six miles with a freeze-prone iPod. (The serenity some feel on headphone-free runs is not something I experience. Either I think about the distance left, or I think about my work - see above - without the writing implements necessary to do anything about it.)
-Bake "shtetl apple cake," or cake from a recipe that's been passed down from Old Country times. (What I now see in the oven looks more like shtetl apple crumble, but that works too, and might work even better with the vanilla ice cream that will go with.)
-Not consume entire shtetl apple dessert before Jo gets back from his trip tonight. (This is made more challenging by item #2 and the ensuing tripled appetite, and can only be offset by preempting this impulse with something called 'dinner.' But the cake smells so good! Who could have pasta with that readily available?)
Saturday, January 16, 2010
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POWERbreathe Italy, Alphamed, have recently signed an agreement with Pro-team Elettroveneta Corratec, Italian Montain Bike, Cross Cycle Team. They were the first winning team in Italy for this competitive discipline.
Five athletes from four different countries make up the Elettroveneta Corratec team for 2013 – Ivan Alvarez Gutierrez, Soren Nissen, Kristian Hynek, Michele Casagrande and Enrico Franzoi.
Each member of the team will be using a POWERbreathe Plus to train their breathing muscles as breathing technique is an important aspect for optimising cycling performance on the trail and can greatly influence riding style. And as breathing can be a limiting factor to keep on pedalling, POWERbreathe breathing training will strengthen their breathing muscles to help them increase their stamina and endurance so that they can ride faster.
Because the lungs aren't a muscle, they rely on the muscles surrounding them for their expansion and contraction. It's this supporting structure that each athlete will need to strengthen and condition in order to appreciate proper, full breathing.
After using POWERbreathe for about 3-4 weeks, each member of the team should be able to call on their inspiratory reserve for that extra push at the end of the competition to get them through. With lung size varying from person to person, there are natural limits to lung capacity, however you can influence the total lung capacity that you actually use; your vital capacity.
When you breathe all the air out from your lungs, what's left is called residual volume, or 'stale air', and it remains in your lungs. Too much of this is unhealthy. By using POWERbreathe to exercise the breathing muscles, each member of the team will be strengthening their lungs' supporting structure and improving their vital capacity (the usable portion of their lungs) and maximising their ability to breathe.
Alphamed will also be presenting the Elettroveneta Corratec, Italian Montain Bike, Cross Cycle Team with a POWERbreathe K5 with Breathe-Link software which will offer:
- Real-time breathing measurement and analysis
- Import and export of .bre files (breathing file extension) for data sharing
- Real-time, live test feedback graphical display with enhanced visual feedback
- Detailed, simultaneous plotting and analysis of data
- Detailed high resolution records of each session
- Creation of personalised breathing training sessions
- Automatic warm-up
- Automatic cool-down
The team will also be using their POWERbreathe before each competition to warm-up their inspiratory muscles, alleviating the feeling of breathlessness at the start of the competition. Research has shown that a standard pre-exercise warm-up routine fails to prepare the inspiratory muscles (breathing muscles) for the rigours of exercise, and laboratory trials on competitive rowers showed that a POWERbreathe warm-up significantly improved rowing performance and reduced breathlessness.
And for recovery afterwards the team will be using their POWERbreathe to speed lactate clearance, as a POWERbreathe cool-down can help speed lactate clearance even more effectively than a traditional active recovery strategy.
Alphamed met up with the five members of the Elettroveneta Corratec, Italian Montain Bike, Cross Cycle Team earlier this month to talk to them all about POWERbreathe, the research, and how best to implement POWERbreathe into their daily training.
Read more about why you should include POWERbreathe as part of your cycling training, however if you're a cyclist and are already using POWERbreathe, then please leave a comment here as we'd love to hear about how you feel you've benefited from this breathing training.


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Introduction: How to Give an Internet Access to PardusARM Running Raspberry Pi
Today, I am going to show you how to give an internet access to PardusARM v3 operating system runs in Raspberry Pi 2 Model B v1.1 board. As you know, Pardus's name comes from Anatolian Pars, to be scientific, the name is Panthera Pardus Tulliana. On this instructable, I aim to help you to connect internet.
The need list:
1. Raspberry Pi 2 Model B v1.1 (With HDMI monitor, mouse, keyboard, min 8GB class 10 micro SD Card, card reader, adapter e.t.c.)
2. PardusARM (How to install Pardus for Raspberry Pi 2)
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Step 1: There Are Three Different Solutions to Access Internet
Yes, there are there common ways to access internet.
- Using ethernet cable to access internet
- Using wireless fiction to access internet
- Using Android phone's available internet connection to share to Pardus
- Using iPhone's available internet connection to share to Pardus
Step 2: Solution1: Using Ethernet Cable To Give an Internet Access
This step is about using ethernet cable to provide internet connection to Pardus.
The need list:
1. Your modem in your home/workplace
2. Long enough ethernet cable from your modem to your Raspberry Pi board near.
3. (Optional) Ethernet cable connector
The process:
No need to do extra things in terminal. Internet connection is building automatically. Now, you have an internet access.
Step 3: Solution 2: Using Wireless Fiction to Access Internet
This step is about using wireless ficton to provide internet connection to Pardus.
The need list:
1. Your modem in your home/workplace
2. Usb Wi-Fi dongle device (Alias: USB Wireless Adapter)
The process:
First of all, plug in your usb wi-fi dongle device to Raspberry Pi board's one of available usb ports.
While Pardus is running on Raspberry Pi 2, open LXTerminal from bottom panel and type these code then enter to update Pardus. (This updates the list of available packages and their versions, but it does not install or upgrade any packages.):
sudo apt-get update
When asked password, if you didn't change, use pardus as a password. After this, type this. (This actually installs newer versions of the packages you have. After updating the lists, the package manager knows about available updates for the software you have installed.) When asked type "e" to continue:
sudo apt-get upgrade
After this, type this. (This will then remove all of the reduntant packages after the latest upgrade) When asked type "e" to continue:
sudo apt-get autoremove
After all these, type this code to list your usb devices. Check your usb wifi dongle device's name among the lines
sudo lsusb
When asked, type password as pardus. In the list:
Bus 001 Device 036: ID 148f:5370 Ralink Technology Corp. RT5370 Wireless Adaptor
The device ID and device number can alter. It may be different on you.
sudo lsmod
This code shows which drivers and kernel modules are loaded in your board. I took a picture, check it to see my list. On there, rt2800usb and rt2... should be available.
Now, we are going to do some modifications, but first take a backup.
sudo nano /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
This will open an editor. Write these:
To save, CTRL+O then enter. To return to terminal CTRL+X. Now go on with this code:
sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces
That's all !


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Top British department store John Lewis have some beautiful new stationery in this autumn. Their 'Copenhagen' collection features a variety of notebooks, jotters pads, files, folders, and pencil cases. The main print is a bold design of red, green and grey flowers set again a dramatic black background and there is a secondary floral that uses only flower heads and removes the red for a cooler design. Also in the range are a smart geometric stripe and for a masculine feel a typographic design. I snapped all these in my local store but you can see the full collection online here.
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Movie News in 60 Seconds: Emma Stone and the 'F------' Perfect Guy,' Is Drew Barrymore Overpaid?, Jennifer Lopez and the Search for 'Carmen Sandiego'
Easy F: Actress Emma Stone, who broke out in the sassy comedy Easy A (pictured above) is in talks to star in a movie with a much saltier title, He's F-----' Perfect. Stone would play "a social media savvy girl who is pessimistic about love" until she finds the perfect guy and decides to transform herself into his "perfect match." (Deadline)
We Hope They're Putting Some of That Money Away: Forbes Magazine has compiled a list of Hollywood's most overpaid stars, naming Drew Barrymore #1 and Eddie Murphy #2. Will Ferrell, who topped the chart for the past two years, has improved ... by dropping to #3. (Forbes)
From Computer Games to the Big Screen: Educational geography game Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? will serve as the basis for a cinematic mystery thriller. Jennifer Lopez will serve as one of the producers and may consider starring. (Deadline)
Tammy, Tell Me True (and Funny): You know her from Mike and Molly and Bridesmaids. You know him from The Help. Actress /writer Melissa McCarthy and director Tate Taylor are negotiating to work together on Tammy, a road trip comedy that McCarthy wrote with her husband Ben Falcone. McCarthy and Taylor are old friends from their time together in Los Angeles improv comedy troupe The Groundlings. (The Hollywood Reporter)
From 'Black Swan' to Metallica: Darren Aronofsky will direct a music video for Metallica and Lou Reed before he gets set to film his epic Noah movie next year. The track, called "Iced Honey," will come from the album "Lulu," and it'll be available next month. (AP)
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Attorney Jones publicly pushes back against the most powerful interests in the world. For example, he has filed and/or pursued more than twenty-five federal civil-rights charges since 2012 on behalf numerous U.S. Department of Defense educators challenging all kinds of legally actionable discrimination and retaliation transpiring on U.S. military bases across the world.
Other causes he has taken up have been covered publicly.
Attorney Jones is featured in the chapter on "100 Ways to Look at a Black Man" in Harvard Law School Professor Charles J. Ogletree's 2011 book, THE PRESUMPTION OF GUILT. Mr. Jones is also acknowledged in the preface to Harvard Law School Professor Emeritus Alan Dershowitz's 2006 book, PREEMPTION: A KNIFE THAT CUTS BOTH WAYS.


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A Caesar cipher, also known as Caesar's cipher, the shift cipher, Caesar's code or Caesar shift, is one of the simplest and widely known encryption techniques. In this type of substitution cipher each letter in the plaintext is replaced by a letter some fixed number of positions down the alphabet. For example, with a left shift of 3, D would be replaced by A, E would become B, and so on. The method is named after Julius Caesar, who used it in his private correspondence.
As with all single alphabet substitution ciphers, the Caesar cipher is easily broken and in modern practice offers essentially no communication security.
The transformation can be represented by aligning two alphabets; the cipher alphabet is the plain alphabet rotated left or right by some number of positions. For instance, here is a Caesar cipher using a left rotation of three places, equivalent to a right shift of 23 (the shift parameter is used as the key):
Plain: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Cipher: XYZABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVW
When encrypting, a person looks up each letter of the message in the "plain" line and writes down the corresponding letter in the "cipher" line. Deciphering is done in reverse, with a right shift of 3.
Ciphertext: QEB NRFZH YOLTK CLU GRJMP LSBO QEB IXWV ALD
Plaintext: the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
Breaking the Cipher
The Caesar cipher can be easily broken even in a cipher text-only scenario. Two situations can be considered:
- An attacker knows (or guesses) that some sort of simple substitution cipher has been used, but not specifically that it is a Caesar scheme;
- An attacker knows that a Caesar cipher is in use, but does not know the shift value.
In the first case, the cipher can be broken using the same techniques as for a general simple substitution cipher, such as frequency analysis or pattern words. While solving, it is likely that an attacker will quickly notice the regularity in the solution and deduce that a Caesar cipher is the specific algorithm employed.
In the second instance, breaking the scheme is even more straightforward. Since there are only a limited number of possible shifts (26 in English), they can each be tested in turn in a brute force attack. One way to do this is to write out a snippet of the cipher text in a table of all possible shifts — a technique sometimes known as "completing the plain component".
Candidate plaintext
The example given is for the cipher text "EXXEGOEXSRGI"; the plaintext is instantly recognizable by eye at a shift of four. Another way of viewing this method is that, under each letter of the cipher text, the entire alphabet is written out in reverse starting at that letter. This attack can be accelerated using a set of strips prepared with the alphabet written down them in reverse order. The strips are then aligned to form the cipher text along one row, and the plaintext should appear in one of the other rows.
Another brute force approach is to match up the frequency distribution of the letters. By graphing the frequencies of letters in the cipher text, and by knowing the expected distribution of those letters in the original language of the plaintext, a human can easily spot the value of the shift by looking at the displacement of particular features of the graph. This is known as frequency analysis.
Enhancing the Cipher
Based on the explanation provided we see that main problem with Caesar cipher is predictability. Two main issues that cause this predictability are:
- Fixed index for shifting characters
- Knowledge about character at a given index.
We can enhance the strength of the cipher by overcoming these 2 issues. Let us look into these 2 issues and how we can overcome them:
Fixed index for shifting characters
As you read earlier in Caesar cipher each letter in the plaintext is replaced by a letter some fixed number of positions down the alphabet. Thus if attacker manages to figure out shift index he can easily break the cipher text. We can overcome this making the shift index variable. Consider the example shown in the table above. Instead of using a fixed index of 4, the index could be length of the string I.e 12. Using such variable index will make the cipher text difficult to predict. In addition to this advantage, two similar word/phrase with different lengths would have different cipher texts. For example attackatonce and attackonce will have no pattern in common even though the word "attack" and "once" are being repeated. This happens because the string length is different thus the shift index will be different.
Knowledge about character at a given index
In our previous example we also observed while shifting the alphabets, the alphabet at new position occurs as per alphabetical order of A-Z. Thus if attacker manages to figure out the shift index he can easily find out all the characters in the given cipher text. Besides making the shift index dynamic we can also shuffle the alphabetical order by which the alphabets won't be substituted as per the default alphabetic order. For example on a shift index of 4 if we were suppose to substitute character "a", by alphabetical order the new character would be "d". However if we do not follow alphabetical order and replace the characters basis of shuffled set of characters it will make it difficult for attacker to derive the plain text. For this we need to have a shuffled set of alphabets.
Enhanced Caesar cipher can be implemented in following manner:
- Determine the shift index on the basis of string length.
- Determine the position of character to be replaced in the shuffled string.
- Add the shift index to the position to determine the position of new character.
- Determine the character at new position. If the new position is more than the length of the shuffled set then loop again after the loop index reaches the length of shuffled set.
For example
The plain text to be ciphered is "america". The shuffled subset is "adwxyzefijklmnoghpqrstbcuv". The cipher for this will be "frnagyf". In this example "a" is substituted with "e". For this substitution we 1st determine the position of "a" in shuffled subset. This is 1. Now we need to determine the shift index, which is length of string i.e. 7. Thus with a right shift of 7,"a" gives "f" as per the shuffled set. Similar substitution process will be applied to each character in the given word.
The Outcome
An enhanced cipher technique derived from a simple substitution cipher is much effective compared to its original version.


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Dr. Syeda Saiyidain Hameed was born in Kashmir and currently resides in New Delhi, India. She holds a BA from Delhi University, an MA from the University of Hawaii, a PhD from the University of Alberta, and, since 1986, has authored more than 20 books and articles pertaining to women's, religious, and minority rights in South Asia. She formerly served on the Planning Commission of the Indian Government with responsibilities including health, women and children, and minority rights; and currently serves as Chancellor of The Maulana Azad National Urdu University in Hyderabad – a university committed to providing higher, technical and vocational education to women in the Urdu language. In 2012, Dr. Hameed joined The Hunger Project's Global Board of Directors.
Dr. Hameed's career demonstrates a long-standing commitment to sustainable development and the education of women. As a member of groups such as the Island Development Authority she works to ensure the ecologically sound development of India's two major island chains and with the National Commission for Women she worked to protect and improve safeguards provided to women under the Constitution of India – such as freedom from violence, harassment or discrimination.
Making it a priority to be at the forefront of development, Dr. Hameed has been a founding member of a great number of rights and education groups including the Muslim Women's Forum where she advocates for legal literacy of Muslim women who wish to work with government; the Women's Initiative for Peace in South Asia – an organization that empowers women as catalysts for a climate of peace through dialogue; South Asians for Human Rights; and the Centre for Dialogue and Reconciliation.


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What is an Official Act? A Skeptical Court in McDonnell Looks for Limits. Is Honest Services Fraud in the Crosshairs?
By Robert L. Walker
"What I think we're looking for is some limiting principle." In the April 27, 2016, oral argument before the Supreme Court in McDonnell v. United States, Justice Samuel Alito so summarized his—and, apparently, a majority of his fellow Justices'—concern over how expansively the Department of Justice has urged the Court to construe the term "official act" as used in the federal bribery statute, 18 U.S.C. Section 201.
As a former state official, former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell was not directly charged with violation of this statute, which applies only to federal officials. But, as Deputy Solicitor General Michael Dreeben put it in his argument to the Court, the McDonnell "case has been litigated on the submission that Section 201 informed the [meaning] of 'official action' for purposes of the Hobbs Act and honest services" fraud bribery, two federal crimes with which the former governor was charged and on which he was convicted by a federal district court jury in 2014. Justice Anthony Kennedy expressed the Court's concern, and apparent frustration, with the government's broad approach to defining "official action" when—with a sharp rhetorical question—he cut off the Deputy Solicitor General's argument that it would be "absolutely stunning" for the Court to narrow the scope of federal bribery: "Would it be absolutely stunning to say the government has given us no workable standard?"
Whether the Court will find it workable or not, Noel Francisco, counsel for Governor McDonnell, did offer a clear standard to limit the scope of "official action" in federal bribery prosecutions. In his opening gambit, Francisco argued: "In order to engage in 'official action,' an official must either make a government decision or urge someone else to do so. The line is between access to decision-makers on the one hand and trying to influence those decisions on the other." Of course, in Governor McDonnell's appeal his counsel have maintained that, throughout his dealings with lavish gift-giver and favor-seeker Johnnie Williams, the former governor stayed on the right side of this bright line, that he
was—to put it in the general terms used by attorney Francisco at the oral argument—"simply setting up a meeting so that somebody can appeal to the independent judgment of an independent decision-maker."
But even this asserted bright line between providing access to decision-making officials and trying to influence the decision of those officials soon smudged and dimmed. Chief Justice John Roberts—who through other exchanges with counsel at the argument showed himself to be significantly troubled by how broadly and inclusively the government would read the meaning of "official act"—asked if "arranging a meeting could be official government action, if that were your job." Petitioner's counsel Francisco conceded the hypothetical: "I think that's possible, Chief Justice. Of course, in this case we don't have anything like that. We simply have referrals to meetings with other officials . . .."
Justice Stephen Breyer, in his comments and questions from the bench, captured the concern with what has been called the "criminalization of politics" that many fear would result if the Court were to endorse the government's proposed broad definition of "official act." Justice Breyer expressed appreciation for the government's help in trying to find "what the right words are" to define the scope and meaning of "official act," but he continued: "I'll tell you right now if those words are going to say when a person has lunch [with a constituent] and then writes over to the antitrust division and says, I'd like you to meet with my constituent who has just been evicted from her house, you know, if that's going to criminalize that behavior, I'm not buying into that, I don't think." Justice Breyer emphasized that he is not "in favor of dishonest behavior," but saw "two serious problems" in taking the criminal law as far as the government urged: "one, political figures will not know what they're supposed to do and what they're not supposed to, and that's a general vagueness problem"; and, second, "a separation of powers problem. The Department of Justice in the Executive Branch becomes the ultimate arbiter of how public officials are behaving in the United States, state, local, and national."
Through her questions and comments suggesting that the basic flaw with the McDonnell prosecution might have been the piece-meal way in which the conduct was charged, Justice Elena Kagan appeared to indicate essential agreement with the approach to defining "official act" urged by the McDonnell legal team. In an exchange with the government, Justice Kagan noted: "This might have been perfectly chargeable and instructable, but . . . I'm troubled by these particular charges and instructions, which seem to make every piece of evidence that you had an 'official act,' rather than just saying the 'official act' was the . . . attempt to get the University of Virginia to do something they wouldn't have done otherwise."
If the Court reverses the convictions in McDonnell, the ramifications for the Department of Justice could go far beyond the loss of a high profile case. As noted at the outset of this article, one of the principle charges on which former Governor McDonnell was convicted at trial was honest services fraud. This criminal statute remains a tool widely used by DOJ to prosecute official corruption at the federal, state, and local levels, even after the Supreme Court in Skilling v. United States (2010)—to preserve the constitutionality of the statute—narrowed the scope of its application to cases involving allegations of actual bribes or kickbacks. But McDonnell could provide the Court with the motive, means, and opportunity to revisit and reject the compromise reasoning of Skilling. Of the honest services fraud statute and the Skilling case, the Chief Justice observed during the oral argument in McDonnell: "I mean, there were, what, three votes to find it [the honest services fraud statute] unconstitutional? And the others say, well, no, because you can narrow it in this way to the core definition of bribery. And now maybe—the experience we've had here, and the difficulty of coming up with clear enough instructions suggests that the caution the Court showed at that point was ill-advised."


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my server when added to launcher it says it requires both epoch 106 and epoch 1051. when in my .bat file its just one epochmod running and its the latest version. people cant join my server because it is saying that. idk how to fix so if you could help would be greatly appreciated
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Officer Tuba (Samo, of course) isn't much of a cop. About all he can do is play the tuba in the police band. When his colleague, a sergeant (David Chiang) is killed, he makes Tuba promise to take revenge. And Chiang means it. His ghost keeps coming back, to annoy Tuba into keeping his promise.
Tuba is a coward, and resists, but Chiang fights back by making Tuba do embarrassing things, including making him appear an idiot in front of his sweetheart (Joey Wong) and her parents.


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If you were to poll 100 native San Diegans, at least 75% would agree that snow is just a myth (the other 25% are snowboarders, and we really don't take them that seriously). However, outside of our unnaturally pleasant 619/858/760 area codes, the celestial dandruff is an all-too-common annoyance.
Now, snow and cars don't normally get along. The one usually causes the other to skid across highway lanes like a greased-up ten-year-old on a downhill slip 'n slide. Sometimes, though, the two place nicely together. Jalopnik recently compiled a list of ten cars modded by Mother Nature. Lesson learned: if you're thinking about bolting on a body kit but are unsure about how it might look, you can always park overnight in Fargo and take a look at the results.


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DNZ Game Reaper Benelli R1, 1" Medium Black Ringmount 52500The DNZ Game Reaper Benelli R1, 1" Medium Black Ringmount is a 1 piece ring and mount system that is machined from a solid block of top-grade billet aluminum. Provides a custom fit to your rifle that aligns with receiver for more pleasing look. Offers a rigid design with no moving parts. Absorbs shock and withstands temperature extremes better than steel mounts at a fraction of the weight and is proudly made in the USA.
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Here's the current case up a CSI No 127 as with every second release of the month there's a sketch done by Em from Page Drafts, pretty cool to work with!
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"At the going down of the sun and in the morning;"
The line from Binyon's 1914 poem must be one of the most remembered and repeated line of verse. He wrote his poem whilst on the North Cornish coast, near Polzeath, looking out to sea. Though written for the fallen servicemen and women serving across the channel in the first World War it serves now a far wider remit. My professional work takes in both rugby and photography. Having spent the whole day reviewing action from the second round of the 2015/16 European Champions and Challenge cups, the tricolour arm bands worn in memory of the Paris victims were particularly poignant. With rugby sharing many of the same values as Service life it brought forward another line from the same poem:
"They mingle not with their laughing comrades again;"
But perhaps in these troubled times, with the particular horrors of modern conflict, the most apt line is the one that follows and is applicable to anyone, from which ever corner of the world they originate who has to endure the news that a dear one will not be returning home that night:
"They sit no more at familiar tables of home;"


text: Mondo327 0 Posted October 2, 2006 (edited) Hi all, I'm trying to get a script to copy a file to 30+ servers using a generic service account. I can run it fine using a domain admin acct, but for some reason its not passing the RunAsSet credentials using a generic user account. I even tried using domain admin credentials in it, but no luck. Here is my script: $file = FileOpen(@ScriptDir & "\servers_test.txt", 0) If $file = -1 Then MsgBox(0, "Error", "Unable to open file.") Exit EndIf RunAsSet ("User1", "Domain2", "Password3") While 1 $line = FileReadLine($file) If @error = -1 Then ExitLoop FileCopy ( "\\server1\shared$\remodel.txt", "\\" & $line & "\n$\remodel.txt",1) MsgBox(0, "File copied to: ", $line) Wend MsgBox(0, "Success", "Updated file successfully copied to all servers in the list.") FileClose($file) RunAsSet() I also get an error when trying to run the following to check the logged in user: Run(@ComSpec & ' /k echo %username% successfully logged in') When doing a beta run, I get: The directory name is invalid. Edited October 2, 2006 by Mondo327 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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The Moon Photobombs Uranus Live
Observers in eastern Australia, all of New Zealand, and parts of the South Pacific will see the planet Uranus pass behind the waning crescent Moon in the early morning of June 12, 2015. The precise timing of the event depends on your location. In Adelaide, Australia, Uranus passes behind the Moon at 18:49 UT, just after moonrise, and emerges from the dark part of the crescent Moon's face at 19:57 UT. In Sydney the occultation begins at 19:01 UT and ends at 20:17 UT.
Observers in the rest of the world will see Uranus close to the crescent Moon in the eastern pre-dawn sky. This presents an excellent opportunity to spot this distant ice giant with a pair of binoculars or a small telescope. Slooh will be presenting live views of the event courtesy of our Australian feed partners. Join us to watch live views of the Solar System in motion!
NASA Mission Points To Origin of "Ocean Of Storms" On Earth's Moon
Using data from NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL), mission scientists have solved a lunar mystery almost as old as the moon itself.
Early theories suggested the craggy outline of a region of the moon's surface known as Oceanus Procellarum, or the Ocean of Storms, was caused by an asteroid impact. If this theory had been correct, the basin it formed would be the largest asteroid impact basin on the moon. However, mission scientists studying GRAIL data believe they have found evidence the craggy outline of this rectangular region — roughly 1,600 miles (2,600 kilometers) across — is actually the result of the formation of ancient rift valleys.
"The nearside of the moon has been studied for centuries, and yet continues to offer up surprises for scientists with the right tools," said Maria Zuber, principal investigator of NASA's GRAIL mission, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge. "We interpret the gravity anomalies discovered by GRAIL as part of the lunar magma plumbing system — the conduits that fed lava to the surface during ancient volcanic eruptions."
E-ELT (European Extremely Large Telescope)
The E-ELT (European Extremely Large Telescope) project aims to provide European astronomers with the largest optical-infrared telescope in the world. With a diameter of 40m and incorporating a large deformable mirror, the E-ELT is expected to tackle the biggest scientific challenges of our time, and aim for a number of notable firsts, including tracking down Earth-like planets around other stars in the "habitable zones" where life could exist. It will also perform "stellar archaeology" in nearby galaxies, as well as make fundamental contributions to cosmology by measuring the properties of the first stars and galaxies and probing the nature of dark matter and dark energy.
The telescope will gather 15 times more light than the largest optical telescopes operating today. The telescope has an innovative five-mirror design that includes advanced adaptive optics to correct for the turbulent atmosphere, giving exceptional image quality. The main mirror will be made up from almost 1000 hexagonal segments.
55-Year-Old Dark Side Of The Moon Mystery Solved
The "man in the moon" appeared when meteoroids struck the Earth-facing side of the moon creating large flat seas of basalt that we see as dark areas called maria. But no "face" exists on farside of the moon and now, Penn State astrophysicists think they know why.
This mystery is called the Lunar Farside Highlands Problem and dates back to 1959, when the Soviet spacecraft Luna 3 transmitted the first images of the dark side of the moon back to Earth. It was called the dark side because it was unknown, not because sunlight does not reach it. Researchers immediately noticed that fewer "seas" or maria existed on this portion of the moon that always faces away from Earth.
Wright, Steinn Sigurdsson, professor of astrophysics and Arpita Roy, graduate student in astronomy and astrophysics, and lead author of the study, realized that the absence of maria, which is due to a difference in crustal thickness between the side of the moon we see and the hidden side, is a consequence of how the moon originally formed. The researchers report their results in today's (June 9) Astrophysical Journal Letters.
NASA Releases First Interactive Mosaic Of Lunar North Pole
Scientists, using cameras aboard NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), have created the largest high resolution mosaic of our moon's north polar region. The six-and-a-half feet (two-meters)-per-pixel images cover an area equal to more than one-quarter of the United States.
Web viewers can zoom in and out, and pan around an area. Constructed from 10,581 pictures, the mosaic provides enough detail to see textures and subtle shading of the lunar terrain. Consistent lighting throughout the images makes it easy to compare different regions.
"This unique image is a tremendous resource for scientists and the public alike," said John Keller, LRO project scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. "It's the latest example of the exciting insights and data products LRO has been providing for nearly five years."
"Creation of this giant mosaic took four years and a huge team effort across the LRO project," said Mark Robinson, principal investigator for the LROC at Arizona State University in Tempe. "We now have a nearly uniform map to unravel key science questions and find the best landing spots for future exploration."
Press Release: Cosmoquest's "Moonmappers" Shows Everyday People Can MAP The Moon
A team of scientists working with the CosmoQuest virtual research facility (CosmoQuest.org) has demonstrated that it is possible for everyday people to map the Moon with the same quality as a group of experienced professionals. These crowd-sourced results are being published in the journal Icarus and highlight the ability of citizen scientists to advance planetary research. CosmoQuest is a second-generation citizen science site run out of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) by Dr Pamela L. Gay.
While "crowdsourcing science" may sound like they are handing out lab sets and white coats, CosmoQuest has actually done something much more impactful.
They handed over the moon.
CosmoQuest's MoonMappers research portal invites the public to learn about the lunar surface and aid professional researchers in mapping craters and other features on the Moon. MoonMappers is led by researchers Stuart Robbins (University of Colorado – Boulder) and Irene Antonenko (the Planetary Institute of Toronto). CosmoQuest community members are the first citizen scientists to demonstrate volunteers' ability to accurately identify planetary surface features.
Astronomers Spot Record-Breaking Lunar Impact
A meteorite with the mass of a small car crashed into the Moon last September, according to Spanish astronomers. The impact, the biggest seen to date, produced a bright flash and would have been easy to spot from the Earth. The scientists publish their description of the event in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
The Moon lacks the atmosphere that prevents small rocks from space from reaching the surface of the Earth. The result is very visible – vast numbers of craters large and small cover the whole of our nearest neighbour and record 4.5 billion years of collisions that span the history of the Solar system.
Although there is almost no chance of a very large object striking the Moon or planets, collisions with smaller objects are very common even today. The odds of seeing one of these by chance are pretty poor, so scientists have set up networks of telescopes that can detect them automatically.


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Arrest/Gun Seizure
On January 22, 2015 Officers from the Hartford Police Department Central Conditions Unit (CCU) were conducting a directed patrol in the rear of 79 Sumner Street, in response to an influx of complaints regarding illegal drug activity on the premises. The Officers investigation was focused on a white SUV occupied by two males who did not live at the building. Upon illuminating the vehicle, both occupants began to nervously move around the passenger compartment. Officers approached the occupants of the vehicle. During the investigation officers discovered a firearm inside the breast pocket the passengers jacket. Both parties were taken into custody without incident. STF was notified and debriefed the passenger.
Arrested: Lyndon Stapleton (front passenger) 27 of Windsor CT (8 previous Hartford Arrests)
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2. Weapons in a vehicle
3. Possession of a firearm without a permit
Arrested: Shaquille Henry 23 of Hartford CT
1. Criminal Trespass 3rd
2. Operating an unregistered vehicle
3. Misuse of plates
4. Insufficient insurance