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Richard, I sent about 40 emails to firstname.lastname@example.com... all I ever got were robot replies, then eventually some BS like this...
quote:...and more dribble about contacting the spammer.
Road Runner supports the free flow of information and ideas over the
Internet. Road Runner does not actively monitor nor does Road Runner
exercise editorial control over the content of any web site, electronic
mail transmission, mailing list, news group or other material created or
accessible over Road Runner services.
No human had even read the emails (as far as I can tell). The fact that APK was illegally using my email address to spam me and others here, didn't register with them. It seems that they pay lip service only to their AUP, and don't mind harbouring thieves.
I have since made other discrete enquiries & contacts to see if I can get someone at Road Runner to wake up. Otherwise, if any action eventuates, Road Runner are going to be joined as co-defendants, and have been advised accordingly.
Without word from Road Runner either way, APK's abuse suddenly stopped after my last barrage of mail to them. So perhaps they have kicked him and he is using another ISP, or he's promised them he'll be good.
So long as he never emails me again, or steals my property again, I may let things rest, as he is not worth the hassle.


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Simon Cowell is giving his ex-fiancee Mezhgan Hussainy a £5 million gift following the end of their stormy relationship, according to reports.
The 52-year-old X Factor supremo split with the make-up artist, ending their wedding plans, after a series of rows.
Now journalist Tom Bower says in a new unauthorised biography, serialised by The Sun, that Simon promised to transfer ownership of his £5 million Beverly Hills house to Mezhgan, for being a 'hopeless boyfriend'.
Simon – who it was claimed at the weekend slept with former X Factor judge Dannii Minogue – had been engaged to Mezhgan since early 2010.
"I put her in the public eye and attracted a lot of attention to her. I had to be sensitive about her position and I didn't want to hurt her family, with whom I had become very close," Simon is reported to have said about her.
Bower spent a year interviewing friends and colleagues of Simon for his book, Sweet Revenge, as well as Simon himself.
The media mogul reportedly described the engagement to Mezhgan – whom he has known since 2002 – as 'a big mistake'.
Meanwhile, Dannii is said to be unhappy about the claims of an affair being chronicled in the book. The 40-year-old singer recently split from her rugby player partner Kris Smith, with whom she has a 21-month-old son.
The publication of the book about Simon – on April 21 – comes as his ITV1 show Britain's Got Talent continues to struggle against BBC One rival The Voice.
When the two shows clashed on Saturday night, The Voice had twice as many viewers as BGT. The BBC show also had a bigger average audience than Cowell's show for a second week running.
Cowell reportedly signs LA house over to ex
Simon Cowell is giving his ex-fiancee Mezhgan Hussainy a £5 million gift following the end of their stormy relationship, according to reports.


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Surprisingly I did not sleep well in the motel. For $50 one would think I should sleep twice as good as at the $25 campsite. But I didn't. I like the quiet campsite much better – and somehow the bed made of the fold down bench seat at the rear of the van is very comfortable, even if it's just a little short.
I used my time in the morning to upload a bunch of pictures for my website. Next chance I get I'll insert the photos into the text and make them into thumbnail pictures. I heard from my friend Alvin Wong in Hawai'i and he is clicking on each thumbnail picture to make it big and very clear. He has a high speed line, and can check up on me. Which reminds me, if you are reading this, why not send a little e-mail – you can do it right from the homepage and say hi. It can get lonely out here.
Well, at 11am I was out of the Day's Inn at Harrisonburg and filled up with gas for $1.55/gal. I thought that was a great bargain, as it was up to $1.79 in Washington, DC. Too bad, just down the road gas was selling for $1.29!! I think the refineries have shifted into overdrive and are producing more gasoline. I hear city gasoline is higher because of the special formulation it has to go through, for air pollution control.
|Birthplace of President Woodrow Wilson - Staunton, VA
|Scot-Irish Farm
|View from the Scot-Irish house out the beautiful window
This is a living history village, with people dressed for the period and actually working on their farms. I totally loved it. There were only about 10 other people in the place. But I imagine by Memorial Day weekend which starts tomorrow, their business will pick up. I can't stress how wonderful this place is.
|Kitchen at the English House
|View from the window in the English House kitchen
|Early American log house from Botetout County in the Shenandoah Valley, VA at the Museum
|Sheep at the early American long house
|At the Palatine German house - Museum of Frontier Culture, Staunton, VA
I hadn't eaten all day and had thought I'd first get my campsite and then go find a restaurant, but this campground is so far in the woods, I decided to try what I had. So I opened cans of asparagus and a can of chicken, then heated water in the camp bathroom to make instant mashed potatoes – and "wha-la" dinner for a van-person. I topped that off with ice cream from the camp store. This place has internet access, but I didn't use it. There is a nice big swimming pool here. I found a tick on my neck when I looked into the bathroom mirror, so I decided not to go walking out in the woods this evening.. YIKES. Very few people here, like a ghost-town.


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Which I agree with, to a point. The way we treat each other shouldn't be entirely dependent on what scientists can tell us about the way different human beings are wired. But the point at which I disagree starts right about here:
We've gotten good enough at asking the right questions and interpreting the answers to know that men and women (and anyone else on or off the gender continuum) have enough human potential that their gender doesn't need to dictate how they live their lives.I don't even know what to say about that beyond, O RLY? If a study came out tomorrow saying "Yes, it's true, women really suck at business!" you think that would have no effect on hiring decisions, the stay-at-home-mom debate, the stock of women-owned companies, and the general level of respect accorded to women in this culture -- just off the top of my head? Because as a culture, we're already so enlightened?
But I'm getting ahead of myself. Before I go into why I don't buy her argument, I need to acknowledge that, frankly, I'm pretty angry at Sara right now. [Note: after I posted this at my own blog earlier today, Sara graciously responded in comments both there and at Feministe. I'm not angry anymore, but I'm leaving this in for context.] Because, in the course of that post, she also took what I believe is a really unfair swipe at me. She completely misrepresented something I wrote, snarked on an argument I didn't even make, and then was kind enough to toss me this bone: "I don't mean to pick on people who don't have all the specific knowledge that I do." You see, it's my lack of a degree in molecular biology that makes me so foolish. And hey, that can't be helped!
So, yeah, I'm not exactly going into this post with a positive attitude. But the reason I made it a post instead of a comment is that A) it got really fucking long, and B) it grew beyond a mere defense of what I actually said, and my poor, weak, humanities-trained critical faculties. I started out just talking to her, but then... well, read for yourself.
Sara, you know what's funny? I actually agree with a big part of your point here. But for some nutty reason, I got all hung up on the fact that you nakedly condescended to me in a high-traffic public space, more than a month after we already had this conversation on my blog.
So hung up, in fact, that I'm not going to take the high road and just e-mail you about it.
Here's how you framed my interpretation of the "zombie fat" study:
... Harding found a news article about a study that showed a link between any history of high weight or obesity in a mother's lifetime and high-birthweight infants. She thought it was ridiculous: some sort of fat-phobic anti-fantasy about people being forever marked - even through generations - by ever having succumbed to fat.This is so disingenuous, I don't even know where to begin. You make it sound as if I believe the connection they found between fat women and fat babies is "some sort of fat-phobic anti-fantasy." As I already said in comments -- and which was perfectly clear in my original post -- I don't dispute the study's findings, which were that fat women have fat babies, even if they lose weight prior to a pregnancy. This neither shocks nor offends me.
The point we're arguing about is their speculation regarding the reason why losing weight doesn't substantially reduce the likelihood of having a fat baby -- i.e., a question that there's obviously no existing factual answer to, or they wouldn't be speculating.
You think zombie fat is plausible. I don't. I've already acknowledged that it's possible and publicly offered to buy you dinner if we find out down the line that zombie fat is the real deal. But right now, you, I, and the researchers are all just guessing, so I'm going to stand by my assertion that I don't think they've come up with a very good guess.
For the record, no, I don't think genetics are the only cause of fat. I do think that, when we're talking about fat mothers having fat babies, heritability of fat is a highly plausible explanation. Much more plausible, to my mind, than zombie fat. That's all I ever said. Granted, I said it in an incredibly snarky way, and if I'm proven wrong, I'll look pretty silly for that. But since my whole point is that I don't think their explanation is especially likely, I'm obviously not too worried about that. If I'd said it was impossible, you'd have every right to keep telling me why I'm wrong. But I never did.
To expand on where I'm coming from, my opinion is largely influenced by the way they arrived at the conclusions that led to the speculation. They looked at women who were fat prior to having one baby, lost weight, then had another baby. Given what I know about weight loss, I'm guessing there was less than a 5-year gap between the weight loss and the subsequent pregnancies, and those women probably gained the weight back eventually. If they didn't, then I might be more interested in the zombie fat conclusion; but assuming they did -- which, given the statistics on weight loss, is a pretty safe assumption -- then I see absolutely nothing to indicate that these women were not categorically Fat Women, even if they temporarily lost weight. Which means all this study really proved is that Fat Women have Fat Babies. Which, again... duh.
So. That's my opinion. I've acknowledged that other opinions are valid and other explanations are possible, because that's the only intellectually honest position to take. But I really don't see why I should feel obligated to act as if I believe it is likely that the fat these women lost affected their subsequent pregnancies. And I can't emphasize enough that that assertion is what I was and am reacting to: the idea that if you lose weight, that fat that is now gone continues to affect you. Is that theoretically possible, given the little-understood hormonal properties of body fat? Sure. But I don't personally think that's a better explanation for these findings than an inherited predisposition to fatness. If they find more evidence to support the zombie fat theory, I'll reconsider. But in the absence of that, I see no reason whatsoever to take a stronger position than, "Sure, it's possible."
Now, on to the part where I do agree with you... You're absolutely right that the way we treat other human beings should remain constant, regardless of what science tells us about why some people are the way they are. And I would never say science shouldn't explore questions that might yield answers I don't like.
But it's dangerously naive to think that as a culture, we'll just take any given findings like a bunch of mature adults and treat each other well anyway -- not to mention dangerously naive to assume that any findings arrived at under the banner of "science" represent objective facts. While there would be no reason to hate gay people even if being gay were a choice, or to pass over a qualified woman for a job even if it were proven that, on average, men are better than women at math, there's also absolutely no reason for gay people and women to roll over and say, "Well, Almighty Science contradicts my lived experience, so I guess that's that." Science is one part of the puzzle we're all trying to work out; lived experience is another; and there are many, many other parts. From your post, I think we agree on that point.
But what your post leaves out is the fact that in the culture we've got -- as opposed to the one we want -- evidence like that would not be dismissed as a scientific curiosity that has no effect on our collective ethical system; it would absolutely be used to justify further discrimination against already oppressed populations.
So if there are any legitimate questions about how the scientists arrived at that evidence, what their biases were, who funded the research, etc. -- and there are always legitimate questions of that nature -- it makes all the sense in the world to question such findings instead of simply saying, "Hey, it's science! Must be true!" The ethical implications are not separate from the science, before or after any given study is performed. And I absolutely believe it's our duty as feminists to scrutinize the hell out of any research that suggests women are intrinsically inferior to men -- and our duty as humanists to do the same to any research with a conclusion that can be used to justify bigotry.
If such scrutiny reveals that the methodology was perfect, the researchers and their financial backers are pure as the driven snow, and the conclusions are indeed airtight, then yes, of course we need to accept a difficult truth. But how often does that happen? Until we arrive at that point of certainty, which we almost never do, I believe we're obligated to keep questioning any findings that can be used to classify some groups of human beings as intrinsically better than others. As often and as loudly as possible.
Scientific research has uncovered a handful of seemingly universal truths that have stood the test of time (so far), but much more often, it uncovers partial truths that might help us put another piece of the puzzle in place but really don't, by themselves, bring us noticeably closer to The Big Picture. Evolution, gravity, relativity, etc., aren't your everyday scientific findings. Your everyday scientific findings are usually wide open to interpretation, no matter how scrupulously the researchers adhered to the scientific method.
And I personally believe that's because The Big Picture isn't just scientific -- it's social, political, economic, spiritual, you name it. You seem to be saying the same basic thing, but I don't believe you go far enough. Because the truth about why people behave the way they do, how women are different from men, why bodies are different, why we're attracted to different people, how intelligent we are, how naturally compassionate we are -- none of it can be measured fully and accurately by science. There's no way to control for all the confounding variables of being human.
That doesn't mean we should stop trying to learn about what makes us tick, coming at it from every possible angle. It does, however, mean that when science produces a conclusion that offends our sensibilities, it is perfectly reasonable to question how the researchers arrived at that conclusion; our sensibilities often reflect a whole lot of other Big Picture truths, and science doesn't automatically trump those. Given the long, long history of "scientific" conclusions that ultimately reflect little more than the hopes, fears, and best guesses of a particular population at a particular time, there's no logical reason to believe that because a conclusion was arrived at via OMG SCIENCE, it represents objective truth.
Make no mistake: I have tremendous respect for science. I'm fascinated and awed by what scientists do. I just don't think it's the be-all and end-all when it comes to answers about the human condition. I don't think math or literature or history or economics or religion are, either; I think they all play a part. That interconnectedness might be the most important thing I learned in the process of getting my two humanities degrees -- followed closely by learning to think critically about texts and consider the flawed human beings behind them.
And of course, I'm just another flawed human being producing texts here. I might be wrong about a lot of things. But so might scientists. So might everyone. That doesn't mean any of us should stop trying to find capital-T Truth, using the best methods we have -- but it does mean we should all be humble in that search, thoughtful about the contexts in which we arrive at particular conclusions, and cognizant that The Big Picture is indeed fucking big -- and it includes a whole lot of truths that can't ever be demonstrated in a lab.


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Post subject: The last two houses I've lived in have been haunted.
When I was little we moved to oxton and it really was a brilliant house, only problem is once I got older things began moving in my room a pair of gold studs went missing and I assumed I'd misplaced them,my granddad died shortly after my 8th birthday and after about a week or so found comfort in talking to a friend but my parents couldn't see this friend of mine though I remember very little of it if I'm honest, soon after my granddad had passed away we moved house to Bebington. I have to admit the house smelt, the carpets where old and outdated and strongly smelt. Once my parents began redecorating I could see obvious signs of someone else living there (this was when I hit 12/13 they redecorated again) I saw "Steven was ere'" stuff like that scratched into the doors and again my jewellery would either be missing or neatly laid out, my parents never really came into my room and a very strong smell of lavender would be just in my room. Then people who visited would see a woman elderly going into the kitchen where our living room is the hall leads directly to the kitchen and everyone including our dog was in the living room with us my dad got up and checked no-one was there, this happened countless times, I'd see her when I was watching TV or playing with my dog and the smell in my room was always lavender though we had none in the house or anything that smelt like it. We eventually found some history a woman had died on her way in the kitchen but there was also someone on the stairs as well, my mums friend said someone pinched her and smelt smoke. We didn't have anymore activity from the person on the stairs but the woman who kept going into the kitchen became more clear, olive green cardigan, a long skirt and a pale blue mug in hand. every night she would go into the kitchen and it made me really sad so I began talking to her in my room, it was her who was organising my jewellery and hiding things, so I asked for them back politely which I did get them back. I remember having a terrible dream one night and felt someone sit on my bed and soothing my hair like my mum used to though sleepy as I was I opened my eyes and saw the woman who I have come to call Pam I was a bit scared but heard a "shhh shhh its alright I'm nice" From then on I thought nothing of Pam being in my room I spoke to her even if I couldn't see her. Except other things happened, the attic door opened slamming into the door frame inches above my head almost smashing into me and it had been bolted shut, the bolt was still intact when I checked on the hatch and the attic opening, I felt sick and uneasy being alone in the house this was a few years later, I constantly had bad dreams, was sleep walking and had strange bruises on my arms and then it all just stopped and I didn't see Pam anymore. I did ask her to sit with me again one day and I felt the bed dip two nights later I asked Pam where she'd gone and I just felt sick like something was wrong, I ended up screaming the place down after something grabbed me...it was not Pam, nothing else happened except for Pam filling my room with lavender smell again thats how I knew something was very wrong Pam always smelt of lavender. I have since left home but I do miss Pam and yes I was scared most of the time but I grew very fond of her after living in the house for 12 years.
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text: Sad to see Refer to attachment.. Two of hundreds of log entries. I also found a password cracker... John the Ripper... An extract from one of the files i found: I wonder if this is a lot of traffic concidering i removed ISPConfig from the server, at the moment it isnt even installed. Regards brainz


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Riding Two Abreast
(Image from the Pennsylvania Bicycle Drivers Manual, an excellent resource.)
A discussion of state and local laws that pertain to bicycling is a standard part of any Road1 course. As part of the bicycling education effort here on TAObike, this may become a regular feature. Brian Potter and I were specifically asked about the 'riding abreast' portion of Oklahoma's bicycling law, and we solicited Gary Parker's input for this post also. Now remember, none of us are attorneys. We merely watch them on television until they get boring. We're League of American Bicyclists instructors, and as such we teach 'best practices' that conform to the law.
There's a great deal of confusion and misinformation regarding bicycle law in Oklahoma. Partly, that can be attributed to the fact that state law and local law may differ on some points. But on riding abreast, both Oklahoma and Tulsa law agree that it's a legal practice.
As in every discussion of our legal rights, there's also the counter balance of responsibilities. The two go hand-in-hand.
[b]Persons riding bicycles upon a roadway shall not ride more than two abreast except on paths or parts of roadways set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles.
Persons operating bicycles upon a roadway shall not ride more than two abreast, except on paths or parts of roadways set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles.
This is unambiguous language prohibiting cyclists from riding more than 2 abreast. Some misread this and interpret it as a prohibition against riding 2 abreast, forgetting that it actually says "more than 2 abreast" provided the riders are on a roadway. Strangely, this law allows more than two abreast riding on paths or parts of roadways set aside for the exclusive use of bicycles. So it would be legal (but rude and perhaps dangerous) to ride three abreast on the River Park trail, for instance. Keep three abreast in mind because we'll return to it momentarily.
But why would cyclists want to ride side-by-side? Wouldn't single file be safer, not to mention more convenient for motorists? I'll preface this by stating that as far as I'm aware, there are no crash statistics available that show rates for single-file vs two abreast riders.
First, here's a brief explanation of lane positioning and Oklahoma's three feet law. Again, these are worthy of detailed discussion, so this will be merely an overview. Cyclists should ride in the right-hand tire track. This means they have a third of the lane to their right and two-thirds to their left. Most lanes in Oklahoma are 12 feet wide, so a cyclist would have 8 feet to his left (from his tire track or the center line of his bike) out to the center line on the road. A bicycle is approximately 2 feet wide, so if his tire track is 3 feet from the right hand road edge, the left side of this handlebar is 4 feet from that edge. Overtaking traffic must give a cyclist 3 feet of clearance at a minimum, so a single cyclist takes up 7 feet of road width. That leaves 5 feet of usable width for overtaking. If a motorist wishes to pass safely and legally, he must straddle or cross the centerline when opposing traffic permits. Make no mistake – it is ALWAYS the responsibility of overtaking traffic to do so safely. So in a typical Oklahoma lane, a motorist must cross the centerline in order to pass safely whether there is one cyclist on the road ahead or two cyclists riding side-by-side. The passing situation does not change with the number of cyclists present.
To some it will seem counter-intuitive, but riding side-by-side benefits both motorists and cyclists. Two cyclists are more visible to an overtaking motorist, so it's more likely he'll slow down and pass safely. And if a group rides 2 abreast, its total length is halved. Six cyclists occupy as much space as a single motor vehicle when they're side-by-side, meaning that an overtaking vehicle spends less time in the opposing lane. What some motorists see as an unnecessary obstruction actually makes the road safer for both cyclists and motorists.
But what of those situations where cyclists are riding 3 or more abreast on the road? While it may appear to be illegal from a motorist's perspective, what may be happening is a lone cyclist is passing two others. Speed differences are often only 2 or 3 miles per hour, so passing can take some time and distance. Most cyclists realize that if they're caught up in a large group riding 3 wide or more (as is common in bicycle racing) the cyclist in the middle has nowhere to go if something happens just ahead. Even a casual observer at a race can see the chain reaction in a big group as a single rider causes many others to fall. For that reason alone, riding three or more abreast can be very dangerous and is deservedly illegal.
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Richard Strauss brought an extravagant intensity to his adaptation of Oscar WildeÆs play Salomé. The glitter of HerodÆs palace, the flicker of torches and the pale light of the moon are all vividly evoked in a sumptuously rich score. When Salome had its premiere in Dresden in 1905 it received 38 curtain calls and established Strauss as a first-rank opera composer. Gustav Mahler called it æone of the most important works of our dayÆ.
Strauss'ĀSalomeĀis one of theĀmost eagerly anticipated opera productions of theĀseason. Probably many Russian lovers of opera still recall theĀtwo Mariinsky Theatre productions of 1995 and 2000, staged on theĀinitiative of Valery Gergiev by directors Julie Taymor and David Freeman. Not long before that, inĀ1989ĀSalomeĀwas presented during aĀtour to Leningrad by theĀOper Stuttgart. That performance broke aĀsixty-year-long period of theĀlamentable absence of Strauss' works at theĀtheatre, because inĀtheĀ1920s theĀGATOB (today theĀMariinsky) hosted performances ofĀSalomeĀandĀDer Rosenkavalier, while inĀ1913, four years after theĀpremiere inĀGermany, Vsevolod Meyerhold stagedĀElektraĀhere, theĀrehearsals being attended by theĀcomposer himself.ĀTheĀStrauss repertoire of theĀMariinsky Theatre today has been cultivated by Valery Gergiev's love of this music that is highly complex inĀterms of structure. InĀaddition toĀSalome, theĀconductor has worked on aĀproduction ofĀElektraĀand theĀRussian premieres of theĀoperasĀDie Frau ohne SchattenĀandĀAriadne auf Naxos. AĀsound performance foundation of theĀnewĀSalomeĀis guaranteed by theĀcasts announced, among them Musikdrama soloists Mlada Khudoley, Yevgeny Nikitin, Larisa Gogolevskaya and Andrei Popov as well as theĀpromising young singers Elena Stikhina, Evgenia Muravieva, Lesya Alekseyeva and Alexander Mikhailov.ĀTheĀnew production will also intrigue through its unexpected directing and design decisions. Drama director Marat Gatsalov, for whomĀSalomeĀmarks his first work inĀopera, admits that "InĀour version ofĀSalomeĀit is not aĀstory about aĀfornicatress who passionately desires Jokanaan. We see theĀcollision of great ideas, between which theĀprotagonists find themselves as if between aĀrock and aĀhard place. Salome's passionate desire to kiss Jokanaan is probably theĀdesire to drown out theĀvoice of new truth." Working with Gatsalov are designers from Latvia: set designer Monika Pormale and theĀdesign duo MAREUNROL'S, who have already created theĀelegant visual designs forĀEugene OneginĀat theĀMikhailovsky Theatre. Also playing aĀmajor role inĀtheĀproduction are theĀvideo graphics, which have been created by theĀexperienced artist and set designer Katrīna Neiburga.Ā
TheĀyoung captain of theĀguard Narraboth's gaze lovingly follows Salome, who is feasting with theĀguests of King Herod. Herodias' page, amazed at theĀunusual moon, warns his friend of danger. From theĀdungeon theĀvoice of theĀprophet resounds, announcing theĀbirth of theĀSon of God: "When He comes theĀdesolate places shall rejoice, theĀeyes of theĀblind shall see theĀday and theĀears of theĀdeaf shall be opened."
Followed by theĀlustful glances of her step-father, Salome leaves theĀfeast. TheĀthreatening speeches of Jokanaan awaken her curiosity, and theĀprincess wishes to see theĀprisoner. She gently asks Narraboth to do this and he, unable to resist her charms, breaks theĀtetrarch's orders. Jokanaan denounces Herod and Herodias, covered inĀsweat and tears, and he calls on them to repent. Desiring to be caressed and kissed, Salome tries to approach theĀprophet, but he spurns theĀ"daughter of Sodom". Amazed at what he has seen, Narraboth killed himself. Cursing, Jokanaan retreats to his cell.
Haunted by nightmarish visions bordering on hysteria, theĀtetrarch seeks out his step-daughter. He offers Salome wine and exotic fruit as well as aĀseat at theĀfeast next to him. Yet she coldly rejects his advances. Again theĀthreatening prophecies of Jokanaan are heard. Herodias asks for him to be given to theĀJews, but Herod is fearful of issuing such an order as he considers Jokanaan to be aĀholy man. TheĀNazarenes speak of theĀmiracles of theĀMessiah which they have witnessed. InĀtheĀhopes of distracting himself from his gloomy thoughts, theĀtetrarch convinces his step-daughter to dance for him and, for theĀpleasure, he will grant her every wish. Taking Herod on oath, Salome begins her dance of theĀseven veils.
Herod is delighted and he asks what theĀreward should be. Salome demands theĀhead of Jokanaan. Sensing impending doom, Herod tries to pay by other means, but theĀprincess insists. TheĀtetrarch is forced to fulfil his promise. Salome is given Jokanaan's head.


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- carrying out of excavation works, storing of water and sewage pipes under the base plate, storing of foundations made of blocks, making foundation plate made of concrete (to the slope of 1 %)
- installing of bearing and perimeter walls made of prefabricated SIP panels (170 x 2800 x 1250 mm) incl. non-bearing partition walls made of prisms (140 mm)
- installing of the supporting structure of the roof according to appropriate slope and client requirements (roof trusses, diffusion foil etc.), flat roof made of the strips of foil (Fatrafol) or sloping roof made of trapezoidal metal folded roof coverings (ThyssenKrupp)
- installing of the gutter system (Lindab Rainline)
- installing of lightning conductor
- installing of entrance doors and windows in plastic system HESTA, in white color (6-chamber profile with isolation triple glazing) mounted on tape + exterior and interior parapets
- installing of wallcovering of the outside walls - complete insulation facade plasterboard system RIGIPS, glass fiber mesh, spatula, facade plaster silicone free choice from sampler
- installing of complete electrical, water and sewage networks inside of the object
- installing of ceiling insulation, interior ceiling soffits and the wallcovering of inner side of walls – complete plasterboard system RIGIPS (white, in damp rooms green)
- making of the supporting floor layer made of concrete (cement-sand) screed or folded of the boards, preparation for laying of floor coverings
- installing of stepping floor layer in the rooms usually a laminate thickness of 8 mm - possibility of self choice of material
- installing of tiles in the utility room, in the hallway installing of either tiles or laminate - possibility of self choice of material
- carrying out of white interior painting (2x hygienic paint - walls, 3x hygienic paint - ceiling)
- installing of interior smooth doors + lining (number of single pieces according to the project, ie. the number of rooms, line of divisions, corridors etc.) - possibility of self choice of material
- installing of floor tiles and wall tiles in the bathroom (if the room of the toilet is alone) and in the bathroom - possibility of self choice of material
- installing of sanitary equipment in the toilet and bathroom - possibility of choice and combination of multiple given variants as well as possibility of self choice of material
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- installing of a solar system SOLAR ENERGY for heatig of DHW with HP collectors, 30 tubes + tank for DHW 200 L
- installing of spot LED lighting, (hallway, bathroom, hall and kitchen)
- installing of sockets and switches in white color, in each room one set
- installing of heating radiators, electric wall convectors, in each room one piece
- installing of recuperative ventilation system - one piece of the recuperator to 66 m3 of space
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by Katie Parker, sports information graduate assistant
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. - The No. 11 Georgia College & State University men's tennis team (6-4, 3-2 PBC) ended a two-match slide Sunday afternoon, defeating No. 16 Flagler College (7-4, 3-2 PBC) 6-3.
The Bobcats stared off slow, down 2-1 after doubles. No. 16-ranked Joao Casagrande (Sao Paulo, Brazil) and Jerome Leborgne (Coordimanche, France) fell 8-5 to Flagler's David Cotrone and Gino Ramirez. Georgia College seniors Max Beliankou (Minsk, Belarus) and Giovane Nucci (Santa Catarina Brazil) lost 8-3 to Harry Snoell and Time Hansson in the second spot.
Slotted third, Leo Bernardes (Sao Paulo, Brazil) and Johan Wadstein (Helsingborg, Sweden) overpowered FC's Peter Coulis and Skyler Engel 8-4 for a team point. The Georgia College partners improved to 3-1 for the 2010 campaign, but the Saints held a 2-1 advantage after doubles play.
In singles action, Leborgne faced No. 6 Cotrone in the first spot. The first two sets were split as the Saint took the first one 6-3 and 'Cat claimed the second 6-2. However, it was Cotrone who prevailed winning the third set 6-4.
At second singles, Wadstein downed Snoxell in back-to-back 6-3 sets, evening out the Bobcat freshman's record at 5-5, while Beliankou won 6-1 and 6-3 against Ramirez. The Georgia College veteran is 7-2 playing in the No. 3 singles position this season.
Nucci claimed the win in the fourth spot, sweeping Coulis 6-2 and 6-3, while Bernardes took down Hansson 6-3 and 6-1. In sixth singles, Casagrande remained undefeated (4-0) overwhelming Mason Addison 6-0 and 6-1.
The Bobcats are back in action Tuesday, March 9 hosting Concord University at 2 p.m.
The GCSU Department of Athletics, winners of the 2008-09 PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, GCSU prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the Bobcats' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at Twitter.com username GCSUSID for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCSUBobcats.com to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GCSU Athletics Hall of Fame.


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By Sudipto Ganguly
MUMBAI, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Indian boxing's pin-up boy Vijender Singh drags himself to the ring in the north Indian city of Patiala each day, sweats out mechanically and leaves wondering if it was all worth the trouble.
Singh's frustration reflects the mood of the athletes in a country that has been kicked out of the Olympic family for allowing government interference in the functioning of its controversial Olympic committee.
To make matters worse for local boxers, the Indian Amateur Boxing Federation has separately been suspended by the sport's international governing body (AIBA) for "possible manipulation" in its September elections.
"It's very frustrating," Singh told Reuters by telephone.
"We can't go to any camps, can't compete in any competitions but still train day in and day out to stay in shape.
"We ask ourselves every day 'Why are we training? What's the use of it when we are banned?'
"The urge to train harder will come only when we can see a ray of hope."
Singh's middleweight bronze in the 2008 Beijing Games helped raise boxing's profile in India, which otherwise remains obsessed with cricket.
"It (ban) shouldn't have happened. It is not good for Indian sports and Indian boxing. Whatever needs to be done should be done and this ban should be lifted as soon as possible."
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) banned the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) due to government interference in its Dec. 5 elections, which also saw a tainted official being elected to a key post.
Lalit Bhanot, who spent 11 months in custody following corruption charges that swirled around the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, was elected unopposed as the secretary-general despite the IOC declaring the elections "null and void".
While the athletes may still compete under the IOC flag, the prospect does not excite discus thrower Krishna Poonia.
"It is obviously a matter of concern. Till this crisis is solved, there will always be concerns surrounding our participation in competitions and that too under some other flag," the 2010 Commonwealth Games gold medallist told Reuters.
"It's very confusing for us. We hope we won't suffer like the boxers."
Bhanot and his IOA colleagues continue to defy the IOC and there appears no immediate solution either, something shooter Joydeep Karmakar finds exasperating.
"The way out is pretty simple and basic -- follow the Olympic Charter," he said by phone.
India should take the opportunity to weed out vested interests from sports administration, said Karmakar, who narrowly missed out on a bronze in men's 50m rifle prone at the London Olympics.
Singh echoed Karmakar's views and urged administrators to put national interest above anything else.
"I think the whole of India should be involved in solving this crisis. It's a loss for India and every Indian citizen," the 27-year-old boxer said. "If the officials are doing this for their personal gain, they are betraying the country."
IOC member Randhir Singh acknowledged the athletes were suffering for no fault of their own.
"You have to go by the IOC rules. If it carries on like this any further, it's possible that the Indian athletes will not be allowed to participate anywhere," he told Reuters.
"Who will suffer in the end? Obviously the Indian athletes and that too just because of the whims and fancies of a few." (Editing by Amlan Chakraborty)


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We added some curtains to the girl's
plastic outdoor play house last week.
It adds a bit of coziness and has
been fun for playing new games.
So easy,
anyone can do it.
I just put a tension rod up across the
window opening,
(the same kind I use for impromptu puppet shows!)
from my kitchen junk drawer
(you know we all have one!)
Clipped on some dish towels...
Viola, easy home-made,
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In only one gloomy evening, the White Sox lost pitcher Jose Contreras, their postseason ace in 2005, for the season and again lost their grip on first place in the American League Central as they made a flurry of roster moves.
"We don't deserve to be in first place," manager Ozzie Guillen said. "The guys in first have played better than us the last couple of weeks.
"But we will fight. Now we'll see what they are [made of]."
Coupled with the Twins' victory in Kansas City, the White Sox's 6-2 loss to the Red Sox Saturday night dropped them into second place for the second time this month.
And in the second inning, Contreras suffered a ruptured left Achilles' tendon while covering first base that, at 36, could threaten his career.
"Those kinds of injuries, I don't know how you can come back," Guillen said. "The only thing I hope is that he can pitch again."
Making up for his loss will be a challenge.
"Somebody will have to step up and take his place," catcher A.J. Pierzynski said. "The worst part is that it was very encouraging the way he was throwing. He was somebody we were going to count on down the stretch."
After the double setback earlier in the evening, the White Sox made several roster moves.
They acquired left-handed reliever Horacio Ramirez from Kansas City for Class A outfielder Paulo Orlando. Ramirez is 1-1 with a 2.59 ERA in 15 games.
Plus, they optioned third baseman Josh Fields back to Charlotte and will option Saturday's loser Boone Logan on Sunday.
They announced no replacements for either, debating into the night whether to bring up two pitchers or one pitcher and an infielder.
Logan changed a 1-1 tie to a 5-1 deficit in the seventh inning and left to loud boos from the sellout crowd of 39,243 at U.S. Cellular Field.
"This is a pennant race. I want men on the field," Guillen said. "I kept telling [GM] Kenny [Williams] that we have what we need here, but some people are making me look bad."
Now the question is: Who replaces Contreras?
D.J. Carrasco, who made it through 41/3 innings allowing one run as Contreras' immediate successor Saturday, could be the immediate answer.
"We might start Carrasco," Guillen said. "I'm not 100 percent sure, but in my heart he should be the guy."
Carrasco wants the ball.
"When I signed here in the off-season, that's what I came here to do," Carrasco said. "If that's what they want, by all means, that's what I'm going try to do."
Of course, there is also the possibility of waiver trade, although that becomes extremely difficult with so many teams in division races.
While Contreras was missing games with a sore elbow, the Sox had summoned starter Clayton Richard from Triple-A Charlotte and more recently Adam Russell. Reliever Ehren Wasserman was sent to the minors to make room for Contreras' start.
Richard was 0-2 with a 10.83 ERA before his demotion, and Guillen said Saturday night "I don't think he threw the ball good enough" to come up again.
Lefty Wes Whisler (11-7) and righty Lance Broadway (10-7) are the two winningest starters for Charlotte, although Richard is still 6-0. Whisler, a second-round pick in 2004, has a 2.05 ERA in his last six starts.
One intriguing possibility is last year's first-round pick, Aaron Poreda, who pitched for Double-A Birmingham on Friday.
In his last three starts, the hard-throwing left-hander has struck out 20 and walked only two in 21 innings. He is 2-3 with a 3.43 ERA at Birmingham.


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Dallas Architectu
re Forum announces new season, opens Oct. 1
The Dallas Architecture Forum is pleased to announce its 14th season. One film, six lectures plus three special lectures in collaboration with the opening of the Dallas Center for Performing Arts, two symposia, its 365 Modern Home Reception series, an engaging Panel Series focused on issues impacting Dallas, and special members' only events will make up the season.
The first event of the season is a screening of Visual Acoustics, a film about the world's greatest architectural photographer, Julius Shulman, on Thursday, Oct. 1 at 7 p.m. at the Magnolia Theatre, 3699 McKinney Ave. in Uptown Dallas. Director Eric Bricker will be in attendance. Single tickets, available at the door only, are $20 for general admission and $5 for students with I.D. Dallas Architecture Forum members are admitted for free. The reception begins at 6:15 p.m. For more information, call 214-764-2406 or visit www.dallasarchitectureforum.
Visual Acoustics explores the monumental career of the late architectural photographer, Julius Shulman, who passed away on July 15th, 2009. Populating his photos with human models and striking landscapes, Shulman combined the organic with the synthetic, melding nature with revolutionary urban design. The resulting images helped shape the careers of some of the greatest architects of the 20th Century, including Richard Neutra, Rudolph Schindler, Pierre Koenig, John Lautner and many others.
Taking aesthetic cues from Shulman's own sensual and nuanced photography, the film's narrative is built from a blend of Shulman's own images and in-depth interviews with architect Frank Gehry, designer Tom Ford, artist Ed Ruscha, actress Kelly Lynch, writer Mitch Glazer, publisher Benedikt Taschen, Academy Award-nominated cinematographer Dante Spinotti and a host of others. By offering unprecedented and exclusive access to his amazing photographic archive and day-to-day life, Shulman's dedicated involvement in the filming process was an incalculable benefit to the film.
Shulman's career began in 1936 when he began photographing homes designed by the architect Richard Neutra. Shulman was subsequently flooded with commissions from other well-known architects including Frank Lloyd Wright and Mies Van der Rohe. Over the coming years, Shulman became one of the artists responsible for establishing the cohesive "look" of 20th-century Modernist design. See www.juliusshulmanfilm.com for more information.
Rem KOOLHAAS
Partner OMA
Thursday, 4 pm
15 October 2009
Dee and Charles Wyly Theater
Presented by Dallas Center for Performing Arts in association with Dallas Architecture Forum and Nasher Sculpture Center
Rem Koolhaas founded the Office for Metropolitan Architecture in 1975 together with Elia and Zoe Zenghelis and Madelon Vriesendorp. He graduated from the Architectural Association in London and in 1978 published Delirious New York, a Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan. In 1995, his book S,M,L,XL summarized the work of OMA and established connections between contemporary society and architecture. He heads the work of both OMA and AMO, the conceptual branch of OMA focused on social, economical and technological developments and exploring territories beyond architectural and urban concerns. Rem Koolhaas is a professor at Harvard University where he conducts the Project on the City. The work of Rem Koolhaas and OMA has won several international awards including the Pritzker Architecture Prize (2000); the Praemium Imperiale (Japan, 2003); the RIBA Gold Medal (UK, 2004) and the Mies van der Rohe, the European Union Prize for Contemporary Archiecture (2005).
Norman FOSTER
Chairman, Foster + Partners
Friday, 10:30 am
16 October 2009
Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House
Presented by Dallas Center for Performing Arts in association with Dallas Architecture Forum and Nasher Sculpture Center
Founded by Norman Foster, Foster + Partners, an international practice with project offices in more than 20 countries, has received 560 awards and citations for architectural excellence and has won more than 70 international and national competitions. Lord Foster has been the recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize (1999), the Praemium Imperiale Award for Architecture (2002) the American Institute of Architects Gold Medal for Architecture (1991) and the Royal Institute of British Architects Royal Gold Medal (1983), among many other honors. In 1990 he was granted a Knighthood in the Queen's Birthday Honours and in 1999 was honored with a Life Peerage, becoming Lord Foster of Thames Bank.
Joshua PRINCE-RAMUS?
Principal in Charge, REX
Friday, 2 pm
16 October 2009
Dee and Charles Wyly Theater
Special Lecture presented by Dallas Center for Performing Arts in association with Dallas Architecture Forum and Nasher Sculpture Center
Joshua Prince-Ramus, one of the designers of the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre, will discuss the Wyly Theatre and his other projects. Ramus served as Partner in Charge of the OMA New York office, and during this time was a leader in the design of the Seattle Central Library, the Guggenheim-Hermitage Museum, as well as the Wyly Theatre. In 2006 the New York office of OMA was redefined as REX. Other cultural projects by REX include the 62 story Museum Plaza in Louisville, the Oslo City Library and numerous other public and private projects around the world. Prince-Ramus has been named as one of the "Twenty Essential Architects" by ICON, is a member of the TED Brain Trust, and was the Eero Saarinen Visiting Professor at the Yale School of Architecture.
Jeanne GANG
Architect, Studio Gang
Ken Roberts Memorial Delineation Competition Lecture
Thursday, 7 pm
19 November 2009
Magnolia Theatre, West Village
Jeanne Gang is principal and founder of Studio Gang Architects, a 36-person architecture firm in Chicago, USA that has been recognized for its innovation and leadership in design. Gang's work represents a diverse range of building typologies, from large-scale undertakings such as the 82-story Aqua Tower in downtown Chicago, which reconsiders the tall building as a site-specific structure, to the SOS Community Center on Chicago's South Side, which visibly engages with the distinct material properties of concrete. In all of her projects, Gang explores new creative territory in materials, technology, and sustainability, and her work with Studio Gang has received national and international awards and recognition.
Christy MACLEAR
Executive Director, Philip Johnson's "Glass House"
Thursday, 7 pm
10 December 2009
Horchow Auditorium, Dallas Museum of Art
Maclear was brought to the National Trust for Historic Preservation to develop the strategy, assemble a team and prepare the Philip Johnson Glass House and Visitor Center to open to the public. With just nine months leadtime, she successfully launched the site in June 2007 with three sold out seasons. With the goal to "reshape the historic house museum model", Maclear has structured a "center for Modernism" to co-lead the National Trust's investment in Modernist preservation, managed the NTHP board approval to purchase adjacent properties to preserve the Glass House view in perpetuity and developed the "conversations" series to continue the legacy of new ideas through diverse leaders on-site.
Gordon GILL?
Architect, Smith Gill Architects?
Thursday, 7 pm?
21 January 2010?
Magnolia Theatre, West Village?
Gordon Gill has designed award-winning architecture across the globe. His work emphasizes a holistic approach to design that integrates all project disciplines. The results are performance based designs that work symbiotically with their natural surroundings, that contribute to the sustainability of cities, and that augment the built landscape creating an optimal user experience. Among the firm's many innovative large scale projects are the world's first net zero-energy skyscraper as well as the first large-scale positive energy building. Gill has received numerous awards including recognition from the AIA and Architectural Record, and has written on the benefits of dense, sustainable communities. ?www.smithgill.com?
Scott MARBLE
Architect, Marble Fairbanks
Thursday, 7 pm
4 February 2010
Magnolia Theatre, West Village
Scott Marble is a founding partner of Marble Fairbanks and a faculty member at the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation (GSAPP). His early engagement with digital technologies at Columbia University, teaching one of the first "paperless" design studios, has allowed Marble Fairbanks to pioneer innovative uses of digital fabrication and unique assemblies in their built work. Scott is a frequent lecturer in the areas of digital technologies and building information modeling (BIM). Scott received his Master of Architecture degree from Columbia University where he received the AIA Award and a William Kinne Traveling Fellowship and his Bachelor of Environmental Design degree from Texas A&M University. In 2008 Marble Fairbanks was commissioned by the Museum of Modern Art in New York to design a speculative project addressing the potentials of digital design and fabrication for the exhibition Home Delivery: Fabricating the Modern Dwelling.
Rafael VINOLY
Founder, Rafael Vinoly Architects?
Thursday, 7 pm?
25 March 2010?
Horchow Auditorium, DMA?
Rafael Vinoly, FAIA, is a leading architect with a large body of award winning projects ranging in scale from residential to large cultural, educational and commercial projects. Born in Uruguay, Vinoly began his New York based practice in 1978 and maintains multiple offices in both the USA and Great Britain. Among some of his best known projects are the Tokyo International Forum, which is the most important cultural complex in Japan; the Kimmel Symphony Center in Philadelphia; the Samsung Tower in Seoul; Jazz at Lincoln Center; the Brooklyn Children's Museum; and the Boston Convention Center. His museum projects include an expansion of the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Nasher Museum at Duke University. Vinoly's work has been widely recognized and honored, and in addition to being a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects he is also an International Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects.
Deb MITCHELL
Landscape Architect, JJR Landscape Architects
Thursday, 7 pm
8 April 2010
Venue TBA
Deb Mitchell is a Senior Vice President of the multi-disciplinary landscape architecture, planning, urban design, civil engineering and environmental science firm of JJR. Mitchell serves JJR's Board of Directors and is the corporate Director of Design. With over 30 years experience in the planning and design of vital cities and communities, she understands urban complexities and public process. Based in Chicago, Mitchell has been responsible for the award winning planning for Chicago's Near North Redevelopment for the Office of the Mayor, the plaza of the Morphosis-designed San Francisco Federal Building, the implementation of the National Garden at the U.S. Botanic Garden, and the new Dallas Center for the Performing Arts.
This mix of interests and ties is one of the strengths we bring to our involvement with architecture. Support for the Forum's programs is a grassroots effort, coming from membership subscriptions at all levels and from the generous sponsorship of Forum seasons and events. Visit dallasarchitectureforum.org or call 214-764-2406.


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* For anyone who has not yet seen today's 'toon, I must apologise for my typo which has brought shame and utter disgrace upon my mother. Of course I should have written the correct spelling of the noun 'practice' – had the verb in my head. Apologies, mother and anyone else who may have been offended…
Well it looks like Cyril wasn't the only one having trouble getting the hoop to stay where it should… I hear practice makes perfect….
Anything from your childhood that you wish you still indulged in?
Ms Katykins and The Spineless Wonders 🙂


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By Scott Behrens
NeoPI was a project developed by myself and Ben Hagen to aid in the detection of obfuscated and encrypted webshells. I recently came across an article about Webacoo shell and a rewrite of this php backdoor to avoid detection from NeoPI.
Webacoo's developer used a few interesting techniques to avoid detection. The first technique was to avoid signature based detection by using the function 'strrev':
This bypasses our traditional based signature detection and also lends to a few other techniques to bypass signature based detection. Another webshell surfaced after NeoPI's release that uses similar techniques to avoid signature based detection. Another example could be the following (as seen in https://elrincondeseth.Wordpress.com/2011/08/17/bypasseando-neopi/):
We can see that just by breaking up the word, the risk of detection is highly mitigated. As I suggested at B-Sides, signature based detection is complimentary to the tests in NeoPI but by itself, ineffective. These methods described above completely thwart this tests effectiveness.
But one thing these techniques must do at some point is actually eval the code. Webacoo for example uses the following:
eval($b(str_replace(" ","","a W Y o a X …SNIP
By developing a regex that looks for eval and a variable holding the global function, we can flag this file as malicious. After running this test against a WordPress server with Webacoo's shell, I observed the following:
Figure 1 – Webacoo identified as suspicious in eval test
NeoPI was able to detect the function and flagged it as malicious. This particular type of use of eval isn't very common and I have really only seen it used in malware. That being said functions.php was also flagged so I imagine this test can still have many false positives and should be used to help aid in manual investigation of the files identified.
Another tweak Webacoo's developer did was insert spaces in-between each character of a base64 encoded string. The function str_replace() is called to replace each space before the code is base64_decoded and eval'd.
In order to thwart this particular obfuscation technique, I went ahead and modified the entropy function to strip spaces within the data the function is analyzing. The screenshot below shows a scan against 1752 php files in WordPress and shows the entropy test results as flagging webacoo as potentially malicious. This increased NeoPI's effectiveness at detecting webacoo.php but is more of a stopgap solution as the attacker can craft other junk characters to lower the shells entropy and index of coincidence. Some additional thought and research is needed on potentially looking for these complicated search and replace functions to determine if the data being obfuscated is malicious.
Figure 2 – Test results after modifying entropy code results in higher entropy of webacoo.php
The latest version of the code can be checked out at http://github.com/Neohapsis/NeoPI which includes these enhancements.
As for improving the other tests effectiveness, I am looking into the possibility of identifying base64 encodings without looking for the function name. This technique may be helpful by building a ratio of upper and lower case characters and seeing if there is a trend with files that use obfuscation.
If anyone has interesting techniques for defeating NeoPI please respond to this post and I'll look at adding more detection mechanisms to this tool!


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frame steel.Besides, it is cheaper, more economic.With long lifespan,which can last almost 50 years, all the materials of light steel villa is Q550.It is locked with bolts,which can be used repeatedly without anymaintenance.
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Windows: Double glazing plastic-steel or aluminum alloy thermal-
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Brown Bear Car Wash will be honoring veterans and current service military with free car washes on Veterans Day – this Sunday, Nov. 11.
As a way of saying "thank you" to our military, Brown Bear offers free "Bear Essentials" car washes to all current or former members of the military on Veteran's Day this Sunday, Nov. 11.
The nearest facility is located at 22706 Marine View Dr South in Des Moines; 206.878.8611, or see www.brownbear.com [1] for a list of participating tunnel wash locations.
"The event is our way of demonstrating appreciation for those who currently serve our country and have made sacrifices on behalf of all of us," said Brown Bear Car Wash President Vic Odermat, who founded the company in 1957 and is a proud US Marine veteran. "It reflects our bond to the communities we serve, including a large armed services presence here."
Odermat said the offer will operate on an honor system and no verification or documentation is required. Drivers should identify themselves as a current or former member of the military to the wash attendant. Odermat started Brown Bear in Seattle in 1957 with one location at 15th Ave West in Seattle. Through its parent company, Car Wash Enterprises, Inc., Brown Bear owns and operates a total of 42 car wash facilities in Washington State as well as a network of gas stations and convenience stores. It is one of the largest privately held car wash chains in the U.S. and is widely recognized within the car care industry as being a leader in the environmental movement.Facebook [2]Twitter [3]Subscribe [4]


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Day 1 Beijing Arrival
Welcome to Beijing! Clear the customs and retrieve your baggage by yourself upon arrival, be greeted by our tour guide in the Arrival Hall who is holding a sign on which says your name; transferred by your private car/van to your hotel downtown. The rest of the day is your own time.
Day 2 Beijing (B, L)
Today you will first visit the world's biggest city plaza, the Tiananmen Square; then walk to the marvelous "Egg" (National Centre for the Performing Arts) to take some pictures from its outside; subsequently, go to the Forbidden City, the most complete imperial palace in China; and later proceed to the impressive Temple of Heaven. After the sightseeing tour, be driven back to your hotel.
Day 3 Beijing (B, L, D)
After breakfast, drive to the Badaling Great Wall (about 80 km, 1.5hours) where you will experience at first hand the wonder of the Great Wall. For lunch you'll sample some delicious fare in a local restaurant. Afterwards, visit the Sacred Way and Changling, one of the Ming Tombs; on the way back to your hotel, you might make a stop at the Beijing Olympic Village to take some photos of the Bird's Nest and the Water Cube from the outside; Feel a little bit tired? Not to worry! We will arrange a foot massage (free of charge) for you, just relax and enjoy it! With a Peking Roast Duck dinner you will complete today's tour!
Day 4 Beijing (B, L)
After breakfast, you will marvel at the exquisite Summer Palace, the imperial garden.
Then head to visit the Drum Tower dating from 1420. Ascending the big Drum Tower, you will have a bird's eye view of the surrounding communities of Hutongs and Siheyuan from here. And then move on to an ordinary family courtyard home for a tea break. Afterwards, take a rickshaw to visit the most famous Hutongs keeping the original layout in the Shichahai area. Then move on to the Prince Gong's Mansion.
After the tour, our guide will escort you to the airport and take the flight to Xian.
Day 5 Xian (B, L, D)
In the morning be picked up at your hotel then driven to the Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses; the most significant archeological excavations of the 20th century, It is one of the most popular tourist spots not to be missed by any visitor to China. After lunch, move on to visit the Big Wild Goose Pagoda and the Ancient City Wall; enjoy the local specialty Dumpling Dinner served in a fine restaurant in the evening.
Day 6 Flight to Chongqing from Xian (B, L)
Today will be free until your guide picks you up to the airport and flight to Chongqing. After arriving in Chongqing city be met and transferred to the Chongqing downtown. Your tour guide and driver will take you to the Chongqing zoo to see the Giant Panda, and then visit the Ciqikou Old Town, if time permits. Then, you'll be transferred to the Cruise pier, and board the ship from 17:00 to 20:00. Your lifetime Yangtze river cruise starts in Chongqing at around 22:00. (note: the aboarding time changes based on the cruise ships, season, water level, weather, etc.)
Day 7 Yangtze River Cruise (B, L, D)
Shore excursion to the Fengdu Ghost City to check why it has been regarded as the "City of Ghosts".
Day 8 Yangtze River Cruise (B, L, D)
Shore excursion to Lesser Three Gorges by smaller vessels.
The Lesser Three Gorges, like a shinning pearl hiddden in remote mountains, are much smaller, narrower and have some dramatic scenery to offer. That is the most splendid river adventure throughout China for you.
Note: Some cruise ships make the shore excursion to the Shennong Stream. You have the final say on which excursion to make, as we can book any of the cruise ships at great rates!
Day 9 Yangtze River Cruise & Yichang Departure (B, L)
Today's highlight is your morning excursion to the world-famous Three Gorges Dam. Be prepared for your check-out procedure and the ship will arrive in Yichang at about 11:30. Our guide will expect you on board and visit the Yichang Museum if time permits. After lunch at a local famous restaurant, drive to the Yichang airport to your next destination or back to your home.
Breakfast: If you are staying in a star hotel, breakfast is usually included.
Lunch and Dinner:
We don't usually include lunch and dinner in our tour itinerary. We do arrange lunch or dinner for you at your request though. However, we prefer to give you the freedom to choose the food you want and pay on the spot. From our previous customers' responses, we find that most of our clients prefer to leave the dinners open on their own so that they can enjoy some time to themselves. They can choose either to go to a local restaurant for a little adventure or to have a simple dinner in the hotel where they stay. They may also prefer to choose a restaurant which appeals to their own unique tastes.
We have created a list of our favorite restaurants in Tibet and hand-picked some local restaurants to recommend to our customers.
Getting more people in the group is a great way to save money. Our group tour is very suitable for solo travelers and students. When inquiring, please ask our travel consultants if there are other people also travel alone and indicate if you would mind to travel with like-minded people.
Our group tour is a join-in tour. You will travel with other visitors from all over the world. You will share the costs of hiring vehicle, guides and accommodation with other visitors.
Our group size is from 2-20 people. To make sure the tour guide is able to take good care of everyone in the tour, there will be less than 8 people for most of our group tours. We had handled tours only had 3-4 peoples, which is like a private tour.
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Jay Z, Beyonce, Diddy, Jhene Aiko & More Celebrate New Year in Style
It looks like some of 2013's biggest stars brought in the new year right. Of course there was quite a bit of glamor to be found in photos posted to their Instagram posts, but this year the celebration seems to have been more of a family affair.
Hip-hop power couple Jay Z and Beyonce are an example of this trend. The former had his moments in 2013, by once again being a businessman when he collaborated with Samsung to release 'Magna Carta Holy Grail,' while Beyonce resurrected the Beyhive with her December platinum-selling self-titled release. They celebrated the new year together, with Jay Z playing Beyonce's well-dressed knight in shining armor on a motorbike.
Over in Las Vegas, Diddy decided to ring in the new year with family -- both by blood and association. The Bad Boy Records founder posed with his mother and hung out with Drake, Rick Ross and French Montana at the city's Vanity nightclub.
As one would expect from the songstress, Rihanna was pretty turned up for the new year. Fans are expecting new material from her this year after her Diamonds World Tour came to a close in 2013, but she started 2014 with what appears to be a house party. "Get into it! #nyedinneratmyplace," she wrote as the caption for one of the photos.
Jhene Aiko also went out with some close friends on New Year's Eve, while John Legend celebrated with his wife, supermodel Chrissy Teigen.
Check out all of the New Year madness below.


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