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Guo the replacement athlete falls forward on his dismount This has not been a good rotation for China.
Guo the replacement athlete falls forward on his dismount This has not been a good rotation for China.
Guo looked a bundle of nerves.
How many scores count towards the team total in qualifications? Is it all four or just the top three?
It's four to go, three to count.
Geez my feed from NBCOly is so choppy as to be almost unwatchable. Anyone else in the US experiencing that??
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1. China 92.598
2. Great Britain 92.532
3. France 89.564
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Pretty amazing that the Brits are this close to the World champions so far! Their vault total was also much higher than China's.
Doggygirl - if you have an iphone Im watching on the app they have to offer, its been perfect so far just the random commercial every now and again.
Very difficult and hit first HB for China, should score pretty well I think.
ETA: it does - 15.000 Wow the judges are actually taking the pirouette deductions!
Korea are having a rough day.
Thanks for the feed feedback. Must be my crap computer.
I like Shannon's commentary. For me (no teknik) a nice mix of teknik & explanation.
15.533 for Kai, deservedly lower execution score he really had a lot of issues in this routine. I also hate his Blaine Wilson feet.
Poor irish guy he seems to be in pain, a fall on the vault
Gun Control is like trying to reduce drunk driving by making it tougher for sober people to buy cars.
Rough vault for Kieran
Why don't a see a score for Lewis on the PH????
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On a personal level what brought you to this role at Dow.
The goal I am particularly involved in is our "solve world challenges" goal. It is pretty ambitious. The goal is to create three breakthroughs that the world can use to solve major challenges, The first time I read it I said "What the heck are we doing here?" Then I thought some one with my breadth of experience in the company could make that happen more so than someone with less experience and less excitement.
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Part of the problem in the water space is there are so many people doing things. They go out there. They put in a well. They get their photo taken and disappear. No one maintains it.
More broadly, how did the 2015 sustainability goals come about?
We had a set of 10-year goals in 1995 — environmental health and safety goals involving leaks and spills, injury rates in factories, goals around our footprint. In 1995 when we put these goals in, the organization said "what? Why are we doing this?" We tracked them over ten years, using clear metrics, and you could see the clear results. We reduced our energy intensity, waste water, leaks and spills. As we got to the end of it, leadership said "what can we do now. What are our new goals?" We wanted to focus on not so much doing less harm but doing more good. What is the positive impact we can have? One of them was to try to focus the organization a little bit more on the developing world.
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"Last year, I was really nervous," he said. "When you're playing your first game you don't want to get beat deep and you worry about factors in the game that don't matter, like the crowd or whatever is going on.
"This year, I was really calm. I was up and ready to go mostly because I know what you put in you get out and we worked so hard. I just felt no matter what we were going to play good ball and I just felt emotionally good about the game."
It showed in the results. Bender had a team-high 14 tackles (nine solos) after having 23 all last season. They were the most in a game by a JSU player since linebacker Rashad Smith had 14 against Austin Peay (13 solos) last November and the most by a JSU defensive back since cornerback Rashad Byers had 15 against Tennessee Martin the week before.
"I wasn't expecting to have 14 because when the defense plays good, safeties don't make a number of tackles," he said. "But the defense played good, and I just happened to make a lot of tackles. We were all swarming to the football.
"When you've got a coaching staff that really cares about you and puts their trust in you before the game, that's when you feel like you've got nothing to lose. All they're looking for is some maximum effort."
That many tackles in a game could make a linebacker jealous. Senior middle linebacker Brent Tolson said he was appreciative of the effort Bender put forth – and, in fact, wouldn't mind seeing it again.
"The linebackers are always kind of feisty or mad when someone else gets more tackles, but we actually appreciate it," Tolson said. "A lot of things we bounced outside (last week) and with the great safeties and corners we've got, you keep bouncing outside, they're going to keep snuffing you outside.
"We were very excited when we found out he had 14. Hopefully we get him to have another 14 tackles."
Maybe it shouldn't have come as a surprise Bender slept through the night before such an emotional game. He probably got a good night sleep right after.
Truth is, he considers himself a good sleeper -- sometimes even catching himself nodding off at some inopportune times.
"I feel like I've got a sleeping problem," he said. "Sometimes in meetings my eyes get so heavy from working so hard I doze off from time to time. But, yeah, I feel like I'm a pretty good sleeper."
Al Muskewitz covers Jacksonville State sports for The Star. He can be reached at 256-235-3577.


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What's the plural of Prius? Whatever it is, there are lots of them out there.
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Renewable energy expert Dan Chiras talks about the future of fuel-efficient, diesel hybrid cars.
Six years after the release of the Honda Insight — the bulletlike two-seater that was the first gasoline/electric hybrid vehicle available in the United States — high gas mileage without compromise is here to stay. Praised by motorheads and environmentalists alike, hybrids represent the most exciting advancement in personal transportation since, well, the internal-combustion engine. Spearheaded by the Toyota Prius, hybrids' popularity surge shows that a rapidly growing number of people want to be on the cusp of the hybrid revolution. Furthermore, with skyrocketing gas prices and dwindling global oil supplies, hybrids are becoming an increasingly wise investment.
In 2004, more than 83,000 hybrids were sold. In just the first half of this year, more than 90,000 were sold; final 2005 sales may eclipse 200,000. Right now, hybrids account for less than 1 percent of the automobiles sold in the United States. But given their growth rate and the dozens of new models that will be available in the next several years — Toyota alone plans to introduce 10 more hybrid models within the next seven years — hybrids will soon have a significant share of the auto market. Already there are more hybrids in more size categories than most thought possible when the Insight arrived. Meanwhile, sales of large sport utility vehicles and trucks are dwindling.
Car-buyers also are willing to pay extra for hybrids — anywhere from $1,000 to $10,000 more than conventional vehicles. But with tax incentives for hybrids and the rising cost of gas, it's possible to make up the low end of that hybrid premium in about five years. For example, compare a conventional vehicle with the average U.S. gas mileage of 21 miles per gallon to a 46-mpg hybrid (the average of the Accord, Civic, Escape, Insight and Prius hybrids). Assume you pay $2.20 a gallon for gasoline, with that price rising 10 cents annually (a modest estimate; inflation alone will increase prices by at least 5 cents a year). After five years, you'll save $4,658 with a hybrid; after 10 years, $10,287. (See "Hybrid Payback," below, for more examples.)
Still, the hybrid premium can be intimidating at first glance. In a survey conducted by the Polk Center for Automotive Studies, 61 percent of those polled said the extra cost would be a deterrent to buying a hybrid. But if we're willing to pay hundreds or thousands extra for options such as larger engines, four-wheel drive or leather seats, why not invest in a technology that will actually pay dividends for years to come?
"There are a lot of features that aren't worth the extra cost, but people pay for them because they want those features," says Terry Penney, technology manager for advanced vehicle technologies at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Penney and his team have worked to develop and improve hybrid systems since the early 1990s. "You have to take the longer view, the real cost of gas and the environmental consequences of pollution. People have recently seen how gas prices can be volatile. Oil is now about $60 a barrel — where's it going to stop?"
At the heart of every hybrid is the tandem of an internal-combustion engine (powered by gasoline) and an electric motor (powered by batteries). In conventional vehicles, automakers size gas engines to provide enough power for peak acceleration, but that level of power isn't needed most of the time. The addition of an electric motor allows for a smaller gas engine that uses less fuel and can run more often at its peak efficiency.
In most hybrids, when the vehicle idles, the gas engine shuts off and the electric motor is the sole source of power. The electric motor also powers the hybrid at low speeds and supplements the gas engine with extra oomph when the driver accelerates quickly.
To recharge their batteries, hybrids capture kinetic energy as the vehicle slows down, a process called regenerative braking. In conventional vehicles, this energy is lost as heat when brakes apply friction. But in hybrids, the electric motor helps slow the car and transfers some of the kinetic energy to the batteries, which store the power for future use. Hybrids' conventional brakes kick in when needed, such as with sudden stops. Because hybrids recharge themselves, there's no need to plug them into an electrical outlet overnight. (But plug-in hybrids are on the horizon — see The Prius You Can Plug In, below.)
The 10 hybrid models available today utilize these characteristics in different ways and to varying degrees. There are gray areas among the different types, but the foremost distinction is whether or not the electric motor can operate independently from the gasoline engine. In full hybrids, the gasoline engine remains off for short periods at low speeds and the electric motor alone powers the vehicle. The net effect significantly boosts city fuel economy, and while moving in electric-only mode, these hybrids release almost zero tailpipe emissions. Full hybrids available today are those from Ford — the Escape Hybrid and the Mercury Mariner Hybrid — and those from Toyota — the Prius, Highlander Hybrid and Lexus RX 400h.
Mild hybrids have all the hybrid features except electric-only drive. The gasoline engine kicks on once the vehicle begins to move and continues running until the driver turns off the ignition. The electric motor lightens the gas engine's load and boosts power when needed. Two of Honda's hybrids — the Insight and Civic Hybrid — are in this category. The 2006 Civic Hybrid, though, will be a full hybrid — it will include electric-only drive at low speeds.
Some hybrids do not have smaller gasoline engines in conjunction with their electric motors. These muscle hybrids deliver improved horsepower and acceleration, with slightly improved fuel economy. They also have idle-off and regenerative braking. The main example is the Honda Accord Hybrid, which has a six-cylinder engine and delivers up to 255 horsepower with fuel economy estimates of 29 mpg in city driving and 37 mpg in highway driving. The nonhybrid Accord with a six-cylinder engine has 15 less horsepower and achieves about 21/30 mpg. Some consider the Highlander Hybrid and RX 400h muscle hybrids because of their six-cylinder engines.
Described by some as hollow hybrids, the Chevrolet Silverado Hybrid and GMC Sierra Hybrid have the most limited hybrid characteristics. These trucks do not have electric-only drive, but they do have idle-off and regenerative braking. However, their regenerative braking only recharges the batteries — the batteries do not store extra kinetic energy for use with hard acceleration. The batteries do help power on-board accessories, such as air conditioning, and plug-in devices, such as electric tools. These trucks have a net fuel economy increase of about 10 percent over their conventional counterparts.
A year ago, long waiting lists greeted those who wanted to buy just about any hybrid model. Some shoppers remained in limbo for six months or more. Demand was intense and supply was limited — looking for a hybrid became a year-round version of shopping for the hottest, hard-to-find toy of the Christmas season. Production of hybrids, though, is constantly increasing in an effort to keep up with demand. Although unsold hybrids are rare on dealers' lots — most are spoken for before they arrive — wait time is usually just a few weeks.
High demand also has driven up the price of hybrids. Odds are you won't successfully haggle dealers for a bargain — in high-demand areas, hybrids frequently sell for several thousand dollars more than their retail prices. Some used hybrids, especially recent years of the Prius, sell for as much or more as they cost when brand-new. That's at least a good sign for resale value — most new cars sharply decline in value as soon as they leave dealers' lots. To get the best deal on a hybrid, be patient and search high and low. Arm yourself with knowledge so you don't get gouged; several Web sites list prices recently paid for automobiles. Two examples are HybridCars.com and Kelley Blue Book. Also read about others' hybrid-buying experiences in the numerous Internet blogs and forums devoted to hybrids.
If you buy a hybrid before 2006, you can take a $2,000 deduction on your federal income taxes. Basically, this deduction will reduce your federal taxable income by $2,000. For hybrids bought after Jan. 1, 2006, the recently enacted energy bill set up tax credits — ranging from $250 to $3,400, depending on the vehicle's fuel economy. The credit would go toward your tax liability, the amount you owe before any withholdings.
Over the long term, the credit will be more advantageous to those who buy newer hybrid models and less helpful to those who buy better-selling hybrids such as the Prius. The energy bill established a complex formula to reduce the credits once an automaker sells more than 60,000 hybrids after Jan. 1. Hybrid buyers in 14 states also can take advantage of state-level incentives, including tax credits and exemptions from sales tax. Hybrid buyers in Colorado, for example, are eligible for tax credits of more than $4,500. There also are nonfinancial incentives — such as being allowed to drive in lanes for high-occupancy vehicles and park without paying meter fees. Visit www.hybridcars.com to see if there are programs where you live.
Owning a hybrid should be a worry-free experience — don't believe naysayers who claim they come loaded with extra maintenance costs. Their regular maintenance needs are no different than gasoline-only vehicles, and the Honda Civic Hybrid and Toyota Prius have earned the highest ratings for reliability and owner satisfaction from Consumer Reports. In a now-famous quote within the hybrid community, Toyota mechanic Gus Heredia told the Los Angeles Times, "I'd go broke if the Prius was all I worked on."
Hybrids also are backed by the same warranties you'd expect with any new automobile. Additional warranties cover the hybrid systems and typically last for eight years or 100,000 miles. The hybrid components do not require any routine maintenance, and the batteries will work for about 200,000 miles or more. When they do expire, they can be recycled.
Tune-ups and routine service for hybrids probably should be handled by a dealer-based mechanic — unless you know and trust an independent mechanic with hybrid experience. Dealers' higher rates probably are worth paying to keep your hybrid in knowledgeable hands. Expect, though, to save some money on brake maintenance — regenerative braking reduces the use of mechanical brakes, extending their life.
In terms of safety, hybrids pose no more danger in a collision than any conventional vehicle. In fact, many hybrids offer the best in newer safety technologies, such as stability control, anti-lock brakes and side air bags. Here's more good news: given those safety features, you may even save money on insurance for a hybrid, especially if you're upgrading from an older vehicle and have a good driving record.
Initially, some hybrid owners find that their actual gas mileage doesn't live up to what's advertised. For many, the effort to improve their fuel economy becomes a diligent pursuit. Once drivers understand how hybrids work, they can adjust their driving habits to improve their mileage — for example, learning just when to press and release the accelerator to maximize coasting on the electric motor helps improve miles per gallon.
Consider, though, that the advertised fuel economy numbers may be slightly exaggerated. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) uses a 30-year-old methodology for calculating fuel economy. The tests do not account for modern influences on gas mileage such as air conditioning and speeds greater than 60 mph. The final numbers can be inflated by as much as 10 percent. (See Green Means Go.)
Properly driven hybrids, though, will match their EPA-rated fuel economy more closely than nonhybrids, according to Amory Lovins, senior author of Winning the Oil Endgame and chief executive officer of Rocky Mountain Institute, an independent, nonprofit think tank devoted to energy and resource efficiency.
Lovins recommends "pulse" driving: "When you see that you'll need to slow or stop, start braking gently and as early as possible so you can recover the most braking energy for later use. If you brake too late — hence too hard — the mechanical brakes will override, and they simply turn motion into useless heat."
Hybrids also are a justified excuse to accelerate with vigor. "Contrary to what we were taught in high-school driver's education, when you're accelerating up to cruising speed, do so briskly," says Lovins, who owns a Honda Insight that gets 63 mpg. "The engine is most efficient at high speed and torque, so you'll use less fuel accelerating aggressively for a short time than accelerating slowly for a long time."
Also, take advantage of hybrids' computerized monitors that show which components are delivering power and report your fuel economy. "Consistent with attentive driving, keep an eye on the real-time mpg display and use the feedback to improve your driving habits," Lovins says.
Exactly how much your fuel economy will improve by driving a hybrid depends on numerous personal factors, but compared to gasoline vehicles, today's hybrids generally get 20 percent to 25 percent better fuel economy in highway driving, and 40 percent to 100 percent better mileage in city driving. Gas mileage in high-speed driving can improve if you avoid short trips and take a road with at least some hilly sections — the electric motor will kick in with steep inclines, aiding the gas engine's efficiency. For example, Penney — who drives a Prius — gets better results when he's on highways in Colorado's mountains than when driving through the city of Golden to reach the NREL office.
But stop-and-go driving does have the statistical edge. "It's generally true that stop-and-go driving is better [for hybrids' fuel economy] because you get regenerative braking, and that's always better than no regenerative braking," Penney says. "So if a hybrid is better for someone, it's for someone who does a lot of starting and stopping."
Translation: everyone. The bottom line is that driving a hybrid can be empowering — a personal, patriotic and environmental rush. The next time you spend $20 to $30 at the gas station, imagine not returning for another 500 miles.
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A modified hybrid Toyota Prius sedan averaged 102 miles per gallon during the 2005 Tour de Sol advanced car rally held in New York state. The Prius used less than $1 in electricity and only $4 in gasoline to sustain it during the 150-mile race! The prototype Prius (called a plug-in hybrid) was a message to automakers and consumers that the technology to take hybrids one step further is here.
This modified Toyota hybrid, developed by Energy CS of Monrovia, Calif., operates just like any other Prius, but it can get more than 100 mpg on long trips because the 1.3-kilowatt hour (kWh) battery has been replaced with a more powerful 9-kWh Valence Technologies lithium-ion battery pack that can be recharged from a standard electrical outlet. At residential neighborhood speeds (less than 35 mph), specialized monitoring and control circuits in the Energy CS Prius automatically select electric operation — resulting in almost zero tailpipe emissions — during the first 50 to 60 miles, minimally "boosted" by the gas engine until the battery charge is depleted. After that, the Energy CS plug-in falls back to the mileage of a standard Prius.
As a result, the Energy CS Prius would stay almost exclusively in electric mode for short, local trips and use only a small fraction of the gasoline consumed by conventional cars. In low-speed city driving and 55-mph highway driving, it's possible to average more than 200 mpg. Faster 65-mph driving, however, will result in 100 mpg or less, and 75-mph highway driving will average less than 80 mpg. For longer, mixed-driving trips up to 70 miles, the modified Prius averages between 120 and 180 mpg, depending on driving habits, hills and car speed. Because electric motors are much more efficient than gas engines, the air pollution from a plug-in is much less than that produced by an internal-combustion, gas-powered vehicle (for more information, see The Potential of Plug-ins, which is available in the October/November issue; subscribe today to receive the issue).
"They're basically like some current hybrids, but with larger batteries and the ability to recharge conveniently so local travel is electric, yet the vehicle has unlimited range when it switches to the gas engine," says Felix Kramer, founder of The California Cars Initiative (CalCars). "While currently available hybrids may cut gasoline use by one-third, plug-in hybrid-electric vehicles can cut out another third."
So why don't all hybrids get this kind of mileage? The whole industry — not just Toyota — took great lengths to distance itself from the plug-in idea because automakers felt Americans wouldn't cozy up to the idea of plugging in their vehicles each night, and because the cost of the higher-voltage batteries is currently prohibitive. The lithium-ion batteries found in the Energy CS Prius at the Tour de Sol, for instance, cost $15,000 alone, and they weigh 160 to 190 pounds more than the standard Prius battery pack.
"We think the plug-in concept is interesting, and Toyota will be doing its own research into it," says Cindy Knight, a spokesperson for Toyota. "But we see a big distance between tinkering with a prototype and bringing one to market. When better breakthroughs in technology become available, we'll be interested." In fact, a number of environmental organizations, such as the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy, are researching the long-term viability of plug-in hybrids.
While major automakers claim current plug-in hybrids are too costly to successfully market, CalCars is busy trying to narrow the cost gap through incentives, subsidies and rebates from public and private sources. Kramer says eager plug-in hybrid buyers are the key piece of the puzzle to reach mass production. On the commercial side, Energy CS's newly formed company, EDrive, has successfully demonstrated the effectiveness of the technology — proven by the company's finish in the Tour de Sol. In 2006, EDrive intends to sell its plug-in conversion services to Prius owners for about $12,000. While the price of such a conversion is steep, the goal not only is to revolutionize the market, but also to convince large automakers such a market exists. Once EDrive can show interest and investment in its own plug-in conversion kit, related products will enter the market at increasingly competitive prices.
"Our goal is to persuade Toyota and other automakers to build plug-in hybrids for a market we expect to expand as state and international greenhouse gas initiatives are phased in," Kramer says. "We're exploring with public officials ways to provide incentives to automakers to build them. We're demonstrating demand initially from early-adopter individuals and institutions." One organization helping to promote the plug-in hybrid concept is the South Coast Air Quality Management District, which gave Energy CS $130,000 to convert four Priuses to plug-ins that will be tested in several car fleets.
The high cost of plug-ins is directly related to their increased number of batteries, and the availability of affordable advanced battery technology will be a crucial challenge to the growth of the plug-in market. But battery technology is improving rapidly, and when combined with larger scales of production and more dollars for research and development, the upfront cost of lithium-ion batteries could be reduced.
Assuming EDrive and other proponents such as CalCars can prove there's a viable market and cost-effective blueprint for selling a plug-in hybrid, it could become an option on any hybrid car. People currently pay extra for such luxuries as automatic transmission, leather seats and more powerful engines, so it shouldn't be hard to convince car buyers to pay more for the plug-in option.
The big question is just how much money will the general public pay for this option? A 2004 study by J.D. Power & Associates suggests the answer is directly affected by the price of gas. As the cost of gas rises, so does the demand for more efficient automobiles. Experts think that a mass-produced plug-in hybrid could be built for as little as $3,000 more than that of a regular hybrid model. If this is true, fuel savings could offset the upfront cost of a plug-in hybrid quickly — especially if incentives and subsidies are available.
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Online retailer, eNail Supply is offering a huge reward to customers for their loyalty by giving them amazing discounts off their purchases of CND Shellac and their Creative Scentsations and Creative Nail Design ranges.
CEO Sudeep Arya said, "We wanted to reward all our customers for their loyalty to us and commitment to their favourite brands. We decided the best way to do it was to further reduce the prices of selected ranges of cheap nail polish. We have looked at sales figures and the ranges which will benefit from price reductions are from the Creative Nail Designs and Creative Sentsations ranges. In addition, our customer service team have told us how popular CND Shellac is so we are offering discounts on certain purchases of it too."
The company regard brand loyalty, which is usually associated with beauty products, as not only a sign of their customer loyalty but as a sign they are providing the right products at the right price. The management team felt compelled to increase the discounts further when sales figures showed they had already met this quarter's target.
Mr Arya went on to say, "Like thousands of companies all over the US, we have been keeping an eye on sales. No one on the management team knew for sure whether this third quarter would be a struggle. I am delighted the team's hard work and dedication to eNail Supply and our customers has paid off. We have customers who return to buy from us a second, third and even fourth time. Their loyalty is not only to us but to the high quality brands we offer, like CND Shellac from Creative Nail Designs or the Creative Sentsations range. Our Customers tell us they like the quality of our products, which is very pleasing. We hope our customers enjoy benefitting from the discounts and savings they will make."
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Junkie is a real-time packet sniffer and analyzer. It is modular enough to accomplish many different tasks. It can be a helpful companion to the modern network administrator and analyst. Compared to previously available tools, junkie lies in between tcpdump and wireshark. Unlike tcpdump, its purpose is to parse protocols of any depth; unlike wireshark, though, it is designed to analyze traffic in real-time and so cannot parse traffic as exhaustively as wireshark does. In addition, its design encompasses extendability and speed. It has a plug-in system and high-level extension language that eases the development and combination of new functionalities; threaded packet capture and analysis for handling of high bandwidth networks; and a modular architecture to ease the addition of any protocol layer. It is based on libpcap for portability, and well-tested on professional settings.
SerLooK is a KDE application for inspecting data going over serial lines. It can work as a binary terminal that sends and receives data through a defined port (Point to Point mode) and displays them on separate views. Each view can be configured to display data in hexadecimal, decimal, octal, binary, and raw ASCII. It is also possible to perform I/O through terminal emulation views and define a secondary port and monitor the traffic between two external hosts using a "Y" cable (Snooper mode).
SysopView shows information in a visually attractive way, like computers in movies do. The idea is that it can show information relevant to system administrators non-comprehensible for non-technical personnel, while still looking attractive even if you don't know what is shown. The current version can show nagios status data, webcam streams (mjpeg, jpeg, and video4Linux), and VNC, has a built-in terminal emulator in which regular text applications can be run, can sniff the network (including remotely) and dissect streams and show pictures which are sniffed, can show external bitmaps (from, for example, mrtg and rrdtool), and can scroll text (currently showing output of rssfeeds).
ipredirectd has functionality similar to netcat but with some extra features. Multiple clients and full logging of network traffic are supported. It can also manipulate incoming and outgoing text traffic. Manipulation is based on pattern files that support regular expressions. This feature is probably most useful with HTTP. The software is smart enough not to apply regular expressions on non-HTML data by reading the content-type header. One possible usage is redistribution of pre-authenticated Web pages in foreign domains by replicating authentication and session cookies.


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This game was winnable, and it was also a game that showed let down from the past game. I thought the Celtics were jobbed by the refs a bit tonight. I don't say that often, was it the reason the Celtics lost? I don't know, but I'll just say no. Because the Celtics went away from so many good things that happened in Phoenix. The Celtics only had 16 assists, and that's their season average, and below their total against the Suns. The ball movement was not consistent. I wasn't a fan of Bradley coming up and taking a jumper within 7 seconds of the possession. The Celtics don't run Dantoni's offense.
Wesley Matthews scored a game-high 24 points on 8-of-11 shooting, hitting five 3-pointers. The Celtics were down 89-86, and with under a minute to go. Wesley put the dagger in the Celtics heart with a three bomb to give the Blazers a 92-86 lead. Kevin Garnett added 20 points and nine rebounds. Pierce was keeping the C's in the game,and he finished with 23 points, eight assists, and seven rebounds. Personally this was one of the hardest losses that I have reacted to. I felt like the Celtics should have won this game, and they needed to win this game. I also felt that a few calls swung this game out of the Celtics hands, and that hurts when it's a close game like Sunday's night game. On the other hand the Celtics needed more from the bench that was highly praised by everyone, and they needed more passing, and better defensive stops.
Jeff Green finished with 11 points off of 4-of-12 shooting. What doesn't show in his performance was his effort. He was aggressive,and that's all I want. He was taking the ball to the rack, and he wasn't getting the calls on the road. The Celtics play again Monday night, and that game seems to be one of those must win games. The Celtics are currently 7th in the East, and just they're 3 and a half games back from the 4th seed. I honestly want to avoid the 4th seed. I think the Celtics should want to avoid Miami until the East Finals, and that's if they get past a team like Indiana, or New York. The Celtics currently hold a two game lead over the Bucks who are the 8th seed. It's clear that the Celtics need to get comfortable on the road, because they won't have home court in any round.
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Youngster Keys beats Na Li in the 1th round 63 62 !!!
MASHA in about an hour! ДАВАЙ Маша!!!
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Carla def Sam. Any time now, al-Jazeera Sport+8 http://lsh.streamhunter....ups/149731980343990.html
I personally think only problem about Serena is her wrong attitude , If we only to consider of her appearance , It will be just RACISM ! The problem isn't how she looks , it isn't important .
I believe your manner&attitude is more important than your face . Serena isn't a sportman athlete , She doesn't play fair as a sportman, Problem is this.
Having a performance like Serena's in 31 isn't normal , Only God knows the truth and we will know all the truth :)
very interesting, Stephens slammed Serena
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Just some thoughts I had while watching the match on the WTA live scorecard. I have yet to check YT for the match play.Though she was an unranked qualifier, AD is no pushover. I knew this from the first exchange of points early in the first set. I see that Maria is a master of concentration and execution. This girl has a ferocious mind. Though the match may look like a pushover on paper, there were many moments in each set where Maria identified that if she did not make this point, right now, then she would greatly increase her work load, and chances of losing the match. I have seen this time and time again. She is very good at identifying critical moments, and taking them. She should be proud, and grateful for whoever nurtured in her that ability.
I watched set 1. It is obvious Maria was feeling unwell. Probably a 24 hour virus, one that kicked in 24 hours before the set ended.
Nonetheless she overcame this feeling of weakness...another sign that she isn't one to be taken lightly. Although Jesus never preached about colloidal silver, and NaHCO3, I think these are things worth looking into. In fact, these substances have nothing to do with him. A body can feel like a lead statue on a court, when not well. Congratulations to Maria for her performance. Remember that she lost the first set last time she encountered Alexandra.
Great post!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What Stephens said about Serena???? Your link does not work.
oups!!! sorry and thank you for letting me know. I want you guys to read this
btw, i just watched Maria's 1st match, a lot of UEs, she is adapting her style to the surface
There's something else too. This is either the second or third tournament this year where Venus has pulled out because she was drawn in the same half as Serena and likely to meet her in the third or fourth round. Now who's controlling that? I suspect Serena is in charge. I think it was The AO. If venus had played through to the third round and then pulled out before their 4th round meeting, people would have become very suspicious. There was only one thing for it... pull out before the tournament got past the first round., which Venus did. Now suddenly Voegele appeared on the play list in place of Venus on the day she was supposed to play. Nothing in the News about it at all. It all stinks to high heaven.
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It is not racism. It is the way people see you when you have a bad attitude and you don't play fair..
I mean evil spirit takes over your body and makes you do bad things.
Here is Boris Becker. Another tennis champion...but nicer
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[I'm going to try this again. Phili, I totally agree with you this time. I googled Venus to get any news because yes, she just disappeared! Sound familiar? The headline said she had a back injury. Bull!! A back injury is when you drive into a wall, when you didn't put your seat belt on. SHE said she went out to practise earlier' and just couldn't carry on. Boo Hoo. Bull!!
These two Wiliampusses (and also Azercranka) play so many games that we can see, they sicken me. Behind the scenes, it gets much worse. Bullying, tournament demands, intimidation. The list goes on, and Im sure there is much more. When all comes out (maybe after they retire) I am sure we will be flabergasted. This is just my opinion, but I can FEEL it and it irritates me. You know, of all of Maria's many qualities, the one she said she wanted to be known for, and the one I value most is HONESTY. Give me that Maria, and I will stand with you forever! I'm done.
Now there's a "COW ON SAND"!!
Dartagnan: We stop believing in Serena's performance in tennis. We have to concentrate on other tennis players. Serena should follow her sister Venus. We stop believing in a superwoman, she is just good for a child movie.
Maria Sharapova is the real&unique number 1 in the world in tennis.
Serena = Grand mam fatty
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In January, he was named an NEA Jazz Master for lifetime achievement. He began celebrating his 70th birthday early — it's August 9 — by going on a short performance tour this month with his old friends, Chick Corea and Stanley Clarke. The celebration continues this summer, as he tours Europe with the Keith Jarrett trio. As if that's not enough, he also released one of the best albums of the year in any genre, Sound Travels.
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Drummer Jack DeJohnette was 23 when he made his first recording with The Charles Lloyd Quartet in 1966. Since that time, he's been a driving force in the world of jazz. This year, DeJohnette will celebrate his birthday all year long — the big day is actually August 9 — with special events, including his current tour with his old friends Chick Corea (piano) and Stanley Clarke (bass).
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Most of his songs were originally written for Broadway shows or Hollywood musicals. Finian's Rainbow is probably his most popular stage work, but he's best known for working with composer Harold Arlen on music for The Wizard of Oz, a collaboration which won them an Oscar for "Over the Rainbow."
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On July 30, 2013, Facebook has decided to announce that they will begin to publish games for mobile platforms. The announcement took place at the Casual Connect Conference in San Francisco, California. They are sharing the news in San Francisco in the hopes that the technologically-apt environment of Northern California will offer a number of developers that are looking to join their new game publishing effort.
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Todd R. Klein was first elected to the City Council in a runoff election in June 2007, and was re-elected to the seat in an uncontested race in May of 2010. Located in central to south Lubbock, District 3 has 32,519 residents (74.9 percent Anglo, 18.6 percent Hispanic, and 4.4 percent African-American).
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I have a client who often sends me questions or requests to change their account via email. He and I have a very good relationship, even if he always spells my name incorrect. It's no big deal, but when you're reading an email and you see your name spelled wrong, it's one of those things that stand out. He and I were working on something that took a little bit of investigation and when it was all over, I sent him a thank you card.
The card was mailed a few weeks ago and yesterday, he emailed me again with another question and thanked me for the card. What else? He spelled my name correctly. Much like how it would stand out when it was wrong, it stood out even more when it was right.
I found it interesting that it was the first email after he got his card – it stood out to me and I can't help but wonder if maybe the reason is because of the card. If you want to stand out to a customer, here are five ways to thank them.
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