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Visite de Paris avec ma petite-fille Jasmin
... Eiffel Tower, discover the most beautiful monuments in Paris the time of a cruise on the boat along the Seine. The cruise lasted an hour and was commented by guides in Fench and in English.
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Eiffel Tower, too many people waiting in line for climbing the tower, approx. 3 hours waiting time
L'Open Tour - hop-on hop-off - grand tour
We enjoyed the fantastic views ...
Day 5- an impressionist & credit improvisations
The morning started w/ a 10:30 departure fr the Bourg, which given our 1-2am bedtimes here in Paris, is Early! We'd be gone to the country until ealrly eve, so we ate up, drank up, and packed up for the duration. The weather in France is beginning to turn. We did pack for all eventualities, and its a good thing. Our first days in Paris were quite chilly--highs in the low 60's, and when the biting wind picked up, particularly if in a shaded area of the city or along ...
Sunday in Paris
... happy.
We decided to take our supplies back to the apartment and while looking at the map to decide which way to go a women with 3 very shaggy dogs asked us where we were going. We explained in broken French and she said to follow her which we did and came out at the back of the Louvre right near the Metro. Hopped on it and returned to the apartment.
I made lunch with the Campange bread and ham - delicious, and then finished lunch off with ...
Happy spring weather at last!
... you go in, you sit on the bike seat, like you would in a spin class and the water starts filling up. Once it's filled, like in a spa, the jets come on and you start to cycle. It was so cool! After 30 mins I was dead!! Whilst you cycle you get your own private tv and you leave having done a solid workout. I wonder if it will ever come to Australia, or maybe it already has and I haven't heard of it. Afterwards we came home and I checked out the ...
A delightful afternoon in Paris
... were booked, and the next flight with available seats was not until tomorrow (Tues, Dec 18). However, that left me with a whole afternoon free and nothing to do,and a free hotel and meals from Air France. So, off I went to find the hotel Air France so kindly put me up at. I was slightly bemused at customs, where I was able to go into the EU line thanks to my Bulgarian passport, and the customs official took no more than a half-second look at ...
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"Life is about balance too much excess is chaos."
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"You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star."
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"One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries."
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"What we call chaos is just patterns we haven't recognized. What we call random is just patterns we cant decipher. What we can't understand we call nonsense. What we can't read we call gibberish. There is no free will. There are no variables. There is only the inevitable."
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"I am interested in anything about revolt, disorder , chaos-especially activity that seems to have no meaning. It seems to me to be the road toward freedom... Rather than starting inside, I start outside and reach the mental through the physical."
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Hot answers tagged sniffer
First of all that would entirely depend on the encryption used by the access point. There are several types of possible encryption. Mostly on consumer wireless access points these are:
Let's first dive into WEP. WEP was the first algorithm used to secure wireless access points. Unfortunately it was discovered that WEP had some ...
How does https work?
Https is based on public/private-key cryptography. This basically means that there is a key pair: The public key is used for encryption and the secret private key is required for decryption.
A certificate is basically a public key with a label identifying the owner.
So when your browser connects to an https server, it will answer with ...
When you feel your local computer network is insecure, there are five main approaches.
Ensure that your computer and the destination computer use encrypted network protocols. (e.g. IPSEC) This encrypts any and all traffic from your machine to the destination machine over the whole of it's journey.
Establish an encrypted tunnel between your computer and a ...
Monitor mode: Sniffing the packets in the air without connecting (associating) with any access point.
Think of it like listening to people's conversations while you walk down the street.
Promiscuous mode: Sniffing the packets after connecting to an access point. This is possible because the wireless-enabled devices send the data in the air but only "mark" ...
For telecommunications, checkout GSM, CDMA, TDMA, and EDGE. The two competing protocols in the United States are GSM and CDMA. The resources linked below are lacking when it comes to CDMA, but using site:defcon.org and site:blackhat.com in your Google searches will turn up some presentations.
For interception of GSM, I refer you to a white paper on ...
An attacker can always determine the client's MAC address if they can sniff packets to or from the client. This is true regardless of whether encryption is used or not. The MAC address is in the outer encapsulation layer of the 802.11 packet, and there is no encryption applied to that level. Here's a good link at Microsoft that lays out the packet ...
You can't. It doesn't matter whether the wifi is encrypted or not: you can't know whether the access point is trustworthy. A WPA2 access point with a strong password doesn't help when the access point itself is a rogue access point put up by someone who may or may not be the café or hotel owner. And yes, it happens — people put up open access points with ...
Your case is common in the corporate world, it is usually described as corporate MiTM. When you connect to the Internet from inside your network, you're likely connecting to a gateway/router the belongs to your company first. That router can simply hand you public key in a "fake" certificate whenever you connect to an SSL-enabled site and fool your browser ...
Capturing packets already produces an output file (a capture file, actually) which includes packet contents, timing information, headers, etc. If you want to separate these packets into individual streams, a program like wireshark can do the appropriate searching and filtering for you. It can even decrypt SSL/TLS traffic if you have the certificate key.
If ...
Most likely yes, but it depends
Much like PATA, SCSI, and Ethernet devices, USB devices don't directly connect to the computer. They connect to a Host Controller that manages all signaling and communication. All ports are connected to something called a Root Hub, and to each Root Hub you may connect other hubs and subsequently more hubs.
Each of these hubs ...
One way of checking this would be to run a packet sniffing tool such as wireshark, as this can give you information about the protocols being used, and can show you similar information to what someone else would see if they're sniffing your connection.
I'm presuming here that Battle.NET uses HTTP(S) for authentication so essentially you'd be looking for ...
Promiscuous Mode:
Capture packets on a network that you have connected to. This is likely what you need to be in if you want to analyze packets (Wireshark, tcpdump, etc.)
Monitor Mode:
Capture packets regardless of connected network. No association to AP needed (and no authentication). Because it is not connected to a network, you can't process the ...
If I'm using websites that do not use HTTPS, but I'm on a WEP-protected Wi-Fi network, are my cookies safe from being sniffed by third-parties?
No. Outsiders can crack WEP networks almost as if they weren't encrypted at all, these days. Insiders have even more ease of access. Even on WPA/WPA2 networks, there are still exploits that enable insiders to ...
Sniffing and recording the signal is certainly doable, since that's what both cell phones and base stations do all day long.
Now the tricky point is that communications are encrypted, and decrypting the data from the outside can prove tricky. "3G" is a wide term, but (normally) 3G communications use the block cipher KASUMI. The best known cryptanalytic ...
The hardware tool that is suited to his is the Universal Software Radio Peripheral (vendor site). You can get a leg up on decoding the transmissions by looking at the work done for the OpenBTS system. So, hardware-wise it's commodity equipment, though a few thousand dollars because it's not very common. Software wise, the groundwork is already there to pull ...
TL;DR: FaceNiff probably exploits WPA's "Hole 192" and uses ARP poisoning to set up a Man-in-the-Middle attack. The steps, in short, are:
Eve uses the Group Temporal Key (GTK) to inject ARP packets into the network, with the network's gateway IP paired to her MAC address.
Clients register Eve's MAC address as their new gateway.
Clients send packets ...
If an attacker has the password, then they could, for example, use Wireshark to decrypt the frames.
(Note, however, there's no need to have a WEP password since it is a completely broken security algorithm. WEP keys can be extracted from the encrypted traffic by merely capturing enough packets. This usually only takes a few minutes.
Also, keep in mind ...
"Credentials" and "Internet Cafe" in the same sentence...
Any publicly available computer is susceptible to be the host of a keylogger. From a slightly paranoid point of view, your credentials are toast as soon as you type them on the keyboard, regardless of what happens on the network.
Now if you bring your own machine (e.g. the "Internet Cafe" is ...
I think that -Tfields -eframe.protocols would be the closest thing you'll get.
The output looks something like this:
As it can be seen the information displayed will vary a bit depending on which protocol ...
Machines create noise that maybe be detected by an attacker. If this noise undermines a physical cryptosystem then its called a side channel attack which is a very interesting and diverse research topic.
Like it or not, passwords are the gold standard and the human interface devices we use are very noisy. The electromagnetic noise produced by typing on ...
There's no way to easily automate this in any useful way, because protocols are designed by humans. As such, they don't really follow any set pattern or rules. You're going to have to put the brain-work in yourself to dissect them.
However, there are some tricks:
Use Wireshark to separate out individual conversations and identify the high-level ...
Have you tried tshark -r test.cap -q -z io,phs
It will give you a hierarchical list of protocols, not sure if it will suite you needs.
Protocol Hierarchy Statistics
Filter: frame
frame frames:433 bytes:290520
eth ...
There is no good answer to your question.
The obvious answer doesn't work. The obvious way to test this is simply sniff the wire, and see if your password goes across it. You can run simple tools like 'ngrep' or 'Snort' to search the network for you, so that you don't have to deal with complicate tools.
But this doesn't work. This only tells you if the ...
If the sniffer has all the packets that you sent, he can reconstruct all the data (files, mails, whatever) that you sent, for the simple reason that he has everything that the intended recipient has. If the sniffer only has some of packets, then he can still reconstruct part of your traffic — files with holes, so to speak. For example, if he has only some of ...
In order to trace back the source you first need to figure out which device is generating the traffic. The best, in my opinion, would be to set up a flow collector of some sort. There are generally two ways to do this,
Exporting flows from the device
Software analysis to generate flows
Most high end network gear will generate some kind of flow record, ...
There has been some work done that I've heard of like anti-sniff, which looks to detect machines in promiscuous mode using timing information.
The idea being that machines in promiscuous mode will have to process all packets that they see so if there are large amounts of traffic that need processed the system will be busy and slower to respond to directed ...
WPA2 is the only secure method. WEP and WPA are "broken". Also, WEP is easier to crack than WPA. However, any security, even WEP, is better than no security as it will effectively prevent opportunistic connections to your network.
I just checked and indeed the new Mac Books Pro don't have an Ethernet port. All I can say is WTF?!?
One thing to realise is that you can't completely block what you kids do on the Internet and probably the best thing to do is to try and educate them on avoiding sites you think they shouldn't visit and also how to recognise dangerous situations (e.g. strangers looking to message them or meet up in real life).
That said there are products which can help to ...
Assuming that users do not click through cert warnings (and assuming that you are running an unmodified client), the answer is: No, the proxy cannot decrypt the data.
For a detailed explanation of how HTTPS prevents a man-in-the-middle from decrypting your traffic, see any standard resource on SSL/TLS, e.g.,
How is it possible that people observing an ...
I'll start with the usual statements that I am not a lawyer and this is not legal advice :)
That said as far as I'm aware use of a Network sniffer, in and of itself, isn't illegal in the UK (a large number of IT professionals would be in deep trouble if it were!).
If there is relevant legislation i'd think it'd be the Computer Misuse Act, the Regulation ...
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Women & Children First In Turkey
By: The Offside | September 30th, 2011Still battling that PR campaign which involves ridding the public of the idea that Turkish football is an abode of corruption and fan violence and a place where Felipe Melo celebrates things, they've gone one better from the "women and children only as punishment" for crowd misbehavior. So impressed were they by the atmosphere created by a soprano-heavy crowd, they've decided to allow them in for free.
A great concept, particularly for a league so battered and bruised in recent times by, well, everything.
Spurred on by the popularity of last week's match between Fenerbahce and Manisaspor in which male fans were banned, the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) have declared that women and children can attend top division matches for free as part of its drive to combat hooliganism.
The new initiative is part of a campaign entitled "The Beautiful Game Will Stay Beautiful".
The project will help "increase interest in this beautiful game, prevent violence and disorder, deter ugly chanting and create an environment where families can watch a match in peace," the TFF said on its website.
The cost of the tickets will be met by the TFF and paid to the clubs, it added.
However, where are women and children always ushered through first?
Sinking ships. This probably isn't the analogy Turkey wants to be penning.
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'Lost': Exclusive interview with Sterling Beaumon, Part 2
OK, here we are with Part Two of our exclusive interview with Young Benjamin Linus himself, Sterling Beaumon. If you missed the first part, be sure to check it out. In today's installment, Sterling shares some pretty provocative thoughts on the futures of Ben Linus and the Island. They tie in nicely with the discussions "Lost" fans have been conducting here on the blog over the past week.
For spoiler-phobes: no specific plot points are revealed below. While he offers up some pretty interesting morsels, you won't scream and tell and curse the heavens (or more importantly, me) for having read his responses. Personally, I had a blast talking with him, and I think you'll enjoy this latter half of the interview. Today's topics: the repercussions of Sayid's shot heard round the "Lost" world, the most important woman on Ben's life, and the things "Lost" fans must do while in Hawaii.
Zap2it: Let's get to the last episode that aired, "He's Our You." What were your first thoughts upon reading about Sayid shooting Ben in the script?
Sterling Beaumon: My first reaction was, "What the heck? Why did Sayid tell Ben he was a killer?" Because being a big fan, I had only read the parts I had to read, so I hadn't seen the other parts. So that was the first shock to me. And then I read down and the next stage direction was, "Bang! Sayid shoots Ben. OMG! Cliffhanger! Flash to black." That's what it says. So I said, "Oh my gosh. OMG for real. They can't do that!"
Zap2it: Was that ending kept hidden from most of the cast/crew?
SB: Anybody who got the script knew about it, but I think that was one of the most protected secrets out of anything that happened. Because you know, when there's something big like that in the cliffhanger, some people said that should have been the end of the season cliffhanger. I don't know what they have planned for the end of the season, but if THAT isn't the end of the season cliffhanger, I think what they have planned for the end is going to be big.
Zap2it: This actually leads into another reader question: have you had a response from many people who were shocked to see a kid shot on TV? Has anyone told you they had a problem with it?
SB: [laughs] Me being a fan, I read, and even sometimes comment, on message boards about theories. I never do Ben theories, because I just don't want to get into that. But I read them, and I think some people get super creepy about this. I don't think it's a major problem. They have this thing when people get shot sometimes where they squib them, and shoot blood out, but they didn't do that to me. So they told me the only reason they were doing it [this way] was it made where he got shot a "nice, clean death." It wouldn't be super bloody or gory. It's just a nice shot. Boom. Dead.
Zap2it: OK, since you're into Ben theories, even if you don't post them, here's a question I posed to my readers that I'd like you to answer: Who is the most influential woman in Ben's life: his mother, Juliet, Annie, Alex? And why?
SB: Personally, I think it should be Annie. But for what we know right now...ah! I seriously don't know.
Zap2it: But your gut's telling you it's Annie? That's what feels right?
SB: Know what? I could probably tell you more after the next episode airs.
Zap2it: OK, so: Assuming this was not the last time we see you on the show, is there anything on the horizon as shocking as Sayid shooting him looming ahead?
SB: Um, I can't say that right now, because the big question is whether I'm dead or alive. So, if there's something more, then I'm alive. But like I said: that shot is a nice, clean death.
Zap2it: Well, OK then!
SB: And remember: they are back in time. Remember when [Sawyer, Juliet, Miles, and Daniel] first enter encounter the Dharma people, Miles says to Daniel, "We don't get involved, right?" And Daniel says, "It doesn't matter, we're stuck in this time. We can do whatever we want. Whatever happened, happened." So you can change time now. Whatever happened in the future will now be changed and will no longer exist.
Zap2it: So you're saying you think there's an alternate timeline that's been created after what we just saw?
SB: I think that everything we're seeing right now is on a different timeline and is something that COULD have happened. Who knows? Maybe Ben being shot will bring down the whole Dharma Initiative. [The writers] can do whatever they want!
Zap2it: They certainly can. With that, let's move a bit past "Lost." A few of the Zap2it readers were wondering if you have any other roles on film, TV or stage in the near future?
SB: Yes, actually, in the near future, if you're in the Los Angeles area, I'll be in "Big: The Musical" at the El Centro Theatre. It's a really fun play, based on the movie, and I play Josh's best friend.
Zap2it: I also read on IMDB that you'll be doing voice work in the upcoming "Astro Boy"?
SB: Yea, which is funny, because I'm wearing my Astro Boy shirt right now! Once again, I'm playing a best friend [Sludge]. Unfortunately, I can't tell you a lot about the character and what he does...because they've never given me a full script. They've only given me my part.
Zap2it: I am sure you get asked this a lot, but talk about the difference in creating a character in a studio, behind a microphone, and physically performing in front of a camera.
SB: It's a lot harder, because you don't have any other actors in the booth with you. The best case scenario, you're the last one to record that scene, and you hear everyone else's lines the way the said it to play off of. But if you're the first one to record, you have to say it every possible way, not knowing how they are going to [respond].
Zap2it: OK, reach for the stars: any dream roles or projects you'd like to undertake?
SB: Oh, I don't know...I'd like to do a James Bond kind of thing. That action-adventure sort of thing. That would be ideal in the future.
Zap2it: So, Double O Sterling?
SB: Double O Sterling, yea! [laughs]
Zap2it: OK, one last question, getting back to "Lost" for a second. A lot of my readers, and myself included, plan on doing a "Lost" tour someday before they die. I'm sure they keep you busy while on location, but can you recommend anything we should do besides the tour while there?
SB: You guys have to climb to the top of Diamond Head. It's actually a really good work out, too. And you can look out at the whole island of Oahu from there. And personally, what I love to do is go to the North Shore and watch the waves. But you have to surf while there, even if it's on the tiny little waves. [Ed. Note: Yes, little waves for me, thank you very much.]
For the "Lost" tour, there's two things you have to see. First of all, Dharmaville, which is actually a YMCA camp painted yellow. And then...right between the sound stages, there's always some new thing. They had the Dharma security station there, and then they changed it to...something which I'm not going to tell you just yet. And you should also go out into the jungle where they film. Because they have five places in which they film EVERY jungle scene. They add a plant here, add a plant there, change the camera angle, and no one will ever know!
Zap2it: Well, that's awesome. Sterling, thank you so much for your time and insight!
SB: You're welcome. Thank you so much!
Ryan also posts every 108 minutes over at Boob Tube Dude. He invites you to join the hundreds already in Zap2It's Guide to Lost Facebook group. He also encourages you to subscribe to the Zap2It's Guide to Lost Twitter feed
Dark UFO posted a radio interview Sterling did today, where he repeated his answer about Daniel saying they could change time- but he really didn't say that in "LaFleur" and we all know Daniel has never believed time can change.
Either Sterling misinterpreted Daniel's statement, forgot the context, or he's trying to lead us into Ben-like misdirection about the state of the timeline.
I think I understand how Sterling can do such a good job playing someone who grows up to be an evil genius. Based on what he chose to tell us, it sounds like he's almost as devious as Ben himself!
Someone please sell me a flux capacitor so I can go about two or three years into the future and buy the complete series LOST box set...
The picture above finally smacked me in the head about who young Mr. Beaumon reminds me of...my best friend in fifth and sixth grade named Robert Baker. Almost a dead ringer, except Robert's hair was jet black. Now there was a happy childhood memory, thanks guys!
I think that's one of the greatest roles an actor can get to play: playing the villain long before he turns evil and becomes the "Big Bad." I guess it also works for heroes too, like how in Casino Royale we got to see Bond's first mission(s) as 007.
But it's tricky, because you don't want to destroy the legacy of the character by giving a bad performance in their formative years (I'm looking at you, Hayden Christensen!) The balance is showing the character as-is, free from corruption or whatever influences come down the line later, while still showing the "seeds" of evil were there all along.
In the case of young Ben, we get to see he's just a sweet kid with a crush on the girl next door, but at the same time he's the kind of person that would sacrifice a bunny, plot to murder his father, and risk the lives of innocent people via flaming bus just to cause a distraction.
Of course, I'm sure Ben (and Sayid) would argue that the DI residents weren't innocent since they (or their "representatives" in the DI "government") had just voted to kill Sayid.
That said, every day this episode seems weaker and weaker -- for instance, why didn't Sayid just agree with Sawyer's plan and "join" Dharma like he saw Jin, Sawyer, Jack, Hurley, and Kate had?
After all, there is no reason he couldn't then work on a better long-term plan -- one which would be far more likely to succeed once he had learned "the lay of the land" so to speak than him trying to figure out something on the fly under tremendous time pressure.
Remember how patient Sayid was (to wait for the right moment to act) when he discovered that Michael had been "compromised"?
It's like this episode was written by people who only had a cursory knowledge of the LOST story and characters.
There was no reason Sayid had to refuse Sawyer's offer -- unless, as I posted a couple of days ago -- he was working with Richard. I hope this turns out to be the case, but I'm "concerned" that it isn't, that Sayid's refusal was just another cheap writer contrivance in the spirit of the "Eggtown" murder trial.
"concerned", You have to keep in mind that the Sayid of the Michael incident and this Sayid are worlds apart (literally). This Sayid has been pushed to the brink, he has had his life stolen from him by Ben and then left on the side of the road when Ben was done with no more than a "thanks for the help, see ya!" And now he finds himself back on the island where more of his life is being stolen. Finally he finds (in his mind) the reason for it all ... pay back. This Sayid is not thinking of anything but himself. We cannot rationally think what he should have done because he was not being rational. And while that doesn't fit the Sayid we knew on-island, it does fit this one and people can change, sometimes drastically. Personally I thought the same as you did until I stepped outside and looked at what all he had been given over the years after he got off the island and realized that for him, there was no time to stew on a plan. He felt he had found his destiny and that was all he was thinking of. It makes perfect sense and I think the writers did an excellent job in showing a changed Sayid, which should have happened after all he'd been through with Ben off-island. To have had him remain the same, that would have been poor writing.
Excellent Part II!! I really like the questions you chose and Sterling's answers. He sounds like a very bright young man and I live in LA and will try to see him on stage.
On you poll I voted a member of the cast. I'd love it if you could interview Ian. :D I can't promise but I could ask him if you'd like me to.
Jane - excellent point. Sometimes we forget that these characters have had 3 years of experiences that, for us, was compressed into a few episodes. In Sayid's situation we never 'felt' the pain he went through from finding, marrying, and losing the love of his life. In his dispair he sold his soul to Ben Linus, and even that got thrown back in his face. It had to make him a different person than the one we knew from the beginning. He's beaten down and has a much more fatalistic view of life.
Ryan - loved the interview with Sterling. Good job!!
New footage from Whatever Happened, Happened. Yum, Kate pantless again!
I like what everyone's saying about Sayid being pushed to the brink. If he were thinking rationally in the first place, he wouldn't have shot an innocent, abused 12-year-old kid in cold blood. Someone who does that has to be either desperately wicked, or just desperate. And Sayid isn't really a bad sort, most of the time; ergo, he must merely be desperate.
Someone who was thinking rationally might have realized that they had an opportunity, say, to befriend and mentor Ben rather than kill him, and thus prevent him from growing up bad. For all I know, maybe it turns out that Juliet / Sawyer / Hurley / Jin were doing exactly that over the last three years. I can definitely see Juliet doing that --- it would explain why Ben has a crush on her in the future.


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Other than mustard-stained shirts, orthopedic shoes and white gym socks, media guys like me don't wear uniforms to work.
I suppose if I did, I'd have the word "cynic" across the back.
Or perhaps "non-athletic."
Of course I bring up the notion of uniforms and names for one reason and one reason only: Namegate.
See, we in the media tend to gravitate toward controversies and when we find them we like to stick the word "gate" on the end, just to be cute. Most folks who still read newspapers probably know where this comes from, but for those who get their news through less conventional means -- I'm looking at you, "new media" -- slapping the word "gate" relates back to Watergate, the real-world story that led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon 40 years this month.
So, anyway ... Watergate spawned a thousand other "gates" in the news media, some significant and others far less important.
Namegate falls under the latter category. Still, for our purposes here in the toy department, I suppose it's meaningful enough to warrant a column.
Namegate -- or perhaps a better moniker might be No-namegate -- came to us last week after BYU football coach Bronco Mendenhall announced his players' uniforms wouldn't have their names on the back. Instead of having the likes of "Hill" or "Van Noy" above the numbers, this year's jerseys would be adorned with one of three words: "Honor," "Spirit" or "Tradition."
Well, it turns out Mendenhall's idea didn't go over so well. Apparently he didn't clear it with anyone else and instead surprised everyone with the announcement at the team's annual media day gathering.
Within hours of the announcement, Mendenhall took to social media to say the Cougars, as a team, decided to wear the nameless uniforms only for their Oct. 12 homecoming game vs. Georgia Tech.
He punctuated the Twitter revelation with "PERFECT" which must have been to signal his acceptance of the team's decision. Unfortunately, it also could be taken as sarcasm as in, "The team just decided to throw me under the bus. Just PERFECT."
His use of the word "perfect" also unwittingly conjured up those "Quest For Perfection" T-shirts from a few years ago.
That concept didn't go over all that well, either.
Honestly, though, there's a part of me that wants to salute Bronco's initial decision. I think his instincts were good; his heart was in the right place.
Some of his critics -- some of the school's critics -- ballyhooed the move as yet another example of BYU's having some sort of a superiority complex, that it somehow was holding itself up as being better than everyone else.
Maybe, maybe not. But I've got no problem with them touting a higher standard just as long as they constantly maintain it.
And that's where the cynic in me comes out. See, throwing around words like "spirit," "honor" and "tradition" is perfect in a perfect world. Unfortunately, college football is far from perfect, even at BYU.
Don't get me wrong, I love the spirit, honor and tradition of the college game. Sadly, though, I've decided those things have been overrun by lying, cheating and greed.
Once celebrated for its competition, sportsmanship and feel-good amateurism, college athletics -- specifically football -- now seems as murky as pond water and as crooked as Fido's hind leg. Yeah, I know, not every program as like that, but dirty little secrets have become the norm, and not just at the big-time level.
It's an epidemic and even though Mendenhall's effort to promote positive values is commendable, it's so unrealistic it's laughable.
Spirit? Honor? Tradition? In a morally nebulous world, they're worth shooting for, of course. Unfortunately, their meaning has been tarnished by a win-at-any-cost mentality.
But what do I know? My jersey has mustard stains on it.
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Xbox 360 closes in on Wii's UK sales record
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Web Host is Collect!'s gateway to the world. It is an alternate interface to your normal Collect! program that allows Collect! to work as a simple web server. Clients and operators can view accounts and work in Collect! using their Internet browsers. The Web Host interface monitors all Internet activity that takes place as Collect! receives requests and posts information to the user's browser.
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This is the screen that you see when you are signed into Collect! in Web Host mode. It displays status information and transmission statistics. The HTTP Request Log subform is a log of the last 20 requests received. (This is empty when you first log on.) The example above shows that one client user (CL1) is logged on and is requesting information from the Web Host. The log shows the details of the information that the user requested and records the results returned by the Web Host.
Using Web Host, you are accessing your normal working database. You can browse debtors, clients, operators and you will see that they are all the same. The only aspect of Collect! that is different in Web Host mode is the list of reports and letters in your system, and the import routines. Web Host uses its own reports to display information to users' browsers, and its own import routines to import data that you submit from the Web.
The Web Host screen is only displayed when Collect! is operating as a web server. Start Collect! with the command line arguments /S80 /W1ss /y443 to activate the Web Host mode using Collect!'s internal SSL handling. Then sign into a database and this will start the Collect! Web Host. Please refer to Web Host Introduction for more information and links to setup and Internet security topics.
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Decapeptyl®, a pillar of the Urology-Oncology franchise, is an analog of GnRH (Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone, a hormone secreted by the hypothalamus). It is primarily indicated for hormonal treatment of locally advanced metastatic prostate cancer. Decapeptyl®is also indicated in gynecology for the treatment of uterine fibroma, endometriosis, precocious puberty and female infertility (in vitro fertilization). Decapeptyl® is marketed in over 60 countries.
Hexvix®: a major impact on the diagnosis and treatment of bladder cancer
Hexvix is a bladder cancer detection drug. It produces specific fluorescence in tumor cells in the bladder during a cystoscopic procedure (examination of the bladder via the urethra) and thus improves detection and resection of non-invasive tumors. By sharply outlining the contours of the tumor, the product considerably reduces the risk of an incomplete resection.
Tasquinimod, first molecule in its class
Currently in phase III in partnership with Active Biotech, tasquinimod targets patients with metastatic prostate cancer, which are resistant to chemical or surgical castration, in patients who have not yet received chemotherapy (little or non-symptomatic). As a result of its unique therapeutic approach, tasquinimod has promising potential for the treatment of other malignancies in addition to prostate cancer. Indeed, tasquinimod is the first of a new therapeutic class of molecules, acting on the micro environment of cancers, which are immunoactive (ie. which restore immune system reactions against tumors) and antiangiogenic (which inhibit the development of blood vessels that irrigate tumors). A phase II clinical trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of tasquinimod in advanced or metastatic hepato-cellular, ovarian, renal cell and gastric carcinomas in patients who have progressed after standard anti-tumor therapies is in progress.
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In urology-oncology, biomarkers and molecular tools now available are crucial for personalized medicine. They enhance our understanding of cancer mechanisms and open the way for an integrated approach to more appropriate diagnosis and treatment of patients using innovative molecules.
Ipsen has entered into a partnership with bioMérieux, recognized for its expertise in the field of biomarkers for oncology applications, to improve patient care, and with the Institut Gustave Roussy to improve cancer diagnosis with circulating tumor cells (CTCs).
Ipsen has also developed the "3i Pathways" (Identify, Individualize, Improve) urology-oncology program in partnership with the European Association of Urology (EAU) and the French Urological Association (AFU). The initiative includes training for healthcare personnel and an IT tool to support therapeutic decisions according to patient profiles.
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Bladder cancer is the 2nd most frequent malignancy of the urinary tract after prostate cancer.
Ipsen, "Platinum Sponsor" of the European Association of Urology (EAU)
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Our vision of college no longer matches the reality for most people. Consider that:
Only one in four students attends a residential college -- the kind with dorms and fraternities. The rest attend commuter schools, community colleges and trade schools.
Forty-five percent of students attending four-year schools work 20 or more hours a week, while 60% of community-college students work at least that much.
Twenty-three percent of college students have dependent children.
Given how different most people's college experiences are from the myth of toga parties and ivy-covered buildings, maybe it's not surprising that so many other college fables have taken hold.
Over the summer I dealt with three common misunderstandings in "3 college myths that will cost you":
- "Saving for college will hurt my child's chances of getting financial aid." (Reality: If you can save, you should.)
- "College costs too much." (Reality: Not attending could cost you a lot more.)
- "A public school will be cheaper than a private college." (Reality: Budget cuts and crowded campuses mean it could take you years longer to complete a degree at a public school.)
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Now I'll tackle three more higher-education myths that can set you back financially. Starting with:
1. "There's no point in filling out a financial-aid application, because we aren't needy enough."
"Most families underestimate their eligibility for need-based aid and overestimate their eligibility for merit-based aid," said Mark Kantrowitz, a financial-aid expert and the author of "Secrets to Winning a Scholarship."
In other words, your kid probably won't attract full-ride scholarships even if she is a whiz at basketball or math. But your family may qualify for need-based aid, even if your income approaches six figures, if the school is expensive or you have more than one child in college at a time.
"The financial-aid formulas are complicated enough that you can't tell whether you are eligible for financial aid without applying," said Kantrowitz, the publisher of Fastweb and FinAid.
"Middle- and upper-income families might qualify for financial aid if they have multiple children in college at the same time or their children are enrolled at higher-cost colleges," he said.
If you're sure you don't qualify for need-based aid, though, you still should fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, if you want access to federal student loans. Federal education loans are typically much better than private student loans, since the federal version offers fixed rates, flexible repayment options and the possibility of forgiveness.
"The unsubsidized Stafford loan and the Parent PLUS loan do not depend on financial need, so you don't have to be poor to qualify. Even Bill Gates could qualify for these loans," Kantrowitz said. "The federal government requires families to file the FAFSA to get these loans, however, in order to ensure that they get all the grants and other gift aid for which they are eligible."
Filling out the FAFSA takes about an hour, Kantrowitz said.
2. "Borrowing for an education is a bad idea."
Overdosing on student loans and other debt is clearly detrimental to your financial health. But excessive suspicion of debt could keep some people from getting degrees that could justify the costs of borrowing.
A Public Agenda study of high school graduates who didn't go on to graduate from college found they were far more likely than college graduates to:
- Be unfamiliar with the financial aid process. Only three in 10 high school graduates recognized the term "FAFSA," the gateway application for financial aid, compared with seven in 10 college graduates.
- Be unconvinced that borrowing for a college degree can make sense. Fifty-four percent of college graduates strongly agreed that "even if someone has to take out a loan to go to college, it is worth it in the long run," compared with 37% of those who didn't graduate from college.
- Believe that "there are many ways to succeed in today's work world without a college education" (57% of nongraduates versus 40% of college grads).
These optimists may be counting on a world that no longer exists. The jobs that once provided stable middle-class incomes for many people without college degrees -- such as union manufacturing jobs -- are fast disappearing. Currently, 59% of jobs require some college education, according to the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce. By 2018, the proportion is projected to reach 63%.
Obviously, a college degree doesn't guarantee a great income or lifetime employment. But even in today's lousy economy, college graduates have half the unemployment rate of high school grads, and on average will earn far more over their lifetimes.
So getting a degree is important. It's just not necessarily cheap or easy. Loans have long since replaced grants as the predominant form of financial aid. You can try to go it alone by working and paying out of pocket for your education, but another Public Agenda study found that students doing so were more likely to drop out rather than finish their educations.
So taking on a moderate amount of student loan debt can be a sensible investment. To ensure you don't overdose, you should:
- Fill out the FAFSA so you can qualify for federal loans.
- Don't borrow more for your education than you expect to make your first year out of school.
- Consider limiting yourself to federal loans and avoiding private student loans, which have variable rates and lack consumer protections.
- Make sure you get your degree -- a college education is economically useless without that sheepskin.
3. "A college degree always pays off."
Some college graduates end up earning less than their peers who went to work right after high school. Nineteen percent of male college graduates and 14% of female college graduates aged 25 to 34 actually earned less than their counterparts who had only high school degrees, according researchers for the Center for American Progress.
And recent college grads with massive student loans -- but no jobs -- are a standard part of the "Occupy" protests around the country.
Yet I still hear from college students, and their parents, who are signing up for expensive educations with uncertain economic prospects. Many aren't even sure what the kid will study but are prepared to hock their homes, empty their retirement accounts and/or sign up for a lifetime of debt to pay for it.
You can't predict when a recession will upend career plans. But you can improve the chances a degree will pay off if you:
- Pick a major wisely. Love philosophy? Awesome. Go ahead and get a minor in it, but major in something with a better yield. A degree in an in-demand field typically is a far better investment than one in a stagnant or low-paying area. Another Georgetown survey, "What's It Worth?," shows the dramatically different payoffs of various majors, with engineering at the top (median income, $75,000) and social work and education at the bottom (median income, $42,000).
- Limit what you spend on education. Another way to put this: Kids, don't borrow six figures just to get a bachelor's degree. Parents, don't put your retirement at risk to pay for your child's education. If you can't pay for school using savings, current earnings and federal student loans, you may not be able to afford the education you're buying and need to look for more-affordable options.
Liz Weston is the Web's most-read personal-finance writer. She is the author of several books, most recently "The 10 Commandments of Money: Survive and Thrive in the New Economy" (find it on Bing). Weston's award-winning columns appear every Monday and Thursday, exclusively on MSN Money. Join the conversation and send in your financial questions on Liz Weston's Facebook fan page.


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Those tights are definitely the most time consuming ones I ever made. I made some with buttons before but I never used so many of them (about 200!).. Took me about 8 hours to sew them on (I had to do that while wearing them to see if it looks good..). After all I really love how they came out =)
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Aug 18, 2013, 10.00 AMby SassyT
Absolutely fabulous. Am just about to feature them on SSB https://www.facebook.com/SassySewingBees
Sep 18, 2012, 09.36 AMby Romana Palculienka
is it possible to order them? thx in advance for your answer
Apr 21, 2011, 04.12 PMby Crystal Fashionsbycj Jordan
Dec 29, 2010, 03.48 PMby danired
I nearly fell out of my chair when I saw these!!! I can't wait to try to make my own pair!!
Apr 21, 2011, 04.11 PMby Crystal Fashionsbycj Jordan
me too
Sep 25, 2010, 09.12 PMby annaelisabeth
most gorgeous diy-tights i've ever seen!
Apr 21, 2011, 04.14 PMby Crystal Fashionsbycj Jordan
i agree
Jul 27, 2010, 04.48 AMby junaluska
These are so creative and, quite simply, AMAZING. I love buttons, and I must make some tights like these.
May 2, 2010, 04.32 PMby rrebecka
Soo creative! I MUST try this! I'm going to do it for my friend for her bithday :)
Apr 30, 2010, 02.02 AMby pambox
i think i might try and do these – it's getting cold here and i do love wearing tights.
Apr 29, 2010, 11.40 PMby ingridroz
So inspired, can't wait to try these myself!
Apr 29, 2010, 09.37 PMby superflorence
These are cool, are they comfy.
Apr 27, 2010, 09.26 AMby embaby
Way cool!
Apr 27, 2010, 06.44 AMby penwing
loving your tights/leggings….simple yet very creative
Apr 27, 2010, 12.02 AMby olystyrene
such a creative project, love it!
Apr 26, 2010, 11.38 PMby tallykay
Ok even though i would never where these (well i shouldn't say NEVER) anyway, I think they are so cool and very stylish so Congratulations on being very creative!
Apr 26, 2010, 11.35 AMby felicityfarce
What a great idea! Looks really really cool!
Apr 25, 2010, 07.02 PMby wanderingmuse
Fantastic! I love these!
Apr 25, 2010, 06.43 PMby nojallakuutamo
Supersweet :)
Apr 25, 2010, 09.17 AMby laurii
these are cooler than anything! :)
Apr 25, 2010, 01.19 AMby Astra Dea
creative, it's sooo adorable.
Apr 24, 2010, 07.28 PMby Betty Cox
AMAZING! did you have to use special tights so they didn't ladder when you sewed through them?
Apr 24, 2010, 09.13 PMby evly
thanks, I used thick woolen ones. they don't ladder that easy
Apr 24, 2010, 06.26 PMby sunriseruby
they look so coool :-)
Apr 24, 2010, 06.24 PMby learning-to-fly
Looveee these! Buttons are SO adorable
Apr 24, 2010, 04.05 PMby melonhead
Those are AWESOME!!
Apr 24, 2010, 02.47 PMby friedi
Oh toll! Sieht aber tatsächlich auch nach einer Menge Arbeit aus. Wo hast du denn die schicken Knöpfe her?
Apr 24, 2010, 04.08 PMby evly
Danke =)
Die Knöpfe habe ich bei Etsy gekauft für $35, meiner Meinung nach immer noch billiger als hier bei uns.. leider
Apr 24, 2010, 01.19 PMby qtpi16
This is cute!
Apr 24, 2010, 12.05 PMby arttart
Apr 24, 2010, 10.30 AMby lenarrrd
Amazing! So unique :) Are they comfortable to sit in?
Apr 24, 2010, 11.27 AMby evly
Thanks ^^
yes they are because I left the bottom and the knee holes blank =)
Apr 24, 2010, 10.30 AMby pambox
Apr 24, 2010, 07.34 AMby Shira B
cool :)
Apr 24, 2010, 07.15 AMby dzein
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Power Supply Development Engineer / Technician
An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Power Supply Engineer / Development Technician with a leading company specialising in providing electronic solutions across a range of different industries including medical, defence/avionics and commercial plus more.
Your responsibilities will include working closely with power supply design engineers, Design / Modifications, testing prototype Switch Mode Power Supply (SMPS) to product specification, EMC/thermal testing, evaluating different power components and working with project managers to ensure deadlines are met. Supervision of tests to validate designs will also be a fundamental part of this position.
You will be educated to degree level in Electronic Engineering (or related field) and would be enthusiastic to develop your skills in the field of Power Supply design. Practical knowledge of Switch Mode Power Supply (SMPS) topologies as well as surface mount assembly is essential. Knowledge of /exposure to analogue design, control circuit design, PCB layout, component selection, thermal management and EMC would certainly be desirable/advantageous.
In return, my client offers an excellent career path to Power Supply Design and exposure to the industry's leading edge technology and engineers. As part of the R&D department, you will have responsibility from day one and be a member of a truly global company.
Contact me for more info.
Key words: Power Supply Development Engineer/Technician, Essex, Design / Modifications, testing prototype Switch Mode Power Supply (SMPS) to product specification, EMC/thermal testing, evaluation
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Power Supply Development Engineer / Technician - Essex
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20 January 2013
27 January 2013
Sam Sandhu
East of England
Job Function
Specialist Area
Contract Type
£28000.00 - £30000.00 per annum + with benefits
Further information
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Welcome to Robert E Young's JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes fundraising page!
On October 27, we will be taking part in this year's Walk to raise funds for the millions of people living with and affected by type 1 diabetes (T1D). For our family, this person is Katharine, who was diagnosed with T1D this past March 17th, St. Patricks Day. The money we raise will help JDRF fund critical research to progressively remove the impact of T1D from people's lives until no one has to fear developing the disease.
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Thank you for your support!
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