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BRISTOL — After all the caps fly into the air at Mount Abraham Union High School this Saturday, the members of its graduating senior class will scatter to various locations in pursuit of jobs, travel or further education.
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GSD or Belgian Mal Mix?
I'm just curious what she likely is. The mom and litter mates looked like boxers (hence the docked tail) and she came out a mystery. What do you think?
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She looks like a large gsd boxer..how much does she weigh..face looks shepherdy ears boxer with a small inkling to wanna go up. She looks like..She looks to the size of a gsd but the body (definitely the chest) of a boxer. There is my break down when I see this dog...she is a nice looking girl though. Very pretty.
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She weighs about 55 lbs. She is the highest energy dog I've ever met and is an excellent soccer player as well as swimmer (she swims faster than my mother's yellow lab). Whatever her mix, she is extremely smart dog and is quick to respond to obedience commands.
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Very wide chested, so probably boxer. And the fact that the ears aren't going to stand tells you its a dog with floppy ears as well. Malanois are very small, quite skinny/dainty compared to a GSD. Your dog is also easily in the size range of a GSD or boxer female, a malanois would be much smaller.
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I've seen GSD sized malinois that weigh in at about 80 pounds so they are out there. It's possible. It might not be probable. If you really wanna know there are DNA tests out there that give you a definitive answer.
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Following the flags: Breaking down the Patriots penalties through three games |
09.26.11 at 2:32 pm ET |
In their first three games of the season, the Patriots have been flagged for 23 penalties and 223 yards (tied for third-most with the Vikings). Here's a breakdown of the calls that have gone against New England, not including penalties that were declined or offset:
Most penalized players, listed by total flags and with total yardage lost:
Sergio Brown: two penalties (both defensive pass interference), 51 yards
Matt Light: two penalties (both holding), 20 yards
Nate Solder: two penalties (holding and illegal use of hands), 20 yards
Logan Mankins: two penalties (offensive holding and false start), 15 yards
Rob Gronkowski: two penalties (holding and false start), 15 yards
Dan Gronkowski: two penalties (both false starts), 10 yards
Leigh Bodden: two penalties (both defensive holding), 10 yards
Andre Carter: one penalty (roughing the passer), 15 yards
Rob Ninkovich: one penalty (roughing the passer), 15 yards
Kyle Love: one penalty (roughing the passer), 15 yards
James Ihedigbo: one penalty (illegal block above the waist), 10 yards
Devin McCourty: one penalty (illegal block above the waist), 10 yards
Chad Ochocinco: one penalty (illegal formation), five yards
Deion Branch: one penalty (false start), five yards
Brian Waters: one penalty (holding), 5 yards
Vince Wilfork: one penalty (unsportsmanlike conduct), 2 yards
Most penalized by position:
Offensive line: seven penalties for 60 yards
Tight end: four penalties for 35 yards
Safety: three penalties for 61 yards
Cornerback: three penalties for 30 yards
Defensive line: three penalties for 32 yards
Wide receiver two penalties for 10 yards
Linebacker: one penalty for 15 yards
Most frequently called penalties on the Patriots:
Offensive holding: six
False start: five
Defensive holding: two
Illegal block above the waist: two
Defensive pass interference: two
Roughing the passer: three
Illegal formation: one
Illegal use of hands: one
Unsportsmanlike conduct: one
Deion Branch on M&M: 'I think the defense did a great job for us' |
09.26.11 at 11:29 am ET |
Patriots receiver Deion Branch checked in with the Mut & Merloni show live from Gillette Stadium Monday morning. Branch had no catches in Sunday's 34-31 loss to the Bills.
"I just think overall, with the outcome of the game, had we won and not been on the loss side, it wouldn't be a big deal," he said. "Me personally, I want to make sure I do a whole lot more to contribute to the game. And I know Tom [Brady] wants to try to get me the football as much as he can. With that being said, I think him and Wes [Welker, who had 16 catches], they were feeling it. They were in their groove. That happens during the course of a game. Trust me, that was a good thing."
Added Branch: "Tom's the quarterback. He's going to try to get everybody the football. So, there's nobody at fault for him not throwing me the passes."
Following are more highlights from the conversation. To hear the interview, go to the Mut & Merloni audio on demand page.
On Chad Ochocinco saying that he's feeling more comfortable in the offense despite some criticism for Sunday's outing: "If he said it, that's Chad. '¦ Trust me, Chad, we love having him here. He's a great player. And he's doing everything that coach has asked of him. Y'all asked him that, and he said he's feeling good. That's a good thing."
On feeling pressured to score 35 points because the defense is allowing a lot of points: "That's the expectation we have on the offensive side of the ball. There's no frustration with — I think overall we're not doing anything. Yesterday was an entire game. We play as a team. We win and lose as a team. Honestly, I think the defense did a great job for us. They got us a couple of turnovers. We've got to take advantage of those. We've got to play more complementary football. The defense go out and do their thing, we do our thing. I think overall we lost as a team. There's no 'this side' or 'that side.' "
Transcript of Tom Brady on D&C: 'We really let it slip away' |
09.26.11 at 10:34 am ET |
Patriots quarterback Tom Brady joined the Dennis & Callahan show Monday morning for his weekly discussion.
Brady threw four interceptions in Sunday's 34-31 loss to the Bills, matching his total for all of last season.
"As a quarterback, you're always trying to make good decisions with the ball," he said. "When you hold the ball, you pretty much hold the fortune of the entire team with you. Sometimes they make a play on a ball and it gets batted. Sometimes you could make a better throw, like yesterday on a few of the throws, and they make you pay for it. Sometimes they catch them, sometimes they don't. Sometimes the ball just bounces to the ground and sometimes it bounces up in the air. That's part of playing quarterback.
"You've got to be able to rebound and go back out there and keep making good throws. In different ways, we responded yesterday. It was a tough environment. We had control of the game, but we really let it slip away."
Following is a transcript of the conversation. To hear the interview, go to the Dennis & Callahan audio on demand page.
Do you get much sleep after a game like that, or are you able to compartmentalize and put it out of your brain and say, "I'll think about all that tomorrow"?
I don't sleep very well after any game. When you lose, and you lose the way that we lost, it's a tough one to swallow. It was a long flight home, and I'm sure it will be a long week. But we're the only people that can really do anything about it. We have a long football season ahead. We have a bunch of meaningful games. We'll figure out what we did wrong and try to do it better moving forward.
Tom Brady: Pats find out what happens when you don't play 'four-quarter football' |
09.25.11 at 6:11 pm ET |
What should've been a celebration of the greatest receiving games in team history and a coronation of Tom Brady as the greatest quarterback the game has ever seen in the first three games of an NFL season turned into a nightmare on the slippery slope of the Ralph Wilson Stadium turf Sunday afternoon.
Brady completed his first seven passes and built a 21-point lead in the second quarter on three touchdown passes. He had 222 yards passing in the first half alone. He finished with 387 but at the expense of four interceptions, matching a career-high as the Patriots fell, 34-31 to the Bills.
Brady started off brilliantly, throwing three touchdowns and building a 21-0 lead. His 1,327 yards passing is a new NFL record for the first three games of a season. But Brady, who threw four interceptions in all of his MVP 2010 season, lost his touch late in the second quater and never really regained it.
"We played good football team and made too many mistakes," Brady said. "It's tough to overcome as many mistakes as we did, and they made a lot of plays. They have a good team."
As for the interceptions, Brady tipped his cap to the secondary he was burning in the first half.
"They're a good coverage team," he said. "They made some good plays in the pass game, took advantage of some opportunities they got and we fought to the end but it just wasn't enough.
"They made some good plays on the ball. You don't expect … some days the ball gets batted up in the air and it goes your way and some days it doesn't. That's part of the game. George Wilson made a helluva play on that one interception. That's the way the ball bounces. That's football."
The Wilson interception came as it looked like for all the world the Patriots were going in to make it 31-17. But Wilson finally read the Rob Gronkowski seam route Brady had been using to torch the Bills in the first half.
The Patriots led 21-0 against a team that trailed 21-3 at home last week to the Raiders before winning, 38-35. This week, Brady threw three second-half interceptions to give the Bills life.
"It's never easy," Brady said. "They came back last week. I thought we were expecting a four-quarter game. We had our opportunities. We didn't really take advantage of them like I wish we would've. We had too many turnovers, too many penalties, allowed them to get some easy plays there. They took advantage when they needed to." Read the rest of this entry »
Key Moment: Fitzpatrick connects with Jackson late to lift the Bills |
09.25.11 at 4:36 pm ET |
Following a Patriots' touchdown to tie the game at 31 with 3:33 remaining, Patriots kicker Stephen Gostkowski delivered a touchback, giving Buffalo the ball at their own 20. Buffalo quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick got the ball out to its own 49, and then connected with running back Fred Jackson on a sweet pass play over the middle that got the Bills deep into New England territory with 1:43 remaining. A 39-yard gainer, Jackson caught the ball at the Patriots' 35-yard line and raced downfield past a fleet of New England defenders.
The call was initially ruled as a touchdown, but after a review, the ball was placed at the Patriots one-yard line. After a few kneeldowns from Fitzpatrick, Buffalo kicker Rian Lindell connected on a 28-yarder as time ran out to give the Bills a 34-31 victory. It snapped New England's 15-game win streak over Buffalo, and kept Buffalo undefeated on the season.
Snap Judgments: Bills 34, Pats 31 |
09.25.11 at 4:24 pm ET |
The Bills snapped a 15-game losing streak to the Patriots on Sunday, rallying from a 21-0 deficit to knock off the Patriots by a 34-31 final in a wild contest at Buffalo. A shootout was expected and a shootout occurred, as both Ryan Fitzpatrick and Tom Brady went over 300 yards passing in the contest. Turnovers, penalties and more struggles from the defense were the story for the Patriots, now 2-1 on the season and a game behind the Bills in the AFC East standings.
— Brady now has more INT's in 2011 (six) than he had last season (four). A four-pick game for Brady, matching a career-high and most in a regular-season game since 11/5/06 (Indianapolis). All four led to points (24 in total), most notably his final INT, a pass that bounced off the helmet of Marcell Darius and into the arms of Drayton Florence, who returned it 27 yards for a TD that gave Buffalo a 31-24 lead.
— Another very shaky performance for the defense, which allowed 448 total yards. After the two early interceptions, Ryan Fitzpatrick settled down, finishing with 369 yards passing and two TDs.. Fred Jackson had only 12 carries, but rushed for 74 yards and a TD. After the Brady-to-Welker TD to tie the game at 31-31, the Bills shredded the Patriots defense on the game-winning drive.
— Devin McCourty struggled in coverage for the third consecutive week, as he was beat by Stevie Johnson for an 11-yard second-quarter TD. He was also beat by Donald Jones on a 29-yard pass on the final drive of the game. If you want to give him a pass for Brandon Marshall and Vincent Jackson that's OK, but there is no one on the Bills' roster in that class.
— Chad Ochocinco had a nightmare game, dropping a clear touchdown pass in the fourth quarter and running a terrible route on Ledois McKelvin's INT. Not sure if it's awe, a lack of playbook knowledge or a case of a guy hitting the wall, but so far the Ochocinco era has been a flop.
– Wes Welker was an absolute force on the opening TD drive (and throughout the game), catching four passes for 67 yards, including the 14-yard touchdown catch. Welker finished the game with 16 catches for 216 yards (both team records) and set the franchise record for consecutive games with at least one reception (64, record was held by the aforementioned Coates). Welker made an incredible leaping catch on 4th-and-4 at midfield (on the play after the Ochocinco drop) to keep the fourth-quarter drive going. Welker finished the drive with another fourth-down catch (with terrific work by the O-Line) for a TD. Just an incredible effort by Welker, as good as you'll ever see from a receiver.
— Not since the salad days of Ben Coates (think 1994-95, when he averaged 90 catches a year) could a reasonable Patriots fan make the case that his/her team had the best tight end in football. It's very early in the career of Rob Gronkowski, obviously, but he's already done enough to be at least in the mix when the top at his position are ranked. Two more touchdown catches for Gronkowski on Sunday, and his five TDs on the season lead the NFL. As was the case with Eric Weddle last week, Gronkowski is simply too much for safties and cornerbacks to handle, taking advantage of matchups with Jairus Byrd throughout the game on Sunday.
— Kyle Arrington had a pair of first-quarter interceptions (and nearly had a third pick on the final Buffalo drive of the first half). The first INT was a result of a tipped pass intended for Donald Jones (with Devin McCourty covering Jones), and the second on a lousy 4th-and-14 throw by Fitzpatrick.
— Tom Brady had four interceptions on Sunday (more on those later), but he put up some huge numbers once again in the win, throwing for 386 yards and four TDs.
— Zoltan Mesko's knee was not a problem on Sunday, as the second-year punter boomed a 57-yarder in the first half, and also pinned the Bills inside the 10-yard line with a third-quarter punt (Mesko also did a nice job as a holder, picking up a bad snap and getting it in place in time for Stephen Gostkowski to make a 23-yard third-quarter field goal).
Halftime analysis: Patriots 21, Bills 10 |
09.25.11 at 2:32 pm ET |
The Patriots and Bills are done with two quarters in Buffalo, and New England holds a 21-10 lead on host Buffalo. Here are a few quick notes:
'¢As was the case over the first two games, the Patriots' offense has been pretty crisp. New England scored on its first two opportunities, with Tom Brady connecting with wide receiver Wes Welker on a 14-yard scoring strike on the first drive and Rob Gronkowski on a one-yarder on the second. Brady also found Gronkowski with a 26-yarder in the second quarter to give New England a 21-0 lead midway through the second. Overall, Brady is 16-for-22 for 222 yards and three touchdowns.
'¢However, he ended the half with an interception — his second of the season — when Buffalo defensive back Bryan Scott made a great interception on a tipped ball deep in Bills' territory. (Buffalo turned that into a field goal just before the end of the half to make it 21-10.)
'¢Defensively, the Patriots were able to put the brakes on the Bills' offense with a pair of picks from cornerback Kyle Arrington. The Hofstra product collected the first on the Bills' second play from scrimmage on a tipped ball, and his second came when Bills quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick (who ended the first half 20-for-28 for 224 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions) tried to force the ball into double coverage. Buffalo was able to cut the deficit to 21-7 with just under two minutes left when Fitzpatrick hit Stevie Johnson over Devin McCourty on a 15-yard pass play.
'¢Overall, as was the case last week with the Chargers, Buffalo has been able to get big chunks of yards (primarily in the passing game), and the Patriots haven't been able to get much pressure on Fitzpatrick. But the Patriots have made the plays (namely, the turnovers) and have played well enough on third down to keep the Bills at bay for much of the first two quarters.
'¢The Patriots have gotten a very good performance out of their special teamers. Zoltan Mesko, who was a question mark coming into the game because of a knee injury, punted twice and looked very solid. (He got off a 57-yarder in the second quarter.) New England has also done an excellent job at containing Buffalo's kick and punt returns, with Matthew Slater and Ross Ventrone picking up special teams tackles.


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First FlightTitle: "First Flight"Author: watcher6161Game: Star Wars: Knights of the Old RepublicCharacters: Carth Onasi, Dustil OnasiSummary: Learning to fly is a family tradition.Disclaimer: Don't own, just playing with other people's toys."And if your mother asks what we were doing all day?" His father asked him, not smiling and kneeling so they were eye level. His father asked with the very serious voice, which meant not to joke by saying they were replacing the vase Father had broken or that Big Sister's mid-level applications had been lost because Father had left them on the bench where the kath hounds had gotten them."We went to Kal'Reegar's to go fishing." He said dutifully. Because there was no joking about this. This was important. He was going to be a grown up.Father grinned and picked him up, and helpe
Man Behind the CloakSo you all think you know me. You think I'm just an assassin. A mindless Sith doing the bidding of a single man. You Jedi think you know everything. You're wrong, all of you. If you lived my life you'd understand me and not judge me. If only you could see the scars I wear.I was taken from my family so young, never to see them again. They never cared never looked for me. So be it! He took me and promised me power. I went with him; not willingly but I went. The pain I experienced was beyond anything I had ever lived. I never spoke for I would be beaten. If I feared anything I was treated with quick forceful punishment. A child, a mere child treated like an outsider. I'm hated by all and I use that hatred to make me stronger. Then he abandoned me to fend for myself. Lost and alone in unfamiliar land. Slowly dying of hunger, pain. When he came back I had gained knowledge I could not have learned with his te
KotOR: OneiromancyCarth's dreams hadn't ever been this clear. Gwen had once told him about the dreams she had before she got her memory back-- about shedding her skin, about people in crowded spaceports saying they knew her face and her name except she'd never seen them before, and what they were sure was her name, wasn't. Those were the muddled sort of dreams he would usually have, that he supposed any being with day-to-day troubles had. They didn't mean anything clear, those dreams of losing the startup code for the Ebon Hawk, or being back on his mother's farm, or of standing on a solid rock while the ground quaked all around him and the sky pressed down. Dreams didn't mean anything. Synapses firing, science said.This dream meant something.It was clear enough that he could hear the slight hum of the Hawk's engines. The readings were glowing green, the course set. Something skittered.It Dopplered, like a metal ball rolled down the corridor floor. Swish. Skitter.Carth stood and turned around, peeri
ComfortKotOR 2 - Atton/Exile - In Game Angst/FluffishnessThe Dxun rain had surprisingly paused in its eternal falling, Atton saw as he emerged from the top hatch of the Hawk. After easing the hatch closed behind him so it wouldn't clang and wake the others, he walked toward the front of the ship and sat down heavily, heedless of the damp surface.The darkness was punctuated only by the soft glow from the Hawk's cockpit and running lights and further out into the jungle, the twinkling of luminescent insects. Leaning back to rest his weight on his arms, he tried to let his mind blank out as he stared into the thick, humid night. It was almost peaceful, if one could forget why they were here. And forget the Mandalorian camp a stone's throw away. And forget the predators no doubt staring back at him even now, making dinner plans. And the Sith tomb. Oh yeah, definitely forget the Sith tomb. His efforts to still his thoughts failed as he analyzed and dissected what had happened in the tomb
KotOR: LostTitle: LostAuthor: NemonusGame: KotORCharacters/pairing: Mical & JoleeDisclaimer: Fan fiction.Mical waved his hand through the Kashyyyk fog. It stuck as dewdrops, glimmering his skin. "So uncivilized but oddly beautiful.""You've got it wrong," his new mentor grumbled. "The jungle is very civil; every living thing has its place. Some eat, some get eaten. And it's all so very ugly." His face was hidden by his brown cloak as he pushed forward through the foliage.Mical said, "I suppose I should be used to it by now, you disagreeing with me at every opportunity."Jolee Bindo turned around. His dark eyes gleamed in the perpetual twilight. "I've gone through enough Purges to know that an upstart Padawan of a new order might not be the safest traveling companion in the deep jungles, boy. You've got to prove yourself to me. Isn't that what you're supposed to be doing, proving yourself to that Council?"Mical sighed. He did want to impress the Council, and his maste
The Master And The ApprenticeThey sit together.I watch from afar.I hate him.I hate him.Where is our loyalty?I tried to do the right thing,But I guess I was the pawn.The Sith will riseBut not with me at his side.I'm dead afterall...But I'm not.I will be avenged,One day...The master and the apprenticeOne day they will be mine.I hide my head.I look so fierce.So powerful with the force.So devilish.I will kill them both.I repaired my lightsaberWas saved by a friend,Now I'm together,The master and the apprentice oblivious,I watch them with revenge pounding in my ears.
The Lost Form: Chapter IITurned at an angle from the main passage was a not-oft-traversed, nondescript corridortypically left alone by most students. A little ways down that hall was a very dull door on two rusted hinges that squeaked when it opened. The door was marked in unexceptional letters, "Office," and the only hints to its true nature were the equally plain words "Authorized Personnel Only."As a matter of doctrine, no one entered the office of the Headmaster without his invitation, lest he never be heard from again. The Headmaster, left to his own devices, rarely ever extended an invitation to other faculty, the students, and certainly not Don. Rumors circulated that the Headmaster stashed his personal memorabilia away in a secret vault hidden cunningly somewhere within the office. The unlikelihood of this, though, never penetrated the masterminds of these rumors. The vast nature of the collection incited wild fantasy and daydreaming; in the times between classes and training, the padawans on My
KotOR: GravitationTitle: GravitationAuthor: NemonusGame: KotoRcharacters/pairing: ensemble; femRev/CarthI. EarthHuman women, tradition said, were linked spiritually to the moon, but Gwen felt no different on a planet without one.II. AirUsing Force lightning again was like jumping off an edge, like falling, like flying.III. BeginningJuhani never quite forgave Quatra for not dying.IV. Clothes It was Juhani who spent the most time looking through the reams of clothing Gwen had acquired on her travels, finding the right fabric to match her striped skin.V. DarkThe Jedi mindset made no sense to Yuthura because there was nothing as clear as light and dark sides in the slave quarters.VI. DespairFreedon Nadd's tomb was dark and dusty as nothing metaphorical, reallyonly a tomb smelled like that.VII. DoorsThe sense of loss when she prepared to enter the Rakatan Temple without her closest friends, without Ca
A Stupid RockAnakin grinned widely as he handed Ahsoka a small package. "Happy 13th birthday, Snips!" She stared at the box a moment, not able to help but be a little disappointed. Most Masters gave their Padawans something like a speeder for their 13th birthday, an important milestone for Padawans. There was no way a speeder could fit in there. Still, she eagerly slipped the sloppily tied ribbon off the box and carefully undid the wrapping paper. Setting inside, shiny and gleaming, in a nest of tissue paper, was a rock. A rock. A stupid rock. Anakin was beaming, and there was no way Ahsoka could disappoint him. She forced a smile and picked the stone up, and it instantly warmed her hand. Startled, she almost dropped it, staring curiously
That Wasn't SkyguyObi-Wan Kenobi walked down the halls of the empty Temple, grief and tears in his eyes. Friends laid all around, cut down by what he thought was his brother. In the Archives, Jocasta killed.In the training area, Padawans dead.In the Council chamber, Younglings slain. He walked into the crèche. When he did, he had to close his eyes.Not even the babies had been spared. Finally he went into Anakin's chambers. Holograms were sitting on shelves, pictures of Anakin and Obi-Wan, Anakin and Mace, Anakin and Yoda, even one of his rival, Ferus Olin. There were even a few of a young, teenage Togruta. Her eyes were always laughing, her lips always turned up in a sweet, timid smile.Ahsoka. He exited the quarters. It was too painful. Closing his mind to the awful evidence that laid all around, he turned towards the lightsaber dojo. He wanted, he needed, to s
Star Wars: Test of Faith pt.1Lavena Kammeal heard the screaming and moaning of the dying men and women around her as she watched the droids that surrounded her and her remaining comrades. The survivors of the rescue attempt on Geonosis formed a sloppy ring, all facing outward to confront their attacker. Her blue lightsaber was held tensely before her as she licked the sweat away from her upper lip. The voice of their to-be captor or executioner droned on as he mocked the great Jedi Master Mace Windu. Her hand tightened on the hilt of her weapon as the two talked even though the droids had not moved since Dooku had commanded them to cease. Her own master stood beside her; his lightsaber held lightly at his side. The green glow lit the body of a dead Jedi beside him causing the dead man to look eerily alive. She glanced over to her master only to find him already staring at her. A soft frown etched on his lips as he looked on.
ReekGeonosis, our home,is corrupted with theselost souls staining oursands of time with emptyblood.One is pinned, one isscreaming for mercy,but the strings of timewill not have this spilledblood.They call him the Skywalker,but I hardly see himusing the air to deceive ourbrothers in armor forblood.This war, this civility that calmedthis land years ago is nowstopped, and the only thing webrothers think of is the taste ofblood.
Clone Wars: BroadcastIt was easy credits, and Deen Syla knew it. Better yet, it was a government job. On the short airtaxi ride to her workplace, Deen thought back on how she had been so lucky. She had been approached by a Republic Broadcasting Division rep less than a month ago, and had been offered a great paying job at a tight-band broadcasting station located not half a quadrant from her residence. She looked out as the city whizzed past her; life as she knew it had taken a lucky step down easy street.Once a day, for an hour each morning, she sat and talked about the Senate meetings, scores for Chin-Bret matches, and other assorted tidbits, then would grab her paychip and run to the bank. Her life hadnt been bad beforebetter than most female Twileks, but it wasnt nearly as easy as this. As the taxi came to a stop in front of the large transmission building, Deen was snapped out of her reverie and paid the Dug driver.Who you broadcath-ting to, if you dont
Star Wars: Timelines Ch 2Before the ramp had finished lowering all the way I was striding down it; ducking to avoid hitting my head on the ship's bulkhead. The small, green Jedi Master behind me encountered no such difficulties, yet he hurried off the ship and kept pace with me. At the bottom of the ramp stood a gold plated drop I knew well. C-3P0 looked more depressed and worried than I had though a droid possibly could."Master Yoda, Senator Organa! It is such a relief to see you arrive intact." 3P0's shrilly voice seemed to get on my nerves more than ever today, but then again it had been a stressful day."To you, the same greetings C-3P0" Master Yoda hobbled along at a pace faster than I had though possible, but then again, he was the Grand Master of the now destroyed Jedi Order. "Padmé, she is where?""This way, Master Yoda." C-3P0 motioned down the hallway that led to the medical branch of the Polis Massa Base, a remote asteroid facility in the vicinity of Mustafar."3-P0, what happened on Mustafar?
Star Wars: Timelines Ch 1I was on Corusant when General Skywalker returned from the late Emperor Palpatine's first and last assignment for the Empire. I'm not quite sure when happened on Mustafar, Palpatine's personal troopers witnessed the entire ordeal and still aren't sure what happened. A worrying thought when you consider the perfect recall built into a Kamino clone's memory.When the shuttle opened up, I was expecting the Emperor to stride out in the grand manner he so recently acquired and ask for a status report on something vital to the new Empire's security, or more importantly his. The attack by rogue Jedi in his own office shook us up a bit. Even more worrying than a clone not knowing what just happened is when that same clone and every other on the planet is scared. I guess I shouldn't have been so surprised, the Emperor came out, but not the emperor I was expecting. Anakin Skywalker strode down the shuttle ramp. At the same time, a man who was not Anakin Skywalker took the exact same steps, the e
Toy And TinkerI watch you fiddleToy and tinker.Fingers working,Mind lost in a meddle.Wondering the various partsAnd pieces.A bit like your life,It's a million pieces.Your eyes dart to and from,Working awayOn that sabre of yours,It's a project thats broken.You good at fixingYour various toysAre your robotic friends,Fixed, new life, good job.
FU-How to Save a LifeHow To Save A LifeThe sphere was glittering beneath them. Steel pipes were chiming, wielding lights were sparkling, the busy droid, machinery, and weaponry was humming. To some extend it was like Nar Shaddaburst with energy, full of life. He once told her that place was vibrant with the Force. She wondered if this place was like that, too.He stood at the edge of the offramp, dark eyes wild but somewhat gentle, full of love, tenderness and unwillingness to part, looked into hers, stared into her soul.Goodbye, Juno. He sighed. Surprisingly she was able to hear it with all the commotion around them.He fell backwards, into the glittering sphere, into the chaos, into the Death Star. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Starboard Dormitory, Rogue ShadowsJuno Eclipse opened her eyes abruptly. The familiar ceiling told her that she was where she remem
Empire Cavalry by GrizzledDogGenre: ActionCharacters: Galen Marek/Starkiller; Juno EclipseLength: Chaptered"The emperor is sending his troops to Kashyyk to reinforce a base there. Make sure that no witnesses are left alive. Leave it as if they were never there. Go, my apprentice, and do not fail me," the dark lord instructed the young man before him who knelt respectfully. The dark lord pointed to him and made a dismissing gesture before he drooped and his image etched away to reveal a droid with the profile of a simplified human skeleton. The droid drifted forward and the young man arose and caught him, pushing the droid back to his feet."Ahh, master. It looks like it is time to saddle Ferine. Don't let him kill you before I do," the droid said in a chipper tone.The young man smiled softly and turned away, the droid followed after him as he walked to his ship. "Ahh, I won't let him, Proxy. Don't worry. I'm all yours," the apprentice reassured the anxious droid as the massive doors to Vaders viewing bri
The Betrayal by foxswordGenre: Action/DramaCharacters: Obi-Wan, Anakin, OCsLength: ChapteredPrologue: The EndI lay on the ground, gasping for air. All I could hear was the sound of my own breathing, ragged and struggling. Beyond that was only silence. The silence that comes with death. All around me, bodies littered the ground; the bodies of my friends, teachers, and fellow warriors. They had all fought as hard as they could, but it had been of no use. Not against that onslaught. Even though there was no one there, I could hear their screams and cries of pain. Darkness surged all around me. But above that, there was one word that rang in my head. Why?All of a sudden, the silence was disturbed by the sound of footsteps. I painfully lifted my head a little to see down the hall. It was Obi-wan and Yoda. So they had survived. I waited, as they looked at the carnage before them, until they noticed me. Still alive, but just barely.Who did this to you? Obi-wan asked me. His blue-
SW: ResilienceBiggs Darklighter shoved his X-Wing's joysticks forward and dove toward the Death Star. The TIE fighter curved around behind him to spit lasers that plashed against Biggs' shields in a nacreous green shower, and Luke's X-Wing slotted in behind it as neatly as dancing. The patterned Death Star surface flashed beneath them."I can't shake him-!" Biggs cried, looking around as if he could see his squadronmates' faces somewhere out there in their ships.But it was Luke Skywalker who answered him, Luke who understood how different the X-Wings and space were from the skyhoppers that they used to ride together in the Tatooine desert. You could feel every tip and turn around you there, hear the sounds of the air whipping past you, in one of those, not like the dampened gravity of a starship where the enemy could only be seen as a dot on the radar. "Hang on, Biggs. I'm coming in."On the tac screen Biggs saw the red dot juke and waver as Luke's green dot tracked it. He focused forward and kicke
Question TimeQuestion TimeHis arms were cuffed behind his back, with the chains passed through the columns on the back of the chair he was seated on. His dark skin was marred by a heavy bruise on his cheek, a thin trickle of blood drawing a line down his chin from a corner of his mouth, and his hair had a light dusting of grey. That and his leathery, beaten skin were his only concessions to age.Despite his head being bowed, staring at his heavy booted feet, his back was ramrod straight, an obvious military background that no amount of trying could completely erase. He was also in full Mandalorian armour, missing only his helmet, gauntlets and obvious weaponry, with sandy-coloured plates over a black vest and jumpsuit. One of his shoulder plates was a dark purple colour, with a strange sigil worked into the beskar, and the plate over his heart was covered in writing, the angular script unfamiliar to the two heavily armoured Galactic Alliance Guard troopers standing guard over him.Th
Many Masks by Misao-chanGenre: Drama/ActionCharacters: OCsLength: OneshotThree days. It had been three days since Jorak Zoon, Knight of the New Jedi Order, had arrived at the planet Farstine, become acquainted with Governor Sorcia, and learned that the mysterious assassin who had tried to take the governor's life was still on the lam. It was all rather exciting for Jorak, who had been knighted not more than a fortnight earlier.So much for being left alone, though, the solitary Zabrak had lamented when he learned that he was to be at Sorcia's side at all times. Even sleep was restless for him, as he had to remain vigilant, constantly feeling out with the Force for signs of disturbance, being sure not to fall into too deep of a slumber.Thankfully, the governor didn't make his job any more difficult. The older, Human woman seemed rather competent and afforded him a great amount of respect, although at times he felt she was uneasy around him. Was it because he towered over her, at just about two metres tall?
Louder Than WordsGeonosis.The name will remain forever seared in the memory of the Republic.The blaster shots and lightsaber hums have been heard around the galaxy, and the battle that has just taken place will be known as one that launched a million ships carrying droids and clones and Jedi, all the expendable pawns of the cruel and endless game of war.Padmé Amidala knows all of this, and yet at the moment she does not care.She has felt the rumblings of war, perturbing the galaxy for years. This sense of quiet unease has plagued her since before she was elected Queen. It was inevitable, unavoidable that it could come to this, she thinks as she sits in a medbay holding the remaining hand of her beloved Jedi Knight, Anakin Skywalker.He grunts and struggles with the pain of the droid medic tending to his wounds, and her empathy is only amplified by the fact that she can sense his discomfort and despair and anger, just as she can sense and has sensed numerous disturbances in others. She does not
A Different Time There was a strange presence in the Jedi Temple. The initiates felt it during their morning meditation, a power that was like the Force but which they were unable to touch. Even the Masters guiding them through the exercise seemed unsettled by it: Depa Billaba's eyes snapped open, Ali-Alann shifted uncomfortably, and Master Yoda's ears twitched. Then, after a moment, he smiled. "Returned, I think, the Doctor has." Eleven year old Obi-Wan Kenobi was late for his lesson, and so he took a short cut through the Room of a Thousand Fountains, where all thoughts of galactic politics were quickly driven from his mind by the sight of a large blue box sitting innocently beside one of the waterfalls. "'Ello there!" Obi-Wan spun around to face the speaker, a man as out of place in his tailored jacket and pants as the box was. "She's a b
Teaser: Something Like RebirthGenre: Drama / Friendship; Adventure later onCharacters: Anakin, Force Ghost!Obi-Wan, Luke, and OCsLength: Chaptered (Excerpt)Something Like Rebirth The flames cackled and popped with something akin to laughter. Anakin almost wanted to smile as he threw the cloak onto the pyre, but all that he succeeded in doing was twisting his features into a pained expression that hurt his jaw. He wondered if this was how Obi-Wan had felt when theyd burned Qui-Gon. Like that occasion, more than just Jedi had turned out for the funeral. Senators, a group of clone troopers, a Balosar Anakin vaguely recognized from a bar in the lower part of the city He caught sight of Padmé and tried to ignore her gaze, but she was persistent. Slowly, she wove her way through the crowd until she stood at Anakins side. Im so sorry, Annie,


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May 29, 2012
Are social security numbers still secure enough for payments?
Identity authentication is becoming increasingly important today as consumers conduct more and more social interactions, commerce, and financial transactions online. Many emerging payment methods are conducted electronically today and will no longer involve the face-to-face interactions that have provided an additional layer of security for our traditional retail payments environment. Unfortunately, our primary means of personal identification is the social security number, and it is becoming more vulnerable to compromise. How do we mitigate the risks in innovative payments going forward with traditional identification methods?
A well-intended system
The social security number was created in 1936 as a way to track workers' benefits for the new pension program. At the time, no other use for the number was envisioned. In 1943, however, President Roosevelt signed an executive order allowing other government agencies to use social security numbers. Today, the numbers are the primary identifiers for many government functions, including filing taxes, receiving all manner of benefits, and enlisting in the military. Social security numbers are also widely used in the private sector, especially in the healthcare and financial industries. They have become the default identifier used by healthcare providers, insurers, credit bureaus, banks, and others when signing up new customers.
Social security numbers—not so secure
You probably believe that your social security number is private. You probably assume that it's kept private by those who use it to verify your identity. But how many different people have seen your number, or some part of it, in the past decade? It's out there every time you've gone to a new healthcare provider, signed up for a new insurance plan, or applied for a credit card, bank account, or cell phone plan. Researchers have even developed an algorithm for guessing a person's number using just their place and date of birth.
The problem with such widespread use of social security numbers is that they are easily exposed and vulnerable to use in identity theft and related crimes, including various types of payment fraud. It goes without saying that new identification and authentication methods will be needed in the future to ensure that the personal information accessible via social security numbers can be protected and kept secure.
Mitigating compromise and improving personal authentication
In 2008, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) developed recommendations on preventing the misuse of social security numbers for identity theft. First, they recommend using multifactor authentication, including additional processes in addition to the social security number. The FTC recommends further that, whenever possible, users should restrict the public display and transmission of social security numbers from applications, identity cards, and other documents. As crimes in electronic networks grow more prevalent, it will be increasingly important that the industry use multifactor authentication practices to combat the threat of outmoded personal identification methods.
By Jennifer C. Windh, a senior payments risk analyst in the Retail Payments Risk Forum at the Atlanta Fed
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FFIEC came up with guidelines for 2FA around seven years ago and followed it up with some more guidelines this year. Despite the passage of so much time and the fact that virtually all other large nations have adopted 2FA, banks and e-commerce merchants in the US are conspicuous by their absence of following even the basics of strong authentication like VbV, etc. Is this because 2FA introduces additional friction and / or false positives that result in greater revenue losses than potential loss by fraud? Given where US is, is there any evidence that fraud loss as a percentage of transaction value is higher in the USA than elsewhere in the world?
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- collaboration
- consumer fraud
- consumer protection
- contactless
- crime
- cross-border wires
- currency
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- debit cards
- debt
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- financial services
- fraud
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- innovation
- interchange
- law enforcement
- malware
- mobile banking
- mobile money transfer
- mobile network operator (MNO)
- mobile payments
- money laundering
- money services business (MSB)
- online banking fraud
- payments
- payments risk
- payments study
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- phone fraud
- prepaid
- privacy
- regulations
- regulators
- remittances
- remotely created checks
- risk
- risk management
- Section 1073
- social networks
- telecom
- theft
- third-party service provider
- transmitters
- trusted service manager
- Unfair and Deceptive Acts and Practices (UDAP)
- wire transfer fraud
- workplace fraud


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Hey guys, I have a few questions about implementing a login feature in Android.
1. Does android have anything like sessions or cookies?
How should I 'remember' that the user is loged in? Obviously I don't want to ask for the password every time my application is used!
2. Should I hash the password before sending it to the server?
I have a table in my database with a user and password column. When I want to check the login, should I send the password hashed to the server like login.php?u=sled&p=34819d7beeabb9260a5c854bc85b3e44
, or just plain text like login.php?u=sled&p=mypassword
and hash it on the server before I perform the authentication?