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I have No Problem IF they can carry a 90 lb backpack ( its like a workout on its own ) and Help move a Wounded Solider to cover ( and thats like 230 to 250 lbs there, to drag anyones a zz behind something at where to protect them or him ) .....
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I have No Problem IF they can carry a 90 lb backpack ( its like a workout on its own ) and Help move a Wounded Solider to cover ( and thats like 230 to 250 lbs there, to drag anyones a zz behind something at where to protect them or him ) .....
In general I think it's a bad thing, but having said that, IF the women can perform physically and emotionally as well as a man, then go for it.
I don't think it will be as romantic as GI Jane, but the one thing mentioned in that movie was that even if the woman can perform perfect, the men are still going to naturally make poor decisions to "protect" the women soldiers, as compared to male soldiers.
Fourty some years ago when I got out of the service People were talking about women in combat rolls.
One time at a restaurant four middle aged women debated the pro's of this adnausium until I couldn't take it any more so I interupted and asked "Do any of you think that women can be in combat, in the dirt and mud, with no shower, for week at a time, and not come down with an infection of some sort?"
The discussion ended abruptly and I was able to finish my lunch.
I was told by the waitress afterwards that two of the women were a rape crisis couselors, one was a lawyer. None of them had thought of some basic facts in there fight for women's rights, such as hygein.
BUT! In modern times I'm sure the troops are afforded the opportunity to shower more than twice a month and my arguement no longer has merit. But I must contend that the natural tendancy for males to protect females would be a real threat to both genders. Add to this the fact that most of the individuals who enlist to serve in the US military are the "protecting type"'personality. Much like those that want to become doctors, nurses, and law enforcement.
Dispite what some people believe, not everyone joins up to be a dick.
So I see mixed combat troops as an obstacle for troop safety.
I personaly would not have a problem taking orders from a female Lt. or Cptn. in the field. I would be trying to protect my male commander just the same as a female commander.
Glad I don't have to make a policy descision on this one.
I suppose that some might feel justified in saying that we as a people can not be truely free and equal until women can serve in combat without restriction.
I caution for the use of common sense regarding this.
With the crew we have running things nowadays I hope the policy makers have at least one foot in reality and not anebreated by extreme liberalization training.
I'm gonna stop now, before I truely piss someone off. I want to say more but I better not.
More lame leftist PC crap !!!
The military has been subjected to such social experiments for the past four decades. Combined with today's play for pay mentality the military arm of this nation ever more closely resembles that of ancient Rome. The costs of such bankrupted the Romans when they exhaused the places to loot and the former hostiles moved in to live the good life.
Yes, the Soviets in WW-II employed female combat troops as snipers, fighter pilots, etc. That was done out of shear desperation. When the war ended so did that policy.
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I firmly believe that those serving in the middle eastern theater are going to find out the hard way that eas dates dont mean a thing anymore! Going into a combat role for a battle field promoation is not the way to go about it. You are there for as long as they need you or until your body is so used up your on a medivac flight out of country, or have paid the ultamate sacrfice. The current administration is globe hopping from one country to another, its not hard to figure out that when the prez says we will be out of a certain coutry by a certain date , he already has another country to go to and start fighting
in my opinion Obama is becomming a dictator whom, dose not care about troops he commands, they are just pawns in the great military gane of chess.
Its a pretty well kniow fact there is no way to win any of these conflicts and wars without turning those countries into permanate parking lots with very little occupancy. Every second term Presedent has a scandle in thier second term. So far obama has started gun control, and the next thing that will roll down the hill and has started is women in combat. ok fine its not like we are against the NVA or Northean korean troops which by the way are very good at what they do, but niow wew area against not just a country but the way I see it , its the whold damm islamic natiion. remember these terroists kill in many diffrent ways and they woukld love to make an example of an american female sholder by decapitating her or even worse, and if the shit really hits the fan, Surprise since you can now go into combat roles you can now be elegiable for the DRAFT its only a matter of time.Myself Id becarefull what one wishes for, due to the fact not only will you get it but get it in spades I wish you all a safe return from the infested countries you are in and to com back home in one peice, As your brothers in arms wil tell you killing is not glamerious and as time goes by yu will feel the effect of it.
All the Best <<<Doc
my guess this is more "smoke screen" make a controversy to take up air time and gab time --while he sneaks in a few boners on us tax payers.
naw the big "O" don't give a damn about americans or the "boots" the girls in combat to him are just to divert attention from his other fuck-ups and get some brownie/leftist points with the feminist/communists.
i doubt there is any consideration to casualties or combat effectiveness.
or what is going to happen when a bunch of females are captured by al-quaida or tango.
the important thing to the obamma administration is it makes the left happy TODAY.
the girls in combat are just pawns to him as are the rest of the armed forces, till he needs them for something.
and while attention is diverted he can go ape on the budget and gun control.
I have two sons and a son-in-law in the service now. Their biggest concern and it has been posted before, is can a small woman soldier in full battle dress and armor drag a wounded man to safety in a rapid fashion?


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Obama makes impassioned plea for gun control legislation | Reuters
Same old Same old-- They want our GUNS! and the 2nd Amendment.
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There is not a thing bashful about Miguel's "Pussy Is Mine" track off Kaleidoscope Dreams. A Bay Area audience recently got a fervent performance of the song, Miguel makes his point very, very clear. Screaming girls willingly assent to the undeniably sexy man's request. Watch above – perhaps with a anti-impregnation forcefield. Just saying.
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Just when you thought that whole allergic-to-work idea might be true, a new study comes out that says at age 40, mothers working full time actually fare better health-wise than stay-at-home moms.
And, Medical News Today reports, the research finds working outside the home isn't just physically good for you but mentally, too.
"It gives women a sense of purpose, self-efficacy, control and autonomy," coauthor Adrianne Frech tells the website. "They have a place where they are an expert on something, and they're paid a wage."
Women who choose to stay home with the kids face social isolation and often must depend on their spouse financially, the study notes.The least healthy women are "persistently" unemployed moms, according to Medical News Today.
"Struggling to hold on to a job or being in constant job-search mode wears on their health, especially mentally, but also physically," Frech tells the site. "Women with interrupted employment face more job-related barriers than other women or cumulative disadvantages over time."
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ZF-2803: PHP 5.3 compatibility for Zend_Cache_Backend_File
Zend_Cache_Backend_File checks for runtime magic quotes. The following patch a) checks whether the function is available (as the functions are removed in PHP 6) and b) suppresses the E_DEPRECATED warning.
fixed in SVN trunk (thanks)
Sorry, but your fix is incomplete. PHP 5.3 introduces E_DEPRECATED. E_DEPRECATED is part of E_STRICT and when set/get_magic_quotes() is called, a deprecation warning is thrown. This means, you have to disable errors with @ in addition to checking whether the function is available as like I did it in my original patch.
(again) many thanks
This issue should have been fixed for the 1.5 release.
Yes, error suppression is very nice in a production environment, but my development environment does not suppress errors/notices and this problem still persists.
Please fix this, it should not use a deprecated function.
Thank you for your work!


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ZF-8006: Zend_Dom_Query_Css2Xpath direct descendants syntax breaks w/whitespace
Using the css query syntax for direct descendants with whitespace on either side of the '>' breaks the parsing.
Works: "div>a" Fails: "div > a"
Manual docs shows example with whitespace, and jQuery allows whitespace as well (consistency).
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Ever wonder if a certain check has cleared or if you received your payroll deposit?
Maybe you want to be sure your balance doesn't dip below a certain amount?
Heritage Bank Watchdog empowers you to monitor your account in a whole new way. Watchdog is a free notification alert service for Business and Personal Online Banking users. This service allows you to create predetermined email or text notifications for your Checking and Savings Accounts. It is also a useful and powerful tool in the fight against fraud.
You are in control of the types of alerts you receive and the frequency of notifications. You can choose to have alerts sent to your email account or you can have them sent directly to your phone's email or as a text message. This is a nice complement to our Mobile Banking services.
The following alerts are available for all users that have access to Online Banking. It is not available for Special Services.
- Low Balance Alert - Notification sent by email when your balance falls below a specified dollar amount. This alert will only be sent when activity occurs on the account.
- Memo-posted Checking or Savings Credits - Notification sent when any credit(s) including, but not limited to deposits, incoming wires, ACH credits including payroll, and ATM transactions have memo-posted to your account. Watchdog will search for new activity according to the time frame you determine which is set in 30 minute increments.
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A valid email address and and/or Online Banking account are required to use Watchdog. If you use a spam blocker, you should allow emails from addresses using the heritage-bnk.com domain.
Are my account numbers protected in the email?
Account numbers are masked to protect the full account number. An email will be sent to you from [email protected] See the example to the left.
How do I change an alert I have set up?
While logged into Online Banking, you should see a section entitled "Messages." Click on the appropriate type (checking or savings). This will bring you to a screen that displays all of the alerts you have set up in the past. Click on the number next to the alert that you want to change. This will open the alert so you can make any necessary changes. Once you have changed the information, click "submit". Your alert will be activated when the new alert criteria is met.
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While logged into Online Banking, click on the appropriate account type (checking or savings). This will bring you to a screen where all of your alerts are listed. Click "Delete" next to the alert that you want to delete. After a few seconds, the alert will disappear off of the screen.
How do I change an email address that an alert is sent to?
While logged into Online Banking, you should see a section entitled "Messages." Click on the appropriate type (checking or savings). This will bring you to a screen that displays all of the alerts you have set up in the past. Click on the number next to the alert that you want to change. This will open the alert and will allow you to change the email address. Once the email address has been changed, click "submit". When your alert fulfills, it will be sent to the new email address.
If I use Watchdog, will Heritage Bank of Central Illinois share any addresses I provide with other parties or use them for purposes other than Watchdog alerts?
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ETSU ended the tournament with an overall score of 608 (309-299) to finish 23 strokes back of team champion
"Today, we played like we expect to play," said ETSU head coach Stefanie Reynolds. "Yesterday, we didn't have it, but today we knew we needed to play well to keep our ranking and we had the second lowest score of the day. The team stepped up to the challenge. We're really playing very solid as a group right now."
Indeed, all five ETSU players finished within 11 spots of each other. Along with O'Sullivan, junior Natalia Giraldo (Cali, Colombia), junior Maria Ringdahl (Oland, Sweden) and freshman Laura Jansone (Jurmala, Latvia) finished tied for 30th, while sophomore Lucy Gould (Bargoed, Wales) ended the event tied for 35th.
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Hawthorne Inn Home-Made Maple Syrup
The sap has been flowing at the Hawthorne Inn. We have a tradition of tapping a selection of our Sugar Maple trees in March each year. The process of refining the sap to syrup is simple, but labor intensive. There is NOTHING like fresh syrup from the tree. We have added a delightful breakfast offering to help convey the syrup to the taste-buds of our willing guests: Croissant French Toast! Delightful. Be sure to look at our recipe section for the Buttermilk Pancakes.


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Formerly Homeless and Drug Addicted, Father of Three Completes Master's Degree
In 2005 Nathaniel Daniel had lost everything. He was jobless, homeless, addicted to drugs, and involved in criminal activity. His wife had left him, taking their three children with her. This year he will graduate from Eastern Mennonite Seminary with a master of divinity degree. "We are never beyond God's reach," says ...More


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We are beyond insanely busy as we prep for Gen Con and try to get Megaverse® in Flames™ and The Rifter® #67 to the printer, along with the surprise title, Future Visions: The Artistry of Charles Walton II. All three need to be to the printer by Monday or Tuesday. Actually, it seems like everything is due this week and next week. Crazy. We've got a ton to do, so let's get right to it.


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Frank Ocean
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A lot of people have said that since that news came out. I suppose a percentage of that act was because of altruism, because I was thinking of how I wished at 13 or 14 there was somebody I looked up to who would have said something like that, who would have been transparent in that way. But there's another side of it that's just about my own sanity and my ability to feel like I'm living a life where I'm not just successful on paper, but sure that I'm happy when I wake up in the morning and not with this freakin' boulder on my chest.
This summer, Frank Ocean lived up to the hype when the much-buzzed-about R&B singer released Channel Orange, his debut album that had been anticipated since he burst onto the scene as a member of the L.A.-based rap collective OFWGKTA. And though a modern classic was expected by those in the know, what accompanied it wasn't: A stunning, emotional open letter published online, in which Ocean confessed to being bisexual, which is unheard of in the macho world of hip-hop. So in one week, Ocean went from being a marginal internet cult hero to a poster boy for an entire community -- and the most critically acclaimed and talked-about man in music.
Frank Ocean BiographyFrank Ocean, born Christopher Breaux, was born in Long Beach, California, and moved to New Orleans with his family when he was 5. There, he would cultivate his love of music by immersing himself in The Big Easy's local jazz scene and by exploring his mother's diverse music collection, which included albums by Celine Dion, Anita Baker and The Phantom of the Opera soundtrack. As a teenager, Ocean used the money he saved from a litany of odd jobs to pay for studio time. Ocean's mother was hardly pleased, reminding her son that the same father who had disappeared when he was just 6 -- Ocean's grandfather acted as a surrogate father figure -- was also a failed musician. Still, the budding singer/songwriter could not be dissuaded, and after Hurricane Katrina destroyed his recording studio, he quit his studies at the University of New Orleans and moved to Los Angeles to pursue his career.
Frank Ocean works with the biggest names in musicThe legend goes that Frank Ocean left New Orleans and headed for the coast with $1,200 in his pocket, $400 of which he spent on gas money. His original plan was to stay for six weeks, but after quickly making an impression in the music industry's inner circles, Ocean decided to make his move more permanent. He recorded a demo at a pal's studio, shopped it around to music execs and landed a stellar songwriting deal that saw him pen tunes for superstars like Justin Bieber, John Legend and Brandy. Today, Ocean readily admits that this early stage of his music career was based solely on money, so much so that it could have sustained him for however long he wanted. Luckily for us, the artist inside Frank Ocean was too powerful for him to suppress much longer.
Frank Ocean hooks up with Odd FutureMost of us first heard of Frank Ocean when the Tyler, The Creator-led L.A. hip-hop collective OFWGKTA (or Odd Future to the rest of us) first broke in 2011. After meeting them in 2009, Frank Ocean joined the group and became something of a big brother figure to the mischievous teens, writing songs for them and singing hooks on their mixtapes. Though he'd been signed to Def Jam since 2009, Ocean had yet to release a collection of songs as a solo artist. But with Odd Future making waves, Ocean felt it was time. On February 18, 2011, Nostalgia, Ultra, a 14-track, sample-heavy mixtape, was posted on Ocean's personal Tumblr, free of charge, and became one of the most critically acclaimed releases of the year. Everyone wanted a piece of the mysterious crooner, including Kanye West and Jay-Z, who enlisted him for two tracks on their Watch The Throne album, and Beyonce, with whom he collaborated with on "I Miss You" from her most recent record album, 4.
Frank Ocean releases his debut album and reveals his sexualityFrank Ocean had planned on including a confessional letter that addressed the ambiguous nature of certain songs in the liner notes to his debut record, Channel Orange. Instead, he published it days before the album's release on his website, and its contents shocked the world. In it, Ocean admitted to his first love being a man, a bold proclamation for any celebrity, especially one residing in the ultra-masculine world of hip-hop and R&B music. But the expected backlash never came.
Instead, Ocean was met with support from many of his colleagues (including friend and alleged homophobe Tyler, The Creator), and Channel Orange, a layered, groundbreaking piece of music debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard charts. Despite its idiosyncratic nature, the album's success propelled Ocean into the mainstream, even earning him an opening spot on Coldplay's European tour. Ocean has since canceled the gigs, but the undying buzz surrounding the artist also comes with the promise of many more.


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WHAT: No. 15/20 Sun Devil Women's Basketball (17-3, 6-2 Pac-12) vs. Oregon State (12-8, 4-4 Pac-12)
WHEN: Friday at 6:30 p.m. MT
WHERE: Wells Fargo Arena, Tempe, Ariz.
RADIO: NBC Sports Radio AM 1060 (coverage beginning at 6:00 p.m.)
LIVE VIDEO: http://pac-12.com/videos/arizona-state-university
Coming off its first Pac-12 road sweep since 2011, the No. 15/20 Arizona State women's basketball team begins a challenging stretch this weekend in which it will play three games – all at home – in five days. The homestand begins on Friday (6:30 p.m.) when ASU hosts Oregon State. ASU will then take on Oregon in a Super Bowl Sunday matinee (1 p.m.) before the first of consecutive games vs. in-state rival Arizona on Tuesday (7:30 p.m.).
The Sun Devils (17-3, 6-2 Pac-12) enter this week's contests in a three-way tie for second place (in the loss column) with USC (14-7, 7-2) and Cal (14-5, 6-2). All three teams trail first-place Stanford (19-1, 8-0 Pac-12), which has yet to lose a game in conference play. USC will host the Washington schools this week while Stanford and Cal will have their annual home-and-home contests.
As the Sun Devils have found out, every conference game has the potential to go down to the wire as the Pac-12 is proving to be one of the most competitive leagues in the country. Four of ASU's last six conference games been decided by 3 points or less or in overtime with the Sun Devils coming out on top in each of those four games.
The Sun Devils came into Pac-12 play with a 10-game winning streak, which came to an end on Jan. 3 at Washington State (85-78). Two days later the Sun Devils were able to gain a split on their first Pac-12 road trip after defeating Washington 78-60.
ASU then won three of four games at home, earning hard-fought wins vs. USC (94-86 in OT), UCLA (59-57) and (then) No. 15 Cal (68-59) before falling to fourth-ranked Stanford (80-56) on Jan. 20. The Sun Devils quickly bounced back from the loss to Stanford with a pair of back-to-back, nail-biting wins on the road at Utah (65-62) and at Colorado (68-66) last weekend.
The storyline of ASU's success this season has been teamwork. Ten Sun Devils have scored in double figures; seven have led/tied for team lead in scoring; seven have led/tied for team lead in assists; and five have led/tied for team lead in rebounds.
Both of this weekend's games can be seen via live stream by going to http://pac-12.com/videos/arizona-state-university.
Both contests can also be heard live on NBC Sports Radio AM 1060. Coverage will begin 6 p.m on Friday and at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday. Veteran broadcaster and the state of Arizona's 2010 Broadcaster of the Year Jeff Munn is in his 10th season as the voice of ASU women's basketball. He will be joined by former Sun Devil head coach Maura McHugh.
• Coming off an 80-56 loss at home to fourth-ranked Stanford, the Sun Devils bounced back with back-to-back road wins at Utah (65-62) and at Colorado (68-66) to remain in second place in the Pac-12 standings. It was ASU's first Pac-12 road sweep since 2011.
• Deja Mann (17.5 ppg) and Sophie Brunner (10.0 ppg) both averaged double figures in the two wins while combining to shoot 61 percent from the floor (20-33) – Mann (14-22/64 percent) and Brunner (6-11/55 percent). Brunner, who led ASU with five assists last weekend, was also a perfect 8-8 from the line. With ASU down 62-61 in the game against Utah, Brunner connected on a pair of pressure-packed FTs with 8.6 seconds left to put ASU ahead.
• Senior Adrianne Thomas displayed similar poise at Colorado as she hit both of her free throw attempts with 4.4 seconds left to provide the winning points.
• Kelsey Moos averaged 7.5 rebounds in the two wins, including a game-high 11 at Colorado.
• Promise Amukamara came up with a pair of outstanding defensive plays in the final minute of both games to helps ASU come away with the wins.
• With the wins the Sun Devils improved their record away from home to 8-2 and remained perfect (8-0) in games decided by five points or less and/or overtime.
• ASU averaged only 11.5 turnovers in the two games.
• ASU was one of three schools – current No. 4 Stanford and Colorado – to start Pac-12 play with only one loss in non-conference play. For ASU, it was the sixth time since the 1986-87 (first season of Pac-10/12 play) that it entered conference play with only one loss.
• ASU's non-conference schedule included a pair of wins over Top 25 teams. The Sun Devils defeated then-No. 11 North Carolina 94-81 in OT at the Cancun Challenge on Nov. 29. On Dec. 30, ASU came from behind to beat then-No. 20 Syracuse, 63-60, in Tempe. ASU's only loss in non-conference play came on the road in the season's second game to a San Diego squad, which had its best start in school history winning its first 15 games (18-2 as of Jan. 24). The Sun Devils led by as many as 11 in the first half of their 85-78 loss at Washington State (Jan. 3). The difference in the game for ASU proved to be 15 missed free throws (28-43). ASU recorded its third win against a Top 25 opponent when it defeated then-No. 15 Cal 68-59 in Tempe on Jan. 17, ending the Bears' Pac-12, regular-season winning streak at 19 games. The Sun Devils dropped their first contest to a ranked opponent when No. 4 Stanford came to Tempe and defeated ASU 80-56 on Jan. 20. As of Jan. 29, ASU's three losses are to teams with an aggregate record of 48-12 (.800).
• ASU is No. 11 in the NCAA's most recent RPI (Jan. 27). ASU is one of seven Pac-12 program's among the Top 55: Stanford (No. 4), Cal (No. 22), USC (No. 31), Oregon State (No. 36), UCLA (No. 51) and Colorado (No. 55).
• ASU's earlier 10-game winning streak tied the second-longest run in program history. It was also the 20th time since 2001 that ASU had a winning streak of five or more games. The string of 10 straight wins was ASU's longest since it won a school record 15 straight in 2009 (after losing first two Pac-10 games won next 15).
• ASU has scored 80 or more points 8x this season, has shot 50 percent or higher 7x and has had 15 or more assists 13x.
• ASU has held to opposition to 25 percent or less from 3-point range 9x this season. On Jan. 26, ASU did not allow a 3-pointer at Colorado, ending CU's streak of making at least one triple in 285 straight games.
• After averaging 20.9 turnovers in its first nine contests, ASU is averaging 15.0 in its last 11 games. ASU has had 16 or fewer turnovers eight times during that span, including a season low of 10 vs. Stanford (Jan. 20) and at Colorado (Jan. 26).
• As of Jan. 29, ASU is ranked among the top third in the Pac-12 in rebounding defense (1st/34.7 rpg), FG pct. (2nd, 44.3), scoring offense (3rd, 74.8 ppg), scoring margin (3rd, +9.7), 3-point FG pct. defense (3rd/28.0), FT pct. (4th/69.2), assists (4th/15.2 apg), steals (4th, 8.6 spg) and offensive rebounds (4th, 14.2 rpg).
• As of Jan. 29, ASU has two players among the top 10 in the Pac-12 in FG percentage – freshman Sophie Brunner (4th - 55.0) and freshman Kelsey Moos (5th, 53.1).
• ASU has won the battle of the boards in all but five games this season. They are 3-2 in those contests – at San Diego (Nov. 13 - L), vs. Miami (Dec. 21 - W), vs. UCLA (Jan. 12 - W), vs. Stanford (Jan. 20 - L) and at Colorado (Jan. 26 - W).
• Ten of ASU's wins this season have come when they were either trailing (Texas Tech, North Carolina, Long Beach State, Syracuse, UCLA, Utah, Colorado) or ahead by only one point (Arkansas State, Miami, USC) at some point in the last five minutes of regulation. The Sun Devils are 8-0 in games decided by five points or less AND/OR in overtime.
• ASU's bench is outscoring the opposition's bench by an average of 15.6 points per game (31.2-15.6).
• Included in Brunner's last 15 games are four double-doubles, eight double-digit scoring efforts and nine games with seven or more rebounds (7.6 rpg - 55 off/59 def).
• Over ASU's last eight games, senior Joy Burke leads the team in FG pct. (58.3/28-48) .
• Sophomore Elisha Davis has 22 assists and only six turnovers in ASU's last seven games. In Pac-12 play, Davis is third in the conference in assist-TO ratio (2.3). Senior Deja Mann has 24 assists and only 11 turnovers in ASU's last 10 games.
• Brunner (65), Burke (48) and Moos (47) have combined for 160 of ASU's 273 offensive boards.
• Ten different Sun Devils have scored in double figures this season – Deja Mann (13x), Brunner (9x), Burke (8x), Moos (8x), Katie Hempen (8x), senior Adrianne Thomas (8x), Amukamara (6x), Davis (3x), Eliza Normen (1x) and Quinn Dornstauder (1x).
The Sun Devils have won 21 of the last 23 meetings against Oregon State. In the only meeting between the two schools last season, ASU defeated Oregon State 66-55 Tempe. OSU's win in Corvallis in 2011 snapped ASU's 18-game winning streak in the series.
The Sun Devil women's basketball program has consistently been among the Pac-12/Pac-10's best for the last several years both on the court and in the classroom...
• Since the 2000-01 season ASU is one of only two schools in the Pac-12 to have won both a regular season conference title and the conference tournament title.
• ASU has finished third or higher in the Pac-12 nine times since 2001.
• Since 2005-06, ASU has led the Pac-12 in the number of conference first-team all-academic awards and the combined number of first- and second-team all-academic awards.
Sophie Brunner was named the Pac-12 Women's Basketball Freshman of the Week last month after helping lead the Sun Devils to three wins at the Cancun Challenge.
Brunner averaged 9.0 points and 6.3 rebounds while connecting on 82 percent of her shots in helping the Sun Devils win their games vs. Illinois (Nov. 28), (then) No. 11 North Carolina (Nov. 29) and Arkansas State (Nov. 30).
Brunner, who had been slowed by an ankle injury she sustained in ASU's win at Texas Tech on Nov. 17, came up especially big in ASU's wins over North Carolina and Arkansas State.
Against North Carolina, Brunner recorded the first double-double of her career (10 points, 10 rebounds) as she scored all 10 of her points and had seven of her 10 rebounds in the second half and overtime of ASU's upset of the Tar Heels.
One day after ASU upset UNC, Brunner played a big role helping the Sun Devils defeat Arkansas State as she scored 11 of her career-high 13 points in the second half. Brunner scored seven points and had four of ASU's five rebounds (including three offensive) in the final five minutes to help the Sun Devils edge the Red Wolves, 69-66.
Brunner averaged 11.5 points and 9.0 rebounds while connecting on 78 percent of her shots (7-9) and 75 percent of her free throws (9-12) in the final two games of the tournament vs. UNC and Arkansas State.
On Dec. 21, 2013, Ryneldi Becenti, a member of the Arizona State University Sports Hall of Fame who twice earned honorable mention All-America notice as a member of the Sun Devil women's basketball team, became the first Sun Devil women's basketball player to have her jersey hung from the rafters of Wells Fargo Arena..
"As we started to evaluate the stars of our distinguished past, it quickly became apparent that no player was more celebrated or had more of an impact – both in her community and within our own Sun Devil community – than Ryneldi Becenti," said Charli Turner Thorne. "While already in our Hall of Fame for her achievements as a student-athlete, we felt a program-specific tribute like this was fitting for a special individual whose influence went beyond the basketball court. The incredible work ethic and desire that led her to our program galvanized the Native American community. Her outstanding contributions as a Sun Devil enhanced her legendary status and remain an inspiration for many."
Becenti was a two-time honorable mention All-America honoree while also becoming one of only three Sun Devils (at the time) to earn All-Pac-10 first-team honors twice in a career. By the conclusion of her two-year Sun Devil career, Becenti would accumulate 396 career assists, which at the time represented the second-highest career total in program history. Her career average of 7.1 assists per game remains a Pac-12 record to this day, while her 17-assist outing vs. Marquette in 1992 still sits atop the team's list for most assists in a single game. With 15 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists in a Jan. 25, 1992, game against Oregon State, Becenti became the first player in school history to record a triple-double and was the lone player in the NCAA – men or women – to record the feat that season.
In 1996, she became the first woman inducted into the American Indian Athletic Hall of Fame adding to her list of enshrinements, which includes the Scottsdale Community College Hall of Fame, Arizona State University Hall of Fame and the Arizona High School Sports Hall of Fame.
A native of Fort Defiance, Ariz., Becenti earned high school All-America honors playing for Window Rock High School. Her stellar play continued at Scottsdale Community College where she earned junior college All-American recognition.
The all-time winningest coach in program history and No. 2 in the Pac-12 in career wins (319), Charli Turner Thorne has turned Sun Devil women's basketball into one of the nation's premiere programs since taking over in 1996-97. Included in ASU's earlier run of 13 consecutive postseason appearances (2000-12) were a school record five-consecutive NCAA Tournament bids from 2005-09. During that time the Sun Devils qualified for the Elite Eight on a pair of occasions, making ASU one of only 15 programs in the country to have qualified for the Elite Eight at least two times between 2007-12.
On Jan. 25, 2013, Turner Thorne became the third Pac-12 coach to reach 300 victories following ASU's 60-53 win over USC, a game in which ASU came back from 16 down in the second half.
A closer look at Turner Thorne's path to 300 puts into perspective the incredible 180-degree turnaround Sun Devil women's basketball has undergone since she came to ASU. To reach 150 wins it took Turner Thorne 272 games (150-122 - .551) as she rebuilt a program that had an aggregate record of 20-60 in the three years prior to her arrival and only two NCAA Tournament wins in its history. It would take her 215 games to get 150 more wins. Since picking up her 150th win at ASU, Turner Thorne is 169-78 (.684). Included in those wins are eight of Turner Thorne's 11 NCAA Tournament victories.


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Linux Kernel Neighboring Subsystem Overview by Rami Rosen
Last updated: 2.12.12
This wiki is based on a my practical experience with Linux kernel networking and a series of lectures I gave in the Technion:
Rami Rosen lectures [17]
Please feel free send any feedback or question to Rami Rosen by sending email to: firstname.lastname@example.com [18]
● Why do we need the neighboring subsystem ?
● "The world is a jungle in general, and the networking game contributes many animals." (from RFC 826 [19], ARP, 1982)
● Most known protocol: ARP (in IPv6: ND, neighbour discovery)
● Ethernet header is 14 bytes long:
● Source Mac address and destination Mac address are 6 bytes each.
– Type (2 bytes). For example, (include/linux/if_ether.h)
● 0x0800 is the type for IP packet (ETH_P_IP)
● 0x0806 is the type for ARP packet (ETH_P_ARP)
● 0X8035 is the type for RARP packet (ETH_P_RARP)
Neighboring Subsystem – struct neighbour
● neighbour (instance of struct neighbour) is embedded in dst, which is in turn is embedded in sk_buff:
● Implementation: important data structures
● struct neighbour (include/net/neighbour.h [20])
– ha is the hardware address (MAC address when dealing with Ethernet) of the neighbour. This field is filled when an ARP response arrives.
- primary_key – The IP address (L3) of the neighbour.
● lookup in the arp table is done with the primary_key.
- nud_state represents the Network Unreachability Detection state of the neighbor. (for example, NUD_REACHABLE).
● int (*output)(struct sk_buff *skb);
– output() can be assigned to different methods according to the state of the neighbour. For example, neigh_resolve_output() and neigh_connected_output().
Initially, it is neigh_blackhole().
– When a state changes, than also the output function may be assigned to a different function.
● refcnt incremented by neigh_hold(); decremented by neigh_release().
We don't free a neighbour when the refcnt is higher than 1;instead, we set dead(a member of neighbour) to 1.
● timer (The callback method is neigh_timer_handler()).
● struct hh_cache *hh (defined in include/linux/netdevice.h)
● confirmed – confirmation timestamp.
– Confirmation can be also done from L4 (transport layer). – For example, dst_confirm() calls neigh_confirm(). – dst_confirm() is called from tcp_ack()
(net/ipv4/tcp_input.c) – and by udp_sendmsg() (net/ipv4/udp.c) and more. –
neigh_confirm() does NOT change the state
– it is the job of neigh_timer_handler().
● dev (net_device)
● arp_queue – every neighbour has a small arp queue of itself. – There can be only 3 elements by default in an arp_queue.
– This is configurable:/proc/sys/net/ipv4/neigh/default/unres_qlen
struct neigh_table
● struct neigh_table represents a neighboring table – (/include/net/neighbour.h)
– The arp table (arp_tbl) is a neigh_table. (include/net/arp.h [21])
– In IPv6, nd_tbl (Neighbor Discovery table ) is a neigh_table also (include/net/ndisc.h [22]) – There is also dn_neigh_table (DEcnet ) (linux/net/decnet/dn_neigh.c) and clip_tbl (for ATM) (net/atm/clip.c) –
gc_timer: neigh_periodic_timer() is the callback for garbage collection. – neigh_periodic_timer() deletes FAILED entries from the ARP table. Neighboring Subsystem arp
● When there is no entry in the ARP cache for the destination IP address of a packet, a broadcast is sent (ARP request, ARPOP_REQUEST: who has IP address x.y.z...). This is done by a method called arp_solicit().(net/ipv4/arp.c [23]) – In IPv6, the parallel mechanism is called ND (Neighbor discovery) and is implemented as part of ICMPv6. – A multicast is sent in IPv6 (and not a broadcast).
● If there is no answer in time to this arp request, then we will end up with sending back an ICMP error (Destination Host Unreachable).
● This is done by arp_error_report() , which indirectly calls ipv4_link_failure() ; see net/ipv4/route.c [24].
● You can see the contents of the arp table by running: "cat /proc/net/arp" or by running the "arp" from a command line.
- You can view statistics of arp cache (IPV4) by: cat /proc/net/stat/arp_cache
- You can view statistics of ndisc cache (IPV6) by: cat /proc/net/stat/ndisc_cache
● "ip neigh show" is the new method to show arp (from IPROUTE2)
- In IPv6 it is "ip -6 neigh show".
● You can delete and add entries to the arp table; see man arp/man ip.
● When using "ip neigh add" you can specify the state of the entry which you are adding (like permanent, stale, reachable, etc).
● arp command does not show reachability states except the incomplete state and permanent state: Permanent entries are marked with M in Flags:
example : arp output
Address HWtype HWaddress Flags Mask Iface 10.0.0.2 (incomplete) eth0 10.0.0.3 ether 00:01:02:03:04:05 CM eth0 10.0.0.138 ether 00:20:8F:0C:68:03 C eth0
Neighboring Subsystem – ip neigh show.
● We can see the current neighbour states:
● Example :
● ip neigh show
192.168.0.254 dev eth0 lladdr 00:03:27:f1:a1:31 REACHABLE 192.168.0.152 dev eth0 lladdr 00:00:00:cc:bb:aa STALE 192.168.0.121 dev eth0 lladdr 00:10:18:1b:1c:14 PERMANENT 192.168.0.54 dev eth0 lladdr aa:ab:ac:ad:ae:af STALE
● arp_process() handles both ARP requests and ARP responses. – net/ipv4/arp.c [23]
– If the target ip (tip) address in the arp header is the loopback then arp_process() drops it since loopback does not need ARP
. ... if (LOOPBACK(tip) || MULTICAST(tip))
goto out;
... kfree_skb(skb); return 0;
(see: #define LOOPBACK(x) (((x) & htonl(0xff000000)) == htonl(0x7f000000)) in linux/in.h
● If it is an ARP request (ARPOP_REQUEST) we call ip_route_input().
● Why ?
● In case it is for us, (RTN_LOCAL) we send and ARP reply. – arp_send(ARPOP_REPLY,ETH_P_ARP,sip,dev,tip,sha ,dev> dev_addr,sha); – We also update our arp table with the sender entry (ip/mac).
● Special case: ARP proxy server.
● In case we receive an ARP reply – (ARPOP_REPLY) –
We perform a lookup in the arp table. (by calling __neigh_lookup()) – If we find an entry, we update the arp table by neigh_update().
● If there is no entry and there is NO support for unsolicited ARP we don't create an entry in the arp table. – Support for unsolicited ARP by setting /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/all/arp_accept to 1. – The corresponding macro is: IPV4_DEVCONF_ALL(ARP_ACCEPT)) – In older kernels, support for unsolicited ARP was done by: – CONFIG_IP_ACCEPT_UNSOLICITED_ARP Neighboring Subsystem – lookup
● Lookup in the neighboring subsystem is done via: neigh_lookup() parameters: – neigh_table (arp_tbl) – pkey (ip address, the primary_key of neighbour struct) – dev (net_device) – There are 2 wrappers: – __neigh_lookup()
● just one more parameter: creat (a flag: to create a neighbor by neigh_create() or not))
● and __neigh_lookup_errno()
Neighboring Subsystem – static entries
● Adding a static entry is done by:
arp -s ipAddress MacAddress
● Alternatively, this can be done by:
ip neigh add ipAddress dev eth0 lladdr MacAddress nud permanent
● The state (nud_state) of this entry will be NUD_PERMANENT
- ip neigh show will show it as PERMANENT.
● Why do we need PERMANENT entries ?
arp_bind_neighbour() method
● Suppose we are sending a packet to a host for the first time.
● a dst_entry is added to the routing cache by rt_intern_hash().
● We should know the L2 address of that host. – so rt_intern_hash() calls arp_bind_neighbour().
● only for RTN_UNICAST (not for multicast/broadcast). – arp_bind_neighbour(): net/ipv4/arp.c – dst-> neighbour=NULL, so it calls__neigh_lookup_errno(). – There is no such entry in the arp table. – So we will create a neighbour with neigh_create() and add it to the arp table.
● neigh_create() creates a neighbour with NUD_NONE state
– setting nud_state to NUD_NONE is done in neigh_alloc()
The IFF_NOARP flag
● Disabling and enabling arp
● ifconfig eth1 -arp
– You will see the NOARP flag now in ifconfig a
● ifconfig eth1 arp (to enable arp of the device)
● In fact, this sets the IFF_NOARP flag of net_device.
● There are cases where the interface by default is with the IFF_NOARP flag (for example, ppp interface, see ppp_setup() (drivers/net/ppp_generic.c)
Changing IP address
● Suppose we try to set eth1 to an IP address of a different machine on the LAN:
● First, we will set an ip for eth1 in (in Fedora Core 8,for example)
● /etc/sysconfig/networkscripts/ifcfg-eth1
and than run:
●ifup eth1
● we will get:
- Error, some other host already uses address 192.168.0.122.
● But:
● ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.122
● works ok !
● Why is it so ?
Duplicate Address Detection (DAD)
● Duplicate Address Detection mode (DAD)
● arping I eth0 D 192.168.0.10
– sends a broadcast packet whose source address is 0.0.0.0.
0.0.0.0 is not a valid IP address (for example, you cannot set an ip address to 0.0.0.0 with ifconfig)
● The mac address of the sender is the real one.
● -D flag is for Duplicate Address Detection mode.
Code: (from arp_process() ; see /net/ipv4/arp.c) /* Special case: IPv4 duplicate address detection packet (RFC2131)*/ if (sip == 0) { if (arp> ar_op == htons(ARPOP_REQUEST) &&
inet_addr_type(tip) == RTN_LOCAL && !arp_ignore(in_dev,dev,sip,tip)) arp_send(ARPOP_REPLY,ETH_P_ARP,tip,dev,tip,sha,dev->dev_addr,dev> dev_addr);
goto out;
Neighboring Subsystem – Garbage Collection
● Garbage Collection – neigh_periodic_timer() – neigh_timer_handler() – neigh_periodic_timer() removes entires which are in NUD_FAILED state. This is done by setting dead to 1, and calling neigh_release(). The refcnt must be 1 to ensure no one else uses this neighbour. Also expired entries are removed.
● NUD_FAILED entries don't have MAC address ; see ip neigh show) Neighboring Subsystem – Asynchronous Garbage Collection
● neigh_forced_gc() performs asynchronous Garbage Collection.
● It is called from neigh_alloc() when the number of the entries in the arp table exceeds a (configurable) limit.
● This limit is configurable (gc_thresh2,gc_thresh3) /proc/sys/net/ipv4/neigh/default/gc_thresh2
– The default for gc_thresh3 is 1024.
Candidates for cleanup: Entries which their reference count is 1, or which their state is NOT permanent.
● Changing the neighbour state is done only in neigh_timer_handler().
LVS (Linux Virtual Sever)
● http://www.linuxvirtualserver.org/ [25]
● Integrated into the Linux kernel (in 2.4 kernel it was a patch).
● Located in: net/netfilter/ipvs [26] in the kernel tree.
● LVS has eight scheduling algorithms.
● LVS/DR is LVS with direct routing (a load balancing solution).
● ipvsadm is the user space management tools (available in most distros).
● Direct Routing is the packet forwarding method.
● -g, gatewaying => Use gatewaying (direct routing)
● see man ipvsadm.
● Example: 3 Real Servers and the Director all have the same VirtualIP (VIP).
● There is an ARP problem in this configuration.
● When you send an ARP broadcast, and the receiving machine has two or more NICs, each of them responds to this ARP request. Example: a machine with two NICs ;
● eth0 is 192.168.0.151 and eth1 is 192.168.0.152.
LVS and ARP
● Solutions
1) Set ARP_IGNORE to 1:
- echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/eth0/arp_ignore
- echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/eth1/arp_ignore
2) Use arptables. – There are 3 points in the arp walkthrough: (include/linux/netfilter_arp.h) – NF_ARP_IN (in arp_rcv() , net/ipv4/arp.c). – NF_ARP_OUT (in arp_xmit()),net/ipv4/arp.c) – NF_ARP_FORWARD ( in br_nf_forward_arp(), net/bridge/br_netfilter.c)
● http://ebtables.sourceforge.net/download.html [27]
– Ebtables is in fact the parallel of netfilter but in L2.
LVS example (ipvsadm)
● An example for setting LVS/DR on TCP port 80 with three real servers:
● ipvsadm C // clear the LVS table
● ipvsadm A t DirectorIPAddress:80
● ipvsadm -a t DirectorIPAddress:80 r RealServer1 g
● ipvsadm -a t DirectorIPAddress:80 r RealServer2 g
● ipvsadm -a t DirectorIPAddress:80 r RealServer3 g
● This example deals with tcp connections (for udp connection we should use u instead of t in the last 3 lines).
LVS example:
● ipvsadm -Ln // list the LVS table
● /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward should be set to 1
● In this example, packets sent to VIP will be sent to the load balancer; it will delegate them to the real server according to its scheduler. The dest MAC address in L2 header will be the MAC address of the real server to which the packet will be sent. The dest IP header will be VIP.
● This is done with NF_IP_LOCAL_IN.
ARPD – arp user space daemon
● ARPD is a user space daemon; it can be used if we want to remove some work from the kernel.
● The user space daemon is part of iproute2 (/misc/arpd.c)
● ARPD has support for negative entries and for dead hosts.
– The kernel arp code does NOT support these type of entries!
● The kernel by default is not compiled with ARPD support; we should set CONFIG_ARPD for using it:
● Networking Support-> Networking Options-> IP: ARP daemon support.
● see: /usr/share/doc/iproute2.6.22/arpd.ps (Alexey Kuznetsov).
● We should also set app_probes to a value greater than 0 by setting – /proc/sys/net/ipv4/neigh/eth0/app_solicit – This can be done also by the a (active_probes) parameter. – The value of this parameter tells how many ARP requests to send before that neighbour is considered dead.
● The k parameter tells the kernel not to send ARP broadcast; in such case, the arpd daemon is not only listening to ARP requests, but also send ARP broadcasts.
● Activation:
● arpd a 1 k eth0 &
● On some distros, you will get the error db_open: No such file or directory unless you simply run mkdir /var/lib/arpd/ before (for the arpd.db file).
● Pay attention: you can start arpd daemon when there is no support in the kernel(CONFIG_ARPD is not set).
● In this case you, arp packets are still caught by arpd daemon get_arp_pkt()
● But you don't get messages from the kernel.
● get_arp_pkt() is not called.(misc/arpd.c)
● Tip: to check if CONFIG_ARPD is set, simply see if there are any results from
– cat /proc/kallsyms | grep neigh_app
Mac addresses
● MAC address (Media Access Control)
● According to specs, MAC address should be unique.
● The 3 first bytes specify a hw manufacturer of the card.
● Allocated by IANA.
There are exceptions to this rule.
– Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:3E:3F:6E:5D
ARPwatch (detect ARP cache poisoning)
● Changing MAC address can be as a result of some security attack (ARP cache poisoning).
● Arpwatch can help detect such an attack.
● Activation: arpwatch d i eth0 (output to stderr)
● Arpwatch keeps a table of ip/mac addresses and senses when there is a change.
● d is for redirecting the log to stderr (no syslog, no mail).
● In case someone changed MAC address on the same network, you will get a message like this: ARPwatch Example
From: root (Arpwatch) To: root Subject: changed ethernet address (jupiter) hostname: jupiter ip address: 192.168.0.54 ethernet address: aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff ethernet vendor: <unknown> old ethernet address: 0:20:18:61:e5:e0 old ethernet vendor: ...
Neighbour states
● neighbour states
neigh_alloc() Reachable Incomplete None Stale Delay Probe Neighboring Subsystem
● Special states:
● No state transitions are allowed from these states to another state.
Neighboring Subsystem – states
● NUD state combinations:
● When a neighbour is in a STALE state it will remain in this state until one of the two will occur – a packet is sent to this neighbour. – Its state changes to FAILED.
● neigh_resolve_output() and neigh_connected_output().
● net/core/neighbour.c [28]
● A neighbour in INCOMPLETE state does not have MAC address set yet (ha member of neighbour)
● So when neigh_resolve_output() is called, the neighbour state is changed to INCOMPLETE.
● When neigh_connected_output() is called, the MAC address of the neighbour is known; so we end up with calling dev_queue_xmit(), which calls the ndo_start_xmit() callback method of the NIC device driver.
● The ndo_start_xmit() method actually puts the frame on the wire.
Change of IP address/Mac address
● Change of IP address does not trigger notifying its neighbours.
● Change of MAC address , NETDEV_CHANGEADDR ,also does not trigger notifying its neighbours.
● It does update the local arp table by neigh_changeaddr().
– Exception to this is irlan eth: irlan_eth_send_gratuitous_arp() – (net/irda/irlan/irlan_eth.c) – Some nics don't permit changing of MAC address – you get: SIOCSIFHWADDR: Device or resource busy.
Flushing the arp table
● Flushing the arp table:
● ip statistics neigh flush dev eth0
- Round 1, deleting 7 entries ***
- Flush is complete after 1 round ***
● Specifying twice statistics will also show which entries were deleted, their mac addresses, etc...
● ip statistics statistics neigh flush dev eth0
● 192.168.0.254 lladdr 00:04:27:fd:ad:30 ref 17 used 0/0/0 REACHABLE ●
● *** Round 1, deleting 1 entries ***
● *** Flush is complete after 1 round ***
● calls neigh_delete() in net/core/neighbour.c
● Changes the state to NUD_FAILED


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ZF-10764: Zend_Http_UserAgent returns mobile for most Opera user-agents
Zend_Http_UserAgent returns a device type of "mobile" all Opera user-agents that start with "oper", which is currently how most desktop versions of Opera user-agents are formatted. Since there are already other checks for opera mobile and opera mini, the solution seems pretty simple.
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Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 6.0; U; fi) Presto/2.2.0 Version/10.00
Line 295 in Zend_Http_UserAgent_Mobile tries to match mobile browsers by prefix of the user-agent.
if (self::userAgentStart($userAgent)) {
return true;
One of the prefixes that returns a match is "oper", which matches many desktop user-agents of Opera. Simply removing this prefix from the matching array will still match on Opera mobile/mini user-agents, but will correctly not match on desktop versions of Opera.
This patch removes the "oper" prefix from the prefix matching array for Zend_Http_UserAgent_Mobile.
Note that this fix appears to be in the TRUNK subversion, but not in the 11.2 release, although it was mentioned as fixed in the release notes. I have reopened the ticket to make sure this goes out in the next release.
The patch appears to be in 1.11.2 (the line "oper" doesn't appear in Mobile.php, but it doesn't solve the issue. Can someone confirm this?
The line that needs to be removed is indeed in my unmodified checkout of the 1.11.2 tag. http://framework.zend.com/svn/framework/…
The patch did make it to trunk however.
'oper' stil is in the $_uaSignatures array. Based on the line numbers in the patch file, it should have been removed from $_uaBegin array. Maybe the patch is wrong?
Yes, the bug is fixed in 1.11.3, thank you :)
I spoke too soon, sorry. removing line 115 from Http/UserAgent/Mobile.php seems to solve the problems
This patch should fix the issue. Two months ago in revision 23660 Ramon added 'oper' string to $_uaSignatures to solve the issue ZF-10983.
If the string 'oper' is in $_uaSignatures, all Opera browsers including desktop will be recognized as mobile.
The 'opera mini' and 'opera mobi' already declared in $_uaSignatures are enought to match mobile user agents
@Teodera and @Adrian
This bug was inserted in the version 1.11.2 r23584 see ZF-10983 only was done merged by me. Later I will look to this issue.
Greetings Ramon
I confirm that revision 23660 re-introduced this bug. Applying both patches should fix the problem. Problem is not fixed in 1.11.3. To be clear: both 'oper' strings should be removed from {{$_uaSignatures}} and {{$_uaBegin}} otherwise desktop versions of Opera will be matched incorrectly.
This is not currently fixed in trunk.
Was reverted r23660 in trunk in the r23872.
Merged to branch release 1.11 r24043.


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We usually get raped in Dallas... it'll will be extremely hard to win that one, especially with lack of defense by Amare and Carmelo. Let's hope our second unit can make it done.
Mavs just lost to the Thunder. Both teams coming off a loss now. Tension builds.........da dum dum....
We usually get raped in Dallas... it'll will be extremely hard to win that one, especially with lack of defense by Amare and Carmelo. Let's hope our second unit can make it done.
yeah Shumpert needs to start, Fields is not a starter in this league and never will be. Shump is better defender and better scorer and most of all he plays with confidence, Fields looks scared out there especially against good teams.Id say to put Shumpert in the starting lineup over Fields now, the 2nd unit can look like this Baron at PG, JR at SG, Fields at SF, Jeffries at C or Harrelson and Novak at PF?
1st unit would be automatically better with scoring, and defense and 2nd unit will be good with defense and rebouding, Fields is a ok defender but a good rebounder, Jeffries is a great rebounder and defender, etc
Nowitzki's back to his old self following a slow start to 2012. He will be the number one threat. Question is, how do we approach marking him. I think Jeffries is probably the most sensical option here, as Nowitzki is relatively soft, therefore Jeffries would probably do a good job containing his drives, and Jeffries' perimeter D is good enough to allow him to do a decent job on the mid/long range shots. Just a thought. We tried Shumpert last time and that failed miserably. Any other suggestions?
One of the signature performances during Jeremy Lin�s rise came when he led the New York Knicks to a nationally-televised victory over the defending NBA champion Dallas Mavericks.
Lin is now enduring some woes heading into a rematch with the Mavericks on Tuesday - a night on which Tyson Chandler will receive a championship ring in his return to Dallas.
New York (18-19) had lost 17 of 19 meetings to Dallas (22-17) before Lin had 28 points, a career-high 14 assists and five steals in a 104-97 home win Feb. 19. He drew praise from point guard counterpart Jason Kidd afterward.
The Knicks sensation, though, has now hit a rough patch, missing 20 of 27 shots and totaling eight assists and 14 turnovers over consecutive road losses.
�I�d rather be going through these tough times right now than in the playoffs,� Lin said. �So just trying to learn as much as I can and hopefully we can make a push.�
Chandler can expect a warm reception from the Dallas fans after he helped the franchise win its first title in his lone season with the Mavericks by leading the club in rebounding and blocks.
�I�m just really looking forward to being back here,� said Chandler, whom the Mavericks dealt to New York in December. �You know, last year was incredible. I felt a lot of the emotions from the fans here, I know how much they respect my game and what I was able to bring last year.�
Chandler had 14 points and 10 rebounds in the first meeting with Dallas. He could have an easier time Tuesday if Mavs starting center Brendan Haywood does not play.
Haywood sprained his left ankle on the first possession of Monday�s 95-91 loss at Oklahoma City and did not return.
The Mavericks have dropped six of eight, beginning with their loss to the Knicks. They came to New York on a season-high six-game win streak before their up-close view of �Linsanity�.
Dallas played a fairly good game Monday before being outscored 8-0 over the final 2:45.
�We haven�t really been sharp on our execution at the end of ball games and that�s hurt us,� guard Jason Terry said. �Not a big concern because I know the type of team we are. We thrive in those situations.�
Dirk Nowitzki scored 27 points on the heels of his season-high 40-point effort in Saturday�s win over Utah. He and coach Rick Carlisle were not happy that the host Thunder shot 33 free throws compared to 10 attempts for Dallas.
�I don�t want to be accusatory to the officials,� Carlisle said. �I thought our guys were aggressive enough to have deserved a few more chances.�
The Knicks are also among the NBA�s best teams in getting to the line mainly because of Carmelo Anthony, who missed last month�s meeting while sidelined with a groin injury. Anthony became a Mavericks nemesis during the 2009 playoffs, when he averaged 30.0 points against them in a playoff series victory with Denver.
The All-Star forward has had mixed results in five games alongside Lin in the starting lineup, averaging 18.4 points - more than three below his season average - on 41.7 percent shooting.
�We definitely have the talent, it�s just about coming together at this point,� Chandler said.
Another nice thread bro.
I'm back after a few days off, and all I read on this board is negativity.
F U C K all that noise! Let's get out of D-Town with a W! Let's go boys!
Tyson getting his ring tonight at the AA Center.
I will witness it all from section 306, row K, seat 11.. center court upper level.
I am so hyped!!! Got my Lin shirt ready and counting down the less than 5 hours left to see us repeat the W against the desperate champs.
Great TITS. I just heard something that I find very interesting and true when I go back and think about it. Woman with smaller breasts are better lovers...
Considering what Lin did during their last match, I have to figure that Kidd and the rest of the team will be pretty motivated to stop him.
This week is absolutely brutal: 5 games in 7 nights, and all of them are losable games. Tonight might be the second easiest of the entire bunch (with the other being an away game at Bucks).
The next few games will really tell us how good the Knicks are.
I am still upset about the loss on Sunday. MDA gave the win away. Let's hope team will rebound tonight.
I forgot to say on the previous page, great game thread CRazy. I love your tits...no homo. Id like to suck those nipples like a newborn baby. I am more of a leg guy though, perhaps if u can find some legs for the next game thread preferably with a camel toe...but this is great though.
Time for redemption, this game probably wont completely heal me from the Celtics game but it will help some


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The Princeton women's volleyball team remained perfect in Ivy League play behind a 3-1 victory over Cornell. The Tigers won the first two sets, 25-14 and 27-25, before falling in the third set, 25-20. An early offensive rally carried Princeton (8-7, 5-0 Ivy) to a 25-14 set four victory.
Princeton jumped out quickly on Cornell in the first set, easily earning the victory (25-14), but the second set proved to be a different story.
The Tigers again set an early pace with a 5-1 lead, but the Big Red would not go down without a fight. After holding a 19-12 advantage, Cornell would respond by taking its first lead 25-24. A Kendall Peterkin kill evened the score and an error by the Big Red's Lucy Zheng would put Princeton at the match point. Lydia Rudnick would score the game-winning point off a kill.
Rudnick led the Tigers with 19 kills in the match, adding nine digs and a pair of blocks as well.
In the third set, Princeton again would take a quick advantage, 4-1, but Cornell would claw its way back and eventually take control of the set, 9-8. From that point forward, the Tigers were unable to find a momentum surge and the Big Red would win the third set 25-20.
As they had done all evening, Princeton would quickly seize the lead to open the fourth set. Behind a 6-0 rally, the Tigers carried that momentum to cruise to a 25-14 win.
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Are you a Roll-player or a Role-player?
What sort of game do you prefer, one that is rules heavy or one where the rules are light?
Personally I've been leaning towards more rules light games lately. For example a few months ago a game I was involved in (run by TickledBlue) started with no character sheets. We played for a couple of months only making the occasional dice roll and did not have any stats or skills etc noted down. It went quite well. Part of it being because everyone had come up with a character concept & background which allowed for having a basic idea of what we could & couldn't do.
All the RPGs I've played in the last couple of years it's been the setting/the background/the story and journey that I've enjoyed. The rules are just something to assist. If the rules get in the way of this then the rules go out the door.
The people who have run the games I've played have handled this quite well & not gotten bogged down in the rules.
|16th November 2007, 03:20 AM
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I've never played PnP RPG. What is the difference between the two? Is the roll-player like the one who players D&D, where there are a few rules but actions decided upon using dice, and the second like the one who plays a game like Advanced Squad Leader, where there may be some random factor involved but actions decided upon using several tables containing values?
|16th November 2007, 11:52 AM
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To me a Roll-player is someone where the rules/mechanics of the game are quite important to them, to some more important than the actual story you are trying to tell. A role-player is someone who is more interested in the story of the RPG & doesn't get bogged down in the rules.
For example, several years ago someone I used to RP with was always tweaking the rules of a game to get them more perfect, especially when it came to combat. He was forever trying to come up with & modify the combat rules to make them more realistic when it came to gun combat. Another example of a roll-player is what people call a Rules-Lawyer.
|22nd November 2007, 03:17 AM
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I'm definitely a role-player. I try to give all the characters that I play their own voice and personality, which makes the interaction with the other player's characters and non-player characters quite fun and interesting.
I used to DM a group for a couple of years, at one point we went on for about six months before one of the players noticed that I hadn't given their characters any experience since then. I love to play with people who are more interested in the story and the character development than improving the numbers on their character sheets!
Currently playing: Elite: Dangerous; Europa Universalis IV
|27th November 2007, 11:58 AM
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I like both styles of gaming.
when playing D&D i actually prefer the Roll playing side of things. Kill things and take their stuff! The system IMHO supports that style of play the best.
For my role playing fix ive been looking at a number of different systems; Burning Wheel, Dogs in the Vineyard, Spirit of the Century. They are not really rules lite by any definition of the term but I do think these systems empower the group to tell a story much better than other games such as D&D. Thats not to say you cant tell a good story with D&D.
|27th November 2007, 12:00 PM
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Roll Playing is a affectionate term for playing a game and focusing on the game aspect of the RPG. Role playing is focusing on the story based side of things. Well thats how I interpret it anyways.
|27th November 2007, 12:47 PM
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That's a pretty good short description Insmouth! TickledBlue has picked up Burning Wheel & Dogs in the Vineyard (amongst the 100's of RPGs he's purchased ) so I would not be surprised that eventually we'll get to play them
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