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The latest trend is stores and online retailers such as Amazon.com offering gift cards,
or trade-ins for your old electronics. Best Buy, for instance, will take back "gently used"
laptops, iPods, and mobile phones right at the store if you have a Best Buy receipt.
And at Best Buy online, you'll be able to trade in a wider variety of products, even older
items bought at other stores. You'll get a gift card in exchange.
RadioShack also buys old electronics in stores or online. And Target runs an electronics
trade-in program with the company NextWorth. Hot products such as iPhones and
iPads will get you the best prices. But other stuff sells, too.
The prices you'll get vary. For instance, a 16-gigabyte iPhone can get $125 at
Cellitused.com, $132 at Gazelle.com, and almost $250 at Glyde.com.
To get the most for your electronics, ShopSmart says, try to hang on to accessories
such as manuals, cases, and chargers. Even having the original boxes helps, too. And if
the retailer won't give you anything for your old stuff, you can usually still send it in and
the company will recycle it responsibly.
You can also consider making a donation of your old electronics to charities such as the
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INGREDIENTS:1 cup red wine 24 dried figs (about 9 oz.) 2 Tbsp. sugar 24 slices Prosciutto di Parma, thinly sliced (9 inch x 4 inch), about 12 oz. 3 oz. Gorgonzola, cut into 24 chunks 24 chives as desired, winter fruits such as oranges, pears, grapes DIRECTIONS:In a small saucepan, bring wine to a boil. Add figs; simmer, covered, until figs are tender, about 5 minutes. Remove figs and reserve. To the wine remaining in saucepan, add sugar; simmer until reduced to ¼ cup; reserve for later use. ...
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Notebooks represented three out of four computers shipped to the U.S. consumer market during the second quarter of 2009. The preliminary figures from IDC's worldwide quarterly PC tracker indicate that the consumer appetite for mobile computers remains unchallenged despite the economic malaise affecting general demand in the U.S. market.
Of the four major PC markets assessed in the preliminary results – consumer portables, consumer desktops, commercial portables and commercial desktops – only consumer portables managed positive growth while the others had moderate to severe contraction. What is even more indicative of unabated consumer attraction to mobile computing is that the consumer notebook growth is estimated at a solid 63% year-on-year. While the commercial desktop and notebook shipments fell by 25% as a result of substantially reduced IT budgets, and the consumer desktop market was down by 9%, the consumer notebook market expanded to a new record of more than 6.3 million units.
"With this type of performance, vendors will have to focus their attention on consumer segmentation and understanding user behavior so as to design products that meet the needs of specific demographics," says David Daoud, research manager in IDC's personal computing, PC tracker and green IT programs.
The preliminary data shows that the U.S. PC market, which includes desktops and laptops, contracted by just 1.4% compared to an earlier projection of -3.1%, and this result can be attributed entirely to the consumer notebook market.
Although the performance of the consumer laptop market defies the economic realities facing the average consumer, several factors are conspiring to keep that market in positive territory.
· First is the fact that notebooks are must-have products that combine entertainment, communications, and productivity features required by consumers. As such, even with economic stress, consumers will continue to invest in such tools to enhance their entertainment, educational, and professional environments.
· The second factor stimulating demand is pricing. Notebook prices continue to fall with high-performance units available at bargain prices, often below $600. An environment of eroding prices has been made possible by continued improvements in manufacturing capabilities, a reduction in component prices, and tight competition among vendors.
· The third factor that is helping the consumer notebook market maintain momentum is the emergence of the netbook form-factor. This is a product that is designed for maximum mobility at a fraction of the standard notebook price.
· Finally, the proliferation of activity in the consumer notebook market has led to the emergence of new channels, in particular the telecom carriers, who are now playing a critical role in the distribution of netbooks to their own customers in an effort to bundle new services or even as an incentive to sign up new customers.
With the desktop market severely cannibalized by laptops and relegated to niche markets, the U.S. mobile ratio, or the share of notebooks in total PC shipments, has reached the 58.9% mark in Q2 2009. Within the consumer market alone, that ratio is now 74.6%, up from 69% in the previous quarter and 62% in the year-ago quarter.


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Third baseman Ian Stewart would welcome the Cubs releasing him and it seems he's willing to do whatever it takes to make that happen.
Banished to Triple-A Iowa while making a guarenteed $2 million this season, Stewart, who is known for his late-night Twitter interactions with fans, tweeted critical comments late Monday night about the organization including manager Dale Sveum.
Because of his comments on Twitter, which Sveum called "unfortunate," the Cubs will suspended Stewart without pay for violating the loyalty clause in his contract which requires a standard of personal conduct that he did not adhere to. President of baseball operations Theo Epstein said he has to prove he can excel at the Triple-A level before they would even consider bringing him back up.
In order to keep what he was still owed on his $2 million contract, Stewart accepted the Cubs' decision when he was designated for assignment May 3 following the completion of his rehab assignment.
"He had the right to elect free agency and he decided not to so he decided to become a minor league player with us," Epstein said of Stewart.
Regarding Sveum, Stewart tweeted: "Funny thing is I completed my rehab assignment and [Sveum] didn't bring back. He liked ransom and Valbuena ....he don't like me for some reason."
Despite an opportunity to join another organization when the Cubs sent him to Triple-A Iowa, Stewart chose to remain with the organization.
"I meant they might as well release since I have no shot of a call up....let me sign elsewhere," Stewart tweeted.
Stewart returned to Twitter this afternoon to apologize for his comments citing frustrations that got the best of him.
"I know that he's pretty active late at night and I know he's frustrated so [his comments] didn't fully surprise me," Epstein said.
Stewart is hitting .168 with five home runs, 20 RBIs and 45 strikeouts in 40 games at Iowa. Sveum was disappointed to hear Stewart claim he didn't like the 28-year-old left-handed hitter, especially after Sveum had been all for the Cubs resigning him during the offseason. Stewart's agent Larry Reynolds issued a statement asking if the Cubs do not expect Stewart to be a part of their future plans, "I feel that it is in the best interests of both parties for the Cubs to release him and end this relationship."
Epstein said there have been conversations with Stewart to release him. However, that would likely involve Stewart giving up the rest of his guarenteed money which he has yet to show a willingness to do. Stewart said on Twitter the Cubs will "probably never" recall him from the minors this season.
After enchanging in a back-and-forth conversation with a Twitter follower, Stewart replied: "I said that because the cubs are done with me ... there [sic] going to let me Rott in AAA all season and then non tender me after."
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FLORENCE A graveside service with military honors for Charles G. Elnicki, 93, who died Jan. 18, 2013, was held Friday, May 3, 2013, in Evergreen Cemetery in Pittsford.
The Rev. Pat Jackman, pastor of the Pittsford Congregational Church, officiated.
Military honors were provided by Brandon American Legion Post 55. Color Guard members were John Mallary, Paul Scott, and Aaron Tucker. Burt Reynolds sounded Taps. Rifle squad members were Bob Gearwar, George Gearwar, Dave Walker and John Welch.
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1806: During his expedition to explore and document the southern portion of the Louisiana Purchase, Lt. Zebulon Pike spies a distant mountain peak while near the Colorado foothills of the Rocky Mountains that he calls "Grand Peak." Pike tried to climb the peak, hoping to get a view of the surrounding area to record on maps, but the party was ill equipped to scale the 14,000-foot summit in the snow. The mountain would later be named Pikes Peak in his honor.


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Colorado Gold
I lay warm and toasty buried deep in my sleeping bag, listening to the early morning bugling of an elk and thinking of my trip to date: five days fishing the Rio Grande and hanging out at the family cabin with my Mom, followed by a day hiding from the rain in an old mountain cabin and finally a Colorado grand slam on what I thought of at the time as the prettiest stream in Colorado. Life was good and I had hoped it would get even better.
As I climbed out of the tent after the luxury of rolling back over for an hour or so of extra sleep, my eyes were dazzled by the heavy frost shining like diamonds where it caught the now solid morning sunlight. Once again I thought it couldnt get any better and it had.
I snapped a few more early morning pictures as I boiled water for oatmeal and enjoyed the warmth of the day creeping into my bones.
After that I spent a little while sitting by a small morning fire thinking about the most delicious and provocative decision a fly fisherman can think about where to fish and with multiple streams to choose from in just a few short minutes drive. I had been doing great in the fish catching department and I remember thinking that whatever stream I choose the scenery will be wonderful and I can surely catch fish. Well one out of two will get you into the major leagues wont it. I made my decision and grabbed my rod and began a long hike to the stream I wanted to fish. From the very beginning of the hike I was right about the scenery, I dont really believe either words or pictures can do justice to the beauty of that hike. When a fifty year old fat man like me can hike several miles on a mountain slope and not stop to feel winded, tired or even out of breath you know that the scenery has got to be beyond simply beautiful it has to be bordering on supernatural. And I will let the pictures try to describe what I simply am not capable of bringing to life with mere words.
By the time I heard the sound of the water I was practically euphoric with the beauty that surrounded me, but by the time I had seen this gorgeous water up close my mind shifted gears to all of the fish my talented fishing self was going to catch. And with water like this who wouldnt be thinking about lots and lots of fish.
The short stroll to the riverbank stirred up 11 grasshoppers as I clumped through the willows and grass. I tied on a big yellow stimulator and a little soft hackle dropper thinking the whole time of all the fish I was gonna slay. As I took my first steps in to the crystal clear water and felt that first sharp bite of cold seep through my waders I felt myself laugh deep in my soul about what a wonderful catching day this was going to be. The first couple holes were absolutely beautiful and my casts were a thing of beauty and dropping almost exactly where I wanted them to. My big yellow stimulator was riding high on the current and I was unbeatable... and very, very happy. A couple hours later after fishing some of the fishiest looking water I have seen in a long time
I realized that I had drawn only one half hearted strike and missed him wildly. Obviously I did what all self respecting fly fishermen would do I changed flies and kept casting. Then when I had worked through several more wonderful holes without any slashing strikes or even soft bumps or at a minimum even a rolled refusal I changed flies again and kept casting still no luck so what do you think I did, of course changed flies yet again and kept casting. Soon enough I realized that I had covered many miles of gorgeous wonderful water and had seen two fish one I had missed altogether on the strike and the other I had foul hooked on the dropper, had him on for a head thrashing heart pounding second only to lose him too. (and no I didnt actually admit to foul hooking a fish we fly fishermen never do that at least not that we would admit to anyone else).
I rounded the corner and found myself with another long stretch of gorgeous water and I told myself that this would be the stretch and if I couldnt find fish in this water well then I must not be a very good fisherman and I am sure you can see why.
Yet I found myself still fishless a couple hours later and several river miles further upstream… … but definitely still fishless. Mother Nature especially in the fly fishing arena has a unique way of keeping your ego in check and about the time you start thinking you are a pretty dang good fisherman she will laugh and show you that you still have a lot to learn … …I truly think that is part of what keeps us coming back. But the strange thing was I that I felt as happy as I could be, the rhythm of the fly line rolling out in graceful curves and the warmth of the autumn afternoon and the dazzling scenery all around me was more than enough to make my heart rejoice and while the lack of fish was intellectually puzzling to me, it really didn't diminish my enjoyment of the days fishing. Don't get me wrong I would have loved to catch fish … … but if you asked me if I would hike 4 or 5 miles back into this same stream again knowing that the fish were "difficult" … … I would go in heart beat. But unfortunately "go" is what I had to do as I had many miles to walk back down stream to get back to my camp. I made myself and those hiding shy trout a promise that someday soon I would make a trek back in here and introduce myself to those fish the proper way … barbless hook to mouth … but until then I had enjoyed my fishless day immensely and silently laughed at the old saying about "that is why they call it fishing and not catching".
The scenery on the way out was as gorgeous as on the way in and I didn't believe that could happen but it did.
And I am betting that the scenery represented in those pictures would almost guarantee that very few of you readers out there would turn down a chance to fish that very same stream … … even if you didn't catch a fish.
I finally got back close to the camp site and began to wade across the Rio Grande, not like the big river down at the cabin but a smaller thinner "high country" version of itself … … yes like I was a smaller thinner version of myself 30 years ago but you didn't have to mention that did you. As I was splashing across the river muttering to myself about my lack of fishing skills I noticed a shadow lurking near the cutbank on the opposite side. I thought to myself man that is a pretty colored rock and isn't it amazing how it keeps changing from black to that golden color in the sunlight, then it hit me… … you dumbass, that is a nice brown over there feeding on bottom. I idly wondered if I could catch it when I thought to myself … …your carrying a fly rod and at least a couple hundred flies… … duh, do ya think this might be a chance to redeem your fishing self??
Soon enough I had pretty cherry brown bugger tied tight and was wading silently into a casting position stripping line and false casting. My first cast was on the money but the fish refused and I tried a couple more with the same results. I was getting near the fish but not really getting into his feeding lane. So I took a time out and stopped and thought about my approach and how to catch this fish, something I don't do nearly enough on a trout stream … strangely enough because I am too busy "fishing". Anyway I realized that due to a current eddy I would actually have to move downstream and behind the fish and let the bugger tumble down stream like a drifting dry until I got in his line of site and could give a quick strip or two. So that was what I did. And believe it our not planning your approach and presentation can be pretty dang effective. Man, I love it when a plan comes together. The brown took the bugger with such a surge that he actually crested out of the water and lit out like a freight train headed down hill. Fortunately for me I had grabbed the Phillipson 7 ½ ft 5 wt this morning which had enough back bone to turn him slightly and keep him out of those low water gravel sections where my 6xtippet would get shattered like my fishless ego had been only moments ago. It worked and he turned back and sounded in a little deep pool and just hung there thrashing like a wildman but staying put. Eventually I was able to tire him out a little and glide him into the shallows where I talked him into posing with my Phillipson for a little picture memento before watching him swim off back to his cut bank. My fishing honor was restored and the skunk scent that had haunted me all day drifted away on the cool late afternoon mountain breeze.
I returned to camp a happy and contented man. I spent the last of the days light taking a few pictures while I strolled around my mountain paradise… … and yes you are right there was bourbon and a cigar involved, but even so I think the pictures turned out pretty good for once.
I cooked a quick dinner and spent the rest of the night sitting by the fire and listening to music while waiting on the full moon to rise from behind the mountain and light my night sky like a negative shadowed full daylight. I was listening to Jerry Jeff Walker and then his son Django Walker and thinking about their different musical styles yet I was struck by their hauntingly similar voices. And I spent some time listening to James McMurtry and the Lights of Cheyenne which deals with a relationship between a dad and his kids and thought about how different his story telling style was from the author, his dad Larry, yet once again they could both touch me with the words that they wrote. That struck a cord with me as I thought about Fathers and Sons, the relationship they have of always wanting to be different but yet in the end always being eerily similar in the core ways that count. I though of my grandfather and my father, my father and myself and even myself and my own two boys, as young men we fight so hard to set off on our own and carve our own personality into the world yet in the end we find that we have drifted right back into the shadows of the man our father was deep down in our soul we want to mirror the good things we found in our own fathers soul. I pray that I have passed something of importance to my kids and that they found things in me that are worth them carrying forward into their own lives and into their own souls. I guess only time will tell now.
I woke to find another incredibly gorgeous crystal clear day, a mirror image of the day before. And of course I decided to go fishing. I headed out of my little valley and found another small stream that I had always wanted to fish making this the second day in a row I had fished streams I had never fished which is in my opinion another of lifes great luxuries to have plenty of water that you havent explored yet. That thought always reminds me of Hank Jrs song about women and things he has never had. Anyway this narrative is getting long so for this day lets just suffice to say scenery was found and admired, fish were located and caught, another small stream was added to my personal must do again list, bourbon was drank and cigars were smoked. And here is a small quick picture sample for your viewing pleasure.
And I know that some of you out there are saying to yourself will this ever end doesnt all this fishing and scenery ever get old well no actually it never does thank God.
But unfortunately all good things must eventually come to a close and soon enough I found myself lying in my tent contemplating my last full day of fishing in the mountains before I had to drive to the airport for the next days trip home. I felt a sinking sensation realizing my trip was coming to its conclusion but my spirits swiftly rebounded as I realized that the trip home was tomorrow and for today I had a full days fishing and yet another unexplored stream calling my name. I had wanted to try this stream for many years and I was hoping I had saved the best for last. I climbed in my big *** Ford F 150 and began the drive up the single track four wheel drive road that led to the creek. The road just kept getting smaller and smaller and rougher and rougher and even higher and higher. My spirits sank and I truly began to worry about getting stuck. I probably would have turned around and abandoned my search for the stream but I couldnt find a place to turn this giant vehicle around if my life depended on it. So I just kept pushing on listening to that odd scrapping screeching noise like fingernails on a blackboard as branches dug their hooks into the paint of the truck trying not to think about what the rental car company was going to charge me for all of this damage. (it is amazing what a little rubbing compound used properly on an automobile paint job can do even 15 minutes before you turn a rental car in). I knew I was in trouble when I ran into a group of 10 ATV riders who said they had abandoned their planned ride to the same area due to beaver ponds and rough terrain but since I am stubborn and physically unable to turn a truck around in tight spaces I just kept plowing ahead. And I am so thankful I did. Eventually I reached an open park and crossed a mountain stream that I was positive was the one I was looking for alright I wasnt positive at all but I had come all of this way and I was gonna fish no matter what even if I had to fish in a drainage ditch. So I rigged my rod and started off up the trail. I hit this first hole of water and thought I was probably going to be okay.
And literally on my first cast this one came out to play I knew I was going to be okay.
And literally on my second cast his friend came out to play I didnt care if I had to buy a whole new truck I knew I was in the right place
The water was phenomenally beautiful both from a scenery standpoint and a fishyness quotient.
But the Rio Grande Cutts were so willing and so pretty that they upstaged even the scenery which is pretty dang hard to do.
But the scenery didnt suck either
By the time I staggered back to the truck tired but happy to the deepest depths of my being I was a man in love. I had been seduced by beauty (scenery), spirit (the free flowing crystal clear cold water) and soul (the dancing lively jewels of the Rio Grand Cut Throats). This had been a stream exploration like none other that I have ever experienced I usually fall in love slowly over time but this stream was true love at first sight. And I am betting that no one out there could resist her charms.
Not even the bumpy, rough, scraping ride home could shake from me the total feeling of peace and contentment that filled my heart. By the time I got back to camp sunset was starting to spread her magic across this already wonderful landscape turning beauty into divine.
It is always amazing to me how one simple vista can look so different. One set of unusual rocks from three different angles at three different light patterns all within about an hour and three remarkable different views of the same thing. Much like each of our own viewpoints and perspectives, truly different even when faced with the same realities, I guess.
The light continued to fade and I captured a last few pictures to try and hold me over for the long drought ahead for my soul until I could visit this visual oasis of the Colorado high country again.
As the sun finally disappeared behind the mountain, the cold night air finally drove me back to my fire pit where the flames warmed me, much like my trip which had finally disappeared from site and was now just a burning memory to keep me warm until my next visit to these wonderful mountains which my heart and soul call home.
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Thanks. I am enjoying these postings and trying to figure out how get out there.
Very nice reports! I've fished all over and Colorado is my favorite!
Southern Colorado is amazing, with so much water and so very few people. I've never fished the headwaters of the Rio Grande proper, but the headwaters of the Conejos, Rio de los Pinos, and the Alamosa are very nice. I've caught Rio Grande cutts in four differents streams between the three watersheds - including one stream that produces consistant 16" Rio Grande cutts.
Again, beautiful photos!!
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VERY impressive report...thanks!
Great Pictures! What camera were you using if I may ask?
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Beautiful scenery and fishing! Nothing like it! I noticed you left some drinks on the picnic table. No bears around there, I take it.
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Do you know Jose? Does Jose know what show he's on?
The highlight of a disappointing shortened series against the Braves may have been this "Get to know" clip of Jose Reyes. I'm not sure Fox needed to ask the scintillating question "What's your favorite cartoon character," but there are some truly fun moments here, including Jose singing his beloved reggaeton (he is a professional after all), Jose dancing to Soldier Boy, and the best of all, Jose thinking he's on ESPN when in fact he's on Fox. Love it.
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That's hilarious! ESPN. No, Fox! Of course!
By the way, I've been reading your blog since last year and I think you should have one of the "MLB Pro Blogs." Published authors deserve it as much as, say, Alyssa Milano and more than that dog that ran for President of Red Sox Nation.
Nevertheless, thanks for the good writing, and good luck to your team this season!
I loved this!! I must have rewound it five times yesterday to watch it again… I had saved it on my DVR, but now that I know I can come here to see it again, I'll erase it🙂
I heart him.
Oh wow, how did I miss this on Saturday?! Thanks for posting it! José is way too funny! And he had his first television station relapse LOL! Hey, you can't really blame him, can you? I mean he's been busy with the game and stuff ha ha.
That is hilarious!!! Jose cracks me up…I love the commercials for the 2008 baseball game!


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This list has been compiled by Volunteers serving in the Philippines and is based on their experience. Use it as an informal guide in making your own list, bearing in mind that experience is individual. There is no perfect list! You obviously cannot bring everything on the list, so consider those items that make the most sense to you personally and professionally. You can always have things sent to you later. As you decide what to bring, keep in mind that you have an 80-pound weight limit on baggage. And remember, you can get almost everything you need in the Philippines.
General Clothing
For Women
- Two or three blouses and cotton skirts (at least knee length) and two or three dresses (at least knee length) for work, meetings with officials, social events, and formal Peace Corps functions (bring enough for at least three days a week of formal practicums, especially in education; also, bring a light shawl/scarf/sweater to wear over any sleeveless tops)
- Two or three pairs of lightweight pants and two or three pairs of walking shorts (which extend to mid-thigh) for wearing around the house, working outdoors, and travel
- Several nice T-shirts, including plain white ones to be printed with Peace Corps designs
- Lightweight sweatpants and sweatshirt (for the occasional cool, rainy nights)
- One lightweight jacket or sweater
- Eight pairs of cotton underpants
- Five to eight bras, which Volunteers must wear (larger sizes are hard to find locally)
- Two cotton half slips
- Two or three pairs of socks
- Modest one-piece bathing suit (though when swimming at site, girls are generally required to wear shorts and a t-shirt)
- Bandannas or scarves for protection from dust, pollution, and heat
- Hat for sun protection
For Men
- Two or three pairs of cotton slacks (khakis are ideal), five to eight short-sleeved cotton shirts with collars, two cotton dress shirts, and one necktie for work, meetings with officials, parties, and formal Peace Corps functions
- Two or three pairs of lightweight pants and four or five pairs of walking shorts (which extend to mid-thigh) for wearing around the house, working outdoors, and travel
- Five to eight casual but neat T-shirts
- Eight to 10 pairs of cotton briefs or boxers
- One or two undershirts
- Cotton socks
- Swim trunks
- Bandannas or handkerchiefs for protection from dust, pollution, and heat
- Hat for sun protection
- For women, one pair of comfortable, versatile flats or low-heeled shoes that can be worn with pants or dresses (education volunteers are required to wear dress shoes at least three days a week during training, and every day when at site - bring several pairs since women's sizes over 7 are difficult to find)
- For men, comfortable, casual dress shoes
- One pair of durable shoes for fieldwork
- One pair of comfortable athletic shoes
- One pair of sturdy sandals (e.g., Tevas) (Check the volunteer discount page on this wiki, as both Teva and Keen provide discounts to PCVs)
- Flip flops (these are standard to wear around the house)
Personal Hygiene and Toiletry Items
- Supply of fine dental floss (also available in your Peace Corps medical kit)
- Toothpaste (if you want a brand other than Colgate)
- Tampons for women (hard to find locally)
- Special soaps
- Shaving kit
- Toiletry bag
- Deodorant
Note that Volunteers receive a modest settling-in allowance at the end of the pre-service training to purchase household items.
- Swiss Army knife (a necessity)
- Good basic cookbook (ovens are extremely rare, so particularly bring recipes which can be cooked on a stove-top)
- Plastic storage bags of different sizes
- Sugar substitute (if you avoid sugar)
- A computer (Peace Corps will tell you this is optional, but they will also give you most of your technical materials on a USB, so make sure to bring some variety of laptop/tablet/etc. which can read USB flash drives. Also, a lot of the technical work is a lot easier with a computer, such that the few in our batch who didn't bring one quickly decided to buy one here.)
- Battery- or solar-powered calculator (if you need one for your work)
- Music
- Recreational equipment such as a Frisbee, baseball glove, or mask and snorkel
- Two flat sheets (not fitted) and two pillowcases
- Sewing kit (but needles and thread are available locally)
- Three lightweight towels—two bath size and one for traveling
- Your favorite technical books (there are also a lot of technical books in-country)
- Small tape recorder/player for recording language lessons
- Camera with silica gel and airtight container to protect film and equipment from the heat and humidity; most standard black-and-white, color, and slide films are available in larger cities, but the quality of processing varies markedly (you can buy mailers to send your film to the United States, Japan, or Australia for processing) (Or cities will have places that can print digital photos)
- Durable, waterproof backpack for overnight trips, and/or a duffel bag for short trips
- Photos of your family, pets, home, etc. to share with Filipino co-workers and friends
- Duct tape (useful for fixing almost anything and hard to find locally)
- Money belt
- Sleeping bag, especially if you are assigned to the mountains up north
- Waterproof flashlight
- Gifts from another place (known as pasalubong) for host families, such as Uno and other American games, U.S. maps, coloring books, key chains, magnets, pens, chocolate bars, and hard candies (Filipinos love them!) (Be aware you'll need both gifts for two host families for both welcome and good-bye, though you'll also have opportunities to buy chocolate, etc. in-country.)


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The North Central College men's cross country squad heads to Terre Haute, Ind., Saturday, Nov. 17, for the NCAA Division III National Championship, after winning the NCAA DIII Midwest Regional Championship for the fifth consecutive season last weekend. The men's race at nationals is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. Nov. 17.
The third-ranked Cardinals cruised past the 39-team field at the regional meet, amassing 58 total team points, claiming the 25th regional title in program history and downing runner-up, sixth-ranked University of Wisconsin-La Crosse by a 56-point margin. Ninth-ranked Washington University finished third with 135 points, followed by fellow CCIW foe, 13th-ranked Wheaton College (140).
Seniors Yonatan Mascote (photo, left) and Dan Kerley (photo, right, in front) finished second and third, respectively, at regionals. Read more.
The women's cross country team finished the season with a 15th-place finish at the Midwest Regional Championship. The Cardinals totaled 426 points, while 11th-ranked University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire topped the 40-team field, claiming the team championship with 67 team points. Read more.


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One of our running themes here at Cracked is "Man, space is just weird as hell." It's easy to forget that, after mankind went to the moon and found out it was just a boring, dusty ghost town. Space is full of mysteries, and you don't have to go far to find them.
5Saturn Has a Hexagon-Shaped Storm
Most storms are easily recognizable from space. The giant hurricanes on Jupiter and Neptune make circular formations, just like the storms on Earth. Saturn, on the other hand, likes to do things differently. As in "impossible to the point of being ridiculous" differently.
What is that, what is that?!
That there, friends, is a close-up image taken of a perfectly ordinary day on Saturn's north pole. You may notice a couple of things that would make it a bad place to spend your holiday. One, the whole pole appears to be perma-covered in a giant, demonic-looking storm; and two, said storm is a perfect hexagon.
It's not exactly small, either -- each wall of the hexagon is around 8,600 miles long, wider than the Earth's diameter.
Above: Saturn rocking a nipple piercing.
The walls of the hexagon are the most vigorous part of the giant storm called the eyewall, and the area in the middle is the eye of the storm. This is, incidentally, the only time an eyewall formation has ever been found outside of Earth, and it's definitely the only time an eyewall cloud has been seen shaped like a goddamn hexagon.
"You know of what I speak, Gandalf: a great eye, lidless, wreathed in flame."
The entire formation remained a complete mystery until a crack team of elite scientists found they could replicate the pattern with a cunning test -- by filling a bucket with water and spinning it around. When the water was spinning fast enough, they were able to produce similar geometric shapes to those of the Saturn mystery storm. However, a few questions remain.
For one, the hexagon on Saturn never shifts from its longitude, unlike any storm ever seen. And weirder than that, the storm structure also rotates every 10 hours ... which is suspiciously in sync with the planet's natural radio emissions.
Since those tend to be linked to the rotation period of a planet's interior, the hexagonal formation might be somehow linked to Saturn's core.
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"Well, then it has to be ... no, I have no idea either."
Well, that, or it's an alien craft feeding off Saturn, perching on top of the planet like a giant spider and ready to pounce at us like the fly that we are.
4 Saturn Has a Moon Shaped Like a Freaking Walnut
Seriously, look at it. That's Iapetus, the third largest of Saturn's 62 known moons, and it has a perfect little ring exactly in the center, making it look like you could pry it apart and find a prize inside:
Or that God is too lazy to trim the flash off of his new models.
That band is a mountain range, one that's ridiculously massive and runs almost all the way around the moon. Oh, and it also runs perfectly straight along the equator, making the whole moon look like a cosmic scale prototype for a walnut.
Iapetus has a diameter of 914 miles, so it's about 10 times smaller than Earth. Yet somehow, that little speck of debris has managed to raise one of the most colossal mountain ranges in the solar system. Its average height is around 8 miles, but in some areas, the formation rises as high as 12.4 miles above surface level, making the ridge over twice as tall as Mount Everest. And no, of course we have no clear idea how the damn thing formed.
"No, no, you called the right guy, I just ... PFguh."
Here's what we do know:
Many impact craters can be seen on the ridge, so we know that it must be ancient.
Aaaand -- that's pretty much it.
Science: Because learning new things shouldn't always make you feel smarter.
One hypothesis is that because the ridge is very old, it must have been formed when Iapetus was spinning much faster, and the mountains were pulled up from the force of the rotation. However, that doesn't explain why the ridge is not an even circle of lifted landscape, but rather a neckband of spiky mountaintops. What's more, the ridge is not even present on some areas of the equator. They're like weird, jagged boobs on the waist of the planet.
Other theories suggest that the moon might have had a Saturn-like ice ring around it that crashed down in a perfect circular formation, thus hammering the ridge into existence. And if that's not convoluted enough, there's the one that says Iapetus might have been impacted by another celestial body, which knocked out a little piece of it. This piece then started to orbit Iapetus as a little moon of its own. Then it succumbed to gravitational force and broke into hundreds of tiny moonlets ... which then did the "forming a ring and raining down" thing the last theory mentioned.
"I mean ... maybe?"
But that's all just the kind of guesswork that is to be expected when you're talking about the sort of phenomenon that scientists straight up refer to as "the weirdest thing in our solar system."


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Published: November 07, 2013
Picture the American Midwest, and automobiles and sweeping cornfields probably come to mind. But like many other regions of the US, the country's breadbasket is branching out into other industries, specifically high-growth sectors, including technology and defense. The Midwest is also going global with highly profitable services sought the world over, such as specialized healthcare. Which begs the question, is there a link between international expansion and corporate prosperity?
To answer that question, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) studied levels of internationalization in a sample of companies across the Midwest between 2007 and 2012, as part of a national HSBC-sponsored study. For actionable insights, the EIU also spoke to trade experts and globalizing companies.
Published: August 12, 2013
The fourth report published by HSBC, conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit analyzes the impact of international trade on publicly traded companies from Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
The average profit margin at highly international Southeastern companies enjoyed a general upward trend from the difficult years of the recession to finish at five percent in 2012. In contrast, companies with low levels of internationalization showed huge swings in profitability -- plunging into the red in 2008 and 2009 before rebounding in 2010 and climbing to two percent in 2012.
Published: July 23, 2013
In its third edition, HSBC Spotlight on US Trade report analyzes the impact of internationalism and performance on companies in the Northeast region. States included in the Northeast report are Delaware, Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont.
In conjunction with The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) research shows a correlation between highly international companies and higher profit margins. Particularly, internationalism in the Northeast region this results in:
Published: July 11, 2013
Companies that go global do so for new markets, production methods and to capitalize on costs that are lower than those at home. Against a backdrop of fierce domestic competition, arriving before one's peers in a new market can help solidify a company's leadership position.
Texas is a trailblazer in this area, drawing on a deep well of experience as a leading oil and gas exporter to sell a variety of goods and services abroad. Throw in the state's proximity to Mexico and large Latino population, and it's no surprise that for 11 years running, Texas has ranked as America's single-biggest exporting state, with $265bn in goods moving outside its borders, according to the state government.
Published: January 28, 2013
Spotlight on U.S. Trade, sponsored by HSBC and the World Trade Center Buffalo Niagara, is a series of reports and analysis of publicly traded companies in key regions throughout the U.S. The inaugural report is focused on the top 30 publicly-held, non-banking businesses headquartered in Upstate New York, in the region that includes the greater metropolitan areas of Rochester, Syracuse, Buffalo-Niagara Falls, and the Capital District (Albany-Schenectady-Troy).
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Today, months into supporting my mum with her part time cleaning job by cooking dinner for my large family after university, I found out that she doesn't actually have a job, she just leaves the house for a few hours because she doesn't want to cook dinner. FML
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I know they did. I promise I know they did. We're absolutely on the same side here. The whole thing makes my blood boil too.
I wrote letters to my MP demanding how the RFU could dare to try and victimise Adie Spencer for playing rugby union in the Varsity match simply because he had played rugby league (as an amateur) for London? I did the same when Steve Pilgrim was banned from rugby union for having been "outed" as a Leeds rugby league triallist. My MP, Sir Patrick Mayhew - who some might remember as a Tory of the old school - wrote back and agreed with every one of my objections and added that his son was playing rugby league abroad while serving in the Armed Forces!
We agree it was disgraceful but.... still nobody can tell me how rugby league and its representatives allowed another sport - for nearly 100 years! - to decree that a teacher coaching young schoolchildren to play rugby league (and only rugby league) was deemed to have "professionalized" themselves. The whole concept is so bizarre and perverse and manifestly unfair and meaningless...
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In the mid 80′s, my best friend in junior high Dan always tried to get me into a young band at the time called Overkill. The glam loving fool I was, would not have any of it. Fastforward to 1991, and Overkill released their seminal great "Horrorscope", and man was I converted. That record reeked of awesomeness. Totally heavy with grooves so deep even Tony Iommi would take notice. The gem on the whole record is the title track "Horrorscope". The song is basically a slow, grinding, sinister number that still holds up twenty years later.
The secret to this band is the unique, raspy, and oh-so heavy stylings of Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth. The man is one of the best thrash vocalists to ever come out of the 80′s thrash scene. Too bad Bobby has never gotten the recognition he deserves in the metal world. Anyway, check out the track below and tell me different.


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Andrei Guruianu, assistant professor of English, released his memoir "Metal and Plum" by Mayapple Press in November 2010. It's available at Amazon and www.mayapplepress.com. His book conveys the impact of immigration on his family, contrasting the hardships of Ceausescu's Romania with the challenges of adaptation to the United States and how painful it is to go home and find the place you knew is no longer there.
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Plan to help dropouts is worth considering
More than a million Ohio adults never graduated from high school. Every year, about 24,000 teenagers join them by dropping out of school.
Lack of a high school diploma puts a very low ceiling on a person's prospects for success. That ceiling drops even lower every year, as specialized skills become critical to gaining better jobs.
Obviously, the best way of ensuring young people graduate from high school is to be certain they do not drop out. But once they have, they should not be abandoned. Doing that is a disservice to them – and to taxpayers, who frequently must foot bills for government benefits required by those whose lack of education limits their job prospects.
State legislators are considering a plan by Gov. John Kasich to help dropouts. He has proposed a pilot program, including $2.5 million in start-up money, that would kill two birds with one stone.
Kasich's proposal is that community colleges and technical schools provide both vocational training and, for those who never graduated from high school, basic education leading toward diplomas.
That is a promising strategy. Most community colleges and technical schools already have programs in place to help students who lack basic, high-school level skills. Kasich's idea would, in a way, merely institutionalize what already is being done.
Under Kasich's proposal, the program would be open to Ohioans older than 22 years of age. That is the current limit for obtaining a conventional high school diploma.
At the same time the governor and lawmakers are considering this new approach, they should not give up on public schools. State school Superintendent Richard Ross told some members of the state House of Representatives recently the Kasich plan means that, "instead of going back to a high school, a place that has already failed them, an adult can move on to community or technical college to get a high-school diploma."
Ross' comment is true only to an extent. Indeed, some dropouts have not been served well by the public school system. But many school districts have their own programs, such as those involving GED diplomas, to help adults. Those initiatives need to be supported, too.
That said, Kasich's idea is a good one. Legislators should approve it.


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Lt. Gov. Lemanu Peleti Sialega Mauga has ordered that the use of personal e-mail addresses to conduct government business is no longer allowed and for all personnel to contact the Governor's Office to obtain the appropriate addresses.
In his Jan. 23 memo to heads and deputy directors of ASG departments and agencies, Lemanu said it "has been brought to my attention that ASG employees are conducting government businesses using their personal e-mail address. This practice must cease immediately."
Effective, on the date of the memo, Lemanu said all electronic correspondence involved in the conduct of ASG business will be via government issued email addresses.
Furthermore, all directors and heads of offices and agencies as well as deputy directors must be online with an ASG issued email account by no later than the close of business Jan. 30 this year, he said.
If personal email accounts have been used to correspond ASG businesses, Lemanu recommends that the recipients of those emails be informed of the newly issued ASG email address "and to stop any further use of your personal account" when dealing with government business, the memo states.
According to the memo, the point of contact for this action is Andrew Berquist at the Governor's Office. No other details were available yesterday from the governor's office about the new ASG e-mail address account(s) to be used or what post Berquist holds.
During the previous administration, e-mail addresses were handled by the IT Office. Samoa News understands the office remains under the governor's office and is headed by Brian Thompson.


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October 31, 2011
Achievement Gap Narrows at Elementary Schools
Nine schools make it off status even as benchmarks increase
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois State Board of Education announced that 2011 state standardized test results released today show the achievement gap is narrowing at the elementary school level, particularly due to gains among African American, special education, and low income students. Additionally, nine Illinois schools made it off improvement status under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 by making Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for two consecutive years even as the state's proficiency benchmarks increased by 7.5 percent each year.
"It's encouraging to see the achievement gap narrow among elementary school students,'' said State Superintendent of Education Christopher A. Koch. "Our students have shown steady, incremental improvement and we know that represents solid progress. It's especially remarkable to see schools flagged for improvement make the dramatic changes necessary to get off status."
State trend data show some closure of the achievement gap at the elementary level. Meanwhile, Illinois' public school minority population grew from 36.7 percent of students in 1997 to 48.6 percent in 2011 and the state's low-income student population increased from 35.7 percent in 1997 to 48.1 percent of students in 2011.
Over time, the achievement gap between White and Black students has narrowed by 11.4 percent in math and 7.9 percent in reading. Since 2006, Black students have made substantial gains, with a 14.3 percent increase in Black students meeting and exceeding proficiency in ISAT math and a 13.0 percent increase in ISAT reading. Percent of Hispanic students meeting and exceeding proficiency also increased, by 4.7 percent in ISAT math and 5.2 percent in ISAT reading.
Likewise, the achievement gap between special education students with an Individualized Education Program (IEPs) and students without IEPs narrowed. Percent of students with an IEP meeting and exceeding proficiency has increased by 7.6 percent in ISAT math and 7.0 percent in ISAT reading since 2006.
In addition, the achievement gap between low income and non-low income students narrowed by 7 percent in math and 4 percent in reading. Percent of low income students meeting and exceeding proficiency has increased by 10.8 percent in ISAT math and 10.4 percent in ISAT reading since 2006.
Graphs reflecting these gains can be found at this web page: http://www.isbe.net/assessment/pdfs/report_card/rpt_card_ayp_findings10-11.pdf
The results were announced as part of the State Board's statewide analysis of the 2011 State Report Card and as the state develops a comprehensive application for a waiver to the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 offered through the Obama administration and the U.S. Department of Education. ISBE plans to submit its waiver application by the February deadline.
In addition, analysis of the statewide data for 2011 shows that nine schools have been removed from improvement status by meeting standards for NCLB, or AYP, for two consecutive years even as the benchmarks rose by 7.5 percent each year. They are:
- Mount Greenwood Elementary School, City of Chicago School District 299
- Glacier Ridge Elementary School, Crystal Lake CCSD 47
- Frederick School, Grayslake CCSD 46
- Pepper Ridge Elementary School, McLean County USD 5
- Oakwood Grade School, Oakwood CUSD 76
- Virginia Lake Elementary School, Palatine CCSD 15
- Peoria Heights Grade School, Peoria Heights CUSD 325
- Calvin Coolidge Middle School, Peoria SD 150
- Oak Prairie Jr. High School, Will County SD 92
Across the state, eight high schools and one high school district, Adlai E Stevenson High School District 125, made AYP this year based on PSAE scores. (Two more high schools made AYP based on other indicators but not PSAE scores.) The eight high schools are:
- Glenbrook North High School, Northfield Twp HSD 225
- Lane Technical High School, City of Chicago SD 299
- Jones College Prep High School, City of Chicago SD 299
- Young Magnet High School, City of Chicago SD 299
- Northside College Preparatory High School, City of Chicago SD 299
- Payton College Preparatory High School, City of Chicago SD 299
- Adlai E Stevenson High School, Adlai E Stevenson HSD 125
- Dunlap High School, Dunlap Community Unit School District 323
ISBE has produced the School Report Card since 1986 for every public school and district in Illinois. State report cards have been produced since 2002 and are required under No Child Left Behind. District report cards can be found on the ISBE website at www.isbe.net and http://iirc.niu.edu/
Information about statewide composite scores and AYP information released earlier this month can be found on the ISBE home page at http://www.isbe.net/news/2011/oct20.htm.


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Stock Trading Should Enjoy Same Protections as Credit Cards
Written by: Dana Blankenhorn
Tickers in this article: KCG V AXP MA
Any company whose computer systems are part of the equity order flow, not just those engaged in high frequency trading, as CFTCLaw puts it , should be subject to regulation of this sort, private regulation that will kick in and get processors kicked offline long before the SEC or CFTC would ever be called, even before firms could put themselves at risk.
I don't think our stock trades have the same protection as our credit card transactions.
That scares me. Does it scare you?
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You're all smart people, I'm sure. You know that movies might not always be entirely realistic. That jumping away from explosions is only good for dying a little farther away from that explosion. You get that hacking in movies isn't always portrayed that realistically. It's not all rapid typing and leather pants and kick flips. You get that.
But no, you don't get that at all. Hacking still sounds pretty cool doesn't it? Even without the leather pants -- even with no pants at all -- holy shit, busting into someone's computer? How badass is that? Stealing passwords and credit card numbers and NOC lists, using nothing more than your brain? That's cool as fuck! Even if hackers can't do everything they can in the movies, (and holy shit, yes they can!) making a computer dance like a puppet is pretty cool.
"Man, I wish I could get porn on this thing."
I'm here to tell you that's not the case.
How do I know? You might not be able to tell by the prestigious dong-joke-writing career I have now, but I used to be a pretty big nerd, specifically of the computer variety. I have, by most definitions of the word, actually hacked things. I certainly don't claim to be an expert; I know just enough to know how much I suck. (Truthfully, my only real hacking experience was the time in the late '90s when I won a series of dance contests under suspicious circumstances.)
But I do know enough to tell you that everything you've learned about hacking has utterly failed to communicate just how completely fucking boring it actually is. Here's why:
4Most "Hacks" Are Really Easy
The vast majority of events that you would describe as "hacks" are pretty trivial, only marginally more complicated than assembling furniture from IKEA.
"Fnord? What the fuck is a Fnord anyways? The Swedish god of laminated particle-board?"
It turns out that someone with little more training than watching The Matrix ten times is perfectly capable of cracking passwords or bringing down a website. Even you, dear Cracked reader, with your limited time for gaining technical expertise due to all the sex you're having, are entirely capable of conducting these hacks. Do you want to know how?
Google it.
No bullshit. If you Google "How to hack Windows PC" or "How to hack Android" or "How to hack lesbian porn site passwords" you will find your answers. Maybe not right away; it might take a bit of clicking around, and even, alas, some reading. But before too long you will find a FAQ which explains exactly what you need to do. It will tell you the tools you need to download, and then sigh and provide you links to the tools you need to download, and then sigh again, and provide you instructions on how to install those tools, and then scream at you, and tell you exactly how to use those tools. And when all that's done, you'll have hacked something and be completely L337.
"Script-kiddies" is the term for those who hack this way exclusively; a label which is not, as you might expect, derived from some kind of prescription-drug/pedophilia fetish, but from the fact that it takes very little thought to run someone else's scripts (i.e.: hacking tools someone else has made). Many of the stories about websites being taken down can be attributed to this category of hackers, who use premade tools to scan their targets, premade tools to exploit those targets, and premade tools to insert more dongs on the front page than normal (or less, if that site's audience demands dongs).
"Oh shit. Cracked has less dongs today. Why did I ever give those guys my credit card number?"
Private note for the approximately half of you who have already opened another browser tab to start hacking things: It can take substantially more expertise to actually get away with what you're about to do. Please, for the sake of our overcrowded prisons, stay your hand. Your clammy, clammy hand.
3But When It's Hard, It Takes Way More Work Than You Can Imagine
Most of the interesting stuff about hacking isn't how those tools are used; it's how they're made. I've never done anything even close to this, because it looks like it takes a lot of effort. But I know enough to describe it.
What these hacking tools are doing is taking advantage of flaws in software or hardware. These flaws, and the methods of taking advantage of them, are called exploits. An example would be if you had come up with a system for securing your house where, after you locked the front door, you placed the key under the doormat. The flaw in this system -- that you're an idiot -- can be exploited by a hacker with the following hack: Checking Under the Doormat.
This type of security may be acceptable if the only thing you have worth stealing is the doormat itself, in which case, it actually qualifies as a clever ruse.
Sounds simple enough, but when the systems involved get more complicated than idiots and doormats, the flaws become harder to find and the exploits become harder to create. Here's an example of a much harder exploit: an ATM hacked to make money spew on the ground.
In action, once the exploit is prepared, it takes only a couple seconds to execute. But if you read this news story, you see a hint of what had to be done first:
"[The hacker] then reverse-engineered the machines' code and created his own version of the firmware that could be installed on the machines ..."
It'd take a real idiot of a writer to think that one sentence could communicate the amount of labor that went in to "reverse-engineering the machines' code." So I'll try with one paragraph:
Step 1: Obtain an ATM. Surprisingly, this isn't too hard; you can get them on eBay apparently.
Step 2: Figure out as much as you can about how the ATM works. This will probably involve obtaining the manual from the manufacturer, and then partially disassembling the thing and looking at all its naughty bits.
It's an acquired taste getting off on this, but it can be done. To an electrical engineer, this is basically the equivalent of butt stuff.
Step 3: Based on how you think the ATM works, abuse it a bit. Find its various inputs (the keypad, USB or network ports) and feed them crazy gibberish. See how it likes that. This will tell you more about how the ATM works internally.
Step 4: Break the ATM. Like a spurned lover or a really sinister psychiatrist, use everything you've learned about the ATM to destroy it. This is going to involve technical things like stack overflows, code injections, birthday attacks, race conditions, or any of a thousand other attacks you've never heard of.
For just about every part of that procedure that didn't involve eBay, it would be super handy if you were an expert at reverse engineering, computer security, or witchcraft. And even knowing those sinister lores, this isn't done in minutes; you're looking at days or weeks of work here.
I should be clear, if you are a real big computer nerd, none of this is boring at all. Taking apart a machine or piece of software, staring at oscilloscopes or pages of hex for days and weeks; that's fascinating stuff to the kind of person with just the right chemical imbalances in their brain. But it's not fascinating to the average layman, and certainly not interesting to a movie producer, which is why you've never seen it in a movie before (the closest we've come is this gibbering nonsense). Film of someone hacking hex code is about as cinematic as someone flipping through television channels for twenty six hours.
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