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Some Questions About Hacking/Security for beginners
Well well how to start, I will try to make this short, so firstly I am an undergraduate student I did not graduate yet still one year to go, I took a gap-year to have some working experience (6 months left to go back to college), my major is electronics and computer engineering, so basically I do have a good background of how circuits works inside a computer, I have worked on couples of projects on how to build up a memory and install a command program inside a processor using C++, that's on the electronic side it actually taught me how computers works from the inside I don't really know if that would help me in the hacking field. On the computer section I learned how to program in Java, so you could say am in between intermediate-advanced java programmer, also I studied networks, all the ISO layers and how they interact together.
Now, I love computers mostly when it comes to secure/crack a system or what so ever, so my plan is to get a foot into security field after graduation... I have done a lot of reading on how to get a foot into security field; I have chosen "networks" for that.
I have got no experience at all in hacking, actually I had few ones when I was 14, hacked my teachers computer to get final exams (only for the modules which I didn't really think it would help me in future) using some noobs tools like sub7 when it was all over the internet back in the days, not a very good thing to do though. So what I am saying is I have no basic experience in hacking field at all and need to start from scratch.
So here are some questions for you expert out there based on some reading :
-First , and as I mentioned I am trying to get into security field via networks, I have a good background of ISO so decided to take the CCNA course, is that a good start to get into the second level in network field? And would that be enough to move to network security?
-A hacker needs to have some programming skills, well I am only familiar with Java and C++, and a little bit of assembly language... now here is the question, why does the hacker need to learn how to program? Say to modify a source code? or to build up some tools? Do I need to learn more programming languages? Some of you mentioned Python is a good one, do I need to learn it too?
-Operation systems: I believe I am familiar and have got the basic skills of dealing with windows and Linux, the question is how deep do I have to know about them to become a good hacker? And the other one is do I have to have certifications on them just to prove that I got what It takes to companies when applying for a job even as a security "guy", is "system administrator" the level required here? If yes can you mention some good books for that?
-Hacking/security certifications, the topic that we all have talked a lot about and still, well I really need your help on this one, now you know what knowledge do I have –programming – networking – electronics, I am absolutely noob at hacking, can you recommend a course that would get me starting with hacking? of course a network related hacking course that would get me into pen testing… etc
I have been reading a lot about the hacking courses but I can't tell which one suits me since am a beginner, my goal is to get started with a basic course that WOULD ACCEPT MY ENTRY then move into a more advanced one.
Finally, let's say I finished CCNA, and I had about 6 months experience of working in networks, also I had a basic hacking certification, then I went back to college and finished my last year, do I have a good chance to work in security field as a beginner? I am reading scary stuff over here and there like do you really need 3-5 years or even 10! To get into security field in a company for example? I feel I am a little late on advancing my skills I'm 24 now (old guy)
Remember… your answer could change the way I live
Thanks a lot for now I might have more questions later on, and hey I love this forum and planning to be active on here!


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Details from unnamed expulsion case, Jordan Johnson affidavit similar
MISSOULA, Mont. - One day after starting Griz quarterback Jordan Johnson is charged with rape, new questions as to whether he'll be a student come fall.
Attorneys are not saying where Jordan Johnson is but we know he is not in custody either in Missoula or in Eugene, OR his home town.
Attorneys aren't talking, the University isn't either and there's no word who will replace him on the Griz starting lineup.
Now, NBC Montana uncovered similarities in the criminal case against Johnson and a federal civil rights case filed by an unidentified man against the university over whether he should be expelled.
Just last week head Griz football Coach Mick Delaney said Jordan Johnson would start for the team this fall. "As of today Jordy is our starter," said Delaney.
But now, Johnson's suspended from the team and there could be more.
NBC Montana dug through two different court cases alleging rape.
The first: a federal civil rights suit filed by an anonymous student against the university, trying to stop the school from holding hearings to expel him.
The second: the state charging affidavit filed against Jordan Johnson.
No official will confirm the unnamed student and Johnson are the same man. But there are striking similarities. The most obvious; David Paoli representing the unnamed student is the same attorney representing Johnson in his criminal case.
The federal case also includes details in its 'findings' saying the alleged victim invited the unnamed student to her apartment to watch movies. The criminal case sets up the alleged incident the same way.
From there the details continue to line up. From facts about the alleged victim's roommates, to what the woman says happened to her, as well as the text sent later to her friend saying she was raped.
Even last week while Coach Delaney said Johnson was the guy, he seemed to be hedging his bets.
"...you know that situation I have no control over and it's in the process...that's not what people want to hear, but that's the truth," Delaney said.
Again, no one will confirm that the unnamed student and Jordan Johnson are the same man, but the details in both cases are almost identical.
Read the details from the civil rights case by clicking here.
To see the charging documents against Jordan Johnson click here.

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Alistair Overeem vs Ewerton Teixeira 2009
- Written by Dave Walsh
This is the third post in a series on K-1's changes to its clinch rules over time and how they affected fighter performances in the ring.
The first fight in the series was Buakaw Por Pramuk vs Takayuki Kohiruimaki in 2004, when full clinch was allowed, and the second featured Buakaw vs Virgil Kalakoda in 2006, after the one strike per clinch rule was in place. As of this time, the last update to the official K-1 rules site was in 2008, so the webpage displays the rules that were in place at the time of this match. See Article 6.7 for discussion of the clinch.
By the 2005 K-1 MAX Final, referees were more consistent in enforcing the one-strike per clinch rule by breaking clinches and issuing warnings and yellow cards. Fighters found inventive ways to circumvent the rules, however, or ignore them altogether, choosing to hazard a warning. After this World Grand Prix, clinch rules became more restrictive.
This was Alistair Overeem's debut K-1 WGP Final, and he was something of an unknown factor in K-1. He had obvious potential, but really was riding on the fame of his first performance against Badr Hari.
Ewerton Teixeira, too, was rather new in K-1. Like Overeem, most of his combat sports experience lay outside K-1, though he came from Kyokushin Karate circuits, while Overeem competed in MMA. Watch for the ways in which their styles contrast, especially in how they respond to being in clinch range. Overeem wears the red gloves, Teixeira the blue.
Thanks to 24113kiel for the upload. Note that, at the time, Alistair Overeem was being marketed as the enemy of K-1. As an MMA fighter, his scoring victories over the K-1 elite was a threat to the prestige of K-1.
This led to hypotheses that the rule changes were made to prevent him from becoming too dominant in the Grand Prix. K-1's stance on this again was that it made action in the ring more free-flowing. This proved true, to some extent, as it further restricted fighters from stalling in the clinch, as some were wont to do by initiating the clinch, throwing their one allotted strike, then holding on to their opponent.
Overeem was obviously not interested in this type of rule-bending. As the sub one minute fight above illustrates, Overeem was interesting in maximizing damage, not minimizing it. In what is really the first significant exchange of the fight, Overeem delivers a thoroughly convincing knockout. Overeem knees Teixeira after grabbing him in southpaw stance, then brings his left knee up to Teixeira's chin. What he does is essentially illegal, but a referee in that position really has to make a quick decision between penalizing the offender, a move that usually sits poorly with the audience if said fighter has just delivered a stunning knockout, or "just going with it."
In a case like this, where the rule in question is often tested and inconsistently enforced, I think it's the right choice to let the knockout stand. It is also unclear whether the referee has a clear view of Overeem's two knees from the clinch from his position on Overeem's right, especially with Overeem in southpaw. A knee is not an inconspicuous technique, however, especially from someone the size of Overeem, so I assume the referee makes a quick judgement call.
The following year, after the second rule change, referees were less lenient. The referee in this instance, whose choice allowed Overeem to make his first K-1 WGP run, seems vindicated now by Overeem's current importance for the K-1 brand's popularity.


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I have cut down a small shrubbery which is blocking the South-East sun. So in summer the hives will get some sun at least.
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It's been a full week and PUSD hasn't applied for Federal stimulus dollars yet?
Original post made by Stacey, Amberwood/Wood Meadows, on Apr 24, 2009
As of Friday night, April 24th, a full seven days (five business days) since the fund became available on April 17th, PUSD has yet to file their application. Livermore filed on 4/20. San Ramon filed on 4/18. Dublin doesn't appear to have filed yet either. What is PUSD waiting for? Why can San Ramon file in a single day and we're still waiting?
Comments (29)
a resident of Pleasanton Heights
on Apr 24, 2009 at 8:07 pm
Because it is rich district where certificated employees on average get total compensation in the +90K range.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 24, 2009 at 9:20 pm
Here are a few options as to why they may or may not have done so:
Because they "know better" than us lowly parents and tax payers as to how to go about funding "their" district.
Because they have already done the math on what they need via the parcel tax and they don't want to redo the numbers and adjust what they need from the parents/homeowners in P, thereby jeopardizing the pending June vote.
If they just act busy, ignoring the calls for them to do this, maybe no one will notice
I think we should call the District Office to give reminder messages. Anyone else think this is a good idea so we help them to help us??
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 24, 2009 at 9:23 pm
Hey Weekly,
Anyone over there up for an "Investigative Piece"?? Can someone look into whether the district/Casey has applied for these funds and it just hasn't hit the CDE website?
I assure you, there are some interested readers...
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 24, 2009 at 9:29 pm
Get out of the wagon has the right idea....every concerned taxpayer should be calling or emailing all the school board members and PUSD to remind them that there's a deadline for filing the application.
Dr. Casey's email address and those of all the school board trustees can be found at www.pleasanton.k12.ca.us
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 24, 2009 at 9:46 pm
Hi Disney Fan,
I'll call the DO and email Casey and the Board Members Monday myself. Anyone else joining me??
Someone on another thread thinks only 2% of Pleasanton views/posts here and that, even though only 40% of the community have children under the age of 18, that this is going to "easily pass". Can we do better than that 2% on Monday calling the District Office, readers?
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 24, 2009 at 11:07 pm
Get out of the wagon,
I know lots of people who don't post on the blogs, but they do read them. As for the poster who made claims about the percentage of people who post, and the percentage of people who will vote for the parcel tax - they're just claims, not facts. I never pay attention to people who post so called facts that aren't verifiable.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 24, 2009 at 11:21 pm
Maybe it's because their consultants told them we don't qualify! I seem to recall that being an excuse one time in the not-so-distant past.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Apr 25, 2009 at 9:02 am
Stacey is a registered user.
Spill the beans!
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 25, 2009 at 9:40 am
Regarding a consultant telling PUSD it didn't qualify for funding. I don't remember all the details, but remember that a parent questioned the School Board about why it hadn't applied for a huge grant (around $8 million I think) that would cover vocational training.
Dr. Casey became quite incensed (that's why I remember the meeting - his attitude!) and said that his people had checked and PUSD wasn't eligible for the grant.
Actually, and I hope others who were there or saw the meeting later broadcast will confirm this - I believe that not having funding for vocational programs was the basis for PUSD's claim back then (it's been a few years) for why PUSD needed a parcel tax.
Well, it turned out that the Board did require PUSD to recheck whether they were eligible for the grant, and PUSD was eligible, applied for and received the grant. So a Pleasanton parent saved the District millions of dollars.
Wow, it's as if a lightning bolt has struck. PUSD wanted a parcel tax and said it was necessary to provide an important student program. A parent showed how it wasn't necessary and the parcel tax discussion was dropped.
There's a pattern here.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 25, 2009 at 9:52 am
Yes there is...and it is that the district isn't doing their job to responsibly handle our money, and if we don't hold their hands to request available funding, we can expect them to ask for our money.
I will again suggest we all call the district office on Monday to request them to apply for the funds.
Disney fan - can you remember any more details about who would be the "person" that would be responsible for applying for the funds? It would be nice to have a direct contact person this Monday.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 25, 2009 at 10:11 am
I think the person who is responsible for applying for federal stimulus funds would be the Business Director, Luz Cazares.
I don't know who was responsible years ago for researching grants and applying for them, but maybe others who saw the meeting will be able to provide that information.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 25, 2009 at 10:42 am
Disney Fan -
Thanks I'll start with Luz on Monday with my phone call and at the very least, I'm sure I will get pushed in the right direction.
Here is the link to the district contact numbers
Web Link
It looks like Luz' # is 426-4307
I think this is a very important thing to do.
By the way Luz' resume is online and it is interesting what Luz says are areas of expertise: Web Link
Luz T. Cázares's Specialties:
• Budget Development, Control and Analysis
• Cost-Cutting and Revenue-Generating
• Cost-Benefit Analysis
• Procurement and Contract Management
• Performance Management and Monitoring
• Policy Research, Analysis and Design
According to the resume, it looks like we should have exactly who we need to work with.
a resident of Vintage Hills Elementary School
on Apr 25, 2009 at 1:54 pm
@Get out of the Wagon
Many people who have no children or grand children in the district may end up voting for the measure anyway. I'm hoping they will. Do you think people vote only selfishly. We've already talked about property values being affected by school quality and school performance being more than just a product of a student's socio-economic background. Teachers and schools are of huge importance.
US News and World report ranks both Amador Valley High and Foothill High in the Silver medal category. I think were all proud of that. Let's at least keep them that way. Maybe if we all work together, we can get the gold medal ranking some day.
Web Link
I could say the same the about the University of California system. The schools in the UC system are among the best in the world, public or private. People from all over the world come here for our Universities. The are the crown jewels of the education system. Are tax dollars keep them that way. Of all the things we spend money on, education is probably the most important. We are training the future scientists and engineers who will move our economy forward.
The issue here is not fiscal responsibility. It is quality of education. There was no shortfall of funds in this district until the collapse of the world economy. PUSD did nothing to cause that. They are the victims of it. That is how most people I talk to see it.
This isn't some idiotic Medicare or Social Security benefit we're talking about here. It is education. It is our responsibility as tax payers to educate the next generation. Educating our children and defending our freedom are probably the two most important things our tax dollars do. I keep hearing about cell phones, car allowances, solar panels, and step and column raises. I say SO WHAT. That stuff doesn't amount to a hill of beans. It was the economic downturn that bought about the need for measure G. If Wall Street had not gone all to pieces, we wouldn't even be talking about it. It is precisely because others are cutting back that we need to step forward.
a resident of Vintage Hills Elementary School
on Apr 25, 2009 at 2:09 pm
Is there any reason you think this is a "first come first served" sort of thing? The PUSD Public Information Officer
has clearly stated their intention to apply for the funds and clearly spelled out the deadline of May 4 for the application. What's the big deal? I don't see any conspiracy to hide anything here.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Apr 25, 2009 at 3:55 pm
Stacey is a registered user.
Russell wrote: "There was no shortfall of funds in this district until the collapse of the world economy."
This statement ignores history. PUSD has had plenty of shortfalls in the past.
"We've already talked about property values being affected by school quality and school performance being more than just a product of a student's socio-economic background."
Not everyone chooses to interpret the data the way you do. You seem to continue to want to treat school as a black box with inputs and outputs. Wouldn't it be better to look under the hood and attempt to understand what is increasing outputs and replicate that for everyone's benefit? Parents play a large role in test scores upon which housing values are based. Peer effect also plays a role in increasing test scores without regard to socio-economic background. If you want to continue to ignore that, that's your choice to do so.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Apr 25, 2009 at 4:03 pm
Stacey is a registered user.
I'm referring to this from the No on G group for my above argument: Web Link
There was another news article I saw somewhere once that mentioned schools with predominately low-income students and how they've been able to increase student achievement by applying and interrupting the principles of peer effect and parental involvement. They basically don't make any assumptions with regards to parental involvement and try to take care of everything. Those are not the kind of schools you would find in districts like PUSD or Palo Alto, etc.
a resident of Vintage Hills Elementary School
on Apr 25, 2009 at 11:18 pm
That web link makes my point. Pleasanton property values fell 16.5%, but Dublin and Livermore fell 18% and 20% respectively. And those school districts aren't all that bad. Loook at Stockton and Tracy.
That link quotes articles with titles like "Strategies to Help Solve Our School Dropout Problem by Schargel and Smirk (2001)". That stuff has nothing to do with school districts like Pleasanton. You see those articles all the time from dogmatic right wing groups that want to privatize k-12 education. A lot of them don't like to admit that there are good public schools. "School Dropout Problem"
My engineering teachers were good because the knew the subject matter and knew how to teach. Good parenting had nothing to do with it. No amount of good parenting can compensate for lousy teachers who can't understand the subjects themselves, much less teach it. Have you ever experienced a really bad school?
a resident of Vintage Hills Elementary School
on Apr 26, 2009 at 12:04 am
"This statement ignores history. PUSD has had plenty of shortfalls in the past."
OK, so I'm ignorant. What were the shortfalls in funding in recent history that required tax increases? If PUSD is doing this habitually, in good times and bad, we seriously need to think about replacing them.
a resident of Oak Hill
on Apr 26, 2009 at 12:57 am
If I'm not mistaken, Julie Testa was the parent that informed the school board of the avalibility of the grants that caused Casey's tirade(directed at Ms. Testa)...
Later, after the PUSD financial person(the lady with red hair that recently retired)checked and found PUSD did indeed qualify, the school board members gave her, the financial person, a round of applause when she reported PUSD had applied for the grants. I seem to recall Ms. Testa's name was mentioned, but no appaluse...
At the time, I also seem to recall some on this forum refered to Ms. Testa as, for lack of a better term, "a trouble maker" since she was constantly speaking at school board meetings, asking questions and seeking information...
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 26, 2009 at 2:49 am
The lady with the red hair was Sandra Lemmons (later Sandra Lepley). She was the Business Services Director.
As far as I'm concerned, a little more of the kind of "trouble" Ms. Testa made is what we need...she saved PUSD MILLIONS!
PUSD should ask Ms. Testa to review the PUSD budget!
a resident of Vintage Hills
on Apr 26, 2009 at 8:51 am
To respond to Russell:
"The issue here is not fiscal responsibility. It is quality of education. There was no shortfall of funds in this district until the collapse of the world economy. PUSD did nothing to cause that. They are the victims of it. That is how most people I talk to see it."
I responded to a similar statement you made on another thread and repeat it here (two paragraphs):
Russell, The crux is to remember that the district had a stated goal to have a seven percent reserve. The goal was abandoned and large raises were awarded instead. Any long-time educator will tell you that the tide ebbs and flows in school funding. These cycles must be planned for because they will come. A seven percent reserve now would have bought time for the district and the community to determine what it values and is willing to pay for. I believe a more conservative approach was discarded at the district's peril. In its rush to cover its backside, we are being harried to the voter's booth. The crisis at the state level exacerbated the district's woes; it didn't create them. It didn't have to happen this way. In fact, it shouldn't have happened this way.
We actually don't have a clear picture of the risk. There are two levels of federal funding available; one of those is providing $2.1 million to the district; the other amount the district qualifies for isn't known at this time. Other economies have been suggested that will save jobs, including not spending $300,000 on this election (that would save roughly four beginning teachers). We are being asked to vote for a tax before the district has to finalize its budget. It is very likely we could put a tax in place that isn't needed, and then we will have given $18.4 million with very vague goals of where it will be spent and with no guarantee that current fiscal behaviors will change.
As an aside to the US News and World Report rankings, it's important to know the rankings methodology: Web Link
Also "What makes a best high school" for purposes of this ranking. From Brian Kelly, editor: "But I think the real value of rankings, if they're done well, is that they become useful instruments to help demystify institutions and even promote best practices." Web Link
The district is the "victim" of its own bad planning. Many of us who oppose this tax at this time are saying over and over that we would support the right tax—after the district is held accountable, after we know all the funds they will receive, after they have finalized a budget, and after the community has the opportunity to determine what it values with its hard earned dollars. Once we know what we are willing to pay for, we would actively support a very specific list of how the right parcel tax would be spent (X counselors, X teachers, X whatever the community values), which actually could include those things that would put us in the Top 100, if that kind of ranking is what the community feels is important.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 26, 2009 at 9:55 am
Wow Russell, you had engineering teachers in high school?
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Apr 26, 2009 at 10:01 am
Stacey is a registered user.
To anyone who wants to criticize the parents who are against Measure G for wanting to remain anonymous, I suggest you have a little chat with Julie Testa. It doesn't matter if a majority of PUSD employees remain professional. All it takes is one to ruin the party. It can and does happen. We're only human after all.
"Pleasanton property values fell 16.5%, but Dublin and Livermore fell 18% and 20% respectively. And those school districts aren't all that bad. Loook at Stockton and Tracy."
Having a science background, I think you know better than to make such offhand comparisons. Can you honestly say that you're properly controlling for all the other variables that go into housing prices when you compare Pleasanton to those other towns?
Schargel doesn't appear to be a right-winger. Web Link I'm not understanding your point. Certainly Pleasanton's school district is a far cry from those that need more help because of a lack of parental involvement. Turning your statement on it's head, good teachers can't make up for lousy parenting, that is unless the school administration is going above and beyond. Have you seen this? Web Link Or is that just another right-wing turn-off?
a resident of Vintage Hills Elementary School
on Apr 26, 2009 at 9:22 pm
@Disney fan
"Wow Russell, you had engineering teachers in high school? "
No, I didn't but there are programs. Someone mentioned the programs at Monta Vista in Cupertino. You can study computer design in high school. Teams compete in national robotics competitions.
I think it would would be great for our students and our community if we did more of that kind of thing in Pleasanton. If there isn't enough money from taxes, I'd be looking to borrow it, or making cuts in other programs.
Web Link
a resident of Vintage Hills Elementary School
on Apr 26, 2009 at 9:27 pm
"Can you honestly say that you're properly controlling for all the other variables that go into housing prices when you compare Pleasanton to those other towns?"
No, I can't say that. I agree with you. Someone said something to the effect that Pleasanton property values aren't correlated with spending on education, and used the 16.5% drop in Pleasanton to justify that argument. My point was the 16.5% drop, taken by itself doesn't prove much of anything.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 27, 2009 at 8:50 am
Jerry remembered the same thing I did about the state money available and that Pleasanton wasn't applying for it until Julie Testa brought the money to public attention. I think that was one of the reasons that they could no longer justify the last parcel tax they wanted. I think that was about a year and a half ago.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Apr 29, 2009 at 7:44 am
Stacey is a registered user.
It looks like PUSD finally sent their application in!
Pleasanton Unified 01751010000000 Submitted 4/27/2009 6:13:01 PM
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 29, 2009 at 11:48 am
I agree with Russell - by golly. To compete globally, American education has to focus on the latest technology, and I'd like to see that made a priority in our schools.
Glad to hear that PUSD sent in their application, and now I hope they've developed a budget plan that takes into account the parcel tax failing.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Apr 29, 2009 at 12:32 pm
Hooray! It looks like the phone calls may have helped? Perhaps, **someone** is reading these blogs! :)
Thank you, Stacey, for keeping up with the good, no, GREAT news!
Next, salary rollbacks from irresponsible administrators!
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UTSA volleyball team
UTSA announces 2007 volleyball schedule
By Brian Hernandez
UTSA Associate Sports Information Director
(July 19, 2007)--Four preseason tournaments, a full slate of 16 Southland Conference matches and the return of the SLC Tournament to San Antonio highlight the 2007 UTSA volleyball schedule as announced Tuesday by head coach Laura Neugebauer-Groff.
"Our preseason schedule is set up so we can see some of the other teams in our region and play some tough competition outside the region," Neugebauer-Groff said. "Hopefully, that will help get us ready for a tough conference schedule. Our first five SLC matches are on the road and that will be a challenge for this year's squad."
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The Roadrunners open the season with three matches at the Bronco Invitational in Boise, Idaho. UTSA begins its 25th season of play on Friday, Aug. 24, against tournament host Boise State. UTSA will square off against Santa Clara and Cal State Fullerton the following day.
The Roadrunners then host Texas-Pan American on Tuesday, Aug. 28, in the 2007 home opener. UTSA will bring a 33-match winning streak into that contest.
The Roadrunners head to the Sunshine State to play in the North Florida Labor Day Classic from Aug. 31-Sept. 1. UTSA opens tournament play on Friday, Aug. 31, against Weber State and wraps up play the next day with matches against North Florida and Southeast Missouri State.
The Roadrunners return to the Convocation Center for four matches in three days from Sept. 6-8. After hosting Houston in a non-conference tilt on Thursday, Sept. 6, UTSA welcomes Auburn, Louisiana Tech and Texas A&M to the Alamo City for the two-day UTSA Classic. The Roadrunners open the tournament on Friday, Sept. 7, against Auburn and then host Louisiana Tech and Texas A&M the following day.
UTSA begins an eight-match road swing on Tuesday, Sept. 11, at SMU and a trip to Prairie View, Texas, for three matches at the Lady Panther Invitational follows (opponents TBA).
The Roadrunners continue the road trip when they open the SLC slate with five consecutive matches away from the friendly confines of the Convocation Center. The conference campaign begins on Thursday, Sept. 20, when UTSA travels north to face I-35 rival Texas State in San Marcos. Two days later, the Roadrunners play Texas-Arlington in the Metroplex. Another weekend of road tilts follow when UTSA heads east to face defending champion Stephen F. Austin (Sept. 28) and Sam Houston State (Sept. 29).
Following a non-conference home match against Prairie View A&M on Friday, Oct. 5, the Roadrunners conclude the conference-opening road trip the next afternoon at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. UTSA finally plays a league match at home on Thursday, Oct. 11, against Texas State. Texas-Arlington comes to San Antonio two days later.
The Roadrunners hit the road again when they play at Northwestern State on Friday, Oct. 19 and Central Arkansas on Sunday, Oct. 21.
UTSA begins a five-match home stand on Wednesday, Oct. 24, when Texas A&M-Corpus Christi comes to town. Consecutive weekend contests against Southeastern Louisiana (Oct. 26), Nicholls State (Oct. 27), Stephen F. Austin (Nov. 1) and Sam Houston State (Nov. 3) follow.
The Roadrunners wrap up the regular season with road matches at McNeese State (Nov. 9) and Lamar (Nov. 10).
The final weekend will see the return of the SLC Tournament return to the Convocation Center for the second consecutive year and the fourth time in league history. Eight teams will converge upon the Alamo City for the 26th annual event beginning on Friday, Nov. 16. The three-day tournament runs through Sunday, Nov. 18, and the winner will earn the SLC's automatic berth to the NCAA Championships. The top two finishers in the East and West Division and the next four teams with the best conference records (regardless of division) will qualify for this year's event.
Download the 2007 UTSA volleyball schedule (pdf document).


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a really cool industrial/screamo/electro-punk band from Levittown, Pennsylvania that formed in 2006. Members are Brandon Sosnowski, Travis Daniel Cochran, and Ashley "Sugar" McDermott. The band has one demo out and an album called The Verge of Suicide. Personally, I think they are worth checking out because there aren't a lot of people that know about them yet. They are also very popular in the industrial section on Vampirefreaks.
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A person who enjoys lifes greatest pleasures with a certain charm and swagger envied by most. A Bad cat can be, but is not limited to someone who is rich and famous. If you are walking or driving along the street and see someone dressed unconventionally or they are wearing a top hat, fedora, feathered cap, or cowboy hat, chances are they are a bad cat. If someone accomplishes something good, they themselves are a badcat, even if only for a short while. To "cat someone" is also to beat them or trick them, or make them look stupid while making yourself look good.
Thats A BadCat right there... Badcat himself... Bad-Motherfucking-cat...
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by PyT reppin\' th\' WaSc MoB! October 19, 2003
The vengeful act of crapping on a lover's chest while they sleep.Buy the plush


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The Record: Letters, Monday, Jan. 13
Time for Christie
to sit in traffic
Regarding "A trail of apologies" (Page A-1, Jan. 10):
Out here in Wyoming, we see and read stories about the governor of New Jersey and his staff of fun-loving sycophants who amuse themselves by creating problems for other less worthy citizens.
Some in our state apparently think his combative in-your-face style would make him a terrific commander in chief. Others of us see him as merely an arrogant jerk who already has too much power and authority but way too little empathy.
I have a suggestion to cure some of that latter problem. I only wish I were the mayor of Fort Lee when Christie came with hat in hand to apologize to those who were "inconvenienced" by his gaggle of pranksters. When he said, "Just tell me, mayor, what I can do to make it up to the citizens of Fort Lee," I'd require that he and his family come to Fort Lee each morning for four days and just sit in their car for four hours without the opportunity for even the most mundane bathroom breaks.
No need to block an otherwise usable highway lane for this experiment in family bonding and bladder control. The middle of any local shopping center parking lot would do. Perhaps surrounding the car with orange cones to accentuate its immobility would be a fitting gesture.
Jim Mathewson
Cheyenne, Wyo., Jan. 10
Rift may lead
to good policy
Regarding "Little Falls political rift on display at Township Council meeting" (Page L-1, Jan. 8):
The story describes differences between the town council and Mayor Darlene Post. The etiology of this rift has its roots in the council's recent efforts to reinstitute policies and procedures in accordance with the mayor-council type of government under the Faulkner Act.
This form of government consists of two separate and co-equal power centers and makes a virtue of the idea of divided and shared power. Neither mayor nor council has the absolute last word in all instances. The system requires constant consultation between the mayor and the council; sometimes cooperating, sometimes competing and conflicting, but always acting as a check and balance on the other.
Hopefully, out of this sometimes friendly, sometimes hostile flux will come good public policy that is in the best interest of residents.
Arnold Korotkin
Little Falls, Jan. 8
Leonia dispute shows
need for tax reform
Regarding "Leonia teachers press for contract," (Page L-1, Jan. 8):
The district's status as 12th in academic performance in Bergen County simultaneous with the contract dispute with 250 employees underscores the impossibility of continuing to finance education with property taxes. Homes are assets that provide most residents with no income. All this is in a state whose constitution makes state government responsible for providing a thorough and efficient education.


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Gleason's 100PS power skiving machine offers an alternative to shaping and hobbing operations.
While attending Gear Expo last year, I sat in on a presentation by Gleason about power skiving, a gear production process. Although skiving was patented in 1910, recent advances in machine design, cutting tools and simulation software have overcome inherent process challenges to make it a more viable manufacturing option for gear producers.
Learn more in this article that article appeared in a recent Gear Production supplement to Modern Machine Shop.


text: Directions to Drexel University Sacramento No longer accepting applications at this location 2980 35th Street Sacramento, CA 95817 916.325.4600 Driving Directions From I-5 (North or South) Take the J Street exit, and keep to the right lane. At the light at the end of the ramp, turn right (hard right if coming from the south) onto 3rd Street. At the first light, take a soft right, following signs toward San Francisco and Old Sacramento. Merge onto Capitol Mall; the building will be on your right. Follow directions below for parking. From the West Traveling eastbound on I-80 follow signs to US-50 (Capitol City Freeway). Take the exit toward Downtown Sacramento/Jefferson Blvd. On the exit ramp, keep left to go to Downtown Sacramento. Follow this road over the freeway, past Raley Field and across the Tower Bridge, where it becomes Capitol Mall. Continue past One Capitol Mall (on the left) and make a U-turn. The building will be on your right. Continue directions below for parking. One Capitol Mall Parking Garage The One Capitol Mall Parking Garage entrance (P1 level) is located off Neasham Circle on the east side of the building. Continue along Capitol Mall. Turn right on Neasham Circle (street just before Tower Bridge). Continue around building on Neasham Circle. At the stop sign, turn right, and right again immediately into parking entrance. Valet parking is available.


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Over 20 Years of Cuba Reality Tours!
founded by Global Exchange in 1989!
Promoting "people to people" ties between the
U.S. and Cuba
Global Exchange's very first Cuba Reality Tour, called "Cuba at a Crossroads," was organized to ring in the New Year, 1989, in Havana! Over the next 22 years Global Exchange has arranged travel to Cuba for tens of thousands of U.S. citizens to study every aspect of Cuban life: health care and education, politics and economics, art and culture, environmental protection and sustainable development.
We have organized Cuba Reality Tours for university and high school students, World Affairs Councils, professionals, enthusiasts of bird watching and narrow gauge railroads, and just ordinary US citizens eager to get to know their world. Our tours are highly regarded for their balance between serious study of Cuban society and the heartfelt human contact with Cubans they provide.
Reality Tours
Our general overview of Cuba tours: Cuba at a Crossroads, New Years in Havana, In the Footsteps of Che, and others have always drawn large numbers of participants of all ages, from all backgrounds on trips lasting from 7 - 14 days. Our cultural trips (Fiesta del Fuego, the Biennial Art Festival, the Havana film festival, and others) are extremely popular! And our trips studying Cuba's Health Care System and Cuba's Education System inspire many articles and photographic essays due to Cuba's astounding contributions in these areas.
For the first ten years, the "pre-Internet" days, participants primarily heard about our tours by "word of mouth" from enthusiastic participants of past trips! They would return from Cuba and fill our newsletter and their local papers at home with articles and photographs.
During this time, the Reality Tours department developed a number of exciting new programs. For five years we organized two schools of extended study in Cuba: a Spanish language school and a school for the study of Cuban music and dance called Cuban Rhythms. Both schools supplemented their classes with afternoon and weekend site visits to a large variety of venues: family doctor clinics, schools, neighborhood organizations, environmental projects and cultural performances and exhibits. We also organized regular bicycle tours, visiting sites of environmental significance, as well as meeting with Cubans from a variety of relevant fields.
Freedom to Travel Campaign
Between 1993 and the year 2000, Global Exchange worked with a vast network of fifty US-based organizations on eight successive trips to Cuba, that involved at least one thousand participants (representing some 30 states) willing to travel to Cuba openly without obtaining the U.S. government-required "license." Press conferences were held on both coasts and in small cities and towns across the U.S. to educate the media and the U.S. public on the constitutional right of U.S. citizens to travel and that the restrictions on Cuba travel are a violation of that right, as well as a violation of several international treaties to which the U.S. is signatory.
There were two FTT trips with as many as 180 participants each, one of which included the members of the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. There were trips for women, for youth, for veterans, for experts in natural and alternative medicine, renewable energy and other environmental issues. The Freedom to Travel Campaign lives on in the Right to Travel to Cuba Campaign, that still includes the original fifty U.S. co-sponsoring organizations.
In 1999, we traveled to Cuba with Patch Adams, the clown doctor, and 120 health care workers. The film on Patch's life, starring Robin Williams had just been released and was showing in Cuba. It was during the time of the Elian Gonzalez crisis* and we visited Elian's school where Patch and a Cuban children's theater troop called La Colmenita performed for and with the children. Patch also performed his magic in hospitals, special education facilities and other venues. He has been back to Cuba many times, most recently after the last hurricane there, delivering humanitarian aid and assisting on reconstruction projects in hard hit areas.
During these years, we also arranged for a number of Cubans to come to the U.S. on speaking tours, to attend conferences, to interact with their U.S. colleagues in the arts, humanities, and the sciences. These tours included a two week tour of the children's theater group, La Colmenita and many week-long tours by Cubans involved in sustainable development.
Eco-Cuba Exchange
In the year 2000, Global Exchange was finally granted a license by the U.S. government to organize and arrange travel for educational, cultural, and "people to people" Cuba travel for U.S. citizens. For four years, from the spring of 2000 through early 2004, we took an unprecedented number of U.S. citizens to Cuba on a great variety to Reality Tours.
At the same time, and building on our many years of experience organizing trips devoted to Cuba's amazing progress in Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development, we created Eco Cuba Exchange, a program to promote environmental exchange between U.S. and Cuban Environmentalists.
Surviving the Bush Years
But in 2004, the Bush Administration revoked all the licenses that had been granted under the Clinton Administration for educational, humanitarian, and people to people travel to Cuba in order to deprive Cuba of much needed cash. The only U.S. citizens still allowed to travel there were professionals, journalists on assignment, government officials and Cuban Americans visiting family (only once every three years!) The number of participants on Global Exchange Reality Tours dwindled, from over a thousand per year to a low of 75 participants in 2007. It has been five years since that repressive policy on Cuba travel was imposed. Nevertheless Global Exchange Reality Tours has continued to organize travel to Cuba for our most popular study tours and has continued to receive accolades for the wonderful balance of serious study and delight that these trips include.
The New Era
There is great hope now that all restrictions on socially responsible travel will be completely lifted very soon. President Obama has now lifted restrictions on Cuban American travel, students sponsored by their academic institutions, those sponsored by religious organizations, and free lance journalists.
We at Global Exchange hope to again engage in "People to People" travel to Cuba, our original mission. We have applied for a license to do this, and are pursuing this goal with US authorities.
We find that the number of inquiries we receive and the number of participants traveling with us to Cuba is starting to rise! Get involved by contacting Congress and the Obama Administration to support the end of all restrictions on travel to Cuba.
We at Cuba Reality Tours and Eco Cuba Exchange, anticipate and expect, before the end of Obama's presidency, to be fully operational again, in terms of the variety of Cuba trips that we can offer and the number of participants for whom we can arrange travel and a fabulous itinerary!
New Years in Havana
One of our most popular tours each year continues to be our New Years in Havana Reality Tour, that focuses on five different aspects of sustainable development in Cuba: Agriculture, Architecture, Education, Environmental Protection, and Health Care. Participants can choose the field that best reflects their professional work and interests, enjoying a full schedule of site visits and meetings in that field. Then all meet together for meals, performances and other cultural events, as well as ringing in the new year with our Cuban friends and colleagues at a large venue in central Havana!
* Elian Gonzalez was the six year old Cuban boy found floating in the Atlantic Ocean by U.S. fishermen. His mother and a boatload of other Cubans who had tried to reach the United States in a rickety craft had presumably drowned. He was cared for for several months by a Cuban American family in Miami who petitioned the U.S. government to allow Elian to remain with them, rather than being returned to his father in Cuba. Elian was eventually reunited with his father by U.S. attorney general Janet Reno and is now living happily in Cuba.