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Bikini clad Disney girls go off the rails in Spring Breakers, a candy-coloured sledgehammer satire from notorious provocateur Harmony Korine. The story of four sexy college girls who rob a fast food outlet to fund their Spring Break vacation, the presence of tween icons Selena Gomez (Wizards of Waverly Place) and Vanessa Hudgens (High School Musical) belies the film's seriously twisted approach, albeit one that's made immediately evident once the movie begins via an extensive slow motion montage of drunken beachside revellers abandoning dignity along with their clothes. But although Spring Breakers is initially compelling – in Korine's typically perverse and garish kind of way – its repetitious jabs at teenage hedonism and entitlement soon become grating, as the picture lags into a disappointing second half that, for all its explicit content, is actually kind of dull.
Gomez, in a good indication of the level of subtly on which Spring Breakers is operating, plays a devout Christian youth group member named "Faith", who's roped into the schemes of her three reckless friends, played by Hudgens, Ashley Benson (Pretty Little Liars) and the directors young wife Rachel (Mister Lonely). After holding up a fried chicken shack the foursome hightail it down to Miami for a chaotic week of drinking, gyrating and drug abusing. But the paradise they seek soon collapses in on itself, as the girls turn to increasingly desperate and more disturbing means to make their Spring Break dreams last forever.
After Korine shot his last film, the aptly named Trash Humpers, on worn VHS tape, Spring Breakers looks like the work of a completely different director. Glossy and gaudy, the film is a slick production lit up by neon pinks, yellows and turquoises that seem to pulsate along with the soundtrack (a skull thumping mix of Skrillex and Cliff Martinez). Even in the early sequences of the film, before things go south, scene changes and edits are accompanied by the sounds of guns being loaded, contributing to an intense, suffocating feeling that violence lurks just around the corner.
The brazenly against type casting is obviously very self conscious, on behalf of both the filmmaker and the actresses. For Korine, it's a chance to corrupt iconography; to turn wholesome American girls into objects of titillation and, later, repulsion. For the girls, it's a chance to break out of type-casting, and to prove their chops as legitimate performers. To their credit, all four do fine work, although Gomez seems less willing to "go all the way", as it were, than her compatriots.
Languishing in lockup after being busted in a narcotics raid, the girls are bailed out by a drug and arms dealer named Alien, played by an almost unrecognisable James Franco (127 Hours). Chewing scenery with a mouth full of decorative metal, Franco, ludicrous, lecherous and also kind of brilliant, lures the girls into the debauched and violent Miami criminal underworld, where against all logic, they flourish.
But as the film morphs from dark Girls Gone Wild pastiche to twenty-first century Bonnie & Clyde, Korine starts to run out of steam. The grotesqueries of the MTV American dream, in which teens flash their breasts and asses in an inebriated stupor, prove mesmerizing to a point, but beyond that the film has very little. The use of repetitious whispered voiceover – oddly reminiscent of Malick, or perhaps his creepy pornographer cousin – only intensifies the feeling that Korine doesn't really have that much to say. Soon the narrative starts to stagnate as well – for the last thirty minutes there is little sense of escalation, while climax is perfunctory and rather underwhelming.


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Computer science student team takes first at Digi-Key competition
Posted by Judy Korn on Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010
University of Minnesota, Morris teams placed first and sixth overall out of sixteen teams at the 2010 Digi-Key Collegiate Computing Competition. Team Reptilian Agenda earned a commanding first place overall, scoring more than 300 total points, more than 60 points over the second place team. The team is comprised of seniors Eugene Butler, Brookings, South Dakota, Brian Goslinga, Princeton, Justin Mullin, Eden Prairie, and Chad Seibert, Wadena. The four students each received $300 gift certificates. The Morris computer science discipline will host the bronze traveling trophy for the next year and receive a $5,000 award to support computer science activities such as student travel to conferences and special lab purchases.
Morris's second team, Magical Flying Carp, competed successfully in the "Benders," speed and trivia competitions, taking first and second respectively. The team is comprised of juniors Stephen Adams, International Falls, Brandon Botzet, Fairmont, Phil Coler, Montevideo, and Jay Lapham, Lakeville.
Morris teams have earned first place at Digi-Key three times in the past five years, tying the University of North Dakota for the most wins since Digi-Key started the competition in 2000. Reptilian Agenda is the eighth team to place in the top three since Morris was first invited in 2002.
The event sponsor, Digi-Key, is an international distributor of electronic components serving a broad range of industries including automotive, communications, energy/renewable energy, industrial, medical equipment, transportation, military/aerospace, and research and development. The corporation is located in Thief River Falls.
Team Reptilian Agenda from left: Chad Seibert, Justin Mullin, Brian Goslinga, Nic McPhee, professor of computer science and coach, and Eugene Butler
Magical Flying Carp from left: Phil Coler, Jay Lapham, Stephen Adams, and Brandon Botzet


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Amazing bird migration at Point Pelee National Park, Ontario, Canada
People with an interest in the natural world tend to become birdwatchers rather than say bat watchers for the simple reason that birds are easier to see than other members of the animal kingdom. They are also popular to watch because many species make pleasant sounding noises (except for crows and peafowl), some sport brightly colored plumage, and most have evolved the enviable ability to fly.
This latter attribute also allows birds to migrate huge distances in a short amount of time during which they pass through areas not frequented at other times of the year. While they migrate, many of our feathered friends stick to following rivers and coastlines for navigation and because it's safer than flying over the water. Because of this, migrating birds sometimes concentrate in huge numbers on peninsulas that are strategically situated in the areas they use for migration.
One of the most effective of the "migrant traps" is Point Pelee National Park in southern Ontario, Canada. This park is shaped like a funnel and it has the same affect on migrating birds as a funnel does for pouring liquid. In the Fall, scattered birds on their way south become more concentrated in numbers as they fly down the land mass of the point that becomes more and more narrow until a thin strip of sand juts south into Lake Erie. In the Spring, the point acts like a beacon of hope to huge numbers of birds that are tired and hungry from flying long distances.
The months of May and September are the best times of the year to visit the park and witness flocks of hundreds of small birds trooping through the woods as well as endless strings of ducks, cormorants, gulls, and terns that fly past the point. There are a number of picnic sites, various trails and marsh boardwalks, and because much of the point is closed to cars, the park is also a beautiful place to go biking or for a walk.
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Derek Chisora, who spat water at Wladimir Klitschko and brawled with David Haye at a press conference, says he has no regrets over his actions last year. More
Former heavyweight champ Larry Holmes has returned home following two days in the hospital for high blood sugar. More
A movement to ban headgear in amateur boxing has begun by the International Boxing Association (AIBA). More
Former champ Rafael Marquez has pulled out of a May 4 fight against Leo Santa Cruz due to gallstone surgery.


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SOCHI, Russia – Walking through the gauntlet of media gathered in the bowels of Shayba Arena, Phil Kessel looked like he'd rather battle for a loose puck in the corner against Zdeno Chara than face the upcoming onslaught of questions in the mixed zone.
As he has always done, Kessel would rather let his performance on the ice do the talking for him. He's been that way from his early days as a phenom at the National Team Development Program to his one year at the University of Minnesota, through some pretty tumultuous times in Boston and now in Toronto, where there's more media scrutiny for the Maple Leafs than for the Pope.
Here in Sochi, Kessel has been the star of the Olympic tournament, leading all scorers with four goals and seven points in three games, including a natural hat trick in Monday's 5-1 victory over Slovenia. And no matter how many questions he faces about his personal accomplishments, Kessel is content to deflect the attention away from his performance and put it back on the team.
"It's not about me, it's about the win," he said after netting the first American Olympic hat trick since John LeClair in 2002. "We can still improve more, and we have to get a lot better."
Playing on a line with his Maple Leafs teammate James van Riemsdyk and the versatile Joe Pavelski, Kessel looks right at home on the bigger Olympic ice. The extra room seems to suit his smooth skating style and provides him with a little extra time and space to make things happen.
"We are having fun out there," said Pavelski, who assisted on all three Kessel tallies against Slovenia. "Van Riemsdyk and Phil have good chemistry, so I just try to get them the puck when I can."
Kessel came into the tournament as one of the hottest players in the NHL, notching 27 points in his last 15 games. While Leafs fans may be sad to see the Olympic break come while their team is so hot, the Madison, Wis., native hasn't missed a beat here in Sochi. He opened his second Olympic tournament with a goal and two assists against Slovakia and added an assist against Russia.
"I'm playing with great players, so they always make you better out there," Kessel said. "Obviously I'm comfortable with James. We play together all year long. Pavs is a great player. We're just trying to make some plays."
Like his U.S. teammates, Dan Bylsma is happy to have Kessel and all that skill on his side, even if it's just for a short time.
"Playing against Phil over the past few years, the speed and the shot of the player is elite," said Bylsma, whose Pittsburgh Penguins play the Maple Leafs several times a year as part of the Eastern Conference schedule.
"The speed with which he can accelerate down the ice, he can put teams in trouble with that speed and finish it up with the shot that he has. It's one of the more dangerous weapons out there."
That was on display in their first shift against Slovenia, as Kessel took a pass from Pavelski in the neutral zone, kicked it into gear, slipped the puck between the legs of defenseman Mitja Robar and flicked a low wrist shot that caught 20-year-old Slovenian goaltender Luka Gracnar by surprise.
Less than three minutes later, Pavelski retrieved a dump-in along the goal line and flipped the puck across the crease that Kessel whacked out of mid-air into the goal.
"We were fortunate that right out of the gate to get a couple of great skill plays through the neutral zone, and Kessel was able to get us two goals there to get us that lead," said Bylsma, who was worried about an emotional let down after Saturday's big shootout victory over Russia.
"There was not as much emotion in this game for us, so to get up like we did I thought that was very big for our team to look up and see the scoreboard and know that we were up in that game."
After playing three games in four days, the U.S. enjoyed the spoils that came with winning Pool A. The day off was enough time for Kessel to watch his sister Amanda, who scored a goal in the U.S. Women's Team's 6-1 victory over Sweden to advance to the gold-medal game.
As the men await the winner of the Czech Republic vs. Slovakia in the quarterfinals, they know that success in the preliminary round will mean nothing if they aren't playing for a gold medal on Sunday. But with Kessel leading the offensive charge, they like their chances.
As Pavelski said, "It's good that he's on our side right now."
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"Ugo Ihemelu is a talented player with tremendous speed that will be a key member of our back line," said Hyndman said. "In my time here, we haven't had that natural right back we have needed and we believe Ugo will provide that for us moving forward."
Moor has played both right back and central defender at FCD, and Ihemulu has also played in the middle as well as out wide during his MLS career. A run of injuries has forced Hyndman to juggle his defenders much of the season; George John and Steve Purdy are both regaining fitness; Kyle Davies missed some time with a groin injury, and will leave the team in a few weeks to play at the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt.
Ihemelu grew up in Cedar Hill, Texas, and played at SMU before being drafted by Los Angeles as the fifth overall pick in the 2005 SuperDraft. He played in all four playoff games in his rookie season as the Galaxy won the MLS Cup title, and played a total of 58 games (including playoffs) before being traded in 2007 to Colorado, for which he played 54 games. He started all 11 of his appearances for the Rapids this season.
Moor won two NCAA championships (2003, 2004) with Indiana and was claimed in the 2005 SuperDraft right after Ihemelu as the No. 6 pick by Dallas. He played 123 regular-season games and five playoff matches, scored eight goals, and registered two assists. He started 21 matches for FCD this season.
In addition to playing more than 100 games apiece in their six professional seasons, Moor and Ihemelu have represented the U.S. national team. Included in Moor's five caps are two appearances at the 2007 Copa America. Ihemelu earned his second cap earlier this year in a friendly against Sweden.
Two weeks remain until the MLS roster freeze date of Sept. 16, after no trades are permitted and teams are forbidden to add players except under extraordinary circumstances.


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Spanish film-maker tackles invisible legacy in book
By Martin Roberts
MADRID (Reuters) - Having children spurred Spanish award-winning director and script-writer Julia Montejo to turn her hand to literature and she has just published her second novel with a third one on the way.
"I've been far more productive since I've had two kids, maybe because I'm scared of all the talk that, oh, now you're a mother you've stopped dead," Montejo told Reuters from her Madrid home.
"I haven't stopped work at all. I've written for television, I've got two novels out, there's the Fox deal and my university teaching," she added, referring to an agreement to film her script "Heart for Auction" with Twentieth Century Fox, a unit of News Corp.
Heart deals with a young woman eager to study and escape a poor background in which her friends' aspirations are limited to being footballers' girlfriends.
She takes the desperate step of putting her virginity up for auction on a game show fighting for ratings.
"It's a film about sex, without sex. She would go to any lengths on television, which I think is very topical," Montejo said.
Montejo lived in the United States for eight years, during which she wrote and directed U.S.-Spanish production "No Turning Back" in 2001, which won best independent Latino picture at the ALMA awards, a Latino version of the Oscars. Continued...


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Causes Of Nephrocalcinosis
Can having nephrocalcinosis eventually cause you to have a kidney transplant
Yes: If your kidney stones back up your kidneys enough or cause recurrent infections, you could end up losing enough function to require going on dialysis or receiving a transplant. ...Read moreSee 1 more doctor answer
My dad's gfr is 60 & he's taking in ketoanalogues. Is his slightly increase renal parenchymal echogenicity & tiny nephrocalcinosis the cause?
Your Dad: has significant renal failure the imaging discloses what i think is polycystic renal disease which indeed may explain his situation! Hope this helps! Dr Z ...Read more
What to do if I'm wondering if nephrocalcinosis can have any impact on your breast milk supply, or cause any complications in your pregnancy?
Should not: Nephrocalcinosis can be caused by a variety of things and is usually asymptomatic, chronic and slowly progressive. It is usually an incidental finding. There should be no impact on your breast milk supply. I would coordinate with your physician if you anticipate becoming pregnant. ...Read more
I was diagnosed with nephrocalcinosis. What diet should I take so the disease does not get worse?
Nephro-Ca++ Diet: Nephrocalcinosis can be caused by different conditions which in turn guide specific dietary modification. Increasing fluid intake to produce > 2 l/day of urine, restriction of animal protein & sodium intake to. ...Read more
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Nephrocalcinosis: Nephrocalcinosis is likely to worsen during pregnancy. Kidney stones happen easily during pregnancy. If nephrocalcinosis is associated with renal insufficiency or kidney impairment, it can worsen and then pregnancy may be adversely impacted. ...Read more
Should patients with nephrocalcinosis avoid calcium sources such as milk?
No evidence for this: In nephrocalcinosis, measures may be taken to reduce urinary concentration and increase the solubility of the substances (calcium, phosphate, or oxalate) contributing to the disease. However, restricting dietary calcium intake is not recommended unless it is excessive (>2000 mg/day). More important is liberal fluid intake, modest restriction of animal protein, and restriction of dietary sodium. ...Read more
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Stone formers: Nephrolithiasis means kidney stones.Nephrocalcinosis is a condition of depositing calcium into the tissue/collecting systems/tubules of either the cortex (outer portion) or medulla (inner portion) of the kidney - this can lead to stone formation. Corticol and medullary nephrocalcinosis have different mechanisms/causes and are associated with different physiologic/anatomic conditions (eg msk). ...Read more
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Medullary: nephrocalcinosis refers to deposition of calcium salts in the medulla of the kidney. They are like tiny stones. There are many causes, including medullary sponge kidney, hyperparathyroidism, hypervitaminosis D, milk alkali syndrome, renal tubular acidosis, Cushings, hyperuricemia, and more. So you need to discuss the results with your doctor to determine what it might mean in your case. ...Read more
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The influence of service quality and trade show effectiveness on post-show purchase intention
Gottlieb, Udo, Brown, Mark, & Drennan, Judy (2011) The influence of service quality and trade show effectiveness on post-show purchase intention. European Journal Of Marketing, 45(11/12), pp. 1642-1659.
The purpose of this paper is to develop and test an integrative services framework to investigate the role of perceived trade show effectiveness on overall trade show service outcome, conceptualised as the intention to purchase a related product after, rather than during, a show.
Drawing on the services marketing and trade show literature, the authors test a model of trade show effectiveness with data collected from 592 attendees at a major automotive trade show in a large metropolitan centre.
Results show that improving trade show visitors' perceived service quality positively affects visitor perceptions of trade show effectiveness. Furthermore, both trade show effectiveness and service quality directly influence future purchase intention.
Research limitations/implications
Employing a services theoretical framework to evaluate trade show visitor experiences provides an alternative to the traditional marketing communications approach. By viewing such visits as service encounters, managers must inevitably consider the effects of service quality and service outcomes in determining the likely success of their shows. The study primarily focuses on one large consumer show and therefore does not constitute a complete, nor necessarily representative, sample of the trade show industry.
The original contribution of the paper stems from the paucity of research conceptualising trade shows as services and the comparative lack of emphasis placed on visitors rather than exhibitors in the literature. The research not only has utility for trade show organisers but also provides necessary theory-based research in the trade show domain.
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The Billy Burns show is coming to the big leagues.
The Midland RockHounds' outfielder received a surprise big league promotion on Monday, when outfielder Craig Gentry landed on the disabled list with a broken hand. Burns joins the Oakland A's as the Double-A level's leader in stolen bases with 51 in just 56 chances. When Burns makes his debut, he will be the first rookie to appear in a game for the A's this season. Rookie Arnold Leon was on the roster for a double-header earlier this year, but he didn't appear in a game.
Burns was batting .250/.333/.330 with 44 walks in 91 games for Midland this season. He had a hit, a walk and two stolen bases for the RockHounds versus Corpus Christi on Sunday. Burns joins the A's in Houston, where they will begin a series versus the Astros.
Burns was acquired by the A's for reliever Jerry Blevins during the off-season. The Mercer alum was the Washington Nationals' Minor League Player of the Year last season when he hit .315 and stole 74 bases. Burns got off to a slow start this season as he battled an oblique injury, but he is batting .260/.351/.385 in July.
Burns was a natural right-handed hitter before the Nationals converted him to a switch-hitter two years ago. This season, Burns is batting .270 as a right-handed hitter and .242 as a left-hander. He has game-changing speed and will be a factor for the A's if he can get on base.
The A's will miss Craig Gentry's ability to get on-base and his defense in all three outfield spots. Gentry broke his hand on Sunday during the A's win over the Texas Rangers. Gentry was batting .264 with 18 stolen bases in 19 chances in 80 games for the A's at the time of his injury. It is yet another hard-luck injury for a player who has battled a lot of them during his career.
The A's could be calling on another minor league outfielder in the coming days. Centerfielder Coco Crisp continues to battle a neck strain and he is being re-examined by team doctors. If he lands on the DL, the A's are likely to call on outfielder Shane Peterson, who leads all Triple-A hitters in hits and is batting .324. The A's may also look to acquire another centerfielder before the July 31st trade deadline.


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4033: Implementing a Consumer Participation Program in an Inpatient Psychiatric Unit: Lessons Learned
An inpatient psychiatric unit implemented an innovative program using recovery concepts and consumers-as-staff-members. While the goals and objectives were laudable, the outcomes were disappointing. Implementation would have been more successful if the planners had used Rogers Diffusion of Innovations Theory. Recommendations from lessons learned will be discussed.
Speaker: Carol Rogers, PMHCNS-BC, PhD
Disclosures: This speaker has no conflict of interest, commercial support, or off-label use to disclose. The activity planners have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
Session Length: 30 minutes
Target Audience: RN, APRN
Session Objectives
Upon completion of this presentation, the participant will be able to:
1. Describe the implementation of an innovative program introducing recovery and consumer participation ideologies to improve inpatient psychiatric care.
2. Evaluate the outcomes of the implementation process using Rogers (2003) Diffusion of Innovation Theory.
3. Describe the lessons learned and present recommendations for implementation of recovery concepts and consumers as staff members in inpatient psychiatric units.
Key words: consumer participation program, recovery model
Continuing Nursing Education
0.5 contact hours. * In order to receive contact hours, you must: Listen to the entire session, complete an evaluation, and earn a passing score on the post test before the expiration date. You will have 5 tries to correctly answer the questions on the post test. Once you have passed and completed an evaluation, the certificate will be generated online, available for you to print immediately. We cannot award credit unless all steps are completed.
The American Psychiatric Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Originally Presented
Saturday, October 22, 2011: 11:20am 12:05pm
Recovery Track
APNA 25th Annual Conference
Anaheim, California
Release Date: January 5, 2012
The contact hours for this session expire: March 14, 2014


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Samsung Electronics, Ford Motor (F), and Boeing (BA) are waiting for suppliers in quake-stricken Japan to increase one key export: information. A top supplier of high-end components for the global tech and auto industries, Japan may need weeks to recover lost output from the country's strongest earthquake on record, according to a forecast by Barclays Capital (BCS). That's why manufacturing executives from San Mateo to Stuttgart are scrutinizing production schedules, searching for backup suppliers, and figuring out how to cope with rising component prices.
The crippled nuclear reactor complex in northeast Japan has resulted in rolling blackouts throughout the country, forcing Japanese suppliers such as Sanyo Electric and Toshiba to reduce their production in order to conserve power, water, and materials. If the reduced output continues well into April, the ripple effect will be felt in Seattle. "We're O.K. for a few weeks, and I can't tell you beyond that," says Boeing Commercial Airplanes President James F. Albaugh. Japanese companies design and supply 35 percent of Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner.
Japanese factories produce about one-fifth of the world's semiconductors and 40 percent of electronic components, according to CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets. Sony (SNE) makes 10 percent of the world's laptop computer batteries, and other Japanese companies are the dominant suppliers of chemicals that manufacturers need to make chips. "Japan has higher and higher market share of specialty materials as you go up the supply chain," says Tony Tseng, an analyst in Taipei with Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
On Mar. 14, the price of the benchmark DDR3 1-gigabit dynamic random-access memory chip used in all manner of personal computers climbed 7 percent, to $1.11, the largest gain since Jan. 27, according to Taipei's DRAMeXchange, a research firm that tracks chip prices. Spot prices of the 4-gigabit NAND flash memories that find their way into smartphones, tablet computers, and digital cameras rose 17 percent on the same day.
Toshiba produces 25 percent of the NAND flash chips globally. On Mar. 14, the company temporarily halted operations at plants and offices in areas affected by rolling power outages. If the crisis leads to extended shutdowns, "then we just have an almost apocalyptic shortage," says Jim Handy, an analyst with research firm Objective Analysis in Los Gatos, Calif.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM) and United Microelectronics (UMC), the world's largest contract manufacturers of chips, may miss second- and third-quarter revenue estimates because of disruptions to the supply of the Japanese-produced silicon wafers used to make chips, Goldman Sachs (GS) analysts Donald Lu, Evan Xu, and Hu Lingling wrote in a Mar. 14 report. South Korea's Samsung and Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC are seeking other sources to avoid shortages that might shut production, company spokesmen say.
Typically, big players such as TSM keep a four- to six-week stock of chemical products used to make chips, so uncertainty about maintaining supply from Japan is not a problem for now. Nobody knows, however, when these companies will be back up to speed. Warren Lau, an analyst in Hong Kong with Samsung Securities, warns that extended delays would be felt by Apple (AAPL) and others. "If [the Japanese] cannot supply," Lau says, "then no one is going to get their iPad 2."
The supply outlook for Japanese high-end auto components is less worrisome at the moment. Ford Motor hasn't yet experienced any problems getting nickel-metal-hydride battery packs from Japanese supplier Sanyo for its Fusion hybrid sedan assembled in Mexico, says a company spokesman. Swedish automaker Volvo, now owned by China's Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, buys about 10 percent of its components from Japan. "Our production won't be affected this week, but then we'll see," says Volvo spokesman Per-Ake Froberg.
Supply of batteries, Blu-ray compact discs, and magnetic heads used in hard disk drives may also be affected by the quake and power shortage, according to a Mar. 14 report by Taipei research company TrendForce. "The reality is, the companies don't know the full extent of what's happened," says economist Kim Hill at the Center for Automotive Research in Ann Arbor, Mich. "You can't build a car with 97 percent of the parts. You pretty much need all of them."
The bottom line: Global technology and auto companies face price hikes, supply uncertainty, and a paucity of information.


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Digital restoration lets silent movie 'Wings' get its say
"Like Star Wars and Avatar later, 'Wings' pushed the limits of filmmaking. It stands as an exciting film, not as a relic." says Randy Haberkamp, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences educational programs director.
This is the rare awards season in which two contemporary movies — Golden Globe winners Hugo and The Artist— celebrate the silent era of filmmaking. Now it's time to make way for a returning original.
The 1927 film Wings, winner of the first best-picture Academy Award and the only silent film to achieve the honor, has been restored to its original glory. Paramount Pictures is unveiling the refurbished movie at a special Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences screening this week and will release it next Tuesday on Blu-ray and DVD.
"This is an incredibly important film and restoration," says Randy Haberkamp, the academy's director of educational projects. "Like Star Wars and Avatar later, Wings pushed the limits of filmmaking. It stands as an exciting film, not as a relic."
The film starred one of the era's biggest names in Clara Bow, along with Charles "Buddy" Rogers and Richard Arlen, who play pilots shipped off to fly fighter planes in World War I. It also features the breakout performance of Gary Cooper, who would go on to become a screen legend.
"Gary Cooper has a very small scene, but it's incredibly effective," Haberkamp says. "This was the film where people sat up and said, 'Wow, who's that?' "
Wings features the use of real World War I planes in intricate aerial dogfights, many of which were shot with massive cameras attached to the flying planes. The U.S. military provided the planes, saving $16 million in costs, Haberkamp says. But Wings still racked up a $2 million budget, staggering for the time (and equivalent to about $24 million in today's dollars).
"There are many flight sequences when you are going, 'Holy cow,' '' Haberkamp says. "And (it's) more amazing knowing that these guys actually did these incredibly dangerous stunts. There just weren't any special effects."
Over the years, the film began to look its age. But advances in digital restoration made Wings a clear candidate to be restored as part of Paramount's 100-year anniversary celebration. "The damage was pretty severe," says Andrea Kalas, a Paramount archivist. "On the screen, things were starting to disappear in a cloudy way. We only wanted clouds in the sky."
Her team researched the film for six months to determine how it looked at its peak and then spent four months restoring it.
Kalas declines to cite the budget for the process ("It didn't cost as much as it took to make the film," she says), but the results are spectacular. The new version includes an orchestral soundtrack mixed with actual airplane noises, much like the musical and sound accompaniment used in 1927 to compete with the growing popularity of "talking" films.
Another bonus: The original Wings prints had stenciled colors added, such as orange flames in planes being shot down and the orange turrets of firing machine guns. Those stenciled images disappeared in time, but they have been restored digitally. It's another aspect that Haberkamp believes will surprise modern audiences.
"It's one of those things from the silent era that was so artistically cool and yet was just sort of pushed aside," he says. "People are going to see it and say, 'That's not what I thought silent films were about.' "
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Kolby is 2 years old now and I had hope maybe his ears would go up but they haven't. I also have his sister whose ears went up right away.
Just wondering if there's any way to get his ears up at this point or if it's too late?
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Too late after 2 years?
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I got kyra and kolby at the same time from the same litter.
Kyras ears stood up right away but kolby never did except on rate occasions only for a few seconds throughout the years
Is it too late for me to try and strengthen his ears to stand up?
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I would say yes - what are they mixed with?
His genetics may have predisposed him to a "collie" ear, which is why they never stood. They don't look particularly heavy, and since both are quite even, I wouldn't say that it is due to damage.
You could try -there is no harm in it - and see what happens. But ideally you want to start this around 7-8 months.
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They have a slight amount of husky in them otherwise pure German shepherds.
He had a pretty bad ear infection and I thought maybe that weakened his ears but the vet never said anything.
What are some options?
This picture is from about 8 months old and I knew they had potential to stand up
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Are you sure there isn't another mix in there? Since both those breeds have erect ears, especially the husky, I would say either there's another mix in there somewhere it the ears aren't up because of damage.
I read a post earlier this month that someone had ears go up at 1.5 years, so I would say try it! I believe they said they tried a strong bonding glue their vet ordered.
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They both do not look like purebred GSDs to me. They may have different sires, which is possible in one litter. It soesn't look his ears will get up at this age. He is who he is, like we all are :)
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Yeah they will still look beautiful and we love them for what and who they are! Ears up or not...
However, there are benefits to ears up or for whatever reason some people prefer them to be, I used a fabric glue known as the "tear mender". Even after the ears get separated, I left the glue there and eventually it will rub off.
His ears stood almost immediately after i used it on him. He was almost a year old then. I glued it like the pic below:
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I suppose there's no harm trying. Hope it works for you ;)
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Ohhh, I also used some "breathe right" strips to support from inside after the ears got separated using the glue.
The ears were standing but somewhat floppy, so i added support. :)
It worked.
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Alistair and Diane are absolutely delighted to have the honour of The Green Park Hotel being awarded Scottish Hotel of the Year 2015 by The Good Hotel Guide. This photo has been especially chosen as Diane has her eyes closed!
The Good Hotel Guide is the leading independent guide to hotels in Great Britain and Ireland. It is written for the reader seeking impartial advice on finding a good place to stay. Hotels cannot buy their entry as they do in most rival guides. No money changes hands, and the editors and inspectors do not accept free hospitality on their anonymous visits to hotels.
The Green Park hotel in Pitlochry is a long established and very popular family run hotel, in Highland Perthshire.
The hotel is to be found on the western outskirts of Pitlochry, a small town of two to three thousand, which lies within the southern edge of Highland Scotland.
The Green Park hotel is one of Pitlochry's best known landmarks, enjoying unrivalled views over Loch Faskally from its lochside position; truly one of Pitlochry's best locations. Set in three acres at the 'Inverness' end of Pitlochry, the Green Park is within strolling distance of the shops and a pleasant walk from the Pitlochry Festival Theatre.
The hotel is spacious and full of light. The public rooms are well appointed and restful. The bedrooms are neat and attractive; all have private bathrooms, colour televisions, tea/coffee making facilities, hair dryer, electric blankets, and direct dial telephones.
Sixteen of the hotels bedrooms are on the ground floor level. In response to public demand, the hotel has been non-smoking since 1996. The Green Park hotel has a full hotel licence, and wines and refreshments are on call at all reasonable times. Pets are welcome by arrangement.
The Green Park hotel is run by two generations of the McMenemie family - John, Mary, Alistair and Diane - in a manner suitable to the character of the house and its setting. It functions with quiet taste and style as a friendly country house hotel, where full attention is directed to the requirements of our guests.
Good food is an essential part of any holiday, and the hotel's fare is an integral part of the style of the Green Park. We are proud of our table, where dishes and menus are prepared with the accent very much on fresh local produce.
The Green Park hotel is an ideal base for touring Perthshire and the Southern Highlands, and information can be supplied by our reception at any time of the day.
"Thank you for your interest in what we have to offer, here, at the Green Park Hotel. Our emphasis is on creating a friendly and comfortable base from which guests can enjoy their holiday, whether it is a short weekend break or an extended vacation. Please do not hesiate to contact us should you require further information, or wish to check the availability of dates. We look forward to welcoming you to Pitlochry and the Green Park hotel."
Best regards, Alistair McMenemie For the McMenemie Family
Here the bedrooms are on three floors. Three bedrooms are on the ground floor ( rooms 1 - 3 ). Eighteen bedrooms are the first floor ( rooms 4 - 40 ), and four bedrooms are on the second floor ( rooms 21 - 24 ).
The four bedrooms on the second floor have balconies, each with room for two 'deck' chairs and a table. The bedrooms on the second floor can be reached by stairs from the first floor, or directly by using the Garden Wing lift.
Here the bedrooms are on two floors, each with seven bedrooms. Rooms 32 - 38 are on the ground floor, while rooms 25 - 31 are on the first floor. Looking out from the dining room towards Loch Faskally, the Garden Wing is to the left hand side.
Here the bedrooms are on two floors, each with six bedrooms. Rooms 50 - 55 are on the first floor, while rooms 56 - 61 are on the ground floor. If you imagine that you are arriving at the hotel's reception, then the Tower Wing is to your left hand side.


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Eighteen unique towns in Northern California feature some of the most stunning geography, gentle climates, and captivating culture in America. Each offers a getaway that will inspire you to relax in ways that you never can in cities. Whether you are seeking a memorable vacation or a vital new place to call home, these are the foremost destinations beyond the cities of California.
In 2003 the landmark travel guidebook, The Great Towns of Northern California (a 320-page guidebook) described each town's best attractions, restaurants and lodgings, and provided original Weather Rating charts. Quality of Life data were also provided. Considering the housing costs at that time, Napa was declared the Best Quality of Life for the Money in the region. Carmel was declared the Best Quality of Life, Best Weather and (not surprisingly!) the Most Expensive Housing Cost. Monterey topped the Downtown Vitality list and also had the Most Complete Facilities, while Sonoma was the Safest. Complete ratings for all 18 towns in all categories are included in the guidebook.
Fourteen of these towns made the final cut for inclusion among the 100 best that are featured in our 2009 national guidebook, The Great Towns of America.
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* EPS $0.44 vs. $0.37 estimate
* Net sales up 15.1 percent
* Monster Energy drinks continues to gain market share
* Shares up 9 percent after market
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May 7 (Reuters) - Hansen Natural Corp HANS.O, which sells the Monster Energy drink, posted first-quarter profit that came in ahead of market expectations as sales of its energy drinks continued to outperform in the category and gain market share.
Shares of the company rose 9 percent to $41.39 in trading after the bell. They closed at $38.06 Thursday on Nasdaq.
Hansen, which has doubled its share in the U.S. energy-drink market since its launch there in 2002, has a distribution agreement with Coca-Cola Co (KO.N: Cotización) and its bottler under which the beverage giant released Monster in the six Western European countries and parts of the United States.
In a bid to further grow its global footprint, the company said it is had recently entered distribution agreements with Schweppes Australia Pty Ltd. Continuación...


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The Chinese head tax was a fixed fee charged to each Chinese person entering Canada. The head tax was first levied after the Canadian parliament passed the Chinese Immigration Act of 1885. It was meant to discourage Chinese people from entering Canada after the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The tax was abolished by the Chinese Immigration Act of 1923. That act stopped all Chinese immigration except for business people, clergy, educators, students, and other categories.


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Dear Readers: One of life's conveniences is an AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE that allows us to quickly get cash anytime. However, before using an ATM, there are some safety hints to follow, according to the American Bankers Association:
* Whether using a walk-up or drive-up ATM, make sure it is in a well-lit area, and look around before starting your transaction.
* If in a car, keep the engine running, and have your bank card out and ready to use. Lock the doors and all windows you will not be using.
* At a walk-up ATM, if others are around, block the keypad while punching in information.
* When inserting the ATM card, look for signs that there may be a skimming device attached (gluelike residue, scratches or any damage, loose parts). Contact the bank if you think the machine has been tampered with.
* Once you are done with your transaction, take all cash and receipts with you. DO NOT stand at the ATM and count your cash. Wait until you are alone and in a safe place.
-- Heloise
Dear Heloise: Since transportation is a problem for me, whenever I get to a store, I stock up on greeting cards. To avoid wondering "Now, who or what is this for?" I write the name of whom the card is for and the date I need to mail it in the spot for the stamp. -- Kay W., Billings, Mont.
Dear Heloise: My family loves to eat salads, and we each have our favorite salad dressing. For some reason, one salad dressing will come with a plastic top that has a hole for dispensing dressing, while other manufacturers' dressings have no such plastic top. The dressing can just pour out, and you get far more than you were expecting or wanting.
After finishing a bottle that had the plastic piece, I removed it carefully by placing the tine of a fork in the hole and popping it out of the neck of the bottle. I then washed the piece and placed it on the dressing bottle that had no such top. It is amazing how many different bottles the plastic piece fits into! No more worrying about too much dressing! -- Stacy F. in New Jersey
Dear Heloise: Many of us have an insulated casserole caddy. I have one that is big enough for a 9-by-13-inch cake pan. I use it to tote food to and from places, but I also use it at home to keep things hot while we wait for dinner or something else to finish cooking. Just thought it would help someone else realize that it can be used for more than one reason. -- C.B. in Texas
Dear Heloise: Thank you for your many helpful hints. I save plastic grocery bags with handles for the local library. They gladly use them to protect books checked out on rainy days. -- Maria G. in Texas
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Forensic Psychology in Florida
Florida is a populous state, and the job market can be unpredictable. However, when you have a specialized degree or a doctorate, finding and keeping jobs is much easier. One of the areas of specialty that's growing right now is in forensic science. Many different forensic disciplines are available for study and one of the most popular is forensic psychology. In the coming years, there will be a greater need for forensic psychologists, and this means that now is the perfect time to start training for this career. You need to go to great colleges in order to earn a degree in forensic psychology, and it's important to realize that this area of study is going to take a serious commitment of time.
Becoming a Forensic Psychologist in Florida
You will need to start with your Bachelor's degree in psychology, and then you will have to start pursuing your Master's degree and then a doctorate. It will take many years, but the rewards are worth the time that you put into it.
Once you complete your educational requirements, you are still going to need to have 4,000 hours, or two years of supervised experience. The hours of work experience that you will need are greater than they are in many other states. The work experience needs to be supervised by a licensed psychologist that is approved by the Florida Board of Psychology. When you are choosing someone to supervise your work experience, it's a good idea to choose someone who is a forensic psychologist since this is going to be your area of expertise.
After you are able to fulfill those work experience requirements, you are still going to have to apply for your license through the Florida Board of Psychology. They will review the application and let you know when you can take your EPPP or Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology. Passing that exam will mean that you qualify for your license and you will be able to start looking for work and practicing psychology in Florida.
Steps to Becoming a Forensic Psychologist in Florida: Quick Reference Guide
- Receive a master's &/or PhD degree in psychology or forensic psychology.
- Earn your PhD in forensic Psychology.
- Obtain 4000 hours of supervised work experience.
- Apply for your license through the Florida Board of Psychology.
- Take the Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP).
Employment Trends and Career Areas for Forensic Psychologists in Florida
You will find quite a few different options when it comes to employment as a forensic psychologist in Florida. The state has a number of highly populated areas, and finding employment should not be a problem. In fact, the need for forensic psychologists is going to rise across the country in the next few years, possibly by as much as 15%. Starting your schools now so that you can get the degrees you need is a great idea.
When you have your license, you will be able to find work with the court system, the correctional facilities, and with lawyers. You might also want to find work as a teacher for schools that have programs in psychology. Of course, many people get into the field because they want to work as a consultant for the police. This can lead to many interesting cases.
What is the Salary for Florida Forensic Psychologists?
Forensic psychologists in Florida make a very good living. The current average salary for a forensic psychologist is $80,000 per year. While the field is interesting, it's nice to know that it can be a lucrative career as well.
Florida Forensics in Popular Media
Forensic science in the popular media is one of the things that helped propel forensics into the public eye. The state of Florida is no stranger to popular programs, novels, and television shows that take place in the state and deal heavily with forensics. Some of the most popular are the Dexter novels and television series, as well as CSI: Miami. The proliferation of these and other media properties helps to keep forensics a hot topic.


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A man who fell to his death from a luxury penthouse flat was left lying on the pavement yards from a busy shopping street for almost four hours covered only by a thin red blanket.
Parents were forced to shield their children from the "distressing" scene as the man - whose feet were covered with a white sheet to stop them from poking out - lay surrounded by medical equipment next to a wheelie bin.
One said he was left "like an animal".
Scotland Yard, which is not treating the 34-year-old's death as suspicious, apologised saying there was "no tent available" to cover the man's body.
Witnesses told the Standard the man was naked when he plunged from the fourth-storey balcony of the £700,000 one-bed flat in a mansion block above Barclays bank in West End Lane, West Hampstead, at 5.25pm last night.
A passing doctor attempted to resuscitate him before paramedics arrived but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Forensic detectives worked behind a tape cordon for several hours before an undertaker arrived at shortly after 9pm to take the man to a mortuary.
One shopworker said: "The body was left outside for hours. I can't believe they just left it there. It's like he's an animal."
A security guard at a Sainsbury's located opposite the scene said shoppers came were left "traumatised" by the incident.
He said: "A woman and her child walked out and witnessed the man falling. He landed on the pavement and people rushed to help him. Everyone was in shock."
A Scotland Yard spokesman said a request was sent by detectives for a forensic tent to cover the man's body.
He said: "There was no tent available to officers to shield the body from the public. Officers instead used blankets. We apologise for any distress this may have caused members of the public."
Witnesses described how the man, who has not been identified, had been alone on the balcony - which is enclosed by a five-foot high glass barrier - for only a few moments before he fell.
The manager of a neighbouring hairdressing salon said: "I spoke with a woman who saw it happen and she said she couldn't get the image out of her head. She said he wasn't at the top for long, then he just fell and hit the ground."
Azmat Lohdi, 25, who works opposite, said: "We heard shouting and looked out to see Barclays staff outside looking shocked.
"I ran across the road and the man was just lying there. A woman who was a doctor and who happened to be passing called the ambulance and started CPR.
"Within two minutes an ambulance arrived and they were checking his pulse and pumping his chest. They were giving him oxygen but he was gone. They did everything they could.
"Nobody else was in the flat but a man, who I think was his flatmate, arrived and he totally lost it. He was shouting and crying. A girl also arrived and spoke to police. It's awful," he said.
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My findings are as follows:
at startup the voltage climbs from ~ .100 V to ~ .425V . It stays at ~.425V untill operating temp is reached.
Once its up to operating temp the voltage climbs to .825V slowly over about 1 minute. It hovered around that for about 10 minutes.
Then i decided to high idle it for about 5 minutes @ 2400rpm to make sure everything was heated up.
Still it hung at around.8V
Then i propped up the multimeter in the door to see what it did under different conditions.
I goosed the throttle and the voltage dropped to under .1V and climbed back up to .750V
I tried raising the throttle at different rates and letting it return to idle at different rates. On the acceleration side it always drops and on the decel it returns to .4-.8 after 10 seconds or less.
So, you definetly have your voltage out of range at .1-.3
Also, as far as I know (my euro car experience is limited) american and jap cars that are obd2 all have the same voltage range so a standard obd2 mil eliminator should work at least somewhat.
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Last week, I spent most of my time installing Linux and a few white hat applications from hacker Web sites: Firewalk, Nmap, Sniffit, Swatch and Tripwire. This week, I've had a bit of a chance to play around with them.
This "white hat" nomenclature confused me when I first heard it. White hat is a fairly common term for people who hack legitimately - security staff, researchers and so on. By contrast, black hat hackers hack maliciously. Basically, white hats are the good guys; black hats are the bad guys. Gray hats are somewhere between the two, and nobody knows where Red Hat Linux fits in with all this.
I'm told the terms come from the early Western movies. Because the movies were filmed in black and white, the chase scenes tended to get a bit confusing, until someone decided to give the good guys white hats and the bad guys black hats. Anyway, back to Linux. Frills and Thrills
Nmap impressed me. It's simple, it's powerful, and it does exactly what it says it does: It maps your network. The author, who goes only by the name Fyodor, even includes a short but well-written HTML manual in a choice of five languages. The program is freeware, so you've got to admire the amount of work that he's put into it.
Nmap runs ping sweeps to find out what machines are connected to your local network, a port scan to find out what services each machine is running and TCP/IP fingerprinting to find out what operating system each is running. The result is a log file giving you a reasonably complete list of what's on your network and what it's doing. That's useful information both for a security manager and any hacker.
Intrusion detection software: Specialized security programs that monitor log-on attempts, security logs and other information to try to detect unauthorized attempts to access the corporate network.
TCP/IP fingerprinting: The process of analyzing the TCP/IP protocol stack of a target host computer on a network to discover its operating system and version.
Ping: This utility for TCP/IP-based networks sends a query packet to a target network user or host address and waits for a reply to confirm its presence on the network.
The PacketStorm Web site bills itself as an online security library. Follow this link to download the Firewalk program.
Visit this hacker Web site to download the Nmap program.
This link takes you to the Sniffit packet-sniffer utility, available from Proditti Network Security Co. in Parma, Italy.
Visit this site to download Swatch, a log analyzer, and Tripwire, a file-integrity checker program.
We also run Internet Scanner from Atlanta-based Internet Security Systems Inc. (ISS). Internet Scanner can do exactly what Nmap can do and much more. The big difference between the tools - apart from the fact that Nmap is free and Internet Scannerr most certainly isn't - is the slant each puts on this function.
The ISS tool gives a much more user-friendly graphical user interface (GUI), advertises its presence to anyone being scanned and so on. It's clearly designed to fit into a corporate environment.
Nmap, on the other hand, is designed for technical staffers who want to dispense with the frills: It's much faster, and it's designed to be run in "stealth mode" so as to avoid detection by intrusion detection software. It certainly snuck in beneath the radar of our intrusion detection software, RealSecure from ISS. That's something we'll have to sort out.
Sniffing for Hack Attacks
Next up was Sniffit, a network packet sniffer. Packet sniffers are rather intriguingly named pieces of software that monitor network traffic.
Under many networking protocols, data that you transmit gets split into small segments, or packets, and the Internet Protocol address of the destination computer is written into the header of each packet. These packets then get passed around by routers and eventually make their way to the network segment that contains the destination computer.
As each packet travels around that destination segment, the network card on each computer on the segment examines the address in the header. If the destination address on the packet is the same as the IP address of the computer, the network card grabs the packet and passes it on to its host computer.
That's how I think it works, anyway. I'm sure there are many network engineers out there who are champing at the bit to explain the many subtle but important errors I've made, but frankly, that little model seems to work for me.
Promiscuous Network Cards
Packet sniffers work slightly differently. Instead of just picking up the packets that are addressed to them, they set their network cards to what's known as "promiscuous mode" and grab a copy of every packet that goes past. This lets the packet sniffers see all data traffic on the network segment to which they're attached - if they're fast enough to be able to process all that mass of data, that is. This network traffic often contains very interesting information for an attacker, such as user identification numbers and passwords, confidential data - anything that isn't encrypted in some way.
This data is also useful for other purposes - network engineers use packet sniffers to diagnose network faults, for example, and we in security use packet sniffers for our intrusion detection software. That last one is a real case of turning the tables on the attackers: Hackers use packet sniffers to check for confidential data; we use packet sniffers to check for hacker activity. That has a certain elegant simplicity to it.
I've known of packet sniffers for years, and I've talked about the dangers of attackers using packet sniffers in many a consulting assignment, but like many consultants, I've never actually used one before.
One of the reasons for that is simple fear - I'm not that technical at the best of times, but networking is by far my weakest subject. So I've avoided trying packet sniffers because I expected to get swamped by all sorts of networking jargon and problems that would send me running to our network support guys. I feel embarrassed enough that I can't get my head around the concept of subnet masks, so I don't want to display my greater ignorance if I can possibly avoid it.
The thing that worried me most about Sniffit was how easy it was to install. It took about three commands and three minutes to get this thing installed and running on my Linux machine. It even has a GUI (not exactly pretty, but hey - it's free).
Like Nmap, Sniffit is very easy to use and does exactly what it says it does: It sniffs your network and shows you what sort of data is getting passed around.
I'd recommend that you install a packet sniffer and have a look at what sort of data you can see on your local network. Better still, get one of your network engineers to install it for you. They probably know of better, more professional sniffers and will be able to talk you through some of the data that you see going past. It's an interesting look into exactly what's going on within your network.
Firewalk, Swatch and Tripwire stumped me. I don't yet know what I'm doing wrong, but I can't get these things installed. I may not get around to it, though, because my long-awaited laptop has finally arrived. Now, I can get back on course with all those projects that have been on hold for the past couple of weeks.


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When DNA is replicated during the S phase
Which of the following would NOT be used to describe any part of binary fision?
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c. cell plate
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Which of the following is not one of the three things required for accurate cellular respiration?
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c. disassembly of cytoskeleton and formation of spindle apparatus
d. divisions of cytoplasmic contents
e. all of the above are necessary
Which of the following events takes place during interphase?
a. formation of the cell plate
b. chromosome migration to opposite poles of cell
c. reformation of the nuclear membranes
d. replicatoin of DNA
e. none of the above- all occue during mitosis
A cyclin gene that is mutated to become overactive would best be categorized as:
Which of the following are expected to be identical to one another?
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b. homo. chromosomes after prophase I of meiosis
c. sister chromatids during any phase of cell division
d. the cells that result from meiosis
e. sister chromatids but only before prophase I of meiosis
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b. chocolate
c. yellow
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Pedigrees of recessive Mendelian traits show all of the following features except:
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Engine Oil Issue
On Sunday, the check engine light illuminated on my 2010 SRX (47k). According to Onstar, the code came back as "Engine control module not operating as expected." Had the dealer come pick it up on Monday, they cleared the code by updating the software but when they drove the car the light illuminated again. They said they would need it a couple more days to diagnose the problem. Now it's Thursday and they say that they have it ready to go and that the issue was caused by the vehicle being a quart low on oil. The dealer stated that this issue was NORMAL! I am just wondering if anyone else has had this issue? The oil was changed at this dealer approximately one month ago with the suggested synthetic blend. If this is in fact normal for this vehicle, why would a low oil problem return a code suggesting an issue with the engine control module? Also, if this was normal why did they need three days to diagnose it?
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This does not seem to make sense. Being 'down a quart' should not set off the check engine light. If the oil was dangerously low, your DIC would give you this message.
The fact that your dealer would say this is normal would send me a red flag. Not sure how many miles you put on in the last month, but my SRX might be down a quart after about 1500 or so. Hopefully you were covered under warranty. The engine module problem must have had another cause. Regardless, it always pays to check your oil at least every few fillups.
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Thanks for the reply. I actually took the vehicle on a road trip soon after the last oil change, so it has just under 3k on that oil. It is reassuring to know that the oil issue may be normal since it seems to happen with your SRX as well. As for the engine module, I am hoping it just needed a software upgrade and they happened to notice the low oil. I know now to keep a close watch on it. And yes, thankfully I was covered under warranty.
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