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Cyborg Roaches
Cyborg roaches are more than a science fiction nightmare.
Hundreds of crawling insects carrying little radio transmitters and sensors in tiny roach backpacks may one day be used to scurry around damaged or contaminated buildings after an earthquake, chemical spill or nuclear reactor accident, and help emergency responders see what's going on. Roaches would be especially useful because they're "natural explorers" and they're also more energy-efficient than fully robotic devices.
But the roaches would have to be big enough to carry the small electronic backpacks, and scientists say the Madagascar hissing cockroach would be big enough to fit the bill.
I for one would like to welcome our new Cyborg Roach overlords.
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I've been testing BT5 for a good few days before installing it persistent. DVD boot works fine, running from USB works fine, VM image works fine as well.
I now installed it on my laptop's HDD (AMD Athlon X2, 4Gig RAM).
It works fine, but it is dead slow. I could accept the slow boot and would look to tweak it later, but anything in the GUI is running extremely slow. Screen updates seem to be a key symptom, but if it was an issue with the video drivers, I would have expected the same while running from the USB or DVD (Nvidia chipset).
Any suggestions?
What exactly are the differences between HDD install and LiveCD now? I found some old posts stating that the HDD kernel is different and contains very little HW support, but that was for BT2.


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'Sekera is by no means an All-Star defenseman, but he ranks third among all Sabres in ice-time averaging almost 22 minutes a game. In 49 games played this season, the young blueliner has put up 14 points. Sekera is a fast skater with good hands and he is not afraid to rush the puck. His giveaways are few and a far between and having registered 48 hits, Reggie – as he is known by his teammates – is not afraid to throw his body around.'
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At 107, America's Oldest Veteran Still Salutes His Nation
The nation's oldest living veteran tells 1200 WOAI news he's ready for Veterans Day.
Richard Overton is 107 years old. He spoke to 1200 WOAI's Michael Board during an early Veterans Day celebration sponsored by the Texas Veterans Land Board near his home in Austin.
Overton enlisted in the Army in his mid thirties, and he served in the South Pacific in World War Two.
His advice to the younger generation, which he describes as 'anybody under the age of 100' is to 'stay out of trouble.'
"I never was arrested, that's why I'm getting on so good," he said. "I still have my license and I still drive."
He says one of the secrets to his long life is his 'younger girlfriend.' Overton's girlfriend is 90 years old.
"You have to do the right thing I guess, to stay out of trouble is the right thing."
Overton joked that he enjoys a little whiskey in his coffee and the occasional cigar.
The General Land Office gave him an entire box of cigars to honor his service to his country.
Happy Veterans Day, Mr. Overton, and to all the other proud American veterans who followed your wonderful example!!


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What type of Stabilizers are you guys putting on your bows for the backcountry?
What type of Stabilizers are you guys putting on your bows for the backcountry?
I will be honest. I am not a great shooter, I shoot well, but not great. For me I don't see a significant incarease in accuracy using one on my new bow (i did see accuracy increase on my old bow). So I don't use one. It makes my bow lighter for the pack in and out. On my old bow I used the little doinker
I really like the fuse products.
Simple and effective. Nothing to break or go wrong and works like a charm.
I'm using a B-Stinger 8.5" Sport Hunter. I love that stabilizer and shoot a Doinker on my backup bow. I really like my B Stinger and have noticed better accuracy with that set up.
A good stabilizer will help to steadyyour pin on the target which in turn helps with accuracy. There are some good stabs out there. I also feel there are a lot of stabs out there help with dampening but have no effect in stabilizing your bow. Since i put a good quality stab on my bow, my groups have really tightned up out past 40 yards. They are worth the extra eight in my book. I use a K-tech 5". Here is a pic.
I use a B-stinger 12" pro hunter with the 8 oz weight in the Idaho backcountry. I shoot a carbon matrix so its still lighter than my old Katera XL with a 12 doinker. I like to use as much stabilizer as reasonable and hank the weight out in the end. Rubber doesnt to much in a stabilizer. A longer stabilizer will steady your shot , especially at ranges longer than 20 yards. But what it really comes down to is shoot what your comfortable with and trust. Now is the time to try experimenting with your gear during the 3D season not a week before the season. A goos proshop should let you put a stabilizer on your bow and let you try before you buy. Thats one advantage to a good local bow shop.
I shoot the Limbsaver windjammer. I really like the offset weight to balance my bow, with a quiver full of arrows it would tend to tip to the right a little, now with the offset weight it sits in my hand through the whole shot.
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54th annual student art exhibit now on display at McMaster Gallery
Each year for the past 54 years, the University's Department of Art has invited students to submit works in any media for an annual juried exhibition.
This year, 57 works created by undergraduate and graduate students were selected. The pieces range from photography to painting, from multimedia sculptural installations to video. The exhibit can be seen through March 27 at McMaster Gallery.
"There are many pieces in this year's student exhibition that compel me," said Thorne Compton, art department chair. "One of the pieces transforms file cards from the Cooper Library's old card file system into a unique work of art that makes us look at those brief references to the wisdom of the past in a completely new and powerful way. These artifacts from the pre-computer age have been given a new and vital life. There are many other pieces in the exhibit that are exciting, as well."
This year's exhibit judge is Jeanette Guinn, program director for the South Carolina Arts Commission. She selected the work of three students—senior Mallory Collins' "USC Library Card Catalog Book," graduate student Katie Venugopal's "Venugopal and Vasantha on Their Wedding Day," and undergraduate student Jordan Morris' untitled work—to receive awards.
Collins' hand-stitched picture book incorporates photographs and descriptions of buildings and plays with the idea of cataloging an entire university. When viewed from one direction the book features sepia-toned images of USC's Thomas Cooper Library; when viewed from the other direction it features images from all over campus.
Venugopal's painting depicts a young Indian couple on their wedding day. The bride is represented as feminine and soft, and the groom as strong and disciplined. Both seem to be optimistically looking towards the future together.
Morris, who earned first place among undergraduate students, does not limit his work to a certain theme or object. Instead, he wants viewers to come to their own conclusions. The normally two-dimensional pieces of paper turn into a three-dimensional object in Morris' hands. His aesthetically pleasing sphere creates a seemingly organic object, with individual details dissolving into Morris' larger fantasy.
The exhibit, its legacy, and the art students who have participated over the years will be celebrated March 18 with a reception.
"The goal of the event is to celebrate the work of our students past, present, and future, and to make the point that in this very difficult time for the arts in our country we need to invest in the future of our arts community," Compton said. "That future lies with the young artists who will create the next generation of work, start the galleries, run the museums, support the arts, and teach and mentor new generations of artists. We want to bring together our arts community and ask them to invest in our current and future students. We have invited our previous supporters as well as gallery owners, local artists, art teachers, students from the Governor's School, and many others who are a part of our current and future arts community to join us in celebrating the arts at this event."
For more information about the 54th Annual Student Art Exhibit, go to http://web.mac.com/mcmastergallery/McMaster_Gallery/
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Archbishop Calls for Prayer in La Salle Shooting
( Cincinnati ) Archdiocese of Cincinnati's Most Reverend Dennis M.Schnurr, Archbishop of Cincinnati, has released the following statement regardinng the shooting at La Salle High School"
"We are all greatly saddened by the shooting at
Meantime, Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones says the answer to students bringing guns into schools, is to have armed teachers and released the following statement:
"In light of yet another shooting inside a school, Butler County Sheriff Richard K. Jones is asking, once again, for armed officers inside each and every school. I've said it before after a school shooting, more than once, that this will not be the last time it will ever happen. This time, it was pretty close to home. A slightly different scenario in that it was an apparent suicide attempt with no additional targets, but make no mistake – it was an in-school shooting. An individual entered the school armed with a gun, and fired it. And, unfortunately, this one won't be the last either."
It's time for the school boards to wake up. Ideally, we need an armed, trained Deputy or Police Officer in every school. At the least, have a teacher or school administrator well trained and armed. No, it won't guarantee that another shooting will never take place. But, let's face it. If someone is intent on taking a gun into a school, they will figure out a way to do it. Have someone on-site who can at least quickly intervene and hopefully limit the potential carnage rather than wait 10, 20, or 30 minutes for police to respond. Schools have to take a more active approach to the problem. School boards can't just hope that it doesn't happen at one of their schools. It's time to start taking some real action. Our kids and grandchildren deserve to be as safe as possible."


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8 things you didn't know about Hybrid
- Over four decades of Hybrid know-how
For some people, hybrid technology is still thought of as new technology. In fact, even though our first hybrid, the Prius, was on the roads ahead of its time in 1997, we've actually been honing our hybrid know-how since the mid 1970s, with gas turbine hybrid models, the Century and Sports 800.
- Not all Hybrids are born the equal


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Hope - there is hope. I help people identify the two components of hope - 1) plan and 2) the belief the plan can be accomplished. Using hope as the basis of my work with the Holy Spirit, I am able to help with past hurts current pains and relationship issues.


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Mines recognizes top philanthropic partners
GOLDEN, Colo., Oct. 10, 2011 – Colorado School of Mines announced this year's recipients of its top philanthropic partner awards at the recent Mines Century Society Dinner:
- Professor Emeritus Frank Stermole and his wife, Dot, received the Tourmaline Award. A part of the Mines community for nearly 50 years, they have demonstrated a strong commitment to both academics and athletics. The track and field complex at Clear Creek is named for them, and their most recent contributions enabled Mines to light its soccer field.
- Dr. Steve Sonnenberg received the Faculty and Staff Philanthropy Award. Sonnenberg has been a fixture in the Mines community since the late 1970s. He has consistently given to the school for the past 25 years and currently holds the Charles Boettcher Distinguished Chair in Petroleum Geology.
In addition to long-established philanthropists, an active base of young alumni make meaningful contributions to their alma mater. Four young philanthropists were recognized at the event for their commitment to Mines.
- James and Louise Plutt graduated with petroleum engineering degrees in 1999 and 2000, respectively. They established the Jacobsen/Plutt Scholarship Endowment in honor of their parents, and they give significant annual gifts to the school. Both work for BP in Houston, but traveled to Colorado for the dinner.
- Jack and Lindsey Sayers both graduated in 2000. The couple established the Ryan Sayers Memorial Award and the Ryan Sayers Memorial Scholarship Endowment to honor Jack's brother, who was killed by lightning during a hiking trip. Last year, the Mines student body contributed the proceeds from an annual charity run to the memorial fund.
For additional information and event photos, please visit: giving.mines.edu/mcsdinner.
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The impulse to produce a play is an important one. It is a crucial stage of cooperative and creative ownership of one's own narratives. For a collective of sex workers in Sangli, a rural community on the border of India's Maharashtra province, this impulse has become a critical part of organizing and advocating for their rights. Veshya AIDS Mukabala Parishad, meaning "Sex Workers Free From Injustice" and known as VAMP, is a subset of SANGRAM, an organization fighting the AIDS epidemic in India by empowering sex workers, rural women and girls, women widowed by the disease, and other marginalized groups. Personal agency has been a rallying cry around much of VAMP's work, and theatre is one means of expression that its members have embraced.
In March, I visited Sangli with Catherine Sameh, the associate director of the Barnard Center for Research on Women, and Barnard's six Global Symposium Student Fellows. We were accompanied by Sushama Deshpande, a well-known professional of the Marathi stage, who directed VAMP's most recent play, "Hum Aur Tum Sab" (Us and You All). During our day-long visit we had the opportunity to watch the performance, speak with members of VAMP, and also visit their galli, or street, where they live and work.
In the 1990s, when the AIDS crisis was imminent in India, five sex workers banded together to form VAMP at the urging of grassroots activist Meena Seshu, who now runs SANGRAM. Since then, the collective has grown impressively, setting up extensive condom distribution networks, district-wide door–to-door awareness campaigns, access to medical care for the infected, and HIV/AIDS testing facilities. After nearly two decades at work, positive cases among the local population have dropped from an estimated ten percent down to less than two percent. Vamp has also managed to implement certain stipulations within its district: girls must be 18 or older to enter the profession, no middlemen take cuts, and sex workers directly negotiate their terms of engagements.
In recent years, theatre has become another aspect of VAMP's efforts to educate and empower. Previous productions were performed in Marathi, but the play we watched was deliberately in Hindi, the national language. It recounts the history of VAMP, from its formation in 1996 to its present day challenges of growing its membership and organizing the informal sector of sex workers.
Hum Aur Tum Sab is episodic, stylistically simple, and direct. Various characters slip in and out of the narrator role, weaving a chronological story. The sets are minimal, portable and symbolic, with the colorful, painted doorways serving as the crucial gateway between the public and the private world. We are seldom taken inside into the depths of this personal space. We see only the sex workers retreat into it – mostly in times of distress - and remerge with redoubled numbers. Rhythms of communal life are apparent: card-playing becomes a marker of relaxed leisurely sisterhood. The actors often sit in circular formation, exchanging stories amongst themselves as much as with the audience. With a background score of Hindi film songs lending the lushness of old Bollywood, the overall mood of the piece is joyous and celebratory, a paean to VAMP's unapologetic and deserved pride in its own history.
Hum Aur Tum Sab amply and ably conveys the disturbing aspects of VAMP's saga, too. They angrily recount constant police brutality, violence of clients, the stigmatization of their children in schools, and their invisibility in the spectrum of electoral politics. The male roles in the piece are played by men who are the children of sex workers and now volunteer their time at VAMP. They acknowledge their deep discomfort in performing mostly negative roles of abusive men in various capacities of power. Personal stories of rape, family rejection, and coercion to prostitution are woven into the larger narrative. But again and again we are returned to the larger and more beneficial story of mass organization.
Members of VAMP aspire to tour their play in prominent venues throughout India and beyond. The more mainstream an audience Hum Aur Tum Sab reaches, the more their side of the story will be heard. And the more members they can retain in VAMP, the better they will be able to regulate their chosen profession. While prostitution itself is still illegal in India, VAMP and its cohorts thus continue to negotiate a complex terrain of local policy, social persecution and economic compulsion to demonstrate remarkable political will to mobilization. —by Shayoni Mitra, assistant professor in theatre
Photographs by Shilpa Guha '12 and Shayoni Mitra


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There's No Place Like Home: Sandy beaches, resort-inspired pool spaces and more transform one's backyard
All sweating aside, it's never easy to stay cooped up indoors all summer despite how luxurious the air conditioning feels in contrast to the blistering 100-plus-degree temperatures outside.
As families are looking for more alternatives to stay active while staying cool in the heat of summertime, many are turning to their own backyards. Rather than getting a case of cabin fever, Valley residents are investing in the backyard of their dreams, perfect enough to call paradise.
Rising trends of staycations, or vacationing at home, are resulting in families learning to embrace the warmer temps and creating landscapes of peaceful escapes and kid-friendly retreats.
"Homeowners' mindsets are shifting," says Christophe Martelly, president of French Accent Landscaping. "They are adapting their landscape to suit their lifestyle. They wish to experience their yard purely as a place for enjoyment, and what better way to do that than in your own backyard?"
When creating a space that everyone will love, start by recognizing exactly what is needed and how your family will be spending their time outdoors. Thinking beyond simple water features and blooming cacti, Martelly has incorporated several solutions for families searching to stay active while keeping cool.
"For families with small children, beaches near the pool are a great way for hours of safe fun. For active kids and teenagers, we now install in-ground trampolines, mini-tennis courts and badminton spaces. As for the adults, yoga pads and spaces for exercising are more commonly seen."
For something the entire family can enjoy, Martelly noted that many local residents are incorporating plenty of seating in the shade, as well as herb gardens, fire pits, misters and resort-inspired pool spaces. Additionally, Stephen Ramey, chief operating officer of Today's Patio, says, "A lot of our customers look to create specific use areas in their backyards. They like having an area for dining and entertaining, and another area for casual conversations," adding that, "people want to feel like they are in their living room even when they are outside."
Looking at your property as an opportunity and an investment rather than a challenge will take the chore out of yard work. Even then, there are plenty of options to incorporate low maintenance plants and accenting features in your yard.
"Artificial grass is a dominant trend in Arizona landscaping," Martelly says. "It's pet-friendly, kid-friendly and chore-friendly. Perfect in in-formal and formal landscapes, artificial grass not only reduces our water-use footprint, but requires no mowing and little upkeep."
Another popular trend in Valley yards, according to Martelly, is the use of LED landscape lights.
"LED lighting fixtures use less power, last up to 10 times longer than traditional lights and remain cool to the touch, thus, safer when used around children." Incorporate both ground level lighting and spotlights for a space that can be enjoyed even after dusk.
As no Arizona home would be complete without some sort of water feature, it's important to remember that safety is always key. Pool fences are great for children of all ages and should always be utilized. Additionally, many families have been looking toward the alternative of splash fountains and misters with which to keep cool. Martelly advises that, with any water feature, installation of re-circulation is a must.
"Controlled at a flip of the switch, re-circulating streams avoid the many hazards of pooling water."
As local homeowners are altering their yards to reflect their wants and needs of staying cool while remaining active, Martelly sums up the recent evolution, saying, "Homeowners want to unwind outside with dinner, congregate with family and friends and experience their yards purely as a place for enjoyment."
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This dust devil was spotted last week just down the road from the Sheridan Media building. (Photos by Tracee Davis)
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Have you tried asking WD for help on this? It might be an issue with the ata drivers which may not be suitable, etc.
Ive been lurking around this forum for soon a week, but this time i ran into a problem that i havnt been able to find my answer to by searching and reading here, so here we go:
starting out with my comp specc:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual 4600+
2.41 GHz, 2GB RAM
GFX Card, Asus Extreme AX 700PRO, 256 MB DDR3
Motherboard, A8N-SLI Premium
and 5 different hdds.
I have booted bt3 beta on this computer before, it worked just fine. I checked the md5 hash of the file before burning it and they matched. Didnt burn at lowest speed, but the cd isnt the problem, it used to work on this computer and it still works on my laptop.
The day before yesterday i recieved my new wd raptor, and by purchasing this hdd my goal was to reinstall winxp on one partition and bt3 on another, dual booting thoose two.
I started out having problems with the sata drivers, my winxp cd being unable to boot up correctly, but in the end, after having tried alot of different things , changing sata ports and stuff, i made it work and installed winxp.
So, the next step for me would be to boot on the bt3 cd and install it on the ext3 partition i had made. Here i was unsuccessful though. First i hit the problem of having a black screen after having choosen the way to boot bt3, didnt mater which one i used. But then i tried adding bt acpi=off and i could suddenly see what was happening again.
Now it starts to load bt3 but it starts giving other errors and just freezing up.
some of the things it says are:
ata2 sata link down
qc timeout (cmd 0xef)
failed to set xfermode (err_mask=0x4)
ata 1 filed to recover some devices.
Im kinda clueless as what to do, so here i am, hoping that i gave enough information for you guys to be so kind to come up with suggestions and hopefully in the end a solution thank you
Have you tried asking WD for help on this? It might be an issue with the ata drivers which may not be suitable, etc.


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Regaining its opening weekend strength, "Identity Thief" stole first place at the box office for the weekend of February 22-24, 2013.
The Melissa McCarthy and Jason Bateman-fronted comedy took in $4.0 million on Friday with a $14 million total for its third week in theaters.
Movie goers made it a tight race for top spot at the box office, giving a slight edge to "A Good Day to Die Hard" for the weekend of February 15-17, 2013.
The Bruce Willis action thriller grabbed $7.6 million on Friday, raked in a hefty $24.9 million for the holiday weekend.
Proving that Bruce Willis still has what it takes to be an action hero, a new clip from "A Good Day to Die Hard" was released on Saturday (January 26).
The "Looper" star takes some bumps and bruises as he commandeers a vehicle and heads off on a high-speed car chase in the first clip.
Keeping the tradition of excellence alive, "A Good Day To Die Hard" has released an action-packed teaser trailer.
The Bruce Willis-starring flick is slated to hit theaters on February 14th in both conventional format and IMAX display, just in time for a romantic Valentine's Day movie date!
In anticipation of its Valentine's Day release, a second TV spot for "A Good Day to Die Hard" was released this week (December 27).
The next installment in the "Die Hard" franchise follows John McClane, who faces his greatest challenge ever, this time on an international stage, when his estranged son Jack is caught up in the daring prison escape of a rogue Russian leader. Father and son McClane must work together to stay alive and keep the world safe for democracy.
Drumming up hype for "A Good Day to Die Hard," Twentieth Century Fox released the first TV spot for the film.
Starring Bruce Willis, the flick follows John McClane as he travels to Russia to help out his son, Jack, only to discover that Jack is a CIA operative working to prevent a nuclear weapon heist. The two must join forces to combat evil.
Giving excited fans a deeper look at what they can expect from the newest flick in the explosive franchise, Twentieth Century Fox released a featurette for "A Good Day to Die Hard" on Saturday (December 1).
In the one minute-plus clip, viewers get a taste of the action-packed drama, intertwined with commentary about the film from Jai Courtney, who plays Jack McClane.
Teasing with us with a sneak peek of their new trailer, 20th Century Fox recently released a short preview for "A Good Day to Die Hard."
In the clip, Bruce Willis plays his famed cop character John McClane alongside Jai Courtney and Sebastian Koch.


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CULVER CITY - A man in his 20s was found dead Sunday on an elevated section of Expo Line tracks in Culver City, but officials said the first reported fatality on the Expo Line was not caused by a train or electrocution.
"He wasn't hit by a train," said Sgt. Andrew Bedogne of the sheriff's Transit Bureau, adding the victim showed no signs of trauma."It (the death) was of an accidental nature." "He may have fallen from the platform area, onto the tracks. It's still under investigation," added Metro spokesperson Rick Jager.
Bedogne would not say what led investigators to believe the death was accidental. He did say the body has been turned over to the Coroner's Office.
Los Angeles city firefighters were sent to Platform 2 at the Culver City Station, 8804 W. Washington Blvd., at 1:19 a.m. and declared the man dead.
Firefighters asked for trains to be stopped there. The investigation was turned over sheriff's deputies with the Transit Services Bureau, which is charge of policing Metro trains, buses and stations.
Expo trains run until about 2 a.m. on weekends.
Expo Line light-rail cars get their electricity from overhead lines, and no electrical malfunction was reported. The Culver City Station is at the end of the line, and trains routinely creep into it to stop at a barrier just before the tracks end, 40 feet above the ground.
The Culver City Station is elevated above Washington Boulevard, but the victim apparently did not fall further than the three feet from the platform to the tracks, Jager said..
"I think this is the first death," Bedogne said. "We (the Expo Line) hasn't been open that long."
Service on the Expo Line began June 20, and normal service was provided today.


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EAST LANCASHIRE, England -- The UK's music industry watchdog has stepped up its surveillance efforts in Britain's pubs. After raiding a pub here, the Phonographic Performance Ltd. ordered the owner to shut down the jukebox and resolve allegedly unpaid licensing fees.
The Lancashire Telegraph reported that Beverley McRae, owner of The Bridge Inn, faces a possible £10,000 fine and two years in prison unless she complies with a High Court order secured by the PPL. Other pubs were hit by similar fines. | SEE STORY
The pub and leisure industries, fearing even higher fees, are rallying against the PPL licensing system. The paper reported that the Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers, the Bar Entertainment and Dance Association, the British Beer and Pub Association and the British Hospitality Association have put together a £300,000 fund to aid businesses affected by PPL action.
The UK has one of the most complex music licensing systems. In addition to the PPL, the Performing Rights Society, another body responsible for enforcement, has its own licensing requirements.


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We have built a responsive site using Twitter Bootstap, only to find that off-the-shelf Contact Forms don't work so well with responsive designs :mad:
I also discovered that all webhosting services handle transmitting emails from Contact Forms in different ways. :eek:
I use Yahoo Webhosting (which is great) and for that service your form's action is a specific URL that processes and emails you the form's content. Their system is sort of a "closed circuit" that supposedly can only send emails to the address you designate in their Web Hosting Control Panel. So with Yahoo there is no need to take extra steps to prevent your Contact Form from being hijacked (or so they tell me...)
But it has no method of stopping bots from using your own form to send junky emails to you. That's what I'm hoping you all can help with...
The methods I have discovered are:
1) turning off autocomplete on the form2) using unconventional phrases or random numbers for name="xx" and id="xx" ( like "online-address" instead or "email")3) using some sort of question/answer system to make sure they are humans not bots ( like "Which animal barks? Dog or Cat?")
So on this test page... http://easydigging.com/Contact/Contact-4.html...I have a Contact Form that is wide open. As long as you put something in at least one of the fields it will transmit an email. (Yes, we are OK with people not filling out all the fields)
I have already done Steps 1 and 2, but really need help with step 3.
Here are some ideas for Step 3. Either would be acceptable. We prefer something easy that works with at most a simple Javascript...
A) the method currently in place is supposed to check for the number 12 (in answer to 6 + 6 = ?), but it doesn't work. I tried modeling it off the approach in this article: http://alittlecode.com/files/jQuery-Validate-Demo/#html Maybe I screwed up the equalTo part, or just am not calling the JS properly?
B) use a few Radio Buttons with a multiple choice question. Like this article: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6921680/jquery-quiz-compare-correct-answer-in-array
Either way, we also need to somehow prevent the email from being sent until the answer is correct. I thought of maybe hiding or disabling the Submit button until the correct answer is entered (but have no idea how to do so)Or even submitting the form as soon as the correct answer is entered (which may work really really simply with the radio button idea if it doubles as a stealth Submit button...)
Any help or ideas is greatly appreciated
Oops, I guess some copies of the code would help...:lol:

<form id="edf" method="post" autocomplete="off" action="http://us.1.p10.webhosting.yahoo.com/forms?login=xxxxxxx" >
<legend> Contact Form </legend>

 We never sell or share your information.

<textarea class="input-block-level" rows="3" name="reporting" id="reporting" maxlength="1000">

If you would like us to reply to your message, please enter at least two of the following questions.
<input class="input-block-level" type="text"
name="person" id="person">
<input class="input-block-level" type="text"
name="onlineaddress" id="onlineaddress">
Phone Number
<input class="input-block-level" type="text"
name="ringer" id="ringer">

To prevent automated spam, you must answer this question:

What is 6 + 6 ?

<input class="input-mini" type="text" name="quiz" id="quiz" >

<button class="btn btn-large btn-primary" type="submit"> Send Message </button>

rules: {
quiz: { equalTo: '12', required: true }
highlight: function(label) {
success: function(label) {
}); // end document.ready
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Thought I'd add a little guide now I've got beef running. This is a very cool tool with potential :D Been playing for a few hours now and it looks like it all works too.
Should get you started once BackTrack 3 is relesed ;D It may work a little different as the BT guys have added this in different ways I'm sure but most of the tut should be relevant.
Maybe we need a Backtrack 3 tutorial section :D
Music was the radio station I was listening to and fabio spoils it lol :D Never mind lol


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The Cigar Bar & Grill is a unique San Francisco restaurant & bar located in historic Jackson Square. Stop by to enjoy our:
- Heated Courtyard for outdoor dining & lounging
- Rustic, Spanish-inspired bar with tables for dining, couches for lounging
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text: OverviewBack to top Nutiva - Hemp Oil Organic Cold Pressed - 8 oz. Item# :53345UPC# :692752100000 Brand:Nutiva Size/Form:8 oz. Ship Weight:0.57 Servings:16 Dosage:1 Tablespoon(s) Nutiva - Hemp Oil Organic Cold Pressed - 8 oz Nutiva - Hemp Oil Organic Cold Pressed is cold-pressed and unrefined. Just like hemp seed, the oil contains the ideal 3:1 omega-6 to omega-3 ratio. Unlike flax, hemp has valuable Super Omega-3 (SDA) and Super Omega-6 (GLA), which can help the body metabolize fat.Use hemp oil in smoothies, salads, vegetables and pasta dishes. To conserve the essential fatty acids, use it raw or gently heated. HEMP PRODUCTS ARE:Certified organic and non-GMOMade from raw hemp seedGently cold-processedUnrefinedNever hexane-processedAlways chemical free Did You Know? Cultivated for thousands of years throughout Asia and the Middle East before finally making its way to Europe and then the Americas, hemp is an extremely versatile and hardy plant. Its many uses include food products, textiles, building materials, bio-plastics, auto parts and more. Hemp is not to be confused with marijuana. Although the two plants are related, hemp does not contain THC (the active ingredient in marijuana), but instead is known as one of the most nutritious foods on the planet. It was once widely grown in the United States for its fiber. In fact, one of our founding fathers, George Washington, was a hemp farmer!Rich in protein, omega-fatty acids and fiber, hemp has a nutty-tasting seed with a wide variety of uses. Hemp is loaded with all 20 amino acids (including the 9 essential). This densely nutritious food is an excellent addition to the diet of anyone looking for plant-based protein, and is preferred by many vegetarians and vegans. The protein found in hemp seed is very digestible, making it a great choice for sensitive diets.We have a variety of hemp products to help you add this amazing superfood to your diet. Hempseed is great for sprinkling over yogurt or salads, adding to shakes, or including in baked or sautéed dishes, while hemp oil can be used raw or in low heat cooking. Our variety of hemp protein powders make nutrient-rich shakes and smoothies.The seed we use comes from certified organic and non-GMO hemp that is grown on farms in Canada. Hemp is the world's most sustainable plant as it is easily cultivated and grown in a variety of areas, does not deplete the soil and requires less water than other crops. We'd love to support U.S. farmers, but it is currently not legal to grow it in this country! If you're interested in learning more about the legal issues surrounding hemp, visit: Vote Hemp or The Hemp Industries Association.All of our hemp products are gently processed to protect the vital nutrients and maintain high quality and great taste. Hemp FAQ - Protein, Seed, Oil and moreQ. Are Nutiva's hemp products raw?A. Yes, Nutiva's hemp products are cold-processed (under 104°F) from raw, live hemp seeds. Nutiva utilizes a mechanical process to remove the hard shells, yielding our delicious shelled hemp seeds. Our hemp oil is expeller-pressed from the seeds without the use of hexane or other toxic solvents. Our hemp protein powder is made from specially milled hemp seed cake with the oil removed.Visit our Online Store for hemp seed | hemp oil | hemp protein powder Q. Why is Nutiva's commitment to Fresh Is Best important?A. Everyone knows fresh foods and oils taste better and are more nutritious. Nutiva is committed to offering the freshest products available. We guarantee this by utilizing the optimal manufacturing and storage methods for each product. We also mark the production and "Best Before" dates on all our products.Visit our Online Store for organic hemp oil Q. How should I store my hemp seed, hemp oil, and hemp protein powder?A. It is best to keep hemp products refrigerated or in the freezer and to use them within 8-12 weeks of opening. You can also store unopened hempseed products in a cool dry place such as a basement.Visit our Online Store for hemp seed | hemp oil | hemp protein powder Q. Are hemp foods legal to import, buy and consume in the United States? A. Yes. The case HIA v DEA established that hemp foods are exempt from control in the Controlled Substances Act. An excellent overview of the case can be found on the Vote Hemp web site on their DEA Hemp Food Rules page. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals opinion invalidating DEA final rules can be downloaded here. Q. If I recently consumed hemp foods, could I fail a drug test? A. If the only source of the psychoactive THC in your body is from hemp foods, produced from Canadian grown hemp seeds and eaten in reasonable quantities, it is virtually impossible to fail a drug test by ingesting hemp foods due to the fact that THC levels in our products are barely measurable. The TestPledge program is a voluntary commitment by the North American hemp food industry to limit THC concentrations to levels where they cannot result in positive drug tests. Nutiva joined the TestPledge program in 2001. Nutiva's hemp food products meet Canadian government and TestPledge standards for hemp foods. 10-17-2007Here is an e-mail we received about Nutiva Organic Hemp Protein powder and drug testing from a Department of Defense employee: I work for the Department of Defense and was finally selected for random urinalysis after 18 years. I wasn't the least bit worried - until that night when I went home to fix a fruit shake in which I use your hemp protein powder. 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I know it's no guarantee, but it may relieve others who are not using illegal substances but who may be using your products, and become concerned about drug testing. Thanks. Q. What is the difference between hemp and marijuana?A. Marijuana and hemp both come from the same species of plant, Cannabis sativa L., but from different varieties. There are different varieties of Cannabis, just as Chihuahuas and St. Bernards are different breeds of dogs, Canis familiari. Marijuana is the flowering tops and leaves of psychoactive varieties of Cannabis that are grown for their high THC content. Hemp, also referred to as industrial hemp, are low-THC varieties of Cannabis that are grown for their seeds and fiber. Hemp is grown legally in just about every industrialized country except the USA. Q. What is the recommended daily intake of hemp seeds?A. Health practitioners suggest three to five tablespoons of shelled hempseed per day.Visit our Online Store for hemp seed Q. What is the difference between hemp hearts and hemp seeds?A. Nothing! Hemp hearts are the same shelled, nutritious, organic, raw food as shelled hemp seeds. Some people refer to them as hemp hearts and some refer to them as shelled hemp seeds, where the hard outer shell of the seed has been removed. Whatever you call them, they are tasty and nutritious!Visit our Online Store for organic hemp hearts Q. What is the recommended daily intake of hemp oil?A. Health practitioners suggest one or two tablespoons of hemp oil per day.Visit our Online Store for hemp oil Q. Why is hemp so nutritious?A. Hemp oil contains the most essential fatty acids (EFAs) of any nut or seed oil, with the omega-3 and omega-6 EFAs occurring in the nutritionally optimal 1:3 ratio. Q. Why are essential fatty acids (EFAs) important?A. Essential fatty acids cannot be produced by the human body; they must be obtained from your diet. As the name implies, they are essential to your health and well being. 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A cervical MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scan uses energy from strong magnets to create pictures of the part of the spine that runs through the neck area (cervical spine).
MRI does not use radiation (x-rays).
Single MRI images are called slices. The images can be stored on a computer or printed on film. One exam produces many images.
MRI - cervical spine; MRI - neck
You will wear a hospital gown or clothes without metal zippers or snaps (such as sweatpants and a t-shirt). Some types of metal can cause blurry images.
You will lie on a narrow table that slides into a tunnel-shaped scanner.
Some exams use a special dye (contrast). Most of the time, you will get the dye through a vein in your arm or hand before the test.The dye can also be given through an injection. The dye helps the radiologist see certain areas more clearly.
During the MRI, the person who operates the machine will watch you from another room. The test most often lasts 30-60 minutes, but may take longer.
You may be asked not to eat or drink anything for 4 - 6 hours before the scan.
Tell your doctor if you are afraid of close spaces (have claustrophobia). You may be given a medicine to help you feel sleepy and less anxious. Your doctor may suggest an "open" MRI, in which the machine is not as close to the body.
Before the test, tell your health care provider if you have:
Because the MRI contains strong magnets, metal objects are not allowed into the room with the MRI scanner:
An MRI exam causes no pain. You will need to lie still. Too much movement can blur MRI images and cause errors.
The table may be hard or cold, but you can ask for a blanket or pillow. The machine makes loud thumping and humming noises when turned on. You can wear ear plugs to help block out the noise.
An intercom in the room allows you to speak to someone at any time. Some MRIs have televisions and special headphones to help the time pass.
There is no recovery time, unless you were given a medicine to relax. After an MRI scan, you can return to your normal diet, activity, and medicines.
The most common reasons for this test are:
A cervical MRI scan may also be done for:
MRI usually works better than CT scan in diagnosing these problems.
A cervical MRI may also be done before spinal surgery.
A normal result means the part of the spine that runs through your neck and nearby nerves appear normal.
The most common reasons for an abnormal result are:
Abnormal results may also be due to:
Talk to your health care provider about your questions and concerns.
MRI contains no radiation. There have been no reported side effects from the magnetic fields and radio waves.
The most common type of contrast (dye) used is gadolinium. It is very safe. Allergic reactions to the substance are rare. However, gadolinium can be harmful to people with kidney problems that need dialysis. If you have kidney problems, please tell your health care provider before the test
The strong magnetic fields created during an MRI can cause heart pacemakers and other implants to not work as well. It can also cause a piece of metal inside your body to move or shift. For safety reasons, please don't bring anything that contains metal into the scanner room.
The Spine. In: Grainger RC, Allison D, Adam, Dixon AK, eds. Diagnostic Radiology: A Textbook of Medical Imaging. 5th ed. New York, NY: Churchill Livingstone; 2008:chap 60
Torg JS. Cervical spine injuries. Huber FG. Arm. In: DeLee JC, Drez D Jr, Miller MD, eds. DeLee and Drez's Orthopaedic Sports Medicine. 3rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2009:chap 16.
Chou R, Qaseem A, Owens DK, Shekelle P; for the Clinical Guidelines Committee of the American College of Physicians. Diagnostic Imaging for Low Back Pain: Advice for High-Value Health Care From the American College of Physicians. Ann Intern Med. 2011 Feb 1;154(3):181-189.
Gardocki RJ, Camillo FX. Other disorders of the spine. In: Canale ST, Beaty JH, eds. Campbell's Operative Orthopaedics.12th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Modby Elsevier; 202:chap 44.
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Least Privilege Violation
This is a Vulnerability. To view all vulnerabilities, please see the Vulnerability Category page.
The elevated privilege level required to perform operations such as chroot() should be dropped immediately after the operation is performed.
When a program calls a privileged function, such as chroot(), it must first acquire root privilege. As soon as the privileged operation has completed, the program should drop root privilege and return to the privilege level of the invoking user.
The following code calls chroot() to restrict the application to a subset of the filesystem below APP_HOME in order to prevent an attacker from using the program to gain unauthorized access to files located elsewhere. The code then opens a file specified by the user and processes the contents of the file.
... chroot(APP_HOME); chdir("/"); FILE* data = fopen(argv[1], "r+"); ...
Constraining the process inside the application's home directory before opening any files is a valuable security measure. However, the absence of a call to setuid() with some non-zero value means the application is continuing to operate with unnecessary root privileges. Any successful exploit carried out by an attacker against the application can now result in a privilege escalation attack because any malicious operations will be performed with the privileges of the superuser. If the application drops to the privilege level of a non-root user, the potential for damage is substantially reduced.


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The African Commission and Access to Medicines and Human Rights in Africa
Karolina Lyznik
September 15, 2008
According to a 2006 report by the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health, Paul Hunt, states have an obligation under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ("ICESCR") to respect, protect, and fulfill the right to health. As interpreted by the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in General Comment 14, fulfillment of the right to health includes ensuring that all health services, goods, and facilities are:
- Available,
- Accessible
- Acceptable,
- And, of good quality
Particularly with respect to accessibility, goods and services must be available in all parts of the country (physical accessibility), must be affordable (economic accessibility), and must be administered without discrimination.
The majority of African states are parties to the ICESCR and Article 16 of the African Charter also enshrines the right to health, and yet this right, particularly with regards to accessibility, is severely neglected by African governments. Many governments cite IP restrictions as the source of the problem, claiming that they limit availability and thereby hinder accessibility, but in many cases these governments have neglected to incorporate the flexibilities provided in TRIPS (e.g. compulsory licensing, parallel importation, Least-Developed Country transition periods, etc.) into national legislation. Moreover, the ICESCR allows for progressive realization, meaning that in most categories of assistance, what is required is the highest attainable level of health for the country (i.e. the State should be better off today than it was five years ago), and compliance with ICESCR is dependent on resource availability, meaning that developed countries are held to a higher standard than developing countries. (However, progressive realization does not apply in two areas: discrimination and access to essential medicines. The availability and accessibility of essential medicines is subject to immediate realization under the ICESCR and health care must be provided to all in a state without discrimination.)
The African Commission on Human and People's Rights ("the African Commission") was created under the African Charter and given a promotional and protective mandate over human and people's rights in Africa. Pursuant to these mandates, the African Commission may require States to report on their compliance with obligations under the African Charter, which include upholding the right to health as provided for in the African Charter. Furthermore, the African Commission can conduct its own fact-finding missions to determine if obligations are being met and may conduct on-site visits upon receiving complaints from other states or non-state actors.
Acting on the basis of these mandates, the HIV Clinical Group at Pretoria University, in conjunction with PIJIP and WCL clinic students, is working to prepare and garner widespread NGO support for a submission before the African Commission during its meeting in Abuja, Nigeria from the 10th to the 24th of November. This submission will call upon the African Commission to adopt an interpretation of the right to health under the African Charter, which mirrors the one provided by General Comment 14 to the ICESCR, specifically recognizing that access to medicines is a crucial component to the right to health. Furthermore, upon recognizing that the right to health includes the components of accessibility, availability, acceptability, and good quality of medicines, the submission will call upon the African Commission, in the future, to use these standards as a means to uniformly monitor state's compliance with the right to health. For more information on this project and the right to health as it applies to access to medicines in general, see: Human Rights and Access to Medicine Legal Initiative.


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GiG Soc welcomes one and all to our AGM and Welcome Out Party. Meet at the Art Room in Aras na Mac Leinn, get to know each other, elect our new committee for the year. Noms and nibbles will be provided. So pop in to say hi. The evening continues wherever the wind takes us!


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Adoptive parents seek expenses in custody fight
From the Associated Press
(Information in the following story is from: Tulsa World, http://www.tulsaworld.com)
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A South Carolina couple is asking an Oklahoma man and the Cherokee Nation to pay for expenses in connection with the couple's adoption of a Cherokee girl.
The Tulsa World reports the petition was filed Sept. 9 in South Carolina by Matt and Melanie Capobianco while Dusten Brown was appealing court orders to hand over his 4-year-old daughter Veronica.
Brown is the biological father and fought for custody after the child was adopted by the couple.
The Capobiancos took custody of the girl Monday after the Oklahoma Supreme Court refused to assume jurisdiction.
Attorneys for Brown and the tribe declined comment because of a gag order.
The Capobiancos didn't ask for a specific amount, but want Brown and the tribe reimburse the couple for attorneys' fees and other expenses.
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press.
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text: OverviewBack to top Wisdom of the Ancients - Yerba Mate Royale Loose Tea - 7.06 oz. Item# :70150UPC# :716123123617 Brand:Wisdom of the Ancients Size/Form:7.06 oz. Ship Weight:0.48 Servings:100 Dosage:1 Teaspoon(s) Wisdom of the Ancients Yerba Mate Royale Loose Tea - 7.06 oz. (200g) Wisdom of the Ancients Yerba Mate Royale Loose Tea has all of the benefits of regular Yerba Maté plus stevia leaves, which add their own 100 natural nutrients and create a delightfully pleasant flavor. Imagine an all-natural herbal beverage that contains 350 natural vitamins, minerals, flavonoids, antioxidants and all of the other wonderful compounds our bodies require on a daily basis. Verified Non-GMO Yerba Mate (pronounced YER-bah MAH-tay) is a naturally energizing tea with a smooth taste that comes from the yerba mate leaves. This non-jittery boost may aid your diet and exercise plan as well as combat allergy symptoms. The History of Yerba MateYerba Maté, known scientifically as Ilex Paraguariensis, belongs to the Ilex genus of the holly family and is an evergreen species. It has a fascinating history. It is believed to have been originally discovered and used by the ancient Guarani natives (see The Legend of Yerba Maté) residing in Paraguay and Northern Argentina. They believed it significantly improved their health and wellbeing, giving them increased energy and stamina while keeping them mentally alert. Yerba Maté is now the national drink in Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay and is heavily consumed in Brazil, Peru and Chile. Due to its extraordinary health benefits, it is rapidly becoming a favored beverage in the U.S. and Europe. It is often added to various herbal medications by South Americans, who believe it activates and enhances the benefits of the medicines. According to scientific research, Yerba Maté leaves contain 250 nutrients, of which 196 have been identified. Mature leaves are generally from 8 to 10 centimeters in length and 3 to 4 centimeters in width. Numerous studies have been published showing that maté is extraordinarily beneficial to humans. According to the Industry Science Journal (2/16/11), this includes 24 vitamins and minerals, 15 amino acids and 11 polyphenols. It is also high in antioxidants. A study performed at the University of Montreal in Canada and published in 1995 stated that "Low density liprotein (LDL cholesterol) oxidation is inhibited by extracts of Ilex Paraguariensis." The study was performed because "considerable interest is given to the approach of protecting LDL from oxidation as a means of inhibiting the atherosclerotic process." The Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition at the University of Illinois verified this conclusion and reported on the 2004 American Chemical Society's website that "the aqueous extract of maté can reduce low-density lipoprotein (LDL) in vivo and protect DNA oxidation." The Commission E of the German Health Ministry, the official authority for the regulation of German phytopharmaceuticals or phytomedicine, published a monograph about maté suggesting its use to help overcome physical and psychic fatigue, and mentioned that it is also beneficial in helping to treat obesity. Clearly, modern science has proven the ancient Guarani and other natives of South America to have been correct. Yerba Maté is an extraordinarily health generating beverage, to be enjoyed by all.The Herbal Tea That Looks Good On You Yerba Mate and stevia-sweetened Yerba Mate Royale are both known for their ability to increase natural physical energy and mental alertness, muscle strength and endurance. When you are more energetic, you move your body more and faster, which burns off more fat. Also, scientists report that we expend 20-25% of our energy through our brain, so that increased mental alertness helps burn glucose (the brain uses glucose for energy) which is then not stored as fat. Published research indicates that Yerba Mate consumed before workouts increases the fat burned for energy. This is because it causes a significant decrease in respiratory quotient (RQ), which indicates a favorable effect for burning fat and therefore decreasing body fat. About Wisdom of the AncientsWisdom of the Ancients is one of the most respected niche tea lines in the natural industry. A tea line dedicated to healthy options, Wisdom of the Ancients offers teas and more from around the globe, including Yerba Maté Royale from Paraguay. Wisdom of the Ancients was the original Wisdom brand started over 25 years ago when Founder and CEO Jim May sold teas from the trunk of his car. Quite an amazing amount of growth for one brand dedicated to healthy natural options.


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When another Class 5A semifinal football game ended in defeat for Baron Gajkowski, the Lone Peak quarterback slowly made his way through the line of his former Jordan teammates. Some barely acknowledged him; others hugged him tightly.
The distance of those 18 miles stretching around Point of the Mountain, separating the towns of Sandy and Highland, never seemed greater than Thursday afternoon at Rice-Eccles Stadium. This playoff contest was wonderfully scripted, allowing for the ending to write itself: Jordan 35, Lone Peak 14.
Not that the stars seemed particularly interested in playing along with the whole theme.
Just another game, Gajkowski kept saying afterward.
Just another opponent, Jordan quarterback/safety Austin Kafentzis kept insisting.
They were partly right. The reason for Gajkowski's persistent tears and Kafentzis' relentless smiles had everything to do with the opportunity to play for a state championship next week. As Kafentzis said, the contest went beyond, "Oh, we're playing Baron."
Yet the embraces of Gajkowski from Jordan players including Tyler Swan, Mori Savini and Zach Larsen said more about the emotional nature of this reunion than the efforts of the quarterbacks to downplay it.
Thanks to whatever coincidental or cosmic factors came into play, their statistics were stunningly even. Sacked by Swan on Lone Peak's final offensive play, Gajkowski finished with 332 yards of passing and running to Kafentzis' 333 total yards.
"I'm way happy," Kafentzis said. "I couldn't have done it myself, though."
So Kafentzis and the Beetdiggers will play once more in his sophomore season, meeting Syracuse in Jordan's first title shot since 1998. Gajkowski and the Knights have concluded his junior season, short of the chance to repeat the championship that quarterback Chase Hansen claimed last November.
Either way, this would be a great story. Here was Kafentzis, back at Rice-Eccles, where he broke his collarbone in the second quarter of Jordan's 45-41 semifinal loss to Lone Peak.
And here was Gajkowski, who replaced Kafentzis that day and nearly matched Hansen's production, before moving to Lone Peak expressly to fill the QB vacancy, even inheriting Hansen's old No. 15.
The quarterbacks handled the big stage nicely. Kafentzis passed for 206 yards and ran for 127 yards. Gajkowski passed for 263 yards and ran for 69 yards, with sacks subtracted.
Kafentzis simply had more help, with running back Clay Moss contributing 115 yards and three touchdowns and a defense led by Swan and Savini holding Lone Peak to 14 points.
In the end, after Lone Peak's three second-half drives ended with fourth-down stops, teammate Austin McChesney encouraged Gajkowski to come back and win a title next year. But he was thinking only about not having fulfilled the 2012 team's goals. He knelt with his head down and senior receiver Talon Shumway's arm around his shoulder the entire time, while Lone Peak's coaches congratulated the players in a postgame huddle.
Later, two cheerleaders handed Gajkowski a gift sack, and he tucked it into his equipment bag and trudged up the ramp to the bus.
Remembering the words of Hansen in a recent speech to the Knights, Gajkowski expressed pride in his teammates. "The best part of football is just going out and playing with your boys," he said. "I'm so proud of how we supported each other the whole year. We never got down on each other. … We played like a family. I'm proud of that."
Reminded of how those Jordan players were so supportive in the handshake line, Gajkowski said, "They're good kids. I love 'em. They're nice. But I'm a Knight. I'm a Knight."
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" Brand: ELC / Type: Race Car Tracks / Age: 3 Years+ "
==ELC Play Road Mat==
These play road mats are surely a must have for every little boy or even girl who enjoys to play with cars. We have had our one for a good many years now, since Jack was around 18 months old and he still plays on the mat now as much as he did when we first bought it for him.
If I remember rightly it cost around the £15 region from the Early Learning Centre and this seemed like a really reasonable price for any sort of rug let alone one which doubles up as a toy accessory too! They can be bought in various different places as I am sure I have seen one in Argos and also in a few high street shops too so it is worth having a look around for either the best quality and the best price.
However I really can't fault this Early Learning Centre one on either the price or indeed the quality of the item. It looks more or less as good a condition today as it did when we first bought it and it has been on jacks bedroom floor all this time. In our our flat it was covering a rather nasty felt tip pen mark which I couldn't shift so it was rather handy in that respect and now it is down on his new bedroom floor it is protecting his carpet from any other marks or stains he probably will make on the carpet.
This rug itself is a short type of tough felt like material and it is easy to clean with a damp soapy cloth and doesn't seem to mark easily which is a good thing. The size of the rug is big enough for a couple of children to sit and play nicely with tons of cars and still have plenty of room to move the cars around.
The rug features plenty of different places for the child to take their cars to such as the school, the police station or indeed the petrol station. There are plenty of roads and roundabouts for cars to be pushed around and it is really a great item to have with any toy cars to make for an authentic playing time.
The rug is rubber backed although we do still find it moves position on Jack's carpet on a daily basis and needs straightening up but this is no real problem and I did use rug tape in the flat to secure it but this removed some of the rubber backing when we came to move and needed to get the rug unstuck from the carpet.
All in all I have to say that this is a really fantastic item to have in any boys bedroom. It has endless play possibilities and is ideal to have if your child likes to play with little cars. Of course the larger sized vehicles don't really fit well onto the rug or the roads but this doesn't ever really stop Jack from using them on there.
It has to be a top score of 5 out of 5 stars for this play road mat as it is a good quality item which has years of play and can hide a multitude of stains and protect your carpet from more! I think that justifies a high recommendation!
I do hope that this has been of some help/interest to you
Many thanks for taking the time to read.
I think over the years I've gone a bit overboard in giving my children the masses of toys I feel I didn't have growing up. I'm starting to understand why my mother kept saying "No, you have toys at home!" Oh well, live and learn. As you can imagine we have enough toys and stuff to run a day-care from our house.
My boys share a room and thus they have the larger of the rooms in our house. The bunk bed is against one wall and the toy boxes are along the other side of the room. This leaves a bit of a dull gap in the middle as we have wood flooring. On a trip to the local shopping centre I was browsing the Early Learning Centre and crossed paths with the carpet road play mat. Both the boys love cars and this carpet looked just the right size to fill that gap.
I paid £10 but seem to remember that full price was £15 (I had a coupon and it was in the sale).
The boys loved their play mat and played with it for a long time. This was part of their room for a good two years and held up to a lot of abuse. It was regularly coated in cat hair, fruit juice and on one occasion nail polish (oops!). The washing process was easy. Only thing that took a while was letting it dry as that took a good day hanging on the line outside so you can imagine how much fun it is during the winter having it hanging about inside. One thing to remember when drying it is to not let it roll up and keep rolling it both ways to ensure it dries flat.
A friend had this play mat set up in the corner of her wedding reception room with a handful of cars and it was good fun and kept the kids occupied during the speeches and later into the evening.
There is a few of years between my children and they still played together nicely which was nice for me. The play mat moved to my cousins' house this year and is being happily played with there now as for Christmas we bought the boys the new version out by ELC.
Another thing from ELC that falls into the same category is the fold-up farm. They sometimes unfold this and make it an attachment to the play mat and then pack up the animals and cars into it at the end. The farm is getting rather heavy these days but it is funny watching the younger boy try to carry it around the room.
Worth every penny!
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My twin boys are 3 this november and the past few months, especially since starting playgroup they have really grown to love role playing games and have a lot more imagination when it comes to playing with their toys. A lot of toys I bought them last Christmas I bought knowing they would appreicate them when they got a bit older.
One of the many things I bought them last Christmas were cars, and LOTS of them, but I didn't just get them a garage to go with them they also had the Early Learning Centre Carpet Road Playmat.
This mat is basically a strong and sturdy carpet/rug with roads all over it and a few realistic buildings scattered here and there to make it look how the real world does really. Now when I say roads all over it, I don't mean roads and buildings placed on top, or ones which stick on and can be removed or lost, instead I mean this lovely road picture mapped out all over the carpet is actually the design of it, brill! The buildings and scenery include a pond, a park, fire station, school, hospital, police station, a shop, bus stops, roundabouts and it even includes car parks.
The surface of the rug where the roads are is not the softest and comfiest piece of carpet, but then it's not meant to be either. What I mean by this is it's not your luxury, fluffy carpet, it is instead just a very basic one, but that is what the rug needs to be, basic. Despite it being just a basic carpet it is very strong and doesn't wear easy which is good, especially knowing there are going to be children playing with it daily. There are no hazards that come with it though, except carpet burn really lol! The edges of the rug are rolled up and smooth, which again is no hazard. The bottom of the rug is rubbery meaning it remains in one place on any surface, it doesn't slip and slide making it a danger, yet it doesn't stick to your floor so you can't remove it or change the area you place it in either.
Now a 'road' design may seem boring to some, but the colours are bright and cheerful, it looks fun and different and is, in my opinion, appealing for both adults and children.
The fact it is a flat rug, means it doesn't take up a lot of space although it is a generously sized rug. It can be walked over, laid on, etc the way any carpet can, yet it can also be rolled up for easy storage if need be and laid back out flat again when the kids want to play with it which makes it a very convenient toy/rug to play with.
Of course having two toddlers who are messy little pups there is often mess left on the rug, drinks spilt etc but using a carpet shampoo it cleans easily and it hoovers up well to, without scagging it or marking it etc.
The fact it is a rather large rug means more than one child can play with it at any one time, which is another reason I bought it for my twins as I knew they'd play with it either on their own or together, this also means NO arguments .. Bliss lol!
The one early learning centre sells now is a slightly different design to the one above but still includes roads and buildings. However you can buy a very similar one to the picture above from Argos at just under £15, which is again excellent quality and has a lot to offer, considering it is, afterall, just a rug!
The roads on the rug provide a lot of fun with the twins vehicles as they usually use them as racing roads for their cars, but the scenery and the buildings allow them to enjoy some more imaginative play. The rug also allows them to be very independant in their play, which is brilliant as my boys are very independant and really hate it when I offer any help with their toys etc. This rug lets them play their own games, think up their own new ideas and games without mummy here having to interfere and show them what, and how to do it. I can hear them talking and babbling to themselves whilst they whizz their vehicles around the roads, stopping their fire engines at the fire station, and their buses taking children to the park or school.
I can't reccomend this road rug enough, it may just be a rug it provides hours on end of fun and laughter, imaginative play and very independant play too which is brilliant for growing children who are learning loads every day.
A toy that can stay on the floor and not be tripped over or need putting away, fantastic got to have one of those lol.
I actually got a road play mat second hand last year for my son which is originally from Early learning centre. It is slightly different from the one pictured above but similar layout. It has roads and buildings and trees on it.
Having just looked on the Early learning centre website they have one that costs £15.00 and comes with some play vehicles too which I feel is a good price to pay for something like this.
Here is the direct link to it..
At this price I feel it would be a lovely present for a child especially as it comes with vehicles too.
When I was little my mum used to get some hamper deliveries and when you broke the big cupboard boxes down the inside would reveal a road map, now shame they don't still do this sort of thing. I didn't have the toy cars but still liked playing with the road maps.
My son's mat stays in his road on the floor and isn't a bother, he doesn't always play with it but when he does it will be with his cars and trains. He is 4 years old so knows how to follow the road around and park the vehicles.
The top of the mat is like cheap carpet as in it isn't really fluffy it is basic carpet that you would use for matting. The edge has big black stitching around it and the base is white thin rubber so it could be put onto laminate and not slip around.
I have put this into the washing machine and it has remained intact so easy to keep it clean from any spills or traffic accidents.
This mat was already used when we got it and has been played with lots since we had it and I feel it will last for many more years to come, Like I previously said it isn't in the way being laid on the bedroom floor all the time and always avoids the clear outs.
Very good value if paying the full £15.00 for it.
I bought this playmat for my son when he was 6 months old. Young yes, but really I bought it for decoration in the first instance and thought he would 'grow into it' as opposed to those designed for nurseries that child 'grow out of'
***** What is it *****
Essesntially it is a playmat which is 130 X 100cm with roads printed on it. It is rubber backed so doesn't move aroound like some mats do. The mat is bright and cheerful and has pictures of different buildings on it. There is a fire station, police station,, hospital, hotel, snack bar, school, cinema, park, shop and a bank. There are various roundabouts, car parks and even bus stops.
***** What does my son think *****
My son loves this play mat. It is light weight are easy to roll up and store but I leave his out all the time. He is now 5 and probably plays with this mat more than ever. A box of cars and his mat and he is happy for an hour or so. He uses his imagination a lot with it, for example a bus picked up the children from school and took them to the cinema.
He also has a strong desire to be a fireman when hes older so we have high speed collisions where the firemen come and rescue all the people.
***** The good bits ****
Rubber backed to avoid movement
Bright and cheerful decoration to a room
Allows imaginative and independant play
There have been a few spills on the mat but it has always cleaned - I even put it on a cool wash in the waashing machine (not recomended on care label but did no harm)
***** The not so good bits ****
It is right hand drive which is a little strange but my son did not notice until a few months ago.
******* Value for money ******
This mat is currently selling for £25 on the Elc website. I can't remember how much I paid for it but I doubt it was that much. I just had a quick around and there is a similar one in Argos for £12.67 so I would recommend that you shop around.
My son loves this mat so would recomend it but as it is on the pricey side perhaps a similar alternative.
Sturdy rug-style playmat, with lots of features to drive around.


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Zanies Trunk Tugger Dog Toys bring amusement and whimsy to dog play time. These elephant toys feature rope trunks for dogs to chew and tug and a soft and cuddly plush body. The peace sign design makes them perfect for coordination with other peace sign collection items. Contains squeaker. The Blue Trunk Tugger Dog Toy measures 8".


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Vulcan proverbs
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Proverbs by the fictional race Vulcans from Star Trek.
- Live long and prosper.
- Leonard Nimoy, Amok Time, (1967)
- Said on many occasions, normally accompanied by salute. Standard reply:
- Nothing that is is unimportant.
- Challenge your preconceptions, or they will challenge you.
- Star Trek: Enterprise, Season 1 Episode 4, Strange New World
- Infinite diversity in infinite combination.
- Concept introduced in Star Trek: The Original Series, "Is There in Truth No Beauty?"
- My mind to your mind... my thoughts to your thoughts...
- Chant used during Vulcan mind melds; this same expression was used in The X-Men # 3 (January 1964) by Professor Charles Francis Xavier.
- Only Nixon can go to China
- May your journey be free of incident.
- In accepting the inevitable, one finds peace.
- Nothing unreal exists.
- Logic is the cement of our civilization, with which we ascend from chaos, using reason as our guide.
- T'Plana-Hath, Matron of Vulcan Philosophy
- Wanting is more pleasurable than having.
- We are here to serve.
- The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few or the one.
- Logic is the beginning, not the end, of Wisdom.
- Perhaps derived from George Illes (1852 - 1942): "Doubt is the beginning, not the end of Wisdom."
- Spock, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
- A Vulcan never bluffs.
- One man can summon the future.
- What is, is. (Kaiidth)
- logic dictates that to race a prized stallion one must first break it. Spock Star Trek 2009


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Step 1: Straighten pipes and tighten nuts
The washers that seal pipe joints won't hold water unless one section runs straight into the other. The "ground" joint on the trap has no washer, but it too will leak if it's misaligned. Eyeball the leaking joint to check its alignment. If it's crooked, simply loosen the nut, straighten the pipe and retighten. Since the whole assembly is interconnected, you might misalign one joint while straightening another. Don't be surprised if you end up loosening and tightening several joints to straighten just one.
If a joint is aligned but leaks anyway, tighten the slip nut. Use two slip-joint pliers on metal pipes: one to hold the pipe, the other to tighten the nut. If you have old metal pipe, you might find that it has worn thin and collapses when you put a pliers on it. With plastic pipe, hand-tighten first. If that doesn't stop the leak, use a pliers. But be gentle; plastic threads are easy to strip.
Finding a Leak
Before you can stop a leak, you have to find its source. That can be tricky. Water that escapes your pipes can travel a long way before it drops onto your cabinet's floor.
Here's how a drip detective tracks the source of a leak: Fill both bowls of the sink with lukewarm water, not cold. (Cold water can cause beads of condensation to form on the pipes, making it impossible to find the leak.) Then get under the sink with a trouble light. Dry off all the pipes and examine the seals around the basket strainers. If you don't see any droplets forming, remove both sink stoppers and watch for telltale dribbles.
Joints are the most likely source of leaks, but old metal pipes can develop pinhole leaks anywhere, especially in the trap. If you can't find any leaks in the drain system, check the water supply lines that serve the faucet. Finally, check for "splash leaks," spots where water seeps under the sink rim or faucet base. To find these leaks, use a rag to dribble water around the faucet and sink rim, then get underneath and look for drips.
Step 2: Reseal a leaky strainer
The primary seal around a basket strainer is plumber's putty, which doesn't last forever. Over the years it can harden, shrink or crack. Sometimes you can stop a leak by tightening the locknut. But in many cases, the only cure is a new dose of putty.
Photos 1-4 on show you how. You can reuse the old strainer if all the parts are in good shape, but it usually makes sense to replace it. Since you have to take apart most of the drain assembly to get at a leaking strainer (Photo 1), consider replacing the drain lines if they're old.
The hardest part of this job is unscrewing the old locknut, which is often welded in place by mineral deposits or corrosion. A special wrench designed just for locknuts, called a "spud wrench" or "locknut wrench" (Photo 2). Big slip-joint pliers with a 3-1/2 in. jaw opening will work too, plus you can use them for other jobs. Whatever tool you use, you might find that the locknut won't budge. In that case, a single cut with a hacksaw blade is the only solution (Photo 3). It's almost impossible to do this without cutting into the strainer threads, so plan on buying a new strainer.
Step 3: If the pipes are old, replace the whole works
Some leaks can't be stopped with straightening or tightening. Stripped nuts won't tighten and old washers won't seal because they're stiff and distorted. You could get new nuts, washers or drain parts. Since plastic pipe is so inexpensive and easy to install, the smart, reliable fix is a whole new drain assembly.
You can buy everything you need at home center. Kits for side outlet assemblies (like the one shown here) or center outlet assemblies (where the trap is beneath the center of the sink) contain most of the essential parts. But you might also need:
- Long tailpieces (Photo 1). The tailpieces that come with kits are often only a couple of inches long.
- A trap arm extender (Photo 2). The arm that comes with the kit may not reach the drainpipe that protrudes from the wall.
- A dishwasher wye that has a connection for your dishwasher hose.
- A disposer kit that allows the waste arm to connect to a garbage disposer. Photos 1-5 detail the whole replacement process.
Here are some pointers for a smooth project:
- You'll have to cut a few pipes: both tailpieces, the waste arm and maybe the trap arm. A fine-tooth hacksaw works best.
When in doubt, mark and cut pipes a bit long. Better to cut twice than cut too short and make an extra trip to the hardware store.
- Don't forget to insert tailpiece washers (Photo 1). Other joints require cone washers. The only joint without a washer is the ground joint at the trap.
- Assemble everything loosely until the whole assembly is complete. Then tighten all the slip nuts.
- Hand-tighten the slip nuts. If any joints leak when you test the new assembly, tighten them slightly with slip-joint pliers.
- When you're all done, test the assembly for leaks.
Figure B: Replace the Whole Assembly
This photo shows the parts needed to connect the strainer to the waste arm. For a larger image that also shows the trap and trap arm, see the Addendum.
Brush a little Teflon pipe thread sealant on male threads. It lubricates the threads and makes slip nuts much easier to tighten. Check the label to make sure the sealant is safe for plastic.
Step 4: Install a new adapter on old steel pipe
The drainpipe coming out of the wall has an adapter on the end. This adapter has a washer and slip nut and works just like the other joints in your drain assembly. If your drainpipe is plastic, you shouldn't have any problems. But if your drainpipe is old galvanized steel, you might run into corrosion that makes the slip nut almost impossible to loosen or retighten.
Here's how to bypass those rusty old threads: Unscrew the old slip nut. Cut it off with a hacksaw if you have to, but try not to cut deep into the drainpipe's threads. Buy a plastic trap adapter, a rubber transition coupler, a section of plastic pipe and cement. The pipe and adapter can be PVC (white) or ABS (black); just be sure to get the right cement for the type of plastic (PVC also requires purple primer). Cement the adapter to a 4-in. piece of pipe and join the plastic pipe to the old metal pipe using the rubber coupler.


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OK, maybe you need actual food too. But an e-book about cooking or cuisine might be a great idea for the holiday.
Our new (tiny) Overdrive Collection has 18 books on cooking and food. They can be checked out for 21 days.
Overdrive e-books are hard to set up the first time, but easy after that. Click on your device on this help page for instructions. Or ask us for help.
More on the Belk Library's Overdrive e-books.
We also have EBSCO e-books. Browse these 1668 e-books on food and drink.
These are challenging to set up the first time also, but as easy as changing TV channels after that. Try out these instructions, but come visit us for help setting up if they don't quite work. Most (~90%) can be checked out for 14 days. They do not work with Kindles.
Photo: "Felicity's Pumpkin Pie" 2010, by Ryan Grove. (More food photos here.)