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Wedged in between Asia and Europe, Istanbul does not disappoint. Every two steps takes you through centuries of history.
It is believed that the first settlers came from Greece under the leadership of Byzas. He started the foundation of the city which he called Byzantium.
Following it's flourishing trade and commerce owing to it's strategic location Byzantium became a part of the Roman Empire. Emperor Constantine developed the city based on a Roman model. He made Istanbul the capital of the Roman Empire and following the trend set by the first settler renamed the city as Constantinople after himself. Not surprisingly after it became the capital of the entire Roman empire Constantinople prospered.
However this surge in prosperity was checked by the division of the empire by the sons of Emperor Theodosis after his death and Constantinople was demoted from the capital of the entire Roman empire to the capital of the Byzantine Empire. This caused a cultural shift in the city. The Byzantine Empire was a predominantly Greek Orthodox as opposed to the Latin Catholic identity of the Roman Empire. A revolt in the 532 AD almost destroyed the city. However the ever resilient city was rebuilt again. Many of its outstanding monuments namely the Hagia Sophia was constructed post this revolt.
The envied location of the city although favorable for trade and commerce was also the cause of many conquests. It was attacked by empires and troops from all over the middle east. For a short while it was under the hands of the fourth crusade. At this time the Greek Orthodox culture in the city declined giving rise to Latin Catholic ideologies and monuments. How ever the Greeks were not the ones to give up without a fight. The constant struggle to maintain control drained the exchequer and subsequently the Greek Orthodox and the Latin Catholic alike fell prey to the conquests of the Ottoman Turks led by Sultan Mehmed the second.
Constantinople then became the capital of the Ottoman Empire and unsurprisingly it's name was changed to Istanbul.
Sultan Mehmed the second was a visionary. Unlike the Greeks and Romans before him , he did not believe that Istanbul could be dominated by a single religion or ideology. He encouraged settlements by Muslims and Jews along with the returning Greeks and Romans who had fled the city fearing captivity.The sultan built hospitals, schools, mosques and monuments.
The Ottoman ruled Istanbul till it was occupied by the allies in World war I. Following the Turkish War of Independence the Republic of Turkey was founded in 1923. Ataturk the father of modern Turkey moved the capital away from Istanbul which had witnessed hundreds of battles and been subject to the ups and downs of the different empires.
Today Istanbul is a vibrant city. It was rightly named as the European Capital of culture in 2010 by the EU.


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dynamic range increase with RAW Edit
After reading this page which describes how you can test the dynamic range of your camera, I did a quick&dirty test with my A610 and found this at the lowest ISO setting:
- RAW: 10.3 stops
- Jpeg: 9 stops (highlights blown sooner than RAW, shadows are the same)
- Jpeg with 'neutral' color setting: 9.3 stops
So RAW shooting seems to give about 1 more stop of dynamic range, at least with my cam.
To do this test, I printed a sheet of paper with white, grey and black as proposed in the article. Then I took multiple photos and looked
a) which the first photo was where you can barely see all three colors (after boosting contrast) and
b) which the last photo was where you can barely see all three colors. Then I counted the stops between these two pictures.
Keep in mind that this is a test for the maximum dynamic range. The usable DR will be lower.
Here is another DR test method. Doing this test gives me 7.66 stops of DR (jpeg, normal, ISO 50).
To do this test, I shot a white wall with 1/3 stop exposure steps. Then I used the zebra indicator to find the first and the last picture without blown highlights or shadows. I counted the steps in between: 23 steps / 3 = 7.66 stops.
RAW examples? Edit
I'd expect RAW samples to have a couple samples--literally. Does anybody have some CRWs for this article? 18.104.22.168 00:40, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

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J.D. Walton was not the most highly touted recruit coming out of high school, but the 6-3 center had to spend a couple of years on the sidelines before finally suiting up for Baylor. Walton originally went to Arizona State where he redshirted during the 2005 season. In June of 2006 Walton opted to head closer to home and ended up at Baylor. Of course, due to transfer rules, Walton had to spend his freshman season sitting on the sidelines. Once Walton was actually able to play college ball, he certainly wasted no time making an impact. As a sophomore in 2007, Walton immediately stepped into the starting role at the center spot. During that season the Bears' offense gave up a mere 21 sacks, which is pretty good by Baylor standards and Walton shared the team's Best Offensive Lineman honor with future first round selection Jason Smith. In 2008 Walton once again started all 12 games and paved the way for one of the best ground attacks Baylor has seen in a generation. The Bears' offense struggled in 2009, but Walton was still a steady performer. At 6-3 and 305 pounds, he has the size and footwork to be a decent center at the next level. He will not be one of the first centers taken but with a decent senior week Walton could move up into the third or fourth round.
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In the world that we live in, a person comes across beauties wherever he looks. He observes the things that he sees with great admiration. The human body with its flawless Creation, millions of kinds of plants, the sky full of clouds tons in weigh and many more things are created in an aesthetic way to give pleasure to the soul. Many details that a person feels by his senses other than his sense of sight give him pleasure, whether it is a nice smell, a taste or a nice rhythmic music.
A fruit hanging from a tree branch appeals to everyone with its splendid smell and taste. Similarly the structure and colors of a flower at different tones are exceptionally delightsome. Or a beautiful human face wins the admiration of everyone. Or a nice house and a top model car are the means demanded in this world. A person admires these and much more during his lifetime and wants to own them. However, he becomes surprised after he looks at these things mentioned later on. Because he sees that all these beauties have lost their meaning and even turned into a condition that he does not even want to see.
For example, a fruit slowly begins to blacken in a little while after being picked, and loses its beautiful smell. Then it decays and beings to give off a bad smell. A person brings flowers, which attracts her with its vibrant colors and charming smell and puts them in a vase; but one day later the colors of the flowers begin to fade and lose its liveliness and freshness. After 2-3 days the flowers are all blackened and decayed. A person would have difficulty in even recognizing someone whom he thinks has the most beautiful face in the whole world, after 60 years. That beautiful person has grown old, her face is full of wrinkles and her hair is all white. In short, there is no trace of her previous beauty. The house is worn out, the car's model is out of date and some parts of it tend to rust. As a result, everything that people see around have a tendency to wear out in a short amount of time.
This comes as "a natural process" to most people. But there is a very deep meaning hidden in here. Everything around us give us an important message by continuously being destroyed, getting old and decaying. This message is the fact that the world is a temporary and deceitful illusion.
The most important of all is that all of the animals, plants, human beings, meaning all living beings in the world are mortal. Another reason for someone not realizing this great fact is that new human beings and animals are born to replace the dead and new crops grow in nature every year. Someone who does not realize this truth values temporary things too much and risks a great deal for them. He lives with the desire to "own" the things he wants. But Allah is the only Owner of all. Living beings exist for as long as He wills and dies or disappears at the moment He wills.
Allah revealed several examples in the Qur'an for people not to be deceived by this specious side of the world and to think about this truth:
The metaphor of the life of this world is that of water which We send down from the sky, and which then mingles with the plants of the earth to provide food for both people and animals. Then, when the earth is at its loveliest and takes on its fairest guise and its people think they have it under their control, Our command comes upon it by night or day and We reduce it to dried-out stubble, as though it had not been flourishing just the day before! In this way We make Our Signs clear for people who reflect. (Surah Yunus, 24)


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URLs: pretty is good, RESTful is a liability
I've come to learn that Wt (and JWt) are opiniated frameworks. I like the word: Wt is not just different from other traditional web frameworks, but it is deliberately so.
Yes, Wt is a C++ library but focusing on this particular oddity is missing the point. It could have been implemented in any language, including your favorite. It just happens that we like C++, don't believe that it is that complex (at least not compared to web application security) and wouldn't trust anyone to implement a (secure!) web application who cannot manage a pointer deallocation.
Anyway, one of the unique things in Wt is how it handles URLs (traditionally called URL routing). Wt has an internal path API (implemented as three methods in WApplication) which allow you to:
attach URLs to application state
use the same URLs in plain HTML and Ajax sessions (with the common fragment trick)
use HTML5 history API to avoid the fragment trick in Ajax sessions (as of today in git) in modern browsers (Safari, Chrome or Firefox 4).
In short, you can create a modern Ajax application with perfect graceful degradation (or progressive enhancement) and search engine accessibility.
Recently, there was some controversy on the adoption by gawker.com of Google's hash-bang workaround for indexing Ajax websites. This prompted discussion on whether this is breaking the core principle of the web : that URLs provide consistent access to resources.
At the same time, you need to make sure that the server generates on its own (exactly!) the same web page when a google indexing robot asks for the same contents, directly from the server, requiring at least a duplication of the View logic.
It is then not a surprise that only the most sophisticated web applications (like Facebook and GMail) take the effort to properly implement this (and others fail).
With the advent of the new HTML5 History API, there is no need anymore to use a hash-bang workaround, and you can have the same URLs in Ajax and plain HTML sessions. That eliminates the only draw-back of the hash trick, namely that a user could not pass on a URL from a Ajax-enabled session to a plain HTML session and have it work. Clearly, there is nothing about this that breaks the web, to a user (and search engines), URLs work in a predictable way.
But what's the benefit?
Staying in the same page does not only give you performance benefits, it also allows you to include new functionality like a chat widget or anything else that requires a stateful presence in your page. You can open a WebSocket connection once for the entire stay of your use on your page. You can do things that are simply not possible otherwise. It is not a coincidence that Facebook moved to Ajax + fragments at the same time that they launched their chat functionality.
Wt and JWt implemented the hash-bang trick already for some time, and we have now added HTML5 History API support. There is no need for duplication of code since the library can render any update either as HTML or JavaScript, depending on what is needed.
But personally I prefer spending time making secure web applications instead of finding a leaky pointer or the cryptic source of irrational behaviour due to the usage of a desiccated pointer.Secondly on performance, I will not argue that a C++ compiler produces more efficient code than a Java one. But lets be honest, hard core performance CPU performance has never been the issue for any serious Web App. The bottleneck of a web app has always been disc I/O, even when using an very slow language like PHP.Lastly Java is not only a language but a complete and consistent enterprise framework that is widely used in the business world. C++ is not.That's why I am thankful for the JWt project that answers business needs with a tool that business can understand. My only hope is that JWt doesn't become the limited clone of a brilliant framework that will only make sense to a limited number of people.Voilà, that's it :). I once again applaud the vision and wish you all the luck with that amazing framework.Thim.


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Patterned from the Gold and Silver versions of the game, which were considered to be the two greatest games of the franchise; both HeartGold and SoulSilver still prove to be very addictive, with new elements added to the game that certainly make fans of the franchise glued to their seats.
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If you have been addicted to video games for quite some time already, then you have most probably also been addicted to the Pokemon series in the handheld GameBoy Color. For almost a decade already, Pokemon has been considered one of the many RPG games worth playing. With its interesting use and play of characters and even the concept and structure of the gameplay, it surely makes fans and gamers stick to their chairs for hours in playing the game.
Fans of the game felt disappointed when they played Pokemon Platinum; it was said that the Platinum version was going to be the last among the series. And just recently, fans of the very popular RPG game are again sucked to a very addictive and vicious cycle because Nintendo and Game Freak have done something devious. Fans are definitely up for the very addictive world of Pokemon.
Two latest games of the Pokemon RPG game series – Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver have been launched as major remakes of the games Pokemon Gold and Silver that were released in GameBoy Color before. When you try to look at the two games, they may be virtually identical to each other, but the two games have two different sets of Pokemon species that make them distinct from each other. Game Freak, the developer of the game, gives fans a new paint in the two games with the usage of the 3D engine used in the Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum versions. They also added interesting things to be discovered along the quest. Another significant breakthrough of the game is the new PokeWalker gadget that actually gives a welcome twist to the familiar franchise. The gadget makes HeartGold and SoulSilver even more attractive than the games that gamers used to be addicted to for the past 14 years.
If you find yourself quite new to the Pokemon Franchise, you don't have anything to worry because HeartGold and SoulSilver will assist you in getting yourself become familiar with the very addictive gameplay that it has been known for, just like in previous versions. Both HeartGold and SoulSilver follow the original concept of the Pokemon franchise, which is for you to become the very best Pokemon trainer around the world and your ultimate life's quest.
In the Pokemon world, all the lurking creatures are Pokemon. You, as a trainer, have the capability to catch wild Pokemon and add them up to your collection of Pokemon fighter that you can use when fighting with other trainers and enemies. The very famous strategy that the game has been known for is still present. All the Pokemon possess strengths and weaknesses against the other Pokemon. The type of Pokemon plays a big part in their capabilities. Water types are stronger than fire types; while bug types are still stronger than grass types. Fans and gamers have to think of good strategies to win the title of best Pokemon trainer.
Patterned from the Gold and Silver versions of the game, which were considered to be the two greatest games of the franchise; both HeartGold and SoulSilver still prove to be very addictive, with new elements added to the game that certainly make fans of the franchise glued to their seats. But there really aren't much new things to look out for in these two games. The graphics and audio are all the same and almost everything stays the same. Nonetheless, these two games still possess a lasting appeal that makes players want more. Despite the downsides, fans and gamers are definitely expected to flock to video game stores to buy their own HeartGold and SoulSilver.
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WASHINGTON, March 12, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) was named as the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO) Legislator of the Year on Tuesday night. The award, which was presented to Senator Collins at NAHRO's annual Legislative Conference, honors federal legislators for their efforts in support of responsible policies impacting the provision of safe and affordable housing in quality communities. Collins is the second legislator from Maine to receive the award.
"Economic development cannot be successful unless it is grounded in community development and housing stability," said Senator Collins in a speech upon receiving the award. "Across the country we see the impact of homelessness and the need for affordable housing. We can also see the positive effects that HUD's rental assistance programs, such as section 8 and public housing, have when used as part of broader innovative solutions by local communities and their partners."
NAHRO selected Collins for the award because she is and has been outspoken on efforts to end homelessness, has supported the community development block grant program, and is concerned with reducing the number of homeless veterans. She worked to help end the federal government shutdown, and supported finding alternatives to the across-the-board spending cuts enacted by sequestration in order to reduce the national deficit.
Collins has also demonstrated a commitment to regular order and bipartisanship in Congress. She was a member of the panel that wrote the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2014. When the bill came before a full Senate session for a vote, she made a speech calling for support of a cloture motion on the bill, which failed to pass, 54-43. The bill would have maintained funding for such programs as Community Development Block Grants.
Collins, first elected in 1996, is serving her third term in the Senate. She is a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and the ranking member for the Senate THUD Appropriations Subcommittee.
NAHRO, established in 1933, is a membership organization of 23,000 housing and community development agencies and professionals throughout the United States whose mission is to create affordable housing and safe, viable communities that enhance the quality of life for all Americans, especially those of low- and moderate-income. NAHRO's membership administers more than 3 million housing units for 7.6 million people.
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Obama to Putin, Rebels: What Are You Hiding?
(NEWSER) – President Obama called out Vladimir Putin, Ukraine's pro-Russia militants, and the disgraceful handling of the investigation into the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 today, reports Politico. The president argued that investigators needed "immediate and full access to the crash site." "What exactly are they trying to hide?" he asked, stating that Putin has "direct responsibility" to get rebels to fall in line and "stop tampering with evidence." By continuing to meddle in Ukraine's autonomy, Russia "will only further isolate itself," the president said. Obama's comments echo those of Dutch investigators on the scene today, adds the AP, who report seeing remains still scattered around fields and are calling for a full forensic sweep.
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Looking good guys!
Keep up the good work
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Myself and my counterpart Dopey would proudly like to announce our newest tool Hax0rBl0x - Cred Harvester. The Hax0rBl0x suite is going to be a fully featured suite of tools that will make different types of attacks quick and easy.
Google Code: http://code.google.com/p/hax0rbl0x/downloads/list
Download: http://hax0rbl0x.googlecode.com/file...rvester_1.1.sh
Current tools in development:
-Hax0rBl0x.sh: This is the main menu framwork that allows us to add more tools by simply dragging and dropping files.
-Passive OS Fingerprinting (Beta): This is a passive scanner that will read information from passing packets to find OS, Browsers, Apps, Open Ports, Uptime, Host type, and Manufacturer of each host on the network.
-Cred Harvester: This is a tool similar to Easy-Creds or YAMAS, but extremely polished to harvest creds, cookies, social security numbers, or credit card numbers from selected targets. The info is then displayed on an easy to read summary on screen and dumped into an easy to read report for further persusing. The programs launched are Ettercap, SSLStrip, Dsniff, Hamster & Ferret, NGREP, and URLSnarf.
Feature List (Not all inclusive. Just what I could remember.)
Exhaustive Sanity Check for Dependencies
Easily select which programs you want to run together.
Auto restart if a program crashes.
All credentials are displayed on screen in near real time.
To-do List:
Change Log:
---Version 1.1---
-Fixed a bug related to installing the SSLDefinitions. If the directory didn't already exist, it would error out.
-Fixed a bug with updating. Even if the file didn't exist on the server, it would act as if it had succeeded.
-Added in the ability to check for SSLDefinition updates.
-Changed the way the program looked for updates for future compatibility with other programs.
-Fixed a bug in the override option not working as intended.
Known Issues:
Sometimes SSLStrip will report as crashed, but it'll still be running. We have a workaround in place, so the impact of the bug is nil.
Hamster and Ferret has had some reported issues with the version that's installed with BT 5. There is apparently an issue with the installed version working correctly with a 64 bit OS. So to remedy this issue, we just assume that your version is broken. Even if you have Hamster and Ferret installed, the program will report that it isn't and offer to install its own version. While we do give you the option to override this and execute the script anyways, it's in your best interest to let the script do its magic. Don't worry, if we find a version already installed where we want to install ours, we'll back it up!
"Similar to Easy-Creds (although we had the idea prior to discovering the tool) we decided to have a simple script that would handle Ettercap, SSLStrip, DSniff, URLSnarf, Hamster & Ferret (Sidejacking attack), and NGREP. In addition to dumping the output to a nice log file automatically, we wanted to have a simple display showing real-time creds as they are captured. We were able to filter the output to prevent duplicate creds displaying, and wrote a simple filter wizard to only display real-time URLSnarf data that you ACTUALLY NEED to see right now. No data is left out of the final report (with multiple logging options) so you can still get everything you need, but see real-time only what you want.
(As a side note, we also do not blanket wipe out IPTables or anything like that. Every check is done to attempt to keep your system the same as what it was, while only changing and cleaning up what's needed for whatever program you choose to load.)" - Dopey
We also take lots of care to sanity check EVERYTHING. That means that at no point in time should you be able to cause the script not to run by forgetting to make a file or directory or install a dependency.
The tool is in the final stages of being created, and we're almost ready for its debut. We are REALLY excited over this addition and we hope you guys are too! If you have any ideas, comments, or feedback we'd love to hear it!
As a side note, these tools have all been tested on both Backtrack 5 R3, as well as on the RaspberryPi running PwnPi. We've made every effort to make efficiency our top priority due to the limited processing power of the Pi.
Here are some pictures of the current version to whet your appetite.
Sanity Menu:
Main Menu:
Loading the programs:
Everything loaded and running:
No shots of actual credentials being harvested yet. Those are being kept behind closed doors until our release. I'll go ahead and fill you in though, it looks good!
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Looking good guys!
Keep up the good work
Have you...g0tmi1k?
Thanks g0tmi1k! We've been working on this for almost a month now and we're pretty happy with where it's at.
We may be releasing it today baring any unforeseen bugs that may pop up during our final tests.
Update: Released! Download link is in the OP. Please let us know if you run into any bugs!
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Thanks a lot g0tmi1k! We hope you guys really like it. It's been a learning experience for us and we're hoping to help contribute to the community through projects like this. Looking forward to any feedback people are willing to share.
Version 1.1 released. A couple bug fixes, and implemented in a way to check for SSL Definition updates.
Great work, and I look forward to seeing this code mature, and get even better with time. You both have put a monumental effort by briefly running through the code, and it is very much appreciated. Well done!
I haven't had a chance to test the creds checker yet, but I did find a bug in "70_Passive_Fingerprint_1.2.sh", which didn't allow me to get past the sanity check.
Current Code:
CorrectedCode:fnPOFCheck() { echo -e "$(tput setaf 2)[+]$(tput sgr0) p0f version check... \c" p0f -i vercheck > /tmp/.pofcheck 2>&1 eval `cat /tmp/.pofcheck | head -n1 | awk '{for(i=1;i<NF;i++) {if ($i ~ /p0f|version/) {ver=$(++i); gsub (/[[:alpha:]]|\./,"",ver);print "VER="ver; } } }'` rm /tmp/.pofcheck if [[ $VER -ge 306 ]]; then echo -e "$(tput setaf 2)Success$(tput sgr0)" else echo -e "$(tput setaf 1)Failed!$(tput sgr0)" POF=1 fi } fnEttercapCheck() { echo -e "$(tput setaf 2)[+]$(tput sgr0) Ettercap check... \c" if [[ -e `which ettercap` ]]; then echo -e "$(tput setaf 2)Success$(tput sgr0)" else echo -e "$(tput setaf 1)Failed!$(tput sgr0)" ETTERCAP=1 fi }
You got the two mixed up at the end of the if statements.Code:fnPOFCheck() { echo -e "$(tput setaf 2)[+]$(tput sgr0) p0f version check... \c" p0f -i vercheck > /tmp/.pofcheck 2>&1 eval `cat /tmp/.pofcheck | head -n1 | awk '{for(i=1;i<NF;i++) {if ($i ~ /p0f|version/) {ver=$(++i); gsub (/[[:alpha:]]|\./,"",ver);print "VER="ver; } } }'` rm /tmp/.pofcheck if [[ $VER -ge 306 ]]; then echo -e "$(tput setaf 2)Success$(tput sgr0)" else echo -e "$(tput setaf 1)Failed!$(tput sgr0)" ETTERCAP=1 fi } fnEttercapCheck() { echo -e "$(tput setaf 2)[+]$(tput sgr0) Ettercap check... \c" if [[ -e `which ettercap` ]]; then echo -e "$(tput setaf 2)Success$(tput sgr0)" else echo -e "$(tput setaf 1)Failed!$(tput sgr0)" POF=1 fi }
Curiosity got the better of me, and I just did a quick test via reddit.com, its 0600 here and my eyes are closing, so forgive the formatting!
Attacker :-
Fresh install BT5r3 64bit VM
Alfa AWUS036H
Victim :-
iOS phone
Connect via wicd to network
Run yamas with default settings
Attempt to log into reddit via iOS device
Creds harvested successfully
Quit yamas and flush IPTables etc
disconnect/reconnect via wicd
Run 40_Creds_Harvester_1.1.sh
Alternated between default settings and all options enabled. The program appears to have installed correctly, and everything turns on.
Attempt to log into reddit via iOS (Wireless was turned off and on as well)
Creds not harvested.
I suspected that this was ettercap playing up on my VM 64bit system, as your script doesn't use ARPspoof like yamas.
To confirm, I ran yamas with "-e" to use ettercap instead of ARPspoof, and the creds were not harvested as I suspected. Then I thought, silly me, I haven't edited etter.conf. I changed ec_uid/gid to 0, and uncommented the iptables redir commands.
Retried, still to no avail. ARPspoof works perfectly on my setup, but ettercap doesn't. I have no idea what causes this, and would be interested if someone could shed some light.
Meanwhile, could you please add an ARPspoof option? I can't test this any further at the moment.


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This San Gabriel hotel is 4 miles from the California Institute of Technology and 6.5 miles from the Rose Bowl. Staples Center and other downtown Los Angeles attractions are about 10 miles west.
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The hotel's Trinity restaurant serves Western/Asian fusion cuisine and is open from early morning till late evening. Room service is available. A lounge and bar are also on site.
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Florida jury finds Zimmerman not guilty
(Sanford, FL)- Jurors have found George Zimmerman not guilty of second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
The six-member, all-woman jury deliberated for more than 15 hours over two days before reaching their decision Saturday night.
They had been given the chance to convict Zimmerman of manslaughter but did not do so, despite asking for a clarification of the charge earlier in the evening.
After hearing the verdict, Judge Debra Nelson told Zimmerman he was free to go.
Jurors heard two different portraits of Zimmerman and had to decide whether he was a wannabe cop who took the law into his own hands or a well-meaning neighborhood watch volunteer who shot the unarmed teenager in self-defense because he feared for his life.
The jury began deliberating Zimmerman's fate Friday after hearing dueling portraits of the neighborhood watch captain: a wannabe cop who took the law into his own hands or a well-meaning volunteer who shot Trayvon Martin because he feared for his life.
As the jury got the murder case, police in this Orlando suburb went on national television to plead for calm in Sanford and across the country, no matter what the verdict.
"There is no party in this case who wants to see any violence," Seminole County Sheriff Don Eslinger said. "We have an expectation upon this announcement that our community will continue to act peacefully."
During closing arguments, Zimmerman's lawyers put a concrete slab and two life-size cardboard cutouts in front of the jury box in one last attempt to convince the panel Zimmerman shot the unarmed black 17-year-old in self-defense while his head was being slammed against the pavement.
Attorney Mark O'Mara used the slab to make the point that it could serve as a weapon. He showed the cutouts of Zimmerman and Martin to demonstrate that the teenager was considerably taller, And he displayed a computer-animated depiction of the fight based on Zimmerman's account.
He said prosecutors hadn't met their burden of proving Zimmerman's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Instead, he said, the case was built on "could've beens" and "maybes."
"If it hasn't been proven, it's just not there," O'Mara said. "You can't fill in the gaps. You can't connect the dots. You're not allowed to."
In a rebuttal, prosecutor John Guy accused Zimmerman of telling "so many lies." He said Martin's last emotion was one of fear as Zimmerman followed him through the gated townhouse community on the rainy night of Feb. 26, 2012.
"Isn't that every child's worst nightmare, to be followed on the way home in the dark by a stranger?" Guy said. "Isn't that every child's worst fear?"
One juror, a young woman, appeared to wipe away a tear as Guy said nothing would ever bring back Martin.
The sequestered jury of six women - all but one of them white - will have to sort through a lot conflicting testimony from police, neighbors, friends and family members.
Witnesses gave differing accounts of who was on top during the struggle, and Martin's parents and Zimmerman's parents both claimed that the voice heard screaming for help in the background of a 911 call was their son's.
Zimmerman, 29, was charged with second-degree murder, but the jury was allowed to consider manslaughter. Under Florida's laws involving gun crimes, manslaughter could end up carrying a penalty as heavy as the one for second-degree murder: life in prison.
O'Mara dismissed the prosecution's contention that Zimmerman was a "crazy guy" patrolling his townhouse complex and "looking for people to harass" when he saw Martin. O'Mara also disputed prosecutors' claim that Zimmerman snapped when he saw Martin because there had been a rash of break-ins in the neighborhood, mostly by young black men.
The defense attorney said Zimmerman at no point showed ill will, hatred or spite during his confrontation with Martin - which is what prosecutors must prove for second-degree murder.
"That presumption isn't based on any fact whatsoever," O'Mara said.
In contrast, prosecutors argued Zimmerman showed ill will when he whispered profanities to a police dispatcher over his cellphone while following Martin through the neighborhood. They said Zimmerman "profiled" the teenager as a criminal.
Guy said Zimmerman violated the cornerstone of neighborhood watch volunteer programs, which is to observe and report, not follow a suspect.
Zimmerman's account of how he grabbed his gun from his holster at his waist as Martin straddled him is physically impossible, Guy said.
"The defendant didn't shoot Trayvon Martin because he had to; he shot him because he wanted to," Guy said. "That's the bottom line."
But to invoke self-defense, Zimmerman only had to believe he was facing great bodily harm, his attorney said. He asked jurors not to let their sympathies for Martin's parents interfere with their decision.
"It is a tragedy, truly," O'Mara said. "But you can't allow sympathy."
With the verdict drawing near, police and city leaders in Sanford and other parts of Florida said they have taken precautions for the possibility of mass protests or even civil unrest if Zimmerman, whose father is white and whose mother is Hispanic, is acquitted.
There were big protests in Sanford and other cities across the country last year when authorities waited 44 days before arresting Zimmerman.
Guy told the jury the case wasn't about race.
"It's about right and wrong," he said. "It's that simple."
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Installation detail, L-R: Chihung Yang, Seeds, Leaves, and Others (1989); Chihung Yang, Sonnet of Orchid and Bone (1988); Tony Wong, untitled (1984).
Feb 04, 2013 - Mar 01, 2013
The current exhibition in The Maslow Study Gallery was installed for Pamela Parsons' painting students. The selected paintings from The Maslow Collection explore a wide range of techniques and processes, from sketches to heavy impasto, and content exploring allegory, myth making, botanical studies, still life, and pastiche.
The rage of winter, driving one to despair and the irrational, can be seen in the allegorical painting by Robert Jessup titled Winter from 1987. Tony Wong's large untitled painting from 1984 expresses a mythological encounter employing a rich and dense palette that is built on the canvas as the paint is applied directly from the tube. Using another seasonal title, Anne Abrons, presents a still life titled Fall, completed in 1991. David Hornung, the author of a book on color theory that is widely used by art students, presents a view of nature that juxtaposes familiar elements in a constructed unified image. Two works on paper by Chihung Yang titled Sonnet of Orchid and Bone (1988) and Seeds, Leaves, and Others (1989) present studies from nature using acrylic, pastel, charcoal and pencil. The one untitled non-objective work in this exhibition by Nancy Haynes, a study in black and white, completes the range of possible subject matter in this exhibition.
The installation of the works in this exhibition was carried out by the curator with the assistance of Nicole Zarick, the student intern working with The Maslow Collection this semester.
Installation detail, L-R: David Hornung, Icon to an Ice Age (1988); Chihung Yang, Seeds, Leaves, and Others (1989); Chihung Yang, Sonnet of Orchid and Bone (1988); Tony Wong, untitled (1984).
Installation detail, L-R: Nancy Haynes, untitled (1989); Anne Abrons, Fall (1990); Robert Jessup, Winter (1987); Robert Jessup, Watchful Father (1987).
Installation detail, L-R: Anne Abrons, Fall (1990); Robert Jessup, Winter (1987); Robert Jessup, Watchful Father (1987).
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Death of lion-loving intern spurs state, federal scrutiny
Dunlap, Calif. • Central California officials say the 24-year-old victim of a fatal lion attack died quickly of a broken neck, probably from a heavy paw swipe to the head.
Fresno County Coroner David Hadden says Dianna Hanson was already dead when the 550-pound lion was tossing her body about its enclosure shortly after the Wednesday afternoon attack.
Several government agencies are investigating how the accident happened.
Hanson was a volunteer intern at the Cat Haven exotic animal facility in Dunlap, Calif., east of Fresno. Hanson was frustrated that the exotic cat zoo did not allow direct contact with animals, her father said.
The site owner said Thursday that safety protocols were in place but he would not discuss them because they are a part of the law enforcement investigation. Dale Anderson said that he's the only person allowed in the enclosure when lions are present. "We want to assure the community that we have followed all safety protocols," Anderson said. "We have been incident-free since 1998 when we opened."
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Researchers are reporting success with using cash incentives to help people lose weight.
In a yearlong study, people were offered a chance to win or lose $20 a month if they met certain diet goals. They lost an average of 9 pounds compared to just over 2 pounds for other study participants who were not offered the chance to win money if they shed pounds. The diet study involved 100 obese employees at the Mayo Clinic.
Offering incentives is a tactic that many employers, insurers and Internet programs use to entice people to change bad habits like smoking or not exercising. Mayo researchers say it is important to keep the incentives going to maintain healthy changes.
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The jurors began deliberating after hearing the conflicting portraits of Officer Gilberto Valle in closing arguments at his kidnapping conspiracy trial. They went home for the day without a verdict and were to return Friday.
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How do our RFT's really work? You actually should drive on em if a flat occurs?
I've been imagining just how much smoother this already super smooth car can be with a proper set of tires. To be honest, I can't notice any downfalls to my RFT's since the car does ride so smoothly especially being on 19" wheels with a low suspension in stock form, but again I have no comparison points with non-RFT's on this particular car to compare to.
So figuring that for using such an apparently crappy set of tires on our cars, there has to be SOMETHING good about it, are they *really* safe to drive on if we blow a tire? And for how long? It seems like something that should get anyone paranoid, driving on 19" expensive rims with a blown tire, RFT's or not.... but again, if RFT's are NOT capable of truly being driven on during a flat, then what's their point? I.e you don't get any benefits from such a rough tire.
If there's anything that paranoias me about the RFT's deterring from ride comfort and shock-absorbsion it would be accelerating or being the reason to any interior rattles. I'd hate if RFT's would even rough things up to cost me even one interior rattle due to it.
BTW, my car has Pirelli P-Zero Nero RFT's, which I've heard is a new offering on just 2013 cars. Not sure if that's true, but if so, would there be a possibility that it's a superior RFT, which is why I don't have too many complaints toward it yet?
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I have no basis for this claim other than my general knowledge of tires: I'm certain the Pirellis are far superior to the Goodyears.
Not a large enough sample of reviews on TireRack to be definitive but the good thing is that there were no outliers (best tire ever! / worst tire ever!).
Seemed like average to above average responses which is really good for run-flats.
I have not driven on a flat run-flat despite having had several cars with them (my current BMW and several Corvettes). But I know people who have and they say you cannot even tell they are flat. I will tell you this though, if you think your car rides well with them you are wrong. If you switched to non-runflats you would notice the difference within a couple of miles. I know that because I've switched several times on my Corvettes, and I can tell that my BMW has runflats. You must have awfully good roads where you live if you can't tell.
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I actually didn't mean that I can't tell because the RFT's are so good. I said I can't tell because the car is so inherently smooth that I can't tell what the RFT's are hurting, since I have nothing to compare them to on this exact car. I'm sure they're regressive since everyone says they are. Like I said, my biggest concern other than not being able to experience just how smooth this car is with smooth tires (the thought of this car on proper tires now just makes me geek out in excitement yet then despair since I now feel like my cars comfort engineering is being held back by subpar riding tires), but that if they're THAT rough, they'd potentially "loosen up" the car and interior prematurely.... I guess you can call that a paranoia, hopefully too dramatic to be realistic (though rougher tires will transmit more harshness to the chassis and interior).
mryakanisachoad: Thanks for the info. That's kinda hopeful since people seem at least moderate toward the Pirelli RFT's, which as you pointed out, in RFT world seems to be a great response.
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My goodyear RFT was busted with literally a hole in the sidewall on my old E60 530i..RFTs do not go flat (duh) so I only came to know about the hole from the tyre pressure sensor and a loud noise of air escaping the tyre..even with no air the tyre looked almost round!
Called my BMW SA and was told that I can easily drive it around and come to dealership for a change but I had a flight the same day and drove on the busted RFT for around 60kms before leaving it with BMW for a replacement
To tell you the truth, I did not even feel that I am driving with a flat tyre..before this incident I was skeptical of the RFTs but now I really think they are a must in a family car
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I'm not sure where you live but if you're not having any issues with the Pirelli's and you're not in the mood to spend 1500 bucks right now to grab some Michelins I say stick with them.
Run-flats have come a long way since 7 or 8 years ago , especially depending on the manufacturer.
I literally cannot use those Goodyear run flats where I live. And, you do make a good point about what cost does this convience come at? Suspension parts on these cars ain't cheap. I remember horror stories from guys back in 2006 who literally had strut towers getting blown up because of those OEM run-flats. It's great if you can drive around on a flat tire: not so great if your stut towers have shot through your hood.
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What do you guys think about the Continental ContiSportContact RFTs?
I have them on the M 18" wheels (my car came with them), but didn't drive on them yet as I replaced them with my set of winter wheels before even leaving the dealer...
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My experience on the 19" LS2 is that it is very obvious when the tire goes flat. I had a sidewall blowout. They tell you not to drive over 50 MPH and believe me you won't want to. You can feel it in the steering and there is some vibration and I suppose the braking suffers also. I suspect that there would be less vibration with a simple puncture flat. But, you can definitely drive it unlike a blowout on a conventional tire. I drove it for 60 miles without any drama and the rim was not damaged. They definitely "run flat" and do a good job on that count.
Run flat will ride a bit stiffer when compare to the non-runflats, The gap is closing though, I remember my 1st set of runflats from 6 years ago, the ride was much worst. Personally, I think BMW did a great job designing the F10's suspesnion to ride the way it does with the runflats. I had the same Conti tires on my last A6 but in a non-runflat version and it did ride a bit smoother. It really comes down to risk vs benefit. Personally, I think the F10's ride is smooth enough with my 18" Conti runflat that I will not compromise safety for a little bit of comfort.
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Our F10 suspension has been designed to accept the stiffer sidewall of runflats and the safety factor of having to avoid changing a flat tire on the side of a busy road or in the rain is worth the compromise.
From what I have read, the experience of those who have 19 inch wheels is significantly more problematic than those with 18s and even less so with 17s. No surprises right?
As to the Goodyear LS2 runflats, I have them on my 18s and they are just fine. They do not handle like Michelin Super Sports (non runflats) but no runflats that I can think of equal that kind of tire performance as of now. My only complaint is that they cost $300 a piece from Tirerack. $
As to durability, I hit a fairly significant pothole three weeks ago and the Goodyear tires were not damaged although the inside wheels on the right side developed a slight bend which caused vibrations. That was easily repaired.
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I had rft's on my 07 & 08 335s and on my 08 535. On those cars the stiffness of the rft's was horrible. They made every bump, road crack jolt the car with some violence, granted those cars suspension was a lot better and lower to the ground.
The benefit of the rft's is that you can drive on them in the case of a blowout or flat. You will know the car has a flat obviously thanks to the tpms. I have since changed out my front two tires due to the known rft bubbling and have not had any issues since.
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You can drive in it, but if the bead unseats, you will be stuck. My wife's 3 had a flat, the bead unseated and we ended up having to flatbed it to a tire place. I am just thankful it happened near home (subdivision) and not someplace in the middle of nowhere on a day the stores are closed.
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I have 18" Dunlop SP Winter Sport 3D runflats. Last weekend, I (and a passenger) were headed to the airport when the FTM went off. Canadian cars don't have TPMS but they have the almost useless FTM. They do their job but only when the tire has no pressure.
Anyway, I was on the highway in heavy snow when it went off. I had no idea the tire was flat other than the back end was 'squirmy'. I continued to the airport, picked up two passengers and their luggage and drove home. The tire was definitely flat. There was no air pressure.
After the holiday weekend, I pumped up the car in my driveway but could hear air escaping. I drove to my trusted independent. The FTM did not go off because there was a small amount of air left by the time I got there. They were able to source a new, exact tire, replaced my dead one and sent me on my way. More than $410 + tax.
I was able to see the damage and three installers had a look at the inside. The inside looked the same as the new one but the more I drove on the old one I had noticed the car was getting lower and lower as the sidewalls were slowly bowing out. The actual hole was from a 3.5 inch tapcon screw right through the centre groove of the tire. It took two guys with pliers to remove it. The belts were showing on the inside. The tire was not repairable. I doubt a regular tire would have survived.
I drove about 60km (37mi) but was very careful and watched my speed. I do wonder what would happen if I had been on a road trip with no spare and a long way from home. The tire definitely did its job. Until the end of the trips I could not tell visually if the tire was totally flat. Snow on the tire and the road didn't help. Kicking it doesn't help either. LOL I had to test it with a gauge.
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I knew right away when my OEM RFT went flat after I hit a pothole. Besides TPMS informing me, the car was harder to drive and was also very loud. It did allow me to get home and to the dealer the next day. Of course, they didn't have a replacement in stock, but that's a whole other story. So it was usable, but not very.
By comparison, I reported in this forum when I hit another pothole. This one was hit at a much higher rate of speed, and was with my then new Michelin Pilot Sport A/S Plus tires. Wouldn't you know it, besides some additional vibrations, the car was still plenty drivable at high speeds, but developed a bubble. I shortly got that replaced as well. Long story short, the conventional tire had a better degradation than the run flat. YMMV.
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