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Corn futures continued their late slide Wednesday morning. After having reacted very well in response to last Friday's big USDA reports, corn futures apparently lost their upward momentum Monday and turned lower yesterday. Thus, it isn't very surprising to see nearby futures testing support associated with short-term moving averages, especially with the domestic and global markets being well supplied at this juncture. March corn declined 3.5 cents to $4.28/bushel around midsession Wednesday, while May lost 3.75 to $4.3575/bushel.
Export news is boosting the soy complex. Soybeans and meal came under selling pressure early this morning, but were being supported by strength spilling over from an overnight bounce in palm oil prices. Bulls then got good news from the USDA, which announced that China had bought 106,000 tonnes for delivery this year. March soybeans climbed 6.0 cents to $13.13/bushel by late Wednesday morning, while March soyoil added 0.19 cents to 37.95 cents/pound, and March soymeal gained $2.1 to $432.2/ton.
Corn losses seemingly weighed upon wheat as well. Although wheat traders were talking about the potential for another arctic blast over the Midwest (and its winter wheat fields) later this month, the golden grain markets followed corn lower Wednesday morning. Ideas that cheap corn will prevent most wheat feeding during the coming months reportedly dragged prices downward. March CBOT wheat futures fell 5.0 cents to $5.7425/bushel just before lunchtime Wednesday, while March KCBT wheat futures tumbled 3.5 cents to $6.285, and March MWE futures skidded 1.75 to $6.1975.
Cattle futures are following through on Tuesday's bullish breakout. Cash cattle and wholesale beef markets have been setting records lately and were joined by nearby live cattle futures at an all-time high yesterday. Tuesday's 4.0-cent plus leap in wholesale quotes rather clearly spurred Chicago prices even higher this morning. February cattle futures jumped 0.85 cents to 138.50 cents/pound in late Wednesday morning action, while April futures surged 0.85 to 138.65. Meanwhile, March feeder cattle futures leapt 1.00 cent to 167.82 cents/pound, and May ran up 0.97 to 169.62.
The hog and pork complex are following cattle and beef higher. The cash hog and wholesale pork markets proved quite strong Tuesday, thereby seeming to spark overnight CME gains. Of course, strength spilling over from the cattle and beef markets is encouraging bulls as well. However, the midsession pork quote proved surprisingly weak, which probably explains the setback from early highs. February hogs surged 0.70 cents to 86.70 cents/pound as traders started thinking about lunch Wednesday, while June moved up 0.50 to 101.40.


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January 24, 2014
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First Base Prospects
Given all of the major-league talent and production that plays at first base, you'd think that there's a veritable cornucopia of names that are lurking just below the surface, waiting to be promoted and produce. Well, you'd be wrong. So very, very wrong. And not the kind of wrong where you don't want to be right, either.
Instead, what we find is a smattering of players who have a strong enough offensive profile to withstand the weight of expectations placed on a first baseman, while also featuring a lack of defensive ability so distinct that their teams aren't even attempting to play them out of position with the hope that they could somehow not be a first baseman. Instead, the depth at the major-league level is created when teams ultimately give up on the guys they are playing out of position and transition them down the defensive spectrum, because, at this point, winning games starts to matter.
With that in mind, please understand that this list will either be shorter, or contain less impact than one might reasonably expect given the type of bats the end up at first base. The type of power bats that will ultimately populate the first base slots in the fantasy universe will instead come from those prospects who failed to play enough defense to justify their prodigious bats. This includes such luminaries as Miguel Cabrera (LF/3B), Albert Pujols (LF/3B), Chris Davis (RF/3B), and many more. It's a time-honored tradition, and we've already seen one highly thought-of prospect walk the beaten path from third to first base this offseason.
Names for 2014
Jonathan Singleton — Houston Astros
Maikel Franco — Philadelphia Phillies
Others: Japhet Amador — Astros, Jordan Lennerton — Tigers, A DEEP AND NEVER ENDING VOID
Names for 2015 and Beyond
Dan Vogelbach — Chicago Cubs
Ronald Guzman — Texas Rangers
C.J. Cron — Los Angeles Angels
Dominic Smith — New York Mets
Greg Bird — New York Yankees
Matt Skole — Washington Nationals
Others: Matt Olson — Athletics, Christian Walker — Orioles, Travis Shaw — Red Sox, Max Muncy — Athletics
Craig Goldstein is an author of Baseball Prospectus. Follow @cdgoldstein
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Re: Franco, "It would have been an impact offensive profile at first base, and while it's playable at first, the question now is how impactful can it be?"
Jan 24, 2014 06:52 AM
I might have missed it, but it sounds like you're sure he's going to be a first baseman this year. I know he played a few games there, but has anyone come out and said that? I'm trying to target him in a dynasty league, but would certainly lose value from the switch at this age no?
Jan 24, 2014 07:00 AM
I was basing it off this CSN Philly report:
Jan 24, 2014 08:22 AM
He's probably a first baseman in the long run, but Ruben Amaro commented on the topic (seemingly in response to that story) and said that Franco was still primarily a third baseman and that the team wanted him to get positional flexibility. Again, probably still going to end up at first base but it's no sure thing that Franco plays mostly first next year.
Jan 24, 2014 08:48 AM
Thanks for writing this, looking forward to seeing the other positions get similar treatment!
Jan 24, 2014 07:21 AM
I hear that he will split time this yr between 3B and 1B. I would target him assuming he will be a 1B in the long term
Jan 24, 2014 08:23 AM
I believe if I ran the Milwaukee Brewers, there'd be a first-baseman's glove and a Scott Hatteberg rookie card waiting in Khris Davis' locker this spring.
Jan 24, 2014 10:09 AM
Skole (given his age) could be one of those Rule 5 types. Ex: Russ Canzler
Jan 24, 2014 21:26 PM
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I'm tired of the Tigers farm system getting bashed on here. They have a "A DEEP AND NEVER ENDING VOID" because 3 months ago we had an all-star 1B locked up for ten years and Ted Williams reincarnated backing him up, so why draft or trade for one? Now I unerstand you're just trying to make a funny, but you should look at these things in context to the major league team. A farm system has never won a team a world series, so ease up on the Tiger bashing.
Jan 25, 2014 06:05 AM
Colin Dew-Becker
Was Jesus Aguilar an oversight, or is he really below all those prospects for 2015 and beyond?
Jan 25, 2014 14:19 PM
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OurDelta at linux.conf.au
I did a couple of sessions on OurDelta at the Linux.conf.au database miniconf: an overview of the project, a short delve into the features, and a "hacking the mysql server for dummies" which was found of particular interest. It's a pity that session didn't get accepted into the MySQL conference, it even had MySQL-uberguru Antony Curtis as co-speaker.
In the hacking talk in Hobart, I showed people the basic infrastructure of the source tree, then going through one particular patch and which changes it makes inside the server (and why). This is an excellent way to learn, as patches have a neat limited scope yet they do something significant. The good news is that the sessions were recorded, so when the LCA team finishes transcoding the hundreds of sessions we might be able to put ours up here!
Original author and MySQL co-founders Monty and David were also present, with their families. Monty told me that the last time he'd visited Australia was for an AUUG conference in 1998, that's a few years before I moved here! David was at Linux.conf.au 2002 in Brisbane, he stayed at my place and my black cat (then tiny kitten) Figaro crawled on his neck. Anyway it was great to catch up, discuss ideas, have some Salmiakki, and share "home cooked" dinner (we had a full kitchen at the accomodation) with a number of other conference attendees. It was a great week!
In case you haven't seen, Monty left Sun to be independent again. Still working on MySQL though! More interesting times ahead?
In other news, I've moved from VirtualBox to VMware Fusion for my desktop development system. While generally very nice (and free), VirtualBox kept destroying my snapshots, thus making work pretty much impossible and causing a lot of extra time getting wasted. VMware Fusion also supports 64-bit guests under OSX, multiple CPU cores, and other fancies. Still, I do hope (and trust) that VirtualBox will be developed and debugged further, it definitely has good potential!
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It's an expensive operation when one considers that the average annual cost to house an inmate is $31,500 — $86.35 a day to be exact.
And the money comes from us, the taxpayers.
"It's not like we have a very effective alumni association," quipped Art Neu, the Carroll attorney who is the vice chairman of the state's Board of Corrections, which oversees the prison system.
Neu knows the prisons as well as anyone on the outside can. He's visited all of the prisons, several of them multiple times, often with the Daily Times Herald in tow. A few weeks ago, Neu led a group of Carroll Rotarians to the Fort Dodge Correctional facility.
Neu, a former lieutenant governor and state senator, followed that afternoon-long tour up with a presentation to the Rotary jammed with facts and figures on the process of running prisons. Neu is a longtime advocate for more community-based corrections and a vastly different process for treating non-violent offenders with substance-abuse problems.
The system is now literally overflowing. A January Department of Corrections "quick facts" sheet forecasted that the prison population would be 9,025. Iowa's just 118 inmates from that as the words flow off my computer keyboard now.
As it stands the prison system is overcrowded by 24 percent.
The Department of Corrections, generally speaking, is a young man's domain.
According to the department, 48 percent of inmates are under 31, and another 41 percent are between 31 and 50. Just 11 percent of inmates are 50 and older.
Fort Dodge Correctional counselor Todd McCubbin told me one crucial predictor for reform is simply age. About a third of offenders in Iowa will be repeat visitors to prison. Older guys seem to have a better chance of making it if for no other reason than the exhaustion factor with a life of crime and prison.
"The younger guys aren't ready to change," McCubbin said.
Twenty-two percent of inmates are incarcerated for violent crimes, 24 percent for property crimes and 25 percent for drug offenses.
Seventy-eight percent of the prison system is male, and 75 percent of it is white, with 16 percent African-American and 5 percent Latino. Native Americans make up 1.3 percent of the system, while Asians barely crack into the count at 0.9 percent.
Neu, of course, understands the need for punishment. But in the non-violent arena where drug and alcohol use and mental illness, often co-conspirators, are the culprits, Neu would like to see changes.
"That and the mental health sometimes go together," Neu said, adding that prison is just not the place to effectively, both in terms of costs and outcomes, treat this.
Neu isn't holding his breath for meaningful sentencing reform to emerge.
Democrats and Republicans won't touch the issues. They are content to live with runaway costs for fear of the their own political hides.
If the governor's office or a legislator comes out with a proposal to remake the system, they know what waits.
"The other side will say you're weak on crime," Neu said. "Then everybody's all fired up again."


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+1 - Same problem here
I have a rooted Droid 2 Global and use a Wireless Tether for my internet connection. This works great in Win 7 but I can not get WICD in Backtrack to connect. It goes as far as obtaining an IP addy and then never goes any farther. Any ideas, I am still kind of new to Linux.
note: you need the Android SDK with platform-tools installed
How to tether your (rooted) Android via USB
Tested with CM7 rom ( rooted Nexus Hero )
connect your Android to linux box via USB
Find your external ( rmnet0 / tiwlan0 ) ipaddress:
Method 1:
note your rmnet0 / tiwlan0 / = public ip address
Method 2:
adb shell
#busybox ifconfig
note your rmnet0 ip address
( if you are connected to the internet via wifi , subsitute tiwlan0 for rmnet0 )
on your Android:
start USB tethering
in BT4 / linux..
#ifconfig usb0 up
open WiCD,
set wired interface to usb0
set DNS1 to your rmnet0 ipaddress
enjoy interwebs!
When I tether to my g1 I just run:
Substitute usbX for whichever your phone is set as.Code:dhclient usb0
Try running 'dhclient usb0', your phone may be set as a different id though
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Use wired tether, works much better, and really, if you're using BackTrack, do you really want to be announcing your presence with a new "hotspot" in the area??
Of course, if you really wanted to have some fun, go to Wal-Mart late at night and ask the greeter if they could help you find trashbags, roll of carpet, rope, quicklime, clorox and a shovel. See if they give you any strange looks. --Streaker69
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POLICE are trawling through CCTV footage as they investigate why a motorist grabbed the arm of a ten-year-old boy in York.
One officer tweeted "attempt child abduction" following the incident, which happened in Nether Poppleton.
Police said last night it was unclear what the man's intentions were, but the matter was being treated as "suspicious."
A North Yorkshire Police spokeswoman said: "The incident is clearly of concern and we need to find out why the man approached the boy, which is why it's vital that the driver and any witnesses to the incident come forward."
She said officers had checked out a number of cars in the area, while specially-trained staff had also spoken in detail with the child, who was physically unharmed but very upset.
The spokeswoman said the incident happened close to a bus stop in Millfield Lane, on the Poppleton side of the ring road flyover, between 3.15pm and 3.30pm on Friday, as the boy was cycling home along along a path next to the main road.
She said the motorist, believed to have been driving a dark green Vauxhall car, approached the child and asked for directions before getting hold of his arm and then driving off.
The boy went home, where he "did the right thing" by telling his mother what had happened, and she alerted police.
"It is known that there were a number of pedestrians and cyclists who went past the boy and the car as he was talking to the man," she said.
"Officers are appealing for these people to come forward. Anyone who was using the cycle path and footpath on Millfield Lane between 3.15pm and 3.30pm on Friday is also urged to contact the police.
"There could be an innocent explanation for the incident and police are urging the man in the green car to contact the police and explain his actions.
"Officers would also like to hear from anyone who was in the area at the time and witnessed the incident or who has any other information.
"Child abduction by strangers is very rare, but young people should be stranger aware and follow the advice they are given."
She said the force's advice for young people was: never go with a stranger, never take things from a stranger, never get in a car with a stranger and always tell your parents or carer where you are, who you are with and what time you will be home.
"If a stranger tries to touch you, tell them no. Get home or to a safe place as quickly as you can and tell your parents, carer or someone you trust straight away."
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FN Staff Take Overby Secretary Confidential in View All Posts, November 13th, 2008
(Today, we have a guest FN staff contributor to The FN Dish)
By Secretary Confidential:
I'm stepping away from my desk. Where to? The vending machines! This isn't a casual snack, but an FN Vending Machine break. Depending on season, scents of chicken pot pie may fill our office.
Shall I select Paula's amazing Frozen Chocolate Mousse Pie (i heart chocolate) or maybe her yummy Piggy Pudding? (Paula, I love ya but "piggy"? Not a great mental image while I'm digging in.) Ellie's Spiced Chicken & Grape Skewers or Giada's Spicy Bean Soup are healthy… Who am I kidding? I want the mousse.
Ok, clearly I'm a little FN delusional. Too much toner, too many stamps, WAY too much coffee! The vending machine doesn't have Ina's Chicken Pot Pie, though I've requested it as a replacement for Twizzlers. It's your average, run-of-the-mill vendor. Candies, crackers…you get the idea. Each item only costs a quarter, but nothing fancy here.
I could sneak into the FN kitchens, hope the stars are aligned and find myself munching on a little sumthin'-sumthin' that was tested for a show, challenge or cookbook. It's all good there. Wait, is that Anne Burrell heading for a shoot in the kitchen? Definitely time for my snack break!


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Wafik S. El-Deiry, M.D. Ph.D. F.A.C.P.
Adjunct Professor of Pharmacology
Department: Pharmacology
Contact information
Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute
500 University Drive
PO Box 850
Mail Code H072
Hershey, PA 17033-0850
500 University Drive
PO Box 850
Mail Code H072
Hershey, PA 17033-0850
Office: (717) 531-4034
Fax: (717) 531-0002
Fax: (717) 531-0002
Search PubMed for articles
El-Deiry Cancer Research Laboratory website (last update June 2013)
Cancer Biology and Therapy, a peer-reviewed journal edited by Wafik S. El-Deiry
Cell and Molecular Biology graduate group faculty webpage.
Search PubMed for articles
El-Deiry Cancer Research Laboratory website (last update June 2013)
Cancer Biology and Therapy, a peer-reviewed journal edited by Wafik S. El-Deiry
Cell and Molecular Biology graduate group faculty webpage.
Education:Permanent link
BS (Chemistry)
University of Miami College of Arts and Sciences, Coral Gables, FL, 1981.
University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, 1987.
Ph.D. (Biochemistry)
University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, 1987.
BS (Chemistry)
University of Miami College of Arts and Sciences, Coral Gables, FL, 1981.
University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, 1987.
Ph.D. (Biochemistry)
University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, 1987.
Description of Research ExpertiseResearch Interests
1. Cancer drug discovery and development
2. p53 and TRAIL signaling
3. Novel anti-cancer therapeutics
4. In vivo molecular imaging
5. Cancer stem cells
6. Hypoxia and tumor microenvironment
Key words: Cancer, apoptosis, drug resistance, drug discovery, drug screening, tumor suppression, novel therapies, p53, p21, TRAIL, BRCA1, c-Myc, HIF.
Description of Research
A major interest of the El-Deiry lab has been to understand the mechanism of action of the tumor suppressor p53 and the contribution of its downstream target genes to cellular growth control. Analysis of this pathway led to the identification of a number of genes directly regulated by p53 and which can inhibit cell cycle progression (p21WAF1), induce apoptosis (KILLER/DR5, Bid, caspase 6, Traf4 and others) or activate DNA repair (DDB2). The discovery of p21(WAF1) as a p53 target gene led to publication of the the most highly cited original research article ever published in Cell. Further progress by Dr. El-Deiry's lab has led to insights into the tissue specificity of the DNA damage response in vivo as well as into the mechanism by which wild-type p53 sensitizes cells to killing by anti-cancer drugs or under hypoxic conditions. This led to publications in Nature Cell Biology on Bid and Cancer Cell on Bnip3L. An area of focus in the lab that emerged from the work on p53 currently involves analysis of the extrinsic cell death pathway and its activation by the death ligand TRAIL. Dr. El-Deiry's lab originally discovered and cloned TRAIL receptor KILLER/DR5 as a p53-regulated gene in work published in Nature Genetics in 1997. Recent efforts have led to characterization of the DR5 knockout mouse revealing a defect in radiation-induced apoptosis in vivo and a tumor-susceptibility phenotype. These results were published in MCB and the Journal for Clinical Investigation. An interesting and as yet uncharacterized novel phenotype is the discovery that TRAIL signaling suppresses the chronic 'late' side-effects of ionizing radiation. Further efforts are proceeding to characterize the DR5/Puma null mice with respect to radioresistance and tumor susceptibility. Dr. El-Deiry published a comprehensive review on the structural and functional basis for therapeutic targeting of p53 in Clinical Cancer Research in 2008. Efforts are continuing to exploit the emerging complexity of targeting human tumors with mutant p53 with the goal of identifying effective therapeutic candidates.
There is a particular focus on the tumor microenvironment including hypoxia and stem cell composition on therapeutic sensitivity. In this regard the laboratory has carried out high-throughput screening to identify novel hypoxia sensitizers and has tested them in vivo. Exciting directions include studies evaluating the role of bone marrow-derived cells in promoting tumor growth with intent to ablate such populations prior to or after their homing to tumors and the potential to use such strategies for tumor-specific delivery of therapeutics. The laboratory is developing strategies to image and target cancer stem cells in vivo, including exploitation of the TRAIL and p53 pathways in combination with targeted agents or classical cytotoxic agents for therapy.
The work on the TRAIL pathway has involved analysis of the mechanisms of sensitivity and resistance of cancer cells, exploration of intracellular signaling events involved in regulating caspase activation and studies of how cell death occurs with respect to mitochondrial involvement and preclinical in vivo studies. This has led to a paper published in Cancer Cell in 2007 describing the use of TRAIL plus Sorafenib as a potential therapeutic strategy and a paper in MCB describing c-Myc as a major determinant of TRAIL sensitivity. In the last several years the lab has developed and applied non-invasive in vivo imaging technologies for cancer research and Dr. El-Deiry has published two reviews in the Journal of Clinical Oncology on the topic in 2006 and 2008. The lab has used bioluminescence and flourescence to image tumors in vivo as well as molecular events occurring within the tumors. The lab was the first to combine gene silencing with non-invasive bioluminescence imaging and the first to publish on the use of molecular (optical) imaging in high-throughput drug screening. These capabilities and the new technologies are enabling the development of cell-based assays, small molecule screens, animal models and imaging probes to accelerate research on cancer biology, drug development, and drug target validation. A novel non-invasive vascular imaging method was published by the lab in 2008. The goal of the laboratory is to translate basic knowledge in the areas of tumor suppressor genes and cell death signaling into novel diagnostic and therapeutic capabilities in the clinic. Efforts are progressing to develop therapeutic agents and combinations including TRAIL, radiation, classical chemotherapy and novel small molecules targeting drug-resistant cancer for implementation through Phase I/II clinical protocols. The ability to translate basic discoveries into novel approaches to care for cancer patients is the goal of Dr. El-Deiry who is a translational physician-scientist, practicing medical oncologist, and an American Cancer Society Research Professor.
Recent Awards and Honors:
2005 ISI Highly Cited Researcher in Molecular Biology and Genetics
2006 American Association for Cancer Research Littlefield Award for research on metastatic colon cancer
2007- Associate Editor, Journal of Clinical Investigation
2008 Elected Member, Association of American Physicians
2008- Elected Secretary/Treasurer, Interurban Clinical Club, an honor society for physicians started by Sir William Osler in 1905 http://interurbanclinicalclub.org/
2008, 2009 Citation in "America's Top Oncologists" by the Consumers' Research Council of America
2009 American Cancer Society Research Professorship
Rotation Projects
Please make an appointment to discuss ongoing work and available projects.
Lab personnel:
Junaid Abdulghani, M.D. Ph.D., Post-doctoral Scientist (Jefferson)
Rosalyn Crowder, Ph.D., Post-doctoral Scientist; Penn-PORT (U. Alabama)
David T. Dicker, Research Specialist (Flow and Multispectral Imaging)
Nathan Dolloff, Ph.D., Post-doctoral Scientist (Drexel)
Niklas Finnberg, Ph.D., Post-doctoral Scientist (Karolinska Institute)
Lori Hart, Ph.D., Post-doctoral Scientist (Wake Forest U.)
Sharyn Katz, M.D., Assistant Professor (Penn Radiology)
Yvette Liu, Imaging Specialist (Bioluminescence & Fluorescence Tomography)
Elizabeth Matthew, Ph.D., Post-doctoral Scientist (U. Cincinnati)
Patrick Mayes, Graduate Student (Pharmacology)
Arunasalam Navaraj, Ph.D., Post-doc. Scientist (Northwestern U.)
Luv Patel, Undergraduate Vagelos Scholar (Penn)
Kimberly Scata, Ph.D., Staff Scientist (Penn)
Wenge Wang, M.D. Ph.D., Post-doctoral Scientist (Columbia U.)
Wensheng Yang, Ph.D., Post-doctoral Scientist (Clemson U.)
Lanlan Zhou, Graduate Student (Bioengineering)
Selected PublicationsWarfel Noel A, El-Deiry Wafik S: p21WAF1 and tumourigenesis: 20 years after. Current opinion in oncology 25(1): 52-8, Jan 2013.
Joudeh Jamal, Allen Joshua E, Das Avisnata, Prabhu Varun, Farbaniec Michael, Adler Jeffrey, El-Deiry Wafik S: Novel antineoplastics targeting genetic changes in colorectal cancer. Advances in experimental medicine and biology 779: 1-34, 2013.
Zhi-Iong Ma Joel, Yang Jianping, Qin Jim S, Richter Antonia, Perret Rachel, El-Deiry Wafik S, Finnberg Niklas, Ronchese Franca: Inefficient boosting of antitumor CD8(+) T cells by dendritic-cell vaccines is rescued by restricting T-cell cytotoxic functions. Oncoimmunology 1(9): 1507-1516, Dec 2012.
Prabhu Varun V, Allen Joshua E, Hong Bo, Zhang Shengliang, Cheng Hairong, El-Deiry Wafik S: Therapeutic targeting of the p53 pathway in cancer stem cells. Expert opinion on therapeutic targets 16(12): 1161-74, Dec 2012.
Dolloff Nathan G, Allen Joshua E, Dicker David T, Aqui Nicole, Vogl Dan, Malysz Jozef, Talamo Giampaolo, El-Deiry Wafik S: Sangivamycin-like molecule 6 exhibits potent anti-multiple myeloma activity through inhibition of cyclin-dependent kinase-9. Molecular cancer therapeutics 11(11): 2321-30, Nov 2012.
Crowder R N, El-Deiry W S: Caspase-8 regulation of TRAIL-mediated cell death. Experimental oncology 34(3): 160-4, Oct 2012.
Allen Joshua E, Ferrini Roger, Dicker David T, Batzer Glenda, Chen Elise, Oltean Daniela I, Lin Bing, Renshaw Mark W, Kretz-Rommel Anke, El-Deiry Wafik S: Targeting TRAIL death receptor 4 with trivalent DR4 Atrimer complexes. Molecular cancer therapeutics 11(10): 2087-95, Oct 2012.
Allen Joshua E, El-Deiry Wafik S: Regulation of the human TRAIL gene. Cancer biology & therapy 13(12): 1143-51, Oct 2012.
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With his picture plastered all over the news and Winnipeg police on high alert last week, Terryl Izzard did what seemingly every gangster on the run does these days.
The Mad Cowz member fired up his computer, went online and raised a proverbial middle finger to society.
Izzard, 18, cheekily changed his Facebook profile picture to his publicly released mug shot and joked with friends about the fact he had yet to be "scooped." Police finally caught up to him 48 hours later, and Izzard's online presence has been temporarily muted while he remains in custody on drug-trafficking charges.
Izzard's bravado is far from unique. As a new study reveals, gangs and gang members are increasingly using the Internet to raise their own profile. Social media have given them the platform to increase the type of prestige and power that often lure them into the illicit lifestyle in the first place.
Nearly 600 criminally involved youths from five major American cities were interviewed for the study, which was recently published online by Justice Quarterly. The authors of the report -- Scott Decker, director of the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, and doctoral student Richard Moule of Arizona State University -- concluded cyberspace is now providing another home for so-called turf wars, often to their own detriment.
"Gang members illegally download media, sell drugs, co-ordinate assaults, search social network sites to steal and rob, and upload deviant videos at a higher rate than former or non-gang members," the study found. "Gang members recognized the importance of the Internet, but sites were used mainly as status symbols. Instead of exploiting the Internet for criminal opportunities, YouTube, Facebook, or other social media are used much like an "electronic graffiti wall."
Police are becoming just as tech-savvy, recognizing the Internet is now a valuable investigative tool. In Winnipeg, gang-squad officers routinely monitor Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, MySpace and Bebo accounts linked to many well-known members.
Last year, an aspiring Winnipeg rapper was sentenced to 10 years for drug and weapons offences to which he frequently made reference in a handful of videos posted online and seized by police.
In another recent case, police charged a couple of members of a local rap group who had posted a video online in which they made threats against musical rivals and showed off what appeared to be a large arsenal of high-powered weaponry.
The five-minute U Want War? clip appeared on YouTube and involved a half-dozen young men posing for the camera, handguns visible in their waistbands and warning of retribution against a "rat." The video then flashed to a graphic shot of a dead rodent in a trap. There are numerous references to shootings, graves, coffins and snitches, often spliced in with images of several guns spread out on a table.
And who can forget Winnipeg's "Laughing Girl," who infamously mocked the fact she was caught in a speeding stolen car that killed an innocent cab driver a few years back. The gang-affiliated teen told police she didn't care the man was dead, then later went online and posted pictures of the deadly crash.
"Holy, can't get enouugh of me," the teen quipped in a Bebo post reacting to the media attention. "(Expletive) deaaadly" she wrote beneath another picture of the crumpled cab.
David Pyrooz, an assistant professor at Sam Houston State University in Texas, said much of the online gang activity found in the recent study mirrors what is playing out on the streets.
"For the most part, gang members are using the Internet for self-promotion and braggadocio, but that also involves some forms of criminal and deviant behaviours," he said in a release.
A 2011 Winnipeg homicide involved a 14-year-old gang member allegedly gunning down a 20-year-old man in the North End. Police believe the killing was revenge for an earlier gang-related slaying of a 15-year-old boy. Police admitted there were simmering gang tensions that had been fuelled by online comments made by members of both groups.
Former Manitoba Hells Angels member Dale Donovan found an unusual way to tell the world he might be in danger a few years ago -- he posted info on his MySpace account. Donovan showed off a letter from the RCMP that indicated he was the target of a potential threat. He then invited visitors to comment, offering his own unique two cents on the threat: "Get in line and pack a lunch." Sources told the Free Press Donovan's actions were in keeping with the outlaw biker creed that they can take care of themselves without help from police. Several local Hells Angels maintain active online accounts, where they post photos of everything from their tattoos to their motorcycles to their dogs.
Many other local gangsters routinely pay tribute to jailed or killed members through their online accounts.
According to the recent study of nearly 600 U.S. gang members, 20 per cent reported their group had their own website or social-media page. About 25 per cent said they used the Internet to search out information on other gangs and more than 50 per cent watch gang-related videos online, such as fights or music videos.


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that looks slick ! Is the WPS based on the reaver attack or have you implemented
something of yourself ?
The latest version of Fern Wifi Cracker now supports the long awaited WPS cracking. Many other features have also been added to the latest version of Fern Wifi Cracker such as:
1. Automatic Attacking
2. GUI enhancement
3. Code Optimization
4. Memory Optimization
5. 3 new WEP attacks
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that looks slick ! Is the WPS based on the reaver attack or have you implemented
something of yourself ?
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I was about to start building an inbuilt WPS module for the program, But this would increase the dependency requirement for Fern, So i decided to use reaver instead, since this had already been tested against various routers and firmware versions with success, and already shipped with most Linux pentest distributions.
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Just having a quick look in VMware player, and when done scanning and selecting networks
I cannot see the "Regular attack" and "WPS attack" tags.
The checkboxes are there, but not the description tag.
Same seems to go for a few tags that should be on the screen (attack next to WiFi)
BT5R3 32bit Vmware version
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Sweet they're there now
Perhaps a suggestion if I may..
I know it sounds trivial, but the automate and attack button are quite close together..
A couple of times my usually elegant and precise mouse movements betrayed me and I found myself attacking all networks
in range instead of just my test network.. not so nice..
Dont want to be deauthing all over the place without meaning to.
Is it possible to put a bit more distance between the 2 ?
IMO, if anything, the automate option should really need to be sought instead of being close to the individual attack option.
And while I'm at it.. bitching about an awesome, free, nicely developed and maintained tool.. ()
is it an idea to have some kind of a mouse-over indication on the Wifi Attack button ?
It's a great tool i've been using it for about 3 weeks.. i'm wondering where i can get this new version which has wps feature?
Thank you VERY much TAPE
Ill add your suggestions on the next update..
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I read your discussion and thought that since you're interested in Backtrack, I can suggest you reading more about the topic in Hakin9. There's a free teaser devoted to Backtrack . There's also an article devoted to WiFi included.
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Daniel Carmichael Chamberlain was the son of Ninian Chamberlain (1782-1877) and Margaret Watkins (1790-1863), of Corryton, Knox Co., TN. He first married Mrs. Mary Agnes (Ayres) McCallum (1817-1867) in Knox Co., TN. He served as a soldier in the Mexican-American War of 1846, and was later a Confederate officer during the American Civil War. After the war, he moved to Caldwell Co., TX , where he took Sarah Jane Spencer (1836-1890) as his second wife. Capt. D. C. Chamberlain was a well-known farmer in Caldwell Co. He served as postmaster in Elm Grove, Caldwell Co., starting 28 Sep 1877.
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|01/07/2013 - 05/01/2013
|Course Requirements:
|Students will be contacted by their instructor by UH email before the first day of instruction. Students must check their UH email for course correspondence before the first day of instruction.
|Course Description:
|Introduces computer terminology and proper keyboarding skills. Use of the Internet to access world-wide network searches for information will be included
|Books may be purchased at the Leeward CC bookstore or ordered online at http://www.bookstore.hawaii.edu/lcc/home.aspx. If you do not have access to the Internet or unable to travel to the bookstore, you may also order by phone at 1-800-UHBOOKS
|Technical Requirements:
|The Internet allows students to take a course online at home using a personal computer. Depending on the online course, students may be required to log in at a specific day and time or at anytime. Familiarity with using a computer and basic Internet skills (browsing, sending e-mail, saving/sending files) is a requirement for online courses.
Computer Requirement:
A computer with at least 60 MB of free disk space is recommended with a CD-ROM. This class requires a PC with Windows XP. Neither Microsoft Vista nor the Macintosh will be used. If your machine is not already connected to a network with an IP address, you will need a modem to dial into your campus modem pool or an Internet Service Provider You will need a browser to view the WWW (e.g. Currently Internet Explorer 6.0 version is recommended as version 7.0 is not supported.)
It is also required that you obtain a UH Email account. Please go to the following URL for more information: http://www.hawaii.edu/its/email/
|Additional Notes:
|Alternate Technology Access Plan: In registering for a Distance Education course (Cable or Web) the student is responsible for finding immediate alternate access to a computer with Internet connectivity or cable television should that student experience technical difficulties. Technical difficulties can include but are not limited to problems with a student's computer hardware/software; inoperability of a student's VCR or DVR; or lack of service by a student's Internet Service Provider (ISP) or Cable Provider. Technical issues do not constitute the extension of an assignment, project, quiz or exam deadline unless agreed upon by the instructor.
An Alternate Technology Access Plan will be made by the student prior to the start of the semester and should be implemented immediately upon encountering technical difficulties. The student is required to continue course work as a result of having an alternate plan of access while independently resolving any technical issues with hardware/software, VCR/DVD, ISP, or Cable Provider.
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Shoe Fest 2013 adds Cornmeal, Drew Emmitt Band and Floodwood
Shoe Fest 2013 will be headlined by Chicago's own Cornmeal. The lineup also features The Drew Emmitt Band of Leftover Salmon, Floodwood with Al Schnier and Vinnie Amico of moe. and Artist at Large Allie Kral. Shoe Fest is in its 3rd year and it will take place on September 6-8, 2013 at Camp Shaw-waw-nas-see in Manteno, IL. There will be two stages of music with an emphasis on roots music.
The full festival line up includes some of Chicago's finest bands, The Giving Tree Band, Family Groove Company, Henhouse Prowlers and many more. Old Shoe, an up and coming Chicago rock band, hosts the three day festival. The line up can be viewed at http://shoe-fest.com/index.php/line-up
Official Shoe Fest 2013 Promotional Video: http://youtu.be/4B-Ak8W12_g
Camp Shaw-waw-nas-see provides an exciting home for Shoe Fest. The 100-acre campground is highlighted by a gorge cut by Rock Creek. The grounds feature old growth forest, arts & crafts centers and zip lines.
Final Addition:
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Joe Marcinek Band
Goose Doctor
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Jack Avery's Kin
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2013 Artist Line-up:
The Drew Emmitt Band of Leftover Salmon
Floodwood featuring Al Schnier and Vinnie Amico of moe.
Allie Kral (Artist at Large)
The Giving Tree Band
Family Groove Company
Henhouse Prowlers
This Must Be The Band
Old Shoe
Blotto Acoustic featuring Paul Bolger and Mark Hague
Ben Miller Band
Chicago Farmer
Magic Box
Tyrannosaurus Chicken
Ed Anderson
Jaik Willis
Afternoon Moon
Eric Lambert & Friends
Sean Shiel
Thinner Teed
Bonzo Terks
Honest Monday
Joe Marcinek Band
Goose Doctor
Pete Jive
Todd Hazelrigg
Under The Willow
Catch A Fire
Frank F. Sidney's Western Bandit Volunteers
Jack Avery's Kin
Traveling Broke and Out of Gas
Bone Jugs N Harmony
The Hayfield Concept
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Just walked in the door,spent the week-end at Shoe Fest . Bought a volunteer ticket did 2 4hr. Shifts and the rest of the week-end was mine:) The artists , staff , and venue were all excellent !! Allie Kral ( artist at large) was absolutely AWESOME !!! See you all next year!
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If your kids want to repaint their rooms but the pricetag of paint leaves you uninspired, save your money and pick up some free paint this Saturday from the Alachua County Environmental Protection Department.
The county is hosting its 19th annual Recycled Latex Paint Giveaway this Saturday. It will offer 3,600 gallons of recycled paint for free on a first-come, first-served basis, according to a news release.
Starting at 8 a.m., people in need of paint can drive by the Hazardous Waste Collection Center at the Leveda Brown Environmental Park and Transfer Station, located off Waldo Road at 5125 NE 63rd Ave., to get some.
Five-gallon pails will be available in off-white, gray, beige, green, blue and terra cotta. The limit is 10 gallons per person.
The county collects latex paint throughout the year before having it blended and repackaged by a paint manufacturer, according to the news release. It has doled out more than 66,000 gallons of recycled paint to residents since it started this event in 1994.
The paint, which can be used for interior or exterior projects, has been a popular freebie for nonprofit organizations and community groups, as well as homeowners and business owners, said Kurt Seaburg, Alachua County hazardous waste coordinator.
This event allows the county to help residents or organizations that may be strapped for cash but could use the paint, he said.
The recycled paint is usually gone by late morning, he said, so people wanting to take home a pail or two should get there early Saturday.
Anyone who can't make it to Saturday's free-paint free-for-all can pick up non-recycled paint at no charge during the hazardous waste center's regular business hours, which run from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, according to the news release. The county also offers free products like fertilizers or household cleaners.
It gave out more than 200,000 pounds of such products last year, which saved the county money since it didn't have to dispose of them, Seaburg said.
"Every day's Christmas here for some folks, so it's kind of cool," he said.
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You can catch up on Facebook, email friends and write Yelp reviews for two years without battery hassles.**
* Wireless range may vary due to environmental and computing conditions.
** Battery life calculation based on an estimated two million keystrokes/year in an office environment. User experience may vary.
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This article was published 11/5/2012 (1929 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
On May 14, 1995 Manchester United drew 1-1 at West Ham and conceded the Premier League title to Blackburn Rovers, who lost 2-1 to Liverpool the same day. The season had come down to the final round of matches, and had the Red Devils managed to find a winner they would have been crowned champions.
Not that they would have deserved it. But for a wobble towards the end of the season, Blackburn -- financed by wealthy Lancashire industrialist Jack Walker -- had spent nearly the entire campaign atop the table and had played the most exciting football in the division.
Forwards Alan Shearer and Chris Sutton, each of whom had been acquired for a record English transfer fee, combined to score 51 goals over the course of the schedule and a solid spine that included Tim Flowers, Graeme Le Saux and Tim Sherwood ensured the trophy was Blackburn's to lose until the final day.
They quite nearly lost it.
There are some fascinating similarities between the 1994-95 English Premier League season and the current one, which will come to its conclusion on Sunday.
Seventeen years ago, soccer's darker side seemed to find its way onto the back pages a little too often thanks to Eric Cantona's assault on a Crystal Palace supporter and Denis Wise's arrest for assault and criminal damage.
By comparison, the past few months have seen Mario Balotelli nearly blow up his house in a botched pyrotechnics display and Luis Suarez handed a lengthy ban for racist abuse.
On the business side of things Blackburn used an infusion of money in the early 1990s to beat a path to the top of the English game just three years after earning promotion from the second division. The 1995 championship was their first in 81 years, but by 1999 the bubble had burst and the club was relegated once more.
Manchester City, somewhat similarly, find themselves in first place with a single match to play in the current campaign following a three-year spending spree of nearly £300 million.
It was only 10 years ago that the club was battling for promotion from the second tier of English soccer, but massive investment by successive owners looks to have turned City into a long-term contender.
In this they deviate from the Blackburn template. Whereas Blackburn are a comparatively small club that suffered another relegation earlier this week, City have broad support, a modern stadium and a world-class youth academy. So long as the big money is backing them, City will compete for major honours.
A final comparison.
On the last matchday of the 1994-95 schedule Manchester United found themselves trailing Blackburn by two points. Second-best for much of the season, they would have nevertheless won the championship had they managed to win at Upton Park, given Rovers' surprising defeat at Anfield.
Coming into Sunday's round of fixtures United again find themselves trailing the title favourites with a single match to play.
A brief March slump notwithstanding, City has been the best team in the land this season and quite rightfully welcome Queens Park Rangers to Eastlands knowing victory will deliver a first championship in 44 years. They have one hand on the trophy. It's theirs to lose.
But they haven't won it yet. QPR arrive in the Northwest in desperate need of at least a point to ensure Premier League survival. A loss to City, combined with a Bolton win at Stoke, would see Rangers relegated to the Championship after just one season in the top flight. They'll be no pushovers, and manager Mark Hughes will no doubt be looking to pull one over his former City bosses, who sacked him in 2009.
Of course, United would still need to win at Sunderland in order to retain the title. A loss at the Stadium of Light would see the trophy presented at Eastlands, even if City failed to get a result against QPR.
United have been in this position before -- trying to back their way into a championship. They came up short the first time of asking and will be doing everything in their power to ensure it doesn't happen again on Sunday.
They don't control their own destiny at this point, but they didn't 17 years ago, either. If City are to experience one more wobble, it's vital United get the job done in their own match. In this instance, they'll be hoping history doesn't quite repeat itself.


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News that Congress had passed legislation to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff of reduced government spending and higher taxes sent most financial and commodity markets higher Wednesday morning. Having the equity indexes jump on the news, while the U.S. dollar declined was particularly supportive of commodity values, since the stock gains usually imply increased confidence about the domestic economic outlook, whereas greenback weakness lowers the cost of U.S. goods to export customers. However, the agricultural markets, including corn, backed off quickly from early highs and moved sharply lower later in the day. Given corn futures recent weakness, traders now have to be concerned about a short-term move to fresh six-month lows. March corn settled 9 1/4 cents lower at $6.89/bushel and December fell 8 1/4 cents to $5.91 1/2.
Soybean futures led the way higher on the Wednesday morning CBOT opening as traders reacted to the Congressional action on New Years Day. The news seemed particularly supportive of the soy outlook, since it included a renewal of biodiesel tax incentives. That fact, along with the unwinding of long meal/short oil spreads, probably explains the persistent strength exhibited by the oil market and concurrent losses in the meal pit. However, bulls proved unable to sustain the soybean advance, possibly due to forecasts for continued favorable weather over South American fields. The intra-day reversal probably sparked aggressive selling based upon technical considerations as well. March beans dove 17 1/4 cents to $13.91 3/4 per bushel by the Wednesday close, whereas March soyoil jumped 1.35 cents to 51.05 cents/pound and January meal plunged $132 to $406.2/ton.
The wheat market also rallied in response to the fiscal cliff news, but quickly reversed to the downside. Indeed, soon after dipping back below their respective 10-day moving averages, the nearby wheat contracts moved decidedly lower on the day. This may presage more of the same during the days ahead, especially after corn futures also turned downward. The fact that the Southern Plains have recently been blessed with significant precipitation very likely accounts for the exaggerated bearish move, since improved moisture might boost the winter wheat crop substantially. March CBOT wheat dropped 23 cents to $7.55/bushel, while March KCBT wheat plummeted 19 3/4 cents to $8.11 1/4 and March MGE futures plunged 23 1/2 cents to $8.42.
Wednesday's financial market developments also boosted cattle futures in early trading, since the combination of stock index gains and U.S. dollar weakness are usually seen as boosting domestic and export demand, respectively, for red meat. Conversely, choice beef cutout values declined around midday, which probably undercut the early gains. Indeed, the nearby contracts traded in negative territory into the noon hour. Having the nearby February contract rebound substantially from its midsession low seems supportive of short-term prospects, but one has to wonder if cattle futures will test underlying support during the days just ahead. February cattle settled 0.07 cents higher at 132.45 cents/pound, whereas its April counterpart slumped 0.20 cents to 136.15.
Talk that the cash hog and wholesale pork markets were firming almost surely accounted for the persistent strength CME lean hog futures exhibited Wednesday morning, thereby enabling the swine contracts to outperform their neighbors in the cattle pit. That is, despite the bearish short-to-intermediate price implications of last Friday's quarterly Hogs & Pigs report, hog futures proved relatively stable in the face of concurrent agricultural market losses. Ultimately, anticipation of seasonal gains from January 1 through mid-February probably limited mid-session losses and opened the door to late gains. February hogs rose 0.45 cents to 86.15 cents/pound on the day, while the June contract climbed 0.40 cents to 98.25.


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A strong defensive performance and clinical finishing helped Barnet secure a 2-0 victory over Bradford City.
The Bees rarely threatened in the opening period but they went into the break ahead after Taiwo Atieno marked his full debut with a goal.
Two minutes after the restart Barnet scored a second through John Oster and although the Bees spent the majority of the second 45 minutes in their own half, they held on to claim an important three points.
Edgar Davids made three changes to his side with Jake Hyde, the suspended Jon Nurse and Jordon Brown replaced by Atieno, Mark Byrne and Elliot Johnson.
The first half lacked real quality with both teams relying on long passes forward rather than working the ball through midfield.
Chances came and went for Bradford throughout the opening 45 minutes with James Hanson and Gary Jones both guilty of missing good opportunities from the edge of the box.
The Bantams' top scorer Nahki Wells found several gaps in the Bees defence but when he did have space to shoot, he failed to force Graham Stack into a difficult save.
Barnet had rarely attacked with purpose in the first half but four minutes before the break Davids' men went ahead.
Johnson battled well down the left flank and the ball broke into the young left-back's path.
He took a touch, sent a fine low cross onto the six-yard box and Atieno had the easy task of tapping past Matt Duke to give the Bees a half time lead.
Phil Parkinson decided to make a switch at the interval with Kyel Reid introduced in place of Ritchie Jones.
However, the change didn't have the desired effect and Barnet doubled their lead shortly after the restart.
Ricky Holmes won the ball on the edge of the Bradford area and passed to Oster. The midfielder steadied himself before coolly sliding the ball past Duke.
The Bees grew in confidence after going ahead and started to create good chances to extend their advantage.
Ricky Holmes headed wide shortly before forcing Duke into a good save with a shot from distance.
Bradford continued to hit long balls forward but the Bees centre-back pairing of Davids Stephens and Andy Iro defended strongly.
When the visitors did manage to find a way through the assistant referee's flag came to Barnet's aid as a Hanson header was ruled out off for offside.
Barnet rarely got out of their own half in the final ten minutes and Jones fired a free-kick narrowly wide before Alan Connell shot over the crossbar from 12 yards out.
Blair Turgott then sent a half volley past the post as the Bees defence continued to battle impressively.
Wells was next to miss the target for Bradford as he scuffed a shot past Stack's left hand post.
Bradford continued to push forward but Barnet defended well and saw the game out to keep a clean sheet and claim their first League Two points of 2013.
The Bees are on the road next week as they travel to Rotherham United.
Barnet: Stack; Fuller, Stephens, Iro, Johnson; Byrne, Weston, Oster; Yiadom, Holmes (Thompson 81), Atieno (Hyde 88).
Barnet substitutes: Brown, Kamdjo, Hyde, Cowler, Barker, Holwijn, Thompson.
Bradford City: Duke; Darby (Turgott 76), McArdle, Doyle, Good; Ravenhill (Connell 65), R.Jones (Reid 45), Atkinson, G.Jones; Wells, Hanson.
Bradford City substitutes: McGlaughlin, Reid, McHugh, Connell, Turgott, Brown, Hines.
Attendance: 2,317 (479).


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There's just something about a maxi dress that makes me smile. See…look below…I'm smiling! LOL! Thank you to Torrid for sending me the Blush Slub Knit Ruffle Maxi Dress ($64). I adored it and I got tons of compliments on it. I was kind of bummed when I had to change later that day.
As you can see, it's a really great length for me at 5'6 with flat sandals. I might even be able to get away with a wedge without it being too short. That's one of my pet peeves. I'm a size 16 and this is a Size 1. If you look on the website, the ruffle (on the model) looks longer. Maybe it's because I'm bigger up top than she is? The top was a little boobie-licious at some times, I had to keep picking it up. Besides that I loved this maxi and I can't wait to wear it again!
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Covering over 100 000 hectares, the luxurious Tswalu Private Game Reserve in the Kalahari is South Africa's largest private game reserve.
A honeymoon in the Northern Cape should be considered by those who love wide open spaces and the sense of freedom they offer. In this vast province of unexpected geographic and natural features, the night skies are more densely populated with stars than the land is with people.
The Northern Cape honeymoon menu includes the Karoo. Don't let its reputation for miles of emptiness fool you – breaking into that terrain of semi-desert, fat-tailed sheep and windmills are charming towns and villages with missionary pasts, corbelled homes and churches. You could also opt for a farm stay, where you could share in the Karoo lifestyle of farming families and sample succulent Karoo lamb.
You could also choose to spend time in two fascinating transfrontier parks in the Northern Cape bordering Namibia. The |Ai-|Ais/Richtersveld Transfrontier Park spans a land of ancient lava peaks and sandy plains, cradled by the Orange River. Here, you'll meet the Nama people who have lived in this area for centuries, you'll see the strange-looking halfmens ('half-person) succulent which dots the landscape and you'll marvel at the rock formations.
Best explored in a 4x4 or paddle boat on the Orange River, the park also offers access to Namibian tourist highlights such as the Fish River Canyon.
The Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, traversing South Africa's border with both Namibia and Botswana, is a vast area of sand dunes, dry river beds, thorn trees, antelope and birds. Accommodation is available in fenced rest camps as well as more intimate, unfenced facilities which allow closer contact with nature.
The Orange River is the main attraction of yet another conservation area, the Augrabies Falls National Park, where the impressive Augrabies Falls plunge into a granite-encased pool with a thunderous roar. Eco-adventure is the 'thing' here, with hiking trails, canoeing and mountain biking just some of the options.
The remote Witsand Nature Reserve between Kimberley and Upington has its own roar, heard as the wind blows through its magnificent white dunes, which reach heights of 60m. Dune boarding is a popular activity here.
Couples honeymooning in the spring (August and September) would do well to catch the annual outbreak of wild flowers in Namaqualand. And if a touch of the old diamond-digging frontier days sounds enticing, Kimberley with its Big Hole, historical walks, museums, Old Town and ghost trail, is well worth a stop.
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You can drive to the Northern Cape from the major centres of Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban, but it's very far and a trip best recommended for seasoned overland travellers. The easiest option is to fly to Kimberley or Upington (direct flights are available from Cape Town and Johannesburg).
Best time to visit
Visit between August and September (in spring) to see the spectacular wild flower display in Namaqualand. Autumn (April and May) and spring are probably the best seasons, as the temperatures are more moderate. Winter days are warm but nights are very cold, while the summers can be excruciatingly hot.
Around the area
Try your hand at one of the many 4x4 trails in the province; do the Anglo-Boer War Battlefields Route; or visit a number of historical sites and stately Victorian homes on the 2km long Belgravia Historic Walk in Kimberley. A visit to the South African Astronomical Observatory at Sutherland with its fascinating day and night tours is also a must. The spaces in this province are vast, so you will have to choose your route and experiences carefully.
Tours to do
A tour of the historic town of Kimberley is a good idea. A trip to spend time with the community in remote Riemvasmaak is also an option.
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A number of car rental companies are represented at the Kimberley Airport. Hire a car there to explore this vast region in your own time.
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There are a number of guest houses, B&Bs and lodges in the main towns of Kimberley, Upington and Springbok. The Augrabies Falls National Park offers accommodation through its selection of campsites, chalets and family cottages, while the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park boasts traditional rest camps, wilderness camps, tented camps and a luxury lodge.


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FORECASTERS are predicting heavy downpours and the possibility of hail and thunder across Winchester overnight as the severe weather continues to batter Hampshire.
More warnings were issued to drivers today after several roads flooded across the region, and travel chaos has continued with train delays mostly affecting the South West Trains network.
Water Lane and The Weirs in Winchester have both showed signs of possible flooding this afternoon, with water spilling over in to the roads, but not causing any major disruption.
Hampshire County Council highway teams have been working throughout the day to clear flooded roads - such as the A3090 in the Test Valley.
Across the county flooding has caused disruption to those back to work after the Christmas holidays, with major disruptions in the Fareham and Romsey areas.
The wet weather is expected to continue through Tuesday with some sunshine breaking through into Wednesday.
Since December 18 up to 250mm has fallen across Hampshire, the equivalent of three months rainfall in just three weeks. As the ground is so saturated, more trees are expected to fall in winds gusting up to 50mph inland and 60mph on the coast tonight and into tomorrow.
Extra arboriculture teams with chainsaws are currently working and on standby in the event of more trees coming down. As a result no roads, priority routes or otherwise, are known to be blocked by fallen trees/branches at this time.
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HOUSTON - The Harris County Tax Assessor's office sent out 9,018 notices last week trying to confirm if people are dead and should be removed from the voter registration.
"I'm glad to be alive," Harris County resident David Jackson said.
On Friday, his wife opened a letter from the Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector that said it received information that he was dead.
"She said, 'Do you have something to tell me? Like maybe you died and didn't tell me?'" said Jackson.
The letter stated the voter registration is subject to cancellation.
Jackson recently voted in the July runoff election with no problem. Now he's wondering if this could be an attempt at voter fraud.
"We're right on the eve of an election. It's a pretty heated one. Things seem close. How many ways might people try to manipulate the outcome?" said Jackson.
The Harris County Tax Assessor's office is required by law to send out the notices. Office employees said the Secretary of State's office sends death notifications to them each month. The matches are made by names, birth dates and Social Security numbers, along with a recent death certificate.
"We've got 1,943,000 and some change in registered voters as of this morning in Harris County. With a list that big and name that common its going to happen," said Fred King.
The letter is called a challenge letter. It's asking the family to confirm the death or to say they are alive and mail the form.
It does say failure to not respond to the Voter Registrar in 30 days will cancel the persons voter registration.
Don Sumners, the Harris County Tax Assessor, made a decision late Monday to not cancel those who did not respond. Therefore, the November election roll will not affected.
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Exchange traded products – everyone wants a piece of this pie.
Exchange traded funds started as an investment management product. They were run by investment managers, who had to build scale in order to make any money out of them.
Then the European regulations allowed funds to use swaps and investment bankers realised there was an opportunity to use their skills. Lyxor, an offshoot of Societe Generale, but not its asset manager, and db x-trackers set out to promote their synthetically replicated ETFs, but still claimed they were offering investment management.


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SARASOTA - The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office has arrested 25-year-old David Lewis of for a string of crimes from Dec. 23 to Jan. 7.
Deputies investigating 9 vehicle burglaries, primarily west of I-75 in an area bordered by Sawyer, Bee Ridge and Proctor roads, identified Lewis as the suspect from a Wal-Mart surveillance photo showing him use credit cards stolen in one of the crimes.
While searching for Lewis, his father showed deputies items that Lewis had brought into the home including two GPS units, a laptop computer, camera, cell phone, iPod and prepaid credit card – all identified as property stolen in the recent burglaries.
Lewis is charged with one count of Fraudulent Use of a Credit Card, one count of Larceny and nine counts of Burglary. He is currently being held on $46,120 bond. He has previously been arrested for burglary, drug possession and check fraud.
All nine of the vehicles that he burglarized were unlocked. This is a crime of opportunity so citizens should take the extra step to protect themselves and lock their vehicles at all times.


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I think I'm overdue for an update here. My current work-7-days-a-week training plan for the big event "Real Life = Real Career," also known as "You're not a kid anymore," is proving to be a bit much. I guess you could say I'm taking the high-volume approach to the whole job thing right now; I haven't had a day off since October 4, and might not have another one until New Years. Needless to say I haven't had a whole lot of time for the Loop. What I have kept up, however, is running, because we all know there's always time for that. When there isn't, we make time.
I've been sticking with my loose plan of "run about 30 minutes a day easy with a no-limits long run once a week, and take off as many of those non-long run days as necessary if something hurts." Overall I've been fairly surprised at how well this is working: I managed to get my long run up to about 2 hours 10 minutes a couple weeks ago. Last week I cut back to 90 minutes because I was achy in a few places and I figured I was due for a cutback week anyway.
This morning I got up at 5, well before sunrise, in order to fit my long run in before work. The weather was so nice; it was in the mid 50s, perfect weather for running, and the coolest it's been here since I arrived back in June. It felt like the first real day of fall. I ran straight from home to the park to do some laps in front of the lake and was surprised to find several other people running there. One jogger waved and said "Hi" as he passed me for the tenth or so time. There were a couple other people walking/jogging and one guy who looked really intense and was probably moving at a faster pace even than I was. I threw him a peace sign on one pass and then later saw him off to the side stretching. There were a lot of people doing Taichi on top of the amphitheater as well. It made for a pretty nice environment to see all those other people exercising after so many hours spent working out in solitude, surrounded by cars and bikes and crowds of people who think I'm nuts for going running in the city.
As is often the case I started having some stomach problems about 30 minutes in, so I decided to head for home and use my own facilities before heading back out. After emptying the cargo however I just didn't really feel like adding on to the run and decided to call it at 40 minutes and just spend my remaining time reading and relaxing before work. Normally I'd be too hardcore to skip out on a long run like this, but I'm not actually training for anything anymore and I can always go longer later in the week if I feel like it.
After work I decided to do some shopping because it's SINGLES' DAY (11-11; a seemingly random holiday that, to my knowledge, only exists in China) and apparently everybody has massive sales on everything from clothes to electronics to random junk on Taobao (Chinese eBay). My old shoes were already long past their ideal replacement date and were starting to get pretty thin in the sole. I have a pretty efficient stride and can stretch my shoes a LOT farther than many other people do, but these were definitely ready for retirement. So I made my way to the downtown commercial center and strode on in to the local Li Ning store to find me some new kicks.
Lo and behold, they had these babies going for a buy-one-pair-get-a-second-free deal! At 269 RMB it didn't take much to persuade me.
That's $45 for two pairs of shoes, folks.
The 2-for-1 deal also applied to some clothing, so I picked up a couple sweatshirts to go along with the new shoes. That's good, because Holy Crap it's Mid November? and I don't actually have any warm clothes, since it was 105 degrees the first couple months I was here and I could only fit so much in my luggage when I flew in.
But wait, this sick deal got even better when I brought my purchases home! It turned out they also threw in a free centipede, which crawled out of a shoe box when opened them to take the above picture. I'm not usually freaked out by bugs, but this thing was HUGE and it caught me really off guard. Don't worry, I thoroughly destroyed it. I'm slightly disturbed however by the knowledge that that thing rode all the way home with me from the mall across town. That, and the fact that it was hiding in a shoe box stashed away in the back of the store, waiting for some unlucky shopper to request to try on that particular size and model.
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Welcome to Wednesday's The Crap We Missed that exists in a world where an innocent virgin love that could only be penetrated by undead sparkle-penis has been shattered to pieces. Why, Bella, WHY?! I managed to stop cutting myself over this for a few minutes to bring you Tara Reid still amazingly scoring way out of her league, Madonna promoting the new line of Poise™, designed by Frederick's of Hollywood, and the continuing puzzle of how Chloe Sevigny ever became more than a graveyard shift waitress at Waffle House (No offense, Waffle House, but you were the dirtiest restaurant I could think of.)
Now, if you'll excuse me, my bedroom wall and I have a date with some glue and several Jennifer Lawrence posters,
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