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AT&T sells out of cyan, red and yellow Lumia 920, there are still some black and white ones though
0. phoneArena posted on 16 Nov 2012, 03:05
Who said Nokia's in a bad shape? Well, OK, they may not be exactly... fine right now, but if they can keep those innovations coming, who knows, maybe we'll soon see a comeback...
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1. ODabaja (unregistered)
YELLOW! Absolutely beautiful
2. the_best (Posts: 139; Member since: 14 Oct 2012)
haha in your face haters!!
32. srgonu (Posts: 278; Member since: 13 Feb 2012)
Nokia phones are great. For me the deal breaker is front facing camera as I need it for video chats. Nokia has absolutely worst front facing camera. Looks like its not even VGA. In this time when everyone are talking importance of Video chat and applications like Tango, Skype, Oovoo, facetime, etc are improving their capabilities nokia came up with lumia's that has s**t front facing camera's. HTC 8x has much better cameras and even for that case any low end android phones are coming up with atleast 1.3 mp front facings. BAD JOB NOKIA...
37. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
Which one are you referring to? I've had FFCs on Nokias with the C7, 701, and 900, and none of them have been bad. Granted the one on my wife's netbook seems clearer, but for video chats over cellular they've been more than adequate and no lags or lost frames.
42. srgonu (Posts: 278; Member since: 13 Feb 2012)
Compare Lumia 920 front facing camera with Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket, Galaxy S3, HTC 8x and you will agree with me.
3. Nathan_ingx (Posts: 4320; Member since: 07 Mar 2012)
I would like the red...absolutely striking!!
4. shadez10 (Posts: 427; Member since: 15 Jan 2012)
5. gothicheart (Posts: 83; Member since: 17 Oct 2012)
want it all!!!
6. Muhannad (Posts: 455; Member since: 20 Sep 2011)
I would love a limited edition rainbow-coloured version.
38. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
I wouldn't want rainbow, myself, but limited editions sound neat. The Pink 900s were limited release. I'd like a nice dark green version, myself. If I get an 810 then I'll experiment with painting the stock black cover.
7. Topcat488 (Posts: 1396; Member since: 29 Sep 2012)
Just give the "Black and White" lumias more commercial air time... I can think of many Ads, that could bring out the iSpy adventurous nature of a potential Nokia customer... Or the elegance of using a Nokia black or white phone in a commercial... Just let the people be able to say, see, this is the phone in that commercial. ;/
25. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
Thing about the black and white is that 99% (rough estimate) of other phones are black or white or a dark color. The colored phones are unique, fun, and stand out. I get so many compliments on my cyan 900, and folks will get nostalgic for when phones had interchangeable covers or more color options. The Galaxy S3 is the only non-Windows flagship smartphone in the U.S. that offers such a range of color choices, (blue, red, white, brown) but they are muted and don't stand out like the bright happy colors of the new crop of Windows Phones. Not only that, the matching accessories (headsets, chargers, etc) further lend investment into the colored world of Windows, and customers don't have to worry about getting a colored case to set their phone apart from their peers'
27. freebee269 (Posts: 539; Member since: 10 Aug 2012)
i always wondered why most cell phone manufacturers dont use more colors. does it cost more money for them to do so?
34. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
I wouldn't imagine so, and it also creates a brand identity, like how Nokias are instantly reconizeable with the cyan phones (and now the yellow and red).
39. nooraldeen (Posts: 49; Member since: 21 Oct 2012)
no it doesn't but if the people don't by a specific color then the company will lose some money for those phones painted in that color . that's why most the companies stuck with the white and black they are very commune
8. Credo (Posts: 749; Member since: 19 Apr 2012)
I want a Cyan one !!! Europe please with no carrier logo!
9. Hemlocke (unregistered)
I have the red, and it is a beauty.
12. shahulvm (Posts: 124; Member since: 01 Apr 2012)
"SOLD OUT" is a buzz word to create the sales hype, which an intelligent consumer would say as bad inventory management. In essence, they sales forecase have been extremely poor.
Are the manufactures in agreement to put up "SOLD OUT". Lucky Lumia and Nexus are sold out, else would be switching to the one which is available earliest.
Low inventory doesnt mean, hot sales....:))
Those Operation / Sales and Inventory guys should be roasted black and blue...Else simply dont start the sales until they have the expected volume to deliver...
15. TROLL (banned) (Posts: 4851; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
Very well said+1
17. iguano (Posts: 101; Member since: 10 May 2012)
Well they are using the same strategy around the world, the lumias are sold out globally.
23. ar2730 (Posts: 42; Member since: 24 May 2012)
Well buzz word or not they last top phones have been sold out at launch with examples being iPhone 5, Galaxy S III, and now the lumia 920...
24. freebee269 (Posts: 539; Member since: 10 Aug 2012)
an intelligent consumer wouldnt make the assumptions that there's bad inventory or low inventory without knowing the stock numbers. congrats on proving you're not intelligent.
22. snowgator (Posts: 3604; Member since: 19 Jan 2011)
No one at Nokia HQ can call it a victory yet, but boy there HAS to be at least a few smiles right now.
So far, the 920 has been reviewed extremely well and Nokia is the only manufacturer actually trying to build something unique and exciting with WP 8. They deserve good sales.
I am very hopeful. Have heard some decent demand for the Verizon 822 and 8X as well.
26. freebee269 (Posts: 539; Member since: 10 Aug 2012)
with verizon about to lauch their windows phones, huwaei launching 2 windows phones in 2013, nokia talking about future concepts on windows phones, sprint launching windows phones in 2013, the future looks bright for windows phone. i hope it continues to do well and make a dent into iphone and android sales. as a consumer i would love more competition in the cell phone market. that brings better pricing competition for me and more phone options.
28. Tre-Nitty (Posts: 470; Member since: 16 Nov 2010)
Sold out is such a misleading statement. For instance the iPhone 5 is on backorder for 21 days and yet it's not considered to be sold out technically. Just on backorder. The lumia 920 might sell well but I doubt this sold out mess!!!
29. rassouli5 (Posts: 51; Member since: 16 Aug 2012)
Will it be more Yellow and Red for AT&T?
30. tidus28 (Posts: 26; Member since: 08 Feb 2012)
im waiting for black friday to get a cyan colored one i can not wait i have been wanting a windows phone ever since the lumia 900
31. nooraldeen (Posts: 49; Member since: 21 Oct 2012)
i want the RED LUMIA 920 :( . F*CK exams
33. Jyakotu (Posts: 854; Member since: 12 Dec 2008)
This is no surprise there. Due to so many phones that are released being black, white, or slate colored, who wouldn't want a colorful phone that stands out from the crowd? And guess what, NO CASE REQUIRED!!! Not to bash Apple, but it's funny how so many people say how beautiful the design of the iPhone is, but yet, people cover them up with cases just so they can be unique. I never understood why OEMs don't use other colors for their phones these days.


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Published: Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at 3:50 p.m.
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The SEC coaches and the media that cover the conference are pretty much in agreement when it comes to the Florida Gators and the All-SEC team.
A day after The Associated Press named seven Gators on its all-conference team, the league coaches had the same number on their team, which was released by the SEC on Tuesday.
The only difference between the coaches and the media is UF tight end Jordan Reed is on the coaches' second team, while he was on the first team in a vote of media members covering the conference.
The five Gators who made the coaches' first team are tailback Mike Gillislee, defensive tackle Sharrif Floyd, safety Matt Elam, place-kicker Caleb Sturgis and punter Kyle Christy. They also are on the AP first team.
UF's two second-team selections on the coaches' team are Reed and senior middle linebacker Jon Bostic.
The only team that has more players on the coaches' team is Alabama with eight, six on the first team.
The coaches' individual award winners (coach of the year and offensive and defensive players of the year) will be announced Wednesday. The all-freshman team will be released Thursday.
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The event starts with a walk with all registered dogs around a portion of the park. Returning to the shelter house there will be a costume contest, a pet talent contest, food, vendors, demonstrations by K9 police, obedience and therapy dogs. Free run area available as well. Participants receive an event t-shirt, wrist band and goodie bag. Increasing prizes given for larger pledge/sponsor donations collected by each participant. See the Posey Humane Society for more information.


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Swiss Study on Vitamin D and Calcium in Nursing Homes
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|Aging Vitamin Deficiency
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Primary Purpose: Prevention
|Official Title:
|Swiss Study on Vitamin D and Calcium in Nursing Homes
- Proportion of compliance with federal recommendations [ Time Frame: up to 12 months ]We register the proportion of residents those calcium and vitamin D supplementation complies with Swiss federal recommendation.
- 25-hydroxyvitamin D serum levels [ Time Frame: up to 12 months ]We measure 25-hydroxyvitamin D serum levels among the residents.
- Effect of nursing home-applied recommendations to physicians [ Time Frame: up to 12 months ]We check the effect of a nursing-home-applied recommendation to the physicians in care of the residents concerning correct supplementation with vitamin D and calcium on a) proportion of compliance with federal recommendations, b) 25-hydroxyvitamin D serum levels and c) medication costs.
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The investigators plan to get a complete sample of all inhabitants, so the only inclusion criterion is to get an informed consent either from the residents or from their relatives. The following data will be recorded: Year of birth, gender, height, weight, blood pressure and heart rate, daily calcium intake from diet, nursing home scales on pain, depression, dementia and activities of daily life, date of entry to the home, diagnosis and medication lists. From a venous blood sample the investigators get: calcium, phosphate, albumin, creatinin, 25-hydroxyvitamin D, parathormone (intact).
Primary endpoint: Proportion of medication lists of residents complying with federal recommendation on vitamin D and calcium supplementation.
Secondary endpoints: 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels, effect of an intervention with a nursing home-applied recommendation to the physicians.
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Exclusion Criteria:
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01653353
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|Zurich University
|Study Director:
|Heike A. Bischoff-Ferrari, MD, DrPH, Prof
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|Study Chair:
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nursing home
vitamin D supplements
calcium supplements
guideline adherence
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Nutrition Disorders
Vitamin D
Calcium, Dietary
Growth Substances
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Bone Density Conservation Agents
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Now, those of us who have read Steven's books know his mantra for the grill: keep it hot, keep it clean, and keep it lubricated. I've even bought grill pads and I've got one of Steven's grill oilers for the purpose:
by the way, Canada. What do you think of the grill oil pan? I bought one and stopped using it, it seemed to get oil everywhere.
Sorry - I forgot to answer this one.
The cotton pads that you hold in a pair of tongs are OK, and better than using a rolled-up paper towel. I found that the paper towel burned too easily and left bits of charred paper on the grill. The "hunk of beef fat held in a pair of tongs" works well if you can find a butcher who has some beef fat to spare, and I've even tried the "stick a grill fork in a half onion and use it to oil the grill" method Steven likes to use on Primal Grill. The last one works a bit better on medium heat than on high heat - more onion-y good flavor.
The one thing I haven't tried yet is one of those pump-type oil sprayers (I have a Misto brand sprayer I use in the kitchen). I know I've posted a few rants about TV chefs spraying PAM on a lit grill, and now I'm wondering again if it's the atomized oil, or just the propellant (propane) that causes the blowtorch effect. (And I'm sure that now that I've mentioned it I'll try another mad-scientist experiment next grill session.)
Having said all that, I've used a few different grill oilers and the cloth-pad-based ones seem to do exactly as you said - they seemed to get too much oil on the grill at once. The silicone oiler brush seems to work a bit better and I like it. The brush doesn't drip as much oil, and it's pretty good at laying down a good coat of oil quickly - the heat shield helps with this too. I didn't see a lot of flareups from this brush, either - just don't use a lot of pressure on the brush or you might.
Come to think of it, this brush came in very handy when I seasoned my new gasser last summer. It covered about 700 square inches of grill grate in less than a minute, so I guess I like it a lot. We'll see how well it performs on the CG Outlaw when I season its grates in a week or two - part of my annual maintenance/modding session.


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Tour starts at Mother of Mercy High School, 3036 Werk Road at Epworth Ave. (Use Epworth Avenue entrance)
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The eight featured homes capture the diversity of houses found in Westwood. They reflect the different tastes and lives of the original owners as well as those of the current owners. They range in size from nearly 3900 square feet to just over 1600 (do you really need a big kitchen to feed a family?). Included are a Civil War era home, traditional style homes, and homes that were cutting edge for their time.
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Major Construction Restoring, Improving Cleburne State Park
CLEBURNE — Two major rebuilding projects at Cleburne State Park, one completed, the other about to start, restore important park features missing for years. Thanks to bond funding authorized by the Texas Legislature and approved by statewide voters, Texas Parks and Wildlife budgeted nearly $2.83 million for new structures which should become favorite draws for Cleburne visitors.
Already completed is a brand new, two-dorm group barracks buildings, complete with modern men's and women's bathrooms and a breezeway between. The barracks accommodate 44 guests in bunk beds.
A mid-summer start is expected for the second project, which includes new concession and bathhouse structures, separated by a breezeway. The former concession structure had been closed for several years, leaving the park without a store.
The Cleburne improvements represent another checkmark on a long list of major Texas State Parks rejuvenation projects underway this year, all aimed at making the parks more fun, safer and customer friendly. Texas State Parks general obligation bonds have been sold to fund more than $44 million in repairs and renovations to park cabins, bathrooms, electrical and water systems, and other state park infrastructure. Along with fixing up more than 40 state parks, the bonds provide an additional $25 million to dry berth the Battleship Texas.
The concession and bathhouse project, located in a key area along the northwest side of spring-fed Cedar Lake near Cedar Grove Camping area and the playground, also includes restoring the surrounding area.
"It is located by the spring-fed lake," says project manager Greg Thelen "We're going to refurbish the beach area, cure some erosion problems, bring in sand and basically create a nice beach area."
With an anticipated 300-day work schedule, the two new buildings should be ready in time for summer 2011 guests. Cleburne gets about 60,000 guests annually.
"This bathhouse area is the premiere hang-out spot on the entire lake," says Thelen, "but it has deteriorated over time, along with the building, and people stopped using it. When this building is completed and this beach rebuilt, it will be a major day-use destination for people coming to the park."
The park has been without a store for six years, due to the condition of the old concession building. The new structure will offer room for a small, grill-type food service and a small store.
Just across Cedar Grove camping loop from the concession bathhouse, the group barracks are also a popular and appreciated feature. There is a strong demand at Cleburne and other state parks for barracks-style accommodations. Families, scout troops, church groups and others are among those leasing the entire unit.
The old barracks was in much use despite being held together, literally in some places, by baling wire. "It will be a great addition compared to what we had," says Park Superintendent Collis Park.
The new barracks are made from more durable material, will have modern and larger bathrooms with lockers for both genders, will be more energy efficient, and have built-in bathroom heaters and heated and air-conditioned dorms. Like all new Texas State Parks construction, they will meet Americans with Disability Act (ADA) standards.
Visitors find plenty to do at Cleburne State Park, located just 50 miles southwest of Fort Worth, and 14 miles from Cleburne.
Built by the Civilian Conservation Corps on the site where Native Americans and cowboy trail drivers used to camp, the park opened in 1938. The 528-acre park encircles 116-acre Cedar Lake, a no-wake lake that features a lovely three-tier spillway built by the CCC in 1935.
"We have people who bring their big boats, their pontoons, and we don't have any problem with it," Park says. "A lot of people like to kayak and canoe. They use fly rods. We are noted for a lot of crappie. Inland Fisheries (a division of Texas Parks and Wildlife) stock catfish in here every year. We're in the process of working with Inland Fisheries right now to improve our fishing."
The park has 58 campsites, all with water and either 30- or 50-amp hook-ups. Some include sewer facilities. There are also six screen shelters.
The heavily-wooded park is a draw for wildlife lovers, with plenty of raccoons, turkeys, ducks, bobcats, possums, rabbits and squirrels, plus plentiful songbirds and other native fliers. Trail bikers also are attracted to the six-miles of wooded hike and bike trails.
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Target said about 40 million credit card and debit card accounts were compromised in a 19-day data breach starting the day before Thanksgiving.
The retailer said on Thursday the breach, which lasted from Nov. 27 to Dec. 15, included the consumer's name, credit card and debit card numbers, the card's expiration date and the three-digit security card security code. Only customers who shopped in actual stores were affected; online customers were not. Target spokeswoman Molly Snyder said there are no indications that debit card personal identification numbers, or PINs, were accessed.
Snyder would not say how many stores were affected or how the hack was executed. But Krebs on Security, an industry security blog that broke the news about the breach on Wednesday, said that nearly all of the retailer's U.S. stores were affected and the data was collected from the magnetic stripe on the backs of the cards.
"No matter how careful we are with our own data there's no guarantee that the places we shop are equally protective," says John Ulzheimer, credit expert at Credit Sesame.
The good news for consumers is that Target has already contacted banks about the breach. Discover, Chase, Citi, Capital One, Wells Fargo and Bank of America all confirmed that they are actively monitoring accounts for suspicious activity and will contact cardholders if they believe their account has been compromised.
"Discover's top priority is maintaining the privacy and security of our cardmembers," says company spokeswoman Laura Gingiss.
Typically, card issuers will cancel affected cards and send out new cards with new numbers to customers. In some cases, if the customer can't be reached, a card issuer may temporarily shut down the card, so no fraudulent charges can be added.
Consumers who recently shopped at Target stores should be just as vigilant by double-checking their online statements for any unusual charges. Ulzheimer recommends that consumers do this regularly and not wait until the monthly statement comes.
"Fraud is a real time crime and we as consumers have to be constantly engaged with our payment vehicles so that we are immediately aware of fraudulent use," he says.
If a consumer finds an unauthorized transaction, they should contact their banks to report the transaction along with the three credit reporting bureaus -- Experian, Equifax and TransUnion -- to place a fraud alert on their credit reports. Fraud alerts last 90 days and tell lenders to take extra precautions to verify a person's identify before extending credit.
Consumers affected by the breach should also pull their credit report one to two months after finding the unauthorized transaction to check if any new credit has been established in their name without their permission. It takes at least a month for a new account to show up on a credit report. Consumers are entitled to a free credit report from each credit bureau once every 12 months under federal law.
As for losses, credit card holders are not liable for any unauthorized charges stemming from a data breach under federal law. Debit card holders face higher losses, depending on whether their PIN was accessed and when they report unauthorized charges.
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Facebook has rolled out a new privacy policy and new privacy settings. Facebook claims the changes give users more control over who they share their content with, but there is a deceptive downside to the changes you definitely need to be aware of.
For the most part I think the changes Facebook has made are good. They eliminated location-based networks so now people won't unwittingly share info with everyone in their city, state, or counry. They now give users control over who every piece of information is shared with. There is a separate privacy settings for each piece of profile information and contact information, and users can decide who can see each status update, photo, and so forth. A user can make each of these things visible to everyone, friends of friends, or only friends.
The problem is with Facebook's default settings.
Facebook wants everything you post to be public (shared with everyone). So, that's how they've set up their default/recommended settings.
Why? Your data is valuable to Facebook. They hear Twitter and it's everything-is-public model breathing down it's neck. They see the exploding popularity of their own real-time search. They see how how Bing and Google are falling all over themselves to index tweets. They want in on that action. The way to do that is to make public as many of the status updates, images, links, and notes as possible.
They have to respect people's desire for privacy, so they have rolled out the new privacy controls. But they also know most people are either busy or lazy and will often just go with the "default' or "recommended" settings especially when there are dozens of privacy settings to try to understand. So, they've chosen to recommend privacy settings where are in their best interest, so people will "choose" to make their status updates public to everyone.
If you use Facebook, I highly recommend you take 15 minutes to go through your privacy settings and make sure they are what you want them to be.
If you want to read more on the subject, here's another excellent article.
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firstname.lastname@example.com Barbara was born the 2nd child of Edward and Alta Ennis. Her older sister, Lynette (Lynn) was born while her Dad/447thBS, Edward C Ennis was in the Mediterranean Theatre in B-25's of the 321st Bomb Group. He flew Combat Missions in the position of the very 1st Airborne RADAR -Radio and Aerial Gunner out of Africa and Italy. Lynn was 4 months old when he returned.
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We're back for night three and everything is pretty much the same. Actually, no, everything is exactly the same, including the wardrobe, as Ricky, Joel, Seal and Delta return to our screens with not even a colour change.
Unfortunately it wasn't the only colour gaffe of the night with Delta putting not just her foot but her entire body in her mouth, including those sky high heels, after an off-the-cuff remark about contestant Steve Clisby.
Now there are many things of interest about Mr Clisby. At 67 he is the oldest contestant on the show; he also has extensive experience and industry cred having performed for the likes of Santana and Tina Turner; he even performed before Seal many moons ago. Good god, even the fact that his mother is 101 is interesting.
Unfortunately none of these areas were explored in any detail (ha, did I really just say I expected detail?) after Mr Clisby sang Can't Get Enough of Your Love and Delta had to explain just why she had indeed had enough of his love. It turns out she didn't press her big red button for him because she assumed this "cool cat" was a better match for his "brother" Seal.
Ahhh, what?
Yes, she really said that.
"Oh, we're both black," said Seal. "I guess he must be coming on my team then."
Ouch. And it cut just that little bit deeper because, as we all knew, Delta was actually Mr Clisby's preferred mentor - which is a pretty good talking point in itself. (sidenote: I don't know when Delta saw that bit of footage but I bet it hurt.)
And then all hell broke loose. Of course reality TV is already one of the circles of hell, so it was a little more low key than you otherwise might expect. The usually very white but now very red Delta desperately tried to put those words back in her mouth and then proceeded to hide behind her chair. Many people thought she just finally fell off the thing so perhaps didn't notice.
When it was all excruciatingly said and done Seal had the final words with "what are the chances of that happening here in Australia?". Unfortunately pretty bloody high, even on a show where its entire premise centres on 'blind' auditions so that judges can't be affected by visual prejudices.
In the midst of all this we heard from no less than 11 contestants, ranging from the police choir member (apparently that is an actual paying job) Belinda Adams, 39, of Toongabbie, to 16-year-old Jenna Deanis Dark from the Gold Coast, who stunned us all with a voice that was much more mature than her pink, tutued Angelina Ballerina dress had us expect. But of course, by then we should have all known better than to base our opinion on looks.
Delta wisely refused to speak for the rest of the evening and referred all comments to her left breast, which proved to be a surprisingly commanding presence on screen. Competitive too, notably waiting until the last note was ringing in the air before hitting the red button and 'turning' for new dad Oscar from Penrith - so not such a boob after all.
We sadly said goodbye to former boy band member Rien Low and the nurse James Napier, who somehow found himself chasing his family's dreams.
But we welcomed young Danny Ross of Kangaroo Valley, who we met aimlessly wandering among trees holding an acoustic guitar (if this gig doesn't work out can always fall back on a career as background for those soft-focused karaoke videos), and also said hello to twins Bec and Sebastian of Victoria.
Just when things were starting to travel a little too smoothly 24-year-old Kathy Hinch, of Victoria, stepped onto the stage. She sang Girl on Fire and lived up to the title. She pushed Ricky and Joel's buttons, so they in turn pressed theirs and ... nothing. And that's not a euphemism, it was a button black out, so to speak.
And with that my friends we leave you with the first real cliffhanger of the season.


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'U.S. News': Dartmouth Again No. 1 for Teaching, Top 10 Overall
Dartmouth Now
September 10, 2013
For the fifth year in a row, Dartmouth earned the top spot for "Strong Commitment to Teaching" and remains in the top 10 among national universities in U.S. News & World Report's "Best Colleges 2014" ranking.
This year, Dartmouth holds the No. 1 teaching spot exclusively among national universities cited for exceptional faculty commitment to undergraduate teaching. For the previous two years, Dartmouth and Princeton shared the first-place ranking.
"The rankings confirm what we know to be a genuine strength for Dartmouth—our faculty's commitment to educating future leaders across all disciplines who are able to have a real impact on the world's most pressing challenges. We will continue to innovate in our development of distinctive programs that build on this, our greatest asset," says President Philip J. Hanlon '77.
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In Memoriam, Zac Champommier
Zac Champommier would have turned 19 today.
Unlike nearly every other law enforcement killing in the purportedly cosmopolitan city of Los Angeles, nearly seven months after his killing, we still don't even know the name of the law enforcement officer who felt it necessary to gun down Zac Champommier, honor student with no priors, late last June in a dark parking lot behind Chipotle on Ventura.
We do have the forensic report, and we know that Zac Champommier was not under any influence of any kind of drug or medication at the time of his death. We also approach this matter with full recognition of the fact that law enforcement officers save lives daily, &c.
But what is most challenging to our sensibility is the failure of local journalism in this matter. The fact that the public instantly knows the name of the officer in shootings involving an LAPD badge, but does not know any of the principles in this County and Federal matter after nearly seven months, is the single greatest disgrace, the single greatest evidence of impotence, of the LA Weekly, Los Angeles Times, and Los Angeles Daily News of the past year, and perhaps of the past decade. These have all failed Zac personally; and they have failed his family, his loved ones catastrophically.
Frankly, these papers' collective lack of courage in bringing this case to light, even while often writing with literary pretensions and sinister overtones about killings that took place decades ago, makes me ill. And how dare the LA Weekly, the worst offender of al--which never ceases to attempt to pat itself on the back or issue itself an award, and never fails to hype a long-dormant killing--type something about an arcane, already-settled legal case that formalized today, and thump "This one's for the kids" without ever having investigated the circumstances of the death of the former Granada High student who was shot to death a week after graduation summer last summer...it's sickening...it's pathetic. (But that's just my opinion).
A candlelight vigil takes place this afternoon at Laurel Canyon and Ventura, near the spot where Zac was killed. Justice for Zac has details on the day, and the forensics too.


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Celebrating Engineering Achievement: The Bernard M. Gordon Prize
Friday, May 2, 2014, 3:30-6:00pm
Thayer School of Engineering
An afternoon program, award ceremony and reception honoring the Laureates of the 2014 Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education.
- John P. Collier, Myron Tribus Professor of Engineering Innovation
- Robert J. Graves, John H. Krehbiel Sr. Professor for Emerging Technologies
- Joseph J. Helble, Dean and Professor of Engineering
- Charles E. Hutchinson, Dean Emeritus; John H. Krehbiel Sr. Professor for Emerging Technologies, Emeritus
Innovations in Engineering Education: A Panel Discussion
3:30pm, Spanos Auditorium, Cummings Hall
- Joe Helble, Dean and Professor of Engineering
- John Collier, Myron Tribus Professor of Engineering Innovation
- Solomon Diamond, Assistant Professor of Engineering
- Tillman Gerngross, Professor of Engineering; Associate Provost of Entrepreneurship & Technology Transfer
- Vicki May, Associate Professor of Engineering
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- Award presentation by Dr. C.D. "Dan" Mote, President, National Academy of Engineering
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It may simply be coincidence, but this past week I noticed three sites on which I was creating accounts set an arbitrary limit on the password length.One of those sites was the new HealthCare.gov (which has a few other problems; see below).I simply cannot deduce any reason you would limit the number of characters in a password. The worst offender forced me to no more than 8 characters!
Please enlighten me or correct me if I am mistaken about this.
The US Government's new HealthCare.gov site does a few other peculiar things. I believe they are ridiculous and demonstrate a lack of understanding about how the web works.
I wanted to use a password that included an underscore and it was (as you can see) rejected.I understand the desire to prevent 'SQL Injection', but to exclude underscore is simply stupid.
Furthermore, I like to use my Gmail account and the 'filtering' feature it provides. But the plus (+) is rejected when used as part of the email/username on many sites because they are using a RegExp validation copied from StackExchange (I suspect).
It annoys me too when websites put arbitrary character limits on passwords. Short passwords are insecure and easily crackable these days. The longer the password is, the more secure it can potentially be, since it can take an obscene amount of time to even attempt to crack it.
I've noticed that financial institutions are notorious for character limits.
I can understand having a limit of some length - wouldn't want something excessively long - so I guess it depends on what one considers excessive.
Being in Massachusetts I've had Romneycare for a while now and so haven't checked out the HealthCare.gov site.
You said "no more than 8 characters" but the screen capture shows "8-20 characters". so something is wrong somewhere.
Looking at the unallowed symbols does make me think this is a custom hack job. (lol StackExchange)
IMHO the list of unallowed symbols looks confusing enough as it is. To not be complete is worse.
Seeing that UI I now understand why the criticism I've seen in the news reports.
My point exactly.
My personal favorite is $FINANICAL_INSTITUTION_YOU_HAVE_HEARD_OF that lets you have as many characters as you want but only actually looks at the first 8. Anyhow, alot of that is tied up with old systems built in pre-modern eras when space was at a premium and people were using 8-character block encryption to handle passwords. Loads of dependencies on the old stuff so updating isn't necessarily in the art of the possible -- it can actually be cheaper to have a security breach than to replace the massive mainframe system your business has been running on for 40 years now.
My general understanding of healthcare.gov is that the front end guys and the back end guys never spoke so it doesn't surprise me that the front end has wacky password stuff that might not even match the back end.
Email validation is a pretty tricky problem. The regex that validates a full RFC addy is http://www.ex-parrot.com/pdw/Mail-RFC822-Address.html. We pretty much don't validate beyond splitting at @ and making sure there isn't anything too hinkey FWIW.
If they are handling passwords correctly by hashing them then it shouldn't matter how long the password is as the hashed version will always be the same length.
That they put a limit on the length is a good indicator that their password processing is a lot less secure than it could be.
I think you are absolutely correct, @wwb;, about the legacy systems. Those old FORTRAN and COBOL mainframes must be quite tired and worn by now.
Ultimately, you cannot "Validate" and "Verify" an email address unless you send-and-receive a message with that address.So that silly (ugly) Regular Expression ultimately only validates that the user did not make a mistake during input of the address. And then only with respect to the format; the address could still me wrong.
Not from US, so have not checked out the healthcare.gov myself, read quite a few articles regarding it during the last months though.
From a security point of view as mentioned, the restrictions on the password does not make sense at all. Not only would you never want to run a regex on the password, SQL injection is also a mute point since it can be prevented even if the text contain it, and if it is hashed the length does not matter.
The only thing I can think of is if they need backwards compatibility with a older system, which was also mentioned earlier, but even if this was the case. The problem could have been solved in a much better manner without restricting the password for the new system.
Its also odd that they require a "username" instead of using your email or even SSN for logging in (considering its a government website), since it add another "weakness" as over time it will get more and more difficult to enter a unique username.
In the end the problem here is most probably the same issue as in every other country on government projects, unless you know the right people you wont get the project.I can't even come up with one Norwegian project offered by the government which you can call successful the last decade (i.e. according to the quality delivered vs. the amount of money the company got for the work).
Yes, this was something someone figured out in the late 90s. Don't help you when you are AMEX and you've got mainframes running your business with software written in the early 80s with presumptions you'd make then.
The mainframes themselves have probably largely been virtualized into IBM blade centers by now. But the software hasn't changed.
A nice test would be to use the 'forgot password' function (if there is one) and see if they send you your password in plain text...
I feel the same as you, Thom!For a long time at work we were limited to passwords of 8 characters in length.I asked why this was and was told that it was something to do with some the old unix-based servers they were using and their integration with Active Directory.
On a similar note I was astounded to see that my web hosting provider (Strato) offers SFTP as a "pro feature" which you have to pay more for.I would have thought it was their priority to keep their users secure.
I agree. That would be a reason to change hosts.And I am reminded of an incident that occurred several years ago (perhaps 8-10). I was living outside DC, drove up to the Drive-In Teller at my bank - the branch where I normally do business, as a matter of fact - and after carefully counting the money I had received from cashing a check I realized the teller had given me $20 too much!I parked the car, walked into the bank, and asked for manager. I then insisted they close ALL MY ACCOUNTS immediately.
This reminds me of [yet another] "slap our forehead" type of security policy. In the early 90s, I was involved in some of the earliest of Voice Processing systems (that's what they were called because they did Automated Attendant and some did Voice Mail; which was not yet a common thing). One system in particular would key the user's account on their password. Which meant two users could not have the same password (regardless of having different extension numbers!). What's more astounding is that, while setting up your [new] voice mailbox, if you happened to choose a password that duplicated one already on the system it would say, "Please choose another password, that one is already being used". In other words, "HEY HACKER! Here is a password to try on every extension number you can devise!"
My previous hosting company was the same - but then, their whole approach to security turned out to be something of a joke. When three of my sites were hacked, they insisted the problem must be at my end - and then they were hacked, too. I moved my sites away from them some time ago, but I've recently received an e-mail from them, saying they know their service wasn't always the best, but they've invested in upgraded hardware and if I come back to them, my sites will now be lightening fast. Did they mention security anywhere? SFTP? Nah. Dig deep on their website, and you'll find their "security features" listed - Password Protected Directories and Shared SSL.[/ot]
I remember that I had that limitation in a cube server, some 10 years ago at least. The actual limit was 12 characters. It's kind of funny to find systems that still have this problem after all these years.
I don't understand why they limit the number of characters (at least to such a low number as 8, I could understand it if your password was much longer, like 15 or 20) but I do understand why they should publish a list of disallowed characters.While it is true that you give some clues, it is also true that you need to guide your users of which characters they need to use to write a password that will be accepted in the system.
On my Registration Form, passwords must be between 8 and 40 characters.
To me, that is a pretty generous upper-limit.
It sounds like some of you think that is bad?
More than some, but I like to see the upper limit at 150 or more. I tend to set them at 250. Originally, this was simply the biggest round number that could fit in a VARCHAR without resorting to going to TEXT datatypes in a MySQL database back in the day. Today, since VARCHARs can be much larger than that and since it's standard practice to hash passwords, there's no huge reason to have an upper limit. It's an artificial limit these days.
So, if I want to use a password like this:ThisIsMyUb3rSecretPasswordThatN0b0dyWillEverGuess
It wouldn't work in your system.
Passwords are slowly turning into pass-phrases.
I guess, but I use a "Pass-Phrase" on my new MacBook Pro, and it is under 40 characters and I think it's a bear to remember and type in every time, and realistically it is very secure.
I can maybe see upping things to 60 characters, but beyond that its just silly in my humble opinion...
On a side note, could someone explain how the hashing thing works?
I know that felgall has consistently talked about how passwords get hashed to some fixed-length, and if that is so, then it makes me wonder...
Don't you end up with tons of collisions if you take any length password and change it to, say a 40-character hash?
In your case, Force Flow, your 150 character Password would have to get condensed down to a 40-character hash, as would a 100-character Password, and so on.
Follow me?
Returns the hash as a 32-character hexadecimal number.
If the optional raw_output is set to TRUE, then the sha1 digest is instead returned in raw binary format with a length of 20, otherwise the returned value is a 40-character hexadecimal number.
So even the shorter 32 character hash has over 340282366900000000000000000000000000000 possible values. (that's 3^38)True a collision is possible, but hardly likely.
For perspective the world's current population is ~7130000000
I think you have one too many zeros in there!
So, Mittineague, what do you think an appropriate Password-Length Upper-Limit should be?
Do you think my choice of 8 to 40 characters is too limiting?
(I hope not, because I thought I chose a very good upper-limit, and it would be an enormous undertaking having to track down all of my places in my code where I have that set!! I used Regex...)


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Providence District to Host Information Session on HOT Lanes and Transit Service
Providence District Supervisor Linda Q. Smyth is hosting an informational session on the Capital Beltway High Occupancy Toll (HOT) Lanes project and a comprehensive plan for countywide transit service. The event is Tuesday, April 29, at 7:30 p.m., in the Luther Jackson Middle School cafeteria, 3020 Gallows Rd., Falls Church.
The Capital Beltway project will add two lanes in each direction from Springfield to just north of the Dulles Toll Road for high-occupancy-vehicle, bus and HOT traffic. This is an opportunity to learn more about how this project will impact the community. Representatives from the Virginia Department of Transportation, which is overseeing the project, and Capital Beltway Express LLC, formerly Fluor-Transurban, which will construct the additional lanes, will be available to answer questions.
Fairfax County Department of Transportation representatives also will be on hand to discuss a comprehensive 10-year plan being developed for transit service in the county. The plan will include both Fairfax Connector and Metrobus service. There will be presentations, maps, charts and personnel working on the project available to receive comments and answer questions. Further information on the plan and an online comment form are available at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/fcdot/tdp.htm.
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PHILADELPHIA - To kick of the New Year, the University of Pennsylvania women's track and field team will open 2013 at one of track and field's most historic venues with College Night at the Armory on Saturday.
The meet, which features 16 teams, begins at 6:30 p.m. with the shot put and 60 meters. The final field event, the weight throw, starts at 8:30 p.m., and the track events conclude with the 4x400-meter relay at 9:55 p.m.
A little more than a month ago, in the season-opening meet at Lehigh, Penn posted six victories, highlighted by the fourth-best shot put in school history from Theresa Picciallo in her collegiate debut. Picciallo and senior Charlotte Pope claimed the top two spots in the shot put. Sophomore Annie Holland won the high jump, senior Jillian Hart won the pole vault and freshman Eliana Yankelev was tops in the long jump. Junior Gabrielle Piper won the 60-meter hurdles and was the runner-up in the 60 meters, while sophomore Shakele Seaton posted her first collegiate victory in the 500 meters.
Last season at this meet, the Quakers placed third among 15 teams. Then-seniors Victoria Strickland and Veronica Salcido provided a one-two finish for the Quakers in the 1,000 meters. Lydia Ali scored in the 60 meters and 200 meters, and in the 60-meter hurdles, Gabrielle Piper added to Penn's scoring and ECAC qualifiers list when her finish of 8.78 placed her third in her heat and fourth overall. In addition, Brooke Hamscher, Jillian Hart and Davielle Brown all scored in the pole vault.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Served three full terms, died on the 82nd day of his fourth term. His first term in office (1933-1937) was the shortest term for an elected President (after Washington's) who neither died in office nor resigned. The Twentieth Amendment moved Inauguration Day from March 4 to January 20 beginning in 1937; therefore Roosevelt's first term was 43 days short of a full four years: from March 4, 1933 through January 20, 1937, a period of 1418 days. This also made him the first President to be inaugurated on January 20.
Thomas Jefferson Served two full terms. James Madison Served two full terms. James Monroe Served two full terms. Andrew Jackson Served two full terms. Ulysses S. Grant Served two full terms. Grover Cleveland Served two full terms, not consecutively. Not reelected on first try for a second term.
Woodrow Wilson Served two full terms. Dwight David Eisenhower Served two full terms. Ronald Reagan Served two full terms. Bill Clinton Served two full terms. George W. Bush Served two full terms.
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George Washington Served two full terms, but the first-term inaugural was postponed 57 days to April 30, 1789 because the U.S. Congress had not properly convened.
Harry S. Truman Served the remainder of Franklin Roosevelt's term, elected to a full term. Did not seek a second term, though eligible under terms of the 22nd Amendment, ratified during his term.
Theodore Roosevelt Served the remainder of McKinley's term, elected to a full term. Four years after leaving office, ran again and lost.
Calvin Coolidge Served the remainder of Harding's term, elected to a full term. Did not seek renomination for a second term.
Richard Nixon Served one full term and resigned during his second term.
Lyndon B. Johnson Served the remainder of Kennedy's term, elected to a full term. Did not seek a second term.
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The Original Pitmaster and First ShedHed, Brad Orrisonby Sarah De Heer in Behind the Scenes, Shows, August 19th, 2013
Shed fans know that Brad Orrison is the mastermind behind The Shed, the mecca for barbecue in southern Mississippi, but what fans might not know is that Hobson wasn't the original pit master — it was Brad. "Food was always a passion for the family," Brad recently told FN Dish. "During my college years I opened both a pizzeria and sushi joint. But what I loved the most was the aspect of barbecue." From the restaurant's inception to date, Brad has worn many hats.
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So it's January. The month where we all swear off heavy eating and line up at the gym for our turn at the elliptical machine. We promise ourselves that we'll be good and that we're ready to atone for the sins of the past two months — cookies, punch, stuffing, pie, lasagna, creamy dips and buttery pastries. Overindulgence is over and, for the next month at least, most of us won't touch a cookie.
Some will pronounce extreme resolutions: "I'm giving up carbs forever!" "I'll only eat raw foods!" "I won't touch chocolate till July!" But really, who wants to suffer like that? Plus, everyone knows that crazy, restrictive resolutions don't last past the first week of the new year.
If you're looking to get healthy in 2012, or if you just need a little break from the cake and cheesy appetizers you closed 2011 with, you can still eat the foods you love, just smarter versions of them. So go easy on the cream and butter and say "no thanks" to that second serving. And going meatless on Monday can help with your healthy resolutions, too — taking a weekly break from meat can have major benefits to your health and the environment.
Celebrate the first Meatless Monday of 2012 with Ellie Krieger's creamy pasta dish that happens to be cream-free. The sauce is made with roasted red peppers (you can use store bought); it's thick and flavorful and clings to whole-wheat pasta quite nicely. And don't skip the cheese just because you've sworn you'll eat healthy in January. Top your pasta with a handful of feta cheese — it's a lower fat choice and because it's so tangy, a little bit goes a long way.
Fettuccine With Creamy Red Pepper-Feta Sauce
Makes: 6 (1 cup) servings
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 small onion, chopped
2 to 3 garlic cloves, peeled and chopped
1 (16-ounce) jar roasted red peppers, drained and chopped
1/2 cup low-sodium chicken stock or vegetable stock (use vegetable stock to make it truly meatless)
1 cup crumbled feta cheese or a 6-ounce block
1 pound whole-wheat fettuccine
Freshly ground black pepper
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves
Heat the oil in a heavy skillet over medium-high heat. Saute onion and garlic until soft, about 10 minutes. Add roasted peppers and saute until heated through. Remove from heat and let cool slightly. Place mixture in the bowl of a food processor with stock and all but 2 tablespoons of the feta. Process until combined and smooth, about 30 seconds. Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain, reserving 1/2 cup pasta water. Toss pasta with sauce, adding pasta water by the tablespoon, if needed. Sauce should cling nicely to pasta. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Divide among pasta bowls. Sprinkle with parsley and remaining feta cheese.
Meatless Monday, everyone's doing it: Giving up meat once each week is a popular resolution, according to the folks over at Meatless Monday. They've put together a round-up of people and organizations who've jumped aboard this trend, a trend that Marketwire has identified as a hot one to watch in 2012. The first step, says Meatless Monday, is to sign the Meatless Monday pledge, though we think a good first step would be making this pasta dish for dinner.
More Resolution-Friendly Meatless Meals:
- Tuscan Vegetable Soup
- Macaroni and Four Cheeses
- Bengali Butternut Squash Soup
- Stir-Fried Vegetable Wraps
- Quinoa With Squash


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