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One of the first things you'll likely do once you hit level 90 in Mists of Pandaria is start looking into reputations. Faction reputation reward gear, at least at the start of an expansion, is one of the quickest and easiest ways to get the item level for heroic dungeons and raids.
In Mists of Pandaria, however, it's a bit different. Valor and honor point gear is now on reputation vendors, and if you want it, you will actively have to grind out those reputations (via dailies, no less, as tabards no longer grant reputation in dungeons). This week, we'll take a look at the gear offered by these factions, and how it stacks up for death knights.
Note that we will cover only those factions that offer gear specific usable for death knights to better their tanking or DPS. I hope getting rep for Tillers, Anglers, and Loremasters for the awesome vanity gear goes without saying.


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By Corinne Reczek
The growing support for same-sex marriage rights represents an important shift in the everyday lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people in the United States today. However, the continued focus on same-sex marriage in the media, by states, and by local governments, and by scholars and researchers leaves other arenas of the family lives of gay and lesbian adults relatively unexplored.
Of course, like all other Americans, gay and lesbian adults have primary relationships outside of their romantic partnerships. The adult child-parent tie is one of the most enduring and central of our social relationships, with most parents and children having weekly contact, exchanging support and love, and of course experiencing conflict. Indeed gay and lesbian adults keep in steady contact with their family of origin members–most especially parents–as they age into adulthood. Yet, we know virtually nothing about the nature of these intergenerational ties for gay and lesbian adults. While some attention has been paid to the importance parents for LGBTQ adolescents, what happens to the adult child-parent relationships of gay and lesbian adults as they age into mid- and later-life? Do they remain intact? Or are they estranged? Do adult children experience conflict or support? What do these relationships look like?
It is important to pay attention to the adult child-parent relationships of gay and lesbian adults. A child's non-heterosexual identity has been shown to be associated with negative interactions with later-life parents; later-life parents may be especially unable to accept their gay or lesbian child because they grew up in a sociopolitical era where a gay or lesbian identity was unspeakable at best and pathological at worst. As a result, gay men and lesbian women appear to have fewer family confidants than heterosexuals, and tend to rank social support from friends as more consistent and important than support from family. Yet, gay men and lesbians do maintain contact with parents, even if parents are disapproving of children's' sexual identity. How, then, are these relationships negotiated and understood by adult children?
In a recent study on gay men and lesbians in long-term intimate partnerships, I show that there are specific markers of support and strain in gay and lesbian adult child-parent ties. For example, parents demonstrate their support of a gay or lesbian adult child by inclusion through language such as "in-law," affirmations of support by joining gay rights advocacy groups, and via the integration into every day and special events in ways similar to other adult children. I also found that gay and lesbian adult children know their parents are accepting because parents rely on adult children and their partners for social support and caregiving. While providing social support to parents may be time-consuming and stressful, it is critical for parental well-being and provides an important opportunity for parents to demonstrate trust in gay and lesbian adult children.
The picture, of course, isn't entirely rosy. The gay and lesbian intergenerational tie is embedded within broader institutional norms of heterosexuality and homophobia, and these broader structural constraints of homophobia and heterosexism contour these negative family interactions–with implications for both generations well-being. It appears, in the present study, that conflict is experienced in ways that are similar to when conflict is experienced in other central aspects of identity or life circumstances, such as religious values, finances, and unemployment. For example, adult children might experience significant rejection in their everyday encounters with parents and experience traumatic events of disownment by their parents. Moreover, adult children suggest that they are scared that their property may be usurped by a parent, rather than be taken care of by a partner, if something were to happen to them.
There's hope for people who have strained relationships with their parents, however. Key moments, such as family death, illness, or injury, were described as transformative in ways that altered the structure of the adult-child-parent tie from negative to positive. Also, there has been remarkable legal and social change over the past decade, including the federal and state-level legalization of same-sex marriage and decreased public and institutional stigma against gay and lesbian identities. Given this social change, there is strong potential for changing the nature of conflictual intergenerational relationships. Clearly, the years after these social and legal changes may provide new opportunity for supportive intergenerational relationships for adult children coming of age in a new social and political era.
Dr. Corinne Reczek is an Assistant Professor in the departments of Sociology and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Ohio State University. Dr. Reczek's research focuses on gay and lesbian families, including relationships between parents and gay and lesbian adult children, same-sex marriage, and the health of minor children in same-sex relationships. Her work was most recently published in The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological and Social Sciences, her article "The Intergenerational Relationships of Gay Men and Lesbian Women" is freely available to read now" You can find Corinne on Twitter @CorinneReczek.
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Facing the challenges of demand response
DEMAND RESPONSE-MOST SIMPLY DEFINED AS the decision not to consume energy in response to price and other factors-holds enormous potential to balance the power system, integrate variable-output renewable resources into the grid and increase the efficiency of the electric utility industry.
The U.S. Congress has directed development of demand response as a national policy, but take-up has been limited to date in some states, and by some utilities, in part due to current regulatory constructs.
In its "2010 Assessment of Demand Response and Advanced Metering" staff report, released in February, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) gave demand response a slightly new definition, redefining it as "Changes in electric use by demand-side resources from their normal consumption patterns in response to changes in the price of electricity, or to incentive payments designed to induce lower electricity use at times of high wholesale market prices or when system reliability is jeopardized."
Program classifications have morphed and diversified over the years, too. This year's FERC report lists 14 different types of programs, from direct load control (one of the most common demand response programs offered, as far back as 1968) and interruptible load to demand bidding and buyback, time-of-use and critical peak pricing, regulation service and system peak response transmission tariff.
Program confusion can occur, making decision-making, especially in early planning and implementation of new demand response options, even more difficult. "The rapid evolution of demand response programs, rules and names increases confusion among respondents and staff alike," the FERC report notes.
OPPD adds residential curtailment to C&I
In 2009, Nebraska utilities budgeted $12 million to promote demand-side management within the state. About $6 million of that was for energy efficiency (both gas and electric), with the other half designated for load management. The Omaha Public Power District (OPPD), the twelfth-largest public power utility in the United States in terms of customers (more than 340,000 in all or parts of 13 counties in the east and southeast portions of the state), now offers several interruptible riders, which pay its customers for agreeing to provide load curtailments or activate on-site genera-tion for a limited number of times per year. These riders differ, depending upon whether the curtailment event is mandatory or voluntary, and the minimum load drop ranges from 100 kW to 500 kW.
Denise Kuehn, OPPD's manager of demand side and sustainable management, discussed some of the operational issues and challenges of implementing demand response initiatives within the utility. "When demand response is based on a direct signal, we have better control of the load changes," she explained. "We have programs where we request that the customer curtail (energy usage), and the timing fluctuates, which makes it tougher."
Commercial and industrial curtailment has been in the utility's mix for quite some time, Kuehn said. On the residential side, OPPD did some early demand response pilots in the 1990s, which got mixed reviews and didn't work optimally. Over the past two summers, the utility has piloted new residential demand response programs with much more success, and is now launching full deployment of the program. Pilots are intended to serve as learning experiences, both for the utility and for its customers, and OPPD definitely learned some technology lessons along the way.
Technology as a detractor
When asked about the IT and communication challenges of integrating demand response within the utility, Kuehn pointed to the coordination of different technologies as a definite challenge. "Technology is required to send out the signal to turn off devices, and to verify and track results. Coordinating this with different technologies can be difficult and time-consuming," she said.
In the residential pilots, as an example, the challenges became obvious fairly quickly. "We started with condensers, and found there was too great a temperature rise-our goal was a temperature rise of less than 4 degrees. So, we went to thermostats, and spent months trying to pull the data out of them. We're going back to condensers," Kuehn said.
SCE an old hand at DR
In California, the state's three investor-owned utilities were preparing to file their three-year demand response funding applications as this issue went to press, according to Mark Martinez, Southern California Edison's manager of business strategy and planning. One of the nation's largest investor-owned utilities, Southern California Edison (SCE) delivers power to nearly 14 million people in 180 cities across central, coastal and southern California, across 50,000 square miles of service territory.
SCE has been designing, developing and deploying reliability and price-responsive-based demand response retail programs for more than a quarter of a century. These programs include interruptible tariffs, direct load control, capacity-based retail products and dynamic dispatchable pricing. SCE operates one of the largest comprehensive demand response portfolios in the country, with more than 1,600 MW of available peak reduction capacity from all retail customer classes, available for reliable dispatch at times of emergency and during critical peak periods.
SCE has experienced substantial growth in its demand response portfolio since the summer of 2006, when California experienced a "one in 50" summer heat wave. In 2008, the same year that SCE increased its demand response capabilities across all customer sectors by almost 280 MW, there were again multiple price-responsive critical periods throughout the summer, as well as a transmission emergency event in November that required immediate load reductions.
The utility believes strongly in customer choice and education in order to increase demand response efficiencies. In its comments to FERC concerning the draft National Action Plan on Demand Response, which saw early circulation in 2009, SCE noted: "To achieve effective DR, as many customers as possible should be exposed to DR options and be encouraged to participate in these programs." Demand response programs, the utility said, should offer customer choice and be flexible and adaptable in order to encourage customer participation, so that customers can select the programs that best suit their particular situation. "Customer education, clear eligibility requirements and balanced incentives assist customers in selecting the most appropriate program," SCE told FERC.
And there are other challenges too, according to the IOU, the largest being the effort needed to bring price- responsive demand response to the mainstream customers. Dynamic pricing and frequent dispatching of customer-approved load reductions has not been readily adopted by customers, even those equipped with advanced metering and enabling technology. Overcoming these hurdles, SCE says, will involve education and awareness, new ideas, additional program design, system improvements and enabling technologies to facilitate customer participation. A marketing approach that combines compatible energy efficiency activities will assist, as well.
RTOs have a role, as well
Regional transmission operator PJM Interconnection LLC has also long been active in the demand response market. Andrew Ott, PJM's senior vice president, markets, shared the clear benefits of economic and capacity-based demand response to both regional grid operation and whole market operation. "The PJM capacity market has attracted nearly 13,000 MW of demand resources offered; over 9,200 MW have cleared," he said.
"There are two types of demand response: energy-based (responsive to price or environmental instruction) and capacity-based (emergency)," Ott added. "When demand response offers or responds, both types are beneficial. Having demand response come in offers more flexibility and diversity of supply. It's beneficial from both operational and market-efficiency points of view."
Ott says that more automation in demand response means it will become more predictable as an operational tool for load balancing. As a large control area, load is balanced using economic dispatch (every five minutes), synchronized reserve (16 percent of which, for PJM, is provided by demand response), and frequency control (regulation every four seconds).
Without automation, there is a gap, Ott says, in the wholesale-retail interface. "Smart grid is enabling those kinds of gaps to be jumped, but retail-wholesale coordination is still a wish."
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Treatment Utility of Postpartum Antibiotics in Chorioamnionitis (TUPAC)
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|The Primary Outcome of This Study Will be the Rate of Endometritis in the Study Population
|Drug: Postpartum Antibiotics Drug: No postpartum antibiotics
|Phase 4
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single (Participant)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Treatment Utility of Postpartum Antibiotics in Chorioamnionitis
- Endometritis [ Time Frame: 7 days post-partum ]Endometritis is defined as maternal temp > 38.0C on two occasions over a 4 hour period or any temp > 39.0C after delivery > 12 hours after delivery. Endometritis will be managed per currently accepted endometritis protocol - (Amp 2 gQ6, Gentamicin 5 mg/kg q24, Clindamycin 900 mg q8).
- Infection-related complications [ Time Frame: 7 days post-partum ]To include wound infections, pelvic abscesses, etc.
- Duration of hospital stay [ Time Frame: 7 days post-partum ]
|Study Start Date:
|September 2010
|Study Completion Date:
|July 2014
|Primary Completion Date:
|July 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Postpartum Antibiotics
Patients will receive one additional dose of postpartum antibiotics (Clinda, Gentamicin)
Drug: Postpartum Antibiotics
Patients randomized into this arm will receive one additional dose of gentamicin (1.5 mg/kg) and clindamycin (900mg) in the postpartum setting.
Placebo Comparator: No postpartum antibiotics
No further postpartum antibiotics
Drug: No postpartum antibiotics
Patients randomized into this arm will not receive any postpartum antibiotics after delivery. They will be managed identically to the other arm in terms of chorioamnionitis (fever pre-delivery). The groups will be managed identically if endometritis (post-partum fever) develops.
Detailed Description:
Bacterial infection of the amniotic cavity, termed "chorioamnionitis", is a major cause of perinatal mortality and maternal morbidity. Early administration of broad-spectrum antibiotic therapy in the laboring patient with chorioamnionitis has both neonatal and maternal benefits. Less known is the ideal postpartum antibiotic regimen - or if postpartum antibiotics are even required at all - needed to decrease febrile morbidity. Current practice has seen a wide range of practice styles ranging from no treatment to antibiotic prophylaxis for up to 48 hours after delivery.
If antibiotics are prescribed, there is good evidence to support one additional dose of antibiotics as compared to 24 hour dosing to decrease the rate of endometritis. Less clear is whether antibiotics are required at all for the properly treated patient with chorioamnionitis who requires a cesarean delivery. One study comparing continued antibiotics versus no-treatment failed to show a difference in the rate of postpartum endometritis. The conclusion from this study was that continuation of preoperative clindamycin and gentamicin in the postoperative period did not reduce the risk of endometritis compared to a single preoperative dose however this study was terminated early due to failure to recruit their stated sample size.
Puerperal endometritis rates vary by mode of delivery but it is known that the rate is lower in vaginal deliveries as compared to cesarean delivery. The patient with chorioamnionitis that requires a cesarean delivery makes an excellent study target. Given the lack of studied protocols, there currently are many acceptable methods for treating the patient with chorioamnionitis. Our proposed study plans to evaluate the two most common methods of treatment to determine the most effective regimen. If post-delivery antibiotics do not show a benefit to these highest risk subjects, it is likely inferred that patients that undergo a vaginal delivery will not require antibiotics as well.
Specific Aims There is conflicting data regarding the necessity of post-delivery antibiotics for patients with chorioamnionitis who undergo cesarean delivery. The primary objective of this study is to determine if postpartum antibiotics are necessary for antepartum treated cases of chorioamnionitis in patients undergoing a cesarean section.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|14 Years to 50 Years (Child, Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Clinical diagnosis of chorioamnionitis
- Undergoing cesarean section for delivery
Exclusion Criteria:
- Multiple gestations,
- Allergy to beta-lactam antibiotics
- Patients with estimated creatinine clearance (ClCr) less than 70 mL/min
- Maternal fever explained by etiology other than chorioamnionitis
- Inability to comply with the study protocol.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01585129
|United States, Missouri
|Barnes-Jewish Hospital
|Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, 63110
|St. Louis University
|Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, 63110
|Principal Investigator:
|Anthony L Shanks, MD
|Washington University School of Medicine
|Responsible Party:
|Washington University School of Medicine
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01585129 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|April 23, 2012
|Last Updated:
|June 2, 2017
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
Adnexal Diseases
Genital Diseases, Female
Uterine Diseases
Fetal Diseases
Pregnancy Complications
Fetal Membranes, Premature Rupture
Obstetric Labor Complications
Placenta Diseases
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Antibiotics, Antitubercular
Anti-Infective Agents
Antitubercular Agents
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017


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Back To School: Getting Down To Lunch Basics
Sandwiches don't have to be the same old thing. Try different types of bread to boost your fiber intake.
In fact, lunch doesn't have to be a sandwich at all. It can be leftovers or a collection of ingredients that please you or your family.
Let your child make his or her own lunch—just send the ingredients. Cherry tomatoes, chunks of pineapple, pieces of cheese, and slivers of ham are the components for kabobs. Include pretzel sticks for skewers, a juice box, or a small water bottle, and you've covered the main ingredients of the ready-made lunch kits.
When you make your own lunch though, you know exactly what's in it. That's great if you're watching your weight by counting carbs and limiting fat intake.
Go for quality instead of quantity. Skip the usual American cheese in favor of fresh mozzarella, fresh basil, and tomatoes. Pack fresh fruit and nonfat vanilla yogurt for parfaits that have more appeal than the preserves-on-the-bottom kind. Dress lunch up with a slice of date-nut bread and a little cream cheese to avoid another humdrum meal.
Add a pretty napkin, a personal note, or other treat and you can make a child's day—or an adult's, for that matter. A couple of chocolate Kisses tucked into a lunch box can mean more than a whole bag of candy.
The time you save by not waiting for service at lunch can be put to better use. Take a walk or climb the steps several times.
Meaty tips for lunch
- Make it a kit. You don't have to make the sandwich before you leave the house. There's nothing worse than the soggy mess you get from putting a beautiful ripe tomato on bread the night before. Pack your ingredients in snack-sized plastic bags or small plastic containers instead.
- Say "cheese melt." If your lunchroom has a toaster oven, you can create a do-it-yourself cheese melt. Add a tomato slice or other veggies to a small amount of cheese. An ounce of cheese is about a one-inch cube or a quarter-cup shredded.
- Pack leftovers. You can have a great lunch by making extra food for dinner. If your lunchroom has a microwave, serve it hot. If not, add meat or vegetables to brown rice, boiled potatoes, or pasta for a salad. Just add some low-fat dressing.
- Make it kid-friendly. Commercial meals have kid appeal, but work with your child on healthier, homemade versions that limit calories, fat, and sodium. One commercial boxed lunch for children has 800 calories and 38 grams of fat!
- Watch the portions. Some lunch-sized foods offer more than you need. For example, what looks like an individual container of ranch dressing may actually contain 2.5 servings—a total of 200 calories.
- Just chill. Freeze a water bottle or juice box (no glass, please) and you'll have something to drink later. Defrost time will vary, however, and that drink may become a late-afternoon treat instead of a lunchtime beverage.
- Fork over milk money, and make it clear the money should be spent on milk—not soft drinks. If white milk doesn't cut the mustard, try chocolate. It is certainly better than a soft drink or other high-calorie flavored drink.


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A ROW has flared between Canvey and Thurrock after an MP said a new Thames crossing should go to the island.
Jackie Doyle-Price, Thurrock MP, saidthe M2 in Kent should be linked to the A130 on Canvey.
However, councillors on Canvey branded the plan a "disaster" and fear it would cause traffic chaos.
Canvey independent councillor Dave Blackwell said: "The island already has 27,000 vehicle movements a day. The roads wouldn't be able to take it. It would be chaos. They're at full capacity.
"Because Canvey is below sea level, we would suffer from more pollution and emissions from the extra vehicles on the roads.
"Thurrock Council doesn't want it through its borough and neither do we. It would be a disaster for the island."
The Government is considering two options for a Thames Crossing.
Option A would see another route built next to the Dartford crossing.
Option C would see a bridge from Kent land between Coalhouse and Tilbury forts and travel north towards the Orsett Cock junction of the A13, before meeting the M25 between junctions 29 and 30.
Tory Ms Doyle-Price said option D, which involved Canvey and was vetoed by ministers, would be her first choice as it would divert lorries sooner. She is trying to get option D reconsidered.
She spoke while campaigning in Orsett Heath, with Gravesham MP Adam Holloway and Thurrock councillors, against option C.
She said: "We've got all the extra HGV traffic coming out of London Gateway and the only way it can go is left – straight to the Dartford Crossing.
"We need better infrastructure going further west, that's why D is favoured. The purpose would be to take some of the HGV traffic that comes from Dover off the M25 sooner.
"That would liberate the road network in Thurrock, which is now almost at capacity."
But long-serving Canvey councillor RayHoward said he would fight "tooth and nail" to prevent a new crossing on Canvey.
The Conservative county and borough councillor added: "It's a no-go area.
"It would be too costly and would come out nowhere near any infrastructure. The residents will put up a united front if there's any suggestions the current suggestions aren't to be used.
"More crossings need to be out further east towards London. That will take much of the burden away from the Dartford Crossing."
MP: Council lacks leadership over plans
JACKIE Doyle-Price accused Thurrock Council of lacking leadership over the crossing plans.
The MP accused the authority of failing to lobby Essex and Kent County Councils properly and said Thurrock's "none of the above" response to all the options was not good enough.
Ms Doyle-Price said: "The reality is Thurrock has an army of highways engineers and environmental health officers who could prove the air quality impact and prove what the impact on the roads would be and they did nothing.
"They just sat there with their fingers in their ears doing nothing, which is not good enough."
She said she told council leader, councillor John Kent "to give me the bullets and I'll fire them'' when the consultation for the options started. She added: "It didn't happen."
Councillor Kent hit back, saying the authority had worked hard over the last four years.
Mr Kent said he had objected since 2010. He added: "We have worked with residents and businesses to build support for our campaign against all the options that Government is considering.
"But, I have to remind Ms Doyle- Price that it's her role as a backbench MP to hold the Government to account and I really wish she would do that."


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Happy experimenting, and killing of UAVs
Since Barack Obama recently took it upon himself to label himself 'dictator' with free will to kill Americans with drones, isn't it time that Americans learn how to fight back and kill drones? Where there is a will, there is a way! This excellent article informs Americans who are completely disgusted with the 'Police State' our once free nation has become on how to kill UAV's. If UAV's are going to be used to kill Americans, Americans need to learn how to fight back. Our GOD given right to defend our own lives is a much higher power than either Barack Obama or the 2nd Amendment of the US Constitution or the US Pentagon and their killing machines. These monsters DESERVE to be grounded. Here's how to do it!
The UAVs have two alternative systems for communication.
Line of sight radio :
In the military C-Band 500 – 1000 MHz that can be jammed with simple spark-gap radio
Satellite communication :
In the Ku-Band between 10.95 – 14.5 GHz, and the satellite can be jammed.
The Uplink-Band to the satellite is 13.75 – 14.5 GHz
The Downlink-Band from the satellite is 10.95 – 12.75 GHz
And you should jam the Uplink frequencies with a jammer directed at the satellite.
The satellite link system is from L-3 Communications.
Surprisingly, the resistance can tap off the military's video feeds
As you can see in the specifications, the satellite link system uses the same civilian commercial technology as television broadcasting companies. And the surprise is that the resistance and others have tapped off the videos from the battlefield with simple commercial equipment.
But now the communication is perhaps encrypted. Read more about SkyGrabber.pdf
If you jam the communication, then the operator becomes blind and the UAV will fly around until it crashes or the fuel is gone. But you must kill both links of communication to kill any rescue.
There are a limited number of satellite channels available which means that the satellite link becomes a bottleneck. The satellite is therefore used as a backup and jammer-rescue channel and for single special operations from far away from the target, while C-band radio is used for multiple simultaneous operations from near the targets. Every military base have their own UAVs that must be operated through the C-band radio. C-band radio is also reported to be used for take off and landing. Which means that the C-band radio is your primary target. The C-band radio is also easier to jam.
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Calling all hackers.. calling all hackers.....
Down load the technical specs shown on the site
Ku and Cband...simple enough there, these are the same as your DBS "Sat" TV (DISHNET or DirecTV-US/ BELLE-CAN) C-band was used mainly on the 1st BUD'S (Big Ugly Dishes, usually 6' - 24') So parts to build something anti-drone would be feasible if ya can get freq codes ;)
Hacked the crap outta all 3 systems for 10 years (1999-2009) when they finally fixed the backdoor routine we used to access.Also worked for Hughes on their beta stage Hughes-Net I-net sat service (still sux) then installed and run QC checks over 15 installers in DC for DISH, so I think I know a tad bit about the beams ;)
Now what knocks out your sat-tv signal sometimes, for as long as 15-30 minutes??? Heavy cloud, obstructions,snow, rain,etc Come up w/ something artificial, or figure out the frequency its tuned to, then add the noise boys ;) I read somewhere a while back that the HAM folk have the capability of knocking em out. canot friggin find the article now (hmmmm)
just my .27¢ ;)
a proper powered EMP would to...get some discarded cell phones and any computers. (check alleys with dumpsters n a heavy banking stretch because the banks,they upgrade whole lans n wans) there are interesting amounts of capacitors, boards with alot of precious metals to extract, etc for free. Why is this relevant? Gold, aluminum, even palladium(jewlers call it white gold) and each has specific properties for reuse in the right fashon. This idea was kinda made to look almost impossible on 'Oceans 11' I believe. Get a good college level electrical enginners text or an independant of same type. May be easier with a extensive book on creating or building digital circuits for communication or other high electromagnetic circuits in general.....
I was refering to high load carrying metals....gold and other precious metals can carry astounding amounts of amperage for short periods as in any high voltage as well...remember an inch of copper #6 ground wire can carry the load for appx 7000-10000population city. You can find what u want if u keep looking. Radioshack had a book on electronic communication...all the way to microwave frequencies and how to build a rectangular reciever of the microwave frequency. Any cheap has the ability to do this if u know how to change electrical types ac/dc was the proper order of the band's name right.? Big hint...in large trauma or ICU area use those small monitors that keep track of 3 or more seperate vital signs...have so much voltage I had to use a flat head screwdriver about a foot long! It was made of about 10" of very protective hard insulative material molded as an average screw driver. Well, I am sounding flakey or crazy....either way this all in books at large city libraries but state universities carry MUCH MORE REFERENENCE MATERIAL! jIMMYTHADRUMMER.....and Jesus is just alright with me.
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The drones have already been hacked by isreal programers. Insurgents in Iraq used software such as Skygrabber to hack into American drones. a professor and research team in Texas.... The University of Texas at Austin's Radionavigation Laboratory demonstrated hacking a civilian drone, forcing it to change course by sending fake GPS signals
and who knows how many others... I did Geo-Coding for a living, and that is yet another way to "Hack", or redirect drones.. gps jamming, shoot, there are tons of ways to do it..
Jammers, GPS spoofing and RC aircraft of your own to ram their drones... and if they are low enough small arms fire will absolutely destroy them.
Drone's strength is their ability to operate outside of fire arm range. In practice, you could shoot down a drone at 200 yard but then the stray bullets can do damage when they come down. There are circumstances when you can do it safely. Best option is to use radio waves or laser because then you can reach much further without risking anyone.
Any way you take them down, it still wont be safe.. Remember, if you take it out, it's going to crash somewhere.. There are guns, and people capable of taking things out at over 1000 yards now.
Most drones can fly way above the hight to be shot down.
Best bet would be software drivin, or radio waves jamming. Or like Laser said, with your own RC aircraft. I have a few Rc toys, one being a Styrofoam that can fly over 200 mph. But not sure how high it would fly though.
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I think this all depends if we pick up Marquise's option. Larry will have decide if the risk of loosing Marquise and not getting Dun back healthy is worth the cap space.
Why do the Pacers want 2 undersized PF's?
Apparently not making sense makes sense these days.
I think we need to follow Chicago's lead. They picked up Tyrus and he has been an absolute beast on defense in the playoffs. He's long and athletic. Not a huge mass but very quick off his feet. With this type of player we can still run. If we picked up a banger that needs to score off the block to be effective, I think this may set us back. imo
From Conrad...
Bird anticipates "creative" moves in offseason
Apr 21, 2009
In his just-concluded year-end press briefing, Larry Bird didn't break any major news but the Pacers President made several interesting and perhaps telling points.
Like Coach Jim O'Brien, he believes the key to significant improvement for 2009-10 begins with the defense. But he differs from O'Brien's stance that it's primarily a matter of personnel. Bird said he believes "(the players) have more in them" than was apparent in 2008-09.
One of the keys to internal improvement defensively will rest with Danny Granger, who needs to "take leadership on the defensive end," Bird said. "When he does that, the other players will follow him."
Bird would like to add a post player to strengthen the inside game at both ends of the floor but indicated that need would much more likely be filled with a veteran player through a trade or free agency than in the draft.
The interest in another post player is in no way an indicator of a lack of faith in Roy Hibbert, who started 42 games as a rookie but struggled with foul trouble, but rather reflects a desire to strengthen the overall frontcourt rotation.
Though the Pacers fell short of the playoffs in 2008-09, Bird was pleased that "we've changed the culture" of the team, playing a style that fans enjoy with players that not only avoided off-court trouble but actively reached out to the community.
If not for the injury to Mike Dunleavy, Bird believes the Pacers would've made the playoffs in 2009.
Uncertainty over Dunleavy's return could change the team's plans for free agent Marquis Daniels. It has been generally assumed the Pacers would not pick up the option on Daniels' contract but Bird said he'd consider re-signing Daniels "if we feel Mike won't be back in time."
Bird will make a qualifying offer to and would like to re-sign Jarrett Jack, who he believed made progressive improvement throughout the season to the point he "was one of our best clutch players" in the second half of the season.
Because of the recession and the potential for a dramatic reduction in the salary cap, Bird said the franchise needs to be prepared for a variety of possibilities in the free agent market this summer. "I see a major change in free agency in this league," he said.
Bird believes the Pacers might be able to split the mid-level exception to sign two free agents as well as retain Jack, assuming the price is right. "We've got to be creative with what we do this summer," he said.
The point guard position is in good hands with Jack and T.J. Ford. "They both can get the job done," Bird said.
He has not talked to ownership about a contract extension, saying he'd prefer "a handshake agreement" to continue in his current role.
He has not talked to O'Brien, whose contract also expires after the 2009-10 season, about an extension.
Bird said he will make an effort to re-sign free agent Josh McRoberts "because with his athletic ability, he could be a big plus for us this year."
Though O'Brien also said his wish list includes drafting a bigger, more athletic point guard to develop, Bird said the point guards in this year's draft are generally small. "It's nice to have a wish list," Bird said with a smile. "I'd like to have $30 million to spend."
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So, it seems Bird isn't looking PF in the draft and there are no big point guards, by his estimation. I wonder if this just means best available player, which really is what they should do anyway to improve the overall talent period, imo.
I keep thinking a guy like Joe Smith.
"Look, it's up to me to put a team around ... Lance right now." Kevin Pritchard press conference
The Bulls didn't exactly "pick up" Tyrus Thomas, they drafted him with the second overall pick.
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Stevo, could you explain why you think the statement was a smoke screen?
And I won't be here to see the day
It all dries up and blows away
I'd hang around just to see
But they never had much use for me
In Levelland. (James McMurtry)
They drafted LaMarcus Aldridge with the second overall pick, then traded him to Portland for Thomas (4th pick) and Victor Khryapa (sp?).
Get it done.
This space for rent.
But I'm guessing that Joe Smith will have plenty of interest in him.
Ash from Army of Darkness: Good...Bad...I'm the guy with the gun.
I agree with stevo that there is some smoke screen going on with Larry Bird and this supposed "handshake deal". If Larry resigns, then I think it puts JOB in a bad situation - players and people around the team wonder why is JOB not being re-upped if LB is. So by saying there is a handshake agreement with the Simons, it keeps from being pressured to resign JOB right now - when it maybe obvious that they really want a new coach after next year and don't want to lose the money on paying JOB when he's not going to be here past next year.
"Sometimes, when you look Andy in the eyes, you get a feeling somebody else is driving." -- David Letterman
If Bird wants to leave, that's fine. As long as Morway (who I believe is the one that is most active in the front office) stays, then that's all I care about.
I wonder if Bird would stick around without a contract (or rather, without pay) if that would allow the Simons to permit him to spend more money on the roster? After all, Bird does make 7-figure for this, doesn't he? Maybe he gives it up for a little luxury tax wiggle room?
Just speculating, obviously.
I don't think there's much to this. I think Bird may not be entirely convinced that this is going to be his life's work. I could be remembering incorrectly, but didn't Walsh work under a similar "handshake" type of deal?
Whoops, yeah, I meant to say 7-figures.
I think the odds or Marquis being available as an insurance policy for Dunleavy aren't all that much better than the odds of Dunleavy himself being available most of that time. I'd rather just stick with Brandon Rush as the starter and cobble something together rotation-wise with Stephen Graham and Jarret Jack and utilize Diener more (so we don't get an overdose of JJ and TJ together).
...That's assuming we can't pick up a better FA option than Graham or have some kind of drafting or trading luck come our way.
I just don't think I'd count on Marquis...
Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.
"A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, thats teamwork."
-John Wooden
I'd at least wait until the day of the draft to consider it.
I'd have to go back and re-watch the whole press conference (the feed got jacked up), but it sounded to me like Bird was "theoretically spending" a lot of money he doesn't have.
Honestly, I still think there is virtually no chance we'll re-sign Daniels.


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Welcome back to 31 Days to Building a Cleaning Routine!
Day 21: Does Wax Paper Work?
Here is another tip I pinned on my 31 Days board:
Wax Paper as Floor Cleaner – Use this kitchen staple to pick up dirt and dust. Rip off a piece roughly the size of your sweeper and attach it just as you would a cleaning cloth. As you sweep highly trafficked or dirty areas, the gunk sticks.
I decided to try it out. I wrapped wax paper around my duster:
Then swept. It seemed to push the dust around, but not really pick it up. See, the wax paper is clean (sorry for the blurry picture):
So, does the wax paper work? NOPE. Nada. You can even see that the bottom of my duster picked up the dust instead of the wax paper.
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Kris Letang scored his fourth goal in 11 playoff games on a power play to give the Penguins a 1-0 lead over the Montreal at 18:18 of the first period of Game 5 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series.
That's one more tally than he had in all of the regular season.
Evgeni Malkin set up Letang's one-timer from the top of the left circle by dragging a defender across the middle and dumping a drop pass. With the help of a Bill Guerin screen positioned in front of defenseman Roman Hamrik, Letang beat goalie Jaroslav Halak high to his stick side.
The Penguins are now 7-of-16 on the man-advantage, a playoffs-best 43.7-percent conversion rate. It's even more incredible considering Washington's league-best power play went 1-for-33 against Montreal in the first round.
The Penguins outshot the Canadiens, 9-6, and took a one-goal lead into the first intermission, but a cross-checking penalty at the horn will put Chris Kunitz in the box to start the second period.
First-period highlights:
The Penguins pulled a surprise by using Crosby and Malkin together on the top line on their first shift – and again later in the period, with Kunitz on the left wing – in a move to generate some scoring.
The lines shook out to look mostly like this:
Pascal Dupuis-Malkin-Max Talbot
Matt Cooke-Jordan Staal-Tyler Kennedy
Mike Rupp-Mark Letestu-Craig Adams
= At 2:46 of the first period, Montreal got a scare when Halak extended his left leg to block a backhander by Rupp, then bowed his head on the ice. Halak appeared to be in pain, but never left the ice.
= Rupp and Guerin both missed the Game 4 defeat for undisclosed reasons, but returned for Game 5. Rupp returned with intensity, crashing the boards to set up Adams for a point-blank shot, but it took Guerin a few shifts to get going.
= At 6:10, Montreal got a second scare when Maxim Lapierre blocked a slap shot by Penguins defenseman Brooks Orpik and then had difficulty getting back to the bench.
= The Penguins gave up a Michael Cammelleri breakaway after Crosby won a draw in the offensive zone when defensemen Alex Goligoski and Jordan Leopold froze and allowed the puck to slip between them. The Penguins got a break when goalie Marc-Andre Fleury turned away Cammalleri's wrister.
= Montreal defenseman Hal Gill has helped keep Crosby without a goal this series, but the Penguins captain exacted a small measure of revenge with 5:40 left in the first period by catching him off balance after clearing the puck from his zone. Crosby threw a shoulder into Gill, knocking the 6-foot-7, 241-pounder backwards onto the ice.
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UNLV lost at Air Force by 15 points on Wednesday night. The Rebels lost at last-place Fresno State by nine. They never led at sixth-place Boise State. They are 1-5 on the road in the Mountain West this season and have lost four straight, and over the past two years they have a single conference road victory in regulation.
But here's the problem for San Diego State on Saturday night: UNLV isn't on the road.
The Aztecs flew home from No. 24 Colorado State late Wednesday night after an agonizing 66-60 loss that extended the Rams' home win streak to 27 … and began prepping for a UNLV team that is 31-1 in its last 32 regular-season games at the Thomas & Mack Center, including 13 straight against Mountain West opponents.
SDSU coach Steve Fisher put it like this Monday: "I would venture to say that no team in America could have as a tough two-game road swing that we're about to embark on."
The Rebels' lone conference road win this season came at Viejas Arena last month, and now the Aztecs (18-6, 6-4) get to play them at a place where they average 11.6 more points than on the road, where they make 45.5 percent of their shots and 34.4 percent of their 3s.
Where the Rebels (18-7, 5-5) handled No. 15 New Mexico 64-55 four days before getting drilled at Air Force.
"I told the guys yesterday at practice, it wasn't the same team," Coach Dave Rice said on XX 1090 radio Friday. "It did not even resemble the same Runnin' Rebels team that played New Mexico on Saturday."
"There's a big difference the way they play at home and on the road," SDSU associate head coach Brian Dutcher said. "Their fast break is so much better at home."
And therein lies the challenge for the Aztecs. Will they resist the temptation to run, too? Should they? Can they?
SDSU is one of the few teams this season that has tried to run with the Rebels, who are built for speed and, as Rice puts it, "prefer to play up and down, if at all possible." The teams combined for 90 points in the first half in the Jan. 16 game at Viejas Arena; it was tied with 3½ minutes to go before the Rebels scored nine of the game's final 11 points to hand SDSU its only home loss of the season.
The Aztecs fashion themselves as a running team, despite statistics that indicate otherwise. UNLV ranks 41st nationally in adjusted tempo, an esoteric measurement used by college basketball stat guru Ken Pomeroy to determine a team's pace of play; SDSU ranks 153rd out of 347 Division I teams.
"We like to get up and down ourselves," Dutcher said. "But we've got to the limit the other team's fast-break opportunities, and I don't think we did a particularly great job the first time we played them getting back. They really hurt us on the fast break.
"And we can't run with them at their place – take a chance of running with them – like we would at home. We do not want to get in an up-and-down, crazy game with them at their place."
It is a must-win?
Yes and no. Yes, in that a loss severely dents SDSU's chances of chasing down New Mexico (8-2) and Colorado State (7-2) for a third straight regular-season Mountain West title. No, in that a loss probably does little damage to their NCAA Tournament prospects.
Both leading bracketologists – Jerry Palm of CBSSports.com and Joe Lunardi of ESPN – still had SDSU as a No. 6 and 7, respectively, in projections released Friday. The top computer ratings continue to smile on Aztecs, too. Pomeroy has them at No. 23, ahead of New Mexico (33) and UNLV (44). Jeff Sagarin has them at No. 29, Massey at No. 29, RPI at No. 30.
Win or lose Saturday, the Aztecs might as well get comfortable in Thomas & Mack. The Mountain West tournament is there in 3½ weeks and, the conference announced Friday, for the next three years as well.
It figures to be a popular decision among fans making the annual pilgrimage to Sin City, and not among the visiting coaches.
"I wish a decision like that had been postponed until we had our coaches meeting in May, allow all the coaches to voice their feelings and have the potential to maybe explore other options," Fisher said. "It's very obvious we're all better at home than we are on the road, and it gives UNLV a huge home-court advantage.
"If we want to say we're all competing on an even playing field, we're not. And we're playing to get in the NCAA Tournament. Vegas this year has been sensational at home. I'm not happy with it. I'm sure there are other coaches in our league who are not happy with it."
SDSU at UNLV
Site/time: Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas/6 p.m. Saturday.
TV/radio: NBC Sports Network/600-AM, 101.5-FM.
Records: SDSU is 18-6, 6-4; UNLV is 18-7, 5-5.
Last time: UNLV won 82-75 at Viejas Arena on Jan. 16 to hand SDSU its only home loss of the season. Anthony Bennett led the Rebels with 20 points, eight rebounds and five assists.
Aztecs outlook: No team has had more recent success at the Mack than SDSU, which is 12-4 there in the previous five years. That includes the Mountain West tournament and three wins against UNLV in the regular season. Two areas to watch in this meeting: tempo and ball screens. The Rebels, infused with the energy of an expected sellout, will try to push the pace and dare the Aztecs to run with them. The game also matches maybe the conference's best ball screen offense (SDSU) against one of the best defending it (UNLV). Franklin had a big game against the Rebels last month (27 points on 9-of-21 shooting), but he has gone cold lately, shooting 32.3 percent in the seven games since (30 of 93). Xavier Thames has gone from missing two weeks to playing 13 minutes against Fresno State to 21 at Colorado State. The Aztecs, No. 22 in the USA Today coaches poll, probably need a win to maintain their 27-week streak of being ranked in one of the two major polls.
Rebels outlook: UNLV coach Dave Rice has uncanny success against SDSU. In the last six seasons, Rice teams are 10-4 against the Aztecs – as the lead assistant at BYU or head coach at UNLV. "It was great for us to go in and win in Viejas Arena," Rice said. "Anytime you do that, it's something special. And yet the fact that we did that will probably make San Diego State even more motivated." A key factor in that game was Rice's decision to go small late in the game with four guards plus 6-9 Pitt transfer Khem Birch, leaving freshman Anthony Bennett (17.8 ppg, 8.6 rpg) and Mike Moser on the bench. Freshman G Katin Reinhardt (10 ppg) hurt his shoulder in the 71-56 loss at Air Force on Wednesday and is questionable. UNLV's only home loss this season was 83-79 to Oregon.


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Yanks put Boesch through wringer in drills at first
CLEVELAND -- Brennan Boesch said the last time he played first base was in high school, but he has been taking a crash course at the position this week under the instruction of infield coach Mick Kelleher.
Having played only outfield in his professional career, Boesch slumped in his locker chair and said that he could "barely walk" after Kelleher's latest intensive session on Tuesday at Progressive Field, which consisted of peppering the 27-year-old with dozens of hot shots down the line.
"It's been a while; just trying to knock the rust off," Boesch said. "The coaching staff is helping me get comfortable there in case I'm needed in a situation. It's getting better every day, but you guys are used to [Mark] Teixeira out there.
"I've got him at least to help me out in the meantime. It's fun. It's a new challenge -- as if in baseball you need a new challenge, but here you go. It's another one for me."
Manager Joe Girardi said that the Yankees are trying to increase Boesch's versatility, but they are not looking to replace Lyle Overbay against right-handed pitching. Girardi also said that in the event of an injury, he'd be more likely to use Kevin Youkilis or Jayson Nix at first base right now.
"I'm not saying that I plan on throwing [Boesch] out there anytime soon, but I think the more flexibility you get as we watch him progress and take a lot more grounders, it might work," Girardi said.
Girardi said that Kelleher had to start with the basic fundamentals for Boesch, who has borrowed one of Overbay's spare gloves for the assignment.
"The footwork is pretty precise," Boesch said. "[Some people] think if you just throw a big guy over there, he's going to block the ball, but there's a lot more precision. You watch Tex take ground balls over there, the footwork is very precise where he's setting up to get the hop every time. That's why he's the Gold Glover that he is."
Boesch said that Teixeira has been "like the most positive guy ever" in discussing the position with him. Teixeira said that the main point he wanted to stress to Boesch was to not put too much pressure on himself and try to have fun with it.
"He's got a lot of talent," Teixeira said. "He's got a lot of natural ability that I think will progress into being a good first baseman. Being a natural left-hander, it's good. You have a guy who has nice long arms who, if he has to throw the ball to second base, he's got that left-handed throw. That makes it easier."
Bryan Hoch is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @bryanhoch and read his MLBlog, Bombers Beat. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.