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Hot Toys continues to impress fans of their ongoing line of Cosbabys with the addition of new, fan-favorite characters from Iron Man 2, including numerous Iron Man figures, War Machine, Black Widow, Nick Fury, Whiplash, and even a chase/variant Rhodey in Iron Man Mk 2 Armor.
Each figure is blind-boxed in a small card stock box featuring graphics from the film as well as photos of each of the eight figures on the sides. The box isn't very durable and can be dented easily, but the form-fitting plastic container inside protects each figure and ensures it isn't harmed. While many American collectors probably hate the blind-box and would no doubt prefer a carded version, this allows for an air of mystery in the purchase and "hunt" for each figure. Sadly, the packaging isn't very mint-in-box collector friendly as it's nearly impossible to tell which figure is inside each box without opening it.
Each Cosbaby features a unique sculpt replicating the basic look of each character from the film. Fans of deformed figures will appreciate these designer figures as their near 1/6th scale heads fit atop a small, 2" tall body. This style/look has been done numerous times by various companies and will probably appeal to fans of Bobble-heads, Might Muggs, Mez-Itz, and BATSU style figures.
What's so impressive about the Cosbabys is their minute attention to detail. Each figure includes small, sculpted details - like Black Widow's pouches, War Machine's guns, and even Whiplash's whips and Arc Reactor. The fact that each figure essentially uses the same basic body design shows an incredible amount of genius by Hot Toys in the company's ability to create so many characters and figures out of a similar template.
The paint on each figure is done brilliantly, in simple colors that both stand out and define the individual characters. The metallic red of Iron Man's armor; Black Widow's blue eyes, red hair and green utility belt (above); and even the Arc Reactor and small tattoo's on Whiplash are all present and perfectly captured. There's no bleeding, smudging, or unpainted portions; each figure is uniformly and accurately detailed.
Because each figure essentially shares the same basic body, the articulation on each figure is the same. Each figure features ball-in-socket joints at the neck/head, shoulders, hips, and feet. Likewise, the wrists feature a twist joint which allows for hand mobility. While they're not the most movable of figures, they don't need to be...especially when their made specifically not for play, but display.
Most Cosbaby figures runs about $8.00 to $10.00, depending on the retailer and the specific series. Most fans should be able to find each of the Iron Man 2 Cosbaby figures on sale for around $10 each, though the chase Rhodey in Mark II Armor can reach upwards of $30 on the secondary market.
Fans of previous Cosbaby series - including the Iron Man, Disney Friends, Pirates of the Caribbean, Alien vs. Predator, and even the forthcoming Toy Story lines - might consider picking these up as an addition to the ongoing toy line. Likewise, die-hard Iron Man fans may be interested in these oddly attractive little collectibles based on their favorite characters. And, of course, many urban vinyl and designer vinyl-type collectors may find themselves draw to these little figures with big heads.
Not all fans can afford Hot Toys Movie Masterpiece line of figures and, while the Cosbaby line isn't really an alternative, it's nice to see Hot Toys continuing to produce a line of figures that - for most collectors and fans - is affordable.
The Iron Man 2 Cosbaby line is available now wherever fine figures are sold.
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bambang wrote:Isn't it a crime to kill someone else?
Dixie wrote:We want them alive but we cannot have them and they do not want to live anymore...
Dixie wrote:You talk as if you were preaching. Sometimes you should remember that not everyone shares your beliefs. To me, there's no god, energy or something similiar right above us.
Dixie wrote:You're right, living is not a choice, nobody choses when they are born. But saying that "living is an obligation" sounds really strong, to me.
Dixie wrote:How do you know that "euthanasia is not the solution to the suffering"? Are you a doctor? Do you know anyone who's been in that situation? My answers are no, of course. So I cannot know for sure.
Dixie wrote:But I do know that if someone is in great pain and they cannot survive, why prolong it? I'm sure you get my point.
bambang wrote:When we're in great pain, we should still be optimistic, in my opinion. Nobody knows whether or not we're gonna survive. But one thing for sure "Don't ever give up hope"! when we are doing our best to survive even in great pain doesn't mean that we're prolonging the pain.
melek wrote:really very problematic issue.recently I have read the article about it.One Armenian doctor (I dont remember his name) killed some of his patients.I'm completely against it.God gave us life & only he can take it back.There is such saying 'if God gave disaster,he will give a remedy' about that doctor I want to add that it was considered as a crime & was arrested.
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Monday, September 9, 2013
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Washington, D.C. - On September 9, U.S.Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Rajiv Shah traveled to Arkansas. During his visit, he signed a memorandum of understanding with Walmart and the Walmart Foundation that will improve livelihoods around the world by promoting women's economic empowerment, sustainable agriculture, environmental sustainability and vocational and life skills training for youth.
Dr. Shah also met with Walmart senior executive leaders. "We are excited about this latest landmark in our relationship with Walmart. Our global partnership is emblematic of USAID's new model of development and our commitment to work with private sector companies to end extreme poverty around the world," stated Rajiv Shah, USAID Administrator, at a ceremony held at Walmart's headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas.
In the afternoon, the Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences at the University of Arkansas' "Food for Thought" lecture series featured Administrator Shah as the speaker. The lecture, titled, "Partnering with the Private Sector: A New Model of Development" focused on how public-private partnerships are critical to transforming what is possible to achieve in development. From local partnerships with entrepreneurs to global alliances on food security, energy, and education, public-private partnerships are forming the foundation of a new model for development to lead the world in efforts to end extreme poverty.
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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- I fully recognize that, despite all the noise, Apple ( AAPL) still dominates. I spend meaty chunks of my day expressing this opinion.But that reality means nothing to Wall Street, the financial media and public opinion. Tim Cook has lost control of the conversation. Fair or unfair, it is what it is. Cook needs to reestablish control as soon as possible, assuming he ever had control in the first place and he's capable of regaining it.
Because there's a good chance that, soon, perception and reality will no longer be in Apple's favor. When that happens, all hell could really break loose. In other words, while you still actually do dominate, effectively make the case that mindshare matters more than marketshare and do a better job illustrating the reality that Apple could have 80% market share in everything. Tomorrow.
As much as I subscribe to the notion that Tim Cook has a company to run, I also realize he has to play the game. He must, like Steve Jobs did, manage the stock price and public perception while making it appear as if he is not managing the stock price and public perception. Running a company like Apple is as much about participating in the theatre of rhetoric as it is running a company like Apple. If Cook cannot own the debate, he becomes a liability. He's great behind the scenes managing the supply chain, but he's no different than the folks who have always done excellent work in Apple's marketing department. We're seeing what happens when a Steve Jobs' lieutenant takes the reigns as CEO over at JCPenney ( JCP). And it's not going well at all. Enter one of my favorite Jobs' quotes from Adam Lashinsky's "Inside Apple":
You worry about the back covers, I'll worry about the front covers.That's what Jobs told his marketing people. And it applies to what we're dealing with here. Tim Cook is not a front cover guy. He's a back cover guy. Again, for better or worse, that's how it is. And Apple needs to deal with it. If Cook can't step up, the board needs to make a move.


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Vitamin D for the Treatment of Women With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)
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|Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
|Dietary Supplement: Vitamin D Drug: Placebo
|Phase 1 Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double (Participant, Investigator)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Vitamin D Supplementation in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: a Randomized Controlled Trial.
- The primary outcome will be to determine if vitamin D reduces insulin resistance compared to placebo [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]
- Reduced Inflammation [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]
- Improvement in psychological health and overall well-being [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]
|Study Start Date:
|May 2009
|Study Completion Date:
|September 2014
|Primary Completion Date:
|February 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Experimental: Viatmin D
Dietary Supplement: Vitamin D
Vitamin D 300 mcg by mouth once daily for 12 weeks
|Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Drug: Placebo
Placebo by mouth once daily for 12 weeks
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As many cells throughout the body possess the vitamin D receptor, adequate vitamin D levels may be essential for multiple physiologic functions. In recent years, vitamin D insufficiency has been linked to insulin resistance, inflammation, poor psychological health, obesity, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease - these are also commonly found in women with Polycystic Ovary syndrome (PCOS). We believe that vitamin D insufficiency contributes to insulin resistance, inflammation, and psychological distress in women with PCOS. These adverse effects may ultimately increase the risk for serious long-term complications in PCOS, including type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The key objectives of this research study are to determine the effects of vitamin D supplementation on insulin resistance, inflammation, mood and overall well-being in women with PCOS.
The protocol has been modified by adding the following specific aim: To compare vascular function in healthy age and BMI similar matched women to PCOS women pre-treatment. Our hypothesis is that PCOS women will have greater attenuations in retinal vascular reactivity compared to healthy control women, demonstrating poorer endothelial function. We are currently recruiting healthy women who are age and BMI similar to the PCOS women and measure their retinal vascular reactivity for comparisons to the PCOS women's pre-treatment vascular reactivity. These healthy women will only have a baseline visit in which retinal vascular reactivity will be measured. They will not be enrolled in the placebo or Vitamin D randomization process as described above.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 45 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
Diagnosis of PCOS based on:
- Eight or fewer menstrual periods per year or spontaneous intermenstrual periods of greater than or equal to 45 days, and
- Elevated testosterone levels
Exclusion Criteria:
- Current Pregnancy or Nursing
- Elevated calcium
- Kidney Stones or kidney disease
- Current use of vitamin D (other than a multivitamin)
- Use of metformin or other insulin sensitizing drugs in the last 3 months
- Elevated prolactin or untreated thyroid disease
- Diabetes, Liver disease, Heart disease, or other serious medical condition
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00907153
|United States, Pennsylvania
|Penn State College of Medicine, Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical Center
|Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States, 17033
|Principal Investigator:
|Nazia Raja-Khan, M.D.
|Penn State College of Medicine, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
|Responsible Party:
|Nazia Raja-Khan, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00907153 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|May 21, 2009
|Last Updated:
|September 17, 2014
Keywords provided by Nazia Raja-Khan, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center:
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Vitamin D
Insulin resistance
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Pathologic Processes
Ovarian Cysts
Ovarian Diseases
Adnexal Diseases
Genital Diseases, Female
Gonadal Disorders
Endocrine System Diseases
Vitamin D
Growth Substances
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Bone Density Conservation Agents
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SMC improves to 3-7 with the win, while UC Riverside dropped to 3-8 on the season.
In doubles play, the Gaels got two quick wins on courts two and three to win the first point of the day. Saad Benkirane and Maxime Olivan improved to 2-1 together this season with an 8-1 win over Jimmy Roberts and Kevin Griffin. Sherif Hamdy and Seif El Sherbini also claimed an 8-1 win on court three, defeating Luis Gastao and Simon Peters.
Hamdy earned a quick 6-0, 6-0 win on court two to improve to a team-best 6-4 in singles play this season. Olivan defeated Felix Macherez on court one, 6-2, 6-0, while Joakim Norstrom topped Gustao 6-1, 6-2 on court four.
El Sherbini got a 6-2, 6-1 win over Peters on court five, and Samuel Bloore rounded out the Gaels' wins, defeating Kelly Dickson 6-4, 6-1 on court six.
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U.S. Cartoons Came from Communist Czechoslovakia
In the 1960s, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Paramount Pictures and other U.S. studios produced Tom & Jerry and Popeye the Sailor Man cartoons behind the Iron Curtain — at the animation movie studio Bratri v Triku in Prague. Smelling greenbacks, Czechoslovak communists put ideology aside to bring in hard-currency revenue.
The U.S. studios were building on skills the Czechoslovak animation industry had developed already in the 1950s when a Czech animator created the hugely popular Little Mole, whose plush toy replica will soon travel on Space Shuttle Endeavour. Gene Deitch, Oscar-winning American filmmaker, used those skills to produce household-name U.S. cartoons in the then-Communist Czechoslovakia.
"We could do a cartoon film (in Czechoslovakia) for about $1,000 or $1,200 a minute then, or about 10% of U.S. costs in those days," Mr. Deitch told WSJ New Europe last week in his Prague apartment nested in a building on the foothill of the sloping Petrin park.


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Congrats on making it this far.
I just finished my 3rd year, but I have two to go.
I ended up with a 3.35GPA this semester; which I'm happy with.
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Congrats on making it this far.
I just finished my 3rd year, but I have two to go.
I ended up with a 3.35GPA this semester; which I'm happy with.
What's your major?
You, Never? Did the Kenosha Kid?
School is for losers!
.... Reading this made me think to finally get on blackboard and check my grades from this last semester.
Bio 111: A
Astronomy II: B
World History II: A
Oral Communication (Which, ironically enough, was an online class): B
This was my second full time semester too, so it looks like we're in the same boat. Which is good, cause that means I have an emergency food supply.
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Yep, I just got my grades, straight A's throughout my entire first year. And I made the Dean's List both semesters. And I still hate college. Of course as a commuter student I treat college as high school.
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What did you study and what do you think you want to do?Originally Posted by btowncoltThis quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I hate A- grade. We had it instituted, and because of it I couldn't get a 4.0. GRRR
Don't ask Marvin Harrison what he did during the bye week. "Batman never told where the Bat Cave is," he explained.
Congrats btown. Maybe you should forget DC and head on to New York and become a writer for Letterman. I will be very interested in your search and how it turns out. In fact, I will be interested in all the new college grads searches. My daughter also just graduated from nursing school and got hired the day after her graduation. So I'm really interested in how everything goes for everyone.
The best exercise of the human heart is reaching down and picking someone else up.
Well I just Graduated from College as well (about three weeks ago) and am stil looking for employment. You would think that they would take a Theatre Major/Poly Sci minor seariously
PACER FAN ON STRIKE!!!-The moment the Pacers fire Larry Bird I will cheer for them again.


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With those shots he's digging my grave too.
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With those shots he's digging my grave too.
Fun fact: The pacers have only allowed 100 or more points 6 times this year. Only once since Dec. 9th.
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Threw glimpses at the match as I watching NFL playoffs (and Peyton's loss ). From the stats seems West, Hill and Lance dominated. Very happy with the win and Lance scored a couple of beauties as i noticed. The record keeps going on and on and i really love that. Do we know if Paul is available for tomorrow or it will be decided shortly before the match?
Edit: Some teams are really having some crazy ups and downs. Chicago won yesterday at New York much easier than the score suggested and tonight they lose at home against Phoenix quite easily as well.
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Chicago is a strange team, very good on the road, mediocre at home. Strange considering they sell out most of their games.
J.O. and Ron-Ron were also in together one year IIRC
David West interview:
Most important is how positive he was about Granger. It seems the team has a timertable for his return even if it's not public.
Yeah, definitely not. If he were Brandon Rush he'd be both taking less threes and making them at a much higher percentage.
I'd guess that if Green could put up the numbers coming off the bench that Rush did out west last year we'd all be pretty happy with him. Kind of funny, eh?
Year Team G GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% OFF DEF RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG
Ack, I just looked and Gerald is shooting even worse than I thought - .362 overall and .311 from behind the arc:
Season Team G GS MPG FG% 3p% FT% OFF DEF RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG 12-13 IND 35 5 21.4 0.362 0.314 0.775 0.7 2.1 2.8 0.7 0.2 0.4 1.2 1.3 7.2
P.S. I'm not arguing we shouldn't have traded Rush. That ship has sailed and he needed a change of scenery. Still, who thought Green would look inferior to Rush in pretty much every area except dunks when we first signed him? I didn't.
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"Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better." - Albert Camus
"Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well." - Voltaire
"Everyone's values are defined by what they will tolerate when it is done to others." - William Greider
Ash from Army of Darkness: Good...Bad...I'm the guy with the gun.
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I get that they were hitting some of them and that the Bobcats are a horrific perimeter defending Team....but I thought we could have let up on taking so many 3pt Attempts.
I am really hoping that West and Hibbert are able to come back at some point to provide a decent to solid low-post offensive presence just to keep the opposing Team's Defense honest. We got lucky with hitting so many 3pt shot attempts....but we won't be playing horrific defensive teams like the Bobcats all season long.
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Ash from Army of Darkness: Good...Bad...I'm the guy with the gun.
fashionably late
If games are won and lost on a calculator and piece of paper, then why do we bother to play them?
Everyone seems to be forgetting the year JO and Brad miller made the all star team together
Lifelong pacers fan
"Nobody wants to play against Tyler Hansbrough NO BODY!" ~ Frank Vogel
"And David put his hand in the bag and took out a stone and slung it. And it struck the Philistine on the head and he fell to the ground. Amen. "
Agreed. Someone should teach him how to fake a 3pt shot and drive to the hoop.
Also....someone is going to have to tell me.....were the 3pt attempts that he took considered "good shot selection"?
Ash from Army of Darkness: Good...Bad...I'm the guy with the gun.
"Nobody wants to play against Tyler Hansbrough NO BODY!" ~ Frank Vogel
"And David put his hand in the bag and took out a stone and slung it. And it struck the Philistine on the head and he fell to the ground. Amen. "
follow me @TruenoPanda - lets talk Pacers!
This space for rent.
Coach Vogel's desicion to keep Mahimi in to guard the PnR is just another reason I think Vogel is a top three coach in the East.
I will be interested to see how our bench plays on the road. I think they get the biggest boast from it. Also I am very worried about our odds against Deron Williams and Joe Johnson if PG isn't back to lock somebody down.
"There is a time to play and a time to win. It is what you do during winning time that differentiates the average players from stars."
~Ahmad Rashad~
Truthfully I don't mind Gerald Green shooting as much as he does. He doesn't do much else that well, so might as well get value out of him while he's on the floor. You know, use a hammer like a hammer. It's just that he's so quick, athletic, and has a great mid range shot. He needs to get closer to the basket.
He's had open shots all season. At what point does he accept that last year's magic is gone and he shouldn't be taking this many three pointers?
Ash from Army of Darkness: Good...Bad...I'm the guy with the gun.
Tonight, all flags must burn, in place of steeples.
Autonomy must return into the hands of the people.


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Another consideration is the cost of ink and toner. A laser printer's toner cartridge typically lasts far longer than the smaller cartridges that come with inkjet printers, but you may end up spending more on replacement parts over time. The printing cost-per-page is typically lower for laser printers but if you're only printing black and white, then an inkjet's cost-per-page isn't much higher. Inkjet cartridges are small and don't last as long as a laser toner cartridge, so the cost of replacement cartridges can add up over the life of your printer.
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ORLANDO, Fla. - Health officials in Central Florida -- and across the country -- are scrambling as they try to stop a major flu outbreak.
It's killed at least 18 people nationwide and sickened hundreds of thousands more. The outbreak has forced the mayor to issue a state of emergency for Boston.
Local 6 is learning that it is one of the worst flu seasons in a decade and it is growing in Central Florida.
"Right now were seeing it about a month early right now," said Centra Care's Dr. Tim Hendricks. "We are also seeing record numbers of influenza patients here at Centra Care."
Dr. Hendricks says at Centra Care, peak season meant 150 visits a week for the flu, he says this season they are averaging 600 visits a week.
"There is just a lot of buzz right now about the flu," said Dr. Hendricks.
Pharmacists say they have seen more and more people to fill Tamiflu prescriptions, an anti-viral medication that kills the virus.
Tammy Connors of Sanford told Local 6 she has been sick with the flu this week.
"Body aches, chills, then hot, and sweats, couldn't sleep, horrible cough," said Connors.
On Thursday. she took her two boys to the Centra Care in Sanford.
"We called their pediatrician go get flu shots there, and they don't even have anymore," said Connors. "They said they're completely out of flu shots and they won't be getting anymore, so they sent us here."
Numbers from the Centers for Disease Control website show that Florida is one of 29 states that is showing "high" flu like activity this year.
In the state, 20 counties are showing moderate flu-like activity, which is the second highest level. Those counties include Orange, Brevard, Osceola and Seminole.
A flu advisory report from the CDC, which goes through December 23 to 29, says that 41 states had widespread influenza activity, an increase of 10 states from the previous week.
Numbers have not been this high since 2009 when the H1N1 pandemic was under way.
Flu season is unpredictable and people throughout the area and nationwide saw it starting in late November, earlier than usual.
Clerks at Walgreens say they have seen a number of people coming in for over-the-counter medicines, but doctors said those medications only help with the symptons, which include fever or feeling feverish, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, muscle or body aches, headaches and fatigue. Some people may also have vomiting and diarrhea, though this is more common in children than adults.
Doctors at Centra Care stress that the flu can often be confused with the common cold. The key difference is that the flu often includes fever and a miserable feeling.
You can get a flu vaccine for about $25 at urgent care centers and local pharmacies. It takes about two weeks after vaccination for antibodies to develop in the body and provide protection against the flu.
The vaccines are tailored to the year's strains so it allows it to be more effective.
The CDC will issue an update on the flu situation Friday.
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There's a lot to be said for learning from real life versus a text book. The staff and faculty at Arizona State University's School of Life Sciences (SOLS) took the "seeing is believing" approach to education one step further, and last year initiated a class that allowed ASU students to explore the jungles of Panama without having to leave Tempe, Arizona. Not only that, they were guided by leading research scientists and experts from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's facilities on Barro Colorado Island, in the middle of the Panama Canal!
Though the planning of this ASU-SOLS-Smithsonian virtual classroom project went smoothly, there was one major hitch. Where could they find a video communications and collaboration solution that would allow students and faculty at ASU to connect easily and with exceptional (not just "good enough") quality, to experts in these remote tropical areas? When Charles Kazilek, SOLS Director of Technology Integration and Outreach, discovered Vidyo, he was thrilled.
According to Kazilek, "We needed to demonstrate to our team at SOLS that our solution could be taken to extreme limits and still work to the standards that we required. We needed to link telepresence to scientists in remote areas… environments that required something very flexible, very portable… something that actually works. We wanted to see how far we could penetrate literally into the jungle and bring back that experience to our students. We wanted to see how far we could push Vidyo. Could we run it on 3G? Can we get it into the jungle? Can we get it into the middle of an island in the middle of the Panama Canal? What we found is – YES we can!"
Pretty incredible – but don't take our word for it. Check out this great video that documents Vidyo's important role in the ASU-STRI project and see for yourself!
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Hi all,
Happy to stumble upon this board. I use to visit e-sangha until it became defunct, cannot remember what my handle was there. In any case, I live in India and look forward to interacting with all of you on meditation and dhamma related issues, and how to live a dhammic life, especially.


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Harry Styles Is Grilled by GQ, Admits to Having Less Than 100 Sexual Partners
Harry Styles of One Direction is 19, but he is the heartthrobbiest in a group of heartthrobs, so it's no surprise that his sexuality came up not once but twice in the band's British GQ cover feature. First, his bisexuality was questioned, which he shot down. Now, it appears that the journalist grilled the teen over how many sexual partners he has had. You stay classy, GQ.
The tag reads "It's definitely less than 100″ on Harry's own cover. It's actually way less than that. Hazza claims only two lovely ladies have had the pleasure. He's still somewhat pure, provided that he gave up the correct digits.
With girls like Taylor Swift throwing themselves at Styles' well-loafered feet, he has no trouble attracting potential partners. However, there is also the usage of a quote from Daft Punk's 'Get Lucky' – which is "He's up all night to get lucky" and can also be construed as a reference to 1D's first album title — that has stirred the pot because it suggests or misleads one into thinking that Harry is somewhat promiscuous.
In the piece, the writer muses:
It comes as no surprise that Styles is, of course, fiercely protected by the 1D team. And as I'm waiting to meet the three remaining members, I get the distinct impression that the whole group-interview scenario is more for Styles' benefit than anyone else. Of course, the gods have a punchy way to deliver happenstance. And this morning for GQ at least, it comes in the form of a road-traffic accident inside the Blackwall Tunnel, the main traffic artery from inner London to the O2. This means that although Harry made it through, the other two, Louis and Zayn, are held up. Harry is, at least for a glimmer, all by himself, alone.
With Hazza exposed and unprotected – not that way!! — without his mates, the bizarre line of sexual questioning began. The poor boy was grilled.
The transcript is as follows (courtesy of Perez Hilton):
GQ: Do you know how many people you've slept with?
Harry: I know the number of people I've slept with, yes.
GQ: What is that number?
Harry: I'm definitely not telling you!
GQ: Can you give me a rough, ballpark figure?
Harry: No!
GQ: Say "yes" or "no". Less than 100?
Harry: No!
GQ: So higher than 100?
Harry: No, it's definitely less than 100…
GQ: Lower than 50?
Harry: Yes, lower than 50.
GQ: Lower than 30?
Harry: I'm not doing this! You're cornering me!
GQ: Come on you're a rock star. OK, less than 10.
Harry: Yes. Two people. I've only ever had sex with two people.
GQ: I don't believe you.
Harry: Well, that's my answer. Read from it what you will!
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In Ancient Egypt, a captive Ethiopian princess, Aida, is torn between her love for the Egyptian commander Radames and her loyalty to her own father and country. The lovers must fend off the schemes of a fiercely jealous Egyptian princess and decide whether true love trumps honor and duty. This 19th-century masterpiece proves that a pyramid may be the greatest love triangle of all!
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World Premiere: Khedivial Opera House, Cairo, Egypt, December 24, 1871
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In ancient Egypt, near the royal palace at Memphis, Radamès learns from the high priest, Ramfis, that Ethiopia soon may bring war to the Nile valley. The young officer hopes he will be chosen as commander of the army, envisioning triumph so he can free his beloved Aida, Ethiopian slave of the proud Princess Amneris. Amneris, who herself loves Radamès, jealously senses his feelings for Aida when the three meet. A procession led by the King arrives to confirm that the Ethiopians are advancing on Thebes. He appoints the jubilant Radamès as Egyptian commander, at which shouts of victory fill the air. Left alone, Aida is torn between her love for Radamès and for her native land: though now a slave, she is in fact the daughter of Amonasro, king of Ethiopia. She prays to the gods for mercy.
In the temple, as priestesses chant the praises of Ptah, priests consecrate Radamès' sword in a sacred ritual.
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Ethiopia has been defeated. Amneris, entertained by slaves, prepares for Radamès' triumphal entry into Thebes. When Aida approaches, the princess dismisses her other attendants and tries to learn Aida's private thoughts, first pretending Radamès is dead, then saying he is still alive. Certain from Aida's reactions — horror, followed by joy — that her slave loves Radamès, Amneris leaves for the festivities. Aida reiterates her prayers.
At the city gates, victory is celebrated in parade and dance, a ceremony observed by the King and Amneris. Radamès is borne in and crowned with a victor's wreath. Captured Ethiopians follow, among them Amonasro, Aida's father, who signals her not to betray his identity as king. Impressed by Amonasro's eloquent plea, Radamès asks as his reward that the priests' death sentence on the prisoners be overruled and that they be freed. The King grants this, as well as Amneris' hand, but keeps Amonasro in custody.
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On a moonlit bank of the Nile, Amneris is led by Ramfis to a temple of Isis for a wedding vigil. Nearby, waiting for Radamès, Aida is overcome with nostalgia for her homeland. Amonasro, who suddenly appears, preys on these feelings, forcing his daughter to agree to ask Radamès where the Egyptian army plans to enter Ethiopia. This she does when Radamès appears, ardent with dreams of their future life together. Just as he reveals the military secret, Amonasro steps out of hiding, and Ramfis and Amneris come forth from the temple. While Aida escapes with her father, Radamès surrenders to the priests as a traitor.
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In a temple of judgment, awaiting trial, Radamès is unmoved by Amneris' offer to save him if he will renounce Aida and marry her. When he is led away, Amneris' pride dissolves, her love for Radamès revealed by her agony in hearing him condemned to death. Enraged, the princess curses the judges. Buried alive in a crypt, Radamès is joined by Aida, who has hidden there to share his fate. The lovers bid farewell to earth as Amneris, above the tomb, prays for peace.
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A state panel has sent more than 2,500 letters to medical professionals across West Virginia, warning that their patients could be "doctor shopping" for prescription drugs.
A state Board of Pharmacy "review committee" recently distributed the notices, after the panel identified 176 people who have received pain-pill prescriptions from 13 or more doctors over the past 12 months.
One West Virginia man picked up such prescriptions from 34 separate doctors during the past year.
In the letters, the panel urges doctors to check a multi-state electronic database — called the Controlled Substance Monitoring Program —to see whether their patients have secured prescriptions for controlled substances from other medical professionals.
"Our goal is to reduce the 'doctor shoppers,' "said Mike Goff, an administrator at the state pharmacy board. "A lot of these people are getting through the cracks because not everybody is using the monitoring program regularly."
The committee also has notified law enforcement agencies about dozens of people who visited an excessive number of doctors who wrote prescriptions for pain pills, such as hydrocodone and oxycodone. State law prohibits the panel from releasing the names of the patients and doctors, Goff said.
"These people are seeing doctors and pharmacists all over the place," said Goff, who oversees the monitoring program, which tracks the proliferation of controlled substances. "These are individuals who try to snow people."
This year, the pharmacy board is playing a more active role in trying to curb West Virginia's problem with prescription drugs. West Virginia has the highest drug overdose death rate in the nation.
West Virginia pharmacies fill more than 5 million prescriptions for controlled substances - mostly narcotics - each year.
All West Virginia medical professionals who write prescriptions must register their names with the Controlled Substance Monitoring Program.
The pharmacy board upgraded the program last July, after state lawmakers passed Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's sweeping substance abuse bill that aimed to reduce West Virginia's prescription painkiller epidemic.
Tomblin's bill established committees that have reviewed hundreds of patient records and spotlighted people who go to multiple doctors for powerful narcotics.
According to a recent report, 40 people received prescriptions from 18 or more different medical providers, and 262 individuals got prescriptions from a dozen or more doctors during the past year.
"We're encouraging the use of the monitoring program because we believe that the more people who use it the less folks will be able to get these excessive prescriptions," Goff said. "If the prescribers, as well as the pharmacists who fill the prescriptions ... if everyone looked at the monitoring program, it would be really tough for a person to go in and get multiple, overlapping prescriptions."
Nearly 8,000 people picked up pain-pill prescriptions from six or more different physicians, which amounted to more than 50,000 office visits, according to the report.
"We don't have the staff to send out 50,000 letters," Goff said.
Law enforcement officers don't automatically arrest people who the panel "red flags" for visiting numerous doctors and getting prescriptions for painkillers, Goff said.
The database reports show patients' and doctors' names, and the pharmacy that filled the prescription.
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The used clothing drive, sponsored by the Yolo County Public Defender's Office, has officially come to a close.
Everything collected was sold by the pound to California Clothing Recyclers and 100 percent of the proceeds went directly to Fourth & Hope, Woodland's only cold weather homeless shelter whose mission is to change lives by providing a continuum of care for hungry and homeless individuals and families.
So much was collected in the first few weeks of the clothing drive that the Public Defender's Office quickly ran out of room to store everything. The Yolo County Sheriff's Department stepped in, graciously offering space in the adjacent holding facility to be used for storage.
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The Woodland and Davis police departments each spread the word about the fundraiser and also donated clothing by the truck-full. Yolo County and Yolo Superior Court employees, along with local residents donated bag upon bag of clothing and other items as well.
"I knew we were going to raise money for a worthy cause, but what I didn't anticipate was how many people would benefit from this project," said Olson. "For instance, when Davis's Short Term Emergency Aid Committee decided to close its clothing pantry, Board President Cass Sylvia was instrumental in making the connection between STEAC and the fundraiser. We were not only able to help STEAC, but we were also able to ensure STEAC's clothing was used as intended, to help people."
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"The money we raised isn't going to solve the homelessness problem in Yolo County, but hopefully it will bring some comfort to those in our community who are struggling the most," said Olson. "As James Baldwin once wrote: 'Anyone who has struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.'"


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text: Junior League celebrates 90 years of service to Charleston By Rosalie Earle October 19, 2013 Story Share Chris Dorst Material from Junior League's archives spanning 90 years will be displayed at a celebration Saturday. Enjoying the group's history are (from left): Megan Alldridge, League president; Tara Markham, membership vice president; Alice Abernethy, Libby Beury and Connie Hamrick, all sustainers; and Kortney Major, president-elect. Chris Dorst A photograph of Mrs. Walter Clark, the first president of Junior League of Charleston, is seen at left. Programs from balls during the 1940s feature members as pin-up girls and servicemen as stars. Chris Dorst Alice Abernethy holds a program displaying the names of men who paid to publish their signatures, which got them "out of the doghouse." Chris Dorst This photograph of the Kanawha Skeet Club was in one of the Junior League scrapbooks. Pictured are (from left): Mrs. Irvin L. Murray, Mrs. John C. Morrison, Mrs. Charles F. Howard and Mrs. Tom Horn. CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Some things have changed since the Junior League of Charleston was founded in 1923.For instance, all the current active members work full time whereas Libby Beury was the only one of nine new members who worked outside the home when she joined in 1969.And some things haven't changed in the past 90 years. Lifelong friendships are still being made as members work on projects together.League president Megan Alldridge and Tara Markham were, and are, co-workers at United Bank and joined the service organization at the same time. "But we bonded over filling those shoe boxes," laughed Markham, referring to a Christmas project for low-income children. Alldridge was Markham's maid of honor in her June wedding.Several active and sustainer League members recently met at the home of Connie Hamrick, where they browsed through scrapbooks that have been newly assembled to showcase at the League's 90th anniversary celebration Saturday in the Clay Center's Walker Theater.The scrapbooks are filled with photographs, invitations, event programs and many newspaper clippings.In the early years, the League was populated with wives and daughters of prominent Charleston families, so the society pages reported their every activity. One 1937 article from The Daily Mail ran the baby photographs of the members. Another clip showed four members with their shotguns who belonged to the Kanawha Skeet Club.For about 20 years, the League raised money for its projects with an annual ball that always had a theme. For the Bowery ball, guests dressed in Gay 90s attire and in the program for the Country Fair year, women are photographed in straw hats or bonnets as the "Hired Help."Alice Abernethy was amused by a page in the programs that husbands had paid to sign. Their signatures got them out of the doghouse for a year. Saturday's affair won't be a fundraiser, president-elect Kortney Major said. Rather, it will be a chance to socialize, to exchange stories "and to toot our own horn," she said, pointing out that the League has contributed much to Charleston for 90 years.The first major service project that the 30 charter members undertook in 1923 was establishing a Well Baby Clinic at Tiskelwah School. And because they owned cars, Junior Leaguers served as drivers for public health nurses and juvenile court workers.Over the years, many of the League's undertakings have focused on children from early involvement at the Davis Child Shelter to starting a clinic for crippled children. Usually the programs initiated by the League eventually were turned over to other groups to operate.That's the case with the Children's Theatre of Charleston, started in 1933, and the Boys and Girls Club, started in 1943. A children's museum, first at the old Charleston library and then for years at Sunrise, was a League project until combined with the Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences 10 years ago. A representative of the League still serves on the board of Daymark, which operates three programs for youth in crisis and which the League helped establish in 1974. The League's partnership with CAMC in establishing the Ronald McDonald House is the project that Abernethy said she is proudest to have worked on. She spoke to other organizations to gain support for the house and trained volunteers to work there.Beury cited the ambitious project the League tackled in 1970, building 75 low-income apartments for Vandalia Terrace. "We stuck with it until it opened," she said, referring to the years of litigation over construction problems. Some of those accomplishments will likely be touched upon on Saturday. Kathleen Demro, an at-large director with the National Association of Junior Leagues, will also attend the celebration.Today, the League isn't taking on such time-consuming projects -- or fundraisers. It no longer holds balls or lecture series or the Whale of Sale.But members aren't exactly slackers, either. The League provides either money or volunteers to six organizations: Daymark; The Bob Burdette Center; YWCA Sojourner's Shelter; Gabriel Project; Muscular Dystrophy Association; and March of Dimes.The 60 active and 10 provisional members chose their volunteer placements from a League list that includes those six groups plus others. Members are required to attend monthly meetings and to work on a committee for the two yearly fundraisers."It's not as time intensive as it once was," Alldridge said about Junior League membership.She acknowledged that the decades-old League faces competition from careers, families and other service or interest groups. Still, Abernethy emphasized, "The Junior League is different from other organizations in that it trains women to be leaders."She said, "The League has changed as women's roles have changed. But we would like to have non-working members also."Alldridge said the League is always seeking new members. "The League is a Charleston gem and we are trying to keep the tradition alive," she said. Interested women may join in the fall or in January."We welcome all women who want training in leadership and who want to serve their community," Abernethy said.To reach the Junior League, visit www.jlcharlestonwv.org, email firstname.lastname@example.com or phone 304-346-5856. 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Jake Arrieta held Boston hitless until Stephen Drew singled with two outs in the eighth inning, and visiting Chicago won the opener of only the second series between the teams at Fenway Park since 1918.
Six days after taking a perfect game into the seventh inning of his previous start at Wrigley Field against Cincinnati, Arrieta took his no-hit bid a little deeper at fabled Fenway. He allowed only Mike Napoli's fifth-inning walk before Drew lined a clean single to right.
Arrieta (5-1) was lifted by Cubs manager Rick Renteria immediately following the hit that came on the right-hander's career-high 120th pitch.
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DETROIT - The new Wayne County jail is expected to open in one year, but budget constraints are forcing the county to cutback on the size of the jail two years after construction began.
No more money is coming for the jail and now the plan of 2,200 beds for the facility will have to be cut to 1,900.
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Money problems in the county has prompted the County Commission to declare that no more money, above the $300 million originally asked for the jail, will be spent on the construction project.
"There's a lot about this that does concern me because maybe now we'll have to keep another facility open and if we do that, bye, bye, to the savings that this was supposed to generate," said Wayne County Commissioner Tim Killeen.
Another cost issue that's raising concern are the requests made by Sheriff Benny Napoleon. He made requests that included having five executive washrooms, and high tech gadgetry to operate the new facility.
"Well that's part of the reduction in scope, we're not going to build the Taj Mahal here. We going to make sure that it's a functional jail," said Ficano.
A spokesman for Sheriff Napoleon said the Sheriff had believed the new jail would streamline processes and cut tax payers costs. He said he is just now learning of the depths of the problem.
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Shots fired, one arrested after dispute in Cottage Grove
EUGENE, Ore. - No one was injured and one man is in custody after shots were fired during a dispute at a home southwest of Cottage Grove.
Lane County Sheriff's Office recieved calls at around 9 a.m. Wednesday morning with reports of multiple gunshots and a family dispute in a home on Tioga Drive, an unincorporated area of Lane County.
"It was reported several people in the house, dispute primarily between two men - two males - with some shotguns in the home," said Captain Byron Trapp with the Lane County Sheriff's Office.
Two armored military vehicles and deputies responded to the scene as a precaution.
When sheriff's deputies arrived on scene, they arrested David Pendergrass without incident. Pendergrass was lodged in the Lane County Jail on three counts of recklessly endangering and three counts of menacing.
Neighbors on Tioga Court say this isn't the first time they've heard gunfire from the home.
"Quite a few shootings. I'd say monthly. Maybe every couple months," said neighbor Tom Lake.
"Last summer, it was quite frequent, and the Sheriff's were here before and I informed them of the situation," said neighbor Lenny Vandenbroeke.
When Vandenbroeke hears shots fired, he goes into safety mode. "Duck and cover. Get my own shotgun out. Protect ourselves," he said.


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After getting the hang of the crypt() function it got me wondering what other hashing functions there were so I had a look and dug up two:
I put together this to see what sort of hash they would give out using password as the password (I would hope that no-one would ever use that as a password for a real site):
Hashing Functions Testing
$password = 'password';
// hash (Using sha512)
echo '
hash() using sha512
';
$password1 = hash_function($password,$salt);
echo "
Password: $password1
";
// mcrypt (Using rijndael-256)
echo '
mcrypt using rijndael-256
';
$password1 = mcrypt_function($password,$salt);
echo "
Password: $password1
";
// crypt (Using sha512)
echo '
crypt using sha512
';
$password1 = crypt_function($password,$salt);
echo "
Password: $password1
";
function hash_function($password,$salt) {
while ($count < 5000 ) {
$password = hash('sha512',"$password.$salt");
$final_password = $password;
return $final_password;
function crypt_function($password,$salt) {
$final_password = $password;
return $final_password;
function mcrypt_function($password,$salt) {
$td = mcrypt_module_open('rijndael-256', '', 'ecb', '');
$iv = mcrypt_create_iv(mcrypt_enc_get_iv_size($td), MCRYPT_RAND);
mcrypt_generic_init($td, $salt, $iv);
$password = mcrypt_generic($td, $password);
$final_password = $password;
return $final_password;
hash() using sha512Password: 2730720b94c219014ed3e45e0d675d3ab86a7a4aad3a2f654e205af1ca5ea0f7c416b735a65e0d5b186ebadaf2ef06bf68f707a1efd24ea394eea74f8a92c34bmcrypt using rijndael-256
Password: mvÈ'Õ«äµÞ•/³h…$ÁÀHyîÁŠ˜"~Ð
crypt using sha512Password: $6$rounds=5000$K5NFMuw1koxQmA7G$8WuiGFmH7AxI5BmULbAhplz4nxMcz.1eHf6WfQKW4RfLDM2dO8VMOGCkaI1h97HIoYwvOvBYPRJfshHcaO479/
At the moment I'm leaning towards using mcrypt with rijndael-256, reading up on rijndael-256 it appears that realistically it's uncrackable (well it looks like any hacker would need some ridiculously expensive and powerful hardware). Also the has string is shorter so won't take up so much disk space (assuming a site ever gets more then 1,000 members).
What is you're preferred function (and algorithm) and why?
Some quick comments:
This doesn't allow characters to repeat. So, for example, "A" can appear once and only once. That behavior reduces its randomness.
$password = hash('sha512',"$password.$salt");
There's what's called a length extension attack. Since the salt will be a known value, an attacker could "rewind" the hash function to its state before the salt was applied. That's why established algorithms such as PBKDF2 will use HMAC to combine the salt with the password.
$td = mcrypt_module_open('rijndael-256', '', 'ecb', ''); $iv = mcrypt_create_iv(mcrypt_enc_get_iv_size($td), MCRYPT_RAND); mcrypt_generic_init($td, $salt, $iv); $password = mcrypt_generic($td, $password);
The problem here is that both the salt and the IV will be known values (otherwise you could never repeat the process, for example, to check if a user entered the correct password). And if both the salt and IV are known, then an attacker could -- rather simply -- decrypt the result and recover the password. The fatal flaw is that you used the salt to encrypt the password. You should have used the password to encrypt the salt. You're correct that AES/Rijndael is currently uncrackable, but how you use the algorithm is just as important as the algorithm itself. You need to be very, very careful. That's why it's best to use known-good algorithms (such as PBKDF2/bcrypt/scrypt) rather than to roll your own solution.
Your best bet is to use the [password hashing functions (new to PHP 5.5). This way, you won't have to specify an algorithm, a cost, or even a salt. It does it all for you, and it does it right. If you need to support versions of PHP earlier tha 5.5, then you can use this [URL="https://github.com/ircmaxell/password_compat"]forward compatibility library](http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.password.php).
Are the new hashing passwords in PHP 5.5 basically identical (currently) to using crypt with blowfish, except easier to use?
Correct. Easier to use, plus it will deal with the salt for you, because even trying to make your own salt can introduce mistakes. Now you don't need to know or do anything except to invoke hash and verify.
Just trying the forward compatibility library, it looks like it has one or more bugs in it. On a single run the password_hash function gives as the hash for the password 'password':
In the password_verify function, using var_dump to get the has it has generated I get:
so the password will always be rejected.
// Pasword Functions test
require_once 'password.php';
$password = 'password';
$hash = password_hash('$password',PASSWORD_BCRYPT);
echo "The password hash for the password '$password' is $hash";
$password_info = password_get_info($hash);
$match = password_verify($password, $hash);
That's the test code, the output from all that is:
The password hash for the password 'password' is $2y$10$I4MNxYpsAEPxt5S/fy0csOw258RYIDcOSI8yBAKeQM.B0R9ua38hGarray (size=3) 'algo' => int 1 'algoName' => string 'bcrypt' (length=6) 'options' => array (size=1) 'cost' => int 10string '$2y$10$I4MNxYpsAEPxt5S/fy0csO60fFYiJx4N6K0hgWNK.emI4cm57l7W.' (length=60)boolean false
I don't have any plans to upgrade to php 5.5 for the time being
You may slap yourself over this one.
$hash = password_hash('$password',PASSWORD_BCRYPT);
Should be...
$hash = password_hash($password,PASSWORD_BCRYPT);
interesting and slightly on-topic: http://www.unlimitednovelty.com/2012/03/dont-use-bcrypt.html
what sucks about security is it must be performed by those who know little about it. Not all or even most car drivers can be mechanics, and most web sites are not built by sec guys and cypherpunks. Libraries built by these people for use by the rest of us === jawsome.
We use Python so we use passlib.
Interesting article, however while the author clearly states "don't use bcrypt" his arguments for doing so sound weak to me. The only one seem to be that bcrypt has been less studied than PBKDF2, which is not clear to me either from reading this article since he doesn't back up this claim with any sources. The comment by perseids who disagrees with the author doesn't sound wrong, either.
Having said that - I still don't know. You are right that most people don't know a lot about cryptography and so use the tools provided by available libraries. This is a very broad subject and would certainly require a LOT of time to study and we normal 'car drivers' don't have the time to do so. I have spent many, many hours reading about various password hashing methods and what I use is based on the opinion of experts I found most trustworthy - so I use bcrypt but how do I know if it's the best choice? I have no capability of checking this on my own. From time to time an article like this pops up somewhere, I think I have learned something new only to find out a counter argument by someone else and I'm back to square one.
At least people are moving from using plain hashes, plain salted hashes and other self-invented algorithms to bcrypt - I think it's still much better than any of the former methods.
Interesting article, however while the author clearly states "don't use bcrypt" his arguments for doing so sound weak to me.
It starts out with "don't use bcrypt" and then goes on to say "if you're using it already, fine"... because I think his point really wasn't any real issues with bcrypt itself, but with the mantra of "use bcrypt", and then tried to come up with some possible problems with bcrypt that certainly anyone simply told to use bcrypt or whatever wouldn't know about. Since they're somewhat theoretical, I wouldn't use this article as any actual reason NOT to use bcrypt.
I suppose his real point is not to be too thoughtless with choosing something, or not to simply repeat to others "use x". <-- something I practically make my living doing
I have no capability of checking this on my own.
Yeah, this is our problem and I think libraries are for now the best answer for it. That said, since we are ultimately the ones responsible, we are probably required to do some homework when we can, at least so that if we hear "use bcrypt" we have some ideas why. Or, if we know where we could check if our libraries are indeed good enough, since we can't tell ourselves.
I tried to have this conversation on here before and it degraded into *****iness. Personally I think that the average developer doesn't understand how these work or why one is better than another. What I do believe is that people who know a lot more about these things than most of us recommend bcrypt. I use bcrypt mostly because of this. I know quite a bit about the subject, but not enough to argue for or against bcrypt. I just go with the experts.
One thing I do agree on though is that if it can be decrypted, it's unsuitable. Hash, don't encrypt
md5() works fine with me.
I don't get how overlapping crypts are supposed to be hackable, especially with random salt.. md5(md5($password).$salt) Without access to the algorythm, how do you unwork that? Aren't hashes supposed to be destructive, in that there is no way to retrieve the input data for certain once the algorythm runs?
I've been using PHP 5.5's password methods because I know I'm no expert. Still, I used the algorythm above, which I first saw in vbulletin 3, for many years and never had a server compromised. What gives?
The point is that with brute-forcing it still doesn't take long to calculate an md5() value, compared to, say, a bcrypt value. Plus collisions are more probable in md5()
How do you brute force a 3 strikes system that blocks further tries for 15 minutes? And who doesn't use a striking system specifically to halt bruting?
If I have your data, why would I be entering it into your application to work it out though? Presumably you store your random salts alongside the hash value, yes? Oh, and does your application specify a password policy? Such as 7 characters, contains one number, one symbol and at least one character of both upper and lower case? Makes it much simpler to know what is a genuine password and what's not pretty quickly. I have all of your passwords, remember, not just one. Makes it MUCH easier to work out your relatively simple algorithm, even without your source
This is irrelevant here, the purpose of strong hashing techniques is not to stop brute forcing over the network through a system protected with a striking system. From this perspective you can store all passwords in plain text and it will be just as secure. The point is what an hacker can do once he gets hold of your database.
Wasn't md5 created more for checksumming rather than protection?
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I remember when water cooling your PC was considered foolish and was something only die hard enthusiasts would do to get the most from their desktop PC. Those days are long gone as closed loop water cooling kits have become the norm over the past decade. While water cooled desktop computers is fairly common, it is most certainly not common on smartphones. That might all be changing as the NEC Medias X is officially the first smartphone to feature a liquid-cooled system from the factory. Don't get too excited as the phone is only expected to be available in Japan.
The NEC Medias X 06E features a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor at 1.7GHZ and it appears that that a graphite radiator is needed to help disperse the heat. The odd thing is that the Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 is rated to run at up to 1.9GHz, so why would it need a form of liquid cooling at just 1.7GHz? Maybe this is a slick marketing gimmick, but time will tell.
How does liquid cooling work in a smartphone? It looks like the water-cooling is done by a liquid filled tube directing heat away from the processor of the NEC Medias X 06E. The pipe is next to the circuit board and this helps disperse the heat across the entire device. This sounds more like a heat-pipe more than a liquid cooler, but a water cooled smartphone has a nice ring to it.
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John Higgins labelled himself nothing more than "a journeyman" after a second successive first-round exit at the Dafabet World Championship.
Higgins joined Ding Junhui on the Crucible casualty list as the four-time champion was bundled out in Sheffield by his fellow Scot Alan McManus, who earned a shot at Ken Doherty in the last 16.
McManus said he "just fell over the line", but it was a victory the 1994 Masters champion toiled for and carries him into the second round for the first time since 2005.
Higgins had taken the final two frames of their opening session on Monday but quickly fell 8-3 down upon the resumption.
A fluked red gave Higgins the impetus to pull one back and, after losing the next, he belatedly found some vintage form with breaks of 111, 67 and 94 in closing the gap to 9-7.
McManus, 43, trailed in the next frame too, but Higgins missed the blue when he looked like going just one frame behind and his good friend seized the unexpected match-winning chance.
McManus told BBC Two: "Although he probably never played as well as he would have liked in most of the match, he came on strong towards the end and I kind of just fell over the line so I feel very fortunate.
"Now I play my fellow old-stager, Ken, and I really look forward to it. I'm sure Ken will be looking forward to it as much as I am."
Higgins had to concede his days as a regular title contender may be behind him.
He said: "It's been a bad season but I'm a lot happier compared to last year. I think I'm playing better - that's a crumb of comfort I can take.
"There's been times when I've been sat here desolate, but I still think there's some decent snooker left in me.
"I'm not one of the top players that's challenging for events, I'm possibly a journeyman top-16 player now. The journeymen can have their day sometimes."
Doherty himself inflicted a shock defeat on Stuart Bingham while w orld number two Ding was edged out in a final-frame decider late on Monday night by little-known qualifier Michael Wasley.
Ricky Walden held off Crucible debutant Kyren Wilson's fightback to avoid joining the high-profile exits, with McManus' description of "falling over the line" certainly applicable in the Chester man's case.
Walden began with a 6-3 lead and the first four frames were shared, Walden's 63 in frame 12 sandwiched by breaks of 61 and 59 from his opponent.
Wilson took a scrappy first frame back and added the next with a 62 before Walden dug in to make it 9-7, and a tortuous next frame lasted more than an hour before Walden finally took it on the yellow.
In matches yet to conclude, Judd Trump took a 6-2 lead over Tom Ford without having to be anywhere near his fluent best.
The four frames before the mid-session interval were shared, with Trump's 62 in frame three representing the highest break of a scrappy session.
Ford lost frame five despite being in first with a break of 48 and Trump took the next three before suffering the unusual fate for him of being taken off one frame early to make way for the evening matches.
Barry Hawkins also struggled early on before battling to a 5-4 lead over qualifier David Gilbert.
The world number four's best break before the interval was just 29 as he trailed 3-1, Gilbert with a 77 in frame two, but runs of 72, 72, 115 and 69 gave Hawkins a slender lead to take into Wednesday morning's conclusion.
Mark Allen managed six half-century breaks but only a 5-4 lead against Michael Holt.
The Northern Irishman led 3-2 with breaks of 72, 70 and 61 against a 98 from Holt in frame two.
Breaks of 54 and 61 could not prevent Allen from falling 4-3 behind, but 42 was enough in the next and he finished with a 65.
Martin Gould fell 6-3 behind against Hong Kong's Marco Fu, who at one stage had a 147 maximum break chance but after 11 reds and blacks missed a treacherously difficult treble to stall on 88.


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Mindfulness Therapy on Disrupted Sleep in Bipolar Disorder
This study has been completed.
Massachusetts General Hospital
The Depressive and Bipolar Disorder Alternative Treatment Foundation
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Thilo Deckersbach, Massachusetts General Hospital
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: January 7, 2013
Last updated: June 22, 2016
Last verified: June 2016
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Detailed Description:
The investigators propose to investigate the efficacy of a brief (4-session) Body Scan (BS) meditation intervention for individuals with bipolar I disorder with insomnia (i.e. difficulties falling or staying asleep). The investigators will compare the Body Scan intervention with a 4-session brief supportive psychotherapy (SP) intervention. The investigators hypothesize that the Body Scan will improve objective sleep quantity and quality.
|Bipolar Disorder Insomnia Hypersomnia Sleep Problems
|Behavioral: Body Scan (BS) Meditation Intervention Behavioral: Brief Supportive Psychotherapy (SP)
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|The Effects of Mindfulness on Disrupted Sleep in Bipolar Disorder
Resource links provided by NLM:
Genetics Home Reference related topics: bipolar disorder
MedlinePlus related topics: Bipolar Disorder Nuclear ScansU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Thilo Deckersbach, Massachusetts General Hospital:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Total Sleep Time (TST) [ Time Frame: 8 weeks ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS) [ Time Frame: 20 weeks ]Young Mania Rating Scale is an 11-item, clinician-rated measure that assesses the presence and severity of patient's current symptoms of mania.
- Hamilton Depression Rating Inventory (HAM-D 17). [ Time Frame: 20 weeks ]The HAM-D 17 is an established clinician-rated outcome measure in treatment trials for depression.
|Study Start Date:
|February 2013
|Study Completion Date:
|February 2016
|Primary Completion Date:
|February 2016 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Active Comparator: Brief Supportive Psychotherapy (SP)
30 people will be randomized to receive Brief Supportive Psychotherapy.
Behavioral: Brief Supportive Psychotherapy (SP)
SP is a common form of non-specific psychotherapy available to patients with bipolar disorder in the community. It focuses on addressing a patient's current concerns, supporting a patient's adaptive coping skills, improving self-esteem, and expressing feelings and the therapeutic alliance. Using a conversational style, SP involves conveying empathy, validation, comforting and supporting patients in coping with distress about current life issues as well as providing encouragement and praise, clarification and opportunity to vent. SP will match BS in length, number of sessions and delivery schedule (four, 60-minute sessions, week 1, 2, 4, 6).
Experimental: Body Scan (BS) Meditation Intervention
30 people will be randomized receive the Body Scan Meditation Intervention.
Behavioral: Body Scan (BS) Meditation Intervention
This intervention consists of 4 individual 60-minute sessions (week 1, 2, 4, and 6) in which participants learn the body scan meditation exercise and practice it at home, daily, lying in bed at their usual bedtime after going to bed (and when waking up at night, unable to go back to sleep). The Body-Scan meditation consists of a 30-minute exercise during which participants are guided to focus their attention on certain parts of their body (e.g. toes, feet). The core skill involves gradually adopting an observant, non-judgmental, and accepting stance towards bodily sensations, including feelings and thoughts.
Detailed Description:
This is the first evaluation of the efficacy of a mindfulness-based intervention for insomnia in bipolar disorder. It distills the findings from previous mindfulness-based interventions for other disorders that documented beneficial effects for sleep, by concentrating on the most active mindfulness ingredient for treating sleep (the Body Scan). To date, mindfulness based studies have focused on either subjective sleep reports or laboratory-based measures of sleep, both of which have long been called into question because of their lack of ecological validity. This study takes advantage of recent developments in ambulatory sleep monitoring by using the new, FDA approved M1 device, which assesses sleep objectively in a patient's home environment. The M1 device is also the only ambulatory sleep-monitoring device to date that simultaneously assesses both sleep quantity and quality. Finally, this study broadens the view above and beyond sleep and mood and investigates the impact on cognitive and sleep-related psychosocial functioning, both at the end of treatment as well as at a 3-month follow-up. Overall, this work could result in a brief, easy to administer, and easy to disseminate intervention for patients with bipolar disorder with insomnia.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 65 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Men and women age 18-65
- DSM-IV diagnosis of bipolar I or II disorder
- HAM-D-17 score < 17 (i.e. low or no depressive symptoms)
- YMRS score < 8 (i.e. no or low manic symptoms)
- Optimized, stable maintenance pharmacotherapy at maximum tolerated dosages in accordance with the revised Texas Implementation of Medication Algorithm
DSM-IV insomnia A and B criteria are met (i.e. difficulty initiating or maintaining sleep, for at least 1 month) as operationally defined by:
- Insomnia Severity Index score of > 15 (moderate clinical insomnia)
- M1 derived average actigraphic total sleep time < 6 hours, and < 40% average total sleep time in high frequency coupling, as measured with the M1 device over 5 days pre-randomization, corresponding to < 1SD below the mean of the M1 normative comparison sample of healthy control participants.
Exclusion Criteria:
- DSM-IV bipolar I disorder subtype rapid cycling
- DSM-IV manic or mixed episode in the past 2 months
- DSM-IV major depressive episode in the past 2 months
- Psychotropic medication not in accordance with the revised Texas Implementation of Medication Algorithm
- Pregnancy
- Medical illness or non-psychiatric medical treatment that is the likely cause of the sleep disturbance or interferes with study participation
- Neurologic disorder, previous ECT, or history of head trauma (i.e. known structural brain lesion)
- Current or past history of selected DSM-IV Axis I disorders other than bipolar disorder including: organic mental disorder, substance abuse within the past 12 months and/or history of substance abuse for > 1 year; past or current substance dependence (including alcohol), schizophrenia, delusional disorder, psychotic disorders not otherwise specified
- Axis I disorder that needs to be the primary focus of treatment (e.g. current DSM-IV anxiety disorder that disrupts sleep)
- Sleep apnea, restless leg syndrome, or narcolepsy
- Concurrent psychotherapy to BS or SP.
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01764035
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01764035
|United States, Massachusetts
|Massachusetts General Hospital
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114
Sponsors and Collaborators
Massachusetts General Hospital
The Depressive and Bipolar Disorder Alternative Treatment Foundation
|Principal Investigator:
|Thilo Deckersbach, Ph.D.
|Massachusetts General Hospital
More Information
Keywords provided by Thilo Deckersbach, Massachusetts General Hospital:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
|Responsible Party:
|Thilo Deckersbach, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Massachusetts General Hospital
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01764035 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|January 7, 2013
|Last Updated:
|June 22, 2016
Keywords provided by Thilo Deckersbach, Massachusetts General Hospital:
Bipolar Disorder
Sleep Problems
Sleep Disturbance
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Bipolar Disorder
Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders
Sleep Wake Disorders
Disorders of Excessive Somnolence
Pathologic Processes
Bipolar and Related Disorders
Mental Disorders
Sleep Disorders, Intrinsic
Nervous System Diseases
Neurologic Manifestations
Signs and Symptoms
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017


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Tropical Chicken Burgers with a Chipotle Mango Glaze A delicious twist on the standard burger!
Burgers at our cottage during the summer for the past several years we have started a tradition. Once a week I make a different burger and we get together and enjoy them with some wine and beer.
Election Campaigning going on, and the economy being what it is, we all need a little more patriotic spirit!
My family loves to eat chicken wings, and we often make them on the grill at home. I have mastered a delicious spicy honey garlic sauce that is mouth-watering good!


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PALS has worked extremely hard for the past seven years to provide our county with a shelter. Prior to our opening, the only option for stray animals picked up by city police and sheriff's departments in Poweshiek County was a 7-day stay at local veterinary clinics. If owners or an adopting family were not found in that short period of time, the animals were then euthanized. PALS has stepped in not only to provide a safe haven for these homeless animals, but to also ensure they receive responsible vet care including spay/neuters, shots, deworming, and flea/tick control, as well as addressing any emergency medical concerns. We are happy to report that we have helped more than 2000 animals find loving homes!
Please be patient with us - we're taking care of a lot of furkids - our own and the PALS kids - and we are all volunteers with families, homes and full time jobs. We'll return email and phone inquiries just as fast as we pawssibly can. Thanks!
ADOPTION DONATIONS: Adoption donations for PALS animals go directly either to medical care for those or other furkids in need, or towards maintenance and improvement of our shelter!
ADOPTIONS: We don't let the fact that you might live out of state stop any adoption that's meant to be, but you MUST be willing to drive, or fly, all the way to pick up your new family member.
Thank You!
Your message has been sent to Poweshiek Animal League Shelter.
You'll receive a copy, too, at to help you keep track of which pets you've inquired about, and which shelters and rescues you've emailed.
NOTE: Some shelters have physical locations you can visit; some of these shelters may only have pets for a limited time, so please do not wait for a reply—just go visit the shelter! Other organizations are rescue groups run by busy volunteers who may take a while to reply. You can find information about the shelter or rescue group caring for this pet, and their adoption procedures, on the pet's details page on Adopt-a-Pet.com.


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The High School Dual Enrollment Program offers qualifying high school students the opportunity to take college courses while attending high school. This program allows high school students to enroll concurrently in a college course and receive both high school and college credit for that coursework.
Dual enrollment programs help introduce students to the advantages of post-secondary education while also helping them to successfully transition into the culture and expectations of collegiate study.
Interested students should contact their high school guidance counselor or call the Admissions Office at 724-946-7100 for information about the program.
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Well Being
Decoding Eggs: The Real Difference Between Cage-Free, Free-Range, Omega-3 and More
Ever feel confused in the dairy aisle when buying eggs? You're not alone. With so many different types of eggs available today, it got us questioning: What's the difference? Sure, some are more expensive, but does that mean they are nutritionally superior? And what exactly does cage-free, free-range and omega-3 really mean? And are brown eggs really any different than white eggs?
To get to the bottom of the great egg mystery, we consulted with Kristin Kirkpatrick, R.D., nutritionist at the Cleveland Clinic, who says there are pros and cons to having so many varieties in the egg aisle:
The pro is that the consumer now had a lot of choices when it comes to egg consumption, specifically in regards to what happens before the egg is layed (feed, living environment, treatment, etc.) The con is that, with so many egg labeling terms, many people are confused as to what they are actually getting.
Take a look at the truth behind so many different kinds of eggs:
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