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In NetCat Day One i said I would illustrate how to script nc sessions. None of the ones listed can be considered hacking into a server but still might cause you to get dumped by your isp so use your head. But these tuts wouldn't be complete without explaining how nc scripts work
FTPSCAN: attempts an anoymous logon to a list of ftp servers
user anonymous
pass email@example.com
cmd line:
for /f "tokens=1" %x IN (c:\ftplist) DO nc -vv %x 21 <ftpscan.txt |more >>c:\ftpanon.txt
the above command must be made on one line. The results are saved to c:\ftpanon.txt
if the output file is large use the edit>>find option in notepad to find entrys containing the string "foo". Because for the word to appear in ftpanon.txt nc had to be logged in.
the "for" command will not work in win9x you must be using NT or above. The nc script will however work without it:
nc -vv xxx.xx.xxx.x 21 <ftpscan.txt |more >>ftpanon.txt
Heres one to help enumerate web servers on a given list:
GET /http/1.0
http protocol dictates two "\n" or new line characters at the end of a request in order to get a response so include a blank line after the get statement (hit enter twice after typing it in and save)
cmd line:
for /f "tokens=1" %x IN (c:\wwwlist) DO nc -vv %x 80 <wwwscan.txt |more >>websvrs.txt
the same command would work on 1214
there was a post on AO by nebulus200
regarding the detection of servers vulnerable to XTS (cross trace scripting). The signiture of this prank has been released for IDS devices like snort. So i really would recomend you be careful using this one but here's how it works:
X-Header: test
for /f "tokens=1" %x IN (c:\wwwlist) DO nc -vv %x 80 <wwwscan.txt |more >>websvrs.txt
Well that sums it up for this series of netcat tutorials.
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- Don't make exercise a job. Play outside. Basketball, softball, flag football, tennis, golf, anything! It all counts as exercise. Have fun. The key is to be active.
- Keep your mind sharp, it's the secret to longevity. Learn a new skill. Learn how to speak a new language. Take a class at your local community college. Never stop learning.
- People say, "I can't exercise because my joints hurt." What they actually mean is, "My joints hurt because I don't exercise."
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- Eat slowly, breathe deeply and move your body.
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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's information minister says the government has decided that the body of Hugo Chavez will not be embalmed for permanent display, as officials had said it would be.
Ernesto Villegas' tweet Friday night says the government has discarded the option based on the advice of a Russian medical commission.
The message says the commission had said Chavez's body would have to be sent to Russia for seven to eight months to be properly embalmed.
Acting President Nicolas Maduro announced last week that Chavez's body would be perpetually displayed, but then on Wednesday he said that now seemed "highly unlikely."
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It seems to me that we should stop defining eras by presidents and begin defining them by the best and/or (possibly) most influential television show.
This is tricky territory because clearly we're not about to use the most popular show of the time. We can't go around calling it the "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" era or the "American Idol" era or the "Sixteen and Pregnant" era. That won't do at all. We can, however, point to one show that seemed to capture the zeitgeist of a certain time, that served as an explanation for what people were thinking and feeling and talking about (or trying to ignore) on a macro scale.
Occasionally, there will be interregnums when no show has stepped forward to claim the mantle, but pretty clearly we're in a two-way race for the best show of its era, and I keep vacillating back and forth on which one will come out ahead.
Strangely, the premium channels have been usurped by upstart network AMC, which over the last half decade has served up both "Mad Men" and "Breaking Bad." With "Mad Men's" sixth season now in full swing and Walter White set to return for his swan song this summer, it seems like a good time to assess where we are by just talking out of my ass about some stuff that has occurred to me.
The shows exist on different playing fields and are so dissimilar tonally that comparisons don't seem easy. Yet at their core, they both revolve entirely around one central male figure, highly flawed and morally unmoored (if not bankrupt). The rest of the characters are merely living out the consequences of Don Draper and Walter White's central genius—advertising in Don's case and crystal methamphetamine in Walter's. Of course, they're both essentially selling drugs. "Mad Men" season six occurs in some of the darkest days of the Vietnam War, and a central element has been propping up the image of Dow Chemical, a company that was manufacturing the napalm then melting alive Vietnamese civilians. Don all but acknowledges the narcotizing effect of advertising when he talks about how companies don't want their advertising associated with satire, "the most dangerous form of humor."
The arch of Don shares much with Walter as well. Both are men who become drastically different people by conscious choice (Don even going so far as to change his entire identity, Walter under the pseudonym "Heisenberg"). Yet the men they wish to become, suave, sexy, dangerous, are also clearly the personas that will unravel them.
"Mad Men" is the more thoughtful, nuanced show. Matt Weiner has clearly done his homework about the era in which he's telling his story and the blogosphere lights up with parallels to the real world Sixties after every episode. Even as "Mad Men" tends to the soap opera end of things (and how much of a wink is Megan's acting gig? I'm going to assume a massive one), it also deals with complex historical themes. As I've mentioned before on this blog, "Mad Men" is essentially examining the era when Madison Avenue took over and rewired the American consciousness. Its exploration of the method and madness of those who taught us how to want things we never knew we needed is endlessly fascinating, especially as it creeps into the era when the ethical conflict of selling Lucky Strike cigarettes or Dow Chemical lipstick became urgent and undeniable.
"Breaking Bad" on the other hand isn't as interested in the large questions of its time other than some surface plot points regarding Mexican drug cartels. It's basically "Scarface" told with more nuance over a longer timeframe (Walter and Walt Jr. watching that film in the living room, speaking of winks). However, even while "Breaking Bad" is a more classic (i.e. predictable) story, it's told with a depth and coherence that rivals the novelistic ambitions of "The Wire." Each season has been an interlocking chapter that requires attuned viewing. Each decision Walter makes that leads him farther down a morally dubious path echoes out into the world, destroying or corrupting all those around him. Grounded in traditions of tragedy as old as storytelling (Greek, Shakespeare—whatever your preferred pretentious literary reference), "Breaking Bad" isn't all that interesting in what it's saying about light and dark, good and evil, blah blah blah—but it's meticulous construction and execution, down to a zombie fly and a teddy bear's eyeball, has been breathtaking.
So the short answer is, I don't know. But much like Walt and Don's respective stories, I can't wait to see how it plays out.


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Today, the International Day of Peace, marks the start of a campaign: 101 Days of Prayer for Peace In Sudan. The African nation's stability is key to stability in the whole region, and with preparations lagging for a January referendum on secession by Southern Sudan, many governmental and nongovernmental agencies are watching the nation carefully.
The Sudanese bishops, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and Catholic Relief Services launched the 101 Days of Prayer for Peace in Sudan campaign. A special website features a video in which Sudanese bishops and CRS officials compare the potential for genocide and war in Sudan with genocide in Rwanda and Darfur. As one CRS official puts it, Sudan has the potential for "a conflict of a magnitude and scale that would make Rwanda and Darfur look manageable."
In a statement issued in July, Sudan's bishops noted that progress toward peace had been made since the 2005 signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. However, they also noted the problems still facing the area.
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ST. PAUL - "Live, from Washington, it's Sen. Al Franken!"
That may not be Minnesota senator-elect's line, but on Wednesday hundreds of supporters got a glimpse of a looser Al Franken than has surfaced in quite some time, more akin to how he appeared in front of the entertainment camera than the campaign camera.
He thanked Minnesotans for putting him in the U.S. Senate, promising, "I'm not going to waste that chance."
The party on the state Capitol's front lawn came 23 hours after the Minnesota Supreme Court released a ruling declaring Democrat Franken beat Republican Norm Coleman by 312 votes in Nov. 4's U.S. Senate election. Franken is to take the oath of office next week.
After 2.9 million Minnesotans voted, it took a recount and a Coleman court challenge to determine the winner.
Franken enlisted applause from the crowd when he praised Coleman's statesmanship on Tuesday by conceding the election.
"We wish him and his family the best," Franken said to cheers, quite a contrast from the reaction the name "Coleman" received at Franken campaign rallies last year.
Freed from the stress of an eight-month election recount and court challenge, the 58-year-old former "Saturday Night Live" star and writer cracked jokes and launched into a crowd in front of the Minnesota Capitol.
"I would like to take all of you to Washington," he told the crowd. "I can't. I costed it out."
He also was sentimental, especially when it came to his wife, Franni. Tears came to his eyes when he thanked her for her help, then recalled that the two met nearly 40 years ago at a college freshman mixer. "We have been together ever since."
Franken told the victory rally that without his wife, "I would have lost, by kind of a lot."
She was introduced to the chants of "Franni, Franni." She simply responded: "We have to keep meeting like this."
While state Republican Chairman Tony Sutton, in his first day on the job, criticized Franken for holding a partisan rally instead of an inclusive one in light of his tight victory, the Democrat-heavy rally was enthusiastic.
Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota's only senator since Coleman's term ended in early January, fired up the rally by saying, "This is the day we move forward."
Ironically, 13 months ago Klobuchar was not behind Franken the day before the state's Democrats endorsed him in Rochester. She and other Democratic-Farmer-Laborite women were not happy with his writing that some described as pornographic and degrading to women. After the endorsement, Klobuchar campaigned for Franken.
State Sen. Ann Lynch, DFL-Rochester, said on Wednesday that she always has supported Franken and dismissed claims that his writing hurt women. If she felt that, she said, "I would be at the front of the line screaming."
Rural Minnesotans should do well by Franken, despite his lack of rural roots, said Doug Peterson, Minnesota Farmers Union president and former state lawmaker.
"He is fairly progressive for prices to farmers," Peterson said, and prices are what matters.
Peterson said he expects Franken to take the advice of Klobuchar, who sits on the Senate Agriculture Committee, and U.S. Rep. Collin Peterson, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee.
Sen. LeRoy Stumpf, DFL-Plummer, said sugar beet farmers and others in northwestern Minnesota like Franken. "he sure went over well before the election."
Like others rallying, Peterson was most happy that Minnesota can move on after a trying election process.
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The 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) will examine the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010, and determine topics for which new scientific evidence is likely to be available that may inform revisions to the current guidance or suggest new guidance. This document was developed to promote Committee discussion and decision-making related to the topics to be considered. Once topics are identified, refined, and prioritized, the DGAC, with support from Federal staff, can determine how best to address the topic. The approaches available for examining the evidence are described later in this document.
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There you are, riding your dirt bike through the grocery store with reckless abandon, and just as you are bout to weave through the aisles and head for the sliding-door exit, the darn thing doesn't open in time, and you go crashing into it. You'd think in modern society we could make automated sliding glass doors in supermarkets that can pick up punk kids riding their two-wheelers through the market, but we can't, and the world is the lesser for it.
While we wait for this pressing technological breakthrough to occur, here comes a video of a kid in Australia who had just this very same problem. We don't really know the "why" but we've got a pretty good glimpse at the "how" in this story, and we're pretty sure he'll be ground well into his next lifetime.


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Cathedral junior Paige Danielson comes from a family of runners, and has been running for as long as she can remember.
Danielson competed in the ITU Duathlon World Championships Sprint Distance event on August 10th in Ottawa and took home a gold medal in the 16-19 year old age group.
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SEATTLE (AP) — Kathleen O'Toole, a one-time Boston police commissioner and former inspector general for Ireland's national police force, was nominated Monday as Seattle's first female police chief.
If approved by the City Council, she would take over a department of about 1,300 officers that's been struggling to carry out a reform agreement under federal oversight.
Mayor Ed Murray made the announcement at a City Hall news conference.
O'Toole beat out two other finalists: Elk Grove, California, Police Chief Robert Lehner and Mesa, Arizona, Police Chief Frank Milstead.
"I'll work tirelessly on behalf of this city to realize your vision, and that's the Seattle Police Department be the finest police department in this country, second to none," O'Toole said.
Seattle police have been under scrutiny for years, especially since an officer shot and killed a Native American woodcarver in 2010. In late 2011, the Justice Department found officers were too quick to use force, including using their batons and flashlights, even in situations that could have been defused verbally.
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Darunavir/Ritonavir and Rosuvastatin Pharmacokinetic Study
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00885495
Recruitment Status : Unknown
Verified April 2009 by University of Cincinnati.
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First Posted : April 22, 2009
Last Update Posted : April 22, 2009
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|Drug: darunavir, ritonavir, rosuvastatin Drug: rosuvastatin, darunavir, ritonavir
|Phase 1 Phase 2
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|Official Title:
|The Effects of Darunavir Plus Ritonavir on the Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Rosuvastatin
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|January 2009
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|June 2009
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|August 2009
Active Comparator: B
Darunavir+ritonavir x 7 days; Rosuvastatin x 7 days; Combination x 7 days
Drug: darunavir, ritonavir, rosuvastatin
darunavir 600 mg twice daily for 7 days ritonavir 100 mg twice daily for 7 days rosuvastatin 10 mg once daily for 7 days Combination of all three drugs for 7 days
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Active Comparator: A
Rosuvastatin x 7 days; darunavir+ritonavir x 7 days; Combination x 7 days
Drug: rosuvastatin, darunavir, ritonavir
rosuvastatin 10 mg daily for 7 days; darunavir 600 mg twice daily for 7 days with ritonavir 100 mg twice daily for 7 days; Combination of all three for 7 days
Other Names:
- To investigate the effect of darunavir/ritonavir on the pharmacokinetics of rosuvastatin. [ Time Frame: 45 days ]
- To investigate the effect of rosuvastatin on the steady state pharmacokinetics of darunavir/ritonavir. [ Time Frame: 45 days ]
- To compare the change in low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol with rosuvastatin therapy alone, darunavir/ritonavir therapy alone and with the co-administration of rosuvastatin and darunavir/ritonavir. [ Time Frame: 45 days ]
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Absence of HIV-1/HIV-2 infection as documented by a licensed ELISA test kit within 21 days prior to study entry.
- Male or female subjects, aged ≥ 18 and ≤ 60 years
- Weight ≥50 kg and a Body Mass Index ([BMI], weight in kg divided by the square of height in meters) ≥18.0 and ≤ 35.0 kg/m2. Refer to Appendix I.
- Informed Consent Form (ICF) signed voluntarily before the first trial-related activity.
- Able to comply with protocol requirements.
- Healthy on the basis of a medical evaluation that reveals the absence of any clinically relevant abnormality and includes a physical examination, medical history, vital signs, and the results of blood tests and a urinalysis carried out at screening.
Exclusion Criteria:
- History or evidence of current use of alcohol, barbiturate, amphetamine, recreational or narcotic drug use, which in the investigator's opinion would compromise subject's safety and/or compliance with the trial procedures.
- Currently active significant gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, neurologic, psychiatric, metabolic, renal, hepatic, respiratory, inflammatory, or infectious disease, that in the opinion of the investigator would represent a contraindication to study enrollment.
- Creatinine clearance of ≤ 60mL/min.
- Currently significant diarrhea, gastric stasis, or constipation that in the investigator's opinion could influence drug absorption or bioavailability.
- eruptions, drug allergies, food allergy, dermatitis, eczema, psoriasis, or urticaria, that in the opinion of the investigator would represent a contraindication to study enrollment.
- Previously demonstrated clinically significant allergy or hypersensitivity to any of the excipients of the medications administered in the trial.
- History of significant drug allergy such as, but not limited to, sulphonamides and penicillins. Prezista is a sulphonamide. The potential for cross-sensitivity between drugs in the sulphonamide class and Prezista in HIV-negative subjects is unknown.
- Use of concomitant medication, including investigational, prescription, and over-the-counter products and dietary supplements with the following exceptions: aspirin, acetaminophen, anti-histamines such as diphenhydramine, inhalers for asthma, daily multivitamins, mineral supplements and hormonal oral contraceptives. Concomitant medication other than those listed above must have been discontinued at least 7 days before study entry.
Female subjects of childbearing potential without use of effective nonhormonal birth control methods, or not willing to continue practicing these birth control methods for at least 30 days after the end of the treatment period; Note: Estrogen-based hormonal contraception may not be reliable when taking Prezista, therefore to be eligible for this trial, women of childbearing potential should either:
- use a double barrier method to prevent pregnancy (i.e., using a condom with either diaphragm or cervical cap);
- use non-estrogen hormonal based contraceptives in combination with a barrier contraceptive (i.e., male condom, diaphragm or cervical cap, or female condom);
- use a intrauterine device in combination with a barrier contraceptive (i.e., male condom, diaphragm or cervical cap, or female condom);
- be not sexually active, or have a vasectomized partner (confirmed sterile).
Women with tubal ligation are required to use one non-hormonal contraceptive method.
Women who are postmenopausal for at least 2 years, and women with total hysterectomy are considered of non-childbearing potential.
- A positive pregnancy test or breast feeding at screening.
- Participation in an investigational drug trial within 90 days prior to the first intake of trial medication.
- Donation of blood or plasma within 60 days preceding the first trial-related blood drawing.
Subjects with the following laboratory abnormalities at screening as defined by the Division of AIDS Table for Grading the Severity of Adult and Pediatric Adverse Events ("DAIDS grading table") and in accordance with the normal ranges of the trial clinical laboratory:
- serum creatinine grade 1 or greater (≥ 1.1 x upper limit of laboratory normal range [ULN]);
- lipase or pancreatic amylase grade 1 or greater (≥ 1.1 x ULN);
- hemoglobin grade 1 or greater (≤ 10.9 g/dL)
- platelet count grade 1 or greater (≤ 124.999 x 109/L);
- absolute neutrophil count grade 1 or greater (≤ 1.3 x 109/L);
- aspartate aminotransferase (AST) or alanine aminotransferase (ALT) grade 1 or greater (≥ 1.25 x ULN);
- total bilirubin grade 1 or greater (≥ 1.1 x ULN),
- any other laboratory abnormality of grade 2 or above
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00885495
|United States, Ohio
|University of Cincinnati AIDS Clinical Trials Unit
|Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45267
|Principal Investigator:
|Carl J Fichtenbaum, MD
|University of Cincinnati
|Responsible Party:
|Carl J. Fichtenbaum, MD, University of Cincinnati
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00885495 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|April 22, 2009 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|April 22, 2009
|Last Verified:
|April 2009
Keywords provided by University of Cincinnati:
protease inhibitors
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Rosuvastatin Calcium
HIV Protease Inhibitors
Protease Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Anti-HIV Agents
Anti-Retroviral Agents
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A Inhibitors
Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inhibitors
Anticholesteremic Agents
Hypolipidemic Agents
Lipid Regulating Agents
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15-Sep-2011 -- This confluence was visited while I was on board the expedition ship "Origo" on a photographic expedition to Svalbard and the waters around the archipelago.
The ship followed meridian 20E, which is depth sounded to make a safe route to the ice edge, which at the moment was at 82 degrees north.
The confluence was passed just before 8 o'clock in the evening at a speed of 8 knots. My GPS passed 0.002 arcminutes from the CP, which is 0.002 x 1852 x sin(9 degrees) = 0.6 m. The waypoint direction reading when I was 22.1 m before the closest point says 352 degrees, which will mean a crossing 22.1 x sin(8) = 3.1 m beside the confluence. So I use the GPS accuracy of 5 meters to show how close I was.
The visibility towards south was pretty good, so both the Nordaustlandet coast and the Parry Islands could be seen.
Several fulmars were following the ship, so they are confluence visitors too.
Since "Origo" followed the same meridian on the return south, the confluence was visited a second time 53 hours later.


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The former White House insiders, including longtime Obama adviser David Axelrod, say Obama needs to make his case anew for government's role in expanding education and innovation and to give, as Obama put it in one of his early seminal speeches, "every American a fighting chance in the 21st century."
Among their suggestions is that the president deliver a major address, perhaps at a commencement, that once again places his economic vision at the center of his agenda and speaks to what continues to be the overriding concern of the American public.
Instead, absent major legislative victories, Obama's second term has become a series of small actions overshadowed by a trio of recent troubles over the administration's response to the attack in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans, the IRS's targeting of conservative groups and the Justice Department's seizure of Associated Press phone records as part of a leak investigation.
"The hardest thing in the hot house of Washington in weeks like this is to get above the maelstrom and really define major issues in your own terms," Axelrod said. "They need to find big platforms, whether it's congressional addresses, commencement speeches, high-profile interviews or a combination of those things and others."
As these Democrats see it, there has been an arc of Obama addresses that have spelled out the challenge and the hope of attaining the American Dream, from a 2005 commencement address at tiny Knox College in Galesburg, Ill., to his speech in Osawatomie, Kan., in late 2011, and that the time for another one is now.
Over the last two weeks, Obama has been trying to draw attention to his job-creation ideas with small events in Austin and, on Friday, in Baltimore. The daytime visits have been coupled with modest executive initiatives that tend to garner local media attention but get lost in Washington's attention to the contentious issues of the moment.
"There does seem to be a risk of getting bogged down in noise," said Jared Bernstein, who was part of Obama's economic team when he served as Vice President Joe Biden's chief economist. "He doesn't need to get out to talk about Benghazi and the IRS and the budget deficit. He needs to talk about investment in the nation's productivity."
Obama has called for more government spending on education, public works projects, and research and development and has proposed paying for it largely with higher taxes. But after letting one tax increase on the rich pass at the beginning of the year, Republicans have steadfastly refused any further tax hikes and have resisted Obama's spending plans. The result has been a fruitless search, at least so far, for a "grand bargain" to trim the nation's long-term debt.
In the face of Republican-led investigations in Congress and with some conservatives even suggesting impeachment proceedings against the president, some Obama advisers say that boldly elevating the economy would create a sharp contrast and emphasize their belief that Republicans are overplaying their hand. They note that as dissatisfaction with Washington has grown, Obama has continued to hold a substantial edge over the Republicans in Congress.
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said that creating jobs is the top priority of Republicans, too, but "we're also focused on holding this administration accountable" about what happened in Libya and with the IRS.
If Obama has a single long-term governing priority, it is a deep-seated belief that advances in technology and globalization have translated into a significant consumer benefits but have also eroded middle-class gains. "The result has been the emergence of what some call a `winner take all' economy, in which a rising tide doesn't necessarily lift all boats," he wrote in his 2006 book, "The Audacity of Hope."
The opportunity to make a broad shift toward the economy might have presented itself this week, when the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office predicted that the budget deficit for 2013 will be $642 billion -- lower than estimated and half of the record $1.4 trillion hit during Obama's first year in office. Instead, that bit of news was overshadowed by the IRS, Benghazi and AP phone record controversies.
Armed with a lower deficit number, some of Obama's liberal critics say he should abandon efforts to reduce deficits and focus exclusively on jobs.
"They should declare victory," said Lawrence Mishel, president and CEO of the liberal Economic Policy Institute. "Making the big policy and political project the grand bargain has been digging us in a deeper and deeper hole."
White House officials say the time to pause and deliver the type of major address that connects Obama's policies to his core beliefs is when it has the possibility of making a major impact. For now, they say, their economic tour across the country is better suited to the moment.
"What we think that these tours do is add another dimension to the argument of what we're trying to get done with Congress," White House communications director Jennifer Palmieri said. "That this is not just about budgets, this is about steps that Congress can take legislatively and the president can take unilaterally that will create jobs and help middle-class families."
How to emphasize Obama's jobs agenda was a subject Thursday during a meeting between top White House aides and outside Democratic operatives, many of whom had worked for Bill Clinton's administration. They had been called by Obama chief of staff Denis McDonough to consult and offer ideas on how to respond to the most recent uproars. Among those attending were such Clinton aides as Paul Begala and Mike McCurry.
"What the president can do is make decisions about what he wants to talk to the American people about," said Democratic consultant Tad Devine, who also attended Thursday's meeting. "And my view is, as someone who spends time sitting in focus groups listening to voters, what's at the top of mind with them is the economy still."


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Blog: Oneohtrix Point Never Made his Miami Debut at PAMM with Visuals by Video Artist Nate Boyce
On Thursday, March 27, acclaimed electronic musician and composer Daniel Lopatin - Oneohtrix Point Never - performed for the first time in Miami with video artist Nate Boyce.
Lopatin assembles the sounds of corporate design - the sort found in commercial transitions, background music, and instructional videos- into songs that are as moving as they are conceptual. Awe, doom, and wonder arise from a range of referents - pipe organs and horns to the abstract, synthesized cues for soundtracked emotions.
The performance also featured a live improvised mix of visuals created by video artist Nate Boyce. His CGI forms, some appearing as modernist sculpture or consumer products, mutate and morph in disorienting virtual space.


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Chemical Information Management— Upstream and Downstream
By Aaron Zude, senior director, SEMI Environmental Health and Safety
Chemical information management is rapidly becoming one of the most pressing issues of concern for EHS professionals in the semiconductor and high technology supply chain. By information management, I mean the active engagement in collecting and responding to "upstream" sources of information, and the efficient participation in the "downstream" exchange of information.
Aaron Zude
Upstream Chemical Information Management
Upstream chemical information management issues revolve primarily around the challenges of identifying, tracking and "data mining" the vast number of chemical-related proposed, enacted, and amended regulations that seek to register, restrict, or ban the use of chemicals, or the products containing them (substances, preparations and articles for you REACH fans). The trick to upstream information management is to obtain and interpret the right information, in the right amount, and at the right time— to enable the efficient mobilization of resources for advocacy or for responding to the regulatory requirement.
From the perspective of the SEMI EHS Division, effective upstream chemical information management allows us to:
- Mobilize potentially affected member companies in advocacy activities
- Prepare industry position papers
- Develop consensus approaches to compliance
- Organize informational workshops and webinars
From the perspective of SEMI member companies, effective upstream chemical information management allows you to:
- Alert management of potential activities that may limit production or use of certain chemicals or the ability to sell product into certain countries
- Advise product developers of future limitations of raw materials, components or subassemblies
- Develop strategies for achieving regulatory compliance
- More effectively forecast staff and external resource needs
A number of companies provide subscription services that assist EHS professionals with tracking existing regulations and obtaining early warning information on chemical regulations. In addition, the SEMI EHS Division, working through the International Compliance and Regulatory Committee (ICRC), is currently developing a Regulation Tracker or "Dashboard", to assist member companies with managing upstream chemical information. The Tracker will identify regulations that are, or will be, impacting the semiconductor equipment and materials industry, and provide color codes (green, yellow, red) to indicate the need for industry response and action.
Downstream Chemical Information Management
Downstream chemical information management issues are being driven primarily by REACH and RoHS type regulations, which essentially require registration of certain chemicals, development of data on chemical hazards and risks, and communication of safe use to customers and consumers. These new regulations are especially challenging. To be successful in obtaining the information needed for required activities like developing exposure scenarios and performing risk assessments, a materials and equipment supplier must be actively engaged throughout the entire high-technology industry supply chain. As in your personal life, constant and effective communication is the key to a harmonious relationship. Such is also true in the relationship among semiconductor suppliers and device manufacturers. The importance of such communication was recently articulated by a SEMI member company EHS representative who succinctly put it as: "No Data, No Market."
If you are a materials and equipment supplier needing support in managing downstream chemical information issues, there are a number of SEMI EHS Division activities available to help you:
- The SEMI REACH Chemicals Suppliers Working Group is currently working with industry association partners, ISMI and ESIA to refine REACH exposure scenario template for use across the industry supply chains.
- The SEMI REACH Equipment Suppliers Working Group has launched an awareness raising campaign for the supply chain of equipment manufacturers.
- The SEMI RoHS Working Group is focused on appreciating and mitigating the impacts of recent changes to China RoHS regulations and proposed changes to EU RoHS regulations.
If you would like to participate in these Working Groups, please contact Sanjay Baliga (EHS Senior Manager) at firstname.lastname@example.com. Also, please feel free to contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com or 408.943.6921 or stop by as my door is always open.
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in my unrelented quest to get all my compurters to file share on my home network i have compiled from source linuxconf
i thought this would cure all my ills and get things going, having been playing with linux for a while i still can be so dumb ( i can not spell nieve)
during the startup process it asked a whole load of black art questions and i had a rough idea what they all meant and clicked yes to all
ran linuxconf adn it came up with all these messages saying ' i know something needs to be done because..../etc/rc.d.....'
being brave i told it to fix all but it can not as it needs to change all these first!!!
anyway did a shut down and reboot
now all my boot up messages are controlled by linuxconf (no more [OK] or [FAILED] just /etc/rc.d............
i would like to get rid of linuxconf (unless someone can easily remidy my situation)
but how!!


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AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Sitting in an F-35 cockpit simulator, Gov. Paul LePage joked during a photo op this month that he wanted to bomb a Portland newspaper for its reporting on his administration. It turns out it's LePage who has a target on his back as perhaps one of the nation's most vulnerable Republican governors in the upcoming election.
LePage's off-color remarks have offended opponents, galvanized supporters and fueled attacks from the Democratic congressman and independent candidate hoping to unseat him in 2014. But the three-way race shaping up may once again play into LePage's favor.
Being blunt doesn't seem to hurt New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie, who is perhaps the safest GOP incumbent governor in the 2013 elections, but LePage's coarser remarks make him probably the most ripe for defeat, said Ross Baker, a political science professor at Rutgers University who has served as a senior adviser to Democrats and a Republican in Congress.
"You have a situation which you've got a candidate who has real vulnerabilities, real shortcomings, widely perceived," he said about LePage, who came into office with tea party support in 2010. "Even mainstream Republicans would recoil at some of the things that Gov. LePage said."
In June, just moments after announcing his intention to veto the state budget because it included tax increases, LePage used a sexually vulgar phrase to describe how he believed a Democratic lawmaker was talking advantage of the people.
He's told the Portland branch of the NAACP to "kiss my butt," compared the Internal Revenue Service to the Gestapo and said he'd be telling President Barack Obama to "go to hell."
This past week, the Portland Press Herald, citing unnamed attendees of a private fundraiser, reported that LePage said Obama "hates white people." Others who were there told the newspaper they didn't hear such remarks, and the governor on Tuesday denied making the comment.
LePage won with just more than 38 percent of the vote in 2010, barely edging out independent candidate Eliot Cutler in a three-person race. LePage again faces divided opposition in Cutler and Democratic congressman Mike Michaud. And splitting the anti-LePage vote is the governor's best chance at re-election, analysts say.
Even his critics say it'd be a mistake to underestimate LePage.
LePage's opponents hope that progressive support coalesces behind one candidate, and the liberal-leaning consumer group, the Maine People's Alliance, recently urged voters to back Michaud to prevent a replay of 2010.
But Cutler maintains a strong following and Maine's largest voting bloc is unenrolled voters.
"There will be a sizable bloc of anti-LePage voters, but they won't be able to agree which candidate is the best to win in the end," said Dan Demeritt, a political consultant and former LePage spokesman.
The governor's comments have done little to deter his loyal core of supporters, who embrace his willingness to speak his mind. Still, LePage opponents have capitalized on his abrasive style, bashing LePage for the negative attention he has brought to Maine.
"Personal and political attacks are standing in the way of progress," Michaud told supporters when he officially announced his candidacy last week. "Our state has become a punch line on late night TV."
Brent Littlefield, LePage's senior political adviser, said Maine residents view LePage's blunt remarks in light of his tough upbringing — he was homeless as a child — and the difficult situation he faces working with a Democratic-controlled Legislature that LePage believes is pushing policies that are bad for Maine.
"They recognize that and yet even though he may not be their view of how an elected official would normally talk, they support his polices and they support the change that he is trying to make," Littlefield said.
LePage has lowered taxes for two-thirds of Maine taxpayers, eliminated $1.7 billion of the state pension system shortfall, brought charter schools to the state and successfully passed a plan to repay the state's hospitals a debt of more than $400 million in Medicaid services.
But while LePage supporters generally embrace his approach, even a small group of voters fleeing LePage's camp could hurt him, said Sandy Maisel, political science professor at Maine's Colby College.
"His comments give people a reason to vote against him who might otherwise give him the benefit of the doubt," Maisel said.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market is closing higher and trading resumed on the Nasdaq exchange after a 3-hour halt caused by a technical glitch.
Encouraging news about global manufacturing sent stock indexes higher Thursday.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 66 points, or 0.4 percent, to 14,963. The Dow was coming off six straight losses.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 14 points, or 0.9 percent, to 1,656. The Nasdaq composite rose 38 points, or 1.1 percent, to 3,638.
The stock of Nasdaq OMX, parent company of the Nasdaq exchange, fell 3 percent to $30.46 after the trading outage.
Five stocks rose for every one that fell on the New York Stock Exchange. Volume was very low, 2.4 billion shares, below the recent average of 3.3 billion.


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Mexican cowboys - or charros - will be showing off their roping and riding skills today at Charrería Family Day in Victory Park.
Mexican cowboys - or charros - will be showing off their roping and riding skills today at Charrería Family Day in Victory Park.
"We will have some real charros here. They are just amazing. Their horses are beautiful, very gentle and so well-trained. There are charro associations in the United States that compete," said Lisa Cooperman, education curator at The Haggin Museum. "Then the top competitors go to the finals in Mexico. And we actually have some California charros coming to show us their skills."
It's all in celebration of The Haggin Museum's "Charrería" exhibition - a look at the culture and art of a sport known as the forerunner of the North American rodeo.
"A charrería is similar to an American rodeo," Cooperman said. "There are many differences. For instance, there's no purse, the competitors do it for style. The events are not timed."
There will be ballet folklorico dancers from Presentation School twirling their intricately embroidered skirts, and mariachis from Cesar Chavez High School will be performing. Professional charros will take center stage in Victory Park where they'll demonstrate roping and riding skills.
One such charro is Tobias de la Torre, who lives in Riverside and will be bringing some of his horses to show off today.
He leads the Charros Federation USA and knows all about the art, sportsmanship and tradition of a charrería.
"I am rounding up now, preparing for the event," de la Torre said. "I will be bringing some horses from the Stockton area and from my area where I live now. We are happy to take part."
The charro said his favorite part is teaching the kids a few rope tricks.
"Definitely doing some roping tricks on horseback and on foot. And then we will be meeting with the kids and teaching them some very basic little rope tricks," de la Torre said. "Basically it's like a loop-de-loop; you can learn it in 10 minutes. We call it the butterfly. It's great to see the kids feel accomplishment by learning to do it."
He said it's special to come back to Stockton, his birthplace, because the city has such a rich Mexican-American culture.
Hands-on fun, art activities and tours of the "Charrería" exhibition continue inside the museum.
The special exhibition presents more than 150 objects designed specifically for the charro. There is leather work, costumes, textiles, silver and iron work that illustrate the lives of these revered horsemen.
"The exhibition really focuses on all of the beautiful gear," Cooperman said.
Spectacular sombreros, saddles, bridles and intricate spurs showcase the precise work of charrería artisans in the exhibit.
This afternoon's event - and all-day admission to the museum - is free to all visitors through support by Rancho San Miguel/Food4Less.
For more information, call (209) 940-6315 or email email@example.com.
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Oregon farmers shouldn't hesitate to plant more hazelnut trees because a crop shortage poses a greater risk than an oversupply, according to an industry expert.
Compared to Turkey, Oregon and other hazelnut growing regions are responsible for only a small slice of world production, said Michael Waring, a board director of the International Nut and Dried Fruit Council.
"Keep planting, we need more product," he said. "It's not going to blow the market out of the water."
Global food manufacturers are investing in new products and equipment to boost their usage of nuts, driven by news of their healthful qualities, he said during the recent Nut Growers Society meeting at the Northwest Ag Show in Portland, Ore.
The nut industry must continue growing to ensure dependable supplies and sensible pricing, otherwise nuts will have difficulty competing against other food groups, Waring said.
The industry's ability to deliver enough product is a big risk, since insufficient supplies or major price hikes can burn customers, he said.
"We have to be very careful as marketers and processors," Waring said.
Consumption of all nuts has more than tripled in the past three decades, to about 3.5 million metric tons a year, he said.
While the overall trend in production is up, the industry faces inevitable weather-related fluctuations in supply, Waring said.
New opportunities for nuts are arising not just in China but throughout Southeast Asia and Brazil, he said.
"Be really confident in what you're producing," Waring said.
Until now, the overseas demand for Oregon hazelnuts has primarily been driven by consumers in northeast China, said Troy Johnson of the Laurel Nut Co. and MWT Foods.
A growing middle class in other regions is opening up further demand for the crop, he said. Food processors in China are also growing more sophisticated.
"Our customers over there are spending more money than we even are to make sure that product is safe," Johnson said.
Despite competition from other hazelnut growing regions and slowed growth in China's economy, the prospects for hazelnut growers are still positive, said Larry George, president of the George Packing Co.
"The reality is we're not worried," he said.
More than three of four Chinese consumers buy hazelnuts as gifts for the Chinese New Year or other holidays, said Michael Severeid, sales manager at Willamette Hazelnut Growers.
About 58 percent of the consumers — who were surveyed by Chinese business students — preferred in-shell hazelnuts over kernels, he said.
Kernels were considered more convenient but in-shell hazelnuts were seen as providing better shelf life and nutrition, Severeid said.
About 62 percent of the surveyed consumers said they'd be willing to pay the most for U.S. hazelnuts, versus 25 percent for Chinese hazelnuts, he said.
U.S. hazelnuts were perceived to have the best quality, safety, flavor and size, Severeid said. "The takeaway from this study is the American brand is very good."


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The original recipe of Ammu Mathew in Vanitha,is for Methi Chole.Obviously I dint have Methi's,so substitued with Palak for good.Also the recipe dint ask for chilli powder n Onions.Now I cant do without lil of kick,n oh how I love to munch onions..:D..
The verdict is: we both liked this so much.It has a quite distinct taste n flavor,unlike our usual masala dishes n its not often I give a 8/10 for a dish,(that too a Veg one) other than authentic Mallu Non veg ones.So you can sure trust me,n go try this one.. :)..Am sure Methi leaves is the bestest choice,but Palak will do really good too.. :)
For a yummy bowl Palak Chole you got to:
Pre-soak n Pressure cook 1 cup of Chole with salt n enough water(Don make it go mushy..should be somewhat firm).After opening the cooker,take 3 Tbsp of chole,mash while hot n keep aside.
Wash n chop 1.5-2 cups Palak(Spinach) n keep aside.
Dry roast 3 cloves,1/2 inch Cinnamon n 2 cardamoms ( I used the home made Garam masala,which has got some fennels n mace other than these 3)
Heat 1 Tbsp ghee in a pan n splutter 1 tsp Cumin seeds (I used 1/2 tsp cumin n 1/2 tsp Fennel..love the flavor of fennel)
Now add 1/4-1/2 tsp fenugreek powder n a 3/4 inch of cinnamon stick n saute well.
Now throw in 5 slit Green chillies and 1 tsp of minced Ginger(Added some(1/2 cup) sliced Onions here).Saute well for 5 mins,
Add 1/4 tsp Asaofetida ,saute n add the chopped Palak.Saute n mix well.
After the palak is cooked,add 1/4 tsp Turmeric Powder( I sprinkled some Chilli Powder here) and enough salt n saute to mix
Add 1 medium sized Tomato,chopped, into it,close the pan and let it cook.
When the tomato has gone soft,add the cooked Chole into it and stir to mix.
Pour a cup of water n cook in high for 4 minutes,stirring in between.
Now reduce the heat,close pan n cook for sometime..(7 mins or so..)
Open the lid,n add those 3 Tbsp of mashed chole into the gravy n stir to mix.
Add 3/4- 1 Tbsp of Tamarind paste ,stir n saute well to mix.
Now sprinkle the dry roasted Garam masala over the gravy,adjust salt n cook till the desired dryness is reached.
Garnish with cilantro.. :)
The curry smells so wonderful,n the fragrance of hinge n ginger n fenugreek (methi)will bowl you.Some people dont like Methi particularly,that's y I have mentioned the amount of methi powder as 1/4-1/2 tsp.But I just loved the flavor of this dish,n am going to make this again..Slurpp..:)
Now,you all know how to dish up that yummy Dry Gobi Manchurian,rite??:)
Just keep the 2 cups of cut Gobi florets immersed in boiling salt water for 5 mins.
Keep it in fridge for an hour or so n fry in hot oil..yum..!!:)
The healthy Whole wheat Naan goes like heaven with these..So don forget to check that out..n please don't get eekss with the clumsy pic there.Its an old one,I'll update it soon..That is definitely a fool-proof recipe.. :)
So enjoy your food, n have a nice week ahead .. :)


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*** (out of 4)
Titus Andronicus has never shied away from an ambitious concept. The group's songs about early 20s life in suburban New Jersey have used everything from Dutch painters to the entire drama of the Civil War as reference points for discussing boredom, angst and frustration.
Titus' latest album "Local Business" is comparatively casual, putting aside the dramatic tone and historic monologues that marked 2010's "The Monitor" in favor of more straightforward thematic presentation. The new record's opening lines, in fact, explicitly sum up the aimlessness the band has made its repeated talking point: "Okay by now I think we've established/Everything is inherently worthless/And there's nothing in the universe with any kind of objective purpose." The minute-long "Food Fight" is the sort of classic, silly punk song that yells its way through its titular theme, while the lengthy "Eating Disorder" takes a similar formula and stretches it out for eight minutes with more seriousness. "(I Am The) Electric Man" could be a David Bowie outtake, playfully exploring its central refrain. The laid-back approach makes the moments of depth stick more, too, as on the fantastic, sprawling relationship apologia "Tried to Quit Smoking."
"Local Business" was reportedly recorded in a carefree live band setting. While it does feel thrown together, it never feels like a throwaway. Instead it captures the kind of relaxed energy that defined many '80s punk acts and '90s indie bands, a mood that suits the group well. Unlike "The Monitor," this album isn't trying to be a masterpiece, and it's a much more accessible rock album as a result.
Kyle Kramer is a RedEye special contributor. @redeyechimusic
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