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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Glenn Wilke's street is dark at night. So dark, you wouldn't notice the red eye above his garage door watching and recording everything.
"[The system] is really kind of self-explanatory, right out of the box," Wilke said.
It's common to find surveillance cameras in businesses, at ATM's and government buildings, but a spokesman with the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office said cameras are popping up more and more in homes.
Wilke installed his camera system about two years ago. He guesses he's spent around $300.
"Once you have it for a while, you just don't even think about it anymore until something does happen, and you go back and look," Wilke said.
Earlier this year something did happen.
"I went back and looked and saw what I didn't really want to see."
What Wilke didn't want to see was a thief opening up his truck in the middle of the night, and stealing one of his loaded handguns. Wilke's garage door camera recorded the theft in August. He blames himself for forgetting to lock the truck, but he's happy he was able to give police some evidence of what happened. Even with the video, no one has been arrested.
IMAGES: Surveillance cameras and security
JSO Officer Shannon Hartley likes to ask the public for help identifying bad guys caught on tape and says surveillance video never hurts an investigation. Hartley posts videos depicting crimes to YouTube so more people can see them.
This is a second home surveillance camera that Glenn Wilke's has mounted near the front door of his Jacksonville home.
Channel 4's crime and safety expert Ken Jefferson helped Channel 4's Jason Law install a surveillance camera in his home.
"You want to strategically place it somewhere that covers a large amount of your front yard," Jefferson advises. "Most of the time burglars aren't going to be up and looking around. You want to try to get [the camera] high enough where they can't reach it."
For Cheryl Arsenault though, setting up security cameras in her home isn't an option.
"No, we don't have cameras. It wouldn't do us any good," Arsenault said, because her and her husband Don are both blind. They still want to be safe in their home, so they opted to go with a system from a local security company.
"It's nice to have that sense of security, knowing that if anyone breaks in anywhere, there's going to be trouble," she said.
Safe Touch is a popular security company based in Jacksonville.
"With the new iPhones and smart phones nowadays, we're really getting way ahead of stuff. It's really hard for us to keep up sometimes," said Lester Jackson, Safe Touch owner and operator.
Jackson says the latest cameras run several hundred dollars. He says he's not threatened by the "do-it-yourself home security" packages on the market.
"Our stuff is so inexpensive, let us do it. That's what we do all day long, the same thing, versus the home owner trying to do it and it doesn't come out right," Jackson said.
Channel 4 compared prices with five local security companies online, and they vary anywhere from $20 to $60 a month, depending on the type of system you want. On top of that there are sometimes installation fees. Keep in mind, most companies require you sign into a contract for their services.
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Scottsdale Public Art Director Valerie Vadala Homer has announced her retirement after almost 25 years on the job.
The institution brought the city freeway art, the famous Love sculpture and the $3.2 million Paolo Soleri Bridge.
Homer announced her retirement Friday.
The Arizona Republic says Dick Hayslip will serve as interim director during a search for Homer's replacement.
He's a former chairman of Public Art's advisory board and a member of the Scottsdale Cultural Council board of trustees.
The Scottsdale Cultural Council is considered a private entity even though it receives about 40 percent of its budget in public money from the city.

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I recently did a host scan with ettercap (just looking around) and found that all of the IP addresses (which were all different) had the same MAC address. I did a little research and came up with a proxy arp possibly being the cause of this. The way I understand it is that every single computer (including the one I was on) can only see one mac address, which I think is the arp proxy. From reading I understand that all computers will send data to that arp proxy and then the proxy will identify where it must go based on it's arp tables which it keeps track of. If this is the way it all works then wouldn't Man in the Middle attacks not work since all you can see is the arp proxy, or is there away around this. Can someone clarify this for me, I never heard of an arp proxy before, neither do I know that this is what is happening in my case, it just seemed like it would make the most sense. It seems kind of funny seeing all these different IP addresses all with the same MAC address.
I found this on this site: Verkot: Model answer 5, st-98
"Hosts which are using proxy ARP are not concious about the fact that they have been subnetted. Response from any machine is as valid as response from server w hich handles routing.
Whole idea of proxy ARP is spoofing. (Comer: figure 10.2 page 142): "In essence, R lies about IP-to-physical address bindings."
Proxy ARP is based on trust - every request and reply is considered legitimate.
It is also impossible to implement warning which alerts when two IP addresses map to the same physical address. "
Can someone explain to me how ettercap would relate to this and also if two IP addresses have the same physical address, would both computers receive the packets? It would really help me if someone explained how ARP poisoning would work in a situation with Proxy ARP...it seems like there would be a conflict (I can't even get real MAC addresses)
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I didn't get a chance to do an in depth scan, just a quick hosts scan. I'll try to map out the network tomorrow and I'll let you know how it's laid out. Thanks for the reply!
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Okay, so I found out a little bit more. It seems like the MAC address that I was seeing multiple time was a CISCO Switch (scanned with NMAP). I found the following ports open:
23/tcp open telnet Cisco IOS telnetd
1720/tcp open tcpwrapped
Also, the MAC address was known as "Lanner Electronics"
The IP address of the switch was the first on the list when I scanned for hosts. Also, the IP address are in the form "192.168.228.XX" Does this information help in any way? Also, I don't get how I'm supposed see other computers on the network when all I get is IP addresses with the MAC address of the Switch...Can someone explain this to me?
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Heat the oil in a soup pot, sauté the garlic and onions for 1 to 3 minutes. Add the celery and sweet corn and sauté another 2 minutes. Add the beans, water and sea salt. Cover and bring to a boil. Reduce the flame to medium and simmer for 15 to 20 minutes. Using a potato masher, slightly mash the beans in the pot to produce a creamier texture. Turn off the flame and stir in the pepper and parsley. Serve hot.
Per serving - 219 calories, 5 gram fat (20% calories from fat), 11 gram protein, 34 gram carbohydrate, 11 gram fiber, 0 milligram cholesterol, 289 milligram sodium


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Hello sweeties!♥ I'm Kahsan and I'm doing cosplay since 2005. I'm an architecture student and sometimes fanartist when I have time to spare without cosplay stuff! I've joined this site only for sharing some photos of my costumes and to favorite amazing cosplayers all over the world. Here's my DA: http://higurashikahsan.deviantart.com/
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The PlaneShift development team is happy to announce a new PlaneShift release! 0.5.9 has finally arrived! This release has a graphical update for some of the main areas, better lighting, new sounds and music, better NPC day/night cycles and many new features on the PlaneShift Engine which will allow us to add new content in the next coming weeks and months. A big thank to all the developers who dedicated endless hours to make this happen!
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Your money should stretch much further if you're heading beyond our shores this summer. The pound's up 14% on last year at $1.70, a five-year high. It's also at an 18-mth high against the euro, at €1.25 - 10% up on last summer.
The boost's because the Bank of England's signalled interest rates could rise sooner, which boosts the demand for pounds. Yet just because the rate is strong doesn't mean you'll gain.
Here's what you need to know.
1. Warning - most people waste big money on foreign money
Ultimately, when abroad you only want to pay for what you buy, yet by doing it the wrong way many also pay for paying too. So every penny wasted is painful. To show you the impact here's how much €1,000 spending costs you (rates move daily so these were all done on one day several weeks ago).
- Spend using specialist credit card: £800 (see point 2) - Via UK's cheapest bureau (London 'pick up only' rate): £804 (see point 5) - Change money at the Post Office: £829 - Spend on debit card from hell (40 transactions): £882 (see point 4) - Change at airport (Heathrow T1 Travelex, not pre-ordered): £890 (see point 9) The differences are massive, and luckily the cheapest way is also the easiest…
2. Easy way to get the BEST rates, every time, in every country
Most credit and debit cards add a 3% load when you spend abroad; so spend £100 of euros and it costs £103. Yet a few specialist, no annual fee, credit cards are load-free worldwide, so it only costs you £100.
This is the same near-perfect rate the banks get, smashing everything else, including top bureaux de change. Yet to make this work, ensure you always repay IN FULL, preferably by direct debit, or the interest cost dwarfs any gain you get from the better rate.
The top pick is the www.halifax.co.uk card, as it has the lowest overseas charges. Yet other load free credit cards include Saga, Post Office, and Nationwide Select; if you already have one of those I would keep it. For a full card rundown see www.mse.me/travelcards. Yet again do ensure you repay in full or they charge 12 – 20% APR.
Do be aware though withdraw cash, and even if you repay IN FULL, eg, for Halifax it's c.£1 per £100 – that still beats most bureaux – but means it is better to spend on these cards than withdraw cash and spend that.
3. Top overseas card if you've poorer credit
The only way to know if you'll be accepted is to apply, then they credit check, but that leaves a footprint on your file. So it's worth finding out first which cards are most likely to accept you www.moneysavingexpert.com/OverseasEligibility is a free tool which shows your odds for each card.
Within it is the www.capitalone.co.uk Classic Extra, which accepts even some with year-old defaults or CCJs. It's also load-free worldwide and pays 0.5% cashback on all spending - a useful double purpose (provided you repay IN FULL each month, of course).
However, as it's 34.9% representative APR and you'll be charged this (plus a fee) on cash withdrawals even if you fully repay, just use it for in-store spending rather than cash.
4. Debit cards can be the WORST way to spend abroad
If you have a Bank of Scotland, Halifax, Lloyds, Santander, TSB, and NatWest/RBS card, beware, they are my overseas Debit Cards from Hell. Not only do they add a load to exchange rates, and an ATM fee, they also charge up to £1.50 each time you spend. So £5 spending can cost you £6.65.
Any other card, including credit cards (if repaid IN FULL), is cheaper to spend on than these.
5. Get the best travel CASH rates in seconds
My www.TravelMoneyMax.com travel money comparison tool compares rates at about 40 online bureaux, and orders them by how much currency you'll actually get, after all fees.
6. Top prepaid cards
Here, you load with cash before you travel, then use like a debit card. If you lose it, your cash is protected. You get the rate on the day you load/buy, not when you spend, so currency fluctuations may mean you get a worse deal (or better one). The best rates and fees combination is offered by www.ukash.co.uk. – though unlike credit cards as these cards use their own exchange rates it can vary.
7. "Do you want to pay in pounds or euros?" - SAY EUROS
When paying on a card abroad, you're often asked if you want the transaction to be in pounds or the local currency. As a general rule, never pay in pounds - that means the overseas store/bank is doing the conversion and rates are awful.
8. The cheapest DEBIT card abroad
I prefer cheap credit cards, as it's a big schlep to change your entire bank just for cheap spending abroad, and if you are switching, there are better incentives out there.
Yet if that's what you want, the www.nandp.co.uk Gold Classic current account is the only load-free worldwide debit card (Metro Bank added non-European loading in March), and it has no ATM fees either. You'll need a min £5,000 in it, or pay in £500/mth or there's a £5/mth fee.
9. DON'T change your cash at the airport (or at least order ahead)
I know it's easy, but it's just such a waste. Airport and ferry port rates are usually dismal as they know you're a captive customer. Far better to use www.TravelMoneyMax.com or, if you've left it too late, at least order in advance online to pick up once you're at the airport to get better rates.
10. Don't pay for bureaux de change on a credit card
Pay a UK bureau by credit (not debit) card and it counts as a cash withdrawal, so there's a fee and interest on these payments even if you fully repay.


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These are not your mom's deviled eggs. These eggs were, hands-down, my favorite dish at our Grains of Discovery World Launch Party. Pretty simple preparation, if you think hard boiling eggs is simple, but utterly sophisticated result. The filling is light and delicious and the toasted millet gives a unique crunch to these deviled eggs. I can't think of a better way to impress your Labor Day barbecue guests than with these superb Toasted Eggs from Chef Kevin Gibson of Evoe.
Toasted Eggs with Millet Seed
Serves 4-6
- 1 cup whole grain Millet
- 6 hard-boiled Eggs*
- 2 tsp Dijon Mustard
- 1 Tbsp grated Shallot
- 2 Tbsp snipped Chives
- 1/3 cup Mayonnaise
- 2 tsp Champagne Vinegar
- Pinch Italian Sea Salt**
Slowly toast 1 cup Millet grains in a 250 degree oven until slightly colored, cool. Hard boil 6 eggs and cool. Peel eggs under running water. Cut in half from pole to pole. Remove yolks and place in bowl. Add some of the 1 tbs toasted Millet seed, 2 tsp Dijon mustard, pinch of Italian sea salt, ¼ cup mayonnaise, 2 tsp champagne vinegar, 1 tbs grated shallot and 2 tbs snipped chives. Using fork, mash and mix the yolks and flavorings. Spoon yolk mixture into whites and dip yolk side into remaining Millet seeds. Place grain side down onto griddle, flatten slightly and warm through. The Millet will turn a nice golden color and have a wonderful texture against the creamy yolk.
*Use this fool-proof (I'll believe it when I see it) method for hard boiled eggs: http://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/foolproof-hard-boiled-eggs
*If you don't have Italian Sea Salt, any finely ground sea salt will work in a -ahem- pinch.


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quote:Originally posted by leighOn a real contender like San Jose we might see a different JR. He could pull off a huge year. And if he tanks...at $500,000 he's a bargain.
quote:Originally posted by leighFYI - Roenick's deal was 1 year for $500,000
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My Austin Marathon is in the books. I've had a good 24 hours to reflect on the experience, and the main thing I keep coming back to is how different it was than my first one.
I ran it in 4:45, which, although it was slower than my original goal time (before the illness and injury that marked this training season), is a PR by 9 minutes. More importantly, I finished it strong. I never stopped to walk* this time around, whereas I broke down after mile 20-ish in my first marathon and took several walk breaks. Plus, I am older and slower than I was 3 1/2 years ago, and I have had a baby since then. So yeah, I am pleased with my showing.
* Except to drink water at water stops, simply because I am not coordinated enough to do so without slopping it all over myself and having the water go down the wrong pipe, sending me into a coughing fit. Talk about counterproductive!
I'm tired, I'm sore, but I'm happy. I feel accomplished. The first 10 miles or so, as I now appreciate is usually the case, was a breeze. I barely even felt my feet hit the ground.
Then came the real hills. I knew they were coming, and I knew they'd be hard… but I was still having a good time. I took my coach's advice and really had fun with this race — I whopped, I high-fived kids and just generally tried to make it a party around me wherever possible. And just before I headed up into the hills, I high-fived a guy holding a sign ("Free High-Fives"), and he said, "No hills for you!" Woot! There were still hills, but I attacked them. The clock at the halfway point said I was on pace to run a 4:35, and I really wanted to hold onto that.
Next, as our race plan termed it, was the "Great Northern mental madness." The stretch in North Austin between the halfway point and 20 miles is a relatively bleak, sparsely-spectated section that looks flat, but is actually a net uphill. In a word, BLAH. But, I got to see my two very favorite people in the world twice on this stretch, so that helped a lot!
I fell into running with the 4:40 pace group for a few miles, and the company helped, too. I lost them at a water stop and was never really able to catch back up, but I didn't let that break me. In the stretch after 20 miles, which was supposed to be net downhill and fast, there was a serious headwind, so it wasn't the relief I had anticipated it being. That said, I never really felt like I hit the wall — and I hit it hard in my first marathon. I just put my head down into the wind, stopped looking at my Garmin, and kept on truckin'. I saw my Rogue moms cheering at mile 25 or so, and then my mom was right on the finishing stretch! I cruised through the downhill, cursed through the brutal uphill right before the finish, and high-fived the announcer on the way in.
After that, it was time for a medal, water, a breakfast taco (Distance Challenge completed!) and some Chuy's takeout on the way home. And then pizza for dinner later. Yeah, I ate my way through the rest of the day. I should've taken an ice bath, but I chickened out… and now my quads are screaming at me any time I go up or down the stairs. At least I don't have a race next weekend! But, unlike last time, I do have a toddler to run after.
I'd love to run a 4:30 marathon, and I think someday I will. Yeah, I'm totally going to do this again. It's just such an experience — there's nothing else like it.
Not to worry — back to your regularly-scheduled tasty-food programming tomorrow!


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This article was published 20/12/2012 (1706 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
WINNIPEG — The NHL has this afternoon rubbed out 15 more days of games, taking us to a dark league through Jan. 14 and likely to decision day on the season.
So now 625 regular-season games of 2012-13 have been canceled, officially taking the 2012 part of the schedule out of the history books.
The extent of this wave of cancellations now brings the league to a point where there is likely only enough regular-season time left for 48 games, the minimum schedule commissioner Gary Bettman said recently he'd consider.
That could well make the next cancellation announcement from the league one scrubbing the entire season unless a new collective bargaining agreement between the owners and players can be reached by early January.
Winnipeg Jets games that are added to the cancellations are Dec. 31 (Tampa Bay), Jan. 2 (Minnesota), Jan. 4 (at Colorado), Jan. 6 (Florida), Jan. 8 (at Columbus), Jan. 11 (New Jersey) and Jan. 13 (Islanders).


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FLY-TIPPERS dumped a box marked as NHS property on a patch of land in Radcliffe – sparking fears it could contain dangerous medical waste.
Cross Lane resident David Keyworth said the site is frequently blighted by discarded rubbish but he had never before seen anything identified as belonging to the NHS left there.
Bury Council sent workers to attend the patch of land, close to Cross Lane, who confirmed the green crate was empty and the rubbish was mainly domestic waste.
A spokesman for Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust said green storage crates, identical to the one pictured, have not been used by the NHS for a decade.
He said: "The NHS stopped using these boxes about 10 years ago and would only ever have been used for general transportation – not for medical waste.
"This was not left there by Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust."
The land is owned by CHP properties, formerly known as P&F Properties – the company who also own the old East Lancashire Paper Mill site off Church Street East.
Mr Keyworth said: "This fly-tipping site is near my house so I have to go past it every time I come in and go out. I am embarrassed to bring people to my home and it brings down Radcliffe as a whole.
"The council don't take it seriously – when I first complained I just received an email telling me to attend the Radcliffe Township Forum."


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From his bedroom in Nottingham to the top of the charts and a tour of US with his idol Noel Gallagher, teenager Jake Bugg is having an incredible year. On the eve of his first UK tour, he tells Andy Welch all about making it big.
The chain of events that has catapulted 18-year-old Jake Bugg to the top of the album charts all started with an episode of The Simpsons.
Bugg was aged just 12 when he was captivated by what he heard while watching the animated comedy series.
"It's all Don McLean's fault," he says, referring to the guest star in that particular episode. "I heard his song Vincent, and that started me off."
Fired with enthusiasm for music, Bugg was given a guitar by his uncle. Two years later, after much practice in his bedroom, he started writing his own songs, some of which feature on his chart-topping album.
"For the first few years I was just learning covers, seeing what chords went with others and how songs went together, then I started writing myself," he explains.
Bugg can't put his finger exactly on his musical influences, but says there was always music playing at home when he was growing up.
"Some of it was good, some of it was shocking. My mum was always listening to Take That or something that I hated.
"People seem to think I'm a massive Bob Dylan fan, but I've not really listened to him that much, and my parents never did. I know his first album, and the famous tracks, like Subterranean Homesick Blues, but not much. It's a strange comparison."
A performance at Glastonbury in 2011 on the BBC's Introducing stage, where unsigned musicians can show off their skills, led to a recording contract with Mercury. Less than a year later, thanks to a performance on Later... With Jools Holland, Bugg had arrived.
"It was all pretty chaotic after that TV appearance," says Bugg, who is clearly still adjusting to his meteoric rise to fame.
Several of his songs hark back to growing up on a housing estate in Clifton, Nottingham, with references to drug use, trouble with the police and generally getting up to no good in car parks of a Friday evening.
He smiles when it's mentioned, but says his beginnings were no more or less traumatic than anyone else's.
"It's been massively exaggerated, I think," he says. "It was no picnic, but it's not as bad as some people would have you believe. It's not easy living on a council estate, it has its bad points as well as good.
"A lot of my songs are about escaping those streets, but it's not just me, it's for anyone in a similar situation.
"My family wanted me to get a job after school, or carry on with education, but that's just life. You've got to be able to feed yourself, but it was my uncle who really pushed me to music.
"I thought it was better not to have the safety net of education or anything, because it'll keep motivating me to write better songs.
"But at the same time I don't think an education would be a bad thing to fall back on. My mum was a singer so I think she's really pleased for me, doing what she wanted to do.
"I don't know how successful I'll be making my escape, but I don't think about that stuff too much. At the moment I'm just concentrating on performing and writing more songs, and we'll see where all this takes me."
So far, his songs have taken him all over Europe as Noel Gallagher's support on the European leg of his world tour.
Gallagher saw Bugg's appearance on Later and decided he had to hear more. The ex-Oasis star trawled YouTube looking for more videos, and decided then and there that he wanted Bugg to go on tour with him.
Gallagher recently told me he was blown away by Bugg's natural talent. "He's from that naturally gifted school of musicians," he says.
"Jake picked up a guitar and virtually the next day comes out sounding like Donovan. I'm from the other side of things, where I have to graft and graft. It's annoying, but best of luck to him."
When the compliments from Gallagher are relayed to Bugg, he seems embarrassed, saying: "Noel's an idol of mine, so to hear something like that blows me away. It's enough that he's even heard of me, let alone go out of his way to ask me on tour with him."
He wasn't really sure what to expect from the tour's opening dates. "I'd never been out of the UK before this year - and now I've been to Germany five times, and France three times, plus loads of other places.
"It was incredible. We played 8,000-seat venues each night, and everyone came in to watch me. It's not like when you support someone in the UK and everyone's in the bar till the main act comes on.
"There was this one night in Italy, in Florence I think, where you could hear a pin drop as I was playing. Then during one song everyone just started applauding and cheering spontaneously. It was an amazing feeling."
Bugg is currently touring the US and Canada with Gallagher and Snow Patrol before setting out next month on his own UK tour.
He says: "We're going to all the inland states, which is what people refer to as Real America. I've obviously got expectations of what it'll be like, mainly that the drives between venues will be really long, so it'll be interesting to see how real it is and how much it differs from what I know."
To cap a remarkable six months, Bugg's debut entered the album chart at No 1 after facing fierce competition from Leona Lewis's third album.
"I didn't think my album would even get in the top 40, to be honest," he says. "So to hear that I was battling Leona Lewis for No 1 was pretty mad. I couldn't really ask for any more."
:: Jake Bugg's eponymous debut album is out now. He begins a UK tour on November 12 - full dates below:
Tour dates:
12 - HMV Institute Temple, Birmingham
13 - Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth
14 - Koko, London
15 - Thekla, Bristol
17 - Club Academy, Manchester
18 - Cockpit, Leeds
19 - Fibbers, York
21 - King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow
22 - O2 Academy, Newcastle
23 - Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
February 2013
2 - O2 Academy, Sheffield
3 - Engine Shed, Lincoln
4 - O2 Academy, Leeds
5 - O2 Academy, Newcastle
7 - Liquid Rooms, Edinburgh
8 - Academy, Glasgow
9 - Mandela Hall, Belfast
12 - O2 Academy, Liverpool
13 - 53 Degrees, Preston
14 - Academy, Manchester
15 - Rock City, Nottingham
17 - UEA, Norwich
18 - Brighton Dome
19 - HMV Institute, Birmingham
21 - O2 Academy, Oxford
22 - Cardiff University Solus
23 - Westland, Yeovil
25 - Corn Exchange, Cambridge
26 - Guildhall, Southampton
27 - Shepherds Bush Empire, London


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A MAN stole wheel trims from nearly 150 parked cars in the Dudley and Sandwell had 313 offences on his criminal record.
Unemployed Stuart Jones advertised the stolen trims on ebay and he sold them for a few pounds to "make a living," said Mark Rees prosecuting.
He told Wolverhampton Crown Court the 36-year-old father-of-three took 23 wheel trims valued at over £900 off cars and when he was arrested he had tools inside his vehicle.
The offences were committed in breach of a Criminal Anti-Social Behaviour Order, said Mr Rees and a condition of the order was that he should not be in possession of any metal tools unless for a legitimate purpose.
After his arrest Jones then decided to "clear the air" and he told officers he had stolen a minimum of 145 wheel trims with the total value of his stolen property coming to over £5,500.
Jones, of Victoria Road, Tipton, admitted theft, going equipped for theft and causing £125 worth of damage to his cell after his arrest.
He further asked Recorder Stuart Sprawson to take into consideration 39 other offences involving the thefts of wheel trims.
The Recorder told him: "You have brought misery upon a substantial number of car owners over a period of time. But you assert you have changed and you want to focus on your family.
"I am quite impressed you approached your offender manager voluntarily so you can move forward. I want a report to see how you have engaged and what you have achieved in your aims and ambitions."
Jones who had been committed to the crown court for sentence by Dudley Magistrates was remanded on bail until Tuesday April 29 for the report to be compiled.


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When and why did you become a runner?
And, of course, what's on the agenda for today?
I've had three lives as a runner. Initially in HS to be on a varsity sport I was a sprinter in my first life ran :24 and :52 for the 220 and 440 (only old dirt quartermile tracks in those days).
2nd running life was after my time in the service, I enjoyed the social aspect and going to college where I transitioned to middle and longer distance. The marathon and running boom was just starting - Shorter had just won in Munich. I ended up running 31 min for 10k and 3 marathons in the low 2:30's.
3rd running life was just before I turned 50...mainly to lose weight and get fit again. Had no real ambitions initially, but ended up running 5:35 for the mile, 18:36 for 5k at age 51. It's been all downhill from there.
Agenda for today is TBD.
This is my 2nd running life I think.
In my first life as a kid, my mom would sign my brother and I up for community track meets. I don't remember how it all worked but I remember Hershey's being maybe a national sponsor. Anyway, we would do various events and earn some ribbons, but never good enough to advance beyond a regional (meaning I don't remember traveling anywhere). In middle school, I became a 1500m runner because it was a new event and had no records ---- that is the reason I chose it. I wasn't that good. I would place on occasion, but not good enough to go to state or anything. Though, looking back I believe I could have been a lot better. I went to a small HS (50 students in my class) and the focus was always sprints. I never received direction on how to be better.
My second running life started a couple of years ago now. I started again because I was tired of being out of shape. The thought of running a half marathon appealed to me. And I began very slowly running 1.5 to 3 miles at a time. I followed a pretty slow progression to build up my mileage. I never thought in the beginning about marathons. But basically, I fell in love. I love the feeling I have when I'm running...pure bliss.
WOTD: 6 miles
QOTD: I ran my first road race in 1976 but became a runner in 1982 when I joined the school cross country team as a 7th grader. I just thought it would be a sport I could do well and I needed the team structure. After graduating high school my running was sporadic and informal, and I never raced. I began structuring my training and racing about six years ago. I left a lot of potential on the table by skipping my 20s and most of my 30s.
WOTD: 7 miles at an easy pace.
QOTD: I actually played football (american soccer ) from my childhood until mid 20s. Then 20 years of couch-TV training and in 2011 we were given monthly free pass to Five Seasons fitness club. And there it started . So, free stuff is good .
WOTD: 10.2 mi easy.
I became a runner because I went from being in great shape at 21/22 years old (157 at my lowest after being up to 215 at 19/20 years old) to being a fat 250 pound piece of **** by the time I was 29 years old and wanting to change that. Managed to get down to 220 pounds for my first marathon, the 2002 L.A. Marathon, would run two more that year, each in worse shape than the last and then wouldn't run at all for the next four years and wouldn't run another marathon for 5.5 years until the 2008 RNR San Diego Marathon. I haven't stopped running since and have actually gotten serious about my running in the last year for the first time.
Planned for later is 5 easy treadmill miles, an even easier 3.1 mile loop at the Rose Bowl with my DW and then another 2.5 miles with my Corgis for 10.6 miles total.
4.35 super hilly miles with my Corgis at 12:00/mile. Ran to my mom's house, gaining about 250' in 2+ miles, which served as an aid station for my dogs and back home.
QOTD: For years I did all kinds of workouts either at a gym or at home, but never ran. Four and a half months after being laid off, I felt the need to to something different; I was bored with my current workouts and was going nuts being in the house so much. Running (actually training for a race) appealed to me because it required structure, a plan, commitment to a goal, and it would get me out of the house. So I got some running shoes, searched for info about races and training and started. And found that I love it!
WOTD: 4 miles
MRI update - Success! Took three attempts (the one last week and 2 yesterday) but got it done. Took the Xanax and went with regular earplugs instead of the big headphones. Also put a cotton cloth over my eyes so there was no chance I'd open them and see the inside of the tube. The first attempt yesterday didn't go well because I kept moving - apparently the Xanax dose wasn't enough to keep me super relaxed. So they gave me another pill (double the strength of the first one) and then everything thing went fine. And the 2nd dose didn't fully kick in until after I was home! Should know the results later this week.
QOTD: I ran track in high school probably because I was athletic and that was the only spring sport for girls. I did well considering the only time I ran was at practice for those 2.5 months. I finished 2nd in the 3200 and 4th in the 1600 at the state meet where our team took home the championship. Had I ran cross country or even maybe ran a few miles a week before the season I would have probably done a bit better.
I played D1 golf and being in good physical shape wasn't that important, especially back than so I quit running althogether and just played rec softball and basketball through my twenties. At 29 and the breakup of a long term relationship I finally took stock of my life and was not happy with what I saw. I then became a fitness runner and gym goer until I took the running up a notch at the age of 41.
WOTD: 6.5 easy miles + drills
QOTD - I started running ~ 1993 when I was 32 years old. I was a baseball player in HS and then played softball as an adult. Realized I was getting fat so I started running as a way to burn off some calories. I used to run about 1500 miles per year and totally underperform in marathons because of lack of training. My 'real' running life started when I was 48 and joined a running club and focused on getting fitter & faster. Night and day difference from what I was doing when I was younger. All PRs dropped significantly and my weight went from 185 to 147. I ain't giving up yet but at 52 I am probably nearing the end of PR-setting and it's been quite a ride!
WOTD - Probably 9 easy at lunch and will try to get another 5 or 6 tonight. Maybe my last big mileage day before MMD 10K.
Qotd: 2007. We signed up for a half marathon and started training.
Wotd: 7 miles with strides
Have a good day all!
QOTD: My uncle got me started running when I was in high school - I ran on and off through college and after (though never competitively), and the most recent off period resulted in me gaining a lot of weight. I started running 'seriously' in 2008 to lose weight, and took an active interest in managing my training and racing about a year after that.
WOTD: 5.1 very easy miles
QOTD - I never ran at all until maybe 6 or 7 years ago when I decided at the last minute to run with DW on a charity 5K. Never thought about running a marathon till several years later when one of my office mates was training for her first at the OC Marathon. I figured if she could run one, so could I.
WOTD - weights and two miles later
QOTD: I started in 1993 a couple years after completing college. I ran to lose weight and improve my general fitness. I took up racing in 1994 to see how I would do and for some additional motivation. I found I enjoyed running and have mostly stuck with it over the years although there have been patches where I ran very little and put on weight.
WOTD: Run home. 8 miles. I throw in some LT pace miles.
QOTD: 7th Grade. All kids had to run a 1.5 'cross country' course every Friday in PE class. I liked it and ran XC/track in high school. I didn't run in college and wish I had. 20's and 30's were squandered although I did run but not in a focused way (similar to Amuse). After I got married my wife and I did some charity running for Team Challenge (2009) which raises awareness and money for Crohn's Disease. I finally had the focus I was lacking but did too much too soon and suffered through lots of setbacks. Things finally started coming together in 2011 and I have been progressing ever since and hope to break my HS 10K PR (35:04) on Memorial Day.
WOTD: am track workout at CCSF. 3 sets of 3x400 and 2x200. 200 jogs between the reps and 400 jog after each set. I averaged 77 and 36. About 10 miles with w/u c/d.
Interesting to read the different paths that have brought us together...
QOTD: Summer 2007. A couple folks (good friend and brother in law) said I couldn't run a 5K, so I had to prove them wrong. Best thing that ever happened to me. Started with a 6 week plan culminating in a 5K. Added distance 2.5 years later.
WOTD: 9.43 miles at 9:10 pace, still in the city, so ran down Van Ness, down Marina, into the Presidio, up to the Golden Gate Bridge and back - second portion of SFM. I love running this city! Too bad it's the last day here...
I started in 7th grade to get out of taking piano lessons.
The usual (nothing).
Radi - I hope "real" school is getting off to a great start for you.
Duck: I was never very serious about smoking either.
I started in 7th grade to get out of taking piano lessons.
Dam. I coulda taken up running instead of the torture of piano lessons? No one clued me in.
"Real" school is exhausting. So far I have found that back-to-back days of 8 hour lectures is more exhausting than even the back breaking and down and dirty work of my CNA clinicals. Tomorrow is off though, so I am able to run longer and get caught up on the 16 chapters of material I have to get through. I also found out my clinical location was moved to the hospital near my home which means 30 min. per clincial day less driving and = time to get in a run!
I got myself out the door early enough for a dark easy 5, inc. 4 w/big dog and one w/little dog.
I have told my cheesy story too many times now, so I will spare you all a repeat.
QOTD: Started in 5th or 6th grade when I used to run "the loop" during PE once a week. It was about a 1/2-3/4 mile loop around the neighborhood. And I always won. But swimming, soccer and skiing were my sports, so it was never a thought in my mind to continue running. In the early-90s, I did a lot of rollerblading to get rid of my freshman 20. In the mid-90s, I moved to NYC where there aren't a lot of great places to consistently rollerblade. So I started running. I entered my first race - Sporting Life 10K - in 1998 and was hooked. Ran my first marathon a year later. It's only been the last two years that I've gotten obsessively serious about it. And I'm still learning.


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Ghandilyan, A., Ilk, N., Hanhart, C., Mbengue, M., Barboza, L., Schat, H., Koornneef, M., El-Lithy, M., Vreugdenhil, D., Reymond, M. and Aarts, M.G.
Notes: Mineral accumulation was studied in Arabidopsis thaliana comparing loci involved with growing in soil versus hydroponics. An F2 population derived from a cross between Landsberg erecta (Ler; maternal parent) and Eringsboda-1 (Eri-1; paternal parent) was propagated by single seed descent for nine successive generations in soil.The flower buds of three plants per line were collected, and the DNA extracted using the Wizard® Magnetic 96 DNA Plant System and used for genotyping with 90 amplified fragment length polymorphism PCR (AFLP) and 39 single sequence length polymorphisms (SSLP) markers to build a genetic map of quantitative trait loci (QTL). (4136)
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Notes: Variation in five microsatellite loci and five SNPs covering all Arabidopsis thaliana chromosomes was examined using samples from four individuals from each of 37 local populations, including North America, England, Eastern and Western Europe, Asia, and a selection of ecotypes. Genomic DNA was extracted from leaf tissue using the Wizard® Magnetic 96 DNA Plant System and a GenoGrinder® instrument then used for amplification with the 10 loci chosen. (3427)
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Notes: To examine the flowering time for three new Arabidopsis thaliana recombinant inbred lines (RIL), genomic DNA was isolated from leaves of 92 Arabidopsis accessions and from flower buds of the three RILs using the Wizard® Magnetic 96 DNA Plant System. The purified DNA was used for single sequence length polymorphisms (SSLPs) genotyping. (3417)
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Notes: To demonstrate that enzymatic digestion of plant material prior to genomic DNA isolation could work as well as mechanical disruption, 5mm leaf punches from 48 randomly chosen species were placed in a multiwell plate and digested overnight with a mix of different carbohydrases. Using the Wizard® Magnetic 96 DNA Plant System, the genomic DNA was isolated and one fourth of the isolated DNA was loaded onto an agarose gel. Since some isolated genomic DNA showed signs of degradation, both leaves and seeds were digested for various lengths of time (1–3 hours for most species) to find the optimal digestion time. The Wizard® Magnetic 96 DNA Plant System was compared to CTAB methods for genomic DNA isolation from the digested plant material, and agarose gel analysis indicated that both methods isolated similar amounts of DNA. (3426)
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Notes: These researchers used luciferase-containing T-DNA insertions in Arabidopsis thaliana for gene trapping. Luciferase was chosen because its transient expression allowed temporal expression studies. Several insertion vectors were constructed and found to have different insertion frequencies. Vectors containing the luc+ gene had substantially higher insertion rates than native luciferase vectors. Luciferase activity was measured in vivo with a CCD camera or, for longer term studies, with an automated scintillation counter sampling every 15-25 minutes over one week. The application of IRES sites in gene trapping experiments was also investigated using firefly and Renilla luciferases. The Dual-Luciferase® Reporter Assay System was used to monitor luciferase activity in vitro. Finally, to sequence the T-DNA insertion sites, genomic DNA was isolated from T2 seedlings using the Wizard® Magnetic 96 DNA Plant System and was subsequently amplified and sequenced. (2787)
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Notes: To find gain-of-function mutants in Arabidopsis, T-DNA insertions were screened for visible phenotypes. 1172 plants were found to have gain-of-function insertions. To map the insertion site of the T-DNA, genomic DNA was isolated on an automated workstation (Tecan Genesis®) using the Wizard® Magnetic 96 DNA Plant System The original plasmid was then isolated from the genomic DNA after digestion and transformation into bacteria. The plasmid was sequenced to determine the site of insertion. (2788)


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S/Sgt Clyde Clark, KIA 27 May, 1944
1944 — France
Clyde R Clark was born on; Aug. 12, 1922 Lansford Bottineau County North Dakota, USA Death: WWII /KIA 27 May,'44
Clyde; Staff Sergeant Clyde R. Clark, 567th Bomber Squadron, 389th Bomber Group, (Heavy), U.S. Army Air Forces KIA over Saarbrucken, Germany May 27, 1944 when the B24 Warchamp was shot down.
(From Charlene Clark McGowan (Neice) This is father/Clair Clark's younger brother "Clyde R Clark")
Clyde R. Clark
Entered the Service From: Missouri
Rank: Staff Sergeant
Service: U.S. Army Air Forces, 567th Bomber Squadron, 389th Bomber Group, Heavy
Died: Saturday, May 27, 1944
Buried at: Lorraine American Cemetery
Location: St. Avold (Moselle), France
Plot: C Row: 16 Grave: 70
Awards: Purple Heart
~~~~~~~~~~ The B-24 Liberator WarChamp was hit by anti aircraft artillery
on 27th May, 1944 over Saarbrucken, Germany. Loren Reid was the pilot . This aircraft was stationed with the 389th Bomb Group in Hethel. The burning bomber dropped into one of the semi-detached houses in a town now known as Altenkessel, killing one man and injuring three children. While coming down, the parachuting crew were shot at from the ground.
From the crew, six were taken POW. The remaining four were
killed and the bodies found in the wreckage. Three of the crew
were found the same day of the crash, but the body of my uncle,
S/sgt Clyde R. Clark was not discovered until three days later.
The four men were buried in the cemetery of Altenkessel. Paul
Karpinko and Clyde were moved later to the American cemetery in St. Avold in Lothringen, while Edward Brun was transported to the U.S.
Much of this information was obtained through the website
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MIA sent to Mr. Charles J Clark (Father) Rural Delivery, Holden Missouri


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Searches the /var/log/secure log file for Failed and/or invalid user log in attempts.
Some commands (such as netcat) have a port option but how can you know which ports are unused?
Extensible to other ugly extensions like *.JPG, *.Jpg etc..
Leave out the last pipe to sh to perform a dry run.
Allows for quick mass renaming, assuming the user has some familiarity with regular expressions. Basically, it replaces the original_file_name in the output of ls with
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helps you keep watch on the load of a system, without having to stare constantly at the terminal. The -d argument to watch highlights the difference from the last run, making it easier to note how the load is fluctuating. The sed command just strips off the information about how long the box has been up, and how many users are logged in.
Leading zeros might help correct sorting and they can be removed by sed after sorting
Does not necessarily require a file to process, it can be used in a pipe as well:
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I don't remember where I copy/pasted this from, I wish I credited the original author
Replace < pw-length > with the desired password-length.
The password-length is not always correct, but wayne...
Run this in your music folder, or give the path directly after "find".
The sed pattern filters away the basename.
You need curl.. and a Mac of course.
Replace the words between BEGIN and END.
Ever had a file with a list of numbers you wanted to add, use:
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It creates a tree-style output of all the (sub)folders and (sub)files from the current folder and down(deeper)
Quoting some of hackzine's words
"Murphy Mac sent us a link to a handy find/sed command that simulates the DOS tree command that you might be missing on your Mac or Linux box. [..split...] Like most things I've seen sed do, it does quite a bit in a single line of code and is completely impossible to read. Sure it's just a couple of substitutions, but like a jack in the box, it remains a surprise every time I run it."
populate the auth.hosts file with a list of IP addresses that are authorized to be in use and when you run this command it will return the addresses that are pingable and not in the authorized list.
Can be combined with the "Command line Twitter" command to tweet unauthorized access.
Jan Nelson from Grockit came up with this for us when we needed to rename all of our fixtures.
If run in bash, this will display all executables that are in your current $PATH
This is the result of a several week venture without X. I found myself totally happy without X (and by extension without flash) and was able to do just about anything but watch YouTube videos... so this a the solution I came up with for that. I am sure this can be done better but this does indeed work... and tends to work far better than YouTube's ghetto proprietary flash player ;-)
Replace $i with any YouTube ID you want and this will scrape the site for the _real_ URL to the full quality .FLV file on Youtube's server and will then will hand that over to mplayer (or vlc or whatever you want) to be streamed.
In some browsers you can replace $i with just a % or put this in a shell script so all YouTube IDs can be handed directly off to your media player of choice for true streaming without the need for Flash or a downloader like clive. (I do however fully recommend clive if you wish to archive videos instead of streaming them)
If any interest is shown I would be more than happy to provide similar commands for other sites. Most streaming flash players use similar logic to YouTube.
Edit: 05/03/2011 -
Updated line to work with current YouTube. It could be a lot prettier but I will probably follow up with another update when I figure out how to get rid of that pesky Grep. Sed should take that syntax... but it doesn't.
Original (no longer working) command:
mplayer -fs $(echo "http://youtube.com/get_video.php?$(curl -s $youtube_url | sed -n "/watch_fullscreen/s;.*\(video_id.\+\)&title.*;\1;p")")
Suppose you made a backup of your hard disk with dd:
dd if=/dev/sda of=/mnt/disk/backup.img
This command enables you to mount a partition from inside this image, so you can access your files directly.
Substitute PARTITION=1 with the number of the partition you want to mount (returned from sfdisk -d yourfile.img).
This download a complete audio podcast
recursively traverse the directory structure from . down, look for string "oldstring" in all files, and replace it with "newstring", wherever found
grep -rl oldstring . |xargs perl -pi~ -e 's/oldstring/newstring'
This is a quick line to stream in the latest offerings of your favorite netcasts/podcasts. You will need to have a file named netcast.txt in the directory you run this from. This file should have one and only one of your netcast's/podcst's url per line.
When run the line grabs the offering on the top of the netcast/podcast stack and end it over , quietly, to vlc.
Since I move around computers during the day I wanted an easy way to listen to my daily dose of news and such without having to worry about downloading to whatever machine I am on. This is just a quick grab and stream of whats current.
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The show is truly international in audience. Chinese manufactures had booths selling every type of hog equipment they could copy, from crates and feeders to fans to probiotics to you name it. In addition, there were many Chinese in attendance walking the aisles.
One clear target market for many vendors was the Russians. Many booths had literature available in Russian and I spoke with the person in charge of sales in Russia from several US companies. While Russia struggles with African Swine Fever it remains on a path of growth.


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The past week saw several Bears honored for their performances.
Junior forward Michael Lofton has been selected as the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III New England Men's Basketball Co-Player of the Week. He shares the weekly honor along with senior forward Tom Poitras of Rivier University. Also, for the third time this season, Mr. Lofton was selected as the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) Men's Basketball Player of the Week.
A native of Mansfield, Massachusetts, Mr. Lofton averaged 24.5 points, 8.5 rebounds, 2.5 blocked shots and 2.5 steals for the Bears in a pair of Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) wins over Worcester State and Fitchburg State. He also shot a sizzling 70.4% (19-27) from the floor.
For the second time this season, senior Becca Geldmacher has been selected as the MASCAC Women's Indoor Track Athlete of the Week. She helped the BSU women's track and field team capture the program's first ever MASCAC indoor championship this past weekend. The Rochester native won the individual title and broke the conference record in the 600-meter dash with a time of 1:39.02. She also ran the anchor leg on the Bears' MASCAC record-setting 4x400 relay team which posted a time of 4:04.33. Joining Ms. Geldmacher on the relay were classmate Karen Anselmi (Franklin), and freshmen Amanda Lane (Abington) and Abbie Pustis (Andover).
Earlier this season at the BU John Thomas Terrier Invitational, Ms. Geldmacher set the Bears' indoor record in the 500-meter dash with a time of 1:18.93. She was previously named MASCAC Indoor Track Athlete of the Week for her performance at the season-opening UMass Boston Invitational back in December.
For the fifth time this season, freshman Samantha Richner has been selected as the MASCAC Women's Indoor Track & Field Rookie of the Week. She shares the weekly honor along with Ashley Monahan of Westfield State University. Ms. Richner helped the BSU women's track and field team capture the program's first ever MASCAC indoor championship this past weekend. The Hanson native won the individual title in the high jump with a leap of five feet, three inches (1.60 meters).
And last but not least, for the fourth time this season, senior Joshua Danner-Hicks has been selected as the MASCAC Men's Indoor Field Athlete of the Week. He defended his individual title in the triple jump at the MASCAC Championships held this past weekend at the University of Southern Maine. The Haverhill native recorded a jump of 46 feet, 2.5 inches (14.08 meters) to break his own MASCAC indoor meet record of 46 feet, two inches (14.07 meters) set a year ago.
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Did you know?
One reason why frogs are great bio-indicators is their permeable skin, which is sensitive to pollution.
Fancy gumboot dancing with a difference? A choir of frogs will serenade you (well, potential mates actually), while you muck about in the mud, trying to catch, identify and release them on a frogging safari.
Strictly an after-dark affair, you'll be armed with a net, bag and headlamp, ready to do your bit for conservation, while setting off on an adventure and finding out why frogs are important for our own existence, their biodiversity and their precarious existence in our increasingly developed world.
Frogging safaris put amphibians, which are often overlooked, and their plight in the spotlight. In South Africa there are 84 described amphibian species of which 56% are endemic to South Africa, of these an estimated 10% are threatened by human interference.
Jock Safari Lodge, situated on the first private concession in the famous Kruger National Park, is an ideal place to go on a frogging safari. With an estimated 34 different species of amphibians in the Kruger, recent 'catches' have included Banded Rubber Frogs, Bubbling Kassinas, Sand Frogs and Painted Reed Frogs.
In Chrissiesmeer (or Matotoland, 'frog land' in Siswati) in Mpumalanga, you can take part in an annual frogging festival, simply called Frog Night, which draws frog fanatics from all over to a 'ribbiting' evening of fun and facts around frogs. This event usually takes place on the first weekend in December.
If you visit the town in summer, your guest house can also help you arrange your own private frogging outing with a local guide.
Travel tips & Planning info
Who to contact
Jock Safari Lodge, Kruger National Park
Tel: + 27 (0)13 735 5200
Frog night in Chrissiesmeer (contact Marietjie Blignaut)
Cell: +27 (0)82 929 1219
Florence Guest Farm
Cell: +27 (0)82 804 1771
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Generally November through March/April in the wet season in summer rainfall areas.
Get around
Splish-splosh through the mud sporting gumboots
What will it cost
Frog Night at Chrissiesmeer costs around R180 p/p including dinner, slide show and a talk by a frog expert.
Length of stay
A frogging safari is a one-night affair, usually offered by a game lodge or guesthouse as part of on-site activities
What to pack
For Frog Night: Wellingtons/Crocs/old sneakers, warm clothes, raincoat/umbrella, good torch/head lamp, clear plastic bag to put frogs in before releasing them, wine/beer for dinner.
Where to stay
The most well-known frogging outings include safaris at Jock Safari Lodge (in Kruger National Park, Mpumalanga and the annual Chrissiesmeer Frog Night in December.
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For frogging fanatics, don't miss the annual Chrissiesmeer Frog Night in early December every year.


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Intel's Quick Sync: Coming Soon to Your Favorite Open Source Transcoding Applicationsby Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/14/2013 4:01 PM EST
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heymrdj - Monday, January 14, 2013 - linkCan't wait to see HB support this! Reply
babgvant - Monday, January 14, 2013 - linkDVRMSToolbox has had QS support for a long time (since SNB). I don't OSS the filters, but the surrounding DirectShow code is FOSS (http://babgvant.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/babgvan... and of course the whole thing is free as in beer :). Reply
JohnMayer - Tuesday, January 15, 2013 - linkLove my job, since I've been bringing in $5600… I sit at home, music playing while I work in front of my new iMac that I got now that I'm making it online(Click on menu Home)
Happy New Year! Reply
StevoLincolnite - Tuesday, January 15, 2013 - linkWe don't care about a measly $5600 for sitting on your ass. Go to a website where you can fool people with your scams. Reply
babgvant - Wednesday, January 16, 2013 - linkWe really need a way to flag comment spam as spam here. Reply
tipoo - Wednesday, January 16, 2013 - linkBut it's John Mayer! We have to believe him, this seems legit. Reply
Kamus - Wednesday, January 23, 2013 - linkYou are replying to what is most likely a bot. Reply
tommo123 - Tuesday, January 15, 2013 - linkthey didn't support it in x264 iirc as intel didn't give access to any low level stuff. made it pointless for the devs in that case as they had no control. if that's been fixed now then sweet! Reply
dmytty - Friday, January 18, 2013 - linkIs it possible to get the motion compensation data from Intel Quick Sync while encoding? Reply
icrf - Monday, January 14, 2013 - linkMost of my transcoding is disc to archive, so quality is more important than speed. It would have been nice if there was more granularity to the fixed function encoder so the parts that matched x264 could have been utilized by it. The x264 people have generally said they can match QuickSync / GPU speed if you drop the quality down to comparable levels.
When I upgrade to Haswell, I'll still use the software encoder, especially if x264 makes as good as use of AVX2 as it sounds. Reply
TerdFerguson - Monday, January 14, 2013 - linkThe x264 clowns are full of it. They went out of their way to hamper bringing Quicksync to the masses, and they did it for petty reasons of personal politics. I've read the forum posts where Intel came to them and said, "hey, this is what we're working on, what do you think?" They acted like jerks, and their performance claims are hogwash. Quicksync is fast. Seriously fast. Reply
raulizahi - Monday, January 14, 2013 - linkThere is no way that x264 can compare to QuickSync in raw performance (not in quality) as, with full 4X 1080i59.94 HD Transcoding, Sandy Bridge Mobile CPUs only use 10%-25% of the CPU to feed the QuickSync engine while x264 would need more of the CPU to execute the same video transcoding task not leaving CPU performance for Audio Transcoding. Reply
mavere - Monday, January 14, 2013 - link"There is no way that x264 can compare to QuickSync in raw performance"
Let's fine-tune that statement. The folks at Compression.ru do a yearly compression study and release free + paid reports. The appendix from their 2012 study, which includes IVB QS2 results, found that on performance desktop IVB, x264 is both faster AND provides a higher qual:perf ratio.
Here's a shot of the graph summarizing the results on desktop IVB: http://i.imgur.com/0ccUC.png
On mobile hardware, with a mid-end quad core IVB, QS takes the lead in performance and quality per performance.
I don't expect anyone with high end or overclocked CPUs to benefit from Quicksync, unless they're planning on doing some strenuous multitasking during the encode period. Reply
heffeque - Tuesday, January 15, 2013 - linkNice to see an informed comment. They aren't easy to find here on the intarwebz. Reply
Soulwager - Tuesday, January 22, 2013 - linkThere are a huge number of people that stream their gaming live. Quicksync could allow people with 2 core CPUs to stream without impacting game performance, and would allow people with 4 core CPUs to stream at a much higher quality. Reply
icrf - Tuesday, January 15, 2013 - linkThe big thing is no one uses x264 on superfast presets because people using x264 usually care about quality. The result is few people are aware of how fast it can be in raw fps numbers once it backs off the quality benchmark it is known for.
I will grant you that while x264 veryfast may be around Quicksync speeds, it will definitely be using more CPU power to do it. Reply
hornetfig - Monday, January 14, 2013 - linkI've read that discussion in the past (first in early 2011 - when deciding whether to buy into P65 or wait for Z77). That's not really a correct interpretation of what the state of affairs were:
Firstly, the x264 dev's overriding interest is in maintaining the quality of the encode. If QuickSync was fast, that was irrelevant if it couldn't be used to replicate the quality of x264's CPU h.264 encode. We hhad all seen nVidia's efforts in this area to that time and they were pretty awful. So of course there was skepticism.
Then there was a problem with what information was actually forthcoming from Intel. The information provided seem to come from one engineer's private outreach. All the claims were vague (maybe he wasn't a native English speaker?). Requests for further information took a long time and still weren't sufficient.
Effectively, there seemed to be cross purposes. The x264 project would have been more than willing look at using specific elements of QuickSync, to the extent it was possible. The Intel engineer was thinking x264 should be just a QuickSync frontend (obviously not going to happen). Intel itself had no official involvement in the discussion at all.
So here we are two years down the track at approximately where we should have been a tad over 2 years ago! Reply
icrf - Tuesday, January 15, 2013 - linkYeah, I had read that thread, too, and I think that sums it up nicely.
For anyone else interested in the details, this is the original discussion from October 2010: http://doom10.org/index.php?topic=717.0 Reply
iwod - Monday, January 14, 2013 - linkWell, you should reread the discussions again. Love QuickSync and all the juicy part Anand told you about? They are not available unless you paid for an application. The decoder to OS software player didn't came long time later. And Intel couldn't be bother to work with the community as far as i could tell. ( Although not necessarily the engineers fault. )
So we basically have a piece of Hardware in our CPU that is being greatly advertised but cant be used at all. Reply
frenchy_2001 - Tuesday, January 15, 2013 - linkIt is actually not quite true. You DO have free (as in beer) software taping QuickSync since early/mid 2012, when Intel made it available in their dev kit.
Mediacoder http://www.mediacoderhq.com/ is one of them and works quite well (on my SB 2500k).
QS is a black box with very limited options though, so in the end I used x264 for flexibility (still with MediaCoder btw).
So, it is usable, but intel is lifting the veil one corner at a time... Reply
tdtran1025 - Thursday, January 17, 2013 - linkThis may have been true in the past because they found (collectively) AMD and NVidia solutions did not offer substantial gains in transcoding time. Now QS is the game changer and so reflect the attitudes of said "clowns". Reply
Montago - Thursday, March 07, 2013 - linkI read about that too... the Handbrake people are jerks... Maybe because they are French ?...
I've read tons of forums and articles about people wanting GPU power to HandBrake - and everytime the HandBrake/x264 people shoot it down (with good reasons sometimes)
I'm pretty sure that nothing will happen, that Handbrake and x264 will continue to be CPU only. Reply
MonkeyPaw - Monday, January 14, 2013 - linkI do enjoy QuickSync, as I specifically wanted the HD 3000 i3 for this very task. I was disappointed I could not use QS on Ubuntu and that Intel offered no support. My guess is that Intel wants full exposure of QS so that their SDP chips have the most market penetration possible. QS on Android perhaps? Reply
Guspaz - Monday, January 14, 2013 - linkIf QuickSync is still not available to anybody using a discrete graphics card, few desktop users will be able to access it.
I'll wind up in the bizarre situation where my IvyBridge MacBook Air will be able to transcode video much faster than my desktop i7 3770k system with a GeForce GTX 670. Reply
babgvant - Monday, January 14, 2013 - linkDX11 supporting GPUs don't need a connected display to enumerate, so it will work headless (or disconnected). Reply
Guspaz - Tuesday, January 15, 2013 - linkLast time I tried to enable both the iGPU and discrete GPU in the BIOS, my system decided to stop sending video signals to any output (on either the iGPU or discrete card), requiring a CMOS reset to get the thing booting again. Reply
Ryan Smith - Monday, January 14, 2013 - linkMost desktop motherboards come with Lucid Virtu MVP these days, so desktop users with discrete cards can access QuickSync through d-Mode. However that's only for self-built systems; I can't recall ever seeing Virtu with an OEM system, which is what most customers are buying. Reply
Guspaz - Tuesday, January 15, 2013 - linkMy Z77 mobo didn't come with a Virtu license. Reply
danjw - Monday, January 14, 2013 - linkWell Intel should have done this when Sandy Bridge was released, but I am glad that they are doing it now. Makes me happier that I just upgraded to Ivy Bridge! Reply
edlee - Monday, January 14, 2013 - linkI love quicksync, I use it all the time to make smaller size video file for my android tablet when I am traveling .
I upgraded to ivy bridge from sandy bridge to get the speed boost for transcoding. Nothing comes close right now. Reply
Spoelie - Tuesday, January 15, 2013 - linkBut already a year ago tablets have reached a point where they can decode 1080p in hardware.
In addition, the model I have has 32GB built in, a micro SD card slot supporting 32GB cards and I also have a 64GB USB stick that I can put in its dock.
Transcoding for mobile hardware is a fad that will go away soon enough - I never bothered with it.
Well if you're in android world, apple isn't there yet. Reply
Guspaz - Tuesday, January 15, 2013 - linkMy 1080p movie files tend to be 10-15 gigabytes a pop. It's pretty easy to fill up your tablet's memory at that rate; 64GB of storage won't even get you through a flight from Toronto to Tokyo. Reply
edlee - Tuesday, January 15, 2013 - linkMost of my movies start at 4GB, I transcode them to less than a gig so I can fit about 25 films when I travel two weeks at a time. Also decoding a 1080p for a tablet uses more battery than 480p. I dont think transcoding is going away anytime soon.
I use transcoding on the fly with servio and ps3ms in my house for all my dlna devices, but hopefully those apps with start to take advantage of Quicksync as well Reply
Death666Angel - Thursday, January 17, 2013 - linkI hadn't bothered with it when I had my SGS2 with 16GB NAND and a 32GB mSDHC card. But when I switched to a Galaxy Nexus, space became a premium commodity. Now I reencode my 1080p stuff to 720p (reducing the size to ~1/3 or 1/4 of the original), so that I can cramp more stuff onto the phone.
Though I wouldn't look at upgrading to a new setup (from my i7 860) just for QS. Reply
vps - Tuesday, January 15, 2013 - linkAFAIR, the problem between Quick Sync and x264 were not because mediating library was closed source, but because main encoding process was closed and x264 had no way of affecting the quality. If I remember correctly (and I'm sure the messages can still be found in x264 forums):
*) x264 folks were interested in accelerating the encoding, if x264 has access to all key steps and can affect the quality of the output (I have forgot the actual terms used).
*) Quick Sync works as a fast black box: you feed some data and get back final results without being able to affect anything.
*) Quick Sync produced quick results, but the quality wasn't good enough and offered no way to change that.
*) Intel guys offered x264 folks to use Quick Sync, but because of above mentioned reasons it was rejected.
*) Some x264 devs tried to play Torvalds and be an a$$hole. But they had actually very little reason to do so and in addition they overdid it. But it's not every day you get to opportunity to say "f**k off" to Intel from high horse, must have been very tempting, I'm sure.
The main argument of x264 against using Quick Sync was: it doesn't matter if it is fast, if it produces inferior results and doesn't provide any means to improve quality. In that sense Quick Sync doesn't differ from other fast libraries, for example Cyberlink. And x264 is not interested in being merely a caller of inferior external black boxes, no matter fast these are.
Many encoders trade quality for speed. x264 offers ability to trade speed to higher quality and x264 is not interested giving it up, even if some fast library is hardware accelerated and has "Intel inside" on it. Reply
Wolfpup - Tuesday, January 15, 2013 - linkYeah, even still I don't think this makes sense and don't see how it really gets supported by the programs we all actually use.
If I were on one of these teams, I'd be looking at whether OpenCL can do anything for me, given it's...open, and will probably be supported better than anything else, etc.
I continue to be pissed that Intel is blowing all these transistors on video and encoding. I do not want it. I want more cores, bigger cores, etc. Not some proprietary fixed function video encoder... Reply
Arbee - Tuesday, January 15, 2013 - linkYeah, as I understand it this doesn't actually fix x264's problem at all.
And it wasn't just x264 that was unimpressed with QuickSync's image quality; recall that Apple refused to enable it Sandy Bridge on the grounds that the output looked like crap. I assume that's why Intel concentrated more on quality for IVB. It now meets Apple's specs, but you still wouldn't want to use it for non-realtime transcoding (e.g. DVD ripping with Handbrake or whatever).
Also, I must protest being an a$$hole as "playing Torvalds". Linux's success is due in equal parts to Linus' pragmatism and his generally well-founded stubbornness. I'm genuinely afraid of what'll happen if he gets hit by the proverbial bus and the FSF faction takes over the kernel. Google would probably have to fork to continue Android, among other things. Reply
frenchy_2001 - Tuesday, January 15, 2013 - linkFSF has 0 say in the kernel and would not be able to change anything: the kernel is licensed under GPL v2 PERIOD. No "or later" or anything like that, so it is stuck to it (it would be *impossible* to get consent from the hundreds if not thousand of contributors to re-license it, as each contributor has kept their copyright).
If anyone wants a kernel under a different license, they are welcome to write their own. Reply
Gigaplex - Wednesday, January 16, 2013 - linkSo what if it's GPL v2? The FSF could take over as the maintainers/stewards of the mainline kernel, leave it at GPL v2, and still accept patches into mainline that Linus would otherwise reject and/or reject patches that Linus would otherwise accept. Reply
Goty - Tuesday, January 15, 2013 - linkOh boy, now we can all have horrendously transcoded video no matter our platform of choice! Joy! Reply
Spoelie - Tuesday, January 15, 2013 - linkOnce I read this comparison (and saw the comparison shots):
I simply ignored quicksync - however that was with HD3000, has the quality situation improved? Reply
etamin - Tuesday, January 15, 2013 - linkwhen will GPU acceleration finally come to handbrake?? Reply
Senti - Thursday, January 17, 2013 - linkQuick Sync PR again? All people who really care about video encoding know that Quick Sync was pure marketing buzz from the beginning and has zero practical usage.
First you show the x264-level application benefiting from it – only then I'll believe you. Oh, and I want Hi10P h264 btw. Reply
Marburg U - Friday, January 18, 2013 - linkWithout basic features like high profile and multipass it's totally useless.
It's not even worth for nand-based portable devices where you are limited by the amount of storage: double the file size for WAY too low video quality.
This asic\simd based features may be worth something for 480p phones.... Reply
vegemeister - Thursday, March 21, 2013 - linkMulti pass is a huge waste of space, unless you're doing something silly like trying to burn movies to 700MB CD-Rs. Believe it or not, x264 knows better than you how many bits it needs to achieve a particular quality level with a particular video. Reply
Kamus - Wednesday, January 23, 2013 - linkPeople that argue that people using x264 only care about quality have very little imagination.
There's a lot of uses i can think off where you need speed for x264.
It's the codec that xsplit uses, and it's also used by plex and other applications like it.
on both xsplit and plex i'd much rather have the speed than the quality.
For xsplit the ability to stream with little to no performance hit would be very useful. Because assuming it doesn't slow your game down it would be just as good as having a dedicated encoding computer for streaming or a capture card that does hardware encoding.
This would allow people to use hardware they already have instead of having to shell out 300 dollars or more on a hardware solution.
Plex would also have huge benefits from this. My whole family uses plex trough roku boxes and iOS clients. For me that means that my entire library has to be transcoded. Having plex use quicksync would probably allow for multiple transcodes with out breaking a sweat. Something that isn't possible right now; since a few 1080p transcodes will choke my server more often than not.
I never understood why intel would invest so much on a piece of technology if they were going to make it so useless...
Well, at least they are trying to fix that now. But now we have to see if developers of desirable software jump on board. Reply


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I have a little bit of a different perspective regarding the new 2.0 reboot coming, compared to most of the forums I've been looking at. The problems with mechanics, boring seamlessness, UI, etc were only enough to make me annoyed sometimes. The real reason I always wanted to play FFXIV was because I played FFXI for years, and it still has a place in my heart.
In FFXI, I had come to really value my character, because I built him up with a ridiculous amount of hard work (Samurai, enough said? :) ), I played since Beta, and probably for 2-3 years since launch. Anyway, I had really hoped FFXIV would give me that same kind of feeling, of being drawn into a world and valuing the time and effort I put into my char, linkshells, etc.
But, I played FFXIV for probably a month from launch, and all it ever did was disappoint me. I think a lot of it was that I felt as though I was just leveling different weapons, instead of leveling a job. Anyway, I know the mechanics are going to change a lot (and some already have), but I was really looking for the perspective of someone who played FFXI, and understands what I mean when I say: FFXI changed my life more than any other MMO, and am curious if the reboot of XIV will live up to that standard.
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The construction of Central Asia's biggest regional mosquehas been started in Dushanbe, capital city of Tajikistan.
President of Tajikistan, Imamali Rahman broke ground for the construction of the mosque that is to be built in a capacity of housing 150 thousand people.
The mosque will have an area of 7,5 hectares that would cover an Islamic University, a library, a museum, conferance halls and pools with sprinkler systems. The complex is planned to be completed in five years time.2009-10-07 00:00:00


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The coalition's promise to be the "greenest government ever" is now rather under strain after environmental groups reacted with hostility to Wednesday's Budget – given that it provided tax relief for motorists and air passengers.
I was surprised that George Osborne, the chancellor, repeated his regular claim that the government would raise the proportion of green taxes on individuals.
Yet this is still a realistic ambition, according to the Institute of Fiscal Studies in its Budget analysis yesterday.
Having said that, the IFS said that while the target was "still on course", the Budget had put progress back by cutting fuel duty by the equivalent of £2bn a year.
Green groups, which welcomed the commitment of £3bn of capital towards the Green Investment Bank, were disappointed that the