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Ninja II: Shadow of a Tear (US - BD RA)
Gabe starts the new year with a couple hundred ninja kicks to the skull...
Fight everyone and trust no one: it's the code of survival practiced by martial-arts master Casey Bowman (Scott Adkins) after his life of domestic bliss is shattered by a savage act of violence. Vowing revenge, the fearless American stealthily tracks the killer from Osaka to Bangkok to Rangoon with the help of a wise and crafty sensei. His only clues: a series of victims whose necks bear the distinctive mark of strangulation by barbed wire. Fighting to avenge as well as to survive, Casey must sharpen his razor-like responses and take his battle skills to the next level, even using deep meditation to fake his own death. His target: the sinister drug lord Goro, who is flooding the streets with deadly meth cooked at his remote jungle factory. To prepare for his ultimate confrontation, Casey must finally become an invisible warrior worthy of the name Ninja. But just when his prey is cornered, an unexpected twist shows Casey that his battle is only beginning: he truly can trust no one. (From Nu Image's original synopsis)
Back in 2010, I was sent a review copy of a relatively obscure, straight-to-video action flick with the bromidic title of Ninja. I knew nothing about it and assumed that its release was timed to coincide with the (video) release of James McTeigue's Ninja Assassin. I was hoping for a throwback to the hyper-violent, Sho Kosugi-led ninja madness of the '80s, but was greeted with an entirely forgettable rehash of cartoon plotlines (the story literally mirrors episodes of G.I. Joe and Batman: The Animated Series) and barely above-average action sequences. In the intervening years, I discovered a subculture fandom devoted to STV action and learned that Ninja star Scott Adkins and director Isaac Florentine developed into cult superstars. Having never seen the likes of Undisputed II: Last Man Standing or Undisputed III: Redemption (I still haven't, for the record), I assumed that Ninja was an accurate representation of the team's skills. I also learned that the both director and star were almost as disappointed as I was by the film and that their sequel, the more imaginatively title Ninja II: Shadow of a Tear, was an attempt at righting the original film's wrongs.
Florentine is obviously working on an itty-bitty budget, which shows in the semi-flat establishing shots and a very digital general look. He also hasn't moved past some of his bad habits, like digital zooms and jump cuts, none of which help him overcome his budgetary limitations. On the other hand, these comparatively unattractive moments are a symptom of the chatty, story-driven set-ups between spectacular martial arts sequences. And the martial arts sequences are certainly spectacular. The key factor here is that Florentine keeps out of the way, allowing fight choreographer Tim Man, stunt coordinator Brahim Achabbakhe, Adkins, and all the other stunt players do their thing. He includes just enough stylistic flourish (a Dutch angle, a tastefully timed bit of slow motion, a sensible whip-pan), but he doesn't jostle the imagery with shaky cam, nor does he over-edit things into non-descript flashes of visual noise. My only problem with Florentine's action is that, despite its brutality, it's rarely gory, which seems to go against the point of the exercise. The first Ninja was overflowing with digital blood, while this time the occasional gaping wound rarely oozes more than a dribble of claret.
Ninja II reunited Florentine & Adkins with writer/producer Boaz Davidson (under the pseudonym David White – edit: or maybe not? I took the first thing I read at face value), modern B-action's answer to Roger Corman. Davidson's script is only a script in the sense that it likely involved words written onto a page. The plot is thin to the point of near non-existence, the characterizations are goofy, and the dialogue is laughable. Davidson ( edit: or David N. White) is merely giving Florentine the excuses he needs to create more action. These admittedly lame set-ups, which, as I mentioned before, are also lazily constructed by Florentine, but they generally fit the STV ninja movie formula Florentine claims to have been paying homage to. The film manages to move very quickly between fisticuffs, leaving us little time to grow bored with Davidson's faux-script. Unfortunately, there are more ingredients required to complete a truly great, low-budget action opus. Adkins' lack of dramatic charisma isn't a deal-breaker. It's not as if Sho Kosugi was a dynamic screen presence when he wasn't cracking heads. The difference was that directors like Sam Firstenberg ( Ninja III: The Domination, unrelated to this series) and Gordon Hessler ( Pray For Death) surrounded him with over-the-top personalities. Adkins is supported by a series of deathly serious actors that don't appear to be having a lick of fun and it hurts the overall experience.
Ninja II: Shadow of a Tear was shot using Red Epic and Red One MX cameras and is presented here in 1.78:1, 1080p HD video. The look is definitively digital, to the point that some shots look like computer-generated effects, including smoothed-over background textures, thick contrast, and a complete lack of noise in many cases. This isn't to say it's an ugly or faulty transfer – Florentine and cinematographer Ross W. Clarkson have just embraced a non-filmic look. When not being stylistically blurred out of focus, details are perfectly sharp and complex. The palette is cool and fluorescent for the most part, but is more aggressively tinted when Florentine wants to hammer home a heavy-handed emotional response, like the moment towards the beginning of the film, where Adkins finds his wife murdered and the house is bathed in lavender. The more naturalistic outdoor shots include some wonderfully lush greens and rich warm hues (especially the day-set Myanmar sequences), all of which cut sharply against each other without noisy blending effects. The black levels are deeply crushed and consistent without creating notable edge enhancement effects (aside from a single establishing shot of Myanmar). Some of the darkest sequences have minor macro blocking effects between shadow clusters and some of the fade-ins/fade-outs have brief banding effects, but the film's short runtime and lack of special features keeps compression artefacts at bay.
Millennium's Blu-ray comes fitted with a lossless Dolby TrueHD 5.1 soundtrack. The sound design is pretty weak where dialogue-heavy scenes are concerned. The words are clear, but the tonal qualities are inconsistent. This is probably due to ADR dubbing. The incidental sounds of city and jungle life are lively and well-layered, despite the fact that most of them were clearly collected from sound effects compilation CDs, but it is the action sequences that impress the most. These include directionally aggressive swishing limbs, crushing impacts, and metallic strikes. The LFE gets its share of activity, thanks to some punchy gunshots and exploding buildings. Logan Mader and Gerald K. Marino's music is typical Asian-influenced stuff for the most part and includes a number of abstract textures, like shuddering percussion and throbbing synth sounds. These more surrealistic additions include heavy surround enhancement that helps cover the soundtrack's occasionally thin crust.
The brief extras include:
- An EPK (7:20, HD) with clips, behind-the-scenes footage, and cast & crew interviews.
- Additional interviews with Florentine, Adkins, Kane Kosugi, Mika Hijii, and producers Boaz Davidson, Frank DeMartini &Tom Waller (12:40, HD).
- Raw behind-the-scenes footage (5:30, HD).
- Trailers for other Millennium releases.
Ninja II: Shadow of a Tear is a strange counterpoint to Nicolas Winding Refn's largely reviled Only God Forgives. Both films share similar plot elements and take place in similar areas, but where Refn's film revels in nightmarish style and psychological themes, Isaac Florentine cuts any thematic resonance to make way for more fast-paced martial arts action. I found myself wowed by the fisticuffs, but, sadly, I missed the extra added value of amusing/interesting characters, narrative surprises, or even Refn's excessive violence tends to add to movies like these, though. But, hey, the action scenes are really quite stellar. This Blu-ray looks about as sharp as a STV ninja film can look and sounds great, despite some obvious budgetary shortcomings, but is practically naked in terms of extra features.
* Note: The above images are taken from the Blu-ray and have been resized for the page. Full-resolution captures are available by clicking the individual images, but due to .jpg compression, they are not necessarily representative of the quality of the transfer.
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Just to clear up one point, let me assure you Boaz Davidson and David White are 2 very different people.
As far as the film, I was lucky enough to catch this at a theatrical test screening a few months back, and the action blew me away. There are at least 4 fight sequences that registered among the best of the "true action" genre (my personal fave was the dojo fight scene, which is Florentine's Copacabana/Goodfellas masterpiece). I even enjoyed the 3rd act twist of the storyline (thought others have said they saw it coming), as well as Adkins strong silent acting style.
As far as the film, I was lucky enough to catch this at a theatrical test screening a few months back, and the action blew me away. There are at least 4 fight sequences that registered among the best of the "true action" genre (my personal fave was the dojo fight scene, which is Florentine's Copacabana/Goodfellas masterpiece). I even enjoyed the 3rd act twist of the storyline (thought others have said they saw it coming), as well as Adkins strong silent acting style.
Gabe Powers Editor Join Date: September 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4,718
David White is listed as a pseudonym on the wiki page and no one named David White shows up on the special features. I just took it at its face value. I'll collect it.
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I miss the late 1980s and 1990s and It seems the type of direct to video movies are trying to come back or stuff like it. thanks for the review. I might see it one of these days since I am an action fan, but I can agree how good Only God Forgives is
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Disc Details
Release Date: 31st December 2013
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 1.78:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English/Japanese
Subtitles: English
Extras: EPK, Behind-the-Scenes Footage, Cast & Crew Interviews, Trailers
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Isaac Florentine
Cast: Scott Adkins, Kane Kosugi, Mika Hijii, Shun Sugata
Genre: Action
Length: 95 minutes
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Our role in shaping our community was recognized nationally by the Institute of Museum and Library Services as a 2009-10 recipient of the National Medal for Museum and Library Service. We were nominated locally by long-time community leader William Mallory, Sr., with letters of support from parent and Museum Center member Margaret O'Donoghue and public school teacher, Marie T. Dornbusch.
We were excited to receive this national award in Washington, D.C. and were honored that Faith Anne Brown, one of our Youth Program graduates could help us accept it. Faith Anne developed her sense of leadership by working with our visitors, digging for dinosaur bones in Montana, sharing life experiences with other Cincinnati area teens in our youth development program. She is now a graduate of St. Ursula Academy and Howard University with an honors degree in chemistry, and is in the process of earning a Master of Public Health.
This prestigious honor (the Oscar®, Emmy® or Pulitzer® of the museum world) is awarded to outstanding museums and libraries that make exceptional contributions to their communities, and demonstrate extraordinary and innovative approaches to public service, inclusiveness and community outreach. We are pleased to share this honor locally with the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, which received the award in 2013.
In 2014, the Institute of Museum and Library Services is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its National Medal for Museum and Library Service program. To mark this 20-year milestone, IMLS will spotlight previous winning institutions through a special Share Your Story Facebook campaign. Visit www.facebook.com/USIMLS to view and to share your own stories and learn more about the 20th anniversary celebration here.
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In August 2012, Cincinnati Museum Center achieved accreditation from the American Association of Museums (AAM), the highest national recognition for a museum. Accreditation signifies excellence to the museum community, to governments, funders, outside agencies and to the museum-going public. Of the nation's estimated 17,500 museums, 778 (only 4.5%) are currently accredited. Cincinnati Museum Center is one of 26 museums accredited in Ohio and joins the Cincinnati Art Museum, Taft Museum of Art and Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden as accredited institutions in Cincinnati. Cincinnati Museum Center is one of only 16 institutions nationally honored with both the IMLS award as well as AAM Accreditation.
Accreditation is a rigorous process that examines all aspects of a museum's operations. To earn accreditation, a museum first must conduct a year of self-study, then undergo a site visit by a team of peer reviewers. AAM's Accreditation Commission, an independent and autonomous body of museum professionals, review and evaluate the self-study and visiting committee report to determine whether a museum should receive accreditation. While the time to complete the process varies by museum, it generally takes three years. Museums are not required to apply for accreditation; the process is completely self-motivated to be sure one is operating at the highest possible level.
Cincinnati Museum Center was applauded for being a well-organized and well-run museum, with deep roots within the community and dedicated stakeholders (trustees, management, staff and volunteers). Specifically, Museum Center's Youth Programs and annual Learning Through Play conference were noted to serve as national models of working with at-risk students and engagement with parents, respectively. Additionally, the Accreditation Commission was impressed with Museum Center's outstanding efforts to preserve historic Union Terminal and the collaboration with the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center.


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Police urge vigilance, but not alarm, after bombs found in BarnsteadBy DAN SEUFERT
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June 24. 2014 11:01PM
BARNSTEAD – Police found three detonated homemade bombs in town Tuesday at three different spots, but they don't believe there is any cause for fear of terrorism or bomb blasts.
But police are asking the public for help in finding who made the Improvised Explosive Devices, or IEDs, which are similar to bombs made and used to maim and kill people overseas, said Barnstead Police Sgt. Joe McDowell.
They are also asking residents of the Locke Lake Colony, where the bombs were found, to keep their eyes open in case there are more devices.
Federal and state Homeland Security officials have been made aware of the devices, but there is no reason for residents to fear for their safety at this point, McDowell said. They are asking people to be aware and report any suspicious devices, he said.
"We're asking for information from the public on where these bombs came from, but we are mostly asking people to be aware in case there are more of them, and to report anything to us immediately," he said.
The first IED was found at 7:16 a.m. on Halfmoon Bay Road, McDowell said. A passerby reported the suspicious device in pieces.
"It's hard to describe what it looks like, but people should be aware for something that just doesn't look right," McDowell said.
The second device was found nearby at Dalton Road later in the day. A third device had been found on Monday near a colony beach by colony workers, he said.
The devices, which were all found detonated and in pieces, had the range to blow up a whole section of road, but they had not been used to kill or maim anyone."
Though they don't want residents to be fearful, police said the devices were clearly not made as part of a class project or something as innocent.
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An improved fit with the prices of Valero and Tesoro stocks is achieved by combining the equities with heating oil minus gasoline RBOB. The data in "Heating oil less gasoline" (below) are cumulative percentage changes, permitting a comparison of several different series having different absolute values. This shows the ability of heating oil to match equity price changes for the two companies, as well as the enhanced effect when gasoline is subtracted from heating oil price changes.
"Cumulative percentage changes" (below) combines the three crack spread variables — crude oil, heating oil and gasoline — and shows that they all are correlated positively with the Valero equity series. Near June 1, 2012, Valero's stock price is seen leading the other variables as energy futures increase toward mid-July. Although the crude oil price also is increasing, heating oil and gasoline are climbing faster, improving the crack spread and supporting the higher stock price.
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text: Chris Timson Posted February 6, 2012 (edited) Hi all, It is my pleasure once again to declare this year's annual Charles Wheatstone Memorial Mornington Crescent game open for business. Last year's thoroughly worthy winner was Woody, and I call on him to set any special rules for this game and make the first move. Samantha is once again on hand to "big up" (as I believe the youngsters say) everyone's points. Since it proved so successful last year I shall once again refrain from play and take the role of adjudicator or, as we say in game talk, the Chairman. It is especially satisfying to be able to start the game today, the day our dear Queen (God bless her) ascended the throne. It is not widely known that at the time she was informed of her father's death she was in the Treetops Hotel in Kenya trying to make a Triple Helsinki reversing via Wood Green to Mornington Crescent, a truly queenly move. So in that spirit, let play commence! Chris Edited February 6, 2012 by Chris Timson Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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As more and more computing moves into someone else's data centre (i.e. the Cloud), users and companies are losing direct control over their data and processes. The risks they used to be able to mitigate by using Free and Open Source software are starting to become apparent.
So what can be done to continue to enjoy the software freedom that we have come to appreciate in the desktop computing world? Just like the task of building a completely FOSS operating system in the 1980s looked like an impossible dream, having a completely free online life appears to be quite a big task. Thankfully, many people are now tackling this problem and starting to build freedom-respecting options, one service at a time.
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U.S. News also highlights schools that are recognized for outstanding programs aimed at enriching the educational experience. Niagara was once again recognized in the area of service learning. Niagara was one of only 27 institutions recognized with this distinction nationally, and it was the only college or university in Western New York highlighted in one of these categories, which also include internships, the first-year experience, learning communities, senior capstone, study abroad, undergraduate research/creative projects and writing in disciplines.
"Niagara is especially pleased to have national recognition for our service learning programs. Education experts agree that involving students in community service either as volunteers or as part of their course work is linked to success in their studies and in their professional lives," said the Rev. Joseph L. Levesque, C.M., president of Niagara University.
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Many doctors now monitor their patient's vitamin D levels and prescribe supplemental vitamin D when levels are too low. A lack of vitamin D may increase your risk of developing numerous diseases and conditions.
Autoimmune diseases — such as type 1 diabetes, multiple sclerosis, and rheumatoid arthritis —may be linked to a vitamin D deficiency. Autoimmune diseases occur when the immune system attacks the body's own tissues. Too little vitamin D has been linked to poor immune system function.
Vitamin D deficiency is also linked to a risk for type 2 diabetes, osteoporosis (a condition that results in brittle bones), heart disease, mood disorders, and even certain types of cancer. This is because the active form of vitamin D helps control chronic inflammation. Ongoing inflammation has been linked to diseases such as hardening of the arteries (atherosclerosis), arthritis (painful, inflamed joints), and even cancer.
Vitamin D may be taken as a supplement. Two forms are available: vitamin D-3 and vitamin D-2. Vitamin D-3 is preferable, as it is better absorbed when taken by mouth.
Current government recommended dietary intakes for vitamin D range from 400 IU to 800 IU depending on your age, but are based on the needs of healthy individuals, not someone who may already be deficient or battling an illness or disease. Many experts argue that higher daily intakes above what's recommended, even what may be considered megadosing (up to 50,000 IU per week), are required to achieve better health outcomes.
The following factors can affect your vitamin D levels:
People with dark skin don't make vitamin D as easily as light-skinned people when exposed to sunlight.
Vitamin D dissolves in fat, and is stored in fat cells. Overweight people tend to have more vitamin D stored in fat rather than circulating in the blood. They may require higher doses of vitamin D-3 to maintain optimal serum levels.
Vitamin D toxicity, resulting from taking too much supplemental vitamin D, is relatively rare. The amount of supplemental vitamin D needed to cause vitamin D toxicity is more than 10,000 IU per day, taken every day for months. The tolerable upper intake levels published by the U.S. government range from 1,000 IU per day for infants, to 4,000 IU per day for children over 9 years old and adults.
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Everybody's favorite season will soon be here. For children, summer brings wonderful warm weather and that glorious feeling of freedom from shoes, schedules and the indoors. For all of us adults (even those whose jobs are 9 to 5) weekdays don't end when summer starts. It is just the time to enjoy once a year pleasures of summer. For some it's the time to slow down, or if you're a farmer enjoy the warm summer weather and enjoy how great the crops look. It was just a year ago when just south of us a terrible wind storm and hail went through. As a farmer you have to have faith and pray that it doesn't happen again.
This week we officially welcomed summer which is the summer solstice is usually between June 20th and the 23rd of June. This year it was on June 20th. We know it is summer because the Earth's axis tilts toward the sun from June to September and means we have warmer weather and longer days. For people who live in the southern hemisphere especially the other side of the world), they will have colder weather and shorter days. The summer solstice is the longest day of the year. This doesn't mean our day has more than 24 hours in it, we just have more sunlight than any other day. On the first day of summer we get between 15 and 20 hours of sunlight, depending on where you are located in the world. This occasion is also called mid-summer because it is almost in the middle of the growing season.
Last week I was in on a conversation on how busy kids are in the summer. It seems most of their time is too planned, not at all like it was when I was a kid. This week I read how to take advantage of the longer days. The ideas sounded pretty good to me:
* Go outside, take off your shoes and socks and walk barefoot in the grass.
* Buy a bag of balloons and fill them with water and have a water balloon fight.
* Wash your dog in your backyard.
* Put some pop in the ice cube tray and freeze it. When it is hot outside, you have something cool to suck on.
* Hang out in the sun and do nothing. DON'T forget to put on your sunscreen.
* Fix something cool to eat.
1/2 cup light corn syrup
4 cups Rice Krispies
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 pint ice cream (cut in 6
In bowl stir corn syrup and peanut butter together; add rice krispies, stir until coated. Press mixture into a 9 x 13 inch greased pan. Put in freezer awhile. Cut cereal mixture into 12 -3" square bars, lay slice of ice cream between two pieces, cut in half. Wrap each slice in foil and freeze until form. These keep very well. Makes 12 bars.
"Summertime and the living is easy-or should be."


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Does your family go through a ton of paper towels and napkins?
Here is an easy way to save money and help out the environment at the same time. Buy 1-3 packs of brightly colored, cotton cloth napkins, bar towels or wash clothes and a few dish towels. Use the small cloth napkins or towels for your family at breakfast, lunch and dinner instead of using paper towels or paper napkins and use a dish towel to dry hands after washing them. Just remember to switch out the hand towel daily for a clean one and let air dry between uses. The cloth napkins are great because you can let kids pick their own color or assign a favorite color to everyone in the family. Just make sure to have enough to get through several meals before you have to wash them. At my house some of the cloth napkins need to be washed after 1 use and others can be used again before being washed.
The cost breakdown- the average family goes through several rolls of paper towels a month. My family was using at least 1 roll of paper towels every week and some weeks we were going through them even faster. In an average year, we spend $60.00-80.00 on paper towels and create several trash cans full of trash from those paper towels. By using cloth napkins and dish towels, in place of paper towels most of the time, you can cut down on your trash, your monthly cost for paper products and help to reduce our use of paper goods that come from forests.
The cost for dish towels varies but you can get a 7 piece kitchen towel set from Target for $14.99 or a 3 pack of kitchen towels (trendy designs) for $16.99 and there are less expensive options available if you buy a set of white no-nonsense bar towels for a few dollars. I would recommend having at least 7 on hand so you can easily replace a dirty one with a clean towel or wipe up a spill with an extra towel. So, for between $15.00-$30.00 (if you buy 2 packs) you can cut down on the amount of paper products you are buying and using. The cute cloth bar towels in the picture were from Target and ran about $4-5 for a pack of 4 towels/napkins.


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Another night, another blowout for the Trinity Catholic girls soccer team.
Another night, another blowout for the Trinity Catholic girls soccer team.
Wednesday's Class 2A regional quarterfinal offered no more competition than last week's 2A-6 District tournament for the homestanding Celtics, who are, in a word, dominant.
Trinity rang up its fourth consecutive shutout in postseason play with an 8-0 win over 2A-5 runner-up Santa Fe. The Celtics struck for their eighth and final goal in the match's 33rd minute, then coasted to halftime where officials employed the mercy rule for the third time in their last four outings.
Senior Tabby Tindell recorded her second straight hat trick with three goals and an assist to run her county-best goal total to an even 40 for the season.
Juniors Alyssa Eashoo and Abigail Camargo each netted a pair of goals and Briana Camargo added a goal and two assists to push Trinity's goal advantage to 36-0 over the last two weeks.
Eashoo, last year's player of the year, chipped in a pair of assists and freshman Kelsey Colbert notched an assist for a deep and talented Celtic squad.
Veteran coach Blendhel Elias has made his expectations for this year's team very clear: play for the program's first state title after a pair of heartbreaking exits in the semifinals, including last year's 6-0 drubbing at the hands of Jacksonville Bolles.
His opinion didn't change after the Celtics' latest rout that saw Trinity fire 29 shots to only one by the visiting Raiders. All in just 40 minutes of play.
"We're taking it game by game," Elias said. "This is one game, so we've got four more to go."
Elias will get no argument from Raiders coach Ken Murphy, who could only shake his head when describing what he believes is one of the elite 2A programs in all of Florida.
"This (Trinity) team, to me, should no doubt make it to the state finals," Murphy said. "I've been doing this awhile and they have the complete package. They're unselfish with the ball. They move it around extremely well. They communicate extremely well with each other. You don't see that with a high school team."
Tindell and Eashoo alternated goals over the first 14 minutes as the Celtics built a commanding 4-0 lead. But there was no quit in the Raiders, who packed it in defensively, trying desperately to survive the onslaught.
Santa Fe (17-7-1) managed to hold the Celtics without a goal for a full 10 minutes before Tindell and the Camargo sisters exploded for the game's final four goals in a nine-minute flourish.
With that core group of skill players up front and a physical defense with senior keeper Taylor Mosley on the back end, Elias believes this team has the formula to get the two-time state semifinalists over the hump in 2013.
"The twins control the midfield — they're playmakers," he said. "Then Tabby and Eashoo get a lift from that and they are two finishers. It's the complete package.
"I told them to try to finish the game early and not to get hurt. And that's what they did. We were dominant completely."
Santa Fe managed just one shot against the Celtics, but a charging Mosley booted it away to quell the Raiders' only offensive threat of the night.
Trinity (16-2) now moves on to the regional semifinal on Saturday where the Celtics will face 2A-5 champ Keystone Heights, who knocked off Crystal River, 3-2, in two overtimes.
It was the spot where Murphy was hoping his team would land, but after last week's 5-4 loss to Keystone Heights in the 2A-5 final, he knew the die was cast.
"Unfortunately we dropped districts, which meant we had to face (Trinity) in the first round," Murphy said. "We all know Trinity Catholic has a solid group of girls — well-coached, great discipline — so we knew what we were getting into. We ran into a buzzsaw tonight."


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Made the trip to Union Market yet? The gleaming, reincarnated, indoor food market off of Florida Avenue NE is a veritable playground for, well, anyone with taste buds. It's all too easy to while away a couple hours perusing this ginormous warehouse filled with artisanal food and drinks, from pickles to chocolate milk to empanadas.
Even if you've already explored a bit, a lot has changed since the market's doors opened in September. The adorable Salt & Sundry lifestyle boutique is open for business, as is mixologist extraordinaire Gina Chersevani's new soda shop.
Even better? Now the market is open five days a week for all your shopping needs. Coming soon: Co Co. Sala's new chocolate boutique, a contemporary American restaurant from New York chef John Mooney — who plans to grow produce in a rooftop garden on site — and maybe even a reopened Capital City Diner, the beloved late-night greasy spoon formerly in Trinidad (it was purchased by Union Market's developers in April).
While the market will continue to evolve, we've got some hints to help you make the most of your next visit. Read on for the how-to, whether you're checking off items for your fridge, your holiday shopping list, or your own personal foodie bucket list.


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Bluefin tunas are considered exceptionally good to eat, particularly by those who enjoy various forms of raw fish such as sushi and sashimi, and all species of bluefin tuna are pursued constantly by the fishing industry and by sport fishermen. As a result, overfishing throughout their range has driven their numbers to critically low levels. Some populations of bluefin tuna are thought be extinct and others are critically endangered.


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The combined Driver CPC with Emergency First Aid at Work covers:
- First Aid and the Law
- Incident Management
- Acting safely including prevention of cross-infection
- Recording incidents
- Safe use of First Aid equipment
- Unconscious Casualty management including recovery position
- CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation)
- AED usage
- Seizures
- Wounds & bleeds including tourniquets and Haemostatic dressings
- Shock
- Burns
- Secondary Survey
- Head injuries
- Spinal injury management
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Please note that candidates must be able to perform exercises at floor level where required. It is a requirement of all regulated courses that the candidate should be able to communicate effectively with Emergency Services and, although this is not assessed formally, your instructor must be satisfied that this is the case. As such, all the question papers are in English and a reader will be provided if candidates have literacy concerns or learning difficulties.
CPC certificates are issued for attendance irrespective of whether the First Aid assessments are passed
Are there ID or minimum age requirements to enter the event?
You have to be at least 14 years old to participate in the course and must be able to produce photo ID on the day. Acceptable forms of ID include photocard driving license, passports, National ID cards, Staff passes, CIS cards. If you are in doubt, please check with us in advance
What are my transport/parking options for getting to and from the event?
There is ample car parking at the club
How can I contact the organiser with any questions?
You can telephone or email us. Our contact details are on our website www.thefirstaidteam.co.uk
What's the refund policy?
Up to 4 weeks before the course you can cancel without charge. After that, there is a sliding scale of charges which are listing in our terms and conditions. These can be found in full on our website www.thefirstaidteam.co.uk
Do I have to bring my printed ticket to the event?
Can I update my registration information?
Is my registration fee or ticket transferrable?
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Barn destroyed in 3-alarm blaze at Wilson FarmsBy KIMBERLY HOUGHTON
Union Leader Correspondent
March 22. 2013 12:05PM
LITCHFIELD — It was deja vu for the Wilson family on Friday, as a barn that was rebuilt following a fire more than 40 years ago again burned to the ground in a massive three-alarm fire.
The barn at Wilson Farm, 144 Charles Bancroft Highway, was destroyed by the blaze. There were no animals inside the barn, and no one was hurt battling the fire that brought firefighter crews from all over the region. The fire was reported shortly before 10 a.m., by passing motorists, according to fire officials.
Because a small crew mans the Litchfield Fire Department during the day, mutual aid was immediately called to assist, fire inspector Steve Dube said.
The two-story maintenance barn that caught on fire was used to store tractors and other farming equipment, although workers were able to get much of the machinery out of the building before the fire spread, according to witnesses on the scene.
A neighbor said the barn is primarily used as a workshop area and center for the farming operations. In the winter, there is a lot of work done to restore and prepare the tractors for the upcoming farming season, he said.
Wilson Farm, which has a larger facility in Lexington, Mass., is owned by Donald Wilson, according to its website. Wilson was not available for comment. The smaller farm and produce stand in Litchfield grows a variety of vegetables, including corn, squash, pumpkins, tomatoes and more. The Wilson family owns about 500 acres of property in town, according to the website.
Firefighters said a hazardous materials team arrived at the scene to help mitigate runoff from the firefighting efforts, and to alleviate concerns of fertilizer stored in the barn. Wilson Farm does have some goats on the site, but they are stored in a different barn next to the two-story barn that was destroyed, neighbors said.
Only the shell of the barn's structure remained on Friday. It took crews about two hours to get the blaze under control.
In addition to Litchfield firefighters, crews from Manchester, Londonderry, Hudson, Nashua, Amherst, Auburn, Derry, Bedford, Windham and Merrimack helped battle the blaze and provide station coverage.
The cause of the fire was still unknown Friday evening. Fire officials were continuing to investigate.


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CARSON, Calif. – Mike Magee has made a career of scoring clutch goals at opportune times for the LA Galaxy and as the club looked to open up their 2013 season with a fast start, it's little surprise that Magee was once again there to provide the production.
Magee registered the first hat trick of his MLS career and just the third regular season multi-goal game of his career as the Galaxy blasted the Chicago Fire 4-0 to start the season off with a victory.
READ: Mike Magee named MLS Player of the Week
The Chicago-native put LA ahead in the 38th minute when he fired a left-footed volley past Fire goalkeeper Sean Johnson. Thirty minutes later, Magee added a second as he started an attack with a ball forward for A.J. DeLaGarza. That foray ended with Robbie Keane threading a pass to Magee behind the Chicago defense, allowing the 28-year-old to cut onto his left foot and curl a shot past Sean Johnson and inside the far post, doubling his team's lead.
Magee completed his hat trick in the 79th minute, once again using his left foot, collecting the rebound of a Johnson save on Keane and burying a shot home to become the first Galaxy player to record a hat trick in an MLS game since Landon Donovan did in September 2008 against D.C. United.
"What can I say? Three goals," said head coach Bruce Arena of his forward. "I think he finished well. I don't think his first 30 minutes were as good as I'd like to see, but I don't want to get on the wrong side of Magee. He could get me fired, I guess, at this point. His second half was real good. He and Robbie [Keane] did real good job, got a number of chances."
Although his head coach was incredibly pleased, Magee himself took a far more modest approach, but admitted "my left foot wasn't missing today."
"It was cool," said Magee. "Getting the hat trick was cool, getting the win was cool. And, the best part of the day was getting the ring. So, it was an okay day."
READ: Monday Postgame: How can people overlook LA Galaxy star Mike Magee?
That "okay day" earned him considerable praise from his teammates.
"He really did a good job of getting a lot of space tonight and getting behind their defense," said Todd Dunivant. "Robbie always does so well creating havoc. Mike faded behind the defense's shoulders pretty well and got in behind their defense and got a lot of opportunities from it."
"Magee is amazing. He knows how to score," raved Marcelo Sarvas. "That's now his job and we provide for him, no problem."
But perhaps no one was more instrumental to Magee's hat trick than his strike partner Keane, who had a hand in all three of Magee's goals. Whether it was a pass into the box that set up Dunivant's assist on the first goal or a probing ball that that found Magee behind the defense on the second or rebound that dropped perfectly for Magee, Keane's handy work was omnipresent.
With Landon Donovan currently on sabbatical until the end of the month, it has been Magee, who has been thrust forward into the spot alongside Keane and on Sunday, it paid significant dividends.
"Me and him have always had a common understanding," said Magee. "Obviously, we're not a conventional strike partnership with us both not being the biggest of dudes and liking the ball at our feet, but it's always worked fine. Even when I was out left and he was up top; it's always clicked so I'm glad that today was more than the same."
As LA look to start their season on the right foot after a 3-8-2 start in 2012, Magee's production is likely to be needed time and time again, but while Arena and the Galaxy hope to see more goals from Magee, one thing that they won't see is another somersault celebration.
"He had a part in all three of my goals so that was my makeshift, try and do a Robbie Keane celebration," Magee laughed. "I had no idea what I was doing, but it was a little bit of thank you for having something to do with them. That will be the last time that I do it. That's all the thanks he'll get."
But what did the Irish striker think of Magee's celebration.
"Terrible," Keane said with a smile. "He obviously saw the real one after."
Adam Serrano is the LA Galaxy Insider. Read his blog at LAGalaxy.com/Insider and contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com


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A large railroad maintenance facility in the United States required a 50-ton drop table to facilitate the change-out of traction motors on its locomotives. Handling Specialty custom engineered and designed a 50 ton drop table that is based on an original heavy duty Whiting Corporation design.
Whiting pioneered the development of the drop table concept. Wheel set change outs are fast, easy and efficient when you choose a drop table from Whiting. Available in single or double axle configurations, Whiting works alongside you to build a system suited exactly to your needs.
Whiting drop tables have many features that make them stand out above the rest, such as rugged body supports and girders, remote operated consoles, a range of customized capacities, self locking jack screws and optional release track tops.


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HP Pavilion DV1000 Series
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In this page, i'll try to make your Arch installation on HP Pavillion dv1000 series as easy as i can, If you have something to add please contribute to this page
What does work?
Wifi using ipw2200 drivers
Touchpad using synaptics drivers
Remote Control, when you'll have ur multimedia keys working, Remote control works out of the box
suspend to ram/swap
Texas Intrument card reader
What does not work?
Boot with your Arch CD without any option, u don't need acpi=off for this laptop, Partition the way you like but leave 204MB+ of free space unpartioned in order to install Quickplay later, You may need to follow any Installation guide on the wiki
Graphic Card and Xorg
HP Pavilion dv1000 have an i810 compatible Video card, so you must have the package
xf86-video-i810 and u must use i810 as Driver, your Device section should look like this
Section "Device" Identifier "Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device Number 1" Driver "i810" # xf86-video-i810 Package BusID "PCI:0:2:0" # Reported by lspci VideoRam 65536 # This will force Xorg to allocate 65Mb for the video card Screen 0 EndSection
The monitor runs under resolution 1280x768 I achieved 75Hz with my configurations which i think the best you can achieve with this monitor,your monitor section should look like this:
Section "Monitor" Identifier "LCD Monitor" Option "DPMS" HorizSync 28.0 - 96.0 VertRefresh 50.0 - 75.0 UseModes "Mode 1280 x 768 @ 75 Hz" EndSection Section "Modes" Identifier "Mode 1280 x 768 @ 75 Hz" # 1280x768 @ 75.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 60.15 kHz; pclk: 102.98 MHz Modeline "1280x768_75.00" 102.98 1280 1360 1496 1712 768 769 772 802 -HSync +Vsync EndSection
For a complete xorg.conf file please use Mine and Email me in case you made any improvements, Also you can share your xorg.conf in the section below
Xorg.conf Files
You have to use ipw2200 in order to make your wifi connection work... So first let's see if your kernel support it
zcat /proc/config.gz | grep IPW2200
the output should look like
or like
Arch stock kernel does support ipw2200
Now install the package
ipw2200 and add to /etc/modprobe.conf the below line
options ipw2200 led=1
The sound will work out of the box, make sure you have
alsa-lib alsa-utils alsa-oss packages installed, add urself to audio group and that's it...
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According to a new report from Ariel Helwani, contracts have been sent out to book Jose Aldo vs. Josh Grispi as the UFC's first official featherweight title fight at #125 (January 1st, Las Vegas). The bout would serve as the co-main event, supporting the lightweight title fight between Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard.
Aldo, now 8-0 in the WEC, most recently defended his belt for the second time against Manny Gamburyan at WEC 51 in September. Grispi is also undefeated under the WEC banner, and has slashed through Mark Hominick, Micah Miller, Jens Pulver, and LC Davis, all in under three minutes of the first round. The Massachusetts native was slated to face Eric Koch at next month's WEC 52 event, but that fight would be canceled if he accepts the Aldo fight. (And why wouldn't he, really? Besides the obvious.) As we reported previously, Mark Hominick was originally in line to be Aldo's next opponent; however, his broken hand is preventing him from competing on New Year's Day.
Helwani also reports that Roy Nelson — left without an opponent after Shane Carwin's back-related withdrawal — has been officially pulled from the event.


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Mark Quirk's High School Hockey: Central, Bedford carry hot streaks into playoffsBY MARK QUIRK
New Hampshire Union Leader
February 25. 2013 11:35PM
ALL THE TALK early in the season was about how good the hockey is in the Manchester area this season and now, with the regular season over, it's more of the same.
The two hottest teams in the state are local squads. In Division I it's Manchester Central and in Division II it's Bedford.
The Little Green closed out the regular season on a six-game winning streak, with four of those wins coming against playoff teams. The last one was a 4-1 decision over rival Manchester Memorial, the preseason favorite and the No. 1 seed for the tournament. Central finished No. 2.
"We definitely have a chance to do something (in the playoffs)," Central goalie Ian Beliveau said. "Whether or not we're the best, that will show through events to come."
They have outscored the opposition 41-12 during the stretch and knocked off playoff contenders Salem (5-4), Hanover (9-1), Concord (6-3) and Memorial (4-1).
Part of it has to do with the Little Green getting healthy. They haven't been at 100 percent for almost the entire season because of injuries and they still aren't there, but over the past couple of weeks they got some key components back. They are captain Mitchel Fortin, a forward, and defenseman Parker Anderson.
The Bulldogs are riding a five-game unbeaten streak that culminated with back-to-back wins over previously unbeaten Merrimack.
It all happened after two straight losses to Dover and Spaulding of Rochester, two of the league's elite. Bedford then tied Bow, another elite squad, before ending the regular season with four wins last week.
It opened the week with a win over Keene and then downed Goffstown, a team that beat the Bulldogs earlier in the season.
Next they handed the Tomahawks their first loss of the season and made it two a couple of days later for good measure.
"We had a couple of rough games against Dover and Spaulding. They got us, they had our number so unfortunately that knocked us down in the standings," Bedford forward Chris Viola said. "We came to Merrimack (on the schedule). Merrimack has always been our biggest competition, always had the best games with them."
The Bulldogs haven't given up more than two goals in any of their last five games and are the defending champions.
"I want to take it all in perspective as far as we're coming together great," Bedford coach Marty Myers said. "Our second season is starting. I want to take that momentum in. Beating Merrimack is a big accomplishment, but I don't want it to end there."
SPAULDING had a chance to clinch the top seed in the Division II tournament with a win on Saturday, but the Red Raiders failed to do so with a 1-0 loss to Oyster River of Durham.
Their reward for finishing second is a possible rematch in the quarterfinals with the Bobcats.
Four of Oyster River's five losses were by two goals or fewer. The only other loss was a 5-0 decision against the Tomahawks.
THE QUESTION in Division III is if anybody can beat Berlin. My answer is probably not.
The Mountaineers are the only undefeated team in the state with an 18-0 record and beat the No. 2 seed for the tournament, John Stark-Hopkinton, 8-2. One team that could pull the upset is Souhegan of Amherst, which lost to Berlin twice but played it tough both times.
The Sabers lost the first meeting 4-3 and the second, 6-3.
Mark Quirk covers high school hockey for the New Hampshire Union Leader and New Hampshire Sunday News. He can be reached at email@example.com.


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Places 20th in 1,500-meter Run Semifinals
PORTLAND, Ore. - Yale's Kate Grace '11 finished 20th in the semifinals of the 1,500-meter run at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials Friday afternoon at the University of Oregon's Hayward Field. Her time of 4:12.92 left her slightly more than two seconds away from one of the 12 spots in Sunday's finals. Grace's run at the Trials thus comes to an end, as earlier in the meet she placed 20th in the heats of the 800-meter run with a 2:04.28 -- missing out on the semifinals in that event by less than a second.
The top time in Friday's 1,500 semis, 4:08.90, belonged to former Cornell runner Morgan Uceny. Shannon Rowbury, who finished seventh in the event at the 2008 Olympics, ran a 4:09.96 to place sixth overall. The 12th and final qualifying spot went to Brenda Martinez (4:10.73).
In the 1,500-meter heats Thursday, Grace's time of 4:17.65 placed her seventh in her heat. The top six finishers in each of the three heats advanced to the semifinals automatically; then, the runners with the next six best times from all heats advanced. Grace was the 24th and final qualifier for the semis.
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But Milan Lucic's whereabouts were a little harder to pin down.
Lucic, who took a Tyler Seguin shot off the foot yesterday in practice, did not skate. After the skate, head coach Claude Julien said of Lucic "there's no issues there at all."
As Lucic left the Garden today, however, he was featuring a noticeable limp that made him move more awkwardly than his usual Mr. Snuffleupagus shuffle.
On Bergeron, Julien left the door open for a possible return to action in Game 2. Concussed on May 6, Bergeron started skating on Saturday and, as far as anyone knows, hasn't taken contact yet.
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When asked if not revealing Bergeron's status was a strategic advantage, Julien offered "no comment." So to translate, yes he thinks it's a tactical advantage. Lightning head coach Guy Boucher, however, said his team is still prepared to play the Bruins with all their star players in the lineup.
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So, with that in mind, I have an embarrassing confession about something I learned a while back about the GUI within SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) for managing the Database Mail interface. And, in case you're hoping for something cool or earth-shattering – don't hold your breath. Then again, I'm hoping that MAYBE I'm not the only person who was 'burned' by this same problem as I was – which is why I'm sharing (because I suspect a few people reading this might have made the same mistake I did).
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And with all of that out of the way, here's what I learned. I learned that the GUI for managing Database Mail from within SQL Server Management Studio isn't nearly as lame as I thought it was for oh… well, a number of YEARS. Because for the longest time, I always assumed it was a lame interface because it ONLY allowed you to set up NEW Database Mail accounts – not manage existing features or settings.
How could I have made such a DUMB mistake you ask?
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For example, want to generate scripts of your objects? Well, you'll start out with this screen first:
Or, if you want to use the GUI to set up replication, then you'll get this 'splash' screen:
And so on – through a number of different tasks and operations. Granted, you can dismiss these 'splash' screens in most cases, but the point is that SSMS has trained me over the years to just sort of expect these – and to click past them in far too many cases (largely because I interact with them fairly regularly in client locations and don't want to click the "don't show me this starting page again" option in order to make as few changes to client environments as possible).
Which leads me to my confession. Remember how I said that I thought, for the longest time, that SQL Server Management Studio didn't provide any decent options for managing Database Mail settings once configured – and ONLY gave me the option to set up NEW profiles. We'll that's because whenever you double-click the Database Mail Node in SSMS, or click on the Configure Database Mail context-menu as shown below:
then when you start up the 'management wizard' you're granted with the following splash screen on servers where you haven't dismissed this option:
And then you're greeted with this page:
Where, for some stupid reason, for literally YEARS I just clicked next without READING anything – thinking it was just another splash or welcome page.
Yes. Patently dumb. And it's lame for me to even try to pass this off as me confusing this as 'just another splash screen'. But, that's the reality of what I did – for so long.
The Take-Away
Obviously, the 'dumb' in this situation is all on me. But imagine my surprise (and excitement) when I finally realized that I could use the SSMS GUI to manage existing profiles, configurations, and other details – instead of dropping to T-SQL to handle all of this.
So, the question is: what's staring you in the face day in and day out – that you're MISSING or not using?


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Android vulnerable. How does Puppy Linux compare?
Android has many highly paid programmers and if that still
makes them this vulnerable then is it not logical that also
puppy linux is similar?
Now Gizmag is no computer or software mag so it can be written by
somebody relying on others info and maybe misunderstanding it.
It is way too complicated for me so I share it to get your views on it.
The reported vulnerability, which has left those who discovered it
- Justin Case, Trevor Eckhart and Artem Russakovskii from Android Police - speechless,
involves a suite of logging tools included in recent HTC modifications
to the Android operating system in EVO and Thunderbolt models that
collect a stack of information on the user's phone.
But not only do the modifications collect a swathe of information,
they also allow nefarious types to send that data to wherever on the Internet they like.
"It's like leaving your keys under the mat and expecting nobody
who finds them to unlock the door," says Russakovskii.
The list of compromised data includes but is not limited to:
* List of user accounts, including email addresses
* Last known GPS location and history of previous locations
* Phone numbers from the phone log
* SMS data, including phone numbers and encoded text
* System logs, which track everything your running apps do
* System information, including build number, bootloader version,
CPU info, running processes, list of installed apps, battery info
and status, and network info, including IP addresses.
Eckhart only released the information after contacting HTC
on September 24th and receiving no real response for five days
in the hopes that making the security vulnerability public would
prompt HTC to address the issue.
Although the team at Android Police believes HTC is looking into
the issue, there's been no statement from the company as yet.
The team also uncovered an app added by HTC called androidserver.apk
that is basically a remote access server that could allow third parties
access to the phone.
They say that, while the addition of the app "could end up being insignificant,"
it is still "very suspicious." Although the app isn't started by default,
it isn't clear what or who can trigger it.
While open source software, such as Android, has many advantages
over a closed system, such as allowing greater creativity on the part
of developers, the vulnerability the Android Police team claims to have
uncovered highlights one of the major downsides of open source
While users expect problems from sources in the darker corners
of the Internet and are extra vigilant in looking out for anything
that may compromise the security of their devices, the fact this problem
comes from one of the biggest players in the Android space is a real concern.
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I haven't looked into it, but I've read that the vulnerability is with HTC's code/interface, not Android. Whether or not that's true, I don't know.
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Makoto wrote:
I haven't looked into it, but I've read that the vulnerability is with HTC's code/interface, not Android. Whether or not that's true, I don't know.
It was a modification to the Android OS made my HTC that caused the vulnerability.
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Ah yes I should have pointed out that part too
But that is exactly my point. Puppy is a rewrite of Standard ? Linux.
That would either makes Puppy very vulnerable or only vulnerable
when the criminals find it worth their time to write an exploit of that
potential vulnerability.
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No, Puppy is not a rewrite of Linux, and no, Puppy's being weird compared to most distros does not make it "very vulnerable". Most of the weirdnesses in Puppy have no bearing on security at all.
Yes, Puppy and phones are both weird. But they are weird in different ways. Phones are weird in a network way - they have custom network code. Their software is also much less widely tested, and is often closed-source so that only people in the actual company have audited it.
Puppy is not at all weird in a network way. The network code is the same as any other Linux, whether server or desktop. The things that are weird in Puppy are the filesystem, the application choices, stuff like that.
You should be far more worried about how secure your network-related software is than Linux itself. Your browser, your browser's plugins, your chat program, any online games you play, any servers you run, etc. Those things all get far less individual attention than the OS's network code. (In particular, I would worry about Flash, as that is closed source and has a history of being a buggy piece of excrement.) And that applies equally to any distro you use - the only impact Puppy has would be that Puppy tends to have older versions of software.
Also, keep in mind that when some server, which happens to run on Linux, gets hacked into, that doesn't mean anything regarding the security of Linux. (Yes I know this thread is about a phone, not a server.) Most of the time when somebody "hacks into a server", what they actually do is exploit a bug in whatever webapps the server is running. Stuff like this forum, or a wiki, or what-have-you. Or they might somehow obtain an administrator's password (lucky guess, keylogger, surveillance, brute force, network sniffing, etc.). Failing that, they probably exploited a bug in a server program (php, apache, mysqld, sshd, etc.), which normal desktop Linuxes don't have. It is much rarer that they get in via a problem with Linux itself.
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Yes thanks, good that you reminded me of those details.
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STOCKTON - The new direction for development in San Joaquin County over the next 20 years should focus on encouraging growth in existing urban centers while preserving farmland in the county's rural areas.
That's the direction approved by the county Board of Supervisors in a unanimous vote Tuesday at a public hearing as the county updates its General Plan, which maps out growth in unincorporated San Joaquin County.
"I think it's heading in a good direction," Chairman Ken Vogel said.
But first, the board made changes to the recommended direction, stripping out language that critics said could open up vast areas of undeveloped land to new construction.
Supervisors said they made the changes to put a consistent direction in place before coming back to a second public hearing next week to look at requests from dozens of property owners who would like to open up their land to future development. They left the option to once again change the broad policy goals of the overall direction, then, too.
"(We will) either bless it or tweak it," Supervisor Larry Ruhstaller said. "I think we need a clear-cut policy statement."
The final direction and the approved process will be used by staff and a consultant to put together an environmental study and draft General Plan to replace the existing plan, adopted in 1992.
Direction for the new plan has a stronger focus on development remaining in existing urban areas, but the current plan and the proposal have a strong focus on preserving farmland.
Historically, it's been effective, Community Development Director Kerry Sullivan said, adding there have been only about 300 acres converted to other uses in the past 20 years. But that's not counting farmland lost to annexation by cities and included in the unincorporated area of Mountain House, she said.
The current direction of the update has been formed in a series of meetings going back to 2008. The recommended direction that went before the Board of Supervisors Tuesday was changed and approved by the county Planning Commission in June.
Notably, the commission added modifications to not limit commercial and industrial development to major highways, to not exclude new residential development in rural areas, and to look at appropriate areas to expand urban limits or develop away from existing urban centers.
The recommendation drew criticism from Campaign for Common Ground, a Stockton group that opposes sprawl, saying it opened up the county to "leapfrog" development.
"We are very, very concerned; although there are good ideas, ... there are also some very dangerous ideas," said Eric Parfrey, the group's co-chairman. It's not in line with regional planning, and state law requires local plans for growth to be consistent, he said.
Supervisor Bob Elliott cautioned against rules becoming too restrictive for growth.
"Nobody wants unlimited sprawl," he said. "But we also want to create an environment where growth can take place."
And the recommendation from the Planning Commission had inconsistencies, Supervisor Steve Bestolarides said.
"I can't support it. It conflicts itself," he said.
It would be better to remove the commission's recommendation, then approach deviations case by case, "rather than making a general policy statement that generally leaves it wide open for anything."
Some of those potential cases will be back on Tuesday.
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Your total cholesterol level includes HDL, LDL, and other types of lipids. Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) is known as bad cholesterol because it circulates in the blood vessels, increasing the risk of plaque formation. For optimal health, you want to maintain low levels of LDL and high levels of HDL. For HDL, levels of at least 60 milligrams (mg) per deciliter (dL) of blood are considered healthy, cardio-protective levels. Levels of HDL below 40 mg/dL increase the risk of heart disease.
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Obamas to Plant White House Garden Today
Today is the day that Alice Waters and other Slow Food supporters have been waiting for: the Obamas will begin planting a garden on the White House lawn, the first such victory garden to be created since the one Eleanor Roosevelt planted during World War II.
The garden, which will be overseen by Sam Kass, the Obamas' former private chef from Chicago, will provide food for the first family's meals and formal dinners. White House executive chef Cristeta Comerford will write menus based on what's available in the garden.According to First Lady Michelle Obama, the biggest reason for growing a garden is to educate children about the benefits of growing fresh produce locally. She said:
There's nothing really cooler than coming to the White House and harvesting some of the vegetables and being in the kitchen with Cris and Sam and Bill, and cutting and cooking and actually experiencing the joys of your work.
The first lady, who will dig up soil for the 1,100-square-foot plot of land with fifth graders from a local elementary school, has stressed the significance of healthful eating ever since entering the White House. Last month, she opened up the White House kitchen for a press tour, and recently spoke about the importance of fresh, local eating.
Advocates of farm-to-table eating have been campaigning for a White House edible garden for months now, and there is little doubt that many eat-local proponents consider this to be a huge step in the right direction. To see what fruits and vegetables will be in the White House garden,
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- Black kale
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- Green oak leaf
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What do you think of the project? What would you plant if you were Michelle Obama?