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As the 2012 chairman of the �Salute to America�s Veterans,� I write to thank the members of the Salute committee and all who supported our mission to honor America and its veterans for their participation and support.
That involvement was critical to our success. This year�s theme was �Military Through the Ages.� The committee put together a weekend of activities for all to enjoy. But most of all, every event honored our dedicated military personnel, past and present, throughout all time. We had a �Military History and Artifacts display� set up at the Community Council of the Arts. The �Georgia K. Battle Veterans Breakfast� was held at Fairfield Park and all veterans were invited to enjoy a full-course breakfast together. We held a �Walk of Honor Ceremony� at Tiffany West Park to dedicate new bricks to honor veterans past and present. It was followed by the �Flag Retirement Ceremony� in which Scouts properly retired flags no longer in use.
On Friday night, veterans, active duty military and the entire community gathered at the Arts Council to hear the Tar River Band. Saturday morning, we enjoyed the spirited Veterans Day Parade, which ended at Pearson Park. We were honored to have a native son, retired Gen. Alfred Flowers, as our keynote speaker. Saturday night the community enjoyed an extravaganza in Grainger Hill Performing Arts Center. This tribute to veterans included songs, dance routines, and readings of letters from service men and women. Tears mixed with laughter. We closed out the week of events on Sunday, Nov. 11, with a memorial service at the American Legion Post 43 to honor all veterans of all wars.
I think we did a great job of carrying on an activity that was originated by the late Ted Sampley. We absolutely could not have had such a successful Salute to Veterans without all the contributions, support, participation and service.
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I enjoy the lifestyle here. It is easy to travel safely among the well-surfaced streets at a comfortable pace. There are clusters of places to enjoy fine and family dining. Just about any sport can be enjoyed nearby, and watching sports together with friends can be done in several nice venues. There is a plethora of cultural, social and spiritual opportunities. Business people are fair and friendly. New enterprises are nurtured into economic growth.
When we host group events, hotel staff place value on customer service. The easy-flowing Neuse River provides plenty of pleasure for picnics and sightseeing. I enjoy the museums that create an environment for local citizens and visitors to browse through walls of art and rows of firefighter memorabilia. One desiring to work will find reception, and a way will be made.
Education is a priority. Medical providers practice prevention and cure. People are generally neighborly. PathChoice Ministry was able to help about 40 families with holiday boxes due to generous donations to our project. Stationed differently in life, residents realize we are all kindred beings. We hook the plow with a broad base of humanity and pull each other along.
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The Daily Startup: Virool Raises Mega-Seed Round for Video Ads
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It's not just Super Bowl advertising these days--starving artists, lean startups and huge conglomerates alike have embraced video advertising. One San Francisco startup, Virool, has raised an exceptionally large seed round of $6.6 million to grow its social video ad service globally. Institutional investors that participated in the round included Digital Sky Technologies, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, FundersClub and Menlo Ventures. Those firms were joined by individual investors including Troy Carter, who is Lady Gaga's manager and 500 Startups founder Dave McClure.
Business Development Bank of Canada is broadening its health-care venture capital strategy and has hired Physic Ventures co-founder Dion Madsen to lead the medical investment team, Venture Capital Dispatch has learned. BDC Venture Capital is investing one billion Canadian dollars through its venture capital program, which includes investments in technology, energy/clean technology, and health care.
Also in today's VentureWire: Alocet, doing business as Method, raised $3 million in Series A funding for software that lets small businesses customize their software for basic operations, just as if they were bigger businesses…early-stage venture firm Freestyle Capital has raised $36 million toward its second fund, according to SEC documents…and Bio-NEMS, a stealthy developer of technology that enables fast DNA analysis on handheld devices, is about to get even stealthier, announcing it has signed a development deal with In-Q-Tel, which is affiliated with U.S. intelligence agencies.
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Lets take the arm for closer examination. In particular it's right arm as we can clearly see the shoulder assembly and the elbow assembly:
On the cockpit chassis we see the clips holding onto the T pin. The shaft of the T pin goes horizontal into some brick in the arm.... OK, got it.
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The Hessian fly, Mayetiola destructor (Say), is one of the most destructive pest species of wheat. This insect probably originated in the southern Caucasus region of Russia and was accidently introduced into North America when Hessian troops imported straw bedding during the American Revolutionary War. Hessian flies were first observed on Long Island, New York, around 1779. Today, they are present in most wheat-growing areas of the United States. Around the turn of the 20th century, this insect destroyed millions of bushels of wheat in Missouri.
Hessian flies overwinter as full-grown larvae or maggots inside protective cases called flaxseed because of their resemblance to real flax seeds. Once wheat begins to grow in the spring, adults emerge (usually April) and mate. Adult Hessian flies are small (less than 1/8 inch long), dark (female has an orange-red abdomen), long-legged, two-winged insects that resemble mosquitoes. Even though adults are weak fliers, they can be carried aloft for several miles by strong winds. Once a female has mated, she can lay 250 to 300 eggs in her short life span (4 days or less). The very small, slender, reddish eggs are laid end-to-end in small groups (2-15 eggs). The eggs are deposited in grooves on the upper leaf surface. Females prefer to deposit their eggs on several young plants, but most of the eggs may be laid on a single plant.
After hatching (3-10 days) from their eggs, legless Hessian fly maggots are initially a reddish color before turning a whitish color. They prefer to feed within grooves between the leaf sheath and stem (Figure 1, left). Maggots feed by using their mouthparts like sandpaper on the leaf surface and sucking up plant juices that seep out. They become stationary once they begin to feed and they never cut into the leaf sheath or stem. Depending on the weather, the maggots usually reach their maximum size in two weeks. Then, their outer skin becomes loose and hardens into a brown, protective shell, or "flaxseed" (Figure 1, right) The flaxseed stage persists during the summer until volunteer wheat or early-planted wheat is present. Annually, there are two generations in Missouri unless wet conditions permit an extra spring or summer generation. This insect will also attack barley and rye, but wheat remains its favorite host.
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Hessian flies overwinter as larvae, left, which develop protective shells, or puparia, called flaxseed, right.
The maggots are the only stage that damages wheat since the adults do not feed. A single maggot feeding on a plant for three days can stunt a young plant or tiller. In the fall, maggots usually feed on the lower leaves and can cause heavy damage. Infested plants become stunted and stiffly erect, and leaves are thickened with a bluish green color. Heavily damaged plants usually die during the winter. Plants damaged during the spring have similar symptoms to those damaged in the fall; however, heavy parasitism (more than 95 percent) usually limits damage during the spring. As the seed heads begin to fill, heavily infested plants will lodge and yields can decline by at least 16 bushels per acre.
When entering a field to check for Hessian fly infestations, identify areas with poor stands or the presence of stunted plants. Closely examine the basal part of the plant (first and second nodes) by pulling the leaf sheath away from the stem to locate the maggots or "flaxseed." It is important to examine several plants in different parts of a wheat field.
Insecticides generally are not recommended for Hessian fly control because of the difficulty of properly timing applications. Applying an insecticide would be helpful when other pest insects (e.g., aphids and grasshoppers) are present along with Hessian flies.
Before you select and apply an insecticide, review the manufacturer's label for information on safe use of the material
Several cultural practices are effective in preventing or managing Hessian fly infestations:
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Fly-free dates for Missouri. Wheat seeded on or after these dates should escape damage from Hessian flies in the fall.
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Child Safety Seats Reduce Risk of Death In Crashes More Than Seat Belts Alone
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Young children involved in car crashes may have a greater chance of survival if secured in a child restraint system, such as a safety seat than if buckled only in a seat belt, according to an article in the June issue of the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Policy for child car safety relies on evaluating the risks of not using safety seats versus the benefits of their use in protecting children in crashes, according to background information in the article. These safety evaluations are often conducted using the U.S. Department of Transportation Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), a census of car crashes in which one or more persons died. Using only FARS data for these evaluations, however, can be problematic, because these data assume that surviving children in fatal crashes were secured similarly to those of children in other, non-fatal crashes.
Michael R. Elliott, Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and colleagues examined vehicle crash data to compare the benefit of using child restraint systems (such as safety seats) to wearing seat belts alone in children two to six years old. The study sample comprised 7,813 children in fatal crashes from the FARS database and 1,433 children in nonfatal crashes from the National Automotive Sampling System Crashworthiness Data System (NASS CDS), all of whom were involved in crashes in which at least one car was left undriveable between 1998 and 2003.
Overall, approximately one in 1,000 children in a two-way crash died, with less than half (45 percent) of all children in restraint seats. One of six children (15.7 percent) were in the front seat, two thirds (67.6 percent) were in passenger cars, one of six (15.6 percent) were in pre-1990 model year vehicles and 4 percent of cars were driven by teenage drivers. Compared with seat belts alone, child safety seats were associated with a 21 percent reduction in risk of death. When excluding cases of serious misuse of safety seats or belts, the reduced risk of death was 28 percent.
"Child restraint systems offer improved fit of restraints for children who are too small for the adult-sized seat belt, thereby affording a mechanical protection advantage over seat belts," the researchers write. "If restraint systems are seriously misused, however, their safety performance would be expected to be diminished." Based on past and these current findings, the authors state that efforts should continue to promote child restraint use through improved laws and educational programs. (Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2006;160:617-621)


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I've done an amazing job of breast feeding my daughter - she's 18months now and we still co sleep.
I"m exhausted though, she has been a terrible sleeper - my fault i know as I breast feed her about 4-8 times during the night, lately it's only 2 but for a while I counted 12!
Her Daddy and I have recently split - well almost a year ago and that is proving to be very stressful for me, he is moving back here and is wanting her to stay at his house a few nights a week, and he thinks I'm using breast feeding as a way to say NO.
I"m not - and I"ll say NO anyway at this stage as she is too little and he is moving 3 hours away - so I know that that is going to be even more stress.
I don't want to stop breastfeeding but I"m starting to worry about my health - missing this much sleep can't be good for you right?
I've been reading that cancer can be caused from not enough sleep and I"m lucky if I get 4 hours in one stretch.
Anyone else feel like this?
Time to wean?
Time for her own bed which I will know will be tough for her and me.
Anyway I guess I need support, no one else in my family thinks I should still be breast feeding, but I know my daughter and I know I've done her a wonderful thing by extended breast feeding - your thoughts?!


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Once labelled Canada's first homegrown, Islamist terror plot, the case of the so-called Toronto 18 is quietly melting away.
This does not necessarily mean the Crown's case is entirely bogus. The government argues that some of the remaining 11 were involved in a scheme to obtain explosive material, while others participated in a terror training camp.


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AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Review
Recently we saw the first desktop six-core processor reviewed here at OCC, the Intel Core i7 980X and the power that the hex-core's bring to the table. Today we are looking at AMD's offering to the six-core market, the Phenom II X6 1090T processor. The AMD Phenom II series has been strong in the mainstream market and has been providing great computing power at a lower price tag than its competitors. They have been designed to allow you to build a complete system for less then the cost of most single components from other manufacturers. This price to performance ratio has given them a good market share from gamers and enthusiasts not wanting to break the bank just to have cutting edge technology. This is the same case with the Phenom II X6 1090T processor. While the Intel six-core the 980X currently retails for $999, the AMD Phenom II X6 1090T will list for around $300 at launch, meaning that you could buy a whole system for less than the cost of the 980X alone. With a clock speed of 3.2GHz and new features such as AMD Turbo Core technology, the new Phenom II X6 1090T sounds like the CPU that everyone has been waiting for. So how well does it really do? There is only one way to tell, so let's dive in and take a look at the components and get to what everyone wants to really see...
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The new AMD Phenom II X6 1090T is AMD's first entry into the six-core processor market. The Phenom II X6 1090T is a socket AM3 processor clocked at 3.2GHz and is manufactured using a 45nm process. The 1090T has a total of 9MB cache which breaks down to 6MB shared L3 cache and 3MB L2 cache, 512KB per core. For memory support, the Phenom II X6 1090T, just as with other Phenom II processors, can support both DDR2 memory up to 1066Mhz and DDR3 memory up to 1333MHz. The processors runs on the HyperTransport 3.0 bus for up to 4,000MT/s full duplex. This particular processor has a maximum TDP of 125 watts and a maximum temperature threshold of 62°C. The voltage required for operation is between 1.125v to a maximum of 1.40v. One new feature that the Phenom II X6 1090T processor brings to the table is called Turbo Core. What Turbo Core does is when the processor is not needing the full power of the six cores, it will shut down half of the cores and then increase the processor speed from the stock of 3.2GHz to an increased speed of 3.6GHz on the remaining three active cores. This gives you a boost in performance when operating at less power and heat. The physical appearance of the Phenom II X6 1090T looks as any other Phenom II processor however; in the die shot below you can see the difference with the additional two cores added to the design.
Now that we have seen the processor, we can take a look at the new chipset designed to carry the CPU forward.


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Editor�s note: This is the second in a three-part series looking at juvenile defendants and the court system.
Editor�s note: This is the second in a three-part series looking at juvenile defendants and the court system.
There have always been students, teachers and administrators walking the halls of local public schools. Within the last decade or so, another figure has joined them: the school resource officer.
A school resource officer, or SRO, is a uniformed police officer assigned to a specific school as a means of enforcing the law and helping to guide students to make the right choices during the day, according to Cpl. Jaime Garcia, SRO for Jacksonville High School.
As problems in the schools have progressed over the years, so has the need for a law enforcement officer behind school walls.
�I�ve been doing this for 10 years (at different schools), and it has progressively gotten different as technology advanced,� Garcia said. �It went from fighting to small gang situations to drugs. Now, we�re having cyberbullying.
�We�ve also seen an increase in bullying and prescription drugs. Prescription pills and marijuana are almost neck in neck now.�
Kaelyn Thompson, assistant district attorney for Onslow County�s Juvenile Court, stated in an email that each school year brings an increase in simple assault and disorderly conduct charges, and these charges stem largely from incidents and altercations on the bus and from disrespecting teachers in the classroom.
�The SROs do an excellent job policing these types of situations, and I believe that�s why we see more petitions filed,� she said.
Garcia said that while it is his job to enforce the law and counsel kids, he also discusses the law and how it pertains to juveniles.
�A lot of kids don�t believe they can be arrested at a certain age,� he said. �Coming from middle to high school, I tell them to take their middle school backpack off. They�re in high school now. I�m not saying the rules are different, but they�re more serious. They�re becoming adults.�
SROs also support safety and security programs in schools, such as Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) and Students Against Drunk Driving (SADD).
Cyberbullying, especially with the accessibility to social media, is a particular concern.
�There are smartphones now, so kids have access to (social media) any time of the day, and they can put stuff out there that can really make someone upset,� Garcia said.
The schools have been cracking down on cyberbullying by trying to limit when and where kids can use their phones and enforcing harsh consequences for those who break school policy, he said.
As an SRO spends time at a school, he or she becomes part of that small society.
�Our SROs make a concerted effort to stay out of their offices,� Onslow Schools Public Information Assistant Suzanne Ulbrich stated via email. �They make themselves accessible and visible and are a valuable resource to students, administrators, staff and members of the community.
�Resource is a key word of their job title, because in their different capacities they can be a teacher, a guidance counselor, a friend, a role model and a mentor.�
SROs want kids to speak to them openly and relate to them. It helps them to do a better job, according to Garcia.
�I sit at a table in the lunchroom, and they talk about whatever is on their mind like I am one of them. I want that open door with them because if they hold things back, I won�t know there is something going on,� he said. �If kids know you�re watching, they make better choices.�
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Services were held at 10 a.m. Friday, July 5, at Aberdeen First Baptist Church in Roe.
Ruby Phillips was born March 8, 1917, in Roe, to George "Wilbourn" Thomas and Lallie "Zarlie" Harrell. Ruby ascended to Heaven on Saturday June 29, 2013, in Midwest City, Okla.
Ruby was preceded in death by her parents; her brother AD Thomas; sisters, Annie Snell and Berna Boblett; her first husband, Frank Dooley and later by husband, Charlie Henry Phillips; two sons, Billy Lee Dooley and Clayton Leon Dooley; and two grandchildren, Richard Leon Dooley and Brenda Marie Dooley.
Ruby is survived by her sister, Lucille Montgomery of Pine Bluff; daughter, Frances LaVerne Montgomery of Friendswood, Texas; and son John Franklin Dooley Sr., of Midwest City, Oklahoma. She has eight grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren, 37 great-great grandchildren and one great-great-great grandchild.
Ruby married Frank Dooley and spent the early years of life moving around to several states while raising three children. Following Frank's death, she married Charlie Phillips. Ruby was very dedicated to her church and her church family. She was a lifelong member of Aberdeen First Baptist Church. She loved her pastor, Jimmy Hobbs, and had so many friends.
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Technology in our contemporary world seems to be advancing at a breath-taking rate. Nowhere is man's mastery of some aspects of science more evident than in the several hundred miles of space surrounding our beautiful blue planet.
Technology in our contemporary world seems to be advancing at a breath-taking rate. Nowhere is man's mastery of some aspects of science more evident than in the several hundred miles of space surrounding our beautiful blue planet.
The International Space Station, a project first conceived by the United States, then later expanded to include other nations, was finally completed last year. It is one of the few space objects easily observable with the naked eye. Only problem is, you have to lift your eyes heavenward and in the right direction and at precisely the right time to see the ISS. A certain set of conditions have to be in force to ensure a successful sighting. The timing is tricky. It has to be dark, or nearly so, and it has to be at a time when the sun is still illuminating the station 200 miles or so out in space.
There are charts and such available on the Internet that allow you to ascertain ahead of time which way to look and when, but remembering to do so at the proper time is difficult to do for busy folks, and even for those of us who are no longer quite so busy.
So, the good folks at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration have devoted a few of your tax dollars to providing an easy system to let you know when and where to look up. NASA will email you the information when a sighting opportunity is coming up for your location. All you have to do is go to http://spotthestation.nasa.gov/ and sign on by answering a couple of simple questions, then sit back and wait for the email alerts to start rolling in.
A sighting can be quite an exciting event — not as exciting as watching a shuttle launch — but a lot easier because the show comes to you ... and not the other way around.
The email alert service is free, already paid for by your tax dollars.
QUESTION OF THE DAY: Have you ever seen the ISS sailing serenely overhead? Or an artificial earth satellite?
NO ESCAPE FROM RAKs: Rainbow Springs' Diane Kahler wrote: "I'm hoping your readers can help me with a problem. Many years ago, I had my husband's Navy 8mm films and family films put on a videocassette. Now I'd like to take that video and have it put on a DVD so that each of the kids can have a copy and to preserve the images. Do you know of anyone who does this kind of work?"
I replied to her email, making a few suggestions and also said she might check the telephone directory under "Video" or "Video Services" as well.
Diane then wrote back: "Thank you for such a quick reply. The fellow in Dunnellon you suggested is not in any of the phone books, but the yellow pages does have eight or nine places in Ocala. I will give them a call. Thank you, again. I'll do some RAKs without my name having to be in the newspaper."
Oh, no, Diane, you can't get off the hook so easily now. When your name appears in this column that makes your obligation to do Random Acts of Kindness official, y'know, and when your name appears in boldface, it doubles that obligation. So there's just no escaping fate!
Diane wrote back: "You are such a sweetheart."
Yes, I know, Diane, I've been called that before ... and many other things as well!
BIRTHDAYS: On Top of the World's Sara Sommerwrote: "I read your column as usual in the paper today. You don't have to tell me how old Dearly Beloved is, because I am the same age as she. I don't know how to do square root even with a calculator. She is a bit older than I. She was born earlier in the day and I was born at midnight between the 20th and 21st.
"My husband is taking me out to Chili's tonight for dinner. Otherwise, this will be a day pretty much like any other day. I hope DB has a great day!"
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(The New American) With the time counting down to the next United Nations conference on "sustainable development," a new report recently published by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) clearly indicates that the UN's approach to the entire topic is to expand the power of government to regulate and control all levels of economic development throughout the world.
The new UNEP report, 21 Issues for the 21st Century presents itself as the product of "a careful and authoritative ranking of the most important emerging issues related to the global environment". Therefore:
"UNEP aims to inform the UN and wider international community about these issues on a timely basis, as well as provide input to its own work programme and that of other UN agencies, thereby fulfilling the stipulation of its mandate: "keeping the global environment under review and bringing emerging issues to the attention of governments and the international community for action".
UNEP executive director Achim Steiner readily acknowledges that the focus of the new report is to frame the discussion for the "Rio+20 Summit" scheduled to take place this coming June, and by influencing that summit, to set the agenda for years to come:
"While the initial focus was to inform the Rio+20 Summit taking place in Brazil in 2012, 21 Issues for the 21st Century will be clearly relevant to environmental policy-making and scientific priority setting for many years to come as well as the trajectory of UNEP's future work programme." (Read more)
Please consider going through to the document. There are some interesting points, and they should be viewed through the lens of the information I have provided in the articles on sustainability.


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Photo of J.P. O'Connor courtesy of Tabitha Wilson.
First Session Recap | Brackets | Session II Results | Team Standings
OMAHA, Neb. – Senior co-captain J.P. O'Connor advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2010 NCAA Wrestling Championships Thursday evening at the Qwest Center. Classmate and fellow captain Louis Caputo is still alive in the tournament after a loss in the second round.
O'Connor continued his aggressive offense with an 8-1 win over Jake Kerr of Iowa in the second round. O'Connor scored 2:20 into the first period and increased his lead to 5-0 in the second. Kerr escaped late in the third to make it 5-1, but O'Connor quick scored another takedown to make it 7-1 before the riding time point. O'Connor is 32-0 on the season and will meet Northern Colorado's Justin Gaethje in the quarterfinals.
Caputo dropped his second round bout to Iowa's Phil Keddy, 5-2. Keddy took Caputo down early in the second and held him for most of the period. Caputo made several strong attempts to get out but was unable to get out. In the second period, Caputo earned a point for an escape and picked up another one in the third. Caputo have several good shots in late in the third but Keddy was able to block them all. Caputo will face Steve Bosak of Cornell. Caputo currently sports a 23-4 record.
Keith fell to Ryan Mango of Stanford by fall in the second period. Mango held a 6-1 lead after scoring a takedown and turning Keith in the first period. Keith managed to escape before the period ended. Keith ended his freshman season with a 20-11 overall record.
Wrestling gets underway at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow. The
quarterfinals will air live on ESPNU.
125 – Steven Keith
fell to No. 12 Ben Kjar (Utah Valley), 4-0
fell to Ryan Mango (Stanford), F, 3:56
157 – No. 1 J.P. O'Connor
defeated Vincent Salminen (North Dakota State), 15-2
defeated Jake Kerr (Iowa), 8-1
184 – No. 8 Louis Caputo
defeated Austin Trottman (App. State), 5-2
fell to No. 9 Phil Keddy (Iowa), 5-2


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College of Science
Approved by Faculty Senate 3-27-03
The College of Science Tenure Policy supplements the basic tenure policies of Weber State University as outlined in the WSU Policy and Procedures Manual (PPM) Sections 8 and 9. Candidates and evaluators are expected to know and comply with the PPM policies relating to tenure as well as with the more specific policies and explanations listed herein.
The purpose of tenure and the procedure employed in its being granted to eligible faculty are identified in PPM, 8-11 to 8-27 (Tenure). Faculty are expected to become thoroughly versed with this portion of the PPM as well as with Section 9 dealing with Academic Freedom, Rights, Responsibilities, and Due Process.
Professors deal in ideas, and as such, they must be completely free to explore and expound without the ever-present threat of capricious dismissal in response to community anger or administrative bias. Additionally, while tenure is not a guarantee of employment, following the granting of tenure the burden of proof shifts from the faculty member to show competence to the institution to show incompetence.
Credentials: Candidates would normally be teaching faculty, who are expected to have at least half-time teaching responsibilities but who could have other assignments agreed to, in writing, by the Department Chair and the Dean. The basic minimum degree requirement is the attainment of the earned Ph.D. in the discipline of primary responsibility. Exceptions involving a closely related discipline or another doctorate must be considered carefully by the various evaluators at the time of hiring and be approved in writing at that time, following the policies in PPM 8-11. The probationary period is explained in PPM 8-23 and 8-24. Candidates who are given credit towards tenure through service at other institutions shall provide documentation concerning their activities at those institutions.
The four specific criteria upon which evaluation of the candidate is made appear below. Additional details of each criterion can be found in PPM 8-11 and should be consulted.
Candidates should clarify their roles, their responsibilities and the extent of their own work in all activities. The nature of some activities is such that it is hard either to classify them or to judge them. Directing student research, for example, involves teaching but may also involve significant research by a candidate. Similarly, a funded grant may qualify as scholarship or as service. In like manner, evaluators may not be familiar with the workload connected with some committees. Candidates should try to classify their work but should be aware that committees may reclassify it based on the available evidence.
Keeping current on new developments in the candidate's discipline, areas of specialization, and areas of curricular responsibilities is expected. The candidate must provide evidence of continued professional development while at Weber State University. The quality and significance of these activities as well as the quantity should be documented by the candidate and considered by the evaluators. See PPM 8-11 for more details. The normal expectation is that the majority of the required scholarship, teaching, and service contributions be accomplished after the candidate has arrived at WSU. Exceptions could include contractual agreements made at the time of hiring and years granted towards tenure for work done elsewhere.
A. Teaching:
The candidate's teaching competency and effectiveness will be systematically evaluated by students, peers, and administrators. A high degree of success in effectively teaching current and accurate information and in assessing the student's mastery of the course materials is required, using methods appropriate to the courses taught. Although the candidate's academic freedom in the choice of teaching methods is specifically recognized, the candidate will be evaluated on the basis of overall effectiveness in the teaching of the subject at the appropriate level for the course. In all cases such instruction should be consistent with the approved course syllabi, lead to fulfilling the department curriculum objectives, and fulfill faculty responsibilities to students (PPM 9-5). Also see PPM 8-11 for more details.
B. Scholarship:
Scholarship that may be applied toward tenure would normally satisfy the three criteria listed below. Any activity meeting these criteria could be considered as scholarship for tenure.
1. The activity includes an external peer review of original material created by the candidate;
2. there is a final product or outcome directly related to the reviewed material in (1); and
3. the final product or outcome in (2) constitutes a creative contribution to the candidate's field of interest and/or area of assignment (including education and pedagogy).
The following policy establishes 2 categories of professional activities. Category I consists of professional activities that do satisfy the criteria above; examples of items normally included in Category I are (1) research published in refereed journals, (2) publication of textbooks, manuals and other media which were subject to critical editorial review and formal acceptance procedures, and (3) patents. Category II consists of professional activities that may or may not satisfy the criteria above; examples of items normally included in Category II are (4) authoring invited papers and presentations, (5) grants, (6) consulting, (7) supervised student research, (8) authoring contributed papers and presentations, and (9) publication of in-house books and manuals. The candidate is responsible for documenting each item of scholarship in Categories I and II, and explaining its significance as well as his or her role in accomplishing it.
C. Service:
The candidate is expected to provide professionally related service to students, departments, college, university, and community by taking advantage of opportunities to serve effectively in activities such as: (1) student advisement, (2) department, college, and university committees, task forces, and projects, (3) professionally-related community activities, (4) participation in professional organizations, and (5) administrative service. The quality and significance of these activities as well as the quantity should be documented and considered. All levels of service (department, college, university, professional, and administrative) will be given equal consideration based on their merits. See PPM 8-11 for more details.
D. Professional Ethics:
The ethical canons, standards of behavior, and philosophy in the PPM Section 9 (Academic Freedom, Rights, Responsibilities, and Due Process) are specifically endorsed, and candidates and evaluators shall consider these to be general criteria for evaluation. Serious deficiencies of a candidate in one or more of these areas shall result in a "no" rating in this category. In turn, a "no" rating must be documented by the evaluators.
Faculty responsibilities that are the product of ethical principles and statements of professional behavior may be delineated in terms of responsibility to self and profession, to students, to colleagues, to the university, and to the community. See PPM 9-3 to 9-8 for important details.
The candidates for tenure will be evaluated in each of the above categories according to the following definitions and methods:
A. Definition of Rating Categories:
Candidates must satisfy the minimum degree requirements (PPM 8-11) and the probationary period (PPM 8-23).
Rankings in each of the first three major criteria above will be made according to the categories of "unsatisfactory," "satisfactory," "good," and "excellent." Ranking of the criterion of Professional Ethics will be made by simply indicating "yes" or "no." The guidelines for each of these rating categories are listed below.
Unsatisfactory: This rating, shall be given to a candidate who does not meet the requirements of the "satisfactory" category.
Satisfactory: The performance of the candidates will be rated "satisfactory" if the usual and normal duties required of all faculty members are performed in an acceptable manner. The candidate must complete assigned duties and share in the unassigned workload of the department, college, and university. At a minimum, one item of Category I scholarship is normally required to obtain a satisfactory rating in scholarship. However, if items from Category II are to be substituted, the burden of proof that they are equivalent falls upon the candidate. Normally, candidates will receive a "satisfactory" rating if the consensus rating of students (teaching category only), peers, and supervisors is satisfactory. Patterns of improvement should be viewed in a positive manner.
Good: "Good" means better than "satisfactory." Inasmuch as "satisfactory" means acceptable performance, a rating of "good" implies a performance substantially above and beyond the "satisfactory" level. Normally, candidates will receive a "good" rating if the consensus rating of students (teaching category only), peers, and supervisors is good. Patterns of improvement should be viewed in a positive manner.
Excellent: "Excellent" means outstanding performance. Inasmuch as a "good" rating implies a substantial degree of performance above "satisfactory," a rating of "excellent" implies a performance significantly above that performance considered appropriate for a "good" rating. Normally, candidates will receive an "excellent" rating if the consensus rating of students (teaching category only), peers, and supervisors is excellent. Patterns of improvement should be viewed in a positive manner.
B. Method of Evaluation:
1. In order to achieve tenure, the candidate must satisfy the minimum degree and probationary period requirements, exhibit ethical behavior, and must qualify with at least the minimum standards in one of the following channels:
Channel Teaching Scholarship Service 1 Excellent Good Satisfactory 2 Excellent Satisfactory Good 3 Good Good Good 4 Good Excellent Satisfactory 5 Good Satisfactory Excellent
2. The composition, selection, and operation of department and college tenure committees shall be governed by the specific provisions of the PPM relating to the granting of tenure (PPM 8-15 and 8-16).
3. A majority vote of the committee members (including the vote of the committee chair) shall determine a committee's recommendation. The committee will base its decision on all available evidence, including, but not limited to, evaluations by students (teaching category only), peers, and supervisors; reports of classroom visits; copies of publications; documentation, where credit is given toward tenure; and the candidate's professional files. A candidate should not expect a committee to take into account information that is not well-documented in the file.
4. All evaluative committees or individuals will attach a letter to the Tenure Evaluation Summary Form detailing reasons for the recommendations.


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Aeronautical engineer Jim Drake had already solved the "puzzle" of pairing a surfboard with a sail when a young man who stopped to admire "the Baja Board" in the late 1960s suggested what he called "the perfect name": the Windsurfer.
In his Santa Monica garage, Drake had designed and built a prototype meant to be ridden in a novel way — standing up — and steered by an inventive hand-held sail assembly. He first tested the board in 1967 off Marina del Rey and the "wind-propelled apparatus" was patented three years later.
The craft caused the sport to take off in Europe, and by the early 1980s about 200,000 Windsurfers had been sold. When windsurfing debuted as an Olympic sport in 1984, Drake watched the first races off Long Beach. There was also an amorphous measure of the board's influence: "Windsurfing" essentially became the generic name for the sport.
Drake, who also made significant contributions to the aerospace industry, died June 19 at his home in Pfafftown, N.C., of complications from lung disease, said his daughter Hollis Fleming. He was 83.
While working for the Department of Defense in the East in 1962, he mused about "standing on a surfboard in the middle of the Potomac and powering it with a hand-held kite," Drake said in 1981 in The Times.
Upon returning to California, the sailor suggested the idea of combining sailing and surfing to his close friend Hoyle Schweitzer, a surfer who volunteered to pay for the board's development, Drake told The Times in 1983.
He had to figure out "how to get the whole thing to work in a simple, straightforward, emotionally satisfying configuration. The key was how to steer," Drake said in the 1983 article. "I knew I wanted to stand and didn't want a tiller, so there was the problem of thinking of a control mechanism."
Small, flat sailboats were popular at the time, but had to be used while sitting. Drake devised a way to connect the sail to the board by using a universal joint, which let the sail pivot in a complete circle or lie flat — and allowed the rider to stand up. He also updated "an old idea" that had worked on many boats, a hand-held wishbone rigging that allowed the sail to tilt and turn in every direction.
From the start, Schweitzer was far more interested in turning the board into a business, Drake later recalled. Together they formed Windsurfer International to manufacture the boards, and both of their names appear on the patent.
At best, Drake said he considered himself "the re-inventor" of the sailboard, which two other men could lay claim to inventing. "My contribution was to make the thing actually efficient and workable," he told American Windsurfing magazine in 1996.
When the Professional Windsurfers Assn. inducted Schweitzer and Drake into its hall of fame in 2002, they were hailed as helping "to mold windsurfing into its current form." The group called Drake the "father of windsurfing" and Schweitzer the co-developer "who brought windsurfing to the masses."
But the pair had long since parted. In the early 1970s, Drake sold his interest in the business to Schweitzer for $36,000, the equivalent of about $175,000 today. Drake later explained his decision by simply saying "It's just not quite my cup of tea."
"It was always a hobby for him," his daughter said. "He had six young mouths to feed and I think, honestly, he never wanted to give up aerospace, which he loved."
As an aeronautical engineer and national-security systems analyst, he divided his time between private industry in Southern California and government work in Washington.
He worked on the design for the X-15 rocket research plane and on the winning configuration of the B-70 supersonic strategic bomber, The Times reported in 1983. He also was involved in early designs for the Tomahawk cruise missile, according to the Rand Corp., where he worked as an aeronautical engineer.
James Robert Drake was born in Los Angeles on Jan. 8, 1929, to Harrison Drake, a bank executive, and his wife, Doris.
Growing up in Toluca Lake, Drake became an Eagle Scout, "which was his proudest moment," his daughter said.
At Stanford University, he studied mechanical engineering and aeronautical dynamics, earning a bachelor's degree in 1951.
He and his wife, Wendy, were only children, which may be the reason they had six children, all of whom were raised to enjoy the outdoors, said Fleming, his eldest child. His wife died in 2000.
Late in life, Drake designed sailboards for Thailand-based Starboard Designs, challenging current thinking with radical new short and wide board designs that have helped riders win titles, according to company founder Svein Rasmussen.
After working in Thailand for a year, Drake moved to Pfafftown in 2003 to teach computer-aided design at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.
Although his split with Schweitzer over the Windsurfer caused a decades-long estrangement, Drake told American Windsurfing in 1996 that the story had "a happy ending."
"Hoyle, much to my annoyance, later on made a great success out of it. Worldwide," Drake said. "He made windsurfing famous and me famous along with it."
Drake is survived by his second wife, Phyllis; his two daughters, Hollis Fleming and Stephanie Lees; his four sons, Matthew, Andrew, Alexander and David; and 15 grandchildren.
Aeronautical engineer Jim Drake had already solved the "puzzle" of pairing a surfboard with a sail when a young man who stopped to admire "the Baja Board" in the late 1960s suggested what he called "the perfect name": the Windsurfer.


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As a line of hungry friends forms in front of him, Clyde Biggins snaps on his green plastic gloves. He tosses a slab of pork ribs onto the cutting board. He slams the knife down in quick strokes. Scraps of meat go flying. "Is everybody hungry?" the barbecue master asks.
It's lunchtime, and Biggins has invited dozens of folks to his home. The barbecue pit exudes a sweet, smoky aroma. He is in his element.
But this isn't the West Dallas barbecue restaurant he owned from the late '70s through the mid-'90s. That shut down after he went to prison. Now, nearly 20 years later, Biggins is trying to make a comeback on the North Texas barbecue scene.
It hasn't been easy the second time around. While Biggins was in prison, people forgot the taste of his signature dishes.
He's determined to make them remember. He says he was the barbecue king. He was Clyde Biggins — the legend.
Who is he now?
He's the guy selling barbecue on street corners or in his front yard. He gives customers Styrofoam trays full of meat, beans and potato salad. But underneath the strap of his apron, the name on his shirt hints at his former glory.
"Clyde's Barbecue" it says in red cursive.
Busy restaurants
The official name of his restaurant was Clyde's Old Fashioned Hickory Smoked Barbecue. But many knew it simply as Clyde's. The North Westmoreland location in West Dallas was one of two restaurants Biggins owned back in the day. The other, Clyde's Restaurant, was in the West Dallas Shopping Center.
At lunchtime, customers crowded the Westmoreland restaurant's red booths and wooden tables. Some days were so busy, they almost ran out of plates. Biggins even shipped barbecue to customers as far away as Los Angeles. In his prime, he said, he made about $1,500 a day — at least double that on Fridays and Saturdays.
His brother-in-law, Albert Williams, recalls the restaurant having a down-home cuisine and an upper-class clientele that filled the parking lot with expensive cars. "You got hungry for a barbecue as soon as you walked in," he said.
A 1989 Dallas Morning News review by Kim Pierce commended the restaurant's food and hospitality more than its atmosphere. Pierce praised the meaty short-end ribs that were "tender" and "robustly smoky."
And Biggins was the face of the business. He made the rounds. He chatted with customers. He insisted they try his sausage. "Everybody knew Clyde," Williams said.
They used to call him a legend. An institution. Almost iconic.
In prison, they just called him "Barbecue."
Drug ring
Biggins and his five siblings were raised by a single mother. They grew up poor in a West Dallas housing project. He worked as a lab optician and a truck driver before getting into the barbecue business. He said he wanted more for his children, Lisa, Gregory and Clyde. (Lisa Biggins works as an office manager at The Dallas Morning News.)
When he opened his first restaurant, Biggins wasn't making much money.
His brother, now deceased, was involved in the illegal drug business, and it was through him that Biggins began working as a drug supplier. The cash flowed in. Biggins says he bought a 1986 Mercedes without a down payment.
In the '80s, Biggins was convicted of drug possession and carrying a weapon illegally. He said he wanted to quit selling at times. But he couldn't let it go.
One day in 1992, Biggins was caught in a large narcotics trafficking roundup. The drug ring that he worked for imported cocaine and marijuana from Mexico and distributed it on the streets of Dallas. The ring also ran a large money-laundering operation, said Rose Romero, the case's lead prosecutor.
Biggins said he didn't have contact with the top leaders of the organization but acted as a middleman. He supplied drugs to the dealers, who sold them on the streets.
"He was a significant cog in the wheel of this organization," said Romero, who is now in private practice in Dallas.
Biggins was convicted of possession of marijuana and cocaine with the intent to distribute, among other charges, according to court records. In 1993, he was sentenced to 20 years in prison. He had already sold the West Dallas Shopping Center restaurant. The Westmoreland location closed a few years later.
"The only thing I could see back then was dollar bills," said Biggins, 67. "Man, so stupid. The money's not even worth it."
In federal prisons in Fort Worth and Seagoville, Biggins said he recommitted to Christianity. He counseled other inmates. He got his GED. He said he made the most of his time and learned that making money has to be founded on Christian principles.
"Don't try to bless your own self. Let God bless you," he said. "At one time, you could say I was rich. But then it's all gone, because it didn't come from God."
Back to barbecue
In January 2010, after serving just over 16 years in prison, Biggins was released early because of a law change. He finished the rest of his sentence at home. He began going to Lighthouse Church of God in Christ every Sunday. And it wasn't long before he started barbecuing again.
He says the new-style barbecue techniques on TV cooking shows have got it all wrong. He rants against using a meat thermometer and adding too much marinade or spice: "What these fools talkin' 'bout?"
In the fall of 2010, Biggins began making deliveries to a few loyal customers. Then he set up his pit on an East Oak Cliff corner and sold barbecue off the street. Business thrived. Biggins said he had to give out numbers to keep track of customers and made about $100 an hour.
But earlier this year, police shut down his business because he didn't have the required food service permit or enclosed kitchen area to cook the food.
He's been looking into how to make his barbecue business legal. He's considered getting a food truck or a portable building. He talks about opening a new restaurant. But after all his years in prison, he doesn't have the money or credit history he needs to rebuild.
Biggins said he isn't discouraged. If success comes easy, it'll go quickly, he said. He learned that much from his mistakes. "I'm determined for my legacy to continue," he said. "I'm determined to have the best barbecue there is."
Baby-sitting the meat
At his home, Biggins had been up until 2 a.m. the night before, baby-sitting his meat. He woke up at dawn. But when he stands in his front yard and offers brisket to the crowd, it's too chewy. He searches in his pile of meat for a better piece.
Still, the plastic pretzel container fills up with dollar bills as the customers tip generously. His sausage and ribs are a hit.
Skip Anderson, who is retired and likes to barbecue in his spare time, came with his butcher brother-in-law to try Biggins' food. "The sausage has a very good bite to it," he said. "It's got good snap."
James Sharper, a family friend, said he likes that Biggins takes his time smoking his meat. It had been in the pit for 20 hours by the time it was served. "I've eaten pretty much all over Dallas," Sharper said. "To me, Clyde is No. 1."
In a straw hat and black apron, Biggins works the pit as his guests chow down. On one side of the pit, he has attached newspaper clippings printed decades ago. On the other side are recent photos of him barbecuing.
With a red marker, he has written a note next to the clippings: "From 1977 to 2012 and still going strong."


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In case you didn't see the notice on the Fecal homepage, the new REBEL8 website is up and running. You can now order direct thru the site. Josh is shipping every day. Check out the new posters.
Also, my new book, MUERTE, is available from my site and the REBEL8 site. Get them while you can. They only have 100 copies each.
I've been very busy in the studio working on new REBEL8 graphics, and some freelance involving brains and soccer balls, and something from Megan's dreams...
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"Mandriva Linux 2010 Alpha 1 is now available on public mirrors. This first alpha is available only through Free version, 32 and 64 bits DVDs. This development release is the first one realized without mkcd, our historical build tool, but using bcd available also on Mandriva svn. This new tool should improve global quality of our release and make tests much easier and efficient... Final release of 2010 version is due the 21st of October."


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Daffodil days are at hand.
Today has been such a lovely, warm sample of spring. Some of my daffodils ("buttercups", as they say in Kentucky) near the house are starting to bloom.
It doesn't sound like tomorrow or Tuesday will be good days for taking pictures of spring flowers. Tomorrow (Monday), we're supposed to get heavy rain. Tomorrow night there's supposed to be more heavy rain, and then we have an 80% chance for rain and/or sleet and/or snow on Tuesday. A flood watch is in effect tomorrow and tomorrow evening.
It may slow the daffodils down for a day or two, but they'll be in glorious bloom by this time next week.
The Savior, More Beautiful than Spring
At church this morning, we sang "Beautiful Savior," a 16th-century German Jesuit hymn that has a nice verse about spring. Here's verse 2 as translated by Joseph A. Seiss (1823-1904.)
Fair are the meadows,
Fair are the woodlands,
Robed in flowers of blooming spring;
Jesus is fairer,
Jesus is purer;
He makes our sorrowing spirit sing.
If you're not Lutheran, you may know the hymn as re-translated by Seiss, some years later: "Fairest Lord Jesus."


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Dollar Tree Coupons And FREE Deals!
This week's Dollar Tree Coupons And FREE Deals are ready! Keep in mind the stores vary in product and size according to location and the size of the store. We have several Dollar Trees near me and the larger stores will have products the smaller do not carry and vice versa.
Dollar Tree does not take coupons with other stores logos on them. Dollar Tree will not take a coupon for a FREE item unless it requires you to purchase an item to get a FREE one, such as a Buy One Get One FREE coupon. Dollar Tree limits printable coupons to 2 per day, per customer, and 4 like coupons per household, per day.
Here are some useful Dollar Tree links:
- Dollar Tree Deals
- Dollar Tree Coupon Policy
- Dollar Tree Sales Ad
- Dollar Tree Full Coupon Matchups
- Join the Dollar Tree's Value Seekers Club for FREE and get and get access to members-only contests, money-saving party ideas, crafts, recipes, exclusive product sneak peeks & more!
Be sure to keep all of your store coupon policies with you when you shop in case you have any issues and need to refer to them, or show them to a cashier or manager.
Make sure to print your coupon shopping list and check out all the deals the Penny Pinching Bargain Bunch have found for you this week and Happy Shopping!
Be sure to check out all of this week's Dollar Tree FREE & Under $1 Deals! Keep in mind that Dollar Tree stores products and sizes vary widely, so, not every store will carry the same product or product size.
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Aircrack-ng is a complete suite of tools to assess WiFi network security.
All tools are command line which allows for heavy scripting. A lot of GUIs have taken advantage of this feature. It works primarily Linux but also Windows, OS X, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, as well as Solaris and even eComStation 2.
It focuses on different areas of WiFi security:
We also maintain patches for:
If you are impatient and want to know how to get started, jump to the Getting Started Tutorial.
Aircrack-ng was started at the end of February 2006. It is the Next Generation of aircrack with lots of new features:
Note: Check trac for planned and requested features
|27 Mar 2017
|Blog post: lesser known features of Aircrack-ng
|In this blog post, we'll discuss lesser known features of Aircrack-ng such as reading compressed wordlists, rainbow tables and distributed cracking.
|20 Feb 2017
|Blog post: iw monitor flags
|When setting an interface in monitor mode manually, iw has a few different flags: none, fcsfail, control, otherbss, cook, active.
The meaning of those different flags are explained in the blog post.
TL;DR: use 'none'.
|20 Jan 2017
|BlackHat USA training
|I'm really pleased to announce that Vivek Ramachandran and I will be teaching Advanced Wireless Exploitation at BlackHat USA this summer.
|30 Nov 16
|Wireless Pawn Edition (WPE) patches updated
|If you want to attack WPA Enterprise, applying WPE patches to HostAPd or Freeradius would do the job. However, they haven't been updated in a long time and still used old software versions (HostAPd 2.2 and Freeradius 2.1 which is EOL).
It is no longer the case as they are now available for the latest and greatest version of HostAPd and Freeradius. We took the job upon ourselves to update them and keep updating them whenever a new versions get released. The icing on the cake is that both of them are available as packages in Kali and a tutorial for HostAPd-WPE has been created.
All the details as well as a link to the patches can be found in this blog post.
Latest version: 1.2 RC 3
IMPORTANT Information Regarding Windows Version IMPORTANT
The windows version requires you to develop your own DLLs to link aircrack-ng to your wireless card. The required DLLs are not provided in the download nor available anywhere on the Internet. Without these DLLs, the windows version will not function. Do NOT post questions or problems to the forum regarding the windows version. At present, there is no support provided.
Our code repository containing sources can be found at svn.aircrack-ng.org.
We use trac for our bug tracker.
The download and installation instructions can be found on the installation page.
Be sure to read the wiki. This wiki contains a vast amount of information to get you going and to resolve problems.
We would like to thank everyone who donate and/or contribute to Aircrack-ng.
Consider your donation as an investment in the future of Aircrack-ng or as a way to say thanks or support hosting costs and hardware.
Monetary donations may be made via Paypal or via IBAN, BIC/SWIFT. There is no minimum amount for your donation. Any and all donations are greatly appreciated.
For any other donation or if you have any questions, contact me at email@example.com
If you have any question regarding this website (this wiki, forum, trac, …), do not hesitate to contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Thanks to devine for the original work and to everyone who contributed to aircrack (You know who you are)


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ThermalTake Element V Review
So when you buy a case what do you buy it for? Do you buy it for just looks, or do you need performance too? Well it seems ThermalTake introduces a bit of both in its sleek new Element V case. Not only does it have a nice design in terms of simple but sharp looks, but it provides many pertinent features as well. It not only sports two 120mm front intake fans but it also has a 200mm top fan and a 230mm side panel fan to boot. Plus what is better than a full-tower case? How about one with lots of space for drives in the front? The design of the case allows for nice customization. The top even allows for another 200mm fan which would even allow you to do a radiator setup. There are many more things to reveal about this, so why not read on and learn some more about this full-tower case?
Closer Look:
So moving on you see we have the box. The box art has nice presentation. On the back now we see some features are revealed. We are shown the color changing LED fans, fan controller, and the cooling system just to name a few of the specific features it highlights. On the one side of the box we are shown a brief list of features this case has. Finally, on the opposite side of that, we have the specifications of the case. So far I like what I see, so let's move on.
Upon emerging from the box it is initially sandwiched between two pieces of foam and is also covered in a plastic bag for protection during shipment. Upon coming out of both however, we are then greeted with a cloth bag that is covering the case.
So far so good, but what does it even look like? Read on and see.


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This talk provides an overview of research on the ONC/HHS Strategic Health IT Advanced Research Projects on Security (SHARPS), which aims to address barriers posed by threats to privacy and security that limit the value and deployment of electronic health records, health information exchange, and telemedicine. SHARPS comprises a multi-institutional and inter-disciplinary team of twelve computer science departments and medical schools. Research on SHARPS includes: improving access management by analyzing audit logs, developing ways to automate policy decisions about sharing health data, assuring the trusted base for healthcare information through the use of encryption and other security technologies, and addressing the emerging security and privacy considerations for medical devices and mHealth. To learn more about SHARPS visit http://sharps.org.
Carl A. Gunter is a professor in the Computer Science Department and College of Medicine of the University of Illinois, director of Illinois Security Lab, the Health Information Technology Center (HITC), and the HHS Strategic Health IT Advanced Research Projects on Security (SHARPS). He has made research contributions in the semantics of programming languages, formal analysis of networks and security, and privacy technologies. He is the author of more than 150 scientific research publications and has written a standard textbook on semantics of programming languages published by MIT Press. He is a founder of Probaris Technologies, a company that provides identity management technologies, and has served as a consultant to research labs and companies. His recent work concerns security and privacy issues for the power grid and healthcare information technology.
ITI is a campus-wide interdisciplinary unit of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, led by the College of Engineering, that is fostering excellence in information trust and security. Participating units include, among others, the College of Applied Health Sciences; the College of Business; the College of Engineering; the College of Law; the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; the Department of Aerospace Engineering; the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering; the Department of Computer Science; the Coordinated Science Laboratory; the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; the Department of Industrial & Enterprise Systems Engineering; and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications.
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Hewitt stuns Federer in Brisbane
Lleyton Hewitt pulled off an upset 6-1 4-6 6-3 victory over Roger Federer to win the Brisbane International on Sunday.
The Australian made Federer pay for what was an unusually sloppy performance, with the Swiss committing 22 unforced errors in the first set alone, as he won the 29th ATP title of his career.
Hewitt took the first set in just 27 minutes thanks largely to Federer's consistent errors before the 17-time grand slam champion showed his class in the second.
Despite missing the chance to go up a break midway through the set after Hewitt produced an athletic lunging volley, Federer did not let him off the hook when a second opportunity presented itself after the home favourite missed an easy forehand winner in the ninth game.
Had Hewitt made the shot he would have gone up 5-4 in the set but instead Federer broke the Australian and then served out to love, levelling the match at one set apiece and setting up a grandstand finish.
Hewitt produced a typically committed performance in the deciding set, saving four break points to hold his serve before breaking Federer to go up 3-1.
The 32-year-old then kept his composure for the rest of the set to serve it out and ensure he lifted his seventh title on Australian soil and his first since winning the 2005 Sydney International.


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Danos will build its new $10 million corporate headquarters in Gray and is seeking a site to build its new $20 million manufacturing facility, Gov. Bobby Jindal announced Tuesday.
A local oilfield service company will build its new $10 million corporate headquarters in Gray and is seeking a site to build its new $20 million manufacturing facility, Gov. Bobby Jindal announced Tuesday.
The new facilities will create 426 new jobs over the next five years as Danos new deepwater oil and gas opportunities in the Gulf of Mexico, along with land-based and international energy growth. Danos, a construction, labor and services partner for major oil and gas companies, is headquartered in Larose.
"Today's announcement is great news for the bayou region and for our entire state. Danos is one of Louisiana's deeply rooted homegrown companies, renowned for its technical expertise, performance and above all, outstanding safety in the oil and gas business," Jindal said. "The company has proudly called Louisiana home for decades, and it knows that our state is home to an incomparable workforce, a strong business climate and a tremendous energy infrastructure."
Of the new direct jobs, 326 will be at the headquarters site with salaries averaging $75,000 per year, plus benefits. The remaining 100 new direct jobs will be created at the manufacturing site with salaries averaging $65,000 per year, plus benefits.
Danos is considering four locations for its future manufacturing site, including Terrebonne Parish, New Orleans, St. Mary Parish and New Iberia. As an incentive to stay in the state, Danos received a $1.5 million Economic Development Authority Program grant to make improvements on the future site of its manufacturing facility.
Hiring for positions at the new headquarters will begin later this year, and manufacturing positions will be filled beginning in 2014.
The company's expansion project will also retain 400 existing jobs in Louisiana and create an estimated 200 construction jobs. Danos will continue fabrication operations at its Larose site, where the company has operated since its 1947 founding in Lafourche Parish.
Louisiana Economic Development estimates the projects, with their combined $30 million investment, will result in an additional 871 indirect jobs for a total of nearly 1,300 new jobs in the state.
Danos selected Terrebonne for its new headquarters after considering sites Alabama, Mississippi and Texas.
"The Danos family business has deep roots in south Louisiana," company CEO Hank Danos said. "The heritage and culture of this area are important to who we are as a company,"
Danos said the company selected the Gray site because of its location on U.S. 90, which offers easy access to New Orleans and Lafayette. The site is also less vulnerable to storms.
The site is just off U.S. 90 on Main Street in Gray, near Schlumberger Oilfield Services. Construction of the new headquarters will begin by late summer.
As the company expanded and outgrew its headquarters, the state stepped up to encourage and help the company to remain in Louisiana, Danos said. He added his three sons have since relocated to Terrebonne Parish.
The manufacturing site will be selected within three months, and construction will begin by year's end. Both new facilities will be complete by the end of 2014.
"Louisiana has a great tradition of family businesses that grow," said Terrebonne Parish President Michel Claudet. "We are honored that Danos has chosen Terrebonne Parish for their new facility."
Staff Writer Nikki Buskey can be reached at 448-7636 or email@example.com.


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Build a nano amp and enjoy loud sound on the go!
The LM386 is a power amplifier designed for use in low volt- age consumer applications. The gain is internally set to 20 to keep external part count low, but the addition of an external resistor and capacitor between pins 1 and 8 will increase the gain to any value from 20 to 200.
The inputs are ground referenced while the output automati- cally biases to one-half the supply voltage. The quiescent power drain is only 24 milliwatts when operating from a 6 volt supply, making the LM386 ideal for battery operation.
Nano amp assembly is easy.
The schematic from the original data sheet
nano amp makeaway documentation:
Mask for nanoamp: nano_amp_bw.pdf


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You may be familiar with some of the risk factors for breast and ovarian cancer, such as family history, age and reproductive history. You may also have heard about the discovery of certain genes that contribute to cancer. Participants in this program will receive individualized counseling and evaluation of their personal and family risk. The role of genetics in breast and ovarian cancer will be discussed and the options for genetic testing considered.
About Our Program
The Genetic Counseling Program of Chester County Hospital, offered at Penn Women's Specialty Center, is specifically designed for women who want information about their personal risk for breast and ovarian cancer. You can expect the following:
Who can benefit from the program?
People who are concerned about their family or personal history of cancer may benefit from cancer risk assessment, including:
What to expect
Before the appointment, participants will be asked to gather information about their family and its medical history. These forms are needed so that we can tailor your first visit to your personal situation.
At your first appointment you will meet with a certified genetics counselor who will review the information you have provided and will gather additional information as necessary. You will learn the significance of risk factors and find out about the role of genes, inheritance and genetic testing as they relate to your family history.
Following the first visit, our team will then review your information at a multidisciplinary case conference at the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania. This group of cancer and genetics professionals will assess your risk, develop recommendations for follow up care and determine your eligibility for further participation in research.
During your second visit, you will meet with the gynecologic oncologist and the certified genetics counselor. The physician will review the recommendations of your risk assessment and conduct a physical exam. If your recommendations include genetic testing, the certified genetics counselor will review additional information regarding the benefits and limitations of testing.
We will also discuss the following issues:
If you decide genetic testing is appropriate, this can be completed at the time of your appointment.
Does everyone who has genetic counseling have genetic testing?
Genetic testing is a personal choice and is not for everyone. Cancer risk assessment can help you decide if testing may be useful to you or your family.
Once the results of the genetic testing are available, you will be contacted to make an appointment to discuss the results of the testing. We will explain what the results mean and discuss a plan to carefully monitor your health based on your level of risk. This plan may include periodic mammograms, breast MRI, physical exams or other specialized testing. Recommendations may include referrals for consultation with other medical specialists.
Expertise to rely on
We are able to offer this program as part of Chester County Hospital's membership in the Penn Cancer Network. The Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania is a national leader in the field of breast cancer genetics and has been selected by the National Cancer Institute as one of eight institutions nationally to form its Cancer Genetics Network. This select group collaborates to conduct cancer genetics research on a national level, which may be offered to you as a participant in the program.
Participants in this program will be billed standard outpatient fees for the risk evaluation visit with the certified genetics counselor and the physical examination with the gynecologic oncologist. We will work with you and your insurance company so that you can understand what your potential out of pocket expenses may be. To the extent possible, we will bill your insurance company.
Genetic testing is performed through a commercial laboratory that will coordinate billing for this test with your insurance company. The testing company will contact you in the event that there will be any out of pocket expenses related to the genetic testing.
If you feel that you may be a candidate for the Genetic Counseling Program please contact Penn Women's Specialty Center at 610.423.4556.


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Secret Society of Trundle Players - Players of League of Legends who wish to prevent Trundle from seeing popularity. It died when Trundle free week came about, but people still think they're funny by being SSoTP sheep.
The first rule of SSoTP is that you do not talk about SSoTP.
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Australia's long wait for a Masters champion is finally over, and when Adam Scott won at rainy Augusta National on Sunday an entire nation rejoiced and breathed a collective sigh of relief.
For Scott, it was the ultimate redemption for a player who was first labelled an underachiever when he did not contend in any of golf's four majors and eventually a choker when he did but could not win.
But for Australia, it was a chance to celebrate some good news on the sporting scene after a miserable performance at last year's London Olympics and a run of losses against England in the Ashes cricket series.
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Australia Prime Minister Julia Gillard led a flood of tributes to Scott.
"Adam Scott held his nerve and prevailed in the most intense pressure imaginable on any sporting field. With this outstanding achievement, Adam Scott has done his country proud," Gillard said in a statement.
For a country used to sporting success, the Masters had somehow managed to elude the country's best golfers for generations and winning it had become something of an obsession.
When Cadel Evans won the Tour de France in 2011, the Masters was deemed the last frontier and the 'Holy Grail' of Australian sport.
During Sunday's final round the streets in Scott's home town in Australia were deserted as everyone tuned it to watch the television.
"It was a Cadel Evans-like win," said Tony Roosenburg, the director of the Australian Open golf tournament.
(Read More: Australia Jobless Rate Rises to 3 Year High in March)
"There have been a lot of black moments for Australians at the Masters. It is great for Australian golf."
Australians have won all of golf's other majors but the Masters had become a source of frustration after decades of agonising near-misses which started with Jim Ferrier, the 1947 PGA Championship winner, who blew a three-shot lead with six holes to play at Augusta National in 1950.
Peter Thomson won the British Open five times in the 1950s and 1960s but his best result at the Masters was fifth place in 1957. Bruce Crampton finished runner-up in 1972, as did Jack Newtown in 1980.
Then came Greg Norman, whose cruel close calls at Augusta became torturous viewing for Australians.
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Norman finished runner-up in 1986, bogeying the last hole to miss out on a playoff with a 46-year-old Jack Nicklaus. A year later, he was beaten in a playoff after Larry Mize holed out from off the green, but his darkest moment was yet to come.
In 1996, Norman led by six shots heading into the final round but crumbled to shoot a 78 and finish second again. Those near misses only spurred Australia's new generation of golfers to get their hands on the green jacket.
Scott, who was inspired by Norman and later became close friends with "The Shark," was deemed the leader of the new generation but struggled to make an impression at the majors.
His career seemed to be in freefall until two years ago when he almost won the Masters. But like his idol, he had to settle for second, tied with compatriot Jason Day in 2011.
"We are a proud sporting country, and like to think we are the best at everything, like any proud sporting country," he told reporters on Sunday.
"Golf is a big sport at home. It may not be the biggest sport, but it's been a sport that's been followed with a long list of great players, and this was one thing in golf that we had not been able to achieve.
"It's amazing that it's my destiny to be the first Aussie to win, it's just incredible."


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Linked by Eugenia Loli on Thu 1st Nov 2007 07:55 UTC, submitted by binarycrusader
The first milestone of Project Indiana (part of the OpenSolaris.org community) is now available - called "OpenSolaris Developer Preview." The OpenSolaris Developer Preview is the first milestone of Project Indiana. It is a single CD combined live/install image: a core operating system, kernel, system libraries, a desktop environment and a package management system. It is not a final release and is intended for developers to try, test, and provide feedback. Get your copy now.
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Instead of a project that has a solid establishment and firm hirarchy, i can imagine some people find it refreshing contributing to this project. Reminds me of linux posting his first kernel.
Except for the fact that Linus intentionally avoided the requirement for copyright assignment, or the holding the right to relicense at will. Which is probably the biggest reason that the linux kernel acquired the development contributions that it did.
Not to knock Sun, I always applaud an organization opening their code. But let's keep it in perspective, Sun isn't looking to build a community, they're looking to utilize a community.
Not that there's anything wrong with that, as long as the participants understand that. But let's not make it out to be something it isn't, rather, let's look at what Sun is offering and figure out how best for the community to leverage it reciprocally.
My cynical side still thinks the GNU community is waiting for Sun to follow through on their commitment to dual-license under v3, so that they can fork it for their own use and try and extricate the linux kernel while spewing forth a number of different solaris spins that are incompatible with other solaris spins. Sure, linux is always criticized for "over" distribution, but incompatibilities in linux tend to be related to userland. Sun's requirement for attribution, combined with the hints towards a dual-license CDDL/GPLv3 situation, could wind up with a number of forked, incompatible kernels combined with a common userland. Is this any better?
My even more cynical side still questions the ultimate intention here from Sun. Sorry, but I can't help thinking Sun is simply trying to leverage the linux community, while hiding the fact that they are still predominantly proprietary corporate oriented.
Still, never look a gift horse in the mouth. So I'll certainly give props to Sun for doing this, while still interjecting my opinion when people imply that this is the second coming of linux. Because, it simply isn't.
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I'm an idiot.Aaronp18 wrote:That would be 34 teams.herb wrote: Word on the street now is that expansion may be on the horizon with Quebec City and southern Ontario (Markham?). Personally, I think the existing divisional system is fine. Although, if Phoenix moves to Seattle, it would make sense for Seattle and Vancouver to be in the same division, but if there is expansion and Ontario and Quebec each get another team then there would be 18 teams in the Eastern Conference and only 16 out west.
Where else are they expanding to?
That should say 17 out east and 15 out west. Was thinking of the NFL for some reason and thought they were 16 and 16.


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Volume 17 Issue 15 | SEPTEMBER 3 - 10, 2004
Chinatown schools program translates into success
By Melanie Wallis
St. Josephs School, predominantly serving New Yorks immigrant population of Chinese and Hispanic decent, has been awarded a $50,000 scholarship fund for their eighth grade students.
The fund, awarded by a variety of high schools, will be assisting 17 of 26 eighth grade graduates to attend the high school of their choice this September. One child has received $20,000 for a four-year scholarship at La Salle Academy and another has been accepted into the highly competitive Stuyvesant High School.
St. Josephs Schools principal, Sister Deborah Lopez, 57, herself a graduate of the school, is delighted with the award, which was based primarily on academic merit. Im very pleased, and actually very surprised that they had done so well, because I know the scholarship pools are diminishing due to the economy not being so good, Lopez said.
Lopez feels the scholarship award, which is the highest its been in the four years shes been principal there, is more than deserved considering for most of the students, English is their second language. The children scored very well on the tests, even though they have limited English, Lopez said.
Founded in 1926, the school is located in the eastern section of Chinatown, on Monroe St, and sits on the top three floors of the church, including a newly renovated rooftop playground. Lopez says that the schools population of 180 is 65-70 percent Chinese with the majority being children of immigrants.
There are no prerequisites to get into the kindergarten-through-eighth grade school, not even knowing basic English. We had two children this year that didnt speak English at all, and many more than that the year before, Lopez said.
It is the schools ability to accommodate non-English-speaking children that sets it apart. As well as the New York State curriculum, the school has qualified staff to teach English as a Second Language.
Its our E.S.L. course that differentiates us from other schools, said Lopez. She also said that they encourage the students the students speak a variety of dialects to become translators for others in the school, ultimately enhancing the pupils understanding and learning process. Those who speak one-to-five Chinese languages translate for the new students and the parents, Lopez said.
As well as the E.S.L. course, the school offers special cultural programs, by bringing in outside experts from a variety of organizations. For the coming year, the school has set up programs with the Metropolitan Opera, the Science Center, Attic Salt Theatre Company and Music Therapy Company. The programs involve a person from each organization doing a series of classes during school time, followed by an end-of-term field trip to the institution.
Registration for St. Josephs is strong this year with the increase in demand from its surrounding population. Lopez, who has lived in the area all her life, says the Asian population has significantly grown. When I was young, there was no one living west of City Hall or east of Chatham Sq., she said, and there was no one living in Battery Park City, she continued. She noted that Asian people tend to stay in the Chinatown area because of the availability of Asian food, businesses and bilingual services. We have second-generation Chinese students, with their parents having attended first, the principal noted.
Lopez hopes to stay with St. Josephs for a while longer. We get moved around, but usually stay at one place for about six years. I hope to be here for a very long time, she said.
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Today marks the second Presidential Inauguration for Barack Obama. Actually, the President was officially sworn in yesterday in a private ceremony in the White House Blue Room, but today's the day that all the pomp and circumstance and Beyonce will take place. At 11:30 a.m. today, the great politicians of our fine country will put their party differences aside and bind together in front of the Capitol Building with the same common goal of making the next four years the best they can possibly be for the citizens of the United States.
Many Republicans are blowing the pop that is D.C. stand in favor for locales where fruity-flavored drinks served in halved coconuts are a plenty. If you can't beam 'em ... peace out, I guess?
According to Yahoo!, many Republicans and supporters of GOP candidate Mitt Romney are "are leaving town for sunny vacation destinations and company conferences or staying indoors and avoiding the crowds." Charlie Spies, attorney and co-founder of a pro-Romney super PAC, was hosting about 100 Republicans in Las Vegas for this weekend (including some former Romney campaign aides). Events took place at the Wynn Las Vegas and Venetian Resort Hotel Casino. Spies held a similar gathering four years ago for about 20 friends, but this year, more people's interest seemed to have been piqued. Spies said: "I was expecting more than 20 but no place near this response. I think people were excited to have an opportunity to be someplace other than D.C. and let President Obama and his supporters have their day in the sun."
Similarly, Ron Bonjean, a former Bush administration and congressional aide who runs a public affairs firm, held a work retreat at a resort in Mexico, saying: "It's the perfect time for us to be productive and focused on the year ahead while Washington is consumed with swearing in the president." You know, because if work's going to get done, where better place than a resort in Mexico?
Passive-aggressive comments like these are a huge part of what's wrong with America. We're more divided than ever, and I don't doubt for a nano-second that if the outcome were different, and Romney were being sworn in, Democrats would be doing the same thing.
It really doesn't seem like it's about the people anymore or building a better country. It seems like it's more about petulant men and women being consumed with "winning".
These are the people who are running the United States. Seriously. Didn't the inauguration used to be about coming together? I know there are plenty of people who are displeased with Obama's re-election, but this just seems like a bunch of spoiled rich brats pouting. It's ridiculous. And it definitely doesn't seem like a "band together" moment for our nation.
"Normal" people in their every day lives don't seem to have a problem finding middle ground with others. Don't we do it all the time? At work; at home; etc. (No, not on Internet comment boards.) Hopefully, Washington will be able to follow suit again some day. God Bless America ... right?
Here's a video of what the inauguration means to the President:
Are you unhappy or happy that Obama is being sworn in again?
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They've been engaged since the end of 2009, but on Wednesday morning Kristen Bell proposed to Dax Shepard in celebration of the Supreme Court's decisions on the Defense of Marriage Act and Prop. 8. (Yes, he popped the question the first time.)
"@daxshepard1 will you marry me? Xo #marriageequality #loveislove," she said on Twitter shortly after the decisions came down.
Shepard's tweeted reply?
"DOMA is dead. Prop 8 is dead. Now let's bring my big, gay marriage to @IMKristenBell to Life!!!!"