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Bibliographic software such as BibTeX and EndNote help you construct customized databases of literature references and manage the citation and formatting of a list of references, making the insertion of new citations into documents a seamless operation. A database of citations serves as the repository for each of these tools and can record all pertinent information about specific publicationsauthor names, title, publication type, and date of publication.
However, when a large collection of articles already exists, the task of creating the database of references can be daunting. Manually typing or copying-and-pasting from existing documents into databases can be tedious and error prone. And with existing bibliographic software, there is no pre-packaged solution to assist in automating the initial manual entry of references into the database.
In this article, we present BibPort, an automated tool that extracts relevant information from a set of legacy documents to create a database of bibliographic references using Word 2007's reference-management facilities. In the context of bibliographic text mining, this article is a case study in using Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO) (msdn .microsoft.com/office/understanding/vsto) in combination with Visual Studio 2008 and Word 2007.
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Many organizations have specific formatting styles for bibliographic citation; the IEEE, ACM, APA, and MLA. A cursory web search yields several dozen citation styles in widespread use. Therefore, an important BibPort design goal addresses the flexibility needed to work with multiple citation formats. BibPort is not hard-coded to a specific format; new citation formats can be added by supplying new parsers. Furthermore, while individual bibliographic-management tools tend to have their own format, the choice of database format is flexible within BibPort.
BibPort has a plug-in architecture that has a parser manager as a front-end to any number of citation formats. Similarly, an export manager serves as a back-end for multiple export engines for citation database formats. Input/output processes are modularized such that any export engine is able to understand the output of any parser.


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The year has gotten off to a tumultuous start for U.S. stock investors. The Dow Jones Industrial Average has swung up or down at least 100 points during the day on 25 out of the 26 trading days so far this year. Between Jan. 15 and Feb. 3, the S&P 500 fell 5.8% before seeming to stabilize in the middle of this past week.

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Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common neurobehavioral disorders of childhood. Sometimes it's referred to as attention deficit disorder. It is usually first diagnosed in childhood and often lasts into adulthood. Children with ADHD have trouble paying attention, may sometimes act without thinking about what the result will be, and, in some cases, are overly active.
A 2003 survey found an estimated 7.8% of children aged 4-17 years had ever been given a diagnosis of ADHD in the US. This new CDC study looked at the results of the second administration of the National Survey of Children's Health in 2007.
Rates of parent-reported ADHD diagnosis are increasing and the patterns of ADHD diagnosis are changing in the United States. We now have 5.4 million children who have been diagnosed with ADHD. That is nearly one in ten school age children with an ADHD diagnosis; a million more children than were reported in 2003. Of these children, 2.7 million are currently taking ADHD medication.
Important findings from this study:
The rate of parent-reported ADHD among children 4-17 years of age increased by 22% between 2003 and 2007, from 7.8% to 9.5%.
The rate of ADHD diagnosis increased by 42% among older teens and 53% among Hispanic children, suggesting the pattern of ADHD in the United States may be changing.
Twelve states had significant increases in ADHD, suggesting variation in diagnostic practice that may be determined by state-specific factors.
For more information, visit the CDC's ADHD Channel.


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Paul is the only candidate who will end ceaseless foreign invasions
Steve Watson
Aug 12, 2011
Ron Paul emerged the clear winner of last night's FOX News GOP debate according to a poll of Fox viewers and even according to analysis in the Washington Post, as the congressman cemented the fact that he is the only hope America has of ending its involvement in multiple costly and damaging wars across the globe.
Paul was in his element at the Iowa debate and delivered the most comprehensible and impassioned performance seen at any of the debates thus far.
Every other candidate in attendance attempted to scramble over their rivals to lead the charge for the military industrial complex, while Paul stuck firmly to his anti-war principles, demanding that US troops be brought home with immediate effect.
During a heated back and forth with Rick Santorum regarding a potential conflict with Iran, Paul showed true statesman qualities, arguing that merely slapping sanctions on the country and refusing to even entertain the idea of negotiating with the Iranian leadership would lead directly to conflict further down the line.
"They have no evidence that they are working on a weapon," Paul said. "At least our leaders and Reagan talked to the Soviets. What is so terribly bad about this? Countries you put sanctions on, you are more likely to fight them. I say a policy of peace is free trade, stay out of their internal business. Do not get involved in these wars and bring our troops home." The Congressman added.
When Santorum insisted that Iran had "killed more American men and women in uniform in Iraq and Afghanistan than the Iraqis and Afghans have," Paul urged the American people to see through such examples of war propaganda.
When Santorum added that Iran had been "at war with us since 1979", Paul countered that it was the meddling of the CIA in Iran in the 1950s that had directly caused such "blowback".
"The senator is wrong on his history," Paul urged. "We've been at war in Iran for a lot longer than '79. We started it in 1953 when we sent in a coup, installed the Shah. The reaction, the blow-back came in 1979, it's been going on and on because we just plain don't mind our own business. That's our problem!" The Congressman asserted as the crowd in attendance erupted into riotous applause and cheering.
"Iran is a threat because they have some militants there, but believe me they are all around the world, and they are not a whole lot different than others." The Congressman added. "Iran does not have an air force that can come here, they can't even make enough gasoline for themselves." Paul said as he fended off constant attempts by Santorum to interrupt him with authority.
"They are building up this case just like we did in Iraq, build up the war propaganda. There was no Al Qaeda in Iraq, and 'they had nuclear weapons and we had to go in', I'm sure you supported that war as well," said Paul, directing his words toward the former Senator.
In the stand out moment of the entire evening, a clearly emotional Ron Paul almost burst out of the screen as he boomed into the microphone "It's time we quit this. IT'S TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS WE'RE SPENDING ON THESE WARS!"
In other particular highlight, Paul schooled phony tea party wannabe candidate Michele Bachmann on the rule of law after Bachmann defended the gulags at Guantanamo Bay and insisted that accused "terrorists" have no rights whatsoever under the American justice system.
"I thought our courts recognized that you have to be tried," Paul responded.
"This administration has already accepted the position that when you assume someone is a terrorist, they can be targeted for assassination – even American citizens, that affects all of us eventually, you don't want to translate our rule of law into mob rule." Paul hit back.
Watch all of Paul's answers and exchanges below:
As the accompanying screenshot illustrates, Fox viewers watching online overwhelmingly declared Paul the winner of the debate.
Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post concurred, noting "Amid whispers that Paul could perform better than expected in the Ames Straw Poll on Saturday, he was at the center of the conversation for the entire second hour of the debate."
"…he had the best chance he has ever enjoyed to air his views." Cillizza concluded.
Conor Friedersdorf of The Atlantic succinctly explains why Paul's performance last night resonated with the American people and had the establishment reacting as if they were sucking on lemons:
"To me, the most off-putting moment perpetrated by the moderators was when Ron Paul was shouting about wanting to end foreign wars. Chris Wallace and Bret Baier mugged for the camera, as if to signal their mutual embarrassment that a candidate would get earnestly upset and passionate. That unhinged Ron Paul, getting all angry and losing his cool again. And in the game of national politics, it is unusual for pols to show normal human emotion. But for someone like Paul, who doesn't regard our foreign wars as part of "politics as game" — who very earnestly believes that they're resulting in needless death, destruction, and trillions of dollars squandered — it isn't at all bizarre to get a bit passionate talking about war of all subjects.
Note too that we're talking about a presidential primary debate, where grown men and women say the most absurd things in the course of pandering to voters. It is damning indeed that someone passionately staking out an unpopular position against foreign wars is all but laughed at for doing so, whereas the moderators react to all manner of political theater with straight faces. It's almost as if the implications of Paul's critique is too awful for Wallace and Baier to take seriously, so they dismiss it as a mental defense mechanism. No wonder we keep entering wars."
Steve Watson is the London based writer and editor for Alex Jones' Infowars.net, and Prisonplanet.com. He has a Masters Degree in International Relations from the School of Politics at The University of Nottingham in England.
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New fuel could give Red Bull a three-tenths boost next time out in Barcelona.
That is the claim of the reigning world champions' Austrian director Dr Helmut Marko, as Red Bull pushes to close the gap to 2014's dominant team Mercedes.
But in China, both Red Bulls were actually beaten by Fernando Alonso's resurgent Ferrari, following a disappointing opening three races for the Italian team.
Marko thinks Ferrari sped up thanks to a new blend of Shell fuel.
"We are also hoping to soon get a fuel that is more efficient," Marko said earlier this week, amid reports Red Bull's current Total fuel may be damaging the mandatory fuel flow sensors.
Marko has now told Germany's Bild newspaper: "Ferrari made a clear leap forwards in China. They have a new fuel. And we'll have some new fuel soon as well.
"Maybe we will have it at the next race in Spain," he revealed, amid engine supplier Renault's obvious horse power disadvantage early in 2014.
"The new petrol will bring us two, maybe even three tenths," added Marko. "So that we can have at least a chance of overtaking Ferrari.
"On Sunday (in China), our drivers could have done whatever they wanted, but they could not have passed Alonso," he said.


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Please review this true article, previously published a while back. The veracity of this true account can be backed up by documents. It is hard to find any bigger criminals anywhere in Central West Virginia than the ones employed by the COUNTY of GILMER very commonly known as CROOKED COUNTY!!!
THIS ARTICLE IS FOR ALL THE PROFESSIONAL BULLSHITTERS OUT THERE LIKE Sally Bozeat —the mastermind behind the mastermind murderer SISTER MORPHINE Venity Cottrill with her fake ice cream cakes just a swaying to the music —- slow dancing to murder with MORPHINE prescribed by local DR HILLARY MILLER who like a DUMB BITCH prescribed liquid morphine over the phone to Venita Cottrill without ever seeing the patient and then LIED LIKE A BITCH about the cause of death on the death certificate. YEAH DOCTOR that STUPID STUNT YOU PULLED in regard to WILLARD COTTRILL is NOT going to be forgotten and we are gonna give the go ahead to publish this story nationally. Lawrence Smith a free lance journalist from Charlestons with lots of notches on his gun has been calling me often asking me to suit up and do battle to expose the ELITE in Crooked County once again.
BUT FIRST it is important to me to EXPOSE MORE LOCAL CORRUPTION in GILMER COUNTY for some personal reasons.
IF YOU WANT TO START WITH SOME EXPOSURE OF CORRUPTION IN GILMER COUNTY YOU NEED NOT LOOK ANY FURTHER THAN THE LOCAL PRINT PRESS MEDIA THE GLENVILLE DEMOCRAP AND PATHFINDER OF BULLSHIT — I have known Dave Corcoran to lie to my face about facts, and facts that did me a lot of personal harm. Dave Corcoran has still not paid the price for all the harm he has done to some local families that have done nothing but support the local citizens. Dave Corcoran has some big surprises in store for him in the future for we have not forgotten what a complete dick he is — And we do plan on doing something about it next time the opportunity presents itself. For one, he better be real careful what he says to me in person for I have a lot pent up hostility towards that dumb son of a bitch and truly he needs a real talking to so that he changes his behavior in the future and also it must be done before he harms another innocent person. I have informed my attorney about this matter.
David Corcoran Editor Publisher of the GLENVILLE DEMOCRAT and PATHFINDER PROVED To Be a LIAR in COMMISSION MEETING – Wishes of the DECEASED in COTTRILL ESTATE wins 4 to 1 in Supreme Court on Friday October the 18th
By Editor Edison – CalPatty Press Editor
I would like to thank Dave Ramezan for taping these meetings so everyone can review, otherwise if we depended on the local newspaper we would get highly inaccurate accounts of these meetings.
Obviously the publisher/editor of the Glenville Democrat and Pathfinder, Dave Corcoran has committed many ethical breaches in the past, along with false reporting of facts backed up by his own reporter Dendra Miller. She admitted that she made an error when she said the rapes at Glenville State College were under investigation, for there is no investigation!
Miller also admitted that Dave Corcoran changed her article to say Dave Ramezan was NOT acting in capacity as the editor publisher of the Gilmer Free Press, a media source that represents the people with the truth. Reporting the truth has been a problem for the local paper in Gilmer County since the 1960's.
If these meetings were not documented by digital video, the public would have no way of knowing the truth.
Fast forward this video record to 1:17:06 to see that Dave Ramezan passes out to the commission the document that has the inaccurate reporting clearly marked in numbers so that each commissioner can see each point reported in the local paper that was highly inaccurate.
Commission President Kennedy obviously did not want to comment because he is part of the ruse, and attempt to keep the truth and the awful nightmares about Glenville, West Virginia from ever reaching the public, especially when it comes to the subject of MURDER and RAPE.
I speak for many Citizens when I ask about the Willard Cottrill estate, for there are no mentions of this in the meeting, the notes just says estates were settled, and then the matter was voted on and approved with no specific mention of any estate.
How could the COTTRILL estate be settled when personal items and property were allowed to be removed from Willard Cottrill's home with Gilmer County Sheriff escort before the estate was settled or probated?
Then there is the fact Willard Cottrill was killed by a lethal concoction of drugs administered by Freda and Venita Cottrill!!
The Supreme Court reached a decision of 4 to 1 October 18th to allow Ruth Mitchell to live on the estate, and the civil matter and civil action is not only over, but won by the persons who had their civil rights violated by Sgt Yost of the West Virginia State Police as well as Deputies Wheeler and Huffman acting on behalf of those that LOST in last Friday's Supreme Court decision.
(a blown up version easier for us to read the article and get the fine points Dave Ramezan makes are entered at the bottom of this article to aid readers to read the entire article to see for themselves they were lied to by the Glenville Democrat and Pathfinder. At least Dendra Miller admitted her awful mistake by stating the RAPES at Glenville State College were being investigated when there is ONLY A COVER UP of the sexual assaults and no investigation by local police)
Fast forward the video below to 0:27:46 from October the 1st to witness what was actually said in the Gilmer County Commission meeting, compared to what was printed in the Glenville Democrat, so you can see for yourself what a LIAR and how dishonest Dave Corcoran is. This video varifies his newspaper is not a responsible print media source!
OH MY ! What would Lisa Hayes-Minney say?
The document above is numbered for your convenience, in order to guide you to specific points regarding the inaccurate reporting of the Glenville Democrat!! They get the grade of F for Failure to provide the people with the truth — And for being lacking in the duty to citizens by a media source for reporting such HOGWASH– But then again that is why we call the local print media source the Glenville Democrap and Pathfinder of Bullshit!
Here is the LATEST UPDATE on the MURDER of WILLARD COTTRILL IN GILMER COUNTY!!
Please find below the PDF of the Friday October 18th Supreme Court decision giving Ruth Mitchell and Marlea Cottrill the win!! By the action of article five mentioned in the will the fact that Marlea Cottrill was named as a defendant is to circumvent her from the normal execution of the estate and if this document is upheld by the local authorities, the matter could lead to other heirs that have literally stolen property from the estate forfeiting all benefits provided by the estate.
The LOCAL GILMER COUNTY SHERIFF and WV STATE POLICE, along with the Gilmer County Commission backed the people that LOST in Supreme Court 4 to 1. Any illegal actions taken by those highly questionable organizations in the last three years may have serious legal consequences.
(click this green link below to review entire Supreme Court 4 to 1 decision)
Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of the darkness. "The Dark Woods of Crooked County holds Secrets!"For the Ghost Wolf is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And the "Ghost Wolf," will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know I am with the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon you.
Ben Huffman Gilmer County Sheriff Deputy showed up with no warrant at the home of Ruth Mitchell who watched while Willard Cottrill was murdered by SISTER MORPHINE – Huffman, Sister Morphine, and Mike Murphy forced their way into the home and into Ruth's private bedroom where Huffman drew his weapon and then proceeded to help Sister Morphine and Murphy TOSS the room and search with no warrant. Ruth Mitchell Screamed, "You can't do this!" Huffman replied, "There is nothing you can do about it," and then proceeded to talk to Ruth Mitchell worse than he would a stray dog! NO PERMISSION WAS GIVEN FOR THE SEARCH BUT THAT IS HOW THEY DO IT DOWN IN GILMER COUNTY!! The SS is currently seeking a meeting with HUFFMAN and deputy Wheeler about the incident, but we heard the matter was cleared by Mickey Metz himself, so no surprise there!
Here is Mike Wheeler (photo below)a Gilmer County Sheriff Deputy who lost his job in Lewis County as a law enforcement officer for drinking and chasing women!!
Wheeler is the deputy who REFUSED to take any evidence involving the wrongful death of Willard Cottrill!
The Gilmer County Sheriffs always seems to attract the rejects and criminals and has to be about the most worthless Sheriff's department in West Virginia!
The Gilmer County Sheriffs office under the leadership of Larry Gerwig allows rape after rape at Glenville State College and still nothing is done and the citizens of Gilmer County are not safe.
Here is ALAN and MARK Cottrill (photo below) who allegedly stole guns and personal items out of the house with the assistance of the Gilmer County Sheriffs office in Glenville.
Estates are supposed to be settled and probated before personal property is taken, but with the help of Melvin Cottrill, before Willard Cottrill was even cold, his $40,000.00 truck was taken, his lock box with cash money was stolen with some of Ruth Mitchell's money in it. Two weeks before Willard Cottrill was murdered, his bank account was cleaned out Crooked County style by Mike Murphy!!! Only in Gilmer County can you count on elected public officials as well as law enforcement to actually be parties to theft and murder.
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Supreme Court affirms Gilmer Co. decision
CHARLESTON – Because the intentions in his will were clear enough, the state Supreme Court has ruled a Gilmer County woman may continue to reside in the home she shared with her former companion.
In a 4-1 decision, the court affirmed the ruling Gilmer Circuit Judge Jack Alsop made in August 2012 granting summary judgment to Ruth Mitchell in a suit to quiet title brought by the estate and heirs of Willard Cottrill.
In a memorandum opinion issued Oct. 18, two days shy of the third anniversary of Cottrill, 73, dying suddenly and under suspicious circumstances, the court said the effort by the estate's executor, Michael Murphy, Cottrill's son-in-law, and the heirs to eject Mitchell from the modular home she shared with Cottrill on his 42-acre property in Linn is "wholly inconsistent," with his last will and testament.
Memorandum opinions are issued by the court in cases that present no new issues of law and would not be aided by oral argument. Chief Justice Brent Benjamin cast the dissenting vote.
According to court records, Cottrill's will was admitted into probate on Nov. 5, 2010. In it, he directed that a residence be provided for Mitchell "for so long as she chooses to reside, with this provision becoming void should she at any time choose or need to live elsewhere."
Cottrill also specified that Mitchell's "residency shall not preclude divestiture of the property by my heirs, and is not intended to establish a life tenancy." Furthermore, he "direct[ed] that income from the rental units on my property be used for taxes and upkeep of the remainder of the property including the unit occupied by Ruth Mitchell, and the parcel referenced in the above provision."
On June 17, 2011, Murphy, along with his wife, Venita, and her brothers Mark and Alan Cottrill, residents of Syracuse, N.Y., filed suit seeking an order to compel Mitchell to "vacate the premises."
However, on Aug. 21, 2012, the eve of a trial date in the case, Alsop granted Mitchell's motion for summary judgment recognizing, as Cottrill specified in his will, she had a right to reside on the property so long as she desired.
In affirming Alsop's decision, the court clarified that Mitchell's residence is no way construed to be a life estate or tenancy. Regardless, ordering her out of the dwelling she's called home for the last decade would go against Cottrill's express wishes.
"The relief [the estate and the heirs] sought beyond clear title – this is, ejectment – is wholly inconsistent with [Cottrill's] directive that [Mitchell] be provided a residence," the court said.
"Inasmuch as the circuit court was called upon to construe Mr. Cottrill's will in this action to quiet title, it appropriately followed the tenant of this Court: 'The cardinal principle in construing a will is to ascertain the intent of the testator as expressed in the wills and codicils, giving consideration to the surrounding circumstances.'"
The estate, and the heirs were represented by Staci N. Criswell with Dinsmore and Shohl. Mitchell was defended by Gassaway attorney Dan Grindo.
West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals case number 12-1213
Gilmer Circuit Court case number 11-C-20


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The data, it turns out, is really hard to come by. While I was adding data to the database for most-selling drugs, it was hard to find publications where a human experiment was done (many experiments use rat microsome experiments. Not only makes that hard to identify the specific CYP enzyme, it also is not the human homologue. BTW, since the background of this paper is to create a knowledge base for computational prediction of CYP metabolism, ideally we would even have a specific protein sequence, including any missense SNPs affecting the 3D structure of the enzyme.
However, even for the (at least then) most selling drug aripiprazole, literature was really hard to find! There is a lot of literature just copy/pasting knowledge from other papers, and those other "papers" may in fact be the information sheet you get when you buy the actual drug. Alternatively, personal communication and conference posters can be cited as primary literature too. So, only stressing the importance of a database like this.
At this moment the project is a stalled. None of the currently involved groups has funding for continued development. I guess collaborations are welcome! ChEMBL 22 now was metabolism data for compounds, but I have not explored yet if it has all the details for the transformations needed for XMetDB. At the very least, it may serve as a source of primary literature references.
Spjuth, O., Rydberg, P., Willighagen, E. L., Evelo, C. T., Jeliazkova, N., Sep. 2016. XMetDB: an open access database for xenobiotic metabolism. Journal of Cheminformatics 8 (1). doi:10.1186/s13321-016-0161-3


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The mission of the Civil Rights Division of the Arizona Attorney General's Office is to enforce civil rights laws, increase public awareness of civil rights, provide dispute resolution services, and offer community services throughout the State.
The Division's major duty is to enforce state statutes that prohibit discrimination in employment, voting, public accommodations, disability and housing by investigating and litigating civil rights complaints. In addition, the Division provides conflict resolution services and mediation programs statewide, including many court and agency programs.
The Division not only is responsive to complaints it receives, but actively addresses discriminatory activity by providing education awareness. It also conducts surveys and inquiries in efforts to eliminate discrimination and publishes reports to highlight civil rights issues in the State.
The Division has both administrative and enforcement functions. Its staff is comprised of lawyers, compliance officers, program coordinators, support personnel, volunteer mediators and interns.


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(CNN) -- Award shows often mean free loot for celebrities. But with the economy tanking, this Academy Awards season could see some subtle changes in the giveaway culture, industry insiders say.
Singer Fergie shows off a product she received at the BET Awards Lounge in 2008.
"The country has shifted, and I think that bling is out," said Jane Ubell-Meyer from Madison and Mulholland, which bills itself as a VIP gift bag and product placement company. "I think that people are a little more conservative and they don't want to flaunt it in everyone's faces."
Madison and Mulholland is focusing on "affordable luxury" this year. Ubell-Meyer said that her company paid careful attention to the vendors in her suite this year and that it was important to create what she hopes is a respectful and thoughtful image.
Previous years' offerings from Madison and Mulholland events included a $5,000 commode, a $5,000 vacation, a $3,500 diamond watch and rides on private jets.
Freebies this year will be scaled back from the "old days" -- before this year's recession and last year's writers' strike -- to include a high-end vacuum cleaner worth several hundred dollars, a handbag worth about $200, a toothbrush sanitizing gadget for around $30 and handmade jewelry.
But one of the biggest suites in Hollywood is still going all out. Gavin Keilly, CEO of GBK Productions, told CNN that plenty of high-end products were scheduled for his lounge, which caters to Academy Award nominees and presenters.
"It's amazing to me that even in these times, [companies are showing off big-ticket items]," he said. "I think it is even more blingy."
Among those "blingy" items: $10,000 vacations to a destination spa, $8,000 to $18,000 watches, and a year's worth of Botox, Restylane and microdermabrasion valued at $3,000.
The price of free publicity
Swag suites and gifting lounges -- events that companies use to get their products into the hands of celebrities -- are valuable during a recession, Ubell-Meyer and Keilly say. The primary goal is to invite celebrities whose pictures show up in Us Weekly, People and other magazines. The free exposure that comes with celebrities stopping and posing for a picture with a new product is worth more than putting together a print or TV ad.
But getting a product into the hands of a star like Tina Fey comes at a price. At Keilly's lounge, for example, clients pay $5,000 to $10,000, depending on the type of vendor. And most of them have asked for a discount this year. "Everyone always tries to get a deal, but this year, over any year, they are trying harder," he said. "Some regulars I have offered a discount to because I don't want them going to a competitor."
In exchange, attendees of the $100,000 event will pick up their freebies as they are escorted through five 1,000-square-foot rooms, each of which will be decorated in the theme of a best-picture nominee, Keilly said.
He estimated there were at least five to six other extensive lounges for the Oscars.
Lash Fary, whose Distinctive Assets company prepares a gift bag for the nonwinning nominees in the major categories, said there are as many as 10 events around town.
Like Keilly, he said companies sought lower promotional fees. Ubell-Meyer also said her company was working with clients on lower prices.
Fary, whose company produced a lounge for the Grammys, said he has seen a decline in the number of companies that have expressed interest in being part of the Distinctive Assets gift bag.
"Certainly there are fewer companies that have $10,000 to $20,000 to spend on celebrity goods," he said, referring to the price for the Grammys lounge. "But with that said, there are still a bunch of huge companies out there that are willing to sign up."
One company interested in gaining publicity from the GBK lounge was Senseo, a well-established coffee maker in Europe that wants to grow its brand image in the United States.
The company is trying to convince consumers that its single-serve coffee maker produces a cup of coffee that is better and less expensive than what premium shops, like Starbucks, have to offer.
"For what we're getting, the exposure, we feel it's a really strong value for potentially reaching [our target audience] with the right influencers," said John Risley, director of marketing and sales for Senseo. iReport.com: Who will win at the Oscars?
He said that one of the factors that closed the deal with GBK was the production company's charitable-giving policy. Keilly said his folks had long given a percentage of the profits from the lounge, which has 35 to 40 vendors, to charity. But this year, they will make donations in the names of the celebrities who attend.
Suites increasingly have a charity connection.
"Celebrities feel good about coming to this event, because they feel like they are making a difference," Keilly said.
In the end though, it is all about pairing the recognizable and loved faces of celebrities with new products from older companies and new companies with even newer stuff.
"It really does increase sales," Ubell-Meyer said.
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Like all of Lodge Cast Iron products, this 15oz. melting pot is sure to come in handy for generations to come. This handy cast-iron pot is pre-seasoned in with vegetable oil creating a non-stick surface. Create one of a kind sauces on at a backyard barbecue or heat up cheese, syrup, or even bake eggs! This pot is the perfect size for the small stuff.
- Yield 15 ounces
- Durable enough for the oven, stovetop, or campfire
- Cast-iron construction for superior heat retention
- Pre-seasoned with baked on vegetable oil creating a non-stick surface
- Handel features a loop for east storage
- Easy hand wash
- American made
- Item number: LMP3
From the Manufacturer:
The black patina given to the cookware by the factory seasoning process is, in fact, vegetable oil that has been baked into a piece of cookware that has emerged from an individual sand mold. This coating of oil is a functional application and not a cosmetic application. The cookware is hanging as it rides through the electrostatic sprayer and commercial conveyer ovens at very high temperatures. This allows the oil to penetrate deeply into the pores of the iron which creates an easy release finish. As a result of this process, you may see a blister or bubble of oil at the southern-most point or at the end of the handle of the cookware piece. If visible, it will rub or flake off with your finger, leaving a brown spot. Don't worry, it's not rust but a seasoned spot that is brown, indicative of the varnish stage of seasoning. As a matter of fact, this is the color of home seasoned iron until it has been used several times. The brown spot will turn black with use.
Use and Care:
While the skillet comes pre-seasoned to prevent food from sticking, it works best when sprayed or lightly coated with vegetable oil before use. After cooking, we recommend cleaning with a stiff nylon brush and hot water. Using soap or the dishwasher is not recommended, and harsh detergents should never be used. Towel dry immediately cleaning and apply a light coating of oil to utensil while it is still warm.
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By Chris Lawrence, with reporting from Barbara Starr
[Updated at 9:30 p.m. ET] The U.S. military is ending its policy of excluding women from combat and will open combat jobs and direct combat units to female troops, multiple officials told CNN on Wednesday.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta will make the announcement Thursday and notify Congress of the planned change in policy, the officials said.
"We will eliminate the policy of 'no women in units that are tasked with direct combat,'" a senior defense official said.
The officials cautioned, however, that "not every position will open all at once on Thursday." Once the policy is changed, the Department of Defense will enter what is being called an "assessment phase," in which each branch of service will examine all its jobs and units not currently integrated and then produce a timetable for integrating them.
Go to CNN's iReport to share your thoughts on women in combat
The Army and Marine Corps, especially, will be examining physical standards and gender-neutral accommodations within combat units. Every 90 days, the service chiefs will have to report on their progress.
The move will be one of the last significant policy decisions made by Panetta, who is expected to leave in mid-February. It is not clear where former Sen. Chuck Hagel, the nominated replacement, stands, but officials say he has been apprised of Panetta's coming announcement.
"It will take a while to work out the mechanics in some cases. We expect some jobs to open quickly, by the end of this year. Others, like special operations forces and infantry, may take longer," a senior defense official explained. Panetta is setting the goal of January 2016 for all assessments to be complete and women to be integrated as much as possible.
The Pentagon has left itself some wiggle room, however, which may ultimately lead to some jobs being designated as closed to women. A senior defense official said if, after the assessment, a branch finds that "a specific job or unit should not be open, they can go back to the secretary and ask for an exemption to the policy, to designate the job or unit as closed."
The official said the goal remains to open as many jobs as possible. "We should open all specialties to the maximum extent possible to women. We know they can do it."
CNN readers skirmish over women in battle
Sen. John McCain, an Arizona Republican who spent six years as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War, said he supports lifting the ban on women serving in combat, pointing out women are already serving in harm's way. But he said the move should not fundamentally change the military.
"As this new rule is implemented, it is critical that we maintain the same high standards that have made the American military the most feared and admired fighting force in the world - particularly the rigorous physical standards for our elite special forces units," McCain said in a statement.
By the numbers: Women in the U.S. military
Thousands of women in the military have already found themselves in combat situations, said Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington. Recent wars such as Iraq and Afghanistan have lacked a real front line, and women serving there have come under fire and had to fight back alongside male counterparts, she said.
Murray, who leads the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee and is a member of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, called Panetta's decision a "historic step for equality" that recognizes the role women play in the military.
The Pentagon must notify Congress of each job or unit as it is sent up to the secretary to be opened to women. Then the Defense Department must wait 30 days while Congress is in session before implementing the change.
It is a marked difference from the way the military ended the exclusion of gays serving openly, or the "don't ask, don't tell" policy. In that case, there were no stipulations attached to openly gay service members. There was no staggered approach that integrated openly gay troops into units. It was instead done all at once, across the board.
A senior defense official explained the Pentagon's reasoning behind the different approach: "You're talking about personal choice of behavior versus physical capability. And they were already in the units. If you take a unit that's never had women before, that's quite a culture change."
Another senior defense official said the goal is "to provide a level, gender-neutral playing field."
The American Civil Liberties Union recently filed a federal lawsuit against the Department of Defense, charging that combat exclusion is unfair and outdated, harms America's safety and prevents women from receiving training and recognition for their work. The plaintiffs, who include women awarded Purple Hearts, say the exclusion places them at a disadvantage for promotion.
Former troops say time has come for women in combat units
The ACLU said it is thrilled about Panetta's planned announcement.
"But we welcome this statement with cautious optimism, as we hope that it will be implemented fairly and quickly so that servicewomen can receive the same recognition for their service as their male counterparts," Ariela Migdal, senior staff attorney with the ACLU Women's Rights Project, said in the statement.
Earlier this month, the Army opened the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment to women, and it has begun recruiting female pilots and crew chiefs. The Navy has put its first female officers on submarines in the past year, and certain female ground troops have been attached to combat units in Iraq and Afghanistan. More than 800 women were wounded in those wars, and at least 130 have died.
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The question still remains if the decision to allow women into combat job is the right thing to do. One side argues that women do not have enough physical strength to fight in combat. Also that man may feel obligated to protect a woman that is fighting beside them. Another side argues that there are several women that serve in the United States military that can meet the physical strength required to fight in combat. However those who believe that women are not capable of fighting in combat are based off of opinions. Studies have been done to prove that there are women serving in the military have the ability to fight in combat.
The United States Army provides Equal Opportunity to all Soldiers and their family members under Army Regulation 600-20 chapter 6. Yet there are many jobs and schools that female Soldiers are not authorized to attend or work. Combat jobs and special operations schools are only open to male Soldiers. While all branches of the Military are working to open positions for female Soldiers, in the US Army there will still be schools that will not allow females to attend such as Ranger School. Female Soldiers are needed for several reason including assistance with the female population when deployed. There are assistance teams for females to temporarily join when deployed but there would be no need to put together teams if more jobs were open to them. Women do not have the same muscle mass and their bodies are built differently from men. That is why the Army's Physical Fitness standard is different for males and females. While there are females that can max the standards on a male scale, just as men, women can train their bodies to get to a certain level. It has passed that the standards will not have to drop in order to allow female to join combat jobs. Since one of the Army's priority is to train, the female Soldiers will be trained and have to pass the same test and requirements as the male Soldiers. The problem is women are not being treated equally if they are not given the same opportunities as men in the United States Army. If women can deploy and give their lives in combat just as the men Soldiers, then they should be treated fairly and given the same opportunities as the male Soldiers.
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In "Traveling to a New America", author James Hilgendorf draws upon selections from his own books, poems, blogs, and articles, to create a pastiche of a new America - one that even now, amid all the division, anger, and loss of hope we are experienc
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Out of all the stars and galaxies in the universe, you are here upon this Earth to bring forth your greatest self and realize your dreams. Not somewhere else, not after you die, but here and now.
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A Handbook of encouragement and inspiration for the youth of America and the world today. Short insightful and inspirational writings from the author, combined with quotes of famous international figures, provide a roadmap of hope for the youth of
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The Title "Poems of Death" comes from a passage in Walt Whitman's "Democratic Vistas, in which he wrote:
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This became the idea for the first America's Dialogue. I traveled to Hiroshima and interviewed the Mayor of Hiroshima and two survivors of the Hiroshima bomb, interviewed other people around the United States, and finally put together a video.
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Health Care is an issue which we all need to be more informed about. The waste and inefficiency in our health care system is enormous, and we could learn a great deal from other countries. In 2008, after having traveled and interviewed many health care professionals, I produced a 27-minute video on health care, which I once again made freely available to groups around the country. The video is still available on YouTube.
Brothers John & Jim Hilgendorf
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In 2010, I had the honor of doing a video interview with Mrs. Byrganym Aitimova, Ambassador to the United Nations from Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan was one of the major nuclear powers in the world, but after the breakup of the Soviet Union and achieving independence, Kazakhstan renounced the use of nuclear weapons and dismantled its nuclear arsenal. Mrs. Aitimova spoke of this and about her general pride in her country. She helped me locate 13 Kazakhstan students, living and attending school in various parts of the world, and I interviewed them on Skype video and posted the videos on YouTube. I was very impressed with these young people, and with their pride in their country - which in many respects is a model for racial and religious harmony. The videos can still be viewed on YouTube.
Jim Hilgendorf and Mrs. Byrganym Aitimova.
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A couple of weeks ago, my nephew, Noah, swam with his Amherst team in a meet at MIT. Just before the swimming began, they played the national anthem. We all rose to sing. While most of us could hardly be heard, my seven year old grandson sang with gusto and great sincerity. It felt like an old fashioned patriotism, the kind I had been raised in; and I couldn't restrain myself from holding him to me.
It has been a long time since people like me, progressives, could claim the patriotic mantle. During the sixties, we rejected the America that could rain napalm on the Vietnamese and club the people who marched on Selma to gain their American rights. We still believed that we were the true patriots, true to American ideals, but Republicans seized on the criticism as disloyalty. Since that time—about fifty years, now, the Republicans have laid claim to patriotism. But I believe deeply in America and its ideals. So do my friends and my Progressive cohort. It's time that we reclaimed the patriotic mantle.
The current era is fraught with apocalyptic imagery. The Alt Right prophesizes the 'end of days,' brought on by the weakness and decadence of Western democracies. Progressives see the nearness of authoritarian, even totalitarian government, brought on by the gradual destruction of democratic institutions and by the greed of the One Percent. Alternatively, progressives see the coming of international chaos, precipitated by a narcissistic child-president who can't control his impulses.
The imagery brings to mind the flood that destroyed the ancient world. According to the Sumerian Gilgamesh myth, the Book of Genesis in the Jewish Bible, the Koran, and the texts of other religious traditions, God punishes his people when they abandon his teachings and turn to evil ways. At first, God sends his prophets to warn the people—and I am sure that many contemporary commentators consider themselves to be, in essence, modern-day prophets. When the people fail or refuse to listen, then God abandons small measures, modest reforms, and, instead, destroys the world as it is known. It seems that God has decided that his original plans for humankind were failures. Best to begin anew.
Throughout history many apocalyptic thinkers, Steven Bannon among them, have argued that destruction must precede new beginnings. To prepare for the flood, God instructs Noah to build an Ark and to populate it with the very diverse seeds of a new beginning. The instruction explicitly calls for diversity—many animals, two by two—and not a single species. Not horses alone. Not lions or sheep alone. Not White Anglo Saxon Protestants or Northern Europeans alone. There is no divine plan for a master race.
Having arrived at such a consequential moment in the twenty-first century, we might wonder how to populate the American Ark. With diversity, of course. Biologists tell us that the health of living creatures depends on bio-diversity. American history tells us that the mix of immigrants groups – one after another – has strengthened our country immeasurably. It is this DNA that has made the culture and economy of our nation so robust.
But, just as Noah was meant to rebuild a world to reflect God's values, I think that the most important cargo that the modern Ark can carry is our democratic traditions. By that I mean our ideals and objectives—and the tradition of striving towards those ideals even more than any particular articulation of those ideals in policy or law. I like the way that Langston Hughes expresses a similar thought:
O, let America be America again—The land that never has been yet—And yet must be—the land where every man is free.
Much as the ancient gods demanded that their people live to the ideals they had set down—the covenant between God and man—so we must demand that Americans strive to fulfill the covenant of justice, equality, and opportunity that form the foundation of our nation. Progressives, not twentieth century Republicans, are the true carriers of American patriotism. Here I include Jeffersonian and Lincoln Republicans, who, by any current assessment would be considered Democratic Progressives. I mean Teddy Roosevelt's Bull Moose Party and FDR's New Deal Democrats, Truman's Fair Deal, Kennedy's New Frontier, Lyndon Johnson's Great Society, and the better angels of more recent Democrats. All of them understood their mission to be the realization of the American dream.
Much as they may wave the flag, twenty and twenty-first century Republicans vote against the expanded rights of American citizens. They support tax and other economic systems that favor the wealthy and limit the ability of working people to collectively fight for their rights through unions. Republicans have stood steadily against affordable and universal health care, against the implementation of a "one person, one vote" principle, and against spending for greater educational opportunity in poor communities.
Republican patriotism has generally focused on (costly) military defense: keeping us safe against Communists, Muslims, Asians, and others who are different. We see this in Nixon's defense spending and Red-baiting, in Reagan's Star Wars system, in the manufactured Iraqi war of the Bush-Cheney presidency, and in Trump's belief that the USA must win at the expense of the rest of the world. All of these presidents were willing to sacrifice our internal goals of justice and opportunity on the alter of protectionism and military dominance.
For almost a century now, Republicans have conflated patriotism with nationalism. They do not feel a sense of belonging in a multi-cultural society. At heart, they are nationalists, not patriots. Nationalism emphasizes the state and what both Hitler and generations of Russian Czars might call the "volk," an almost mystical invocation of a single ethnic group. It is this invocation that lays just below the surface of the current—and traditional—nativism that has often pervaded Republican politics. Trump and Bannon, like Putin, Hitler, and Mussolini, are nationalists. They could care less about democracy. In fact, where democracy or any other set of values conflicts with their nationalistic ideals and goals, it must be sacrificed.
To the extent that Trump is interested in ideas, he seems to feed from the Steve Bannon trough. It turns out that Bannon's philosophical foundations begin with men Baron Guilio Evola, the Italian philosopher who preferred Nazism to Italian Fascism, which he thought too tame. As we know, Nazism fetishized the great Nordic race, that tall, solid, blond "volk" and contrasting it with the Jewish "race." This may be an extreme comparison, but it's not too big a stretch to see its parallel in Trump and Bannon's nativist scapegoating of Muslims and Mexicans. The Trump-Bannon ideology is the antithesis, the perversion, of the patriotic ideal in America. If realized, it will be the Flood—not a response to the Flood but the Flood, itself.
Through American history, Progressives have carried the banner and the burden of America's patriotic ideals. Since the turn of the twentieth century, Progressives have introduced legislation to optimize voting rights for all citizens, including women, African Americans, and other people of color. They have fought for gay and lesbian rights, the rights of the disabled, the rights of all to find good jobs that pay living wages, the right to organize against the might of corporations, and the rights of immigrants to both take advantage of our largesse and to enrich our nation. This dedication to seeking the greatest good for the greatest number is what I consider the blood and guts of American patriotism.
The Progressive tradition is not so much attached to any specific way to frame these rights. Conditions keep changing, generation to generation, and laws have to adapt with those changes. Unlike the Scalia-led Originalists, who seem to think that the founders had formulated one set of ideas for all time and for all people, the Progressive tradition is built on the idea of adaptation to social and economic conditions and to the advances of science.
The American Ark is built on the tradition of democratic ideals, built for a diverse and evolving people. Our sense of belonging is not so much to abstract ideas of constitutionality or to a single ethnic group or to military strength. Rather, we come together to struggle, year after year, towards the practice, not just the idea, but the practice of justice for all.


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Several Netgear router models running factory firmware have a telnet daemon that listens at the router's local LAN IP address. Administrators have a couple of ways of gaining access to a hidden command line interface (CLI) with a telnet client:
http://192.168.1.1/setup.cgi?todo=debug to enable the telnet daemon (may use username: root, and no password).
The first much simpler method should be attempted before trying the second "magic packet" method.
The following Netgear devices are currently known to support this hidden Telnet feature:
The router CLI is usually the busybox shell running on Linux. Commands and utilities available typically include changing nvram settings, changing the running configuration, upload/download files, managing flash memory, rebooting, etc.
The Netgear router CLI unlocking protocol establishes a TCP (for older Netgear routers), or UDP (for newer Netgear routers) connection on telnet port 23 to the router's LAN IP address, send an encrypted probe packet, then close the connection. If the router accepts the probe packet and unlocks the CLI, then the CLI responds after a subsequent connection with a telnet client.
The TelnetEnable utility (see below) builds the probe packet using authentication data supplied on its command line. The probe packet format in unencrypted form is as follows:
For older Netgear routers that use the original TelnetEnable utility:
Payload is sent over TCP
struct PAYLOAD_TCP_PLAINTEXT { char md5sum[0x10]; /* md5 hash 16 byte binary */ char mac[0x10]; /* null terminated string, 12 characters */ char username[0x10]; /* null terminated string */ char password[0x10]; /* null terminated string */ char reserved[0x40]; } payload;
For newer Netgear routers (R6700, R7000, R7500) that use the modified TelnetEnable utility:
Payload is sent over UDP
struct PAYLOAD { char signature[0x10]; char mac[0x10]; char username[0x10]; char password[0x21]; char reserved[0x2F]; } payload;
The above payload formats are transformed by algorithms as follows:
The MD5 checksum, or signature, is calculated for the contents of the probe payload MAC, username, and password fields, and is done using the normal three steps (MD5init, MD5update, MD5final) with the default RSA seed. The resulting 16 byte MD5 checksum/hash is then stored into the md5sum array of the probe payload.
The entire probe payload (including the reserved area, which is always null for this example) is then encrypted using the Blowfish algorithm, with reversed assumptions regarding the endianness of the data stream. The secret key used for Blowfish is "
AMBIT_TELNET_ENABLE+" concatenated by the password in the payload.
The encrypted probe packet is then sent to telnet port (23) on the router using a TCP, or UDP socket in the standard manner.
Curiously, Netgear's Windows
telnetEnable.exe program also includes the necessary support to decode packets incoming from the router, but there does not appear to be any two-way handshake implemented. It is simple a TCP send from the client to the router.
Note: The encrypted probe packet is sized as char output_Buf[0x640] but only an encoded data length of size of 0x80 appears to be used by the code. It is unknown what other capabilities may be similarly enabled via the 'reserved' field, or by other passwords.
Note: It has also been discovered that the 'reserved' field of the probe packet can be overwritten up to 0x11 bytes by the password field. This occurs with the newest modified version of the TelnetEnable utility due to 1) Netgear changing the daemon that listens for the probe packed to only accept the packet over UDP, and 2) The default password of 'Geardog' no longer works, and instead one must enter the web interface password, which can be up to 33 characters long. Even though the 'reserved' field is overwritten, the abnormal packet sent to the router will still unlock telnet. An in-depth analysis of the probe packet was recently conducted by Roberto Frenna. View the discussion here: Github Commit Comment
Netgear formerly provided a developer tool,
telnetEnable.exe, for unlocking console access from a Microsoft Windows PC client.
It originally appeared in a firmware update for Netgear WPN824 wireless routers sold in Korea.
The download file was wpn824_ko_2.12_1.2.9.zip (no longer available) from the Korean Netgear support website.
This old tool by itself is still available as telnetEnable.zip at MyOpenRouter (Netgear's open source router website). Pingbin.com also hosts this file telnetEnable.zip.
TelnetEnable works with Windows NT and later.
Administrator privileges may be required to permit
telnetEnable.exe through Windows firewall.
The tool tests successfully with Windows 7 64-bit and with an ordinary (non-privileged) user account:
D:\>telnetEnable.exe Version:2.1, 2003/10/17 Usage: telnetEnable.exe <host ip> <host mac> <user name> <password> D:\>telnetEnable.exe 192.168.1.1 000FB5A2BE26 Gearguy Geardog D:\>telnet 192.168.1.1 Connecting To 192.168.1.1... BusyBox v0.60.0 (2009.09.01-00:50+0000) Built-in shell (msh) Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands. # exit Connection to host lost. D:\>
Note the Windows 7
telnet.exe client is disabled and inaccessible by default.
The telnet client is a Windows feature that users can enable via Control Panel → Programs → Program and Features → Turn Windows features on or off.
Instructions for
telnetEnable.exe from any of the zip file downloads. The
wpn824_ko_2.12_1.2.9.zip includes a MS Word document with screenshots and instructions in Korean, a firmware update, and the
telnetEnable.exe tool. Only the tool is necessary.
arp -a" on the Windows command line and locate the "Physical Address" (MAC) for the router's IP address, or look it up on the web interface of your router (
http://192.168.1.1/; Maintenance → Router status → LAN port → MAC Address).
telnetEnable.exe", then the IP address of your router (e.g. "
192.168.1.1"), add another space, paste the contents of the clipboard, and append the telnet console default username and password, "
Gearguy" and "
Geardog". Correct character case is important here. These credentials differ from those of the web interface. You will need to modify the username and password appropriately if you had changed them previously. The result should look similar to this:
telnetEnable.exe 192.168.1.1 000FB5A2BE26 Gearguy Geardog
telnet to the router from any computer in your local LAN.
login prompt) at the beginning of a telnet session. After successful authentication you will be presented a prompt such as:
The old Netgear Windows
telnetEnable.exe sends probe packets to the router's TCP port 23.
Thus, it is not compatible with newer routers and firmware introduced by Netgear after early 2014, which now require probe packets sent over UDP port 23.
For these you will need a patched version of telnetenable which supports UDP. You can find it here (However that version does not work on Windows 10, was compiled with dependencies.)
For one that works on Windows 10 with the UDP / Newer netgear firmwares: here
Keep in mind that new routers no longer use Gearguy/Geardog as the username and password. You will need to provide your web interface credentials (usually admin / password) Also, don't forget to convert the MAC address of the router to uppercase letters, and remove any colon.
The latest version of TelnetEnable for Solaris, Linux, and Apple OS X is available as part of file telnetenable-0.4-2.tar.gz at MyOpenRouter (Netgear's open source router website). Included in this distribution are compiled binaries, C source code, and code for older (buggy) TelnetEnable versions.
$ ./telnetenable Version: 0.4, 2009/10/18 Usage: ./telnetenable <host ip> <host mac> <user name> [password] $ ./telnetenable 192.168.1.1 001E3A04E2EB Gearguy Geardog $ telnet 192.168.1.1 Trying 192.168.1.1... Connected to 192.168.1.1. Escape character is '^]'. BusyBox v0.60.0 (2008.05.15-10:32+0000) Built-in shell (msh) Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands. # version Release version : Netgear Wireless Router WGR614v8 U12H07200/V1.1.11/6.0.36NA Time : May 15 2008 18:35:41 # exit Connection to 192.168.1.1 closed by foreign host. $
Instructions for
telnetenable.linux, or
telnetenable.osx depending on your OS platform. Rename the selected file
ksh, or
csh) prompt.
cd) to the location of the
telnetenable executable.
telnetenable for Unix/Linux/OS X are identical with the Windows version of
telnetEnable.exe above.
telnetenable natively sends network data to TCP port 23,
but also supports network data redirection to another utility or file.
With the assistance of the netcat utility, this
can send the probe packet with UDP to newer (after early 2014) Netgear firmware and routers.
$ ./telnetenable - 001E3A04E2EB admin password | nc -u 192.168.1.1 23 $ telnet 192.168.1.1
Netgear extended the password length to 33 characters or more with routers supporting TelnetEnable UDP. Without changing the
telnetenable code here, its password length limit is 15 characters.
Newer versions of TelnetEnable (see below) include these code changes.
Of note is the Unix/Linux/OS X versions of TelnetEnable were not developed by Netgear.
The information necessary to develop these TelnetEnable versions was from
reverse engineering the operation of Windows
telnetEnable.exe in order to discover what magic packets Netgear's tool sends to the router to enable the telnet interface.
Thanks to yoshac_at_member_dot_fsf_dot_org, the Windows TelnetEnable has been reverse engineered. The following could be determined on the data format and transforms performed by Netgear's
telnetEnable.exe and work to implement the entire tool as open source is complete, as per example above.
Source code for a 'C' re-implementation of
telnetEnable.exe algorithms has been released by yoshac_at_member_dot_fsf_dot_org under the GPL, for use as the basis of a Unix version of the tool. Yoshac's telnetenable binary operates exactly the same as the original Windows tool, except that it does not actually send the TCP frame to the router. Network support was left as an exercise for the reader , and Seattle Wireless was first to add the support (below).
This payload generator is not recommended for use due to a major bug with handling md5 signatures.
telnetenable 192.168.1.1 000FB5A2BE26 Gearguy Geardog > modpkt.pkt
nc separately, depending on your OS distribution.
nc 192.168.1.1 23 < modpkt.pkt
This was the earliest known version of TelnetEnable that added networking support to
yoshac's probe packet payload generator.
Archived copies of the code are still available as
telnetenable.c 4/30/2007 and
telnetenable.c 8/12/2013
at archive.org.
The file
telnetenable-0.2.c included in
telnetenable-0.4-2.tar.gz noted above is also a copy of
telnetenable.c as it appeared at the Seattle Wireless site in 2009.
This version of TelnetEnable is also not recommended for use due to a major bug with handling md5 signatures.
TelnetEnable in C from Seattle Wireless was forked to telnetenable-0.4-2.tar.gz by MyOpenRouter site user "retro98" during October 2009. This fork added major bug fixes, documentation, and compiled executables ready for immediate use. This is the only known version of TelnetEnable in C that correctly fixes a md5 payload buffer overrun and md5 result truncation bug.
On Aug 20, 2012 TelnetEnable in C was also forked to Github by Dave Jagoda under a new project name of NetgearTelnetEnable (still also referred to as telnetenable.c). This fork was an incomplete duplicate of the work retro98 at MyOpenRouter completed three years earlier. Various fixes and improvements were made to the original telnetenable.c during the short time period 8/20/2012 to 10/08/2012. After this there were no further commits to the Github repository.
On Feb 12, 2015 NetgearTelnetEnable was forked on Github by insanid. Changes such as switching from a TCP to a UDP payload, and increasing maximum allowed password length to 33 characters were made which allow this modified telnetenable.c to unlock telnet on newer Netgear routers such as the R6700, R7000, and R7500. Some older Netgear routers, or Router+ADSL modem devices such as the DGN2200v4 have received recent firmware updates which have changed the device to now only accept probe packets over UDP. This newer, modified, telnetenable.c should unlock telnet on any Netgear router that accepts probe packets over UDP.
The version of TelnetEnable UDP is available at this NetgearTelnetEnable Github Repository. Included in this repository are the files for the modified source code for telnetenable.c, and the binary for Linux x86-64 and Windows which can be downloaded here: telnetenable
Download the binary for telnetenable or build from source.
Execute these commands to clone the repository and build from source:
git clone https://github.com/insanid/NetgearTelnetEnable.git gcc -o telnetenable md5.c blowfish.c telnetenable.c
After downloading the binary or building from source:
chmod a+x telnetenable
Then run telnetenable:
./telnetenable <IP> <MAC> <Username> <Password>
IP - The IP of your Netgear device, usually 192.168.1.1
MAC - The mac address should be the MAC address of the LAN port on your Netgear device, WITHOUT the ":". e.g. "00:40:5E:21:14:4E" would be written as "00405E21144E".
Username - 'admin'
Password = Use password you set in web interface
Newer Netgear Routers (R6700, R7000, R7500)
telnetenable.py script from Github https://github.com/insanid/netgear-telenetenable
Older Netgear Routers
telnetenable.py script from Github https://github.com/semyazza/netgear-telenetenable
Legacy Information
telnetenable.py listed in the sections above that support a wider range of devices, and are easier to use.
How to use the
telnetenable.py python script: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/enable-telnet-access-for-netgear-n600-adsl-router/
telnetenable.py execute the following command:
python telnetenable.py 192.168.1.1 0123456789AB Gearguy Geardog
telnetenable.py by using
arp and
python telnetenable.py 192.168.1.1 $(arp -n | awk "/192.168.1.1/"' { gsub(/:/, "", $3); print toupper($3)}') Gearguy Geardog
Telnet access should be enabled on the router.
The Netgear hidden telnet console is an administrative back door, which implies security concerns. Fortunately, it is not known to be exploitable via the router's WAN (internet) interface. But unfortunately, there's no way to disable the telnet console on Netgear routers with this feature, but please read further. The workaround is to use TelnetEnable and the telnet console itself, then set the username and/or password to non-default values.
nvram to store settings
param instead of
nvram. (DNG2200v4)
# nvram usage: nvram [get name] [set name=value] [unset name] [show] [commit] ... # # nvram show | grep username size: 12006 bytes (20762 left) pptp_username= http_username=admin bpa_username= ddns_username= ver_check_ftp_username=anonymous pppoe_username=guest super_username=Gearguy # # nvram show | grep passw size: 12006 bytes (20762 left) pptp_passwd= ver_check_ftp_password=WGR614V8@ super_passwd=Geardog http_passwd=password bpa_passwd= pppoe_passwd= ddns_passwd= # # nvram set super_username=newusername # nvram set super_passwd=newpasswd # nvram commit # # reboot
Rebooting the router is necessary to re-lock its telnet console. Another way is from the console prompt:
killall utelnetd
To login again, either reboot the router or apply some change in the GUI (e.g. disable UPnP, apply, then set back, then apply) and resend the telnetenable command… then telnet.
If you aren't able to login anymore, which may occur after firmware updates, telnet session timeouts, connection loss, or router rebooting, then repeat the unlocking procedure.


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View From the Top: Webster University thought leaders tell us what's trending now
Feb. 14, 2013
We're asking our deans, faculty, staff and other thought leaders from throughout the world of Webster to tell us what's happening in their area of expertise. We'll feature these thoughts and predictions regularly on the website.
School of Education Dean Brenda Fyfe says these are the most important trends impacting teacher education today:
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- Technology advances will continue to impact learning processes and methods of teaching.
- We are seeing a shift from a national focus on STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) initiatives toward STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) initiatives. We hope this will result in a stronger integration of the arts in education.
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In advance of the split, Tyco put out a news release this week announcing that Sept. 28 will be the date that distributions of equity interests in The ADT Corp. and Flow Control will be made to shareholders. Those two companies "are the two wholly-owned subsidiaries formed to hold Tyco's North American residential and small business security and flow control businesses," the company said the Sept. 6 release.
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I the mighty Truthslayer (defender of truth and all things pure) have been forced to stoop to the level of an ape to talk with a monkey. ODMafia fans, please do not shed too many tears for MY persecution, attacks and difficult questions posited by this "BIBLE MONKEY." We are told that true truth warriors would be persecuted, EVEN martyrred for spurious and underhanded tricks by satan's minions.
It just so happens that Bible Monkey is an avowed emergent….and we know that all emergents act, smell, talk and think the same way. That is why I know that Bible Monkey is another way of saying that he supports evolution. That's right folks…Bible Monkey has stooped to an all time low and is secretly trying to bring evolution into the church (ie sinister plot uncovered and exposed). In these last days we are told that evildoers would come into the church and introduce bible monkeys and social justice.
We need to TAKE A STAND and fight back. Contact every mighty truth warrior ministry (Brannon Howse, Apprising, Take A Stand, Slice of Laodicea, Herescope, Discerning The World and more) today and let them know the truth. Get the word out! We need to stop this menace before it gets any worse!
It is possible that Bible Monkey may also be a Democrat (you heard it here first).
PS I have no doubt that John Armstrong, Rob Bell and NT Wright likely support this heretical horde. Also note that we will have a DVD out next week to expose the evil plot against the church.


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