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Jodie Mortag graduated from Lakeland in 2007 with a bachelor's degree in writing, and returned to her alma mater in 2013 after serving as general education coordinator and a writing and humanities instructor at Globe University in Onalaska, Wis.
At Globe, she managed a dozen general education instructors, reviewing and approving syllabi and lesson plans. She was named Globe's La Crosse Faculty Member of the Year in 2010, created and advised Globe-La Crosse Writers Write as well as serving as a faculty blogger.
Mortag earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from Wichita State University, where she also served as a graduate teaching assistant and was twice nominated for the WSU Academy of Effective Teaching Award.
Her creative works have been published in "Fourteen Hills," "Stoneboat," "Fractions," and "Metal Scratches." Her short fiction piece "Horses for Fairies" received the Merit Award in the Pump House Exhibit "Exposure: Words from Images 2011."
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Ze-Enna Jenkins is our Miss May…I call her MyZZ and yes I am showing favoritism! She defies all odds in order to pursue her dreams and I love it!
Bio from ZZ: I'm a cool, Experienced Model/Actress with 7 years Broadcast Media Experience. I design and hand make precious stone jewelry. I enjoy great food, laughing, spending time with family and friends, dancing, traveling and enjoying life. Music is my fuel, and Hip Hop Drives me! The sun is my sustainer and i do it for my Mom. She is my Everything!
Where are you from? Born in San Fernando Valley, Moved to Dallas from Milwaukee in elementary school
When did you start modeling? About 7 years ago
What drives/drove you to pursue a career in the modeling/fashion industry? It's been a passion since i was able to walk. Mom collected Vogue, Essence, and other Fashion/Beauty Magazines. I was in awe of the Virginia Slim Models and always dreamed of being like them. Intrigued by fashion at such a young age & would dog ear pages in Spiegel regularly. Mom got me in Sears commercial & that was the beginning of my journey.
What are some of your best/worst experiences modeling? One of my Best fashion shows was during All Star in Dallas for the NBA wives.. I rocked VERSACE. The shoes were 8-9 inch platforms and not a WOBBLE! The worst experience is not gettin paid when you're promised compensation.
What advice would you give to hopeful models? Observe! Learn how to walk & be confident. Develop relationships with designers you work with. Be nice, cordial and remember that it's not about YOU; You are selling a product. Keep your attitude to yourself & HAVE FUN!
What is your dream job? To be the face of a popular beauty line…..legs for a known hosiery company…..spokesmodel for an international brand. DETERMINED!
How can you be booked? for now…i'm freelance email email@example.com but i am seeking representation. visit www.zjenkins.com
What would you consider your best feature? My cheekbones are something SERIOUS! i'm growing to appreciate them
What are some of the jobs/campaigns you've been booked for or are recognized in? I was on the cover of Hair Revolution. I was a featured lingerie Model in The Deep End TV series.
How do you stay in Model shape? When I'm on my best behavior, i do Pilates and strength training. Blessed with a high metabolism.
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One of the resident car enthusiasts; born (in 1994) and raised around vehicles it's no surprise that I absolutely love them. I also love music and cooking/ baking as well.
I'm from England and my design and artistic style somewhat reflects it, although you could say I have more Japanese influence than anything. I began designing my own vehicles at the age of nine, and since then I've been on a long development journey. I also have been using vehicular knowledge to engineer, or at least concept the mechanics of some of my designs.
I tend to be very happy and get on well with most people, I aim to do exactly the same within this wiki community, hoping to help out where I can. Most of the time I'm really friendly so always feel free to chat to me, I don't bite...
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99 Problems
Well…at least it may seem like that way. Although the Yankees don't technically have 99 problems, the gaping holes in the pitching staff are not making things easy for the Bronx Bombers.
Despite a late-game attempt to stage a comeback this afternoon at home, the Yankees dropped the second game in their three-game series with the Detroit Tigers, 7-5.
The loss rested primarily on the shoulders of, no surprise, the starting pitching. As a matter of fact, most of the games the Bombers have lost this year were the result of the starters putting the offense in a hole they weren't able to climb out of.
Something undoubtedly needs to be done, but the solution to this problem isn't as simple as calling up a young arm to replace a scuffling starter. Even the highly-touted young men in the minors are in trouble.
To bottom line it: the Yankee pitching hasn't been consistent. Today's culprit…
Freddy Garcia
For the second consecutive start, Freddy Garcia only pitched 1.2 innings. His last time out the Red Sox shelled him at Fenway; seven hits, five earned runs before the end of the second inning, and it was time for him to hit the showers.
But the Yankee offense miraculously bailed Garcia out, coming back from a nine-run deficit to win.
Today, he wasn't as lucky.
The Tigers tattooed Garcia for six earned runs on five hits, chasing him from the game before the second inning concluded. The Yankees tried to chip away on the strength of two home runs off the bat of Nick Swisher and one from Curtis Granderson.
A valiant effort, but it could not be done.
Not that I ever want to wish ill of the Yankees or want them to lose, but in a strange way, I'm glad they did – only because Garcia deserved the loss, which he recorded. Garcia is now 0-2 this year with a skyscraping 12.51 ERA.
He has only pitched 13.1 innings in the four starts he's made and has allowed 19 earned runs in those games. If that isn't enough, opponents are averaging .403 against Garcia.
It's only been four games, nonetheless the question right now is: how long are the Yankees going to let this continue? The fans have lost their patience, as evidenced by the deafening chorus of boos he received walking off the mound today.
Garcia's nickname is "The Chief." It's my presumption that soon he'll be the Chief of a different tribe.
But Garcia isn't the only starter who has hasn't pitched up to his potential.
Phil Hughes
In 2007 Sports Illustrated dubbed Phil Hughes the "Pocket Rocket," comparing him to a young Roger Clemens. It's hard enough to live up to such a comparison, but even more difficult trying to live up to it in pinstripes.
Hughes hasn't exactly been a total bust, but he certainly hasn't been what the Yankees had hoped for. He's been a big leaguer since April, '07 – that's five years and the start of a sixth, by my math – and really only has two good seasons to show for it.
In 2009 Hughes was relegated to the bullpen where he shined in a setup role for the better part of the year. He went 8-3 and struck out 96 batters in 86 innings pitched. Hughes helped lead the Yankees to the '09 World Series title and followed up with a stellar overall record in 2010, pitching out of the rotation.
Hughes won 18 games, but started to decline; his arm tired. Since the end of the '10 season, he hasn't been the same pitcher, going 5-5 last year with disabled list stints and poor outings.
This season Hughes is 1-3 with an elevated 7.88 ERA. His pitches look flat and his fastball has no movement, giving hitters the ability to feast upon it. Each of Hughes's losses have been convincing defeats; he's let up 14 earned runs in the 16 innings he's pitched.
It's just not working out for him right now.
I'm not sure if there is an answer for it, other than the Yankees may have flip-flopped him too many times; juggled him from the 'pen to the rotation too much. The constant role reversal from starter to reliever may have caused too much wear and tear to his arm, and more particularly, his rotator cuff – which he had surgery on.
The same way I have no answer for his sudden pitching neurosis, I have no answer for what the Yankees should do about Hughes.
Trade him? His value is too low.
Send him to the minors? No point.
Hughes may be having a rough go of it, but not as rough as his partner….
Joba Chamberlain
While Joba Chamberlain may not have been given a special nickname by Sports Illustrated (except for maybe "Joba the Hutt" in a joking manner) he was the most excitable and energetic pitcher to come up through the Yankee farm system.
Like Hughes, Chamberlain debuted in 2007 and made an immediate impact, throwing close to 100 mph every time he came out of the bullpen in relief. Another way he was like Hughes: his constant role reversal.
Chamberlain was made a starter in 2008, and then as everyone knows, placed on the infamous "Joba Rules," limiting his innings in ridiculous ways. In '09 he worked as a starter and out of the 'pen before once again being made a full-time reliever.
You would think the Yankee brass would just come up with a definite plan for their young arms, right?
Think again.
The injury bug has bit Chamberlain so many times over the last two years. Most recently, a trampoline incident fractured his ankle, probably ending his season. Chamberlain has made it clear he is adamant about returning this year, but even if he does, it's fair to say he might not be the same flamethrower he was when he first joined the show.
The Yankees made a trade in the off-season, most likely to help make up for the lack of production they were getting out of Hughes and Chamberlain.
How'd that work out?
Michael Pineda
On Jan. 13 the Yankees swapped one of their prime young bats, Jesus Montero, in exchange for Michael Pineda, a promising starting pitcher who was a sensation in Seattle; the supporting cast member to Felix Hernandez's star.
After a good-looking Spring Training, Pineda experienced pain in his pitching shoulder. He got it checked out, was diagnosed with tendinitis, and was ultimately placed on the 15-day DL literally right before the first game of the year.
Following Pineda's tendinitis, an MRI revealed he has a torn labrum, forcing the Yankees to shut him down for the entire season.
The 23-year-old will not pitch in 2012 while Montero currently has three homers and 12 RBIs for the Mariners.
Talk about a punch in the gut.
I joked the other day that when the Yankees visit Seattle this year, Brian Cashman should walk right up to the Mariners' GM and simply say, "You hustled me, man."
All kidding aside, it remains to be seen whether or not Pineda will pay dividends, because his injury hasn't given him the chance to show the Yankees what he can really do. But until at least 2013, the trade basically was useless.
The Yankees have two other young arms waiting in the wings; possible hole-fillers for Pineda.
Dellin Betances and Manny Banuelos
It's tough to analyze each of these young hurlers, because they're both pitching in Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. I haven't seen first-hand what they have been doing, so it's tough to say if their numbers are indicative of how well or how poorly they've pitched.
But what's that old saying? The numbers don't lie?
24-year-old Dellin Betances has made five starts this year and is 1-2 with a 7.25 ERA. He's allowed 22 hits in the 22.1 innings he's pitched, along with 21 runs (18 of which have been earned). He's struck out 19 batters – but that doesn't look good next to the 21 walks he's issued.
In 2009 Betances had Tommy John surgery and right now it seems as if he isn't one of those pitchers that has had the procedure and thrived afterward.
After today's loss, a lot of fans said, "Call up Betances and designate Garcia for assignment." But from the way things are looking right now, that scenario would be almost as useful as replacing Garcia for…well…Garcia.
According to the numbers, Betances hasn't been pitching well at all. And his teammate, 21-year-old southpaw Manny Banuelos, is having the same bad luck.
Banuelos has made two starts this year and is 0-1 with a 10.13 ERA. He's thrown just 5.1 innings and let up six earned runs on 14 hits. Banuelos walked seven batters in those two games and only struck out two.
Making matters worse, Banuelos is currently on the DL, making his improbable call-up basically impossible. After a stint on the DL, I don't see any likely scenario this year in which Banuelos gets the call to the big team.
What do you do when your present and future are betraying you?
Turn to the past…
Andy Pettitte
Although I have expressed my disdain for Andy Pettitte's decision to come out of retirement – disdain that I still uphold – I did follow up by mentioning I wish no ill will on Pettitte and that if he returns and succeeds, more power to him; it will only help the Yankees.
And the Yankee pitching is hurting in the worst way right now. Therefore, I don't see how Pettitte can do anything but help.
Due to inclement weather conditions, Pettitte will pitch for Class-A Tampa in his next start (he had been slated to start for Double-A Trenton). From there he will be evaluated and hopefully, for the Yankees' sake, be ready to join the team and aid the banged-up rotation in the coming weeks.
The Yankees' 39-year-old lefty has had noted groin and elbow issues in the past. Hopefully the Bombers can catch a break for once, however, and Pettitte will return and fill the void left by the fledgling, young members of the rotation.
Rest easy, Yankee fans. Help is on the way.
Just a Thought
Today I was texting with a friend while Garcia was getting lit up. He suggested the possibility of signing free agent Roy Oswalt.
If the Yankees could get him cheap, I'd say it's a great idea. Low risk, possibly a high reward.
Like I said: just a thought.


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Consultants doing a marketing study for Volusia County discovered a strange variety of products stamped with the name Daytona or Daytona Beach.
Consultants doing a marketing study for Volusia County discovered a strange variety of products stamped with the name Daytona or Daytona Beach.
This was just an aside Tuesday when Strategic Advisory Group (SAG) unveiled a marketing report about how the area can better sell itself as a tourist destination, but an interesting aside, nonetheless.
"People who make consumer decisions don't makes these decisions lightly," noted Daniel Fenton of SAG. They must have done this for a reason.
Whether having our name out there on labels and logos benefits us seems doubtful. But, hey, it does suggest people respond to the Daytona name.
Most famously there was Dodge Daytona (1984-1993) and Dodge Charger Daytona (1969, 1976-1977, 2006-2009). Though discontinued, it retains a cult, old-school, muscle-car following. And how can you not love that big ol' spoiler on back.
Great cultural moment: A Dodge Daytona featured as the hero's primary transportation in the movie "Joe Dirt" (2001).
More upscale is the Rolex Daytona Cosmograph watch, which costs more than my car. A prestigious place for my town's name. Even though wearing a watch on the beach suggests you are not entirely in the beach-town spirit.
Great cultural moment: On Paul Newman's wrist in the poster for the movie "Winning" (1969).
The racing tie-in with Triumph Daytona motorcycle also is pretty obvious. Great Cultural Moment: The womanizing hairdresser in "Shampoo" (1975), played by Warren Beatty, tools around Beverly Hills on one. The picture of '70s cool.
But after you get past those big-time name-checks, Daytona's use on products gets more random. Like the British company that named a water kettle and toaster after us. Great cultural moment: None.
Or the Italian company that named a leather couch after us. And the golf club maker that named a putter after us, the TaylorMade Daytona 6.
Or my personal favorite, the Daytona Deformity System, which is a set of screws and rods used for major orthopedic surgery. The screws are color-coded and painful to look at.
But, hey, do Orlando or St. Petersburg have a deformity system named for them? I think not.
And let's not forget the Daytona ultra-widefield retinal-imaging device, either.
More commonly used are Daytona shoes (Daytona by Varese), motorcycle jackets (Icon Daytona), backpacks (Caribee Daytona in plaid), eyeglass frames (Ocean Pacific Daytona Beach) and cigar (Cain Daytona by my favorite cigar maker Oliva). Or you could visit the Slotworld Daytona Casino in Nevada.
I used to own a pair of Rugged Shark Daytona sandals. I liked that they evoked the beach side of things here and made us sound dangerous.
I don't know what companies get from borrowing my city's name, but I do know what we get — zip. It's not like we can trademark the whole city to get a little income.
If any of the things actually reflected the place, if they were somehow beachier, maybe they'd get our name out. But seriously, people don't make vacation decisions because their toasters planted the idea in their heads. Daytona: You have the toaster, now live the experience!
I guess we should feel complimented, but mostly it feels strange seeing your home address used like that.


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It is always enjoyable to pay a half-day visit to the serene compound of Rangapara Monastery, only a 45-minute drive from Wild Mahseer.
Take a cup of tea with the Rinpoche, if he is free. Help sweep the leaves and prepare lunch. Join in a tantric chant. It is a tranquil place to meditate and pray.
Nearby is the Thakurbari Planters Club where guests are welcome to drop in for a refreshing soda on their way to or way back from Wild Mahseer. With an elbow resting on the bar one can picture a bygone age when the place was teeming with noisy planters letting down their hair over a few whiskeys after a week's strenuous work and sharing "garden" gossip.
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VII is still my favorite but I think VI would benefit much more from a remake than VII.
Quote from: Farron on December 24, 2012, 03:40:54 PMVII is still my favorite but I think VI would benefit much more from a remake than VII.Sadly I have no faith in today's S-E to do a proper remake of FFVI without ruining the very things that make it great.
Sadly I have no faith in today's S-E to do a proper remake of FFVI without ruining the very things that make it great.
I'm worried the drama would become too campy...
@Aeolus The rasp/osmose method does take a while, but it's safest and assures you'll win. Yeah, that mp draining will take a very long while (my rasps would do about 400 per cast, osmose would refill all my mp which was in the 5-600 area, and if I recall correctly he's got about 55,000 mp), but you can't really die from it. There are better methods, my favorite was using the esper that made everyone jump and see who killed him (and thus ate the ultima), but they all have possibilities of getting you dead. I threw this method out for people who had trouble with him, that's all.Also, the thing with espers and stat bonuses...yeah, they're about as needed as a 4 man group of ultima casters. By the end of the game, all you really need is one of the 4 people who can use the Atma Weapon and give them hp boosting gear, an offering, and either a genji glove and ragnarok or excalibur, or an economizer and the quick spell. If you can't kill a boss in 2 rounds you're doing it wrong. Hell, I started going through games specifically not giving people espers because I didn't want spells for my trips to the coliseum. Nothing like using terra and watching her blow 5 minutes of her morph ability standing there casting something silly like merton and wrecking herself. I keep kicking myself for giving my copy of ffvi for the gba to my buddy. I was at the end, going through the secret dungeon...5/8 dragons killed.
I did everything I said I was gonna do and I'm at the end. The one thing I don't like about this game is for some reason after everything optional is done and barely running from any battles my characters are still only in the level 30's a little too weak for the final dungeon so at this point some serious training has to happen which is so boring....sucks
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Pro Bowl offensive guard Marshal Yanda wasn't practicing or on the field at today's mandatory minicamp.
Yanda attended the Ravens' White House visit and Super Bowl ring ceremony and is likely rehabbing from an injury from last season.
Meanwhile, outside linebacker Terrell Suggs practiced with his teammates for the first time this offseason and is noticeably lighter than a year ago when he struggled with injuries.
Suggs appeared to be 10 to 15 pounds lighter than last season when he was hampered by a partially torn Achilles tendon and a torn biceps and was moving around well.
Newly-acquired inside linebacker Daryl Smith was practicing and didn't display any lingering effects from the sports hernia that limited him to two starts in his final season with the Jacksonville Jaguars. He was signed to a one-year contract worth up to $2.125 million last week.
Rookie inside linebacker Arthur Brown was limited again to individual drills, but appears to be recovering quickly from sports hernia surgery.
Not practicing due to injuries: nose guard Terrence Cody (hip surgery), wide receiver Marlon Brown (ACL), defensive lineman Kapron Lewis-Moore (ACL), cornerback Lardarius Webb (ACL) and offensive guard Antoine McClain (foot surgery).
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Freecell Solver version 3.10.0 has been released. It is available in the form of a source tarball from the download page.
This release fixes two bugs - one with the --max-iters affecting only the last instance, and one with reading foundations with 0, and implements many small optimisations and cleanups. It also adds some experimental code with the so-called delta-states, where states are compactly encoded based on the original state. This functionality is not available in the main solver yet, but it powers the experimental on-disk-key/value-databases-based solver, which end up not scaling very well during testing.


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Another week of mediocrity from the Kitco gold price monkeys with dartboards
Atleti and a party
This is not a spoof. It's an advert for a whorehouse in Valencia Spain today.
Consider it your weekend Spanish lesson
The Friday OT: Soyoung Yoon; Sibelius Violin Concerto in D Minor (Op. 47)
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What's that you say? There may be scams in the new marijuana investment sector, you say?
Well blow me down! Here's the SEC, here's a quote from the note:
"We know from experience that fraudsters follow the headlines," said Lori J. Schock, director of the SEC's Office of Investor Education and Advocacy, which prepared the investor alert. "Given the attention that marijuana-related companies have attracted recently, we urge investors to exercise caution when looking at investments in this space. Always thoroughly research the company – and the person selling the investment – before making a decision."
Full note here
Filed under N for 'No Shit Sherlock'
Meanwhile, the short posts continue with a thought about Corvus Gold (KOR.to)
For any of you out there with a stink bid in for KOR.to at 95c, here's a message: It's going to fill.
I should really be doing all these on Twitter.
OT: I would like to thank the person who phoned me this Friday morning...
Colombia: To the dismay of those who prefer death and violence...
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Hochschild (HOC.L) dumps more Gold Resource Corp (GORO) shares
Eric Sprott's call on gold today is months late
Taking selfies: A guide for men
As this is going round the twit-o-zone today* and carries sage advice, I thought I'd share:
Here's an expanation of how weak the mining market is at the moment
Yes, they are Peruvian police officers
Via Peru Fail, IKN brings you...
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Ian Ball resigns from McEwen Mining (MUX) (MUX.to): A round-up of consensus opinion
A Flash update...
...has been sent to subscribers on this crisp and sunny Wednesday morning, just a few minutes before the opening bell. Some thoughts on Bear Creek Mining (BCM.v).
UPDATE: Two flash updates today, in fact.
So many things to love about Gran Colombia Gold (GCM.to)...
McEwen Mining (MUX) (MUX.to): Anthem for Doomed Youth
Here's the start of today's NR...
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - May 13, 2014) - McEwen Mining Inc. (MUX)(MUX.TO) announces that it has received and accepted the resignation of Ian Ball, President. Mr. Ball is departing after 9 years with the Company in order to pursue new opportunities, however, he will continue to work with McEwen Mining to ensure an orderly transition....and here's a chunk of Wilfred Owen:
Daft Punk - Discovery (Interstella 5555)
I can't even begin to put into words how great this is:
Regarding the Bear Creek Mining (BCM.v) halt
UPDATE a/h: We now have news
Iwnattos does CEO.ca
Here's a quote:
"I guess Tommy Hump has to keep posting this silly, amateurish, always-wrong patter on his website, since he probably feels his job is to get people the hell out of the S&P 500 and into the gold stocks."Yup, that sums up CEO.ca, aka Sycophant Central, very nicely. Whole thing here.
Congratulations to Louis Lobito James of Casey Research: Winning!
05-12-2014Dear Speculators,
I'd like to draw your attention to the spectacular drill results announced by Balmoral Resources (BAR.V, C$0.99)this morning. As commented on our portfolio page, the Pretium-style bonanza intersection (1,138 g/t gold over 4.9 meters) is exciting, but the more normal, high-grade step-out holes may ultimately be more important. We've been speculating on Balmoral's shallow, high-grade Martiniere discovery extending to depth, and the company is delivering.
Great news
...your humble scribe wouldn't be that surprised.
Chart of the day is...
The main problem with Continental Gold's (CNL.to) new resource count at Buritica...
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Fortuna Silver (FVI.to) (FSM) $FSM 1q14 results
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Breaking: Amazing news from IAMGOLD (IMG.to) (IAG) $IAG today
Chart of the day is...
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IKN 261 has just been sent to subscribers. FWIW here's the cover letter that went out with the edition
Good Sunday evening,
Please find attached IKN261. The main features this week include a look at our Top Pick Rio Alto (RIO.to) (RIOM) after its 1q14 financial results were published last week, a report on a meeting with Courtney Chamberlain of Minera IRL (IRL.to) (MIRL.l), thoughts on whether it might be time to cover our successful short in Gold Resource Corp (GORO) and coverage of the potentials on our shopping list, which include Reservoir Minerals (RMC.v) and now Goldquest (GQC.v).
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"I have respectfully declined the president's invitation to the White House today," Rep. Jeff Landry (La.) said in a statement. "I don't intend to spend my morning being lectured to by a president whose failed policies have put our children and grandchildren in a huge burden of debt."
Well said.
Landry is a freshman Representative from the very southern tip of Louisiana. His website is here. His Facebook page is here. Twitter feed is here.
In his statement he also said:
"Until the president produces a responsible deficit reduction plan, I'm not going to the White House to negotiate with myself. Our conference has put out for months where we would start the process,"
Read the rest to see what he has to say about Obama's attention to the people of south Louisiana. If Landry continues to stick by his guns like this, he'll do well in my book.
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Mementos, keepsakes, and souvenirs are part of every American family. They are special items that instantly call to mind memories and even transport people to the past.
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While still somewhat new to Arch, I've already installed it several times (what can I say? I enjoy the process of installing an OS) in various configurations. Mostly I was following the beginner's guide, using ifplugd and the net-auto-wired.service for IP connectivity. While reading these forums, I discovered references to https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ne … IP_address, which looks like a better way to configure a static IP.
My first question: which way is most "correct" and why?
Secondly, it seems odd to me that I (the user) should have to create my own "network.service" file in /etc/systemd/system. I've had no trouble following the directions and getting it to work, but shouldn't that be something that's already built into Arch itself? It's not unprecedented to have template configuration files present "out-of-the-box", such as /etc/network.d/examples/* or /etc/skel/.xinitrc. So maybe /etc/systemd/system/network.service should be present in the base installation?
Correct way is netcfg. You shouldn't have to make a service file; that method causes more problems than its worth IMO.
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That wiki link is for wireless, Wired is, strangely, elsewhere: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Sy … et_network.
The correct way is whatever you want.
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The correct way is whatever you want.
This. Arch is what you make of it !!
There's no such thing as a stupid question, but there sure are a lot of inquisitive idiots !
Thanks for the replies. Graysky, could you elaborate on the problems you have seen with network.service? I tried it on at least 3 different installations (including my Raspberry Pi, which I just got yesterday), and I haven't had any problems. Well, other than one ones I caused myself by sloppy typing.
To my second question: Is there a reason why /etc/systemd/system/network.service isn't included by default in the base installation?
The service file you created doesn't tell systemd that it is providing network.target at all. Other services that require a functional network may start out-of-order and therefor fail.
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Uhm, the service files from the wiki have the exact same dependency information as the service files provided by netcfg ([Unit] Before/Wants=network.target, [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target).
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I just gave netcfg a try and I'm definitely sold. I made a test machine that mounts a cifs share via smbclient, and the share mounts and unmounts flawlessly when using netcfg. With network.service, the share didn't mount properly during boot, and caused a 60-second hang during shutdown because the network connection was pulled before the share got unmounted. I'm writing this for the benefit of others who might be searching on such an issue.
One thing: The template "ethernet-static" file (in /etc/network.d/examples/) is incomplete IMO. It doesn't have an entry for NETMASK, so I had to do some googling to find the proper syntax. I was also unsure of how to configure multiple DNS servers, so I just took a guess and made a second line for the second server, so it looks like this:
And does that mean /etc/resolve.conf isn't used at all?
Hopefully my questions aren't too overbearing... I'm still trying to get a handle on all these different options.


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Bo Pelini's profane tirade causes friction at Nebraska
- Deadspin posted 2-year-old audio of the Cornhuskers%27 coach using profane language as he talked about fans
- The Deadspin audio posted Monday afternoon caught Pelini speaking off air
- In the audio%2C Pelini repeatedly uses an expletive to refer to %27fair-weather%27 fans
Hours after Bo Pelini fired back at criticism from one of the Nebraska program's all-time greats, the sports website Deadspin posted 2-year-old audio of the Cornhuskers' coach using profane language as he talked about fans and two newspaper writers.
Pelini's problematic Monday comes on the heels of yet another brutal loss for the Huskers. UCLA wiped out an 18-point deficit in Lincoln and beat Nebraska 41-21 on Saturday.
The Deadspin audio posted Monday afternoon caught Pelini speaking off air with Husker Sports Network play-by-play man Greg Sharpe before his postgame radio interview following Nebraska's win over Ohio State in October 2011.
Pelini had been criticized by fans and media in the days leading to the Ohio State game for the Huskers' performance the week before in a 31-point loss at Wisconsin.
In the audio, Pelini repeatedly uses an expletive to refer to what he calls "fair-weather" fans. Pelini issued an apology statement Monday evening.
"I want to sincerely apologize for my comments from two years ago which became public today," Pelini said in the statement. "I take full responsibility for these comments.They were spoken in a private room following the Ohio State game. I was venting following a series of emotional events which led to this moment. That being said, these comments are in no way indicative of my true feelings. I love it here in Nebraska and feel fortunate to be associated with such a great University and fan base. I again apologize to anyone whom I have offended."
Nebraska Chancellor Harvey Perlman said Monday that he's discussing the "impact" of the audio with athletics director Shawn Eichorst. "I'm aware of it and I'm disappointed," Perlman said.
"I am disheartened and disappointed by the 2011 comments published today attributed to Coach Pelini about our dedicated and passionate fans and supporters," Eichorst said. "I have spoken with Chancellor Perlman and I have addressed the situation with Bo and expressed our deep concern."
Perlman declined to answer whether Pelini was in danger of losing his job.
Brian Christopherson of The Lincoln Journal-Star asked Perlman if it was a fireable offense to which Perlman replied, "I'm not going to comment on that."
During his weekly news conference, Pelini responded to criticism from former Huskers quarterback Tommie Frazier, saying if Frazier doesn't like how he's running the program, he doesn't need his support.
Frazier, who led the Huskers' unbeaten national championship teams in 1994 and '95, ripped the direction of the program on Twitter hours after the loss to UCLA.
Frazier called for the firings of Pelini's defensive assistants and bemoaned what he saw as a lack of adjustments made in the game. He had been honored at halftime for his selection this year to the College Football Hall of Fame.
Pelini said he heard about the tweet but had not read it. The sixth-year coach said the staff and administration are doing all they can to win games and help the players.
"Since I came back here, I've embraced the former players, and if he feels like that, then so be it. We don't need him. That's a shame," Pelini said. "Until you've sat in this seat and done it, anybody can have an opinion; anyone can do that. It's easy to point fingers and stand outside and throw stones, so I just take it for what it is."
Frazier did not respond to messages from The Associated Press but issued a response via Twitter on Monday afternoon: "He's right, he doesn't need me. I'm not the answer but he needs someone to help define success for this program. Nebraska fans deserve more."
The Huskers led the Bruins 21-3 in the second quarter. UCLA scored touchdowns on its first four possessions of the second half and totaled more than 500 yards of offense.
Nebraska allowed more than 600 yards in a win over Wyoming in the opener. That was after defensive meltdowns in a 70-31 loss to Wisconsin in last year's Big Ten championship game and in a 45-31 bowl loss to Georgia.
In his Saturday tweet, Frazier wrote: "It's time to get rid of the defensive play caller, the Dc, lb dl and db coaches. I hate saying this but this crap is getting old. How in the hell do you not make adjustments or put your players in the position to compete? If this is what is going to happen for the remainder of the season, count me out. I don't care if we lose a game but the way we are losing is just not what Nebraska fans deserve. I have fought, bled, and cried over this program. I didn't do all that for the program to become what it has today. Time for change!"
After his playing career ended, Frazier was an assistant coach at Baylor and later the head coach at Doane College in Crete, Neb. He was 3-17 in two years at Doane. He now works in Omaha for a health foundation.
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WASHINGTON Former Vice President Dick Cheney denied in an interview with a special prosecutor investigating the C.I.A. leak case that he had played any role in the disclosure of the identity of Valerie Wilson as an intelligence officer, according to F.B.I. documents released Friday.
Some of the assertions by Mr. Cheney in his interview with the prosecutor on May 8, 2004, appeared to conflict with testimony at the 2007 trial of his chief of staff, I. Lewis Libby Jr., who was convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice and whose sentence was later commuted by President George W. Bush.
The interview documents were made public through a lawsuit brought by the organization Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, and included a 28-page typewritten summary of the interview with the prosecutor, Patrick J. Fitzgerald, and copies of handwritten notes taken by agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. In a statement, the organization said Mr. Cheney had displayed "an astonishing inability to recollect even simple facts."
Mr. Cheney said in the interview that he could not recall how or when he had learned of Ms. Wilson's identity and that he could not recall discussing it with Mr. Libby. Mr. Cheney denied knowing who, if anyone, at the White House had talked to the columnist Robert Novak about Ms. Wilson's identity. He said he did not know of any reporters who might have been given this information before it was disclosed in Mr. Novak's column on July 14, 2003.
Ms. Wilson is married to a former ambassador, Joseph C. Wilson IV, who wrote an Op-Ed article for The New York Times in which he contested the administration's assertion that Iraq had tried to obtain uranium, based on a fact-finding trip he made to Niger to investigate a possible uranium purchase.
The Wilson leak was an embarrassing distraction for President Bush and Mr. Cheney, whose role in the episode has remained a mystery that critics hoped would be clarified with the release of F.B.I. interview materials.
Mr. Cheney, who agreed to be interviewed by prosecutors after long negotiations, said he had played no role in sharing an intelligence report with a reporter to bolster the administration's claim that Saddam Hussein had tried to obtain uranium for a nuclear weapons program. Mr. Cheney said in the interview that "no one ever told him of a desire to share key judgments" of the classified document.
But Mr. Libby, the vice president's chief of staff at the time, gave a sharply different account of Mr. Cheney's behavior in July 2003. Mr. Libby offered a detailed account of Mr. Cheney's role in authorizing the intelligence report to be shared on July 8 with Judith Miller, then a reporter for The New York Times.
He testified under oath in March 2004 that Mr. Cheney had thought it was "very important" to get out the information in the report that Mr. Hussein had tried to acquire uranium, saying "the vice president instructed me to go talk to Judy Miller to lay this out for her."


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ServingsServes 4
Tomato based sausage casserole, a healthy(ish!) cheap family meal.
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- 8 Good quality pork sausages, snipped/sliced into bite size
- pieces (about 6 pieces per sausage)
- Tbsp olive oil
- 1 onion, chopped
- 2 cloves of garlic, chopped
- 1 red pepper, chopped
- handful chestnut mushrooms, sliced
- 4 sundried tomatoes
- Small glass red wine
- jar of passata
- 1 Tsp sugar
- 1/2 tsp paprika
- handful chopped basil
- Gently fry the sausage in a large pan (a wok is good) in the olive oil until cooked through and golden brown.
- Remove sausage and keep to one side. Now, in the same pan fry the onions and garlic untill softened. After 5 mins or so add the peppers, mushrooms and sundried tomatoes, cook for a further few mins then return the sausages to the pan.
- turn the heat up high, add the red wine and cook for a few mins to reduce slightly.
- Add the passata, sugar, basil and paprika and simmer for half an hour. (or as long as you want really the longer its left the better the taste its amazing reheated the next day!)
- Season to taste if liked and serve with fluffy rice, crusty bread or with pasta. Try with any other veg in you like.
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9th Aug, 2014
This was unexpectedly delicious. My husband and I wolfed it down! I left out the sugar and found it was sweet enough without it. Iused two onions instead of one, and I fried chopped chorizo and a red chilli after frying the onions and garlic. I also added a tin of cannelloni beans, and an extra tin of chopped tomatoes as well as the passata. Oh and an extra dash of paprika!


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AUBURN, Ala. (AP) Gus Malzahn stepped off the plane in Auburn and rushed over to a waiting throng of fans, exchanging high-fives and smiles.
He trumpeted ``a new day'' for the Tigers an hour or so later at his introductory news conference as head coach Tuesday night, but really he's hoping to return them to days only recently gone by.
Malzahn brings his fast-paced offense back to Auburn two years after that style - and quarterback Cam Newton - helped the Tigers win a national title.
``It will be fun for our fans and we will get this thing turned around and play championship football like Auburn expects,'' he said.
Malzahn was the Tigers' offensive coordinator during their 2010 national championship run before heading to Arkansas State for his first college head coaching position. He led the Red Wolves to a 9-3 record, a Sun Belt Conference title and a berth in the GoDaddy.com Bowl, then parlayed that into a job in the powerhouse Southeastern Conference.
The 47-year-old Malzahn received a five-year contract worth $2.3 million annually to try to get Auburn back on solid footing with players he already knows and some he recruited. He replaces former boss Gene Chizik, who was fired one day after a 49-0 loss to No. 2 Alabama to complete a 3-9 season.
Malzahn hasn't ruled out coaching in the bowl game for Arkansas State, which said he had a $700,000 buyout. He said he would talk to Arkansas State administrators about that Jan. 5 game with Kent State but that Auburn is his top priority.
Auburn athletic director Jay Jacobs declined to say whom else he interviewed, but said Malzahn was ``the clear unanimous choice of our search committee.''
``The characteristics that he brought to the table were head and shoulders above everybody else,'' Jacobs said.
The offense especially is in dire need of a makeover after struggles in transitioning to a pro-style system.
Auburn had the nation's 115th-ranked offense last season, averaging 305 yards a game. The Red Wolves were ranked 19th in total yards under Malzahn.
``We will be a fast-paced, attacking-style offense and defense,'' Malzahn said. ``In this day and age, I believe you have to.''
It's the second straight time Auburn has turned to one of its coordinators from an unbeaten team. Chizik ran the defense for the 13-0 team in 2004, and was hired by the Tigers despite a 5-19 record in two seasons at Iowa State.
The search committee was comprised of Jacobs, Auburn Heisman Trophy winners Pat Sullivan and Bo Jackson, and former Tigers player Mac Crawford.
Jackson said he was confident that ``we got the right man.''
``We talked to a lot of talented coaches, a lot of coaches that are going to be Division I coaches other places, and they're all stars in their own right,'' said Jackson, the 1985 Heisman winner. ``Gus shined a little bit brighter than those guys in the interview process.''
Malzahn said his first priorities will be recruiting and hiring coordinators, but didn't mention any candidates.
Auburn owes more than $11 million in buyouts to Chizik and his coaching staff.
The Tigers are hoping Malzahn can return them to success after a winless SEC season.
But Auburn is also looking for a coach to instill discipline to a program plagued with off-field problems the last few years, including the arrest of four players for armed robbery after the 2010 season.
The NCAA has been investigating the recruitment of signee Jovon Robinson, who was ruled ineligible after a guidance counselor admitted to creating a fake transcript.
``I feel very confident that everything is fine, and that's my understanding,'' Malzahn said.
The hiring was welcome news for players who just endured Auburn's worst season in 60 years.
``I know coach Malzahn, and he's an amazing man,'' defensive end Nosa Eguae said. ``He's a standup guy. I'm looking forward to the future. I can't wait to get started and turn this thing around and get some wins.''
Malzahn was earning $1.3 million a year with the Tigers and interviewed with Vanderbilt after the national championship season. He took a substantial pay cut to join the head coaching ranks with the Sun Belt Conference team. Malzahn replaced Hugh Freeze, who also left after one season at Arkansas State to take over at Mississippi.
Malzahn also made a couple of decisions with players that didn't pan out. Tailback Mike Dyer transferred from Auburn - where he was suspended - to Arkansas State. He was then dismissed by Arkansas State in July after a state trooper found marijuana and a gun in a car the national title game MVP was driving.
However, Jacobs said discipline was a factor in choosing Malzahn.
``The wins and losses and all of that comes into play,'' he said. ``When Gus came in and laid out his plan to the committee, he touched on everything that we thought was important and then some. It is all important.''


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Location: North-west NSW, Australia
Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 1:48 pm
Post subject: Fish chowder
It is winter here now so I am looking for a delicious fish chowder recipe, tasty but not too much cream please. Any suggestions?
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Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 12:18 am
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Grant Schliewe, who used to guide smallmouth fisherman in Michigan, came up with this one to use the big Redhorse Suckers that would run the rivers he fished. If you use a very boney fish, follow the recipe. If not, just poach the filets all the way:
Schliewe Chowder
1 1/2 quarts water heated with 1 coarsely chopped onion. Add 2 lb filets. Simmer until fish is half done. Remove fish and strip meat from the bones.
Add about one cup each of finely diced carrots, potatoes, celery, and turnips. Cook until tender.
Return boned fish flakes and cook until done. Thicken slightly with a white sauce made with butter, flour, and milk. Add salt, pepper, garlic powder, and dried parsley to taste.
This one has zero dairy. Although it calls for walleye, any white, flaky fish will do:
Quebec Walleye Chowder
5 6-pound or 2 three-pound walleye
3 medium onions, sliced
3 medium potatoes, peeled and diced small
1/4-1/2 lb diced salt pork
1 bay leaf
4 tsp salt
1 green pepper, diced
4 medium carrots, diced
2 tbls parsley, chopped
1/2 tsp white pepper
2 cups boiling water
3 medium ripe tomatoes, diced
Filet and skin fish and cut into one-inch chunks. Put the skin, head, bones and tail into a sheesecloth bag and reserve.
Sear the pork over medium heat in a Dutch oven and turn it until golden brown on all sides. Remove the pork and drain on paper towels. Saute the onions in the pork fat until clear. Add water and the remaining ingredients except tomatoes and place the cheesecloth bag of fish parts into the water. Bring this to a low boil and cook until the vegetables are tender, about 20 minutes. Add the filet chunks to the chowder and cook until they are flaky.
Remove the bag of fish scraps and add the tomatoes. Cook the chowder for several more minutes. Gardish with chopped parsley at serving time.
If these don't appeal let me know, and I'll post others.
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Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 9:41 am
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epicurious has just done an article on the differences between clam chowders (red, white and brown). If you get on the website maybe you can see which one suits you best and follow their recipe substituting fish for clams.
KYH, that recipe sounds delicious. Shall copy that for next winter I think.
If you cannot feel your arteries hardening, eat more cheese. If you can, drink more red wine. Diet is just "die" with a "t" on the end. Exercise is walking into the kitchen.
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Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 2:43 pm
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Haven't seen that article, Debbie (I have a personal boycot against epi, so don't go there at all), but had been thinking the same thing.
Other than most of New England---Rhode Island excepted---much of the East Coast makes white clam chowder without the addition of dairy, and it would be a simple matter of subbing fish for clams.
BTW, what is "brown" clam chowder? I'm not familiar with it.
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Mini-tostadas are a popular Mexican bocadito, or finger food. Cotija is a crumbly white cheese sold at Latin markets and some supermarkets (feta cheese can be substituted.)
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- Makes 20
- Vegetable oil (for frying)
- 20 4-inch-diameter corn tortillas (cut from larger corn tortillas, if necessary)
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 small poblano chilies,* thinly sliced
- 1 red bell pepper, thinly sliced
- 1 yellow bell pepper, thinly sliced
- 1 cup thinly sliced onion
- 4 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
- 1 teaspoon minced seeded jalapeño chili
- 3/4 pound crabmeat, coarsely flaked
- 1/2 cup seeded chopped tomatoes
- 1/2 cup crumbled Cotija or feta cheese
- 1/3 cup coarsely chopped toasted pumpkin seeds (pepitas)
- 1/4 cup coarsely chopped fresh cilantro
- 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
- 1 large avocado, halved, pitted, peeled, diced
- 1 cup grated Monterey Jack cheese
- Heat enough vegetable oil in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat to reach depth of 1 inch. Working in batches, add tortillas and fry until crisp, about 45 seconds per side. Transfer to paper towels to drain. (Fried tortillas can be made 1 day ahead. Cool tortillas completely and store in resealable plastic bag at room temperature.)
- Heat olive oil in heavy large skillet over medium heat. Add poblano chilies, bell peppers, onion, garlic, and jalapeño; sauté until just beginning to soften, about 12 minutes. Transfer to large bowl; cool.
- Mix crab, tomatoes, Cotija cheese, pumpkin seeds, cilantro, and lime juice into vegetable mixture. Season with salt and pepper. (Crab mixture can be made 4 hours ahead. Cover and chill.)
- Preheat broiler. Place tortillas in single layer on 2 baking sheets. Top with crab mixture and avocado. Sprinkle with Monterey Jack cheese. Broil until cheese melts, about 30 seconds, then serve.
- *Fresh green chilies that are often called pasillas; available at Latin American markets and some supermarkets.


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The Biggest Bet in Sports
Placing a big bet on America's biggest game is on the rise. Super Bowl wagering in Nevada has been on a steady uptick for the past two years. After a drop during the 2007 to 2009 recession, it climbed to $82.7 million in 2010, and rose to almost $87.5 in the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2011. But that's only part of the story. Offshore Super Bowl wagering has been climbing uninterrupted by the economy. An anonymous Costa Rican sports book owner told me that while the 2007 recession had a small impact on bets placed during the regular season, his Super Bowl business has risen annually for decades.
Since it was first played in 1967, the Super Bowl has evolved into the single biggest sports betting event of the year. There is no close second or third (at least until someone puts up a line on whether Kim Kardashian's next marriage will last longer than 72 days), which is the main reason it's the highest-rated television show every year.
I conservatively estimate that more than $8 billion will be illegally wagered on this year's Super Bowl, with more than one half of the U.S. adult population having a bet on the game. This includes bets with U.S. and offshore bookmakers, wagers made over the Internet, office pools, person-to-person bets, and Super Bowl parties. And I think the legal wagering in Nevada will exceed last year's $87.5 million handle.
Jay Kornegay, vice president of race and sports operations for the Las Vegas Hilton, expects proposition bets—wagers placed on which team or player will be first to score, number of field goals in the game, even the winner of the coin toss—to increase this year.
"In the past, proposition bets made up 10 percent of our overall Super Bowl handle," Kornegay says. "Today it comprises 50 percent." The public makes a slew of prop bets to help stay entertained throughout the game, and experts such as Kornegay are expecting more than 300 proposition bets this year, compared to only 25 to 50 in the past.
The world of sports betting has been completely transformed over the past 40 years. In 1969, there were only 12 sports books in Nevada with a total betting handle of $395,000. Now the number has grown to 187 sports books. Last year they managed more than $2.7 billion in bets, close to half of it (44.4 percent) wagered on college and pro football.
Breaking those numbers down further, it's the Super Bowl that is leading the betting mania. "People bet 10 times as much on the Super Bowl as they would on any other game," says Robert Walker, the former Race and Sports Book Director of the MGM Mirage Group, the biggest sports book chain in Nevada.
Some of those bets are made in advance, of course, but the biggest action comes on the big day. One of the largest offshore sports book owners told me that 95 percent of his Super Bowl action comes on the day of the game. "The phones never stop ringing. Everyone handling phone bets eats at their desk that day from sun up until the halftime wagering is over," he says. Sounds like a job cholesterol-challenged coaches Rex and Rob Ryan would be wise to avoid.
At press time Cigar Aficionado did not know which teams would compete in Super Bowl XLVI, but we can give you some tips on how to bet the game. I have correctly picked the last 10 Super Bowl pointspread winners, nine of the last 10 totals, and nine straight halftime lines (I did not pick last year's halftime line). Follow the four rules listed here and they will help you wager correctly and win money on the Super Bowl.
Rule No. 1 Ignore the point spread, as it is practically a nonfactor. The winner of the Super Bowl has failed to beat the spread only six times. (Green Bay was giving three last year against Pittsburgh, and they won the game and beat the spread, the same as in 2010, when the Saints, who were four-point underdogs, beat the spread and the Colts.) That's a record of 36-6-3, an amazing 88 percent. So wager on who you think will win the game. Super Bowl favorites are 23-19-3, so there are no trends there.
Rule No. 2 Total points wagering (the combined score of both teams) has become the second-most-popular Super Bowl wager. When offensively powerful teams are meeting, bet the Under, as offensive juggernauts tend to play conservatively, feeling they can score whenever they want. Also factor in that many teams are tight in the first half and often only open up after they have felt the other team out. Wagers on total points have run dead even in Super Bowls, 22-22, as there was not a posted Over/Under total on the first Super Bowl.
An offensive explosion was predicted in Super Bowl XLIV (January 2010) when the league's two highest scoring teams, the New Orleans Saints and the Indianapolis Colts, met. The total was set at 56 1/2 points (the highest in Super Bowl history) but the Under was a winner, as the Saints won 31-17. And the halftime score was only 10-6.
Conversely, if two defensive-dominated teams play, bet the Over. When you have defensive giants meeting, the
offenses tend to open up. They figure that any scoring will help their defense win the game and they are not as apt to fear making mistakes. It's hard to stop a Super Bowl team that opens up its offense, which means more scoring. It can also mean more turnovers, which again leads to more scoring. Last year's Super Bowl featured two of the league's best defensive stalwart units: Green Bay and Pittsburgh. The total Over/Under was 45 points with Green Bay winning 31-25. Five of the last seven Super Bowls have gone Under.
Rule No. 3 Avoid proposition bets. These are sucker bets for neophytes, and people lose money on them in every Super Bowl. The only time the public has ever won a lot of money on a prop bet was in Super Bowl XX between the Chicago Bears and New England Patriots. The opening odds for William "The Refrigerator" Perry to score a touchdown were 12:1. By kickoff, they were 2:1, as everybody bet on him to score, which he did. Overall, however, the public still lost money on proposition bets in Super Bowl XX, and they will lose money on prop bets in this year's Super Bowl, too.
Rule No. 4 At halftime the bookies post a new point spread for the second-half action. Always bet the team at halftime that you think will beat the original line on the Super Bowl—the team that has beaten the game's opening pointspread has also beaten the halftime spread in 16 of the last 18 Super Bowls. If you are at home, time will be of the essence, so have your cell phone charged or your computer ready or your wife or girlfriend out shopping if you want to place a halftime wager.
Danny Sheridan is a sports analyst for USA Today, for which he provides the daily updated odds on all sporting events for its website.


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Chicken meatballs with blue cheese
1/2 lb ground chicken
1 egg
1/4 c crumbled blue cheese
1/4 c gf bread crumbs
salt and pepper
Mush everything together. Form small balls, about the size of a dime, and drop onto a cookie sheet. Bake at 400 for about 10 minutes, until no longer pink inside. Serve over spaghetti with red sauce!!


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All Sobol, all the time
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- Samuel Tinianow said...
The award was set up by tech entrepreneur Gur Shomron, who said he came up with the idea after failing to find a publisher for his novel, "NETfold," which he self-published last year.
"Nobody is looking for unsolicited manuscripts," Shomron told Reuters. "Most famous writers are discovered by chance ... I thought there should be a better way."
Lo and behold. Number one, you have to be either dead or retarded not to be able to find a publisher who's looking for unsolicited manuscripts; number two, how is a contest with 50,000 entrants improving upon the current system of discovering authors that he seems to have such a problem with?
- 9/17/2006
Most famous writers are discovered by CHANCE? Is this guy for real?
And how is paying money to get someone to read your work, competing with 50K people, signing away rights to representation, and giving up all of your other rights to the work before it's even been read or accepted... how is any of that "a better way"?
Thanks for the quote, ST.
- 9/17/2006
As someone who is involved in fundraising activities for charity, I know a little about what makes an activity an illegal lottery. First of all, rules differ between states, but in general there are three things to look at:
1. Prize
2. Consideration
3. Chance
If you have no prize, or if you do not charge anything, or if there is an element of skill involved in dermining the winner, then it's not a lottery. If they really do look at the quality of writing to determine the winner, then it is not a lottery. It is a contest.
This is why all the sweepstakes you see say "no purchase necessary." If they required you to buy the candy bar, then you're requiring the purchase of a ticket in a game of chance (a random drawing), and that makes is a lottery. If you allow everyone to enter, then it's a sweepstakes, which is not illegal in most states. I don't think there's any requirement to make is easy to enter if you don't buy the product (i.e., send your name and whatever on a postcard to XXX to receive a game piece, one piece per postcard).
Similarly, if there's an element of skill involved, it's a contest, not a lottery. If you require everyone to answer a question (such as "what is the color of the white house" or "how many Zs are in this question"), then it becomes a contest because you weed out the people who get the answer wrong. I don't think there's any requirement to make the test of skill difficult.
Sobol may be "akin to a lottery" in that it acts as a stupidity tax (takes money away from many for the benefit of very few), but from what I've seen, it's not an illegal lottery.
I am not a lawyer. Your mileage may vary.
- 9/17/2006
I find it very hard to believe that there are 50,000 people out there with finished manuscripts who would pay to be involved in this nonsense.
I doubt they can even get 10,000.
- 9/18/2006
Unfortunately, Critical Mass (the blog of the NBCC Board) just ran a blurb for the Sobol Prize like it's a legit contest:
- 9/18/2006
- Kirstin said...
This kind of crap is endemic to our industry. I don't know why people aren't smarter than this, but then again, I don't know why anyone plays the lottery.
Another facet of this kind of activity are the various literary awards. Our press is constantly hit by solicitations for free copies and entry fees for inconsequential, unknown awards. Recently we were solicited by an "award" that was being run from a Yahoo! e-mail address. Instead of sending her money, I sent her some tips on proper grammar. I mean, if you are ostensibly running a writing contest, you should know a thing or two about writing. Just saying.
- 9/18/2006


text: Regarded by the Hebrews as the reward for obedience to God (Exod. 15: 26). Disease therefore was directly or indirectly caused by sin (Num. 12: 10–11), though there were stringent regulations to check infections and water was to be kept pure, food inspected, and periods of quarantine observed (Lev. 13 and 14). In the NT the connection between sin and bodily well-being is not regarded as proven (John 9: 3) and sensible precautions to maintain health are recommended (1 Tim. 5: 23).


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Former shipyard worker sentenced in nuclear submarine fire
Casey James Fury faces federal prison time, restitution
Casey James Fury, 25, was sentenced on Friday to 17 years in prison for two counts of arson, to be served concurrently and to pay restitution to the U.S. Navy in the amount of $400 million for last year's fires aboard the U.S.S. Miami.
The judge said Fury is to be sent to a location in the U.S. Bureau of Prisons system that can address his mental needs.
After serving his sentence, Fury will be on supervised release for five years for count one and five years for count two, to be served concurrently.
The judge said he took a number of factors into consideration for the length of the sentence, including reviewing files submitted by both sides, a visit to the U.S.S. Miami, the pre-sentence report and what was said during today's proceedings.
The judge said the second fire was especially troubling because it displayed a callous disregard for the property and the safety of others. He said Fury was fully aware that the shipyard had a special care and concern and pride that employees were repairing Navy vessels for the defense of this country. Fury was aware of the special environment of submarines and he was paid to rehabilitate the submarine, not destroy it.
When Fury addressed the judge before he was sentenced, he said, through sniffs, "From the bottom of my heart, I am truly sorry for what I've done." "There was no intention of hurting everyone." "I only wish I had found proper help for my problems before all this happened."
Fury's lawyer said Fury was very remorseful and fully accepts responsibility. He also described Fury as quiet, reserved and somewhat shy.
Eric Hardy, a firefighter injured during the fire, also spoke at the hearing.
Hardy told the judge the fire on May 23 was the worst fire he'd ever seen.
"I'm reminded of that day every day I wake up, I'm in constant pain," he said.
The judge asked him what was so unusual about fighting the fire and Hardy said the heat was so intense that the aluminum pins used to hold a ladder inside the sub were melting.
"If it wasn't for sheer luck, we probably would've had a death on that boat. Somebody was watching over us," Hardy said. "I understand people do stupid things, but this is crazy."
The judge also asked him about the smoke from the fire. Hardy said, "You could not see, literally a foot in front of you." Hardy said it was probably the hottest fire he'd ever been in. He said, "My request is that he gets the maximum. To me this is unforgivable."
Fury, formerly of Portsmouth, N.H., admitted setting the fires while the nuclear submarine was in drydock at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine.
He said he needed to go home because he was suffering from anxiety and had no more vacation or sick leave.
The Navy intends to repair the Los Angeles-class attack sub.


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Two Town & Country minivans, 14 friends, and a weekend trip to Montana. We left Thursday night and pulled into Missoula laaaaate that night. We stayed at our friend Wes' parents house and he hosted and gave us the tour the entire weekend.
Friday we woke up early and hit the road to Glacier National Park. How had I not been there before??? It's incredible. It really should be done over a couple of days, but we only had one. So we made a few stops to enjoy views, and cruised some of the way with the van doors open cause it was so majestic. Our main stop was for a 10 mile hike round-trip up to a glacier. The hike had everything I wanted. At the top, most of the group jumped in the glacier water and swam to a floating ice chunk. (Really crazy and really cold) We helped warm them back up when they got out, but we didn't really have enough clothes to get them warm again. There was throw-up, there was cramping, there was misery. We hurried back down and one van drove off to try and catch the sunset and the more sensible van (ahem, our van) went to find a diner. (better choice) We didn't get back to Missoula until around 2ish that morning. Kicking myself that I didn't bring my nice camera on this trip. Reason to go back!
Saturday morning we had a pancake breakfast and then took off to the city to walk around the farmer's market. We wandered and snacked and lounged on the grass. We were all pretty tired and even napped a little back at the house. Late afternoon we all went down to a river so we could jump off the bridge. Wes and Peter scurried up to the top and flipped off and I couldn't believe it. Still can't. We played in the water, skipped rocks, played a random rock game until we heard from a passer-byer that all the cars were getting towed. We booked it up to the road to see one of the vans already attached to a tow truck. We had to calm down some very angry cops and explain how innocent we were and didn't know about the parking regulations. They let us take our cars and made us pay for one ticket. Wasn't too bad.


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The Department of Public Works Administrative Services Division coordinates planning and construction of public improvements for several major projects throughout the city. Public improvements can include street construction, installation of street lights, sidewalks and installation of fiber and copper infrastructure. These projects included the Harley Davidson Museum, the Manpower headquarters building, and the Potawatomi Casino expansion project. Another major project the department is involved in is The Brewery, located on the former Pabst Brewery site.
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Yeah, it's more or less that time again, for the 2007 summer mapmaking contest. Usually this takes place in July -- however, this year I'm synchronizing the end of this contest with Kinetic Turtle's 7/7/07 meetup, and as such, the contest has to be held in June instead.
The February Contest yielded Victory Dance III, which I believe is an outstanding pack in its own right. Every edition of Victory Dance has been better than the previous one, and I hope to continue that pattern for Victory Dance IV, which will come out some time in July -- the fruits of this contest.
- The deadline is July 4, 2007 -- as of this post, you have three weeks in which you must have submitted your map.
- Any ORIGINAL netmap that was not published or distributed before June 13 will be allowed.
- No remakes or combination maps. I am judging your map on its creativity and originality.
- No 7-polygon maps. Your map will be judged on the depth of your mapping as well.
- Only one map per person. The last file received by any competitor on July 4 will be judged.
- No collaborating. The map must be constructed by you, and you alone, though you are free to playtest it with other people. You may also ask for advice to a reasonable degree -- just not from me.
- No CTF maps or any map that requires scripts -- just for simplicity's sake.
- All maps must use DEFAULT INFINITY SHAPES, SOUNDS, PHYSICS, etc.
- Maps cannot be altered with JUICE or Chisel. This can cause more problems than it's worth, and great maps can be made without their help.
I will judge the maps on a 70-point scale. The map that scores the most points out of 70 is the winner of the contest. The scoring table is below:
FLOW: 25 points
- As in, how facilitated is player movement, how easy is it to find combat, how well you can find the guns, how fast and succinct the corridors and lifts are, etc. etc. Being that flow is the most important factor in any map, it's worth the most points. When I score this section, I always start with 25 points and then make deductions for any errors. February's winner (Russian Dance) lost one of only two points on a ledge that it appears you can jump down, but can't. Remember, the little things do matter.
BALANCE: 20 points
- Misplaced spawn points, blind teleports, slow-moving doors, skewed weapon locations, ridiculously overpowered guns based on map design, excessive health or powerups, or any instance where the surviving player holds a massive advantage over any other player will cause this to go down. This section will also be graded very harshly; there's nothing less fun than an unfair map. It's not hard to score most or all of the points here, as long as you are conscious of where things are in your map.
ARCHITECTURE AND DEPTH: 10 points
- The depth of your polygon and texture usage goes here. Attention to detail, "eye candy," fancy lighting, and what-have-you all factor into this. A map that is nice to look at will do better here, but remember: don't sacrifice flow for good architecture.
FUN: 10 points
- Proper weapon placement, a good level of carnage without being excessive or unfair, and a properly-sized map are all good factors of sheer fun. Flow does not necessarily mean fun; however, "fun" is a lot more subjective and thus less valuable score-wise.
ORIGINALITY: 5 points
- If your map, in design, is unique, you will get the full points here. It's quite possible to get 4 or 5 points with a one-room map, but you will lose points quickly if your map bears a striking resemblance to something else or doesn't bring anything clever at all to the table. The contest is not an exercise in the status quo; spend some time on your map and do something special.
Score summary:
FLOW: 25 points
BALANCE: 20 points
ARCHITECTURE AND DEPTH: 10 points
FUN: 10 points
ORIGINALITY: 5 points
TOTAL: 70 points
Your map is not guaranteed a section-by-section critique of your map (i.e. why your map only got 12 points for Flow), but you will be scored.
For the July 2006 contest, I made a handy-dandy checklist that is both useful in general, but also a great tool for maximizing your score. The checklist won't prevent you from making a poor map by itself, but it covers most of the details that can make a mediocre map good, and a good map great.
Remember: the deadline is July 4, 3 weeks from the start of this contest. Testing and scoring will take place primarily on July 7. Anyone is allowed to compete, and to be honest, I would really like to see a larger turnout this time. The February contest only had 9 entries, and I know there are enough good mappers in the woodwork here to come out with some really cool stuff. Even if you don't win, it's a great learning experience and gets more people involved in the process of content creation. If you haven't made a map before, there's no reason not to give it a shot; Legacy Typhoon's first map, You Better Move, got 7th place in the contest and became part of Victory Dance III.
For Victory Dance IV, the top few maps will be merged into a pack and distributed. This will probably turn out to be around 7 maps, as is the usual deal, but if there are a lot of high-quality entries then the pack will be larger (and this is beneficial for everyone). You have three weeks to do this, folks. Put in some effort and come out with something great.
To submit your map, e-mail it to [email protected] -- do not submit it as an attachment on the Pfhorums or send it to me by any other means. You are not allowed to seek critique from me, because that just wouldn't be fair. Your score will be reserved until the contest is over; I WILL NOT score it until after July 4, so don't ask me that either. Also, if you release your map to the public after you send it to me, but before the contest is over, the map is disqualified. After the contest ends, whether or not your map is published in Victory Dance IV, you may publish it yourself.
Disclaimer: Submitting your map to me means you grant me the right to distribute your map as part of a map pack on Fileball. You will be credited appropriately for your map. I reserve the right to disqualify any map or mapmaker for any reason not listed above at any time, or no reason at all. If you have any complaints, questions, queries, or anything else like that, you know how to contact me.


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The suburban mother of four accused of running an upscale escort service in Manhattan has pleaded guilty in Manhattan Criminal Court Tuesday.
Anna Gristina, 44, of Monroe, N.Y., pleaded guilty to a single count of promoting prostitution, stemming from a July 2011 tryst she allegedly arranged involving two women and an undercover officer posing as a client.
Besieged by reporters outside the courthouse, Gristina said she felt "better" after the plea deal, and that she was "stunned."
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Her husband Kelvin Gorr told NBC 4 New York, "I'm very pleased with the decision. I'm not gonna go to Disney World, but I'm still very happy."
Gristina will be ordered to serve five years of probation when she's sentenced on Nov. 20. The four months she's already spent behind bars will count toward the jail portion of her sentence, and she won't have to serve any additional time.
The judge warned Gristina, a legal U.S .resident from Scotland, she could be subject to deportation.
Gristina was briefly reprimanded by the judge for bringing her young son to court Tuesday.
"I am not happy that Ms. Gristina's young child is in the courtroom today," the judge said. "It's not appropriate. I don't see the purpose in it. I don't see the benefits in exposing him to this."
Prosecutors said their 5-year investigation revealed Gristina had a roster of wealthy, well-placed clients and boasted of law-enforcement connections during 15 years in a business that made her millions.
She has maintained she was merely starting a dating service.
Former federal prosecutor Brad Simon, who had no involvement in the case, speculated prosecutors in Gristina's case were "disappointed if not embarassed."
"With all the fanfare about this case, at the end of the day, there doesn't appear to have been very much there at all," he said.
Gristina was arrested Feb. 22 and was held for months on $2 million bond. An appeals court in June called the amount "unreasonable and an abuse of discretion" and lowered it.
She was released on $250,000 bond in June after four months behind bars.
Gristina's lawyer unsuccessfully tried to have the case thrown out in August, arguing that the DA's office "vindictively prosecuted her as a result of her failure to cooperate with investigators" during what he called an illegal interrogation.
The DA's office countered in court papers that Gristina "has not produced a shred of evidence of actual vindictiveness."
Jaynie Baker, accused of assisting Gristina as a matchmaking recruiter, struck a deal with prosecutors in August.


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Our Global Impact Database: How short-term volunteers achieve long-term goals
Projects Abroad recently launched our Global Impact Database , a monitoring and evaluation tool through which we can identify needs in local communities and create action plans that bring us closer to achieving the goals we set for our projects and volunteers. We also collect data on the communities we work with to determine which of our efforts are working and which need improvements. "It's our obligation to do proper research into our volunteering efforts and into how our volunteers can make the biggest difference at their placements," says Jessi Warner, Head of Operations for Projects Abroad.
Growth and expansion of the database
Work towards the database started in 2014 when Projects Abroad staff began comprehensive assessments to identify in more detail the exact needs of local communities. Jessi Warner began working closely with one of our partner organizations in Cambodia, Khemara, to develop checklists that volunteers could use to collect data. Projects Abroad volunteers and staff used these checklists to contribute to what was then called the Care Database.
Identifying the potential for growth and improvement that this database opened up, we began developing databases for all the placements that make up the Global Impact Database. "It's incredible what's happened in a relatively short space of time," says Warner. "In three short years, we've gone from having the Care Database to having databases for Care, Medicine, Conservation and community days."
An important evaluation tool
Volunteers input the information they gather into the database and as local staff analyse this data, we can get an idea of which initiatives are making the most significant difference in local communities. "It's important that we can adapt our efforts based on verifiable data," says Warner. "We want our volunteers to be making meaningful contributions at their placements and by adjusting our efforts according to what works and what doesn't, we can ensure that our volunteers are always helping to move us closer to our long-term goals."
Guiding our volunteers
"We use the database to identify areas of need and direct volunteers' efforts by giving them clear, personalized goals," says Jenny Puyo, Projects Abroad's Head of Program Development. Particularly with short-term volunteers, it's important to create very specific action plans that will generate results in a shorter space of time. Minassie Alemayehu, the Country Director for Projects Abroad in Ethiopia, where volunteers have been adding to the database for the last two years, has noticed that volunteers are now better able to focus their efforts: "Volunteers have started to understand the value of their short-term contributions from a larger and long-term perspective. They see their interventions as part of a long-term plan to achieve a particular goal for a particular placement."
The database allows us to create a clear action plan for each volunteer. "When a volunteer arrives, they are introduced to the database on induction day and on their first day of work they are already clear on the work they have to do, be it gathering baseline data, creating charts, flashcards or posters, engaging the children in songs or storytelling, assisting with the labelling of toothbrushes or creating songs and fun games on hygiene," says Sanikia Powell-Morgan, one of our Program Development Officers. "The volunteer is able to see tangible results within a matter of days or weeks, he/she updates the database and feels that his/her project, be it a short one, was very worthwhile."
Working towards long-term goals
With a clear record of the work that previous volunteers have done, the database ensures that each volunteer is building on this. "Previously, volunteers would arrive in a country and begin work with a certain set of students or on a certain goal, but there was not sufficient record of this to allow for follow-up," says Powell-Morgan. "The database allows current volunteers to record their work and progress, which future volunteers can easily access and follow-up on to bring the goal to accomplishment."
We are already seeing important insights thanks to the Global Impact Database. Local staff and authorities identified nutrition as an important focus area for placements in Fiji. To help address this issue, this year we have conducted 36 nutrition awareness outreaches in Fiji with a total of 663 people in attendance and our volunteers have been collecting data during health screenings in the local communities. Each patient has an anonymous patient profile, which can be updated with information about their health status over time. The database generates easy-to-read graphs so that volunteers can quickly identify health problems in each patient, provide medical information to the patient, and recommend the appropriate treatment or refer the patient to a health care professional. Importantly, we have specific confidentiality measures in place to ensure that the data is secure and our beneficiaries are protected.
What the future holds
The database provides a safe platform for us to store data and pool information on a global level. With global access to checklists and trend analysis, our staff from around the world can learn from each other, which strengthens us as an organization. We also share our data with local authorities, local education boards and schools to promote the sharing of information and strengthen our relationships with them. They can then use this data to inform policies put in place and get a better idea of where to direct resources.
In the future, we will continue to expand the database to projects like Microfinance, giving us the opportunity to track loans, monitor small businesses and generate insights into how future loans can be better utilized. "My hope is that Projects Abroad will stand out as an organization that takes their responsibility to beneficiaries very seriously," says Warner. "I want us to always ensure that our beneficiaries are at the centre of the organization and that all the work we do will contribute meaningfully to local communities."
Find out more about our Global Impact Database the difference our volunteers make and how you can get involved .


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Nice find Zibri!
My router works fine except for the flaky wifi part.. Will look into this!
Italian speaking people can read the explanation here:
nice work!!
un Grande. sei un Grande.
Grazie, troppo buono :)
Great, you saved me lot of trouble with my Pirelli modem :) Thanx soooooooo much!
Hey Zibri! How about the new ziphone version? Any informatione about it?
so this basically de-encodes the password to access a wireless modem? and what do I need to see the encoded password?
you should put an eye on the motorola droid! I would love it if you were the one who unlocked it! Still have plenty of faith in you man! keep it up!
Hey Zibri, I have a question: Why did you leave the JB Community and stop creating jbs?
John.. hmm for the moment.. yes..
I could come back in a near future or on the next product (tablet?)
Another question directed a Zibri... Why don't you make a Custom Firmware for PS3 or PSP... The scene for PS3 hacking/back-up loading hasen't even begun... Everybody's waiting for the new PSP to get hacked..... Hope you reply...
+1 on the ps3 custom firmware, hate that I have to convert .mkv files to .mpg :(
Send me a ps3 then... I still have my faithful ps2 .. yah I know.. I'm not a gamer :)
I'm sure if you post on your blog that you want a PS3 to do some testing/hacking somebody will give you one. After all your Zibri, famous iPhone hacker. :) I hope you take my advice seriously.
i do believe there is a product coming your way to jailbreak.... so keep an eye out...
Like what?
I won't do that.. I have too many things now.
And I usually don't ask.
As I said I'm not into gaming so much.
@Zibri & @Joe Are you referring to the Apple Tablet rumour??
No... Not the tablet
Joe: drop me an email..
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how can me know hash and how decrpt this
Esmil: it's xthyjvjh
Sorry.. the "cat" was out of order. Now it's fixed. :D
hi bro how or what this hash type
(password(&ce;hW&c9;&9e; Y&d3;))
how u know hash type
md5 or what
if u can help me what tools u use
it's NOT a hash. It's an obfuscated string.