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A recent collaborative study between Google, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, and IBM offers new insight into how many people surfing the web are doing so safely. According to the report, a clear majority of users (some 59 percent) are using the latest version of their preferred Internet browser—but that still leaves 40.1 percent who aren't. That's a troublingly high number for anyone working in IT security, given that virtually all (89.4 percent) of the vulnerabilities reported in 2007 were remote exploits. Not all of these exploits specifically targeted the web browser, but it's become the target of choice for an increasingly large percentage of all attacks. Proper browser security is therefore of paramount concern.
The group performed its analysis using Google's database of user information (nonpersonally-identifiable information, mind you). The information in question was gathered between January 2007 and June 2008, and represents some 18 months of browser data. Both minor and major patch versions were considered, as was the date when new patches were actually released. Data was compiled separately for each of the browsers that were tracked, and multiple visits from any given machine were counted only once per day.
This particular analysis is focused on how often end-users apply browser patches, not on market share, but the authors do mention the figures they saw in passing, indicated in the chart below. According to the study, "The absolute worldwide user counts were derived from the global Internet user count of 1,408 billion users." The browser labels in the table refer specifically to IE7, Firefox 2, Safari 3, and Opera 9—IE6, Firefox 3, and Opera 8 were not included.
Data source: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
The percentile breakdowns for the number of surfers using the latest major version of the browser in question was quite interesting. IE7 is the oldest browser—it was released on October 18, 2006—but only 52.5 percent of the people browsing the 'Net with IE were using IE7. The vast majority of that other 47.5 percent are presumably using IE6, despite Microsoft's repeated and emphatic pleas to upgrade.
Firefox and Opera both have extremely high upgrade uptake—92.2 percent of Firefox users are now using version 2 (remember, no Firefox 3 data here), while 90.1 percent of Opera users were using Opera 9. Safari falls between the two groups with 70.2 percent of all Safari users currently running Safari 3.
The percentage of people using the most secure version of their specific browser is also shown below, and represented by a snapshot of Google data from the first week of this past June. Here we see that the availability of minor updates does not necessarily mean users will quickly adopt them. Firefox fares the best, with its one-click upgrade system, but 16.7 percent of users are still behind when it comes to point updates.
Data source: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
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The group of researchers includes several of their own suggestions for improving browser security. Firefox and Opera are both credited for including an auto-update feature, but the team notes that "Firefox's auto-update was found to be way more effective than Opera's manual update download reminder strategy." How effective? Way more effective. Auto-updates are, however, a Very Good Thing, and the group recommends the feature be included in all browsers. On the corporate side of things, the study recommends that businesses adopt URL Filters, or filters designed to prevent company employees from even touching websites carrying payloads of malicious content.
The final recommendation is that the software industry adopt the same type of labeling system currently used by... the food industry. Under such a system, web browsers would be dated with a "Best before" label, and would automatically flag the user when the browser "expired." Such warnings would not prevent the browser from functioning, but might take the form of a "days since expiration" figure and a message stating that the customer had missed a certain number of patches. Auto-updates seem both more effective and more practical, but those warnings might prompt some users to upgrade who might otherwise avoid doing so.


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Google acknowledged to California officials that the company violated the privacy of countless people when it collected passwords and other sensitive information in drive-by sweeps.
The list of information the company collected is astonishing — passwords, e-mail and other information from unsecured Wi-Fi networks as its "Street View" cars cruised city streets around the country for collecting images for Google maps. Some have called it the Wi-Spy case.
In a settlement with 38 states (including Colorado) and the District of Columbia, Google agreed to pay $7 million, invoke strict policies on privacy issues and inform the public about ways in which to avoid such privacy violations. (Hint: password protect your wireless network.)
The fine is pretty small for a behemoth company such as Google, but the settlement sends a message to those operating in the digital sphere about expectations of privacy. Be careful about what you hoover up and keep in the course of doing business.


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Vincent Grant "Vince" Gill (born April 12, 1957) is an American neotraditional country singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He has achieved commercial success and fame both as frontman to the country rock band Pure Prairie League in the 1970s, and as a solo artist beginning in 1983, where his talents as a vocalist and musician have placed him in high demand as a guest vocalist, and a duet partner. Gill has recorded more than twenty studio albums, charted over forty singles on the U.S. Billboard charts as Hot Country Songs, and has sold more than 22 million albums. He has been honored by the Country Music Association with 18 CMA Awards, including two Entertainer of the Year awards and five Male Vocalist Awards. Gill has also earned 20 Grammy Awards, more than any other male Country music artist. In 2007, Gill was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Gill was born in Norman, Oklahoma. His father, J. Stanley Gill, was a lawyer and administrative law judge who played in a country music band part time and encouraged Gill to pursue a musical career. His homemaker mother, Jerene, played the harmonica. At the encouragement of his father, Gill learned to play several instruments, including the banjo and guitar, before he started high school at Oklahoma City's Northwest Classen High School. He first played with a teenage band called Bluegrass Revue in the late 1970s. The other members were: Billy Perry on the banjo, Bobby Clark on the mandolin and Mike Perry on the bass. (Bobby Clark plays with Jerry Butler and the Blue Js now.) While in high school, he performed with "Mountain Smoke," a bluegrass band that once opened for Pure Prairie League. After he graduated, he played in a number of bluegrass bands, including Ricky Skaggs' "Boone Creek" and Byron Berline and Sundance; later, he became a member of Rodney Crowell's road band, The Cherry Bombs.
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Scientists find mechanism for cellular remodeling
Movie shows single molecules in action
Actin filaments are one of the primary elements responsible for organizing cell architecture and helping them to move from one place to the next. They can be found in the smallest yeast cell and in your muscles, where they contract when you run or throw a baseball. Understanding how cells know where and when to build new actin filaments, and how they are made, has been a central question in cell biology.
"Knowing precisely how a cell is built will enable scientists to reconfigure and repurpose them for various biomedical applications," says Bruce Goode, professor of biology whose lab studies the cytoskeleton.
Until recently, scientists believed that there were different nucleators, or cell- igniters, responsible for making different types of actin structures or networks. But over the last few years, genetic research has suggested that nucleators might actually collaborate more often than they act alone.
|Dennis Breitsprecher
In a paper recently published in the magazine Science, members of the Goode Laboratory, in collaboration with members of the Lab of Jeff Gelles, illustrate that actin filament assembly relies on a mechanism they are calling the "Rocket Launcher," which triggers new filament assembly in explosive stages.
And they have a movie to prove it.
The work was led by Dr. Dennis Breitsprecher, a postdoctoral researcher in the Goode lab, who placed fluorescent tags on each of three molecules: actin, which is the building block of filaments, mDia1, which is a member of the formin family of proteins that stimulates rapid growth of filaments, and adenomatous polyposis coli (APC), a mutated protein that causes over 80 percent of human colon cancers and binds, or connects, with mDia1. With these fluorescently tagged molecules, they were able to watch actin filaments polymerize in real time and see precisely how APC and mDia1 molecules collaborate to spark filament formation and growth.
|Professor Bruce Goode
Goode uses an analogy with fire to explain further. The cell is full of kindling and oxygen, he says, but you can't have a fire without a spark, and the nucleator really ignites the formation of each individual actin filament.
"They're powerful proteins (mDia1 and APC), and it only takes one of each to come together in a pair and build a long filament that is comprised of thousands of actin molecules," says Goode.
The movie was made with the help of multi-color Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence (TIRF) microscopy single molecule imaging , a technique pioneered in the Gelles lab. It allows researchers to image a small section of a specimen, less than 200 nanometers thick, and observe in real time the behavior of molecules in multi-component reactions that would otherwise be obscured.
The team used genetically encoded protein tags (called snap tags) and attached one single dye molecule per protein. In the movies, dots where the three proteins came together can bee seen in action; mDia1 tagged with a red dot, APC, with a blue dot and actin in green. They concluded that building new actin filaments occurs as a two-step process.
The team learned that APC plays the critical role in recruiting actin molecules to the initial complex to form a polymerization seed, while the mDia1formin functions to elongate and protect the filament end.
Building an actin filament under cellular conditions requires both proteins, said Goode. APC jumpstarts the formation of the filament, and the formin rides on the growing end and protects it from capping proteins that would otherwise terminate filament growth.
"This mechanism, where the proteins start off together before the formin launches away from the APC reminded us of a rocket launcher," says Goode.
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How Did Mild-Mannered Maine Get America's Craziest Governor?
Paul LePage, explained.
What better way to start a governorship than to refuse to attend a Martin Luther King, Jr. Day breakfast and, when the NAACP complains, tell them, on camera, to "kiss my butt"?
That's how Maine's governor, Paul LePage, introduced himself to the nation three years ago, and the Republican Tea Party favorite quickly followed up with a series of intemperate remarks and questionable actions that arguably garnered him more negative national media attention than any Maine politician since Sen. James G. Blaine, the so-called "continental liar from the State of Maine" whose 1884 presidential run was derailed by graft and corruption charges.
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LePage's first major initiatives as governor—to roll back all state environmental laws to weaker federal standards and stop a ban on bisphenol A (BPA), an endocrine disruptor, in baby bottles—were drafted by his special adviser, a registered lobbyist for many of the affected industries. LePage defended the restoration of BPA in bottles by saying, with a smirk, that the worst that could happen was that "some women may have little beards." Even as that effort collapsed, crowds of protesters were on the steps of the statehouse condemning LePage's removal of a mural illustrating the history of Maine's labor movement from the Department of Labor because an anonymous letter writer had likened it to North Korean efforts to "brainwash the masses."
And that was just his first 100 days. LePage has since threatened to move his office out of the statehouse (over a dispute involving a television used to promote his policies in a public space), refused for months to allow his commissioners to testify before legislative committees and ordered state employees not to speak to the state's largest newspaper chain (a move that earned national attention but went unimplemented).
He is skeptical of wind power—and sabotaged a $120 million offshore wind investment by Norwegian energy giant Statoil last year—perhaps in part because of a declared belief that some turbines "have a little electric motor that turns the blades [when the wind isn't blowing] … so that they can show people wind power works." A champion of charter schools and voucher initiatives, he has advised students: "If you want a good education, go to private schools. If you can't afford it, tough luck. You can go to the public school."
As for President Barack Obama, LePage said on the campaign trail that the president could " go to hell" and reportedly told supporters at a private fundraiser that Obama "hates white people," a remark LePage later apologized for, even as—in a feat of gymnastic oratory—he declined to confirm or deny having said it.
In June, LePage denounced a Democratic state senator for always wanting to "give it to the people without Vaseline." He has likened the Internal Revenue Service to the Gestapo and, when criticized for the remark, claimed the agency's enforcement of Obamacare would cause a slaughter comparable to the Holocaust. He told schoolchildren that Maine's newspapers are full of lies and joked about bombing the largest of them, the Portland Press Herald, where I work and have been covering LePage's antics.
LePage's behavior has been all the more jarring because Mainers have long seen their state as a bastion of practical, common-sense politics. It's a place whose most revered politicians in recent years have been consensus-minded, congenitally civil U.S. senators, like moderate Republicans Margaret Chase Smith, Bill Cohen, Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins; independent Angus King; and centrist Democrats Edmund Muskie and George Mitchell. Firebrands rarely win statewide office here.
But from the moment he became governor three years ago, Paul LePage has turned those assumptions upside down. (I asked to speak with him about his effect on Maine's political landscape, but the governor rarely grants interviews, and I didn't hear back from his spokesperson.) "For decades," says state Senate president Justin Alfond, a Democrat who often tangles with the governor, Mainers have felt "pride that our politics weren't like other states. Paul LePage has changed all of this."
How a man who can make even the most hot-headed conservative talk radio hosts seem reasonable won the governor's mansion in our quiet, level-headed state goes back to another unusual facet of Maine politics: our tradition of strong third-party candidates, who can split the vote and increase the risk of the election of a candidate whose polices or personality lack wide support.
Republicans are the smallest of Maine's electoral blocks (28 percent of registered voters) after independents (37 percent) and Democrats (32 percent). But LePage had the luxury in 2010 of running against not just one independent but three. He won the election with 38 percent of the vote and a 1.7 percentage point margin over independent Eliot Cutler.
LePage campaigned on a promise to improve the economy by scaling back taxes, welfare and regulations—and he's accomplished much of it. In 2011, he signed a $150 million tax cut, the largest in state history, which reduced the top income tax rate and doubled the estate tax exemption from $1 million to $2 million. Under LePage, a five-year limit on welfare benefits was imposed—in order to stop Maine from being a welfare "destination state"—and laws restricting big-box stores and mining were repealed.
Other LePage initiatives have been nonstarters, though. Maine trades on its natural beauty, and his plan to roll back environmental regulations—including the BPA ban—was rejected by the then-Republican-controlled legislature. Shortly after he signed a bill to end same-day voting registration, it was overturned in a popular referendum by 65 to 35 percent. More recently, LePage said he would like to lower the legal working age from 16 to 12—a plan unlikely to get traction in the Democratic-controlled statehouse—and he has promised renewed pushes to reduce welfare fraud and pass "right to work" legislation, which prohibits closed union shops.


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SEATTLE, Feb. 16 (UPI) -- A tank at the troubled Hanford nuclear reservation in Washington state is leaking up to 300 gallons a year of radioactive material, federal officials say.
The revelation raises questions about more than 140 other tanks that hold tens of millions of gallons of radioactive waste, the Seattle Times reported Friday.
The announcement by the Energy Department upset Gov. Jay Inslee, who said state officials were told years ago the problem "was under control."
The single-shell tank in question was assumed to have been leaking for decades, so pumpable liquids were removed in 1995 in what the Energy Department called an "interim stabilization."
The tank still contains about 447,000 gallons of sludge.
Although $12 billion is being spent to construct a plant to treat high-level radioactive waste, Inslee said the federal government needed to find funds to plug the leaking tank, check the conditions of other tanks and build more double-shelled tanks.
The governor said the leak did not pose any immediate threat because it would take years to reach the groundwater.
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In a sport laced with head cases, narcissists and finger-pointers, a little altruism can be more difficult to find than a scholarship.
So the stories behind regular-season Big West Conference titles for the UC Irvine women's and men's teams this spring are as refreshing as a properly chilled elixir of electrolytes.
Anteaters women's coach Mike Edles said goodbye to productive seniors Courtney Byron, Hannah Holladay and Stephanie Hammel last season only to field a roster that included seven underclassmen and one senior.
UCI men's coach Trevor Kronemann bid adieu to All-Big West Conference seniors Sam Gould and Fabian Matthews, and was left with no seniors to welcome in a windfall recruiting class of six freshmen he dubbed the SoCal Six.
But the UCI women have flourished, posting a 20-3 record that includes an 18-match winning streak and a perfect Big West record heading into the conference tournament, in which it debuts Friday at Indian Wells Tennis Garden.
The UCI men held strong through the hazing ritual that Kronemann annually provides by stacking his nonconference schedule, to salvage six wins in their last seven matches after a 3-15 start.
Both teams claimed Big West regular-season titles, though the men shared theirs with Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. And both are seeded No. 1 in the conference tournament, the winner of which earns an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament.
A third trip to the NCAA Tournament in Edles' 17 seasons is imminent, he said, as his team's pristine record and No. 31 ranking are sure to meet the most demanding standard for at-large consideration, should it fail to collect the automatic berth. The Anteaters' No. 23 ranking earlier this season is the best in the program's history as it aims to produce the school's first NCAA Tournament triumph.
And the reason for this year's success has an underlying theme that is creating more buzz around the women's program than any barrage of passing shots could.
"It's always easy to find good tennis players," said Edles, a former UCI All-American on the 1977 NCAA Division II championship team. "But it's hard to find good tennis players that are team players."
Edles said his group, led by senior No. 1 singles standout Kristina Smith and supplemented by overachieving freshmen Sarah Gong and Sarah Stadfelt, has embraced the art of alliance as few tennis squads can.
"I think players are attracted to our school, the academics and the location," Edles said. "But in terms of our team, it's the chemistry. Relationships are a priority for us and I think players are attracted to being with a group of teammates with which they can get along. Tennis is a lonely sport, so it's good to be in a situation where everybody has each other's back."
Smith is, perhaps, the easiest to cheer for. A virtual lock for Big West Player of the Year honors, the 'Eaters' No. 1 singles and doubles player was unbeaten in conference singles play, 18-3 in singles in dual matches, and has won her last 15 singles matches in dual competition.
"She stands a very good chance of making the NCAA individual championships in singles," said Edles, who noted that Smith has been motivated for four years to make the NCAA individuals, as her mother, the then-Maria Myers, did while representing UCI in the mid-1980s.
Edles said the consistent success of Smith, who teams with junior Franziska Goettsching in doubles, along with winning the doubles point 17 times this season, has been key. Points in dual matches are awarded for each singles victory, as well as to the team that wins two of three doubles sets.
The UCI women, aiming for their 10th Big West Tournament final appearance in the last 14 seasons, take on No. 8-seeded Pacific in the quarterfinals on Friday at 8 a.m. The semifinals are set for Saturday at 9 a.m., with the final scheduled Sunday at 9 a.m.
Two more wins would be a school single-season record for Edles' Anteaters.
Long Beach State has won eight of the last nine Big West women's tournament titles, all at Indian Wells.
The UCI men (9-16) will face UC Santa Barbara in one semifinal on Friday at 3 p.m. If victorious, they would face either Cal Poly or Pacific in the final Sunday at 9 a.m.
The Anteaters have benefited from a freshman group that grew up traveling together for junior tournaments since long before they were teenagers.
"I went and surprised them at a junior event in Sacramento last summer and when I walked into the facility at lunchtime, the kids and their families were all eating together under a veranda," Kronemann said. "The kids and their parents are all friends. It is really and truly a family."
That has translated on the court for freshmen Tyler Pham, Jonathan Hammel, Caryl Hernandez, Justin Agbayani, Reo Asami and Jonathan Poon, as well as junior captain Ryan Cheung and 2012 Big West Freshman of the Year Jacob Jung, all of whom forged toughness through their early struggles.
Kronemann, a four-time All-American at UCI in the late 1980s now in his seventh season as head coach at his alma mater, said the season turned when he asked his players to commit to two practices a day during spring break, which led into their 4-3 upset at Cal Poly on April 5.
The team stayed for four days at a winery owned by the family of a player Kronemann coached at Cal Poly. The stay, along with the victory over the Mustangs, was a magical time, Kronemann said. The bonding that took place helped solidify the group that Kronemann believes, if it stays together, will lead UCI back into the top-20 status it had under then-coach Greg Patton in the 1980s.
"It gives me chills," Kronemann said of his program's future. "If we're lucky enough to win this [Big West tournament] and go to the NCAAs, what a great picture we would paint for the future of UCI tennis."


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To most vintage movie buffs, actress Jane Withers is best remembered as the spoiled brat little rich girl who stole 1934's Bright Eyes out from under the dainty feet of star Shirley Temple. What many tend to forget, however, is that 20th Century Fox got almost as much box office mileage out of Withers as with their curly-haired, dimpled cash cow. While Fox continues to mine the Shirley gravy train with an endless supply of Barbie-pink, colorized editions of her movies, Jane's sugary output has basically fallen into obscurity. At least some of them are out there and viewable, though, courtesy of Fox's Cinema Archives made-to-order DVD program.
1941's modest, easy-going horsey drama Golden Hoofs was one of Withers' later star vehicles at 20th Century Fox, with Jane plucky as ever playing a teen who gets into a tizzy when businessman Charles "Buddy" Rogers buys up her grandfather's ranch. Does it win the loving cup, or is it a steaming pile of manure? Read on, buckaroos.
Withers' Golden Hoofs character is a bubbly and sweet natured girl who, above all else, loves horses. Jane Drake spends all her free time at the rural ranch belonging to her grandfather, Dr. Timothy Drake (George Irving). Upon hearing that the sprawling property may be sold off, she tricks the ranch's stable boy, Mose (Philip Hurlic), into a mild sickness so that the busy doctor will rush to his aid - thus enabling the girl to receive the news straight from the horse's mouth (so to speak). Sure enough, the doctor informs Jane that the sale is needed to help him acquire funds to build a wing for the local hospital. Big city investor Dean McArdle (Charles "Buddy" Rogers) arrives, intending to make a mint breeding race horses. Jane is further distressed by McArdle's plans to sell off the unprofitable trotting horses currently at the ranch - including her favorite, Yankee Doodle. With her persuasive charm, Jane manages to convince McArdle to keep the trotting horses, even teaching him how to jockey (with stunt people standing in for Withers and Rogers, natch). Annoying her dorky boyfriend (Buddy Pepper), Jane develops a schoolgirl crush on McArdle that curdles into jealousy with the arrival of the man's glamorous fiancee (Kay Aldridge). For the film's climactic race, Jane and Dr. Drake make a last ditch effort to keep the ranch by having the doctor (a former jockey) handle Yankee Doodle to hopefully become the "Golden Hoofs" winner. Their plans are thrown into doubt, however, with McArdle as his main competition on the trotting field.
Golden Hoofs coasts along on Withers' then-image as a cute, non-threatening "best buddy" type, similar to what Bonita Granville was doing in the concurrent Nancy Drew flicks (now it kinda makes sense why the real teenaged Jane lent her name to several Nancy Drew-esque mystery novels). Her everygirl appeal comes through in spades, whether she's packing a box lunch to be auctioned at the local hop, incongruously crooning a love song, or crushing over the handsome yet bland (and too old) Charles "Buddy" Rogers. She's also a good pal to the African-American character Mose, a boy who is initially set up as a non-p.c. stereotype but eventually winds up being a positive asset to the story. It's definitely a lightweight, modestly done b-movie of its time, but thanks to Jane I can think of worse ways to spend 68 minutes.
As lightweight and forgettable as it can be, there are a few other unique things going in Golden Hoofs' favor. Much of it was filmed outdoors on a real California horse ranch (undoubtedly a Wal-Mart or something now), lending the story a lot of authentic atmosphere. There's also some interest for horse lovers in having it relate to the sport of trotting, a racing method in which the jockeys prompts his or her horse to a brisk gallop from a lightweight carriage mounted behind the animal. I can only think of one other vintage film that uses horse trotting as a plot point - the 1952 comedy Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair.
Golden Hoofs is one of six Withers vehicles that Fox has reissued as part of their Cinema Archives made-to-order DVDs. The others are Paddy O'Day (1935), Little Miss Nobody (1936), Rascals (1938), Chicken Wagon Family (1939), and High School (1940). In a perfect world, Fox would have done well by doubling up on these brief flicks and offered them as a 3-disc package (even in spartan m.o.d. form). Based on Golden Hoofs alone, it would have made for a swell set of light kiddie fare. On its own, however, the movie is a solid rental for those seeking a squeaky clean family flick not starring a certain Miss Temple.
The DVD:
Given the seemingly random way they put together these Cinema Archives m.o.d.s, the fact that Fox used a nice looking print for Golden Hoofs might be considered a pleasant surprise. Aside from one scene that abruptly cuts short, the clean and well-balanced picture sports lower than average instances of jumpy film, scratches and dust.
The film's adequate mono soundtrack, somewhat ragged but with clear dialogue and music, is the only audio provided. No subtitles on this no-frills release.
Nope, not even a scrap of hay.
Final Thoughts:
Grammatically suspect horse trotting drama Golden Hoofs finds teen actress Jane Withers expanding her range as a plucky gal who goes out on a limb to save her grandfather's horse stables. It's perfectly harmless fun, the epitome of breezy '40s b-movie fare. The no-frills disc from Fox's Cinema Archives is pretty typical of their output, but fans of the perky young star might want to give it a peek. Rent It.
Matt Hinrichs is a designer, artist, film critic and jack-of-all-trades in Phoenix, Arizona. Since 2000, he has been blogging at Scrubbles.net. 4 Color Cowboy is his repository of Western-kitsch imagery, while other films he's experienced are logged at Letterboxd. He also welcomes friends on Twitter @4colorcowboy.


text: Updates 1 & 2: [check bottom of post] Our resident investigator Barnz has done some more digging in the Source Filmmaker script files, and he's uncovered probably some of the biggest news we've ever reported on our site. He's found many more references to a "Source 2", but not just one vague line like our previous entry. We're only one file deep, and already it's clear that the references to "Source 2" are indeed referring to a next-gen engine that Valve is currently developing. I'm only going to show one line in this post, but there are about 60+ references here, and this one line is probably the most telling. Here's the code paste at Pastebin.com, and this is the file path on the harddrive: ".../SourceFilmmaker/game/sdktools/python/global/lib/site-packages/vproj/vproj.py" Line 1387: '''Return an str with the current engine version.If key doesn't doesn't exist, assume 'Source', otherwise invalid -- assume next-gen 'Source 2'.''' There are references to Source, Hybrid, and Source 2 in this file. We speculate that Hybrid is the base for which Source 2 is sitting on. Barnz also says it looks like Source 2 is using the same pipeline as Source, meaning that it will probably be keeping its .BSP level format. We haven't found any references to DirectX or OpenGL yet, or Episode Three for that matter, but we're still investigating. The Ep3 reference from before was just a comment, so it's unlikely we'll find any more mentioning of it. Source Filmmaker was in development parallel to Source 2, hence why these script files have so many references to the new engine. Valve wants you to know that they "don't like to brag, but Source is considered the most flexible, comprehensive, and powerful game development environment out there. And it's about to get even better." We'll keep you posted if we find anything else! Or if you come across some new stuff, we'd like to help you share it with the world, so you can submit any findings to [email protected]. Update #1 Another member from Facepunch, GameDev, has pointed out that there are some new "Source 2 tools" icons stashed away in the SFM files. Here's a preview of a few of them: And the file names in their respective order... appicon terrain_tool_toggle_control_cage terrain_tool_select_verts terrain_tool_edge_smooth paint_tool_icon scale_tool_icon You can find these at: ".../SourceFilmmaker/game/platform/tools/images/hammer" Update #2 J*Rod from Facepunch has noted a few new things in his recap. First, now there's some evidence that suggests Source 2 will take more advantage of 64-bit systems. You can find the reference at: ".../SourceFilmmaker/game/sdktools/python/global/lib/site-packages/vproj/vprojUI.py" Line 1540: # Disable 64-bit for 32-bit projectsif ( self.engine in ENGINE.SOURCE_FAMILY ) or ( self.engine == ENGINE.HYBRID ):self***n32bitCheckBox.setChecked( True )self***n32bitCheckBox.setDisabled( True )else:self***n32bitCheckBox.setDisabled( False ) From what I can understand, this if/else statement is disabling 64-bit for 32-bit projects that are from either the Source, SFM (the 2nd engine from SOURCE_FAMILY), or Hybrid engines. But, it's not disabling 64-bit for Source 2, so the take away here is that it's suggesting Source 2 supports 64-bit. But it's not for sure as I don't understand the entirety of the code. You'll remember that Valve had implemented support for 64-bit in Source way back in 2005 with the release of The Lost Coast, but Valve hasn't added the support to any of their other games due to some cases of poor performance and glitches. Second, currently Valve's game models are of the MDL format. Well, it appears that Valve will be moving to a new format, VMDL. And the "V" prefix is popping up all over the place. VGAME, VPROJ, VMOD, VMDL, etc, which could support the fact that they're going to use a new filesystem and pipeline. From: ".../SourceFilmmaker/game/sdktools/python/global/lib/site-packages/filesystem/valve.py" Line 138: '''A "Valve Path" is one that is relative to a mod - in either the game or content tree.Ie: if you have a project with the content dir: d:/content and the game dir: d:/gamea "Valve Path" looks like this: models/awesomeProps/coolThing.vmdlTo resolve this path one must look under each mod the current project inherits from.So a project "test" which inherits from "another" would result in the following searches:d:/content/test/models/awesomeProps/coolThing.vmdld:/content/another/models/awesomeProps/coolThing.vmdl...''' And just as well, the key values that current Source games have are stored in a file called gameinfo.txt. It looks like Source 2 games will be storing these values in a gameinfo.gi.


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ecsunix needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 42 designs submitted by 20 freelance designers.
We need our company logo redesigned to bring us into the new age web. We'd prefer to have the web 2.0 glossy/glassy look, but any and all submissions are welcome.
Express Computer Systems
Cisco, Sun and IBM R/S 6000 Specialist Since 1992
Desired Color Scheme:
White, Yellow, Black and Blue
Desired Style:
Web 2.0 glassy/glossy/3D
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Standard Web Formats (.jpg, .gif or .png); Layered Formats (.psd or .tiff)
You can view the current logo at: http://www.expresscomputersystems.com/ecs.jpg
Please stick with the same color scheme that we have in our current logo, but feel free to add your own personal touch. As mentioned above, we'd really like this to be a web 2.0 logo, so if you can, please submit one in that fashion.
If you can make the train look like it is coming at the viewer (i.e. 3D) that would be a definite plus.
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The Oak Ridge Wildcat swim team posted "a sensational start" to its 2013-2014 campaign by taking down the Clinton Dragons on the road in a dual meet held Nov. 7 at the Clinton Community Center pool, according to information provided to The Oak Ridger.
The Oak Ridge Wildcat swim team posted "a sensational start" to its 2013-2014 campaign by taking down the Clinton Dragons on the road in a dual meet held Nov. 7 at the Clinton Community Center pool, according to information provided to The Oak Ridger.
Coaches David Vander Sluis, Betsy Hondorf and Lars Hondorf have prepared the team well since practices began in late August. Dominating most events, the Wildcats piled up 225 total points to Clinton's 76. The 'Cats took control "right out of the gate," winning both the girls and boys 200 medley relay events.
The girls "A relay" comprised of freshman Stevie Logan (backstroke), sophomore Shichen Zhang (breaststroke), junior Katherine Zhang (butterfly) and sophomore Sarah Kate Rogers (freestyle) went the distance in 2:08.57.
The boys A medley relay team of junior Gaibo Zhang, freshman Grant Groscost, senior Foster Riggs and junior Loki Hondorf were equally dominate … winning the event in a time of 1:54.49.
"The opening relays set the tone for the rest of the evening as the Wildcats proved they were trained and ready for the cross-county challenge," a release stated.
ORHS individual event winners were:
• Katherine Zhang — 200 free, 500 free
• Stevie Logan — 200 individual medley, 100 back
• Sarah Kate Rogers — 50 free, 100 free
• Freshman Olivia Haste — 100 fly
• Shichen Zhang — 100 breast.
• Loki Hondorf — 200 free, 50 free
• Gaibo Zhang — 100 breast, 200 individual medley
• Freshman Tyr Hondorf — 100 fly, 500 free
• Sophomore Lukas Morris — 100 free
The female 200- and 400-yard freestyle relays were won, as well, with 200 A team members Sarah Kate Rogers, Stevie Logan, Shichen Zhang and Katherine Zhang taking first while Natalie Cross, Kerrigan Davis, Olivia Haste and Melissa Yuan took honors in the 400 free.
The boys 400 free won, too, with the A team of Joshua Hawley, Foster Riggs, Gaibo Zhang and Loki Hondorf anchoring.
Major individual contributions to the Oak Ridge victory margin were supplied by many … some with multiple Top Two or Three finishes. Those swimmers were Grant Groscost, Kerrigan Davis, Michael Ma, Foster Riggs, Daniel Cross, Joshua Hawley, Simon Mason, Natalie Cross, Katarina Morris, Melissa Yuan, Alex Simper and Koko Kaczocha.
Next up for the Wildcats' swim team is a home date vs. the talented Hardin Valley Academy, which is loaded with year-round swimmers.
Oak Ridge High School hopes to change recent history as they have never defeated the Hawks since that school's inception.
The meets are free and open to the public. Home meets are held on most Thursday evenings this fall and winter at the Oak Ridge Civic Center and begin at 6:30 pm.
The 2013-2014 ORHS Wildcat swim schedule looks like this:
• Nov. 14 — Hardin Valley at home
• Nov. 21 — Maryville at home
• Dec. 5 — Knoxville Catholic at home
• Dec. 12 — Halls at home
• Jan. 9 — Webb at home
• Jan. 13 — McMinn County (away)
• Jan. 25-26 — KISL Swimming & Diving City Championship at UT
• Feb. 14-15 — State Swimming & Diving Championship Meet at Nashville


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CO2 Oil Recovery in the UK?
As oil has become increasingly difficult to find and harder to get to in recent years, attention has turned to developing ways to ensure the reservoirs that are found are exploited as fully as possible.
When it comes to boosting oil recovery from North Sea fields, no one currently beats Norway, especially Norwegian oil major Statoil, which announced in August its intention to improve the rate of recovery of oil from its field on the Norwegian Continental Shelf to 60 percent. But the UK is making an effort to catch up by using an enhanced oil recovery technology that has long been in use across the Atlantic.
Enhanced oil recovery using carbon dioxide (CO2-EOR) is a process that involves injected CO2 gas into oilfields deep beneath the seabed in order to force out additional volumes of oil.
"You can use the CO2 in two ways," Edinburgh University's Professor Stuart Haszeldine explained to Rigzone.
"Either inject it just to increase pressure in the field, where the temperature is too cool to do anything different. So you can just simply inject it as a fluid to increase the pressure and force more oil out. Or the more effective way is to inject it in fields that are at warmer temperatures and higher pressures, where the CO2 becomes miscible with the oil and they inter-dissolve and that then makes the oil less viscous. You then inject CO2 followed by a slug of water that pushes the less-viscous oil out together with the carbon dioxide, so you get greater production.
"Usually something between 5 and 15 percent of the original oil in place is a typical increased production value from a sandstone field. And then the challenge is that the producer produces that up to the rig offshore but then has to separate the carbon dioxide out from the oil so that involves installation of extra equipment on the platform. The oil gets piped back to the UK and the CO2 gets recycled down the hole back into the formations to go around the loop again."
While CO2-EOR technology has been used in North America for decades, it has not been used in the UK. This is because North America has had large accumulations of naturally-occurring CO2 that have been used for enhanced oil recovery, while there are no accumulations existing within the UK that are large enough to be used.
"Most of the CO2 which is used at the moment comes from natural accumulations of CO2 which are ultimately from volcanoes, so they are naturally trapped in structures below ground in the southern U.S. or in the Colorado plateau. The main exception is a project based around a power plant in North Dakota which gasifies lignite (brown coal) and strips off the CO2 from that and sends that CO2 for enhanced oil recovery into Saskatchewan, Canada through a pipeline," Haszeldine explained.
Instead, the UK – and Scotland in particular – is looking at coal-fired power plants as a source of CO2 for enhanced oil recovery. This is because while there remains an abundance of coal in the UK, the CO2 that is generated as a by-product of burning coal makes such power plants unattractive when it comes to the UK meeting its commitment to reduce emissions of carbon-containing gases.
Haszeldine heads the Centre for North Sea Enhanced Oil Recovery with CO2 (CENSEOR-CO2), which was set up in May of this year with funding from Scottish Enterprise, the Scottish government and 2Co Energy – a company active in the carbon capture and storage industry. The center is looking at ways of using CO2 to unlock three billion barrels of hard-to-reach oil from the North Sea.
A Scottish Enterprise-funded report into CO2-EOR estimates that the technology could boost the Scottish economy by some $17.9 billion (GBP 11.3 billion) and support more than 5,000 new jobs.
So far, the Edinburgh-based center has used experts from two of Scotland's leading universities – Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt – as well as the British Geological Survey. But according to Haszeldine, he expects the center will form the focus of a network of expertise in CO2-EOR across Scotland's universities and other organizations, including those who might be directly involved in either creating or exploiting CO2.
Don Valley Dilemma
The flagship carbon UK-based project that could provide a source of CO2 for enhanced oil recovery is the Don Valley carbon capture and storage (CCS) project.
The Don Valley project, in South Yorkshire, northern England, has been described as one of the most advanced full-chain CCS projects in Europe. The plan is for the proposed plant to generate 920 MW of base-load low-carbon electricity by the end of 2016, while up to five million tons of CO2 per year will be captured, compressed and transported via a 250-mile pipeline to the North Sea.
2Co Energy, the developer of Don Valley, has also been working with Talisman Energy on two of its Central North Sea oilfields, which are approaching the end of their life, to see if CO2-EOR can be employed there.
But despite leading the European Commission ranking for all European CCS projects, in late October of this year the Don Valley project suffered a blow when the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change chose not to select it among its shortlist of favored CCS projects.
Not only will the Don Valley project miss out on a share of up to $1.6 billion from a UK scheme to fund CCS technology, but the decision could affect where money that the European Union has set aside to help fund a CCS plant ends up. Some reports suggest the EU funding could go to a project in Poland.
According to Haszeldine, the UK government made its decision because it felt that Don Valley looked too complicated and too expensive, but he cautioned that it was a bad move on the government's part.
"I think that's very unwise because we know from studies of the hydrocarbon fields both on the UK side of the North Sea and on the Norwegian side of the North Sea that there's probably about three billion barrels of extra oil to be had from the UK side and two or three billion barrels from the Norwegian side, which will otherwise be very likely left in the ground," he said.
Meanwhile, the decision also represents a setback since Don Valley was "very explicit" about wanting to use its carbon dioxide for CO2-improved oil recovery.
"That's a company that's trying to build a power plant specifically to supply CO2 just as much as it's trying to supply electricity," added Haszeldine.
The four short-listed bids for the UK CCS funding include: a Drax 304 MW coal plant in North Yorkshire, England; Shell's and Scottish and Southern Electricity's 1.2 GW combined-cycle gas plant in Peterhead, Scotland; National Grid's and Petrofac's 570MW coal gasification project in Grangemouth, Scotland; and Progressive Energy's and GDF Suez's 330 MW coal gasification project in Teesside, England.
At least two of these projects are actively considering using CO2 to perform enhanced oil recovery, but not as a first step, according to Haszedine. They will try to store CO2 generated under the North Sea in saline aquifer formations for a few years to prove that that storage works before moving on to do using the CO2 for improved oil recovery.
"It's entirely not helpful for the Don Valley project to be knocked on the head, but that's not the end of the line because these two other projects may go forward and start to produce CO2 to be sent offshore," said Haszeldine.
"Oil companies will become interested when they've got CO2 effectively going past their platforms. Then it becomes a lot more real."
Haszeldine also argues that there are other ways to price the Don Valley project.
"As well as getting a government grant, these projects could be priced to work through the [UK's] Electricity Market Reform, which is going on within the electricity industry, which intends to give a high premium price to electricity generators who can produce low-carbon electricity, i.e. electricity where they've captured the CO2 from fossil fuels. So a project like Don Valley could, in principle, bid in for that premium higher price of electricity and try to fund itself that way as a CO2 strand to promote improved oil recovery for the benefit of the UK offshore industry."
However it works out, it seems that enhanced oil recovery using CO2 is heading the UK's way, but it may take several years before it is successfully employed in the North Sea.
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British & Irish Lions
Robson calls for Lions to be protected
July 4, 2009
James Robson has called for players to be better looked after © Getty Images
British & Irish Lions doctor James Robson has called for rugby players to concentrate more on their skills and less on bulking up in the gym after picking through the wreckage of the most physical and injury-ravaged Test series that he has experienced.
In his fifth tour as doctor, Robson saw five players hospitalised following the tourists' second-Test loss to the Springboks in Pretoria.
"I would have to say this has been the most physical tour, the most physical Test matches I have been involved in," said Robson. "I think we are reaching a level where the players have got too big for their skill levels. I think they have become a little too muscle-bound and too bulky.
"I think you may see changes in the physical nature of the player that brings them back a little - I hope so - in order to speed up the game and introduce a higher level of skill."
Robson hoped that the Lions will be granted a longer preparation period on future tours, not only to build their on-field prowess but also to ensure that they could be properly cared for by the medical staff.
"We started with the proposition nobody would come on tour that was unfit. I hope that is the way forward," said Robson. "I hope that in the future the Lions will get a little more lead-in time because the time we had for preparation with the players - and the data we collected - allowed us to develop programmes of rehabilitation and hopefully that helps us to keep players on tour for longer."
Robson also believes that international players should have their time more stringently managed during the season, in a similar manner to that experienced by England players under guidelines agreed by the RFU and Premeir Rugby, and also for the tour to be extended in order to allow greater recovery time for players.
"I do have concerns going forward about the number of matches we do subject our players to in the northern hemisphere," said Robson. "I hope welfare will become a bigger part of player management. That is a personal view but it is a view I have expressed after every Lions tour.
"I don't necessarily think a compacted period is a detriment to the players if over the year they have less games. Personally I would like a slightly longer tour with less frequent games. Maybe it should be eight games over eight weeks."
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Mike King with the City of Sacramento Parking Services Division says more than 3,800 meters will replace the old meters and allow the city to move the green kiosks to ten-hour parking zones.
"We have about 1,500 parking spaces on the street that are long-term, 10-hour parking spaces that are metered spaces. Some have some of the old, single-space meters, there are some that have the green kiosks. When we are finished with our reorganization, almost all of them will have the green kiosks." - Mike King, City of Sacramento Parking Services Division
King says the new individual-space meters will be installed in downtown and midtown. He says they will fit in the housing of existing single space meters.
If the council approves, installation will begin in January and likely will take six months to complete.
The city then plans to launch a new smart phone app. The meters will relay information that allows a driver to know what spaces are available and when a meter is about to run out.


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Michael Beasley scored a season-high 27 points and the Phoenix Suns rallied from 13 down in the fourth quarter to hand the Los Angeles Lakers their eighth straight road loss 92-86 on Wednesday night.
The dramatic comeback came in Steve Nash's first game in Phoenix since he left for the Lakers after last season.
The Lakers, who had won three straight — all at home, lost Dwight Howard when he reinjured his right shoulder with 6:57 to play.
Beasley, whose previous season best of 25 came two games earlier, scored on a scrambling layup as the shot clock was expiring to put the Suns ahead 88-86 with 43.8 seconds to play.
Kobe Bryant had 17 points and nine assists, but missed what would have been the tying layup with 24 seconds to play.


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Cold snaps and Colorado dirt dates
Despite that final feeling that always invades when I pull the last tomatoes in, the fat lady never really sings for a garden. Or rather, she sings, but then the soundtrack sort of plays in the background until spring, sometimes loud and rollicking, sometimes soft and slow and elegiac.
So you can't quite face those fall garden cleanup chores yet, with this weekend's deep freeze coming on? Just think of it as kale-sweetening weather. I like to grow kale, but cooking with it is a challenge. You've first got to rip it off those woody stems (I've found that doing just that, ripping with your hands, seems fastests) and then steam or blanch and then saute it. And this year, in my Soil Sisters garden at my best friend's place, we grew several big dinosaur — a.k.a lacinato — kale plants. The challenge of unlocking kale's nutrition doesn't daunt cookbook author Terry Walters, though. Her <> "Clean Food" book, gorgeously designed and grouped into seasons, has an amazing buffet of vegetable dishes. (It's the fat cookbook with the electric green cover that some Barnes and Noble stores were displaying last Monday for 30% off.) I'll pop one of the easier recipes onto the end of this post.
Meanwhile, even if you don't want to dig in the dirt this weekend in the cold — or you're saving all your energy to cheer on the Rockies — there are plenty of reasons to not give up on your garden yet. Jeff Ashton, author of the now-out-of-print-but-still-useful-as-heck "The 12-Month Gardener," has some useful tips for fall and winter planting that I'll share next week.
What's shaking out there in the garden world? First, there are fall sales at your local garden shop. Look there first for bulbs, soil amendments, fall fertilizers for your lawn and perennials, and sales on gloves, tools, and perennials. Check out The Post's 2008 perennial planting info before you go.
If you'd rather celebrate than shop, check out the Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield's Pumpkin Festival NEXT Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 17 and 18 (the corn maze will still be there this weekend, the 10-11, but the festival's been moved). There's a pumpkin patch with pumpkins for sale, a corn maze and lots of other family fun. The pumpkin patch alone is bigger than 8 acres; there's hayrides and craft vendors, too, and costumed kids are admitted to the festival (though not the maze) free.
Meanwhile, up north at The Gardens on Spring Creek in Fort Collins, there's a Halloween festival on Halloween Day, but also a buffet of classes most weekend days through October, including centerpieces this Saturday (10/10 and indoor succulents next Saturday (10/17). (You'll need to download a .pdf file of the classes for more complete info, or subscribe to the garden's emailed newsletter.
Here's Terry Walters' recipe for Kale with Caramelized Shallots (if you buy just one bunch of kale, this recipe is easily cut in half to serve 3 — or, well, one person if you chow down on greens like I do.)
2 bunches kale
6 large shallots, thinly sliced
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon lemon uiice
1/8 teaspoon coarse sea salt
Freshly ground black pepper
In large skillet or Dutch oven over medium heat, saute shallots in 1 tablespoon olive oil for 6-8 minutes or until very soft and caramelized. [An interjection from Susan: Shallots go soft for me very quickly, so I plan to caramelize a whole bunch and freeze them.] Add lemon juice and saute another 2-3 minutes to brown. Remove from heat and set aside.
Bring a large pot of water to boil. cut and remove dired stem ends from kale and submerge whole leaes in boiling water for 2-3 minutes or until tender and bright gren. Remove from heat, drain and chop into bite-size pieces. Add kale to pan with shallots and saute one minute. Add remaining 2 tablespoons oil, season to taste with salt and pepper and serve.
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Here is a cute, very boxy version of a coyote. I wanted to make a tutorial that can show folks an easy way they can draw a coyote but in a for kids manner. It wasn't that hard coming up with a new way for me to create a different style coyote. The only problem I have is finding something new to say. There is only a total of four drawing steps, and then the line art step which shows you how your overall drawing should come out. If your coyote doesn't come out looking like the one you learned from, that's okay because once you practice a few times it will only get better as your skills improve. So go ahead and join in on the drawing fun as you create your very own coyote. I shall return in a bit with more drawing fun for you all so stick around.
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Here's what Sanford's lover wrote to Argentine journalist
This is the e-mail sent by Maria Belen Chapur to Eduardo Feinmann, a journalist with Argentina's C5N television, as published on the television station's Web site. It was translated from Spanish by McClatchy's Mark Seibel.
Dear Eduardo:
I've decided to send you this communication, which will be the only one, to clarify certain incorrect things that are being said and in that way put an end to the subject that, as you can imagine, is a huge source of pain for me, my two children, my whole family and the good friends, men and women, whom I've gathered throughout my life and who have always been with me.
1. Of my private life I won't say anything, now or in the future. It's been made public enough already, a fact that causes me terrible discomfort.
2. I deny categorically that the person who hacked my "Hotmail" was the friend with whom I shared some days in Brazil during the Rolex Regatta. This friend, as everyone can read in my emails, is a most excellent, respectable and honorable man incapable of doing such a thing. Not only is he not the author of this perverse act, but he also was a victim. In December 2008, the e-mails were sent to him as well as to The State newspaper, anonymously by whoever hacked them.
3. My Hotmail account was hacked around the 24th of November through an old e-mail account provided by an Argentine company. I filed a complaint then with both the Argentine company that was still hosting my old account, and Hotmail.
I was able to shut down this old account and recover my hacked Hotmail on Dec. 8, after answering a long questionnaire sent by Microsoft. All this is on file with Microsoft as well as the Argentine company. I have in my possession all the complaints I sent to Microsoft and all the responses; Microsoft responded to my problem quickly and efficiently. Due to the seriousness of my complaint, the Argentine company, by phone, made an exception and immediately shut down this account, even though it wasn't in my home.
3. (sic) Finally, I have a firm suspicion of who did this great act of damage, which was aimed at me specifically but at the same time destroyed the lives of so many others. Since I don't have sufficient proof and live in a country of laws, I'm obligated to keep their identity anonymous. I'm no one's judge; I leave all that in the hands of God.
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This is somewhat similar to "How do you deal with missing players?", but I'm looking to address slightly different issues. Also, this query is about longer breaks than the one or two sessions described in the other question.
Without going into much detail of the whys and hows, our chat-based game has encountered a situation in which some of our Player Characters will be left out of the story going forward for an indefinite period of time. Still, it is understood that there may be a later time in which these characters could return to the story. This could be one or two encounters down the road, or it could be much later.
In the case of "much later", the rest of the party will likely have gained several levels and much loot by the time of the prodigal character's return. What is a good, balanced way to bring the returning character back up to speed with the rest of the group?
EDIT: A lot of the answers seem to be missing the spirit of this question. I'm not asking whether to bring a returning character up to level/equipment speed with the rest of the group - the answer here is yes, we're going to do it - but rather how to do it in such a way that preserves the balance of a natural game progression.
I've also decided to re-tag this as D&D4e-specific. It seems leaving the question generic (though I believe it could serve a good reference for other systems) is not producing very useful answers.


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NEW YORK - Jennifer Perry isn't much of a drinker. Never has been, yet she's ready every New Year's Eve for the inevitable attention when she's out trying to have a good time.
"I don't care if everyone at the table orders a drink but me. That's fine," said Perry, 46, a singer in Atlanta. "What I do resent is being pressured, and then being asked is it a 'religious thing' or if I have a 'problem.'"
Sometimes, she relies on: "Oh, thank you, but I'm still on methadone." While not true, a quick apology usually ensues and the pesky prober moves along.
Whether in recovery or not interested for other reasons, the holidays often mean an excess of booze and drugs. Occasional drinkers fail to moderate and addiction programs around the country note upticks in patient loads soon after the new year, high season for relapsers and those seeking treatment for the first time.
"Alcohol is often center stage at holiday parties," said Amara Durham, a spokeswoman for Caron Texas, a treatment facility in Princeton. "Many people think they need alcohol to enjoy social occasions such as holiday celebrations."
Chapman Sledge, chief medical officer at Cumberland Heights, a center in the Nashville, Tenn., area, said loved ones hosting holiday dinners and parties should be sensitive to the difficulties of recovering guests.
"Stray comments like, 'Just a sip of wine at dinner won't hurt,' or 'It's a party, have a little fun,' even if they're unintentional, can slow or destroy an addict's recovery," he said.
Gina Bestenlehner, who is 12 years sober and program director for the Pur Detox center in Dana Point, Calif., suggests bringing along a sobriety buddy to help stay focused. She also recommends volunteering as a designated driver, which "gives a person new purpose and a reason to be there sober. It also saves lives."
Like other support groups around the country, the North Central Vermont Recovery Center in Morrisville hosts a sober New Year's Eve.
"Along with Thanksgiving and Christmas, New Year's Eve is one of those holidays that we try to create community events for because of their association with drinking and the stress of being in recovery and alone on them," said Nasreen Stump, a fundraiser for the center. "In three years our attendance at these events has almost quadrupled."
In Jersey Shore, Pa., Mary Baier is a non-drinker who will likely stay home with her husband this year for New Year's Eve. In the past, they've left parties right after midnight. "It's kind of hard to have a good time once people get drunk," she said.
Cathy Griffin, 54, of Los Angeles has been sober for five years. "I'm a free woman now and go about my business and personal life wherever there is alcohol and barely give it any thought," she said, "but in the early days of my recovery, it was hell!"
Instead of salivating while watching the wine meet the lips of the guy across the room, offer to help cut fruit and veggies or rinse some glasses, " anything to get your mind off the fact that you can't drink," she said.
"Look for people who are not drinking to start up a conversation. Believe it or not, there are more people who are not sloshed than you might think," Griffin added. "Make a game or a challenge out of finding the folks who are not drinking."
And perhaps most important of all, she said, "Prepare before the battle." Think about what you're going to drink before you get there. Stay away from caffeine-laden energy drinks and go straight to the bar and ask for a non-alcoholic beverage with a smile.
"I found for me, I didn't have to stay all night," Griffin said. "If I felt uncomfortable, even if it wasn't already midnight, I gave myself permission to leave or go outside and call a sober buddy, and most importantly, breathe - the moment will pass."


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Social Security is the foundation of long-term financial support for almost every American. If you're like most people, you'll depend on Social Security to help you survive in your later years (if not sooner). In fact, its protections are becoming even more important as an answer to growing insecurity in old age.
You can think of Social Security as a set of protections against things that threaten your ability to survive financially — things like getting older and retiring, or having a serious accident or illness that leaves you unable to work. When such things happen, family members who depend on you may not be able to pay for the basic necessities of life.
That's why Social Security offers a range of benefits. These protections can provide crucial financial security for workers, their immediate family members, and even divorced spouses. For example, Social Security benefits may go to
People who retire and their dependents, typically spouses, but potentially children and grandchildren
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Social Security's guaranteed monthly payments, set by legal formulas, stand out in a world of vanishing pensions, risky financial markets, battered home values, and rising healthcare costs. Although the program faces a potential financial shortfall in the future, its most fundamental features are not expected to change.
Social Security combines other distinctive features that you usually don't find all in one place. These traits are worth keeping in mind when you're trying to get a handle on what the program is worth to you:
Benefits are earned. After you meet the requirements for eligibility — generally ten years of earnings for retirement, but less than that for certain protections such as disability — you've established your right to a guaranteed benefit, which also may extend to your dependents.
Benefits are portable. You can change jobs with no penalty, unlike traditional pensions. Your benefits reflect earnings in various places of employment during your working life. They aren't typically reduced when you change jobs, because most jobs are covered. (Exceptions include most federal employees hired before 1984, various state and local government workers, and many railroad employees.)
Benefit levels are guaranteed. Unlike 401(k)s, for example, Social Security benefits are paid under legal formulas and don't rise or fall based on your luck with investments, the fortunes of your employer, the direction of interest rates, or other forces over which you have no control.
Benefits are universal. Social Security covers the rich, the poor, and — most of all — the middle class. Social Security is a kind of social insurance for the benefit of individuals and society. This makes it very different from a welfare program.
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Sure, it's America's birthday, but did you know that it's also Malia Obama's birthday? Well, it is, and she's turning 14. FOURTEEN? It seems like just yesterday that she was a little girl on the campaign trail with her family, and now she's turned into an amazingly poised teenager. We looked away for, like, one second, and she grew to be almost as tall as her dad. She's got a level of grace and style that most adults, let alone teens, would find completely enviable. And no matter how cool the rest of us think her parents are, she seems suitably embarrassed by them—as any reasonable teen should be. Perhaps we shouldn't be surprised that she's turning out so well, given how awesome her mom is (and her dad is not exactly a loser either), but it's nevertheless impressive to see how she's handled being thrust into the spotlight and what a great adult she's shaping up to be. If it's possible to have a role model that's a decade or two younger than you, then Malia is it.
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Original Dos Xcom Music In .mp3
Posted 27 August 2004 - 04:39 PM
I have tried various versions of Xcom but I came to the conclusion that the original (like the Matrix movies) is the best.
I love the music in the original version, later MIDI-based versions suck!
So I decided to record the original music as Wave files and convert them to .mp3
To do this required an old computer running DOS Xcom, a long audio cable, and a newer computer recording the .wav file.
I began the project and recorded the intro music, Geoscape 1 and 2 music, and converted them into .mp3. It went great!
But then the old computer DIED!!!!!!! Aaaaaaarrrrrrr
Before I run out and buy an old secondhand Pentium 133mhz just to do this project, can anyone tell me if this has already been done? Can I get the original music recordings somewhere?
I still have to record the ending music (game won), interceptor music, defend base music, in-combat music, etc
As this is my first post here, I come bearing a gift. My intro .mp3 can be downloaded here!
Posted 27 August 2004 - 06:42 PM
Although, it is commendable you go to such effort to do this, and the wav/mp3 results you will eventually get will be well received by those of us who are nostalgic for the midi-sounds that came out of a 486.
However, I will tell you right now:
The old X-COM music was just as midi as the new X-COM music, the only difference is it was all encoded into a different file (sort of like how Doom's midi music is encoded into its wad file, but not quite the same).
The new version of X-COM leaves the midi files out in the open, which lets you modify them wildly.
Others have extracted the midi files from the old version of X-COM. Having played the old version and the new version, I can assure you they sound the same in your computer. The only thing that can change how they would sound is your sound card and the drivers associated with it. (maybe if you can find a way to transfer the midi drivers from the old computer to the new...)
Well, good luck.
Posted 27 August 2004 - 08:06 PM
So what you're saying is that, if I play the Midi files on my old computer, which runs on DOS,with original Soundblaster 16 (no wavetable), it should sound exactly the same as playing the original game?
I will check it out.
Posted 28 August 2004 - 12:57 PM
Personally, I think some of the songs are improved while others are nigh cacophonous with the newwer midi drivers.
Posted 28 December 2004 - 02:13 PM
"X-Com 2 Soundtrack (classic Soundblaster midi sound) xcom II ost music.rar"
BTW I don't have my old machine anymore. Can some one do this for Wing Commander 2 and the other classic Wing Commander games?
Posted 28 December 2004 - 08:57 PM
Posted 15 February 2005 - 12:41 AM
Ok I got my Pentium 1 with Soundblaster 16 ISA card running again.
Please post your results too. If I'm wrong on this, I want to know. (Also, if you are able you could use the mid2wav converter to convert the music as it sounds on the old computer to a wav file and post it here so us crazy nostalgic people can enjoy it).
Personally, I think some of the songs are improved while others are nigh cacophonous with the newwer midi drivers.
Playing the CE Windows version's MIDI files on this old computer resulted in..... crappy sound! Even though it's playing through the old Soundblaster 16. It must be due to how Windows MIDI playback handles the sounds.
Playing UFO version 1.0 (from a Win95 dos box) resulted in.... fabulous original sound! Yay
I don't have mid2wav converter, but I doubt it will do me any good because the original 1.0 sounds are not in MIDI format (at least there are no files with .MID extension anywhere).
What I will do is rig up a headphone jack-to-headphone jack cable again (lost my old one ) and just do analog recording of the original sounds.
teukros: if you send me the TIE fighter game, I can install it on my old Pentium 1 and record the original sounds for you. I played that game like 10 years ago when it first came out, I remember it!
Posted 22 February 2005 - 11:12 AM
Posted 23 February 2005 - 02:12 PM
These were taken from the Playstation version and the only songs I remember being different are the battlescape songs. Everything else is exactly as I remember from the original DOS version.
Posted 23 February 2005 - 05:14 PM
Not even close. The PS version is also wavetable and sounds like it, although I admit it does sound better than the Windows CE midis (at least on my computer). But I don't like how the bass and reverb (echo effect) is pumped WAY up in the PS version. The stereo effects are nice though.
I don't know if you saw this, but most of the music from X-Com 1 is on this site.
These were taken from the Playstation version and the only songs I remember being different are the battlescape songs. Everything else is exactly as I remember from the original DOS version.
I made a short clip of the 2nd Geoscape music from DOS Xcom... compare yourself:
DOS clip
I mean, it's an intensely personal thing - somebody who first started playing on Playstation will probably swear by the PS version and say DOS music sucks. I've had somebody who LOVED the Windows Midi sounds in CE and after listening to the DOS music, say "How can you stand that mono crap?"
But for me, the later versions simply don't sound right. The music and sound effects were originally composed for Soundblaster/Adlib with no wavetable, they sounded cool, and when they were ported to Windows Midi/PS, they just didn't sound the same anymore.
Edited by r0dent, 23 February 2005 - 05:16 PM.
Posted 23 February 2005 - 10:17 PM
Zombie: Empirical data's your only man, when formulating a research plan.
A soldier's death is never in vain if it makes the formula more plain.
A few dozen make a better case for refining that third decimal place.
They call me Zombie because I don't sleep, as I slowly struggle to climb this heap,
of corpses, data points, and trials, but from the top - I'll see for miles!
Posted 24 February 2005 - 07:56 AM
Posted 25 February 2005 - 11:39 PM
Posted 10 May 2011 - 06:24 AM
Someone just emailed me asking about it, so I'll see if I can attach it to this forum here
[edit: attachments have a 2mb limit so I am linking the big file below]
Attached Files
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A "private family matter" for star Courteney Cox has halted production on "Cougar Town," according to People.
"We can confirm production on 'Cougar Town' has been temporarily shut down in order for Courteney to deal with a private family matter," a rep for ABC told the mag.
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- 48 ounces light cran-raspberry juice, chilled
- 1 box (0.3 ounces) sugar-free raspberry gelatin
- 1 1/2 liters diet ginger ale, chilled
Pour 2 cups of juice into a large pan and bring to a boil. Remove from heat. Stir in gelatin until dissolved. Stir in remaining chilled juice. Pour mixture into two large, zip-top freezer bags. Lay bags flat in freezer. If desired, place them first in a 9″ x 13″ pan to prevent the liquid from leaking into the freezer. Freeze until solid (about 4 hours).
Thaw both bags at room temperature for about 1 hour or in the microwave until they're slushy. Chop up any chunks with a spoon. Place slush in a punch bowl, gently stir in ginger ale, and serve immediately.
Yield: 14 cups.
Serving size: 1 cup.
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Calories: 20 calories, Carbohydrates: 5 g, Protein: <1 g, Fat: 0 g, Saturated Fat: 0 g, Sodium: 75 mg, Fiber: 0 g
Exchanges per serving: 1/2 fruit. Carbohydrate choices: 1/2.
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The January monthly was the first monthly since October 2011. What with the Course Championship in November and the Team Tournament in December we're finally getting back to normal .We ran our first "Mondo" ( CTP contest at the practice basket) of the new year during the lunch break. We had 20 players vying for hooded sweatshirts from Discraft and monthly passes for daily play at Morley. The first round was won by Garrett L (month pass) who sank the putt as did Chris (Switch). They then played off and both made it again. Played off again and Garrett made it while Switch splashed through. Wow! Round 2 was won by Puc K. (XL sweat). The third round was won by Switch (M sweat). Congratulations to all for a job well done. Advanced-10
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1st-Garrett L. -4 $37 shop credit
2nd-Josh H. +2 $31 " "
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3rdT-Brent +4 $24.5 " "
1st-Drew S. $28 shop credit
2nd-Joey C. $25 "
3rdT-John D. $21"
3rdT-Joey R. $21"
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Report: Fan stabbed outside Dome after NFC title game
An altercation between a Falcons fan and 49ers fan resulted in a man reportedly being stabbed in the neck following Sunday's NFC Championship Game.
Jason Kirksey, a spokesman for the Georgia Dome, issued this statement to USA TODAY Sports:
"At approximately 6:40 p.m. an altercation occurred in the Silver Parking Lot outside the Georgia Dome after Sunday's NFC Championship Game between the 49ers and Falcons. A 35-year-old male was injured and transported to Grady Memorial Hospital in stable condition.
"It is unknown at this time if anyone involved in the altercation attended the game. Georgia World Congress Center Authority Police Department in conjunction with the Atlanta Police Department are investigating the incident.
"No other information is available at this time.
Though the statement wouldn't go into detail, according to a report from WSB-TV in Atlanta, a man was stabbed in the neck.
A witness told the TV station that the Falcons fan, angry over the 28-24 loss, started an argument with the 49ers fan outside of the Georgia Dome. According to the witness, the argument became violent when the Falcons fan punched the 49ers fan, who then pulled out a knife. One of the men was stabbed in the throat area, though it was unknown who.


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I hesitate to even type the words "Katy Perry" today. The last thing I want is a morality argument to break out and ruin the parenting blog utopia that we've worked so hard to create. And even if I did, The Mommy Files beat me to this subject by about 10 hours.
But I'm wondering if anyone else is seeing the irony in the "Sesame Street"-pulls-Katy Perry/Elmo duet controversy. Because in my opinion, Miss Piggy could get way trashier than Katy Perry.
Since I was a kid and watched the first season of "The Muppet Show," I found Miss Piggy's tendency to show cleavage and a lot of leg to be a little unsettling — which I always figured was Frank Oz and Jim Henson's intention with the character. I think Henson liked to challenge people in that way, whether he was gentling lampooning the motion picture industry or making a joke about someone wanting to dip Kermit's legs in batter and deep fry them. It would be just like the original Muppeteers to dress their pig character in revealing clothes to make a point about sexual politics.
Granted, "Sesame Street" is a show for younger children, never had Miss Piggy as a regular character and runs on a network that has oversight by the federal government. And Katy Perry is looking a little bit jiggly in that video. (I don't take issue with Perry's dress, but wonder if they really had to make her run around so much.) But a few complaints be damned, "Sesame Street" really should have taken an example from one of their all-time greatest contributors. Jim Henson always gave kids a lot of credit to be able to handle the sometimes less-than-politically correct content of his programs. Maybe "Sesame Street" should do the same.
A very racy Miss Piggy fantasy scene from "The Great Muppet Caper" is below. It's definitely not safe for work … if you happen to work for one of the parents who complained about the Katy Perry thing.