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|Hello- might look like normal American terrain, but this race would be killer!
|Awaiting the start: Anne-Mette, Dorte, Anne-Marie and Nina (Nina had won the Hammer Trail 50k and I suddenly realized I had competition for 2nd!)
|Dorte, Dorte, Dorte. Previous Danish Orienteering champion in these very hills. Ole told med to hold onto her as long as I could. This woman is the WORLD masters champion of mountain running 2012. She comes to win.
And in breaking news - Dorte will be visiting the US to run UROC with me! Watch out - I am predicting a money prize for her. After spending all day with her on Sunday and a large part of the day on Saturday, I know her secrets, now I just need to figure out how to use them to my advantage.
So the race starts and I hang on to Dorte and Nina hangs on to me and we are going at an absolute breakneck pace. I feel more breathless than at the start of a 5k. Branches, long grass, steep hills up and down. My whole body hurts in the very best way and Nina drops back. Phew. Dorte is a machine, but after 4km I am still right on her tail, along with two other guys. At some point the three of us drop back and Dorte pulls ahead. Here were some pictures from the tamest part of the race, near then end - a beautiful pine needle covered forest.
Thanks to Salomon for all of the gorgeous and free race pictures!!
|I ran with Peter the entire way- until the very end when somehow I pulled away. It was honestly great to have his company. Especially when at some point he asked "Um- is your name Tracy? The one on Team USA? Hahaha. OMG I am famous! Among like 100 people... anyway!
What can I say other than that I absolutely loved this race? When we weren't going uphill or leaping over stairs and ladders – or wading through waist deep mud and water – I kept it at just over 4 min/km pace. I didn't get tired. I didn't slow down. This is what an ultra runner does- this is not what a 5km runner does. And it is interesting because though I felt Dorte had gotten real far ahead of me, she started to slow at the end. I really think this reflects the training she does, which seems to be to peak around 10km.
Here are the results. Whatever it was that happened out there for me, I want to bottle it up and use it again in Wales. Even Ole seemed a bit shocked with my race and has lightened up my training schedule a bit before July 6th. I agree that it is not a bad idea to start the taper now. The worst thing that could happen would be for me to get injured now. So I am thinking a la Amy Sproston with DVT and PE before the 100km worlds that I will get the most out of laying low.
I won a pair of Salomon mountain running shoes, which Kim at Salomon allowed me to switch to the S-Lab Sense Ultra. There is a great review on irunfar and I am thrilled to get to own a pair. The S-Lab Sense are continuing to work well for me on the technical terrain of the Salomon races. They give you such a feeling of power on the trails. I guess you could run on roads with them, but why?
|I had time to change clothing after the race- look at my awesome new jacket!! (I was given a whole bag of new clothing at the finish line- thank you! The jacket is so light. (the shoes are my post-race relaxers- I didn't run in NB ;-))
|Nina is such a sweet person despite her very confusing Jylland, Odense, Roskilde accent. It is too much fun hanging out with these ladies.
|more goodness
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It seems a little counter-intuitive for a product that's designed to promote healthy snacking, but Philips has updated its AirFryer cooker with the XL model that boasts 50 percent more capacity and 30 percent faster cook times—encouraging users to gorge themselves even more. But whipping up a batch of crispy fries or potato chips still only requires about 80 percent less fat than regular deep frying methods—so in the long run your heart still wins.
Like the original, the AirFryer XL uses a combination of piping hot circulating air and a unique starfish-shaped design inside to fry up foods using a minimal amount of oil. So while a diet of strictly eating french fries is still a terrible idea, you're at least better off making them in one of these machines than drowning them in a vat of oil. What's particularly great is that the new model has the same footprint as the original, so it won't gobble up more counter space. And when it's available for a yet-to-be-disclosed price, it will come with accessories for baking other types of snacks, and your choice of a black or white finish.
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Monday, January 13, 2014
Habitat Elsewhere
In Thursday's post, Gossips made the statement "It is obviously not within Habitat's mission or capability to build multifamily dwellings." While that may be true for Columbia County Habitat, it turns out that it is not true for Habitat in general. In a comment on that post, Jonathan Lerner provided the link to an article about Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco, whose volunteers and families completed a 36-unit condominium development in March 2013.
When Columbia County Habitat for Humanity first proposed building houses in the 400 block of Columbia Street, people in Hudson who care about such things worried that the one-story house Habitat had been building on Mill Street would be incompatible in the new location.
Habitat's initial response, if memory serves, was to say that they built one-story houses because they couldn't put volunteers at risk working on higher structures. They obviously found a way to ensure volunteer safety, because in 2010, they built their first pair of two-story houses.
Columbia County Habitat rethought its one-story model. Three pairs of two-story houses later, with available building lots in Hudson becoming increasingly scarce, it may be time for them to rethink their commitment to building new single-family houses and consider either rehabbing existing structures or building multifamily dwellings.
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Thank you, Carole. Though I have long supported Habitat's good works, including in Hudson, the organization of late has been blind to Hudson realities (including, as you rightly point out, a dearth of opens space and a wealth of houses that could use rehabbing). This last brouhaha, pitting Habitat against community gardners, is troubling. I encourage Habitat to get back in touch with its roots and start paying attention again to the communities it claims to serve.ReplyDeleteReplies
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Habitat can stop making excuses and work with the community and not against.
Habitat Columbia County seems to suffer from a lack of imagination and dare I say some rather lazy thinking. I still think Habitat's plan for Columbia Street should be scrapped in favor of a broader, more long-term plan that integrates the city's housing needs with that of H4H's. At this stage, they seem wholly unconcerned with the broader needs of this city, and that is, as you say, unsustainable. After all, they're not called "Housing for Individuals"....they're called "Habitat for Humanity".ReplyDelete


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Little CMS 2.9 released This is a maintenance release which solves stability issues.
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Little CMS intends to be an OPEN SOURCE small-footprint color management engine, with special focus on accuracy and performance. It uses the International Color Consortium standard (ICC), which is the modern standard when regarding to color management. The ICC specification is widely used and is referred to in many International and other de-facto standards. It was approved as an International Standard, ISO 15076-1, in 2005.
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LOS ANGELES, July 23 (UPI) -- "The Hunger Games" collected a raft of prizes, including Best Sci-Fi Fantasy Movie, at the Teen Choice Awards in Los Angeles.
Stars Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson also won Best Actress and Actor in a Sci-Fi Movie and shared the Best Movie Liplock honor. Lawrence and Amandla Stenberg won the award for Best Movie Chemistry. The Best Movie Villain title went to Alexander Ludwig and the Best Movie Scene Stealer was presented to Liam Hemsworth.
"Abduction" was named Best Action Movie and its star, Taylor Lautner, Best Actor in an Action Movie, while "The Lucky One" was declared Best Drama Movie and its leading man, Zac Efron, won for Best Actor in a Drama and Best Actor in a Romance.
Emma Stone picked up twin prizes for Best
Actress in a Drama and a Comedy for "The Help" and "Crazy Stupid Love" respectively.
Zoe Saldana earned the award for Best Actress in an Action Movie for "Colombiana" and Kristen Stewart the prize for Best Actress in a Romance Movie for "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -- Part 1." "Breaking Dawn" co-star Ashley Greene won in the Best Movie Scene Stealer category.
"21 Jump Street" won for Best Comedy Movie and Channing Tatum was named Best Actor in a Comedy.
"Snow White & The Huntsman" won the awards for Best Movie Hissy Fit for Charlize Theron, Best Summer Movie Star for Chris Hemsworth and Best Summer Movie Star for Stewart.
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"The Vampire Diaries" won for Best Fantasy/Sci-Fi TV series. Show stars Ian Somerhalder Nina Dobrev won the awards for Best Actor and Actress in a Fantasy/Sci-Fi series. Cast members Candice Accola and Michael Trevino snagged the honors for Best TV Female and Male Scene Stealer.
"CSI: Miami" earned the title Best Action TV show and star Adam Rodriguez Best Actor in an Action TV series.
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The next Chronicles of Riddick movie was supposed to begin filming this summer and it looks like that's close to happening. Vin Diesel is back as Riddick, of course, but they've begun casting other roles in the film.
The guys at Moviehole have gotten their hands on casting sides for Rddick 3 and say the film is currently bringing in actors to test for roles in the sci-fi thriller. In particular, right now they're looking for people to play these characters: Boss Johns, Santana, Dahl (a sexy female merc), and Krone (a smug commander).
The MH gang has also read the script which they say delivers on the promise to bring the franchise back to its roots, a promise made writer/director David Twohy and star/producer Vin Diesel. That means making another stripped down thriller set in one location like the first movie Pitch Black, instead of a galaxy-spanning multi-planet hopping epic like the second movie. Actually it sounds kind of like it's the same movie.
Word is that the script has Riddick stranded on yet another barren planet surrounded by monsters and mercenaries who want him dead. This is almost exactly the plot of Pitch Black. They've also turned him back into a kick-ass, bloodthirsty badass… which is good. The kinder, gentler Riddick of Chronicles never really fit.
Apparently this is a direct sequel to Pitch Black, with ties to all the fun of that film, though it clearly takes place after the second movie Chronicles of Riddick. Here's a description of the opening moments of the screenplay:
We meet LORD MARSHAL Riddick. Nobody much likes that Riddick's royalty now (he loves it; he gets to screw hot chicks) – as evident by the assassins that try and take him out at any and every opportunity – especially the necromancers, who are dead against the anointment of a furyan as a leader. In exchange for the title, Riddick's reluctant right-hand man and necro Vaako (Karl Urban's character from the previous film; Urban will likely do it since the character is only in it for a short while) agrees to drop Riddick off at his home, Furya. One thing leads to another and, much like the first film, Riddick finds himself stranded on a monster-infested planet. Instead of it leading to a rescue mission, his distress beacon catches the attention of a couple of merc teams (it would seem Vaako had dispatched them to kill Riddick while he's isolated; not entirely true) who go after him with ill intentions. One of the teams is lead by someone connected to an old enemy… someone from "Pitch Black".Click over to Moviehole to read more.


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I really like the new forum! It's like getting a new toy, now I have to figure out how to work the new features.
Thanks again Barry!
I really like the new forum! It's like getting a new toy, now I have to figure out how to work the new features.
Thanks again Barry!
Bullseye Bill in The Scenic Flint Hills , KS
You and me both have to figure out how it works! Right now I'm just trying to get the basic functionality to work. Then I'll work at changing the look and feel of it. Right now it's all default settings for the most part. Had my share of migration problems but finally got it all to work.
- Barry
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VERY nice new look! - It seems to work so much faster for me
Thank you, Barry
>Looks great!
Less filling!
Dulcius ex asperis
I can tell the time thing is bugging everyone, it was me too.
Go to the CONTROL PANEL and set your preferences, and your time zone there.
This is fun.
Bullseye Bill in The Scenic Flint Hills , KS
Anyone else feel like they were quitting smoking? Was a toough few days but methadone really helps.
Great new look, feels like we've been launced into the 21st century. Much exploring left to do. Like being in a new bee supply store!
Thanks Barry!
OK BB, I found everything on the control panel except the time change and you're right, it's driving me nuts! Perhaps a little more quidance if you please?
When I first saw the changes... my initial response was not liking it.
After trolling around on here and checking it all out... THIS NEW GET-UP IS COOL!!!!!!!
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I do like the controls, much more like other forums I frequent. Being able to go directly to the new posts in a thread, and being able to see the threads you've partipated in - Excellent change!
Hey Joel -
I see hyperlinks in messages (in your case, your sig file) are showing code. Can you try and redo your sig file and see if doing so will change that? There are some settings for sig files and I may need to adjust them to resolve this, but first wanted someone to try redoing it first.
Joel: For time change go to User CP--> Edit Options --> Time & Date
Me, I'm trying to figure out how this newbie ended up as a "senior member." Excuse me, I never posted my birth date! I think I might have to be offended.
The keeping of bees is like the direction of sunbeams. -Henry David Thoreau
My log on says my last visit was in 1970. Oh boy--might have been my first.
The green light by members name-- does it mean they are on the board at present? What a feature.
Farm Out! Right Arm!
It appears my service provider's name servers haven't updated yet, I had to plug Beesource's new IP address into my browser to get in here from home. How annoying. Otherwise, I'm impressed with both the speed and the features. Lots to learn here.
Dulcius ex asperis
Great job Barry. I hope you know we really appreciate your efforts. Karl
Really like it!
very nice Barry,
thanks for the upgrade, this is most excellent
Let's see if this does it. Looks like when you changed servers it just carried the HTML code with it. I just edited it to below and it seems to work OK.
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I could sure use a bigger font...
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What's the sheet of paper icon below the name and above the message? Some people have changed it to smilies and/or words.
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Oil-soaked waste worries Gulf Coast landfills' neighbors
MOUNT VERNON, Ala. — At a sprawling landfill some 50 miles from the oil-spotted coastline, trash bags brimming with tar balls, oil-soaked boom, sand, and tangles of sea grass are dumped.
Though workers in the largest environmental disaster in U.S. history wear protective gloves and coveralls as they labor across the Gulf Coast clearing beaches of oil, the mounds of debris they amass meet a pedestrian fate: burial in the same landfills that take in diapers, coffee grounds, burnt toast, yogurt containers, grass clippings and demolition debris.
Since the first trucks began rolling in June, nearly 40,000 tons of "oily solids" and related debris have been sent to municipal landfills from Louisiana to Florida, sparking complaints — and in one case, enough consternation that BP decided to stop dumping in a landfill.
"They tell us, 'It's not bad, it's not hazardous,'" said Christopher Malloy, who borrowed a sign from his wife's tanning salon to announce his opposition to using the Pecan Grove landfill in Mississippi's Harrison County.
"Oil in Gulf - Bad. Oil in landfill/wellwater not bad? What!," reads the sign in his front yard, less than half a mile from the landfill where 1,300 tons had been disposed before BP — facing community pressure — agreed to curtail dumping.
"What I worry about is when they come back and say, 'Ooops, we were wrong. So sorry,'" said Malloy, 39, a registered nurse who said he feared that toxic chemicals from the oil-soaked material could seep into his groundwater drinking supply. "Where does that leave us?"
Under a 34-page waste management plan developed by the federal government, oily solid waste that reaches Gulf Coast beaches is bagged by BP contractors and transferred to area landfills by waste management giants: Heritage Environmental Services in Louisiana; Waste Management Inc., which is working from the Louisiana-Mississippi border east to the Ecofina River, southeast of Tallahassee, Fla.; and Republic Services, which covers Florida's west coast, the Keys and Miami.
Oily water is handled differently: mostly it's processed for recovery.
The EPA and each state's environmental protection agency have signed off on the plans for the oil-smeared bulky waste. And the operators of the landfills insist that the BP garbage is not unprecedented and is suitable for the type of landfills they've selected: disposal sites that take household waste, as well as "special waste," like contaminated soil. They note much of the waste is generated by the cleanup operation itself: soiled cleanup coveralls, gloves, sandwich wrappers and drink containers. Some 44 tons of waste materials have been recycled.
"This waste is not that much different from what we've been accepting here every day," said Matt East, a district manager with Waste Management, which runs the Pecan Grove site and the Mount Vernon landfill, Chastang. The BP waste at Chastang averages about 20 tons a day — which sounds staggering, East notes, until you realize it accounts for just 2 percent of the landfill's daily intake. "The volume is minuscule, it really is," East said.
Waste Management estimates that the BP waste at Pecan Grove accounts for 6 percent of the landfill's waste per day. The landfill, according to the state, accepts about 8,000 tons of trash a week.
What worries environmentalists and some residents is that under EPA rules, waste from petroleum operations is exempt from hazardous waste rules. But cleanup officials say they're taking the precautionary measure of testing the BP waste shore-side for potential carcinogenic volatile substances including benzene, toluene, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and heavy metals like nickel.
BP is required to sample and test collected waste weekly, and the EPA is doing its own sampling to confirm, said EPA spokeswoman Betsaida Alcantara. It has yet to turn up a hazardous sample, she said.
"EPA is not making a blanket assumption that all waste collected in the response is non-hazardous," Alcantara said. "If the waste is determined to be hazardous, it will be sent to a designated hazardous waste treatment, storage or disposal facility."
Though what was spewing out of the blown-out well in the Gulf was toxic, scientists say the light sweet crude undergoes a sea change as it bobs in the water for 50 miles or more before hitting shore.
"At least 50 percent of the oil evaporates in the first week," said Ed Overton, an oil-chemical hazard assessment expert at Louisiana State University. "And it's the most volatile parts of the oil, the potentially carcinogenic benzenes and so on."
The weathered oil also gets chewed on by naturally occurring bacteria that eat the oil.
"By the time it gets to shore, it's more like road tar," Overton said. "The average driver is exposed to more oil volatiles filling his gas tank than being around oily waste."
The sites in use now are regular municipal landfills, not designed for hazardous waste. Waste Management officials, who offered a tour of the Chastang site last week, said its three landfills boast important safety features, including a ring of ground water monitoring wells that are tested twice a year and pipes that collect rainfall and the "garbage juice" that percolates through the waste. That sludge is then transported to a sewage treatment plant for disposal.
The Coast Guard and the EPA in late June tightened the government's oversight of the project and imposed more requirements on BP, including developing a community outreach plan.
Waste Management says its trucks carrying the waste are lined with plastic to prevent waste from leaking and its landfills are lined with high-density polyethylene membranes rated to last 1,000 years, atop an impermeable clay layer.
G. Fred Lee, an environmental consultant in El Macero, Calif., who has written several studies criticizing landfills, says such thousand-year claims are written by consultants working for the landfill companies and are "way out of line."
"High-density polyethylene liners can prevent oily waste from penetrating groundwater ... with high-quality construction," he says. "But you don't often get that high-quality construction. It's kind of a crapshoot."
But he believes that the oily waste going into Gulf Coast landfills is too degraded to pose danger.
"What's going into these landfills is not likely to cause groundwater pollution," he said.
Still, suspicion persists, particularly in Harrison County, which succeeded in getting a halt to disposals at the Pecan Grove site.
"BP is responsible for polluting our beaches, our marshes, our estuaries and now they're picking it up, hauling it not more than five miles away and dumping it in our landfill," said Marlin Ladner, a supervisor whose district includes the landfill and the nearly 300 groundwater-dependent homes in a half-mile radius. "That's a slap in the face."
In Florida, David Guest, an environmental attorney with Earthjustice, said he's had calls from anguished residents asking about legal recourse to stop oil spill debris from reaching the Springhill Landfill near Campbellton in Jackson County. That site had accepted more than 14,000 tons — 13 percent of its landfill intake.
"There's a genuine serious risk of poisoning the aquifer years from now," Guest said, arguing that the landfills, once closed, are not monitored.
The Springhill landfill takes in debris from Florida beaches and at least one county — Escambia — is working to reduce the amount of beach sand that lands there. County officials have devised a rake that cuts down on how much sand is lifted, said Sandy Jennings, an engineer with the county's environmental agency.
"It works something like a kitty litter scoop," said Jennings, noting that county officials were worried about losing sand, especially from the barrier islands. Since the development of the rake, the county now scoops up about 98 percent product and just 2 percent sand, Jennings said.
Brenda Dardar Robichaux, principal chief of Louisiana's United Houma Nation, told Congress last month that the tribe is worried about the exemption for oily waste.
"We do not want these materials disposed of in our communities, and we would respectfully request that this law be changed to protect all U.S. citizens from exposure to these harmful chemicals," she told lawmakers.
Still, not every community is opposed. In Mount Vernon, town council member Verdell Dees said Waste Management, which maintains habitat for wildlife at the Chastang landfill, is considered a good neighbor, contributing to the local schools and senior center.
"They've been a big part of the community and go above and beyond keeping the landfill maintained," Dees said.
BP's Bob Dudley predicts Gulf spill has ended, vows cleanup
Fishermen eager as Gulf waters closed by BP spill reopen
Researchers confirm subsea Gulf oil plumes are from BP well
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Legal Challenges To Spying Mount In UK
from the hitting-them-where-it-hurts deptIt's taken a while for Europeans to recover from the discovery that they are being spied upon by the NSA (with some help from its friends at GCHQ and elsewhere) pretty much everywhere online and all the time, but finally the legal fightback is beginning to gather pace, at least in the UK. Things got moving in October, with a case filed at the European Court of Human Rights:
The UK spy agency GCHQ is facing a legal challenge in the European courts over claims that its mass online surveillance programmes have breached the privacy of tens of millions of people across the UK and Europe.More recently, Amnesty International also brought a case against the UK government:
Three campaign groups -- Big Brother Watch, the Open Rights Group and English PEN -- together with the German internet activist Constanze Kurz, have filed papers at the European court of human rights alleging that the collection of vast amounts of data, including the content of emails and social media messages, by Britain's spy agencies is illegal.
The human rights group Amnesty International has announced it is taking legal action against the UK government over concerns its communications have been illegally accessed by UK intelligence services.Specifically:
In the latest of a series of legal challenges sparked by the revelations based on documents released by the whistleblower Edward Snowden, Amnesty said it was "highly likely" its emails and phone calls have been intercepted.
It has issued a claim at the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) arguing that the interception of its communications would be in breach of article 8 (right to privacy) and article 10 (right to freedom of expression) of the Human Rights Act.The IPT reviews complaints about the UK's secret services, but is largely toothless. The same is true of the European Court of Human Rights: a win there would be welcome, but largely symbolic, since the UK government would probably ignore it as it has other such judgments from this court. That's what makes the third legal challenge different:
A British citizen's UK court action will test the legal right of Microsoft to disclose private data on UK citizens to the US electronic spying organisation, the National Security Agency (NSA).The Computer Weekly report quoted above explains that the legal action is against three of the companies involved in the NSA spying: Microsoft, Google and Facebook. Cahill wants the court to compel them to reveal the orders made under the US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), and to pay him damages of around $1600 (each, presumably.)
The case will shine a light on the legality of top secret US court orders which require US technology companies to disclose details of foreign users' private communications.
Kevin Cahill, a British journalist, has brought the case in the Lord Mayor's and City of London County Court. The case centres on Cahill's belief that Microsoft breached the security of his email account.
Cahill argues that, by obeying orders that are legally binding only in the United States, Microsoft has contravened British law -- the Data Protection Act in particular.
As the UK human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson is quoted as saying, if successful, this case could have far-reaching consequences not just for Microsoft, Google and Facebook, but for any US company that aids the NSA in this way:
"Microsoft allegedly betrayed its customers by providing their personal information, without their consent, to the NSA," said Robertson.
Naturally, that would place the US companies concerned in a difficult position: forced by US law to disclose information to the NSA, but liable to pay compensation to millions of aggrieved UK citizens for contravening the country's Data Protection Act. And that's why the case is so important: once companies start getting hit with fines in the UK, and perhaps elsewhere in Europe too, they might start pressing the US government even harder to rein in the NSA's activities.
"This would constitute a serious breach of the British Data Protection Act, by an American company putting its allegiance to America above its legal duties to its British customers."
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Fierce firefights reported as Israeli troops move into Gaza
JERUSALEM – Israeli tanks and soldiers punched into the Hamas-led Gaza Strip on Saturday night as the nation's eight-day-old military campaign to destabilize the hard-line Islamist rulers moved into a more volatile phase.
Backed by Apache helicopters, Navy warships and artillery batteries, the Israeli ground forces moved into northern Gaza in an attempt to seize control of open fields and orchards along the border that have been regularly used by Palestinian militants to fire crude rockets into southern Israel.
Residents in northern Gaza hiding in their homes said Israeli soldiers were quickly confronted by Palestinian militants that had been lying in wait. Palestinians in the area reported intense firefights taking place but there was no immediate word on fighters killed on either side.
The ground offensive sets the stage for a deadly showdown that could significantly shake-up Middle East political dynamics by either cowing hard-line Hamas ideologues into moderating their views or propelling the Israeli-Palestinian conflict into a deadly new spiral of unpredictable violence.
Hamas leaders in Syria have called for Palestinians to rise up and start a third uprising targeting Israel. Soon after Israeli tanks rolled into the Gaza Strip on Saturday night, Hamas leaders vowed to fight to the "last breath."
"We promise you that Gaza will be your graveyard," Hamas spokesman Ismail Radwan said on the Islamist group's Al Aqsa television station.
Speaking to his nation as soldiers advanced into Gaza, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said the military campaign "will not be short or easy."
"We are not war-hungry," said Barak. "But we shall not, I repeat – we shall not -- allow a situation in which our towns, villages and civilians are constantly targeted by Hamas."
In an effort to isolate the Gaza Strip, Barak imposed a naval blockade on Saturday night and ordered thousands more reservists to report for duty.
The United Nations Security Council called an emergency session on Saturday evening in New York and Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged an immediate halt to Israel's invasion. Ban said he'd conveyed his "extreme concern and disappointment" to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
The U.S. State Department, in a statement released Saturday evening, echoed Israel's stated goals.
"We are working toward a cease-fire that would not allow a reestablishment of the status quo ante, where Hamas can continue to launch rockets out of Gaza and to condemn the people of Gaza to a life of misery," it read in part. "It is obvious that cease-fire should take place as soon as possible, but we need a cease-fire that is durable, sustainable, and not time-limited."
At the same time, "we have expressed our concerns to the Israeli government that any military action needs to be mindful of the potential consequences to civilians," the statement concluded.
Earlier in the day, before the invasion began, President George W. Bush, in his weekly radio address, backed Israel's use of force and said that Hamas must take the first step toward a cease-fire.
President-elect Barack Obama took no position. While Obama was "closely monitoring global events, including the situation in Gaza" according to his chief national security spokeswoman, Brooke Anderson, "There is one president at a time and we intend to respect that."
The Israeli ground operation is likely to quickly expand to Gaza's southern border with Egypt as Israel tries to choke off the supply of weapons ferried into Palestinian militants by a network of smuggler's tunnels.
More than 430 Palestinians and 4 Israelis have been killed since the Israeli military launched a devastating series of air strikes last Saturday on the Gaza Strip.
Israel methodically destroyed hundreds of Gaza Strip targets, including the Palestinian Authority's Gaza Strip parliament building, government offices, the largest university, police stations, and mosques the Israeli military claimed were used to store rockets or hide militants.
As part of the operation, the Israeli military has barred international reporters from entering Gaza, despite a court order directing them to let at least some journalists in to cover the unfolding conflict.
Television shots of the initial ground operations showed intense Israeli attacks. One strike along the Gaza coast created a massive fireball that lit up the night sky.
Israel's offensive came as tentative diplomatic efforts to bring the deadly conflict to a quick end failed to gather significant momentum over the weekend.
Several world leaders have called for an immediate truce, though Israeli leaders have said that they won't agree to a new deal with Hamas that is not enforced by outside monitors, perhaps from the United Nations, the Arab League or forces loyal to pragmatic Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
Israeli leaders rebuffed early appeals for a 48-hour truce and Hamas vowed to keep firing rockets until Israel re-opened its borders to allow critical food, aid and supplies into Gaza.
The week-old confrontation has already devastated the Gaza Strip and pushed the 1.5 million residents into a new humanitarian crisis. Much of the Gaza Strip has been thrown into darkness. Aid groups are unable to deliver food and supplies because of the ongoing fighting. And hospitals have been overwhelmed trying to deal with 2,500 Palestinians injured in the fighting.
Before the ground operation began, an Israeli air strike hit a mosque in the northern Gaza Strip during early evening prayers, killing 11 worshippers and injuring at least 30 others, according to Palestinian medical officials.
Israeli leaders say the military operation is likely to be prolonged as they try to undermine Hamas and curb persistent Palestinian rocket fire from Gaza that has killed 10 Israelis in the last two years.
The perception that it's the aggressor plainly is hurting Israel. In Paris Saturday, more than 20,000 demonstrators marched, many chanting slogans like "Israel murderer!" In London, about 10,000 protestors chanted slogans such as "End the siege on Gaza" and "Stop the massacre!"
Both demonstrations _ and others in other European capitals _ preceded Israel's invasion.
Israel's moves are meant to oblige some tight political and diplomatic deadlines, said Shibley Telhami, a Middle East expert at the Brookings Institution and a professor at the University of Maryland.
One is a renewed UN effort to address Gaza, which will intensify next week. Another is upcoming elections n Israel. A third is the close of Mahmoud Abbas's recognized term as president of the Palestinian Authority. Obama's pending inauguration in Washington is a fourth.
Of the last, Telhami said, "I don't think there was any chance Obama would initiate negotiations with Hamas directly," he said.
But Israel, he continued, "would like to see a scenario were Hamas is somewhat less attractive for Obama to consider even indirectly dealing with them."
The problem is, Telhami added, "International public opinion is not on Israel's side on this. Public opinion is on Hamas' side."Special correspondent Ahmed Abu Hamda contributed to this report from Gaza City, Gaza Strip. Margaret Talev contributed from Washington.


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Nvidia has rolled out the first desktop GTX 700 series card and as you all know by now we are talking about the GTX 780. As usual, Nvidia kicked off the series with a flagship model, although this time there is a slight twist. The GTX Titan is still the fastest NV single GPU card, but officially it is not part of the GTX 700 series, or the GTX 600 series for that matter. The new GTX 780 is basically a watered down Titan.
Both cards are based on the GK110 chip, so the "new" generation doesn't really bring a lot of new stuff to the tablet. The GTX 780 has 12 active SMX blocks out of a total of 15 SMX blocks in the GK110. It has 2304 CUDA cores and even the Titan isn't the full GK110, as it has 14 active SMX blocks. It is possible that Nvidia still has an ace to pull out of its sleeve and come up with something even faster over the next few months, although we wouldn't bet on it. Specification wise the GTX 780 ended up with 50% more CUDA cores than its predecessor.
Nvidia also plans to roll out the GTX 770 over the next few days. Next month we're expecting the GTX 760 Ti, and as far as the GTX 770 goes it looks like a faster revamp of the GTX 680.
The EVGA GTX 780 Superclocked works at a 967MHz base clock, while the reference GPU base clock is set at 863MHz. Nvidia's GPU Boost 2.0 takes the GPU clock up to 900MHz for the reference GPU and up to 1020MHz for the Superclocked card.
The GTX 780 ships with 3GB of GDDR5 memory, while the GTX Titan has 6GB and the GTX 680 comes with 2GB of GDDR5. The memory speed on all three cards is 6008MHz.
The GTX 780 and GTX Titan feature a 384-bit memory interface, while the GTX 680 is still on a 256-bit interface. The GTX 780 and Titan has 48 ROPs, while the GTX 680 has just four 64-bit connections and 32 ROPs.
The GTX 780 and Titan have a TDP of 250W, although we expect the GTX 780 to be a bit more efficient. It still needs a 6-pin and 8-pin power connector.
The box design is a bit strange, since we're not used to seeing white boxes from EVGA. It seems to denote an overlocked card. In the box you'll find:
User Guide
Quick Installation Guide
Driver DVD
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EVGA is constantly working to improve its custom components and come up with cards capable of trumping the competition. More often than not, it pulls it off. Even in its reference form, the GTX 780 is a top notch card with a good cooler, but EVGA thinks it can do an even better job. To cool the GTX 780 EVGA came up with the ACX (Active Cooling Xtreme) cooler. Before we go into detail, let's see how it looks. It is a dual-slot, dual-fan affair and it looks pretty mean.
Most non-reference GTX 680 coolers were 2.5- or 3-slot designs. EVGA used the dual-slot Classified cooler, but that cooler did not fit the reference PCB. With the ACX cooler EVGA took things to the next level, as it is perfect for enthusiasts keen to use the new card in three-way or four-way SLI setups.
EVGA designed a special heatsink with a lot of dissipation surfaces. The heatsink was designed in such a way to minimize airflow turbulence between the fans, with some clever air barriers in the design.
To maximize dissipation volume, EVGA used a few tricks, such as bigger fins at the sides of the cooler. Airflow channels provide better airflow and prevent pockets of hot air from creating. Of course, a bit of compressed air should be applied every once in a while to keep them clean.
The ACX cooler comes with five elaborate heatpipes.
The Power Logic PLA09215B12H fan has some good features. A bad blade design generates more noise, much like poorly designed screws on nuclear subs create cavitation and help Soviet sono-buoys locate Sean Connery and his crew. However, this particular 9-blade fan seems to be up to the job.
EVGA says that the blades are up to 700% more rigid than fan blades used in competing fans, which also results in a 25% weight reduction. We wanted to check it out for ourselves and sure enough the blade s feel very strong indeed.
The fan uses a double ball bearing design. The noise generated by bearing designs tends to be very low, at least when they are new. However, since this fan uses two ball bearings it should last a bit longer and generate a lot less noise even after a couple of years.
This is what the bearings look like in real life, opposed to standard sleeve bearings used in most fans.
EVGA tests show that the ACX fan is about 15 percent quieter than the reference fan, but at the same time it keeps the GPU 15 percent cooler. We put the claim to the test and we are happy to report that it is spot on.
The ACX cooler is 27cm or just under 11 inches long. The PCB looks a lot like the reference GTX 780 board. EVGA decided to reinforce the baseplate to strengthen the PCB and provide a bit more cooling to the memory chips and MOSFET.
A combination of 6-pin and 8-pin power connectors is necessary to keep the show going. The card uses an OnSemi NCP4206 voltage controller.
The card has 3GB of GDDR5 memory, courtesy of Samsung (model K4G20325F0-FC03 specified to run at 6000 MHz GDDR5 effective). All the memory modules at the front of the PCB are tucked away underneath the reinforcement plate.
The GTX 780 Superclocked ACX features one standard HDMI connector (1.4a compatible), one standard DisplayPort out and two dual-link DVI outs.
The GTX 780 is ready for multi-GPU action, be it in standard two-card SLI, or 3-way and 4-way SLI. Therefore it features two SLI connectors.
- Motherboard: EVGA Z77 FTW
- CPU: Ivy Bridge Core i7 3770 (4.5GHz)
- CPU Cooler: Gelid The Black Edition
- Memory: 8GB Corsair DDR3 2400MHz
- Harddisk: Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB
- Power Supply: CoolerMaster Silent Pro 1000W
- Case: CoolerMaster Cosmos II Ultra Tower
- Operating System: Win8 64-bit
- Nvidia 320.18-whql
- AMD 13.5_Beta2
A very important feature of the GTX 780 is improved thermal control and cooling. The new Boost 2.0 algorithm will reduce the GPU clock if the temperature goes over 80 degrees.
The EVGA ACX cooler is superior to the reference design as it keeps the GPU temperatures below 69 degrees, which is 11 degrees or 15 percent better than the reference unit. This is important as the EVGA GTX 780 SC ACX is factor overclocked. If the cooler wasn't as good, GPU Boost 2.0 would kick in and throttle the card once it gets too hot for comfort. Luckily, it doesn't.
Coming up with a cooler that copes so well with an factory overclocked GPU couldn't have been easy, but EVGA pulled it off. It managed to hit the sweet spot, as the cooler does a better job than the reference design, while at the same time generating same noise.
Of course, it is not inaudible under load, but it is so quiet that you can barely hear it outside the chassis, which is impressive to say the least. When it's idle the card is completely silent.
During our Unigine Heaven test at 1080p, with extreme tessellation settings, the GPU hit 64 degrees Celsius. In the same test a reference GTX 780 hits 80 degrees. In Crysis 3, at 2560x1600 and very high details, the GTX 780 SC ACX heats up to 68 degrees, while the reference card hits 80 degrees.
Idle GPU temperature
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In terms of power efficiency, we can report that the GTX 780 SC ACX can draw a bit more juice than the reference GTX 780. This is quite normal for an factory overclocked card. Since EVGA uses a reference PCB, we can pin some of the blame for the fact that it consumes so much power on Nvidia. Overall, performance-per-watt is still good and it is on a par with the GTX 680.
The overclocking potential is good. We managed to push the GPU 194MHz over the reference clocks and let's not forget about factory overclocking, either. The cooler is now more important than ever, due to Boost 2.0 throttling and dynamic thermal management. Had it not been for the ACX cooler, we probably would see an 11-percent performance boost.
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EVGA has done an excellent job. The new ACX cooler impressed us both in terms of performance and low noise. As usual, Superlocked cards ship with a big factory overclock, and the GTX 780 is no exception. It is clocked 104MHz higher than the reference card and it is up to 11 percent faster. It is about up to 50% percent faster than a reference GTX 680 in real life tests, which means it is ideal for 2560x1600 gaming.
The GTX 780 has 3GB of GDDR5, while the Titan ships with 6GB. Unless you have some very specific requirements, 3GB should be more than enough for comfortable gaming. Titan isn't much faster in 2560x1600 tests than the GTX 780 SC and it only makes sense for extreme resolutions and multi-monitor setups.
Generally speaking even the reference GTX 780 is an excellent card, as it is up to 40% percent faster than the GTX 680. Sadly though, we can't shake the feeling that the GTX 780 is basically the GTX 680 done right and that the old card could have been better.
In fact, the GTX 680 is about to be resurrected thanks to the GTX 770. The GTX 760 Ti is also on the way and some of the upcoming GTX 700 series cards will be nothing more than rebrands of old 600-series parts. The GTX 780 is a different beast and it is definitely worth a look.
The only big issue we have with the GTX 780, and all new high end cards for that matter, is the price. At €650 it costs more than its predecessor and this is a trend we've been witnessing for years. Although the PC market is in the middle of its worst slump, Nvidia is still jacking up prices like there's no tomorrow and AMD is no better. With new consoles rolling out in a matter of weeks, it is irritating to say the least and it doesn't bode well for the future of PC gaming.
The EVGA 780 Superclocked costs €30 more than the reference card and it is not much of a difference in this segment, all things considered. We believe the ACX cooler and overlocking potential are well worth the premium.


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The debate about what Shakespeare looked like has taken a new turn with the discovery of a new portrait by Cobbe. This is one of those things about the Bard that will probably never be resolved. There are some who insist on the Sanders Portrait, but there are quite a few problems with that. The most serious is that the picture was painted when Shakespeare was almost forty but it's an image of a much younger man.
The latest candidate is more credible. It is the Cobbe portrait, which has been in the Cobbe family since it was part of a marriage settlement when a member of the family married a great-granddaughter of Henry Wriothesley, the 3rd Earl of Southampton, who was Shakespeare's patron. He was believed to have commissioned the portrait by an artist whose identity has, sadly, been lost.
It's an exciting discovery because it has that direct link with Shakespeare's friend and patron – the young man of the sonnets. What's more, the picture has been dated to about 1610, six years before Shakespeare's death. Shakespeare would have been forty-six, a man in his prime and at the height of his fame and wealth. The portrait seems to show just such a man. As a successful businessman and playwright, already the equivalent of a modern-day millionaire, Shakespeare would have presented himself just like that. And it looks more like a successful forty-six year old than some of the other candidates.
We all have the same mental picture when we think about Shakespeare. It is an iconic picture – more like a logo or symbol than a picture of a living person. It's an image of a high-domed, stern, wooden presence presented on a black and white woodcut. That's the short-cut image that anyone wanting to refer us instantly to the Bard produces.
It's the engraving by Martin Droeshout, an important portrait because Droeshout was 15 when Shakespeare died and 22 when he did the engraving. It's unlikely that he ever saw Shakespeare but he is thought to have worked from an authentic portrait, which either hasn't survived or hasn't been identified. Scholars are getting excited now because a consensus seems to be growing that the Cobbe portrait is that painting.
The Cobbe portrait went on display at The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in Stratford-Upon-Avon on 23rd April, Shakespeare's birthday, and continues until 6th September, in the exhibition "Shakespeare Found: A Life Portrait."


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The young actress channeled the Hollywood legend in 2006 photos for Interview magazine
Lindsay Lohan has just signed on to play Elizabeth Taylor in a Lifetime movie. But the young actress has felt a kinship with the late Hollywood legend before.
In 2006, when she was just 19, Lohan posed as Taylor for Interview magazine in photos taken by Karl Lagerfeld – including a cover shot.
The shots are remarkably powerful, with Lohan managing to capture much of Taylor's beauty and vulnerability – traits she'll have to channel for the Lifetime film, too.
It has not been revealed who will star opposite Lohan as Richard Burton in Liz & Dick. Russell Crowe and Clive Owen are running neck and neck in a PEOPLE poll from earlier this week.
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The turbines are earmarked for Triventus' 4.2MW Assjo project, which will be 150km from Gotenborg and Stockholm. It is Suzlon's first order from a Swedish developer and includes engineering, construction and procurement.
Commenting on the order Suzlon CEO Erik Winther Pedersen said: "This is our first step into the exciting and promising Swedish wind market. We are very happy to take this step in partnership with Triventus AB laying the foundation for a strong future."
Neither company would reveal the cost of the contract. However it comes at a good time for Suzlon, which was recently forced to slash its full-year sales forecast for 2009 by 20%. It has also announced plans to refinance the INR 14bn debt it acquired during a period of expansion.


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Kickboxing fitness uses sport-specific moves from boxing and martial arts to cross-train the body. Although it has been referred to as a trend, cardio-kickboxing has evolved into a staple class in fitness centers. The introduction of this 5,000-year-old practice of kicks, blocks and strikes is a profitable addition, but does leave facility managers, directors and owners vulnerable to member injuries.
It is common to think that the most dangerous aspect of martial arts-based training is injuries due to contact fighting; however, this should be the least of your concerns. Loyal followers and newcomers in kickboxing fitness are experiencing hamstring tears, hip flexor tendenitis, lower-back strains and knee in-juries caused by torque.
The safety of a member's exercise program should be the priority of every fitness professional. So how does a facility protect against injuries without compromising the workout?
The most obvious and initial step is to make sure that your instructors are well trained. While it's not possible to squeeze a lifetime of martial arts training into a few months, there are several programs available that offer certifications and workshops.
Don't be misled, however, by the number of programs on the market. For every fitness instructor without martial arts/boxing training, there is a martial artist/boxer who lacks the necessary education to be a fitness leader. Here are three things to look for:
- Has the program been reviewed by an unbiased authority on fitness for its adherence to safety guidelines?
- Who actually teaches the program? Look at the background of the instructor or program creator; he should have education in fitness and experience in martial arts/boxing.
- What is the course going to cover? Obviously all courses are going to cover basic punches and kicks. But do they give you the biomechanics and muscle physiology of the movements? This is pertinent information for an instructor. Just as with personal training, if you do not know the mechanics of a lat pulldown, how can you explain it and make sure it is being done properly? Ask for a sample of the biomechanics and physiology section of the course.
Another step to take in ensuring that your program is safe is to recognize the need for progression in the training. Regardless of the fitness level of a member, a trainer needs to make sure that basic techniques and combinations are mastered before expecting more difficult ones to be executed. Progression is a concept that is not as tangible as demonstrating credentials; however, here are some important tips:
- Offer more than one level of class (e.g., beginner and intermediate cardio-kickboxing).
- Classes that use equipment like bags and gloves should require an orientation class. Try offering a bag class as the intermediate class.
- Encourage personal trainers to use basic techniques as drills.
- Make sure instructors keep kicks below hip level. It takes a lot of time to kick high with control.
- Encourage instructors to lead classes between 130-140 bpm.


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Mr. Electric, a subsidiary of The Dwyer Group and an electrical service and repair franchise, has developed "A Homeowner's Guide to the Power of Electricity" – an interactive CD for customers to view the range of Mr. Electric's services in streaming video and full-color format.
"The day of the doorhanger is over," said Rick Cross, president of Mr. Electric. "For Mr. Electric to really communicate its services, such as auto-remote security lighting, room-by-room interior design lighting options, and the feedback of satisfied customers, a CD was the only answer."
Mr. Electric's interactive CD takes customers on a guided tour, courtesy of a Mr. Electric technician who narrates each section in a streaming video introduction. Meanwhile, customers can view a variety of services on their personal computers at their own pace and in the comfort and privacy of their homes.
Cross said there is no sales pressure in an informative education tool like this, and Mr. Electric lets the visual results of the services speak for themselves. Before and after photos of houses with exterior landscape lighting and security features are a good example.
Additionally, Mr. Electric's CD includes a guide to home safety hazards, a section on electrical product trends, and the Idea Showcase that features the General Electric "Virtual Lighting Designer."
"This may end up being the most popular feature of the CD," Cross said. "By inviting customers to choose from various lighting options in the sample rooms of the virtual designer, they can redesign the same room in many different ways. From table lamps to recessed lights, chandeliers to under cabinet fixtures, or wall sconces to floor lamps, the design features change with the click of a button."
Mr. Electric produced more than 13,000 copies of the interactive CD and will begin releasing it to preferred customers and target customers in August.
The interactive CD may be the most advanced way to communicate with a customer, Cross added. Unlike a TV commercial, customers can view this as often and as long as they like. They can navigate it to the topics they prefer, and they are invited to participate rather than just listen to a message.


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Cyber security experts are investigating a nationwide attack on IT systems which has targeted at least 16 NHS organisations.
The malware attack has affected hospital trusts in Yorkshire, including York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust.
Pharmacists, doctors and NHS workers took to social media and described being held to ransom by the virus on their computers.
It is also reportedly affecting GP practices.
The first cyber attacks were reported at 3.30pm today (Friday) and, in a statement, NHS Digital said it is now working with the government and the National Cyber Security Centre to investigate.
The statement said: "A number of NHS organisations have reported to NHS Digital that they have been affected by a ransomware attack which is affecting a number of different organisations.
"The investigation is at an early stage but we believe the malware variant is Wanna Decryptor.
"At this stage we do not have any evidence that patient data has been accessed. We will continue to work with affected organisations to confirm this.
"NHS Digital is working closely with the National Cyber Security Centre, the Department of Health and NHS England to support affected organisations and to recommend appropriate mitigations."
The statement said the attack was not specifically targeted at the NHS, and is affecting organisations from other sectors.
York Teaching Hospital NHS Trust confirmed it was among those experiencing difficulties as well as Hull and East Yorkshire NHS Trust, which said its IT team "responded rapidly".
A spokesperson for Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, said: "We can confirm that we have detected malware on our system however, at present, it has not had a significant impact on our organisation. Our IT team responded rapidly and we have blocked all incoming email and all web mail for the time being. No patient systems are affected."
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs hospitals in Wakefield and Dewsbury, said they were not currently affected.
Attackers were able to targeted NHS computers by infecting them with a virus known as "ransomware", in which a rogue piece of software is installed remotely. The program, known as "Wana Decryptor" [CRRCT] demands an immediate online payment from the PC's owner for its removal.
Anti-virus software normally protects against such programs, but hackers can sometimes work around this.
The program obliterates the computer's normal screen with a demand for payment, claiming that files on the machine have been "encrypted" and hidden from the user. Encryption is used by many legitimate programs, including most text messaging services, and can be turned on and off instantly.
In many cases, the criminals behind such attacks are bluffing,hoping that the initial "scare screen" will be enough to frighten a user into paying.
The relatively low amounts demanded in the NHS attack - some users are being asked for £300 in the online currency bitcoin - and the poor spelling and grammar suggest the attackers may not be organised professionals.
The government publishes guidelines for public services on how viruses and online attacks can be prevented.


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Basketball Matters: Colorado State Duo leading Rams Resurgence
FORT COLLINS – With most sports fans' attention focused on Tim Tebow or Carmelo Anthony, Colorado State has flown under the radar as one of the better stories in the region.
The basketball program is not just healing under fourth-year head coach Tim Miles, but is showing signs of thriving. And this season, which featured one huge Cancun Governor's Cup tournament win highlighted by victories over Ole Miss and Southern Miss, he has leaned on the senior duo of Andy Ogide and Travis Franklin to lead the way.
They are the first two players on every opponent's scouting report, the duo that has to be stopped in order to have a shot at beating the Rams. From Baton Rouge, La. (Franklin) and Marietta, Ga. (Ogide) they are Colorado State's 'DSD.'
"Down South Duo," said Franklin, smiling wide.
Or, Dynamic Scoring Duo. At a combined average of 30 points per game, Ogide and Franklin account for 39.4 percent of the Rams points; and with a combined average of 12.3 rebounds the two account for 36.7 percent of the team's rebounding output.
If things are getting done these two are more than likely in the middle of it.
"Those two, first off all they play well off of each other," Miles said. "They're good kids. They have a strong desire to win and do it the right way. And then their intuitiveness with each other really helps. Andy, in the block, can score it on most people and Travis can drive it through a keyhole. That kid is as good as I've seen driving the ball."
They are a big part of CSU's 11-4 start, which includes a win in the Mountain West Conference opener on Tuesday over Wyoming. The start is the program's best in four years.
Ogide and Franklin have been teammates for the last three seasons, and clearly the familiarity has benefitted the chemistry.
"He's more of a slasher," said Ogide, who is Colorado State's leading scorer (15.5 ppg) and rebounder (7.4 rpg). "I like to do most of my damage down low. I can shoot outside when I need to. We just kind of compliment each other with that. I know when to give him his space and he knows when to back off a little bit and give me mine. I think we've been good working off of each other."
"We've been playing together for three years now," Franklin said. "I know where he's going to be. If I get doubled or when I drive, I know where he's going to be to kick it out, and vice versa for him. Teams want to key in on both of us and we make it hard for them to double."
And the attention paid to Ogide and Franklin has made it easier for teammates to find open looks. Wyoming's attention to the duo resulted in struggles for Franklin but also left open 3-point opportunities for guard Adam Nigon, who took full advantage and knocked down seven of them to nail down the victory.
"We just have better balance than we've had in a while," Ogide said. "We finally have guards in here. Last year we only had one true guard. It makes it a lot harder for teams to double down in the post. We get open shots now, that's basically the difference."
If Colorado State can find a consistent defensive mindset it appears to have the tools to be a surprise contender in a top-heavy MWC.
"The conference is as strong as it's ever been in its short history of 12 years. We want to be a player in that," Miles said. "Last year we were fifth, but we were 0-9 against the top schools. This year we want to continue to be good against the teams like us, but we need to punch through and beat some of those upper echelon teams to do that."
In the non-conference, these Rams carved out a fall-behind-and-rally identity, which tests the stress levels of their coaching staff and fans alike, but they've shown the resiliency to never give up on a game.
"We were standing there with a standing eight count, many games, and we found a way to come back and win," Miles said. "Now, I wish we'd keep our hands out so we don't get punched so hard, but we fought back. We found a resolve to continue to fight back and find a way to win games in different ways. I was happy about that with our guys."
Front Range Top Scoring Duos
Alec Burks, Cory Higgins (CU) 35.7 ppg
Devon Beitzel, Neal Kingman (UNC) 32.0 ppg
Andy Ogide, Travis Franklin (CSU) 30.0 ppg
Desmar Jackson, Djibril Thiam (WYO) 28.0
Michael Lyons, Tom Fow (AFA) 24.9 ppg
Chase Hallam, Brian Stafford (DU) 24.7 ppg
"First time I watched Burks in person what struck me was his tremendous length for the position. I didn't necessarily notice this as much on film. He's a solid athlete with a good handle, and combined with his length, this allows him to get his shot off pretty much anywhere and at anytime. He can go wherever he wants to against most college teams thanks to his dribbling ability. He has an uncanny ability to make off balance shots off the bounce. I usually don't like guys shooting when they aren't balanced, but he has the ability to make these shots consistently. This is something that really can't be taught. His scoring ability is legit and should translate to the next level.
One idiosyncrasy I noticed is that he shoots a true jumper from mid-range but more of a set-shot from beyond the arc. I would like his shot to be the same every time. He doesn't yet have NBA three-point range. He has a tendency to dribble in to charges or turnovers and has to improve in this area. He can be a very good passer when he wants to be, but he sometimes gets tunnel vision and looks only at the rim. He must improve and get more active when the ball isn't in his hands. He has a tendency to just stand or drift to the perimeter until he receives the ball again. His biggest weakness is his lack of defensive intensity. He often has a "too cool for school" look. When he's defending on the weak-side away from the ball he often loses sight of the ball or his man and is susceptible to giving up back door lay-ups. This is frustrating to watch because his length and athleticism could make him a great on the ball defender and also a menace in the passing lanes.
As it stands now, I could see him going as high as the late teens or as far back as late first round. Definitely think he's a first round talent, though."
With conference season starting for everyone in the Front Range, a quick look back at the biggest wins by area schools thus far.
Colorado State 68-61 over Ole Miss – This is the single biggest win of any area team in the non-conference season helped the Rams to the Cancun Governor's Cup title.
Colorado 78-69 over Indiana – A good win over a still-evolving Indiana team.
UNC 67-53 over Wyoming – Devon Beitzel's 20 points lifted Bears past an active Wyoming team.
As the Nuggets continue to improve their play, winners of four straight, they have done so in part thanks to better defense.
And lately, Arron Afflalo is beginning to remind some of Dahntay Jones, you know, without the harassing, hard fouls. Either way, Nuggets coach George Karl doesn't want anyone to diminish the importance of what the soft-spoken Afflalo has brought to the team this season.
"I think it's, for me it's like a Spartan mentality," Karl said.
"It doesn't get the glory. Arron doesn't get the glory that the scorer's going to get or the leading player on the offense is going to get. But they're very valuable. I would say Arron Afflalo is, in my mind, a lot higher priority of one of our top players than most people would think."
SHARP CUTS: It's been a dismal start for Jeff Bzdelik, who left the University of Colorado for Wake Forest after last season. His team is 6-8 with four straight losses going into today's game against High Point and turns the ball over 16.2 times per game. … Xavier Silas, who started his career at CU is third in the nation in scoring so far this season, averaging 24.5 points per game for Ricardo Patton's Northern Illinois Huskies, who are out to a 4-8 start this season.
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ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis Rams defensive end Robert Quinn has been charged with drunken driving in suburban St. Louis, police and court officials said Thursday.
Florissant police Capt. Tim Lowery said Quinn was involved in a one-car accident on an exit ramp along Interstate 270 at 5:38 a.m. on July 10. Lowery said the responding officer suspected Quinn was intoxicated and arrested him without incident.
"He cooperated fully," Lowery said. Quinn posted bond that day and was released.
In addition to the drunken driving charge, Quinn is charged with failure to exercise a high degree of care, and with having no insurance. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Oct. 11, said Anna Davis, clerk for the municipal court in Florissant.
Quinn does not have a listed phone number and it wasn't clear if he had an attorney. His agent, Tony Fleming, did not return a message seeking comment.
"The Rams and the NFL office are aware of the situation," the team said. "We take such matters very seriously, and we will act accordingly once the legal process plays out."
Quinn was the Rams' first-round draft pick in 2011. He was third on the team with five sacks in 2011. He had 23 tackles in 15 games after not dressing for the season opener against Philadelphia.
Quinn, 6-foot-5, 265 pounds, was the 14th overall selection despite playing only two seasons at North Carolina and despite the circumstances of his early departure. He was declared ineligible by the NCAA in 2010 for receiving improper benefits, including jewelry and travel accommodations.


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