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Irish premier Enda Kenny has described country music superstar Garth Brooks's decision to pull out of a comeback special expected to pump millions into the country's recovering economy this month as a shock to the system.
The top-selling US singer cancelled a sold-out run at Dublin's Croke Park after city officials granted permission for just three out of the five planned gigs, expected to draw 400,000 fans into the capital.
Brooks, who turned his back on touring to raise his family in Oklahoma 13 years ago, had issued an all-or-nothing ultimatum last week, saying he would play the five nights or none at all.
The star said to choose one show over another "would be like asking to choose one child over another".
Mr Kenny said the unprecedented fall-out, which has pitted Government ministers, tourism chiefs, business leaders and city representatives against each other, was "very badly handled all round".
"But there is a planning process in place, which is the law, and that planning process allowed for three concerts," he added.
The Taoiseach said the pull-out would hurt Dublin's economy. There have been estimates that the city would lose £11.8million.
"It's a shock to the system in terms of the economy of this city and the reputation of our country and I do hope that these kind of issues can be more efficiently handled on the next occasion that they arise," he said.
Dublin City Council moved to ban two of the concerts last week because of an agreement between the stadium owners the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) and local residents about the number of major music events that can take place a year.
The resulting row - which has dominated the national airwaves - prompted frantic efforts by Lord Mayor Christy Burke to relocate the two banned gigs, while State arbitrators attempted to negotiate compromises between all sides involved.
During the fiasco a split emerged among residents.
A solicitor for some lodged papers in the High Court demanding the remaining shows be cancelled while at the same time another group from the neighbourhood handed a petition to the city manager appealing for all five shows to go ahead.
A crisis meeting of the city council last night heard claims Brooks was preparing to divert a ship containing equipment for the stage, which former junior minister Ciaran Cuffe said was akin to "putting a gun" to the Lord Mayor's head.
In a brief statement today, promoters Aiken Promotions said it had "exhausted all avenues regarding the staging of this event".
Arts Minister Jimmy Deenihan said the debacle was an embarrassment for the country while junior trade minister Joe Costello accused Mr Brooks of "petulance and arrogance, with scant regard for his paying fans".
The decision not to grant a licence for all five shows - announced last week after an application was made in April - could not be directly appealed.
Licences were granted for three nights only, on July 25, 26 and 27.
Dublin City Council laid the blame with the promoter, saying it was "very disappointed" at its "decision not to proceed", adding that it hoped Aiken would reconsider its decision.
"Once again, we would like to reiterate that Dublin City Council granted a licence for three concerts," a spokesman said.
But stadium owners the GAA said it was never told any concerts would be refused planning permission when it notified city chiefs earlier in the year.
"From the outset Croke Park Stadium, as it does with the planning of all events staged in Croke Park, and with a view to avoiding surprise late difficulties, engaged fully with Dublin City Council officials and addressed comprehensively every issue presented during this planning process," a GAA spokesman said.
"At no stage were we given any indication that a licence was likely to be refused for any of the five concerts."
Zoom.in UK - Garth Brooks gets emotional at Hall of Fame induction on MUZU.TV.


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Field Dimensions Guide
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Base Distance
For home-to-1st and 3rd-to-home, the measurement is taken from the back point, or apex, of home plate to the farthest corner of each of 1st or 3rd base down the foul line. For 1st-to-2nd and 2nd-to-3rd, the measurement is taken from the outfield side of 1st or 3rd base at the corner by the foul line and extends to the center of 2nd base.
1st Base Runner's Lane
The runner's lane — which is always 3' to the foul side of the 1st base foul line — starts exactly half the distance down the 1st base line and ends at the back edge of 1st base. In other words, it's marked on the second half of the 1st base line.
Infield Hypotenuse
Measurement used to ensure the infield is square. May be measured from the back point or apex of home plate to the center of 2nd base. Or, it can be measured from the back corner of 1st base to the back corner of 3rd base.
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Infield Arc Radius
Measurement is taken from the center of the front edge of the pitching rubber and extends toward the outfield grass to the distance recommended.
Coach's Box from Foul Line
Measurement for the distance from the foul edge of the foul line to the line in the coach's box that runs parallel to the foul line.
Coach's Box Length
Distance measured on the long side of the coach's box.
Coach's Box Width
Distance measured on the short side of the coach's box.
Batter's Box Length
Distance from front to back of the batter's box.
Batter's Box Width
Distance from the inside edge of the batter's box to the outside edge of the batter's box.
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Distance from the back point of home plate (apex) to any portion of the backstop. Distance listed in the table is the minimum for that league. This distance can be greater than the minimum distance, but it cannot be any less.
Minimum Fence Distance
Minimum distance from the apex of home plate, down the right and left field foul lines to the outfield fence.
Minimum Centerfield Fence Distance
Minimum distance from the apex of home plate, along the playing field centerline to the center field fence.
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Measurement from the center of the mound outward to the length indicated.
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Finding that perfect paint color for your kitchen can be a nightmare. Who wants to spend a gorgeous weekend in the home improvement store looking at paint all day anyway? Lucky for you I just read an article that discusses this common issue.
"Red and Yellow Accents
"The dining chairs and kitchen stools are a typical bamboo Chippendale style, but in high-gloss lacquer they're surprising," designer Jesse Carrier says of a kitchen in a Florida house. "It's like they're candy-coated." The yellow glaze for the walls was inspired by the backsplash tile by Popham Design. The kitchen cabinets are original, but the countertops were updated with Caesarstone quartz. The warm patina of Circa Lighting's Goodman Hanging Lamps in antique brass adds contrast to all the bright colors"
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Just in case you aren't sharing enough of your lives with your friends already, Facebook last night announced a series of new apps that integrate with Facebook Timeline, from a variety of online services. The idea is to make it easier to share activities and interests with friends using the apps in conjunction with Facebook's new profile pages and right-hand ticker.
One example: Seattle-based Urbanspoon, maker of popular mobile restaurant apps, will be integrating its Dineline feature with Facebook Timeline. As explained in a news release, the feature "allows people to track restaurants they visited as well as what meal they had at that eatery, upload photos and share memorable meals on their Facebook Timelines."
The Dineline feature is available through an update to Urbanspoon's iPhone app, available here. Urbanspoon is part of CityGrid Media, an IAC Interactive company.
Additional apps for Facebook timeline are available here.
Thanks to Steven Johnson for pointing this out.
As VentureBeat explains, the initiative is part of Facebook's shift toward "actions," not just "likes."


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California could do without a lieutenant governor, but the current occupant of the office, former San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, is doing a public service by trying to focus more attention on jobs and economic development.
Reminders from Newsom are timely given the near-universal, and understandable, obsession with the broken state budget. Newsom called publicly recently for the state to adopt a comprehensive strategy on jobs.
What would that look like? At the very least, California policymakers should focus on doing more with the state's existing strengths, which amount to the three t's -- trade, tourism, and technology. Another priority: reviving and supporting, including with public incentives and investment, high-end manufacturing businesses that have been historically strong in California, especially aerospace.
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England Collegiate League Showdown
Works: No. 1 Newport vs No. 2 Keene
Newport Gulls will be playing the Keene Swamp Bats tonight in a key
New England Collegiate League game with more than just league
bragging rights at stake.
teams have identical 22-6 records and lead their respective divisions
by wide margins, but a showdown of the NECBL's two best clubs will
have rare national implications at stake as Newport and Keene moved
into the Nos. 1 and 2 positions today in Perfect Game's weekly
ranking of the nation's top 30 summer-league teams.
rare territory for any summer-college league not known as the Cape
Cod League, but the Gulls and Swamp Bats, historically the NECBL's
most-successful franchises, have been as hot recently as almost any
teams in the country with 13 wins apiece in their last 15 games.
Keene recently had a 10-game winning streak snapped.
Cape League's Harwich Mariners had occupied the No. 1 spot in PG's
weekly rankings since the outset of the 2012 season, but are in the
throes of a four-game losing streak that has knocked the team down to
No. 4.
slumping Harwich, at 16-10 overall, still boasts the best record in
the Cape Cod League, that standing is very much in jeopardy as the
Mariners have their own showdown encounter tonight when they face the
hard-charging and new No. 5-ranked Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox, one of
four teams in the Cape with identical 15-11 records. The Red Sox have
been the hottest team in the Cape recently.
appealing as the Harwich/Yarmouth-Dennis confrontation promises to
be, it may not be as intriguing as the one between Newport and Keene,
played about 100 miles away in Keene, N.H.
and Keene have dominated the NECBL to date, with both clubs running
1-2 in the league in team batting average and team ERA. Newport has
been slightly the more dominant of the two with an aggregate run
differential margin of 244-123, vs. Keene's ratio of 196-126, and
earned the No. 1 national ranking mainly on that basis. Newport, No.
5 a week ago, leads the NECBL with a .316 team batting average, while
Keene, No. 3 a week ago, is tops with a 3.51 ERA.
are ranked on the following criteria: won-loss record, league
dominance, depth and quality of professional-level talent and the
overall strength of the league. To receive consideration, teams must
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When Muhammad Ali floored Sonny Liston in their title-bout rematch in Lewiston, Maine, on May 25, 1965, a legend was born. Or, perhaps more accurately, a legendary boxing controversy was born. Ali (the former Cassius Clay, who had taken his now-famous Muslim name after defeating Liston in their first title bout in 1964) knocked Liston out with a first-round right hand to the head that, all these years later, is still known as the "phantom punch."
After all, an awful lot of people who were at the fight that night never saw, or later claimed that they never saw, the punch that floored Liston. Others, including Sports Illustrated's Tex Maule, were adamant that the punch was hardly a phantom, but instead was a perfectly timed blow that legitimately rocked the former champ.
In the years after the fight, various theories have been floated in order to explain what some fight fans simply can't or don't want to accept — namely, that Ali beat Liston, period.
But Liston was in debt to the Mafia and threw the fight to pay it off, some say. Or: Liston was frightened that Black Muslim extremists, gunning for Ali (who had had a falling out with Malcolm X before the latter's assassination in February 1965) might kill him by mistake. All very fascinating and even, in a sordid way, kind of romantic. But sportswriters like Maule, Lou Eisen and others are just as sure that the one punch in question was more than enough to rattle the older, out-of-shape and, frankly, undisciplined Liston.
In his cover story in the June 7, 1965, issue of SI, for example, Maule wrote that "the knockout punch itself was thrown with the amazing speed that differentiates Clay [as he was still called then by most in the media] from any other heavyweight. He leaned away from one of Liston's ponderous, pawing left jabs, planted his left foot solidly and whipped his right hand over Liston's left arm and into the side of Liston's jaw. The blow had so much force it lifted Liston's left foot, upon which most of his weight was resting, well off the canvas."
"He knocked out big Sonny Liston," the magazine asserted elsewhere in the same issue, "with a punch so marvelously fast that almost no one believed in it — but it was hard and true."
Maule also noted that "about 30 seconds before the end, [Ali] hit Liston with another strong right that may have started Sonny's downfall." A picture of that earlier punch (the fourth slide in this gallery) was the cover photo for the June 7 issue of Sports Illustrated. George Silk took that photo; the rest of the pictures in this gallery — none of which ever ran in LIFE — are by Silk's colleague, John Dominis. In fact, in Silk's picture, Dominis (wearing a dark blue shirt) can be seen resting his own camera on the canvas, just to the right of the ring post.
[MORE: See the gallery, "LIFE With Ali and Frazier: A Photographer Recalls the 'Fight of the Century'"]
Ben Cosgrove is the Editor of LIFE.com


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S.F. plane crash: Third victim dies
Chaos at scene: SFPD confirms fire truck hit earlier victim
A third passenger on the Asiana Airlines jet that crashed at San Francisco International Airport died Friday, the same day police confirmed that another girl killed during the disaster had been run over by a fire truck.
The latest victim, who was described only as a girl under age 18, died Friday morning at San Francisco General Hospital of injuries she suffered when the Boeing 777 crashed last Saturday, said Dr. Margaret Knudson, the hospital's chief of surgery.
The girl, whose name and age were not released, had been in critical condition since the airplane clipped a seawall, spun off the runway and burst into flames.
Hospital officials said the girl's family had requested that no further information about her be revealed. The Chinese consul in San Francisco confirmed that she was a Chinese national.
Earlier Friday, San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr confirmed that Ye Meng Yuan, 16, of China had been run over by firefighters trying to douse the flames engulfing Asiana Flight 214. However, he said, it still isn't clear whether Ye was already dead when she was hit.
Her body was found amid foam that firefighters had sprayed on the burning airplane, Suhr said.
"We know for sure she was at least run over one time, but at the time she was under foam, so nobody could have seen her," Suhr said. "And the question is whether or not she was still alive at the time."
Ye's body was found near Flight 214's left wing, not far from one of the inflatable slides that several passengers used to escape from the plane. Ye, however, was sitting in the back of the plane, near where the tail broke off on landing, and would have been able to get out that way. One of the unanswered questions about her death is how she ended up by the wing.
Spraying foam
Police investigators said Friday that an airport fire rig that ran over Ye apparently hit her after all the passengers had been evacuated. The rig was spraying foam on the fire and was repositioning to get a better angle when Ye was struck, they said.
"It wasn't going that fast," said Officer Gordon Shyy, a police spokesman. "When the firefighters repositioning the truck stopped, they realized there was a deceased person on the ground. She was lying down, covered in foam. They marked it, continued on to fighting the fire and notified the command chain there was a deceased person there."
San Mateo County Coroner Robert Foucrault, whose office performed an autopsy, said Ye had suffered extensive crushing injuries, but does not appear to have been thrown from the airplane at the time of the crash. His investigators have not determined what killed her.
Also killed in the crash was Ye's friend Wang Lin Jia, 16. Both girls had flown to the United States from Shanghai planning to visit Stanford University and attend a three-week summer camp at a Christian school in Southern California.
Wang, who is also believed to have been sitting at the rear of the plane, was found near the seawall that Flight 214 struck at 11:27 a.m. Saturday as it attempted to land at well below its target speed.
Third fatality
The girl who died Friday was one of 31 children and 36 adults who were treated at San Francisco General. They were among 180 passengers and six flight attendants who were hurt in the crash.
Six patients remain at San Francisco General. Two adults are in critical condition with spinal cord and abdominal injuries, internal bleeding, road rash and fractures, hospital officials said.
The details emerged as National Transportation Safety Board workers began cutting up the hulk of the aircraft so they could take it to a hangar for storage. At 5:05 p.m. Friday, airport officials reopened the runway, 28L, on which Flight 214 had tried to land.
Peter Fimrite and Jaxon Van Derbeken are San Francisco Chronicle staff writers. E-mail: email@example.com, firstname.lastname@example.com


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Caster & Camber Settings - Caster And Camber Tech
The How And Why Of Caster And Camber Settings
Caster and camber settings are set relative to the type of car and the design of the racetrack. When you determine the correct settings for each, you need to maintain those settings. We will discuss what affects caster and camber in our racecars as well as how to properly measure them.
It is important to know how to properly measure for the amount of caster and camber in your racecar. All teams need to learn the proper procedure for determining the amount of each that exists in the front-end geometry of their racecars.
CASTER DEFINEDCaster is a design condition that, in addition to the spindle kingpin angle, serves to cause a wheel to want to track straight ahead. A common example is a bicycle front-wheel and fork assembly. The tube that the handlebars are mounted to is mounted in a set of bearings above the fork. From a side view, this tube is angled so that the bottom bearing is ahead of the top bearing. If we turn the front wheel to 90 degrees from the direction of travel, it will want to return to straight ahead by the effect of caster. The same effect is present in the front-wheel assemblies of our racecar.
What Caster DoesTo ease the amount of effort it takes to turn the wheel in our race cars, we introduce caster split into the design. Split means that we set different caster amounts into each wheel assembly so that the car will want to turn to the left and thereby reduce the amount of effort it takes for the driver to hold the steering wheel when negotiating the turns.
Proper split for circle track racing means that the left-front wheel will have less positive caster than the right-front wheel. In some cases, teams have been known to set negative caster in the LF wheel and positive caster in the RF wheel.
To measure caster in each wheel, we use a caster/camber gauge. This tool attaches to the wheel hub. To check the amount of caster, we need to follow these instructions:
1. Attach the caster/camber gauge to the right-front wheel hub first.
2. Turn the steering wheel to the right so that the right-front wheel has turned exactly 20 degrees.
3. For a manual gauge, level the gauge and set the adjustable caster bubble vial so that the bubble is at the zero mark on the caster side of the tool. For a digital gauge, set the tool to caster and zero the display.
4. Turn the steering wheel to the left so that the right-front wheel is turned past straight ahead and ends up left of straight ahead by 20 degrees.
5. Again, level the gauge and then note the location of the bubble on the scale of the manual gauge and record the amount of caster in the right-front wheel. For a digital gauge, level the gauge and read the display.
6. While the wheels are still turned left 20 degrees, remove the caster/camber gauge and place it onto the left-front wheel hub.
7. Level the gauge and set the bubble on the caster gauge to zero or set the digital display to zero.
8. Turn the steering wheel to the right past straight ahead until the LF wheel is turned 20 degrees to the right of straight ahead.
9. Level the gauge and read the bubble scale or display to know how much caster is in the LF wheel.
Adjusting CasterTo adjust the amount of caster in each wheel, you will need to move the upper ball joints fore or aft. To increase the amount of positive caster, move the top ball joint toward the rear of the car. Some cars have slots cut into the upper chassis mounts for this purpose.
If you have permanently attached vertical mounting plates that the upper control arms are attached to, then you can vary the amount of shim spacing for each of the bolts that attach the control arm to the chassis. Wider spacing at the front bolt (control arm shaft inside of the mounting plate) will move the upper ball joint to the front, creating less caster at that wheel and so on. This is not the preferred method, though.
Once you have established the exact caster amounts for each wheel using the above method (if not using slotted control arm shafts), you should order an upper control arm that has the ball joint offset to give the correct amount of caster at each wheel. That way, you can use the same shim spacing for each mounting bolt to connect the upper control arm shaft to the chassis.
How Much Caster SplitThe normal caster split for most short-track asphalt applications is around 2 to 4 degrees of difference. The left-front caster might be 1-2 degrees and the RF caster might be 3-5 degrees. The higher the banking angle of the racetrack, the less caster that is needed because less steering effort is needed due to the banking. On the other hand, the tighter the turn radius, the more caster split is needed.
Driver preference plays a big role in getting the caster split right for your application. Most drivers prefer to have some feel where they need to pull slightly on the wheel to make the turn. What no driver wants or needs is to have more caster split than needed so that they will need to apply backpressure on the steering wheel at midturn.
CAMBER DEFINEDCamber is when a wheel is tilted so that the top of the tire is either closer to or farther from the centerline of the car. Negative camber is when the top of the tire is closer to the center of the car than the bottom of the tire. Positive camber is when the top of the tire is farther away from the center of the car than the bottom of the tire.
Circle Track CamberIn circle track racing, we use positive camber on the left-front wheel of the car and negative camber on the right-front wheel. We can easily check the amount of camber by using a caster/camber gauge and reading the amount directly on the camber bubble vial.
We have learned some interesting and important aspects of tire camber for short-track racing. We have always known that a racing tire will flex under the stress of cornering and the tread will move and roll under the wheel when the extreme forces associated with cornering are present. Different brands of tires have different stiffnesses of sidewall construction and therefore roll over more or less.
Tire temperatures tell us more about how much static camber we need than anything else. The overall goal is that we need the tire contact patch to be relatively flat on the racing surface at midturn in order for the tire to be able to provide the maximum amount of traction. This is often referred to as the maximum "footprint."
Tire temperatures can alert us to improperly set static cambers. A front tire that is hotter on the inside edge (side toward the inside of the racetrack) usually has too much positive camber in the case of a left-front wheel, or too much negative camber if it is the right-front wheel.
Camber ChangeThe cambers will change as the car dives and rolls when it enters and negotiates a turn. True camber change is a product of both chassis dive and chassis roll. Gone are the days when we would jack up the wheel and measure how many degrees the camber changed in each inch of bump. Those numbers really don't tell us anything. They are only part of the answer. Chassis roll has an effect that adds or subtracts from what dive does. So what we really need to know is what the dynamic camber is after the car dives and rolls, just like it does in the turns.
The left front always loses a lot of camber, so we need to allow for that in setting the amount of static camber. Generally, if we end up with between 11/42 and 1 degree of positive camber at the left-front wheel after the car dives and rolls, then that tire will have the dynamic camber that it needs.
The right-front camber change is a little different. We can design our car so that the right-front camber does not change after dive and roll. This is actually exactly what that tire wants for most short-track applications. The reason for this is that as we enter the turn, the right-front tire takes a set fairly quickly. If the camber continues to change after that initial set, then the tire will give up traction and the car will usually push.
The right upper control arm angle mostly controls the right-front camber change, so we try to work with that control arm angle. Once we have the proper camber change (zero), we leave that angle alone as we further design our front end for moment center location.
SPINDLE HEIGHTSpindle height affects the amount of camber change at each wheel. The taller the spindle, the less camber change will occur. Trends that have taken place in the past 10 years or so have resulted in excess camber change due to the use of shorter spindles. That trend is in the reverse mode now as the car builders move toward using taller spindles.
Measuring Camber ChangeWe can measure camber change by several different methods. In the shop, we can set the chassis ride heights just as they would be at midturn on the racetrack and then directly measure the camber at each wheel. To do this, we will need to know the shock travel at midturn, which is very hard to estimate.
If we look at the shock travel indicators on the shaft of the shock, it always tells us total shock travel, which includes braking, going over bumps, banking changes such as exiting the racetrack and driving down onto the apron (this could be quite a lot of left-front shock travel at some high-banked racetracks), or something as simple as steering the car back and forth to warm the tires before running hot laps.
CONCLUSIONRemember that caster settings are mostly adjusted for driver preference and comfort, and camber settings are important so that the front end will have the maximum amount of footprint and traction to use to turn the car at midturn. Many of our problems related to a car that won't turn well come from incorrect camber settings and camber change problems.
Often, a car that has a serious push can be helped by analyzing and adjusting the static camber as well as knowing the camber change amounts. For dirt cars, taking tire temperatures may not be feasible, but measuring tire wear can tell us a similar story as temperatures. The more wear, probably the more temperature that part of the tire experiences. Even wear across the tread translates to more even tire temperatures and the best camber settings.


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The Baptist Heritage
B&H Publishing Group, 29 jan. 1987 - 850 pagina's
The Baptist Heritage: Four Century of Baptist Witness H. Leon McBeth's 'The Baptist heritage' is a definitive, fresh interpretation of Baptist history. Based on primary source research, the book combines the best features of chronological and topical history to bring alive the story of Baptists around the world.
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BOULDER, CO - August 15, 2006
Spyware infection rates have risen to the highest levels since 2004 when the Internet security scourge was at its supposed peak, according to latest State of Spyware report issued today by Webroot Software, the leading anti-spyware developer.
During the second quarter of 2006, Webroot researchers found that 89 percent of consumer PCs were infected with an average of 30 pieces of spyware – a slight increase from the first quarter of 2006 when infection rates returned to alarmingly high levels after a supposed lull in spyware infections during the second half of 2005. According to the report, new distribution channels, advanced spyware technologies and a reliance on free anti-spyware programs are all contributing factors to the startling increase.
In the report, Webroot details how spyware purveyors are capitalizing on the popularity of social networking sites like MySpace to reach new victims while spammers have recognized the extra profitability offered by adding spyware programs to their email scams. Spyware criminals are also flooding the Internet with an increased number of malicious spyware websites in hopes of garnering new victims. Using Phileas V, the next generation of Webroot's automated spyware research system, Webroot to date has identified 527,136 malicious websites. This number marks a substantial increase during the last quarter as the number of identified websites at the close of the first quarter of 2006 was 427,000.
At the same time, spyware criminals continue to rely on the most advanced spyware technologies to reel in new victims. With many PC users still relying on free anti-spyware programs, spyware purveyors are able to easily avoid detection using advanced spyware programs like rootkits, Trojan downloaders, keyloggers and driver-level installers. During the last quarter alone, Webroot saw the infection rate of Trojans among consumer PCs rise to 31 percent up from 29 percent during the first quarter of 2006 and 24 percent during the last quarter of 2005. Additionally, Webroot found more than 1 million traces of the most prevalent Trojan, Trojan – Downloader – Zlob during the second quarter.
"Less than a year ago, many so-called Internet security experts began claiming that spyware was on the decline and that infection rates would soon drop to the point of extinction. While the infection rates at that time seemingly supported this theory, the data we have culled during the past six months unequivocally show that spyware is anything but extinct," said C. David Moll, CEO of Webroot Software. "Spyware is a financially motivated threat and as long as there is a dollar to be had, cyber criminals will do everything possible to steal it. It is imperative that PC users deploy a proven anti-spyware solution that offers proactive protection against the most advanced spyware technologies."
Enterprises were not immune from spyware attacks either as evidenced by the more than 40 security breaches reported by enterprises during the last quarter. With industry experts estimating that 70 percent of corporations use an anti-spyware solution, the steady infection rates among enterprises suggest that these deployed anti-spyware solutions may be inadequate. Additionally, Webroot found that infections rates for the most damaging types of spyware – system monitors and trojans – remained steady during the last two quarters.
Webroot also found that spyware is reaching the farthest parts of the world and across each continent. During the second quarter of 2006, Puerto Rico had the highest number of spies detected: 42.6 per scanned PC. Algeria and Bahrain also had high infection rates with 38.4 per scanned PC and 35.7, respectively. For the most malicious threats, the Dominican Republic had the highest infection rates for Trojans at 1,099 per 1,000 PCs scanned and Yemen had the highest rate of system monitors with 426 per 1,000 PCs scanned.
The State of Spyware report is issued quarterly as an in-depth review and analysis of the impact of spyware, adware and unwanted software on consumers and enterprises. The foundation for much of the analysis and trends reporting comes from Webroot's consumer and corporate SpyAudit tools and from online research culled by Phileas, Webroot's automated spyware research system. The SpyAudit tools invite both consumers and enterprises to scan specific PCs and determine spyware infection levels.


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Six people, including three footballers, have reportedly been arrested in England on suspicion of fixing football games in the country, sending shockwaves through the entire British football fraternity.
In what has been touted as the biggest match fixing scandal of the year for England, National Crime Agency detectives have arrested six men who are alleged to be members of a betting syndicate, with one suspect believed to be former Premier League player and now agent Delroy Facey .
According to the Mirror, the arrests follow an investigation by a reputed British newspaper which claims that British football matches were being targeted by Asian match fixers.
The report mentioned that the arrests were made following a sting by the newspaper, in which it claims undercover reporters discussed the possibility of influencing the scores and outcomes of lower-league English games for as little as 50,000 pounds.
It is not believed that any Premier League sides are involved in the scandal, but the identities of those clubs affected cannot be disclosed for legal reasons, the report added. (ANI)
Via SyndiGate.info
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On a train near a smelly mouth person, reminds me of the only worthwhile person i know on fb, (with the possible exception of luka) Michelle who only posts about her experiences on public transport, which invariably seem to involve her dressing down people who are doing it wrong...
1. Halitosis. Like they say about other aspects of personal hygiene. Would mouth odour normalise itself if you never brushed your teeth? Has anyone tried? Give me historical sources.
2. When you fart on a cold day, is there a little cloud of steam? Why/why not?
Ok no more questions... i reached my destination
Smartphones really are a plague on humankind


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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee guard Trae Golden's roller-coaster junior year has culminated with the biggest twist of all.
He's transferring.
Tennessee announced Tuesday that Golden will transfer at the end of the spring semester. Golden, a two-year starter, had placed third in the Southeastern Conference with 3.9 assists per game and was the Vols' third-leading scorer with 12.1 points per game this past season. He was named SEC player of the week twice while helping the Volunteers finish 20-13 and earn a second straight NIT berth.
"I had a great three years at Tennessee, but I plan to play my senior year somewhere else this fall," Golden said in a statement released by the university. "I really appreciate the staff and all the great support from Vol fans. I'm definitely going to miss my teammates. I want them to have nothing but success in the future."
According to the Knoxville News Sentinel, Golden's departure is tied to academic issues. The paper's website reported that "repeated plagiarism" and other academic challenges fueled his decision.
The site, citing a source in the Tennessee athletic department, said Golden's only option was to transfer because the university would not have allowed him to stay and attempt to correct his academic issues.
Golden's departure creates uncertainty for a program that figured to enter the 2013-14 as a potential Top-25 team. Tennessee returns first-team All-SEC guard Jordan McRae and second-team All-SEC forward Jarnell Stokes, who both chose to return to school rather than entering the NBA draft. The Vols also welcome back Jeronne Maymon, a second-team All-SEC forward in 2011-12, who missed the entire 2012-13 season with a knee injury.
In the April 27 statement announcing his decision to return for his junior season, Stokes said he was "looking forward to playing with Jeronne, Jordan, Trae and my other teammates again."
That makes Tuesday's announcement a bit of a surprise. The news comes just three days after Tennessee revealed it had released freshman guard Travon Landry from his letter of intent before he enrolled. Landry has since signed with New Mexico State.
"We want nothing but the best for Trae," Tennessee coach Cuonzo Martin said in a statement released by the university. "Everyone associated with our program wants to see him be successful, and we wish him well."
Golden's transfer comes after an inconsistent junior season that reflected his team's up-and-down fortunes.
After getting off to a hot start, Golden endured a shooting slump in late December and fell out of the starting lineup in early January. He strained his right hamstring Jan. 29 and sat out back-to-back losses to Arkansas and Georgia.
Once he regained his health, Golden heated up again and moved back into the starting lineup to spark Tennessee's late-season surge. The Vols won nine-of-10 games before ending the season with losses to Alabama in the SEC tournament quarterfinals and to Mercer in the NIT's opening round.
Golden scored at least 20 points in five of Tennessee's last 10 games, including a career-high 32 points in a four-overtime victory at Texas A&M.
Although he had a scorer's mentality, Golden served as the Vols' main point guard the past two seasons. Someone else will have to fill that role in his absence. The Vols' incoming freshman class includes Darius Thompson, a 6-foot-4 combo guard who has the ability to play the point. Another incoming freshman for Tennessee is Robert Hubbs, a 6-5 shooting guard rated by Rivals.com as the No. 23 overall prospect in the 2013 recruiting class.
Information from ESPN.com's Myron Medcalf and The Associated Press was used in this report.


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Fans of Tim Holtz who also take part in sewing and quilting activities will have something to celebrate soon as Tim announced today a new partnership with Coats & Clark that will have him designing that company's debut fabric line.
Coats & Clark is well-known to sewers and quilters for their thread and sewing notions, and lovers of knit & crochet for their Red Heart yarn and their Susan Bates brand needles & hooks. But fabric will be a new endeavor for Coats.
The new line, called Eclectic Elements, will feature 24 SKUs of fabric designs that will be familiar to Tim Holtz fans from his paper lines. Some of the designs are being produced in two different color tones, taupe and neutral (seen below). The 100% cotton fabric is 44″ wide and will be available on 15 yard bolts. For quilters, the fabric will be available in fat quarters, design rolls, 5" and 10" charm packs and fat eighths, while it is being marketed for papercrafters in 6″ and 12″ fabric crafting packs.Continue Reading →


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This is a guide to how children develop speech and language between 2 and 3 years.
Children develop skills at different rates, but by 3 years usually children will:
- Listen to and remember simple stories with pictures.
- Understand longer instructions, such as 'make teddy jump' or 'where's mummy's coat?'
- Understand simple 'who', 'what' and 'where' questions.
- Use up to 300 words.
- Put 4 or 5 words together to make short sentences, such as 'want more juice' or 'he took my ball'.
- Ask lots of questions. They will want to find out the name of things and learn new words.
- Use action words as well as nouns, such as 'run' and 'fall'.
- Start to use simple plurals by adding 's', for example 'shoes' or 'cars'.
- Use a wider range of speech sounds. However, many children will shorten longer words, such as saying 'nana' instead of 'banana'. They may also have difficulty where lots of sounds happen together in a word, e.g. they may say 'pider' instead of 'spider.'
- Often have problems saying more difficult sounds like sh, ch, th and r. However, people that know them can mostly understand them.
- Now play more with other children and share things.
- Sometimes sound as if they are stammering or stuttering. They are usually trying to share their ideas before their language skills are ready. This is perfectly normal, just show you are listening and give them plenty of time.
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In 1987, the Red Sox celebrated the 75th anniversary of Fenway Park but the team had a difficult time repeating their success of the previous year. A new function facility named, "Diamond at Fenway," and a new souvenir store, "The Lansdowne Shop," were built in the Jeano Building and in the summer, Fenway Park hosted the last matchup between all-stars from the Cape Cod Baseball League and the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League.
Record: 78-84, 5th in American League East
Manager: John F. McNamara
Attendance: 2,231,551
In 1987, the Red Sox embarked on a full year celebration of the 75th Anniversary of Fenway Park. It was the first time any ballclub had ever organized such an extensive celebration for the anniversary of the facility in which it played. The Red Sox developed the first ballpark anniversary logo in MLB history for the event, which was worn on Red Sox uniforms throughout the entire year and was used on special publications and commemorative merchandise. On April 20, 1987, the 75th anniversary of the ballpark's first regular season game, the Red Sox recreated pre-game ceremonies from that historic first game in 1912.
Despite plans for such a grand celebration of Fenway Park, the heartbreak of the 1986 World Series still clung to the hearts of Red Sox Nation and 1987 started with a pair of sour contract issues. Catcher Rich Gedman enjoyed a quality season in 1986 but didn't receive a single offer when he entered free agency. Gedman was more or less forced to re-sign with the Red Sox and couldn't even do that until May 1. It was later determined that Major League Baseball had engaged in collusion and Gedman, along with a number of other players ,received a settlement payment. Roger Clemens, meanwhile, walked out of spring training and demanded more money from the team as part of a holdout.
After a disappointing season-opening road trip, Bruce Hurst won the home opener with a 3-0, three-hitter. Clemens made his 1987 debut the following game and promptly surrendered four runs in four innings. When he was removed from the game, Clemens received hearty boos from the Fenway Park crowd who was still angry about the right-hander's holdout.
Clemens managed to turn his season around and won his second straight Cy Young award with a 20-9 record, seven shutouts and a 2.97 ERA. On the offensive side, Wade Boggs earned his fourth batting title with a .363 batting average and 200 hits and Dwight Evans supplied the power with career bests in home runs (34) and RBIs (123). The individual accolades were nice but the team fared poorly and couldn't even win half their games. After a title run the year before, the 1987 Red Sox slumped to a 78-84 record, leaving the club 20 games behind the first-place Tigers.
In 1987, a new function facility named, "Diamond at Fenway," and a new souvenir store, "The Lansdowne Shop," were built in the Jeano Building. The souvenir store would eventually become the Crown Royal Club (Absolut Club) in 2004 and the function facility, combined with the bowling alley below it, was turned into the restaurant Game On! in 2005.
An Old-Timers game celebrating Fenway Park's 75th Anniversary was held on May 23, with Cleveland Indians legend Bob Feller picking up the win for the "visiting" Equitable All-Stars team. In their final match-up at Fenway Park, the Cape Cod Baseball League All-Star team defeated the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League All-Star team 10-1 in 1987. The Cape Cod team won six of the seven games it played against the Atlantic Collegiate squad at Fenway Park in the 1970s and 1980s, with the other game ending in a tie.
|1987 Non-Red Sox Baseball At Fenway Park
|May 23
|Old-Timers Game
|July 13
|Cape Cod Baseball League 10, Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League 1*
* From 1975 to 1987, on a biennial basis, Fenway Park hosted an all-star game between the Cape Code Baseball League and the Atlantic Collegiate League. The all-star game alternated between Fenway Park and sites closer to the ACL's teams, such as Yankee Stadium and Veterans Stadium. In 1988, the Cape Cod Baseball League returned to an intra-league format for their annual all-star game and in 2009, Cape Code League All-Stars returned to Fenway Park for the Cape Cod League All-Star Game, which was played again in 2010.


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January 28th, 2004 by eugene
Western Digital Raptor WD740GD
Note: The article has been updated and given additional resources on 11/14/2011. Since the publication of this review, this drive has been retested under Testbed4, a newer hardware/software/benchmark platform. This review remains for reference purposes only.
Update 4/6/10 - Western Digital VelociRaptor 600GB Review
For more information on the drive's specs and performance potential, please review SR's Western Digital Raptor WD740GD Preview.
The WD740GD hit general availability in mid-December. Though it took much longer than hoped, the firm has finally supplied SR with production samples. This newest Raptor features a 10,000 RPM spindle speed, two 37 GB platters, a 4.5 millisecond advertised seek time, an 8-megabyte buffer, and a 5-year warranty.
Though the product itself features firmware-level tagged command queuing, at the time of this writing, no appropriate controllers were available from several likely manufacturers. TCQ will likely bring significantly better performance scaling as multi-user loads increase; as of now, however, it remains a future promise. This initial review features the Raptor operating with a Promise SATA150TX4 controller.
In the following tests, the Western Digital Raptor WD740GD will be compared against the following drives for the following reasons:
|Western Digital Raptor WD740GD Beta Sample
|The sample previously reviewed by SR
|Western Digital Raptor WD360GD
|The review unit's predecessor
|Maxtor Atlas 10k IV
|Current-generation 10k RPM SCSI drive
|Fujitsu MAP3147
|Current-generation 10k RPM SCSI drive
|Seagate Cheetah 10K.6
|Current-generation 10k RPM SCSI drive
|IBM Ultrastar 146Z10
|Current-generation 10k RPM SCSI drive
|Maxtor Atlas 15k
|The reigning champion for single-user performance
|Hitachi Deskstar 7K250
|The fastest 7200 RPM SATA drive currently available
|Western Digital Caviar WD2500JD
|Western Digital's current 7200 RPM SATA drive
Low-Level Results
For diagnostic purposes only, StorageReview measures the following low-level parameters:
Average Read Access Time- An average of 25,000 random accesses of a single sector each conducted through IPEAK SPT's AnalyzeDisk suite. The high sample size permits a much more accurate reading than most typical benchmarks deliver and provides an excellent figure with which one may contrast the claimed access time (claimed seek time + the drive spindle speed's average rotational latency) provided by manufacturers.
WB99 Disk/Read Transfer Rate - Begin- The sequential transfer rate attained by the outermost zones in the hard disk. The figure typically represents the highest sustained transfer rate a drive delivers.
WB99 Disk/Read Transfer Rate - End- The sequential transfer rate attained by the innermost zones in the hard disk. The figure typically represents the lowest sustained transfer rate a drive delivers.
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Note: Scores on top are better.
|WD740GD Average Read Service Time
The Raptor WD740GD delivers a measured average access time of 7.8 milliseconds. Subtracting 3 ms to account for the rotational latency of a 10,000 RPM spindle uncovers a measured seek time of 4.8 milliseconds. As a result, the final sample manages to shave half a millisecond off of the score delivered by the pre-release unit. The WD740GD's actual seek time weighs in about 0.3 milliseconds higher than Western Digital's claim- off, but still quite close, especially for WD's frequently optimistic figures.
Note: Scores on top are better.
Transfer rates more or less hold steady between the two samples. The outer- and inner-zone scores of the WD740GD rest at 71.8 MB/sec and 53.8 MB/sec respectively. This half-percent difference when contrasted with the beta unit's scores falls well within WinBench 99's margin of error; such differences can arise in a comparison of otherwise identical disks.
Single-User Performance
StorageReview uses the following tests to assess non-server use:
StorageReview.com Office DriveMark 2002- A capture of 30 minutes of actual computer productivity use that exactingly recreates a typical office-style multitasking environment. The applications include: Outlook XP, Word XP, Excel XP, PowerPoint XP, Calypso (a freeware e-mail client), SecureCRT v3.3 (a telnet/SSH client), CuteFTP Pro v1.0 (an FTP/SSH client), ICQ 2000b), Palm Hotsync 4.0, Gravity 2.3 (a Usenet/newsgroups client), PaintShop Pro v7.0, Media Player v8 for the occasional MP3, and Internet Explorer 6.0.
StorageReview.com High-End DriveMark 2002- A capture of VeriTest's Content Creation Winstone 2001 suite. Applications include Adobe Photoshop v5.5, Adobe Premiere v5.1, Macromedia Director v8.0, Macromedia Dreamweaver v3.0, Netscape Navigator v4.73, and Sonic Foundry Sound Forge v4.5. Unlike typical productivity applications, high-end audio- and video- editing programs are run in a more serial and less multitasked manner. The High-End DriveMark includes significantly more sequential transfers and write (as opposed to read) operations.
StorageReview.com Bootup DriveMark 2002- A capture of the rather unusual Windows XP bootup process. Windows XP's boot procedure involves significantly different access patterns and queue depths than those found in other disk accesses. This test recreates Windows XP's bootup from the initial bootstrap load all the way to initialization and loading of the following memory-resident utilities: Dimension4 (a time synchronizer), Norton Antivirus 2002 AutoProtect, Palm Hotsync v4.0, and ICQ 2000b.
StorageReview.com Gaming DriveMark 2002- A weighted average of the disk accesses featured in five popular PC games: Lionhead's Black & White v1.1, Valve's Half-Life: Counterstrike v1.3, Blizzard's Diablo 2: Lord of Destruction v1.09b, Maxis's The Sims: House Party v1.0, and Epic's Unreal Tournament v4.36. Games, of course, are not multitasked- all five titles were run in a serial fashion featuring approximately half an hour of play time per game.
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Note: Scores on top are better.
Incredibly, the final version of the Raptor WD740GD manages to squeeze out even more performance in the StorageReview Desktop DriveMarks.
The Raptor delivers 606 I/Os per second in the Office DriveMark 2002, an improvement of about 5% over the pre-release unit's score. The WD740GD as a result pulls within 3% of Maxtor's mighty Atlas 15k, a drive that's held the top single-user performace slot for nearly a year.
Remember, though the High-End DriveMark 2002 places slightly more emphasis on sequential transfers, the locality patterns that dominate single-user performance remain. The release Raptor musters a 3% improvement over the beta unit. Its score of 585 I/Os per second shatters previous records and trounces that of the Atlas 15k's by an impressive 14% margin.
StorageReview's Bootup DriveMark 2002 generates higher-than-normal queue depths through playback of Windows XP's highly-tuned boot process. The Raptor manages 610 I/Os per second, again breaking all previous marks and leaving the Atlas 15k behind with a substantial 21% lead.
The WD740GD's 749 I/Os per second in the Gaming DriveMark 2002 are not quite enough to surpass the Atlas 15k's category-leading score. Still, by trailing the 15,000 RPM SCSI beast by just 6%, WD's drive manages a formidable showing nonetheless.
Multi-User Performance
StorageReview uses the following tests to assess server performance:
StorageReview.com File Server DriveMark 2002- A mix of synthetically-created reads and writes through IOMeter that attempts to model the heavily random access that a dedicated file server experiences. Individual tests are run under loads with 1 I/O, 4 I/Os, 16 I/Os, and 64 I/Os outstanding. The Server DriveMark is a convenient at-a-glance figure derived from the weighted average of results obtained from the four different loads.
StorageReview.com Web Server DriveMark 2002- A mix of synthetically-created reads through IOMeter that attempts to model the heavily random access that a dedicated web server experiences. Individual tests are run under loads with 1 I/O, 4 I/Os, 16 I/Os, and 64 I/Os outstanding. The Server DriveMark is a convenient at-a-glance figure derived from the weighted average of results obtained from the four different loads.
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Note: Scores on top are better.
A continued lack of available controllers that work in conjunction with the Raptor WD740GD's command queuing allows today's premiere SCSI contenders to turn the tables on WD's newcomer in multi-user performance measures. The 15,000 RPM Atlas, for example, dusts the Raptor by a huge 65% margin in the File Server DriveMark 2002. Even Seagate's Cheetah 10K.6, considered a relatively conservative (but steady) workhorse, maintains a lead of 21% over the WD740GD.
The File Server DriveMark is actually a weighted average of individual scores at varying queue depths. Let's take a closer look at the breakdown between the Raptor and similar 10,000 RPM SCSI units:
|4 I/Os
|16 I/Os
|64 I/Os
|Maxtor Atlas 10k IV
|Fujitsu MAP3147
|Seagate Cheetah 10K.6
|Hitachi Ultrastar 146Z10
|Western Digital Raptor WD740GD
Western Digital's offering delivers a seek time just as low as that of the competition. With just a single I/O operation outstanding, the Raptor leads the pack. As loads grow progressively heavier, however, the lack of a controller to pair with the Raptor's firmware-level command queuing prevents its scores from scaling as elegantly as the SCSI competition.
The end result is similar in the Web Server DriveMark 2002: despite its great random access time, the Raptor simply can't keep up.
Further breakdown of the Server DriveMarks under individual I/O loads may be found, as always, in the StorageReview Drive Performance Database.
Legacy Performance
eTesting Lab's WinBench 99 Disk WinMark tests are benchmarks that attempt to measure desktop performance through a rather dated recording of high-level applications. Despite their age, the Disk WinMarks are somewhat of an industry standard. The following results serve only as a reference; SR does not factor them into final judgments and recommends that readers do the same.
Note: Scores on top are better.
Heat and Noise
Idle Noise- The sound pressure emitted from a drive measured at a distance of 18 millimeters. The close-field measurement allows for increased resolution between drive sound pressures and eliminates interactions from outside environmental noise. Note that while the measurement is an A-weighted decibel score that weighs frequencies in proportion to human ear sensitivity, a low score does not necessarily predict whether or not a drive will exhibit a high-pitch whine that some may find intrusive. Conversely, a high score does not necessarily indicate that the drive exhibits an intrusive noise envelope.
Net Drive Temperature- The highest temperature recorded from a 16-point sample of a drive's top plate after it has been under heavy load for 80 minutes. The figures provided are net temperatures representing the difference between the measured drive temperature and ambient temperature.
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Note: Scores on top are better.
At idle, the Raptor WD740GD turns in an objectively-measured sound pressure of 42.3 dB/A from a distance of 18 millimeters, a 1.6 dB/A increase over the noise generated by the pre-release sample. This discrepancy, however, stands as yet another example of the perils one faces when judging a drive's noise profile based on a single number. Subjectively speaking, the WD740GD's idle noise remains virtually identical to the beta drive's- that is, whisper quiet. The Raptor competes with 7200 RPM and even 5400 RPM drives as one of the quietest drives ever.
In the WD740GD preview article, I stated that "Despite the powerful actuator necessary to deliver sub-9ms access times, the WD740GD's seek noises remain impressively muted. Even with a full random seek test running, the Raptor's noise weighs in only slightly audible over our testbed's Antec PP412X power supply and retail P4 heatsink fan."
After subsequently living with the drive for two months in my own personal system, however, I have to retract the statement. When the drive is fairly busy, seek noises are distinctly audible over my machine's power supply and CPU fans and are similar to the noises generated by that of 10k RPM SCSI devices. Personally, such sounds don't bother me; indeed, like many others, I prefer to hear my drive when its actively retrieving data. Those who do not, however, should keep in mind that the drive's actuator is a bit louder than that of today's 7200 RPM ATA drives.
Despite the slightly swifter seeks, the final WD740GD generates an amount of heat similar to the pre-release sample and rests somewhere between the hottest 7200 RPM ATA drives and the coolest 4-platter, 10K RPM SCSI disks. Care must be taken to ensure adequate cooling and ventilation when installing the Raptor. Considering the drive's target market of enthusiasts and servers, however, this should not be a problem.
The StorageReview.com Reliability Survey aims to amalgamate individual reader experiences with various hard disks into a comprehensive warehouse of information from which meaningful results may be extracted. A multiple-layer filter sifts through collected data, silently omitting questionable results or results from questionable participants. A proprietary analysis engine then processes the qualified dataset. SR presents results to readers through a percentile ranking system.
According to filtered and analyzed data collected from participating StorageReview.com readers, the Western Digital Raptor WD740GD is more reliable than of the other drives in the survey that meet a certain minimum floor of participation.
According to filtered and analyzed data collected from participating StorageReview.com readers, a predecessor of the Western Digital Raptor WD740GD, the Western Digital Raptor WD360GD , is more reliable than of the other drives in the survey that meet a certain minimum floor of participation.
Note that the percentages in bold above may change as more information continues to be collected and analyzed. For more information, to input your experience with these and/or other drives, and to view comprehensive results, please visit the SR Drive Reliability Survey.
Despite its announcement several years ago and the surrounding hoopla that ensued, the serial ATA interface remains in relative infancy, especially when contrasted to the tried and true SCSI bus. Though it was formally publicized over four months ago, the Raptor WD740GD still lacks accompanying controllers that would presumably elevate it to competitive status in server applications through the enabling of tagged command queuing. Thus, those seeking a drive for a server that routinely exceeds light to medium loads should remain focused on more mature, proven SCSI solutions.
Ironically, despite the inclusion of command queuing and the associated promise of better multi-user performance, the WD740GD follows in the footsteps of its predecessor. The WD360GD won over many fans in the enthusiast/gaming community thanks to its outstanding single-user performance. Western Digital's newest entry shatters previous records by even more astonishing margins. In addition to leaving all other 10k RPM SCSI drives in the dust, the WD740GD approaches the performance of the 15k RPM Fujitsu MAS3735 and Maxtor Atlas 15k in the Office and Gaming DriveMarks. Further, it handily bests the two powerhouses in the High-End and Bootup DriveMarks. Overall, for non-server use, Western Digital's Raptor WD740GD is the fastest single hard disk one can buy regardless of spindle speed, interface, or price. The fact that it is so quiet, runs much cooler, and remains significantly less expensive than its SCSI counterparts is simply icing on the cake. Make no mistake about it- the Raptor WD740GD is the drive for power users, period.


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Gavin B needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 55 designs submitted by 19 freelance designers.
Prime Skills is an Australian Registered Training Organisation (RTO) delivering Nationally Accreditted training to the food industry including:
* Food safety
* Food safety supervisor
* Responsible service of alcohol
* Occupational Health and Safety
* Longer bar courses
We have recently purchased the company and want to upgrade from the current logo (attached) to a logo that will indicate what we do. This includes:
* Food
* Training
* Quality (not cheap and nasty)
* Value for $
* Australian
* Online/ workplace/ workshop
We have been operating for 12 years hand have a good core group of customers including major hotels, catereres, sporting events and sporting venues. We want our existing clients to continue using us and want to attract new clients.
* Business owners
* Chefs
* Waiters
* Kitchen hands
* Bar personnel
Please check out our website: http://www.primeskills.com.au. The colours that are present on this first page are the colours we would like to use (though with more blue than orange). our other business is http://www.AustralianFoodSafety.com.au so you will be able to see the sort of look that we are trying to acheive. We want the logo, colours and design to all be complimentary to both sites but want AFS to be more orange and PS to be more blue (or similar colours).
Logo and associated artwork will be used on:
* Website banners
* letterheads
* Business cards
* Resources
* Certficates for attendees
* Magazine articles and advertisments
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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Is It A First Amendment Violation For Public Universities To Tell Athletes They Can't Tweet?
from the government-restrictions-on-speech deptEric P. Robinson, from the Citizen Media Law Project has a fascinating post analyzing whether or not it's a First Amendment violation when public universities put in place policies forbidding athletes from Tweeting or using Facebook:
It turns out that a number of public and private universities -- including Boise State, Indiana University, New Mexico State, Texas Tech, the University of Miami (private), and the University of North Carolina -- have followed the lead of the National Football League, which imposes limits on players' use of social media. The NFL prohibits players from using social media during games (and has attempted to extend this to others at the game).As Robinson notes, private organizations can put in place whatever policies they want (within certain limits), but the question is a bit trickier with public institutions. Numerous rulings have granted free speech rights to students in public institutions -- with famous cases like Tinker v. Des Moines -- the classic "free speech in school" case. Robinson points out that the courts have held universities to an even higher standard. He runs through a series of (sometimes conflicting) case law, which finds that free speech is mostly protected, but restrictions are allowed for things like insubordination, but overall bans on social networking may be tougher to legally support:
But the schools have gone further: Boise State banned players from using any social media during the season, while New Mexico State barred Twitter during the season. Meanwhile, the University of Miami, UNC, and Texas Tech all required football players to cancel their Twitter accounts entirely. And Indiana University indefinitely suspended a player from the football team after he sent Tweets criticizing the school's coaching staff.
The rule emerging from these cases seems to be that public schools can reprimand student athletes for insubordinately expressing dissatisfaction with their coaches, while they cannot punish athletes for serious -- and specific -- allegations. The Indiana University suspension, resulting from Tweets critical of the coaches, would probably be upheld under this rule.
But it would be difficult for the blanket rules imposed by the other schools on use of social media by football players -- a total ban on Twitter or on all social media, applying either during the season, or at all times -- to withstand First Amendment scrutiny. Schools may penalize students for specific Tweets or posts that are likely to lead "substantial disruption of or material interference" with the team and its activities, but cannot impose a prior restraint on athletes in mere anticipation of such a comment.
For failing to go through the First Amendment goalposts, the public colleges' policies limiting athletes' use of social networking sites should be sacked.
Filed Under: first amendment, public universities, social networks


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girl4ever on 07 Dec 09Christmas has been celebrated for centuries by different people, at different times, in different places, and in many different ways. In approximately year 300 A.D., the birthday of Jesus was determined to be on December 25, the day that has been celebrated from then till this very day. The celebration on the 25th of December starts with Christmas Eve, the evening of December 24. It's getting closer and closer to Christmas, but don't fret; These top Christmas PC Games will make great holiday presents. All in all, it looks to be a great Christmas for PC gamers.


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A Jacksonville woman has been identified as the woman with Justin Bieber when he was arrested in Miami Beach and accused of drunken drag-racing this week.
JACKSONVILLE � A former Onslow County resident recently found herself in the headlines with one of the world's biggest pop stars.
Chantel Jeffries, 21, a model and former Jacksonville resident, was a passenger in Justin Bieber's car when the Canadian entertainer was arrested by the Miami Beach Police Department early Thursday morning for resisting arrest, driving under the influence of alcohol and driving with an expired driver's license, according to documents posted on the Miami Beach Police Department's twitter page. According to Bobby Hernandez, a spokesman for the department, Jeffries was not charged with anything.
Jeffries is a model for the Willhelmina Modeling agency and works out of their Miami office, according to her Instagram page. According to the biography on her website, chanteljeffries.com, she has modeled for mint-swim, a line of clothing by Draya Michelle, a cast member on the VH1 series �Basketball Wives� and was once the girlfriend of Philadelphia Eagles Pro Bowl wide receiver DeSean Jackson.
Jeffries has several Facebook accounts in her name, including a fan page with 1,103 likes, and an Instagram page with more than 500,000 followers.
On her Twitter account, @chanteljeffries, Jeffries describes herself as an �animal lover� and a �deep thinker.�
�Everyone is from, or has lived in NC...,� she tweeted. She followed that tweet with one that said �I'm from Coronado (San Diego) but I did live in NC.�
She has since locked her Twitter account and her tweets are only viewable by approved followers.
Jeffries was arrested by the Onslow County Sheriff's Office for assault with a deadly weapon in 2011. According to court documents, Jeffries was accused of stabbing a woman �with a sharp object in the left forearm during an altercation.�
The charge was dropped, though Jeffries did pay a $130 court fee.
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Los Angeles notifies U.S. Olympic Committee of intent to bid on 2024 Games
The city of Los Angeles has formally notified the United States Olympic Committee of its intent to bid for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Not lost on anyone is the timing: The 2024 Games would be the 40th anniversary of the 1984 L.A. Olympics, which are considered by many as the most financially successful modern Olympics.
Last year, the USOC sent a letter to the mayors of 35 large U.S. cities to solicit their interest in being considered as the official U.S. candidate for the 2024 Games.
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa sent a reply along with a 2012 L.A. City Council resolution in support of a 2024 bid.
Villaraigosa's letter was also signed by various community leaders like AEG President and CEO Tim Leiweke, Walt Disney Company Chairman and CEO Robert Iger, Mattel Inc. Chairman and CEO Bryan Stockton, Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce chairman Alan Rothenberg, Dodgers co-owner and former Lakers great Earvin "Magic" Johnson and actor Tom Hanks.


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Featuring the All-New Mini-Movie THE SMURFS™ : A CHRISTMAS CAROL.
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Starring Neil Patrick Harris, Hank Azaria, Sofia Vergara, Jayma Mays and the Voices of Katy Perry, George Lopez, Jonathan Winters and more!
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- Deleted Scenes & Extended Scenes
- Blue-pers
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- Progression Reels
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- SMURF™ O-VISION: SECOND SCREEN EXPERIENCE - Interact with the Smurfs™ as they take over your TV, iPad, iPhone or iTouch while you watch the movie!
- The Smurfs™ Fantastic Adventure Game - Help Clumsy race through the village and Central Park to stop Gargamel and his evil plans!
- Deleted Scenes & Extended Scenes
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THE SMURFS™ has a running time of 103 minutes and is rated PG for some mild rude humor and action. Artwork and digital clips are available for download at www.sphepublicity.com. Visit Sony Pictures Home Entertainment on the Web at http://www.SonyPictures.com.
Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Corporation. SPE's global operations encompass motion picture production, acquisition and distribution; television production, acquisition and distribution; home entertainment acquisition and distribution; worldwide television networks; digital content creation and distribution; operation of studio facilities; development of new entertainment products, services and technologies; and distribution of entertainment in more than 142 countries. Sony Pictures Entertainment can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.sonypictures.com.
Sony Pictures Animation produces a variety of animated entertainment for audiences around the world. The studio is following its worldwide comedy hits, the 2011 hybrid live action/animated family blockbuster, THE SMURFS (3D) and the 2009 mouth-watering CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS (3D), with the family comedy HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA (3D) in Fall 2012. The division is also in production with Aardman Animations on two feature films, the CG-animated family comedy ARTHUR CHRISTMAS (3D) in theaters November 2011 and the stop-frame animated high-seas adventure, THE PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS (3D) in March 2012. OPEN SEASON 3, the third adventure in Sony Pictures Animation's successful OPEN SEASON franchise, was released on DVD and Blu-ray January 2011. In 2007, SURF'S UP received an Academy Award®-nomination for Best Animated Feature Film. Sony Pictures Animation is an operating unit of Sony Pictures Digital Productions.
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Lafig Belgium is the owner of the rights to produce audio-visual works based on the Smurf™ universe and of the Smurf™ worldwide licensing rights (together with IMPS). Lafig Belgium is controlled by the heirs of Pierre Culliford, better known under his pseudonym Peyo, the author/creator of the Smurfs™ . For 50 years, the Culliford family has controlled the Smurf™ characters and all licenses worldwide.


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Harvard will honor the careers of Docter and Kinsella Saturday on Senior Night (OAC).
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The Harvard women's volleyball team will wrap up the home portion of its schedule this weekend against Ivy League foes Columbia and Cornell. The Crimson will first host the Lions on Friday, Nov. 2 at 7 p.m. before welcoming the Big Red to Cambridge on Saturday, Nov. 3 at 5 p.m.
A live video stream and live stats will be available for both matches through GoCrimson.com by clicking here.
Thank You, Seniors
Harvard will honor the playing careers of this year's graduating seniors, Taylor Docter and Beth Kinsella, prior to Saturday's match against Cornell. Docter will leave Cambridge ranked in the program's all-time top 10 for career kills, kills per set, attack attempts and aces, while Kinsella will graduate ranked in the top five for career assists.
Harvard won five of six matches between Sept. 29 and Oct. 19, a string of success which included a three-match Ivy League win streak. This marked the first time since October of 2009 that Harvard had won three straight matches in Ancient Eight play and was the squad's best stretch since taking seven of eight in September of last year.
Last Time Out
The Harvard women's volleyball team suffered its second straight loss Saturday as Princeton downed the Crimson by set scores of 25-20, 29-27 and 25-22.
The Harvard offense registered a .322 hitting percentage, its second-highest mark of the year, and was once again led by Taylor Docter who turned in 15 kills. Erin Cooney registered 12 kills and a .545 hitting percentage while Caroline Walters notched eight kills, a .636 hitting percentage and five blocks. Beth Kinsella and Hannah Schmidt dished out 25 assists and 15 assists, respectively.
The Hitters
Harvard's offense has been bookended by experience, with senior captain Taylor Docter and freshman Kathleen Wallace leading the way. Docter owns a team-best 3.22 kps average, good for third in the Ivy League, while Wallace ranks ninth in the conference with a 2.78 kps. Junior Erin Cooney is third on the squad with 2.26 kps and sophomore Caroline Walters (1.74 kps) boasts a team best .364 hitting percentage, the second highest in the Ancient Eight.
Harvard ranks third in the Ivy League as a group with a combined .222 hitting percentage, its highest mark since hitting .208 in 2008.
Setting it Up
Senior Beth Kinsella and freshman Hannah Schmidt have shared the setting duties as the team has shifted into a 6-2 offensive system. Kinsella has dished out 414 assists for an average of 5.57 per set, while Schmidt has tallied 353 assists for a 4.71 average.
On the Block
Middle blockers Teresa Skelly, Caroline Walters and Caroline Holte have helped Harvard average 2.36 bps, good for second in the Ivy League. Walters leads the team with 77 total blocks and a 1.01 bps average, ranking her sixth in the Ivy League. Holte is a close second with 75 total blocks and an average of 0.99 bps with Skelly chipping in 21 total blocks and 0.88 bps in limited action.
Keep an Eye Out For…
Taylor Docter, Beth Kinsella and Teresa Skelly each have a chance to make their marks on the Harvard record books this season. Docter recently moved into the Crimson's all-time top 10 for kills, and currently sits in ninth place with 944 kills. Docter also ranks fourth in attack attempts (3,295), sixth in aces (97) and is eighth in kills per set (2.67). Kinsella is sixth all-time with 1,651 assists and has averaged 7.12 aps for her career. Skelly, meanwhile, is just six block assists (178) short of entering the program's top 10 and needs 35 total blocks (204) to join that list as well.
Kristen Casey, Caroline Holte and Caroline Walters are making a bid to join Harvard's single-season top 10 as well. Casey has averaged 3.78 dps, which would put her in 10th place on Harvard's single-season list. Holte and Walters, meanwhile, have posted 74 and 70 block assists, respectively, putting them just behind Elissa Hart '98 and Mariah Pospisil's '04 benchmark of 77 to join the ranks.
To view the complete Harvard record book, click here.
Scouting Columbia (10-9, 5-5 Ivy League)
Columbia split its matches last weekend at Yale and Brown to move to 10-9 overall, 5-5 Ivy League, and now finds itself tied with the Crimson for fourth place in the Ancient Eight standings. Columbia currently leads the conference in blocks with 2.64 bps, thanks to the efforts of Heather Braunagel, Savannah Fletcher and Denise Dearman. Braunagel is second in the conference with 1.21 bps while Fletcher (1.02) and Dearman (1.00) rank fifth and seventh, respectively. Braunagel also ranks fourth in the Ivy League with a .349 hitting percentage.
Harvard swept Columbia in New York the first time the teams met this year. Taylor Docter led the way with a 21-kill, 12-dig performance while Kathleen Wallace chipped in 12 kills and a .333 hitting percentage. Beth Kinsella and Hannah Schmidt also recorded double-doubles for the Crimson, with Kinsella totaling 21 assists and 10 digs, and Schmidt contributing 24 assists and 13 digs.
Scouting Cornell (6-15, 2-8 Ivy League)
Cornell has lost three straight and four of its last five to fall to 6-15 overall, 2-8 Ivy League. The Big Red is led by Kelly Marble who ranks fourth in the Ivy League with 2.96 kps and Breanna Wong who is 10th with 2.77 kps. Rachel D'Epagnier boasts the conference's third-best blocks per set average at 1.11 while her .324 hitting percentage is good for eighth. Kelly Reinke, meanwhile, is second in the Ancient Eight with 9.02 aps.
Harvard knocked off Cornell in four sets when the team's first met this season. Taylor Docter contributed 14 kills, six digs and four blocks to the winning effort while Kathleen Wallace and Caroline Walters added nine kills and eight kills, respectively. The Crimson totaled 12.5 blocks, with Caroline Holte's six leading the way.
Taking Home the Honors
The Crimson earned Ivy League honors in back-to-back weeks, with Taylor Docter being named player of the week on Oct. 16 and Caroline Holte earning the conference's rookie of the week award on Oct. 23.
Docter's accolade came after averaging 5.00 kps and 2.57 dps with a .280 hitting percentage at Cornell and Columbia. She scored 14 kills and added four blocks and six digs in a 3-1 win over the Big Red, and returned to the court the following day to notch 21 kills in a sweep of the Lions. Her 21 kills were two shy of her career-high, and the most for a Crimson student-athlete in a three-set match since 2008.
Holte posted a career-best nine blocks against Dartmouth and also tallied six kills and a .455 hitting percentage to help Harvard to its third straight win and its fifth victory in six matches. Her nine blocks rank as the third most for the Crimson in a single match since 2008.
Double Trouble
Seniors Taylor Docter and Beth Kinsella and freshman Hannah Schmidt have combined for 21 double-doubles this season. Docter leads all current Crimson with 18 career double-doubles while Kinsella is a close second with 16.
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Block Party
Harvard has recorded double-digit blocks in seven matches this season, most recently turning in a 13-block performance in a 3-1 win over Dartmouth. Harvard currently ranks second in the Ivy League with 2.36 bps, its highest average since 2003.
Career Night
Taylor Docter set a new career-high with 23 kills at Dartmouth and finished the evening hitting .284 on 67 attempts with just four errors. Docter's 23 kills are the second most for any Crimson student-athlete since 2008, with Kathryn McKinley's '09 total of 26 at Yale in 2008 topping the list.
Serving it Up
Taylor Docter matched her career-high with five aces at New Hampshire, marking the fourth time the senior has tallied five in a single match. Docter's five aces were also the second-highest total of any Crimson since 2008, with Katherine Kocurek's '10 six aces at Dartmouth in 2008 leading the way.
Holte of the Block
Caroline Holte registered a career-high nine blocks at home against Dartmouth, the third most for the Crimson in a single match since 2008. The sophomore has recorded at least five blocks on eight occasions this season, including six times in the team's last 11 matches.
Hitting it Home
Harvard registered a .474 hitting percentage against Providence, by far the highest hitting percentage of the season recorded by an Ivy League school. The Crimson converted 40 kills against the Friars on 78 attempts while only committing three errors. Caroline Walters hit a match-high .750 (6-0-8) while Kathleen Wallace hit .667 (12-0-18), the fifth-highest individual hitting percentage with a minimum of 10 attempts in the Ancient Eight this season. Caroline Holte (7-1-10) and Jennifer Shults (4-0-7) also got in on the action, hitting .600 and .571, respectively.
Harvard last hit .400 for a match on Sept. 27, 2008, when the squad combined for a .456 hitting percentage (35-4-68) in a 3-0 win over St. Francis (Pa.).
Senior co-captain Taylor Docter was named to both the Hokie Invitational and Harvard Invitational all-tournament teams. She was joined on the Harvard Invitational All-Tournament Team by freshman Kathleen Wallace and sophomore Caroline Walters, while Kristen Casey was named to the New England Challenge All-Tournament Team, marking the first all-tourney honor of each of their careers.
Captain of the Ship
Senior Taylor Docter was voted by her teammates as the 59th captain of Harvard women's volleyball. Docter was an All-Ivy League second team and Academic All-Ivy honoree in 2011 after ranking eighth in the conference in kills per set (3.05), seventh in aces (0.27) and seventh in points per set (3.52). The Los Altos, Calif., native also averaged 1.72 dps on the defensive side of the net and finished her year with career-highs in kills, attempts, hitting percentage and digs.
"Taylor has been an impact player since her freshmen season," Head Coach Jen Weiss commented. "She came in this preseason in great shape and ready to work hard. As a second team All-Ivy outside hitter, she led our team in points scored and kills per set. She has a natural ability to lead and her peers respect her on and off the court. Taylor's composure on court has been tremendous this year and I look forward to her leading the team."
Platinum Anniversary
Head coach Jen Weiss is in her 20th season at the helm of the Crimson. Weiss owns a 249-291 record on the sidelines and guided Harvard to its only Ivy League championship in 2004. She has mentored 46 All-Ivy honorees, five Ivy League Rookie of the Year recipients and coached the program's first two-time Ivy League Player of the Year in Kaego Ogbechie '05.
Catch the Crimson in 2012
Harvard will host 11 home matches at the Malkin Athletic Center this season and each will be streamed live online through GoCrimson.com. Fans can also watch each match On Demand approximately two hours after completion. One-year subscriptions are available for $49.95 and allow access to every home event streamed by the Crimson, including football, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's hockey and men's soccer. For more information or to sign up today, click here.