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will you be installing your spyware on my computer.
And therein lies the problem. "Oh, but the law permits them to".
Stallman saw this shit coming decades ago, sadly he's right
In which case, the only option is to not buy the spyware-infested product. Since the spyware is secret, there's no way to tell which disks are infected and which are not. The only safe alternative is to avoid buying any official content what so ever. The industry will drive any previously paying customers that give two s**** about their privacy to turn to the "piracy" avenue of acquiring content.
The contortions the industry goes through to reach out and nail their own coffin shut are quite impressive.
blueray runs 'mobile code' when it starts the disc.
for that reason (a big one) I refuse to buy BD discs or even support the business model with recorders/players.
I can't know what they run and it could be harmful. I refuse to play that game.
In which case, the only option is to not buy the spyware-infested product. Since the spyware is secret, there's no way to tell which disks are infected and which are not. The only safe alternative is to avoid buying any official content what so ever.
I suspect Antivirus/anti-spyware companies (smaller ones, foreign ones) will provide methods of de-installing the spyware. With fewer and fewer software packages being delivered on disk, you just about have to install downloaded software in a clean room to to inspect it.
I suspect Antivirus/anti-spyware companies (smaller ones, foreign ones) will provide methods of de-installing the spyware.
Cracking groups like Razor1911 et al might get into the game as well. And as always, the folks who buy the legit software will end up worse off than the people who don't pay for it.
Then they'll pass a law where providing tools to remove spyware will get you a 5 year prison sentence.
Then they'll pass a law where providing tools to remove spyware will get you a 5 year prison sentence.
But preventing the installation of spyware is a totally different thing. Beside, you are talking about Canada here, not Australia.
This will spawn an entirely new term:
Pirivacy. Those who practice it will be Silicon Pirites
I can see CMA and ESAC being behind this, but the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association is food for thought... if they're behind it, that means we're talking about legal spyware on smartphones. Bundled by the carriers. Sound familiar? Unless you don't use a smartphone, these groups just did an end-run around your privacy with this proposal.
Basically, the groups advocating this, if they were allowed
Who says they have to distribute the spyware with paid products? They might simply pay computer manufacturers to include it, similar with drivers (closed source GFX card drivers for Linux?) or any other products. They wouldn't need to ask you or even tell you. They might even be able to have such software installed on the BIOS level with every motherboard sold if they pay the manufacturers enough money. I can't see of any way to avoid it if they're legally allowed to.
It won't be long before interested parties find out what hosts the spyware reports to, then that information will become public. Anti-malware suppliers can either provide an option to remove said spyware, or at the very least, block it at the nearest firewall. Hell, anyone with half a brain can just add a 127.0.0.1 entry to the HOSTS file.
If it's from the manufacture the drivers can bypass the hosts file and communicate directly with the network card if they wanted/needed to. You'd have to have an external firewall monitoring and blocking said traffic. Chances are the software would turn in Diablo 3 like, where you had to have an internet connection for it to work at all in the first place.
The Department of Justice certainly remembers the Sony Rootkit. Remember, this rootkit found its way ont a great many government computers, which had to be cleaned by government IT staff, and was recent enough that there was already laws about that. Sony was fined enough for investors to notice, and punish the leadership, but the DoJ also said: do this again and Sony will no longer be a going concern in the US.
Any new spyware/rootkit product, even if intended only for the Canadian market, could also easily make its way onto US federal government computers, and the DoJ made it clear at the time that it wasn't just Sony they were warning - any company pulling this stunt again would cease to exist within the US. Apparantly the govenment's love for corporation does not reach quite so far as overlooking putting spyware on government networks (especially the DoJs own network) - so we've got that going for us.
The Canadian government wouldn't put up with spyware being on their devices either though they would love it on the oppositions devices. This may be the carrot that gets it passed, this government is the most undemocratic government in memory, don't even call themselves the Government of Canada anymore, just Harpers government.
There will probably be a disable switch only known to the government and shared with friendly governments which hopefully will leak out.
Unless they're backed by law enforcement, at which point they'll be explaining nothing.
That's the point.
These agencies are trying to legalize computer-rape, so that when they bend you over, you've no recourse but to take it and pray for a reach around
Unless they're backed by law enforcement, at which point they'll be explaining nothing.
Then they can try to explain it to me. That will not be a pleasant conversation.
If these laws (or any like them) are allowed to pass, the explanation will be "we installed it because the law permits it, any further harassment by you will result in fines and jail time."
That's why it's important to spread the knowledge now, well in advance. That's why it was so important for sites like Wikipedia to stage the blackout in defiance of SOPA/PIPA last year. Raise awareness BEFORE the laws are passed. Because once they are, digging the hooks out will be an extremely painful process.
When they do install it on your computer, you will know who to hunt down and kill.
It seems to me this law allows that.
After all corps are people too. And we certainly have reason to believe they are breaking laws.
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thank you.
I disagree, the right sentense is:
"Over YOUR dead body, will you be installing spyware on my computer"
Law enforcement computers, politician's computers, government computers, homeland security computers. My bet is within a week 50% of those folks wouldn't have jobs, and 75% in a month.
Those agencies install their own.
a program that is installed by or on behalf of a person to prevent, detect, investigate, or terminate activities that the person reasonably believes (i) present a risk or threatens the security, privacy, or unauthorized or fraudulent use, of a computer system, telecommunications facility, or network, or (ii) involves the contravention of any law of Canada, of a province or municipality of Canada or of a foreign state;
So if you think a police officer, politician, or someone working at the government is breaking any law - Canadian, provincial, or foreign, you can break into their network and computers and install your rootkit and keylogger. Hackers and groups like Anonymous would simply have to claim "we broken into the system because we suspected the owner was violating Moldavian law" or something like that, and they'd be in the clear.
Probably everyone is breaking a foreign states laws, just think of Saudi Arabia and its insane laws.
Probably everyone is breaking US laws. Who the hell knows all of them?
OK, how's this
That doesn't solve the problem, though - more and more people are using Linux on a regular basis, and while they are shielded from a good majority of threats seen on Windows, it doesn't meant that 1) there isn't spyware that can affect them and 2) that they would know how to lock down their systems just because they have an OS more capable of being finely-tuned and locked down. Don't mistake a great tool for a great carpenter.
Watch out for those Windows 8/RT ARM-based machines. Not possible without money going to Microsoft for a key.
I have a drill press in my garage for dealing with such defective equipment.
Oh... if only.
I'm just waiting for them to come to the conclusion that running such OS's is "circumventing" the so-called "digital protections" (aka rootkits, spyware, etc) they have put in place, and thus illegal under the anti-circumvention provisions of Bill-C32.
Making it (spyware, malware which stops your PC from doing unapproved things, etc) legal isn't enough, if people can fight it by disabling it, removing it, etc.
If the law won't stop it, but people can, the companies pushing for this gain nothing.
So they have to make it illegal for people to fight against. Claim a property right in the software or an anti-circumvention prohibition and say people fighting it are interfering with property and/or circumventing protections.
It's getting pretty hard to differentiate between living in North America under corporate controlled government and China under government controlled corporatism.
If only there were a similarity that I could put my finger on, it seems there is but it escapes me.
I guess we'll see how similar if this passes. I doubt it will, but it indicates we have more in common that I'm comfortable with. Hell, just the fact that this has been proposed is a lot more egregious than I'd have ever imagined possible just a few years ago.
It's getting pretty hard to differentiate between living in North America under corporate controlled government and China under government controlled corporatism.
Different control mechanisms, same goal.
Indeed, I spent the last year living in China. And it was really disturbing how quickly I got used to having no say at all in anything. It's no wonder that most Americans are so complacent. I only hope that the Canadians are smart enough to avoid that. I wouldn't mind moving to BC and taking my trade craft with me.
Money, my dear boy. (best spoken aloud with a posh British accent)
Why should the powers that be do anything logical, if logic dictates that they make less money? They'll gladly spend millions to ensure their archaic practices are retained as long as it takes to recoup the millions they spent
I don't, for a minute, believe this is there for the business guys.
more and more, government does an end-run around laws by having a company do its dirty work and then contracting to the company. we see this a lot in lots of areas, where it would be 'bad' if the gov directly did X, but if they were clean-hands and did not do X directly, they can escape the laws.
this is what I worry the most about. not sony or some stupid company but the fact that this lets governments who are out of control (ie, all moder
My own computer running Windows 7 was hacked in a drive-by when I visited a website (didn't download anything), and the drive began spinning wildly. The router logs showed connections to the Dutch anti-piracy group, BREIN. If it's not currently legal, it isn't stopping them.
you quite possibly caught Anonymous' latest ddos weapon...
This is just a case of bureaucrats being bureaucrats as usual and common sense taking a back seat.
There are plenty of level-headed folks with a tenacity for doing what's right up there in moose country that will fight this tooth and nail (Theo comes to mind). At most, this will cause a whole lot of noise a la SOPA and eventually get dumped.
Besides, the anti-spam legislation, I hear, is quite popular. More than this rubbish is popular with law enforcement.
How far all thess jokes will go until we decide collectively for a stop, and just throw all those IP crap out the window?
I say absolutely. As long as part of the law is continuous video surveillance of all executives of the companies that install the spyware. (Bedroom, bathroom, mistress' place, hotel room, etc.) And their families. And it has to be accessible by any Canadian citizen to do with as they please at any time.
Not even if it is open source.
In Soviet Kanada, Corporate Spyware apt-gets you!
They'll just send someone by to install it:
Ding-Dong! "Hi, I'm from your local utilities, I'm here to read your power meter, check your gas meter, and install our Corporate Spyware for you."
Easy in Canada . . . nobody bothers to lock their front doors.
...these so-called "business groups" will get everything they're asking for. With extra tongue.
The U.S. administration has probably given this up long ago, we just haven't heard about it yet.
The only appropriate response to such a request is, "Go fuck yourself."
I don't use a PC for copyright infringement anymore.
And when the software inevitably bricks a few thousand (or hundred thousand, or million) devices and people lose untold billions worth of data...Will these companies be required to provide just compensation since no EULA was even clicked?
How much are those lost photos of a couple's new baby worth to them, anyway?
I doubt the courts will accept that argument even if it plainly written in the law. Only sufficiently rich corporations are allowed to install rootkits.
I hope they provide the source to their security software or at least port it so it can run on on Linux/BSD. I want to continue to legally be able to watch DVD's and BluRay movies/TV shows on my Linux HTPC.
Well, they could just push an update to a BR player to be a packet sniffer.
They wanna do WHAT now?
I'm starting to think it's going to take some heads on pikes before they get the message. And every day it seems more likely I'll see such in my lifetime.
I don't know about you all, but I'm putting some money in guillotine futures.
I don't know about you all, but I'm putting some money in guillotine futures.
So you'll make money even if the gov't wins and executes all the people it doesn't like.
Win-win. (in a way)
Simply stop buying their crap, there are alternatives. I think the choices will start to become more apparent to the masses over time, and the losers will be those depending on unsupportable business models.
Consider: You can buy DRM-free music, today, where they make no attempt to lock it to specific devices. Emusic is one, and Magnatune is another. In the latter case, you are even encouraged to share your purchase in limited amounts, and there's also free streaming if you are OK with the per-song nag message. Non-lossy formats are supported too, and they go for quality content instead of large amounts of crap. (Yeah, preaching here, but I just bought a lifetime membership.)
In TV/movie terms, Netflix has just released a season of a series, "House of Cards", that *they* produced. Screw Sony and their ilk, this is produced and distributed without their help. I'm hoping this gives big media companies a shocking wheeze, where it's apparent even to them that they're becoming irrelevant.
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Drew Barrymore's Flower Line Now Available for Purchase!
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Drew Barrymore's new affordable makeup line Flower has just hit shelves in WalMart and we can't wait to try it! StyleList has taken a look at some of the items she's offering and pulled them out just for you. Check out there Top 9 products here.
After a stint from 2004 to 2005 as a spokeswoman for Lancôme, Barrymore enlarged her role in beauty at Procter & Gamble Co.'s Cover Girl, where she's been a face and co-creative director since 2007, and is now taking it a step further by launching Flower, a color cosmetics brand she co-owns with design and manufacturing firm Maesa Group that will enter 1,509 Wal-Mart doors in January.
With Flower, Maesa and Barrymore have committed to transforming the landscape of the beauty industry by offering what Scott Oshry, president, partner and board member at Maesa, described as "true luxury at mass. Once we identified this white space, we thought to ourselves, you know what, we should tackle this. We should build the best color cosmetics brand that we can," he said.
Flower will be housed in four-foot sections and endcaps at Wal-Mart stores exclusively. It will be available online at walmart.com, too.
Flower will sell 181 stockkeeping units priced from $4.98 to $13.98, including 70 in the face category, 44 in eye, 51 in lip and 16 in nail. The face products contain a proprietary botanical-driven "soft focus complex" to amplify skin's glow. Maesa emphasized that the formulas are custom-made at the same price as those used in luxury products, meaning the firm spends two to three times what a typical mass beauty marketer does on each product.
Tucker-Moss said Flower's BB cream is a "true BB cream." "It is not the new version, which is really a marketing twist. They are tinted moisturizers," she said. "Ours is an actual treatment cream that addresses everything from blemishes to enlarged pores." Talking about Powder Up, she continued, "Our loose powder is quadruple milled. Only one factory — ours — has the machine to physically do it. It's only been at prestige. It's never been seen at mass before."
Barrymore elucidated that Ultimate Mascara is a modern take on Maybelline Dial-a-Lash, a favorite makeup product of hers from the Eighties that allowed users to adjust how much mascara they wanted to put on. Ultimate Mascara has three settings for the brush, so users can choose to enhance lashes' length, thickness or curl — or all three. "If you are feeling thickening one day, just leave it [the brush] scrunched. If you just want lengthening, leave it long, but if you want that amazing, grab it, clump it, thicken it, brush-out quality, you move the wand around," she said.
The new Flower Beauty line is available for purchase at Walmart.com, Walmart stores and www.flowerbeauty.com

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Slightly Stoopid + Marlon "Ganja Farmer" Asher Sell Out The Mystic Theater
Before Slightly Stoopid took the stage Sunday night at the Mystic Theater, vocalists Kyle McDonald and Miles Doughty were killing time back stage talking about living in Ocean Beach. OB, as locals call it, is still connected to San Diego but far enough away that kids can still skate around town and all your neighbors are at the punk rock shows. It is the last night of the band's three week tour and the vibe is laid back. People are filtering in and out of back stage, the Jäger is flowing and sax scales are filling up the background.
Trinidad reggae star Marlon Asher is on stage and inside the green room there are stacks of Lagunitas "Hop Stoopid" beer cases. Slightly Stoopid is sponsored by the Petaluma brewery and they are sent truck loads of it for the band's tours. I hear one or two people say it's pretty strong for before the show. But as the night wears down and everyone's sitting around the bong, a nice Double IPA aids the come-down.
Slightly Stoopid was formed almost twenty years ago by McDonald and Doughty. They were two high school kids when Brad Nowell signed them to Skunk Records after opening for a Sublime show in Long Beach. Most of the current members have been with the band half that time and in the last decade they've toured the whole world. Now with Karl Denson of the Grey Boy All-Stars, the band is sky-rocketing to new heights, playing venues and festivals that make the Mystic Theater seem like a secret show.


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With LSU enjoying a bye week, coach Miles had a little family time. The coach took in two soccer games and watched his son, Ben, play in a "rock 'em sock 'em football game." And speaking of "rock 'em sock 'em football games" - the Alabama Crimson Tide rolls in to Baton Rouge this weekend.
Miles knows the task ahead will be a tough one, to beat a team that has won every game by a minimum margin of 19 points. Miles said of the Tide,"Alabama is a very, very fine football team. They're well-prepared and very talented."
The coach promised the team would "throw the ball better" and Tigers will need to against a defense that will undoubtedly crowd the box, as they did in the BCS Title game.
Miles believes Mettenberger is up for the challenge, saying, "We really call a variety of plays for him. It's not necessarily needs to be checked to. If we need to have them checked too, Zach can certainly do it, and it's not an issue. He's reading the defenses well. He recognizes where he should be going with the ball, and that's really one of his strengths. I think he really processes the field well when he's in the game."
Josh Williford continues to get healthy and should practice today and may get playing time Saturday against Alabama.
One thing that could help LSU win Saturday night is Tiger Stadium. The coach commented on playing this game at home. "I can tell you that our team will look forward to playing in this stadium. There's no place like it. The environment that can be created in Tiger Stadium certainly will help the home team. Our guys play best in that stadium and in that environment. I think they'll look forward to playing in it. I imagine it will be pretty special."
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Discussion in 'The Bar' started by DrivenByDemons, Jan 16, 2013.
is a goatcabin?
I think it is a unit of distance.
keep calm and fak u
Oh yes
I thought you didn't like tomatoes, faggot.
I always assumed (probably incorrectly, now in hindsight) that there were these literal cabins...sort of remote goat domiciles.
I can only imagine the smell.
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Is Google broken?
I know, I know.
Time to thrust pumpkin!
How cute is that smilie?


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Editorial Round-Up: Our Favorite Spreads Of The Moment
We try to share as many cool, current editorials as we can, but when it rains it pours: I was collecting spreads to post this past week and became completely overwhelmed by the amount of fantastic, striking, memorable work from (unsurprisingly) majors like Meisel and Sasha P. Some really cool things of late have included the surprise appearance of a Rayder sister (Missy!), a gorgeous Italian Vogue Beauty spread starring Magdalena and two rising star turns from newcomer Regina Feoktistova. Check out the stable of great shots from recent weeks in the gallery.


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By Steve Kolowich
"And here is where the philosophy of MOOCs collides with the idea of certifiable achievement in a literature course: "If we're going to keep this completely open," says Rabkin, "then no credential can have a well-understood meaning."
"Daphne Koller, one of the co-founders of Coursera, says that the peer-grading experiment is still very much a work-in-progress. "We will undoubtedly learn a lot from the experiences of our instructors as they encounter this phenomenon, and then have a better sense of where exactly the tensions lie and how one might deal with them," she says. "We also have some ideas of our own that we'll throw in the mix and evaluate as we plan the next phase of this experiment."
Read more: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/08/30/first-humanities-mooc-professors-road-test-courseras-peer-grading-model#ixzz25mxUkjnV
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You know you can't believe everything you read. And still, you haven't eaten an egg yolk since the 90s, and you can't touch a French fry without being saddled with guilt. Oh, and don't even get us started on the whole don't-eat-after-8-PM-or-else mentality.
Let's set the record straight once and for all by calling out these 25 worst diet tips—and offering up smart food rules to follow instead.
|'Fat makes you fat'
It depends on the type of fats you're eating, says Tricia Psota, RD, a nutritionist based in Washington D.C.
"Fats in chips, cookies, and greasy foods can increase cholesterol and your risk for certain diseases. But good fats, like nuts, avocados, and salmon, protect your heart and support your overall health."
And when paired with a healthy diet, the right fats can help keep you from being, well, fat, adds Sharon Palmer, RD, author of The Plant-Powered Diet.
|'Stop snacking to lose weight'
Eating in small, frequent amounts is a great way to curb hunger, control portion sizes, and make better nutritional choices, says Mike Clancy, CDN, a personal trainer at David Barton's Gym in New York City.
"Smarter snacks like nuts, fruits, and yogurt will keep your energy levels high throughout the day."
|'A calorie is a calorie—and you should count them'
"Not all calories are the same," says Clancy.
"The type of calories, the timing of the calories, and the quality of the calories can significantly alter the effect of the calories on the body," he says. "Food creates reactions within our bodies and the type of food you eat is an important component in diets."
For example, 50 calories of an apple will cause a different internal reaction than 50 calories of cheesecake, says Clancy. "The quality of the calories is also important because the chemicals, hormones, and general byproducts that are found within processed food effects the absorption of real nutrients."
Quality calories are nutrient dense, like spinach. Calories that don't contain any nutrients—also known as "empty" calories—are like the ones found in French fries.
Bottom line: Calories are important for understanding portion control, but they're not the only factor in good nutrition, says Clancy.
|'Load up on protein'
Sorry, caveman lovers: eating lots of protein is not the key to healthy weight loss. Why? The body needs three macronutrients: Protein, carbohydrates, and fat, says Rania Batayneh, MPH, a nutritionist and author of the forthcoming The One One One Diet (published by Rodale, which also publishes Prevention), and focusing exclusively on protein for weight loss makes no sense.
"You not only deprive your body of fiber and other antioxidants found in healthy carbohydrates—whole grains, fruits, and veggies—but you also run the risk of eating too much fat in your diet which can lead to high cholesterol and triglycerides."
|'You burn more calories working out on an empty stomach'
Working out with or without food in your stomach doesn't affect calorie burn—but skipping meals before sweat sessions may result in muscle loss, finds a study published in the Strength and Conditioning Journal. And before you settle for a sports drink, know this: While a quick sip of sugar energizes your muscles, the drink's other artificial additives can be harmful to your health, says Sanda Moldovan, DDS, MS, CNS, a diplomat of the American Academy of Periodontology.
Instead, go for naturally sweet fruit, like bananas, peaches, and mangos before your sweat session. Or try an ounce of dark chocolate for the same caffeine fix you get from a half cup of coffee.
"Chocolate also contains feel-good substances, called neurotransmitters, which are the same release during a 'runner's high,' " says Moldovan.
|'Eat every 2 hours to rev your metabolism'
Going four or five (or even eight!) hours between normally-sized meals will not make your metabolism slow down, says Monica Reinagel, MS, a nutritionist based in Baltimore.
"Eating more frequently may help stave off hunger, which can help you fight temptation. But if you want to do this, you have to be careful to keep your meals and snacks really small," she says. "Otherwise, eating every 2 hours can simply lead to taking in too many calories over the course of the day."
You can help your body burn more calories by incorporating these Foods That Speed Up Metabolism into your daily meals.
|'Swear off forbidden foods'
"We tend to be in 'all or nothing' mode when we diet and never seem to find a middle ground," says Batayneh. "You have to realize that you can't have pizza, French fries, and chocolate cake all in the same day, but—with careful planning—you can enjoy these foods when they are presented to you. Just don't go for seconds and share if you can."
In fact, research shows that moderately indulging in "forbidden foods" is what keeps people from bingeing on the stuff.
|'Drink your fruits and veggies'
While shoving five servings of fruits and vegetables into a juicer seems like a simple and efficient way to get the daily recommended amounts, it comes at a cost, says Batayneh.
"Unfortunately, juicing fruits and vegetables removes one of their most valuable components: fiber. Found in the pulp, skin and seeds, fiber's list of benefits ranges from filling you up to maintaining stable blood sugar levels."
If you're juicing more sweet stuff (fruit and carrots) than green stuff you're also going to seriously spike your sugar. (Some juicers allow you to keep in the pulp, so that's another option.)
|'Eat as few calories as possible'
"Ugh, awful tip," says Chrissy Carroll, MPH, RD, founder of Inspired Wellness Solutions, LLC. "When you cut your calories too low, your body acts as if it's going into starvation mode and your metabolism slows down."
But a reasonable goal, adds Carroll, is to cut approximately 500 calories each day through diet and exercise, which will lead to a healthy rate of weight loss of one pound per week.
|'Say no to nuts'
Yes, nuts are calorie dense, but that doesn't mean they can't—or shouldn't—easily be incorporated into a healthy diet when eaten in proper portions, says Carroll.
A 2011 study in the Journal of The American College of Nutrition backs this up, with researchers finding that nut consumers, especially tree-nut consumers (think almonds, pecans and pistachios) had a lower BMI and smaller waist circumference compared to non-consumers.
Your move: remove a less nutrient-dense food from your meal plan and incorporate heart-healthy nuts instead.
Drop those extra pounds with these Flat Belly Diet Foods That Reduce Belly Fat.
|'Schedule regular detoxes'
"Your digestive system, kidneys, and liver are all actually fairly amazing at 'detoxing' your body on a regular basis," says Carroll. "There's no need for special cleanses or juices."
|'Eschew fatty egg yolks'
Let's crack this case for good: A study from the University of Connecticut found that eating dietary cholesterol through egg yolks can actually boost a person's HDL, or "good," cholesterol.
"Compared to egg whites, which offer nothing more than protein, the egg yolk contains 100 percent of the carotenoids, essential fatty acids, vitamins A, E, D, and K," says Batayneh. "They also contain choline, which boosts brain and liver health, as well as reduces inflammation."
In a way, eggs are the perfect food, says Kristin Kirkpatrick, MS, RD, manager of wellness nutrition services for the Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute. "Enjoying them in moderation—less than 4 to 6 per week—is a perfectly healthy option."
|'You burn more calories eating your food raw'
"Many studies show that cooking method—heating, grilling, and microwaving, etc—makes a nutritional difference," says Kirkpatrick. "So while some food may be best eaten raw, that's not the case for all foods."
Oh, and if the whole myth about "negative calories" (you know, the dubious idea that just the act of eating certain foods burns more calories then you actually take in from those foods) draws you to raw foods, think again.
"Some foods do require more energy to digest than others, but to live on these so called 'negative calorie foods' results in unsustainable weight loss and can also slow your metabolism down, as well as break down muscle," says Batayneh.
Want to go organic but not sure where to start? Download our Organic Fruits and Veggies Shopping Guide to learn which items you should always buy organic.
|'Too much sugary fruit makes you fat'
The sugar in fruit is not what makes you fat, since it's unprocessed sugar found in its most natural state, says Psota. "Also, cutting fruit out of your diet is a poor choice because of all the fiber that you would be missing."
Fiber keeps you full and the nutrients in the fruit nourish your body, which far outweighs the concern of natural sugar that you are consuming
|'Chew mint gum to eat less'
Not to burst your bubble, but the lingering taste of mint can actually reduce the palatability of healthy food, finds researchers from the University of Buffalo. That means that when you spit the gum out and go for a snack, that candy bar's likely to look—and taste—a lot more appealing than a carrot.
Check out these 25 Best Weight-Loss Tips Of All Time for painless ideas that really work.


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Surely the book lover in your life likes to read more than just during the day. Provide them with the perfect reading light for any time of day with a portable book light. Amazon is filled with different light options that can best suit your beloved bookworm, but we love this Samsung rechargeable book light that comes with 4 brightness levels and can even charge your mobile phone or mp3 player. (Amazon, $30)
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President Bush says skyrocketing insurance costs are forcing good doctors to stop practicing. Thursday the president outlined reforms to limit malpractice lawsuit awards.
As doctors across the country threaten to strike over high insurance rates, President Bush told a crowd of Pennsylvania doctors he wants to limit malpractice lawsuit awards. Bush said he wants to limit pain and suffering awards to $250,000, and to hold punitive damages to no more than twice a patient's actual financial loss.
"Congress needs to listen to the people, and not make any excuses as to why they can't get something done," said Bush.
Rockford surgeon Kendall Boone's malpractice insurance premiums will almost double next year.
"I've never had a lawsuit against me, Yet I'm having to pay 25 to 30 percent of my salary in case some one does have a lawsuit against me. That's hard to swallow," said Dr. Boone.
Dr. Boone say's the presidents proposal is just what the doctor ordered.
"I think that's pretty much the plan that's in effect in California, and if it works there. I don't see why it can't work everywhere," Boone said.
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I've been using UBB for the last couple of years, specifically for forums on official band sites that I admin for.
The layout is popular, and the features (when they come out with new ones, such as private messaging etc) are welcomed by the users. But, unfortunately, the performance of UBB - at least in my experience - tends to leave a lot to be desired.
The largest bandsite I run gets around 1mil page views a month, and so UBB does take quite a beating and at times just gives up the ghost, corrupting forum index files (which, although able to be rebuilt with the push of a button, is annoying if you're not aware of it for a few hours!).
The 6.* series of UBB took some of my liking for it away (that, and my starting to use another script for other sites, and liking it much more), having quite liked the 5.* series. Hopefully, Infopop will address some of the speed concerns that come from operating a flatfile d'base system - or, my clients give in to my suggestions for an SQL-based board
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Lots of customers have told us that they want to exchange one shape with another without losing the text, connections and formatting. The Change Shape feature in the new Visio gives you this functionality.
In this post, we will review the Change Shape feature and talk about the implications of the feature on shape and solution developers.
The basics
Our customers told us that they commonly build diagrams with simple shapes and later update the diagram to use more specific shapes. As an example, you might build a Basic Flowchart using only Process shapes and then realize that some of the shapes should be Decision and Start/End shapes. Another user might change their Basic Flowchart shapes into BPMN shapes.
In the past, changing from one set of shapes to another required either rebuilding the diagram, or deleting each shape (one at a time) and inserting a new shape to replace it. As part of the latter, the user had to manually copy over any customizations, such as positioning, connections, text, formatting and shape data. In the new Visio, the Change Shape feature will automatically do the replacement for you.
Change Shape is located on the Home tab and on the new Floatie that appears when you right-click on a shape.
We explain how to use Change Shape in our article about ways to be more efficient in the new Visio.
Behind the scenes
A lot of the Change Shape fundamentals for developers are covered the in the Change Shapes in Visio 2013 post on MSDN. That article explains the Change Shape API and some of the Change Shape ShapeSheet cells. We also provide a more detailed explanation of the Change Shape API in the API in the new Visio article. In this article, we will focus on how developers can work with and customize Change Shape.
As a developer, you can think of Change Shape as a delete of an old shape and an insertion of a new shape. In fact, the operation triggers delete and insert events for solutions listening to these events. For the rest of the article, we will call the "old shape" the target shape and the "new shape" the replacement shape.
By default, local shape data, text and formatting are transferred from the target shape to the replacement shape. We also copy the local values from the Hyperlink, Layer, Protection, Alignment, Layout, 1-D Endpoint and the Shape Transform sections. None of the default shape information—the data inherited from the master—is transferred. The information must be customized and brought local to the target shape for Change Shape to copy it.
The intent of Change Shape is for the replacement shape to inherit most of the properties and behaviors of its master. Many ShapeSheet sections, like Actions, User Cells, Controls and Geometry, are never copied over, even if they have been customized. One implication of this behavior is that a replacement shape from outside a solution stencil will not take on the solution- or template-specific behaviors of the target shape after a Change Shape operation.
Customizing Change Shape using the ShapeSheet
At the shape level, there are six ShapeSheet cells that allow shape developers to control how their shapes behave during a Change Shape operation: LockReplace, ReplaceLockShapeData, ReplaceLockText, ReplaceLockFormat, ReplaceCopyCells and User.msvReplaceClass. We look at these cell values on the master of the replacement shape to determine the customized Change Shape behavior. We do not use the cell values on the target shape.
Here are some examples of when you might want to use the different cells.
1. Shape data on the new shape needs to remain intact
We set ReplaceLockShapeData = TRUE for our BPMN 2.0 shapes. The BPMN 2.0 shapes shipped with the new Visio contain important shape data, such as the Loop and Task Type properties on the Task shapes. This information represents the data from the standard that is relevant to the visual look of a particular shape.
If ReplaceLockShapeData = TRUE and we replace target shape A with replacement shape B, the shape data from shape A will not be copied over to shape B. So, for example, if we replace a Send Loop Task with a Gateway, we do not copy "LoopType = Standard" and "TaskType = Send" to the Gateway shape. These are Task attributes and are not relevant to the Gateway shape.
2. Text on the new shape needs to remain intact
If the text in your custom shapes is significant, you may not want the text of the replacement shape to take on text from the target shape. For example, if your custom shapes are computer components and have their serial numbers as text, you may want the serial number of the replacement shape to remain its original serial number after the Change Shape operation. To preserve the text, you can set ReplaceLockText = TRUE: in this case, if we replace shape A with shape B, the text from shape A will not be copied over to shape B.
3. Formatting of the new shape needs to remain intact
If you have shapes that should be a particular color or format, you may want to set ReplaceLockFormat = TRUE. For example, you might have a stencil of furniture that can be purchased with a "brown sofa" and "grey sofa". After a Change Shape operation, you might want these colors to persist and not take on any local formatting. If ReplaceLockFormat = TRUE, the replacement "brown sofa" will remain brown, even though the target shape could have been customized with a different color. If ReplaceLockFormat = FALSE, your "brown sofa" will take on the local formatting of the target shape and may not actually be brown after the Change Shape operation.
Note that we obey the Protection section information for the shapes, so, if you had set LockFormat already, you don't have to worry about ReplaceLockFormat.
4. Further customizing data to transfer
We provide finer control of the properties transferred through the ReplaceCopyCells cell. It specifies a list of ShapeSheet cells that should be copied from the target shape to the replacement shape. Like above, we look at this cell value on the master of the replacement shape to determine the customized Change Shape behavior. We use this cell for our Organization Chart shapes to specify a list of User cells to transfer during the Change Shape operation.
5. Filtering the list of Change Shape options
In some cases, you may want to limit the shapes that can be included in a diagram using Change Shape. For example, suppose your solution supports a very specific set of shapes, and the user should not replace a solution shape with an arbitrary shape. In this case, you can add User.msvReplaceClass to all your solution shapes and set its value to the same unique identifier.
For our Organization Chart shapes, we set User.msvReplaceClass to "visOrgChart". This means that, when an Organization Chart shape is selected, the Change Shape dropdown only shows the other Organization Chart shapes. Other shapes are filtered out of the dropdown menu, because the Organization Chart shapes are the only shapes with User.msvReplaceClass set to "visOrgChart".
6. Preventing Change Shape
In designing the Change Shape feature, we added the LockReplace, PageLockReplace and DocLockReplace cells to allow developers prevent the Change Shape operation on a shape, the page or the entire document, respectively.
As an example, we use LockReplace on our Pivot Node shape in the PivotDiagram template. This template already had a notion of "apply shape" and we did not want to confuse customers with two metaphors for providing more detailed template shapes.
Special shapes
Change Shape does not treat all Visio shapes equally. We decided that there were certain shapes that should not be replaced by an arbitrary shape, because the resulting shape would not have the characteristics that the user expected. The following list of shapes can only be replaced with shapes of the same type.
- 1 dimensional shapes like the Dynamic Connector
- Callouts
- Containers
Like the User.msvReplaceClass cell, when a shape from the list above is selected, the Change Shape dropdown is filtered to only show shapes of the same type.
List shapes, like Cross Functional Flowchart Swimlanes, cannot be replaced with any other shapes.
Image shapes of the EMF, WMF or EMZ picture formats are also not supported by Change Shape. Other image types are supported.
Change shape in your solutions
Change shape isn't just relevant to shape developers. Solution developers should also think about using this functionality in their solutions.
First, Change Shape is an excellent replacement for the multi-shape design paradigm—the design paradigm where shapes have multiple geometries that users can toggle between using right mouse actions. In the new Visio, we converted the Container shapes from away from multi-shapes. This allowed us to create more complex geometries on each shape, while reducing concerns about shape size or complexity.
The user can update the Container style from a gallery on the Container Tools Format tab.
Second, the Change Shape API provides the ability to replace one shape with another across a variety of scenarios. Before, implementing features that replaced one shape with another was complex, but now this functionality is available directly from the API. The API provides flags that can override the ShapeSheet customizations described above, so you can control programmatically whether text, shape data and/or formatting is transferred. The API is explained in more detail in the API in the new Visio article.
Last, ChangeShape supports the BeforeReplaceShapes, QueryCancelReplaceShapes and AfterReplaceShapes events. This gives developers the option to customize how Change Shape works in their solutions. You can cancel the event and perform your own actions, or you can perform your own post-processing after the operation completes. As an example, for Organization Chart shapes, we decided to keep the multi-shape design paradigm for position types: the solution cancels the Change Shape operation and changes the position type in solution code.
Change Shape is one of our most exciting end user features in the new Visio and makes it much easier to update the shapes in your diagram. The default behavior transfers a small amount of user-customized information from the old shape to the new shape. There are, however, lots of options to customize the behaviors of Change Shape depending on the situation. Developers can also use the new API to write code that uses Change Shape to exchange shapes programmatically.
Try it out and let us know what you think!


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Really? Wow. I remember the original thread (I just looked at it again) but I didn't recall that the DD admitted she had done it, after all. Wow.
Quote from: RingTailedLemur on January 04, 2013, 04:30:25 PMReally? Wow. I remember the original thread (I just looked at it again) but I didn't recall that the DD admitted she had done it, after all. Wow.If I remember rightly, the follow up thread (about Balletmom's indignation that the uncle wouldn't forgive her DD) was deleted.OP, I think you were right to mention it to the other children's parents. If you were with the girls watching movies and none of the girls went upstairs before you found the pet sick etc., then I can understand why you're convinced it's your nephew. I hope you get the mystery cleared up somehow.
Could you link to that thread? I vaguely remember it, but I'm not remembering all of it.
Sometimes kids can be irrational about 'fessing up.Once, when I was about 9, I was at a family friend's home. I washed my hands in the kitchen and dried them on a towel. A few minutes later, the mom was very upset that the towel was wet, because apparently it was an heirloom and not supposed to be used. I was shocked, and I was painfully shy at that point in my life, so I refused to confess. The mom made all of us kids sit on the couch for two hours waiting for someone to confess, and I couldn't bring myself to do it.OP, I think mentioning it to the kids' parents is the best thing to do. It would drive me crazy not knowing, though!
I don't know why, but her response kind of bugs me. Maybe because it seems so flippant, like it is a joke?
Quote from: NyaChan on January 05, 2013, 08:51:37 AMI don't know why, but her response kind of bugs me. Maybe because it seems so flippant, like it is a joke?Or because it falls foul of Occam's Razor?Sorry, but I don't know whether to laugh or face palm at that response.
What an odd reply! 1st she says she thought it was you, then she goes on about ghosts. Is she usually like this?How do you feel about this reply? do you feel like letting this email and chain events go now? Or responding to her to clarify to her that you are concerned about what happened and want to discuss with her how to handle to ensure similar events don't happen in the future?
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Thanks all. Lots of good information there. I get the impression that sharpening the hook would be a good idea.
Thanks all. Lots of good information there. I get the impression that sharpening the hook would be a good idea.
Sometimes a fish will hit the tail to immobilize the bait fish. adding a small stinger hook at the tail of the fly helps. Just look at the New England patterns with double hooks. The old ones knew.
I did not escape.....they gave me a day pass!
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fly tying and fishing ghillie..
It also helps to keep your rod tip pointed at the fly and low...even just breaking the surface of the water! Keep you stripping hand in contact with the flyline at ALL times and learn to "slip-(or strip) strike" with a sharp, quick pull of the line toward you. When the line tightens or straightens, slip strike, then raise the rod swiftly in the horizontal plane. Do this, and you will have more hook-ups! Oh, yeah, and keep your hooks sharp
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I second the above quote as well as keeping your hooks razor sharp.
The key is to keep tight with your fly even if you aren't actively stripping and trying to retrieve it in. Use the tip of the rod to keep tension on the line when you are in between strips. Don't just hold the rod still; think of it as an extension of you arm that you use to follow and tend your fly and flyline with. While following the fly/ flyline with the rod tip try and keep the tip of the rod right at the surface of the water. Keeping the rod tip even an inch above the water will create a small belly in the line in between strips that is actually slack and preventing you from keeping tight and feeling your fly. Once you get the hang of it you can learn how to keep tension and feel on a streamer while you are dead drifting it like a nymph.
Watch your line like a hawk. Any twitches, movements, or pauses where there shouldn't be any are most likely a fish picking up your fly. Strip strike at everything that could be potentially be a fish. You will be surprised at how many times it is versus it isn't.
If I leave to go fishing without a file I will turn around to get it or buy a new one before I get to the water. When I am fishing hard my thumbnails are usually chewed up because I am always testing my hooks on it. The bones in a fishes mouth are made from the same material you fingernails are. If your hook won't grab your nail then there is a good chance it won't grab into a fishes mouth. If it grabs and sinks into the thumbnail with only the weight of the hook then it is sharp, if It doesn't get the file out. Every time you catch a fish check the point, every time you grab bottom check the point, every time you suspect you fly has touched anything other than water or air check the point. It doesn't take much to fold over a really sharp point. When you take new hooks out of the package, check the point. Some are sharp and some aren't. I have had different hooks from the same package where some needed sharpening and some didn't. I like a long four sided point versus a short three sided one. For me it is a little easier to do on the water and it takes away more metal from the hook shaft keeping the point thinner and easier to sink into harder parts of the fishes mouth.
I can go on and on about this but I will leave it at this. Learning to really fish and get the most out of a streamer can be a lot of fun.
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Your hooks sharp????
I learned a little trick that works for me that helps to detect those strikes you can't feel. When I was fishing for crappies using sinking and retrieving the line using the hand twist method I was noticing how the line would tighten when I took in some line and then go slack as the fly moved forward so the rhythm was tighten, slack, tighten, slack, etc. Whenever the line didn't go slack as usual I did a strip strike and usually it was because a crappie took the fly.
But really it seems like some people have ESP when it comes to detecting strikes probably as a result of having much sharper vision, more sensitive touch and quicker reflexes than I have.


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proud2Blib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Tue Aug-05-08 08:04 PM
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DUer Galoglas arrested today when he went to vote!!!!
Just got off the phone with him. They asked him for more ID than state law requires and when he refused, he was arrested!! He promised to post the whole story when he gets home. He just got out of jail and is on the phone with several officials. He called and asked me to post the news of his arrest. So watch for his thread.
proud2Blib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Tue Aug-05-08 08:25 PM
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18. Missouri
No voter ID but you have to show something. Sorry I am not clear on the law. I live in KS.
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28. They asked him for something with his signature
He said the law doesn't require that. They refused to let him vote and he was arrested. He'll have to fill in the details. This is all he told me on the phone.
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What type of identification do I need at the polling place?
Missouri law now requires that, before receiving a ballot, voters must identify themselves by presenting a form of personal identification from the following list:
* A voter ID card
* Identification issued by the State of Missouri or any agency of the state.
* Identification issued by any agency of the United States Government.
* Identification issued by an institution of higher learning located within Missouri (university, college, trade or technical school).
* A current utility bill, bank statement, government check or other government document containing the name and address of the voter.
* Driver's license or state identification card issued by any state.
* Personal knowledge of the voter by both election supervisors upon completion of a voter affidavit that is signed by both supervisors and the voter.
NOTE: If the voter does not have any identification and is not personally known by both supervisors, he/she may not vote.
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30. ok. but...
"They refused to let him vote and he was arrested"
The details before the "and" make all the difference.
Did they ask him to leave, and he refused, and was subsequently arrested for a trespass after prohibition? were the cops called by the poll workers? why?
or what? Again, I'd also like to see the PC cert.
In my many years in law enforcement I only heard of one person ever arrested in conjunction with voting.
It was a person who got into an argument with the volunteers, was asked to leave ... repeatedly... refused... and was arrested.


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|Attention all you fabulous persons that set reserve prices much higher than what anyone will ever bid
**** you all. I'm getting ****ing sick of that bull****.
Get rid of reserve prices and just have people set the minimum bid that high.
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I agree, I won 2 Pink Floyd auctions, only not to meet their reserve and I'M ****ING ****ED because I tossed all my flezz (slightly more than 2.8 million) into the auction and I missed out on opportunities for other great files.
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Seriously, at least tell us what the reserve price is!
It'd really suck to be something like 100Log in to see images!
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Reserve Prices are pathetic, which is why I never set them.
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What's worse is people who sell junk, what's worse than that is people who bid on junk.
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BidSquid sent you 30,000 3:00AM
"[Seasonal Centerpiece] Regrettable, auction won but it did not meet to reserve price. Bidder to be ashamed, was too cheap!"
So yes I realize I was bidding on junk, but trust me when I say I swear to god I meant to enter 3000 but punched in an extra 0 coz I was bidding when there was 10 seconds left.
In a way I have to thank the seller for his re-****ing-tarded reserve price since there is NO ****ING WAY I'm paying more than 3000 for that useless junk (hey we're all trying to find creative ways to make more ). But yes this is exactly the kind of thing I'm talking about, setting a reserve higher than 30,000 on a junk that you can only sell for ~8,000 at the Ppwn Shoppe, scam much?
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Graner: School security enhancements top priority after Newtown
In the aftermath of the unthinkable tragedy that occurred in Newtown, Ledyard Public Schools undertook a thorough review of the district's security precautions and made a presentation on Jan. 10.
At the public session, school and police officials informed parents about the precautions that are in place, a number of recent additional measures the schools have implemented, and plans for future security improvements. Following the presentation, parents and staff members participating in the program offered several valuable suggestions to improve security.
Our current system includes several procedures that have been in place for many years. The schools control access by requiring anyone visiting our schools to be buzzed into the building, via intercom and video surveillance camera systems. Visitors are then issued temporary badges after signing-in at the office.
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All staff members have been issued permanent identification badges. Exterior doors at all buildings are kept locked and entry is restricted to the front door. The district has a detailed plan to deal with intruders and other security risks; the plans are practiced regularly throughout the year.
Since the tragic events of Dec. 14, we have taken several steps to enhance the measures already in place. Schools have further limited access to the building by having adult coverage at the entrance and exits at the beginning and end of the school day. Security ID badges will now be issued to all substitute teachers and regular volunteers. Our crisis plans are being reviewed by the district's School Security Committee, which consists of police and other first responders.
Over the last several weeks, a number of resources have become available that will support the security of our schools. Both the Connecticut State Police and our district insurance company will conduct a school building security assessment; the results of which will be shared with the Board of Education and community when they are completed. Ledyard Police Department will also review our security measures and work with school staff to augment the procedures.
A major aspect of the Jan. 10 presentation was a frank dialogue about building security concerns at all our schools. Thanks to several good suggestions from participants, we are investigating some building renovation projects to improve the physical security of our schools. For example, the district plans to install electronic/magnetic doors at the middle school that will allow staff to close and lock off the cluster areas remotely from the office. In addition, we are investigating the construction of temporary lockable doors at the entrance of each cluster of middle school classrooms to provide additional security in those areas.
The presentation ended with a commitment to develop a culture of enhanced security. Students, staff and community members were encouraged to communicate security concerns, report any person or situation that appears to compromise safety, and to foster trusting relations among members of the school community.
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45 Then, with the crowds listening, he turned to his disciples and said, 46 "Beware of these teachers of religious law! For they like to parade around in flowing robes and love to receive respectful greetings as they walk in the marketplaces. And how they love the seats of honor in the synagogues and the head table at banquets. 47 Yet they shamelessly cheat widows out of their property and then pretend to be pious by making long prayers in public. Because of this, they will be severely punished." Luke 20
We've all heard it, Christians called hypocrites, saying one thing, but living differently. It drives non-Christians crazy and puts a further divide between them and us. Jesus speaks specifically of religious leaders in this passage, but this lesson is applicable to all of us leaders or not. He says that we act one way in public, in front of the crowd, but another in private where no one can see. He also says that leaders especially like the respect and influence of the office and come to expect the perks and upgrades of life. I recently flew to the mainland on my favorite carrier, Hawaiian Air. I had booked the flight late because it came up quite suddenly, to my disappointment I found myself near the back of the plane in a middle seat, "auwe!" :) I thought to myself, "Wait, I'm premier gold status! Don't I rate a better seat? Something up front on the aisle? Don't they know who I am!?" Thankfully, before I could make a phone call or do something stupid, I just let it rest and decided to grin and bear it; after all, it would only be a few hours. When I arrived at the gate I could see that it would be a full flight with many families returning home from vacation and people like me flying up on some type of business. Just before my row was called to board, my name was announced over the speakers and much to my delight and surprise I was offered that seat up front on the aisle so that a family could sit together. I was so glad I didn't make that phone call or ask at the desk and, although it was such a small issue, it was a sweeter blessing because it was offered and not demanded.
As leaders we must be humble both in public and in private. We must search our motivations and scrub our hearts so that we aren't hypocritical in the way we treat others and how we act behind closed doors. I want to represent Jesus well so that others are attracted to Him rather than repelled by me. My life must be same both in public and in private. We must work even harder to prove to the world that Christians are not hypocrites, no, not perfect, but definitely not two-faced.
Dear Heavenly Father, I want to please You in the way I live my life. May I represent You well to the world so that they will be drawn to You. Please forgive me for the times my private life falls short of my public life. I want to serve You and honor You on both sides of the door. In Jesus name, Amen


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Time marches on. First we had Fox News. No checking of statements or facts. Just say whatever works for the Right wing and it will be accepted as gospel.
Then comes along PolitiFact. It's a fact checking group who's mission is to take apart widely circulated stories and do some fact checking on them. The stories are rated on their veracity. That started to keep some of the more outrageous claims to a limit -- or at least allowed for a tamping down of the total fabrications. But even the results of the PolitiFact findings were often called into question -- just ask Rachel Maddow.
Now, born November 1st, just a few days ago is PunditFact, a site dedicated to checking claims by pundits, columnists, bloggers and the hosts and guests of talk shows.
According to the source itself, PolitiFact.com:
PunditFact is a partnership of PolitiFact and the Poynter Institute, the journalism school that owns the Tampa Bay Times.
The new site will have a dedicated staff of journalists who will research claims by media figures and rate them using PolitiFact's Truth-O-Meter. The fact-checks will be published on PunditFact.com and will often be featured on the main PolitiFact site.
This could be interesting.
Soon those nattering nabobs of negativism, the jabbering ninnies of the networks will be encouraged to do more than just read the stories handed to them. They might have to actually start listening the the balderdash that comes out of their echo chambers. These pundits will be held to veracity levels that heretofore escaped them -- just like the hot air most expel with each eye-rolled sigh and statement they made courtesy of their teleprompters.
Will it matter? Will it change anything? Probably not, but it will be fodder for more criticism and conjecture.
How truthful is O'Reilly? Chris Wallace? Joe Scarborough and Sean Hannity? Well, if PolitiFact is any guideline as to the accuracy of facts and verisimilitude of PunditFact itself, Rachel Maddow will most likely nail it as she had done in the past. They ought to be sued for their own lack of fact checking.
While it remains to be seen who the most trusted name in news will be, the act of rating talking heads promises to be a fun one. Now if we can just hook up these people to get a large, non-lethal jolt of electricity every time they lie, we'd have a lot more fun with this. If we turn up the juice, we might even have ourselves a Hunger Games of News -- and around election time, won't that be fun?


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Now, moving right along with what I've already said...
Biological Determinism dictates that all healthy human beings live their lives with an equal and proportional amount of perceived pleasure, ergo; the pursuit of pleasure is a bull-shitting tip.
For every unit of pleasure we experience we must undergo an equal experience of displeasure, so as to, so to speak, reset our biological clock e.g. the degree of displeasure of hunger will equal the amount of pleasure experienced when we eat. And so it goes with sex, etc. (if sex can have an etc.).
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The FTA approval of the East Link project culminates more than five years of work to select the route.
"We are grateful for the strong partnerships with the Federal Transit Administration, Washington State Department of Transportation and city of Bellevue that enable the board to move forward today," said Sound Transit Board Vice Chair and Deputy Issaquah City Council President Fred Butler. "And we are especially grateful for the contributions that hundreds of community members made to shaping this project over the past five years."
The agency is working to start construction of East Link in 2015 and launch passenger service in 2023. The project is estimated to create more than 20,000 direct, construction-related jobs over the duration of the work and 34,000 to 42,000 indirect jobs as the stimulus spreads throughout the economy.
As the region's population continues growing in the decades ahead, East Link will provide tremendous new transportation capacity to the I-90 corridor. Increases in the length and frequency of trains over time offer the capacity to carry from 9,000 to 12,000 people per hour in each direction, which would more than double the person-carrying capacity of I-90 and is roughly equivalent to seven to ten freeway lanes of vehicle traffic. By 2030, East Link is projected to carry more than 50,000 riders each weekday.


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Hi, (This probably belongs in "Strange But True"...LOL) I live in Colorado, and while taking my two dogs on a walk today I was bitten by a few mosquitoes. The first thing that ran through my mind was West Nile. Then I thought about my risk of Lyme disease from a tick bite.
My VL is undetectible, and my other labs (e.g. CD4%, CD4:CD8, etc) are WNL.
I understand that I am at some risk, but to what degree is my risk of contracting an illness such as West Nile or Lyme (or other illness caused by other vectors)? It is difficult not to panic every time I get a mosquito bite. I also understand an effective prophylactic against mosquitos is bug spray with DEET - has there been any studies for interactions or side effects of DEET with HAART?
Am I panicking? Maybe I should talk to my psychologist about my fear of mosquitos/WNV? (ha ha, just kidding)
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There are endemic areas and seasonal variation for diseases carried by insect vectors. Check with your local health department regarding health alerts for these diseases. Your risk of contracting one of these ailments is no different from someone who is HIV negative. I am not aware of any drug interactions between DEET and HAART. I've also not heard of any problems in using these therapies simultaneously. Just remember to "use as directed."
Are you panicking? Yep! I'd say your degree of worry is out of proportion to any real risk. You can discuss your concerns further with your HIV specialist.
Stay well.
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Paul Maritz is out as VMware CEO, and he is being replaced by Pat Gelsinger, president and COO of EMC's Information Infrastructure Products division, CRN has learned.
Multiple sources familiar with the situation confirmed the CEO switch to CRN Monday. But it is unclear if Maritz, who has led VMware since 2008, will be taking another position within EMC or leaving the company.
A VMware spokesperson declined to comment, citing company policy of not responding to "rumors or speculation." EMC did not respond to a request for comment.
Both Maritz, who joined EMC in 2008 in its acquisition of software startup Pi Corp, and Gelsinger, who joined EMC in 2009 after a 30-year career at Intel, have been rumored to be in line to replace EMC CEO Joe Tucci if and when he decides to retire.
With Gelsinger taking over as VMware CEO, it wouldn't be surprising to see Maritz get the nod for the top spot at EMC, one longtime partner of both vendors told CRN.
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Maritz has taken VMware to the next level during his four years at the helm, said the source, who requested anonymity because he is not authorized to speak on internal VMware matters. "Maritz's departure would definitely be a loss for VMware, but Gelsinger has a great track record as well," he said.
Gelsinger is a "strong and very credible leader," said Jamie Shepard, executive vice president of technology solutions at ICI, a Marlborough, Mass.-based solution provider, when informed of the leadership change by CRN. "He knows the server CPU space, and his exposure to EMC and understanding of data intensive apps and how to store them would be a huge win for VMware," he said.
Another longtime VMware and EMC partner said he is surprised that it took this long for the lines to blur between EMC and VMware's leadership ranks. "I remember when EMC acquired VMware, and how it was all going to stay separate and they weren't going to swap executives, but no one ever believed that," said the source.
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Buildings 1182 1188 (Mason Street Warehouses)
Crissy Field (Area District, Presidio of San Francisco
The Presidio Trust is beginning public scoping for the Sports Basement Environmental Assessment (EA), pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). From July 12 to August 12, 2013, the public is invited to provide comments on the scope, the range of alternatives, and the issues that should be examined in the EA.
Proposed Action
The project sponsor, Sports Basement, a locally-owned business that has operated the sporting goods store at the former Commissary (Building 610) on Crissy Field (Area for nearly a decade, is seeking a long-term location in the Presidio. Sports Basement proposes to connect seven separate warehouses (Buildings 1182, 1183, 1184, 1185, 1186, 1187 and 1188) located on Mason Street near the Marina Gate for retail use; preserve and rehabilitate the warehouses in a manner consistent with the Secretary of the Interiors Standards for Rehabilitation; improve ADA accessibility throughout the site; and retrofit the warehouses to meet current seismic standards.
The historic buildings vary in size from approximately 12,000 gross square feet (sf) to approximately 13,500 gross sf, totaling approximately 88,700 gross sf. Proposed alterations to the property would include seismically upgrading the structures, adding new building systems, connecting the buildings, extending the existing loading docks, inserting new door openings, installing ridge skylights, and selectively removing interior partitions. Following the proposed alterations, there would be approximately 93,000 sf of internal space and 29,300 sf of existing and new elevated exterior decks. Uses will include mercantile, assembly spaces (both indoor and outdoor), business/office space, and accessory uses (storage, mechanical, restrooms, and outdoor circulation).
The scope of this proposed action does not include building new parking. Parking for the facility will be accommodated within an adjacent 213-space parking lot being built as part of the Doyle Drive project.
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The Trust expects to have the EA available for public review in fall 2013, at which time comments will be invited for a minimum of 30 days. We will review comments to determine whether any additional analyses, reasonable alternatives or factual corrections have been suggested. If substantive issues are raised which point to the potential for significant impacts, an Environmental Impact Statement would be prepared. Otherwise, a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) is expected.
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The scope of this proposed action does not include building new parking. Parking for the facility will be accommodated within an adjacent 213-space parking lot being built as part of the Doyle Drive project.
My concern is more congestion on the street and people jay walking from the store to the east beach parking. And east beach parking being used for this commercial store.
An update to the light/intersection at marina/mason would help and a left hand turn lane for the east beach parking lot too.
There will be a 30 day comment period coming soon, but this proposal specifically says it does not include the parking traffic issue?
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What is the SFBA position on this ?
Any insightful comments would be nice to understand the impact/consequences of this change.
Thank you
I am having trouble with CHANGE these days as I age.
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Funny, I am having trouble with AGE as I change!
Sorry, not a Crissy guy so no other insight. Except...
Maybe as part of the deal, Sunset Sailboards, or Boardsports, or both, could get a boutique windsurf shop inside of the Sports Basement!
Carve the face!
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I hear that getting a business inside a Presidio building is extremely tough. If the board-sport community wants to see a concession at Crissy, it needs to petition/ lobby/ harass both the Presidio Trust AND National Park
Service. ( the buildings south of the road and beach are with the Trust and the beach and parking area are the domain of the NPS.)
I have been amazed that a place like Crissy has no board rental and sales concession. Be it in a building or in a box van. On any given day, we have tourists from around the world, yet the closest board rental and retail spot is in San Rafael ?!
Anybody up for an on-line petition drive?
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I have been amazed that a place like Crissy has no board rental and sales concession
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My question is what's going to go into the old commissary building if Sports Basement moves? No doubt it will be somebody else selling something that will draw even MORE people and traffic into the area.
Everything that's been done to Crissy and the Presidio has been designed to, or resulted in, bringing increasing crowds into the area making it more and more difficult for windsurfers to access, park and rig. They won't stop until they've turned it into Pier 39 with a beach.
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Pretty sure the former Commissary is going to be knocked down, otherwise SB would not be moving. Not sure what will be in its place. The former Commissary is one of the few non "historic" buildings in the Presidio.
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If they sell windsurfing gear I am all for it. No question old Crissy was better for windsurfing, pre-lagoon days. The changes and improvements have meant bigger crowds of non-sailors. Where once there was rooms for hundreds of cars, competition for parking is now the norm. Miss the Coast Guard Station launch.
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There are 3 final proposals for a cultural institution at the old commisary site. Public presentation of the proposals is set for September 23.
Sports basement has to move out once the Doyle Drive construction project needs the space for an additional staging area.
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"Whoo. This is (pause for applause) — this is a moment I've dreamed about since I was a kid, running around the backyard pretending I was Doug Flutie and throwing hail marys to my dad. I want to start by thanking the Heisman Trust and the people that made this possible. It was a pleasure to get to know Collin Klein and Manti Te'o and I wish we had more time together.
"It's such an honor to represent Texas A&M. I wish my teammates could be on the stage with me. Choosing Texas A&M was one of the best decisions I've made in my entire life. To Mom, Dad, Mary, I want to thank you for the encouragement. To Grandpa ... you inspired me to play football. Grandma, I'm sorry for all the things we broke in the house.
"To my coaches back at Kerrville Tivy, you taught us all to fight and work for something you want more than anything in the world. You taught us about passion and heart. To Coach Sherman, Coach Rossley, Coach Sumlin and Coach Kingsbury, and everyone who's a part of my coaching, you've been truly a blessing. You taught me not only what it means to be a football player but to be a man as well. Thank you so much.
"I wish my teammates could be up here with me. My offensive line (names them), I'm as safe standing up here as I am in the pocket with y'all.
"At this time I'd like to honor someone who is near and dear to Texas A&M, Joey Villavisencio, who we lost around this time last year. ... I know Joey's in a better place.
"Most of all I'd love to thank God for me being here. For all the love and grace you've showed me. For the values carried from my parents to Texas A&M, to Kyle Field, with 30,000 students standing there for us.
"To the 12th Man, Texas A&M, Kerrville and Aggies everywhere, this Heisman Trophy is for you. Gig 'em."
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"I've been fortunate to have such a great team and having such a great year, first year in the SEC. To be the guy to, I guess, lead that team, was a blessing.
"All we heard about (coming into the SEC) was we were the big question mark, we didn't know where we were going to be heading into the season. That was the motivation. It was us progressing every week and trying to prove people wrong. Before Alabama it was the same thing, people telling us we couldn't.
"Coach Sumlin always tells me you have 24 hours after winning a game to celebrate. Hopefully we'll enjoy this a bit and then move on to a good Oklahoma team and the Cotton Bowl."
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