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Ian Black, Chris McGreal – Guardian.co.uk June 12, 2012
The crisis in Syria has deepened as the US accused Russia of sending attack helicopters that could be used by President Bashar al-Assad to help crush the rebellion against his regime.
On the day that a senior UN official declared Syria was in a state of civil war, Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, warned in Washington that the Russian aircraft would "escalate the conflict quite dramatically". The US and other western countries have been trying desperately to get Moscow to put pressure on Assad amid a recent surge in violence.
Fears of a further sharp deterioration were fuelled by the statement from Herve Ladsous, head of the UN's department of peacekeeping operations, who said that Syria was, in effect, already in a state of civil war after 15 months of violence and an estimated 15,000 dead.
"Clearly what is happening is the government of Syria lost some large chunks of territory, several cities to the opposition, and wants to retake control," he said.
It was thought to be the first time a senior UN official has characterised the conflict as a civil war. "Now we have confirmed reports of not only of the use of tanks and artillery but also attack helicopters," Ladsous told reporters in New York. "This is really becoming large scale."
Attacks on UN monitors added to now routine reports of bloodshed across the country and heightened a sense of international urgency that has been growing since two massacres blamed on the regime in recent weeks. It has said "armed terrorists" were responsible.
The Syrian Revolution General Commission reported 36 people killed on Tuesday, mostly as a result of heavy shelling of the central city of Homs. Residents of the city's Khalidiya neighbourhood told al-Jazeera TV they had been trapped in their homes for the last three days without electricity or water. Videos from the city showed explosions in built-up areas.
The International Committee of the Red Cross said the humanitarian situation was deteriorating in several parts of the country, making it impossible to respond to everyone's needs at once.
Hopes are fading that the six-point peace plan promoted by Kofi Annan – the only such scheme available – can be implemented in the absence of a ceasefire and political will by the regime and its enemies. Annan has asked governments with influence to "twist arms" to halt the escalating violence, his spokesman said.
Clinton's statement about Russian helicopters was clearly no throwaway remark and was almost certainly based on intelligence, diplomats said. "We have confronted the Russians about stopping their continued arms shipments to Syria," she said. "They have from time to time said that we shouldn't worry, everything they're shipping is unrelated to [Syrian] actions internally. That's patently untrue and we are concerned about the latest information we have that there are attack helicopters on the way from Russia to Syria which will escalate the conflict quite dramatically." Russia, a long-term ally of Syria, has resisted western appeals to apply pressure on Assad but insists it is not supplying weapons that would help crush the uprising. However, attack helicopters clearly would.
The UN and Syrian opposition sources have described the more frequent use of helicopters in recent days in attacks across the country. This could, in theory, be used to drum up support for the imposition of a no-fly zone over Syria – similar to the one created over Libya before the Nato intervention last year. Russia would be highly likely to resist any such idea. Clinton also referred to a massing of Syrian forces around the country's second city, Aleppo. "That could very well be a red line for the Turks in terms of their strategic or national interests," she warned.
British officials monitoring the crisis expressed alarm about the latest developments, reflected in a hard-hitting speech by William Hague, the foreign secretary, on Monday in which he referred to "grotesque crimes" committed by the Syrian government. Elements of concern include the massacres at Houla and al-Qubair – 108 and 78 people reported killed respectively; heavy bombardments of cities followed by attacks by shabiha militamen; more effective fighting tactics by the rebels of the Free Syrian Army and the "lack of traction" for the Annan plan. "It is very clear that the cycle of violence is intensifying and that is deeply concerning," said an FCO spokesman. Syria, meanwhile, accused the US of "blatant interference" in its affairs and supporting terrorist crimes. The complaint was linked to warnings from Washington that a new massacre was imminent in al-Haffa, a rebel-held village near Assad's hometown of Qardaha.
"Those who support armed groups and provide them with funds and weapons and cover up their crimes are directly complicit in the shedding of Syrian blood, no matter what statements they make," said the foreign ministry in Damascus.
The UN said members of its 300-strong observer team in Syria were attacked by angry crowds as they tried to reach al-Haffa. The vehicles also were later shot at though no observers were hurt.


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I'm hitting the ground running, because I want to see the light at the end of this tunnel. Read my lips. Connect the dots. Don't drink the Kool-Aid.
It goes without saying that to make a long story short I'll have to put in more than my two cents. Are you ready for this paradigm shift? I'm not going to be a team player. I'm just saying - wait for it - I'm pulling the trigger on pulling the plug on overused phrases in modern lingo.
Going forward, we need to reinvent the wheel. We need to cut to the chase, because it is what it is. Why beat around the bush? Speak truth to power. Do you know where I'm coming from?
Overused sayings fly in the face of good writing and speaking. Perhaps I'm nit picking, but a word to the wise - keep your eye on the ball. Terms used ad nauseam do not make me a happy camper. The bottom line is I've been there and done that. That's the whole enchilada.
You're either with me or against me. Clichés are too much of a good thing. The handwriting is on the wall. We can make this a win-win situation. While many sayings are well intended, the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
I'm not suggesting we put all our eggs in one basket. I'm saying do as I say, not as I do. I'm saying run it up the flag pole and see who salutes it.
This isn't rocket science. Do you hear what I'm saying?
Without a doubt, overused terms burst my bubble when I read or hear them. For the life of me, when I touch base with someone, when I reach out to someone, I expect something more than old school sayings twenty-four seven.
Maybe this is a wide spot in the road. Candidates are lining up to run for office this election year. They're their own man. Or their own woman. They have a clear vision of the future. They run on their record. Or against the other person's record. They won't back down from the special interests.
Election polls don't mean much. Except when they do. The only poll that counts is the one on election day.
If you're in a hole, the first rule is - stop digging. I've dug this hole deeply enough. Will my furtive plea do any good? Time will tell.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Lately, it's the injured Los Angeles Dodgers taking their lumps.
The Giants know the feeling. That was them, just last month.
Pablo Sandoval hit a two-run double and sacrifice fly to help Barry Zito end a three-start losing streak, and the Giants beat NL West-leading Los Angeles 8-0 on Monday night.
Watch out, this NL West race is going to get wild down the stretch with these heated rivals in the race.
Angel Pagan and Hector Sanchez each drove in two runs as the Giants pulled within two games of the Dodgers for their closest position to first place since April 7.
``Everybody's building this series up like it's a big deal,' Dodgers catcher A.J. Ellis said. ``For us, it's one game. It's a long season, a long grind. We play these guys a lot more throughout the year. Talk to me about the series in August or September and I'll talk about if it's a big series or not.'
Zito (6-5), who had allowed 17 runs in 14 1-3 innings for a 10.67 ERA during the skid, defeated the Dodgers for the first time in 10 appearances and nine starts. He was 0-4 since his last win in the rivalry on May 8, 2009.
It didn't start well when he walked leadoff batter Dee Gordon on five pitches. But Elian Herrera grounded into a double play, and Andre Ethier also grounded out as the left-hander escaped unscathed.
The Dodgers are 0-for the Bay Area so far after they got swept at Oakland last week. This is their first trip to AT&T Park in 2012.
``Considering where we were, it's good to be in this situation,' said San Francisco skipper Bruce Bochy, whose team trailed the Dodgers by 7 1/2 games in late May. ``There's so much baseball left, and you're where you want to be, which is right in the middle of things. Even at this stage of the season it's important. You don't want to be too far back.'
Melky Cabrera, coming off consecutive hitless games for just the third time this year, singled in each of his first two at_bats, had an RBI and scored two runs as the Giants gave Zito plenty of support.
San Francisco emphatically took the opener to win the first game of a series for the 10th time in its last 12. The Giants have also won 11 of their last 16 versus Los Angeles in their waterfront ballpark.
An impressive way to kick off a challenging stretch with three straight series against clubs that began the week in first place - also Cincinnati and Washington.
``It's big,' Zito said. ``They're pretty banged up over there and we've got to capitalize on that.'
Pagan staked Zito to a quick lead with an RBI double against winless Dodgers rookie Nathan Eovaldi aided by a nice bounce off first base. San Francisco got four straight one-out hits off Eovaldi in its four-run first - and the chants of ``Beat L.A.!' from the sellout crowd of 42,164 began. Sanchez added an RBI single in the inning, prompting a mound visit from pitching coach Rick Honeycutt.
It marked San Francisco's biggest first inning this season. Sanchez doubled in a run in the fifth.
``That's one of those games where you sit there and everything kind of goes their way,' Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said.
Zito allowed three hits in seven scoreless innings, struck out four and walked three. Two relievers completed the five-hit shutout, San Francisco's seventh. Los Angeles was blanked for the fourth time and second in seven games.
Eovaldi (0-4) was tagged for a season-high eight runs and 10 hits, stretching his winless stretch to 11 starts since a victory in his major league debut last Aug. 6 at Arizona. The 22-year-old right-hander, making his 12th career start, struck out one and walked one in five innings.
``It's a good experience for him. He's going to be fine,' Mattingly said. ``He's not the kind of kid who's going to get rattled over that.'
Eovaldi retired nine in a row starting with Sandoval's second-inning sacrifice fly before the Giants slugger doubled off the right-field wall in the fifth. Sandoval spent some extra time studying and chatting with hitting coach Hensley Meulens beforehand.
``The last couple days for me were tough. I was swinging too hard,' Sandoval said.
Bochy sat catcher Buster Posey to rest his tender ankle and went with Zito's regular backstop, Sanchez. That means Posey is likely to catch Tim Lincecum in Wednesday afternoon's series finale as the two-time NL Cy Young Award winner (2-8) looks for his first win in 11 starts since winning at San Diego on April 28.
Notes: RHP Brad Penny, signed to a minor league contract May 18, is nearing a promotion as he prepares for his second stint in San Francisco by pitching for Triple-A Fresno. Bochy said the Giants might stretch him out so he's available for a spot start or long relief. ``We signed him to come up and help us,' Bochy said. ``We'd like to stretch him a little bit and keep our options open.'... Dodgers GM Ned Colletti, formerly a Giants assistant GM, on San Francisco: ``It's become a great baseball city.' ... Reigning NL Cy Young Award winner LHP Clayton Kershaw (5-3) pitches Tuesday night's middle game against Ryan Vogelsong (6-3).


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"City library employees will now be able to ask people to leave if they interfere with other customers, hang out too long on the sofa or even smell bad. A new policy, approved Tuesday night by a unanimous City Council with Leslie Daigle absent, also has rules against bikes being parked or locked anywhere other than bike racks. The regulations were prompted by concerns about customers who continually misuse the library facilities, argue with staff when confronted about sleeping or lounging on the furniture and parking bikes and shopping carts in front of entrances."


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As a Titans fan, I'm not disappointed. It seems the Chow scheme is much better with the Palmer - Leinart types than a VY type.
Maybe the Titans would be interested in talking to Bob Bratkowski.
Wear gaudy colors, or avoid display. Lay a million eggs or give birth to one. The fittest shall survive, yet the unfit may live. Be like your ancestors or be different. We must repeat!
Chow back to college?
Championships for MY teams in my lifetime:
Cincinnati Reds - 75, 76, 90
Chicago Blackhawks - 10, 13, 15
University of Kentucky - 78, 96, 98, 12
Chicago Bulls - 91, 92, 93, 96, 97, 98
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When you also factor in USC's superior athletes to UCLA's athletes, I'm not so sure that UCLA really wants to tango with its cross-town rival. Makes for good TV, I suppose.
Young didn't look good this year but it's still early in his career. (After watching Aikman's first couple of years I NEVER would have guessed he'd be a good QB in the NFL, much less an HOFer.) Perhaps a change of offense style will get Young on track.
As for the Titans I think the firing was a little premature. I also think coaching VY will become the grave yard of offensive cordinators. I just wonder if he will be able to make the necessary adjustments to take his game to the next level.
If Zampese goes to St Louis as their OC, would Chow be interested in coming to Cincinnati to be the QB coach?
Where's all this talk about Zampese becoming an OC coming from? He's been a QB coach for 6 years now and I haven't seen his name surface once for any possible OC positions. What creditionals does he have to warrant an OC position?
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What? I would say that it's the other way around. I would guess that the actual infection rates are higher. I bet that many of the people who didn't download this tool are probably the same people who are running an expired version of McAfee on their Windows XP without any Service Packs applied.
Just recently, my parents were complaining about how their computer was behaving very slow and strangely. The number of malware, crapware and toolbars I had to uninstall via remote desktop using Teamspeak (we live on different continents) was enormous. Lol!
"Safety Scanner, which replaced an older online-only tool, uses the same technology and detection signatures as Microsoft's free consumer-grade Security Essentials antivirus program and its Forefront Endpoint Protection product for enterprises."
considering that by now everyone should run SOME anti virus, of which MSE is a legally free option, and that something which uses MSE's signature database finds 5% of machines have been compromised I don't think says much about computer security as a whole. Obviously there are a lot of users who *still* don't have anti virus software, which isn't really news. But MS can't exactly go including free anti virus in their OS without screams of anti trust.
I don't run an anti-virus because it slows the PC down. I have a good system worked out. I have a KVM switch with Windows on one PC and Linux on the other PC. I use Windows for my programs that won't run on Linux, and Linux to get on the Net with. I keep the amount of important stuff to a minimum on Windows, so I can reinstall easily if needed.
My windows runs very fast even on a PC with mediocre specs, and I go for years without trouble on it, though I won't say I have never had any viruses.
Now my kids, the
That was just one instance, and an intentionally vulnerable machine [four years ago], but have improvements in security software software, and in Windows itself, made things so much better since then?
Is it really surprising that computers with service packs, hot fixes, virus scanners, and firewalls are significantly more secure than those without?
Of course, it's also worth noting that the real infection rate is probably at least a little bit higher. The people who don't download this particular scanner are the same ones who wouldn't download the aforementioned service packets, hot fixes, virus scanners, and firewalls. The unanswered, and perhaps unanswerable, question is how many such people are out there.
All this really 'proves' is that 95% of the people who are smart enough to download a free AV program didn't have an infection. Lets see, who uses those? Oh, I know! People who take precautions... When do they do it? BEFORE they get infected, lol.
While it is an interesting datapoint to hobknob about, this actually says ZILCH about Windows infection rate, except it probably can't possibly be LESS than 5%.
You can't draw that conclusion, either. You say that the people who download virus scanners are the smart ones who take precautions. That makes sense. But another big group that downloads virus scanners is the people who have reason to believe they have a virus. For all we know, 5% could be artificially LARGE because of that.
We just can't draw these sorts of conclusions from this study.
All this really 'proves' is that 95% of the people who are smart enough to download a free AV program....
This is a malware removal tool for people who already think they have a virus. See the Microsoft Safety Scanner [microsoft.com] main page. The very first words on that page are Do you think your PC has a virus? Not to mention it expires 10 days after download. Clearly not an AV for 'smart' people.
....except it probably can't possibly be LESS than 5%
Considering MSS is for people who think they already have a virus, I think the only conclusion you can draw is that slashdot headlines are some of the most worthless pieces of shit on the internet (and that's saying soemthing)
On the LAN side Windows can still be pwned as easily as before, you basically have instant shell access to any networked Windows machines.
[citation needed], even if it is with the default firewall turned off, for Vista and Windows 7.
Don't forget about those who have viruses but the malware removal tool was unable to either detect or remove them. If you can't churn out a virus that can beat the standard set by microsoft you're in the wrong business.
Not really. Malware aims a low hanging fruit and people taking active steps to protect their system are in all probability not worth the hassle (and downloading a onetime scanner is pretty active). The tool is also new so malwear writers probably haven't reacted to any great extent yet.
I'd wager the former, these people usually know how to circumvent new security features before they hit the street if they meddle with their business.
The question is always, how much impact will a new security tool have on their business. If it's only a few "clued" people they use, they usually don't bother to find a way around it. If you look at contemporary malware and know a bit about security, it's actually boring. No "0day", no sophisticated self encryption, nothing really new and exciting. It's busine
I fixed one this afternoon: my parent's WinXP computer. Adjust your stats accordingly.
Maybe the number is accurate, maybe it isn't. But the one thing that strikes me is that this is not an entirely random survey since there are too many factors that can affect the sampling. Examples: people who do not update their software (including but not limited to this scanner) are probably more likely to have an infected machine, making the number low. Yet institutional PCs that are professionally managed (and are likely to use third party solutions) are probably less likely less likely to be infected, making the number high. So that 5%, as good or as bad as it may sound to you, is actually just a number thrown around by the marketing department.
Honestly? "as of 2007"? In computer terms, that's several lifetimes.
Not only that, but just because the news article linked to has 2007 at the top, doesn't mean the findings were from 2007. The news article in which the author "just read an incredible scary article" links to said incredible scary article - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/4423733.stm [bbc.co.uk] - from 2005. So not only was the news article writer 2 years behind the times, you're now suggesting that we should believe that you find it incredulous that things may have improved in 6 years' time?
In that time Windows 7 and Vista have been released - both with far better security models out of the box. Even Windows XP saw a reasonable update with SP3.
Then again, by April 2005, SP2 was also distributed and guess what it enabled by default? Windows Firewall. The worm in the original article, Sasser, would not have gotten very far.
Then again, Sasser would not even have been on the system if they bothered to install the update that fixed the hole that Sasser would eventually exploit.
It's just not a very convincing example to begin with, and certainly not one you should be citing 6 years later.
On the one hand, pulling out the dead horse that is "X seconds to XP infection" and beating on it in 2011 is a new low. Even for Slashdot. On the other hand, I wouldn't be caught dead with Windows XP in this day and age even with all the patches.
Malware authors know the insides of XP so well that you have to do so many things to make a secure windows XP build that it isn't worth the time, Especially since you can install Win 7 64bit and its pretty much secure out of the box. It's much harder to root due to
Yep, I think it is well known now that installing XP RTM and connecting it directly to the Internet without patching is not safe.
In that time Windows 7 and Vista have been released - both with far better security models out of the box. Even Windows XP saw a reasonable update with SP3.
With great new code-bases comes great vulnerability.
I just "removed" (and by remove I mean re-format re-flash BIOS and reinstall Windows) a bit of malware (Banker Rootkit Variant) that exploits a Java vulnerability via applet (JRE was up to date, but the old exploitable versions are still there, and can be targeted -- remove them now), then installs a rootkit via kernel driver -- Somehow miraculously bypassing the fact that drivers must be signed on 64bit MS OSes -- Oh, it's not that special it just disa
"as of 2007"? In computer terms, that's several lifetimes.
There are plenty of MS Windows XP machines that have not been patched since 2007. Also how many Microsoft based machines have you seen with spreadsheets etc newer than MS Office 2003?
Well said! I was about to make similar comments, but I see that you already did so, and far better than I would have. My first thought was that this was an indication that people who are security conscious still have an infection rate of 5%, but it could easily go other ways, depending on the biases, such as the ones you mentioned.
The IP6 folks hate NAT, but it's the only thing that's saving personal computing at the moment. Because random inbound connections don't has through NAT devices, any home PC behind one is MUCH safer than one directly on the internet. It sucks in terms of the end to end utility of the internet, but it's the tradeoff most users are willing to make for reasonable safety.
NAT is NOT security. If you want security, the most basic setup is called a stateful firewall. You may want to read about it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stateful_firewall [wikipedia.org]
Even better, close down all services that you do not need listening. Application level firewall is another good idea.
If your security is NAT alone, then it's a sad state of affairs. NAT masks security, nothing more..
PS. For the all NAT-lovers, there exists an IPv6-NAT too. So saying that IPv6 == cannot have NAT is wrong. On Linux, steteful
I know that NAT doesn't help security against an advanced persistent threat, but it does scrape off the top 99% of all attacks, which is a big plus.
A stateful firewall can scape off another 99%
Locking down each service with AppArmor can scrape off another 99%
Which means you'll still have no effective security against an advanced persistent threat... you'll only be stopping 99.9999%, not all of it.
Capability based security might give you another 99%, which is good, but not enough.
NAT is not security, but it's as close to security as many people will get.
Sure, there are FAR superior ways. But let's aim low, because that's what malware writers do, too. And as long as enough people can be infected even though NAT would kill the attack vector, NAT is a security feature. This will change when too many people use it and the attack vector ceases to work, but 'til then, it's a simple way for people to gain at least a bit of security.
I wonder if all these dropped unsolicited packets I'm seeing bounce off my firewall/NAT are what's causing my bandwidth usage measurements to be so much less than my ISPs capped bandwidth meter is showing... As for "end to end" blockages -- If you don't know how to port-forward, enable UPnP -- everything supports it these days, even ports of old games like Doom. However, being behind an ISPs NAT is unbearable -- that's why ip6 is needed, so that we don't end up behind an un-configurable ISP NAT router.
As for "end to end" blockages -- If you don't know how to port-forward, enable UPnP -- everything supports it these days, even ports of old games like Doom.
Never, ever, ever enable UPnP if you care about security. Allowing random applications to open up random ports is just asking to be pwned.
Explain this to me; why is UPnP so insecure? UPnP can only be switched on by a random application if that application has access to the LAN. That application is then _already_ running locally on one of the machines on the network. It can _already_ connect to random machines/ports. If that application now wants to exploit a vulnerability on one of the machines connected to the LAN, it can do it directly, no need to configure any port forwarding to let yet something else in.
I haven't yet read any realistic ar
Besides, It's a part of the atmosphere... flayed and mounted on Lexan hanging from my wall (with lots of carefully routed wires and a few pretty lights that blink intermittently) -- I find wallputers more interesting/functional at than most paintings, plus it's easier to clean, takes up less space and promotes a cozy cyber-punk feel.
Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
but it's the tradeoff most users are willing to make for reasonable safety.
I'd bet almost nobody consciously chooses NAT for security. They choose it because the numbers are running out, pure and simple.
> though it's a few years old, here's a report that suggests (as of 2007, at least) a grace period of less than 10 seconds.
These numbers mean nothing. Just like statistics about domestic abuse ("1 women in 3 is victim of abuse"), that kind of thing cannot be measured so someone comes up with a pseudo-scientific number and everybody keeps repeating this stuff ad nauseam like Rush Limbaugh on election week.
Individual malware is having way too much exposure in the media for its actual damage. In an era where legitimate companies such as Facebook or Google are cornering the market on privacy violation and shameless data-mining, nobody gives a sh*t about Uncle Joe's private information. Credit card numbers are traded by the thousands and it is not cost-effective to try to harvest valuable information from individual PC - financial institutions and service providers (PSN!) are a much better target.
The name of the game is now large-scale deployment and a botnet that does not protect its nodes does not live long enough to justify an article on Wikipedia. Actually for home users I would even argue that being part of a botnet can be a good thing - the operators know what malware is serious and they have a financial stake in maintaining a healthy network of zombies; they will keep the basement wannabes away. On a global scale they are the one with the best interest for home PC security - much more than most PC owner themselves. It's like joining a gang when you go to jail for a long time - be part of the swarm and the odds that you end up becoming a silent farter are much lower.
Actually for home users I would even argue that being part of a botnet can be a good thing - the operators know what malware is serious and they have a financial stake in maintaining a healthy network of zombies
My title says it all.
Even if it isn't actually MalWare, the name "Safety Scanner" is as suspect as "Windows Recovery" or "MAC Defender".
I would have thought Microsoft's marketing department (arguably one of the greatest marketing departments in Info Tech), could have come up with something less dodgy than "Safety Scanner".
Maybe the people who were inclined to download and install "Safety Scanner" are the same people who are inclined to download and install "Windows Recovery". Making the estimate of 5% high.
Conversely, maybe the people using "Safety Scanner" were more conscientious about Computer Security and were seeking out extra protection. Making the estimate of 5% low.
It complained that my custom hosts file was very suspicious.
And it is. I mean, don't you think that the line
220.127.116.11 www.google.com
is suspicious?
It also didn't like the VNC client.
As well it shouldn't. Do you recall installing a VNC client? I don't recall you installing a VNC client. So why is there a VNC client on your system?
So this machine was infested with malware? I don't think so!
Yet another scareware scanner!
No, just a scanner that does what it's supposed to.. report irregularities.
Just becau
VNC can legitimately be used as spyware in the classic sense. When someone remotely logs in, the local computer shows no indication that activity is being observed by someone else. (Contrast with Microsoft's Remote Desktop, where logging in remotely kicks the local user off and locks their screen.)
It's exactly the kind of thing this tool is supposed to be scanning for. What makes you think it's a false report? The scanner has no way of knowing whether you installed it, or someone else did behind your back.
One big thing has happened since 2007: Windows has started shipping with the Windows Firewall turned on by default and blocking inbound requests. Since network-spreading worms were the primary contagion factor back in 2007, this made a huge impact all by itself. Also, the growing prevalence of dynamic NAT in households (usually from the wireless routers that everyone has these days) also contributes to this.
I have an unpatched Windows 2000 machine behind a cheap Netgear router.
That is because it is behind a router that is an NAT, blocking the attack.
10-20 seconds was a pretty accurate infection frame for an unpatched Windows XP-SP1 machine directly connected to the internet in 2007. I've tried it myself. And considering how frequently people update their machines, I'm still convinced hooking a WinXP-SP1 machine to the net unfiltered will result in an infection within seconds.
It is NOT true for newer OSs or XP with SP2 or higher. So technically, what he got wrong was the time. A windows machine got infected in 10 seconds. It's not true anymore (for more
These are likely not so bad without exposure to Adobe and Java.
Let us be honest for once.
(Flash is Adobe.)
The biggest issue with Flash's updater is that it doesn't even attempt to check for an update until the computer is rebooted. I'm sure this works for a lot of people, but I basically never reboot my computers-- god knows how many unpatched Flash vulnerabilities I have! Hell, it may be zero. I won't know until I reboot.
It's actually safer to run Chrome, which has its own internal copy of Flash and an updater that... actually works correctly. Of course, then even the problem is you still need
Wonder how many wine (www.winehq.org) users are infected, as users.
http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#head-3cb8f054b33a63be30f98a1b6225d74e305a0459 [winehq.org]
http://www.google.com/search?q=wine+virus [google.com]
Funny enough, quite a bit of malware does actually run on Wine. Tells you something about its compatibility.
Windows is no malware.
Malware usually gets updated near instantly the moment its maker encounters a problem with it.
And only valid for 10 days. No updates, have to re-download the whole thing to have the new definitions. It's *bigger* than most AV software...
What the heck MS ????
And only valid for 10 days. No updates, have to re-download the whole thing to have the new definitions. It's *bigger* than most AV software...
What the heck MS ????
Maybe it was not intended to be "AV software"? From the front page of Microsoft Safety Scanner (emphasis mine):
The Microsoft Safety Scanner is a free downloadable security tool that provides on-demand scanning and helps remove viruses, spyware, and other malicious software. It works with your existing antivirus software.
The Microsoft Safety Scanner is not a replacement for using an antivirus software program that provides ongoing protection.
For real-time protection that helps to guard your home or small business PCs against viruses, spyware, and other malicious software, download Microsoft Security Essentials.
5% of windows machines are NOT infected with something.
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Kobe plans to sit out All-Star Game | Ainge: Rondo, Celtics have talked extension | Mozgov's role on the rise in Denver | Jazz legend Hundley has Altzheimer's
No. 1: Kobe plans to sit out All-Star Game — In the final voting returns for the 2014 All-Star Game, only Kevin Durant and Stephen Curry received more votes than injured Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant. Still, according to the voting totals and the set up for the All-Star Game, Bryant would be a starter in the game — if he were actually going to play. After last night's Lakers-Heat game from Miami, Bryant told the media he will sit out the All-Star Game because of his injury-shortened season. ESPNLosAngeles.com's Dave McMenamin has more:
Having only played in six of the Los Angeles Lakers' first 43 games this season, Kobe Bryant does not feel he is deserving of his starting All-Star bid and plans to sit out the Feb. 16 game in New Orleans.
"With all due respect to the fans that voted me in, I certainly appreciate that, they know how much I appreciate that, but you got to do the right thing as well," Bryant said before the Lakers' 109-102 loss to the Miami Heat on Thursday night. "My fans know you got to reward these young guys for the work that they've been putting in."
Bryant spoke to the media just minutes after the league announced the starters for the 63rd annual All-Star Game next month.
Without naming names, Bryant, 35, said that some of the league's rising stars — Portland's 23-year-old guard Damian Lillard (280,966 votes) and Houston's 24-year-old James Harden (470,381 votes) come to mind — belong there more than he does.
"I think it's important for them to go in and perform," Bryant said. "They've been playing all season. They deserve to be in there. They deserve to play. So, I see no reason why they shouldn't be out there doing their thing."
Some Lakers likened Bryant's selection to a kind of career achievement award.
"He's being voted, obviously, in what he's done in the past. Not what he's done this year," coach Mike D'Antoni said.
Bryant, sidelined since Dec. 17 with a fracture of the lateral tibial plateau in his left knee and averaging 13.8 points, 6.3 assists, 4.3 rebounds and 42.5 percent shooting this season, has missed the Lakers' last 18 games. This is, of course, after missing the Lakers' first 19 games because of a torn Achilles in his left leg.
Bryant will be re-evaluated either Monday or Tuesday of next week when the team returns to L.A. after its current seven-game road trip, according to the Lakers. However, Bryant maintained that his examination will not occur until "February," effectively eliminating his chances of playing Tuesday against Indiana or Jan. 31 against Charlotte.
He added that his knee injury is not being hampered by his initial Achilles tear.
"I don't even worry about my Achilles," said Bryant, adding he is going through vigorous exercise bike workouts to stay in shape. "It's not even something that's on the radar anymore. It feels great."
He said he plans to return to the Lakers' lineup sometime before the All-Star Game.
"It wouldn't be enough to have me be deserving to play in the All-Star Game," Bryant said.
The five-time champion was wary of a stipulation in the league's collective bargaining agreement that requires elected players to perform in the All-Star Game if they are healthy enough to do so.
"If I played [for the Lakers] before [the All-Star Game], the rule is you got to go in there and play or miss the next two games," said Bryant. "So, that just means somebody would have to lose a spot, unfortunately and the back-ups would be playing a lot, because I'd go in there and do my two minutes and sit out."
While Bryant referenced a rule, no such rule is believed to actually be in the NBA's handbook. A league source said that the automatic two-game suspension that Bryant referred to was "not really true."
No. 2: Ainge: Celtics, Rondo have discussed extension — Point guard Rajon Rondo is finally back in the Celtics lineup after tearing his ACL nearly a year ago. The former All-Star has played in just three games this season, but Boston is well aware of what he provides them when fully healthy and on top of his game. Next season is the last season Rondo will be under contract with the Celts and team president Danny Ainge said Boston is trying to work out an extension with the guard. However, as ESPNBoston.com's Chris Forsberg notes, an agreement on a deal likely won't come until this summer or next:
Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge said the team has talked with point guard Rajon Rondo about a contract extension, but the restrictive nature of the collective bargaining agreement makes it more likely that talks will escalate after this season.
"We did talk to Rondo about extending him," Ainge said Thursday during his weekly appearance on Boston sports radio 98.5 the SportsHub. "But that's all part of the negotiation that will happen again this summer and most likely the summer after."
Later Ainge added, "In the collective bargaining agreement, there are limits on what can and can't be done. Really, it's not that Rondo doesn't want to accept an extension, as much as it's just not financially smart for him to accept it right now. We didn't think he would [sign], but we did try."
Pressed on the potential parameters of an extension, Ainge backed off, noting as he often has that he preferred not to discuss negotiations through the media and admitting, "I think we've said enough."
"I think that Rondo will demand quite a bit in the open market," Ainge said. "The competition for Rondo in free agency will be very high."
No. 3: Nuggets' Mozgov seeing role in offense increase — It's been quite a career for Timofey Mozgov with the Denver Nuggets to say the least. Since arriving in town via the Carmelo Anthony trade in 2011, Mozgov has seen his minutes and role fluctuate wildly from regular rotation player (during the 2011-12 season) to seldom-used reserve (last season). This season, however, Mozgov is tied with teammate J.J. Hickson with a team-best 5.0 close touches per game (per NBA.com/Stats), a number that puts him 25th in the NBA overall. The translation of this stats talk? When the Nuggets play in the post, it is likely going to Mozgov first. And, as Nuggets coach Brian Shaw tells Christopher Dempsey of The Denver Post, that's a trend that's likely to increase.
Mozgov is Denver's most improved player. Going into Thursday night's game against the Portland Trail Blazers, the 7-footer was averaging career highs in points (8.7), rebounds (6.0) and blocked shots (1.2). He was shooting 55.8 percent from the field, another career high.
A lot of what he's done has been done in the low post, and that's what has caught the attention of coach Brian Shaw, who wants the Nuggets to play inside-out offense.
"We've had to evolve into getting away from that," Shaw said. "We're actually going to come back around to getting the ball inside, because what's been a pleasant surprise has been Timo inside. When we do get the ball inside to him, he's shown the ability to finish and do things with it, with his back to the basket.
"So, particularly for him, we're starting to diagram, dial in more things for him to get touches and use his size and shooting ability inside to our advantage."
No. 4: Legendary Jazz announcer Hundley suffering from Alzheimer's — Before they were the Utah Jazz, the franchise had its beginning as the New Orleans Jazz in 1974. From those early days with Pete Maravich and Truck Robinson as the stars, to the golden age of Jazz hoops with John Stockton and Karl Malone on through to the Deron Williams–Carlos Boozer-era squads of the late-2000s, one man served as the Jazz's play-by-play voice: Rod "Hot Rod" Hundley. The Hall of Fame broadcaster stepped down from his role after the 2008-09 season and has been mostly reclusive since then. But some sad news today via The Salt Lake Tribune's Steve Luhm that the announcer is now suffering from Alzheimer's Disease:
Rod Hundley, the iconic former broadcaster for the Utah Jazz, is suffering from Alzheimer's.
Hundley, 79, lives in Arizona with his partner, Kim Reardon. She told The Salt Lake Tribune this week that the disease has progressed to a "moderate" stage.
Hundley no longer speaks to large groups, Reardon said. But they plan to attend festivities in Utah next week, when the Jazz will honor former coach Jerry Sloan.
He started as the TV and radio voice of the expansion New Orleans Jazz in 1974 after working for the Phoenix Suns, Los Angeles Lakers and CBS.
In 1979, Hundley followed the team to Utah, where he became one of the most recognizable faces of the franchise for the next three decades.
Hundley handed over his TV duties to current play-by-play announcer Craig Bolerjack prior to the 2005-06 season. But he remained on the radio for another four years.
VIDEO: Rod Hundley talks with NBA TV in 2009 as his career with the Jazz nears its end
SOME RANDOM HEADLINES: Mark Cuban is convinced the Mavs are worth at least a billion dollars … Native Wisconsinite Caron Butler says he wants to be a long-term part of the Bucks' rebuild … Great read about Magic center Nikola Vucevic and his experience during a train crash in Montenegro eight years ago that killed 47 people … Which team is the third-best squad in the East? … Clippers forward Antawn Jamison brought the boys basketball team from his old, Charlotte-area high school to the Clips-Bobcats game …
ICYMI of The Night: We like a strong take to the rim around here as much as anyone, and Damian Lillard certainly provided that last night against Denver. But what we like even better? Multiple views of a monster jam like Lillard's:
VIDEO: Get an all-angles view of Damian Lillard's monster dunk on the Nuggets


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@ Senpai - Last question: To check with the doctor, is an ultrasound enough or do I need to prepare for a personal invasion of privacy?
Nah, just tell me Besides, the only ecchi scene she gets is Ichika walking in on her changing out of her hospital clothes.
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Usually USG first, then the latter if the result still not clear enough.
Tate had stopped being sue by V7, my complain for her is for the entirely of V5 run, and her hogging two volumes for herself.
Now, as a techwanker, Chifuyu's 'suit' offend me more than even that.
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Well, it's hard to create something TRULY original and made it work, these days. Two, three, or even hundreds upon hundreds people have same ideas, there are more than six billion brains in this world, and at least half of them should be productive...
That said, the black sword design is awesome, and the white knight seems to take the latter design of the anime, rather than the older one.
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And still a major player in it, rather than introducing Kanzashi, or something along that line. And yes, V7 is REQUIRED to see her development, if any. Because Kanzashi is highly essential, now where this going again? Oh, two and half, really. And this is why I said V7 Tatenashi is far more likeable to me.
Bear in mind: all of it is personal viewpoint that I won't shove on anyone.
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Not quite, it's actually a Uchigane. She runs with the Uchigane where others would've automatically stayed away from doing so like a plague. Canon may disagree, but I would like to think that the IS has legs for a reason, that reason.
It's one of the things that sets her apart from the rest in the Academy aside from the other fact that she'll never use both hands to handle a single sword.
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Eh, can't be worse than Panzerkannone, that's effectively a stupidly thin-skinned bunker than somehow hinder the usage of AIC
If Izuru use armored core as clue, this one can still be fast. Besides, it has not much in terms of armoring.
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That's why she's got a highly mobile Chifuyu to be her defense while she takes out the enemy. Chifuyu is obviously a close-range while Yamada is long range. I imagine that despite the size difference, Chifuyu is the actual offensive unit while Yamada is the supporting artillery.
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I could only wish those miniguns are handheld and the pilot can execute acrobatics while holding them. IS' very own Trowa.
I can only wish.
Ah great... now I can't get this out of my head:
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Fuck, now I'm thinking putting Yuzu in THAT in her battle against Cecilia.
"NEVER ENUFF DAKKA" indeed.
Tabane always described as at least omnious, and outright chaotic selfish. So 'looks evil' is not much of a stress.
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Advocacy group "Brokers Against Unpleasant Sociolinguistics" (BAUS) are campaigning to change the name of the Standard & Poor 500 Index, a bellwether of the American economy since 1957, to the "Exceptional & Rich" 500 Index as part of a market-wide endeavor to encourage positive attitudes in the economy.
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"The United States has experienced a massive wave of cynicism in the economy since 2008 in spite of bailouts, protests and government-mandated rules to remedy the problems," commented one representative, "so rather than focus on dry regulatory reform or chucking money at the issues, we aim to promote some positive language to help move the recovery along."
One large-cap CEO remarked at the initiative. "I think it's a good start, and would definitely make shareholders feel more at ease when we perform hostile takeovers - I mean, love and understanding rainbows." Another comment made by a Wall Street analyst: "I'm not bearish on bonds, I'm teddyish."
An organization founded late in January, BAUS' goal of "changing the dismal economic lexicon of America" has been seen by observers as both heterodoxical and revolutionary in the world of finance. The promotion of positive language has often been limited to the world of human resources; the group hopes to bring this linguistic positivity to a larger scale. In addition to the S&P's name change, BAUS is pressing for the Dow Jones to be re-branded as the Wow Jones; junk bonds as candy bonds and foreclosures as Unicorn Giggle Farms.
Although BAUS has garnered some support, the group has had its fair share of critics. The organization received criticism for its methodology in promoting their agenda, which includes guerrilla tactics such as targeting newsstands and blacking out words like "unemployment" in copies of The New York Times and The Washington Post.
In a few reported isolated incidents, members affiliated with BAUS have demonstrated their adherence to the group's message of continual positive thinking, firmly placing their fingers in their ears while repeatedly chanting "lah lah lah I can't hear you!" during televised Federal Reserve press conferences.
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Much like other grassroots movements in the past year focusing on the financial sector, the BAUS group is casting its nets wide in hopes of easing the sting of market volatility. Along with its goal of transforming the financial dictionary, they also advocate changing the nation's legal tender from paper currency to balloons, claiming the change will help authorities control inflation.
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RENO, Nev. -- In a sweeping speech in battleground state Nevada, Obama made a direct appeal to the American people and to members of Congress to support the $700 billion rescue plan that failed to pass in the House of Representatives yesterday.
It was the first time since the need for such a rescue became clear that the Democratic nominee explained in direct and explicit terms what a total collapse of the credit markets would mean for ordinary people, many of whom are fiercely opposed to the bailout bill.
Quoting Franklin D. Roosevelt, Obama called on Americans to show the "confidence and courage" that he said were essential to the success of the plan. He asked people to believe in the country even if they are angry or anxious about the current crisis. And he tied the rescue plan to his own agenda, spelling out his plans to cut taxes, make health care and college more affordable and promote clean energy, including clean coal.
With an eye to casting the bailout deal as a time for patriotic action to save the American economy, Obama did not once mention John McCain. He said that now was not a time for politics or for taking credit or laying blame, and he compared the situation to putting out a fire in a neighbor's house so that it would not spread to others. "We've got to make sure that we put the fire out and then go start making sure that these folks stop leaving the stove on," he said. "But right now our job is to put out the fire and we can't forget that."
Obama said this was no longer just a Wall Street crisis, but an American crisis and that failure to pass a rescue plan could mean thousands of businesses could close around the country, millions of jobs could be lost and a long and painful recession could follow.
"Because of the housing crisis -- and nobody's been hit harder by foreclosures in the housing crisis than Nevada -- we are now in a very dangerous situation where financial institutions across this country are afraid to lend money," he told the crowd gathered on a lawn at the University of Nevada at Reno. "If all that meant was the failure of a few big banks on Wall Street, that'd be one thing. But that's not what it means. What it means is that if we do not act, it will be harder for you to get a mortgage for your home or the loans you need to go to college or the loan you need to buy a car to get to work. What it means is that businesses won't be able to get loans they need to open new factories, or hire more workers, or make payroll for the workers they have."
Obama has shown a new energy over the past two days when it comes to speaking about the financial crisis on the stump. Throughout his roughly 35-minute speech today, he used analogies and humor to try to explain the predicament facing the American economy and how it related to them. He told college students that even though they may not have big stock market portfolios, failure to stop this credit crisis would make it harder for them to get a job, buy a house and raise a family.
The senator promised to do all he could to help get a plan passed, saying he had spoken with Bush and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid about the deal today and urging Congress to "do what's right for this country." He also pointed out the proposal he put forward today to try to improve the bill, expanding the FDIC insurance for bank accounts to $250,000, from the current $100,000, something he said would help small businesses make payroll.
When asked why it had taken the Democratic nominee so long to spell out the problem facing the credit markets in clear, relatable terms to voters, a spokesperson said that throughout the week, Obama had sought to take a responsible approach to the crisis and that he could not speak about the consequences of not passing a bill when a deal on the bill had not yet been reached.
"What was clear from yesterday was that people are nervous, people are concerned about what this would mean," said spokesperson Jen Psaki. "Why he's talking about the implications of this not passing is that he wants to convey to the American people that this is something that we need to pass."


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Gross Receives Highest Award from New England Math Teachers
Named an inaugural fellow of the American Mathematical Society earlier this year
- 11-13-2013
- By Jeffrey R. Wakefield
Kenneth I. Gross, Azarias Williams Professor of Mathematics, has been honored with the Association of Teachers of Mathematics in New England's highest award, The Rev. Stanley J. Bezuska Lifetime Service Award for Teaching and Learning.
The award cites two initiatives Gross launched, the Vermont Mathematics, Science, and Technology High School Summer Enrichment Institute, now the Governor's Institute in the Mathematical Sciences; and the Vermont Mathematics Initiative (VMI), a program that trains elementary and middle school teachers to be mathematics leaders in their schools. It also highlights the impact of his work on mathematics teaching in Vermont and nationally.
The award is just the most recent of his accolades. In January of this year, Gross was named to the inaugural class of fellows of the American Mathematical Society. The program recognizes members who have made "outstanding contributions to the creation, exposition, advancement, communication and utilization of mathematics."
Gross is a pioneer and national leader in promoting the importance of providing in-depth mathematics content knowledge to K-6 teachers, the guiding principle of the Vermont Mathematics Initiative. VMI came into being in 1999 as school districts in Vermont, and across the country, were grappling with a new generation of integrated K-6 math instructional programs, like Mathland and Discover Math, that required even early grade teachers to have a sophisticated understanding of mathematical concepts. VMI has since enrolled more than 400 Vermont teachers from 90 percent of Vermont's school districts.
The success of the Vermont Mathematics Initiative led to the adoption of similar programs in eight states, including Massachusetts, where Gross implemented the VMI program while a visiting professor at Lesley University in Cambridge, one of the country's leading teacher development schools. The program Gross established at Lesley, the Center for Mathematics Achievement, is still a driving force in the school's curriculum for teacher training in mathematics.
This summer Pennsylvania State University launched a program, the Pennsylvania Mathematics Initiative, modeled on VMI.
Program director George E. Andrews, Evan Pugh Professor of Mathematics at Penn State, began looking at programs to improve math teaching at the elementary level when he served as president of the American Mathematical Society. "One of the most striking out there was Ken's program," he said. "A number of people have done good work in this area, but Ken is the spearhead. VMI has a 10-year track record of success. He's done a great service not just for the people of Vermont, but for the country."
"The success of VMI is due in large part to the dedication, talent, and commitment of the many elementary and middle school teachers who enrolled in the VMI program and to my talented colleagues, Judi Laird, Bob Laird, and Susan Ojala, who form the current leadership of the VMI," Gross said. "The VMI is a classic illustration of the adage that great students make for great teachers."
The VMI recently received a grant from the Vermont Agency of Education to extend its teacher professional development programs to grades nine through 12.
Gross has also received the Deborah and Franklin Tepper Haimo Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching, the Chauvenet Prize, and the Lester R. Ford Award from the Mathematics Association of America, as well as the University Scholar Award and the George V. Kidder Outstanding Faculty Member Award from the University of Vermont.
Gross has twice served as program director at the National Science Foundation, once in research and once in education. His research publications in group representations, harmonic analysis, and special functions total more 1,000 pages, and he is the editor of three books.


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Here`s Cheers to Two Great Years
Virgin Group Chairman, Richard Branson last night joined his Virgin Blue team in celebrating the low fare carrier`s second birthday at the airline's home base in Brisbane.
For the second year in a row, a hangar party was held with more than 2,000 people turning out to mark the birthday milestone, partying and dancing the night away with Richard, Virgin Blue CEO Brett Godfrey and friends.
Before the celebrations got rowdy, Richard seized the moment to announce that Virgin Blue will add yet another Queensland destination to its route network with direct flights from Sydney to Maroochydore from October 17th.
Richard also took it upon himself to announce a special launch fare of $89* one-way.
The special $89* one-way launch fare will be on sale until 8th September (or until sold out) and is available on all flights for travel between 17th October and 30th November.
Virgin Blue everyday Sydney-Maroochydore fares will start from $109* one-way, with a Fully Flexible fare of $279* one-way, some 39% lower than Qantas's Fully Flexible fare of $455 one-way. Convenient connections will also be available from Melbourne and Adelaide via Sydney to the Sunshine Coast.
The decision was made due to the huge demand from Virgin Blue Guests for a direct Maroochydore option, with thousands driving to and from the Sunshine Coast to Brisbane to take advantage of Virgin Blue's low fares.
Richard Branson said, "We also noticed the carriers currently flying to the Sunshine Coast weren't offering too many of the cheap seats on the Sydney-Maroochydore service, especially compared to fares on the routes Virgin Blue does fly such as Brisbane and the Gold Coast. It's unfortunate that people have to pay more because of a monopoly but we hope to change that by offering another airline choice."
The Sunshine Coast hosted the first ever Virgin Blue celebrity mystery launch flight prior to the official start up of the airline two years ago and Virgin Blue is looking forward to returning to Maroochydore on a daily basis.
Richard added, "The lure of Queensland and the Sunshine Coast as a tourist destination is huge and it's great to be back again. We are delighted to be providing low fare access to one of Australia's most popular holiday destinations, allowing easier access to lovely spots like Maroochy and Noosa. It will also provide a great opportunity for business people to travel to Sydney and beyond more regularly without blowing their travel budget."
For Sunshine Coast locals it means affordable access to the harbour city, while Sydney-siders can head direct to the Sunshine Coast for a weekend getaway.
Virgin Blue will operate one of its brand new Next Generation 737-700 aircraft on the Maroochydore route meaning more than an extra 1000 seats a week in each direction. The airline will consider increasing services according to demand.
"We've always said that if you support us, we'll support you and we have every intention of becoming the airline of choice for people wanting affordable, fun flights to the Sunshine Coast", finished Richard.
* All fares include the passenger ticket levy, airport charges and the global security charge and are for flights booked on the Internet. $10 more by phone.


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Summer employment dispatches: Alisan VanFleet L'13
Editor's Note: Each summer Penn Law students hone their skills through a wide array of private and public sector internships across the country and around the world. Generous financial support and fellowships for international and public interest work enable students to pursue diverse assignments in the U.S. and abroad. This dispatch from Alisan VanFleet L'13 is one in a series of firsthand accounts by Law School students about how their summer employment opportunities are preparing them for their legal careers.
With the support of an Equal Justice Foundation grant, VanFleet is working in the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, which has reinforced her commitment to becoming a prosecutor.
I love saying "Alisan VanFleet for the Commonwealth, Your Honor." This summer it has been such a privilege to say it each day as a 2L intern at the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office.
After one week of intensive training - observations, lectures, and workshops - I, like the other members of my intern class, got tossed headfirst into a Municipal Court trial room at the Criminal Justice Center. That fateful Tuesday, I shared the role of the Assistant District Attorneys standing next to me, made good on all the times I'd practiced that new introduction, and handled 10 criminal prosecutions. The defendants faced charges of either knowing and intentional possession of an illegal narcotic, prostitution, or retail theft.
In the trial room, I had four concerns. What's a good offer on this case? Is the discovery complete, and does defense have a copy? Based on this police report, will they be able to suppress the evidence? Where are my witnesses?
On an ideal day, the answers to the first three questions would go something like this:
I'll offer 12 months reporting probation.
Discovery is complete and passed.
"Motion to suppress the physical evidence is denied."
And then, after marking and moving all non-hearsay and relevant evidence into trial, I'd call the arresting officer to the stand. He'd testify to having placed the defendant under arrest, recovering the narcotics, placing them on a property receipt, and handing them over to the chemistry lab. I'd mark and move the corresponding seizure analysis showing that alleged heroin tested positively as, you guessed it, actual heroin!
One guilty verdict and sentence later we'd be on to the next case.
Thus another day would pass – exciting, fun, frustrating, chaotic, and marked by an amount of responsibility and agency that few people will ever know.
The pursuit of a career that would offer responsibility and agency, along with the opportunity to become an influential story-teller, the chance to represent people - especially the ones who share a home with me here in Pennsylvania - brought me to Penn Law. I remain hopeful that the things I've learned there over these past two years will propel this summer's opportunity into a permanent position (fingers crossed so, so tightly) after I graduate and pass the bar (fingers crossed on that one, too).
My teachers have prepared me well. Classes I could not effectively prosecute without having taken include: Constitutional Criminal Procedure and Evidence, both with Professor Rudovsky; Criminal Procedure with Professor Bibas; and Trial Advocacy, taught by district court judges and experienced attorneys who all know exactly how justice is done in Philly.
And of course, nothing teaches you to be a zealous advocate at Penn quite as effectively as being present in its hallways. I daily engage in debate with people who insist that blue is actually periwinkle, interstate commerce means absolutely everything, and there is no such thing as a pointless argument. Within those same bustling halls a growing commitment to public service exists, exemplified by organizations like the Equal Justice Foundation. A grant from that organization made it possible for me to forgo paid employment opportunities this summer in favor of my actual career aspiration.
- Alisan VanFleet
More summer student dispatches:
-Hannah Gerstenblatt L'14, who is working in the Commissioner's Office of Major League Baseball in New York City.
-Stephanie Shyu L'14, who is working for the Beijing Arbitration Commission in Beijing, China.
-Lauren-Kelly Devine L'14, who is working for the Athletes and Personalities division of Octagon Inc. in McLean, VA.
-Will Moine L'14, who is working in the Office of the Federal Defender for the Eastern District of California in Sacramento.
-Christen Farr L'13, who is working for the International Finance Corporation, a member institution of the World Bank, in Istanbul, Turkey.


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Chewy oatmeal cookies packed with oats, raisins and walnuts. When I say chewy I mean it.
They come from King Arthur Flour's Cookie Companion, a cookbook that classifies oatmeal cookie recipes by how crispy, crunchy, chewy and soft they are. You gotta love that.
I highly recommend the book – it's the only cookie cookbook you'll ever need. I would love to bake my way through it from start to finish because I want to make every single thing in it.
If you look up chewy oatmeal cookies in the dictionary you'll find these there. No joking. These are so chewy my jaw got tired.
They are borderline crispy around the edges and super chewy everywhere else. There's no softness to be found anywhere. These are the ultimate chewy cookies. They can't possibly get any chewier.
{I have to say chewy one more time. Forgive me.}
If you're looking for a chewy oatmeal cookie then the search is over.
Point made.
The ultimate chewy oatmeal cookies packed with oats, raisins and walnuts.
- Preheat oven to 375°. Lightly grease 2 large baking sheets or line with parchment paper or silpats.
- In a large bowl cream together the butter, shortening, sugars, extracts, spices, salt and baking soda, beating on medium until fairly smooth.
- Beat in the egg then scrape down the sides of the bowl. Beat in the corn syrup and milk.
- By hand stir in the oats, flour, nuts and raisins.
- Drop dough by tablespoonfuls onto greased baking sheets.
- Bake the cookies for 10 - 11 minutes or until they turn light golden brown. Remove from the oven and transfer to wire racks to cool. Store in a tightly covered container up to 5 days. If they become too hard place a slice of bread or a big piece of apple in the container and they will soften overnight.
Adapted from King Arthur Flour's Cookie Companion


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The Lady Panthers opened their season with a 0-9 loss on Monday in Hilton Head to the Gettysburg Bullets.
The women played hard in singles, with No. 1 Jamie Harling and No. 3 Kristen Lynch winning one game each. In doubles, the No. 1 team of Harling and Kristin Minshall winning one game in their set.
The shutout was the GC women's first match of the season and the team expects improvement as they continue to practice and work together. They play again tomorrow (3-13) against Scranton as their Spring Break tour in South Carolina continues.


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Capturing the atmosphere of the Silicon Valley tech experience.

Andrew Mager is a hacker advocate at Spotify in New York City. Before moving to NY, Andrew worked at SimpleGeo & Ning in San Francisco. Previously, he was an associate technical producer at CBS Interactive. Andrew studied print & electronic journalism at Virginia Tech, where he created a student-run online news publication called Planet Blacksburg.

In 2006, Andrew interned at ESPN in Bristol, CT, working for the Sports Production team doing Javascript and SQL experiments. Prior to that, he worked at the WSLS-TV NBC 10 in Roanoke, VA, as a web intern. In his freshman year of college, Andrew worked at the local ESPN Radio station answering phone calls and writing scripts for the local afternoon talk show.

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New Facebook design focuses on status
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SxSWi 2009 keynote with Gary Vaynerchuk
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They may not have eyes in the backs of their heads, but Washington County school bus drivers are getting the next best thing.
The school district is in the process of installing cameras in each of its 21 buses, and drivers will have some assistance when it comes to monitoring the students for whom they are responsible.
The annual Washington County celebration of the life of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., one of our nation's greatest leaders for peace and justice, will take place at the River of Life Community Church from 7-8:30 p.m. tonight. The guest preacher will be Rev. Chester A. Palmer, pastor of Lexington's Bethany Missionary Baptist Church. All are invited and welcome to attend.
The start of the new year signals a time of change, and many people make a resolution to attend college. Some may simply decide to learn more about a particular craft, hobby or concentrate on a specific area that interests them.
Newly released data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that household incomes and home prices in Washington County have dramatically risen in the last decade since the survey was conducted.
Despite a sluggish national economy. median household incomes for Washington County have skyrocketed from $33,136 in 2000 to about $42,995 in 2010, the report shows. That's just above the state annual income average of $41,197.
Old Man Winter isn't watching his salt intake this season.
With several snowfalls already this year, the Washington County Road Department is taking a hit.
County Road Supervisor Albert Wimsatt said the department has already spent nearly $14,000 on salt this season.
Piece by piece, history was uncovered, auctioned off and packed out of Manton General Store on Saturday.
That history, 61 years of it, is now spread out across the land like ashes of the dead. And like a death of a loved one, the loss of the store is heavy for those who knew it.
Superintendent of Washington County Schools Robin Cochran has announced that plans are for classes to be in session on regular schedule for Friday, Jan. 14.
Buying votes is not legal, but in the long run, candidates pay to get your vote and hopefully occupy public office. They post signs around the county, put bumper stickers and signs on vehicles, advertise with local media outlets and take other measures to get elected, and those efforts can get expensive. By Kentucky state law, any candidate who spends more than $1,000 on a campaign is required to complete paperwork showing how the money was spent, as well as how it was collected to fund a campaign.
Many Washington Countians got an early Christmas present Monday morning, but they might not have realized it at the time.
That was when a letter from the Washington County Fire Department was delivered to The Springfield Sun announcing that fire protection service will continue for at least 90 more days without interruption.
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Acute Esophageal Reactions from Proton Beam Therapy and Concurrent Chemotherapy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Reduction in Incidence and Severity Despite Higher Doses
Presenter: R. Komaki
Presenter's Affiliation: MD Anderson Cancer Center
Type of Session: Scientific
In the United States, concurrent chemotherapy and radiation therapy is standard for unresectable NSCLC. However, there is significantly increased toxicity with concurrent radiochemotherapy as opposed to sequential treatment. There has also been evidence that esophageal toxicity can be reduced when 2D versus 3D treatment planning is utilized, but still remains very high. Protons, due to the better dose distribution, may further reduce toxicity particularly in the era of concurrent chemotherapy and radiation therapy. This study reports on the acute toxicity in the initial patients treated with combined chemotherapy and proton therapy for NSCLC.
- Initial 25 patients treated at the MD Anderson Proton Therapy Center for NSCLC with combined chemotherapy and proton therapy.
- Acute toxicity in the first 90 days after the initiation of treatment is reported.
- Patients received carboplatin and taxol based chemotherapy in two separate clinical trials
- Comparisons where made to matched patients who received 3D conformal radiation therapy from the same treatment team
- Proton dose was 74 CGE while the 3D Conformal radiation dose was 63 Gy
- Esophageal reactions for any grade were 60% (Proton) vs 93% (3D)
- Esophageal reactions by grade included 16% vs 27% for grade I, 28% vs 45% for Grade 2, 16% vs 20% for GrAD 3, and 0% vs 1% for grade 4, for protons vs 3D Conformal respectively
- Patients received their chemotherapy dosing in in 100% of the proton therapy treatments and 93% of the 3D conformal treatments
- This is the first report of proton beam therapy and concurrent chemotherapy
- The data suggest that higher total doses are achievable with proton beam therapy and concurrent chemotherapy without and increase in incidence or severity of esophageal reactions
Clinical/Scientific Implications
Although preliminary, this study makes an important contribution to the understanding of the combination of chemotherapy and proton therapy. Although a formal statistical comparison was not performed, acute toxicity of combined modality treatment was not increased by giving proton therapy to substantially higher doses then 3D conformal treatment. This is an important concept with moving forward with proton therapy. Proton therapy by itself will most likely not show significant improvements in survival. It is the combination of protons with chemotherapy and targeted biologic agents have the promise to make substantial impacts in overall survival and improve cancer care. We are currently very limited in our ability to combine a number of radiosensitizing chemotherapy agents due to the tolerance of normal tissues to radiation therapy. Proton therapy may completely change this paradigm.


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The FR-X was designed to be utilized in structural biology and material science, and provides the highest usable X-ray flux available for the laboratory researcher.
The new design provides 20% more flux compared to the previous model as well as a new direct-drive anode that reduces maintenance expense considerably. The standard dual port design can be coupled with an optional dual wavelength anode to provide the ultimate in experimental flexibility and end-station utilization.
The FR-X design is based on decades of proven craftsmanship to provide outstanding instrument reliability. With a Rigaku X-ray source you do not take a chance that your X-ray source will fail to provide you with the uptime and performance that your research demands.
Perhaps the most important feature of the FR-X is the standard dual port configuration. When investing in a high-end X-ray source, only a dual-port configuration allows one to obtain the most from their investment as well as take full advantage of the photons that are generated. Whether you have the need for two experimental end-stations now or not, there is no reason to limit the expansion of your facility in the future.
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I have found ( specially when designing extensions ) that the 1 level limitation of this property is annoying.
Most common case is the 'class' when I have to merge default options with the once use has provided. Something like:
$default = array( "class"=>array("default"));//merged with $specific = array("class"=>array("spec"));//and end up to
...class="default spec"... Could be real nice and handy.
Considering HTML5 data used more and more,it would be nice if I could do something like:
$htmlOptions = array("data"=>array("id"=>1, "name"=>"tydeas"));and as a result ...data-id=1 data-name="tydeas" in my element.
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Intriguingly, the update finally appeared in the App Store on October 30 — the day after Scott Forstall was ousted.
Gruber makes an interesting, and possibly disappointing point here. I just downloaded Google's search app and, in terms of response time, understanding what I've said, and search results, the Google app is vastly superior to Siri. I almost never use Siri and, my desire not to have the details of my life catalogued by Google notwithstanding, I could see using the Google Search app almost every day.
For Apple's sake I'd hate for Gruber's assertion to be true, but I wouldn't be surprised to learn that Forstall was holding this app up in order to make Siri look better.