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Review: It's DirectX 11 time
Today, we give you Sapphire HD 5870 graphics card which apart from good performance, has something else to bring to the table - DirectX 11. This card's ticker is called Cypress, and it belongs to AMD's Evergreen family of products. With this card, AMD has opened the doors to DirectX 11, Windows 7 and games which will be played with this lethal combination (which are currently seriously scarce).
The new graphics card runs at 850MHz core and 1200MHz for the memory (4800MHz GDDR5 effectively). The Cypress GPU features a complex architecture with 2.15 billion transistors, whereas the HD 4890 has 959 million. Thanks to the 40nm process, the die on the new card measures 338mm, which isn't much larger than the 282mm old one. The shaders got a boost from 800 (HD4890) to 1600 (HD 5870) thanks to a significant number of added transistors.
The HD 5870 features 32 ROP units, double the amount found on the HD 4870. Texture units have been doubled as well and the HD 5870 features 80, and the computing power jumped from 1.2 TFLOPs to 2.72 TFLOPs as well.
So, Cypress is a high-end DirectX 11 single-GPU graphics card, but as we've come to expect from graphics companies, dual-GPU versions of the HD 5870 codenamed Hemlock or HD 5870 X2 will follow. Although Radeon HD 5850 launched as well, more samples of this slightly slower DX11 card will be available in about one week.All the following DX11 card are in Evergreen family of products, and the codenames are as follows: Cedar, Redwood, Juniper, Cypress and Hemlock (ordered from the bottom to the top).
ATI's HD 5870 1GB version comes with GDDR5 memory, DVI, HDMI and DisplayPort, and is priced at around $399 or €320 (VAT incl.) in EU. The 2GB version of Cypress and Eyefinity version will end up pricier, but they're definitely good deals compared to Nvidia's GT200 or Radeon 48x0 cards.
Juniper cards are expected in this quarter and should be priced below $199 whereas Cedar and Redwood, which should be out by the end of 2009, should bring DX11 support to the sub-$100 segment. The only problem for AMD is the fact that there are no DirectX 11 games on the market currently, which would've boosted Evergreen sales significantly. Of course, you'll find many musle-hungry DX9, DX10 and DX10.1 titles that can put Cypress to good use, but investing a reasonable amount of cash for a bright DX11 future isn't a bad deal at all.
AMD didn't only focus its efforts towards doubling the performance, but paid attention to power consumption as well, so the new card doesn't consume much more than its predecessor despite the performance increase and and doubled components. The HD 5870's maximum consumption is 188W, whereas the HD 4870 consumed up to 160W. AMD finally addressed the idle consumption, and the company claims that HD 5870 requires only 27W.
Those who have been following this card know that it comes with Eyefinity technology, which allows for more than two monitors on one card. The HD 5870 features two dual-link DVI outs, one HDMI and one Display port. So technically, you can use a large 7680x3200 resolution split across monitors. The HD 5870 Eyefinity edition will have six DisplayPort outs but the real treat is a mere thought of quad Crossfire and support for up to 24 monitors.


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I'd go with 'Doctor's Orders'. 'Hey, friend. Just wanted to let you know I can't babysit anymore after this week. The doctor told me I'm not to lift DD anymore and your little (guy/girl) weighs the same.'
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THURSDAY, Aug. 14, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Injectable dermal fillers are widely used by people seeking to smooth out wrinkles, but it's important to know the risks of these products before using them, a U.S. government expert says.
Dermal fillers use a variety of materials to treat facial wrinkles. Most of these products are temporary and last for about six months or more. Only one permanent wrinkle filler is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Dermal fillers are not approved for use anywhere else but on the face.
"As with any medical procedure, being injected with dermal fillers poses some risks. You should ask what you can expect and contact your health care professional if you are concerned about a particular side effect," Dr. Janette Alexander, an FDA medical officer, said in an agency news release.
Common side effects include bruising, redness, swelling, pain and itching. Other side effects can include infections, lumps and bumps, discoloration or a change in pigmentation. Rare, but serious, risks include scarring, blurred vision, partial vision loss, blindness and severe allergic reactions (anaphylactic shock).
Most side effects occur shortly after a dermal filler is injected and vanish within two weeks, according to Alexander. She said you should not use wrinkle fillers if you have:
Alexander also noted that the safety of dermal fillers is unknown when used in pregnant or breast-feeding women, in people younger than 18 or when used with Botox and other wrinkle treatments.
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The Master and the Molotov/Walkthrough
The following is a walkthrough of the mission The Master and the Molotov in Grand Theft Auto IV.
This mission is triggered by a text message from Dimitri. A new icon (Dimitri's) should appear on the radar. Make sure Niko has full health before meeting Dimitri at the beach. At a bench in the beach, Dimitri explains that the leader of the Russian Mafia, Mikhail Faustin is ruining Dimitri and the other Russians with his anger and heavy drug addiction.
After the cutscene, get a car and head over to the Perestroika cabaret club. A cutscene shows Faustin and his two goons parking outside the club and walking inside. Dmitri will call to tell you where to find some armor before you confront Mikhail. Then, follow Faustin inside and yet another cutscene shows how close friends Dimitri and Mikhail are. Niko explains it's over, Faustin is fired from the Russian Mafia on orders from Dimitri and the Petrovic Family.
Faustin hides behind a mini-restaurant inside the club. His men start firing at Niko. Gain immediate cover and use a powerful weapon to take out all of the goons. Pick up their money, all of the goons together in this mission drop about $2000. After all of them are dead, Faustin begins running outside into the rain. Follow him into the back hallway of the club and kill all the men returning fire. Also remember to pick up their dropped money.
Run outside and get cover. Shoot Faustin's last goons and run up the fire escape. Faustin is at the top yelling about how Dimitri will betray Niko and everyone else he comes in contact with. Get a pistol out if there is one. Any amount of bullets is fine. Target Mikhail and when the red circle flashes, shoot Mikhail. These special kills are called executions. If you don't want to execute Mikhail Faustin, just shoot him with any weapon however you like.
- If you don't want to kill Faustin's goons inside the club, take any weapon and shoot Faustin (he has a poor hiding spot behind the table). If he loses any health, the next cutscene will automatically start where he runs out of the back so you can just run after him instead of staying and killing all of the goons. Alternatively, you can get a rocket launcher and fire it at the corner where Faustin is hiding. He will duck to avoid exploding and then run out of the back.


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AS A SENIOR (2013-2014): (XC) Ran a 26:56 in the 8k Stanford Invitational coming in 44th … finished 69th at the Bronco Invitational with a time of 25:27.9 … in the 6k dual meet against Saint Mary's, placed 13th overall with a time of 20:10.1 … ran a 25:42 at the 8k WCC Championships to come in 42nd overall … posted a 32:20 time in the 10k for the NCAA West Region Championship finishing 121st.
AS A JUNIOR (2012-2013): (XC) Competed in the Hornet Jamboree 4mile race in 21:21.8 … Ran in the WCC Preview 7,770 meter race in 25:41.78 … Continued the season at the Stanford Invite 8k with a time of 27:10 … Earned a seasonal best time in the 8k at the Bronco Invite in 25:27 … Finished the WCC Championship 8k in 26:14.62 … Placed 24th at the Doc Adams Invite 8k in 25:42 … Ended the season at the NCAA West Regional 10k in 32:29. (TRACK) Ran the 1500m race at the Kim Dyust Invite in 4:25.68
AS A RS-SOPHOMORE (2011-2012): (XC) Competed in the USF Invite 8k in 27:12 … Earned a personal-best-time in the 4mile Hornet Jamboree in 20:58 … ran 25:59 in the Stanford Invitational in the 8k … achieved a personal-best in the 8k at the Bronco Invite in 25:26.9. (TRACK) Did not compete.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2010-2011): (XC) Did not compete.
AS A FRESHMAN (2009-2010): (XC) Placed 49th in the San Francisco Invite, running a time of 27:00 … came in 125th at the Stanford invite with a time of 26:37 ... finished with a time of 26:33 at the Bronco Invite, good for 102nd place. (TRACK) Placed 3rd in his heat in the 1500m and ran a PR of 4:09:76 @ Johnny Mathis Invitational 4/3/10 … raced 2:07:01 in the 800m and 4:17:12 in the 1500m @ Chico Twilight Invitational 4/10/10.
Cross Country: 20:58 in the 4mile (2011 - Hornet Jamboree); 25:41.78 in the 7,770m (2012 - WCC Preview); 25:26.9 in the 8k (2011 - SCU Bronco Invite); 32:29 in the 10k (2012 - NCAA D1 West Regionals)
Track: 2:04.23 in the 800m (2010 - SF State Distance Carnival); 4:09.76 in the 1500m (2010 - Johnny Mathis Invite)
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2009 graduate of Santa Monica High School in Santa Monica, Calif. ... coached by Tania Fischer ... earned All-District honors in 2007 and in '08 ... was named All-State in 2008 ... named Most Valuable Runner in cross country and in track and field senior season ... personal bests: 800m- 2:00 (2009); 1600m- 4:32 (2009); and 3200m- 9:37 (2009).
PERSONAL: President of the 2012-13 Ruff Riders Student Booster Club and has been President of the Green Club for two years ... son of Tareke and Almaz Tesfu ... has five siblings: Yonas, Filimon, Adonay, Dogol, and Rewina ... born in Ethiopia ... lists running and biking as hobbies ... member of the California Scholarship Federation and Honors Society ... loves to listen to music ... majoring in Environmental Science.


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nlawalker writes: Beginning on Tuesday, January 12, Comcast high-speed internet users in Washington state will have access to an online tool that displays their bandwidth usage for the most recent three calendar (not billing) months of usage, including the current month. Washington is the second market to receive access to the tool. "For the fraction of less than 1 percent of our customers who are concerned about exceeding our excessive use threshold, we believe this meter will help them monitor and calibrate their usage," said spokesman Steve Kipp. Perhaps those who aren't using 250GB a month should take it as a challenge.


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I agree that this is something the President should address. If the people that volunteered to help run the group aren't doing the things necessary to continue to run the group, then one of two things needs to happen:1. The group disbands.2. People that are passionate about continuing the group, step up and fill the void.People can't have it both ways. They can't say that they want to continue having the group but don't want to do anything to keep it going. Like others have said, if you continue to volunteer to fill the gap, then there's no reason for anyone else to do it. So, be very clear about what you can and cannot contribute to the President and then only do that. If that means that the group falls apart and you have to find someplace else to go, then so be it.As for the socializing part, I get how hurtful and frustrating that is. I don't necessarily think, though, that just because the group allows you to do most of the work, that they have to socialize with you outside of the group...but, I do think they are being insensitive and your feelings are quite understandable. This, again, points to the fact that if you always do the work, then there's no reason for anyone else to do it. So, speak to the President and then only do what you volunteered to do and let the cards fall from there.
. . . But it does mean that I feel less inclined to put myself out for these people.
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Games Industry Accused of 'Buying Political Clout' 101
A parent's group is lambasting the Electronic Software Association for announcing its intention to curry political favour in Washington DC. The games industry, for most of its life a much-maligned business sector, has just begun to work towards changing its image with US lawmakers. The Parents Television Council views this as attempting to 'buy influence in Congress', and views the ESA's plans harshly: "'The videogame industry continues to fight meaningful accountability for selling inappropriate material to children. The industry has been exposed repeatedly for its reprehensible behavior and now they are looking for ways to buy friends in the government,' said PTC President Tim Winter. 'Let me be clear of our intentions: Any public servant who cashes a check from the videogame industry will be exposed by the PTC as taking a stand against families, and his or her actions will be communicated to constituents in his or her congressional district.'" I wonder how they feel about lobbying by conservative 'pro-family' groups?


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The Washington Redskins had to know they were practically eliminated from the Peyton Manning derby earlier this evening. They'll be OK.
They just completed a blockbuster trade for the No. 2 overall pick in the April draft.
They're now in position to draft Heisman winner Robert Griffin III.
FoxSports.com first and ESPN afterwards reported the Redskins are sending the St. Louis Rams at least two first-round picks plus future considerations for the right to own the No. 2 pick. ESPN is actually saying three first-round selections -- the team's firsts this year, in 2013 and 2014 -- are involved in the exchange as well as this year's No. 2 pick.
The trade cannot become official until the new league year opens March. 13.
So what impact does this have locally?
On national radio with Profootball.com Friday I told Mike Florio the Dolphins weren't going to make a strong enough play for the second overall pick because the asking price was simply too high and the Dolphins 1. didn't wish to use their chips to move that high and 2. didn't want to send that many assets to Jeff FIsher, the man who declined to become their coach earlier this year and picked the Rams instead. The Dolphins, however, did inquire about the possibility of getting into this deal -- to no avail.
Given the price of the trade, the Dolphins weren't able to get in play for RG3.
But this absolutely takes another QB option off the table.
The Dolphins are fully invested in the Peyton Manning chase but the need to succeed there now grows for Miami because options are fading.
If the Dolphins add Manning, they'll consider themselves successful and set for the near future. If they fail to convince Manning to come to South Florida, the only apparent option to addressing the void for a franchise quarterback is free agent Matt Flynn or selecting a lesser-rated quarterback in the draft -- assuming there's conviction that would bring an elite player.


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Avigdor Arikha, Self Portrait in the Studio, 2001, oil on canvas, 46X38, Collection of Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv.
This two-part exhibition is held as a homage to Avigdor Arikha, who died earlier this year, aged 81: one part includes illustrations Arikha made for S.Y. Agnon's A Stray Dog, and the other includes self-portraits.
Avigdor Arikha was born in 1929 in Bukovina, Romania, and began drawing as a child. During World War II, under Nazi rule, he was deported with his family to concentration camps, where he continued to draw. He was eventually rescued with the aid of the International Red Cross in 1944, and sent to kibbutz Maale Hahamisha with Youth Aliyah . In 1946 he began his studies at Bezalel, Jerusalem. He was severely wounded during the War of Independence.
On 13 September 1949, Arikha arrived in Paris, and first encountered the French paintings he had so far only seen in reproduction. He visited many galleries and attended lectures and concerts, and enrolled at the Ecole des Beaux Arts.
In the spring of 1950 Arikha first travelled to Italy and saw the frescoes of Giotto, Masaccio and Piero della Francesca. The necessity dictated by fresco technique, to finish a section of the painting while the plaster is wet, was to influences Arikha's future practice: finishing a drawing within a day and never returning to correct or change it. It might also be that other facets of fresco eventually made their way to his later drawings: the local pigment (characteristic mostly of Piero) and the emphasis given to white areas in the drawing; furthermore, Arikha saw the frescoes in daylight, as they were painted and as they were meant to be viewed (artificial lighting was a late introduction), and natural light became a principle in his painterly work; accordingly, he insisted on exhibiting his drawings in natural light, for an exact viewing of their colors.
During 19511953 Arikha lived in Jerusalem, and became friendly with Dr. Moshe Spitzer, the publisher of Tarshish Books. Through Spitzer he got to know S.Y. Agnon and other authors, and introduced the publisher to the young generation of authors and artists, including S. Yizhar, poet T. Carmi, as well as Binyamin Tamuz, who arranged Arikha's first exhibition, in a small gallery in Tel Aviv in 1952. In May 1956 Arikha met the man who was to influence him most: the Irish writer Samuel Becket. It was a friendship that spanned 34 years, until Becket's death in 1989. Undoubtedly, Becket's influence on Arikha's development was enormous.
Between 1957 and 1965 Arikha worked on distilling the form towards a spontaneous, intuitive, non-rational abstraction. In his 1966 essay "Peinture et regard," Arikha commented that "painting ought to be seen beyond meaning [ ] Painting ought not be read. It is not an ideogram. It has been given no role. It is not materialization, it represents nothing but itself: a surface with lines, forms and colors in a state of tension. Someone has worked there and enabled this surface, manually, to organize to the limit of its abilities." Of his abstract paintings Arikha said they were not "according to nature" but rather "in parallel to nature."
In 1965 Arikha went through a crisis, stopped painting and concentrated on drawing and printing. In 1972, in a letter to Dr. Haim Gamzu, he wrote: "I admit that all my paintings, all the large canvases I once painted and which apparently I shall no longer paint (but who knows?), all the earlier forms are hidden now in my small brush drawings. But those who have not seen my previous paintings cannot know the nature of the 'inner form' which I am tryingwith no great successto get rid of. Even though I came to an end in 'emitting' my form, my being on alert towards all the still and live is only at its beginning. [ ] To sum up, I was born into modern art, and it was my start. I think that period is closed and in any case, I have left it. In other words, my recent brush drawings are post-abstract and could not have come into being without abstraction. But the secret and 'grand' subjects (in the sense of 'maniera grande') of my old paintings, all belong to the past."
This was followed by the decision to paint "only what the eye sees." Samuel Beckett described well Arikha's work process and the relationship between the eye and the hand: "Siege laid again to the impregnable without. Eye and hand fevering after the unself. By the hand it unceasingly changes the eye unceasingly changed. Back and forth the gaze beating against unseeable and unmakeable. Truce for a space and the marks of what it is to be in the face of. Those deep marks to show."
In addition to being a painter, Arikha was involved in the research of art history and the philosophical aspects of art. He lectured, curated exhibitions and made documentaries on artists, e.g. Velazquez, Vermeer and Caravaggio. In his lectures, exhibitions and films Arikha sought above all not the standards formulated by researchers of schools, movements and trends, but rather aimed directly at the unique, individual soul of the artist. There are few artists in Israel and worldwide who have been blessed like Arikha with such clear, coherent thinking, and fewer still whose artistic work is woven within such deep-rooted theory. May his work be an example for generations to come.
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Even with dramatically upgraded roster, manager faces biggest challenge of career
By Hal Bodley / 12/03/2012 7:50 PM ET
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Few big league managers will face the pressure the Toronto Blue Jays have bestowed on second-time-around John Gibbons for 2013.
Managing expectations is often more difficult than skippering Major League players.
But Gibbons finds himself in that difficult situation.
To onlookers, it appears treacherous. To Gibbons, it's a welcomed opportunity to prove his mettle as a big league manager.
The past is just that -- the past.
Gibbons had a rocky tenure managing the Blue Jays from 2004-08. He ended with a 305-305 record, but had to endure some distasteful moments with a few of his players.
Now, he's back with a team that has been fortified by a blockbuster trade that landed All-Star shortstop Jose Reyes, outfielder Emilio Bonifacio, pitchers Mark Buehrle and Josh Johnson, and catcher John Buck from Miami.
Add to that a two-year, $16 million contract for free-agent outfielder Melky Cabrera and Gibbons has a team that should be in the thick of the rugged AL East race.
"It's a tough grind, a tough division to play in, but we feel with these trades and signing Cabrera gives us a shot," Gibbons said Monday during a media session at the Winter Meetings. "You've got to go out and do it, but it gives us a lot of excitement."
To put it bluntly, Gibbons is expected to win.
And with that unwritten edict from above comes enormous pressure, not to mention the biggest challenge of his career.
"No doubt about it," he said. "A lot is expected in the baseball world, the country of Canada, and specifically Toronto. That's a good thing because it means you have a good team."
Gibbons never thought he'd be back as Blue Jays manager. "I never guessed this could happen again," he said.
He takes over, of course, for John Farrell, who bolted for what he calls his dream job as Red Sox manager.
In 2006, Gibbons' best season in Toronto when the Blue Jays finished second in the East, he had altercations with Shea Hillenbrand and Ted Lilly. In fact, the incident with Lilly in the dugout when he was taken out of a game was seen on camera. Hillenbrand jotted on the clubhouse chalkboard, "This ship is sinking" and "Play for yourself."
Hillenbrand was sent packing within hours and later said he was at fault for the remarks.
Obviously, Gibbons has matured since he left in 2008. He knows now he must control his temper, especially with the veteran team general manager Alex Anthopoulos has given him. This will not be a shakedown cruise for a learning manager.
"This job came out of nowhere for me and to sit there and look at some of the players they've acquired makes it that much nicer," he said. "I would have taken the job had the deal not been made, but it makes it a lot easier.
"This is an exciting time. You hear about the Toronto Blue Jays a lot and what the potential is here, but you gotta go out and do it. Come April you have to perform."
And so does John Gibbons.
Often high-priced All-Stars and premier players don't mesh. It happened years ago when the late Gene Autry tried desperately to get his Angels to the postseason. The same was true in many of the Yankees years under free-spending George Steinbrenner.
Winter euphoria often turns into a summer of disappointment.
"With a lot of new faces everybody has to be looking for the same goal," Gibbons said. "You'd like that to always be the case, but it's not always the case. We have to make sure we get that out of them, but there's no substitute for talent in this business.
"You have to find a way to get the most out of your players. That's what I think the successful managers do. And they're smart enough to get out of the way and let them play. Baseball is different from other sports, it's not all X's and O's."
When Anthopoulos put together this veteran club he said it is time for the Blue Jays to return to the postseason for the first time since they won their second consecutive World Series in 1993.
And what the GM has done is completely change the landscape of the division and sent a message to the Yankees, Rays, Orioles and Red Sox: Watch out for the Toronto Blue Jays in 2013.
"We haven't accomplished anything during my three years on the job," Anthopoulos said. "We're trying to build a core and keep that in place. There's no question the city is starved for a playoff-caliber team and hopefully a World Series contender -- and things like that. There's definitely a healthy appetite for baseball across Canada right now."
Gibbons puts it this way: "It's a new start for them, a new start for me, but this team's got very good speed, we got power, we got the pitching and have to play smart baseball."
Or this: "Right now, I sit back, look at the team and kinda dream."
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Nicole Crepaz, Ph.D., Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Dr. Irwin leads the guidelines development team for the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention. In collaboration with HIV experts at CDC, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), and several national HIV organizations, including organizations that represent people living with HIV (PLWH), she is updating guidelines for prevention of HIV transmission from PLWH. Dr. Crepaz is a Project Officer for the HIV/AIDS Research Synthesis Project (PRS), which conducts systematic reviews and meta-analyses to evaluate behavioral interventions for risk reduction and for linkage to care, retention in care, and medication adherence among HIV-positive people. The PRS group produces a compendium of evidence-based behavioral interventions (EBIs) (www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/research/prs/index.htm), which are recommended to the Replicating Effective Programs (REP, www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/prev_prog/rep/index.htm) for developing user-friendly packages of materials. The completed intervention packages are passed on to the DEBI (Diffusion of Effective Behavioral Interventions) project for dissemination to providers (www.effectiveinterventions.org/en/home.aspx).
Statements are those of the interviewees and do not necessarily represent the official position of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Mascolini: Why did the CDC first issue guidelines on incorporating HIV prevention into medical practice and why is an update necessary?
Irwin: The guidelines issued in 20031 were to encourage HIV care providers to incorporate HIV prevention in their medical practices by addressing three issues known to curb HIV transmission: early, continuous care, sexually transmitted infection (STI) screening and treatment, and partner services.
The update we're working on now is more comprehensive and will include new evidence that has accumulated since 2003. Because of that new evidence, the new guidelines broaden the domains of prevention strategies. The most important difference with the upcoming guidelines is that they focus on actions of clinical and nonclinical providers -- health departments and community-based organizations.
Mascolini: What new issues will the revised guidelines address?
Irwin: The updated guidelines will present new evidence and/or new recommendations in several domains:
I can summarize some of the highlights of these new domains and revisions in domains covered in the 2003 guidelines.
The special considerations section addresses issues that may affect minors, adolescents, men who have sex with men (MSM), migrants, immigrants, pregnant women, illicit drug users, sex workers, the homeless, prisoners, persons with mental illness, and other groups that may have unique HIV prevention needs or are medically marginalized. These issues include stigma and legal, financial, language, cultural, and transportation barriers to accessing services or adopting HIV prevention methods.
The section on risk assessment and risk-reduction interventions includes new evidence on strategies for risk assessment and reduction, in particular, brief assessments and interventions that can be done in community or clinical settings. Some of the interventions that clinicians may find attractive include those that can be done by patients in the waiting room without taking clinician time, such as self-administered risk assessment and computer or print tools that provide risk reduction messages tailored to their risk. [For examples, see the table preceding this interview.]
A chapter on antiretroviral treatment and prevention highlights new evidence from a randomized controlled trial that found that antiretroviral therapy prevented heterosexual transmission in HIV-discordant couples from several countries.2 This new section also presents information from other, less rigorously designed studies in heterosexual and MSM couples that indicates that antiretroviral treatment prevents sexual HIV transmission by lowering genital viral load. The new section on medication adherence summarizes new information about effective clinic-based and community-based interventions to support long-term antiretroviral adherence.
Another new section describes referral to other medical and social services, including mental health, drug rehabilitation, and syringe exchange services, and housing. This section summarizes new evidence that these services are essential to support the health and antiretroviral adherence of HIV-positive individuals as well as to prevent HIV transmission.
A section on sexual and reproductive health care for women and men addresses strategies to prevent sexual transmission, including conception methods that reduce risk of sexual and perinatal transmission and the latest evidence on interactions between hormonal contraceptives and some antiretroviral medications This part of the new guidelines also describes family planning and emergency contraception to prevent unintended pregnancies. Another section assesses preventing HIV transmission during pregnancy and refers to the latest guidance on antiretrovirals for pre- and post-exposure prophylaxis to prevent perinatal transmission A new recommendation will discourage pre-chewing infant food by HIV-positive persons.
A section on policy, legal, and ethical issues will provide updated information on policy and legal environments that affect HIV prevention with PLWH, HIV disclosure and the negative consequences of criminalization of PLWH, standards for privacy and confidentiality, disparities in access to prevention services for PLWH, and implications of health reform on providing prevention services to PLWH.
A new section on monitoring and evaluation urges both clinical and community organizations to monitor or evaluate their HIV prevention strategies, either through quality-improvement initiatives, which are usually done in clinical settings, or through more classic program evaluation, usually by community-based organizations and health departments.
The revised guidelines update advice on linkage to and retention in HIV care because new evidence confirms the importance of early HIV care and staying in care for support of adherence, risk reduction, and behavioral interventions. In addition, the updated section on partner services refers to the 2008 CDC guidelines on partner services3 and new CDC guidance on using the Internet to contact partners. The updated partner guidelines stress that clinicians have an important role in helping their index patient -- the HIV-infected person who has an HIV or STI diagnosis -- think through a plan about how they want to notify their partner, either by themselves, through the health department, or with the clinician's help. The revised section on STIs refers to the 2010 CDC STI treatment guidelines,1,4 which lay out recommended STI screening tests and frequency, as well as treatment strategies.
Mascolini: Will the revised guidelines differ from the 2003 guidelines in other important ways? Dr.
Irwin: The 2003 prevention-with-positives guidelines did not emphasize actions that could be taken by organizations such as health departments and community-based organizations, so many of their HIV prevention efforts continued to focus on reducing risk behaviors among HIV-negative persons. Because CDC and HRSA want to drive down HIV transmission rates even further, the updated guidelines will more fully engage all HIV prevention providers by including recommendations for health departments and community-based organizations that provide testing, linkage to care, antiretroviral adherence support, referral for substance abuse, mental health, or housing, and other services that support prevention in people with HIV. The new CDC funding announcements for health departments and community-based organizations also stress more activities with HIV-positive people to prevent transmission.
CDC's Medical Monitoring Project (www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/treatment/MMP) is also tracking delivery of prevention services to people living with HIV in more than 20 areas in the US from 2007 through 2013. It will be able to evaluate implementation of several services that were recommended by the 2003 prevention-with-positives recommendations, the upcoming recommendations, and other CDC and federal agency recommendations that relate to prevention with positives: delays in entry to care, frequency of care visits, factors associated with receipt of treatment, treatment adherence, use of HIV prevention services, and screening tests. Data from the Medical Monitoring Project are expected to be released periodically over several years, including at least 1 year after the expected 2012 release of the upcoming prevention-with-positives recommendations.
Mascolini: What are the CDC's plans for releasing the updated prevention-with-positives guidelines?
Irwin: We expect to release the revised guidelines sometime in 2012, both online and in the MMWR. The Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention is planning several activities to disseminate the guidelines and train providers in their use. We will also distribute implementation materials and tools to help providers in clinical facilities integrate prevention activities into HIV medical care, such as offering prevention counseling in waiting rooms or in other time-efficient ways. We also plan to spread the word about the new guidelines for clinical and nonclinical providers through continuing education and conference presentations.
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Witness a Texas Showdown Over Teaching Standards
In Austin, Texas, 15 people influence what is taught to the next generation of American children. Once every decade, the highly politicized Texas State Board of Education rewrites the teaching and textbook standards for its nearly 5 million schoolchildren. And when it comes to textbooks, what happens in Texas affects the nation as a whole.
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The New York Knicks are one of only three teams in the NBA with an unblemished record at home and look to keep it that way when they host the Phoenix Suns Sunday afternoon from Madison Square Garden.
New York is 6-0 on its home floor and has won eight in a row at MSG dating back to last season. The Knicks were in action in front of the home crowd Friday night and disposed of the Washington Wizards 108-87 behind 20 points from both Carmelo Anthony and J.R. Smith.
Tyson Chandler posted his fourth double-double of the season, finishing with 12 points and 10 rebounds, for the Knicks, who have won two in a row and three of four games. The Knicks held the Wizards to 41 second-half points and their lead never fell below double digits over the last two quarters.
Pablo Prigioni filled in for veteran guard Jason Kidd (back) and posted eight points and five assists. Kidd missed his third straight game with back spasms and is out indefinitely.
"Pablo's a giving type of player," said Knicks coach Mike Woodson. "He's a pass first guy, all the players love that."
The last time New York started 7-0 at home was back in 1992-93, when it began the season with nine straight victories as the host.
After Sunday's game versus the Suns, the Knicks, who are fourth in the NBA with 102.7 ppg and lead the Atlantic Division, will begin a three-game road trip Wednesday against Charlotte, Miami and Chicago. In other team news, Anthony is third in the league with 26.1 ppg and leads the NBA with 10.1 ppg in the first quarter. The Knicks average an NBA-best 27.5 points in the first 12 minutes of play.
Anthony has led the team in scoring in 14 of the first 15 games this season, and has posted 20-plus points 14 times.
Phoenix hasn't had much success on its season-long, six-game road trip (1-3), but will try to stun the Knickerbockers on their home floor. The losing ways continued for the Suns in Friday's 101-97 setback at Toronto, where Marcin Gortat, Shannon Brown and Jared Dudley scored 14 points apiece.
"I thought that we played well and that the game could have gone both ways," Suns coach Alvin Gentry said. "They made plays at the end of the game. I thought we did a great job moving the ball tonight, we just didn't make plays at the end of the game."
Goran Dragic and Michael Beasley scored 13 and 12 points, respectively, for Phoenix, which is 2-7 away from the desert and will close out the road swing Tuesday against Memphis. Dragic is the only Suns player with at least 10 points in every game this season.
Phoenix may have trouble stopping Anthony and the Knicks because it is allowing an NBA-high 102.5 ppg this season.
The Suns won the only meeting with New York during the lockout shortened campaign, posting a 91-88 triumph Jan. 18. Phoenix has won three of four and 12 of the previous 16 meetings with the Knicks.


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Star Lotulelei and Ziggy Ansah have set the perfect stage for local eyes to be glued to Thursday's first-round broadcast of the 2013 NFL draft.
It's a rarity for the state of Utah to produce two college football players whom multiple experts project could be taken in the first 10 picks of the first round. Both are LDS. Both have been hyped. Both are genuine gentlemen, the kind of guys that will adequately and properly represent the state of Utah as athletes and as men.
They are outstanding athletes who go about it in different ways. And both are about to become millionaires.
In short, they are worth cheering for. They deserve all the attention, recognition and money draft day can throw at them.
You can watch the first round of the NFL draft at 6 p.m. on ESPN or the NFL Network.
Both of these athletes are considered unique. Some call them athletic freaks of nature, possessing extraordinary skills and powers. They have been measured, weighed, timed, pinched, prodded, tested, interviewed and screened — and NFL folks like what they see.
While Lotulelei elected not to go to New York because he wanted to share the moment at home with family and friends, Ansah almost turned down the invitation because it is his graduation day. Ansah's friends and advisers convinced him he could walk as a graduate later this summer and that he should be in New York at Radio City Music Hall for this once-in-a-lifetime event.
Both these guys have stolen a lot of headlines this winter.
Lotulelei had a strange heart condition pop up at the NFL combine in Indianapolis back in February that shortened his testing at the event, but doctors have assured he's fine. Ansah, a native of Ghana, has had his age questioned and his passport examined. No stone has been left unturned in investigating the prowess and background of these men.
Still, they will be front and center on the big stage Thursday.
And that's a very big deal.
Both men come from humble origins. Star is the son of Tongan emmigrants who moved to the United States to find a better life for their children. Ansah, a convert of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, left his country to seek a better education and play basketball.
Star's football work in the trenches is sometimes underappreciated because of the pile of bodies he creates. Ansah's speed work is sometimes easier to identify.
Lotulelei's athletic prowess has been well-documented the past two years. He quickly rose to become the most-feared defensive lineman in the Pac-12. His size, strength, quickness and dominating play on the line of scrimmage are tattooed on video as evidence of his talent. As experts have broken down film, they've seen first-hand the havoc he brings to the line of scrimmage.
Folks have been talking about Lotulelei as a potential No. 1 overall pick for two seasons. When he didn't come out early last year, his stock remained extremely high. It's stayed high all the way to now.
I remember seeing multiple games, including back-to-back games against BYU, when Lotulelei's presence alone seemed to intimidate the Cougars into fumbles on their first possessions. He also did that against Pac-12 offensive lines.
Ansah's resume is much shorter, and he's more of a mystery. He's a flash entry on the scene, a man with almost no football resume; a special teams artist, backup defensive end and outside linebacker until teammate Eathyn Manumaleuna got injured this past season.
Ansah's impact was immediate. He began chasing down backs and quarterbacks. He drew double teams. He wrecked Georgia Tech's option on the road and put on a show in the bowl win over San Diego State. His explosive speed stood out as something remarkable. Combined with his extraordinary wingspan, vertical and burst, he began to turn heads.
With no runway to get a head start on his reputation like Star, Ansah had only a few opportunities to make a splash. He did so, both with his unique story of showing up at BYU's practice and needing to have someone show him how to put on football pads, to his play on the field as a senior as his eligibility ebbed away.
Riding national publicity because of his "fun" and "unusual" story, Ansah has been seen as a curiosity. Then he went to the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala., in January. There, he was mundane in practice, but stole the show in the actual game when he earned MVP honors.
Ansah took that performance and exploited it at the combine, running a 4.63 time in the 40, knocking it out of the park on cone drills and in interviews. On Wednesday, The Sporting News had him listed as the No. 1 defensive end in the draft. It could be said Ansah has been the most-publicized football player in the 2013 draft.
With Star's resume and Ziggy's meteoric rise, this is a draft that will provide compelling viewing — both early and late — with plenty of prospects from Utah State, Weber State, Utah, BYU and SUU hoping to hear their names called.
Congratulations to all, especially to Star and Ziggy, a pair of worthy headliners indeed.
Dick Harmon, Deseret News sports columnist, can be found on Twitter as Harmonwrites and can be contacted at [email protected].


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I'm not surprised.
Verizon: We never stop working you.
I assume Verizon will take their usual 60% cut...
Verizon has found a way to get hordes of parents with pitch forks and torches to come to their corporate offices and gruesomely kill them.
You notice they start at with a $25 limit? How convenient. Scam sites like those who conspired with Zynga (Mafia Wars & Farmville) have been scamming by getting people to subscribe via the text messaging service. Now Verizon is basically expanding that by allowing POS purchases in addition to monthly subscription fees and per text billing through messaging.
It really is the parents who will get screwed with this and go more insane at Verizon (and other carriers) when their kids get stupid or scammed into making purchases via their phones. Most adults are not subscribing to the ridiculous, and more importantly, misleading offers that make money by nailing you with subscription fees through the text messaging system.
Lol. Seriously? Will someone not think of the children??
If they don't have an opt-in, I'm sure they'll get sued.
OTOH, for those that will want to pay Verizon's usury, it's fine. Other countries have been using phone payments somewhat successfully for a long time now.
Like most other alternative online payment methods (*cough* Paypal *cough*), this one is a terrible deal for consumers.
In the US, especially after the Credit CARD Act of 2009 [wikipedia.org], you get a huge array of benefits for using a credit card:
Most adults are not subscribing to the ridiculous, and more importantly, misleading offers that make money by nailing you with subscription fees through the text messaging system.
Show me the data then I'll believe it. My own personal experience indicates that the "kids" are no more and no less savvy when it comes to stuff like this and its their elders who keep getting conned by scams. Like "legitimate" credit card companies that charge usurious rates, banks that offer mortgage deals that
I try to set up a separate email address for each vendor to communicate with, so I know how spammers got it. It's bad enough that Paypal insists on disclosing my payment address to the vendor for routine transactions (it should disclose it only in the event of a formally registered dispute) so I get spammed to my Paypal address. Giving online retail sites my private cellular number that can accept text messages is just about the last thing I'd allow. When I have to give a phone number to a vendor, I give a 24/7 voice mail number that emails me a
I do have a hell of a lot of prepaid Verizon mobile minutes but I doubt this scheme would let me use them to buy stuff online.
...I recall paying for stuff from vending machines with my phone in 2000. And since then for everything from tram tickets to premium content on web sites.
Since this is such a simple thing to implement I'm very surprised, if you indeed haven't had it before on the other side of the pond.
Bold faced lie. 2000? Not a chance.
Mod this one up for Humor.
No, 2000 sounds about right. There were SMS payment systems in place in the UK before I moved to the States in 2001 and was nauseated* by the state of mobile telephony here.
[*] I exaggerate for comic effect - I really don't care enough about mobile phones to feel sick at their poor state in, ahem, the States, but it was shockingly backward then.
I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't a bit earlier. Around 1997 I can remember watching a program in the UK on how you could use your cell phone in Japan to pay for goods in a vending machine (see here [wikipedia.org]), though I can't remember whether it was only in test phase. When I visited Australia in 2005 you could use your cell phone to pay for parking [nsw.gov.au].
The truth is North America behind when it comes to what people can do with their cell phones. They are only now starting to catch up. I believe the Qualcomm CDMA / GSM
Sounds complicated. Entering received passcodes? Whatever happened to entering your credit card number? Wonder if it's opt-in, otherwise parents are going to love this.
So what prevents me from charging this to someone else's number? Sounds like all I would need is number and name (which I get anyway if I get the number)?
presumably you'd need their phone, as well.
For those of you who never had the privilege of working for him, wiki [wikipedia.org] and employee horror stories [sandiego6.com]
I think this is a pretty good idea. There are a lot of people who are unable to make online purchases - they can't get plastic for a variety of reasons, same with PayPal - and it can be a serious disadvantage.
The only problem I envisage is children spending money they shouldn't, and parents having to foot the bill. The $25 limit is one way to tackle this; another would be to make it an opt-in service that can be authorized only by an adult; maybe even limiting the service to prepay (pay as you go) account
>Now imagine these kinds of gimmicks in the hands of a 13 year old girl, whose cell phone bill you pay...
Well that *IS* Verizon's m.o.
I signed up for Verizon because everyone had it. Verizon promised better coverage than el-cheapo T-Mobile. Of course, while Verizon does have better coverage, it's the same or worse at my house. And Verizon charges up the ass.
Verizon has a great network, obfuscated by countless layers of smoke and mirrors. Are you 13? Do you have no self-control? Do you need Miley Cyru
Yeah I can see it now:
Purchase - ACME Online Widget Company: $9.99
Federal Transaction Regulation Charge: $1.35
Wireless Financial Transaction Cost Recovery: $3.92
Local Universal Wheelchair Access Charge: $0.87
Federal Regulatory Cost Recovery Surcharge: $1.24
State Regulatory Cost Recovery Surcharge: $0.74
Local Regulatory Cost Recovery Surcharge: $0.39
Multiple Bit Transfer Data Access Charge: $1.42
Third Party Transportation Service Fee: $2.97
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$25 can't buy any worthwhile pr0n, so this will fail. Give me $500/month, and then we can start negotiations.
Even after the pr0n, any trip to Starbucks is over $25 easy.
I have never spent less than $25 at a dollar store.
I don't think I've quite hit my stride on one-liners with this one. I'll try again later after I visit a few >$25 Web sites.
1. established companies ( paypal - who recently released their mobile payment api )
2. companies who are invested by carriers ( zoompass -
Wait a minute, now instead of needing to give online retailers a mailing address for them to send junk mail to (which isn't so bad as most of the time I am buying a physical item that needs to be shipped to a real address anyway), I would be giving them the phone number for a phone I regularly have on me? Who could have possibly thought this would be a good idea? It would make far more sense for identifier given to the retailer be some random unique number (like a credit card number), which the retailer wou
From another article about this service:
"BilltoMobile aims to charge fees of less than 20 percent of a transaction. It does so by bypassing the short codes to connect directly with mobile carrier billing systems and their subscriber databases. It took a couple of years for BilltoMobile to create this system and to strike deals with U.S. carriers."
The incredible efficiency of modern telecom and computer systems continues to impress me. To imagine, they have managed to develop a system where they can take less then 20% of the transaction!
To think that we used to use cash for transactions.
Credit cards take (I believe) 2-3% of the transaction.
So ask your retailer, "Do you take credit cards?"
If the answer is an enthusiastic "YES!" then you're in the clear.
If you're buying 2 bagels from the corner bagel store then you should probably pay in cash. Credit cards (generally) have a $1 minimum, which translates to a $5-10 purchase depending on your merchant's profit margin.
Thus the "$10 charge minimum", which is illegal, but salient.
Credit cards have a minimum fee too - like 50c, so the 2% is a lot more for small payments.
Which is why the $10 minimum is the amount generally used - the merchant pays that 50c on your $1 purchase, it turns into a net loss for them.
Also the $10 minimum is often (£10 here in the UK) the smallest amount you can charge before the card will phone home for authorisation. Less than that, they don't bother - so you can use a stolen card with impunity for small amounts (ok they do random authorisation)
Credit cards have a minimum fee too - like 50c, so the 2% is a lot more for small payments.
Which is why the $10 minimum is the amount generally used - the merchant pays that 50c on your $1 purchase, it turns into a net loss for them.
In the US the credit card merchant agreement forbid setting a minimum credit card charge; although it's easier to not buy at such a place tan to complain to Visa/MC/American Express. Generally they were the small mom and pops; I guess for a big chain they probably negotiate a deal taht limits the impact of small charges. I'm not sure if CC agreements still forbid minimum purchase, btw.
Also the $10 minimum is often (£10 here in the UK) the smallest amount you can charge before the card will phone home for authorisation. Less than that, they don't bother - so you can use a stolen card with impunity for small amounts (ok they do random authorisation)
Which is why gas stations are popular places to test stolen cards - the pay at pump checks to see if the card is good. Fo
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They'll escalate it from there.
From TFA:
"says Larry Wortzel, chairman of the commission"
Larry Wortzel was:
http://www.heritage.org/about/staff/larrywortzel.cfm [heritage.org]
who are:
http://www.heritage.org/about/ [heritage.org]
"Our Mission
Founded in 1973, The Heritage Foundation is a research and educational institute - a think tank - whose mission is to formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense."
Yah got to have a bogeyman.
Is this some excuse for another cold war?
If the USA government is poking at China, its more sophisticated and not readily detectable from the civilian nets. Appropriate technology and its proper use is the solution to this 'problem' that is very visible on our nets.
No, I can't read your signature, but my computer can. Using 'geek' is nicer than 'nerd' in these parts.
Perhaps I'm just too simple minded, but WHY ON EARTH is ANY of that information even accessible from the interwebz?
My first though to, why is it even accessible if they think it's such a problem? Guess at least the military should know such basic things. (Though I do understand it makes their sharing easier.)
No you're not simple minded. Why indeed is it anywhere near the internet ESPECIALLY with a report telling us WE KNOW THERE"S A PROBLEM!.
This is propaganda. It's simply preparing the public for adding China to the Axis of Evil, erecting trade barriers etc.
Don't be to hard on them. China holding dollars gave the west cheap finance, which triggered an asset bubble, and encouraged overcapacity building in China (overcapacity and debt are the two main causes of depressions, depending on which economists you ask). Then they didn't pass on the wealth to their grunt workers, so Chinese demand won't be able to cushion the fall. Oh wait, that was pretty hard on them.
I think its much more that were dependant on China buying our Treasury notes, or else we would literally be bankrupt.
Bang on correct! When do people, especially government types admit that they have a problem and are hemorrhaging data to foreign states? Only when there is an advantage to doing so. In this case, I think you are right, it's part of a ramp up on public information to demonize the Chinese. Specifically who among the Chinese is yet to be determined, but the probably have a short list of targets.
If that is true, then why have I received tons of scans from Chinese IP addresses? When I last looked at my firewall logs, most portscanning crap came from China, so I blocked a bunch of Chinese subnets.
What about the people injured or murdered by fake epogen and tainted food? Are the Chinese private sector and military out of control, or is this a deliberate effort?
Either way, this is a good reason for me to have an unfriendly attitude toward China. Maybe this is propaganda, but there must be some trut
It could simply be botnet harvesters trying to 'encourage' your machines to join the botnet.
Actually, according to this list [spamhaus.org], the top spammers are from the US but perform their nefarious deeds using Chinese servers.
In other words, your claim that "The Chinese are EVIL!" because they portscan you is BS.
I also think that by saying this "this is a good reason for me to have an unfriendly attitude toward China" you qualify for the Dumbest Statement All Week award. Most civilized people have, by now, realized that the "us versus them" attitude between nations is stupid, as no nation's people can be jud
You're living in fantasy land if you believe the Chinese aren't spying on us to the best of their ability. Yes, this includes network sweeps and all kinds of other shit that you can see, right in your own logfiles! You can read about it in the paper if you wish.
I don't think the poster was saying "All people of Chinese heritage including people who are genetically Chinese but were adopted by American parents are evil!" He was saying "The People's Republic of China is spying on us."
Get a grip, man. Save
What about the people injured or murdered by fake epogen and tainted food? Are the Chinese private sector and military out of control, or is this a deliberate effort?
This is really old news, the chinese standards where found to be taking bribes and the main guy got sentenced to death. What more do you want? He's dead.
Now if only people in the US got executed for fucking up like that. I bet if the same thing happened in the US no one would have even got a jail sentence, they'd have just been fined.
In fact t
If your the right person you will not even get fined.
http://www.fas.org/news/china/1998/h980618-prc8.htm [fas.org]
Selling Loral's guidance system for Nuclear Weapons to
China for some campaign contributions was A-OK.
My opinion changed when at a slashdot posting, a tawain native said that the chinese who came there STILL consider themselves chinese, not tawainese.
Are you kidding me? Your evidence is based on a slashdot post?! The biggest hive of Asperger syndrome whining twitter morons on the internet? That's your proof?!
just for clarity - was that your comment or your sig?
Can i use if for my sig? AHAHAHAHAHAAHAAHAHHA
That is possibly the best comment I have ever read.
While I'm well educated in the Road to War, I don't think this is it. I think this is merely a military responding to a known threat. They are being attacked by known external entities via seeded USB devices, and that attack is being amplified by ignorance on the part of the rank and file thinking these devices are innocuous or can be made so.
Opsec has been pretty lax. If you read the USB spec, you will get that any device plugged into it can write to arbitrary memory locations. It's wide open. A devi
It's not available. The military has had regulations preventing the placement of confidential information on publicly accessible networks for over 20 years (which is back when I was in the Air Force). I'll leave it to the amazingly brilliant posters of
Really, really sensitive information isn't available that way. I'm told that organizations like the DoD that have separate networks with no physical connection to the Internet for the "burn before reading" stuff.
But you can't hide all your sensitive data behind that kind of security. Your organization would grind to a halt. Besides, not all data really merits that level of protection. You don't want the bad guys to have it, but it isn't the end of the world if they do.
Security is always a tradeoff of cost (
> I'm told that organizations like the DoD that have
> separate networks with no physical connection to the Internet
Yup, it's the SIPRNET [wikipedia.org] as opposed to the NIPRNET.
From that same Wikipedia article, it looks like the Coast Guard Academy has a SIPRNET node [uscga.edu]... kind of surprising... but the cadets might as well get used to working with classified materials. CMS officer on a ship, there's a job with court martial potential!
According to the article you link, the Coast Guard Academy is the only service academy with a Spirenet node. I'd be very curious to know why the CG thinks their cadets need access to classified information on this level. After all, the CG is primarily a law enforcement and safety entity these days.
> After all, the CG is primarily a law enforcement and safety entity these days.
Perhaps... but they still carry all the comms gear and COMSEC and whatnot so's they can do joint ops.
America is sending all of it's wealth to China anyway and is happily enslaving future generations to chinese investors.
"Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting." Sun Tsu. 2500 years ago so.
America is sending all of it's wealth to China anyway and is happily enslaving future generations to chinese investors.
Hee hee jokes on them. Its not going to get paid back. And at the end of the day all the stuff they sent us is worth more than all the paper we printed to get it.
I'm only half joking. Seriously... Maybe I'm being too cynical, but I think if this debt spiral continues... when it collapses under its own wate, the US is going to undergo an internal 'revolution', declare that it has no intentio
One problem with your theory.
The WTO will embargo the US, and if you have not looked
lately we don't manufacture much here.
Also a near worldwide embargo will have an effect on us.
Alot of ppl like to yack on about how we won WW2, but in fact
the Russians bore the brunt of the casualties, and fighting.
The US is vulnerable to having the oil cut off at this point too
as we import 70% of the oil into this country.
Luckily Canada is our #1 oil importer.
Yeah, the Russians did a magnificent job fighting the Japanese for all those years.
One of the largest non-nuclear explosions ever came as a result of US technology that was stolen by the Russians. Except, the CIA knew it was happening and instead of stopping it they decided to plant faulty chip designs. Once the USSR knew the tech was unreliable, they were stuck with one helluva an auditing problem, beyond their capability.
How much do you want to bet that somewhere on a "vulnerable" network, there are some designs that are just... a little... bit... off.
It was part of the Farewell Dossier [wikipedia.org]
Perhaps this seems a bit extreme, but exactly WHY are these military computers even connected to the Internet? If it's really secret information, shouldn't they have their own network or just not put these things online?
That is old-school security - the admins probably still think it's called ARPAnet.
Beijing's investment in rocket technology is also accelerating the militarisation of outer space
Funny, I thought it was the US [commondreams.org] stance [eetimes.com] of space dominance [defensetech.org] that was accelerating militarisation of space.
Why don't we just take measures to sanction China? Oh wait, we let our economy fail to the point that China owns us. Somehow all this business-favoring government has managed to allow everything to get outsourced and allowed everyone to source everything from China.
China's internet link needs to be severed or otherwise blocked from passing through U.S. routers. US influence should also persuade similar actions in other nations as well. This sort of behavior should not be tolerated. CUT CHINA OFF. The
If most of your military traffic goes over the old
global crossing network, don't allow the public sale of
that network to a foreign nation with an opposing ideology.
http://www.hereinreality.com/likashing.html [hereinreality.com]
When you do stupid things, bad things happen.
The pdf may be of interest to those studying relationships with China, but very little mention of any "cyber war" except part of chapter two that stresses its 'non-classified' information. The biggest hole in US computer security is Windows and how people use it. It is very common for 'users' of Windows not to set passwords, which just makes it even easier easier to penetrate the whole network. Hopefully, no Windows machine can even access classified information in the first place.
Unix isn't perfect either and again, its the human aspect that is the biggest risk. Anyone caught using an account with access to 'sensitive' or 'classified' without an adequate password should be warned, explained what a good password is and fired if they can't comply. It would seem that there is high compliance and regular audits anywhere 'classified' information can be accessed. Chapter 2 of the pdf only mentions 'unclassified' material, never mind all 'classified' material is created from 'unclassified' resources. Truly classified data should never be accessible from The Internet in any way, in the first place. Any information placed on, or close to The Internet should be considered 'public' on a worldwide basis.
Generally speaking, China uses the simplest, known techniques, to penetrate servers. Any admin can tell you how many dictionary attacks come from China. It is impossible to determine which ones are just 'script kiddies' or students and which are serious organized efforts. There is a very small rate of success from this method. Today it seems that these (Unix) machines are simply used to spread the simple scripts on a wider scale. Simply moving off port 22 (even to port 23) will stop 99% of the problem. Statistical programs that temporarily deny access to a certain IP address can be very effective as most scans never return, even if the access is denied for as little as five minutes. To combat the hardcore attempts where the attack returns, simply increase the 'access denied' time and ultimately blacklist the IP address and the whole net if necessary. (It is very rare it ever goes that far.)
In conclusion: Don't put classified information in the reach of The Internet. Never use any Microsoft product to view 'classified' or 'sensitive' information unless it can be assured there will never be any Internet connections of any sort. It is highly unlikely any government secrets leak out unless that was the intention, such as a "trial balloon". At this time, this is a non-problem that can be stopped. If absolutely nothing is done, it could escalate in much the way spam did. The official report appears to draw the same conclusion, however that is buried in a pile of irrelevant and off-topic material.
The DoD takes everything personally, and for good reason, but I have a steady stream of chinese hackers attempting to break into the router in my tool shed that reports battery voltage and temperature at a cabin that is inaccessible for 6 months of the year.
I really should put a webcam in there so they can see what they have achieved if they ever do manage to get in.
(22.1F, batteries 25.3V, 600 watt hours of energy stored today.)
It is not too hard to hack a network if you got
counterfeit hardware inside the network giving
you a backdoor in.
http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/05/12/FBI-worried-as-DoD-sold-counterfeit-Cisco-gear_1.html [infoworld.com]
So once they got in, they learned what they needed
to know to stay in, and put other methods in place
to stay in.
They are going to have to rebuild their network one segment
at a time from the ground up.
They need several things with one of them being segment
monitoring IDS system that can detect the outbound traffic.
Something that can track all outbound traffic against
a white-list of acceptable IPs, think a reverse peer guardian
that tracks what IP's are reached and snds alarms if they
are not on the list.
In any event they will have a monumental task of clearing
all the backdoors in the system, and should consider going
totally to a secure hardware+software encrypted VPN that
does not even travel over the public internet.
There is enough dark fiber out there to do it for the classified
material they transmit.
Also if most of your military traffic goes over the old
global crossing network, don't allow the public sale of
that network to a foreign nation with an oppposing ideology.
Namely China !
http://www.hereinreality.com/likashing.html [hereinreality.com]
When you do stupid things, bad things happen.
An elephant is a mouse with an operating system.


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Embed videos & playlists
You can add a YouTube video or playlist to a website or blog by embedding it.
Embed a video
- On a computer, go to the YouTube video you want to embed.
- Under the video, click Share .
- Click Embed.
- From the box that appears, copy the HTML code.
- Paste the code into your blog or website HTML.
Embed a playlist
- Sign in to your YouTube account on a computer.
- On the left side of the page, select the playlist you want to embed.
- Copy the playlist ID from the URL.
- Modify the embed code for an individual video by doing the following:
- In the place of the video ID (after "embed/"), substitute "videoseries?list=".
- Then paste the playlist ID after the "=".
- Paste the code into your blog or website HTML.
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Manage video embedding optionsTurn on privacy-enhanced mode
When you turn on privacy-enhanced mode, YouTube won't store information about visitors on your website unless they play the video.
To make an embedded video autoplay, add "&autoplay=1" to the video's embed code right after the video ID (the series of letters that follows "embed/").
Embedded videos that are autoplayed don't increment video views.

To have a video start playing from a specific point, add "?start=" to a video's embed code, followed by the time in seconds at which you'd like the video to begin playing.
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Make captions automatically appear for an embedded video by adding "&cc_load_policy=1" to the video's embed code.
You can also choose a caption language for the embedded video. To specify the caption language for the video that you'd like to embed, just add "&cc_lang_pref=fr&cc_load_policy=1" to the video's embed code.
- "cc_lang_pref" sets the language for the captions shown in the video.
- "cc_load_policy=1" turns captions on by default.
- "fr" represents the language code for French. You can look up 2-letter language codes in the ISO 639-1 standard.
- Go to your Video Manager.
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LAKEVILLE — Freetown and Lakeville residents have several opportunities over the next two weeks to become acquainted with the four finalists for superintendent of schools.
LAKEVILLE — Freetown and Lakeville residents have several opportunities over the next two weeks to become acquainted with the four finalists for superintendent of schools.
Interviews in public will be conducted tonight and Wednesday at Apponequet Regional High School. The sessions will take place at 6:30 and 8 both evenings at the school's library.
Only members of the Freetown-Lakeville Regional School Committee will have the opportunity to ask questions of the candidates.
Tonight, educational consultant Christopher Parker will appear before the board at 6 p.m. followed by Westport Superintendent Carlos Colley at 8. Maureen Ward, superintendent of the Franklin-Hill Regional School District in New Hampshire, will be interviewed Wednesday at 6 p.m. Linda Carrier, director of curriculum and instruction for the Monson School District, will follow at 8.
At the conclusion of the interviewing process, School Committee members will decide if they want to move forward with all four candidates or whittle the field to two. There are currently a pair of district site visits scheduled for Jan. 29 and 31 at 6:30 p.m. in the high school auditorium. One finalist will appear each evening. The session will consist of a community forum at which parents, students and the public will have the opportunity to meet and ask questions of the candidate.
Earlier in the day, interim Superintendent Jessica Huizenga will lead the candidate on a guided tour of the various schools in the district. Candidates will also have lunch with central office staff and dinner with members of the School Committee.
Should the committee move ahead with all four finalists, additional site visits will be scheduled.
A final decision is expected in February with the new superintendent to start July 1.
Colley has worked in Westport since 2009. Prior to that, he was assistant superintendent of Nantucket Schools. Colley began his education career teaching science at high schools and middle schools in New York and Florida. He became a principal in 1992 and has also worked as an assistant superintendent for business on Martha's Vineyard.
Ward has worked in education since the early 1970s, having served as an elementary school teacher, high school math teacher and administrator at locations such as British Columbia, Arizona and New Hampshire.
Carrier has a lengthy career in education, including serving as the director of teaching and learning in Northampton and as a principal in the Westfield School District.
Parker is president and lead educational consultant for Westport-based IDEAL Consulting Services Inc. He serves as a consultant for school systems across New England and New Jersey related to student achievement and behavioral difficulties.


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ScienceWoman notes: Last week I gave away a couple of books to readers who enthusiastically promised to review the books. The books were mailed on Friday and I've already gotten the first review back. Talk about enthusiasm! Here's a review from Courtney of Courtney's Blog. What Are You Optimistic About is one of Edge.org's "celebration…


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'Details, details, details" - that's Ramsin Khachi's mantra, and it's one he's evidently adhered to by the looks of his dream home.
Clad in signature flashy shirt, tailored jeans and sporting fashionably unshaven salt-and-pepper stubble, the principal of Khachi Design Group and Khachi Interiors (khachi.com) gazes with pride at his latest triumph: 79 Raymar Place in southeast Oakville.
His dream home, he says, was completed by "thinking small on a big budget," though he prefers not disclose the price. Situated close to dozens of upscale shops and trendy restaurants of historical downtown Oakville, it makes for a compelling picture.
Bordering the lake, the land on which the house sits was once part of a sprawling Eaton family estate. The area has been transformed into an exclusive cul-de-sac community, defined by generous lot sizes and mature greenery, where realty commands millions. Flagstone pillars at the street entrance are reminders of former glory times.
"The first time I saw this house, it was rundown - a warren of tiny, segregated rooms," Mr. Khachi says, standing on the house's stone stoop. "It was a diamond in the rough. I knew what to do - design an open space true to the history and refinement of the original estate."
By way of illustration, he points to the home's exterior features: Its impeccable mix of brick and stucco façade and the diamond motifs sculpted into the wrought iron railings that line the limestone steps wending to the front door. All of it makes for a sophisticated entry. Ditto columns of reclaimed brick framing the front portico, and the coach lights alongside the walkway, which would not have been out of place a century ago.
"I didn't want a stucco box," the designer says. "I wanted something to reflect the neighbourhood, to blend in beautifully with its surroundings. It's these details that give the house its historical context."
He points out the manicured grounds that are strictly no-fuss, with a perennial garden verged by artificial grass inlays in the front yard. "This is ideal for people who are just too busy to spend time raking lawns," Mr. Khachi says, including himself in the observation. The rear courtyard is designed purely for enjoyment, with a reflecting pool and built-in barbecue and bar. But the prime feature of the lawnfree backyard are the heated floors from the back door to the barbecue that afford outdoor grilling throughout the year.
Entering past the weighty mahogany front door, a multitude of marvels within this 4,900-squarefoot six-tier, split-level home unfold. "The total gut and rebirth of this spacious home remains on the same footprint as the original structure," explains Mr. Khachi, who designed all of the details, both large and small.
The living spaces are gorgeous. Most of the rooms are accented with chunky baseboards, just over seven inches high; oak floors and decorative plaster wall mouldings are throughout. Polished and brushed nickel hardware on doors and cabinetry lend a sophisticated feel.
In the to-die-for kitchen, a thought sparks a smile from Mr. Khachi. "A kitchen should not only be beautiful, but also practical. I often use the analogy that a beautiful kitchen is like a good-looking girlfriend or boyfriend," he laughs. "You eventually get used to the looks and that's when the inner personality becomes more important."
Here's a kitchen exuding personality. Classy and elegant, the room is saturated with light that streams in from the skylights and a wide bank of windows. Definitely a working kitchen (it opens to the family room), it exemplifies the top three points to efficient kitchen planning: workflow, space and motion. The central island, made of walnut, has an integrated breakfast table and pantry wall.
And for the tech lover, there are heated floors and energyefficient appliances. The home is also equipped with an iPad with its own server that controls the heating and cooling system remotely, monitors the security functions and cranks up the entertainment centre and sound system. Downstairs, the safe room - fortified by a heavy metal door, reinforced jamb and panic button - is a place of refuge for the family in case of emergencies. It's also the hub of the home server and is pre-wired for Biometrics for secure and keyless entry into the home.
"Most people don't have the time to be fixing things that should work and dealing with the nuisances that could be eradicated with a little extra thought," Mr. Khachi says. Examples: so as to not ruin the look of the walls, outlets were placed in the baseboards; invisible speakers were installed in several rooms behind the ceiling. "This turns the drywall into a large speaker for an amazing surround sound effect," he grins, cranking up the volume for a demonstration.
Amazing sounds, sights and tastes abound in the basement. The wine cellar is thermostat-controlled behind a glassed entrance, and stocks more than 200 wine bottles. The adjacent exercise room/gym with Kodan vinyl floor tile features Zaneen linear lighting on the room's perimeter, accent lighting on the ceiling, and a 46-inch LED flat screen TV hung behind a mirror wall.
But the star attraction is the soundproof home theatre room, its 115-inch TV screen, Epson Powerlite Home cinema projector (tucked out of sight in the bulkhead), and a booming Harman Kardon sound system creates the full movie experience. Designed like a vintage Hollywood cinema, it comes complete with step-down seating (two comfy sofas), coffered ceilings, beverage refrigerators and handy built-in microwave for popcorn as the family settles in to watch flicks.
"I'm always learning and discovering new ways to create the perfect home," Mr. Khachi says. That's the sort of design advice he gives in his Home Day segment, which airs Thursdays on Cityline. The renovation of No. 79 has been documented on Cityline over the past 14 months.
His emphasis on details and functionality mirrors his attitude. "Life's too short for stuff not to work right, so I keep refusing to cut back," Mr. Khachi says. "I choose to go with high-quality products that do what you need them to do." Those topline items include the hardware for pocket doors. "Traditional pocket door hardware has always been a pet peeve of mine," he sighs. "They've always rattled." In searching for a solution, he found the smooth operating Crowdertrack system and uses it regularly in his renos.
Number 79 offered Mr. Khachi an opportunity to be his own client. "I wanted to take everything that bothers me about home renovating and correct them. I didn't want a budget to limit my decisions. I had carte blanche to design every space to achieve functionality."


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Bond Issues - 1974 and 1999
Libraries are more than just buildings and books - they are the lifeblood of the community, a place to read and wonder, learn and think. Broward County Library is all of that and more - it is the people of Broward County. Without them, the believers and the dreamers, Broward County Library may never have evolved into what it is today, one of the nation's most highly respected libraries, an award-winning institution that was named 1996-1997 "Library of the Year" by Library Journal.
When Broward County Library was first chartered in 1974, the entire system consisted of four libraries; however, the rapid growth of Broward County's population necessitated growth of many of county's infrastructure, libraries included. While many of the cities throughout Broward County had small libraries of their own, it wasn't until 1974 that a decision was made to open a full-service countywide library system. After Broward County Library was chartered, city libraries were invited to join the county system.
As the system grew, the former city libraries increased their collections and access to reference materials, but still something was lacking. Broward County was growing, but there was no central library for reference and research. In the mid-1970s, Broward was a smaller place, with no university library, and educational and academic libraries were lacking the reference materials needed to meet the needs of people.
Another concern for those looking to expand Broward County Library was finances; at the time, all library buildings, public service and administration, were housed in rented facilities. Library leaders wisely recognized that the price of land in South Florida wasn't going down, and if they continued to put off buying land and building their own structures, the prices would only get higher and higher, making it more difficult in the future to get the necessary libraries built and opened. (As a reference, building costs for a "central" - now Main Library - were estimated at $55 per square foot.)
A small - but strong and vocal - group of library supporters organized to lobby extensively for more funding to support existing libraries as well as build new ones. Their plan was to construct one central reference/research library, three regional libraries (South, West, and East) and the renovation or construction of Hallandale, Tamarac, Hollywood, Coral Springs, Imperial Point, Riverland, Cooper City and Lauderdale Lakes/Lauderhill Branch Library.
"It will not give us 'the ultimate library system' by any means," said then-Library Director Cecil E. Beach. "If we accomplish this, it merely means that we will have the facilities we should have to serve the people who live here."
A plan was formed and a campaign started to get a bond issue passed to fund the much-need facilities at an estimated cost of $31,852,000. The supporters of the bond issue made it clear that libraries weren't a luxury: In September of 1978, the voters of Broward County approved the passage of a Bond Issue that would infuse Broward County Library with the funds necessary to develop and maintain a full-service library system. $32 million was earmarked for 12 new and expanded libraries; when this figure was broken down, it came to only $1.59 per person per year - less than the cost of one paperback book. A five-year plan was adopted in order to best utilize available funds, with special attention paid to budgeting for proper staffing, books, and operational costs.
And so Broward County Library grew.
Fast forward two decades: It's now 1998 and the growth of Broward County, in terms of both development and population, is tremendous. After Hurricane Andrew in 1992, many former Miami-Dade residents flocked north, settling everywhere from Pembroke Pines to Coral Springs. Communities sprawled westward - communities with children and schools as well as senior citizens and retirement villages. In a list of the 35 most populous cities in Florida, 11 are located in Broward County.
Broward County Library now included 35 branches, 659 staff members, 2.3 million books and a budget that was now stretched to the limit as the library struggled to service this burgeoning population.
The campaign was on. The fall of 1998 saw community leaders, library staff and library advocates joining together to rally for the successful passage of the library Bond Issue, Better Libraries for a Better Broward.
The Bond Issue was created to provide $139.9 million in financing to renovate existing libraries and build new ones. In addition to construction funding, the Bond Issue would also bring more than 1 million new books and books-on-tape for all Broward County Library, more state-of-the-art computer workstations, and more programming for children. The initial plan called for nine new libraries and five expanded ones for a total of 345,000 additional square feet of library.
And on March 9, 1999, the voters of Broward County overwhelmingly passed the Bond Issue in a three-to-one victory, paving the way for a new era of growth and development for Broward County Library. Now plans were on the book for the 11 new or replacement libraries throughout Broward County, all of which were to be built or redeveloped within a five-year time span.
First on the list: a blueprint that would successfully outline the steps and measures necessary to ensure that the growth of the library would be instituted smoothly and easily. A master program schedule was created, providing for all Library Bond projects to be completed within five years from the March 9, 1999 date that voters approved of the Library Bond Referendum.
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How to disable the favicon in a Drupal 7 theme
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You may want to hide the favicon, also called the shortcut icon that appears on your themes. This can be done via a global setting or by individual themes in the Drupal 7 admin dashboard. Turning off the favicon is very simple in Drupal 7 and can be done by following these instructions.
Removing the favicon in Drupal 7:
- Log into your Drupal 7 Admin panel.
- Using the top menu area, click on the Appearance option.
- This will bring up the themes page where it lists all themes installed within Drupal 7. Locate the Settings tab at the upper right corner of the screen and click it.
- This brings you to the main Appearance page. You will see Global Settings followed by the slogan of all enabled themes as a top menu bar. To set this setting for all themes, be sure you are set to Global Settings by clicking on the label. If you wish to turn off this setting for a particular theme, simply click on that theme's name in the menu. You will then need to locate the Toggle Display list. Find the Shortcut Icon setting. Simply click the checkbox to disable it. There should no longer be a check in the box.
Note that not all themes support the global settings. If that is the case for your theme, simply choose the theme name at the top instead of Global Settings to go to the settings for that particular theme. Then you willl be able to turn off the logo for that theme.
- Click on the Save Configuration button at the bottom of the page to save the change. Below is a demonstration of how your site will look after disabling the favicon.
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