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EDITOR'S NOTE: NFL reporter Jeff Legwold analyzes the Broncos' 31-25 loss to the Houston Texans on Sunday and looks ahead:
Perhaps it is because the Broncos' offense still has that new-car smell to it, with a future Hall of Famer at quarterback and the truckload of expectations he has in tow.
But for the ultimate everything-in-its-place guy, the Broncos' 1-2 start is just another thing on the list of new things Peyton Manning is trying to attend to.
Manning is the king of the fast start over his previous 13 seasons. Fast starts to possessions, fast starts to games, fast starts to seasons. No huddle and no mercy.
Pedal to the metal fast, and by the time the smoke cleared, the game often had been decided before anyone, Broncos included over the years, could make any adjustments.
In his time in Indianapolis, the Colts started eight seasons at 3-1 or better. That total includes a stretch of six years in a row when the team started 4-1 or better. The list includes the double-take-worthy starts of 2005 (13-0), 2006 (9-0), 2007 (7-0) and 2009 (14-0).
A 1-2 start? Well, Manning will have to dial up the way-back machine to his rookie year — 1998 — when the Colts opened 1-4 on the way to a 3-13 mark. Even in his second year, in 1999, when Manning's Colts were just beginning to show what they would become, Indy opened 2-2, but went on an 11-game winning streak on its way to a playoff spot.
Longtime Manning associates and longtime Manning observers say they see a frustrated player trying to will it to be different, to overpower growing pains. They see the game's ultimate planner dealing with the unknown, dealing with a professional environment he is still settling into.
And just before he stepped away from the podium Sunday night to start a new week, Manning offered the solution for all involved. "Be honest," he said of the approach. "Everybody needs to be accountable."
Because 1-2 can still be the start of something good, or it can be something else entirely.
"We know we're a better team than that," said defensive tackle Kevin Vickerson, who added: "It's up to us to show it."
Key match-up
With all of the injuries the Oakland Raiders have had at wide receiver this season — Darrius Heyward-Bey, who missed time in training camp also suffered a neck injury and a concussion in a scary collision Sunday against the Steelers — running back Darren McFadden has been, and will continue to be, asked to power the offense. McFadden leads the team in rushing and receiving.
While a limited Raiders offense is good news for the Broncos' defense, a Raiders offense that leans on McFadden may not be. In his past three outings against the Broncos, McFadden has rushed for 150, 165 and 119 yards, with the 150-yard effort coming when Raiders coach Dennis Allen was calling the defensive signals in Denver last season.
McFadden has averaged 6.8, 10.3 and 6.0 yards a carry in those three games and the Broncos may have set some kind of unofficial record for missed tackles against a single player in McFadden's 165-yard effort in 2010.
Also, given how much trouble the Broncos had with the Texans' play-action game Sunday, look for the Raiders to put quarterback Carson Palmer on the move this Sunday since it is a feature the Raiders have added to the playbook this year.
McFadden is coming off his first 100-yard effort of the season Sunday — 113 yards at 6.3 yards a pop with a 64-yard touchdown run — against the Steelers.
Comparison shopping
The Broncos are minus-3 in turnover margin after three games. That means, including the Broncos, six of the nine teams at minus-3 or worse are 1-2. Cincinnati (2-1), Dallas (2-1) and Philadelphia (2-1) are the others.
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Start me up
Quarterback Peyton Manning is in unfamiliar territory with the Broncos at 1-2 over their first three games. In his time with the Colts, Manning routinely helped power the team out of the gate:
Year Start
1998: 1-4
1999: 2-2
2000: 3-1
2001: 2-3
2002: 4-1
2003: 5-1
2004: 4-1
2005: 13-0
2006: 9-0
2007: 7-0
2008: 3-2
2009: 14-0
2010: 5-2
2011: DNP-injury
2012*: 1-2
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Minutes of the Federal Reserve's July policy meeting hit the wire today. Spencer Jakab breaks down what to look for when the minutes hit on MoneyBeat. Photo: Getty Images.
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While supervising a recycling and waste disposal program, Wayne Koeckeritz was so bothered by all the food waste he saw destined for the landfill that he decided to do something about it. He quit his job as a facility manager of a luxury hotel in South Carolina, cashed out his savings, bought a used garbage truck and set out on his own to turn food trash into compost treasure with his hauling company, Food Waste Disposal (FWD).
With a background in logistics gained through working in the military and the hotel industry, Koeckeritz knew there were significant inefficiency and environmental problems associated with managing the sheer volume of food and organic waste generated by many businesses. It occurred to him that these problems offered an unmet opportunity to work with restaurants and other operations, from universities to grocers, in the Charleston, South Carolina metro area. By focusing on commercial and institutional businesses, he could have a direct impact on keeping food waste – a major and unnecessary contributor to landfills – out of the waste stream, and put it to good use through composting. Koeckeritz views FWD's "table-to-farm" approach as an essential component to closing the overall food system loop that complements its better recognized "farm-to-table" segment.
Koeckeritz acknowledges that reducing the food waste epidemic in the United States means reconsidering consumer behavior, portion sizes and public policy. Nonetheless, these businesses will always generate organic waste in the sale and production of food (think onion skins, chicken bones, biodegradable paper products, etc.). To that end, there will be constant demand for food waste hauling and composting within the food industry, especially since the service reduces the total cost of waste disposal in some cases. The other benefits provided by FWD are decreased methane emissions from landfills, the ever-valuable and marketable resource of compost to farmers and community recognition. Plus, there is a bonus to FWD customers: They get compost credits which they can use or pass on to gardeners or farmers, to be redeemed for fresh compost!
Recently, we caught up with Koeckeritz at his home in Charleston. Our conversation was as entertaining as it was broad and included subjects like the city's unique composting program, what it takes to attract customers and the future of food-to-farm initiatives in his region and around the United States. We also delved into the food, water and energy "nexus," one of our favorite topics here at GRACE and Ecocentric, and one that wasted food embodies.
For this and more, check out the transcript of our conversation. Below is a selection of what we discussed.
On what led Wayne to start his company, Food Waste Disposal.
Really what it is, it's a hauling business. And the reason is, here, in Charleston County there were no facilities to do any commercial composting. And the county themselves, probably about 18 months to 24 months ago began a pilot program with the Department of Health and Environmental control to do commercial food composting, because there continue to be no regulations in the state of South Carolina that governs anything like this. And so in order for the county to do it they had to work very closely with the state.
What's really rewarding to see is when local farmers who have been going up to the county facility and loading up on four or five, six tons of compost to bring back to their fields, to use that compost in the growing of their produce which then gets turned around and put back into the local restaurant. If you want to talk about closing the loop, there it is.
And they now, the county is now the only site in the state of South Carolina that is permitted to do commercial food composting. And what that did though was created a market, created a market for somebody to transport all of the compostable food and organic waste. And that is really where I saw an opportunity to start a business to do that. And the traditional MSW [municipal solid waste] haulers have sort of sat on the sidelines a little bit and watched and recognizing that it's still quite a niche market, very early in its stage of growth and development. So that, again, is kind of the impetus for really getting out there now and trying to gather market share and spread the word.
And what led me to this was - I had been in hospitality for fifteen years, prior to starting this company. And I had always been on the facilities side of hotels. I was in the maintenance department. And typically in the facility operations I oversaw recycling and municipal solid waste. So recognizing how wasteful hotels are in terms of energy, in terms of food, and water. All of those things. There was obviously a desire to try to change that, not to the detriment of the guest experience, but many more about what can we do on the back side. If we are going to consume a lot of these things, what can we do on the backside to at least soften the impact of that consumption? And so that's really where I ended up. Starting out on my own and starting this company.
On the tremendous environmental and efficiency benefits that food and organic waste hauling and composting provide and closing the "table-to-farm" loop.
Landfills are the number three leading contributor of methane. Fifteen percent of all methane emissions are generated by landfills. So I can make that argument that if you had a finite number of recycling dollars, and sustainability dollars, you want it to have the biggest impact, I can make the case that doing food and composting which is again, 60 or 70 percent of your waste stream, is a better value, is a better economic, environmental benefit than actually recycling glass and plastics. Sometimes I lay that one on there so they almost have to talk themselves out of composting. Because if they've talked themselves into recycling, the same line of logic would then say, well we should compost. See you almost have to get them to say, "Look, I don't know." And then they feel sort of torn by that, as well.
Now I'm saying: Look, I'm going to offer you value. Now you can write a check and know that you're doing something that has great, important value in the community. Not only to extending and prolonging the life of the landfill, but reducing methane emissions, you are helping create a product that, what I talked about and you've probably heard some variant of this in New York and your travels elsewhere, the whole farm-to-table movement. Farm to table. And I simply say, "I'm table-to-farm."
We focus all about the local farmer and sustainability and getting those local products to the local market, to that table, but then what do we do with it. Well I'm talking about let's get it back to the farm. And what's really rewarding to see is when there are local farmers who have been going up to the county facility and loading up on four or five, six tons of compost to bring back to their fields, to use that compost and the growing of their produce which then gets turned around and put back into the local restaurant. If you want to talk about closing the loop, there it is.
On how food waste exemplifies and impacts the food, water, energy nexus.
But what I can say is, "Look, within this corn or tomato or whatever, or whatever it is, there's a number of BTUs that were used to produce it. Let's, you know, at least capture some of those resources and that energy and take that and put it back in rather than being incredibly wasteful with it."
I think two-thirds of all water consumption is for industrial agriculture. It's staggering, those numbers are staggering. So again, if we're expending those resources, and what can we do on the back end to at least capture those and try to reuse them. So that's really, I think, my focus is - I know there is a lot of advocacy and a lot of groups that are working on the front end of this issue, and trying to figure out ways to use less water and less fuel and all of that. Like I said, that's not where I'm at right now. I'm on the backside of that. What can we do to at least sort of respect all of the energy and resources that went into producing the food?
But it's interesting, you know, having never really thought about that nexus of those three until you asked the question and forced me to think about it. It almost makes me want to go and use that now when I'm talking to folks and say, "Hey, just know there's all these resources going into this, lets at least try to capture them on the backside, as well."


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The total carbon emissions for a flight from New York, New York to Sydney, Australia is 3,722 lbs CO2.
This is equivalent to 1,688 kg CO2e or 1.69 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents.
With radiative forcing in effect, the carbon emissions may increase by 2.7 times, so the CO2 equivalents would then be 10,050 pounds, equivalent to 4,559 kilograms or 4.56 metric tonnes.
These calculations are based on the distance from New York, NY to Sydney, Australia, which is 9,934 miles or 15,988 kilometers.
Your trip begins in New York, New York.
It ends in Sydney, Australia.
This trip is a long haul international flight. The calculation includes an assumption of a 79.7% load factor with 346 seats on the B747-400 and 261 seats on the B767-300ER.
Travelmath provides an online carbon emissions calculator to help you find the CO2 footprint of any flight. You can enter airports, cities, states, countries, or zip codes to compute the CO2 emissions between any two locations. The distance is calculated using a GPS-accurate method and the approximate carbon emissions are shown in pounds, kilograms, and metric tonnes. You can view the effects of radiative forcing and other variables on the measure of carbon dioxide equivalents (CO2e). Formulas are based on the UK DEFRA specifications for domestic, short haul, and long haul international flights. Carbon emissions due to airline travel can impact climate change, so it's important for us to look for eco-friendly ways to help the environment and leave a greener world for the next generation. You can do your part by learning how to go green--through recycling and conserving natural resources, promoting clean air and water, purchasing carbon offsets to reduce your personal footprint, and encouraging your company to take part in corporate sustainability.


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TaoSecurity Blog!
I wrote my first post on 8 January 2003 while working as an incident response consultant for Foundstone working for Kevin Mandia. Today I am Chief Security Officer at Mandiant, back working for Kevin Mandia. (It's a small world.)
With 2905 posts published over these 10 years, I am still blogging -- but much less. Looking at all 10 years of blogging, I averaged 290 per year, but in the age of Twitter (2009-2012) I averaged only 144 blog posts per year. Last year I wrote 60 times.
Why the drop over the years? First, I "blame" my @taosecurity Twitter account. With over 15,000 followers, easy posting from mobile devices, and greater interactivity, Twitter is an addictive platform. However, I really enjoy Twitter and make the trade-off gladly. It would be nice to become a verified user though, with access to two-factor or two-step authentication.
Second, blogging used to be the primary way I could share my ideas with the community. These days, speaking and writing are a big part of my professional duties. For example, last year news outlets quoted me 55 times. Those citations represent hundreds of hours spent talking to the press, explaining how security works and how to improve our situation. I also wrote for the Mandiant Blog, and spoke or taught at 22 events. At the end of many days, I feel like I'm getting my message out without blogging.
Third, time is precious. I enjoy spending time with my family, or reading, or working out, or learning to play guitar when I'm not working for Mandiant.
However, I still plan to keep blogging in 2013. Twitter's only a 140 character platform, and some days I have the time and inclination to share a few thoughts beyond what I've said or written for work.
To celebrate the blog's 10th birthday, I will be announcing a book giveaway on my @taosecurity Twitter account either today or before the end of the week. Follow me on Twitter for details.
Before finishing I'd like to thank Blogger, now part of Google, for providing me this free platform for the past ten years. Way to go!
In my next post I will share word on an exciting new project. Stay tuned.
Tuesday, January 08, 2013
Happy 10th Birthday TaoSecurity Blog
Posted by Richard Bejtlich at 07:01
Labels: birthday
3 comments:
- Chris Buechler said...
Congrats, Richard.
- RWeiss said...
Richard, thanks for all the great writing and thoughts! Good luck on all of those goals and I sure appreciate all that you have shared.
- Ben James S said...
Hey congrats on 11 years. Would love to have been in the game for that long myself, but I couldn't even get a decent internet connection back in 2003. And 300-500 posts a year is an insane effort; even at 18-60 posts, you are still posting more than many of the other blogs I follow. Cheers, mate
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Whether you are a long time fan, or a newcomer to Americana music, The Progressive Torch & Twang is a must have during your Tuesday night!


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The Knowles Collection continues to have incredible growth. In September of 2010 the collection was updated to include the records of 140,000 people. Today, the collection has again been updated to now include the genealogical records for more than 195,000 people.
The collection which is comprised of 5 individual databases has seen growth in all areas of the world. When it was first introduced on Familysearch.org in August of 2007 it held the records of less than 7000 Jews, almost all from the British Isles. Today over 60 different countries are represented and over 10,000 records are added monthly. The growth and support from the genealogical community has been wonderful. The individual databases are:
- Jews of the British Isles 104,100 people
- Jews of the Americas 53,000 people
- Jews of Europe 33,200 people
- Jews of the Caribbean 4,500 people
- Jews of Africa and the Orient 800 people
The collection, which is freely accessible, can either be downloaded as a Gedcom or can be individually search. To find the links for doing this visit The Knowles Collection wiki page at Family Search Wiki, which is located at https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/The_Knowles_Collection.


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In the meantime, let's talk about research ideas and tips. Why doesn't your research succeed? You need think outside the box. That's the computer box where you are entering your data, the limited box of your research knowledge, and the box where you have isolated your ancestor. Start looking for your ancestors by doing cluster genealogy. This means you will study the area where you find your ancestor for other people. They may be unknown to you now, but they just may become your friends. When you can't find answers for where your ancestors came from, where they went to church, what prompted them to migrate, look at others around them. Did they come from the same place? Did they attend the same church? Did they intermarry? Was there a connection to the old country?
Another tip is to study the geography and history of the area in which your ancestor lived as well as where he or she had lived prior to coming there. What motivated them to move? When was the county formed? What were the parent counties? Are you isolating your research to one county or one area? Make a list of the records that can be found in the county, plus the parent counties. Place your ancestor on a timeline and then progress through your plans for researching that area or areas.
Then when the sun shines you can also start planning a research trip that will be successful. Best of luck with your research on St. Patrick's Day! .... Ruby


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From there on out the movie is concerned with the interlocking stories of the mysterious man enslaved by his vampyre mistresses and kept alive as a sex- and blood-slave, while the camping couple begins to think that maybe something strange IS going on over in that house. There are a few more unfortunate hitchhikers, a strange confrontation between the painter and the vampyres, and a climax that left me feeling satisfied but more than a little unsettled.
In recent years--decades even, starting perhaps in the mid 80s--the vampire movie has fallen upon hard times. We've been deluged with so many pale, emaciated, Cure/Bauhaus-inspired effeminite depression clinic-reject club-hopping vampires in frilly costumes, or else with so many Blade-wannabe leather-clad gangstas-cum-fangstas in flicks that were less about vampires than about car chases, 'splosions, and kung-fu-fighting, it's been hard to maintain one's faith in the ability of the vampire to inspire anything more than antipathy, mild amusement, or outright boredom. Certainly it's been a while since I've seen a vampire flick that I thought was artfully made and engaging, and longer still since I can actually say I found one frightening.
However, I needed only stretch my purview back a little farther, to the early-to-mid 70s, to find what I'd been missing for so long--artfully made cinema, with an engaging plot and vampires who are intriguing, alluring, exciting, and dare I say it, even frightening.
The film: José Ramón Larraz's 1974 masterpiece--yes, I said MASTERPIECE--Vampyres.
Here's a flick that does just about everything right. The cinematography? Lush and exquisite. The settings? Evocative and beautiful. The story? A fantastic modernization without losing the gothic roots and mysterious underpinnings of the myth. The mortal cast? Believeable and engaging. The vampyres themselves? Oh, my.
Here's a movie that starts off with a bang, both figuratively and literally. Figuratively, as we find ourselves in an ornate, gothic bedroom, standing over a dark wood four-poster draped with velvety fabrics, upon which lie two of the more gorgeous euro-babes you could hope to see, the voluptuous Marianne Morris and the alabaster beauty Anulka, nekkid as the day they was birthed and all over one another. It's a sumptuous scene in every respect, and immediately makes you want to stake somebody, if you know what I mean, as within seconds we have our first lesbonic nip-lick. Then just as you've settled into the gorgeousity of this dream-come-true, you get the literal bang--a mysterious, shadowy figure in what looks to be a puritan cap (Symbolism!) creeps in and shoots the poor lovers dead. A cloud of bats obfuscates the screen and continue to flutter back and forth in darkness as the credits roll.
Señor Larraz, YOU HAVE MY ATTENTION.
In short order after this we are taken from the strangely timeless bedroom scene to a definitively modern-day Europe (well, modern-day in 1974) where we meet a mysterious man checking into a local hotel. Not long after this we meet a young couple traveling in their caravan, looking for a remote spot to camp so she can paint and he can sit around looking attractively androgynous and perhaps doing a little fishing. They are a winning and engaging couple, and as they drive down country roads they pass a couple of strange women hitchhiking in flowing gothic dress--or rather one, a brunette, hitchhiking, while another, a blonde, hides a little way off the road in the forest. The sight is strange and dreamlike, and although they don't stop, the girl of the couple can't help thinking about these ladies as they continue down the road. Soon we see a man stop to pick up the hitchhiking woman, a woman who looks suspiciously like one of the murdered lovers from the first scene. But then it's back to the camping couple, who find a spot in a forested area near an "abandoned" gothic manor and set up camp for a few days of fun and frolic.
That night though, haunted by dreams of the strange women, the girl wakes up to the sound of a scream coming from the abandoned manor and sees a hand on her window. Though androgynous hearthrob investigates, he finds nothing.
The next day the hitchhiking ladies are at it again, and this time the brunette is picked up by our mysterious stranger from the inn. We get to follow him as he follows her into the abandoned manor, through decrepit hallways and finally to a modernly furnished love nest in the middle of the house. After a few bottles of wine and some energetic sex our hero wakes up to find himself groggy, anemic, and bleeding from a deep cut in the crook of his elbow. Blood is on the sheets, but his partner is nowhere to be found in the bright light of day. He finds the campers nearby, gets some bandages from them, but as if under a spell returns to the house to wait for his mistress to return.
But the plot is less the point here than the atmosphere and the suspense, which are both ratcheted up to eleven by the director and the actors. Morris as the imperious brunette (obviously the leader) is haughty, cold, and enticing with her distant iciness. Even the way she carries herself as she leads the mysterious stranger into her house tells you a great deal about her character, as she's rigid and no-nonsense, very imperious. Anulka is more withdrawn and submissive, but impossibly beautiful and alluring, with a younger girlish quality to counterpoint Marianne Morris's older-woman-of-experience vibe. She also seems more animalistic and out of control, as when in a shocking scene she comes to Marianne for help and pulls her into the bedroom where they find Anulka's victim (another kindly driver) naked, covered in blood (really a shocking amount of gore) and convulsing on the bed. When the vampyres fall upon him and tear at his bloody flesh like animals, it's disturbing, really frightening, and strangely arousing all at once.
The human characters are great too--the mystery man is not attractive at all, but believably pudgy and ordinary-looking, helplessly enslaved by the powerful vampyres who lust for both his body and his blood. The couple in the camper are great counterpoints of innocence to the vamps' and mystery man's experience. And when the girl discovers the vamps leaving their tomb in the dusk, there is a strange suggestion that she was fated to come here, as Marianne Morris tells her, "I always knew you'd come." Like many mysteries in this movie, however, that one also doesn't play out quite the way you'd expect, and the result is a real shock to even the jaded viewer.
In case you can't tell, I love this movie. It avoids so many pitfalls that later vamp movies leap into willingly. There is never any long exposition of the vampyres' origin and what their FEEEEEEEEEEEELINGS are about being so immortal and beautiful; mostly, it's just the day-to-day trials and tribulations, complications, desires and frustrations of living as a creature who must hunt human blood to survive. Their routine of hitchhiking, seduction, feeding is rather mundane but also unsettling in ways that flicks like Bloodrayne or Underworld never even hint at--they don't even have the intellect necessary to envision it. So no over-explanation. Also, no silly Van-Helsing character pops up to explain it all and rally the troops for a fight to the finish with the undead. No, we have thoroughly modern characters dealing with ageless supernatural forces, and as such the mortals are at a terrible and ultimately tragic disadvantage.
There are some great touches here that just had me in love with this flick all the way through, little things that together make the whole movie. Such as the trance-state the vamps go into after feeding, during which time they are vulnerable and must count on each other to protect themselves. Or the use of blades and glass rather than fangs; or a scene where the mystery man finds a covered mirror--a throwaway scene, but so full of portent. And the ending, which as I say I was surprised by.
But the thing this movie does best--better perhaps than any other vamp movie I've seen--is the eroticism. These vamps are SMOKIN HAWT, and their scenes with one another, either on their own or when they're feeding--oh, man. You get a real sense of their hunger not only for blood, but for flesh, for contact, for life--and not altogether in an exploitative way. I mean, it IS that, but it is also important to the overall vibe of the movie, the themes of loneliness and dependence and even love in impossible situations, filtered through vampirism and bloodlust.
There were a couple of things I could criticize--the post-script ending was a little quick and pat for my taste (how'd the realtor get word so quick? was it a dream?), and many times the vamps seem to be out in broad daylight, although I figured out from inference later that they were only supposed to be in the twilight and dusk (Marianne saying "I saw it was getting late," or Anulka admonishing, "It's nearly dawn! We must go!"), so that's a little confusing. But overall those minor nitpicks do nothing to lessen the impact of this, now one of the Vicar's favorite vampire films.
I went and grabbed the Duke so I could give this movie a full 6 thumbs, double-plus-plus good. Highly, highly, HIGHLY recommended.


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As detailed by a Sophos Security post earlier today, the IT security blog conducted a poll of over 4,000 Facebook users in order to determine a general consensus regarding Facebook's new Timeline feature rolling out to profiles over the next few weeks. Over 50 percent of respondents claimed to be worried about Facebook Timeline and an additional 32 percent responded "I don't know why I'm still on Facebook." Only 8 percent declared positive emotions towards Timeline and another eight percent stated that they will have to get used to it.
However, it's extremely likely that respondents within the poll are "more conscious of privacy and security-related issues than the average man in the street" according to Sophos' senior technology consultant, Graham Cluley. In addition, responses have been collected since Mark Zuckerberg announced the upcoming launch of Facebook Timeline during late September 2011. This reaction does correspond to a similar negative poll around the same time of the original announcement
Beyond the lighthearted responses included within the poll, Sophos Security raises a concern regarding the amount of information that Facebook users share on the service. Detailed on the BBC's College of Journalism blog earlier this month, Cluley explains his thought process regarding his decision to delete his Facebook account. After attempting to tweak the security options, Cluley still wasn't satisfied with the amount of his information available on the profile. He ended up downloading approximately 48MB of photos and other information from his Facebook profile before going through the deletion process.
Deleting a Facebook account is relatively straightforward, but the social network requires that a user goes through a 14-day deactivation period before allowing deletion of the account. Specifically designed to attract users back into reactivating the account, any action on a third-party site using a feature such as Facebook Connect for automatic login or Facebook Like to share interesting content with friends will automatically reactivate the account. Assuming the user can avoid any interaction with a Facebook function over the 14-day period, the account is deleted permanently.
According to a recent report from AllFacebook, brand pages may also receive the Facebook Timeline makeover at the end of February 2012. Potentially being announced at the Facebook Marketing Conference event in New York on February 29, Facebook officials would likely announced a date for the rollout of Timeline for brand pages as all standard Facebook users should have the new design activated by that date. Applying the new Timeline design to brand pages would allow companies and public figures to utilize the large widescreen format for pictures and high definition video clips.
While privacy experts and security gurus appear to be shunning the launch of Facebook Timeline, graphic designers are embracing the new format and using the top banner to show off creative designs. Design blogs such as Inspiration Feed and HongKiat have featured many Facebook users that customize the header of the Timeline profile with a stylish or funny image. Images usually incorporate the main profile picture in the left, bottom corner of the header.
According to Facebook's head product developer, Timeline was inspired by the works of infographic artist Nicholas Felton. In particular, Facebook employees were admiring Felton's yearly annual reports regarding his life. As explained by Co.Design, these reports detail encounters with friends and family members, countries and states visited, statistics about his relationships and activities, methods of transportation, changes in mood, popular conversation topics, food and drink consumed as well as a compendium of various important moments throughout the entire year. This incredibly detailed account of his activities over each year presented in a visually pleasing, informative manner sparked the fire that lead to the development and launch of Facebook Timeline.
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"There are no large pleasures in life, only small ones," a much older boyfriend once pronounced to an impressionable 25-year-old me. He paused for a moment, reflecting. "Except maybe the Prado or the Louvre."
"I've already been to both," I ventured.
"Well. . . ." He raised his hands as if to say: "So, that's that!"
The older I get, the more I take his point. Not that there aren't large pleasures and that they aren't, well pleasurable. But the quality of our days, and thus our lives, is largely determined by small things.
Mulling over possible Life Experiments for June, I hit on the idea of doing one (small) nice thing for myself each day. Given that June 1—today—is my birthday, this seems especially apt. Plus it's also in line with my ongoing quest for more playfulness and fun.
Last month's Life Experiment involved Doing Less. Without going into a lot of detail, I'll say that, strictly speaking, you could count it as a failure. In fact, if my goal had been to Do More, you might say I'd triumphed.
But this isn't the whole story. More and more, I see these Life Experiments as planting seeds. The fruit they bear won't necessarily be within a predictable time frame. This hit home for me a few weeks back when I signed up for a digital photography class that starts next week. As regular readers may recall, my Photo-a-Day experiment lasted just a few days. But now, here I am returning to the terrain I staked out then. The seed I planted is taking root, just not the way I planned.
When I sat down to the make the list of 30 small things, I had the idea of small pleasures—a massage, a dinner out with friends, new running shoes—but as I started to write, what leaped to mind were small nagging tasks. Exhibit A would be the sweater with a button that's been waiting to be sewn back on for something like 10 years. (In a novel this might be a metaphor, but in my life, it's fact.)
In Life Coach-land such tasks-in-waiting are known as "tolerations" and are said to be constant drains on our store of energy. In any case, I'm pretty sure I'd feel better with a shorter list. Massages and restaurant dinners are nice, but so is creating order. My hypothesis: Getting that button sewn back will make me unreasonably happy.
Life Experiment #6: Do once small nice thing for yourself each day—which may mean pleasurable in the doing but could also mean pleasurable in the sense of feeling-happier-having-done-it. (Hi there, sweater and button!)


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- 3.5l V6 Sfi (e85) Includes (e85) Flexfuel (gas Ethanol) Capability
- Uses Gasoline Or E85 Fuel (211 Hp [157.3 Kw] @ 5800 Rpm
- 214 Lb-ft Of Torque [288.9 N-m] @ 4000 Rpm) (included And Only Available With (fe9) Federal Emissions Requirements.)
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- 4-speed Automatic Electronically Controlled With Overdrive
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- Front Wheel Drive
- Battery
- Maintenance-free With Rundown Protection And Retained Accessory Power (600 Cca.)
- Alternator
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- 16" (40.6 Cm) 5-spoke
- Styled Cast Aluminum
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- P225/60r16 All-season
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- Headlamps
- Halogen Composite With Automatic Exterior Lamp Control
- Daytime Running Lamps
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- Outside Power-adjustable
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- Radio Data System (rds)
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- Theftlock And Auxiliary Input Jack
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- Front Bucket With Cloth
- 40/40
- Floor Mats
- Carpeted Front And Rear
- Applique
- Woodgrain On Instrument Panel And Door
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- Driver Manual Lumbar Control
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- Cruise Control
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- V6 Cylinder Engine
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2008 Chevrolet Impala ReviewThis car review is specific to this model, not the actual vehicle for sale.
Big, roomy and practical.
The Chevrolet Impala is a big, roomy sedan. While classified as a midsize sedan, it's large for that class. Close in size to the Toyota Avalon, competes with mid-size and full-size cars. Among them: the Ford Taurus, Chrysler 300, Dodge Charger, as well as the Honda Accord, Toyota Camry, and Nissan Altima.
We find the Impala's neat, clean lines pleasing to the eye. Its styling looks fresh, and it is, having been sharpened when the Impala was last redesigned for 2006. Other people think so: the Impala is among the top-10 best-selling cars in the U.S.
This is a roomy car, in the front as well as the back seats, and getting in and out is easy. The Impala has a big trunk with a big trunk lid that makes loading cargo easy, and it has a healthy cargo capacity. Optional flip-and-fold rear seats are exclusive in its class, and provide not only holding wells for groceries but a flat cargo floor that expands the trunk for long items.
On the road, the Impala is very stable, a nice cruiser. There's lots of low-end torque from the larger of the two available V6 engines, a 3.9-liter V6 with advanced technologies. Step on the gas and it goes. Given its size, the Impala handles well, and surprisingly so.
Several models are available, ranging from strong, reliable, fuel-efficient family sedan to sleek and powerful performance car. The mid-level Impala LT probably best exemplifies the model line. We like the LT with the optional 3.9-liter V6, which features GM's Active Fuel Management to improve real-world fuel economy. The LTZ adds a heavy-duty suspension, leather interior and convenience features. The SS comes with a small-block 5.3-liter V8 engine that sounds great and delivers strong acceleration performance.
Chevrolet continues to improve and upgrade the Impala. We highly recommend the StabiliTrak electronic stability control. The audio system has been upgraded for 2008, and XM Satellite Radio is standard on all models. OnStar is standard, and in its latest version it will automatically communicate the nature and severity of a crash as well as its location to the 911 centers.
Overall, the Chevrolet Impala is a comfortable and convenient car, practical and enjoyable to drive. It also offers low prices.
The 2008 Chevrolet Impala spans a broad model range that includes the base LS, the mid-range LT, the loaded LTZ, and the high-performance SS.
Impala LS ($21,255) comes with a 211-hp 3.5-liter V6, a four-speed automatic transmission, cloth upholstery, a 40/20/40 front bench seat with six-way power for the driver, air conditioning, power windows, programmable power locks, AM/FM/CD/MP3 audio with six speakers, XM Satellite Radio, OnStar, cruise control with buttons on the tilting steering wheel, 16-inch steel wheels, and a tire-pressure monitor. Four-wheel-disc brakes are standard, also; anti-lock brakes (ABS) with Electronic Brake-force Distribution (EBD) and traction control are optional ($600). The clever flip-and-fold rear seats are available ($295); so is an engine block heater ($75). A flex-fuel version of the V6 can burn E85 ethanol; it's standard in most states, optional in others.
LT ($21,865) upgrades to dual-zone air conditioning, eight-way power adjustable driver's seat, dual exhausts, fog lights, 16-inch aluminum wheels, a compass, and more interior conveniences. The standard engine is still the 3.5-liter V6. Options include the complete LS list plus leather upholstery ($1125) on bench or bucket seats, a premium audio system ($295), eight-speaker Bose system ($495), sunroof ($900), universal garage door opener ($100), and rear spoiler ($275).
The LT Luxury Edition package ($2,070) includes leather trim, an upgraded OnStar with Directions and Connections and Turn-By-Turn Navigation, leather-wrapped steering wheel with audio and cruise controls, flip-and-fold rear seat, ABS/EBD with traction control, and a rear spoiler. The 2LT package ($2675) includes the 3.9-liter V6 with Active Fuel Management (formerly called Displacement on Demand) and 233 horsepower; as well as the premium audio system, leather-wrapped steering wheel with audio and cruise controls, flip-and-fold rear seat, ABS/EBD with traction control, rear spoiler, and 17-inch vented steel wheels with chrome wheel covers.
LTZ ($26,830) comes standard with the 3.9-liter V6 and, for 2008, the same FE3 performance suspension as the SS model (see below). ABS/EBD and traction control are also standard. Inside you'll find leather upholstery, heated seats with eight-way power, upgraded audio with eight speakers, and a leather-wrapped steering wheel with audio and cruise controls. Standard wheels are now 18-inch five-spoke machined alloys wearing W-rated P235/50R18 performance tires.
The SS ($28,235) boasts a 303-hp all-aluminum 5.3-liter V8 designed specifically for front-wheel-drive applications. It also features Active Fuel Management and drives through a heavy-duty four-speed automatic. The SS comes with 18-inch chromed aluminum wheels, P235/50 W-rated performance tires, FE3 performance suspension, and leather-appointed bucket seats, although cloth-upholstered buckets are available for a credit ($1125).
Safety features that come standard on all Impalas include dual front smart air bags and side-curtain roof-mounted air bags for front- and rear-seat passengers. Anti-lock brakes (ABS) with Electronic Brake-force Distribution (EBD) and traction control are standard on 2LT, LTZ and SS, optional on LS and LT. StabiliTrak is offered for the first time on an Impala and is standard on 2LT, LTZ, and SS. A tire-pressure monitor is standard.
The 2008 Chevrolet Impala presents a clean, neat, pleasing design that's not so homogenized as to be boring. It's an attractive car.
Most recently re-styled for 2006, the current Impala features smooth lines. The big headlamps have a premium, jeweled appearance with three independent lighting units and are smoothly integrated into the front end. The tail lights are nicely integrated as well. These details complement other quality attributes, such as tight tolerances of 3.5 mm or less between body panels and substantial grab-style door handles that won't pinch your fingers or snap away from your hand on a cold morning. Flat-blade windshield wipers provide consistent pressure on the glass, which helps eliminate streaking and wind noise.
The LS, LT and LTZ are distinguished by exterior trim but share one front end design, while the SS sports a unique grille with SS-signature black-diamond crosshatch pattern. The Impala SS also features Corvette-inspired bright exhaust tips. A rear spoiler is standard on LTZ and SS models, and is available on LT.
The 2008 Impala has a lot going for it inside as well. Like the exterior, the cabin was completely redesigned for 2006, and has remained comfortably the same since then.
The standard seats have firmer cushions and increased lumbar support compared to previous models. We didn't find the SS seats particularly comfortable or supportive. Lumbar support is too aggressive, while there's not enough side bolstering to retain the upper body in corners.
A twin-brow instrument panel wraps around into the doors. Impala LS, LT and LTZ models have wood trim, with brushed silver trim a no-cost option on LT and LTZ. The SS comes standard with unique metallic trim panels, with wood as an option. We found the instrument panel pleasing to the eye, colorful, entertaining and easy to use, with a nice all-of-a-piece unity and style to it. Interior materials are a grade above average.
The dual-zone climate control system that comes on all but the base LS model is a snap to use, with large, round control knobs and good markings. It can support up to a 12-degree temperature difference side-to-side. The optional remote engine start system comes with a 200-foot operating range and automatic climate pre-conditioning to warm or cool the interior. The driver information center offers more than 50 different alerts, depending on the vehicle's equipment. The glovebox is large enough to actually hold stuff.
For 2008, a new family of audio systems features radios compatible with Generation 7.0 OnStar. The base audio system comes with six speakers, AM/FM/CD/MP3 capability, and XM Satellite Radio. It features speed-sensing volume control and a two-line, 32-character display and the capability to select freely between AM, FM and XM. We really liked this system because we could set up all of our favorite stations in one row, for example, allowing us to quickly switch between AM news, XM news, FM music stations, and CDs. Setting these presets is as easy as holding the button down. A big round knob in the center allows quick volume adjustments. Presets for the equalizer let you quickly switch settings from rock to country & western to talk radio. Too many radios nowadays are too complex or have tiny buttons difficult to operate underway. Not so with GM's radios. The Impala sound system is sophisticated yet easy to operate. The optional system adds an in-dash six-CD changer. The premium system is Bose. All radios include a standard auxiliary input jack for external devices such as an iPod or remote cassette player.
The new Generation 7.0 OnStar offers Turn-by-Turn navigation with the optional Directions and Connections service. Turn-by-Turn navigation directs the driver through the route by using the digital readout lines in the radio head. Directions are downloaded by the OnStar advisor to the vehicle and can be played back or paused anywhere from start to destination. Besides being easy to use (all directions are downloaded to the car by an advisor) Turn-by-Turn is less expensive than a GPS navigation system.
The back seat is roomy and comfortable for two adults or three kids, but not three adults. The forward-flipping rear seat cushions reveal a storage tub underneath that can contain spills or transport a variety of items. The tub also serves as a covered storage area beneath the seat with cushions down; and exposes convenient grocery bag hooks when the cushions are flipped forward. A generous pass-through from the trunk can be created by flipping the seat bottoms forward and the seat backs flat.
The trunk is larger than that of most mid-size cars, at 18.6 cubic feet, and a huge trunk opening makes loading easier.
Driving Impression
The Chevrolet Impala features a new generation of V6 engines. We found them to be smooth and quiet if not bristling with power. They feature variable valve timing, which changes the orientation of the camshaft automatically, adjusting the timing of the intake and exhaust valves for better performance, economy, and emissions.
The 3.5-liter V6 that comes standard on LS and LT generates 211 horsepower and 214 pound-feet of torque. It gets an EPA-rated 18/29 mpg City/Highway. The FlexFuel version gets the same 18/29 mpg rating on gasoline or 14/21 mpg with E85 ethanol, useful in areas that sell ethanol.
The 3.9-liter V6 (optional on LT, standard on LTZ) produces 233 horsepower and 240 pound-feet of torque. It features a variable-length intake system and variable valve timing. It also features Active Fuel Management, electronic software that shuts off three cylinders when full power is not needed. Chevrolet says Active Fuel Management improves fuel economy by up to 12 percent in certain driving situations. Chevy has applied this technology before to V8s (where it was called Displacement on Demand), but this is its first appearance on a V6. The 3.9-liter V6 gets and EPA-rated 18/28 mpg, and it's FlexFuel capable and rated 13/20 mpg on E85.
The four-speed automatic transmission is responsive and was never an issue, though some of the competition now offers more flexible five-speed automatics.
The V8 that comes on the SS delivers 303 horsepower and 323 pound-feet of torque. That's more power than any other entry in the class. To sample that, we slammed the throttle open at a stop in first gear. The traction control system let the left front tire spin wildly for a few seconds before it caught up. We appreciated the extra power and torque available in a kickdown or passing situation, and we loved the brawny, muscular sound of this engine at full throttle. It's a challenge to launch quickly and cleanly at the same time, however. Besides wheelspin, there's a lot of torque steer: Slam down the throttle and you'll feel a significant tug on the steering wheel. The V8 features Active Fuel Management, which shifts between eight-cylinder and four-cylinder operation, depending on speed and load. The V8 is EPA-rated at 16/24 mpg using the more stringent 2008 test procedures.
All Impalas come with a MacPherson-strut coil-over-spring independent front suspension, with gas-charged struts and a stabilizer bar. The rear suspension uses a trailing tri-link setup with gas-charged struts and coil springs. A rear stabilizer bar is standard on all models. LS and LT models come with the softer FE1 suspension, while LTZ and SS come with the performance-tuned FE3 setup. We found a lot of pitch, dive, and roll in the chassis, plus a lot of uncertain driving moments with the added power of the SS. The SS, particularly, drives as though its chassis needed more development time before production. Steering on all models is over-assisted, fairly numb and uncommunicative.
The Impala's four-wheel disc brake system (vented in front, solid in rear) represents an improvement over previous generations. Comprising new front brakes, improved rear brakes, and a new brake booster, the system is designed for quieter operation, longer pad life, and more resistance to brake pulsation. ABS, when ordered, includes Electronic Brake-force Distribution and traction control. On the road we found the Impala's brakes very much to our liking: powerful, direct, and linear, with a nice, progressive ratio of pedal travel to stopping progression.
The Chevrolet Impala LS, LT, and LTZ models are pleasing to drive, whether equipped with the 3.5-liter or 3.9-liter V6 engines. The SS cuts a conservative but dashing figure, with its quiet badging and giant five-spoke, 18-inch wheels.
NewCarTestDrive.com correspondent Jim McCraw filed this report from Dearborn, Michigan.
Model Lineup
Chevrolet Impala LS ($21,255); LT ($21,865), 2LT with 3.9-liter ($24,540); LTZ ($26,830); SS ($28,235).
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Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.
Options As Tested
2LT Package ($2675) includes 3.9-liter V6, premium US9 audio, leather-wrapped steering wheel with audio controls, flip-and-fold rear seat, ABS, EBD, traction control, rear spoiler, 17-inch steel wheels; Bose premium sound system ($495).
Model Tested
Chevrolet Impala LT ($21,865).The Chevrolet Impala is a comfortable, convenient and practical car with ample room and a quiet ride. It has neat and clean lines with a fresh style that is pleasing to the eye. The Impala is a full-size front-wheel drive sedan capable of carrying up to six people. It comes in four trim levels: LS, LT, LTZ, and SS. The LS and LT include a 211 hp 3.5-liter V6 engine which is also available in an E85-capable version. The LT is available with a 233 hp 3.9-liter E85-capable V6 which is standard on the LTZ. The SS comes with a 303 hp 5.3-liter V8 engine. All trims come with a four-speed automatic transmission. Standard equipment includes front bucket seats and front, side and side curtain airbags. The Chevrolet Impala is a carryover from 2007.
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Hale, "'[S]hak[ing] the dwellings of the great': Liberation in Joanna Baillie's Poems (1790)"
Hale examines Baillie's anonymously published collection Poems (1790) in the context of the British reaction to the French Revolution, Baillie's political ideology as expressed in her letters, and the poetic climate of the second half of the eighteenth century. Through a close reading of the poems he argues that even though some of the poems depict some ambivalence about the eighteenth-century class system, the early Baillie ultimately critiques that system and subtly encourages rural workers to resist its stifling roles. Hale recovers Baillie as a valuable romantic poet and invites scholars to consider her poetry as they flesh out her status as an important dramatist and literary theorist.


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So, as royalty statements went out this quarter, the near-deafening cry that went up from ebook authors was, "STUPID PIRATES". This is pretty much to be expected. If I do a google search of my pen name, Abigail Barnette (Abigail's latest steampunk story, BOUND IN BRASS is now available at All Romance Ebooks), illegal download requests and sites pop up on the very first page. It's enough to make an author gnash her teeth and rend her garments. Unless we start to look at it another way.
This man is not the enemy. This man gets us drunk.
First of all, we need to stop looking at every download as a sale lost. There's an old saying, "Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?" I've never really understood that saying, because it usually has to do with women giving up sex for free, and the whole milk metaphor seems to work better in conjunction with semen, but that's a blog post for another time. While one could apply this to e-piracy of our books by saying, "If they couldn't get the books for free, they would purchase them," I think the opposite is true. If ebook pirates couldn't get the books (milk) for free, they wouldn't buy them (the cow), anyway. Because clearly, if you're getting it for free, it's not something you'd be willing to spend money on. The opportunity is there for these people. They can easily go find our books on any of the fine retail websites that carry them. But they don't. Instead, they go on message boards and say, "Looking for a torrent, plz," and wait. They wait for it for free, when they could easily drop the measly three or so bucks to have it immediately. To me, that kind of proves that they don't want that book that bad. They want it, but obviously not enough to pay for it.
So, instead of going, "I saw that my book was illegally downloaded twelve times from this site, that means twelve sales I lost," maybe we should look at it like, "My book was downloaded twelve times. That means twelve more people read it than would have otherwise." Sure, this doesn't have the same monetary value to us as authors, but it does have some value.
I'll fess up to something here: I've been known to download episodes of popular cable television shows because I'm too poor and too cheap to pay for cable. It is what it is, okay? Occasionally, I'll tell one of my friends, "You have got to watch this show, it's totally awesome." But she won't illegally download anything. Not a song, not a book, not a tv show, not a set of photoshop brushes, nothing. She is the anti-pirate. I can respect that. So, when I tell her, "You really need to see this show," she waits for the dvd, and either rents it or buys it through perfectly legal means.
Let's extrapolate that out, to the world of books, specifically, romance books, where our reputations as authors are based largely on word-of-mouth sales. Let's pretend our pirate's name is... I don't know, Sheila. We'll call her Sheila. For whatever reason, be it our current economy or just plain being a miser, Sheila doesn't spend much money on books. If she wants a paperback, she gets it from her library, if she wants an ebook, she downloads it from a pirate site. So, let's say Sheila downloads... oh, I don't know, GIANT by Abigail Barnette, and she likes it so much that she tells her friend, we'll call this friend... Harriet, about how great GIANT is, what with the sweet romance and super hot love scenes and all. Harriet, being morally opposed to piracy, goes and buys GIANT from ARe. And while she's there, she picks up the first book in the series, GLASS SLIPPER.
Obviously, this isn't going to happen every single time, so let's talk about a different scenario. Let's say Sheila reads the book, then goes to a review site, like Amazon or GoodReads, and leaves a glowing review. And, since she's such a book nut, her reviews are being followed by, I don't know, fifteen people. That's fifteen people who have just been told that GIANT is an amazing book, and fifteen people more likely to check it out.
Not to mention the fact that just having your name come up with more search results on google is a good thing. If I run a search for either of the names I write under, the last thing I would want is to have six results lead back to me and the fact that I write, and the rest of them pointing to a real estate agent in Kentucky who has more internet gravitas than I do. I'm grateful to pirates for the fact that when I search Abigail Barnette, google no longer asks me, "Did you mean Abigail Breslin?" That shit is disheartening. So, even if you google your name and all that comes up is your site and a thousand piracy sites, at least it's saying, "Hey, this person is out there, and they write books, and they're not Abigail Breslin."
Now, please understand that I'm not trying defend theft. But I'm consistently surprised at how many authors publicly bitch about piracy, when readers are quick to point out how obnoxious they find it. When my latest Jennifer Armintrout release, AMERICAN VAMPIRE came out, I joked to a reader on twitter, "Thanks for buying it instead of pirating it." I meant it as a joke, because I really don't give a shit what other people do with their computers. But the reader was clearly taken aback, judging from her response. I've probably lost that reader over my stupid joke, and it's not like I have so many readers that I can afford to lose them.
Let's take that example and extrapolate it out again. Let's say I love an author. Love, love, love this author, so much so that I follow her on facebook or twitter or some other form of social media that I don't know about because my youth is over and I'm relegated to some hellish limbo wherein I'm no longer "young" but not yet "middle-aged". But when she's tweeting or facebooking or yonking or whatever people do these days, she's always on and on about pirates. Pirates this, pirates that. It seems like her disdain for pirates has consumed her, so much so that everyone is a suspect, including me. Also, it's clear from these tweets and yonks or honks or franks or whatever that she's not really interested in crafting stories for me to enjoy. That's secondary to the real reason she's writing, which is money. And if she's not getting enough to be appeased, I'm going to have to listen to her complain about it.
So, I implore you, authors of the world. Let's just shut up about the book piracy thing. Yes, it sucks. But we're not losing as much money as we assume we are. If they're pirating our books, they're not buying. That doesn't mean they'd have bought them in the first place. And having our work in front of more readers is a good thing. And while we're only in it for the money, we can't tell readers that. It would destroy the illusion that we're all artsy, creative types who live for our work.


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Hotel courtyard with government district in the background
Staying in the most thrilling part of Berlin
Culture, gastronomy, and shopping. The Arte Luise Kunsthotel is located in the very heart of the pulsating capital, in Berlin's Mitte district, right across from the former path of the Wall in today's media and government quarter. The Reichstag, the Chancellery, Brandenburg Gate, Friedrichstrasse, Unter den Linden, as well as Museum Island and Gendarmenmarkt, can all easily be reached by foot. And this means that the city's most important museums, galleries, cafes, restaurants, and shopping possibilities are practically right outside your door. And Ku'damm, Kreuzberg, or Prenzlauer Berg are only a few stations away by S-Bahn.
Exercising and relaxing amidst greenery. Despite being in the city center, the Tiergarten and the Spree are located just behind the hotel. Here you can take a walk, relax, or go for your daily run. From a short outing to the Chancellory, Schloss Bellevue, or Potsdamer Platz, up to a half-marathon along the Spree to Charlottenburg and back, numerous possibilities await. And in summer, a variety of beach bars along the Spree provide a taste of the Caribbean. Swimming is the only thing not recommended here.
|Government Buildings
|Reichstag, Kanzleramt, and the new Spree walkway with monumental government buildings, Bundespressekonferenz .
|200 m
|The boulevard "Unter den Linden"
and Pariser Platz
|Brandenburger Tor, Akademie der Künste, Humboldt-Universität, Staatsbibliothek, Zeughaus etc.
|500 m
|Tiergarten and Spree
|Ideal for walking and jogging. This green oasis stretches from Potsdamer Platz to Charlottenburg.
|500 m
|Pergamonmuseum, Berliner Dom, Alte Nationalgalerie, Altes Museum, Bodemuseum
|900 m
|Gendarmen Markt
|Philarmonie, Deutscher Dom, Französischer Dom
|900 m
Restaurants and Shopping
Unter den Linden
and Gendarmenmarkt
|International businesses and luxurious malls, excellent restaurants in the side-streets (Borchard, Vâu ... )
|500 m
|Oranienburger Straße, Hackescher Markt, and the hip restaurants in the side-streets, boutiques and designers
|500 m
Cultural Life
|Museumsinsel with the Pergamonmuseum, Alte Nationalgalerie, Altes Museum, Bodemuseum, Zeughaus etc., Hamburger Bahnhof, Deutsches Guggenheimmuseum, and much more
|Around 50 galleries situated between the streets Oranienburger- Rosenthaler- and Invalidenstraße
|Concert Halls
|Friedrichstadtpalast, Komische Oper, Staatsoper, Konzerthaus etc.
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Charlotte/South End
South End [1] is a district in Charlotte. Extending from the southern side of the I-277 freeway loop south of Uptown, it extends along South Boulevard toward I-485. It was historically dominated by mills and factories, but in recent years has been reborn as an arts and entertainment district. It is currently one of the city's fastest-developing districts, primarily due to the placement of a light rail line along South Blvd.
Get in
South End is well connected to other parts of Charlotte. South Blvd connects to I-485 south of the city, giving visitors from that direction an easy inlet to the district. Visitors from the Uptown area may travel down South Blvd by car (the easiest way is to take S. Brevard until it becomes South Blvd after the I-277 junction). A cab is also a reasonable option, since the district is only about a mile from Uptown.
In addition to car travel, visitors may also reach South End via mass transit. The Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) [2] operates the transit system in the city. The LYNX Blue Line [3] light rail service runs the length of the South End, stopping at Carson Blvd., Bland Street, and East/West Blvd. The Blue Line connects the South End to Uptown to the north and travels along South Blvd. to the south. Frequency varies from 7-10 minutes on weekdays to 20-30 minutes on weekends. Fares for LYNX are $1.30 one-way (seniors and youth receive a discount) and $4 for a day pass. In addition, bus routes 10 and 16 serve the South End corridor while numbers 19 and 36 just pass through the area.
The Charlotte Trolley [4] is a vintage streetcar system which makes a charming way to get between the South End and Uptown. The trolley runs along the LYNX route, stopping every few blocks until the terminus of the line just pass Tremont Avenue at the Charlotte Trolley Museum. At the moment, the Charlotte Trolley service has been suspended during final preparations of the LYNX light rail line. It is expected to be running again by Spring 2008.
The northernmost end of the district is within reasonable walking distance of Uptown, though this requires crossing over I-277 via a somewhat unsightly pedestrian bridge.
The only places to sleep in the district are at the north edge of the neighborhood, where you'll find a few cheap motels along the I-277 loop freeway. For a better variety of accommodations, cross I-277 into Uptown.


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Does slashing $1,000 from your annual grocery tab seem all but impossible? It does sound rather aggressive when expressed in annual terms.
So how about $20 a week? Now that's doable! Spend just $20 less each week at the supermarket, and in a year you'll have $1,000 tax-free to spend some other way.
The secret to finding that $20 is to regularly cut a little bit here, make a small adjustment there — a dollar here, five bucks there.
Be consistent, even when the effort seems worthless. Little things do add up. I promise.
Be an early bird. Meat managers chop the price of meat, fish and poultry when expiration dates are imminent. Dented cans, really ripe produce and other cosmetically challenged items find their way to deeply discounted salvage bins.
Ask your store's personnel when markdowns are made, then time your trips accordingly so you're first in line to scoop up the bargains.
Caution: To be on the safe side, always freeze meat bargains within 24 hours if not consumed. Recently I paid $2.47 for a package of six pork chops marked down from $6.77 because it was the "sell by" date; $.40 each for beat-up cans of chicken noodle soup which when perfect are $.89.
Switch to store brands. These days, store brands are often the same as the national brand, only the label and price are different.
They're cheap not because they are inferior, but because there are no advertising costs to tack on.
The price difference can be remarkable.
Check out these examples: English muffins: National brand 6/$4.29; Store brand 6/$2.00. Cheddar cheese: National brand $6.08/lb.; Store brand $3.58/lb. Coffee: National Brand $9.89/12 oz.; Store brand $6.99/12 oz.
Make the switch when available. And if it turns out you just can't stand the store brand? Return the unused portion to the supermarket for a refund.
Think meatless. It takes only a small attitude adjustment to think of meat as a side dish or ingredient rather than the entree.
Or occasionally skip it altogether in favor of beans, rice, eggs or cheese.
For example, a package of four boneless, skinless chicken breasts is regularly priced about $7, or $1.75 each, at my local market.
Serving one per person represents a total meal meat cost of $5.
Or one breast sliced and sauteed with lots of fresh vegetables served over pasta or rice or in omelets feeds four and drops that meat cost to just $1.75.
That simple trick represents a net savings of $5.75 for that one meal.
And now for the biggest tip of all: Eat at home more often.
The average American family spends $2,700 a year eating out.
That's over what they spend on groceries.
Reduce your restaurant meals by half, and use that money instead to buy that new sofa or take a great family vacation!
Would you like to send a tip to Mary? You can e-mail her at email@example.com, or write to Everyday Cheapskate, P.O. Box 2135, Paramount, CA 90723. Mary Hunt is the founder of www.DebtProofLiving.com and author of 18 books, including her latest, "Can I Pay My Credit Card Bill With a Credit Card?" and "Tiptionary 2."
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MACON, Ga. – Lipscomb swept the Coach of the Year and Player of the Year accolades in the 2013 Atlantic Sun Conference awards.
Guiding the Bisons to an 8-8-2 overall and 4-3-1 conference record, head coach Charles Morrow was named the A-Sun's Coach of the Year. It is the first time in his career that Morrow has won the award. Morrow's squad finished the regular season with the most wins since 2010 and tied for the highest seed (No. 3) in the A-Sun Championship in program history. If the Bisons can manage to win the championship, it would own the most wins in a single season in school history.
"Certainly the coach of the year honor isn't just about me," Morrow said. "It goes out to the entire group of players and coaches we have here at Lipscomb.
"I look at it as a statement about our team. It has more to do with how our program has grown and been built over the years rather than just this one year. The current and past players and staff all have a hand in that."
Junior midfielder Omar Djabi became the first Bison in school history to take home the A-Sun Player of the Year award. Djabi earned the honor after a stellar season on the playing field where he finished the regular season with a league high nine goals and 21 total points. Four of his goals served as game-winners, tied for the most in conference. The Venezuelan native also earned credit for three assists.
"Omar had a great year for us," Lipscomb coach Charles Morrow said. "He started the season off really strong statistically. He worked extremely hard this year to get to where he needed to be.
"Omar has been the guy all year long to come up with the big goal when we needed it most."
Djabi was also named to the first team all-conference.
Teammates Luke Gearin and Reece Holcombe each earned spots on the second team all-conference. Gearin ended the season with four scores, the second most on the team. As a defender he put seven of 19 shots on goal and helped guide Lipscomb to six shutouts, the most in school history. Holcombe, the only other Bison to have multiple scores, netted two including the game-winner at Missouri State. He served 15 of his 32 shots on frame.
"Individual accolades are a reflection on the players and even more so on what we have been able to do as a team," Morrow said. "The guys who didn't get recognized are just as important as those who did. We couldn't have had the year we did without them.
"It is nice to get those honors, but we all are very aware it is a reflection on the group as a whole."
Three Purple and Gold players were named to the All-Freshman team. Goalkeeper Micah Bledsoe, defenders Cameron Botes and Scout Monteith were all awarded for their play.
Bledsoe recorded the decision in every match while stabbing 71 saves in 1,672 minutes of play. He recorded the most individual shutouts in school history with five. His .789 save percentage ranks first in the A-Sun, ahead of the Goalkeeper of the Year, Ryan Coulter of ETSU.
As a defender, Botes started all 18 games on a defensive line that allowed only 19 goals, the fewest in school history. He was also a key cog in setting the shutout record.
Monteith started 17 of 18 games in the midfield and scored his only career goal on the road versus USC Upstate in the second half to give the Bisons a 1-0 victory on a header.
"Anytime you are awarded accolades like these, they become a product of successful teams," Morrow said. "It gives our program credibility and I hope this only helps us build the type of program we want here at Lipscomb."


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Date: 1923
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Neurological examination in clinical practice
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Approaching a Neurological Problem
The History
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abnormal absent affected agnosia appears apraxia artery Ask the patient ataxia atrophy bilateral biopsy blood brain stem carotid cause cerebellar cerebral cervical clinical coma common compression cranial nerve defect deviation diagnosis Difficulties and Fallacies disc displacement dysphasia dystrophia myotonica encephalitis epilepsy examination extensor eyes facial fibres fingers flexed flexion fluid foramen magnum haemorrhage hand head hemiplegia increased indicates infection intracranial pressure investigation jerk legs lesions limb lobe localising lower motor neurone lumbar puncture Main Segmental Supply meningitis midline motor neurone disease motor neurone lesion move muscles muscular myasthenia gravis neck nervous system neurological normal nystagmus occur ocular optic pain palsy papilledema paralysis Peripheral Nerve position posterior produce Psychiat pupil reflex response seen sensation sensory loss side signs skull stimulation syndrome syringomyelia Test The patient tongue tremor tumours unilateral upper motor neurone usually vascular accidents ventricles vessels visual voluntary movement weakness