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General relativity is only one of the pillars of modern physics. The other is quantum mechanics, which describes what happens at the atomic and subatomic scale. Its modern incarnation, quantum field theory, has been spectacularly successful at describing and predicting the behaviour of fundamental particles and forces.
The main challenge now is to combine the two ideas into one overarching theory, to be known as quantum gravity. Such a theory would be crucial for explaining the first moments of the big bang, when the universe was dense, hot and small, or what happens near the singularity at the cores of black holes, where the effects of quantum physics may compete with those of general relativity.
Although there is as yet no final theory of quantum gravity, there are several candidate theories being actively explored. One is string theory, which describes the fundamental constituents of matter not as point-like particles but ...
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To a lot of movie fans, Shahid Kapoor's character Charlie in the hit movie Kaminey came through as someone who was gay…someone who wanted or had more than a business relationship with his buddy and handsome partner in crime Mikhail. The vibes were very strong. Were these simply two good actors or was there something more that the director wanted to portray?
I can just imagine the conversation Vishal Bhardwaj may have had with Shahid, explaining the character to him …
Vishal: Dude I think Charlie and Mikhail are a couple
Shahid: Like Abhishek and John?
Vishal: No like Abhishek and Aishwarya
Shahid: ????? 'Scuse me?
Vishal: Nah Forget it!
The question is… did Vishal want to make Charlie and Mikhail a couple? Or did Shahid unconsciously project the unspoken attraction envisioned by Vishal Bhardwaj? Is this why so many people sensed the gay undertones in the the Spiderman scene when both of them roll over each other?
They had even plan to run off together when they make a pile of money. Very, very romantic wouldn't you say?
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LG to unveil world's first 105" curved Ultra HD TV at CES
LG today announced it will be unveiling the world's first 21:9 aspect ratio CURVED ULTRA HD TV (Model 105UB9) at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. LG's newest premium TV is also the company's very first CURVED ULTRA HD model. The award winning groundbreaking 105-inch (measured diagonally) 105UB9 is officially the largest curved TV ever made.
LG to introduce newest premium monitors at CES
At the 2014 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), LG will break new ground with the launch of its 34-inch IPS 21:9 UltraWide (Model UM95) monitor. Also available in a 29-inch version, the UM95 will offer stunning image clarity thanks to an UltraWide QHD resolution (3440 x 1440) display.
Bandai - Sushi figures transform into the original ingredients
Bandai is going to release a new Sushi figures series called - Gyakusaisei Motomodoru Sushimodoru - (long name!!) to their Gachapon machines on January 22. It's a machine that you insert coins, turn the nob, and get a random capsule toy.
These sushi figures are transformative. Their parts can be disassembled and you can assemble them into the original ingredients of the sushi, for example a tuna sushi figure can be transformed into a whole tuna fish.
Calbee - KFC collaborated "Colonel Crispy" potato chips
Potato chips… meet Colonel Sanders!
Calbee and Kentucky Fried Chicken collaborated to make a new type of potato chips that will be out on January 6.
The flavor is Colonel Crispy, which is based on KFC's "Colonel Crispy" boneless crispy fried chicken. The chips have stronger garlic and soy sauce taste added on. Sounds like a seriously delicious taste!
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Thanko - Device to detect your fatigue and reduce the risk of a drowsy driving accident
Thanko's new device Eye-Catch-Pre-Crash-Alarm is able to detect your fatigue while you drive and it prevents you from dozing off at the wheel.
Tokyo Midtown Christmas Lights: Illumination as Large-Scale Animation!
Tokyo Midtown - Roppongi
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Keeping your MacBook or MacBook Pro looking shiny and new isn't easy. As amazing as Apple's laptops look when new, the speed with which they get marked and scratched can be equally amazing. Part of the problem is the materials used. The paint finish used on the Titanium-series PowerBooks simply didn't stick to the underlying metal and plastic, with the inevitable result that paint would scratch or flake away remarkably quickly. Later PowerBooks were better, and the current MacBook Pro series is relatively scratch-resistant, but they can still get marked and dinged if carried about in a rucksack or briefcase. More serious perhaps is damage to the LCD. Again, design is a factor as much as misuse. The sheer thinness of the modern portable computer means that (when closed at least) the gap between the LCD and the keyboard is minimal. Accidental bumps cause the keys to touch the screen, at the least letting grease from your fingers get onto the LCD and at worst actually causing unsightly scratches. Apple is usually reticent about replacing screens that are scratched this way, regardless of whether or not the design of the machine is the cause of the problem, and unfortunately for the owner, removing the scratches is basically impossible short of replacing the screen itself.
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I asked the vet tech and the LDDST test is where they inject her with something and draw blood a few times during the day. That will cost $66 to run. She said thats the most accurate
I do what I like and like what I do. Yorkies- Cozy (4/1/06), Roxy & Zoey (2/11/08), Lucy (4/6/09); Golden- Buddy (4/13/09- Rescued 12/11) Maine Coon cats- Mika (1998) and Tallulah (2000)
GOLDWIN's Buddy Got Wiser CGC . Future AKC Therapy Dog
Very frustrating when you feel like they are just fishing for answers, check around with other local people there is usually one vet in your area that will be the one to go to when it comes to diagnostic.
By that I mean we have one or two vets here that everyone will got to when the regular vet is just not that sure. They are not always a specialist but those who are just really good and figuring out the hard cases or look at the testing done and can give you more acurite ways to proceed. I was planning to go to the one I know here when Tink's UTI would not clear up but first I made my vet leave her on antibodics for six weeks.
Many people here had said they had dogs that just took that long so I figured it was worth a shot and it worked We have been free of UTI for almost two months. The vet I planned to see was not more expensive just really good with reading and interpeting the results. He also stays very up to date on research. For that matter although he is much further away from me I am thinking of moving back to his clinic. I had switched offices to a local one in case of emergancy situations.
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Bridge dogs, Tuffy, Blueboy, Pudge, Shasta, Maddie, Broker, Jet, Baily, Reva and Boots sweet boy we are missing you so
I've spent thousands of dollars over the past 2 years trying to get a diagnosis for my dogs elevated liver enzymes and I still don't have a true diagnosis. Everything pointed to Cushings except the LDDST came back negative. This is a test where they inject ACTH at 4 and 8 hours. Ruby will have to spend the entire day at the Vet. If this isn't what the Vet told you then Ruby won't be having the LDDST but most likely the ACTH test. The LDDST is the most accurate to diagnose Cushings. Cushings drugs are very expensive and the dog is on them for life.
Theres many drugs that can be used in the treatment of Cushings...Lysodren, Trilostane, ketoconazole and L-Deprenyl. I am willing to spend a reasonable amount of money to treat it but if were talking more then $50-$75 a month for her size im afraid I could not afford that long term. She told me the Trilostan would only be about $50 a month for her.
Heres her blood results
I'm looking thru the blood test that was taken by the IMS at the University of Sask Vet Hospital in June and my dogs PH was very similar to Rubys except the ALP was around 2400 and the ALT 300+ at the time. She did have protein in her urine which is also a symptom of a Cushings dog but no Cushings. She had so many symptoms like Ruby but with the LDDST coming back just out of the range for Cushings the IMS was reluctant to put my dog on any Cushings medications. The U of Tenn adrenal panel results recommendation was 3mg of melatonin 2 x day and Flax ligans. I've noticed a huge improvement since we started that back in June. My dog is also on Denamarin to help her liver as well as VLS #3 human probiotic, CurcuVet and some other supplements.
I guess you won't really know what's going on with Ruby until the test. I got a wealth of info from on line dog Cushing sites as those people are experts on the subject and treatment. You might want to join one of those sites if Ruby does have Cushings. Hope Ruby is feeling good and Merry Christmas.
How is little miss Ruby today? Hope she's getting lots of belly rubs...
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RECIPE OF THE WEEK | Pineapple Apricot Sauce
This sauce is an easy alternative to premade jams or frostings. It is thickened with agar, a sea vegetable thickener that has a slightly sweet flavor and contains no sugar or fat.
1 cup apple juice concentrate 1 1/2 teaspoons agar powder 1 cup water 1 cup chopped apricots, fresh, frozen, or canned 1 8-ounce can juice-packed crushed pineapple 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
Combine apple juice concentrate, agar, and water in a saucepan. Let stand 5 minutes. Bring to a simmer, stirring occasionally, and cook 3 minutes.
Add apricots, pineapple with its juice, and ginger. Stir to mix. Remove from heat and chill thoroughly, 3 to 4 hours.
Per serving (1 tablespoon): 14 calories; 0 g fat; 0 g saturated fat; 2.5% calories from fat; 0 mg cholesterol; 0.1 g protein; 3.5 g carbohydrates; 3 g sugar; 0.1 g fiber; 2 mg sodium; 2 mg calcium; 0.1 mg iron; 0.9 mg vitamin C; 41 mcg beta carotene; 0 mg vitamin E
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DENVER — Cody Weitzel has wrestled numerous times in tournaments much bigger and arguably more illustrious than the Class 5A state wrestling championships at the Pepsi Center.
But that didn't stop the butterflies from coming to the Columbine freshman.
"I've been to a lot of really big national tournaments and I thought I wasn't going to be affected," Weitzel said.
Weitzel overcame his nerves, rebounding from one defeat to place third in the 103-pound weight class on Feb. 21.
The Chatfield Chargers need a sticky player. A glue guy that can rally the troops when things go sour and lead the charge when its time to attack.
They need someone like Green Mountain senior Brian Hunt.
"He takes over in big situations," Chatfield coach Steve Schimpeler said. "He was the difference in the first game, and he was the difference in this game."
When I wake up this morning, I'll be a new man.
I won't be a 20-something anymore. I will be 30.
Admittedly, it's still a little strange seeing that in print. I feel like I've been in my twenties forever, so, moving into a new chapter of my life will take a little time to adjust to.
As I take time to look back, I can see that my twenties were filled with many big moments in my life.
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Rivalry games should have one automatic: Intensity.
The stands should be full, the crowd should be loud and the game should be electric.
Our side vs. Your side. These colors vs. Those colors. You vs. Us.
Against Dakota Ridge on Dec. 12, the Chatfield Chargers fought like Switzerland for 28 minutes before they finally went on a serious offensive.
"Coach got on us a little bit," Chatfield's Tyler Rogers said after the Chargers erupted in the final four minutes for a 69-48 Class 5A Jefferson County League victory over the Eagles.
Jim Bartok has a lot of accomplishments on his résumé.
More than 300 career wins, most wins all-time as coach at two schools and countless playoff appearances, including Columbine's first Sweet 16 berth last season.
Bartok added one more win to his tally when his Rebels defeated Bear Creek 55-41 on senior night at Columbine.
Bartok, who is rumored to be retiring after this season, notched his 96th win at Columbine with relative ease in a game that his team led by more than 20 points for most of the way.
FORT COLLINS — Things at the Class 5A state girls swimming and diving championships did not go as Shelley Perkins had planned.
Then something truly unexpected happened to make things a little better.
The highly touted Chatfield senior speedster placed third in the 50-yard freestyle and fourth in the 100 freestyle after swimming the second-best times in both events during prelims at the Edora Pool Ice Center.
In any successful relationship, communication and trust are vital.
The Dakota Ridge girls basketball team didn't feel as though they trusted each other, so, just prior to its biggest game of the season, the Eagles held a team meeting to discuss their lack of dialect.
The 45-minute session proved to be very productive as the Eagles kept their unlikely Class 5A Jefferson County League title hopes alive with a convincing 46-34 victory over Chatfield Feb. 12 at Chatfield Senior High School.
LAKEWOOD — After weathering a frantic fourth quarter that ended in an 84-75 victory for the Chatfield Chargers, junior Landon Vermeer spoke of serpents.
The Chargers, who led Bear Creek by 21 points late in the third quarter only to have it chopped down to four points with 1:43 remaining, saw their lack of a ruthlessly killer instinct exposed again.
If you had the chance to watch Alicia Dotson on the volleyball court, you probably came away remembering a couple of distinct things about her.
One would be her great ability as a setter to put the ball in prime locations for the Rebels' outside hitters to spike the ball.
The second would be her smile.
Whether win or lose, Dotson always seemed able to find something during a particular match to make her flash a smile.
Stanford or Yale?
That was the question Dakota Ridge senior Evan Appel had been tussling with recently.
At 10 p.m. Feb. 3, just hours before National Signing Day, Appel made up his mind: He'll be a Cardinal.
Appel was one of a dozen Dakota Ridge student-athletes to sign a National Letter of Intent on Feb. 4. The two-time Class 5A cross-country state champion and defending 1,600- and 3,200-meter 5A state track champion will participate in both sports at Stanford.
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A bald eagle says 'Happy New Year!'
By Gary Bogue
Wednesday, January 12th, 2011 at 6:47 am in Bald Eagles, Raptors.
Bald eagle in winter. Photo by Pam Kappelhof, Martinez, CA
I would like to share the enclosed picture of a Bald Eagle. Taken on December 31 at Sugar Pine Point State Park on the west shore of Lake Tahoe.
Pam Kappelhof, Martinez, California
What a great New Year's Eve shot! A bald eagle in winter. A great way to welcome in the New Year!
And a very Happy New Year to you, too! /Gary
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A very popular option these Magnetic To Do lists come in a variety of different shapes to suit your promotion.
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Stalked crinoids were first described as fossils and were thought to be long extinct until they were dredged from the Caribbean in the early 19th century. This caused something of a stir and they are still commonly known as living fossils.
Crinoids were at their most abundant during the Carboniferous but were severely reduced at the Permo-Triassic extinction event with only 1 linage surviving. All modern crinoids radiated from this single lineage.
Fossil remains of Neocrinus suggest it has been present in the Caribbean since the Miocene and has therefore undergone very little change for the past 20 million years or so (Donovan and Veltkamp, 2001).


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Alaska's House Education Committee is looking into funding aspects of an education bill by Gov. Sean Parnell that would allow vocational credits to be counted as high school credits for participating students.
Under the bill, the 10 vocational schools involved must have an agreement in place with high schools that send students into their program or face a 20 percent reduction in state funding.


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As Chief Information Officer for the Department of Energy, my role is to bring together internal IT resources, National Laboratories and strategic partners inside and outside of the Department to promote agency-wide innovation and effective operations that provide tangible, positive high value outcomes for the nation. At the Department of Energy Office of the Chief Information Officer, we are "breaking the cycle and moving forward" by transforming the Department's IT strategy to enable the mission through strategic governance, responsive IT, and risk-based cybersecurity.
The buy in at Energy rises to the highest levels of our organization as was evident when Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman spoke to the successes of cloud computing at the Department of Energy at a White House event in late April. The Deputy Secretary highlighted Lawrence Berkeley National Lab's move to a cloud based email and calendar application for over 5,000 users that will save Energy $1.5 – 2 million over the next five years. Deputy Secretary Poneman was amazed at the scalability and effective collaboration that was enabled through this technology while also saving taxpayer dollars. This is one of the reasons that we are looking at cloud technologies whenever it is possible.
We are actively executing the 25 Point Implementation Plan to Reform Federal IT Management as part of our IT Management efforts and a critical element to DOE mission success. The Department of Energy's data center consolidation strategy focuses heavily on improving utilization and being cost efficient wherever closing down data centers is not an option. We have already closed one data center, and will be closing two more by the end of this calendar year.
We held our first Departmental TechStat at the end of March on the Department's consolidated investment to implement a HSPD-12 identity management system. We have improved governance of the investment as a result of the TechStat by creating an Integrated Program Team (IPT) and hiring a dedicated project manager.
As co-chair of the CIO Council Management Best Practices Committee, I am personally committed to supporting the sharing of best practices across the Federal IT community. Improving Federal IT management requires not only knowing what doesn't work but also identifying what does work and implementing it. I am excited to continue this work at the Department of Energy and throughout the Federal government as we execute the IT Reform initiatives beyond these first six months.
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Reply-12#4 - hidin (01/27/2013) [-]
well look at his mother, she probly berates him for not putting enough mayo on her mayo sandwhich. not saying bullying is the right way, look at the parents first
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hey its tru. if some kids dad treats him like trash its gun go from sadness to anger, and the kids gonna need an outlet (i.e bullying). im not sayin the kid shouldnt be punished. he should definately be beaten but hey idk im jus sayin the kids in my neighboorhood had ****** parents and are now ****** in life
#15 to #7 - themisstophat (01/27/2013) [-]Because getting beaten by parents who treat them like **** , isn't going to make them more upset/angry and get even worse or anything.
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im not talkin about beating him. if he has a good home life (mother isnt a hooker and father a drunk) and hes being an ass to everyone then yea he should be punished. BUT, what im trying to say is that if his home life is terrible then he's going to have pent up anger (father is a drunk yadda yadda radda radda) but if that WAS THE CASE then he should get takin the hell out of that home.


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The concession stand at Quim Marcé's movie theater in Bescanó, Spain appears to specialize in vegetables. But there's a reason.
The theater basically trades the purchase of a carrot for free admission to a show. Newser reported that Spain recently increased the tax on theater tickets to 21 percent, so Marcé responded by selling his customers carrots for $16 in exchange for free theater entry.
Carrots are plentiful in the area of the theater, and are only taxed 4 percent. The tax of 21 percent has been applied to culture and the arts in Spain since September.
But economist Fernando Fernandez called the move tax evasion. "We may like it because it has to do with culture, and we like people going to the theater," he said, according to NPR. "But this is called tax evasion."
"I thought about lettuces, but it wasn't practical to have everybody lugging something that big around from seat to seat," Marcé said, according to the Independent. "And as for tomatoes, what if people started throwing them at the actors?"
Theatre revenue is down 30 percent in Barcelona since the tax increases went into effect, while 20 per cent of Spanish cinemas are predicted to close around next summer. Spanish government says the tax increases are needed to avoid a potential bailout.


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1. Ask your local librarian for books on how to homeschool. There are various resources available.
Chapin Library
Chapin library has several shelves of books on how to get started homeschooling! Chapin is an excellent place to start!
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2. Ready Made Curriculum can be purchased through various vendors.
www.HomeschoolingBooks.com offers custom curriculum packages to fit your child's needs. Tell them you are with VBHE and get a discount!
Curriculum reviews:
www.HomeSchoolReviews.com A place where homeschoolers review curriculum they have used.
Home School Marketplace provides you with "Everything you've always wanted to know about Home Schooling and Home Business." Look for the complete website in the coming weeks, plus e-newsletters with articles, personal comments, interesting ideas, recommendations, rants and raves, and product reviews.
Check these websites for curriculum:
Curriculum to meet your needs-personalized assistance
-Curriculum Express
A year's complete curriculum in a box.
Used Books
A well-organized used homeschool book site
For buying and selling curriculum, Vegsource has an excellent swap board. There are also several discussion groups available as well.
-The Curriculum Exchange
Selling New and Used Homeschool Curriculum and Classic Books.
-Christian Book Distributors
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-Rainbow Resource Center
New Homeschool Curriculum and supplies (This catalog gives helpful reviews of materials.)
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Joining a local support group is a good way to find out what types of materials are available. Ask other homeschoolers what they have used. Vine and Branches offers outings for children that also allows moms opportunities to meet and swap curriculum ideas. A New Homeschool mom mentoring program is available as well to get you on our feet!
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See blog entry on Randy's services strategy work at HBR.com.
Peer-Reviewed Articles:
"Gratitude Works: An Investigation of Moderators and the Mediating Role of Affective Commitment," Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, forthcoming, with Judith Anne Garretson Folse
"Chasing Appropriable Value: Fully Leveraging Brand Equity to Maximize Brand Value," Journal of Brand Management, Vol. 16 (January), 2009, with Robert P. Leone.
"The Theoretical Separation of Brand Equity and Brand Value: Managerial Implications for Strategic Planning," Journal of Brand Management, Vol. 14, 5 (May), 2007, with Robert P. Leone.
Harvard Business Review:
"Do You Thank the Taxpayer for Your Bailout?" Case investigating impact of a bank's proposed post-bailout gratitude campaign, with invited commentary, Harvard Business Review, Vol. 87 (June), 2009
"Is Mr. Clean Service Ready?" Invited commentary on HBR.com discussing P&G's move into services, available at HUhttp://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/hbreditors/2009/02/is_mr_clean_service_ready.htmlUH, posted February 18, 2009, with Neeli Bendapudi and Tassadduq Shervani
Edited Journal Issues:
Special issue on "Brand Value and Valuation," Journal of Brand Management, Vol. 17, Issue 1 (September) 2009, with Robert P. Leone. Will include lead editorial by special issue editors, invited papers from leading academics and brand valuation companies, and double-blind peer-reviewed submitted papers.
Technical Reports:
"Producing a Measure of
Brand Equity by Decomposing Brand-Benefit Beliefs Into Brand and Attribute
Sources," EmoryBI Technical Report,
Emory University, 2006. Reprinted as an ICFAI book chapter (see below).
Find it at www.EmoryBI.com
"Drivers of Perceptions of Louisiana, Its People, Products and Services, and Travel to the State," presented to Angèle Davis, Secretary, Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation & Tourism, 2007.
Book Chapters:
"Producing a Measure of Brand Equity by Decomposing Brand-Benefit Beliefs Into Brand and Attribute Sources," in Brand Equity Measurement: Concepts and Applications, eds., R. Harish and P.S. Gopalakrishnan, Bangalore: ICFAI University Press, 2007, with Robert P. Leone.
Sy.Med Development, Inc., Case and Teaching Note
Developing a Measure of Brand Equity by Decomposing Brand-Benefit Beliefs into Brand and Attribute Sources,
with Robert P. Leone (TCU) and William C. Black (LSU)
Understanding Brand Authenticity: The Role of Stability and Uniqueness, with Julie Anna Guidry (LSU), George Zinkhan (Georgia) and Judith Anne Garretson Folse (LSU)
Gratitude in the Relationship Marketing Paradigm, with Anna Green Walz, Mousumi Bose and Judith Anne Garretson Folse (LSU)
When to Use Psychological Ownership as a Persuasive Message Strategy: The Moderating Impact of Gender, with Judith Anne Garretson Folse and Julie Anna Guidry (LSU)
Gratitude and Social Marketing: The Case of Post-Katrina Louisiana, with Judith Anne Garretson Folse (LSU)
Free to Fee: Creating willingness in customers to accept charges for formerly-free services, with Neeli Bendapudi (Ohio State) and Tasadduq Shervani (SMU)


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Cool I can save money on brake pads then!
Speaking of brakes, anyone have any feedback / ideas about how the ABS functions on the new 2013's? It could mean a $1500-2000 difference between a softly used 2012 and a new 2013 ABS. I know the Euro models have had ABS for some time so it would be cool if someone over there had some feedback on the system.
Anyone have any thoughts? Will ABS be worth the extra coin or better to spend that extra money on some farkles (that I'd want anyway) like frame sliders and soft bags?
I can't find too much about them, and have never ridden an ABS bike before, and there are plenty of opinions about ABS...
Asking about ABS is probably not a good idea.
You'll have to go out and ride an ABS equipped bike for yourself.
Mine had ABS, I have it on my scooter too.
That should say plenty.
I've had that thing engage one a week at a minimum around town where
the road surface is like glass.
Needed it maybe once or twice on open roads where I'm sure I would have
crashed waaay before riding up to the reason of the hard braking just from
locking up the front.
This is at 23.000 miles.
Brake pads?
I had about 40% of the pads left when I sold the bike, again, at 23k miles.
'08 Yamaha FZ6n S2 ABS
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The Archive of Recorded Sound (ARS) recently deposited two significant collections into the Stanford Digital Repository (SDR), the Terry Smythe AMICA Collection and the Stanford Soundtrack Collection.
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During June and July, the Terman Engineering Library will continue to reduce the number of items on the shelves in the library in order to add additional student study space. This project will include the transfer of approximately 4500 books to SAL3 and the removal of four ranges of shelving, a 40% reduction in shelving capacity. After the move of collections, the library will have approximately 7000 items on the remaining four stack ranges. The newly available floor space will allow for six new study tables and four new individual study carrels, a total of 28 additional seats, representing a 30% increase in seating capacity at the library. Mike Nack, project lead, has prepared a summary document. The library will be open during the move of materials, although during the dismantling of the stacks currently scheduled for the second week of July, students may want to find a quieter location to study.
The National Geospatial Advisory Committee (NGAC) met in Washington, DC on June 9-10, 2015. The full report of the meeting including the powerpoints from the subcommittees and lightning sessions are available on the NGAC Website. The NGAC is a Federal Advisory Committee that reports to the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC). Our role is to provide advice and recommendations related to the national geospatial program and the development of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure.
Researchers at Stanford are doing a lot of innovative and intriguing work. Their efforts are often highlighted in the Stanford Report, which provides readers with a brief compilation of the latest Stanford News via email each weekday. When those of us at Stanford Libraries who work on digital preservation read these articles, we immediately wonder what these researchers are doing to preserve all that wonderful research data.
Never ones to rest on our laurels, Stanford Libraries staff have been reaching out to these researchers and recommending that they preserve the data generated from these studies -- and sometimes submitted to journals as supplementary data files -- in the Stanford Digital Repository. We would hate to see all that innovative and intriguing work lost to the ravages of time!
Sometimes the very data we map can get in the way of our understanding the phenomena we are visualizing.
In the case of bird sightings for the Rose-Breasted Grosbeak, the typical approach to adding points over a map might have shown us where in time and space the birds were while on their annual migration, but the result would have also obscured the terrain over which they fly.
Using a creative visualization method of subtractive rather than additive symbology in mapping observations, John Nelson of IDV Solutions found a great way to reveal rather than hide the landscape these birds travel through. Instead of adding points for observations over a detailed map background, John used a masking technique to reveal the underlying map showing us the world the birds see as they migrate while still revealing the overall patterns in the data.
New Resources in Branner Library
Following is a listing of new print and e-books recently added to the Branner Earth Sciences Library.


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Mark Dayton Prevails
For the third straight election cycle Minnesota Democrats had a choice between a candidate who would appeal state-wide (including the vote rich suburbs) and a candidate with a narrow appeal foisted upon us by union stewards (not the rank and file), selected party hacks, and sparsely populated northern Minnesota.
Although much better than Tom Emmer, I am afraid that Mark Dayton is too weird and too polarizing to appeal to most voters in a general election. Oh well, it may be a disaster for the state financially, but at least an Emmer administration will be fun to watch!


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Sense of "prosaic, dull" is from 1570s; used of drink from c.1600; of musical notes from 1590s, because the tone is "lowered." Flat-out (adv.) "openly, directly" is from 1932; earlier it was a noun meaning "total failure" (1870, U.S. colloquial).
1801, from Scottish flat "floor or story of a house," from Old English flet "a dwelling, floor, ground," from the same source as flat (adj.).
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In an updated "Lethal Weapon"-type movie, Hollywood hunks Bradley Cooper and Ryan Reynolds are teaming up to star as two friends who are San Francisco cops. Their fathers are former cops forced out of retirement to help their sons solve a big case, according to THR.


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Could not create local.workflow.data
Has anyone experienced the attached error? Using Workflow 7.1, published successfully to dev server and when i use the link, get the following (see attached snapshot) error. What does this error mean so i can debug? thank you!
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I got several times this kind of exception.
In general it means that on server where the process is run does not exists specific exchange configuration.
In your case you should check the configuration named "local.workflow.data-".
In details: this exception it seems to be thrown during creation a task. Among data variables in process exists at least one stored externally (by default it is FileDataType - this is configured on page "Storage Preferences" in projects settings).
Data stored externally are using seperate exchange config which name is provided in project properties named "ExternalStorageExchangeName". I suppose in your case it is set to "local.workflow.data-". In debug mode is used different exchange config which name is provided in properties named "DebugExternalStorageExchangeName".


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The term neo-Nazism refers to post-World War II political movements, social movements, and ideologies seeking to revive Nazism, or some variant that echos core aspects of Nazism such as racial or ethnic nationalism or Völkisch integralism.
Neo-Nazis rarely use the word neo-Nazi to describe themselves, often opting for labels such as National Socialist, Nationalist or related terms. A few scholars refer to neo-Nazism as "neo-National Socialism." Some groups and individuals who support the ideology openly eschew Nazi-like terms to avoid social stigma or legal consequences. Some European countries have laws prohibiting the expression of pro-Nazi, racist or anti-Semitic views.
Neo-Nazis often use the Indo-Aryan symbols that were in use by Nazi Germany, such as the Swastika, Sig Runes and the red-white-black color scheme. Neo-Nazi activity appears to be a global phenomenon, with organized representation in many countries, as well as international networks. It has recently been exported to Israel. Individuals who have been involved in post-war Nazi and neo-Nazi activity include Colin Jordan, George Lincoln Rockwell, John Tyndall, Savitri Devi, Francis Parker Yockey, David Duke, William Pierce, Eddy Morrison, and David Myatt.
In the 1949 Austrian elections, ex-Nazis in the Verband der Unabhängigen (VdU) put up candidates and won seats, and the Austrian right wing went through a process of growth. The withdrawal of Allied troops from Austria in 1955 encouraged the consolidation of right-wing groups, ranging from neo-Nazis to moderate Pan-Germans. The VdU split in 1955, but re-formed itself one year later as the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ). The first leaders of the FPÖ were former Nazis, such as Anton Reinthaller, who had been a government minister in the Nazi era, and Friedrich Peter, who had been a Schutzstaffel (SS) officer. The Austrian public saw itself confronted with the organized right for the first time in 1959, during the Schiller Celebrations, when Pan-German youth, sport and cultural organizations took to the streets. The FPÖ's students' organization RFS and its graduate equivalent Freiheitliche Akademikerverbände (FAV) attained considerable influence within student and university bodies.
During the 1960s and 1970s, Friedrich Peter, Chairman of the FPÖ, started establishing his party within the democratic party system leading up to the entry of the FPÖ into a coalition government with the Socialists in 1983. This development led to the formation of a group around Norbert Burger (condemned in absentia by an Italian court for terrorist offenses in Bolzano), which split from the FPÖ in 1966 and set up the NDP. In contrast to its German counterpart of the same name, the Austrian NDP found little resonance in an electorate moving to the left in the late 1960s. In 1972, Kurt Waldheim, a Wehrmacht officer and SA member during the Nazi regime, was elected United Nations Secretary General. Waldheim's election had caused anger among some people who had lost relatives in the Holocaust, as well as anti-UN groups who theorized the UN was supportive of totalitarian ideologies.
The volume "Rechtsextremismus in Österreich seit 1945" ("Right-wing Extremism in Austria since 1945"), issued by DÖW in 1979, listed nearly 50 active extreme right-wing organizations in Austria. Their influence waned gradually, partly due to liberalization programs in secondary schools and universities that emphasized Austrian identity and democratic traditions. Votes for the RFS in student elections fell from 30% in the 1960s to 2% in 1987. In the 1995 elections for the student representative body Österreichische Hochschülerschaft, the RFS got 4% of the vote. The FPÖ won 22% of the votes at the General Election in the same year. In the 1980s, in the province of Carinthia, border issues with Slovenia and disagreements over the rights of Carinthia's Slovenian minority were used to orchestrate support for the far right organization Kärntner Heimatdienst.
A police operation, which mobilized 150 agents, searched five military barracks (in Leopoldsburg near the Dutch border: Kleine-Brogel, Peer, Brussels (Royal military school) and Zedelgem as well as 18 private addresses in Flanders. They found weapons, munitions, explosives, and a homemade bomb large enough to make "a car explode." The leading suspect, B.T., was organizing the trafficking of weapons, and was developing international links, in particular with the Dutch far right movement De Nationale Alliantie
In 1999, Zagreb's Square of the Victims of Fascism was renamed The Square of The Great Men of Croatia, provoking widespread criticism of Croatia's attitude toward the Holocaust. In 2000, city council renamed the square to Square of the Victims of Fascism again. Two streets in Croatia were renamed after the prominent Ustaše figure Mile Budak, but since 2002, there has been a reversal of this development, and streets with the name of persons connected with the Ustaše movement are few or non-existent.
During some protests in Croatia, supporters of Ante Gotovina and other suspected war criminals have carried nationalist symbols and pictures of Ante Pavelić. In 2003, an attempt was made to amend the Croatian penal code by adding articles prohibiting the public display of Nazi symbols, the propagation of Nazi ideology, historical revisionism and holocaust denial but attempt become successful only in 2006 when amendment was added to prohibit any type of hate crime based on factors such as race, color, gender, sexual orientation, religion or national origin. In 2007, Austrian authorities launched a criminal investigation into the widespread display of Ustaše symbols at the May 12 gathering of Croatian nationalists in Bleiburg, Austria.
Thompson, a Croatian singer, allegedly sung "Jasenovac i Gradiška Stara" in one of his concerts. That song glorifies the Ustaše and their persecution of the Serbs. His May 17, 2007 concert in Zagreb was attended by 60000 people, many of them wearing Ustaše uniforms. Some gave Ustaše salutes.This event prompted the Jerusalem office of the Simon Wiesenthal Center to publicly address a protest to the Croatian president, Stjepan Mesić.
Neo-Nazi organizations in France include the Bloc identitaire, created by former members of Christian Bouchet's Unité Radicale group. Close to national bolshevism and Third Position ideologies, Unité Radicale was dissolved in 2002 following Maxime Brunerie's assassination attempt on July 14, 2002 against then President Jacques Chirac. Christian Bouchet had previously been a member of Nouvelle Résistance (NR), an off-shoot of Troisième Voie (Third Way) which described itself as "nationalist revolutionary." Although the NR opposed at first the "national conservatives" of Jean-Marie Le Pen's National Front, it finally changed strategy, advocating as slogan "Less Leftism! More Fascism!" The NR was also a successor to Jean-François Thiriart's Jeune Europe Neo-Nazi Europeanist movement of the 1960s, which had participated to the National Party of Europe, along with Oswald Mosley's Union Movement, Otto Strasser and others.
After German reunification in the 1990s, neo-Nazi groups gained more followers, mostly among disaffected teenagers in the former East Germany. Many were new groups that arose amidst the economic collapse and high unemployment in the former East Germany. They have also had an aversion to people from Slavic countries (especially Poland) and people of other national backgrounds who moved from the former West Germany into the former German Democratic Republic after Germany was reunited. Much of their ideology was similar to Strasserism.
German neo-Nazi websites mostly depend on Internet servers in the US and Canada, and use other terms for Nazi ideas and symbols. They also invent new symbols reminiscent of the swastika and adopt other symbols used by the Nazis, such as the sun disc, sun wheel, hooked cross, wolf's cross, wolf's hook, black sun, and dark star. A trial was held before the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany over the prohibition of the National Democratic Party (NPD), which had been accused of being a partly neo-Nazism accepting party. In the course of the trial, it was discovered that some high-ranking party members worked as informants for the domestic intelligence service, the Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz. The trial was temporarily suspended, and then rejected by the court because of the unclear influence of informants within the NPD.
In 2004, NPD received 9.1% of the vote in the parliamentary elections for Saxony, thus earning the right to seat local parliament members. The other parties refused to enter discussions with the NPD. In the 2006 parliamentary elections for Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the NPD received 7.3% of the vote and six seats in the local parliament. Other neo-Nazi groups that have been active in Germany and have attracted government attention include the Volkssozialistische Bewegung Deutschlands/Partei der Arbeit (which was banned in 1982), the Action Front of National Socialists/National Activists (banned in 1983), the Nationalist Front (banned in 1992), the Free German Workers' Party of Michael Kühnen and Friedhelm Busse, the German Alternative, National Offensive, and the Homeland-Faithful German Youth.
The Soviet Union-born neo-Nazis are reported to operate in cities across Israel, and have been described as having little connection to Jewish heritage, and of being influenced by the rise of neo-Nazism and anti-Semitism in Europe. Widely publicized arrests have led to a call to reform the Law of Return to permit the revocation of Israeli citizenship for and the subsequent deportation of neo-Nazis.
Russian neo-Nazi organizations have generally defined themselves as standing outside of the political process, disdaining the electoral system and advocating the overthrow of the government by force. Their ideology has centered on defending Russian national identity against what they perceive as a takeover by minority groups such as Jews, Caucasian (whether Orthodox or Muslim) and Central Asian immigrants as well as muslim Russians. Dark skinned Russians are often subject to racial abuse, regardless of religious affliation. Cleansing the nation by killing or expelling Jews and also dark- skinned immigrants from other parts of the country as well as former countries of the USSR has been a generally accepted goal for Russian neo-Nazis. Their ideology became epitomized in the slogan "Russia for the Russians", a catchphrase also adopted by less extreme factions. Russian neo-Nazis have generally not outlined discernible economic programs. They have openly admired and imitated the German Nazis and Adolf Hitler, and Hitler's book Mein Kampf stood high on their reading list. The most prominent organization, Russian National Union, led by Aleksandr Barkashov, adopted a three-ray Swastika as its emblem (the German Nazi swastika can be thought of consisting of two rays; the Z shaped segments).
On August 15, 2007, Russian authorities arrested a student for allegedly posting a video on the Internet which appears to show two Muslim, migrant workers being beheaded in front of a red and black Swastika flag. Alexander Verkhovsky, the head of a Moscow-based center that monitors hate crime in Russia, said, "It looks like this is the real thing. The killing is genuine...There are similar videos from the Chechen war. But this is the first time the killing appears to have been done intentionally." A Russian neo-Nazi group called the National Socialists of Russia claimed responsibility for the murders.
Blood and Honour has a branch in Serbia, where it is called Krv i čast. Its website claims that the group intends "to propagate revolutionary idea of National Socialism without compromise. Also, the intention of Serbian Blood and Honour Division is to motivate all NS followers to radical activities and not only to passive observing or listening to the music. Since 2001, this organization, with chapters in several Serbian cities, organized several memorial concerts on the anniversary of Adolf Hitler's birth.
In 1959, the first explicitly postwar American neo-Nazi group was founded by George Lincoln Rockwell. The American Nazi Party achieved high-profile coverage in the press through their public demonstrations.
Organizations dedicated to monitoring American neo-Nazi activities include the Anti-Defamation League and Southern Poverty Law Center. While a small minority of American neo-Nazis draw public attention, most operate underground, so they can recruit, organize and raise funds without interference or harassment. The American correctional system houses many white supremacist and neo-Nazi prison gangs, and often white prisoners join those gangs for protection.
The First Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees freedom of speech, which allows political organizations great latitude in expressing Nazi, racist, and anti-Semitic views. A First Amendment landmark was the "Skokie Affair", in which neo-Nazis threatened to march in a predominantly Jewish suburb of Chicago. The march never took place in Skokie, but the court ruling allowed the neo-Nazis to stage a series of demonstrations in the Chicago area. In addition to targeting Jews and African Americans, neo-Nazi groups are known to harass and attack Asian Americans, Latinos, Arab Americans, Native Americans, homosexuals, Catholics and people with different political or religious opinions. American neo-Nazi groups often operate websites, occasionally stage public demonstrations, and maintain ties to groups in Europe and elsewhere.
Members of The Order were convicted of crimes such as racketeering, conspiracy, violating civil rights and sedition. Matthew F. Hale of the World Church of the Creator was imprisoned for soliciting the murder of a federal judge. Aryan Nations lost a $6.2 million dollar lawsuit after Aryan Nations members opened fire on a passing vehicle. Aryan Nations has since lost its headquarters and paramilitary training grounds, and has split into three separate organizations.
Many Neo-Nazi groups use the sun wheel to represent the Aryan race because this symbol was used by the Indo-Europeans in ancient times as far back as the 2nd millennium BC.


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Here is my 'small kindness' story as part of the Small Kindnesses blogsplash being run by Fiona Robyn.
The blogsplash is a celebration of Fiona re-releasing her novel 'Small Kindnesses' You can download it for free on Kindle US or Kindle UK just for today (I've already got my copy!!)
You can go here to read all the other great stories of small kindnesses from all over the blogosphere!


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ANAHEIM, Calif. The Anaheim chapter of the Professional Hockey Writers Association (PHWA) announced today that goaltender Jonas Hiller has been named a nominee for the 2011-12 Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy. The Masterton Trophy is presented annually to the NHL player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey. The winner will be selected at the end of the regular season by the full PHWAs 30 chapters. Jonas faced a lot of adversity over the past year and responded tremendously, said Ducks Executive Vice PresidentGeneral Manager Bob Murray. His performance this season makes him an ideal candidate for the 2011-12 Masterton Trophy. Hiller, 30 (21282), appeared in only three games following the All-Star break last season due to vertigo-related symptoms. He missed a total of 27 games during the second half of the 2010-11 season due to his injury and did not appear in Anaheims six-game Stanley Cup Playoff series against the Nashville Pre...
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With Facebook's recent acquisition of WhatsApp and the increased focus on Internet.org, a collaborative project that connects telecommunications carriers, Zuckerberg said, "We want to create a similar dial tone for the Internet," during a keynote speech at the Mobile World Congress.
"Once Internet.org is fully rolled out, the idea is that Facebook and other technology companies will work with carriers to provide free or low-cost basic Internet access.
That's already what Facebook has done through the program in the Philippines with the service provider Globe."


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I was going to do a blog on Batista return, but with so many Batista blogs, the average reader won't read it. So I go with "The Next Big Thing", Brock Lesnar!! Another superstar who just returned looking to challenge the WWE world heavyweight champion no matter who it is after the Royal Rumble. In this blog, gonna talk about Brock's first run, departure, return, and dream matches of course!!
Before we begin, I want readers to know I've also made a vlog of this very subject. If you prefer to watch the video, it is down below at the end of this paragraph. If you prefer to read, then feel free to continue reading onward. Regardless, let's talk about the shocking news of Daniel Bryan joining the Wyatt Family on the last RAW of 2013.
I'm not going to lie. I love this new development.
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It is that time of the year again, talking about the best moments and matches of the year. Wondering who is going to win the Royal Rumble and who is going to have a big year next year. It is time to make a Christmas list, a list of things I want from both TNA and WWE. Let's be honest, it is all about what us fans want. At least, that is what they claim. Here is what I want from TNA/WWE in 2014:
Some people, I would say the majority of wrestling fans out there believe the #2 of the big 4 is the Royal Rumble. Biggest show of the year, behind Mania is the Royal Rumble. Why? It is the start of the road to WM. Along with a match that comes by 1x a year where people are guessing who will win this match. The winner goes on to face the world champion at WM. That along with some surprise entrants
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Well Raw certainly turned it on didn't they.
No I am not referring to the Slammy Awards, and for once I'm not talking about the genuine wrestling. I am talking about the ending segment which involved 20 current and former world champions, hyping the upcoming TLC PPV.
Now I have been reading a couple of entries posted on the newsfeed, and first time ever, was actually interested
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How many blogs have I made about TNA crapping all over the product? It is about damn time that I made a positive blog about TNA. Comes during a time when Hogan/Bischoff are gone! No surprise to anyone here, I expect TNA to make strides going forward. Hopefully that is....Which is what this blog is about. Why is TNA's product better than WWE's right now?
Women: First off, no need to
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Have you been feeling like there is just too many superstars within the WWE? Does your favourite wrestler not get the air time you think he/she deserves? Do you think there is an overload of superstars? Potentially you don't, but if you answered yes to any of these questions, bare with me, I may have come up with the solution, albeit a long shot, and I mean long
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I made a blog about my favorite wrestlers a couple months ago. Dolph was and still is my favorite wrestler currently. He has been for about a year or so. Now we hear rumors, rumors about Dolph not being a draw. Ability to draw money, ppv buys, and fans in the stands. My favorite wrestler not able to draw? Dolph isn't the first guy nor will he be the last guy who will be questioned if they can draw.
This isn't top 10 moments or matches? This is top 10 shoulda wins, which is a concept I created to talk about who should have won at this big event. It was made more to talk about the major ppvs aka the big 4 mainly because I've already discussed best and worst both in moments and matches. So what is shoulda wins? Basically it is, a performer should have won this particular match, but they didn't.
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(2) El Hijo del Pantera, Andy Wu & Daiki Inaba vs. Hiroshi Yamato, NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA
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The Redmond, Wash., software giant announced this week that it is setting up security response and research operations in Ireland and Japan and launched a preview of a new online Malware Protection Center. The efforts are meant to make Microsoft, a security industry newcomer, more competitive.
"This is significant. It is part of the globalization of our research and response effort," Mark Miller, director of communications for security response at Microsoft, said on Wednesday.
Microsoft is taking on incumbents such as Symantec, McAfee and Trend Micro, the world's top three antivirus companies, to conquer part of the multibillion dollar security market. Industry watchers say Microsoft has done an impressive job building its security organization, though the scaffolding has yet to come off.
"Microsoft is entering a very competitive market and one that is new to them," said Andreas Marx, an antivirus software specialist at the University of Magdeburg in Germany. "It will take several more months until Microsoft's products can be directly compared with those offered by Symantec, McAfee and Trend Micro."
Others think it will take much longer.
"It will take some years, perhaps five, for Microsoft to be up to par," said Andreas Clementi of AV Comparatives, an organization that tests antivirus products. "Microsoft's detection rates are still low compared to other products. OneCare today is more of a system utility." Clementi was referring to OneCare's backup and disk clean-up features.
Together with a team in Redmond, Wash., Microsoft's new Europe and Asia research locations will offer round-the-clock coverage of security incidents. Microsoft started selling its Windows Live OneCare consumer antivirus product almost a year ago. Its Forefront Client Security software for businesses is set to ship in the coming weeks.
The security research and response team at Microsoft, as at traditional antivirus providers, investigates and responds to threats. A primary response is developing the "fingerprints" of known threats, called signatures. These are then sent to customers so their machines can be protected against those risks.
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Security used to be just something that Microsoft got hammered on, but five years after Chairman Bill Gates launched his Trustworthy Computing push, Microsoft now sees it as a market it had not previously tapped. Yet, the company recognizes that some may balk at what could be seen as Microsoft turning lemons into lemonade.
"Some of our customers view this a little controversially, in a sense that if we could solve these problems at the root, why is there a need for extra products," Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer said this week. "We do live in a world in which the bad guys are also getting smarter all the time. It is important to be able to lock the core infrastructure and then protect around it in a way that is a bit more dynamic."
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- Just another MS Band-aid fix..
- This is the equivalent of a doctor applying a band-aid to a patient
with a severely broken arm..
Before they add a band-aid they need to rip out the guts (dump
the works) and fix (create a whole new OS) the underlying
framework of Windows..
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- I'll believe the hype when they ditch the NT core.
- Until they ditch the NT microkernel architecture and/or codebase for something better, it's all just air and vapor coming out of Redmond.
The underlying NT architecture was never made for the uses its being put towards today, as evidenced by Vista and its ungodly high requirements. Exploits are now coming out (almost) daily for even Microsoft's latest and greatest offering... nearly all of the flaws and means are based on inherent problems with the underlying architecture and codebase.
To be honest, it's sad and pathetic that an anti-virus industry should be a "multi-billion dollar" one. In a better world, A/V companies would be niche players at best. But... when you've got a swiss-cheese operating system used by zillions, well, this is what comes of it.
It's damned sad when an OS maker looks to cash in on fixing their own deficiencies, instead of doing their best to prevent and eliminate them [i]in the first place[/i]...
Quality control? Nah - it's easier to pass on the bugs as potential profit for Microsoft's other division; you know, the anti-malware one.
Damn am I glad I ditched that OS years ago...
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- You gotta hand it to Microsoft...
- They figured out how to make even more money on their defective
software. So here's how it goes. First build an operating system so
full of holes a truck can drive through it. Then set up an entirely
new business model to charge customers money to protect them
from the defective software you originally created all the while
telling your victims how much you care about them. Now THAT's
what I call double dipping.
My hat's off to you Steve Ballmer. It's frickin' genius
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- Ballmer nails it!
- Quoting: ~ "Some of our customers view this a little
controversially, in a sense that if we could solve these problems at
the root, why is there a need for extra products," Microsoft Chief
Executive Officer Steve Ballmer said this week. ~
Most people have a little safety switch between the brain and
mouth. Ballmer's is broken.
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- Thesis, antithesis, synthesis
- Create a problem, offer a solution to that very same problem, then
bask in the glory of being called a "security powerhouse"/
'scuse me while I go off and retch
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- Ok now seriously
- Though as you are trolling on C|Net new posts... one can therefore make a fair assumption brain usage is optional a serious amount of your life... opps sorry for big words.
"Logically" speaking (google logically if you are clueless), do you think (same for the word think) Microsoft would actually ship a product on purpose with holes. Really? Or do you think its 400 lb, generally worthless people, sitting at home, coding away to attack hundreds to millions of people. And even if you DO think its the first... that Microsoft intentionally does that... the second is probably much more prevalant. (Heck, look at the bloody ANIMATED CURSOR flaw. What kind of loser had to find that and make themselves famous?)
I'll agree the NT core isn't "the right engine belt" for today's computers. Time for a new one.
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- Never ascribe to malice...
- ...what can be more correctly ascribed to incompetence.
To wit:
"[i]do you think (same for the word think) Microsoft would
actually ship a product on purpose with holes. Really?[/i]"
On purpose, as in engineered? Nope - but it would certainly
remove any pressure to squash bugs so as to meet the
deadlines, wouldn't it?
"[i] Or do you think its 400 lb, generally worthless people, sitting
at home, coding away to attack hundreds to millions of people[/
Considering that those "400 lb. generally worthless people"
stand to make a shedload of money off of selling time on their
freshly created botnets (consisting of a huge pile of you
Windows users)? I'd say they have a HUGE incentive in coming up
with new and interesting flaws to get hold of your box, and
thousands of boxes just like yours.
"[i]Heck, look at the bloody ANIMATED CURSOR flaw. What kind
of loser had to find that and make themselves famous?[/i]"
A more correct question would be this: What kind of loser would
code a [i]mouse cursor[/i] handler to crawl that deep into the
microkernel and potentially cause that much damage?
How's that for cold logic?
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- Reminder
- Just want to remind everyone.
As I see, more than 99% virus is caused by users dowload BT, movies or keygen...
If people do have Windows Vista with all updates, I am quites sure that no people will get any virus, because Internet Explorer protected mode prevent anything "write" to HD.
In Windows Vista and Windows XP, Microsoft Offers Windows Defender that put spywares out of the way "free", so there is non-sence to say Microsoft will make their software more holes for virus/spyware and the UAC did prevent virus running from PC.
Microsoft did admit their software have problem and I agreed that no software is perfect (even Mac OS / Linux).
In someday I sure hackers will find the hole in UAC / Defender so do any software does...
Everyone is hoping a pain free computer future...
P.S. I am a Microsoft Fan Boy, I don't afraid to admit that... Some people like Google, some people like Yahoo... I can tell u that everyone do love something...
From time to time I think some anti-virus company develope some virus...
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- lol
- Even an up to date system is exploitable. Attackers are always ahead of MS, or any company for that matter. Then add in MS's normally long patch process and you have very exploitable situation.
If a black hat finds a flaw first(very common) it is exploited before a patch is out, before they even start trying to fix a problem.
It is like AV software. If I write a virus today, the AV scanners are not going to find it(unless it was poorly written, and just copies older virus code) for quite some time. First someone has to discover my virus, then report it, then someone at an AV company has to research it, then write the code needed to detect it. Meanwhile, if I wrote the virus to do so, it could be rapidly propagating itself and causing untold amounts of grief, and this is while you are feeling secure with your up to date windows box running up to date virus scanners.
People get viruses for one reason: they use Windows.
The same behavior you describe in a user using OSX or Linux would not cause them to get infected. They would also be safe from my fictional virus.
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