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BREDOLAB set out on a spam rerun just in time for the holidays. This recent run is similar to the laptop delivery note spam run we reported in August. This time, however, the spammed message appears to have come from known courier, DHL.
The spammed message makes it appear as though the users have received a notification from DHL, alerting them about an error in shipping a certain package. The message also prompts the users to open an attached file.
The attached file DHL_package_label_cfb35.exe is detected as TROJ_BREDOLAB.CB.
The dynamics of this spam run, although relatively old and simple, could still pack a punch, especially now that we are well within that part of the holiday season where most people do their gift shopping. People who may have purchased a laptop online and are expecting it to come through the mail are prone to being victimized by this attack.
Last month, we posted a Trend Micro research, which revealed connections between BREDOLAB and FAKEAV and ZBOT. BREDOLAB has been used numerous times to deploy FAKEAV and ZBOT variants. Such behavior is similar to PUSHDO, which also led to the conclusion that PUSHDO and BREDOLAB were developed by the same cybercriminals. Our full report on BREDOLAB can be found here.
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Glenville-based TrustCo Bank Corp NY said it earned $9.1 million, or 9.7 cents per share, in the second quarter ending June 30, up 16.7 percent from $7.8 million, or 10 cents per share, a year earlier. Second-quarter 2012 per share results include the effect of a stock offering completed July 6, 2011.
"We continue to see some signs of economic improvement in the markets in which we operate, although high levels of unemployment and other persistent issues continue to constrain any significant growth," said Robert J. McCormick, president and CEO.
Net income for the first six months rose 18.7 percent to $18.0 million, or 19.2 cents per share, from $15.1 million, or 19.6 cents, a year earlier.
TrustCo, with $4.4 billion in assets, operates 137 Trustco Bank offices in New York, New Jersey, Vermont, Massachusetts and Florida. Shares (Nasdaq: TRST) fell 10 cents to close at $5.52 on Monday and were unchanged in after-hours trading.

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There was a really interesting Tumblr post last week from former Apple (AAPL) engineer Patrick Gibson.
In it, he posits that Google is getting better at design faster than Apple is getting better at web services.
Gibson lays out Apple's failed web services to date:
The only shout-out Gibson gives to Apple relating to the Internet is their Safari browser.
Gibson argues - convincingly - that Android has improved in its design (including hardware) much faster in recent years than Apple has in web services.
Presumably, this failure now falls on the shoulders of newly promoted Craig Federighi. I'm sure Eddy Cue will also play a big role in improvements to the services mentioned as well as Jony Ive, who now handles design for hardware and software.
Gibson's solution is simple:
Here's what I'm getting at: Apple should buy Twitter, and they should do it now....
I would posit that the cause Apple's lackluster web skills stems from their inability to recruit or keep talented web engineers. Historically, if you're into databases, servers, or web application frameworks, then Apple was probably pretty low on the list of places you aspired to work at. Apple has always positioned itself as a consumer products company, and even killed off its server hardware over the years. Mac OS X Server remains, but who knows for how long.
Where Apple falls short, Twitter flies. Not only does Twitter use some of the most advanced web technology, they invented it. They own scale. They know how to send hundreds of thousands of tweets a minute. Further, Twitter is social network with values that (used to) reflect Apple: focus and simplicity.
Apple should buy Twitter not for its social network, but for its talent and technology. That talent and technology could undoubtedly help bring Apple and iCloud into the 21st century. The social network is basically an added bonus.
I think Gibson is right on the money. Apple should do this kind of a deal, and I argued for it in April and then again last month.
However, I argued for it because of Twitter's uniqueness and how it can be advantageous to many Apple products including TV, iAd, as well as fitting aesthetically with Apple. Gibson is arguing that Apple needs Twitter to basically help fill this web services hole.
I think he is correct to address that hole. I'm not sure Twitter fully addresses that hole, however. Don't get me wrong, I would be ecstatic as an Apple shareholder if they announced that deal tomorrow. Yet, Twitter is still relatively small and working through its own growing pains with deploying its service (although they're doing much better of late).
It's this web services hole at Apple that I was thinking about when I recommended in February that Apple should buy Yahoo.
As I said then (and keep in mind I own Yahoo and Apple but I still believe in a deal like this):
Apple does integrated hardware and software devices incredibly well, but there are areas where they clearly don't do as well (like social Web services for example). Bigger acquisitions — even if Apple's never done them before — could be a big help....
I do think buying Yahoo! makes a lot of sense for Apple. I can already hear the guffaws. Yahoo! seems to be the butt of all Internet stock jokes these days. Why would Apple want to strap a perennial stock loser for the last 5 years like Yahoo! to its back?...
1. Buying Yahoo! wouldn't be that expensive. Yahoo!'s current market cap is $18 billion [it's now almost $23B]. But Apple is unlikely to be interested in Yahoo!'s stakes in Yahoo! Japan or Alibaba Group (even though the latter could be very valuable in the next 5 years). We know those Asian partners wanted to buy back those stakes recently for $17 billion but Yahoo! thought that price was too low. Let's say Apple agrees to sell them via the cash-rich split mechanism for $18 billion in cash and assets. That means Apple would be getting back $12 billion in cash and the $6 billion balance in some "other assets" to be mutually agreed to. Then, Apple's getting Yahoo!'s $3 billion in cash and the core Yahoo! business. Assume Apple pays a 30% premium for Yahoo! (which is the average tech M&A premium recently), they'd be offering $23 billion for Yahoo!'s core business and other assets but really only be paying net cash of $8 billion (after zeroing out Yahoo!'s cash and the cash they'd receive from Alibaba Group and Softbank). In other words, they'd be buying the core business for 5.3x its trailing 12 months EBITDA of $1.5 billion and getting another $6 billion in "other assets" from the Asian partners for free. (By the way, as a YHOO shareholder, I think Yahoo!'s worth a much higher premium than $23 billion for the company.)
2. Apple needs to either stay in or get out of the advertising business with iAd. Apple's acquisition of Quattro Wireless has been under the microscope since they lost out to Google to buy AdMob. iAd launched with great fanfare and high minimum purchases and has steadily been backtracking from that. Former head of Quattro, Andy Miller, left Apple to become a VC. Eddy Cue took over and hired an Adobe (ADBE) exec to head up iAd recently. The question Apple needs to answer is — are they really going to do ads or not? If they are, then they clearly have to scale up their efforts. They can't just tinker around at the margins of mobile ads. If they bought Yahoo!, they'd immediately get a sales team to go after Google and others in ads. The supposedly (according to the press) "demoralized" Yahoo! sales force would suddenly be the coolest kids in school with Apple on their business cards. (The Yahoo! products – including email – would also suddenly become "cool" again almost overnight.) Apple should be happy that no one is really making any money yet in mobile ads. Steve Jobs himself seemed kind of ambivalent about whether Apple should get into ads. But, by keeping with iAd, Apple's management team does seem committed. They could get a lot bigger and more credible with a real sales organization.
3. Ironically, beyond an ecosystem of apps, all the big mobile players in the future will need a core stable of amazing mobile apps to differentiate. Apple has never done a lot of its own mobile informational apps. When they launched iPhone, they leaned on then partner Google for help with key features like Google search, Maps, and YouTube. Google is clearly now a fierce competitor in mobile and Siri – it seems to me – was Apple's first step in a 1000 year war to wrest information-finding control from Google (as I discussed here last October). But Apple needs other core mobile apps to offer in place of Google if it really wants to differentiate its iOS platform from Android in the future. Yahoo! Finance, Video, search, Flickr, and maps could all be used to take searches away from Google and keep them on iOS. Going forward, all mobile vendors will have to demonstrate to users that they can build great mobile apps that users want to come back to again and again – in addition to hundreds of thousands of partner apps.
4. Search. Apple doesn't want to replicate Google's slowing desktop index search business (which is decelerating). However, it wants users to come to rely on Siri for handling requests for information and tasks. On the back-end now, Siri leans of Wolfram Alpha. In the future, Apple needs to hook into more sources. Having some search back-end to link to would help. Aside from Google, there's really only Bing and Yahoo! for Apple to link to for basic search information. Of course, Yahoo!'s search has been de-emphasized recently as they've partnered with Bing, but that partnership deal can be cancelled by Yahoo! at any time (after a tail period). And – much to the chagrin of Yahoo! shareholders – unlike what Bartz promised in 2009 when Yahoo outsourced search to Bing, Yahoo!'s search engineers are more today than they were then, not less. [That's not exactly true because the folks working on search at Yahoo are really only on the front end, not back-end engineers.] So all that brain power in search could immediately start working for Apple. [Not really. The brain power is really on the back-end and that's moved on to Redmond or Google for the most part, although there certainly still some talented people at Yahoo who can help out with Siri's development and certainly Yahoo generates lots of queries to improve whatever search approach Apple is going to take in the future.] It's possible Apple might want to partner with Microsoft (MSFT) as well, although I think they'd want to control their destiny. Either way, the DOJ and FTC would look favorably on Apple buying Yahoo!'s search business as it would strengthen competition in the space, not lessen it. [Frankly speaking, there would be no FTC issue after the 2009 deal. But new CEO Mayer certainly brings some search chops to the table.]
5. Patents. Yahoo!'s got 1,000 granted patents in search, display and social networking. These patents could be used aggressively against Facebook in the future if they made a move into mobile. They could also be used against some of the Android partner community, like Samsung, if they suddenly decided that they needed to differentiate their mobile offerings through better core apps on the handsets. (Yahoo!'s patents could also be used against Microsoft, if needed.)


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Top Ten Most Underrated RappersChris-1
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This man is incredibly underrated. Just because he's not mainstream and doesn't have songs on the radio does not take away from this emcees art. He is probably the most revolutionary rapper since 2pac and doesn't get nearly the respect in hip-hop that he deserves. He is not flashing his money and running around in nice cars, instead he helps people suffering all over the world, and teaches them through his lyrics. Regardless of what people may say, he is one of the greatest rappers of all time! - CrossRoad
Amazing that he isn't as well known as he should be! Oh and why are tupac and eminem on this list?!?! They win everything they're in how are they underrated at all?
THANK YOU! I love to see people giving Immortal Technique respect on here. Been a huge fan for a long time. He is not only the most underrated but simply the greatest rapper of all time. - dude5600
This guy just amazingV 22 Comments
Royce never got the props despite the sickest flow
It's so basic to say 5'9 is Eminem pt. 2. "He comes from Detroit, has a sick flow, and hilarious wit and vulgarity." But honestly being compared to Eminem and not getting the respect for it is why he's underrated. This guy is a beast on the mic, and he carries a chip on his shoulder for being in Eminem's shadow for almost 20 years. His solo work is incredible, especially when he collaborates with DJ Premier's beats. In my opinion, Bad Meets Evil is one of the most lethal rap duos. Easily in the same breath as Outkast, Meth+Red, Mobb Deep, Run the Jewels, you name it. And its not because Em is dragging 5'9 along.
Nah nah nah Royce is definitely the most Underrated rapper. Royce is the only one who can keep up with em's lyricism. His flow is sick, sick lyrics good message him and immortal technique are the definition of underrated.
Don't even get me started. I have listened to all of his albums front to back, and have fell in love with his free-flowing, complex, well-crafted verses and flow. He has collaborated with so many great rappers, Eminem, Redman, Big Sean, and Tech N9ne, just to name a few. He has earned the respect of so many rappers. He is also a part of Slaughterhouse and Phryme, and has many tracks produced by DJ Premier himself. Also, he turned down a $250,000 and unlimited beats with Dre for $1,000,000 with Tommy boy in 1998, when he was in his early twenties. I am not saying that was a good or bad idea, but he was offered both of those contracts before 25 years.V 22 Comments
Probebely the realest and best rapper in the game today his flow is great and his songs tell good stories he also has some of the best lyrics in rap
Hopsin speaks the truth and is one of the few "good guy" rappers, he discourages drug use and his voice and flow is incredible. I especially like the way he switches up his accent and speed.
He can actually right and rapper about meaningful things unlike most of today's mainstream rap he's a lyricist and a true mc unlike that poser lil wayne
I like he's dickV 25 Comments
Absolutely ridiculous flow and wordplay. He is unmatched when it comes to rhyming and can jump on ANY beat and smash it. Truly one of the best and has never earned recognition for it. if you need proof, one song will do it... "the format"... enough said
Really? Eminem isn't underrated at all. Every YouTube video you see Eminem is the greatest! Or my top five best rappers of all time are 1. Eminem 2. Slim shady 3. Marshall mathers 4. That white kid from detroit 5. Eminem! AZ is by far the most underrated. He's never put out anything less than a great album, and he has more multi syllabic rhymes than Nas, who he collabs with a lot. By the way, 2Pac and Biggie aren't underrated either.
AZ is the most underrated, he's up with my favorite rappers like nas pac and andre, idk how he isn't heard by everybody
Like the guy from pokemon x and y - YoshersSeanV 11 Comments
Great freestyle rapper and great flow.
If he was still alive today he would be one if the greatest rappers of all time. - thug4life
I know his entire career was a huge "What if?" but with his freestyles,creative storytelling and wordplay he was bound to be the greatest or one of the greatest. - Chris-1
Great freestyler, bet punch lines, and damn good flow. Gone too soon.
Best rapper of all timeV 24 Comments
Look up his music on YouTube, and keep listening to song after song you'll soon discover hit after hit, not just one or two like most rappers, a half dozen like good ones, he produces hit after hit, his albums are solidly filled with must play after must play, go out onto YouTube right now type in tech n9ne and listen to his music, and keep digging you'll be surprised you haven't heard about him sooner.
Tech's background is what makes him my favorite underrated rapper. It's an even bigger mystery to me on why his best songs are unheard of. There is way more than meets the eye with this rapper and with his diverse variety will leave you no choice but to put one of his tracks on repeat
He should be near the top of all-time rappers list, but because he's not a sellout his name recognition is limited. Most people if they've heard of him have only listened to "Am I a Psycho" because it features B.O. B and Hopsin, which is a shame. His flow is as amazing as it gets and no one spits iller. "Einstein", "Planet Rock 2000", "Worldwide Choppers", "Caribou Lou", "Am I a Psycho", "Technicians", "Let's Go"
Amazing flow, delivery, and lyrics definitely top 3 best current rappersV 11 Comments
really people he gets no respect probably the most powerful mc of all time and ask around to your hip hop buddies they say lil wayne and soulja boy are good... ask them to name one song by KRS, Rakim, or Talib Kweli... rap has lost its roots
KRS-One is one of the greatest of all-time. He should be competing on that list rather. I don't think he's underrated, but considering that today's generation don't appreciate talent, I can see a case for him being underrated today
Damn. I feel bad to see KRS so high in this top ten and to vote for him. It's sad how the Teacha himself is one of the most underrated rappers of all time (well, I voted for him: in my humble opinion the most underrated). Besides the fact that his delivery is unique and all the other technical skills he has... this guy could teach any other rapper how to improve in hip hop culture as an MC... and people don't even know one of his songs!
He's not underrated at all. Every single rapper in hip hop who actually raps knows who he is and respects him - venomouskillingmachine
Big nose big rhymesV 3 Comments
MF Doom is a lyrical genius who deserves to be #1. His tracks are far more advanced and well thought out than any track made by any of these guys. Between his sick beats and his lyrics he is ultimately the greatest rapper to ever grace this planet. And how the hell are the notorious B.I.G. and Tupac underrated, they shouldn't even be on this list. MF Doom beats all
Strange list, a lot of very good underrated rappers, mf, krs one, Joel Ortiz etc. I went for mf doom as he's the one rapper that my friends had never heard of. A lot of rappers good who are definitely not underrated, nas, biggie. But some hugely overrated rappers, Eminem is pretty average, mac miller, Asher Roth? What laugh out loud
MF DOOM is a lot better than some of the people above him here, he has a very in-depth flow and the way he has created his villainous character is amazing. With production value and lyrical capabilities I don't see how he is not a lot higher on this list.
G.O.A.TV 8 Comments
Why is he in here? His music is the best! People have no more good taste in hip hop anymore...
Dude destroys the mic
Jesus piece is top 10 albums of all time
One of the top California rapper in my booksV 5 Comments
He is the Original Slumerican Shitizen and deserves to be the most famous on YouTube he only has 373.286 subscribers (around the population of Iceland) if you don't know who he is just listen to his newest album Love Story and if you have the time maybe also listen to Trunk Muzik 0-60 and Trunk Muzik Returns and don't forget Radioactive
How is Eminem and 2pac on this? They're both considered rap gods.
Lyrically one of the slickest rappers in the game and can change flows with ease, not to mention his creativity and artistry in his songs. He can go just as fast as anyone but still maintains proper lyricism and is one of the best story tellers
Yelawolf is just as rated as he needs to be. - Cheese567V 9 Comments
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Lyrically Mac Miller is a genius and has a flow that you can just sit back and relax to. Most of the rappers that are mentioned on this list ahead of him are not "underrated" in the slightest, in fact, a lot of them are some of the biggest commercial artists out there. Mac Miller is an amazing artist that isn't very well known but has an immense amount of talent that is still revealing itself and I think one day people will see. Thumbs up!
Listen to songs like "The Star Room" or "Diablo" or even "I Am Who Am". It really shows off how lyrical he really is and how complex he can be with his lyrics.
Are you kidding me? Eminem? Sure he WAS amazing back in the day (1999-2003), but now he's 43 and is no where near as good as he used to be. Mac Miller on the other hand is amazing right now! Go listen to the Faces mixtape, Watching Movies With The Sound Off, and GO:OD AM. So underrated.
HE SI TOO GOOD FOR ARIANA GRANDE, WHO SHOULD BE JAILED FOR DISRESPECTING POSITIVE OPINIONS ON THE CAB! >:( - The Ultimate Daredevil, who pushes the limitV 6 Comments
Cudi is definitely one of the top rappers over the last couple years. Soundtrack 2 My Life, The Prayer, and The Pursuit of Happiness are such heavy and deep songs. Definitely should be up with Immortal Technique on this list
The Pursuit of Happiness man
Much better than Eminem - 445956
Whatever popularity this guy had he lost after SB2H
I wouldn't call Nas underrated. He is praised and known by pretty much everyone in the hip hop community. Get him off this list. Nas is not underrated at all.
Best rapper of all time in my opinion. I know he's considered top4 but I think he's underrated because if he was dead he'd be in the same conversation as Biggie/Pac.
King of hip-hop, shouldn't even be named in the same sentence as. Eminem.
Best rapper of all time. A little underrated. Eminem is overrated, how is he above Nasty Nas?V 8 Comments
Easily one of the most underrated rappers, he is so fast and has a really nice flow, should be in the top 10 along with Yelawolf and Ludacris, one of the most talented rappers in my opinion
This guy should be number one has one of the best flows to ever hit the rap game and he's rhymes are amazing he's even underrated on this list - donovanthorn
Why is he under biggie tupac and eminem on an UNDErrated LIST!
Now. This name deserves to be top five along with royceV 3 Comments
He never got what he deserved, and his killed every song in NWA and after NWA, this web site never makes any sense, tupac as underrated? Come on notorious as underrated? He only make 2 albums and is the number 2 most famous rapper, look at the reality
Great emcee but constantly overlooked and he is so underrated.
Should've been bigger! Great that he's been recently making a comeback.
If Ice Cube and Eazy E could have successful careers then MC Ren should've too. He had some damn good verses when he was in N.W.A.V 7 Comments
Not underrated. 7 million subs on YouTube. But I don't really hear many stories about him. - Antwon
I'm confused...he is both on overrated and underrated list
One Of the best rappers!
He really is underrated rapper.
This guy knows how to may you think and is so articulate. His voice goes so well with all of the sounds the roots create. Black thought is overlooked because he is the rapper from the roots, but he could go solo easily and still be great.
One of the best
Overshadowed by the great skills of? uestlove and by the speed of which he raps (not fast per se but rather at a pace that can go by you when your not paying attention). If you listen closely you realize Black Thought might belong in your top ten rappers list.
Underrated on an underrated list of rappers holy...
He's the greatest but I really don't think he supposed to be on this list he's not underrated at all, I guess maybe because he's white
Eminem sells millions of records, he's one of the most famous and loved rappers ever, and his millions of fans worship him. HOW IS HE UNDERRATED?
Eminem is the 1. Person who should not be on this list, he is no were near as good as he used to be, very overrated now, he needs to go back to slim again
Em doesn't get any radio playV 52 Comments
Way better than what's topping the charts today...
Pun had the lyrics man!
Top 5 all time emcee. How he is so low on this list is beyond me. These lists are a joke.
Best latino rapper ever. Nobody is near this guy except my guy JOELL ORTIZ
Big pun and every other legendary dead rapper eg. pac, biggie, big l hearing about terrible new school
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Live Coverage of Apple's iPhone 5 Media Event
Posted on September 12, 2012 by eli courey
Apple is holding a media event at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco today at 10AM Pacific/1PM Eastern, and they are expected to unveil the 6th-generation iPhone, rumored to be called the iPhone 5. Other things that may be announced are a release date for iOS 6.0, updated iPods and a new version of iTunes.
Apple will not be providing live video coverage of the event, but many sites will be liveblogging with text and photo updates. We will also be updating the site throughout the day with information on today's announcements, and be sure to follow us on Twitter @MacDaddyNews as the event unfolds.
Thanks Maria for providing us these pictures live from the event!
Apple's online store is currently down in advance of the event. We will keep you updated on all the changes as once it goes back online later today.


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As GQ so kindly stated, among the leaders of the world, there is also "a collection of people so uninspiring that we should round them all up and stick them on an iceberg."
Lucky for us, the magazine compiled a list of 25 of these great souls, honoring them as the Least Influential People Alive. And you might be shocked to see who made the (unfortunate) cut—ahem, Mitt Romney.
Oh, and they also note, "that these folks are ranked in no particular order, because all zeros are created equal."
So, yes, Romney was the first to pop up, but it wasn't totally because he lost the presidential election (although GQ did mention that "voting for Romney is like hooking up with the last single person at the bar at 4 a.m."). According the the mag, Mitt made this list because he embodied "every black stand-up comedian's impression of a white person."
On the flip side, a not-so-surprising name was Amanda Bynes. It was only a matter of time before Lindsay Lohan met her train-wreck match.
He might have won numerous gold medals, rocked an American flag grill and added the word "jeah" to our vocabulary, but that apparently doesn't make Ryan Lochte influential. In fact, those are all reasons why Lochte is on this list.
Madonna's seeming mid-life crisis, which she proudly showed off on stage by flashing the audience and wearing risqué outfits, is what brought her into this group of fine people. As the mag says, "It's time for you to stop putting out aggressively bland comeback albums and make room for Ke$ha and Katy and the other 800 female artists out there who change outfits every five minutes to distract people from their terrible singing."
Other big names that made the list include Gotye, Michelle Obama, Dwight Howard, Billy Crystal and many more (take a look here!).
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Here is a wonderful dark blue 19th century antique British Leather Fire Bucket. It is made of crafted leather and wounds the entire piece on the outside and the inside. It is 16 1/2" tall, 8 3/4 " wide. This does NOT include the handle . On the outside of the bucket you will notice the Lion, coat of arms, and either a horse or a unicorn to the right. These are in the colors of Gold, silver, blues, and reds. There appears to be writing on the bottom of the crest, but I can't make it out. A fire bucket was used to carry water , to put out fires as needed. I don't know if this piece can still hold water or not. Also there has been a mend to the handle which is leather. The leather is attached to pieces of wood to hold it together. Please see pictures for normal wear. Most people now use these for decoration, such as an umbrella or walking stick holder.
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A special section to deal with Jews has been established in the Polish Security Police, it was reported here today.
The department, known officially as the Special Bureau for the Registration of the Population of Jewish Origin, has headquarters in Bialystok and is headed by a Russian Col. Morozov, the port added. It said that Morozov's orders from the Soviet secret police were to compile a list of "unreliable" Jews, who would be interned in new labor camps being built in the Bialystok region.
The report that a number of Jewish officers in the Polish Army, who were stationed along Poland's border or in the coastal region, have been transferred to minor posts in the Bialystok area. These, it predicted, would be the most likely to be included in the first groups to be interned when the camps were completed.


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The NuRevu video clip below is excellent to show you what is happening between Garmin and TomTom for street mapping Apps on Apple and Android devices. Although not an Australian comparison it does highlight the feature differences and route calculation between the two. The purpose of this thread is a reminder of how Garmin have tried the mobile market before and stopped (Garmin XT), started and stopped again (Nuvifone) and now started again. Personally I can't say Garmin have been supportive of their customers in this format but maybe they finally realise they have no choice.
The night screen on the TomTom is poor as mentioned in the review, both had a variant in the route from what the reviewer considered the best route to take, TomTom had some advantages over Garmin uch more street view and detour option. The othe rpoint is Garmin have nobbled it's version compared to their dedicated Nuvi street navigator series.
He says that the Garmin does not download the whole map only a portion of it but in an updated reply he says the following.
"Garmin has a version that doesn't require data and TomTom doesn't and can even have data disabled as an option within the app. Easiest way to tell if the app installs all maps onto the device is the size of the download"
Garmin have not produced an Android version of CityNavigator, which is not a clever move as it cut outs currently 53% of all US telco carrier activated Smart Phones being Android.
Curently there is no Garmin App for Australia, only North America, USA and Europe, but there is for TomTom, so in regards to these two you have no choice anyway. There are other apps by TwoNav, Destinator and CoPilot Live and Sygic. I would like to see Magellan's Roadmate be made available but is a wait and see.
Of the above only TwoNav allow for on-road and off-road maps etc. In regards to off-road usage there is OziExplorer and MudMap but neither handle street navigation.
Once Microsoft get their act together with Windows 8 etc it will be interesting to see what these App makers do. One site suggested that MS will affect all but the site is only accounting for business orientated users and these days when you can buy an Android phone for as little as $100 the pre-teens and teenies will take their Android preference into the next 15 years or more.


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I was so excited when I watch his speech on C-Span it was 2 and half hours long, it was great! He read the 35 Articles of Impeachment.
We all sat and drool LOL.
Heck! I wanted to marry him myself lol just kidding.
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yes i want to read these charges should be interesting-but sorry the weapons are in syria and we found tons of weapons tons and tons.
bring this debate and you will see the inventory and catalogs of what was found.
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bring this debate and you will see the inventory and catalogs of what was found.
Originally posted by airborne82ndscout
Fact 1. Dennis, Weapons were there i saw them. we have video photos and 60 drums of vx was destroyed.
Bush never lied about the weapons we found them everywhere and we know syria has 60% according to some reports some of us saw.
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they just want to accuse and then have no accountability in their accusations


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After several years on these forums I think it's time that I took a few moments and started a build journal.
A little background. In late 2009 I had essentially reached a pretty terrible point in my life. I had just gotten divorced, I had let myself go pretty badly, my weight had risen to an astronomical 340 lbs. My finances were in shambles.
I was at a turning point. I worked hard, worked out even harder. By early 2010 I had lost about 60 lbs, started putting my finances back together and met an amazing woman who I have been happy with for almost 4 years now. As a reward to myself for turning everything around my girlfriend (at the time, we are now engaged) suggested that I purchase a new car. This was right about when I saw the new 5th Gen. A friend of mine 55SSRS, had sent me a few pictures of a yellow camaro that he had seen at a dealership, that planted the seed.
However, my finances were still making a comeback. I had some major setbacks due to my divorce, so I had to wait another year until I could buy my camaro without making a terrible decision. I didn't want to take a high interest rate, so I chose to save more money for a down payment while I rebuilt that almighty score!
Fast forward to Febuary 2011: I had gotten my weight down to 225 lbs that's right over 100lbs just by lifting weights and not eating so much garbage, my credit score to a reasonably high level, and I had the full support of my amazing, patient, mod friendly (haha) fiancee.
It was time to call Becky Doyle at Rodger's Chevrolet. I chose Becky because the local dealerships just wouldn't work with me on a price. They all wanted MSRP or higher. Fortunately through these forums I was able to PM Becky, and after many phone calls and emails, we ordered a 2011 1SS/RS with the BA sound system, Hurst shifter, in Cyber Grey Metallic!
^This was fresh off of the truck! It came in late on a friday, and I had to wait until Monday to take delivery. That, my friends was torture!!
I work late swing shift at a casino, so I got out of work that monday morning at about 5 am. I went home, changed clothes, and took my fiancee's car to East Syracuse Chevrolet (Where Becky arranged to have the car shipped) To pick up my baby. I left my fiancee's car there, and promptly drove to pick up my other baby! (my fiancee) From her shift at the same workplace. Rolling up in a brand new 5th gen to pick her up was such a great feeling. I finally had the girl, and now I had the car too!!! We drove back to East Syracuse to grab her car, and I finally went to bed once we arrived home.
About a month or so after owning the car, I decided that the exhaust was WAY too quiet. I didn't really have the budget for an aftermarket system at the time, so I had my local Cole muffler do a muffler delete on my car.
Next up was a cold air intake. I really loved the idea of an OTR system, and once I saw New Era's OTR I had to have it. I love the rough welds on it, and the concept of pulling fresh air from in front of the engine bay made sense to me. I picked one up used from a forum member for 250.00 (half off FTW!!!) A local UpstateC5 club member helped me install it. (Thank you Ironwill)
Now that I had the exhaust and intake tackled. I thought I was done for a while!! HAHAHAHA Who was I kidding???
Next up I gave Roger At Emblempros a call. I ordered the "Onyx" Camaro fender lettering, as well as the ZR1 Style LS3 badge for my trunk. (I have to find these pics... I have some new ones too that I will update later!)
Next up was a call to Apex Chase at Apex Motorsports!!!! I love the stance of a lowered Camaro, so I chose PFADT for their lowering spring kit. I had them installed at NYE GMC in Oneida NY.
^^You can see the Onyx camaro script in this picture also. To be very honest, pictures do NOT do these justice. On a CGM they literally blend in with the paint and from certain angles they look like they're "ghosted" on. This is exactly what I had wanted when I ordered them!!! Notice how low the car sits now in relation to the water bottle!! WHEEEEE> This is one of the best upgrades that one can make to this car. I was immediately impressed by the improved level of responsiveness from the car, plus much less wheel hop in the rear, and MUCH less lift and dive in the front. Not to mention the MEAN looking new stance.
Just when I thought I would be slowing down, my good friend Ron Robinson posted up a set of long tube headers on the Upstate C5 section. For the price he had posted, I couldn't pass these up, so once again, the wallet opened up... and so did the LS3 under my hood. Holy crap what a noticeable gain!
These are my Pacesetter LT's with HFC's (sitting behind Ron's white SS)
While many argue that I should have gotten TSP's or SP's or Kooks or ARH, hell even OBX: I wasnt' planning on doing headers anytime soon, and these were like-new. For the price I couldn't beat them with a stick. They're coated in pacesetter's "armor coat" and then topped with black VHT paint. I've had them on the car for about 3000 miles now and they are still flawless.
After driving for about 4 months with no tune, and suffering through a heater core replacement, as well as a drive belt replacement (all under warranty) It was now time to give Ted Jannettey a call and let him work some magic on my LS3.
I can say one thing for certain: This man is freaking AMAZING. Prior to the tune, the car felt powerful, but it just felt like something was off. It felt pretty raggged, decel pop was unbearable, and I felt as though I had lost a LOT of power from the lower RPM ranges. Once I had my x3 set up properly I loaded ted's tune into my car. Immediately I could tell that things had changed. The idle was smooth and stable, the car acellerated smoothly tons of grunt from the top to the bottom. The decel pop returned to "normal" levels. Not to mention that I gained an extra MPG with spirited driving.
That's it for mods for now. Car is going into storage in a few weeks and no sense in dumping money into it when I can't enjoy it. New wheels and tires, and a new spoiler are next!!!!
Here are some current pictures. Enjoy!
Thank you for taking the time to have a look at my "other woman" as my lady calls it! I love this vehicle. Thank you to GM for making it, and thank's to all of the incredible people that I have met on Camaro5 for making this car's ownership more of a lifestyle than a car that gets me from point A to point B.
Current Performance Mods:
New Era OTR CAI (Pics Page1)
Pacesetter LT headers. (Pics Page1)
Muffler Delete. (Pics Page1)
PFADT Lowering springs.
JRE Performance LS3 Tune.
"Strong" MAF sensor.
New Era ported and polished throttle body.
Current Cosmetic Mods:
20x9.5FR, 20x11 Forgestar F14's in textured gunmetal (pics page 4)
Nitto Invo 275-40-20 FR 315-35-20 R tires. (pics page 4)
Big Worm COPO style rear fender stripes and hood spears in red. (pics and DIY write up, Page 1/2)
Emblempro's Onyx Fender script, ZR1 Style trunk "LS3" badge. SS grille emblem. (Pics pages 1, and 4)
Gary's Custom CGM bowties front and rear. (they're in almost every pic, pages 1-4)
Ofer's DRL Harness, P13W 4300 DRL bulbs
Red LED interior footwell and dome lights with custom switch from Ofer (Gen5diy)
Upstate C5 club sticker. (good for at least 20 hp)
Custom painted Heritage grill from River City
TRADED IN June 10, 2014. Too many random problems to make the car enjoyable. Thanks for the ride Camaro5. Loved the car, I even miss it on occasion, but two weeks per summer in the shop on a car that I can only drive half the year is just a bit much for me to bear.
This thread can be way for me to remember what a great time I had buying, modding, driving, and loving this car until the bugs got the best of me. Made some great friends on these forums, and learned a LOT about cars in general.
Thanks for looking. I hope whoever buys this car will love it as much as I did. (and have better luck with reliability)
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Civilization and Its Discontents
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Written in the decade before Freud s death, Civilization and Its Discontents may be his most famous and most brilliant work. It has been praised, dissected, lambasted, interpreted, and reinterpreted. Originally published in 1930, it seeks to answer several questions fundamental to human society and its organization: What influences led to the creation of civilization? Why and how did it come to be? What determines civilization s trajectory? Freud s theories on the effect of the knowledge of death on human existence and the birth of art are central to his work. Of the various English translations of Freud s major works to appear in his lifetime, only Norton s Standard Edition, under the general editorship of James Strachey, was authorized by Freud himself. This new edition includes both an introduction by the renowned cultural critic and writer Christopher Hitchens as well as Peter Gay s classic biographical note on Freud."
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Death Ship (Shaw and Valentine)
by Jim Kelly
Review by Joseph B. Hoyos
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Date: 01 December 2016
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Jim Kelly's Death series continues to become more engaging with each new installment. His seventh outing, Death Ship, is even more fascinating than its predecessors. People are dying around Hunstanton Beach and their deaths are connected to a ship that sunk during a storm that ravaged the Norfolk Coast on January 31, 1953. All on board were lost. However, the ship was soon forgotten, considering that many impoverished residents in low lying areas were drowned. All of Kelly's novels are extremely complex and usually involve a cold case and the modern deaths that are linked to it. There are also the numerous subplots that are always connected. Readers may not discover how they are connected until the novel's end.
Readers will rejoice upon learning that DS George Valentine and PPC Jan Clay have been married. She assists Shaw and Valentine with the case involving the "Sweetie Killer"--an elderly woman who's been seen at bus stops handing out poisoned chocolates to riders. As I suspected, she and her family are connected to the tragic storm of 1953. However, I'm sure most everyone living around Hunstanton Beach knows someone (friend, neighbor, classmate, relative, etc.) who perished that night. It was the type of disaster that affected an entire community. Shaw is determined to learn why this elderly woman, known for her history of kindness, begins to suddenly start poisoning people. I kept asking myself, "Didn't their moms teach them never to take candy from a stranger?"
DI Peter Shaw is married to Lena Braithwaite, a beautiful Jamaican. A former lawyer, Lena is now co-owner of Surf!, a beach bar and shop that is popular for its ambiance and isolation. Lena learns that her mom, Muriel, has died of kidney failure. She and their daughter, Fran, travel to Kingston, Jamaica, for the funeral. While visiting her dysfunctional family, Lena makes a startling discovery. This is a good discovery, which is unusual for Death Ship. The story's other deaths have a tendency to lead to additional pain and suffering.
Kelly conducts a tremendous amount of research before writing his novels. They are excellent police and medical procedurals. As the title Death Ship suggests, much of the plot takes place in and around water, whether it is the water of an ocean or a public indoor swimming pool. Readers will learn gruesome details of how a person can die from the bends [a.k.a. decompression sickness (DCS)]; it is a deadly condition that results when a diver ascends too rapidly from deep water. Readers will learn about the dangerous conditions that the pier construction workers endure when laboring inside a submerged caisson. I've also learned not to jump (or fall) from a diving board after its swimming pool has been emptied of water.
Jim Kelly's Death Ship is a very emotional whodunit that made me teary eyed in several scenes. It has a dynamic ending. I love how all the characters and subplots interweave together to form a complex tapestry of modern crime. Like the previous novels in the series, nearly every suspect is guilty of something, whether it is a misdemeanor or a felony. DI Shaw and DS Valentine are an admirable, albeit odd, couple of sleuths. One is young, one is old; one is healthy, the other is sick; one loves the ocean while the other one hates it. However, both are diligent, persistent, intelligent, and hard working men. I hope I never see the death of Kelly's Death series.
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The Turpin Athletic Boosters enhance the athletic experience of all our student-athletes. We work together with our Athletic Department and coaches to build on the outstanding athletic tradition of Turpin High School.
Our goals are to encourage participation in athletics at THS, promote the highest level of sportsmanship amongst our athletes, increase student attendance at all Turpin Athletic events, and to provide financial assistance for the benefit of all athletic programs at Turpin.
Become an active member by attending a booster meeting and find out how you can help. Booster meeting are held on the second monday of every month in room B301 at THS. And thank you for your continued support of the Spartans!
Why should I join Turpin Athletic Boosters?
We know Booster membership is expensive. District fees and Athletic "Pay to Play" fees cover only the most basic needs of our student athletes: Coaches' salaries, equipment and uniforms, transportation, officials. Athletic Boosters provides facility improvements that benefit all students, including Band members and student fans, along with parents and community supporters. We believe that these efforts elevate the overall image of Turpin High School and Forest Hills School District within Anderson Township and beyond. Our goal is to provide a first class experience for all Turpin students, student athletes, band members and fans. Quality facilities also benefit the school district via increased facility rental fees for community organizations.
Gold Pass and Gold Pass Plus memberships include admission to all regular season home games for all sports at both Turpin and Nagel, along with other benefits listed on the membership form. The $50 Spartan Supporter level is great for families who don't need gold passes and for grandparents and alumni wanting to support our students.
Lastly, ALL money collected by Boosters is used solely for Turpin Athletics.
What does my Booster Membership Fee fund?
Last year, Boosters funded stadium press box renovations, new stadium sound system and scoreboard, cheerleading "run through" banner, Senior awards, Senior banners, and concession stand renovations.
Recently, Boosters also purchased new scoreboards for baseball and swimming, baseball & softball field renovations, new gym bleachers, tennis storage shed, weight room equipment, track/CC tent, soccer nets, football headsets, a new Golf cart to transport fans and equipment to fields, and equipment for concessions.
This year, (at a minimum) Boosters will fund Coaches' clinics, training room supplies, weight room equipment, Athletic lobby monitors, Hall of Fame signage, Locker room renovations, concession equipment and architecture plans for future outdoor renovations. Again, all dollars stay at Turpin.
Can I join Athletic Boosters if my kids don't play sports?
Absolutely! As mentioned above, Boosters benefits all Turpin students, either directly or indirectly.
Can I get a single Gold Pass for my student?
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If I purchase Gold Passes through Boosters, how/when will I get my passes?
Orders received by August 14 will be distributed at Meet the Team Night on August 16. All others will be mailed.
Where can I get more information?
Please contact Turpin Athletic Director, Eric Fry at firstname.lastname@example.com or Turpin Athletic Booster President, Julie Williams at email@example.com
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The athletic programs at Turpin High School provide our student-athletes with opportunities to compete on the playing field, to demonstrate sportsmanship and to strive for academic excellence. Your Turpin Athletics Boosters continue to support all athletic programs to pay for the new turf stadium, purchase uniforms, equipment, help provide transportation for our athletes along with supporting the maintenance of our sports facilities. The past several years have seen an improved stadium/press box, video equipment, new baseball field sprinkling system, batting cages, new baseball wall and screen, new softball dugouts and scoreboards, wrestling mats, new weight room, an electronic scoreboard for the swim team-just to mention a few of the improvements that Boosters has helped provide. Please join the Boosters and help our Turpin High School Athletes.
The ABC's of the Turpin Athletic Boosters Support:
A: All Awards for Athletes including varsity letters
B: Backstops, Basketball shooting machines, Banners in the gym
C: Cameras, Coaches, Clinics, Chairs
D: Dugouts and Diving boards
E: Equipment for the weight room
F: Funding for state tournament trips, Football stadium
G: Golf bags, Goals, Gator for the field
H: Hurdles for track, Hall of fame plaques and ceremony
I: Infield dirt, Injury prevention sportsmedicine
J: Jump system for track and field team
K: Klinger Krazies - the student boosters!
L: Logo of the Spartan on the gym wall
M: Mascot uniform
N: Nets for Volleyball; New equipment not in the AD's budget
O: Outdoor batting cages for baseball and softball
P: APortable bleachers for tennis, Pool Deck, Press box for Spartan stadium
Q: Quiz team timers and buzzerss
R: Record boards for swimming and track
S: Scoreboards, and Shirts for all coaches
T: Training room upgrades, and Trophy cases
U: Underground irrigation system
V: Vault table for gymnastics, Volleyball blocker equipment
W: Website, Wrestling mats, Windscreens, Water for the softball field
X: eXcellent support of all the Spartan teams and coaches
Y: Yard lines-new turf in Spartan Stadium
Z: E-Z up tent for track and cross country
- The name of the organization shall be the FRIENDS OF TURPIN, dba Turpin Athletic Booster Club.
The purpose of this organization shall be to promote athletics and activities at Turpin High School. The objective of this organization shall be:
1. To encourage, support, and to promote athletic activity, or any activity pertaining to or affecting our students.
2. To promote the highest standards of sportsmanship and to encourage student participation in athletics and attendance at games and athletic events.
3. To provide financial assistance for the benefit of the athletic department and other activities as defined in item 1 above.
- Membership shall be open to any person who has paid the current year dues.
- Annual membership dues shall be set annually by the Executive Committee.
Section I – The governing body of the Boosters is the Membership Board whose duties are to:
1. Elect and install Officers.
2. Elect and install at large Executive Board Members.
3. Serve on nominating committees.
4. Approve expenditures.
5. Approve the annual budget.
6. Uphold and enforce the Bylaws.
Section II – Membership Board
The Membership Board consists of the Executive Committee and a representative from each varsity sport. Each varsity sport shall appoint one representative. Each representative, in addition to the Executive Committee, shall have one vote on all items requiring a vote. The representatives shall elect the Executive Committee at the May meeting.
1. In order to be eligible to become a member of the Membership Board, the individual must have his/her current year dues paid and be a member of the Booster Club. Any Membership Board member who misses three (3) consecutive membership meetings may be asked to resign from the Membership Board.
2. Any Membership Board vacancy occurring during the year shall be filled as soon as possible by appointment of the Executive Committee to fill the remainder of the term.
Section III – Executive Committee
The Executive Committee will be made up of the booster officers and three (3) other booster members elected by the Board for a one (1) year term, along with the Athletic Director.
1. Any Executive Committee vacancy occurring during the year shall be filled as soon as possible by nomination and election by the Board to fill the remainder of the term.
Section IV – Duties of the Executive Committee
1. To meet as necessary to review new and old business to be discussed or voted on at the next membership meeting in an organized fashion.
2. To meet and establish a financial budget for the coming school year.
3. To meet as necessary on any emergency items which must be put to a vote and addressed at the next membership meeting.
4. To address the annual audit of the booster expenditures from the previous year.
Section V – Officers
1. The officers of the Boosters shall consist of President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Membership Director. Officer terms shall be for a period of one (1) year.
Section VI – Duties of Officers
1. The President shall preside at all meetings of the Membership Board and Executive Committee. He/she shall sign all official documents; appoint all committees and shall be, Ex-officio, a member of all committees.
2. The Vice President fulfills all the duties of the President if the latter is absent or otherwise unable to execute his/her responsibilities. The Vice President shall also assist the President as needed.
3. The Secretary shall keep a roll of the membership, preserve the minutes, and attend to all other correspondence.
4. The Treasurer shall present a detailed report of all monies received and disbursed at each membership meeting. All checks shall be signed by the Treasurer or President or his/her designee. The Treasurer shall also be Chairman of the Budget Committee, responsible for preparing and submitting the proposed budget to the Membership Board for approval.
5. The Membership Director shall recruit membership for the Booster Club and assist the Membership Board with other matters as needed.
Section VII – Standing Committees
The Chairman of each committee shall be a member of the Booster Club, will be appointed by the President, will provide an oral report at each membership meeting, and upon request by the President, such written reports as deemed necessary.
Those committees are:
1. Membership;
2. Spartanrama;
3. Nominating; and
4. Concession.
Other committees may be established from time to time as deemed necessary at the discretion of the President.
1. Nomination and election of officers shall take place during the May meeting. A candidate for President must have served at least one (1) year on the Membership Board.
2. All members of the Membership Board are eligible for nomination for Vice President, Secretary, or Treasurer.
All Membership meetings are open to the general membership.
1. The Board may meet at least once each month during the calendar year. The meeting place will be determined by the Board.
2. Special Board meetings may be called at the discretion of the President. An attempt to reach all members will be made. Eight (8) members of the Board shall constitute a quorum.
The Constitution may be altered, amended, or revised provided:
1. That such alteration, amendment, or revision be submitted in writing to all board members at least seven (7) days prior to the next membership meeting.
2. At the membership meeting the proposed alteration, amendment, or revision shall be read by the presiding officer to the membership and the floor opened for discussion.
3. At the succeeding general membership meeting, the vote will be called by the presiding officer. A two-thirds vote of the board present is required for passage.
The Booster Club may be dissolved by a two-thirds vote of the membership. In the event of dissolution of the Turpin Athletic Booster Club, any funds remaining in the treasury will be donated to the Turpin Athletic Department.
ADOPTED by Resolution of the Booster Club on the ____ day of _______, 2007.


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Eschew obfuscation!
Today on Radio New Zealand National I talked about the impenetrable legal terms and licences that we are confronted with every day when we use software or even just read email.
Read on for my speaking notes.
Feel free to post your favourite examples of silly or unreadable email disclaimers in the comments!
Today I thought we'd talk about all the legalese that we get bombarded with when we use technology.
Q: You're actually not a lawyer, are you?
A: Absolutely not, I'm a reasonable man! Just so we are clear about this, I'm not able to give anyone legal advice, and if I was able, I'd probably charge for it. But my point here is, that lawyers or not, we receive chunks of lawyerly-looking language whenever we, say, install a piece of software, and often at the foot of people's emails. What does it all mean?
Q: Are we supposed to get legal advice for everything?
A: You'd have to have a lawyer looking over your shoulder continuously and advising you on everything you see! That could get a little expensive, never mind the other problems with that idea. So from sheer practicality we have to figure out a way of dealing with this stuff.
Q: Surely everyone just ignores it.
A: It's pretty clear that mostly happens. I'm not sure that's a good thing. Let's just unpack a bit more of what we re talking about here. Imagine you are installing a piece of software. It might be something you have bought in a box from a shop, or it might be something you have downloaded from the Internet. When you start the install process, up pops a box full of text, called the End-User Licence Agreement, or EULA.
Q: Why does there need to be a licence agreement?
A: Because you don't own the software, someone else does, usually the person or company that wrote it. What is happening, legally, is you are getting the right to use this piece of software that doesn't actually belong to you. And it has conditions attached to it. It's a bit like renting a car – you sign an agreement that says you have to stay on public roads, sometimes they say you have to stay on tarseal, or put limits on where you can go in the car. By signing that agreement you acknowledge that you are going to keep it. With software, they show you the agreement and you have to accept it by clicking "I accept" or some such.
Q: Does anyone read these things?
A: Of course they don't. Typically they are thirty pages of dense text which is full of terms that only even make sense if you have a degree in law. Generally they refer to the law of some other place – often the state of California, although Utah and Washington are popular, too. So, even if you are a lawyer, you probably need legal advice from a legal specialist in that jurisdiction to be clear about it means. Most lawyers I have asked admit to not reading this stuff either.
And, another reason we can be certain that these licences are mostly not read: recently two software companies have been caught out by the consequences of their own licences.
Q: How so?
A: Apple has a web browser called Safari. It's a good piece of software and it's a reasonable competitor to Firefox – by the way, I know I keep saying this, but if you haven't got Firefox go and get it now, getfirefox.com – although Apple has got right up people's noses by including Safari in an update of its popular iTunes music library software. But that's another story. Anyway, nearly a year ago Apple released Safari for Windows computers as well as its own Macintosh range. And last week, someone pointed out that the EULA – the licence agreement that you have to agree to before you can install it – contains language saying that you will only run Safari on an Apple-branded computer. This is for software they are pushing to just about every home Windows user in the world.
Q: What happened next?
A: Apple, to their credit, immediately owned up to the mistake and said that wasn't what they intended and they changed the licence right away. But, to me, this shows a problem with the whole system. People are assenting to legal matter that they don't understand – that they can't understand – and the licensor isn't even checking the stuff. I have no idea what this means for people who are using Safari on Windows in violation of the licence they have agreed to, even though it was Apple's clear intention that they use it on Windows. To me, this makes a mockery of the whole thing of click-through licences.
Let's just think about what goes on in your head when you are trying to install software – here you are, just trying to get it to work, and up pops a box full of incomprehensible text, and you know that by pressing I accept it will go away and you can get on with your life. Why wouldn't you just press it?
Q: You said two software companies – what was your other example?
A: This one's Adobe – maker of Photoshop among lots of other popular software. Now, Photoshop is a high-end image manipulation package with a high-end price to match. Incidentally there is a free open source alternative called the Graphics Image Manipulation Program or GIMP, but we'll leave that and keep going on the legal issues today. To better cover its market, Adobe also sells, or sometimes gives away with cameras, cut-down versions of Photoshop with far fewer features – but enough to get rid of red-eye, or to rotate the picture a little so the sea is level, that kind of thing. And now Adobe has decided to go a step further with the cut down versions – they have jumped on the software-as-a-service bandwagon, and they have made it run through a web page. It's called Photoshop Express. So, you upload you photo to their page, tweak it online in your web browser, and then you can save it back onto your computer. You never need to install their software on your computer at all.
Q: So you don't need a licence?
A: Well, they make you assent to some terms and conditions to use the web site. Incidentally, have you noticed how many legal terms are like that – two things that mean the same with an "and" in the middle? Terms and conditions, part and parcel, goods and chattels – I'm sure there are a lot more.
Q: Why is that?
A: I have this theory that lawyers hate throwing stuff away – they see it as a risk. The words "term" and "condition" seem to mean exactly the same thing, but let's say someone manages to come up with something that is a term but not a condition, you'd be exposed! So the lawyer just chucks them both in for safety. Of course the result is text that just collects all these additions which make it even less readable.
Anyway, in the Adobe example, someone read right to the end of the term and conditions and discovered that Adobe was reserving the right to keep your photos and do anything it wanted with them – selling them, using them as box art, or publicity material, all without your permission, without royalties, and even without a credit to you.
Q: What happened there?
A: Well when it was pointed out Adobe said they really didn't mean that at all and, they said, they would never use their customers photographs without permission. Their legal team is now revising the terms of use. So, it was a big "oops" – but the point is, that people signed up to this, undoubtedly without reading it. Where does that leave them? Adobe could quite legally sell their photographs to someone else, or print them on toilet paper if they wanted to.
Q: So are you giving away your rights by agreeing to these licences?
A: According to consumer.org.nz, that's the organisation that used to be called the Consumers' Institute, nothing in a EULA can override your statutory rights – but proving that is likely to need specific legal advice. So it's not a very satisfactory conclusion, and the whole situation seems strongly weighted toward the software companies. One situation in which you are covered, by the way, is when the licence is heading General Public Licence or GPL – it's completely safe to use GPL software. We've talked about that before.
Q: So what about those legal disclaimers you get in email?
A: Some of those are pretty silly. I recall the UK Cabinet Office advising UK government departments not to use them because they have no legal force, but I can't find that on the web any more. But most of them are just silly in content. They often begin: this message is intended for the intended recipients… surely that's self-evident? Or this message may not be forwarded or passed on? What if that's the appropriate thing to do with it? Or: this message does not represent the views of xyz Ltd? In that case, how do you communicate the official views of xyz Ltd? Obviously not through email! Sometimes you see media releases with disclaimers on the bottom – that's just bizarre, the purpose of a media release is to communicate your opinion in the hope the media will publish it.
Q: But these disclaimers are added automatically by company email systems.
A: Yes – and what does that tell you about the company? We are a bunch of idiots who have no idea how the Internet works and we don't trust our staff!
Adobe's problem with its terms of use, and Apple's problem with the Safari licence
Consumer on End User Licence Agreements
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The London Photograph Fair will take place on 20 May 2012 and close to 50 dealers are currently scheduled to take part.
Showcasing photography from the 19th to 21st centuries, the fair is the UK's premier event for photography collectors. It takes place four times a year at the Holiday Inn Bloomsbury, which is just 10 minutes walk from both Euston and King's Cross/St. Pancras mainline train stations.
Fair organiser James Kerr said: "We are delighted by the continued support from dealers and we feel that we have now established ourselves as an event where collectors can reliably expect to see interesting and varied material. We hope that with a number of events taking place in London that day, collectors will take advantage of a 'Super Sunday' to indulge their passion for photography and related disciplines."
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A Harare man has pleaded with the court to stop his wife from visiting his workplace, harassing his bosses and demanding money during his absence.
Dennis Washaya yesterday told Harare Civil Court magistrate Mrs Barbra Mateko that his wife, Patience Macheka, demands money from his bosses, in the process complicating his working relations. Washaya said Macheka caused havoc at the workplace and at times assaulted him in front of his workmates.
"She is coming to my workplace during my absence terrorising my superiors demanding money from them," he said.
"She is saying I am not giving her enough money to look after our child. At one point I had to be called by the human resources department saying my wife was causing pandemonium at work.
"If I am around, she assaults me in front of my bosses and I am begging this honourable court to stop her from abusing me and coming to my workplace. She cries and screams to the extent that some of my workmates end up giving her money," Washaya said.
Macheka told the court the only reason she went to Washaya's workplace was that he was failing to take care of his child. She sai she wanted money to fend for their minor child.
"The money he is giving me is not enough, so I will be going to his workplace to ask for money," Macheka said.
"He has chased me out of our matrimonial house so I need money for rentals and to look after the child," she said.
Mrs Mateko ordered Macheka to stop causing havoc at Washaya's workplace and to keep peace with him at all times.


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See on Scoop.it – Writing "Rightly"
This fun and informative infographic sums up several of my pet peeves. If you are going to write–then please learn proper grammar! When I am reading and encounter glaring grammatical errors, I just close up the book and put it away.
It does take some practice, but this very important part of writing can be accomplished. If I see one more YOUR for YOU'RE or IT'S for ITS, I think I will just scream!
This graphic can be printed out and tacked up on your wall for easy viewing and consulting while writing. Enjoy!
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The infamous black-toothed cave dwellers are some of the most dangerous creatures one can encounter in a cave! Not only are they nearly invisible in their natural environment but they usually prefer to drop down on their prey from above. Not only are these creatures extremely strong but their black-toothed bite is very poisonous. The toxin injected by the black teeth serves both as a tranquilizer to paralyze the prey, and immediately starts tenderizing soft tissues for consumption. There is one thing that tends to give these creatures away though, they are very slimey and if you're careful you can spot the liquid pools of their excrement below their hiding places.
This started as a pencil sketch but I didn't take any in between shots of the critter as I was painting him. Here you can see the initial sketch though.
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Jan. 27 is the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (Liturgical Year C, Cycle I).
Nehemiah 8:2-6, 8-10; Psalm 19:8-10, 15; 1 Corinthians 12:12-30 or 12:12-14, 27; Luke 1:1-4, 4:14-21
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Catholics sometimes take the importance of Scripture for granted. We have a healthy understanding of the key role the Church plays in our faith: We have the Catechism, the councils of the Church, the papal encyclicals and the magisterium to tell us about the mysteries of God.
But the Catechism of the Catholic Church reminds us that Scriptures are the only inerrant, inspired works we have. The Church compares Scripture to the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist in its importance for the faithful.
"The Church has always venerated the Scriptures as she venerates the Lord's body," says the Catechism (103). "She never ceases to present to the faithful the Bread of Life, taken from the one table of God's word and Christ's body."
Today's readings show what it looks like to take Scripture that seriously.
Nehemiah was the man of action in the sixth century before Christ who restored Jerusalem's walls. Just as those walls were the stronghold that physically protected Jerusalem, the Torah, the Law books of Scripture, was the stronghold that protected Jerusalem spiritually.
Ezra the priest was the religious reformer who restored the Torah, and today's first reading recounts his dramatic reading of it.
When Ezra unrolls the Scripture scroll and reads, the reaction is one of deep reverence: "Amen, amen!" the people shout, and the reading adds: "Then they bowed down and prostrated themselves before the Lord, their faces to the ground."
Notice, they do not make a sharp distinction between the word of the Lord and the Lord himself: They reverence both the same way.
In the Gospel reading from Luke, we see the same reverence for Scripture on Christ's part.
This reading shows the majesty of the word of God, which is the Scripture, and the Word, or Logos, who is Christ.
Jesus, at his local synagogue, "stood up to read and was handed a scroll of the prophet Isaiah," says the passage. "He unrolled the scroll and found the passage where it was written: 'The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring glad tidings to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free and to proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord.'
"Rolling up the scroll, he handed it back to the attendant and sat down, and the eyes of all in the synagogue looked intently at him. He said to them, 'Today this Scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing.'"
Next week, we will see the reaction this announcement caused, but, for this week, we are given just the essentials of what happened. And what happened was one of the most extraordinary moments in the history of the world.
This is bigger than the restoration of Jerusalem. This is a moment God has been preparing for ever since he told Adam and Eve that their sin has consequences and that he has a plan.
All of Scripture has led up to this moment, when God the creator enters his creation and announces himself. The power of it will get Christ killed eventually. But it will also send waves of reaction throughout time that reach even us.
The power of Scripture had not diminished between the time of the priest Ezra and Jesus of Nazareth. And it still hasn't diminished today. It is important that Jesus does this not in Jerusalem, but in his local synagogue: It is not Jerusalem that is central to the story this time, but Scripture itself.
St. Jerome says, "Ignorance of the Scripture is ignorance of Christ." The more we can investigate Scripture, the more we can grow in this Year of Faith.
Our daughter recently came back from a Fellowship of Catholic University Students' conference with a book that is a very good introduction to Scripture studies,The Real Story, by Ted Sri and Curtis Martin. It can be the start to a love affair with the Lord, who we meet in the word.
Tom and April Hoopes write from Atchison, Kansas,
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"The Number of the Beast" is not an album, it's an experience. Not just for the music it contains, but for what it means to the heavy metal genre's past, present and future. The textbook example of heavy metal's evolution from a rough-around-the-edges marginal grouping of musicians to a hard-charging, mother-scaring, school-administrator-nervous-sweating phenomenon, "The Number of the Beast" not only changed the face of heavy metal, but helped change what was possible for it.
There are a small handful of bands and artists that get mentioned as the greatest acts in rock and roll history, a sacred pantheon of untouchable musicians who have earned a reverence unlike any other kind of adulation in popular culture.
It occurred to me just after the new year that 2011 marked the 40th anniversary of the release of the Black Sabbath album "Paranoid" in the United States.