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Australia has provided international stakeholders with a safe, professional and cost-effective stepping stone in to the Asian growth markets.
International standards of conduct for clinical trials, developed by the International Conference on Harmonisation (ICH) and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), provide a benchmark of clinical research quality. Also, the ICH or ISO good clinical practice (GCP) standards are mandatory for all Australian clinical trials, which involve unapproved medicines or medical devices. The regulations in the country currently revolve around a simple Clinical Trial Notification (CTN) scheme administered by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), which has helped in obtaining approvals within weeks. Under this scheme, research proposals are submitted directly to the Australian Human Research Ethics Committees (HRECs).
The committee assumes primary review responsibility for ethical and scientific review. The TGA also administers the Clinical Trials Exemption (CTX) scheme, under which proposals are submitted to the TGA for scientific review followed by ethical review conducted by the HREC.
Australia has also developed ethics review processes for multi-center research in order to help reduce unnecessary duplication of review of research. Furthermore, the tax credit scheme has attracted many, as it allows eligible applicants to receive a 45 percent reimbursement of research and development expenditure. Well-defined regulations, swift and efficient procedures, advanced infrastructure, cost efficiency, and strategic geographical location have all added to Australia's popularity as a research hub. The country has close trading ties with many Asian countries and is in close proximity of the expanding South East Asian markets too. Further, the fact that the Northern and Southern hemisphere seasons are reversed also provides an advantage when conducting trials here.
The paradigm is now shifting towards conduction of priority-driven research and the system is aiming towards capacity building to create an economically sustainable healthcare system. Australia's agenda for the coming years is to improve the research integrity by establishing an independent regulator and create a reward system for early and public self-disclosure of errors. The system will also aim at creating a punishment for intentional or reckless misconduct after active independent investigation of allegations.
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Teen's camp mentors inspire him to volunteer
Ariel Brune, 15, wants to help others the way his counselors and camp friends helped him through his difficult middle school years.
Brune, now a sophomore at Servite High School in Anaheim, began attending the YMCA in elementary school. His first visit to camp was through Camp Miehana in the San Bernardino Mountains. Since then, he's also attended Camp Fox on Catalina Island.
As a middle schooler, Brune was disruptive in school and felt frustrated. Through those years, Caitlyn Fry of the Anaheim YMCA remained a positive influence. She became a role model, said his mother, Martha Rodarte. Fry ran a YMCA after-school program and attended camp with the students.
"Just being able to go away and enjoy nature for a week is kind of exciting," Brune said. The campers went hiking, biking, swimming, rock climbing, learned archery and did arts and crafts.
But the thing that stuck with him the most – the thing that makes him return – is the bond he forged with other campers.
Every night, campers ask each other questions and share their everyday struggles. They talk about peer pressure, making friends, being judged by classmates, being true to themselves and trying new things. Cheered by his campmates, Brune and others climbed to the top of a pole and jumped off, while attached to a safety cord.
"That took a lot of guts. I'm glad I did it," he said.
Now that he's in high school, Brune, a Buena Park resident, says he appreciates the camp experience even more. During the year, he plays football and works in the campus store as part of a work-study program. This year, he chose camp over football practice, and spent time at Camp Fox on Catalina Island in June. Now, he's volunteering at Camp Miehana in the San Bernardino Mountains with campers age 7 to 12.
Brune is attending camp with help from the Register's Campership Fund, which raises money so that Orange County children can experience the outdoors.
He remembers looking up to the junior leaders in training.
"They were outgoing and cool and nice to you. It made me want to get involved and had a lot to do with the reason I liked camp," Brune said.
Brune has been outgoing and friendly since he was a child, his mother said. But since he began attending summer camp, she noticed that he was more excited and inspired.
The teens at Camp Fox do a "rag ceremony" each year, where they pledge to work on a personal goal throughout the year. Brune keeps his rag visible in his room during the school year, in a place where he'll see it each day. The goal is a secret, known only to him and one fellow camper.
"Camp is an amazing getaway from life," Brune said. "It's a break from the real world and allows you to be free and take a breath. It's something that I look forward to and something that I'll always carry with me everywhere I go."
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The economical cube steak is elevated to new heights in this recipe. The salad, with chopped arugula, basil, tomatoes, onion and sharp Italian cheese, is the picture of summer simplicity; all it needs is olive oil and lemon to dress it.
Nutrition Profile: Diabetes Appropriate Healthy Weight Heart Healthy High Calcium Low Calorie Low Carb Low Sat Fat
Serves 4
Prep Time 45 min
Total Time 45 min.
Step 1
Combine tomatoes, onion and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a large bowl.
Step 2
Whisk egg and egg white in a shallow dish. Combine breadcrumbs, grated cheese and parsley (if using) in another shallow dish. Season steak with the remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Dip each piece into the egg, allowing excess to drip off into the dish, then dip in the breadcrumb mixture and turn to coat.
Step 3
Heat 2 teaspoons oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add the steaks and cook until golden brown on the first side, about 3 minutes. Turn the steaks over, add 1 teaspoon oil and cook until the steaks are cooked through, 3 to 4 minutes more. Transfer to a plate; tent with foil to keep warm.
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Add 1/4 cup shaved cheese to the tomato mixture. Add the remaining 1/4 teaspoon pepper, the remaining 3 teaspoons oil, arugula, basil and lemon juice; toss to combine. Serve the steaks on beds of the arugula-tomato salad. Garnish with lemon wedges.


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Overall Length: 852mm
Weight: 3100g
Caliber: 6mm
Magazine Capacity: Hi-Capacity 300 Rounds (included)
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Velocity: 400 fps with 0.20g BBs
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From concept to reality, the new MK 16 exceeds real world expectations. Chosen by the U.S. Special Operations Command (USS0COM) as its next generation modular assault rifle, the MK 16 is a 21st century weapon ideal for operations in today's challenging tactical environment. Completely ambidextrous with multiple integral MIL-STD 1913 mounting rails and a telescoping, folding stock with adjustable cheekpiece, the MK 16 represents the most innovative and adaptable individual combat rifle ever conceived. The highly ergonomic design commonality of the MK 16 and MK 17 allow for enhanced muscle memory that provides operators a cross-training benefit with both platforms.


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September 22, 2012
iPhone Question: How Do I Go Back To iOS 5?
-- by Dave Johnson
Question for readers: How can I take an iPhone 4 back from iOS 6 back to iOS 5?
The Maps app isn't just really, really bad - terrible - it's downright dangerous. It's wrong. An incorrect map is not something I will trust. Lots of reasons, but I need a good and correct maps app. (And never mind what happens if I want to take trains or buses...)
This is a dealbreaker, and I think I'll be all done with Apple products now. The ONLY reason to pay Apple's extreme, premium, incredibly high prices (15" Mac laptop starts at $1800!) was because when you bought something from Apple it worked, was better than anything else, and an upgrade improved the product. Apple isn't doing that anymore. They changed maps to fit into a corporate strategy, and didn't give a shit about how it affected customers -- just more corporate greed, so forget this.
So how can I take my iPhone back from iOS6 to iOS5?
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MacLife has you covered:
Posted by: Knightwork at September 22, 2012 6:32 PM
As a life-long Apple user I have learned (the hard way) to never, ever update software or hardware the second it comes out. Wait at minimum 6 months before adopting anything new from Apple.
I edit video on my computer, so I can't afford downtime.
But I gotta say, dumping all of Apple over their map app is a bit extreme. I learned that tech was making me dumb: I no longer remembered phone numbers or addresses, so I stopped having my phone remember them for me. I stopped relying on maps, no map software is perfect, I'd rather know what I am doing than rely on an app.
I have analog backups for most everything: physical maps I can look at even when there's no signal or the battery is dead.
So Apple rolled out their map app before it was ready, so what? There are lots and lots of working map apps out there, and there's always using your actual brain!
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A blast of bitter cold will keep Minnesotans chilled going into the new year.
The National Weather Service has issued a wind chill warning for central and northeastern Minnesota through Tuesday morning. Wind chill advisories are out for the rest of the state except for the southwest.
Embarrass in northeastern Minnesota bottomed out at 40 below zero at 6 a.m. Monday. International Falls fell to 37 below.
Light snow also made for a slippery commute in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area Monday. The Minnesota State Patrol reports hundreds of crashes in the metro area.
Highs Tuesday are forecast to range from 15 below to zero statewide. Lows will plummet to 5 below to 15 below in the south and 20 below to 40 below in the north.
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This is the fourth in a series of recordings featuring Alfred Reed conducting his own works. Includes: The Hounds Of Spring; Music In The Air!; Joyeux Noel; Canto E Camdombe; Children's Suite; Acclamation!; A Festival Prelude and Second Suite For Band.
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Warner Bros.' (NYSE:TWX) Gravity is set to take number one at the box office for a second straight week with an estimated $44.3 million gross, blowing past Sony Pictures' (NYSE:SNE) thriller Captain Phillips, which is set to generate a solid $26 million.
The $26 million projection for Sony's Captain Phillips, which stars Tom Hanks and tells the true story of the 2009 MV Maersk Alabama hijacking by Somali pirates, is actually slightly higher than what the industry analysts had expected from the film. Sporting sterling reviews and a CinemaScore of A, Captain Phillips is performing well despite going up against Gravity, which has become one of the year's biggest movie events.
But it is impossible to overstate the fierce attention that Warner Bros.' film has generated. Originally projected to take upwards of $35 million in its second weekend, Gravity continues to exceed industry expectations as the film is poised to outpace what appeared to be generous projections by almost $10 million. While the film will easily take first at the box office this weekend, it appears likely that the film could play number one at the box office for three, maybe even four straight weekends.
With this in mind, does Gravity have a shot to make the cut when it comes to the all-time list of films with the most consecutive weekends in a row at number one? Once you see the list, you'll understand why it's not very likely. Though it may have a good run if it has hit on some of the traits the made the following films a huge success.


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The switch-pitcher rule change
The Pat Venditte Rule is on the books.
The Professional Baseball Umpire Corporation (PBUC) released its official rules for dealing with ambidextrous pitchers on Wednesday. These guidelines were reached after PBUC staff consulted with a variety of sources, including the Major League Baseball Rules Committee.
Here's how it reads:
* The pitcher must visually indicate to the umpire, batter and runner(s) which way he will begin pitching to the batter. Engaging the rubber with the glove on a particular hand is considered a definitive commitment to which arm he will throw with. The batter will then choose which side of the plate he will bat from.
* The pitcher must throw one pitch to the batter before any "switch" by either player is allowed.
* After one pitch is thrown, the pitcher and batter may each change positions one time per at-bat. For example, if the pitcher changes from right-handed to left-handed and the batter then changes batter's boxes, each player must remain that way for the duration of that at-bat (unless the offensive team substitutes a pinch hitter, and then each player may again "switch" one time).
* Any switch (by either the pitcher or the batter) must be clearly indicated to the umpire.
There will be no warm-up pitches during the change of arms.
* If an injury occurs the pitcher may change arms but not use that arm again during the remainder of the game.
On the face of it, it seems fair. Maybe there's a little advantage to the batter but at some point the game needs to be played.
As for Venditte, he has been terrific for Staten Island. In six appearances, he has pitched 6.1 scoreless innings, allowing one hit with one walk and six strikeouts.


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Liner Note Author: Anthony DeCurtis.
Recording information: Folsom Prison (01/13/1968); Hendersonville (01/13/1968); Memphis (01/13/1968); Nashville (01/13/1968); San Quentin Prison (01/13/1968); Folsom Prison (02/24/1969); Hendersonville (02/24/1969); Memphis (02/24/1969); Nashville (02/24/1969); San Quentin Prison (02/24/1969); Folsom Prison (03/05/1976-07/06/1976); Hendersonville (03/05/1976-07/06/1976); Memphis (03/05/1976-07/06/1976); Nashville (03/05/1976-07/06/1976); San Quentin Prison (03/05/1976-07/06/1976); Folsom Prison (04/02/1956-07/10/1958); Hendersonville (04/02/1956-07/10/1958); Memphis (04/02/1956-07/10/1958); Nashville (04/02/1956-07/10/1958); San Quentin Prison (04/02/1956-07/10/1958); Folsom Prison (07/24/1958-10/03/1984); Hendersonville (07/24/1958-10/03/1984); Memphis (07/24/1958-10/03/1984); Nashville (07/24/1958-10/03/1984); San Quentin Prison (07/24/1958-10/03/1984).
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As part of Columbia/Legacy's ongoing celebration of Johnny Cash's 80th birthday in 2012, the label assembled a series of compilations under the rubric "The Greatest." This 19-track collection covers ground so obvious that it's a wonder there hasn't been a similar compilation before: it showcases Cash's chart-toppers. Strictly speaking, some of these singles did not reach number one -- 1958's "The Ways of a Woman in Love" and 1979's "(Ghost) Riders in the Sky" peaked at two, while 1958's "What Do I Care" topped out at eight -- and a good case could be made that "Get Rhythm," the charting flip of "I Walk the Line," should have been here, but that's ultimately nitpicking as this provides a single-disc overview of Cash's charting years unlike any other compilation on the market. Usually, Cash compilations concentrate on his enduring standards, which aren't necessarily the same thing as his biggest hits. This means that there are some very big songs missing here -- "Hey Porter," "Cry Cry Cry," "I Still Miss Someone," "The Ballad of Ira Hayes," "Five Feet High and Rising," "Jackson," and "I Got Stripes" are all absent -- but in their place is a handful of comparatively overlooked hits like "What Do I Care," "The One on the Right Is on the Left," "Flesh and Blood," and "One Piece at a Time," songs that add chronological context to the staples on this set. And that's why even with the notable omissions this is still an excellent overview and introduction to Cash: it's a vivid snapshot of his peak. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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Pork Loin with Black Eyed Peas
• 3-4LB rib-end loin of pork with skin on, French-trimmed
• sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 5 teaspoons smoked paprika
• juice of 1 lemon
• olive oil
• 2 red onions, finely sliced
• 1-2 fresh red, yellow and green chillies
• 1 small whole chorizo sausages, thickly sliced
• 3 bay leaves
• 1 sprigs of fresh rosemary, finely chopped
• 3 x 400g of good-quality plum tomatoes, roughly chopped
• 2 handfuls of fresh ripe tomatoes, halved
• 2-3 cans of black-eyed beans, drained (you can soak dried beans too - 24oz)
• 5 cloves of garlic, peeled and finely chopped
• a handful of fresh flat-leaf parsley, chopped
• red wine vinegar
• sour cream, to serve (plain yogurt is good too)
Preheat your oven to 240ºC/475ºF/gas 9. First, score the skin of the pork in a criss-cross pattern every 1cm/½ inch with a sharp knife, trying not to cut into the meat itself. Mix a little salt with a teaspoon of paprika, the lemon juice and a little olive oil, then rub this over the meat and into the score lines. Put the meat in a high-sided roasting tray and cook in the preheated oven for 30 minutes to start the skin crisping up.
Remove the meat from the oven, turning the heat down to 180ºC/350ºF/gas 4. Take the pork out of the tray and put it to one side, then spoon out half the fat and discard it. Place the tray on the hob, add the onions, whole chillies, chorizo, bay leaves and rosemary with the remaining paprika, and fry gently until the onions are soft. Add all the tomatoes, the beans, garlic, parsley and a wineglass of water to the tray, stirring and scraping up all the lovely sticky bits from the bottom. Place the pork on top, return to the oven and cook for another hour or so or until the skin is crispy and the meat is meltingly tender.
When cooked, remove the pork from the tray and allow to rest. Taste the sauce and season with salt, pepper and a few swigs of red wine vinegar to give it a twang. Then remove the chillies and control the heat by chopping up as much chilli as you like and stirring it back into the sauce. Lovely served with soured cream.
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There's something fishy going on in our Test Kitchen—and it's this terrific recipe! Topped with a colorful, fresh tomato salsa, these flaky filets are a real treat
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- 2 halibut fillets (6 ounces each)
- 1 plum tomato, seeded and chopped
- 1 small sweet yellow pepper, chopped
- 1/4 cup chopped red onion
- 3 tablespoons chopped seeded peeled cucumber
- 3 tablespoons minced fresh parsley
- 1 tablespoon minced chives
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 teaspoons dill weed
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- Place halibut in an 11-in. x 7-in. baking dish coated with cooking spray. Bake, uncovered, at 400° for 15-20 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork.
- Meanwhile, for salsa, combine the remaining ingredients in a small bowl. Serve with halibut. Yield: 2 servings.
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Top Songs From 1944 - Popular Music Charts For 1944
Check Out These Popular Songs From 1944 And Include Them At Your Event
Below is a collection of the top songs from 1944. This music was popular amongst DJs and disc jockeys in 1944. If you are planning an event or celebration, you may want include music from 1944. Most of these songs can be found online for purchase as .mp3 music files. Hopefully, you will find this list of top party songs of 1944 helpful.
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1. Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral, Bing Crosby
2. Trolley Song, Judy Garland
3. Swinging On A Star, Bing Crosby
4. It Could Happen To You, Jo Stafford
5. Don't Fence Me In, Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters
6. Shoo-Shoo Baby, Andrews Sisters
7. Twilight Time, Les Brown
8. Mairzy Doates, Merry Macs
9. My Heart Tells Me, Glen Gray
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Sid's Fin Hack
Modifying float tube fins with better straps normally used on snowboard bindings. This article shows how you can easily modify the fins yourself.
I make no claim of being the first with this type of modification. The purpose of this article is to share my way of modifying float tube fins with pump-straps from snowboard bindings. I've got a lot of joy out of my modification and hope others can have great use of it as well!
Destruction can sometimes breed creation
Step-In fins with cardboard straps are, in my opinion, practically made for float tube fishing. They weigh little, are easy to pack into an IKEA bag and easy to put on. The entire procedure of putting the fins on and getting into the tube feels neat in comparison to others fins that I've tried.
Needless to say, fins with cardboard straps are nothing less than divine, until the straps give way; that's when your goose is really cooked! It's not a question of IF they give way as much as WHEN, because they don't float. If you are somewhat lucky this will happen close to shore and not in deeper waters on a stormy day, which is exactly what happened to me. However, I was lucky enough to be somewhat close to shore. The fins didn't have bad quality, you just have to realize that equipment have a given lifespan based on how much you use it. This can be compared to a light bulb's projected lifespan measured in hours and the hours of my fins had definitely reached their limit. That being said, I rushed to buy a pair of new ones of the same brand and model the very same night.
The fin that remained from the old pair was brought on every trip as a reserve. The new pair eventually gave way too and, to my chagrin, I discovered that the strap on the spare fin was very worn. Every trip thereafter was nothing less than pure horror, being constantly afraid that the straps would go off at any moment.
If you work proactively, you won't have to buy new fins every time one of the straps go off. You can probably get original spare straps from the manufacturer of make your own. Being that the spare fin's strap was really worn, I went to work with an idea that I've had for some time. I wanted to combine a pair of snowboard straps of pump-model with a pair of float tube fins.
With cardboard straps, you can't just step into the fins; you have to remove the straps, then step in and finally fasten the straps. With a pair of snowboard straps, the procedure is shortened to just stepping in and fastening the straps. In addition, a great benefit is that you won't have to touch wet cardboard straps with frozen fingers when unstrapping.
Getting your hands on a pair of snowboard straps isn't that difficult, just go into your local snowboard specialty shop or try contacting a manufacturer. The front spare straps cost me about 10 Euros at a specialty shop. You will also need some nuts and bolts that can be found at most well-stocked hardware stores. If you want to increase the security, you can attaches board-walkers to the fins and fasten them around your waders built-in grovel guards.
Material needed
1. Step-in Fins (Preferably made in thick material) with cardboard straps or any other type of straps.
2. The front straps (pump model) from a pair snowboard bindings.
3. 4 pcs of Coach Bolts, M6x30mm. They should be acid-proof in A4 steel. Not just electro galvanized, but acid-proof all through.
4. 4 pcs of Fender Washers in M6. They should be acid-proof in A4 steel. Not just electro galvanized, but acid-proof all through.
5. 4 pcs of Lock Nuts in M6. They should be acid-proof in A4 steel. Not just electro galvanized, but acid-proof all through.
6. Loctite 2701 - High Strength Treadlocker
Tools needed
1. Awl
2. Needle files
3. Hacksaw
4. Vise
1. Mark in the inside of the fins where the coach bolts are going to be.
2. Puncture the material with an awl
3. Form square hole with needle files or any tool of you liking. Just make sure the holes are square and match the square parts of the coach bolts.
4. Drill 6mm holes in the end parts of the snowboard straps if needed.
5. Grind the area around the 6mm holes so both sides are smooth if there is anything sticking out. You want smooth surfaces for an optimum fitting.
6. Cut the coach bolt to desired length or buy the perfect length if you can find any.
7. Mount the fender washers and lock nuts onto the straps and coach bolts on the outside of the fins. Use Loctite 2701 when doing this.
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Making such modifications are solely your own responsibility. The modification does not guarantee for your safety whatsoever! Make sure to use all possible safety precautions when using this modification. DO NOT TAKE UNNECESSARY RISKS! BE SAFE AT ALL TIMES!
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Herbie the Love Bug - The enchanted Volkswagen Beetle automobile imbued with a spirit and mind of its own on the sitcom HERBIE, THE LOVE BUG/CBS/1982. Dean Jones, who previously starred in the Walt Disney movie The Love Bug (1968), reprised his role as Jim Douglas, the car's reluctant owner who was adopted by Herbie the Love Bug.
To support his new wife, Julie MacLane (Patricia Harty) and her three children, Jim (and Herbie) ran a driving school and taught a class in drivers education for a local high school. The outcome of such endeavors (with Herbie along for the ride) led to predictable hilarious results.
Other films to feature Herbie included:
In 1974, Disney aired the TV special Herbie Day in Disneyland taped in their Disneyland theme park in Anaheim, California.
In 2005, Disney re-engineered it successful movie franchise and premiered Herbie: Fully Loaded starring Lindsay Lohan and Michael Keaton.
In the film, Lindsay plays Maggie Peyton, the daughter of Ray Peyton, Sr., a former racing giant whose family had once been part of a NASCAR dynasty. With renewed hope that his daughter (Lohan) can return the family to its former status in the racing world, Ray enlists Herbie's old friend Kevin (Justin Long) to prepare Maggie and Herbie for competition in the NASCAR circuit.
Maggie initially finds Herbie in a local junkyard while she looked for a car to restore. When she opened up the Herbie's glove box, she found a letter that read ""Please take care of Herbie. Whatever your problems, he will help you solve them." Maggie sarcastically commented "Great, a fortune cookie on wheels."
TRIVIA NOTE: Herbie's license plate number is OFP 857 (California registry, black plate, yellow letters). The original Disney's Herbie the Love Bug can be found on display at the Swigart Automobile Museum in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. See "Articles Archive"
Historically, the Volkswagen car was created in Germany during the rise of Adolph Hitler in the 1930s who recognized the Volkswagen (or "People's Car") as one of the iconic symbols of his new Nazi Regime.
The car (now called "The Beetle") featured an aerodynamic shape (designed by Austrian car-body-designer Erwin Komenda) and an air-cooled, four cylinder, rear-mounted engine to provide the German people with affordable, economical transportation.
Ironically, the Nazi Regime has faded away but the popularity of it's People's Car (developed by German automotive engineer, Ferdinand Porsche) continues to grow despite its association with such a truly despicable dictator.
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Steve HammA couple of days ago, I got a message on my home computer purporting to be from Microsoft telling me it wanted permission to download some software onto my machine to verify if I was using a legal copy of Windows. Like a good Boy Scout (former senior patrol leader!), I clicked "yes." I have no idea if I was communicating with Microsoft or some rogue intent on causing damage to my computer. But I got the message that the crackdown on pirating of software is revving into high gear, and sometimes it's a bit intrusive and irritating. Clue No. 2: I interviewed Stephen Schneider, CEO of Med-Legal, a document scanning service in California, who claims he's being hounded unfairly by the Business Software Alliance—which has accused him of using a ton of illegal software. I'm normally a fan of the BSA, and there's no way I can afford the time and effort to investigate this situation to find out who is right, but Schneider's complaints seem to be worth airing. Does anybody else out there think the BSA has become too heavy handed?
Med-Legal focuses on massive scanning jobs for medical malpractice attorneys, so I guess you can call it the ambulance chasers' ambulance chaser. Or something like that. It also sells law-office management software packages—so there's some irony in it being accused of stealing software. "I sell software so I can appreciate people wanting to get paid for the intellectual property they create," says Schneider.
Schneider's tussle with BSA started in January when he got a letter from an attorney representing the organization that accused him of using illegal copies of programs from companies such as Symantec and Microsoft. In particular, he says, he was accused of using illegal copies of antivirus software from Symantec. He was told to stop buying software and to submit to an audit. Schneider says he uses Trend Micro antivirus software, so he asked one of his employees to write a letter back to the attorney informing him there must have been some mistake. The reply, he says, was "an even more threatening letter." Schneider hired an attorney, Rob Scott, of Scott & Scott, who specializes in handling such cases.
Schneider denies he has illegally copied software. He says he's cooperating in the self-auditing process that the BSA demanded of him. And he's confident he'll be vindicated. He suspects that a former IT staffer whom he fired last year turned him in to the BSA to get revenge on him.
He has two specific complaints about how the BSA has gone about this. First, the organization offers up to $200,000 (boosted from $50,000 earlier this year) to tipsters who blow the whistle on their employers or former employers. Schneider says this opens the door to the possibility that IT employees within companies who are responsible for illegally copying software may turn in their companies and collect a reward. Second, for proof that a company owns a piece of software, the BSA demands a detailed receipt. It won't accept other proofs of ownership, including canceled checks, the retail boxes the software came in, or certificates of authenticity. What if you can't find the receipt? You pay the full retail price, and, if it's a bundled product like Microsoft Office, you pay the full unbundled price for each application in the suite.
Schneider is more than a little irritated. And, while the BSA is the primary focus of his ire, he's also pissed at Microsoft—one of the main backers of the BSA. "I have always been a big believer in Microsoft," he says. "I have their software on my desktops and servers. I go to their conferences. I'm a Microsoft man. I feel like I'm part of the Microsoft family. But Microsoft has turned on me. It's not treating me like a customer."
Jenny Blank, the director of enforcement at BSA, defended her organization and its members. She says she doesn't believe the $200,000 reward causes miscarriages of justice. The BSA vets all of the complaints and only pursues those that it feels are solid. "We don't want to be anybody's tool, but we haven't seen a lot of evidence of this in our cases," she says. "Also, the proof is in the pudding. Most of the companies we approach reach settlements with us." She says the BSA wants copies of original dated receipts so companies won't simply go out and buy copies of software to avoid getting caught and paying a big fine.
The BSA has been pursuing illegal copiers since 1992 and has so far collected over $110 million in fines. Plus, software companies have sold a lot of new software as a result of its investigations..
She urges companies who receive letters questioning their use of software to comply quickly. In most cases these complaints are settled without resorting to lawsuits. "If they cooperate with us, and do the audit, and tell us if there's a problem, this thing can be done in not time at all," she says.
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This stunning Bride's handsome Groom had his heart set on a southern soiree, but when plans changed, and they decided to host it closer to their now home – she decided she would bring that southern charm into their traditional ballroom wedding. So with the help of Two Foot Creative and Emerald City Designs, she brought the outdoors in, making all parties (including us) beyond happy. See all the pretty snapped up by The Shooting Gallery here.
From the Bride…I am so excited to finally share my wedding with you; even though it was seven months ago (time flies), I have decided I want to share it with you because I think it has some beautiful elements that other brides and brides-to-be will enjoy! I know when I was researching and trying to find my own bridal style, I loved seeing real weddings that were lovely and human.
My husband is from Savannah, Georgia and when we first got engaged, we were thinking we would have our wedding in Savannah or Hilton Head. I loved the idea of a Southern wedding with all the fixings and Spanish moss covered trees. After going to look at venues down there, I decided living in Michigan and planning a Southern wedding would be too difficult. I am hands on and did I mention, I am a wedding planner? So yes, I knew myself well enough and what I wanted so we brought our wedding back up to the mitten. My husband, Nick, was a little disappointed; I had raised his hopes and then changed my mind. The next best thing I could do was to bring some of the Southern Charm to Michigan! Even though we had a ballroom wedding, we wanted to basically bring the outdoors, INDOORS without breaking the bank. From that point on, I referred to our wedding theme as 'Burlap & Bling' when anyone asked. The burlap brought in the Southern charm and the bling made it slightly more formal since it was still in a ballroom in a fancy hotel.
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For our reception, I wanted guests to feel like they were transported outside and down South! We had three different tables with various levels of candles, mason jars, hanging candles, burlap, crystals, blooming branches, green branches and hanging lights. I wanted the tall centerpieces to almost feel like trees. My dream was to have cafe lights hanging over the dance floor and the design team made that happen! Half the tables had a floral appliqué linen that could not have been more lovely. I also knew I wanted round menus to go beneath the crystal beaded charger plates. It was one of my favorite details. I had a burlap banner made for our custom cake table. We didn't have cake passed…there were four flavors and I wanted guests to be able to choose the flavor of their choice. I also had a grooms cake for Nick; he's a huge soccer fan and his team is in England. Our baker made him a custom cake we displayed on that table. Another huge part of our reception was our band. I had them learn a few of Nick's favorite songs to surprise him. He got on stage and sang with the bad, it was awesome! At the end of the night, we went outside to do a few shots with sparklers. The Royal Park Hotel has this gorgeous patio on the river with strands of cafe lights above. As soon as it was dark enough, we headed out there with our photographers and videographer to take a few shots. These were probably some of the best photos we have and I get so many compliments on them.
The Shoes: my shoes were my one accessory most people asked about. I knew I wanted something sparkly and fun, but just couldn't find the right shoe. Through lots of searching, I found these crystal Christian Louboutin's. Unfortunately, they were unavailable. I kept searching and found a woman who wanted to same pair for her wedding, but decided she could make them. I offered to pay her to make mine and she happily agreed! I bought a pair of Louboutin's and had them shipped to her in California. There, she HAND placed each and every crystal. She would send me photos of her progress and then the completed project. I was not only in awe, but had so much respect for her patience and talent. She then sent shoes back to me with extra crystals, a tube of glue in a syringe and a note. The entire process was seamless and worth every penny!
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This flag day is nothing to celebrate for Trojans
TUCSON - A week ago, when USC committed 10 penalties for 90 yards in a blowout victory over Colorado, Coach Lane Kiffin called the Trojans' lack of discipline "a disgrace to our university" and said he hoped things had ''hit rock bottom.''
Well, now what?
After public and private tongue-lashing from Kiffin throughout the week, the Trojans committed 13 penalties for 117 yards Saturday against Arizona, including five personal-foul penalties, the type that particularly irk Kiffin.
Asked what he could do now, in order to limit penalties, Kiffin said, ``I'm open to suggestions. I've tried it all.''
Every team commits penalties and, in fact, Arizona was less disciplined than USC, with 14 penalties for 129 yards, but what's startling is that the Trojans' penalty issue is getting worse, not better.
T.J. McDonald, a senior leader who publicly called for his teammates to play smarter, committed a particularly egregious penalty on Arizona's first drive. Arizona quarterback Matt Scott threw incomplete on a 3rd-and-5 play near midfield, but McDonald was called for taunting. Arizona scored four plays later to take a 7-0 lead.
With tailback Curtis McNeal not on the trip because of an undisclosed injury, USC called on D.J. Morgan to share the running load with Silas Redd. Morgan delivered 63 yards and a touchdown on nine carries. But one mistake proved critical.
With the Trojans leading, 28-20, late in the third quarter, Morgan fumbled. Arizona recovered at the USC 37-yard line. Four plays later, the Wildcats scored to make it 28-26. That touchdown was part of a 26-point run that turned a 28-13 USC lead into a 39-28 deficit.
"I was on my way down, kind of eased up and the ball came out," said Morgan, who began last season as the starter before fumbles sent him to the bench.
"I feel really bad. I feel like that was a momentum changer.
"It's very frustrating when you're doing so well and turn the ball over. We preach that every day. It puts a bad feeling in your stomach."
Morgan appeared to injure his left leg on the play. He said he wasn't hurt but did not return to the game. He did have an ice pack on his left shoulder afterward.
Max Tuerk became the first true freshman to start at left tackle in USC history, replacing sophomore Aundrey Walker, who did not play after suffering an apparent neck injury last week.
Tuerk (Santa Margarita High) had an up-and-down day. He did a good job of protecting Matt Barkley's blind side for the most part, especially considering Barkley attempted 49 passes. But Tuerk also committed two penalties and gave up a sack in the fourth quarter.
Linemate Khaled Holmes said Tuerk didn't seem nervous before the game.
"He was fine," Holmes said. "He's a really mature kid."
USC safety Jawanza Starling took a big hit late in the fourth quarter, on Arizona's final touchdown. After the game, Starling walked unsteadily out of the USC locker room and declined to answer questions. Starling pointed to his head and said, ``I'm a little dinged up right now.'' ... Former Trojans Rey Maualuga and Taylor Mays attended the game. Both play for the Cincinnati Bengals, who are off this weekend. ... Arizona's Austin Hill had 259 receiving yards, the second most in a game in school history.
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The 4,800-acre wildfire that has been burning for a week in Dinosaur National Monument was 100 percent contained as of Thursday night.
The Type II Incident Management team from north Idaho brought in to coordinate the efforts of 300 firefighters will return to Idaho Saturday.
Ted Pettis, information officer for the Type II team, said the responsibility of maintaining the fire's containment will be turned back over to Dinosaur National Monument.
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"A lot of the fuels are really dry right now," Pettis said. "The extreme conditions present problems for everyone fighting fires in Colorado right now."
One positive aspect of the fire was the fact that no large trees were in the area, Pettis said.
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The only structural damage that occurred in the fire was a monument kiosk that burnt to the ground at the entrance of County Road 14.
Dinosaur National Monument Superintendent Chas Cartwright said almost all resources will be removed from the fire within the next day.
"We're going to wind it down to just one helicopter," he said. "The feeling was it would be unfair to keep too many resources on when they are in such demand other places."
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Almost everything can be theoretically detected or prevented by going down to ring0. But drivers for game protection are often considered offensive.
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I would think that the guard page could be defeated by querying the protection on a page with VirtualQuery before actually accessing it. If it's flagged as a guard page, VirtualProtect can simply unset that flag (and then be used to reset it when done, of course). It doesn't appear that VirtualQuery actually triggers the STATUS_GUARD_PAGE_VIOLATION (which seems logical), but only attempting to access the memory. Of course, API hooking could be used to detect this type of detection, so I suppose this will always be about what side puts in more effort to defeat the other.
Indeed, since API hooking can be avoided by adding your own reversed or copied from ReactOS functions which totally replace the usermode part of the required functions.
But then again, the PE header page of the injected DLL can simply be wiped empty since it is of no use after the DLL has been loaded. Also the DLL must get rid of the MEM_IMAGE type of that page too, otherwise it would still look suspicious - 0x1000 byte section with MEM_IMAGE type followed by a larger section that after a small heuristics check looks like machine code would certainly look suspicious to more advanced detectors.
In ring3, there will probably be a limit how far you can go with this protection, but in ring0 there are practically no limits whatsoever.
Well, you can't test any posted theories with the above CloakDll code since it has issues. I've started putting together some code to analyze this cloaking utility. Unfortunately, CloakDll always causes the targeted app to crash when it is executed. Attaching OllyDbg to the running process prior to executing Cloakdll to determine the cause of the crash just doesn't provide any really helpful info.
I've resorted to using the author's other code, ManualMap for testing purposes sinces it's more reliable. You'll have to find the code on the net.
But anyway, here is the test code that I'm using so far, if you wish to confirm my statements:
Here's my injected dll to hijack the MessageBox call using MS's Detours library:
My injection routine:Code:#pragma comment(lib, "detours.lib")
#pragma comment(lib, "detoured.lib")
#pragma comment(lib, "user32.lib")
#include <stdio.h>
#include <windows.h>
#include "detours.h"
INT (WINAPI * trueMessageBox)(HWND hWnd, LPCSTR lpText, LPCSTR lpCaption, UINT uType) = MessageBox;
INT WINAPI hookedMessageBox(HWND hWnd, LPCSTR lpText, LPCSTR lpCaption, UINT uType)
LPCSTR lpNewText = "You've been hijacked";
trueMessageBox(hWnd, lpNewText, lpCaption, uType);
return 0;
BOOL WINAPI DllMain(HINSTANCE hinst, DWORD dwReason, LPVOID reserved)
LONG error;
if (dwReason == DLL_PROCESS_ATTACH)
MessageBox(NULL, "Started", "Test DLL Started", MB_OK);
DetourAttach(&(PVOID&)trueMessageBox, hookedMessageBox);
error = DetourTransactionCommit();
if (error == NO_ERROR)
MessageBox(NULL, "Finished", "Test DLL Finished", MB_OK);
MessageBox(NULL, "Error", "Test DLL error", MB_OK);
else if (dwReason == DLL_PROCESS_DETACH)
DetourDetach(&(PVOID&)trueMessageBox, hookedMessageBox);
error = DetourTransactionCommit();
MessageBox(NULL, "Removed", "Test DLL Removed", MB_OK);
return TRUE;
I've writtin a very basic GUI "Hello world" app with a button to display a MessageBox for testing purposes and I've verified that the Detours code and my injecting process work properly. Thus, I'll be testing VirtualQuery/VirtualProtect and other theories to determine whether or not they work.Code:#pragma comment(lib, "advapi32.lib")
#include <stdio.h>
#include <windows.h>
#include <Tlhelp32.h>
int main(int argc, char **argv)
PROCESSENTRY32 pe32;
pe32.dwSize = sizeof(PROCESSENTRY32);
HANDLE hTool32 = CreateToolhelp32Snapshot(TH32CS_SNAPPROCESS, NULL);
BOOL bProcess = Process32First(hTool32, &pe32);
if(bProcess == TRUE)
while((Process32Next(hTool32, &pe32)) == TRUE)
if(strcmp(pe32.szExeFile, argv[1]) == 0)
char DirPath[MAX_PATH] = {0};
char FullPath[MAX_PATH] = {0};
GetCurrentDirectory(MAX_PATH, DirPath);
sprintf(FullPath, "%s\\test.dll", DirPath);
HANDLE hProcess = OpenProcess(PROCESS_CREATE_THREAD | PROCESS_VM_OPERATION |
PROCESS_VM_WRITE, FALSE, pe32.th32ProcessID);
LPVOID LoadLibraryAddr = (LPVOID)GetProcAddress(GetModuleHandle("kernel32.dll"),
LPVOID LLParam = (LPVOID)VirtualAllocEx(hProcess, NULL, strlen(FullPath),
WriteProcessMemory(hProcess, LLParam, FullPath, strlen(FullPath), NULL);
CreateRemoteThread(hProcess, NULL, NULL, (LPTHREAD_START_ROUTINE)LoadLibraryAddr,
LLParam, NULL, NULL);
return 0;
Finally, ListDlls utilty is a handy tool to have when you're investigating code such as CloakDll.
That's probably due to compiling with the "Enable Function Level Linking" flag. With that enabled, function pointers are indexes into a jump table so all that gets copied is part of the the table, which in the target process probably point to no mans land.Quote:
Unfortunately, CloakDll always causes the targeted app to crash when it is executed.
Also, freeing the memory your executing in the target process is going to lead to a crash.
IMHO, CloakDll was probably posted as a prank. You'll find a lot of misinformation like this on the net. If I were you, I would encourage them to use this CloakDll code since it's harmless.
I would suggest you single step your debugger thru CloakDll and you'll understand why its harmless.
I've chosen to do the cloaking in the DLL as opposed to doing something similar to CloakDll.
I won't post fully functional cloaking code since that is frowned upon on this forum. But pobr19 PM me with an email address and I'll send you the complete source which will include a starting point for counter measures that actually do work.
Other way to do it can be by hooking every thread creation through a DLL (when DllMain() receives a DLL_THREAD_ATTACH event in BobS0327's way) and just check if the thread was own created or was externally. You can even kill not allowed threads.
The way to check it was internally created (and not remotely) could be using and internal MyCreateThread() in the DLL, for example:
Code:HANDLE MyCreateThread(...) {
CreateThread(... CREATE_SUSPENDED ...); // Actual creation
// Keep handle into a list of allowed threads
ResumeThread(...); // Make the thread run
BOOL WINAPI DllMain(HINSTANCE hinst, DWORD dwReason, LPVOID reserved) {
if(dwReason == DLL_THREAD_ATTACH) {
if(GetCurrentThread() is NOT in the list)
ExitThread(0); // Kill it!
Isn't the DllMain located in the Injected DLL? That you do not have an access to the source code?
DLLMain() is the control function (loading/finishing/thread support... events handler, so it's called on every of those events) for every DLL. Every new thread calls the DllMain() of every DLL already loaded at its creation.
The idea is to use your own DLL, loaded at program startup, to detect the injection of other "malicious" DLLs (really, thread injections).
The 'CloakDLL' code is not a "prank" by any means, this method of hiding your module from the PEB list has been a known working means of evading detection by VAC2 (VALVE ANTI-CHEAT) for some years now. If you're familiar with the site OpenRCE as I'm sure you are, Pnluck posted an article detailing this a couple years ago:
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In my research I have written several applications for detecting such methods, to point you in the right direction you will need to use Nt/ZwQueryInformationProcess.Code:while(modulo->BaseAddress != 0)
if( (ULONG_PTR)modulo->BaseAddress == DllHandle)
if(modulo->InInitializationOrderModuleList.Blink == NULL)
return false;
prec = (LDR_MODULE*)(ULONG_PTR)((ULONG_PTR)modulo->InInitializationOrderModuleList.Blink - 16);
next = (LDR_MODULE*)(ULONG_PTR)((ULONG_PTR)modulo->InInitializationOrderModuleList.Flink - 16);
prec->InInitializationOrderModuleList.Flink = modulo->InInitializationOrderModuleList.Flink;
next->InInitializationOrderModuleList.Blink = modulo->InInitializationOrderModuleList.Blink;
prec = (LDR_MODULE*)modulo->InLoadOrderModuleList.Blink;
next = (LDR_MODULE*)modulo->InLoadOrderModuleList.Flink;
prec->InLoadOrderModuleList.Flink = modulo->InLoadOrderModuleList.Flink;
prec->InMemoryOrderModuleList.Flink = modulo->InMemoryOrderModuleList.Flink;
next->InLoadOrderModuleList.Blink = modulo->InLoadOrderModuleList.Blink;
next->InMemoryOrderModuleList.Blink = modulo->InMemoryOrderModuleList.Blink;
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And then you watch out your window and reality slaps you in the face with a solid foot of snow.........................
And then you watch out your window and reality slaps you in the face with a solid foot of snow.........................
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Looks absolutely off the charts!
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Wouldnt matter is Sam went full roadie he would still be my hero and the biggest reason I stuck to dh!
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Well how many Champs medals or WC overalls did they get between them (besides Sam), do they cover Minnarr and Vouilloz together? Nope. Sure some make a few nice hits when they get on a roll but even from that list a few ditched the flats for clips. Are flats viable to contend with, absolutely but clips make you able to ride far more consistently at the cost of a very small time defecit. Overall, flats is higher variance in your riding, clips is less. And flats only really offer an advantage when it gets really nasty and you know that you are almost 100% sure that you will need to dab, otherwise when you never take your foot of the pedal they offer no advantage.
But I guess we differ in opinion on what consistently means. Is it being on the podium 2-3 times over
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Well if your name is Sam Hill flat pedals win medals, otherwise not so much. He is to my knowledge the only person ever to be remotely consistent top finisher on flats.
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sometimes I just love living in Sweden, would be so extremly rare to shit like this go down. In any type of sport or event. In this case here the timing officials would just have kept the start hut clear and shouting for the next rider. If you even tried entering from the front they would stop you and make you go around.
I do have to say its kind of strange that he even went through the front without asking and it still not acceptable to be late to your start time. But still no reason to get hammered like he got.
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Meaning that SRAM will not make any more after 2017? Seems like a big step if so.
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Looking at Mayers crash I think the added thickness added a pretty big lever for his neck to swing over. His head just whips back so hard at impact its more scary than just landing on his back. On a ski hill you almost always land on a smooth surface ... more »
Shifting while coasting is a good thing agreed but I dont know about doing it like this though. I've thought about the same solution but having a constant spinning chain seems like it could be a problem. If its reasonably priced I would def try it out ... more »
While dry everything but the first trial feature it wouldnt be much a problem for most but give it some nice slick mud and rain...........seem to atleast be fairly straight and not to much off camber
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Probably Isak from Norway
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The best as always. Claudio is fast approaching legend status!!
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Missed some uber horror gaps al'a Thirion! Most insane rider of the most insane. Hope he can claw out a few more wc wins next season!!
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Well it was actually Niklas that had such high a placement last year not Robin. But for the most part Robin outpaces Niklas by a small margin. And Robin have qualied 2nd there so I would have him down for a medal if he can ride his best and not have a mechanical.
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To bad I ride on rocks.....off course sealant can seal up a hole from a spike but aint much good when there is a 1.5-2cm gash from a rock directly cross the thread
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How can you have a tie for thrid and then a fourth place? Do you guys even race..... With a tie you drop the next place down a peg.
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Because before they had 10 travel on shorter shock now they would have 8 on a shorter shock. Seems weird to go to anything besides 9.5x3. I rather have all bikes on the same size shock than save a few grams
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How do you stop the tube from expanding all the way out into the tyre wall? Seem like any tube would just expand until it fills up the entire tyre. Looking at the picture the only thing you would need is something to wrap the innertube that isnt elastic.
taldfind: As long as you have a normal tubeless valve you can inflate the outer chamber since the tube etc wont make an airtight seal around your valve.
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I can see where the whole bigger wheel thing has come from now, more people getting into a sport that actually isnt that easy so they need some extra help. Maybe a 36er would be what these mtbers need, it would certainly help with rolling over rocks. Or maybe if they spent the time for shaving their legs on technical skills.........
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so very strange that there hasnt been more coverage from the fest series......Yes I am pointing at you Red Bull, we want this shit covered live
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Best 5 Holiday Dessert Ideas For A Gluten Free Holiday
Here is how you can make your desserts the gluten free way
Though it is great fun having people over, and catching up on old and new times, hosting a holiday party can get a little overwhelming, especially when you think of all the preferences, needs and habits of your guests. It is then that the excitement is overtaken by the anxiety, and panic sets in. Fixing up a meal can be a real challenge, especially when you have to include all their preferences or have to eliminate specific food items like meat, sugar, milk salt etc. It will work well if things are planned in advance.
Preparing a gluten free meal, can be a tough job, but the work gets tougher when one has to make gluten free desserts. Do understand that mainstream desserts like cakes, cookies and pies contain gluten, but their recipes can be transformed into gluten free delights by making some minor corrections.
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For dessert you can now make a lighter than air chocolate cake using gluten free ingredients, you can also make the carrot cake, which is healthier and with a lot more texture to it. The strawberry cake will also be a good alternative, provided you give it the gluten free make over. Ice creams can also be a good idea, provided they are homemade and you have been careful about what is used.
If you are willing to search there are many gluten free dessert recipes on ifoodtv itself, and you can easily use them for baking your next batch. Your local library might also yield some results and you can try asking your friends and family for tips. As a lot of people have been diagnosed with gluten intolerance, it is only natural that this method will find more takers.


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Six Carnegie Mellon students and recent alumni spent the summer working on a unique internship that took many of them all the way to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
As the first participants in iSTEP — innovative Student Technology ExPerience — five interns journeyed to Tanzania, while one supported the team from Pittsburgh. The team conducted technology-based research projects to help developing communities and laid important groundwork for future research.
"Seldom does one get an internship experience that allows students to conduct research and find their own solutions to problems that positively impact developing communities in the world," said Rotimi Abimbola (HS '09), who called the experience enlightening and powerful.
"The iSTEP 2009 internship has shown me the importance of people and communities," said Hatem Alismail, a 2009 computer science graduate of Carnegie Mellon in Qatar. "Regardless of how wonderful and powerful a technological solution is, community involvement is the most important."
Launched by Carnegie Mellon's TechBridgeWorld research group, iSTEP provides the interns with the opportunity to add real-world research experience to their resumes.
"TechBridgeWorld's iSTEP program redefines what an internship should be," Alismail said. "The unique and novel projects present interesting challenges that require innovation, flexibility and adaptability to unexpected situations."
This summer, the interns used the knowledge and skills they acquired in the classroom to creatively solve problems in an unfamiliar setting. During a podcast interview, a couple of the interns described the resource challenges that some communities in Tanzania face. For example, one school had holes in the walls and lacked electricity. But Beatrice Dias, a Ph.D. student in Engineering & Public Policy, described the teachers as being upbeat and excited about the interns' projects because the teachers were involved in creating the technology.
"Rather than going in and donating a computer, we work closely with the partners on the ground so that we have a buy-in and they have ownership of the solution," Dias said.
Working closely with local partners in the communities, the team of interns contributed their technical expertise to invent new tools and customize existing technology. Their three projects and solutions include creating a mobile phone-based literacy game for students at the Mlimani Primary School; working with the Institute of Social Work and the Department of Social Welfare to develop an information exchange protocol for social workers to report and receive information about AIDS orphans and vulnerable children using SMS on mobile phones; and enhancing and evaluating a low-cost Braille Writing Tutor with teachers and visually-impaired students at the Uhuru Mchanganyiko Primary School.
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Tucked in the northern corner of Lancaster County, the tiny village of Adamstown boasts at least four ghosts. One of these is a small black dog, who appears seemingly at random and follows pedestrians before vanishing as mysteriously as it came. Read More »
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It is probably no coincidence that many of the oldest counties in Pennsylvania share the names of counties and regions of England (Berks, Bucks, Chester, Lancaster, Westmoreland, York) and that like Maryland and Delaware, dealt with in a previous article, Pennsylvania also has a number of tales of phantasmal dog-creatures. Read More »


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Model Miranda Kerr [1] dishes her beauty tips and tricks — including how she preps for Victoria's Secret shows — in this Allure [2] interview.
Miranda Kerr is one of the sexiest human beings ever to walk the planet. It's undeniable. So it's only appropriate that she's the face of the new Victoria's Secret Seduction Dark Orchid perfume, a supersultry mix of plum, orchid, and warm wood. I caught up with the Angelic One to chat about her fragrance memories, her workout routine for the Victoria's Secret fashion show, and her line of organic beauty products.
Related: Olivia Wilde and America Ferrera Share Their Beauty Philosophies [3]
When did you first begin wearing fragrance?
I can't remember the exact age, but it was when I was in high school. I wore rose essential oil. I would buy it from a local health-food store. Now, instead of applying scent to my skin directly, I like to spray it lightly in my hair. When I'm traveling, before packing, I spray my clothes so they carry a gentle scent.
What beauty products do you always take with you when you're traveling?
I stand by the simplicity of the three-step process: cleanse, mist, and moisturize. I do that twice a day, so I always pack Kora Organics Foaming Cleanser, Energizing Citrus Mist, and the Hydrating Day and Night Cream. I also keep a body brush with me when traveling. Dry body brushing every morning is a great way to get the circulation going, get rid of dead skin cells, aid in lymphatic drainage, detoxify your system, and keep your skin smooth all over.
Learn more of Miranda's tips when you keep reading.
What are some of your other favorite beauty products right now?
I can't live without my Rosehip Oil. I use it as an intensive nourishing face treatment, to remove eye makeup, as a cuticle treatment, and I add a few drops to my face cream every night so I wake up with a brighter complexion. It's also a rich source of antioxidants and helps counteract environmental damage.
How do you prepare for the Victoria's Secret fashion show?
I drink warm water with a squeeze of lemon first thing in the morning and lots of purified water throughout the day. I follow this with a green power smoothie that is alkalizing, nutrient dense, and high in vitamins and minerals for maximum energy and vitality — I generally add in spirulina, chlorella, wheatgrass, maca root, and chia seeds. I exercise most days leading up to a show, and focus on resistance training and lots of squats. I also try to practice yoga or pilates, even if it's only for 20 minutes each day to improve my overall core strength. I keep my exercise diverse and I like to mix things up . . . but of course my favorite way to stay in shape is running around after [my son] Flynn! He's a busy little boy at the moment. We share my Kora Organics Essential Body Wash and Luxurious Body Lotion every day at bath time.
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ME at the ZOO is a feature documentary about Chris Crocker and the phenomenon of Internet celebrity.
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"ME at the ZOO" takes its name from the first ever YouTube video. It's an unconventional documentary about Chris Crocker, who made the infamous viral video "Leave Britney Alone!" Chris Crocker was bullied out of school in the 8th grade and was, by his account, raised on the Internet. Crocker's online videos have been viewed over 270 million times to date. ME at the ZOO traces a line through a tapestry of web comments, response videos, fans, and haters to map the controversial rise of an internet folk hero.
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Directors/Producers: Chris Moukarbel & Valerie Veatch
Executive Producers: Nicholas Shumaker, Jack Turner, Jim Mckay, Michael Stipe, Rachel Grady
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"Chris Crocker's story is already written on the Internet. Our project as filmmakers has been to trace a line between bits of public media and weave it with an intimate look at Crocker's life now. Like so many of us, Chris Crocker is uploading his daily experiences and as a member of the 'Youtube Partnership Program" he is able to monetize the content of his digital life." — Chris Moukarbel & Valerie Veatch
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Mark Zuckerberg had a strong case this week for why Facebook is making its new Home app for Android that replaces your normal Android home screen.
According to Zuckerberg, smartphone users spend more time in Facebook than any other individual app, so by that logic, it's a good idea to make Facebook the first thing users see when they switch their devices on.
But just because Facebook is the most-used app for smartphone users, doesn't mean it's the only one people want to see. In fact, social networking only makes up about a quarter of iPhone and Android app usage, according to Flurry Analytics.
Based on these data, it's pretty clear that even though Facebook might be the most-used individual app, smartphone users prefer to spend a large majority of their time doing other stuff.
So it's a real head-scratcher that Facebook Home is designed to wipe out the kind of apps most people like to use in favor of Cover Feed, Facebook's new home screen that displays a slide show of your friends' photos and status updates. If you want to access your other apps, you have to press a separate button to bring them up.
Facebook's assumption is that most people use their phones primarily to interact with friends, not do stuff like play games, check email or Twitter, or listen to music. That's going to be the biggest problem with the Facebook Home because Facebook is looking at individual app usage, not the type of apps people prefer to use.
Even if you do decide to add Facebook Home to your phone, you're likely to use most of your time using a variety of other apps and games that Facebook goes out of its way to hide from you. Facebook Home is great it all you want to do is see what your friends are up to, but when it comes to getting to the stuff you're likely to want to do, you have to jump through a few hoops.
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Major Carriers Ally to Share Attack Fingerprints
A new alliance led by Arbor Networks will allow network operators to share information about Internet-based attacks automatically. The company has announced support from a number of major carriers.
The Fingerprint Sharing Alliance has signed on 18 members so far, including Cisco, Earthlink, MCI, Rackspace, and British Telecom. The primary focus of the alliance will be distribution of attack profiles, or "fingerprints" among the members in real-time, using Arbor's Peakflow SP, a tool designed to thwart denial of service (DoS) attacks (define).
According to Arbor, alliance members will use Peakflow SP to analyze surges in network traffic to determine whether the activity is either legitimate "flash traffic" brought on by a planned event, or malicious activity that's the result of a DoS or worm attack. If the traffic is classified as malicious, a fingerprint will be generated and disseminated to upstream service providers for analysis and mitigation, "identifying and removing compromised hosts as close to the internet ingress points as possible."
Whitepapers and presentations on the new alliance are available on Arbor's Web site.


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Wisconsin Adventurous and experimental
Good Points +- The magnets apply just the right amount of tension to stay in place, as opposed to clamps which need to be adjusted.
Bad Points −- Unlike conventional clamps, they tend to roll around a bit occasionally as the nipe rolls. Slightly frustrating at times.
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AmberJax Opens Saturday at Trinity Groves
Combining a restaurant with a fresh fish counter, AmberJax Fish Market Grille is opening its doors at Trinity Groves tomorrow. The news comes hot on the heels of the announcement this week of Chino Chinatown's December 30 opening, giving the burgeoning West Dallas entertainment development a fresh infusion of buzz - not that it needs it.
Led by chef Larry Williams and manager Karen Williams, AmberJax will fly in seafood from all over, including Alaska and South America, both for purchase to take home or immediate consumption. The restaurant's cuisine will have Cajun influences, as seen in dishes such as a Creole-seasoned crab cake, a Louisiana boudin appetizer, blackened fish selections, shrimp and grits and Cajun 'Caps, crab- and crawfish-stuffed mushrooms. Raw oysters and a gumbo of the day are other dinner menu highlights. AmberJax is diving right in with lunch service from the get-go, too, with options like Acadiana-style fried po' boys and seafood tacos, as well as starters, salads and entrees borrowed from the dinner menu.
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The European Patent Office will grant patent rights over the use of CRISPR in all cell types to a University of California team, contrasting with a recent decision in the U.S.
Researchers unravel the biology of beauty and art.
Artist Katherine Sherwood discuss how suffering a cerebral hemorrhage affected her work.
Acetate, a short-chain fatty acid released following the fermentation of dietary fiber in the gut, accumulates in the brain and can affect appetite in mice.
Researchers uncover a mutation responsible for a rare neurological condition.
Experts are skeptical about the effectiveness of games that claim to improve cognitive function.
A study reveals structural differences between the brains of artists and non-artists.
In mice, boosting depression-causing activity in neurons can actually reverse depressive symptoms.
Researchers show that a tuning algorithm can make one's profile photo more memorable.
Women with a notorious variant of a gene involved in Alzheimer's, APOE4, are much more likely than men with the variant to develop the neurodegenerative disease.
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text: A Shirtless Man Holding Large, Pointy ObjectsBrian Ashcraft1/30/12 4:30amFiled to: CosplayAnimeMangableach60EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink Elffi is the pride of Finnish cosplay. The 23 year-old, who is currently studying business management, represented his country at the World Cosplay Summit in Japan—which is like the Olympics of cosplay. Whether it's Final Fantasy: Dissidia or Bleach, Elffi finds a way to bring these Japanese creations to life by either taking off his shirt or holding a large sword—or both. Advertisement Advertisement Have a look through the gallery or check out more of his cosplay work in the gallery below. He makes many of his own costumes as well as those pointy things.Elffi [DeviantArt] Reply60 repliesLeave a reply