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Daily Archives: January 30, 2013
Liverpool Preview and the Curious Case of David Beckham
When it seemed as if my dear ol' Nigeria was going to get another unfortunate draw that would knock them out of the African Cup of Nations, it took Chelsea's Victor Moses to come up with the goods twice from two spot kicks he created…and scored, unlike his Chelsea teammate and compatriot, John Mikel Obi.
Nigeria's victory coupled with Zambia's stalemate against Burkina Faso ensured that the defending African champions followed the same route with Chelsea in this season's Champions League. But unlike Chelsea that had the luxury of going to the Europa League, Zambia will take a short trip back home.
For failing to win the group, Nigeria will play Cote d'Ivoire in the quarterfinals. *gulp*
With all the upsets of the FA Cup taking center stage during the weekend, Premier League football returned to our TV screens last night with the defending champions, Manchester City, going to London to take on the struggling QPR. Twitchy Ol' 'Arry Red Nakpin literally "parked the bus" and Roberto Mancini's goons dropped points yet again.
This also means that a Manchester United victory tonight will extend their lead at the top to seven points.
Alan Pardew and his French Army also went to Villa Park to break the appalling record of being the only Premier League team without an away victory this season and he had his French contingent to thank, as newbie, Moussa Sissoko provided the ammunition for Papiss Cisse's opener. Shortly afterwards, Yohan Cabaye's sweetly struck effort turned out to be the match winner with a goal worthy of settling any contest.
Tonight, Arsenal will hope to continue their good run of form against a Liverpool side fresh from an FA Cup embarrassment in the hands of Oldham. Liverpool boss, Brendan Rodgers, is confident that his team will bounce back (via Sporting Life) and former Liverpool star, John Aldridge, believes that his team can get all three points against a vulnerable Arsenal (via Fox Sports).
Despite their recent misfortunes, Liverpool is just three points below Arsenal in the league and will hope to secure a priceless victory against their illustrious London rivals. Their last visit to the Emirates was fruitful with Luis Suarez and Raul Meireles scoring the goals that put the game beyond doubt.
Despite the fact that Arsenal has lost two of their last five matches, they will be more than a match for a Liverpool side that have struggled on the road this season. The Gunners have lost just once in their last 11 meetings with today's opponents, but six of those games have ended as draws.
In 11 games at the Emirates so far, the Gunners have amassed six wins and three defeats while Liverpool has won only three away games, conceding 18 goals in the process.
To team news, the Gunners are set to welcome back the likes of Santi Cazorla, Jack Wilshere and Theo Walcott to the first team. Arsenal's skipper, Thomas Vermaelen, is also back in contention for a possible start, but the game will be too soon for Mikel Arteta and Francis Coquelin, that are still a bit short.
In goal, I'd expect Wojciech Szczesny to be the custodian between the sticks. The goalie came under the spotlight for the wrong reasons last weekend when he failed to deal with a set piece that went into his net. To be fair to the big Pole, the defense was ball watching as well and Szczesny has come out to say that Arsenal's defense is not to blame for the club's recent woes at the back (via Fox Sports).
In Szczesny's words,
Over a long time I've honestly had enough of people saying Arsenal's defence is not good enough. People judge defence on the back of goals conceded but you have to have a look at the defending in general. If my back four are completely exposed against Chelsea – most of the time in the first half there it was four of my defenders against six Chelsea players – they were disadvantaged all the time.
With this game coming too soon for Vermaelen, I expect Per Mertesacker and Laurent Koscielny to keep their places in the squad. Many Gooners will be happy to see Kieran Gibbs back in the side after Andre Santos' torrid outing last time out, while Bacary Sagna will come in Carl Jenkinson's stead.
In midfield, Arsene Wenger will be odds on to deploy Santi Cazorla and Jack Wilshere back to the starting lineup but judging from Abou Diaby's performance against Liverpool in Anfield as well as Wenger's undying faith in the Frenchman, he might get the nod ahead of Aaron Ramsey for the final midfield slot.
In attack, Wenger will unleash the devastating trio of Lukas Podolski, Olivier Giroud and Theo Walcott on Liverpool's rearguard. While many have sang Giroud's praises in recent times, some skeptics feel that he hasn't stamped his authority in the big games and a stellar performance tonight will go a long way in making those folks eat their words.
Elsewhere, the world famous David Beckham has been training with the Gunners to keep fit in his bid to take a final bow from football with probably one more football club. Beckham, 37, has enjoyed a glittering career that has seen him play in the upper echelons of world football in the form of football juggernauts like Manchester United, Real Madrid, AC Milan and Los Angeles Galaxy.
He also served his nation from 1996 to 2009 making 115 appearances, scoring 17 goals for the Three Lions.
After seeing out his contract with the MLS side last season, Beckham has been a subject of constant speculation and the media Vultures did their bit to link the superstar with a host of clubs with QPR and West Ham heavily linked with a short term move for the midfielder. At some point, PSG were also linked with Beckham but nothing came into fruition.
With the star attraction keeping himself fit with the Gunners, many feel that Wenger could go a la Henry on the lad but the manager has cleared the air, stating that he's only training at Arsenal and there are no plans to sign the player (via Arsenal.com).
Wenger also commended Beckham's influence, stating that he comes very early for training, unlike that Brazilian bloke that was speeding like a Grand Theft Auto driver because he was late for training.
Beckham will probably be on the stands when the Gunners take on Liverpool tonight and I'm sure that he'll have a smile or two when the Gunners score, despite the fact that he has Manchester United written all over him.
Here's to a great game of football tonight.
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LeBron James definitely knows a fair share about Hip-Hop music, especially by being friends with Jay Z and Drake. The hoops superstar is using some of that knowledge in aiding the budding rap career of one of his close childhood friends.
Sian Cotton, a former teammate of James' at St. Vincent-St. Mary High in Akron, Ohio, has left basketball behind to focus on creating music. After hanging up his sneaks in high school, Cotton went on the play football for Ohio State then later graduating from Walsh University.
TMZ caught up with Cotton, who praises his his high school bud for giving him the biggest break in music thus far.
From TMZ:
We spoke to Sian Cotton — who's been close with 'Bron since they were kids. In fact, Sian says they've been having rap sessions together since they were 9.
Sian says LeBron hasn't just been supportive of his aspiring rap career — but when LBJ learned he'd be on the cover of 2K14, he did everything he could to help get Sian's track "Almost Home" on the game.
"I'd been submitting my stuff to 2K, and then I found out LeBron was gonna be on the cover," Sian said.
Cotton said he was going to call in a favor to his friend once he found the Miami Heat All-Star would be gracing the cover of the NBA 2K14 video game. Much to his surprise, James already knew Cotton was attempting to get on and got the MC a slot on the NBA2K14 soundtrack with his song, "Almost Home."
Local Cleveland newspaper The Plain Dealer also did a detailed profile on Cotton, and the pair's closeness is not a gimmick as the feature highlighted a tweet from James throwing support behind the aspiring artist. Cotton's manager says his artist signed a distribution deal with Sony Music and has an EP titled Black Moth coming soon.
Check out Lebron James' former high school teammate Sian Cotton's "Almost Home" video below. Think he has what it takes? Let us know in the comments.
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If a documentarian's main responsibility is to present his audience with the clear, objective truth about his subject, director Bart Layton certainly had his work cut out for him while making "The Imposter."
With "The Imposter" (currently on the short list of Oscar contenders in the Best Documentary Feature category), Layton tells the tale of French conman Frédéric Bourdin, who stole the identity of missing San Antonio, Texas, teenager Nicholas Barclay — and, incredibly, was met with open arms by Barclay's immediate family, despite looking and sounding nothing like the boy who had been missing for three years.
But the story also explores how the Barclay family, out of hope or possibly other nefarious reasons, deluded themselves into believing that the stranger living among them was their relative.
Everyone, it seems from the film, has their own customized take on reality. Throw in a lingering allegation that the boy's parents might actually have been responsible for his disappearance in 1994 when he was 13, and Layton had a lot of potential truths to sort through.
"Making the documentary was quite a bewildering experience at times," Layton revealed during a question-and-answer session following TheWrap's screening of the film at the Landmark Theatre in Los Angeles on Thursday night. "Literally, I would go into one interview one day and come away convinced that I understood what had happened. And the next day, we'd interview someone from a different side of the story and come away from that interview equally convinced of a diametrically opposite conclusion. I really wanted to structure the film to reflect that."
In the end, "The Imposter" leaves many questions — particularly the fate of the still-missing Barclay — open-ended, and instead delivers a fascinating exploration of deception on Bourdin's part and self-deception on the part of Barclay's family. As Layton explained to the session's moderator, TheWrap's editor-in-chief Sharon Waxman, he first learned of the story via a magazine article and became intrigued by the levels of deceit, self-imposed and otherwise, that the tale offered.
"For me there were two big questions," Layton noted of the deception. "One was, 'What kind of human being would be capable of doing something like that?' But then for a lie to be effective there have to be two sides. I was equally fascinated by what kind of family would be capable of falling victim to it."
In exploring those quandaries, Layton employs a mixture of interviews and re-reenactments that, fittingly enough, sometimes blur the distinction between documentary and scripted product — particularly since the story, on the face of it, seems so implausible. While Layton asserted that the interviews are genuine, he did note that his approach has occasionally led to confusion among viewers.
"We had a screening at Sundance, and a gentleman put up his hand and said, 'I'm interested to know if this is based on a true story,'" Layton noted.
Layton also draws a stunning amount of candor from Bourdin and Barclay's family. Bourdin lays out his deceits in a shockingly matter-of-fact manner, and the family unabashedly describes how they were duped by the almost impressively manipulative Bourdin. It was easy to get Bourdin to spill, Layton said, because "he's not a shy individual." The family, he suggests, was driven by a desire to set the record — at least as they saw it, in a story where seemingly everyone has their own preferred version of the truth — straight.
"I think their reasons for wanting to be involved with it were that, as negatively as they can perhaps be seen in this film, there were things written about them in the media — in The New Yorker, for example — that painted them in an infinitely more negative light," Layton said. "And also they really didn't give them the opportunity to tell their side of the story. I think when we spoke to them initially, they were sort of torn — they wanted to tell their side of the story, but also they'd had these rather negative experiences with the media."
In the end, Layton says, the family has agreed that "The Imposter" is "a very fair and accurate representation of their experience and their side of the story."
Bourdin, on the other hand, has been more contentious. While Bourdin has also admitted that the film is "a very honest representation of what he had said," according to Layton, the conman and the filmmaker have had a stony relationship since the completion of the film, with Bourdin using his YouTube account to "broadcast vitriol" at the director.
"One of the extraordinary things that Frederic said is that he was angry about the fact that I'd made him out to be a liar," Layton said, "which is a completely amazing thing to say."


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Who Ignored The New Report Warning Of Calamitous Climate Change?
A recent World Bank report warned that we are on the path to a world "marked by extreme heat-waves, declining global food stocks, loss of ecosystems and biodiversity, and life-threatening sea level rise." Yet The Los Angeles Times, CNN and Fox News ignored the report entirely, continuing a pattern of deficient climate coverage.
In November 2012, a World Bank report concluded that a 4 degree Celsius (7.2 degrees Fahrenheit) worldwide temperature increase by the year 2100, of which there is approximately a 20 percent likelihood even assuming current commitments to greenhouse gas reduction are honored, would lead to "unprecedented heat waves, severe drought, and major floods in many regions" and the "regional extinction of entire coral reef species" that provide "food, income, tourism, and shoreline protection" for many communities. It also determined that the consequences of climate change would most adversely affect "many of the world's poorest regions," which have contributed among the least to climate change and have the least ability to adapt.
Of the major print outlets The Los Angeles Times was the only one that didn't mention the World Bank report (The New York Times only covered the report online, but recently created an interactive graphic illustrating one of the report's major warnings: sea-level rise).*
MSNBC's The Cycle, on the other hand, dedicated an entire segment to the report and climate change policies:
Unfortunately, it appears that their climate coverage made them an outlier once again among cable news outlets, as CNN and Fox News skipped the report. Fox News routinely ignores or downplays the veracity and urgency of climate change, and CNN has been criticized for under-covering it.
*This post has been updated to reflect changes in Daily Kos blogger RL Miller's reporting.


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Architects: Grzywinski+Pons
- Area: 3400 m²
- Year: 2017
Photographs:Nicholas Worley
Manufacturers: Mutina, Schneid, Smeg
- City: Edinburgh
- Country: United Kingdom
Text description provided by the architects. Eden Locke is a 72 room hotel with a cafe and bar on the ground floor that we designed in the Scottish capital of Edinburgh. The project was a complete gut renovation and comprehensive fit out of an existing hybridized structure. We took an 18th Century Georgian mansion and its 20th Century extension down to their respective bones and created the hotel from there.
Edinburgh's New Town (now well over 250 years old and a UNESCO Heritage Site) is a beautiful, if austere, collection of sturdy and uniform ranks of Georgian elevations. Rows of terraces and mansions clad in local grey sandstone were the physical embodiment of the Scottish Reformation. Our building is a classic example of the typology, sheathed in Craigsleith Quarry Ashlar and topped in a row of dormers under a slate roof. While the Georgians didn't offer much in the vein of variation or embellishment, the beauty of the light and the proportional balance in their spaces are, to us, second to none.
With a dash of reverence we sought to embellish the building in our own way, and from the inside out. We celebrated the existing heritage details, in particular the fenestration and their surrounds. We amplified the visual warmth of the long Scottish light with an approach that leaned towards the sophisticatedly tropical. Our intention was that the tension between the severe and stony building fabric and the verdant interior would foster measured incongruity where one exalts the other. We also designed much of the furniture and all of the joinery and employed bent wood, cane, wicker and terra cotta in equal measure with brass, stone, cementitious cladding and steel, all of which sits amongst ample vegetation. At the thresholds into the building we paid special attention as to how to architecturally transition between both the spaces and the eras. Glazed fanlights and wrought iron are framed by glass, timber and stone vestibules. Vignettes of the space within are shown to the street and the exterior ashlar and interior elevations form a studied composition on the facade.
We manipulated the building sectionally so that rooms spanned both the generous Georgian volume and the tighter spaces of the 20th century addition, yielding some dynamic spaces. We capitalized on the larger period fenestration and lofty ceilings in the public areas of the rooms while beds and circulation sit in the more intimate areas of the hybrid spaces. We created internal stairs that encircle a central bathroom and kitchen core while a bespoke wardrobe doubles as a balustrade within rooms where the height changes.
Throughout the building we crafted a palette of warm materials and textures, powdery tones and soft lighting that make the most of the inimitably breathtaking natural light in Scotland. While we were deferential to the heritage and beauty of both historic George Street and our building, our intervention has a decidedly bold perspective all its own. We hope it becomes as much of an asset to its environment as that context has been invaluable for us.


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2003 Maxima Adds New SE Titanium Edition Package, Enhancing Flagship Sedan's High Level of SportinessFor 2003, Nissan kicks its flagship Maxima sedan up a notch once again with the addition of a new Titanium Edition Package for its popular SE model, enhancing Maxima's already high level of sportiness even further. All three 2003 Maxima models ' GXE, SE and GLE ' once again come equipped with a standard 255-horsepower 3.5-liter DOHC V6, 4-speed automatic transmission and the unique balance of performance and luxury which has helped make Maxima the best-selling V6 import sedan, 16 years running (based on R.L. Polk & Co. calendar year end 1986-2001 new vehicle total registrations).
Other key additions for the new model year include standard front seat side impact supplemental air bags for GLE models (available on SE as part of the Titanium Edition Package) and two new exterior colors, Sheer Silver and Polished Titanium (Titanium Edition Package only). The new 2003 Maxima went on sale in late May 2002.
The Maxima was first introduced as a 1981 model, creating the "midsize import sedan category", a segment it has dominated ever since. The current fifth generation Maxima, created at Nissan Design America (NDA) in La Jolla, Calif., was introduced as a 2000 model.
The Titanium Edition Package
Maxima's new Titanium Edition Package is a new option available only on SE models. The Titanium Edition Package features a Bose' audio system with AM/FM in-dash 6-disc CD changer, front seat side-impact supplemental air bags, in-mirror compass, floor mats and stainless steel sill plates with Maxima logo. It also offers titanium-tint color accents on the center console, titanium-tint accent stitching on the steering wheel and shifter, and alloy wheels with bright wheel finish. Valued at over $1,600, the package will be offered with an MSRP of $999.
A High Style Standard, Inside and Out
Maxima's exterior styling, enhanced in 2002 with a new front grille and aggressive front fascia with large air intake, new headlight design with High Intensity Discharge (HID) xenon headlights, side-sill spoilers, new rear taillights with clear lenses, dual chrome exhaust tip finishers (SE/GLE) and standard 16-inch (GXE) or 17-inch wheels (unique designs for SE and GLE models) continues in 2003 with the two new available colors, Sheer Silver and Polished Titanium (Titanium Edition Package only), adding to Maxima's strong visual impression.
Inside, every 2003 Maxima comes complete with a stylish wave instrument panel design with a sweeping console, striking instrument panel and special attention to driver ergonomics, a highly supportive seat design, gated automatic transmission shifter and a steering-wheel controlled multi-function trip computer with outside temperature display, distance to empty, fuel economy and drive time counters.
The Maxima interior also offers standard HVAC microfilter ventilation system with reusable, washable filter, multi position slide sunroof switch, power driver's seat with memory function and entry/exit feature (GLE, optional with SE A/T). A 7-speaker 200-watt Bose audio system with in-dash 6-disc CD changer, Radio Data System (RDS) and speed-sensitive volume control is standard on GLE and optionally available on the SE model.
Also available on Maxima again in 2003 is the Nissan Navigation System with its three-dimensional Birdview map display (featuring an easy-to-read rolling display of roads, buildings and other points of interest in addition to the traditional intersection/flat plane map images).
The Maxima GXE interior features many standard luxury and convenience items, ranging from an 8-way power driver's seat with manual adjustable lumbar support and height-adjustable center console lid to premium 6-speaker AM/FM/CD audio system with steering wheel audio controls, auto-dimming inside rearview mirror and HomeLink Universal Transceiver.
Other luxury touches include one-touch auto up and down driver's and front passenger's windows and sunroof, auto on/off headlights, a second 12-volt power outlet and 60/40 split fold-down rear seat with anti-theft lock function.
Maxima SE models feature sporty seat cloth, leather-wrapped steering wheel, titanium-tint meter gauges with black numerals and drilled metal accelerator, brake and clutch pedals on helical limited-slip differential-equipped SEs. GLE models feature standard leather-appointed seats, leather-wrapped steering wheel and shift lever and wood-tone interior trim.
The 2003 Maxima is available with three interior colors, Blonde, Frost and Black.
255 Horsepower with a Suspension to Match
Since 1995, Maxima has been known for its V6 engine superiority. Its innovative VQ engine series powerplants have been named one of the "10 Best Engines" by Ward's Auto World for eight consecutive years.
For 2003, the 3.5-liter, DOHC 24-valve V6 again produces 255 horsepower and 246 lb-ft of torque. The engine's advanced design includes continuous valve timing control, variable induction system, a silent timing chain, electronically controlled throttle, microfinished crank journals and cam lobes, molybdenum coated lightweight pistons, a resin intake collector, digital knock control, six individual coils (one per spark plug) and a cross-flow coolant pattern.
An equal-length tuned exhaust with a variable capacity muffler derived from the one on the high performance Nissan Skyline GT-R reduces exhaust system backpressure, adds power and gives Maxima a quiet, yet throaty, sound.
Additional features of the engine package include an engine control module located inside the passenger compartment for reliability, a thick radiator and a four-point engine mount design with liquid-filled (manual transmission) or electronically controlled fluid (automatic transmission) mounts to reduce vibration.
For driving enthusiasts, a close-ratio 6-speed manual comes standard on Maxima SE, optimizing the powerband of the 3.5-liter engine. A helical limited-slip differential is optional on manual transmission-equipped Maximas. This mechanical differential is torque sensitive and provides instantaneous locking for increased traction and performance.
All 2003 Maxima GXE and GLE models again come equipped with a standard 4-speed electronically controlled automatic transmission (optional on SE). The automatic features a gated shifter for better transmission control and a traction control system is optional on GLE and SE models with automatic transmission.
Maxima's innovative rear Multi-Link Beam suspension offers precise handling and outstanding stability by minimizing camber change during cornering. It includes use of thick front and rear stabilizer bars, along with large, soft trailing link bushings. The system's unique lateral link is located behind the rear beam. SE models feature special sport tuning for maximum handling prowess, while SE and GLE offer large 17-inch wheels with model-specific designs and H-rated (GLE) or V-rated (SE) tires. GXE features 16-inch aluminum-alloy wheels as standard equipment.
Other standard performance features include a refined engine-speed-sensitive power rack-and-pinion steering and 4-wheel disc brakes with front discs and 4-wheel/4-channel/4-sensor Anti-lock Braking System (ABS).
Also standard are Electronic Brake force Distribution (EBD), which optimizes braking force depending on passenger and cargo load, and Brake Assist, which ensures maximum braking capacity is utilized to aid in hard or panic braking situations.
Safe and Secure
Maxima safety features include an impact dispersion body side structure which includes reinforced roof side rails, B-pillars and side sills, pipe-style steel side-door guard beams, dual-stage front supplemental air bags, available front seat side-impact supplemental air bags, 3-point front seat belts with adjustable upper anchors, pretensioners and load limiters, front-seat active head restraints, an emergency inside trunk-release latch and LATCH (Lower Anchors and Tethers for CHildren) child seat anchorage system. Maxima also features a Snug Kids child safety seat fit guide to choose the correct seat combination for child and vehicle.
All 2002 Maximas come standard with a Vehicle Security System and Ignition Immobilizer.
A Variety of Models and Option Packages
The 2003 Maxima is available in three models: the well-equipped GXE, the luxurious GLE and performance SE. In addition to the new Titanium Edition Package, a number of other packages and options are available on the 2003 Maxima.
The Meridian Edition offers heated front seats, steering wheel and outside mirrors, while the Leather Package includes leather-appointed seats, 4-way power passenger's seat and power driver's seat with memory function and entry/exit feature (SE A/T, std. GLE). Other available options include Power Glass Sliding Sunroof with tilt function (SE, GLE); front seat side-impact supplemental air bags (std. on GLE, SE with Titanium Edition Package); traction control system (SE automatic, GLE); helical limited-slip differential (SE manual); Bose audio system (std. on GLE, SE with Titanium Edition Package) and Nissan Navigation System (SE, GLE).
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text: Microsoft is betting that good security support will be key to keeping its enterprise customers from straying to rivals.At the kickoff of the company's Ignite conference for IT professionals, Microsoft executives unveiled a number of advanced security services, and took jabs at competitor Google for not being as mindful of security."Google takes no responsibility to update their customers' devices, leaving end-users and businesses increasingly exposed every day they use their Android devices," said Terry Myerson, Microsoft's executive vice president of operating systems. "Google just ships a big pile of code, and then leaves you exposed with no commitments."Microsoft is refining how it distributes security updates, starting with the upcoming releases of Windows 10 and Office 2016, Myerson said.Right now, Microsoft sends out updates for Windows on the second Tuesday of each month, a routine called Patch Tuesday that touches over 858 million computers. Many consumer machines are configured to download and apply the patches automatically, and many enterprises control the update process using software such as Microsoft's System Center Configuration Manager.With Windows 10, consumers can now get security updates as they are released from Microsoft, along with other updates and new features, resulting in a "steady stream of innovation every month," Myerson said.Businesses will get a number of new options for handling security patches. They can opt into one of a set of "distribution rings." Some can choose to get their updates as soon as they arrive, or they can wait to see if any additional issues pop up with the patches, which has been a recurring problem with Microsoft patches of late.Microsoft will also start offering the option to get only security updates, and not new feature updates, which can be handy for those mission-critical machines that organizations need to keep precisely configured.Administrators can now specify when they want patches to be applied, so the patches aren't deployed during a busy time, or at night when some computers may be shut off. For those organizations with limited bandwidth, Windows 10 computers can share the updates with one another in a peer-to-peer network, rather than downloading patches for each machine.In addition to updating the patching process, Microsoft also unveiled a number of new services to help better secure systems against data leakage and compromised identities.A feature in Windows 10, Device Guard, limits the computer to running only those applications that have already been approved to run on that machine. This safeguard could prevent the user from unwittingly installing malware, thinking it came from an approved source.Windows 10 is being outfitted with software to control the unauthorized copying of organizational data. A user can cut and paste information from an e-mail in the Outlook mail client into another organization-approved application, such as Word. But the user can not paste the data into an unapproved application, such as into a Twitter account.Users can override the block, but only after they click through a dialog box; Windows 10 will log all these unapproved copying actions.A service called Azure Rights Management Services which can further guard against corporate data leakage, was also made generally available. This service provides the ability to protect access to files even after they leave the individual computer.It introduces a concept called self-protecting files, or files that retain information about how they can be accessed. Before sending a file to someone, a user can specify what permissions that recipient has with that file. The sender can specify, for instance, if that file can be forwarded to additional parties. The sender can revoke access to the document even after it is sent out. "The file becomes self-protecting," said Brad Anderson, Microsoft corporate vice president for enterprise client and mobility.The administrator can also get statistics on the usage of the file, such as how many people read the document, how many of those were authorized, and the names of those who tried to open the document but who weren't authorized to do so.Those using the company's Azure-based Active Directory service can take advantage of a new service, now in preview mode, that can identify anomalous sign-ins, or those attempted log-ins to the organization's system that probably don't originate from the employee.If an employee signs into the network from Chicago at noon, and then again at 12:30 from North Korea, it is probably a safe bet that the second sign-in is not a legitimate one, explained Anderson. The service uses machine learning to correlate the immense number of log files in order to find these matches.Another machine-learning-based service, called Microsoft Advanced Threat Analytics, can provide organizations with an easy way to identify network intruders. The offering, available as a preview starting Monday, is based on technology developed by Israeli startup Aorato, which Microsoft acquired in November.Microsoft Advanced Threat Analytics can provide a timeline view of a series of activities that make up a single attack as they unfold across different system resources. It can show, for instance, someone using a brute-force attack to compromise a user account, and when that account is breached, the service can then follow subsequent actions on different machines, such as accessing content.Joab Jackson covers enterprise software and general technology breaking news for The IDG News Service. Follow Joab on Twitter at @Joab_Jackson. Joab's e-mail address is email@example.com


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Avatech Tricks: Hotwire AutoCAD Electrical14 Sep, 2005 By: Carl Smith Cadalyst
Customize AutoCAD Electrical to make drawing point-to-point wire diagrams more productive
Out of the box, AutoCAD Electrical may seem as though the product is strictly geared toward ladder-style diagrams and panel layouts. But you can easily modify the program for all sorts of electrical controls design, including point-to-point wire diagrams (figure 1).
Figure 1. A typical point-to-point wire diagram.
Typically, a point-to-point diagram will contain wires of several different colors and gauges. By default, you will need to switch to the appropriate wire layer each time a different gauge or color is required. This process can take extra time and effort if your design contains many layers or includes many types of wire gauges and colors.
Creating a custom toolbar to automate this process can greatly enhance point-to-point design productivity. Our toolbar will create the appropriate layer if it does not exist yet, make that layer current and then launch AutoCAD Electrical's Insert Wire command.
AutoCAD Electrical looks for lines drawn on specific layers and defines these lines as wires. Once the wires are identified, the software can automatically create several types of wire reports, including from/to lists, as well as automatically assign unique wire numbers to each wire network. In the AutoCAD Electrical configuration tools, I used a wildcard to tell AutoCAD Electrical that any layer that begins with 8AWG is a valid wire layer (figure 2). The next step is to create a custom toolbar that will make it easy for me to choose the wires I need on the fly.
Figure 2. Selecting the layers beginning with 8AWG as valid wire layers.
Figure 3. Our example toolbar with a simple set of wires.
I named the new toolbar "My Wires" and included buttons on the toolbar and color-coded each to match the appropriate wire color. I can use these buttons to draw blue, red, green and brown 8-gauge wires.
Each button is customized to execute the following command:
^C^C(if (tblsearch "LAYER" "8AWG-BRN") (command "-layer" "C" "46" "8AWG-BRN" "") (command "-layer" "N" "8AWG-BRN" "C" "46" "8AWG-BRN" ""))(command " layer" "S" "8AWG-BRN" "")(if(not wd_load)(if(setq x(findfile "wd_load.lsp"))(load x)))(wd_load);wd_inwire
This string will search the current layers of the drawing for a layer named 8AWG-BRN, and if it does not find the layer, it will create it and make that layer current. Next it will launch the AutoCAD Electrical WD_INWIRE command to begin drawing a line that AutoCAD Electrical will interpret as a brown 8-gauge wire. Each button contains the same macro, tweaked just slightly so that the appropriate layer name and color will be created.
Now, rather than constantly digging through the layer list each time I need a new wire gauge or color, I can simply use to my new custom toolbar and let the macro do all the work!
That's all there is to it. You need only to configure AutoCAD Electrical to understand your wire layer naming convention and create your own set of custom toolbars. Tweak the macro to suit your needs and you're ready to wire.
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Yesterday was a nice punctuation mark to that, featuring a long ride down to the ocean, a great view, and a very satisfying fish and chips.
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About one-and-a-half billion (1,500,000,000) people spoke English at the start of the 21st century. That was one quarter (¼) of all people on earth. More than 400 million (400,000,000) speak English as their first language. The rest speak English as a second or third language for their professional and personal lives. But English is not the world's top first language, as you can see from the following list:
1st Mandarin Chinese 726,000,000
2nd English 427,000,000
3rd Spanish 266,000,000
4th Hindi 182,000,000
5th Arabic 181,000,000
6th Portuguese 165,000,000
7th Bengali 162,000,000
8th Russian 158,000,000
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Grover Norquist's Americans for Tax Reform is giving House Republican's a pass on Speaker John Boehner's "Plan B" to let tax rates go up on incomes above $1 million.
(Also on POLITICO: Obama says GOP should 'take the deal')
In a blog post on ATR's website, the group states that a vote for Plan B, which could come up as early as Thursday, will not be a violation of the pledge.
"This legislation — popularly known as "Plan B"— permanently prevents a tax increase on families making less than $1 million per year. Republicans supporting this bill are this week affirming to their constituents in writing that this bill — the sole purpose of which is to prevent tax increases — is consistent with the pledge they made to them. In ATR's analysis, it is extremely difficult — if not impossible—to fault these Republicans' assertion."
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ATR argues that because House Republicans have "already voted twice to prevent any tax increases on any American" and because the bill "contains no tax increases of any kind" it would not be a pledge violation. Boehner's bill permanently extends the Bush tax cuts for those who make less than $1 million, and would simply let taxes go up for those above that threshold by letting them expire.
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A modern Pecora Commission could right Wall Street wrongs
Barry Ritholtz
January 28 2012
What shall we make of this surprise pronouncement in President Obama's State of the Union address? A belated investigation has been launched into the role of fraud in the financial crisis.
This much is clear: Despite rampant illegalities, bank fraud and countless cases of perjury, the response to date — at the federal level and from most, but not all, states — has been underwhelming, cowardly even. A few principled holdouts — the attorneys general of Delaware, New York, Nevada and California — refuse to rubber-stamp a pre-investigation settlement with banks, but that's all. Despite chances to bring crooks to justice, there has been little action.
So, here we are, four years after the great financial collapse, three years after the recovery began and in the last year of Obama's term — and the president has finally decided to investigate the role of fraud in the great global financial crisis. Hence, this new task force — the unit of Mortgage Origination and Securitization Abuses — begins behind the curve. The statute of limitations is, in many cases, close to elapsing.
Even so, do not dismiss the investigation out of hand because of the timing: History informs us that a serious investigation can begin four years after the fact. Recall that Ferdinand Pecora was the fourth chief counsel for the Senate committee that investigated the Wall Street crash of 1929 and subsequent Depression. He was appointed in 1932 and received broad investigatory powers in 1933. His report ran thousands of pages. Thanks in large part to Pecora's findings, Congress passed the Glass-Steagall Banking Act, which separated commercial and investment banking; the Securities Act of 1933, which established penalties for filing false information about stock offerings; and the Securities Exchange Act, which created the Securities and Exchange Commission to regulate the stock exchanges. Nearly 50 years of financial stability followed.
The personality in charge can make all the difference. In an encouraging sign, Obama appointed to the task force New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, one of the few attorneys general not railroaded into a premature settlement with banks of the robo-signing-foreclosure scandal.
Critics have derided the task force as little more than election maneuvering. The politics are obvious: Both Occupy Wall Street and the tea party were very unhappy with the bank bailouts; they seem even less happy with the lack of prosecution.
It's fair to ask: Is this new task force a meaningless exercise?
It is too soon to tell, of course. Like good poker players, we can look for "tells" that signal whether this will be a farce or a serious player. We'll find clues in the structural setup of the office as well as the areas it investigates.
In the setup of the office, four aspects are crucial:
• Does the office have subpoena power (as the New York attorney general's office has through the Martin Act)?
• Are there going to be public hearings (preferably in the Senate)?
• Will the commission have a significant budget?
• Will it be a forum for whistleblowers and crowdsourcing?
Without such powers, the office would be a farce, helping to shield banks from the fallout of their wrongdoings.
What the office investigates will also reveal how serious this is. Both pre- and post-crisis topics should be investigated, including:
• MERS: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems was created by banks without any authority or enabling legislation. It allowed the rapid transfer of mortgages, avoiding state and county filing fees amounting to billions of dollars. Without MERS, it's hard to imagine that the massive volume of mortgage securitizations could have occurred. How were lenders able to circumvent mortgage filings with town and county registrars? Did they engage in illegalities? How many billions of dollars do they owe in fees for transferred notes? And what percentage of MERS assignments were fraudulent, made for entities that did not exist?
• Origination fraud: Why did lenders accept "stated income" loans? Why did they abandon traditional standards? Michael White, a Countrywide subprime unit employee, called this "origination fraud," observing, "Eliminate the verification of income for a mortgage borrower, and you eliminate your ability to predict the likelihood of repayment or default."
• RMBS: Wall Street's securitized mortgage pools (residential mortgage-backed securities) contained a broad variety of flaws, some so egregious that they amounted to fraud. In plain English, we're talking about bad paperwork and misrepresented pools of mortgages to borrowers whose debts were significantly understated and whose median incomes and credit scores were significantly overstated.
• Insurance fraud: Look at a bank tactic in which legitimate home insurance is canceled and new insurance provided at a substantially higher fee through a subsidiary or affiliate of the bank mortgage holder. This extra expense in some cases led to foreclosures.
• "Pyramid" servicing fees: An illegal practice in which current payments are applied to past late fees, generating more late fees and additional interest owed and creating a delinquency where none existed. This tactic also led to foreclosures that were probably unlawful.
• Lost mortgage notes: How is it possible that the most important part of the mortgage contract — the promissory note — was consistently lost or misplaced by banks? It is unfathomable to anyone who has ever handled documents. At best, it's gross incompetence. At worst, it's willful document destruction during litigation.
•Document fraud for sale: There were many examples of alleged document fraud, but the one crying out for investigation involves Lender Processing Services' DOCX subsidiary. The firm seems to have been selling fabricated documents for a fee to lawyers and banks. Indeed, Lender Processing Services, which processes nearly half of all U.S. foreclosures, could require a separate investigation.
•False affidavits, perjury (robo-signing): We do not know who ordered the robo-signing of foreclosure documents, the false notarizations, fraudulent written statements to courts and perjury. This should be easy to investigate, like flipping a nickel-bag dealer to get to the drug kingpin. Astoundingly, this easy-to-investigate felony (via notarized perjurious statements submitted to foreclosure courts) has yet to be prosecuted.
• Foreclosure mills, process servers: Law firms engaged in rampant fraud that corrupted the foreclosure process. If found guilty, those folks should be disbarred and jailed. Same for the "sewer service" process servers who threw away legally required notices to delinquent homeowners.
• Soldiers and Sailors Relief Act: Federal law protects active-duty service members from foreclosure and eviction. I find violation of this law reprehensible. If it were up to me, I would let the Special Forces — Navy Seals and Army Green Berets — handle this as they see fit.
Even with criminal statutes of limitations elapsing, we can achieve some measure of justice against the crisis wrongdoers. Lawyers can be disbarred and corporate insiders banned from serving in publicly held firms again. CEOs and CFOs can be fired. A significant investigation, with subpoena powers, a real budget and public hearings would go a long way toward restoring public confidence.
Schneiderman has an opportunity to create a legacy for himself that lasts far beyond the next election cycle. If he lacks the tools to do so, he should demand them or resign in protest.
Ritholtz is chief executive of FusionIQ, a quantitative research firm. He is the author of "Bailout Nation" and runs a finance blog, the Big Picture.


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The vaccine was previously only for preteens and young adults through 26. The Food and Drug Administration approved Gardasil 9 for women and men through age 45.
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Richest 62 billionaires as wealthy as half the world population combined
Charity says only a crackdown on tax dodging, higher investment in public services and higher wages can halt the wealth divide widening even further and faster
Oxfams prediction that the richest 1% would own the same wealth as the poorest 50% had come true a year earlier than forecast.
The vast and growing gap between rich and poor has been laid bare in a new Oxfam report showing that the 62 richest billionaires own as much wealth as the poorer half of the worlds population.
Timed to coincide with this weeks gathering of many of the super-rich at the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, the report calls for urgent action to deal with a trend showing that 1% of people own more wealth than the other 99% combined.
Oxfam said that the wealth of the poorest 50% dropped by 41% between 2010 and 2015, despite an increase in the global population of 400m. In the same period, the wealth of the richest 62 people increased by $500bn to $1.76tn.
The charity said that, in 2010, the 388 richest people owned the same wealth as the poorest 50%. This dropped to 80 in 2014 before falling again in 2015.
Mark Goldring, the Oxfam GB chief executive, said: It is simply unacceptable that the poorest half of the world population owns no more than a small group of the global super-rich so few, you could fit them all on a single coach.
World leaders concern about the escalating inequality crisis has so far not translated into concrete action to ensure that those at the bottom get their fair share of economic growth. In a world where one in nine people go to bed hungry every night, we cannot afford to carry on giving the richest an ever bigger slice of the cake.
Leading figures from Pope Francis to Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, have called for action to reverse the trend in inequality, but Oxfam said words had not been translated into action. Its prediction that the richest 1% would own the same wealth as the poorest 50% by 2016 had come true a year earlier than expected.
The World Economic Forum in Davos comes amid fears that the turmoil in financial markets since the turn of the year may herald the start of a new phase to the global crisis that began eight years ago this time originating in the less-developed emerging countries.
Oxfam said a three-pronged approach was needed: a crackdown on tax dodging; higher investment in public services; and higher wages for the low paid. It said a priority should be to close down tax havens, increasingly used by rich individuals and companies to avoid paying tax and which had deprived governments of the resources needed to tackle poverty and inequality.
Three years ago, David Cameron told the WEF that the UK would spearhead a global effort to end aggressive tax avoidance in the UK and in poor countries, but Oxfam said promised measures to increase transparency in British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, such as the Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands, had not been implemented.
Goldring said: We need to end the era of tax havens which has allowed rich individuals and multinational companies to avoid their responsibilities to society by hiding ever increasing amounts of money offshore.
Tackling the veil of secrecy surrounding the UKs network of tax havens would be a big step towards ending extreme inequality. Three years after he made his promise to make tax dodgers wake up and smell the coffee, it is time for David Cameron to deliver.
Oxfam cited estimates that rich individuals have placed a total of $7.6tn in offshore accounts, adding that if tax were paid on the income that this wealth generates, an extra $190bn would be available to governments every year.
The charity said as much as 30% of all African financial wealth was thought to be held offshore. The estimated loss of $14bn in tax revenues would be enough to pay forhealthcare for mothers and children that could save 4 million childrens lives a year and employ enough teachers to get every African child into school.
Oxfam said it intended to challenge the executives of multi-national corporations in Davos on their tax policies. It said nine out of 10 WEF corporate partners had a presence in at least one tax haven and it was estimated that tax dodging by multinational corporations costs developing countries at least $100bn every year. Corporate investment in tax havens almost quadrupled between 2000 and 2014.
The Equality Trust, which campaigns against inequality in the UK, said Britains 100 richest families had increased their wealth by at least £57bn since 2010, a period in which average incomes declined.
Duncan Exley, the trusts director, said: Inequality, both globally but also in the UK, is now at staggering levels. We know that such a vast gap between the richest and the rest of us is bad for our economy and society. We now need our politicians to wake up and address this dangerous concentration of wealth and power in the hands of so few.
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(AllHipHop News) U.S. rap star 50 Cent will get major exposure this weekend during the Super Bowl, thanks to a new commercial by American Suzuki Motor Corp.
50's track "Movin' On Up" is being featured in Suzuki's "Sled" Super Bowl ad, promoting the new all-wheel-drive 2012 Kizashi sports sedan.
The commercial features an Eskimo, who upgrades his sled to the new Kizashi sedan by Suzuki.
"We are thrilled to show off the Kizashi's fun-to-drive capabilities during the most-watched sporting event of the year," said Jeff Holland, director of social media, American Suzuki. "We feel that 50 Cent's upbeat music brings the Kizashi to life in a way that viewers will relate to."
The Suzuki 2012 Super Bowl ad will continue to air both in 60-second and 30-second formats, as part of a new Suzuki advertising campaign that is scheduled to debut in March.
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Todays Reading: Psalm 1:1-6
Although today's sermon is based on Judges 16:18-21, pastor referenced other significant bible passages listed below. Simply highlight to read.
Judges 13:1-5, Judges 13:25, Judges 14:6, Judges 14:19, Judges 15:7, Judges 13:24-25, Judges 13:8, Judges 16:21-25, 1 Corinthians 10:11, Proverbs 25:28, Judges 14:1-2, 1 John 2:15, Judges 16:1-2, Romans 7:18, Romans 13:14, Judges 16:4-5, Judges 16:19, Judges 15:18-19, Judges 16:28-30, Luke 18:1, 1 Thessalonian 5:17, Judges 16:20, Romans 13:14, James 4:7-10, Psalm 1:6, John 14:6, Romans 10:13
What does Judges Chapter 16 signify?.
Samson's escape from Gaza. (1-3) Samson enticed to declare his strength lay. (4-17) The Philistines take Samson, and put out his eyes. (18-21) Samson's strength is renewed. (22-24) He destroys many of the Philistines. (25-31)1-3 Hitherto Samson's character has appeared glorious, though uncommon. In this chapter we find him behaving in so wicked a manner, that many question whether or not he were a godly man. But the apostle has determined this, #Heb 11:32|. By adverting to the doctrines and examples of Scripture, the artifices of Satan, the deceitfulness of the human heart, and the methods in which the Lord frequently deals with his people, we may learn useful lessons from this history, at which some needlessly stumble, while others cavil and object. The peculiar time in which Samson lived may account for many things, which, if done in our time, and without the special appointment of Heaven, would be highly criminal. And there might have been in him many exercises of piety, which, if recorded, would have reflected a different light upon his character. Observe Samson's danger. Oh that all who indulge their sensual appetites in drunkenness, or any fleshly lusts, would see themselves thus surrounded, way-laid, and marked for ruin by their spiritual enemies! The faster they sleep, the more secure they feel, the greater their danger. We hope it was with a pious resolution not to return to his sin, that he rose under a fear of the danger he was in. Can I be safe under this guilt? It was bad that he lay down without such checks; but it would have been worse, if he had laid still under them.
4-17 Samson had been more than once brought into mischief and danger by the love of women, yet he would not take warning, but is again taken in the same snare, and this third time is fatal. Licentiousness is one of the things that take away the heart. This is a deep pit into which many have fallen; but from which few have escaped, and those by a miracle of mercy, with the loss of reputation and usefulness, of almost all, except their souls. The anguish of the suffering is ten thousand times greater than all the pleasures of the sin.
18-21 See the fatal effects of false security. Satan ruins men by flattering them into a good opinion of their own safety, and so bringing them to mind nothing, and fear nothing; and then he robs them of their strength and honour, and leads them captive at his will. When we sleep our spiritual enemies do not. Samson's eyes were the inlets of his sin, (ver. #1|,) and now his punishment began there. Now the Philistines blinded him, he had time to remember how his own lust had before blinded him. The best way to preserve the eyes, is, to turn them away from beholding vanity. Take warning by his fall, carefully to watch against all fleshly lusts; for all our glory is gone, and our defence departed from us, when our separation to God, as spiritual Nazarites, is profaned.
22-24 Samson's afflictions were the means of bringing him to deep repentance. By the loss of his bodily sight the eyes of his understanding were opened; and by depriving him of bodily strength, the Lord was pleased to renew his spiritual strength. The Lord permits some few to wander wide and sink deep, yet he recovers them at last, and marking his displeasure at sin in their severe temporal sufferings, preserves them from sinking into the pit of destruction. Hypocrites may abuse these examples, and infidels mock at them, but true Christians will thereby be rendered more humble, watchful, and circumspect; more simple in their dependence on the Lord, more fervent in prayer to be kept from falling, and in praise for being preserved; and, if they fall, they will be kept from sinking into despair.
25-31 Nothing fills up the sins of any person or people faster than mocking and misusing the servants of God, even thought it is by their own folly that they are brought low. God put it into Samson's heart, as a public person, thus to avenge on them God's quarrel, Israel's, and his own. That strength which he had lost by sin, he recovers by prayer. That it was not from passion or personal revenge, but from holy zeal for the glory of God and Israel, appears from God's accepting and answering the prayer. The house was pulled down, not by the natural strength of Samson, but by the almighty power of God. In his case it was right he should avenge the cause of God and Israel. Nor is he to be accused of self-murder. He sought not his own death, but Israel's deliverance, and the destruction of their enemies. Thus Samson died in bonds, and among the Philistines, as an awful rebuke for his sins; but he died repentant. The effects of his death typified those of the death of Christ, who, of his own will, laid down his life among transgressors, and thus overturned the foundation of Satan's kingdom, and provided for the deliverance of his people. Great as was the sin of Samson, and justly as he deserved the judgments he brought upon himself, he found mercy of the Lord at last; and every penitent shall obtain mercy, who flees for refuge to that Saviour whose blood cleanses from all sin. But here is nothing to encourage any to indulge sin, from a hope they shall at last repent and be saved.
Commentary by Matthew Henry, 1710.
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Chevrolet TrailBlazer debuts at Dubai international motor showThu, 10 Nov 2011
The Chevrolet TrailBlazer made its return on Thursday at the Dubai international motor show. The show vehicle is a precursor to the production version but is very similar, according to General Motors.
The seven-passenger TrailBlazer looks a lot like GM's recent SUV and crossover entries, with a rounded body, curved headlight housings and LED accents. You can see hints of the Chevy Traverse, Equinox and Orlando in the shape.
"Although this is a show vehicle, the overall design is faithful to the production version that will arrive in Chevrolet showrooms next year," said John Stadwick, GM Middle East operations president. "TrailBlazer will be the ideal fit, not only for consumers in the Middle East, but in every place around the world where it will be sold."
The SUV is based on the Chevrolet Colorado pickup, meaning it's a body-on-frame chassis, unlike many of the current crossovers with passenger-car underpinnings.
The TrailBlazer was designed with the philosophy of "body in, wheels out," according to GM, leading to both high approach and departure angles. The hood is raised in the center to convey power while the dual-projector headlights sit below on either side of Chevy's dual-port grille. Polished aluminum accents the fascias, rocker panels, beltline and roof rack.
This global model carries a 2.8-liter Duramax turbodiesel engine under the hood.
The interior looks typical GM with a few upgraded bits in the center stack. The TrailBlazer will get dual-zone climate control as well as the latest infotainment system. A number of storage compartments are located throughout the cabin.
Second-row seats will tumble and fold flat, and the third row will do the same. GM says the last row won't just be glorified child-seat anchors, either.
"The third row in this SUV wasn't an afterthought," said Matt Noone, director of design for GM Brazil. "It's an authentic third row where people can sit comfortably for long trips."
The new TrailBlazer will be sold in Thailand starting in 2012. For now, Chevy has no plans to bring it to the United States.
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The hip pocket must be where road pricing reform commences.
The call for a congestion charge is getting louder and more frequent in many countries, as major metropolitan areas experience increasing levels of road congestion. This is often accompanied by a recognition that governments need to find new sources of revenue to maintain existing road networks and to invest in new transport infrastructure.
Reform of road pricing is almost certain to occur at some time in the future. But a key challenge is in selling the idea to the community of road users, as well as a whole raft of interest groups that influence the views of society and politicians.
Simply announcing a need for a congestion charge (often misleadingly called a tax) does little to progress the reform agenda. We need a carefully structured demonstration of what might be done to introduce adjustments in road user charges that both reduce the costs to motorists, while ensuring no loss of revenue to government.
The Plan
My colleagues (Professors Bliemer and Mulley) and I suggest that this can be achieved by lowering vehicle registration fees together with a distance-based charging regime. Such a package can deliver financial gains to motorists with potential for revenue growth to the State Treasury of Sydney.
This reform package is predicted to result in changes to total annual kilometres of travel (especially in the peak), and flow through gains in travel time that would reduce traffic congestion. In Sydney, this would be a 4.7% reduction in peak kilometres driven.
We see this as an essential first stage in gaining community support for road pricing reform. Proof of cost reductions associated with improvements in traffic congestion can then be used to continue the reform process.
This road pricing reform plan would require drivers to purchase an on-board unit (approximately $50 one-off cost), that will record the kilometres by time of day. The off-peak kilometres are not charged, but peak kilometres will be charged at the agreed rate.
This scenario implies that if a unit is not installed, all kilometres will be charged as peak kilometres. So there is an incentive to install a meter (with the expectation that all motorists will do so), just like households have had with off-peak electricity meters or with water meters when they were first introduced.
Modelling the change
To establish the financial implications of alternative combinations of a peak period distance-based charge and discounted annual registration fees, we have modelled different options for areas within Sydney.
The key inputs, for each area in Sydney and status quo (before situation) are:
- The mean annual kilometres
- The proportion of kilometres in the peak periods (AM and PM)
- The average daily cost per driver (comprising fuel and tolls, distinguished by peak and off peak periods)
- Annual registration fees
- Mean direct elasticities of peak and off peak kilometres with respect to usage costs
For the reform scenarios, we considered a distance-based charge varying from 2 cents/km to 10 cents/km in the peak. We also allowed annual registration fees to vary from 30% to 75% of the current annual fee.
The system calculates the current total costs and kilometres for all drivers and revenue to State Treasury, distinguishing outlays and receipts for the peak and off peak periods.
We then introduce the range of peak-period distance-based charges and discounted registration fees, and calculate the combination of these two cost outlays for motorists. We found that each option results in both a reduced mean cost to motorists and no loss in revenue to State Treasury.
We also expected to obtain different distance-based charging levels for a given discount on the registration fee, and indeed that is what happened. The range is 3 to 8 cents/km. Taking the lowest value would ensure net gains to each motorist, but would result in the loss of neutrality (or better) to Treasury revenue.
But placing different charges on motorists over the metropolitan area would raise clear concerns from many perspectives, including the political ramifications. A preferred solution is to take a system wide approach. That is, to identify a single distance-based charge, given a discounted registration fee, that achieves the required financial outcomes for drivers and State Treasury.
The selected peak period charge is 5 cents/km with a discounted registration fee of $185, slightly greater than a 50% reduction.
On average, a driver saves $9 per annum and Treasury gains $32 per driver per annum. These are extremely low amounts per driver, but they translate into sizable financial gains to all drivers and to State Treasury.


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Paulista Avenue Interactive = Interactive Public Art
The second edition of FILE PAI (Paulista Avenue Interactive = Interactive Public Art), a digital and electronic public art project launched by FILE – Electronic Language International Festival in 2010, was held from July 19 to 28, 2011.
FILE PAI 2011 occupied several spaces in Paulista Avenue and its surroundings, with a program that included different types of works achieved with electronic and digital tools. Among them, interactive installations, animations, games, and machinimas.
The works were be presented in the following places: Cervantes Institute, Conjunto Nacional, Cultura Bookstore, Cultura Cine-Bookstore, São Paulo Art Museum – Masp, Alameda das Flores, Fiesp Space and Fnac, besides the Subway stations Vila Madalena, Consolação, Trianon-Masp and Brigadeiro.
Beyond those works, FILE Symposium 2011, a space for discussion among artists, theoreticians and people interested in art and technology, happened at the São Paulo Cultural Center, together with the Workshops series.
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Today is Pac-12 Football Media day. It is being held in Los Angeles and all twelve teams are reportedly in attendance. There's already been media buzz about the Conference of Champions as Arizona's Hard Edge series has drawn attention and Mike Leach was Mike Leach.
But today, of course, marks the pageant. The day the conference rolls itself out on their own accord, putting their best foot forward to jump start the 2013 season.
Now please note that I am not in attendance. I will be in SoCal today but not Los Angeles. I do, however, have questions for the leads of this conference's football teams. And if I were at media day, I probably would not ask these questions. But a boy can dream.
Follow the whole thing on twitter. The prescribed hashtag is #Pac12FB.
Pac-12 South Questions:
For Rodriguez – It's rumored Javier Bardem has signed on to play the villain in Hard Edge III. Can you confirm this?
For Graham – [audible chuckles] Pittsburgh [audible chuckles]
For Whittingham – Why did Urban do that to Aaron? Too soon? Too soon. Duly noted Mr. Whittingham.
For MacIntyre – You turned around a 2-10 San Jose State team in two seasons. You now inherit a 1-11 team. What the f*** were you thinking?
For Mora – Comeon…you guys threw that regular season finale to the 'Furd didn'tya. Didn'tya. AMIRIGHT SIMERS??
For Kiffin – What's Layla doing today?
Pac-12 North Questions:
For Shaw – Can you please just state your name and title as smugly as possible? Repeatedly.
For Dykes – Is your last name real? Nonono, I'm kidding. But seriously? No I'm joking. Bear Raid, huh?
For Helfrich – Born in Eugene and now the Head Football Coach at Oregon, who do you think will be the Philadelphia Eagles' starting quarterback?
For Riley – Coach…any thought to losing the pleated pants look? It's 2013.
For Leach – Go. Just start talking.
For Sarkisian – You named your boat "Noah Sark." Great play on words. But does it infer you are escaping irreparable evil deeds and the world is about to end? **cough cough…ChipKelly…cough