text: When purchasing ERP software, companies today have a plethora of critical decisions to make. They must consider the differences in vendors' features and functionalities, support and license costs, TCO and ROI estimates, underlying technical architectures and future roadmaps, just to name a few. \n\nBut just within the last several years, the decision of whether to go with a software-as-a-service ERP vendor versus the traditional on-premise ERP model has become part of many companies' evaluation criteria. \n\nMake no mistake: SaaS ERP rollouts today are still the exception rather than the norm, as Aberdeen's ERP expert and research fellow Cindy Jutras writes in her latest report, SaaS ERP: Trends & Observations 2010. \n\nBut what has changed dramatically since Jutras began surveying ERP decision makers in 2007 on the topic is that SaaS ERP is getting more consideration than at any point in the past. "In mid-2010," Jutras writes, "we are seeing an overall 61 percent jump in [survey respondents'] willingness to consider SaaS ERP." \n\nThose unwilling to go with a SaaS strategy voice most of the same concerns today as back in 2007: fears over security, downtime, customization and not having core ERP apps within the company's four walls. \n\nBut the 2010 data also shows a significant disconnect concerning ERP upgrades among those surveyed: While desire to control the upgrade process was the number-one factor in preventing consideration of SaaS ERP, the second most-appealing consideration of SaaS ERP was that it reduces the cost and effort of upgrades. \n\nIn other words, how your company feels about the upgrade process will likely play a part in whether it favors an on-premise or SaaS ERP package. \n\nLet the record state that on-premise ERP upgrades can be painful, expensive experiences. Which is why "most businesses and IT execs put off upgrades as long as possible to avoid costs and minimize business disruption," noted Forrester Research's Paul Hamerman, in a CIO.com article. \n\nAberdeen's ERP research states that upgrades are typically performed every 3.5 years. The top reasons for delaying them: Budget and time constraints, as well as a lack of apparent value. \n\n"If operations are running relatively smoothly, there is no perceived urgency to upgrade or make use of enhanced features and functions," Jutras writes. "As time goes by, technology matures and software vendors continue to innovate with new features and functions. Often companies find themselves falling behind, and the need to upgrade only increases." \n\n[ Also on CIO.com SAP Upgrades: Dos and Don'ts from an ERP Guru ] \n\nWith SaaS, however, upgrades are usually not as burdensome. Releases are typically delivered more frequently than on-premise packages. And "while not exactly a forced march, SaaS customers are not allowed to slip too far behind with upgrades," Jutras adds. "By taking on some of the burden of the upgrade process, SaaS ERP providers do indeed reduce the cost and effort of the upgrade." \n\nOf course, not all ERP vendors are created equal. And it's still incumbent upon companies to do their homework not only on the vendors in play but examine just how much control their companies and top executives want over their core ERP systems. \n\n"For those that feel ERP is too strategic to their business or are reluctant to relinquish the control over upgrades, consider all your ERP SaaS options," Jutras contends. "Many more configuration options are available today than ever before, and not all SaaS ERP solution providers treat upgrades and customizations in the same way." \n\n Thomas Wailgum covers Enterprise Software, Data Management and Personal Productivity Apps for CIO.com. Follow him on Twitter @twailgum. Follow everything from CIO.com on Twitter @CIOonline. E-mail Thomas at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Rule #1 - Be Patient - Rule #2 - Don't ask when, if you don't contribute - Rule #3 - You have coding skills - LinuxMCE's small brother is available: http://www.agocontrol.com
The Atom 330 is a first-gen Atom: not recommended.
for now the first gen atom/ions make the best md's inmho
To buy a 3 year old CPU is not a very good idea imhohttp://forum.linuxmce.org/index.php?topic=11513.0Just my two cents-Olivier
I agree with TK, my 330 works great. WRT the Foxconn you may want to search the forums there are a few threads covering it. I believe the NIC is not plug and play but I do not know if anyone has successfully got one up and running

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Bali, Suckling Pig, Paradise Island.
I had forgotten how beautiful Bali is. When it was so close to 'home' (Surabaya - 30 minutes by plane), you kinda take it for granted. But this trip reminded me full force.
There's of course the beach. Kuta beach was cleaner than I remembered, still as crowded as ever though, but we had ample space to sit and take in the breathtaking view of the sunset.
There are the beautiful tiered rice paddies everywhere, and seeing the workers everywhere in this developing country remind you of where your food came from. And why it's so cheap.
But, of course, we're here for the food. Not to be outdone by Anthony Bourdain, our first meal in Bali was perhaps Bali's most famous dish - at its most famous restaurant, suckling pig aka Babi Guling Ibu Oka.
Tourists and locals alike flock to this place. Most of the seats are lesehan, which means you sit on the floor (on a pillow), barefooted. Even then we had to wait 20 minutes or so to get seated.
As soon as we walked up we were greeted by a suckling pig on a tray, where they are cutting the meat and skin off. Eye candy. We were already hungry, but the drool-worthy view made the craving even harder.
The "babi guling special" comes with rice, suckling pig's meat, crispy skin, deep fried skin, blood sausage, and urap made with green beans.
This Rp.25,000 (~$2.50) plate is satisfaction incarnate. What makes Balinese suckling pig so special is that it had been stuffed with herbs and spices and cassava prior to roasting over an open flame, making it so full of flavor. The meat is still rightfully tender, and the meat is only the start of it. There's the oily crispy skin, and the delightfully crunchy fried skin, not to forget the chunky and flavorful blood sausage and the spicy vegetables.
All this goes down perfectly with a bottle of Indonesian Pilsner, Bir Bintang (For those interested, Bintang is pretty light with a slight hoppy finish).
The only thing that might be a problem for some people is that Ibu Oka's suckling pig has now become less spicy (though you can get more chili on the side), perhaps to 'tone down' to tourist level of spice. Better for me I guess, since I could eat it without breaking too much sweat.
Either way, Babi Guling Ibu Oka is still one of the best (if not the best Balinese meal).


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Public release date: 12-Sep-2011
CHICAGO – Long-term use of nonaspirin anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) is associated with an increased risk of renal cell cancer (RCC), according to a report in the September issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
According to background information in the article, in the United States, kidney cancer is the seventh leading type of cancer among men and the ninth leading type of cancer among women. The most common type of kidney cancer, renal cell cancer, accounts for 85 percent of all cases. Analgesics (pain-relieving medications) are among the most commonly used groups of drugs in the United States, and some appear to have protective effects against cancer. "However," the authors write, "some epidemiologic data, mainly from case-control studies, suggest an association between analgesic use and an increased risk of RCC."Eunyoung Cho, Sc.D., from Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, and colleagues examined the relationship between analgesic use and RCC risk. They used data from the Nurses' Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow-up Study, both prospective cohort studies.
Beginning in 1990 in the Nurses' Health Study and 1986 in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study, and every two years thereafter, use of aspirin, other NSAIDs and acetaminophen was determined. Follow-up was 16 years and 20 years, respectively. The researchers evaluated the baseline and duration of use of analgesics. They also assessed other risk factors for RCC, such as body weight, smoking, recreational
physical activity and history of hypertension.
Among the 77,525 women and 49,403 men included in the study, the researchers documented 333 RCC cases. No association was found between aspirin and acetaminophen use and RCC risk. An association was found between regular use of nonaspirin NSAIDs and an increased risk of RCC, with a 51 percent increase in the relative risk. The researchers noticed a dose-response relationship between duration of nonaspirin NSAID use and RCC risk; there was a 19 percent decrease in relative risk for use less than four years, a 36 percent increase in relative risk for use of analgesics for four years to less than 10 years and nearly three times the relative risk for use for 10 or more years.
"In these large prospective studies of women and men, we found that use of nonaspirin NSAIDs was associated with an elevated risk of RCC, especially among those who took them for a long duration," write the authors, who add that aspirin and acetaminophen were not associated with RCC risk. "Risks and benefits should be considered in deciding whether to use analgesics; if our findings are confirmed, an increased risk of RCC should also be considered."


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By DANIEL WAGNER
Optimism about a European debt-crisis summit this week rose and fell on Wednesday, but U.S. stock indexes barely budged. The Dow Jones industrial average closed 46 points higher; the Nasdaq composite index fell a fraction of a point.
Hopes have been building that the summit, which begins Thursday, will produce a lasting solution to Europe's two-year-old debt crisis.
On Wednesday, French and German leaders sought to downplay those expectations. Traders have been hoping that European countries will link their budgets more closely and impose greater fiscal discipline on heavily indebted nations like Greece and Spain. Officials said Wednesday that a deal this week might include only some countries, and crafting a fuller plan might take until Christmas.
"The pattern has been get your hopes up, then be disappointed by EU summits, and that pattern has been in place for a while," said Steve Van Order, fixed income strategist at Calvert Investment Management.
The Dow rose 46.24 points, or 0.4 percent, to close at 12,196.37. Its biggest gains came from financial companies. JPMorgan Chase & Co. rose 2.3 percent, Bank of America Corp. rose 1.9 percent and insurance giant Travelers Cos. Inc. rose 1.8 percent. Machinery maker Caterpillar Inc. fell 1.1 percent, the most in the Dow 30.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 2.54 points, or 0.2 percent, at 1,261.01. The Nasdaq composite index lost 0.35, or 0.01 percent, to 2,649.21.
The diminished hopes for a quick resolution to Europe's debt troubles pushed prices of U.S. government debt higher. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell to 2.03 percent from 2.09 percent late Tuesday.
Traders have been growing restless with the delays in getting a resolution to Europe's debt crisis. Rating agencies have warned of possible downgrades for nations using the euro if they do not quickly set a firm plan for solving the two-year-old ordeal.
In Europe, yields on Spanish and Italian government debt rose. That means investors are demanding higher returns because of fears that one of those nations might default. Borrowing costs for Spain and Italy had fallen sharply until Tuesday, having reached dangerously high levels a week earlier. European stocks were mostly lower. Germany's DAX fell 0.6 percent, Britain's FTSE 0.4 percent.
In corporate news:
– Struggling women's clothing company Talbots Inc. jumped 70 percent after private-equity firm Sycamore Partners made a $205.2 million takeover offer.
– Men's Wearhouse Inc. surged 20 percent after reporting third-quarter results that topped Wall Street's expectations. The company also raised its full-year earnings forecast.
– SAIC Inc. rose 6.6 percent after the defense contractor reported results that beat Wall Street's expectations.
– First Solar Inc. jumped 4 percent after the company reached a deal to sell a planned California energy farm to MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co.
Daniel Wagner can be reached at www.twitter.com/wagnerreports.
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NEW YORK – From their coach and throughout the dressing room, the New York Rangers shake their heads with disinterest whenever someone mentions one of their many accomplishments in a stellar regular season.
Not only don't they care about the achievements, sometimes they aren't even aware of them.
Marian Gaborik and Brad Richards scored early, and defenseman Michael Del Zotto had two goals in the third period as the NHL-leading Rangers won their fourth in a row and moved closer to securing the top seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs with a 4-1 victory over the Montreal Canadiens on Friday night.
It is only the third time in franchise history that the Rangers have won 50 games in a season.
"It doesn't mean squat. I will tell you right now it means absolutely nothing," New York coach John Tortorella said. "It's about how we're playing as we go through these next four games against tough opponents. It's about our game going into the playoffs. You get measured by the playoffs."
That picture is becoming clearer each day for the Rangers, who hold a five-point lead over the Pittsburgh Penguins in the East and a one-point edge over Western Conference-leading St. Louis in the race for the NHL's top mark.
Any combination of three points gained by the Rangers or lost by Pittsburgh, and one earned by New York or lost by Philadelphia will end the pursuit for first in the East.
"We don't focus on them," Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist said. "I don't really care if they are winning or losing."
Lundqvist was steady throughout in winning for the third straight game and for the sixth time in seven. He won at Minnesota and at Winnipeg to get to 250 NHL victories, and helped the Rangers widen their lead. His best stop of the night came two minutes into the third period when he denied David Desharnais on a breakaway to keep the score at 2-0.
Rene Bourque spoiled Lundqvist's chances of a shutout when he scored with 2:29 left to make it 4-1. Lundqvist made 19 saves.
"The last three or four games, we really responded in a good way," Lundqvist said. "You're going to have games where you feel like you can do a lot better, but overall our consistency over the last week has been great. Everybody understands how we have to play to have success."
Gaborik scored in the first period and Richards had a power-play goal in the second for the Rangers (50-21-7), who are 6-1 since a 2-5 skid earlier this month. Del Zotto also had a man-advantage goal.
"I didn't even know tonight was 50," Del Zotto said. "Knowing now, it's great but it's not something we're going to be satisfied with. We want to keep moving forward. We'd like to win the rest of our games.
"We know we're at the top of the standings, but it's not something we're really that focused on. We just want to peak come playoff time and get all the kinks out of our game."
Carey Price was sturdy and made 25 saves for the disappointing Canadiens (29-35-14), who played their first game since general manager Pierre Gauthier was fired, and team adviser Bob Gainey left on Thursday.
"The heart was in the game," Canadiens coach Randy Cunneyworth said. "It's an awfully good team that we are trying to outwork, and I thought we outworked and had some zone time.
"They have a lot going for them. They are a very good team, as everyone knows. We knew it would be a tough task, but I like the fact that we worked hard."
The Rangers came into this game facing a lot less pressure because their lead in the East grew this week from one point to five over Pittsburgh, which surprisingly lost twice to the out-of-contention New York Islanders.
Although there wasn't much action over the first two periods, the Rangers scored once in each frame and were never threatened by the Canadiens, who are just hoping to escape the East cellar. This low position is quite unfamiliar to Montreal, which won the Stanley Cup for the first time on this date in 1916.
Gaborik got the Rangers going 8:59 in when he took a second whack at a rebound of Richards' shot in the slot and slid the puck inside the left post for his 39th goal.
Richards made it 2-0 just 30 seconds into the second. He took a pass from Derek Stepan at the blue line, skated into the high slot, and snapped in his 25th goal. New York took advantage of a penalty for too many men on the ice called against Montreal in the final minute of the first period.
Del Zotto scored a rare power-play goal 8:17 into the third, firing a shot that squeezed past Price. He made it 4-0 with 3:02 remaining, scoring his 10th of the season. Gaborik and Richards earned assists on the final goal.
Although their power play came in ranked third from the bottom in the NHL at 14.7 percent, the Rangers are remarkably efficient when they cash in — going 24-1-4 in games in which they score a power-play goal.
The Rangers are 4 for 9 on the power play in the past two games.
"With the skill we have, we're going to be able to score goals," Del Zotto said. "You see just the way we're moving the puck, we're moving bodies.
"We're not predictable. Teams don't know exactly where we're going to be attacking from or what's going to be happening. That's what makes us deadly right now."
NOTES: Lundqvist has held opponents to two goals or fewer 40 times this season, including six of the past eight. ... Rangers captain Ryan Callahan was given the team's Steven McDonald Extra Effort Award before the game. He and Adam Graves are the only three-time winners. ... The Canadiens and Rangers split the four-game season series.


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Experts are warning of a serious security flaw that has apparently gone undetected for years and can weaken encrypted connections between computers and websites, potentially undermining security across the Internet.
The flaw, which has been dubbed FREAK, affects the widely used Secure Sockets Layer protocol and its successor, Transport Layer Security, and can allow an attacker to intercept supposedly encrypted traffic as it moves between clients and servers.
The flaw affects many popular websites, as well as programs including Apple's Safari browser and Google's Android mobile OS, security experts say. Applications that use a version of OpenSSL prior to 1.0.1k are also vulnerable to the bug, detailed in this advisory.
An Apple spokesman said Tuesday that software updates for iOS and OS X will be released next week. Google said it has distributed a patch to its partners that will protect Android's connection to vulnerable websites.
The problem stems from export restrictions imposed by the U.S. government in the early 1990s, which prohibited software makers from shipping products with strong encryption overseas, wrote Ed Felten, professor of computer science and public affairs at Princeton University.
That meant some companies shipped a version of their products with weaker encryption keys for use overseas. When the law was changed and it became legal to export stronger encryption, "the export mode feature was not removed from the protocol because some software still depended on it," Felten wrote.
The vulnerability that has come to light now essentially allows attackers to downgrade the security of connections from strong encryption to that of the weaker, export-grade encryption.
Servers and devices that use OpenSSL, an open-source encryption program, are vulnerable, including many Google and Apple devices, embedded systems and other products, according to an advisory. Servers or clients that accept the RSA_EXPORT cipher suites are at risk. FREAK stands for Factoring attack on RSA-EXPORT Keys.
The keys can be downgraded by performing a man-in-the-middle attack that interferes with the set-up process of an encrypted connection. Although there are defenses in the SSL/TLS protocol to prevent such tampering, they can be worked around. The weaker, 512-bit key can be revealed using today's powerful computers, and the data traffic can then be decrypted.
Today's protocols use longer encryption keys, and the standard is 2,048-bit RSA. The 512-bit keys were considered secure two decades ago, but an attacker could recover the key they need quite easily today using a public cloud service.
"Back in the '90s, that would have required a heavy-duty computation, but today it takes about seven hours on Amazon EC2 and costs about $100," Felten wrote.
Companies are moving fast to fix the issue. Akamai, a content delivery network that supports a high number of websites, said it has distributed a fix for its network.
However, some clients may still be vulnerable, wrote Bill Brenner of Akamai.
"We can't fix those clients, but we can avoid the problem by disabling export ciphers," he wrote. "Because this is a client side issue, we've reached out to our customers and are working with them to make this change."
The vulnerability was discovered by Karthikeyan Bhargavan of INRIA, a French science and technology research institute, and by Microsoft Research. A technical paper describing FREAK is due to be presented at the IEEE's Security and Privacy conference in San Jose, California, in May.


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Abnormality of gait refers to an unusual walking pattern or style. There are many types of gait abnormalities, each with their own name and list of possible causes.
An unusual walking pattern can be caused by diseases of the central nervous system (such as cerebral palsy, Parkinson's disease, or multiple sclerosis), or be the result of an injury or deformity in the brain, spinal cord, legs, feet, or inner ear.
Gait abnormalities are common in young children. The types most often seen are in-toeing (when the feet turn inward) and out-toeing (when the feet turn outward). These conditions are not painful and usually resolve on their own as the child develops.
If a gait abnormality is not self-correcting, a doctor may recommend special shoes, casts, or leg braces. Some cases might require surgery. Physical therapy can help someone with a gait problem learn to walk more easily and safely. A walker or cane might be advised for someone with poor balance.
People with gait abnormalities can be very independent, but they are at higher risk for falls and other injuries. They may need to move at a slower pace and ask for assistance when walking on uneven ground.
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Did you participate in an election pool and lose because you picked Rob McKenna over Jay Inslee? Did you think Linda Simpson would carry her primary momentum into the general election and defeat Charlotte Garrido in the county commissioner's race? Did you buy into Karl Rove's "math you do as a Republican to make yourself feel better" and think all the polls predicting an Obama victory were slanted?
Or was it something else? Was the margin of victory for gay marriage proponents slimmer than you thought it would be? Did Washington voters allowing for charter schools surprise you?
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Cell Master MT8212A is a comprehensive, one-box base station test tool for deploying, maintaining and troubleshooting wireless base stations. Combining the functionality of a cable and antenna analyzer (25 MHz to 4000 MHz), spectrum analyzer (10 MHz to 3.0 GHz), power meter, and T1/E1 analyzer into one lightweight, handheld test set - eliminates the need for field engineer and field technician to carry, manage and learn multiple test sets. MT8212A measurement capability includes precision return loss, VSWR, cable loss, distance-to-fault, signal identification, interference analysis, channel power, adjacent channel power ratio, field strength, transmitter power and T1/E1 measurements. Patented RF interference rejection enables accurate, repeatable measurements in the presence of high RF activity. PC data analysis software enables assessment of system trends, problems, and performance in addition to professional report generation.


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#include <sys/mount.h>
mount (special, directory, MS_DATA, "tmpfs", NULL, 0);
tmpfs is a memory based file system which uses kernel resources relating to the VM system and page cache as a file system. Once mounted, a tmpfs file system provides standard file operations and semantics. tmpfs is so named because files and directories are not preserved across reboot or unmounts, all files residing on a tmpfs file system that is unmounted will be lost.
tmpfs file systems can be mounted with the command:
mount -F tmpfs swap directory
Alternatively, to mount a tmpfs file system on /tmp at multi-user startup time (maximizing possible performance improvements), add the following line to /etc/vfstab:
swap -/tmp tmpfs - yes -
tmpfs is designed as a performance enhancement which is achieved by caching the writes to files residing on a tmpfs file system. Performance improvements are most noticeable when a large number of short lived files are written and accessed on a tmpfs file system. Large compilations with tmpfs mounted on /tmp are a good example of this.
Users of tmpfs should be aware of some constraints involved in mounting a tmpfs file system. The resources used by tmpfs are the same as those used when commands are executed (for example, swap space allocation). This means that large sized tmpfs files can affect the amount of space left over for programs to execute. Likewise, programs requiring large amounts of memory use up the space available to tmpfs. Users running into this constraint (for example, running out of space on tmpfs) can allocate more swap space by using the swap(1M) command.
Another constraint is that the number of files available in a tmpfs file system is calculated based on the physical memory of the machine and not the size of the swap device/partition. If you have too many files, tmpfs will print a warning message and you will be unable to create new files. You cannot increase this limit by adding swap space.
Normal file system writes are scheduled to be written to a permanent storage medium along with all control information associated with the file (for example, modification time, file permissions). tmpfs control information resides only in memory and never needs to be written to permanent storage. File data remains in core until memory demands are sufficient to cause pages associated with tmpfs to be reused at which time they are copied out to swap.
An additional mount option can be specified to control the size of an individual tmpfs file system.
df(1M), mount(1M), mount_tmpfs(1M), swap(1M), mmap(2), mount(2), umount(2), vfstab(4)
System Administration Guide: Basic Administration
If tmpfs runs out of space, one of the following messages will display in the console.
directory: File system full, swap space limit exceeded
This message appears because a page could not be allocated while writing to a file. This can occur if tmpfs is attempting to write more than it is allowed, or if currently executing programs are using a lot of memory. To make more space available, remove unnecessary files, exit from some programs, or allocate more swap space using swap(1M).
directory: File system full, memory allocation failed
tmpfs ran out of physical memory while attempting to create a new file or directory. Remove unnecessary files or directories or install more physical memory.
Files and directories on a tmpfs file system are not preserved across reboots or unmounts. Command scripts or programs which count on this will not work as expected.
Compilers do not necessarily use /tmp to write intermediate files therefore missing some significant performance benefits. This can be remedied by setting the environment variable TMPDIR to /tmp. Compilers use the value in this environment variable as the name of the directory to store intermediate files.
swap to a tmpfs file is not supported.
df(1M) output is of limited accuracy since a tmpfs file system size is not static and the space available to tmpfs is dependent on the swap space demands of the entire system.


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It has been 18 years because the first movie within the Wachowski Brothers' The Matrix trilogy hit theaters, but its affect stays unremitting. For those who really like a particular vogue pattern however it really is not essentially the most flattering look for you it helps if you can understand what it's in regards to the style that is not working. Neither wore the developments they foisted upon the fashion stylist crowd who comprised their audience. The leisure field has performed a major roll in popularizing these designs and the fashion seems proceed into the fall season with felt, leather, wool, and leatherette used as the fabric for the fall versions.
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WACO, Texas (AP) — Less than a week after its women's basketball team won the national championship, Baylor said Monday it has been involved in a three-year investigation with the NCAA into what are believed to be hundreds of impermissible phone calls and text messages sent by coaches to young prospects.
The school did not describe any details of the investigation, including which sports were involved, but the announcement came a few hours after ESPN.com reported that coaches for both the men's and women's basketball programs had made more than 1,200 calls and text messages to prospects over a 29-month span dating to 2008. ESPN.com cited an NCAA report it had obtained.
The NCAA may dole out harsher punishment that what is listed in the report, which details a number of self-imposed penalties including barring women's coach Kim Mulkey from recruiting off campus in July and fewer scholarships for both programs.
Nick Joos, Baylor's executive associate athletic director for external affairs, said the school had not received notice of a "final decision" from the infractions committee.
"Regarding today's premature public reports of the matter, the institution remains committed to protecting the integrity of the totality of the case in accordance with its obligations under NCAA legislation and, therefore, the university, and its officials, will make no comment," Joos said.
NCAA president Mark Emmert said the NCAA would not comment on the case because it's still under review.
"However, each member agrees to abide by the rules established by the association and our membership expects those who do not follow the rules will be held accountable," he said in a statement.
The report comes as Baylor athletics is in the midst of a heyday.
The Baylor women beat Notre Dame for the national title last week, capping the first 40-0 season in NCAA history. The men's team, coached by Scott Drew, won a school-record 30 games and reached an NCAA regional final, where it lost to eventual national champion Kentucky.
Mulkey was named AP's national coach of the year and Brittney Griner was AP national player of the year. Drew's team spent much of the season in the top 10 and star quarterback Robert Griffin III became the school's first Heisman Trophy winner after leading the Bears to 10 wins for the first time since 1980.
According to the summary disposition quoted by ESPN.com, Mulkey, Drew and their assistants were involved in sending 738 impermissible text messages and making 528 impermissible calls. The violations were termed "major" because of their frequency.
According to the report, Griner's recruitment is part of the investigation.
The report said Mulkey and her staff committed minor NCAA violations for having impermissible contact with Griner and her family. During a 2007 camp, coaches spoke with the Griners about the basketball program, academic requirements and the school in general both before and after the camp.
Mulkey also reportedly broke NCA rules when she sat next to Griner's father and discussed what the Baylor experience would be like. Brittney Griner, who is from the Houston area, played on the same AAU team as Mulkey's daughter, Makenzie Robertson.
Besides keeping Mulkey off the recruiting trail in July, Baylor said one of her assistants, Damion McKinney, has been barred from making recruiting calls since January through April. The school also reduced its women's basketball scholarships from 15 to 13 in 2011-12.
FOXSports.com reported in October 2010 that the NCAA was investigating the men's program's recruitment of Hanner Perea. The FOXSports report said assistant coach Mark Morefield sent dozens of texts to Perea's AAU and high school coaches while they were coaching events, which is against NCAA rules.
The report cited Monday by ESPN.com said Morefield urged two AAU coaches to provide false and misleading information to the NCAA about a series of text messages — a major violation. Morefield resigned in July 2011.
Current men's assistants Paul Mills and Jerome Tang also were named in the report. The school reportedly prohibited Drew and Tang from making recruiting calls in January and February this year, and reduced the maximum number of official recruiting visits to campus from 12 to seven in 2012-13.
Drew demonstrated a "failure to monitor" the activities of two assistant coaches and there was an overall "failure to monitor" by the institution, according to the report.
The report also said there were 405 additional impermissible calls and text messages from nine different sports, ranging from football to the equestrian program, from January to July 2011.
The NCAA violations come nine years after Baylor basketball player Patrick Dennehy was found shot to death after he had been missing for six weeks. Teammate Carlton Dotson pleaded guilty to murder. The ensuing investigation uncovered NCAA violations, illegal tuition payments and unreported failed drug tests that led to the resignation of coach Dave Bliss, who was secretly recorded by an assistant coach of trying to persuade others to cover up misdeeds by portraying Dennehy as a drug dealer.
WACO, Texas (AP) — Less than a week after its women's basketball team won the national championship, Baylor said Monday it has been involved in a three-year investigation with the NCAA into what are believed to be hundreds of impermissible phone calls and text messages sent by coaches to young prospects.
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Barbara Jean Mindak
Madison-Barbara J. Mindak, age 74, passed away on Thursday, January 17, 2013. She was born September 15, 1938 in Madison, Wisconsin. Barbara worked for over 50 years for the Department of Transportation, State of Wisconsin, where she was still actively working up until her death. She had a love of animals especially her dog Shimmy. She also enjoyed knitting and reading books.
Barbara is survived by her children Kim (Val) Mindak of Tomahawk, WI, and Michele (Tim) Merrill of Beaver Dam, WI; and her two grandchildren Shane and Austin Mindak.
She was preceded in death by her husband Armand, and her mother Viola.
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Six months after the death of her mother, twenty-one-year-old Maggie Taylor is just trying to get through each day when she's offered a coveted spot at a prestigious dance school in New York City. Knowing her father will not approve, she packs her car and sets out on a road trip that will leave her forever changed.
Twenty-one-year-old Sam Austin... is tired of being stuck in a small town. Forced to deal with his father's alcoholism since his mother left eleven years ago, Sam has only ever found solace in music and frequent one-night-stands. When Sam is presented with the opportunity to move to Chicago, he leaps at the chance, and leaves town with only his backpack and guitar.
When Sam and Maggie arrive in the small Midwestern town of [insert name of town here], they are forced to share the only room available. What starts as an annoying mix-up soon turns in to a weekend of passion. A passion that will burn until they are reunited years later by a terrible tragedy.
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WOW! Block Eleven! How did that happen? Our flickr pool is beginning to look like spring. Yea! At least it is looking like spring somewhere.
Our block today is from Vanessa Wilson who is also known as the Crafty Gemini.
So, without futher ado, here's Vanessa:
Hi there! My name is Vanessa Wilson. I am the wife and mother behind Crafty Gemini [http://www.craftygemini.blogspot.com/], a blog dedicated to creativity on a budget! I post dozens of my FREE step-by-step text and video tutorials for beginning sewists and quilters. I also host giveaways, quilt alongs, and post product reviews of quilting devices, notions, etc. I'm also a new quilt designer and have two patterns being published and sold by QuiltWoman.com. You can see them both here: http://quiltwoman.com/search.aspx?find=vanessa+wilson
So, who am I and where do I come from? I am a 27-yr old, wife and stay-at-home mama by day and a college law professor by night. I was born in Queens, New York and grew up in Miami, FL. When I was in law school I was in desperate need of a creative outlet. My mother came over with a 1966 Singer sewing machine and taught me how to thread it and sew straight stitches. That was the beginning of my new obsession.
I immediately began repurposing old jeans into purses, and shirts into aprons, etc. A few weeks later I discovered a sewing/quilt shop in town and signed up for a pillow sham class, then a Christmas stocking class, etc. I remember rushing out of my law classes to make it to my quilting classes on time. My friends thought I was crazy!
My goal is to eventually have my own quilting show! In the meantime, I post video tutorials to spread my love of sewing and quilting with the world. My videos cover a variety of subjects from how to make toddler pants out of a t-shirt to loading a quilt on you longarm frame. My YouTube channel [http://www.youtube.com/TheCraftyGemini] has had great success with almost 500,000 views and over 2,700 subscribers worldwide.
I hope you enjoyed reading a little bit about me! To follow more of my quilty ventures check me out at the Crafty Gemini blog [http://www.craftygemini.blogspot.com/].
Click HERE for instructions to Vanessa's block.
Thanks Vanessa!
Here is a picture of Vanessa's "E-ccentric Quilt Block."
Here is a picture of my block. As usual, my colors are a little wild. I'm still getting use to them.
Notes about the pattern:
1) The cutting instructions use 1/8" measurements. I know this worries some of you. Take a deep breath. You can do it. The 1/8" marks are the little ones on your ruler between the marks you usually use. 3 1/8" is one little mark more than 3." 1 7/8" is one mark less than 2," or 7 little marks more than 1."
2) On the pattern, Vanessa notes to use a scant 1/4" seam. Between that and the 1/8," I was a little worried, so I sewed a very scant 1/4," and ended up with my piece too big.
Then I checked the math.
Turns out, in the top and bottom row, using a regular 1/4" seam creates a block that is 1/8" too small. 1/8" over four seams is NOT a lot. You can make 4 seams 1/8" bigger by pressing. The other critical place is the 5 pieces that make up the E. If sewn with a true 1/4," the piece ends up 1/4" short. It also really isn't that much. This is where I tested my small seam and ended up too large.
Conclusion: When Vanessa says to use a scant 1/4" seam, she means the regular scant 1/4" seam that is barely, barely, one thread over from 1/4." Mostly, just make sure you aren't sewing a seam any larger than 1/4." That will give you fits. My block went together just fine (on the second try).
3) FYI -- Fabric A and Fabric C take 1 layer cake + 1 -- 3 1/8" square. I used two scraps for Fabric A and Fabric B and used one layer cake square for Fabric C. I didn't have a similar scrap to Fabric C, so I pieced that last 3 1/8" square.
Conclusion: If you piece that last square, you will have enough of both Fabric A and C using 1 -- 10" square.
I also ended up piecing one of the Fabric A squares, but that's because my first cut was wrong. Oh well!
So what happens next?
Well, any pictures posted in the flickr group by tonight will be entered into the first drawing. About 10 ish tonight (Mountain Time) or tomorrow morning, I will post my Block TEN. All blocks BEFORE mine are those entered into the first drawing. It doesn't matter which block - just the one's posted before mine. If you post your block AFTER mine, then it will be entered into the next drawing. I will post the winners tomorrow.
What's up for grabs this time?
Vanessa has donated TWO of her patterns!
And I think I should donate TWO of my patterns!
Sweet Baby Kate!
and Baby Sadie's Bears!
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After slapping Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling with a lifetime ban from pro basketball for racist remarks that were leaked online, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said he would do "everything in my power" to force Sterling to sell the franchise. Here's a primer on what may happen next.
What's the process?
Three-quarters of the owners of the 30 NBA teams would have to agree to force an owner to sell, Silver said. He did not lay out a detailed timetable for action but said the league would start using its advisory finance committee to bring the issue before the owners "immediately."
Do they have the votes?
As of Tuesday evening, more than 20 of the NBA's 30 teams had issued statements of support for Silver, but whether that would translate into a vote to push out a fellow owner wasn't certain. Silver said he hadn't polled the owners but added, "I fully expect to get the support I need."
Wait a minute, can they do that?
They can. But Gabe Feldman, the director of the Sports Law Center at Tulane University, said the drastic move usually involves "extreme" circumstances, such as an owner's financial collapse "or maybe gambling or fixing games." He questioned whether owners would vote to remove one of their own "based on something they don't like," possibly creating a precedent that might be used against them one day.
The owners may agree that Sterling's comments were awful, Feldman told CNN. "The question is, do racially insensitive and abhorrent remarks made privately rise to the circumstances necessary for this vote to happen?"
Is there some other way?
Feldman said the other NBA owners might be able to persuade Sterling to sell without a vote, noting that the Clippers owner stands to make a whopping profit on a team he purchased three decades ago.
"He may get a lot of money from the sale, but I think it will allow the NBA to shift their force back onto the product on the court," Feldman said.
Does Sterling have any recourse if owners vote him out?
He could go to court, and Feldman predicted the issue would end up there. But CNN Senior Legal Analyst Jeffrey Toobin said the odds of Sterling winning a case "seem basically zero."
"This is not the government enforcing a penalty. This is not something where you have the Constitution involved. This is simply a contract," Toobin said. "There is a contract between all the owners and the NBA, and the powers of the commissioner and the power of the other owners are laid out there."
Could he somehow keep a hand on the team?
The ban imposed Tuesday prevents Sterling from playing any role in the management of the Clippers. He can't go to games, to practices, to team offices or facilities or to any NBA functions. But asked whether his wife, Rochelle, or other members of his family could remain, Silver said no decisions had been made.
"This ruling applies specifically to Donald Sterling, and Donald Sterling's conduct only," he said.


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Relieve Pain with Yoga for Foot Care
Give your feet just a little attention, and your whole body will feel better.
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Yoga for foot care: Soothe your feet with these yoga poses that will help strengthen feet, ease foot pain and improve overall foot health.
Yet for all that our feet do for us, we don't do much for them in return. We cram them into tight shoes, pound along on them all day, and generally ignore them unless they're giving us serious trouble. The result is that at some point in their lives 7 of 10 people will suffer from foot problems, many of which are entirely preventable.
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Robert Kornfeld, a holistic podiatrist, says he's seen it all: people hobbling in with knobby, inflamed bunions and hammer toes, the dull throb of tendinitis, the achy soles of plantar fasciitis.
Those aren't just niggling minor ailments; some foot problems can alter the foot's structure and trigger pain elsewhere in the body. "I sing that song to my patients," Kornfeld says: "'The foot bone's connected to the leg bone…'" In fact, experts say one of the most important reasons to treat foot problems early is to prevent them from throwing the knees, hips, back, and shoulders out of whack.
And one of the best ways to take care of your feet is with yoga. "I recommend that all my patients start yoga immediately," Kornfeld says. "When you treat foot problems with yoga, you end up treating back pain, hip pain, all kinds of structural problems. Not only does it stretch out the muscles and lead to a greater range of motion, but it helps heal the root issue of inflammation as well."
In fact, yoga gives feet a healthy workout that they rarely get any other way. "You couldn't ask for a better set of tools to reawaken the feet," says yoga teacher Rodney Yee. Below, some tips from the experts on how best to use yoga to prevent or treat foot pain.
Bring your attention to your feet
The first place to begin building awareness of your feet is in standing poses such as Tadasana (Mountain Pose). Before you start the pose, think about how you naturally stand, suggests Janice Gates, a specialist in therapeutic yoga. Do you tend to put your weight on the inner edge of your foot, which tends to make your legs bow inward, or on the outer edge, which tends to make the knees bow out? (If you can't tell, check the bottoms of your shoes—you can often tell from the way the soles are wearing.)
Notice how your weight falls, and then play with it by rocking forward and back, lifting first your toes, then your heels. If you tend to stand perched a little forward, try shifting your weight back a bit, and vice versa.
Next, try lifting the arch of your foot while pushing down around the edges, creating both a sense of rooting into the earth and lifting energy up from the center, to form the Mula Bandha (Root Lock). "Sometimes I use the image of a jack-in-the-box: collapsing down, then springing up," says Gates. "You're pushing down to lift up." Once you start to do this, you'll find yourself more aware of your feet and distributing your weight better in your everyday life.
See also How to Use Mula Bandha in Yoga Poses
Begin to work your toes
One great way to limber up stiff, underused feet is to work on the articulation of the toes, which in most of us have lost at least some of their range of motion, says yoga teacher Tias Little. Little considers the feet so important he not only focuses on them in his regular sessions, but has also created a separate class he calls Feet as Foundation. "Think of the way babies spread their toes and crawl by pushing off with them," he says. "We need to regain that." Little guides students through a routine in which they try to move each toe separately from the others and practice picking things up with their toes.
In standing poses, focus on elongating the toes to stretch the sole of your foot. Press down into your heels at the same time you press forward with the base of the big and little toes, grounding forward with the ball of the foot. "Think of it as stretching the sole of the foot like a drum," Little says. This can improve circulation, pumping blood and lymph back toward your heart, and potentially stave off edema and varicose veins.
Be aware of your alignment
Paying attention to—and correcting—the way your feet connect with the earth can correct foot and ankle problems that have repercussions throughout your body. For example, pronated feet (which roll inward from the ankle down) tend to cause knee problems and back pain.
One way to think about foot stability is to think of your feet as having four corners: the big and little toes, and the outer and inner heels. Some teachers use the image of a car with four tires; others conjure up an X on the bottom of the foot. Use whichever works for you, because distributing your weight evenly across your feet is central to healthy alignment. And that, in turn, may lead to a surprise: By resolving foot problems, you may discover you've resolved your knee, back, hip, and shoulder problems as well. Yoga instructor Amy Elias Kornfeld suggests looking down to make sure that the second toe, shin, and knee are all aligned as you start a pose.
If you still need proof of the importance of foot positioning, think of what happens when you try to go into Vrksasana (Tree Pose) or Garudasana (Eagle Pose) and your feet aren't positioned right. "You have to use the feet or you fall over," Gates says. "Wherever the instability is, it's going to show up." There's a reason your yoga teacher is always telling you to spread your toes: Creating a stable base is essential when one foot is all you have to stand on.
Stretch your feet
Any pose that stretches the arch or the sole of the foot improves flexibility and loosens tension. Little suggests a simple exercise to warm up your feet before yoga: Stand on a tennis ball and roll it back and forth under your foot, working the toes, the ball of the foot, the arch, and the heel. Virasana (Hero Pose) stretches the top of the foot and elongates the arch, while kneeling with the toes tucked under is the best way to lengthen the plantar muscles on the sole of the foot, which, when contracted, can become inflamed, leading to plantar fasciitis.
Little also teaches students to go back and forth between Vajrasana (Thunderbolt Pose) and what he calls "broken toe pose." From Vajrasana, lift your hips, curl your toes under and lift your heels, and then lean back so your weight rests on the "necks" (not the pads) of your toes.
Adho Mukha Svanasana (Downward-Facing Dog) is another way to give the feet a good stretch; Gates teaches her students to lift the arches of the feet as high as possible, then extend the heels toward the floor to work the plantar fascia. "At first it feels impossible when you try to lower your heels, but it just takes practice. And it feels so good when you do," she says.
Make these exercises part of your life, and your foot bones (not to mention your leg bones, hip bones, and maybe even your head bone) will be forever grateful.


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What's the Key to Living to 100?
According to a new study, people live to 100 because of good genes and luck, not healthy living habits.
Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York interviewed 477 Ashkenazi Jews between the ages of 95 and 112 on their lifestyle choices. They found that this long-lived group was just about as likely to smoke, drink, eat poorly, be obese and shun exercise as a control group of about 3,000 people who had been born around the same time, but didn't end up living as long.
However, Professor Nir Barzilai, who worked on the study, wants everybody to know this finding shouldn't be used as an excuse for letting yourself go.
"Although this study demonstrates that centenarians can be obese, smoke and avoid exercise, those lifestyle habits are not good choices for most of us who do not have a family history of longevity," he warned.


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Two of four strains of the virus that can cause Aids come from gorillas in southwestern Cameroon, an international team of scientists reported in studies published Monday in the United States.
The new information means that researchers now know the origins of all strains of the HIV virus that occur in people.
HIV (HIV-1) has at least four strains. Known as Groups M, N, O and P, each one had its own origin -- from ape to man, on at least four separate occasions.
Groups M and N were known to have come from chimpanzees in Cameroon. But until now the origin of the O and P strains had been unknown.
Results of the study led by Martine Peeters, a virologist at France's Research and Development Institute (IRD) and the University of Montpellier, appeared in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
HIV-1's Group M is the most widely spread, behind the greatest part of the epidemic with more than 40 million people now infected around the world.
Group P has only been detected in two people so far. And Group O has been found in central and western Africa, infecting about 100,000.
The breakthrough was made possible thanks to genetic samples from chimpanzees and gorillas from Cameroon, Gabon, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
"From this study and others that our team has conducted in the past it has become clear that both chimpanzees and gorillas harbor viruses that are capable of crossing the species barrier to humans and have the potential to cause major disease outbreaks," Peeters said.
"Understanding emerging disease origins is critical to gauge future human infection risks," she added.
Since 1981, about 78 million people have been infected by HIV, which destroys immune cells and leaves the body exposed to tuberculosis, pneumonia and other opportunistic diseases.
Thirty-nine million have died, according to UN estimates.
The team of scientists is from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Montpellier, the University of Edinburgh, and other institutions.
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Liberty State Park is in the process of undertaking an Oral History Research Project. The purpose of this project is to gather as much first-hand information concerning the operation of the Central Railroad of New Jersey (CRRNJ) Terminal and the other facilities once located in the area that now constitutes Liberty State Park. This information will be used to augment written accounts, adding the personal views of people who were actually experiencing the day to day events that comprised life in this area from the turn-of-the-century to 1970.
The ultimate goal of this undertaking is to prepare a database of these personal accounts. An archive of the gathered material will be maintained at the park. This information will be used to develop interpretive programs and exhibits, educational programs and as a source for future researchers.
Liberty State Park is looking for people with ties to the CRRNJ (employees, daily commuters, occasional passengers, immigrants that entered the USA via the facility, etc.), the Lehigh Valley Railroad (the same as for the CRRNJ), residents of the area with stories of the facilities, or any other related memories.
These personal accounts of times gone by are an invaluable resource. Frequently overlooked in favor of often dry, impersonal written history, the experiences and insights of people actually present can offer a more personal account of life in the past.
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Alt Tag: Sea surface salinity in the Northern Hemisphere, August 2013.Map Description: Sea surface salinity in the Northern Hemisphere for August 2013. This monthly composite map was produced by Norman Kuring (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) and is based on the latest algorithms developed by the Aquarius Calibration/Validation working group. Red colors indicate higher salinity (40 grams per kilogram); purple indicates relatively low salinity (30 grams per kilogram). Credit: Norman Kuring, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.


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ROSEVILLE, Calif., April 24, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Union Pacific Railroad will begin the final phase of the momentous move of Big Boy No. 4014 to Union Pacific's Heritage Fleet Steam Operations headquarters in Cheyenne, Wyo., on Monday, April 28 at 8 a.m. PDT. The 1.2 million pound steam locomotive will be towed 1,293 miles by modern diesel-electric Union Pacific freight locomotives from the Union Pacific rail yard in Colton, Calif., to Cheyenne, Wyo., for restoration over the next five years.
"After months of work, Union Pacific begins an excursion eagerly awaited by our employees and rail fans as we launch the ambitious restoration of this historic steam locomotive," said Ed Dickens, senior manager of Union Pacific Heritage Operations. "Thousands have come out to see us in Southern California during the preparation for this move, and we expect thousands more to visit us on the journey to Cheyenne."
Big Boy No. 4014 has drawn the attention of rail enthusiasts and media around the world while Union Pacific has been preparing for the trip to Cheyenne over the last six months. This giant among steam locomotives will be on public display in Las Vegas, Salt Lake City and Ogden, Utah, during the 11-day excursion to Cheyenne. The detailed schedule is available at www.upsteam.com. No. 4014 fans planning to view the locomotive moving on Union Pacific track are reminded of the safety-focused Union Pacific policy regarding photography and video of Union Pacific equipment posted on the Union Pacific website: http://bit.ly/1jxpqLV.
Following a 17-year operating career, Union Pacific delivered No. 4014 to RailGiants Train Museum in January 1962. No. 4014 was one of 25 Big Boys built for Union Pacific and was used primarily for freight service on the transcontinental railroad route beginning in 1941. Union Pacific plans to restore the locomotive to operating condition.
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Union Pacific Railroad is the principal operating company of Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP). One of America's most recognized companies, Union Pacific Railroad connects 23 states in the western two-thirds of the country by rail, providing a critical link in the global supply chain. From 2007-2013, Union Pacific invested more than $21.6 billion in its network and operations to support America's transportation infrastructure. The railroad's diversified business mix includes Agricultural Products, Automotive, Chemicals, Coal, Industrial Products and Intermodal. Union Pacific serves many of the fastest-growing U.S. population centers, operates from all major West Coast and Gulf Coast ports to eastern gateways, connects with Canada's rail systems and is the only railroad serving all six major Mexico gateways. Union Pacific provides value to its roughly 10,000 customers by delivering products in a safe, reliable, fuel-efficient and environmentally responsible manner.
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With a Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation research grant, primatologist Anthony Di Fiore and Andres Link, a doctoral candidate in GSAS, will study aggression in spider monkeys. The researchers hope to better understand the factors that lead to group conflict in humans as well as in non-human primates.
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation has awarded New York University primatologist Anthony Di Fiore and Andres Link, a doctoral candidate in NYU's Graduate School of Arts and Science, a research grant to study aggression in South American spider monkeys. Through their study, the researchers hope to better understand the factors that lead to group conflict in humans as well as in non-human primates.
A generation ago, anthropologists thought that lethal intergroup raids, boundary patrolling and defense, and intergroup "warfare" were unique to human societies. But subsequent inquiry has shown these same behaviors are evident in populations of wild chimpanzees, suggesting that the study of nonhuman primates could yield insight into understanding human warfare and coalitionary violence. Chimpanzees have thus come to be regarded as a valuable model for assessing the basic principles influencing the evolution of these elements of human behavioral biology.
Using the $29,500 Guggenheim grant, Di Fiore and Link will study aggression and intergroup violence in spider monkeys in Ecuador by collecting behavioral data on their social interactions.
"The behavior of spider monkeys and chimpanzees provide us with an important opportunity to test what basic socioecological variables and other factors might point toward the emergence of warfare and intergroup coalitionary violence in primates generally," explained Di Fiore. "By investigating whether such violence appears to emerge mainly under particular social conditions, the study will not only build upon our current knowledge of warfare but might also suggest social strategies effective for reducing the likelihood of coalitionary violence among humans."
New York University, located in the heart of Greenwich Village, was established in 1831 and is one of America's leading research universities. It is one of the largest private universities, it has one of the largest contingents of international students, and it sends more students to study abroad than any other college or university in the U.S. Through its numerous schools and colleges, NYU conducts research and provides education in the arts and sciences, law, medicine, business, dentistry, education, nursing, the cinematic and dramatic arts, music, public administration, social work, and continuing and professional studies, among other areas.


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Ashton's Naked Hot Tub Lover Speaks: 'He Had Great Endurance,' Didn't Use a Condom
Ashton's hot blonde lover tells all. Kristen Stewart says her teachers failed her. Beyonce says her bump is real. Rashida Jones poses in bunny ears and calls penises "unsexy." Wednesday gossip lasts for hours.
- Finally, the logical conclusion of Ashton Kutcher naked San Diego hot tub party-gate arrives: 22-year-old Sarah Leal tells "her side of the story" about fucking Ashton Kutcher twice on the morning of his and Demi Moore's six-year wedding anniversary, to two media outlets. For the American press, she told the tale to Us. Juiciest detail: raw dogging.
"He just came up and kissed me," the Texas native tells Us of Kutcher's first bold move in the wee hours; minutes later, Leal, Kutcher and another young woman were completely nude and in a hot tub on the balcony. When Kutcher claimed that he was "separated" from wife Moore, 48, Leal tells Us she believed him.
After retreating to Kutcher's bedroom past 6 a.m., "he lost his towel and I took my robe off," Leal says. "Then we had sex."
"He was good," Leal reveals. "It wasn't weird or perverted." It also wasn't 100 percent safe, either: Leal tells Us that Kutcher did not wear a condom during their one-on-one encounter.
For the British press, she told a somewhat raunchier tale to The Sun. Juiciest details: Endurance, self-congratulations, and a claim that Ashton "wanted a threesome."
We had sex twice. Everything felt natural. We were having a good time. One thing led to another. He was good but it wasn't weird or perverted or creepy. I was attracted to him and he was attracted to me. He had great endurance. We were up for a while. It was about two hours.
The last thing I remember him saying was he did a good job. We woke up and I was wearing a robe. He opened it up and I was like, 'What are you doing?' He was like, 'Just checking. OK, I did good! You're really pretty.'
"He was like, 'I enjoy things like this because I'm an actor 90 percent of the time and it's fake. It's nice to have moments that are real.'" Fatal last words. [Us, Sun, images via WENN]
- Beyonce's publicist on her client's fake baby bump rumor: "Stupid, ridiculous, and false." So why did the bump cave in, fold in half, and slide into B's crotch on live TV? Stiffly starched dress created tenting situation? Bulletproof bump-armor caves in? [ABCNews]
- Speaking of Beyonce, she is designing a maternity line. Big untapped market of pregnant women who dance in stilettos while wearing sequined leotards, out there. [Bazaar, People]
- Diddy hosted a dinner in New York City, and Kanye West, Khloe Kardashian, and Lamar Odom were there. [People]
- "Blake steals Sandra's Man!" But didn't Sandy break up with Ryan Reynolds, like, months ago? [Celebitchy, OK!]
Playboy to Rashida Jones: "Wait, what's unsexy about a penis?" Answer: "Everything." On dating Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau: "Did you ever have sex in the White House?" Answer: "Oh my God, no. I mean, have you been to the White House? People are sitting around watching you from every angle. They're also, like, planning on how to keep us from economic collapse." [Playboy]
- Kristen Stewart on balancing school with child stardom: "They failed me. My teachers failed me. Not one, but all of them." As in, they gave you F's, or they failed to teach you? "School became genuinely uncomfortable. I was feeling a little self-conscious about the acting thing with my peers, but also my teachers became a problem. They didn't want to do the extra work or put packages together so I could keep up while away." She notes being "always slightly ashamed… slightly embarrassed as I had such serious ambitions when I was younger. I just never imagined that I would ever have a reason not to go to school. But then this happened." Starting to get a "crazy chick" vibe from Kristen. [The Age, Celebitchy]
- Two weeks after announcing his engagement, Jack Osbourne announced that his fiancee is pregnant.Mazel tov! [People]
Salma Hayek is launching a beauty line: "If you're not careful, one day you'll wake up and a spider will have taken over your face and you'll be full of lines." What a pretty picture she paints. [Latina]
- Will Arnett bribes his children with ice cream, as all good parents do. [People]
- Speaking of children, January Jones took the miniature human she pushed through her loins in public for the first time in his one month of life. She wore a white lace top. He wore a baby outfit. [Us]
- The brother of Celebrity Apprentice villain Omarosa Manigault was shot dead in Youngstown, Ohio this week. Police say Jack Manigault was sleeping in his bedroom with his girlfriend when the woman's ex-boyfriend forced his way into their home, then shot Jack in the head and pistolwhipped the girlfriend. [Vindy]
Most oversexed child in America Courtney Stodden visited Hollywood's Walk of Fame. Here is a picture of the 17-year-old "placing my hands in Marilyn Monroe's provocative prints & what a perfect fit it is! XOs." [Facebook]


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Amazon search results in the DashSunday, September 23rd, 2012
It makes perfect sense to integrate Amazon search results in the Dash, because the Home Lens of the Dash should let you find *anything* anywhere. Over time, we'll make the Dash smarter and smarter, so you can just ask for whatever you want, and it will Just Work.
The Home Lens of the Dash is a "give me X" experience. You hit the Super key, and say what you want, and we do our best to figure out what you mean, and give you that. Of course, you can narrow the scope of that search if you want. For example, you can hit Super-A and just search applications. But if you throw your query out to the Dash, we need to be a smart as possible about where we go looking for answers for you.
In 12.10 we'll take the first step of looking both online and locally for possible results. The Home lens will show you local things like apps and music, as it always has, as well as results from Amazon. Note – these are not ads, they are results to your search. We don't promote any product or service speculatively, these are not banners or spyware. These are results from underlying scopes, surfaced to the Home lens, because you didn't narrow the scope to a specific, well scope.
What we have in 12.10 isn't the full experience, so those who leap to judgement are at maximum risk of having to eat their words later. Chill out. If the first cut doesn't work for you, remove it, or just search the specific scope you want (there are hotkeys for all the local scopes).
Here's a quick Q&A on the main FUD-points.
Why are you putting ads in Ubuntu?
We're not putting ads in Ubuntu. We're integrating online scope results into the home lens of the dash. This is to enable you to hit "Super" and then ask for anything you like, and over time, with all of the fantastic search scopes that people are creating, we should be able to give you the right answer.
These are not ads because they are not paid placement, they are straightforward Amazon search results for your search. So the Dash becomes a super-search of any number of different kinds of data. Right now, it's not dynamically choosing what to search, it's just searching local scopes and Amazon, but it will get smarter over time.
I don't wan't to search Amazon for the Terminal
Use Super-A. You can tell Unity exactly what you want to search. And in future you'll be able to do that from the home lens, too, more easily than the current Lens Bar at the bottom of the Dash.
I want to control what is searched on the Home Lens
So do I! Designs and patches welcome in the usual places. I'm pretty sure by 14.04 LTS we'll have the kinks unkinked. Till then, come along for the ride, or stick with 12.04 LTS. We can't wait till it's perfect before landing everything, because the only way to learn what's not perfect is to have other people – real people – use it.
I can't believe you just changed Ubuntu. I liked it the way it was.
Looks like those six months are nearly up again 😉
This is just a moneymaking scheme.
We picked Amazon as a first place to start because most of our users are also regular users of Amazon, and it pays us to make your Amazon journey get off to a faster start. Typing Super "queen marking cage" Just Worked for me this morning. I am now looking forward to my game of Ultimate Where's Waldo hunting down the queens in my bee colonies, Ubuntu will benefit from the fact that I chose to search Amazon that way, Amazon benefits from being more accessible to a very discerning, time-conscious and hotkey-friendly audience.
But there are many more kinds of things you can search through with Unity scopes. Most of them won't pay Ubuntu a cent, but we'll still integrate them into the coolest just-ask-and-you'll-receive experience. I want us to do this because I think we can make the desktop better.
Why are you telling Amazon what I am searching for?
We are not telling Amazon what you are searching for. Your anonymity is preserved because we handle the query on your behalf. Don't trust us? Erm, we have root. You do trust us with your data already. You trust us not to screw up on your machine with every update. You trust Debian, and you trust a large swathe of the open source community. And most importantly, you trust us to address it when, being human, we err.
The query should be encrypted!
It will be in the release version.
I want to control this in the settings!
Yes, we agree, and designs and work are under way to make that possible. That should land in 12.10 too, or as an update, or in 13.04.
In summary – please don't feed the trolls. We're interested in feedback in what sorts of things would be useful to search straight from the home lens, and how to improve the search results, as well as provide better control of the process to you.
Here is the key question, as I see it:
Can Canonical and the Ubuntu community handle the responsibility associated with this sort of service?
Well, if we want to run a modern platform, that updates automatically and provides users with the full benefit of living in a connected world, then we have to be able to do that. If we can't we won't be relevant. So we should talk about the appropriate kinds of privacy policy, appropriate encryption, appropriate settings and preferences, to make this all world class.


text: When utilities talk about securing their IT networks and control systems, they might want to stop first to think about how to sanitize the systems that are already infected."When we are engaged to investigate the IT security of utility companies, we typically find that 3 to 5 percent of systems are already compromised," says Brad Bauch, energy and utilities and power generation principal at advisory firm PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP."There is a lot of talk about how to secure power generation and distribution organizations," adds Christopher Poulin, chief security officer at IT security vendor Q1 Labs. "The reality is many of these networks are already infected. A smart attacker isn't going to vandalize or cause a scene on the network, they'll lay low."Many of the signs of compromise at utility companies look just like breached corporate networks: files are altered, there are suspicious outbound transmissions, and log entries reveal unauthorized application use.However, when it comes to the security of the power grid, the dangers go beyond civilian and business power availability.The Department of Defense relies on commercial electric power for nearly 99 percent of its power needs at military installations," said Paul Stockton, assistant secretary of defense, Homeland Defense and Americas' Security Affairs, Department of Defense at a recent Energy and Commerce Committee hearing. "On-site back-up diesel generators are often used to support installation and facility continuity during short-term outages, but these generators are typically not designed to operate for extended periods. The average diesel generator and on-site fuel reserves are designed to sustain basic installation functions and critical missions for 3-7 days using fuel stored on-site."The Energy and Commerce Committee hearing was held to discuss the so-called ''Grid Reliability and Infrastructure Defense Act'' or ''GRID Act.'' The act would give the President the authority to order rapid emergency measures to ensure the reliability of the bulk-power system in the event of a natural disaster or cyber-attack. A discussion draft of the bill is available here.To minimize the chances of a crippling cyberattack, the power industry has been taking steps to bolster its security, says Bauch. "We're seeing more focus in the industry on cyber security. They're hiring more CISOs," he says. "Just a couple of years ago that was a quite rare."They're also adopting more stringent security policies, he says. "They're segmenting connections to their business networks, and they're conducting a lot more vulnerability assessments and doing things beyond what is required by regulations," Bauch says. "They're moving toward a more secured state," he adds.The concern among experts isn't a one-off cyber attack against the power grid, As Gerry Cauley, president and chief executive officer, North American Electric Reliability Corporation, testified before the House committee. "I am most concerned about coordinated physical and cyber attacks intended to disable elements of the power grid or deny electricity to specific targets, such as government or business centers, military installations, or other infrastructures. These threats differ from conventional risks in that they result from intentional actions by adversaries and are not simply random failures or acts of nature," he says.Poulin agrees. "That's the big fear. That a successful attack on the power grid comes simultaneously as part of some other aggressive action," he says.


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