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WASHINGTON — The number of Persian Gulf War veterans who were exposed to a potentially debilitating disease may be as high as 12,000, according to the Army`s top infectious disease expert.
The disease, viscerotropic leishmaniasis, may cause immediate symptoms-including high fever, chills and persistent fatigue-or may lie dormant for years.
Dr. Charles Oster, chief of the infectious disease service at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, estimates that between 1 and 3 percent of the 400,000 ground troops who served in Operation Desert Storm were exposed to the parasite that causes the disease. That amounts to between 4,000 and 12,000 people.

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10 Health Benefits Of Oranges
Orange is arguably the most popular fruit. People find it tasty and it has a very appetizing look and smell. In addition to this it is full of essential things that could provide unmatched nourishment to the body. This fruit is so popular that many soft drink companies don't forget to cash in on its name.
Mangrove agricultural reports show that orange tree is cultivated more than any other tree all over the world. Orange is basically a citrus fruit. It is immensely beneficial primarily because it is blessed with 170 different types of photochemical and about 65 kinds of flavonoids. These together render it extremely beneficial anti inflammatory property that could help so many people nowadays. To add to this it also has antioxidant properties.
Some of the most beneficial health effects of oranges are as follows:
#1. Prevention of Stroke
Many different studies have shown that a regular consumption of oranges could help in massive reduction of the chances of ischemic stroke, which is very common among women nowadays. People which consume oranges on a regular basis have 19% less chance of being hit by a stroke.
#2. Controls Raging Blood Pressure
Oranges have a high content of potassium. The importance of these consuming high levels of potassium is almost as much as consuming low sodium diet for the ones suffering from fluctuating blood pressure. This is because potassium has the all important vasodilatation effect. So if you want to lower your blood pressure don't just focus on low sodium diets but also keep in mind to consume high potassium oranges.
#3. Diabetes
Through various studies and researches it has been found that the blood glucose levels in the blood could be reduced with regular consumption of high fiber diets. This thus helps in the prevention and control of type 1 diabetes. In addition to this type 2 diabetics can also benefit from this fruit. This is because orange helps in improving the levels of lipids, blood sugar and the all important insulin levels.
#4. Skin Quality Improvement
The antioxidant properties of oranges can prove to be a beneficial home remedy in improvement of damaged skin. The skin may be damaged because of multiple reasons like excessive sun exposure, pollution. In addition to this oranges could prove to be beneficial in fighting other ailments too like wrinkles and in turn improve the skin texture. For this oranges should be eaten in their original form or could be applied directly to the skin. Collagen present in orange renders it its skin healing properties.
#5. Creates A Barrier Against Viral Infections
Many of the researches and studies have showed that oranges act as a natural home remedy and could help a lot in the prevention and protections against viral infections. This it does primarily because of polyphenols which is present in abundance in oranges.
#6. Provides Ease From Constipation
Oranges are blessed with dietary fiber which helps in the stimulation of digestive juices which in turn could play a major role in providing relief from constipation.
#7. Reduction In Chances Of Liver Cancer
Mandarin Oranges could play a major role in the helping one any chance of liver cancer. This has been proved to be true by two studies conducted in Japan. The prime cause of this has been attributed to the Vitamin A compounds called carotenoids present in it.
#8. Helps In Good Vision
Carotenoids are present in high quantities in oranges and these when converted to vitamin A could help in making and in keeping the eyes healthy.
#9. Alkalizing Body
Before digestion oranges are acidic in nature, however post digestion its alkaline minerals could be of great help to the body.
#10. Helps Prevention Of Hair Loss
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Flavien Berger, who also belongs to a french collective " collectif sin~" that works on artistic experiments, has always been interesting by fiddling with engines and making sounds. On this point, it is really hard to define his style : he goes beyond, wonderfully manages to deal with strain moments and long synthetic patches. By withstanding against the need of classification, he offers music with aquatic influences, mainly on his first album "Leviathan" . He comes up each time with different dynamics and makes the listener walk between rapid rises and dark descents. Listening to all his releases or seeing him in live will confirm is strength which is to bring people with him through a deep emotional experience, full of imagination.


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To the Finland Port! This russian inventor not only hammered together a personal-size submarine, but proved its seaworthiness with round trips between Helsinki and St. Petersburg, 100 miles apart on the Gulf of Finland's island-spotted coastline.
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BLOOMINGTON, MN (BRAIN)—Quality Bicycle Products (QBP) and LHB, Inc., an architectural design firm, have been selected as dual recipients of the 2008 Governor's Award, an honor recognizing environmental achievements by Minnesota businesses, nonprofits, government and institutions.
Sponsored by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, the award sites the companies' collaboration to build an environmentally sustainable distribution center for QBP.
"The organizations we honor today have discovered unique ways to prevent waste and pollution through creativity, innovation and resourcefulness while often increasing efficiencies at the same time," said Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty during an awards ceremony at the Bloomington Sheraton in late February. More than 1,500 people attended.
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BREAKING NEWS: Studio Ghibli announces temporary stop to filmmaking
Yes, the rumors are true: Studio Ghibli will stop making movies for now. The people behind everything from Grave of the Fireflies to Princess Mononoke--essentially, the kings of modern anime--are considering shutting down their feature film department.
The news came via Toshio Suzuki, the studio's co-founder and their current general manager, on TBS's Jōnetsu Tairiku last Sunday.
"We're thinking about dissolving the production department and making major changes to the structure of Studio Ghibli. Of course, [Hayao] Miyazaki's retirement was quite significant," said Suzuki.
Miyazaki, one of the studio's co-founders and its most famous member, retired from film making after 2011's The Wind Rises, which was--perhaps tellingly--Ghibli's most recent success.
Afterwards, the studio's other most frequent director, Isao Takahata, also retired from production after making the critically-acclaimed but commercially unsuccessful The Tale of Princess Kaguya.
Since then, the newly released When Marnie Was There also failed to make an impact, opening behind Pokemon and Maleficent while steadily dropping in the ranks thereafter. Considering how Studio Ghibli's members are full-time employees collecting salaries even when not directly working on films, the impact of even one unsuccessful release is considerable.
Although it may not be enough for some fans, Suzuki squashed any rumors of the studio completely dissolving. Instead, they will restructure the company to focus more squarely on maintaining trademarks for older franchises, running the Ghibli Museum in Tokyo, and continuing freelance work on advertisements, video games, and music videos like the one below.
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However, Suzuki is still open to the idea of making more feature films in the future.
"On what to do with Studio Ghibli's future, it is by no means impossible to keep producing [movies] forever," claimed Suzuki. "However, we will take a brief pause to consider where to go from here."
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How to get to HakupuFly in to Niue (IUE-Hanan Intl.), 6.3 mi (10.2 km) from downtown Hakupu.
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The Commerce Department said automobile inventories fell 0.3 percent, the largest drop since February 2011, after declining 0.2 percent in February.
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Sins of a Solar Empire PC Review
I tried to listen to the backstory, I really did. I even put it on for a second time to try and care about it, it was definitely something about a trade company or something? Anyway, whatever story there is behind it, this is another sci-fi Real Time Strategy with another flimsy excuse for several galactic neighbours with slightly differing opinions on life, and slightly differing technologies of equal power to blow the star dust out of each other.
It is easy to become quite cynical about the RTS genre, when the essence of a strategy experience seems to be hoarding resources and building a bigger wave of ships than your enemy. We have all sat through and experienced this time and time again with and it has been hard to remain positive. But…SURPRISE! Sins of a Solar empire is excellent, and I will now tell you why with the 26 words I have in my vocabulary arsenal.
Every match is a skirmish type set up, seeing you choose your race, the amount of NPC opponents you face, and the planetary system you wish to fight in. The three commodities you will find yourself dwelling over here are credits, metal and crystal. Credits are earned through the taxation of your citizens, meaning you will want to keep your high population planets prosperous and protected. Metal and crystal are both acquired through mining the appropriate asteroid type, by laying claim to the closest large celestial body, and using it as a central base to power the nearby mining facilities. These range from planets to asteroids, planets having the largest capacity for citizens and defense, asteroids being smallish outpost type facilities which can easily fall between yours or the enemies' possession. All three resources are used in differing amounts to do everything from, resupplying your fleet, building ships, to researching technological advancements.
Now we get to the fun stuff, ship to ship combat. There are four different types of ship: capital ships, fighter squadrons, frigates and cruisers. Frigates range from light multi tasking attack vessels, to ships specializing in countering certain enemy tactics, or plain out planetary bombardment. Cruisers are the slight upgrade in hull and shield terms, obviously costing slightly more resources to manufacture, but paying off by surviving longer in battle. The cruisers also specialize in having a slightly more support role, apart from the most advanced cruiser which is a general all rounder the rest usually specialize in either healing, buffing or releasing attack squadrons from afar. Remember the saying quality over quantity? Well you can pretty much punch your mother in the stomach for teaching you that tosh, I avoided using fighter squadrons in my first game, thinking "those little pathetic ships will get blown up in one shot" I was mother windingly wrong. They seem to be the life blood of most fleets, running interference or interception before other ships have even moved. One of these little guys may not seem threatening, but when they're swarming all over you along with a substantial fleet that rivals your own, you're pretty much a goner. Finally the daddy of the fleet, the capital ships. These massive ships are strong and powerful, turning a rag tag group of frigates and cruisers into a full on offensive machine. There are five capital ships in total, each of the three races having their own slight twist on each, but the ship types generally boil down to, Attacker, Healer, Buffer/Debuffer, Squadron deployer and Tank. Each of these ships level up in your standard RPG style, increasing in strength and gaining access to more abilities as they go. One of the more impressive abilities being ship domination, which convinces an enemy ships crew to permanently fight for you.
Each planet you wish to attack or lay claim to has to be "Phase Jumped" to. What that means is that there are jump lanes that connect to other planets, and each planet is cut off from another, unless you go to the effort of specifically jumping to the location. It's this combined with the capital ships that sets this game apart from other RTS. A valid defense is possible for your planet, you can sit there farming resources and building a large defensive fleet, which you intend to use to push out. But the opposition will use that time to lay claim to other planets, and their resources and will eventually box you in. Even with you having a defense set up, and even with you knowing the jump lane where the attack is coming from, the opposition will have used their extra income to raise their fleet capacity to double yours, along with researching advanced weapons and technology to make you no match. They could even build a weapon in a neighboring system, and bomb your planet without even sending one ship against you. You have to be constantly planning ahead, constantly covering your rear, as well as optimizing your capital ships locations and combining their skill types to compliment each other. A truly strategic experience, especially when you can hire local pirates pursue a bounty you have placed on your opposition, or vice versa. Meaning that you can coordinate your attack with the pirates, following them into battle, or can use their offensive to circle around and flank the enemy from a Phase Jump Lane they weren't expecting you to come through.
I had the ideal experience with this game, after sitting through the tutorials and understanding very little, I played my first game. After putting up a reasonably good fight, it became apparent that I was going to lose, but after my defeat I realized that on the fly I had taught myself everything I needed to know about playing the game. I had experienced the ideal pacing of education, difficultly and enjoyment that saw that I was more excited to play my second game than my first. I then won what I thought was a short one sided fight in my favor, in 6 hours and 23 minutes. Which got me thinking, when games of command and conquer can be won in 45-60 minutes, it's hard to imagine how this game would work online against other people. But I was happy to find out that it is possible to play a game with someone else, and save at any point to play at a later date. Which seems a shame when the online match making system requires you to know either the name, or the IP address of the person you want to play with. But then again, are you likely to want to stay in the company of a stranger for 6 hours, or would you ever really go to the effort of meeting up with that stranger again, to continue your game? Probably not. Online play is probably for hardcore RTS fans, who are looking forward to playing with their friends.
Overall the game plays well, looks fantastic and whatever slowdown is caused by the huge space battles can be simplified from graphics card chugging render fest, to a simple set of logo's flying about simply be zooming out. The only downside to the game is the lack of a campaign mode, which would give you a sense of accomplishment beyond the game's Xbox inspired achievement system.


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For many Fayette County residents, the year 2012 has been a wild ride.
Take, for instance, the roller-coaster that our farmers have endured. First, it was one of the earliest springs on record, allowing them to plant their crops in record time. Then the rains shut off and the searing heat turned on – leaving the corn crop a shriveled shadow of the promise it had shown early in the season.
Francis Marion Bolt was born in southeast Ramsey Township, and in his early years was a school teacher in the neighborhood schools.
15 Years Ago
1997 – The Vandalia Historical Society was to hold a ceremony to recognize Mary Burtschi for her donation of the Little Brick House to the society.
The Vandalia Jaycees were still looking for a place to hold their haunted house.
Travis Blain rushed for 294 yards against Pana, but the Vandals lost to Pana, 21-14, in an overtime contest.
Mr. and Mrs. David Hill of Vandalia were celebrating their 35th wedding anniversary, and Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Hollman of St. Peter were marking their 50th anniversary.
Although the military history of his family goes back to the Revolution, to Commodore Chauncey in the War of 1812 on the Great Lakes and up through most of the wars including current day.
The Christmas decorations are up, the city's tree is in place at the top of Gallatin Street and the merchants have their stores stocked with all sorts of Christmas presents.
It's Christmas time in Vandalia!
This Friday's Olde Tyme Christmas celebration officially kicks off the of the holiday season in Vandalia. Events run from 5-9 p.m. in stores throughout the downtown area. You'll find special pricing, fully stocked shelves and helpful merchants, ready to help you find the perfect gift for everyone on your list.
This week's Mystery Banks Photo: This young man, pictured in 1957 at age 20 while he was serving in the U.S. Army in Germany, has lived in Fayette County all his life.
By James E. Koutz
When people think of veterans, they often think of warriors. But Hurricane Sandy offers just the latest reminder of the significant humanitarian and often-times, life-saving work performed by our veterans on a daily basis.
I think that we have forgotten the true meaning of Veterans Day. It is observed on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, and was originally known as Armistice Day.
Years ago, I had a rare opportunity to sit down with Charlie Mills (the former owner of The Leader-Union). He told me stories of bravery and sacrifice made by common, ordinary soldiers.
Veterans Day was to signal the stopping of the "war to end all wars." Of course, we know that it didn't.
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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) has assigned an issuer rating of BBB- with a Stable Outlook to AmeriHome Mortgage Company, LLC (AHM or "the Company"), a residential mortgage originator and servicer based in Woodland Hills, CA. Since its founding in 2013, the Company has become a top-five correspondent lender in the U.S.
The assigned BBB- issuer rating reflects the company's solid profitability and low cost structure, experienced management team and growing market share. AHM's exposure to credit risk is minimal as it purchases primarily conventional, Ginnie Mae, or agency mortgages. These positive elements are constrained, in part, by a reliance on short-term warehouse and secured funding and a relatively short operating history. As with other participants in the residential mortgage industry, AHM is somewhat exposed to interest rate volatility and is reliant on MSR hedging effectiveness to achieve consistent profitability. Also, the company faces a more competitive environment as lower lending volumes are projected for 2017.
The ratings were assigned using KBRA's Finance Company Rating Methodology, published April 1, 2013.
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Renovate with Interest: Tips for Renovating a Bathroom Both You and Your Future Buyer Will Love
Homeowners considering renovations are anxious to ensure that their improvements will help their resale value, so naturally they'll want to stay away from extreme design decisions that only Elvis could love.
Ideally, they'll create a space that is an investment while still enhancing their own enjoyment of the space. Here's a quick guide to ensure that the marketplace will be willing to pay top dollar for your redesigned bathroom.
- Remember the little black dress. There's a reason no sane woman would ever part with theirs – it's classic in every sense of the word. It's always in style, and it's perfect for any occasion. So resist the urge to go with that trendy, in-the-moment color scheme or funky mosaic tile. In a few years, it will look "SO 2013″ and will serve as the room's own personal "born-on" date. Think classic and timeless. White subway tiles have been in style forever, much like their counterpart – mini hexagon floor tiles.
- Go green. Concern for the environment is not a trend; it's a permanent mindset of consumers. Saving water is also more economical – another attractive selling point. Seek out the dual-flush toilets and the low-flow showerheads – for your sake and the planet's.
- Tighten up those lines. The tighter your grout lines are, the more expensive the tile in your bathroom will look. Since big, fat, wide grout lines are the best way to hide the imperfections of inexpensive tile, the look is synonymous with cheap. Spring for the "rectified" tiles, whose straight lines and uniform size allow you to the lay them tight with a 1/16-in. grout line.
- Don't sweat it. Buyers think a shower with a sauna/steam feature is a major luxury item that carries a hefty price tag. But the reality is that they're not nearly that expensive to build. Simply create a tight seal using glass doors and panels, then add a steam fixture. Don't forget to cant the ceiling – encouraging condensation to run down the walls instead of on your homebuyers' heads.
- – Turn up the heat. Radiant floors are also associated with indulgence. And like steam showers, they're relatively inexpensive to create. Install a heat-producing electric floor mat before laying your tile. You'll need to create channels in your sub-floor for the power cord and perhaps use a little more mortar than usual, but the result is toasty warm floors on a cold morning – and a potential "YES!" moment for your buyer.
– James Hart is the principal and co-owner of Sold with Style, a company that provides pre-sale consulting and home staging services for clients in and around New York City. Hart is also the president of the NY Chapter of the Real Estate Staging Association.


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Tax Tips for EBay Sellers - Turning Personal Expenses into Business Expenses
by Chris Malta
Deduct Your Home Office
By definition, if you're an eBay seller, you have a home office. You have to have a space that's used exclusively for business, whether it's in your spare room or your basement. But having this allows you to take a percentage of your mortgage interest, your utility bills, your homeowner's insurance, and your homeowner's dues as deductions against your business. And if you use your home to store inventory, even if it doesn't have its own room, you can include that space in your deductions as well.
Deduct Your Children's Pay
Rather than giving your kids allowances, pay them to help out with your business. You're moving income out of your tax bracket, and you can pay them up to $4,900 a year before they'll have to pay taxes on it. Tax strategist Diane Kennedy, of TaxLoopHoles.com, says there are three rules to employing your child:
- 1. Have some kind of written job description.
Make sure they're keeping track of the time they actually work.
3. Pay them a reasonable wage.
How to Protect Yourself
You need to be able to prove your deductions are legitimate business expenses, so it's crucial you keep good paper work on everything. Track where your money's coming from and what your costs are, and have documentation to back it up. Should the government ever have questions, you'll be glad you did.
Good record keeping will go a long way towards satisfying the IRS. But you can lessen your chances of getting audited in the first place by forming a corporation or an S-Corp. If you default to a sole proprietorship, you have a one in twelve chance of being audited. Incorporating also gives you certain tax advantages.
When done properly, selling on eBay allows you to save money on the back end with taxes. As Kennedy says, "So many people don't realize that just by having this little side business, they can actually immediately start paying lesser taxes. In fact, we say 'eBay tonight and pay less taxes tomorrow.'"


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Interview with Christian Bullock
A interview with Christian Bullock a 21 year old guy from the UK. Known for his phpBB styles on phpBB.com and around. He does it as a full time job and makes his living from it. He is also working on a new project of his named: BBCustomize. A forum where he would give style support and offer tools and tutorials to customize your own forum and more… Read more about it in the interview below.
1. Max Pen: Could you tell us a bit more about yourself so the readers know who you are? Can you also tell us the story of how you came up with the usernames Christian 2.0 and Murder he Wrote?
Christian Bullock: Hi, I'm Christian. I'm a 21 year guy from the UK, working as a full time self employed front-end developer (specialising in phpBB, an open source forum software for websites). I spend a crazy amount of time online, but love every second of it. The internet is an amazing place. In my free time my interests include Interior Design, Music, attending concerts and film. British artists are amongst my favourite, specifically the likes of Muse, Blur. Other favourites include Max Melvin, Air, Delerium, Enigma, Moby, Royksopp and Amethystium.
Online I am known under a couple of identities:
- Christian – my name.
- Christian 2.0 – this was derived from my real name. The 2.0 version is used when "Christian" is already registered (this happens quite a lot).
- MhW or Murder he Wrote – Probably the username most people reading this will be familiar with. It was inspired by the title of a popular TV show called "Murder she wrote" . I never intended it to be a username that stuck, but for whatever reason it did.
2. Max Pen: How did you get into forums? Have you ever owned a forum yourself? If so can you tell us a bit more about it? (How you came up with the name, what it was for, what software it was on, etc…)
Christian Bullock: I was first introduced to the concept of forums about 7 years ago (I was 14 at the time) whilst wasting time in high school. Back then I had a healthy interest in Coldplay (by "healthy interest" I mean by parents played it in the car a lot and it was the only music I knew). One day whilst browsing their official website I stumbled across the forum. Unfamiliar with forums or the concept of forums, it was a little bit alienating – I didn't quite know how they worked and what to do there. As a child I was always taught that the internet was a dangerous place, and places like chat rooms / forums should be avoided. Regardless, I registered and began clicking around.
It wasn't until around a month later I actually began posting. Remember, this was my first experience communicating with other people on the internet. In addition to being a 14 year child in the real world (so therefore, lacking many life skills), I was also unaware of forum etiquette and the way to properly conduct yourself online. Quite quickly it became apparent I was unpopular with the tight-knit community, and found myself having many needless arguments with the older members. It's fair to say that in hindsight, I was something of a troll figure – not maliciously – just the way I acted annoyed people. I was an active member there for 2-3 years until the forum got shut down (no longer was it there to discuss coldplay's music, rather just a facility for the people who met there to chat to each other). It's fair to say like many young forum users, the idea of obtaining a high post count and somehow thinking that lead to greater respect fascinated me. Of course, it doesn't and didn't.
Prior to the coldplay forum closing down, I became familiar with phpBB through the copyright notice at the bottom of the page (coldplay forum ran phpbb 2.0.something). The idea of running my own forum was fascinating – the fame, the power, being able to dictate a community , I had never been in charge of anything before. Of course we all know that's not what forums are about and dictatorship is definitely not the way to run them. I didn't know that at the time, and began looking into setting up my own forum in greater detail. Although I wasn't completely familiar with web hosting / servers / databases / domain names etc.. , what I did know is that I wanted to start a forum but couldn't afford the expensive hosting costs. Back then there was no such thing as good $3/month hosting.
Not content with giving up on my dream of running a forum, I managed to learn about free forum hosts through Google. My first forum was created with myfreeforum.org – it was some kind of general chat forum with only 5 or 6 members. All people I knew offline and begged to join. This is where I learned one of the basic principles of owning a site on the internet: "If you don't advertise, nobody will come". To be fair I had attempted linking to the site through the description of some junky YouTube videos I had uploaded. The only people who visited were people who chose to turn up and call my videos stupid. This method was never a sustainable way of driving traffic to an unrelated forum. Needless to say, the forum was a short lived project that ended with disappointment.
A few years later I was in the second year of college, learning the very basics of Web Design in an IT course. It was never anything advanced, just the usual html, body and meta tags with a splashing of p tags, divs and even the img tag if we were lucky. This is where my proper interest for design and the internet kicked off. I continued learning HTML and CSS in my free time, hacking up free web templates, rearranging them and putting my own stuff in. It was all self taught, and many of the techniques I learned doing that have contributed to my success today. Although I hadn't run my own successful forum, this was around the time I joined ForumPromotion.net and later became Support staff at FreeForums.org.
I don't remember whether it was at FreeForums or ForumPromotion, although before I knew it I ended up at SW-GM.com , initially as a member with no interest in the universe or paranormal activity. I don't even remember how I was introduced to the owner, although before I knew it I had FTP access and was helping out making small edits, assisting with phpBB upgrades and installing MODs. This is where I properly learned the technical aspect of running a self hosted forum.
With this new-found knowledge, I wanted another stab at running my own forum and shortly opened a Top Gear forum. It was a phpBB based forum for TopGear fans to discuss the program, talk about cars and partake in general chat. This is also the first domain name I purchased. Even though I was now familiar with the technical side of running my own forum, and had learned many of the lessons of being an anonymous username on the internet, I was still struggling with the promotion side of things. Promotion / webmaster forums only bought a scraping of traffic – nothing serious. My attention span is pretty low, so after succumbing to the fact I was never going to pose a threat to a major rival, I ditched the forum and considered it as another learning curve.
I don't recall any particular effort at making my own forum, soon enough I found my strengths lay in improving sites – not making my own. A trait demonstrated when I acquired a phpBB fansite called phpBBCommunities, a site for phpBB forum owners to congregate and talk about the software, MODs, Styles and forum management. This was a co-investment with Lacey Sutton, a highly successful webmaster. Despite re-vamping the forum and adding a 7 page website around it, it soon became clear that the forum was tarnished from the very start as the core of active members were only there for each other. With the original owner leaving it was very much like a house of cards scenario, the exodus began and sooner or later we found ourselves struggling to recover (despite very strong advertising methods).
This experience was my last time owning a forum.
2.1 Max Pen: How did you get into graphic and web design? Which of both do you enjoy doing the most? Are you also into vector design?
Christian Bullock: As above, my initial interaction with Web Design began in college. I didn't learn anything particularly good during the web design course, just enough to get me started and confirm that it was something I wanted to learn more about…properly.
Dreamweaver has always been my software of choice when it comes to Web Design. Not because of the WYSIWYG tab (which actually isn't that much of a WYSIWYG editor), but because it's the first code editor I came across. I'm comfortable using it, i'm familar with the syntax highlighting and the predictive coding saves me time. The predictive coding actually contributed a lot to my CSS knowledge by introducing my to properties I didn't know existed and looking up their functions on the w3schools website.
My experience with HTML began properly by editing pre-made HTML/CSS templates. I didn't have a website and didn't intend on making one at the time, but there's no such thing as too much knowledge and I wanted to learn more about web design anyway. My evenings often consisted of finding a decent pre-made template and shuffling the contents around. So I might move the sidebar from the left to right, replace the navigation bar with my own, perhaps change the logo for a banner. Doing this continuously, combined with my CSS knowledge by looking up the CSS on w3schools lead to my complete HTML and CSS knowledge as it is today. I have never read a single HTML / CSS tutorial, and to this day maintain that learning the basics, then hacking up pre-made templates is the best way to learn.
With regard to Graphic Design, this kicked off a little earlier than my Web Design interest. I had been playing around with forums for a few years at this point, and wanted to be able to make my own signatures. Most of my early graphic design was stuff like userbars, then as my Web Design knowledge increased Graphic Design became a regular aid. Having to make your own graphics used to be a big part of Web Design, although perhaps not so much these days with the power of modern browsers and CSS3.
It's not easy to put a finger on which one I enjoy the most – I guess it depends what I'm doing. When I'm designing a forum for a client, it will always need a full mockup in photoshop and this can be quite fun, especially when your creative juices are flowing and you're creating some really good work. In stark contrast, coding that design is tedious and boring because you already know how it looks – now it's just a case of sitting down and hitting the keyboard for a few hours. Boring.
On the other hand, coding can be fun when you're making improvements to a site or simply adding new features. I have a lot of fun with jQuery, finding snippets online and integrating them into forum designs. If I had to choose one of the other, I'd say Graphic design is more fun than Web Design. There is something really rewarding about seeing a design from your head get translated onto the screen and shared with other people. There is still a huge amount I have to learn about Graphic Design, there are many styles I have yet to master – at present I have a certain style of design which I believe lacks elegance. This is something that comes through time and experience, art cannot be taught.
I don't know how to create vector drawings, it's not something I've had the drive to learn. I would like to one day, but I can count on one hand the amount of times I've actually needed a vector. Maybe once or twice, right now it's not worth the time.
3. Max Pen: What made you pick phpBB as the forum software to become a stylist for? Can you tell us when you first started playing around with styling a phpBB template and what it was like? (Easy to learn, bit hard but then easy, etc… ) What did you find most difficult to master?
Christian Bullock: As we've established, phpBB was the first forum software I came across. It's also the first software I used to make a forum, I was comfortable with it so didn't feel the need to even look around and check for better alternatives. At the time MyBB wasn't a particularly big player, SMF was still fairly new (and had to carry the reputation from YaBB) and IPB was getting ready for the transition to premium software, so changing wouldn't have been an advantage anyway.
I first started playing around with styling right around the same time as I was learning Web Design. I remember sitting at the computer one sunny afternoon scrolling through styles on phpBB3styles.net and randomly thinking "You know what, I want to be able to make my own styles" . I absolutely hated the idea of having to use the same free forum templates that thousands of other forums were also using, and never being to quite create a site in my own image.
By then I wasn't completely familiar with HTML / CSS, so I stuck to simply replacing images and editing CSS. I didn't know about localhost, firefox or firebug back then to learning what CSS controlled which part of a style was a real challenge. I seem to remember scrolling down colours.css (one of the main stylesheets in prosilver) and changing colours one by one to see what they edited on the forum. This was a tedious process anyway, made worse by the fact there was no localhost so each change had to be uploaded to a live site, then refreshed.
The other difficult thing to learn was working out which template files I needed to edit. phpBB templates are split up into 102 template files and 14 stylesheets. Intimidating numbers for a novice designer. The hardest thing in learning how to design phpBB styles was probably working out which IF statements did what, and working around them. Everything was very much a case of trial and error and as with everything through life, we learn through experience. Nowadays it's much easier to learn with a wealth of tutorials available, modern browsers such as Firefox with excellent add-ons like firebug.
4. Max Pen: Do you remember the amount of money you charged for your first custom design for a client? If so what was that amount and how has the price people have to pay you gone up over time? (If possible show us a time line of how much a custom style costs by ordering it from you over x time.)
Christian Bullock: Haha, the price of custom styles has gone up considerably over the years.
The very first web design I did for a paying customer was multiple page website for a flight simulation community (which sadly no longer exists). That cost the client $20 USD and took me around a week's worth of spare evenings to complete). My first paid phpBB styles were for ForumPromotion.net before I was a manager there. A light style and a dark style also cost them $20 and took around the same time to make. It's important to remember that at this stage many years ago I was new to the freelancing game, didn't have a portfolio and was still knocking out some pretty bad code. I'm glad I made most of my mistakes when such little money was involved. $20 a job doesn't seem a lot, but not having a job in real life meant that any money earned was mine – the first money I could call my own. That was a pretty proud feeling.
As my skills and experience increased, as did the demand and for this reason designs were getting more expensive. From the initial $20, prices were increased to $70-80 depending on the complexity of the design. Soon enough the demand was coming in thick and fast, so the prices were increased 2x fold to $150. The more modest price tag lead to higher profile clients asking me for work, and with that came longer projects where more time and detail was required. Several years ago, I made the decision to increase my minimum price to $395. Just before this was a point where demand was so intense I'd come home from my day job and code until 2am , only to go to work at 8am and then repeat the process. I lost the "free" from "freelance" and the only way to get my free time back was to control the demand, this meant increasing prices.
When demand is low, I often take on clients who aren't able to meet that price tag. It's better to take something rather than nothing and watch that money go to somebody else. By having increased prices also means high profile clients take you more seriously. I have had the privilege of working for some of the world's biggest brands, corporate companies and best known websites. On more than 5 occasions I have received in excess of $1,000 per job for my services.
5. Max Pen: How did you come up behind the idea of your free phpBB style Absolution? (Tell us how you came up with the name, the color scheme, structure, etc…)
Christian Bullock: The original Absolution was somewhat inspired by the Vision Collision vBulletin style by completeVb. Although it was inspiration, it actually turned out nothing much like it. The colour scheme was always going to be something popular and generic anyway. Blues / Silvers always work, add a splash of web 2.0 accent colour such as light blue, green or orange and you're onto a winner.
After around 2 years of being available for download, I spent around a week updating it and releasing Absolution v1.1. This was a much improved version that was brighter, much cleaner and much easier to browse. The new version also contained a huge amount of bug fixes and other much needed improvements.
The name comes from the Muse album called "Absolution", and the song called "Sing for Absolution". The word "Absolution" means "formal release from guilt, obligation, or punishment" and is often linked with religious environment. After looking up the word it seemed like a fitting name for a style intended to free people from the punishment of other free styles. Where possible I try to name styles after song names, either because I like the corresponding song, the name sounds cool, the song has a particular meaning that relates to the style or a mixture of all 3. My second free style (Supernova), which is now supported and developed by BoardTalk.net was named after the Supernova track by Safri Duo. It's an extremely pleasent piece of music, to reflect a pleasant style.
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Today is the wedding of Sinead and Alan. Their ceremony will take place at a nearby church in Benalmadena, the guests and newlyweds will then return to the hotel where they will be greeted with a cocktail reception followed by their chosen gala dinner menu. The wedding reception will take place in our stunning Sala Malaga, the room is already set with personalized menus and silver chair ribbons! Good luck and on behalf of all of us here at Sunset we wish them a fantastic day!
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Getting married in Spain…
Two weddings in two days! Yesterday was the wedding of Sarah and Derek who got married in a local church ceremony and today is the wedding blessing of Mary and Mick whose ceremony is taking place as I type! Congratulations to both couples!
Outdoor Wedding Reception
Beautiful Al fresco dining at a poolside location! Last week Jim & Elaine got married in a church ceremony in Benalmadena Pueblo (The Old Village) and then celebrated with a gala dinner reception in our terrace restaurant followed by drinks and disco until 5am in our Moonlight Bar.
Lisa & Stephen's Wedding
Congratulations to the happy couple getting married in the church here in benalmadena as I type! Lisa & Stephen will be holding their wedding reception here at Sunset Beach Club, later on this evening. They will enjoy a gala dinner in our seventh floor banquet room which offers panoramic views of the mediterranean ocean!
Karen & Stephen's Wedding
Karen and Stephen will be getting married with a beachfront blessing this afternoon right here at Sunset Beach Club!
Horse & Carriage
Mary & Johnny get married!
Mary and John will be getting married later on today! Their church ceremony will be followed by a cocktail reception on the seafront and a gala dinner in our seventh floor banquet room, they will also be upgraded to stay in one of our exclusive bridal suites.
Wedding at Sunset Beach Club
Kerry and Edward are getting married here in Benalmadena today at the Virgen del Carmen church. After the ceremony the newlyweds will be enjoying a cocktail reception at the hotel's pool bar followed by a gala dinner in the Sala Malaga, which has been beautifully set up for them!
Celine & Darren Wedding
Celine & Darren will be getting married here at Sunset Beach Club later on this afternoon! They will be enjoying a church ceremony followed by a cocktail reception on our beachfront promenade and then a gala dinner in our Sala Malaga!
Beachfront Blessing
Beautiful weather today for a beachfront blessing! Today's ceremony has just been set up, with the archway of flowers, and afterwards the happy couple will be able to enjoy a cocktail reception by the sea.


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I've been a teacher, a headteacher and a writer of children's books.
I was born in south Wales and am developing an opera about the Welsh writer Arthur Machen. It's called 'From Ages to Ages'. It has taken ages.
Other music I've written is here.
I've squeezed almost everything I know about teaching into The Babbulary. It's an approach to learning that education policy makers often refuse to accept. Read more about it here.
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You may have heard this poem before but let me start off by sharing this with you.
This is a little story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody.
There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it.
Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it.
Somebody got angry about that because it was Everybody's job.
Everybody thought that Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn't do it.
It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done
First, what are your reasons you feel you must become a 'somebody'?
Is it perhaps you feel the weight of the world and the expectations you believe others have of you rested uncomfortably upon your shoulders? Or are these expectations you have for yourself? What do you expect to be gained from making the transition from a 'nobody' to a 'somebody'? We often believe that things would be different if we just had a little more money, a little more power, a little more prestige. A little more this and a little more that and we might finally reach that place in life where we can be happy and carefree.
This, however, is rarely the case. You might have every single thing your heart desires but it is in the nature of man to always want more, to never be completely satisfied; and so the search will be never ending. Like a bumblebee flying from one flower to the other, this is how most people spend their entire lives. Searching for one more hit, one more high, one more moment of happiness that might surpass all the rest. Do we ever get to some final end goal? I can't say for sure because I've never found that place myself but I'd venture to guess that perhaps we never do until we finally die and can stop all of our futile seeking.
Second, what defines being a 'somebody' to you?
It seems you already partially answered this in your question. Personality, will, intelligence and appearance. Why do you feel you lack in these areas? Do other people in your life compare you to others and you feel you fall desperately short? Are there people you feel that you just can't hold a candle to? Perhaps a friend, a colleague, a family member; someone you idolize and look up to but who you fear you will never quite be like? This can cause the biggest problems for people; thinking, "Gosh, if only I could be smart like so and so" or "If only I had so and so's good looks". I'm just as guilty of it. There are plenty of people in this world that I look up to and wish that I could emulate. We can waste so much time kicking ourselves in the butt when we try to live up to unrealistic expectations when really we only need to worry about being our true, genuine selves.
No one person can be completely void of personality, will, intelligence or appearance. We may judge each other – and ourselves – by some impossible to reach golden standard but when we can simply see the other as we see ourselves we find that every person has flaws, shortcomings and character defects. It sounds to me like you don't believe in yourself, you aren't seeing what you're truly capable of. Somewhere down the line you began doubting yourself and getting sucked down into a spiral of self-debasement. The truth of the matter is that you are a wholly and utterly unique individual. There is no one in this world quite like you. Every single flaw, every accomplishment, every victory, every failure, every heartache and every celebration inside of you has culminated to create this masterpiece that you call yourself. If you can stop looking at what you don't possess and see that which you already have you may find that you'll be singing quite a different tune.
Finally, whats so bad about being a "nobody" in the first place?
Your question begins with a false pretense. That somehow being a nobody is a bad thing. By your standards of what a 'somebody' consists of – which honestly is the popular view that society holds in our day and age – these somebody's are a dime a dozen. However, the true beauty and unique expressions of life are found in those who we perceive to be nobodies. Think to yourself how many people you see on a regular basis in your neighborhood or in your city who are entirely alone. Imagine the beggar on the street, the little old lady at the grocery store walking to her car, the man at the gas pump who has a worn out look to his eyes. The every day, average Joe and Jane are an entire universe unto themselves. In each person that exists there are a thousand stories. Many of these stories we will never get to know. Be that as it may, we can still reach out and connect and take part in unearthing such buried treasure.
My friend, I hope that you might see that you already are somebody. You don't need the approval of others. You don't even need the approval of yourself. You are a somebody simply by existing even though you, and the rest of the world, might see yourself as a nobody. There is a story inside of you just waiting to be told. Even in your heartache, your sadness, your suffering and your shame; these too can become tools which you can use to pave the way for someone else walking along a similar road. You may not be somebody in your own eyes but there is someone out there to who you are everything. You may not have found that person. I don't mean like a significant other, in some romantic kind of context. But there is someone in this world who needs to meet you. Someone who needs to hear the story you have to tell. Like two important pieces of a puzzle, they need to come together in order to find wholeness and healing. Do not fear these unrealistic standards. Realize that in this moment, you are exactly who you need to be.
This post was a response by Christopher Michael Marquez, to the above Question at Quora


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DETROIT – The Detroit Red Wings could have really used a starting goalie Wednesday.
Cam Janssen and Chris Porter scored for the first time this season, helping St. Louis beat the Detroit Red Wings 10-3 on Wednesday night.
"We just kept pushing and it started steamrolling," Janssen said.
The Red Wings gave up eight goals in the first two periods of a game for the first time since 1986 and 10 in a game for the first time since 1993.
"Thank God it's over," Detroit coach Mike Babcock said. "It looked like it was never going to end there for a while. It was unacceptable. Any way you look at it—more than a touchdown—it's ugly."
The St. Louis Blues took full advantage of a backup goalie and another netminder making his NHL debut.
Joey MacDonald, playing for the injured Jimmy Howard, was chased after giving up five goals midway through the second period. MacDonald was back in net for the third period after Thomas McCollum, called up Monday from the East Coast Hockey League because Chris Osgood is also injured, gave up three goals on eight shots in a debut he'd like to forget.
"Things can only go up from here," McCollum said.
Jaroslav Halak, meanwhile, made 41 saves for the Blues.
Detroit has won only one of six, cutting its cushion to six points ahead of Nashville in the Central Division with five games left for both teams and its lead over San Jose to a point in a race to be the second-seeded team in the Western Conference playoffs.
"We have to find ourself again," Henrik Zetterberg said.
Especially, in the Motor City.
Detroit is 10-12-4 at home after starting the season 10-1-2 at home in Joe Louis Arena.
"Definitely not good," Zetterberg said.
The Blues are out of the playoff race, but they're playing well enough to be in a 3-0-1 stretch that has put Columbus in last place in the division.
"The guys know how important it is to start creating success now," St. Louis coach Davis Payne said. "We could talk about what hasn't happened this season, but we're just focused on working to lay the groundwork for us down the road. Good habits aren't something you just turn on, you have to work to create them."
Detroit scored first on Mike Modano's slap shot off a rebound 5:51 into the game, then it went downhill for the home team that was jeered early and often by a sellout crowd.
"We got booed off the ice and rightfully so," Nicklas Lidstrom said. "We were just awful."
Chris Stewart started the scoring flurry at the 14:06 mark of the first period and Janssen ended a 114-game streak without a goal two minutes later.
"Unbelievable," Janssen said after scoring the first time in two-plus years. "I'm going to my phone. I probably have about 500 text messages."
After Todd Bertuzzi made it 2-2 late in the first, Porter scored what the final go-ahead goal 29 seconds later.
St. Louis outscored Detroit 5-1 in the second on goals from Matt D'Agostini, Brandon Crombeen, David Backes, Roman Polak and Vladimir Sobotka.
Detroit didn't score again after Zetterberg's 24th goal of the season midway through the second period.
The Blues didn't let up, making it 10-3 in the third on Patrik Berglund's goal early in the period and Porter's second goal of the game with 2:10 left long after most of the fans walked left the building.
"It seemed like they had an extra guy out there," MacDonald said. "We haven't played like that all year."
Actually, it has been a lot of years.
The last time Detroit gave up eight goals in the first 40 minutes of the game was March 3, 1986, when it lost 12-3 to Edmonton. The Red Wings allowed 10 goals for the first time since Oct. 9, 1993, in a 10-3 setback against the Los Angeles Kings.
"You're usually trying to keep them from putting up double digits," Backes said.
NOTES: Howard, sidelined by a sore left shoulder, hopes to play Saturday at Nashville. … Blues centre T.J. Oshie served the second game of his two-game suspension for missing practice Monday, but general manager Doug Armstrong would only say the franchise would re-evaluate the situation Thursday. … Detroit C Pavel Datsyuk missed his sixth straight game with a lower-body injury.


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SOUTHFIELD, MICH.—Monroe Acquisition, L.L.C. has acquired 200 West Monroe, located at Monroe and Wells streets in Chicago's West Loop.
Designed by architect Welton Beckett and constructed in 1977, 200 West Monroe underwent renovations in 2005, which included a $2.6 million lobby improvement effort that added new terrazzo and marble flooring, elevator enhancements, a new air scrubber system, an upgraded fire safety system and a glass canopy to enhance the property's main entrance.
The 23-story, 536,000-sq.-ft. building has approximately 36,000 sq. ft. of multi-level retail. The new ownership has selected J.F. McKinney & Associates to oversee the leasing of 200 West Monroe.
The high-rise Class B office property is more than 80 percent occupied, with 30 office tenants, including Select Hotels and The Parking Spot, as well as food, retail and specialty tenants such as Equinox Fitness Club, Freshii and Jersey Mike's Subs.


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Liquid samples are most often introduced into the ICP-MS by an adjustable peristaltic pump. First, a nebuliser generates an aerosol in a spray chamber that allows only the finest aerosol droplets to pass. The sample then enters a high power argon plasma which rapidly desolvates, atomises, and ionises the sample creating a beam of singly charged positive ions.
These ions are rapidly accelerated into the vacuum of the mass spectrometer via the sampler and skimmer cones and accelerating voltages. Ion focusing is achieved by an electrostatic field followed by mass filtering in a quadrupole. The ions are sequentially detected in a single channel electron multiplier.
In cell mode, a gas (such as helium, ammonia, etc.) is introduced to a pressurised cell before the analytical quadrupole. In this collision/reaction cell, fast gas-phase kinetic energy processes and predictable chemical reactions take place. Interferences are then removed from the cell by a quadrupole while the analyte ions are allowed to pass through the reaction cell.


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Didn't see this in the news thread either. The legion pod IRST for F-15, 16. The podded AN/AAS-42 has already flown with aggressor F-16 units.
IRST 21 is based on the AN/AAS-42 IRST that flew on the F-14D.
http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/pro...archTrack.htmlThe new IRST is the next generation of the F-14D AN/AAS-42 IRST that was
operational aboard U.S. aircraft carriers and accumulated over 200,000 flight hours


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Open Thread: Talk About Clothes, Style, Fashion — Whatever the Heck You Like to Call It
Your place to come talk about clothes whenever you feel like it.
Bright colors on dark days are a really good idea. I tend to go the opposite and dress drearily when the weather is the pits. This doesn't do much for the mood. So I was SUPER happy to see Faz in this bright pink skirt today when I walked in the door. Well, first I was just happy to actually meet Faz in person. And then Alle showed up, too. It's fun, fun visitors' day at the xoJane offices.
Here's what Faz had to say about her outfit:
My sweater is from Topshop. I bought it two years ago, but I decided to wear it because Emily was wearing a dinosaur sweater yesterday! The skirt is from H&M, and the boots I literally bought 5 min ago because the ones I brought with me died a slow painful death. Cold weather really throws me off my game since I'm used to hot weather clothes all year round (I'm from Singapore), and even more so because I'm living out of a suitcase, but all my fingers and toes are intact despite the blizzard this morning, so I think I'm good.
Also, I want to work with Marci and Alle next to me forever.
As for your outfits, this one just made me smile the first second it scrolled down my screen. (I guess I'm having a real thing for pink this week!)
Here's what "Ginger Pop" had to say in her comment: "Today I was feeling a little bit Grease :)" I want to feel a little bit Grease EVERY DAY. Also, polka dots can make everyone happy always. I don't wear them enough/at all but I really want to. This skirt of yours is making me want to even more. And I love the way you belted it with the top.
Hence here are some polka dot fashions that I hope brighten each of your days. (Also, Ginger Pop, let us know where you got everything when you see this!)
The runways were filled with dots for F/W 2013 in both full looks and accessories.
And this is from Spring 2014 and it's polka not quite dots but it's Oscar de la Renta and so pretty that I couldn't not share it. I hope Sienna Miller or Diane Kruger wears it soon on a red carpet.
Okay and now for some things we might ACTUALLY be able to buy!
This sweater seems like it would fit in adorably with about half the dresses and any pair of jeans in my closet.
Hello, swingy skirt!
And I think I found my new party dress to save up for.
All right, your turn -- share those photos!


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Microsoft is going to buy Claria?
On June 30, 2005 Wall Street Journal and New York Times separately reported that according to information received from reliable sources within Microsoft, the latter for more than two weeks has been in talks to buy the biggest advertising company Claria, formerly known as Gator. Claria develops a variety of adware programs such as GAIN Publishing, DashBar, Weatherscope, WebSecureAlert and others. Security experts say that Claria software is the second most prevalent adware install. These news have shocked the anti-spyware community. The offer price was reported to be 500 million dollars. By then neither Microsoft or Claria have confirmed or refuted the rumors. Lots of versions were proposed, but the true answer still is unknown. All I can do is to try to tell you more about this strange story and offer my own assumptions.
All this started three month earlier. According to Alex Eckelberry, the president of computer security company Sunbelt Software, on March 31 Microsoft changed the default Microsoft AntiSpyware Beta behavior upon Claria adware detection. Earlier builds of one of the most powerful spyware removers recommended to "Quarantine" (i.e. disable) found Claria parasites. The default recommendation of later versions was (and is) "Ignore" (i.e. not to take any actions). The user still could remove or disable critical objects via a drop-down menu, so only few users noticed the change. This could be a coincidence, but the last news make it difficult to believe.
Let's analyse the facts. Does Microsoft really want to acquire Claria? What is the reason of such rumors? If this is true, why the software giant is interested in adware business?
The very first and simplest version is a pure misunderstanding. Microsoft deliberately or even incidentally (note that Microsoft AntiSpyware still is Beta) changed the status of Claria pests. Microsoft's evil-wishers used the fact and spilled oil in fire in order to compromise the corporation, while the deal actually didn't exist. Definitely this is a very simple version. But can you believe in it? I refuse to. We are talking about the leading software developer that doesn't do anything incidentally. Microsoft decisions are well-thought-out, accidents cannot occure.
More likely that Microsoft and Claria work together under a completely new project. May it be so, but would the company, which has already developed an effective anti-spyware solution and prepares to release an anti-virus, sacrifice its reputation and work with its enemy in security field? It is very hard to believe that Microsoft was unable to find a more proper partner.
Having rejected previous version we would come to the most probable assumption. Microsoft will acquire Claria for 500 million dollars. For what? This question has several answers, each of them may be correct.
a. Microsoft will buy Claria, shut its business down and fire its employees. This once and for all will stop distribution of the most infamous adware. Having paid a fair amount Microsoft will get full access to the advertising software code that will help it to make MS AntiSpyware the most effective spyware remover. Only this program will be able to fight 100% of Claria parasites and also the huge part of similar pests made by other companies. The best way to get rid of the enemy is to purchase it.
b. Microsoft wants to get a powerful contextual advertising technology to catch up with competitors like Google and Yahoo. And what is the better place to find really working advertising technology of such type than big adware company? Moreover, Claria has a huge database consisting of data about user browsing habits. Supposedly it is 120TB in size! Microsoft definitely can be interested in this database. It would help to optimize the way advertisements are served and improve site (for instance, the MSN portal) content.
c. Perhaps Microsoft will treat Claria in same manner as its previous purchases. Original Claria products will be slightly improved in order to rehab their image. Then programs may get different names and will be used for advertising. Looks hardly believable? Considering that current Claria software is already installed on computers of the 40 million people and Microsoft may integrate similar applications into all Windows systems around the world, the benefit from the deal with Claria becomes obvious.
Although many discussions are going on, Claria and Microsoft keep silence. No detailed responses were received, except for the official MS letter "Response to questions about Claria software" (http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/claria_letter.mspx), which still doesn't explain the rumors.
It would be interesting to know the opinion of well-known security professionals. Their experience and knowledge may help us to understand the situation.
Alex Eckelberry, the president of Sunbelt Software: "At any rate, does this mean that Claria will, in fact, be purchased by Microsoft? Not necessarily. It could mean, however, that the two companies are working together in some other capacity, or that Claria has successfully lobbied Microsoft to change the default action. Or, it's a simple oversight." (Sunbelt Software Blog.)
David Moll, CEO of Webroot Software: "I'm amazed that Microsoft would consider delving into the adware space ?€¦ It's unconscionable." (Rumored Microsoft Adware Deals Raises Red Flags by Michael Myser, eWEEK)
Eric Howes, a spyware researcher: "The conversation in and of itself is troubling, because of the significant amount of money involved and the wrong signals it sends to other adware vendors." (Rumored Microsoft Adware Deals Raises Red Flags by Michael Myser, eWEEK)
Versions are just versions, though. You may agree with one of them or stick with your own. Still right now nobody knows the truth except for Microsoft and Claria. Let's just wait and see.


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Have you ever wanted to play god to a tribe of virtual people? Veteran game designer Peter Molyneux created a genre focused on just that in 1989 with Populous for Amiga, DOS, and a bunch of other platforms. Populous turned out to be one of the most influential games of all time, mixing terraforming, strategy, tiny autonomous people, warfare, and godly power-wielding unlike anyone before (and few after).
Reprisal, a free web game (with paid desktop versions), recreates Populous for a modern audience. More homage than clone, despite the obvious similarities, it's fantastic proof that a 23 year old idea can still be fun, addictive, and fresh. There's catchy chip tunes music, 30 levels, a separate Skirmish mode, and cool pseudo-retro graphics that simultaneously bring nostalgia and a wow factor. (more…)


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There are many choices for drivers who need a hands-free option to comply with Chicago's new ordinance.
First, there's a good chance a hands-free attachment, such as a plug-in headset, came with the phone. Or, drivers can just turn on the phone's speakerphone, a common feature.Wired headsets that plug into a phone are plentiful and available at mobile phone dealers and electronics retailers.


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So a recent battery issue in a friends NHW10 had me thinking
The original battery has a voltage range that spans roughly 280v - 380v
144 2.7v 500F caps and balance boards are around AUD$1100 brand new
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1PCS-AM ... eLevelAB=5
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1pcs-Fa ... eLevelAB=5
The NHW10 can also charge the HV battery from the 12v battery, for when the caps inevitably go flat (after a couple of days, if not less)
144 x 500F caps gives 3.47F, with a 100V operating window, that gives 347 As (or just shy of 50A for 7 seconds, assuming the little leads don't melt first)
I'm thinking it may be a cheap way to replace the original battery (comparatively speaking). I would only consider this in a hybrid (the caps might only weigh 10kg, but at a cost of $34500/kwh)
Then I realised 400v or 450v caps out of variable frequency drives are a thing. usually high frequency ESR goes up as these things age, but if your discharge time scale is measured in seconds, that's probably not going to matter.
Does anyone know of a stash of caps out of variable frequency drives?
My VLT5042 has 4 x 450v 3300uF caps. I would only need 1000 of them to match the super caps in capacity
I have two NHW10 prius that currently have no battery.
I'm shortly to have 320 x headway 10Ah cells that are a few years old - they will get one of them going (prototype 3 lithium conversion), though I'm tempted to test out the super caps.
I might put a 9 series 500F set (55F) in parrallel with one of the weak cell blocks. 5V operating window at the block level gives 265As
super caps in a NHW10
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2011 Blade Electron mk6
2007 vectrix - 145'000km
1998 Prius - needs batt
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