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I felt a disturbance in the force and climbed out of bed to find people being stupid on the internet… As usual, I arrived at just the right time to deliver my internet vigilante justice.
[11.20/20.55.18] <+Khenjy> do you seriously think i will switch my audio decoder
[11.20/20.55.26] <+Khenjy> just because it actually makes it sound better?
[11.20/20.57.56] <%Bakamoichigei> Khenjy.
[11.20/20.58.46] <%Bakamoichigei> I have been in the channels of Shinsen, Animejunkies, a half dozen rip groups from last decade, warez channels, and the help channel on ETG.
[11.20/20.58.56] <%Bakamoichigei> And that is the dumbest fucking thing I've ever seen someone say on IRC.
Let me preface this little primer with a couple of stories. Stories involving myself, and Akkrain.
We like to play on 'fun' servers when we just want to screw around. These typically involve lowered gravity, massive 'horde' spawns, unlimited ammo with no reloading, and unlimited 'grenades'. They also tend to be INCREDIBLY HARD on anything but Easy, just because you're overwhelmed so easily and FF is a bitch in those situations.
This allows you to follow interesting strategies on campaign finales as well as avoid many 'Event' scenarios. Because of this, we tell anyone joining our game to NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, start an event unless we tell them to. Because, chances are, THAT WILL KILL THE WHOLE GROUP.
Story 1 — In which Baka avenges judiciously.
We're at the 'crane' event on the rooftops on the 'Dead Air' campaign. Me and Akkrain are already safely across to the other rooftop when some brain donor starts the event. We both yell something along the lines of "Oh you're fucking dead", just before the whole group is swarmed by zombies and shit from every direction.
Baka ain't havin it. I fight my way through all this shit to get to him… Akkrain's dying, the bot fell off the fucking roof or something, I'm torn up, and this shit is about to get killed with or without my help: He's murdered us. That's when I unload into his face with my Uzi until he's dead, and drop a molotov. Just before the horde finally hits the rooftop like a tsunami. "TOTALLY WORTH IT!" I said, as my character is torn limb from limb by hundreds of zombies. Needless to say, he was incapacitated and left in the saferoom as bait when the level restarted.
Story 2 — In which Baka educates a motherfucker.
Occasionally we're forced, by dire circumstances or just our distrust in the bots ability to not get us all killed, to kill an AI-controlled character and take their supplies. (Usually because a real person needs a medkit, or we don't want the AI to waste it.)
Akkrain is torn the fuck up, he needs a medkit badly. I find one, and call him over. (I already have one so I can't pick it up.) One of the AI-controlled characters comes over to me, walks away, and then…totally inexplicably and just as Akkrain was about to get to me…takes the fucking medkit and runs off. Akkrain gets there and goes "Where's the kit?" and I say "The fucking bot just took it!" and take off after it. I corner it and blow him away. Then, as Akkrain is catching up, the OTHER PLAYER comes and takes it. I go "Why?" "Why would you do that?" "You just watched me waste the bot for doing EXACTLY THAT." Response? "fu" That's when I aerated his face with buckshot and Akkrain finally got the fucking kit.
Story 3 — In which a unanimous decision is reached.
This fucking guy runs for the safehouse and goes and hides in there. Me and Akkrain make our way to the building the safehouse is in, laying down a wall of fire in our wake. We decide to go back and rescue the player who had died earlier and are just waiting for the flames to subside. By the time they do, he has de-spawned, making the whole thing moot. And that would have been it, except… The remaining random player, who was playing as Louis has spent the whole time running around in the safehouse while the AI has had Louis yelling "GUYS GET IN THE SAFEHOUSE, CLOSE THE DOOR" constantly, does something really not smart: Annoys us even further. He stands in the safehouse door, behind me, and says "WHY WONT ANYONE FOLLOW LOUIS ADVICE???"
I have to admit, my first impulse was to blow his fucking head off…and I'm the MODERATE ONE. I turn to see where Akkrain is… He's standing right next to me, looking at me. And as if I needed any confirmation that we were thinking the same exact thing, we both turn and start emptying our autoshotties into Louis' face, and kept shooting, without pause or hesitation, until he was quite dead. And I go "Just for saying something SO FUCKING STUPID." and the guy ragequits the game. Me and Akkrain have a big laugh about it, and then get in the safehouse and close the door.
Story 4 — In which Baka takes you with him.
So, we were having a pretty hard time with the town on the Death Toll campaign. It was always one thing or another. Like accidentally aggroing a Witch in the middle of a horde rush, only to turn a corner and spawn a fucking Tank… Anyway, there was a player who we weren't having any trouble with, and then…well…
We had just climbed out of the church's second story window at the start of the level, and were mopping up the streets. After it quiets down, I look back, and he's still standing up in the window… I stare at him for a few seconds, and that's when he opens up on me with his M16. As I realize he's trying to kill me, and he's about to incapacitate me, I throw a molotov, getting it off just as I get incapped. Being that I'm fucking god-like with the things, it's no wonder that it crashed against the back wall of the safehouse just as he retreated inside…drowning him in a lake of fire, incapacitating and killing him. He then ragequit.
There was some guy last week, really fucking stupid. But since he was only posing a danger to himself I let it slide, I didn't have to save him after all, right? What tipped it was Akkrain commenting that his name was dumb, which it was. So we killed him and he cursed up down left and right. Said all this shit about how we'd better fucking rescue him, blah blah blah. So we did…so we could kill him again. He ragequit. A week later, he shows up again. We're in the safehouse at the beginning of the level, and I turn and waste him, saying "I remember you, fucker." and he quit.
You won't get away with it. So how about not playing like a mental defective, and not doing something so stupid as to fuck with us? We'll all get along much better that way. On second thought, just don't play Left4Dead. There's no 'moron' in 'Teamwork', moron.Permalink
Okay, let me paint a picture for you.
Religious groups in Iran start a stink about American pornography, calling it obscene. They start putting pressure on the US government to do something about it, and— giving in to demands —the government begins the process of banning pornography outright. Adult video and book store owners are arrested under existing 'obscenity' laws, pending passage of the legislation that will actually make their wares illegal.
If I laid out this scenario for you, you'd say I was fucking crazy wouldn't you? Guess what? It's happening.
Prompted by the outcry of feminist groups and soccer mom nanny patrols in the US, Canada, and Europe, what started out as an at least semi-reasonable attempt at industry regulation is quickly starting to look like it will become a blanket ban of all illustrated erotic material in Japan.
It started with outcry over a game that people are calling a 'rape simulator'— and let's be honest, the game in question was exactly that —which led to a reasonable attempt to cut down on the amount of rape scenarios in eroge. In all honesty, it was a measure that I had no problem getting behind, because I am a reasonable person and yeah, rape is bad okay?
Lolicon stuff? Sure, fine. The more extreme end of that spectrum disturbs me. After that, things started getting out of hand. Kemono-mimi? (Cat ears, bunny ears, etc) Really? Well let's just ban maid outfits and schoolgirls while we're at it. Wait I didn't mea— FUCK!
So yeah, the 'slippery slope' just got re-graded, and they sprayed it with fucking teflon while they were at it, because if it becomes illegal in Japan, you can bet your ass it will be illegal here, TWICE. If things keep up, wanting to whack off to ero drawings will be a crime itself.
They're CARTOONS. What's the big deal? If an illustration can be obscene, you are validating it as a form of pornography. Meanwhile, there's plenty of non-illustrated women getting raped, and non-illustrated children being exploited and abused. Not to mention the still perfectly legal non-illustrated pornography in Japan, some of which is more bizarre and disturbing than ANYTHING I have EVER seen in any eroge or manga. So get some fucking priorities or get some fucking consistency or just simply GET FUCKED. Because honestly, it's not even MEANT for your consumption, so you don't HAVE to fucking approve of it.
There must be no mistaking what this really is: Ignorant, xenophobic, westerners who scour the internet for things to get offended about so they can spend their free time trying to HATE IT OUT OF EXISTENCE.Permalink
Well, I'm behind a good couple weeks on this followup to my previous posts. When Comcast came by on the 28th, I did in fact get high-speed internet and digital phone service. FAILPOINT however, managed to land one last kick in the balls as a parting shot.
My digital phone service was assigned a new temporary number until I could get my old number ported over. That was supposed to take place over the course of a week after making the request… The problem? It was incumbent upon FAILPOINT to relinquish control of the number. In fact, what it finally came down to was Comcast withdrawing our new number (In good faith) and FAILPOINT not following through on their half. So indeed, for an entire three day weekend, calls to my new number would be told the number is disconnected, and calls to my old number would ring and ring because there wasn't a phone on the other end.
Yes, you read that correctly: For three days, there was NO WAY to reach my phone from the outside. I could call out, but my phone did not have a phone number. At any rate, FAILPOINT got off their asses and got it done without being leaned on TOO much.
With that finally over, I would like to take an opportunity to gush a fair amount about Comcast. First of all, the internet is ridiculously fast. I get a constant 800kB/s down, with boosts up to 15mb/s for the first hundred megs or so of a transfer. (Meaning small files finish almost instantly) And even when I have 800kB/s of usenet transfers going, I can browse with no slowdown whatsoever, because loading webpages takes advantage of the speed boost. I also have an upload in excess of a megabit, which is nice. These are typical speeds, though I have noticed a FEW 'anomalies'.
The phone service is nice too, now that it has a phone number. The digital is nice and clear, good sound. Free local and nationwide long distance, every conceivable service; caller ID, call waiting, caller ID for call waiting, web-accessible voice mail, three kinds of call forwarding, conference calls, all manner of craziness. Together with the internet, the whole package is $10 less than I was paying for nearly featureless phone service and slow DSL from FAILPOINT.Permalink
(Continued from previous entry 'FAILPOINT')
Wow. We've moved I think through several stages of dementia with this thing now…
Having decided we were going to go with cable, we called Failpoint and ended up going through all manner of stupid crap with them. Basically, it came down to the fact that the work order had been closed, and they were going to open another one…so we told them that this whole thing has caused us to have to keep the apartment for another month and not to bother opening the new work order, and that we'd get back to them if anything changed. (The part about having to keep the apartment was a lie, but at this point, we were annoyed to hell with their incompetence.)
So, this afternoon, I go over to the apartment, and there's a curious package on my doormat from FedEx. It seems to have been sent by Failpoint and it contains…my splitter and DSL phone filters. Basically, the entire self-install kit minus the modem I already had. What. The. FUCK.
Then something occurred to me… Upon opening the phone box out in the hall, I found that our line was now hooked up. (A tester revealed it to not be energized, but it was hooked up!) There was also some new thing in there, covering where the service comes in.
Now we're fucking confused. No, wait… I think FAILPOINT is confused. So my father calls Failpoint to see if— given these new developments —they could give us a better estimate than before. This is the only time I wasn't present to at least hear his side of the conversation. (I was too busy next door playing KoF on my Neo-Geo hardware.)
When I asked him how that went, he said that first they said that he had given them the wrong address. (No. We gave them the right address, but it doesn't EXIST as far as they're concerned.) Then they said that the notes said my father called them, upset, and canceled the work order. (You can bet your ass he was mad as hell, but he did NOT cancel the work order, THEY did. He told them to hold off on making a new one.) They finally told him if we wanted it done, they could give us phone on the 29th. Seeing as how that's a day AFTER Comcast says we'll get cable, that was the end of the conversation, and probably any further dealings with Failpoint.Permalink
So, let's go over all the stupid shit that has thus far been involved in getting phone and internet on in the new apartment…
On the 1st of May, we called Failpoint and told them we were moving and we need to have internet and phone on in both places until we're finished moving in. We were told it wouldn't be a problem and that it was being turned over to another team who would call us when there was a date. When we still hadn't heard anything by Monday afternoon I decided we needed to call them again… That's when we were told that they were unable to open a work order because they couldn't find an 'Apartment 1′ at that address. (But they have Apartment 2) After some back and forth we convince them that we are not wrong about the apartment number, meaning they would have to add the address to their system before a work order could be opened. It came down to a guarantee that we would have a dialtone on the line no later than (But not much sooner than) the 14th, and that we would get a call. Okay, first of all, what the hell? WHERE IS OUR TECHNOLOGY?
So, the 14th comes…and nothing. Not a damn thing. Amusingly enough, Failpoint HAD been on-site, to do an install for the movie theater we share a wall with. Way to go. My father half-jokingly prodded the guy about the pending work and he said he couldn't do anything about it without a work order. (Of course not.) Anyway, we call them to find out why we still have nothing and who didn't do what. Apparently the problem was that the work order still didn't note that an Apartment 1 had to be added to that address in the system. Yes. That's right. After two weeks, Failpoint still couldn't verify the existence of our new abode. We were basically given a 50/50 chance that the request could be processed, but that more than likely nothing would happen until Monday. When the system had apparently accepted the request, we decided to take what we could get.
Sunday, we spent the evening engaging in MAXIMUM RISKY phoneline installation. See, for the last ten years or so, our apartment was used as a part-time home/office for the owner of the building and the Ben Franklin store downstairs. So, he had the phonelines and a run of ethernet brought up from the store. Before that…god only knows. The only other existing phone wiring for that apartment looks like the original installation from the 40s. The wire crumbled at the merest touch… So, we drilled a hole out into the hallway to run new phone wiring to the box. (Because seriously, how much you want to bet if Failpoint actually DID show up, they'd find no wiring whatsoever into the apartment and LEAVE?) We were intending to bring the phoneline down in the bedroom closet, so we could put the modem and network switch in there, which would put it on the other side of the wall from our computers. This was made easy-mode by the dropped ceilings, since we could just staple the wire anywhere on the wall above the ceiling tiles.
Anyway, we ended up leaving the job half finished because it was getting too dark and we were starving for some foodins.
Monday afternoon, with Failpoint failing to accomplish anything as far as we knew, we called again. Nothing had been done. At all. What's more is the person we got this time seemed to have trouble reading notes, as it took a while to get us all on the same page… It was suggested that this work order be closed, and they could open a new one that contains the correct information, because it would apparently be easier than having them fix the current one. Long story short, we were getting nothing done until Friday the 22nd. (And even then it was likely to be them simply telling us when something might happen…again.) Fuck you, Failpoint. You had your chance. You are basically suggesting that it will have taken you more than a month to do a simple line activation. That's not time we have, so you're done.
So what do we do now? We call SoVerNet, the local alternate phone/DSL provider. They at least had the common decency to TELL us that it would take them 20-26 days. We thanked them and returned to weighing our options. Cable? Hmm. So, we call Comcast. Tell them we're moving to XX Main Street in Middlebury and want cable service. "Apartment 1 or Apartment 2?" Fucking sold.
So, faster internet, digital phone with unlimited long distance and local calling, and it'll be easy to add TV if we want it at some point. Fuck it. Let's go. They say a technician will be out between Noon and 4PM on the 28th to check the line and give us the self-install kit. The only real downside is that now the new phoneline we installed won't get used.
Well, Verizon sure got a good deal on all their copper when they sold out Vermont to Failpoint, too bad WE all got fucked.Permalink
Why me? WHY? Oh god I am so glad I have ops in #tokyotosho.
[05.15/12.24.11] * Joins: AngelOfDeath (firstname.lastname@example.com)
[05.15/12.26.46] <AngelOfDeath> can yall add a section on to the website that only searches for the poasted subfiles like the .ass and .srt
[05.15/12.27.01] <Baka-chan> Hey, I have an idea.
[05.15/12.27.10] <Baka-chan> You could learn how to use the fucking site.
[05.15/12.27.27] * +Jigsy seconds Baka-chan's idea.
[05.15/12.27.37] <Baka-chan> FOR INSTANCE, if you want to find .ass files, you could SEARCH FOR THEM.
I didn't imagine this would dissuade him, it's shaping up to be that kind of morning.
[05.15/12.27.49] -NickServ- Password accepted - you are now recognized.
[05.15/12.28.10] * Kittie sets mode: +o Baka-chan
[05.15/12.29.04] <@Baka-chan> If you ever utter one more fucking word before I forget how stupid you are, I am going to MURDER YOU FROM THE INTERNET.
Well, he was warned.
[05.15/12.32.01] <AngelOfDeath> you should learn how to accept ideas from others without critisizing them
[05.15/12.32.17] <@Baka-chan> Listen, slapnuts.
[05.15/12.32.22] <@Baka-chan> IT'S A FUCKING SEARCH ENGINE
[05.15/12.32.38] <@Baka-chan> IT DOESN'T NEED 'SPESHUL' PAGES TO SEARCH FOR A CERTAIN FILETYPE.
[05.15/12.33.07] * Baka-chan sets mode: +b *!*@I.NEED.NEW.ANIME
[05.15/12.33.09] * AngelOfDeath was kicked by Baka-chan (I ever see you again I'll murder you for real.)
Why do stupid people insist on making me act like this? I'm going back to bed. =__=Permalink
So, I woke up to Rizon staff seeking me for some reason…
[05.09/09.28.56] <annie> Baka-chan you there?
This could have been in regards to any number of things, but luckily the problem wasn't mine… Reading up a little revealed what was going on…
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[05.09/09.28.48] * Quits: abc (firstname.lastname@example.com) (Killed (annie (Don't ban evade)))
Surely this is going somewhere hi-larious.Permalink
This will likely turn out to be another case of me being far too erudite and clever for my own good… My reaction to the article on Kotaku about GTA being blamed for kids hanging a kitten was a priceless bit of satire that I hope won't be lost on the moderators.
It's about time they started doing something about this!
First the 'Hot Coffee' thing, and now the kitten-hanging minigame in GTA4?!
Those people at Rockstar have eroded the morals of our youth long enough!
Wait, what do you mean there isn't a kitten-hanging minigame in GTA4??
There HAS to be! How else could they have gotten the idea from the ga–
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What do you mean the game isn't meant for children?! 17 and up? That's ridiculous!
Why would the parents buy them the ga–
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AA0088387DDFF00000FFF345897DF0000will i dream?
So, yesterday afternoon I was bored and unmotivated, it was still two days before my package of books was going to arrive, and I really just wished that Thursday would hurry its ass up and get here, or I could find something to keep me busy for two days.
That would be when my computer decided to take a massive shit. It had help though. (More about that later) So here it is, Wednesday afternoon, and I just now have a working computer again. (Not to say I was computer-less, we would all be dead.)
The ironic part?
So, here's what happened… Ever since I built this machine, there's been a problem where some of the partitions (Usually just one.) will come up write-protected after a reboot. And I have to keep rebooting until all of them are writable. Now, this is fucking ridiculous to begin with, because windows provides NO WAY to write-protect partitions, let alone UNDO such a thing… Apparently you SORT of can… It brings us to the next act in this fucking Greek tragedy…
DISKPART. It's a windows commandline tool for editing disk partitions (Duh.) The stupid thing is, it has this really annoying interface where instead of telling it to 'do x to y' you have to go through and select the 'y' and then tell it to 'do x' to the currently selected disk/partition/volume… There's a command for editing volume attributes, one of which is the READONLY flag… So I tried it… Nothing. My F: drive still didn't become writable. So I looked at the commands again…
I saw a command with the description 'sets the active partition'… That's what it called it, the 'active partition'. Is that anything like the 'selected partition'? No. No it isn't. What this FUCKING TRAP of piss-poor documentation and software design actually does, is set the BOOT PARTITION.
So, after unknowingly setting the boot partition to F:, and giving up on fixing the problem, I reboot the computer… Which greets me with a friendly 'Insert Bootable Media and Press Any Key to Continue…'
Okay okay, don't freak… I should be able to put in my windows CD and use the recovery console to fix this. BZZT! WRONG! The standard XP Pro x64 CD, despite being three years newer than XP x86 (And basically a different product, since it's based more on Windows2k3) doesn't have SATA drivers… So I have to nLite a new windows CD… Fine, whatever.
After plenty of trial and error, I get to the recovery console. OH LOOK! It has DISKPART! …uhm, this is a completely different tool.
Yes, that's right. The Recovery Console DISKPART tool and the windows commandline DISKPART tool are COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. The Recovery Console version only allows for the creation and deletion of partitions. This is IN NO WAY HELPFUL. In fact, after a bit of digging, it becomes readily apparent that…wait for it…
What the shit is that? Who the fuck came up with this shit? ARRGH! So anyway, I boot an Ubuntu linux livecd I have lying around, go in, and look… And my RAID mirror shows up as two sets of identical partitions… I don't even want to fucking TOUCH them… FDISK is being a bastard and refuses to access any of the drives anyway…
After a couple more hours of trial and error, I try Ubuntu again, and this time I use CFDISK, which is a text-based GUI version of FDISK. It let me remove the boot flag from F: and put one on C: VICTORY! …not. Windows BSODs. Windows BSODs. Windows doesn't NOT BSOD, regardless of how I boot it… That's where I left it last night.
Today, I downloaded the latest Ubuntu, made a for-real full nLite'd install CD for windows, since I had decided there was no helping a full reinstall. Booted Ubuntu, copied the contents of C: to my storage drive, tried to install windows… No go.
It said there isn't enough room to install to C: and if I continue, Setup will format the partition. Okay. Do it. There is not enough room to install to C:, press ENTER to return to the partition selection screen. Wait, what? What the fuck? FORMAT IT! ARRGGHH!! Futz around with it for an hour, finally just reboot to the recovery console, format C:, then installed… And that takes me to about an hour or two ago.
I have moved through several states of dementia with this fucking thing, but I have windows reinstalled, and didn't lose any data. Oh, but F: is write-protected again… MOTHERFUCKER.
We'll see where it goes from here.Permalink
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A SCOTTISH furniture company called Sofa King is cashing in on their brilliantly cheeky name which lends itself to any number of hilarious gags.
Video: Boy sets himself on fire for a joke – then is engulfed in fireball
THIS is why playing with matches and having the IQ of an educationally sub-normal amoeba don't mix.
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BODYBUILDING World Champion TAMARA MAKAR added another title to her impressive collection when she flexed her way to the NAC Ms Britain.
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The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) may find itself on a tricky terrain over the government's nudge to change rules on related party transactions in corporates.
In a move towards promoting ease of doing business, the ministry of corporate affairs (MCA) has asked the regulator to tweak rules to make them at par with those under the Companies Act 2013. This has raised concerns among market participants about a dilution in Sebi's stand on protection of minority shareholders. Experts and shareholder advisory firms, which believe Sebi should hold its ground on the issue, will soon take up the matter with the regulator.
The MCA changed its stand on related party transactions in 2014, when it lowered the threshold for minority shareholder votes for listed companies from 75% to 50% for passing resolutions. It also allowed voting by 'related parties' while barring only 'interested parties'.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks/policy/government-asks-sebi-to-tweak-rules-on-related-party-transactions-to-make-it-at-par-with-companies-act-2013/articleshow/48026538.cmsRelated Tags accounting, Companies Act 2013, MCA, ROC, SEBI


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Programme for the Implementation of a Regional Fisheries Strategy for the Eastern and Southern Africa - Indian Ocean Region (IOC-SmartFish)
IOC SmartFish is a regional fisheries programme managed by the Indian Ocean Commission, funded by the European Union and co-implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. IOC SmartFish, which operates in twenty countries throughout the Indian Ocean Region, Southern and Eastern Africa, focuses on fisheries governance, management, monitoring control and surveillance, trade, and food security.
About the programme
The programme is implemented by the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) in collaboration with the Common Market for East and Southern Africa (COMESA), the East Africa Community (EAC) and the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD). Other regional institutions involved include the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and regional fisheries management organizations, such as the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC), the Southwest Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission (SWIOFC), the Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization (LVFO), and the Lake Tanganyika Authority (LTA).
Fisheries are one of the most significant renewable resources that Eastern-Southern Africa and Indian Ocean Region (ESA-IO) countries have for food security, livelihoods and economic growth based on sustainable resources management plans and there is significant potential for value-added production. As populations in these countries continue to grow, the future benefits that these resources can provide will require balancing the increasing demands on fisheries, with the capacity of oceanic, coastal and freshwater fish stocks to sustain those harvests.
The SmartFish Programme aims at contributing to an increased level of social, economic and environmental development and deeper regional integration in the ESA-IO through improved capacities for the sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources.
Beneficiaries countries
The program's beneficiary countries include Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) stopped by the Oval Office after giving a moving opening testimony Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on gun violence.
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White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters that President Barack Obama was looking forward to seeing Giffords and her husband, retired Navy Capt. Mark Kelly, the AP reports. Carney said people at the White House were "heartened" to see Giffords speak out on gun violence.
"Speaking is difficult but I need to say something important: violence is a problem. Too many children are dying," Giffords said during her opening remarks.
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Sitting alone at the back of a hotel meeting room, Theodore Iacobuzio had a stern message for bankers: "The train is leaving the station," said Iacobuzio, a MasterCard executive, referring to the emerging mobile payment economy. "You have to get on."
Earlier that Wednesday, Iacobuzio had spoken on a panel at the Mobile Banking and Commerce Summit in Miami about using data to drive relevant offers to cardholders. Mobile banking and payments are at the forefront of his mind.
After being more than a theory for the past several years, financial services companies have been iterating and tweaking their mobile banking models offering mobile deposit capture (depositing a check with the snap of a smartphone camera) for at least the past three.
So many conferences rehash the same topic: Innovation is forcing banks to think differently about their business.
Countering that premise is stark reality: community bankers who can't spend $10 to $15 million revamping their company's core. And $10-billion-plus banks that are too weighed down by bureaucracy to innovate.
"Everybody really wants to do it, but this is one of the largest industries on the planet, and it's heavily regulated," said Simple [formerly BankSimple] CFO Shamir Karkal, 34, who spoke to BTN in the hallway after his presentation. "So the deep fundamental change that is really needed, doesn't happen overnight."
Part of the reason for the slow adoption is the cost involved.
"I think the big thing everyone is looking for is revenue," said Iacobuzio, vice president in charge of Global Insights at MasterCard. "Banks have to get used to looking at this as a fixed cost."
Yet, at some of the big banks, mobile is already paying for itself, speakers say.
"You don't have to look for ways to charge for services," said Andres Wolberg-Stok, Citigroup's global mobile and tablet banking director.
He added mobile customers are simply more tightly tethered to their bank having a tendency to not call call centers and not request paper statements. That means that they just cost banks less cash.
With that said, there were some glimpses into the minds running fintech at the major banks.
Among them:
BTN's Mobile Banker of the Year, Charaka Kithulegoda, gave some updates on his latest projects at ING Direct Canada. The direct bank's chief information officer said it is working on an onboarding process that will use imaging technology to reduce the amount of data new customers have to enter by 80%.
ING Direct Canada recently announced a social login feature that allows the bank's 1.8 million digital customers to access their account information through Facebook a move American bankers have been reluctant to make because of proposed regulation. And it is also working on a biometric pilot using facial and voice recognition technology.
"Technology plays a huge role in our organization," he said during the conference.
And Mitek launched a new version of its Mobile Photo Bill Pay that lets users just hover their smartphones over a piece of paper, capturing information when everything is in view. Simultaneously, the bank tech vendor also announced that BBVA Compass has become the second large bank to launch the service to its customers.
There was also chatter around security.
"Facebook, Gmail, Twitter, and World of Warcraft all have multi-factor authentication," said Robert E. Lee, a business analyst at Intuit, while he spoke on a panel. "If you're a bank and still using challenge questions, I have to ask you, why is your security worse than an online video?"
Mobile hasn't yet become a prime target for hackers, but there is still potential for mobile security breaches.
"Part of this is at the platform level, we don't get the security we're looking for. Especially on Android we're seeing a lot of malware; and phones can easily be jailbroken," said Shahid Shoaib, a principal consultant who focuses on mobility and M2M practice at Verizon Consulting Services.
Although it's existed in some form since 2007, mobile banking is still in its infancy. No executives at the conference said they had all the answers.
"It's not like we've invented mobile," said Neff Hudson, assistant vice president for emerging channels at USAA. Customers have taken control of the mobile platform and are telling their banks what they want. "We're flying down the highway and hanging on to the edge of the car doors."


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Saturday, February 28, 2015
Lessons :: The One Thing I Want to Teach You About Las Vegas (AKA Nothing)
What happens in Vegas... stays online.
That's how the saying goes, right?
At any rate, I went to visit Sin City this past week with my "little" sister Liz (who has actually been taller than me since we were old enough to walk, but whatevs).
We were supposed to stay for two days and it was a fucking blast. We ate too much and drank too often and strolled The Strip until blisters burned our toes. We got hit on by wannabe rappers slinging homemade CDs and popped pennies into machines that ate our money like potato chips. We soaked in a too-cold hot tub with a paraplegic and hung out with senior citizens at a comedy club. We laughed until tears ran down our faces and wore matching outfits as often as possible.
The two days turned to four when my car disappeared.
Because SOMETHING had to go wrong. The vacay was just too perfect. And NOTHING IS PERFECT, y'all.
Not even a pair of sexy almost-twins taking over the biggest tourist town in America.
And as I sat on a dirty curb in front of the tow yard, waiting for my glorious 8-year-old Pontiac to get pulled up, I racked my brain for something to tell you guys. Where was the lesson? What could I teach you about my experience? How I could I spin this negative day into a positive, motivating manifesto?
But, to tell you the truth... I couldn't.
I couldn't think of ONE DAMN GOOD THING that you could take away from it.
And that's when I realized that sometimes, life just sucks.
Which is totally okay. We all have shitty days, and that's just the way life goes. Not every day is shitty, but they happen. And it's normal. And we get through them the best we can.
I used to always believe that there was a reason for everything. I still think that there's a reason for most things. But sometimes there's no good, deep, meaningful reason. Sometimes the reason is just that you need to be more responsible with your vehicle. And that's that. Note taken. Moving on.
Having a bad day doesn't mean your life is bad. It just means that you're human and you live on Earth.
(HAHAHA, sorry. That reminds me of when a guy came up to my sis on the street and asked where she's from and she said in an alien voice, "I'm from planet Earth." It was hilar.)
Anywhos. I'm going to get back to my crazy Saturday night of budgeting, scheduling and preparing for March. Even though, as we know, life doesn't always go as planned. It's nice to have some ideas, though.
Which is why I'm a life coach. And I freaking love my job. Because I love YOU.
But next time I go to Nevada, I'm flying.
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Angus Young
Angus McKinnon Young is an Australian guitarist of Scottish origin, best known as the co-founder, lead guitarist, songwriter and sole constant member of the Australian hard rock band AC/DC. When performing live he does his own version of Chuck Berry's "duck walk" and has also spun on his side while ...read more.
He's better than most you know guitar gods you know he's better than guitar gods like kirk hammett carlos santana slash jimmy page and even Jimi Hendrix did you know that jimmy page said in a interview that he was kinda jealous of angus young and he's played before angus was born
First off Jimi Hendrix is the best, but Angus is a very underrated guitarist. He performs every song perfectly live and puts on a great show. He can solo with the best of them while running around or flopping on the ground like he's having a seizure. Angus' riffs are sick and his solos are unique. His signature SG has been used his entire career, but manages to make unique songs every time. - chinchilla41191
Anybody who makes a greatest guitarist list and doesn't put Angus Young as number 1 shouldn't even be making a list because obviously they don't know crap about what makes a guitarist great or music in general. I will just say this Angus is the best there is, The best there was, and the best there ever will be! ANGUS YOUNG IS #1 Randy Rhoads is #2 Eric Clapton and Eddie Van Halen is a toss up for #3 in my opinion.
He inspired about half the guitarists on this list and they aren't even half as good as Angus. Don't wanna take my word for it? Fine. Go on YouTube, look up AC/DC, let there be rock, River Plate. May be a long video, but who cares? Watch the whole thing, look at his skill, and then, when you can do what he does, comment again, and you sir, can go on the Highway to Hell. When you can do a ridiculous solo while spinning on the ground, let me know. Until then, For Those About To Rock, I Salute You!
Come on! He's Angus Young! Back in Black is the 2nd best selling album of all time... the don't just give that to anyone! And unlike any of the guitarists above him, he puts energy into his songs... he plays the most BAD ASS solos while rolling around on the ground or running all over the stage, which none of the guitarists above him can do... sure he isn't the number one, but he's definitely better that Slash, Eric Clapton, Synyster Gates, Kirk Hammett, and David Gilmore!
If he were a Greek or Roman god, he would be "Angus the god of music" Apparently, the 98% of you that didn't vote for Angus are either 1, deaf, or two, never even heard of him. He's a rock god, and I only know how to nail one of his solos, and it took me 3 years to learn, and I go to a "musical arts" school. Angus Young is a beast, guitarist god, and anything that means good. If I ever met him, I would run to an empty room, and go "AHH! IT'S HIM! " I think Angus deserves to be #1! VOTE!
I always hear people say how overrated Angus is and that "oh, anyone can play 3 chords. " It's not just 3 chords... He's got some serious emotion and stage presence! AC/DC shows are energetic and exciting! Angus is extremely influential, as he should be, and deserves much better than 15th. He's one of those "classic" rock guitarists who all rock fans know of.
Angus shows us what a lead guitarist show be, not only rocking but stylistically his own man. He isn't a guitar God he is just the best guitarist I've ever heard in my 58 years on this earth. When you hear him play--no question its him, which can't be said for most of them. He is a little guy with HUGE talent--------no doubt
I used to think this guy was overrated and really his brother just told him what to do until I seen the man live my god he can play he makes the most basic of rhythms difficult and you have to be a genius to work out the timing of some of his playing. He is also the only guitarist to make blues sound genuinely heavy which in itself is an amazing skill
Angus young is a badass guitar player and my favorite. Technically and in my own opinion, Eddie Van Halen is the most Talented guitar player out there, but Angus young's power just blows the doors off of anybody else. He's what makes me want to listen to rock in the first place.
Just listen "Sin City, Whole Lotta Rossie, and Fly on the Wall" you will hear the rock's real music! I think he is the best for his pentatonic, his finger is so crazy, I say page slash and Hendrix are great guitarist too, but his energic, powerful, big heart and his crazy pentatonic, angus really the truly rocker ever!
Most of his solos are unique. those haters have to be idiots and say "well, all of angus' riffs sound exactly the same just like all their songs and albums" but they never heard songs like "ride on" or "the jack" so they're pretty stupid - pauler94
One major difference that separates Angus from ALL the other guitarists on this list is that people do not realize he uses NO guitar effects aside from a little reverb. No effects pedals...nothing! He is my childhood guitar hero up till present day. I'd say overall he's underrated in this list.
Angus Young is without a doubt the best guitarplayer in the world. He becomes one with his guitar. When he is playing live he puts on the best performance while doing the most weird and wild moves this is pretty impressive. When he plays he's in a trance. He puts so much energy in it, he needed to sniff pore oxygen during the seventies and eighties. He is without a doubt the biggest father of hard rock and the best guitarist
What, Angus Young has to be 4 or better. All those other player just stand there. I have never seen Angus stand still while playing, except in like let there be rock but had no room to. But it was one of the hardest song solos too. - Marineguitarist
Angus should have been number 1, because he's the BEST guitarist ever seen! All his amazing solos while lying on the floor?! I'd like to see other guitarist do that! He is and will always be the best guitarist on this earth... And in the whole universe... Angus Young, THE GUITAR GOD!
For sure Angus needs to be in the top 5. The raw cords he has come up with like the one in Highway to Hell will live on forever. Same with You shook me all night long and Thunderstruck. Even my 12 year old daughter knows them. Plus he just rocks all out whenever he picks up the ax.
This is absurd angus puts these other guitarist to shame because angus has dozens of great popular songs and riffs and he basically uses only three chords angus should definitely be top five or at least better then hide whoever that is
Love his work! Songwriter and guitarist to one of the best rock&roll bands alive! Angus Young started AC/DC changing how people looked at Australia for rock&roll for the better, mostly thanks to Angus Young and his quick fingers!
Angus is the guitar god! He is so underrated. He plays a lot simple things with the motto: "less is more". But when he play some difficult things, than it's just amazing! Listen to the solo of Whole Lotta Rosie or Riff Raff and you know what I mean.
Nope... Nope... This cannot be right! Angus is classic and even more classic than Slash! Don't get me wrong, but Slash is also a good guitarist. Angus probably taught Slash how to play guitar?!
One of the greatest showmen you will ever see. His one handed solo's have to be seen to believed. I have seen many great guitarists but none have maintained such skill over more than 4 decades in the business.
Master of the guitar riff. No one does the riff better than Angus. As soon as you hear him play, you know it's him. Should be rated higher. - jnormanii
The best hard rock guitarist, period. His solos ALWAYS fit seamlessly into the riffs and are as much a part of the songs as the lyrics and beat. To me, that is the real test of a great guitarist. Nearly anyone can learn to play, but can you do it the way Angus Young does? There are few that deserve even being mentioned in the same catagory as Angus Young.
Yeah ac/dc
I can't still believe that Prince is ahead ANGUS
This list seems to be a joke... however, this guy always make great riffs (like "Thunderstruck"), great solos (like "Let There Be Rock"), great chords (like "Back in Black") and he always had done a great live performance. What would be rock without guitarists like him?


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Tuesday is the deadline for gun owners in New York to register guns that are defined as assault weapons.
Anyone who owns an assault weapon prior to the new law must register it or face a felony.
Many gun owners across New York say they are not going to comply with the new law and will risk facing criminal charges. They say the law is unnecessary and confusing.
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UNF: Police chief resignation 'unrelated' to handling of drunken driving cases
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The University of North Florida police chief and assistant chief are out of a job, a day after First Coast News started asking questions about how drunken driving cases are handled on the campus.
FCN asked UNF students what they thought would happen if they were pulled over on campus for drunk driving.
"That should be unacceptable," one student said.
"Maybe be punished more harshly because it's on campus," said another.
According to a police report from August 20th, that's not the case. An 18-year-old UNF soccer player was pulled over at 3 a.m.
The University Police Officer noted on the report he had glassy eyes, he failed several field sobriety tests, and had slurred speech.
But instead of arresting him for driving while intoxicated, the officer gave him what's known as a .02 violation.
"We asked the officer, and he said based on his discretion from those tests that he did not believe he was DUI and he went with the lower discretion of .02," said
The state legislature passed the .02 violation to discourage under 21 drivers from having any alcohol in their system.
But when the student blew in to a breathalyzer, it read five times the legal limit for an under 21 driver and above the limit for someone who is of age to drink.
"Once we go that route and have him blow, we cannot go back to DUI," said Lt. Mike Gwynes.
So the student was sent to the student conduct board, and that should be the end of it.
But the day after FCN sent an email to the University Police Chief requesting an interview about the incident and he agreed to meet with us at 4 p.m., we were told he had resigned effective immediately, and the Assistant Police Chief's position was eliminated.
Despite the timing, a university spokesperson said one has nothing to do with the other.
"Completely unrelated," said UNF spokesperson Sharon Ashton.
Ashton would not comment on the .02 violation, saying it was up to UPD to decide how they handle drunk driving cases on campus, but the students might already know.
"I actually think the university police are a little more lenient, and they understand that you're young and make mistakes, and if you get pulled over on campus, you have a better chance of not going to jail," said another student.


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Please join Autism Speaks for a webinar hosted by Kate Grandbois, MS, CCC-SLP, to learn about the different technologies that can help people with autism and how to request a Technology Assessment.
Below are some of the questions Kate plans to cover during her presentation:
—What is Augmentative Alternative Communication (AAC), and who benefits from AAC?
—What is the ultimate goal for AAC users?
—How will using AAC have an impact on other areas of development?
—What kinds of AAC strategies are out there?
—Is technology the right choice for my child (or other AAC user)?
—What information should I gather prior to an AAC assessment?
—What can I expect from an AAC assessment?
—What else should I consider with my SLP when choosing an AAC strategy?
—How can I make AAC strategies successful in the home, school, and community?
—If my child uses AAC strategies, will that prevent him / her from ever producing speech?
—What aspects of AAC are particularly relevant to individuals on the autism spectrum?
—How can I get an AAC evaluation for my child?
Kate is a certified and licensed speech and language pathologist who serves children and adults with developmental disabilities. Kate specializes in augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), autism and related neurological disorders, speech and language disorders, and social skills development.
After graduating from Connecticut College with a bachelor's degree in Psychology and Human Development, Kate became interested in the field of speech and language pathology through working in autism research at the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore, Maryland. Her most notable experiences include working at OTA Watertown, a clinic specializing in sensory integration disorders, and LADDERS / The Lurie Center / Spaulding Outpatient Center for Children in Lexington, an outpatient hospital setting that specializes in autism and other related disorders, pediatric speech and language disorders, and augmentative alternative communication. Kate currently owns and operates her own private practice, Greater Boston Speech and Language Therapy, PLLC, in Concord Massachusetts. Her practice specializes in pediatrics, adults with developmental delay, autism and other related neurological disorders, social skills development, and augmentative alternative communication. Kate also teaches speech and language development at Northeastern University, and serves on the board of advisors for Hacking Autism (an initiative of Autism Speaks).


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Audi of America displays an inventory of the cars available at each Audi dealership, in addition to providing directions and a direct link to dealer websites. Cars that are available at each dealership are listed on the individual dealer websites, with a picture and a basic description of each vehicle. Customers can also narrow a search by selecting only specific models, body styles and colors. Interested buyers can request a quote online if no price is displayed for a specific car.
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Job Details
Los Angeles, CA
Salary: $60.00-$62.00/hour
Date Posted: August 16, 2018
Job Type: Temporary
Job ID: 87573
Job Description
Inpatient Pharmacy Supervisor
Job Description
Rx relief is among the nation's leading specialty pharmacist placement firms and is seeking an Inpatient Pharmacy Supervisor for an inpatient care team.
As a Inpatient Pharmacy Supervisor , you will review prescriptions to assure accuracy, to ascertain the needed ingredients, and to evaluate their suitability and act as manager of the inpatient pharmacy team. You will maintain liaison relationships with medical and nursing staff to improve drug usage and therapeutic outcome.
Additional responsibilities of the Inpatient Pharmacy Supervisor include:
Providing specialized pharmaceutical services to improve drug usage and therapeutic outcomes including advising physicians on issues concerning drug therapy, the inherent toxicity of drugs and side effects, as well as assisting in the prescription of appropriate doses
Coordinating the activities of assigned pharmacy technicians engaged in the preparation, labeling and delivery of medications and other pharmaceutical supplies in accordance with physicians' prescriptions
Ensuring compliance with federal, state and local laws and regulations pertaining to the dispensing of drugs and controlled drugs and the maintenance of required records
Mentoring pharmacy interns in training including but not limited to Pharmacy Practice Residents and pharmacy students; activities should include both practical and didactic experiences
Conducting and evaluating medication histories, assessing compliance and suggesting modifications so as to achieve desired outcomes
Instructing patients in the proper use of prescribed drugs; participating in patient care rounds with multidisciplinary teams to evaluate patient progress
Individualizing medication regimens using sound principles, accounting for pharmacodynamic/pharmacokinetic variations in drug absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination with responsibility for establishing and continually improving the delivery of pharmaceutical care to patients within areas of direct responsibility and assisting others in the department with the same
Conducting and participating in research including, but not limited to, performing as the primary investigator or co-investigator for research programs which will impact on the delivery of quality care or examine the pharmaco-economic impact of providing care to the patients
As an Inpatient Pharmacy Supervisor you must have proven experience in a clinical inpatient pharmacy and working with healthcare staff on pharmaceutical drugs management and usage.
Additional requirements of the Inpatient Pharmacy Supervisor include:
Area: Ability to work in the East Los Angeles area
Licensure requirements: Must have valid, open and active California license
Years of experience: 5+ year(s) of recent pharmacy experience within a clinical inpatient setting
Schedule: TBD
Pay: $60-$62/hour
Background/drug requirements: Ability to successfully complete background check, client health screening criteria and drug screen


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Harvard Integrated Life Sciences (HILS) is a federation of 14 life sciences PhD programs and subject areas. We facilitate cross-disciplinary academic and research collaboration, support student mobility, and encourage extracurricular participation by our students, faculty, and staff. Our network combines the unparalleled expertise of our faculty with the abundant resources that span Harvard's life sciences disciplines, fueling innovative collaboration, world-changing breakthroughs, and incomparable opportunities for our students.
Administered by the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, HILS is a response to the reality that groundbreaking research and discovery in the life sciences is more interdisciplinary than ever. We integrate the activities of 14 life sciences graduate programs and subject areas across four Harvard faculties: the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the Harvard School of Dental Medicine, the Harvard Medical School, and the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. This allows us to track emerging trends in the life sciences and respond rapidly to the world's evolving scientific landscape—including the need for new cross-disciplinary study areas such as translational medicine, regenerative biology, bioinformatics, and integrative genomics.
As a graduate student within the HILS federation, you'll have:
- Access to University-wide training resources, equipment, and facilities and to more than 700 affiliated faculty
- Abundant opportunities to participate in new interdisciplinary areas of study as they develop
- Freedom to move among programs, subject to specific program requirements and lab availability
- Integrated research opportunities with faculty, postdoctoral fellows, and peers, including workshops, journal clubs, seminars, and graduate consortia
How HILS Works
Each individual program and subject area has its own admissions, curriculum, and advising processes. You'll be enrolling in only one program or subject area as your home program.
After enrollment, you will normally continue your affiliation with your home program, which governs your curriculum requirements while accommodating your individual interests. This includes oversight of your preliminary qualifying examination, your teaching requirements (if applicable), and supervision and advising while writing your dissertation. Your home program affiliation also determines the title of your degree.
If you choose—and are accepted by—a dissertation advisor in another program or subject area that is part of the HILS federation, the two groups will work together to ensure coordinated oversight and advice. This may include a "migration," where you'll maintain your affiliation with your home program while conducting dissertation research in another program's lab, or a "transfer," which involves changing your home program.
Areas of Study
The 14 programs within the HILS federation represent the depth and breadth of current thinking in the life sciences.
- Bioinformatics and Integrative Genomics
- Biological and Biomedical Sciences
- Biological Sciences in Dental Medicine
- Biological Sciences in Public Health
- Biophysics
- Chemical Biology
- Chemistry and Chemical Biology (includes Chemical Physics)
- Immunology
- Molecular and Cellular Biology (host department for the Molecules, Cells, and Organisms graduate program and the Engineering and Physical Biology track)
- Neuroscience
- Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
- Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology
- Systems Biology
- Virology
When applying, students interested in studying for a PhD in the biomedical sciences select the Division of Medical Sciences as their program of interest and choose one of six interdisciplinary areas of study: Bioinformatics and Integrative Genomics, Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Immunology, Neuroscience, Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology, or Virology.
Interested in Enhancing Your Research Experience Before Applying?
GSAS and Harvard University offer a range of exciting and challenging summer research and internship programs designed to help current undergraduates boost crucial research skills.
Applying to a Program Affiliated with the HILS Federation
If you are interested in applying to a program affiliated with the HILS federation, be sure to review your program of interest and the GSAS application instructions. Most applicants apply to one program, and we strongly recommend this targeted approach. While each program's admissions committee makes decisions independently, the committees also consider each candidate's suitability for a different program within the HILS federation as part of their evaluation process and transfer applications accordingly. You will be notified by the GSAS Office of Admissions if this occurs.
If you decide you wish to apply to more than one program, you may submit separate applications to as many as three programs within the HILS federation and pay only one application fee (fee waiver is ONLY available for those applying to programs in the HILS federation).
Special Application Information
Applying to the Molecules, Cells, and Organisms Program
Before applying, those interested in studying in the Molecules, Cells, and Organisms (MCO) PhD training program must review MCO's special instructions and requirements, paying close attention to the instructions for the Engineering and Physical Biology (EPB) track.
Applying to a Division of Medical Sciences Area of Study
When applying, students interested in studying for a PhD in the biomedical sciences select the Division of Medical Sciences (DMS) as their program of interest and may choose up to two of the six DMS areas of study: Bioinformatics and Integrative Genomics; Biological and Biomedical Sciences; Immunology; Neuroscience; Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology; and Virology. Before applying, review DMS's student qualifications and admissions requirements. Only applicants to the Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology program are required to complete the abstract of courses section of the online application.
If you have questions about applying, visit DMS Admissions or e-mail email@example.com.
Instructions for Applications Interested in Biological and Biomedical Sciences
If you apply for the Biological and Biomedical Sciences area of study within DMS, you will be prompted to enter up to three research interests ranked by order of preference in the "DMS Areas of Interest" tab of the online application. If you are accepted, this information will guide the program's assignment of a mentor.
You may choose from:
- Biochemical and Biophysical Mechanisms
- Cancer Biology
- Cellular Systems and Mechanics
- Computational Biology
- Developmental Biology
- Genomics
- Human Biology
- Immunobiology
- Metabolism and Physiology
- Molecular Genetics
- Microbial Systems and Infectious Disease
- Molecular Neuroscience
- Proteomics
- Regenerative Biology
- Stem Cell Biology
- Structural Biology
- Synthetic Biology
- Therapeutics
Applying to Multiple Programs in the HILS Federation
While prospective students are encouraged to apply to only one program in the HILS federation, interested applicants may apply to up to three programs and pay only one application fee; you may only apply to up to two DMS subject areas. Please note: this fee waiver is ONLY available for those applying to programs in the HILS federation. Each application must be unique, containing a separate statement of purpose for each program applied to, as well as separate copies of transcripts, recommendations, and test scores. Please note that you may submit up to three applications to GSAS during the course of your academic career, which includes applications to multiple programs in the HILS federation regardless of whether you submitted them under a single application fee.
Submission of the first application is required in order for the application fee to be waived on the second or third application. Submitting multiple applications requires a multi-step process:
Step 1: Create an application account, complete and submit your first application, and pay the application fee. Log out of the application system.
Step 2: Create an additional account by clicking on the "Create Account" tab on the application system's login page. You must use a different login name than you used for your prior applications; you may use the same password.
Step 3: Select "Click here to login and start your application" to begin your next application using the newly-created username and your password. Complete but do not submit the application: choose "Save and Continue" and, if you plan to apply to a third program, go back to step 2 and create a third login name for the third application. Otherwise, proceed to step 4.
Step 4: When you have completed any additional applications and are ready to submit, select "HILS Multiple Application Process and Submission" on the left-hand navigation menu. At the bottom of the screen, re-enter the login credentials used for the first submitted application, then click the "Verify" button. The system will verify the credentials from your first submitted application and you will not have to pay the application fee. Submit your remaining applications.
Note: You do not have to submit your first application in order to begin your second or third application. However, the first application must be submitted prior to requesting an application fee waiver in advance of submitting your second or third applications.


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Christmas on our mission has felt different---but very good---this year. We enjoyed spending time with ward members, the other missionaries, and then Skyping on Christmas day with each of our children and their families. It was a sweet experience for us to open gifts via Skype with each family. Mike and Heather's family did a Nativity play also. They did several different scenes over a few days so everyone had more than one part, then they emailed it to us. So fun to watch! Besides the '12 Days of Christmas' gifts and memories that Jared's family sent, we had other special gifts sent to us from others in our family. It was always fun to see a package at our mailbox.
Our "Christmas card door tradition"
In previous years we remember feeling a little emptiness at times when we just seemed too busy to really appreciate the quiet beauty of the season. We still got busy towards the end, but keeping things simple, and concentrating on visiting and serving others was so refreshing. We were able to get our few gifts and Christmas decorations done very quickly and things put away in about an hour compared to a whole day or so at home. What a relief!! Substituting a poinsettia for a tree might not be such a bad idea!
On the 23rd we were invited to a ward members' home for a holiday party for many people in the ward who were not leaving town to see friends and family. As we were visiting, we made another interesting connection! We met the Liu's who are second generation Chinese members of the church. He is from Texas and she is from Taiwan. He is a student at CMU (Carnegie Mellon University) and she is teaching school. We found out that Sister Liu actually taught in the Chinese Immersion program in Jordan School District before they moved to Pittsburgh. We were especially interested in that because our granddaughter, Kennedy, is in that program also. Anyway, as we visited with them, Sister Liu shared how satisfying it has been to have some of her students being sent all over the world as missionaries
On Christmas eve we were invited to a "chili dinner" in the area of the mission where some other senior couples live who work in the mission office. When we got back from dinner, we gave the Elders who live in our same building a call. They had two other elders in our district staying
We found out that the elders had spent the earlier part of the evening decorating their van with removeable car paint that said "Merry Christmas" and "He is the Gift". Then they drove around downtown Pittsburgh shouting "Merry Christmas" to everyone. They had a ball and we had fun listening to how excited they were.
We invited the Elders to our apartment on Christmas morning for our traditional 'breakfast casserole' and we also had 'monkey bread'. Then we opened our computers and Ipad for them to Skype with their families. Christmas Day and Mother's Day are the only two days of the year that the younger missionaries can Skype or talk on their phones to their families--- so they were really excited for the opportunity.
Besides all of our Skype fun on Christmas, we were also invited for Christmas Day dinner to the home of the Hoskins. Getting to their home was an adventure in and of itself. It is at the top of the steepest hills we have been on in Pittsburgh so far! Sister Hoskins is


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Why Introduce Another AV Solution?
Eversince companies like Norton and others started creating AV software, there has been fierce competition in an attempt to dominate the computer protection market. Each product try to outdo the others by providing more and more features to their product. Over time, users like me were finding that even though the speed and capabilities of their computers were doubling every 18 months or so, the necessity to have some form of malware (more general term) protection was effectively cancelling out the computer performance gains from faster processors, memory, and disk drives. In most cases, the effect on older computers was such that the computer was running so slow that it was no longer practical to use the computer! In effect, the AV solution has become the problem and was unintentionally doing a form of DoS (denial of service) against the computer user.
I personally have uninstalled Norton AV and McAfee because they have gotten so bloated that the laptop I had was no longer useable! I have resorted to operational security--meaning that I travel the Internet superhighway effectively naked, only going to places that I know are safe.
With the recent emergence and popularity of netbooks ($200-$300 retail cost), Microsoft (as well as other companies who were already doing the same thing) must have realized that there has to be a huge market for a computer security solution that had the essential features necessary to protect the computer, and yet not bloated to cause noticeable computer performance issues.
Enter Microsoft Security Essentials--a free offering from Microsoft. The product is still in BETA, but Microsoft didn't waste much time in getting it out there. I installed the product about a month ago, and it is appears to be working. However, I've not seen it detect anything. It is either very good, or it just looks like it is running, but not really doing anything. We'll see; I need to find a site that has a means to test the effectiveness of an AV solution.
At least now, I don't feel so naked on the Internet.
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User Interface Tour
When you open MSE (Microsoft Security Essentials), you will notice the simplicity of it's layout. You will see four (4) tabs--Home, Update, History, and Settings.
The Home tab gives you a quick view of the product's status. Is the product's AV and spyware definition up to date, and is real time protection ON. It also shows you when the next scheduled scan will occur. This tab also provides you the interface to things you can do with MSE--Scan now, or update the scanning schedule.
The Update tab provides you with details about the product's AV and spyware definition update status--when it was created, AV definition version, and spyware definition version. This is where you can explicitly tell MSE to get an update. At the bottom of the tab, MSE provides you with a product tip.
The History tab is where MSE tells you what it has detected--detected item, alert level, date, and action taken. You can limit the view to only those that were allowed or quarantined. If you wish, this is where you can delete or clear history.
The last tab--Settings--is where the nuts and bolts of where you configure MSE. It covers:
- Scheduled Scan
- Default action for the severe, high, medium, and low alert levels
- Realtime proteciton settings
- Excluded files and locations
- Excluded types
- Excluded processes
- Some advanced settings which cover archive files, removable drives, restore points, and history viewing options
- Microsoft Spynet setting--basic or advanced
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First Month's Impression of MSE
I've been using MSE for just over a month now. My overall impression of it follows.
Impact to host computer: It appears that Microsoft has delivered on its promise to provide a solution that isn't bloated and doesn't have a noticeable impact on the host computer's performance. As a matter of fact, I ran a scan while I continued to browse the Internet, and didn't even notice any responsiveness issues on my computer. In checking the CPU utilization of the MSE process, it appears that the product only sucks up your computer's processing power when it is mostly idle; when it isn't idle, MSE backs off.
Ease of Use: I'm impressed with the product's ease of use. There are only four tabs, and its functions are very well grouped within those four tabs. The interface is very simple, and the default configuration would suffice for most users. So you can almost install and forget it! From the moment I started using it, there was no need to look at the manual or the built in help system.
Product Effectiveness: This is the only section I'm not sure of. I wish there was a way to test whether this product works or not. Perhaps Microsoft should provide a test site where users can check if the product can detect some virus and spyware through the download of some benign virus or spyware. I've also noticed a problem with MSE when the computer is running out of memory resources; the product will turn off realtime scanning when resources are short. I'm guessing that this is a feature to help users continue using their computer in those situations, but it could be a vulnerability since some virus or spyware tend to cause such situations.
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The Verdict
As a beta product, I was impressed with MSE's ease of use. You can install it and almost forget about it. I was also impressed with the way it adapts to the computer's use. It allows you to use your computer with no noticeable performance hit, even in the middle of doing a scan!
The only downside was I couldn't tell if the product was really effective in preventing virus or spyware. Maybe I've been lucky enough to avoid such problems, but it would have been good if Microsoft had a non-destructive way to test its effectiveness.
Overall, this product has promise and potential. I might just consider sticking with it after Microsoft goes final.


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LOS ANGELES --Our Pet of the Week on Tuesday is a 2-month-old female Terrier-mix named Mia. Please give her a good home!
Mia came to the L.A. City North Central shelter as a stray. She's very playful, energetic and loving.
Her new owners will need to have time, energy and patience to take care of this adorable pup. Mia's teething right now so she'll need lots of chew toys.
If you're interested in adopting her, you can contact the L.A. City North Central shelter at (213) 482-9537. Her ID is #A1360787.


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Everyone gets tired once in a while.
Even Nazca Boobies, it seems.
A few months ago, this tired (or maybe a little lazy), nazca booby was seen riding a sea turtle in the Galapaagos. The sea turtle doesn't seem to mind at all.
This video was shot on a camera phone from a boat, so it is a little shaky.
Have you seen anything like this before?
Nazca Booby Rides a Sea Turtle!
Note: a few months ago, we published a picture of the hitchhiking nazca booby.