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How to remove eSpeedCheck
What is eSpeedCheck:
Threat Classification: PUP/adware
After performing several tests and experiments, our specialists found ot that that eSpeedCheck is a dangerous adware and/or a Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP), mostly because of the unwanted browser's settings changes and their almost impossible recovery and of course the suspicious activity once installed and activated on the victim's computer. Furthermore, our security research team have also warned us that all of the eSpeedCheck Ads are generated by a malicious browser extension and although eSpeedCheck may claim to provide lots of useful and handy music management features for your PC, our security experts are pretty convinced that the eSpeedCheck is yet another ad-supported software application, which will try and use all kinds of malicious tactics to make a bit more cash for its developers by showing/streaming sponsor ads and/or affiliate links/cookies. These types of malicious applications are usually distributed using various questionable software bundles, which were configured to perform a silent or stealth installation and hide additional installs from the affected users. The infected users usually don't get it – how did they've got the eSpeedCheck adware!? Once installed the eSpeedCheck will start showing you lots of intrusive ads on almost all websites you visit. The adware will start collecting various browsing data, including browsing history, web searches, account credentials, tracking cookies as well as other sensitive private information and then it will share/sale with/to another 3rd party companies, which will later use the data for marketing or other purposes. If you have eSpeedCheck installed on your computer, your desktop will be filled-up with many unwanted & annoying web ads, banners, pop-up windows or other 3rd party advertisements. The eSpeedCheck has been classified as a PUP by the majority of the reputable security experts on the Net, mainly because of its distribution method – software bundling and because of its suspicious behavior on the users' computers. Our security experts concluded that the eSpeedCheck uses a malicious browser extension, capable of injecting ads into almost every webpage you visit, which could lead to modification of the website design and content – especially, regarding the search results by the major web search engines! Once installed, the eSpeedCheck could modify windows registry database and browsers' settings, making the recovery much harder. If you start getting various web ads, claiming that they are – "By eSpeedCheck", "Ads by eSpeedCheck", "eSpeedCheck Ads", "Backoff eSpeedCheck", "Brought by eSpeedCheck" or "Brought to you by eSpeedCheck" – you should consider your computer infected. Our security analysts concluded that you should perform a malware scan on your computer using some reputable & reliable anti-malware software product, just like SpyHunter 4. eSpeedCheck appears to work with all the well-known browsers like Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome.
Generally, users that have it installed on their systems might experience various pop-up or pop-under ads, coupon boxes, banners, search suggestion windows, link advertisements or other commercials, displayed on popular web pages. The victim should consider, that the search results are compromised as well, most likely overloaded with spam and other third-party advertising.
eSpeedCheck is usually bundled with some other free ad-supported software products and is being installed by default, when the user accepts the EULA, while performing an express/recommended installation of that software bundle. The possible distribution of eSpeedCheck varies but is not limited to – installing third-party toolbars, free software products, video editing software, codecs, downloading e-mail attachments, clicking on ads or banners etc..
The main purpose of eSpeedCheck is to generate as much traffic as possible to certain domains, which could easily be monetized via one of the many online marketing platforms. Please note, that the creators of such or similar adware or malware would collect information that might be used to track your browsing habits, however often they collect much more then your web search history. eSpeedCheck may use cookies and other relevant techniques, that might be used to collect private data like account information, username, passwords, financial information including credit card and bank account numbers etc. That's why this malware infection should not be left unattended and needs to be terminated immediately, as it is a serious threat to your private data and online security.
!!! Please note, that these infections could potentially bring up other malware to your computer and even cause a loss of data. Please, do not underestimate such threats.
Removal Process:
There are two ways to remove this infection. It is totally up to you to decide which way you want to go:
1. Automatic Removal Method (recommended for ALL users) using the SpyHunter Malware Security Suite.
2. Manual Removal Method (recommended ONLY for PC Experts or Enthusiasts).
Automatic eSpeedCheck Removal:
We recommend using SpyHunter Malware Security Suite.
You can download and install SpyHunter to detect eSpeedCheck and remove it, by clicking the button below. Once installed, SpyHunter will automatically scan and detect all threats present on your system, but in order to use it as a removal tool, you need to purchase a subscription.
SpyHunter will automatically scan and detect all threats present on your system.
Learn more about SpyHunter (EULA). You can find SpyHunter Installation Instructions here: (LINK) SpyHunter`s free diagnosis offers unlimited scans and detection. You can remove the detected files, processes and registry entries manually, by yourself, or purchase a subscription, which will allow you to perform an automatic removal and to receive unlimited one-on-one professional help for any malware related issue by an expert technician.
Manual eSpeedCheck Removal:
!!! Please note: You can remove eSpeedCheck Adware/PUP manually, however, you should proceed at your own risk, as any of the interventions might render your system inoperable. Therefore the Manual removal method is highly recommended ONLY for PC Experts or Enthusiasts. For regular users, MalwareKillers.com recommends using SpyHunter.
1. Remove eSpeedCheck Uninstall Entry:
First, you can try to go to Control panel and click on Programs and Features (Windows Vista/7/8/10) or Add/Remove Programs (Windows XP) and check the Uninstall Programs List for any entry related to eSpeedCheck, Ads by Albireo, Ads by Advertise, Liveadexchanger.com, StartNewTab.com, NewPopTab.com, SafeSurfs.com, Shopperz, MPC Cleaner, Sonic Train, BrowseAir, Bestadblocker, CheDotGame.com Hijacker, Magical Find, Space Sound Pro, DNS Unlocker, High Stair, Coupon Time, CutThePrice, FunDay24.ru, Smartsputnik.ru, iReview, Obrona Blockads, GamesFlight, Facts Right, YoutubeAdBlocker, 1ClickDownload, Yontoo, Space Sound Pro, Mac Free Converter, DP1815, SafeSurfs.com, DVDX Player 3.2, Fast Free Converter, SafeSaver, BrowseAir, Plus-HD 1.3, BetterSurf, Trusted Web, PassShow, Feven Pro, Couponpeak, HD-Plus 3.5, LyricsBuddy-1 or any third-party add-ons, extensions and toolbars, nevertheless We recommend you to look for any suspicious programs, installed on the same date, when your PC got malware infected or within the same week after that! If you find such, right-click on it and try to uninstall it. Although, please mind that these are actual infections and you might not be able to remove them directly from the list.
*(Start -> Control Panel -> Programs and Features or Add/Remove Programs) or "Win + R" keys to open "Run" and type in "control", then hit enter.
2. Remove eSpeedCheck from your browser:
Internet Explorer:
Go to Tools -> Internet options -> Advanced Tab and click the Reset button (make sure to select the Delete Personal Settings checkbox).
*please note that in order to save your favorites, you need to export them before resetting the browser as you will lose all personal settings.
After Internet Explorer completes the operation, click the close button and then close IE in order for the changes to take effect.
Google Chrome:
Go to the following path (you can copy-paste it) and delete the entire folder "Chrome" with all the folders and files that are in it.
For Windows XP: %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\
For Windows Vista/7/8/10: %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Google\
Alternatively, you can navigate to these folders by following these steps:
For Windows XP:
1. Click on "Start" in the bottom-left part of the screen.
2. Choose "Run".
3. Type %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\ and hit Enter.
For Windows Vista/7/8/10:
1. Click on the Windows logo in the bottom-left part of the screen.
2. Type %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Google\ and hit Enter.
Mozilla Firefox:
1. At the top of the Firefox window (top-right corner), click the Firefox Menu button, go over to the Help sub-menu and select Troubleshooting Information.
2. Click the Refresh / Reset Firefox button in the upper-right corner of the Troubleshooting Information page.
3. To continue, click Refresh / Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens.
4. Firefox will close and be reset. When it's done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will reopen.
3. Delete any folders or files related to eSpeedCheck by checking the following locations:


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Sulfur cycling through subduction zones: identifying sources and constraining the output
DOEI Funded Project: 2008
AbstractThe global sulfur cycle, closely linked to carbon and oxygen cycles, has important chemical implications for the geo-, atmo-, hydro- and biosphere. Sulfur, along with other volatiles including water and CO2, is removed from the oceans via alteration of the oceanic crust and sedimentation, and is eventually recycled into the mantle at subduction zones. The volatile rich subducting plate undergoes metamorphic dehydration reactions as it subducts to progressively higher temperatures and pressures. These reactions release sulfur-bearing fluids to the overlying mantle wedge and ultimately lead to arc and back-arc volcanism. The mechanism and extent of sulfur cycling through subduction systems remains largely elusive. The reason for this has been largely due to analytical limitations, but also due to the lack of systematic studies targeting fractionation processes and identifying source values.
The aim of this project is to apply novel techniques to
fingerprint sources and processes that influence sulfur during its subduction
cycle. In order to achieve this, we will
measure sulfur abundance and isotope ratios (32S/34S) of volcanic gases, melt
inclusions and submarine volcanic glasses from two contrasting subduction
systems: the Central American arc and the Lau
Basin. In particular, we will collect new gas and
lava samples from two volcanoes in Costa Rica,
and we will analyze submarine glasses from the Lau
Basin, samples which have been
characterized for major and trace element geochemistry through Nicole Keller's
PhD thesis work. Comparison between
volcanic gasses and glass inclusions is a new approach, addressing the question
of whether sulfur isotopes in near-surface geothermal systems are sensitive to
degassing or not. This work is essential
for making progress towards understanding how sulfur behaves in volcanic systems. By combining S analyses with other volatiles
such as C and He, we can not only identify recycled slab vs. mantle components, but also make absolute
flux estimates for individual volcanoes (based on S/3He ratios and assumed He
This proposal will provide analytical support for Nicole Keller, a newly appointed WHOI postdoctoral fellow and will help Alison Shaw develop analytical protocols for measuring the sulfur composition of volcanic gases using her newly built gas extraction system. Keller will be involved in on-going developments for the analysis of sulfur isotopes in glasses and melt inclusions using WHOI's 1280 ion probe through collaboration with Nobu Shimizu. This analytical development opens a new field of study at WHOI; we are not aware of any other laboratories currently using SIMS techniques for S isotope measurements of glass samples. The combination of melt inclusion data with gas analyses for the same volcano will allow us to evaluate processes which may modify intrinsic values during transport through the volcanic system. These results will ultimately allow us to establish better quantitative mass balance models for sulfur through subduction systems.

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by Sherry Gillam
We hadn't spotted a moose all summer long in Montana…not even in Yellowstone Park, which is very odd. Maybe we had been looking too hard. It was early October in the late afternoon and we had pulled off the highway near a tiny town near Bozeman. I had spotted an interesting thing to photograph, and actually convinced Troutski, to turn around so I could take advantage of the great light! I never dreamed that this little outing would be so special.
There next to the lonely highway in the tall dry weeds, was a very old rusty automobile with something growing out of it. Examining it closer, it was more like an early 1900's leftover shell with a healthy young willow tree growing right out of the roof! It was mysterious for sure, as a seed must have found exactly the right conditions in order to grow in the backseat. The scenario hopefully would inspire our artist friend to paint it on canvas and maybe he would title it "Life After Death".
While waiting patiently, Troutski spotted something BIG and DARK, cross the highway about a half-mile away. He wasn't sure if it was a bear or what…? We quickly hopped into the van, cameras ready in search of the unidentified creature. We finally spotted it in a field and though it was several yards away… the long gangly legs, heavy dark body and the large antlers, were a dead give away. It definitely wasn't a bear, but to finally see a Bull Moose was just as exciting for us. His "rack" was huge, even at a distance. He was moving at a steady trot and as if nothing at all, he leapt over a barbwire fence and disappeared into the willows.
We thought we'd never see him again, but guessed the direction that he might go and if we were lucky, we might spot him again. We drove slowly down a nearby road looking intently and decided to park the van on the soft shoulder when we saw a herd of cattle coming towards us, lead by a couple of cowboys. Seemed a bit ironic as the cattle were being moved from one field to another, while the moose just jumped the fence to get where he wanted to go.
Troutski and I hoped to get an opportunity to get a decent photo of the moose. After the ruckus of cattle herd had moved on and the smell had dissipated, we noticed the moose coming our way at a steady pace. Every now and then, he would stop and look around as if contemplating his next direction. When he finally made his decision, he headed right towards us. It was a spectacular moment of greatness!
The Bull Moose kept getting closer and closer and then, about 50 feet in front of us…jumped the barbed wire fence…right in front of us! He wasted no time getting across the road leaping over the next fence and headed off into the sunset, literally. It was a sight to behold.
> Side Note: Moose are spontaneous and dangerous creatures… you never know what they will do or the mood their in, kind of like people. You must be very careful, as with any wild animal and stay out of their way. That was the last we saw him.
Check out "Fences are for Sheep and Cows"
Points to Ponder…
#1. STOP looking so hard, if it's there …IT will find YOU. Just know that it IS there.
#2. Life After Death. MAYBE when you are done with your body, it's possible that something may grow from it.
#3. LIFE is Full of CHOICES. Follow your own path and jump a few fences if you need to.
#4. ENJOY the special moments.
On the way home was a beautiful full moon, otherwise known as the "Hunter's Moon". No wonder the moose was on the run.


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The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports Deion Sanders will continue to see a limited role as a wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys during today's game. In other news, CB Kevin Smith (hamstring) and WR Ernie Mills (quad) remain game time decisions for the Cowboys but it appears neither will be able to play. OL Larry Allen is expected to return today. Jason Tucker is expected to start opposite of WR Raghib Ismail again today.
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|Cowboys | Injury Updates
Thu, 23 Dec 1999 11:03:21 -0800
The Dallas Morning News reports the Dallas Cowboys won't know until tomorrow on the status of WR Ernie Mills (quad) and CB Kevin Smith (hamstring) until game day. According to head coach Chan Gailey, Smith had a setback after being able to practice earlier this week.
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|Cowboys | Injury Update | More
Tue, 21 Dec 1999 11:11:02 -0800
The Star-Telegram reports the Dallas Cowboys fate is in their own hands. If they're able to win their final two games of the season, they'll make the playoffs. In other news, WR Ernie Mills (quad) remains questionable for this week's game as do CB Kevin Smith (hamstring) and OL Larry Allen (knee). C Mark Stepnoski (calf) is listed as probable and CB Kevin Mathis (knee) has already been ruled out.
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|Cowboys | Mills Doing Well
Fri, 18 Jun 1999 00:05:00 -0700
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports that Dallas Cowboys WR Ernie Mills says that he is close to 100 percent and that he will be in prime shape when training camp opens. Mills, who underwent surgery to repair a lacerated small intestine last year, has participated in all offensive drills during the team's three-day minicamp.
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|Cowboys | More on Mills' Contract
Tue, 11 May 1999 20:59:00 -0700
Clarence Hill, reports in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram that the breakdown on the contract signed earlier today by WR Ernie Mills is a $375,000 signing bonus, a $400,000 base salary in 1999, a $300,000 roster bonus in June of 2000, a $400,000 base in 2000 and an $800,000 base in 2001. The last year is voidable. We reported earlier that WR Billy Davis would more than likely be released after June 1st, but Hill in his article states that Davis is even reportedly banned from even working out at the Cowboys facilities.
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|Cowboys | Mills Agrees
Tue, 11 May 1999 12:43:00 -0700
ESPN reports the Dallas Cowboys and WR Ernie Mills have come to terms on a new deal. The deal is worth $2.675 million over three-years.
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|Cowboys | Mills Close On A New Deal
Tue, 11 May 1999 08:00:00 -0700
The Dallas Morning News reports that the Dallas Cowboys are very close to re-signing WR Ernie Mills to a three-year contract worth $1.5 million. He's coming off a year in which he led the team in TD receptions, although he was injured at the end of the season. He would be the team's #3 WR behind Michael Irvin and Rocket Ismail.
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|Cowboys | Still Focused on Mills
Tue, 04 May 1999 08:00:00 -0700
The Fort Worth Star Telegram reports that despite the signing of Rocket Ismail, the Cowboys number one priority right now is to re-sign WR Ernie Mills. The team is in negotiations with his agent and the team wants to get a deal done quickly.
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LAKELAND, Fla. - Tyler Mitchell held up his end of the bargain, but Mitchell couldn't pilot Greenville College past Augustana as Greenville College lost 4-0 in seven innings at Florida on Friday.
Mitchell shut down Augustana while he was on the mound. Augustana managed just two hits off of Mitchell, who allowed one earned run, walked three and struck out three during his 5 1/3 innings of work.
Seth Davis got the win for Augustana. He pitched seven shutout innings. Davis struck out 12, walked none and gave up one hit.
Augustana never surrendered the lead after the second inning, scoring one run on a sacrifice fly by Tyler Bernal.
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VOICES helps families heal after tragedy, a vital mission that began after 9/11. Today, the organization continues to address the long-term needs of those impacted by 9/11, commemorates the 2,977 lives lost, and promotes national preparedness. In addition, through VOICES Center of Excellence for Community Resilience, we conduct research and training as well as assist communities impacted by other tragedies.
"Voices of September 11th is a good example of a charity that has stood the test of time. This is an organization that has gotten stronger over the years and their reach and impact is literally in the thousands."
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"Thank you very much for all the love and care you give us and the families in the UK and all around the world. And to all the other family members, thank you very much because we all look after each other."
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With modern-day frights like asteroids, the plague, supervolcanoes, the bomb, sea pirates and Snuggies, the time is right to toss one's cares aside and indulge in the velvety, shimmering pleasures of the universe. In the '70s, androgynous, first-wave glam acts such as T. Rex, Sweet, Slade, Ziggy Stardust and the New York Dolls developed a proto-punk/heavy metal franken-rock that flew its Moog-tinged spaceship to the outer reaches of raunchy hedonism and glittery artifice. While much of the resulting music is fabulous now-classic rock, the theater behind the highly conceptual movement is almost more interesting. Glam rock incorporated sci-fi themes, sexual ambiguity, absurd makeup and silver platform boots. Behold: The results were sexy.
On Wednesday, June 10, your alien-obsessed and sexually ambiguous friends at the Weekly Alibi will host the Space Glam Dance Party, a pre-Pride charity event for Equality New Mexico. Everyone is invited to celebrate sexual freedom in the outer limits at Imbibe (3101 Central NE) from 8 p.m. (hear that, early risers) to close. The newly crowned Miss NM Pride will be there for photos and autographs. DJ Eve and yours truly (from Thursday's The Universal at Burt's Tiki Lounge) will be ballroom blitzing favorite glam, disco and electro tracks. What's more, the five cubit cover ($5) includes a free drink ticket until we run out of the 150-or-so we have, plus there will be door prizes and raffles. Attendees are encouraged to wear their glitteriest, glamiest costumes and, of course, their dancing shoes. Platform boots welcome.


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PEOPLE living in Cliviger and Worsthorne are more likely to be married than those living anywhere else in Burnley.
Just 23 per cent of people living in the area who are aged over 16 have never been married, which is well below the national average of 35 per cent.
The place where people are least likely to be married is in Trinity ward, where 46 per cent of people were single, according to the most recent census data.
In Pendle, people in Higham and Pendleside, and Blacko and Higherford were least likely to be singletons, with just 21 per cent having never married.
Those in Waterside, Colne were least likely to be married, where 40 per cent of people had never married.
In Rossendale, those living in Worsley were most likely to be single, where 37 per cent of people were unmarried.
The place with the least number of singletons was Helmshore, where only 26 per cent of people had never married.


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Augusta's traveling teams played well at their home USSSA Fastpitch Festival tournament this past weekend.
It was a fitting way for the Augusta Chill softball team to end its final game at Augusta Softball Complex Sunday. The Chill, mostly made up of players from Augusta's high school team, went undefeated (with one tie) to win its home USSSA Fastpitch Festival tournament Saturday. The players got to celebrate one last time on their home field. The Chill played in several grueling nailbiters to even get to the championship. Brooke Eberhardt was the winning pitcher in a pair of 1-0 shutout wins Saturday. Sidney Dey pitched during the Chill's third 1-0 win of the day. In the final game Saturday, Augusta jumped ahead early before giving up a grand slam. The Chill scored the game-tying run in the final inning, and the game finished in a 4-4 tie due to the time limit. Dey was the winning pitcher in the Chill's 3-0 win to advance to the title game. There, the Chill fell behind after giving up a five-run inning. But Augusta answered with an eight-run inning of its own as the Chill went around the order, and then some.?The?Chill's defense sealed the 8-6 win. Jacie Gorges was named tournament MVP The?Chill will play their final traveling tournament of the summer this weekend in Kansas City.


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Story comes courtesy of California Watch.
The Supreme Court is expected to hear arguments today over a proposed expansion of Medicaid that will determine the fate of billions of dollars in health care funding slated for California.
One Kaiser Family Foundation estimate shows that if the law stands, California may see an additional $45 billion to $55 billion in federal funds from 2014 to 2019.
A coalition of 26 states, led by Florida, has challenged the Affordable Care Act, arguing that a broad expansion of Medicaid violates the Constitution by essentially requiring states to spend more on the program. States are expected to pay nothing at first and eventually match 10 percent of the federal windfall.
In oral arguments expected to last an hour today, the Supreme Court will consider whether Congress can coerce states to choose between following the Affordable Care Act and losing Medicaid funding.
The health reform law directs state Medicaid agencies to cover people who earn up to 133 percent of the poverty level, or about $30,500 for a family of four. The federal government will carry 90 percent or more of the cost of serving additional patients.
States stand to lose their federal matching funds if they refuse to cover the additional people who qualify for Medicaid, a program that is run jointly between the states and Washington.
If the Medicaid expansion stands, it's expected to extend health care to 11.2 million Americans and 1.9 million Californians, according to data cited in a friend of the court brief filed by California Attorney General Kamala Harris and the attorneys general of 11 other states.
The Kaiser Family Foundation estimates that California will be expected to spend $3 billion to $6.5 billion from 2014 to 2019. In turn, the state is projected to get $45 billion to $55 billion in federal matching dollars. The total amount would depend on how many eligible people take advantage of the benefits, said Robin Rudowitz of the foundation.
The Lewin Group, a Washington, D.C.-based health consulting group, estimated an influx of about $44 billion to California under health reform's enhanced payment for covering low-income children and adults through 2019.
Rudowitz said the Kaiser foundation estimate does not include an increase in federal funding for primary care physicians who see Medicaid patients in 2013 and 2014.
"Ultimately, what the state of California has in this fight is money," said Michael Lighty, public policy director for the California Nurses Association and its national affiliate. The association does not favor the Affordable Care Act, Lighty said. Instead, it supports a Medicare-for-all plan.
Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard arguments on whether the individual mandate – a piece of the law requiring people to buy health insurance – is constitutional.
Christine Eibner, a health economist with the RAND Corp., said that without the mandate, the number of people expected to buy health insurance offered by state exchanges will fall by half, from 27 million to 14.5 million nationally.
Eibner, who analyzed the data, said those numbers assume that the government still will offer subsidies to lower monthly premium costs, based on the buyer's income level. The exchanges are clearinghouses that states can run to offer health plans, giving individuals the bargaining power of larger groups.
The Medicaid expansion, or lack thereof, would have by far the largest impact on California's bottom line.
In favor of upholding the Medicaid expansion, Harris argued that Congress is within its bounds to update the Medicaid program and provide financial incentives for states to incorporate the changes. Further, Harris and other attorneys general said changes have been made over the 45 years of the program, and the latest update is no different.
California already has begun to overhaul its Medi-Cal program in anticipation of the influx of new patients. The state is relying more heavily on managed care plans to reduce costs and provide comprehensive care. And the program is making changes with an eye on continual improvement, said Marian Mulkey, director of the Health Reform and Public Programs Initiative of the California HealthCare Foundation.
"A lot of investment and energy is going into trying to improve Medi-Cal, enroll people in managed care, be transparent and accountable," Mulkey said. "Those are durable regardless of what happens with the Affordable Care Act. ... Those investments will bear fruit down the road."
Christina Jewett is an investigative reporter for California Watch, a project of the non-profit Center for Investigative Reporting. Find more California Watch stories here.


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The Auburn Tigers practiced two hours in shells late Thursday afternoon at the Auburn Athletics Complex practice fields. It was their first practice session since Fall Semester classes began Wednesday on the Auburn campus.
"It felt good to be out in the heat," Coach Gus Malzahn said after Thursday's workout. "The guys were flying around; they responded well. We focused mainly on game situations, like the two-minute drill."
The Tigers will hold an early Friday morning walkthrough before taking Saturday off. Auburn's season opener is Saturday, August 31, at Jordan-Hare Stadium versus Washington State in a 6 p.m. Central kickoff.
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The biggest concern for the government IT infrastructure isn't cybersecurity, but budget constraints, according to the recent Cisco Connected Government Study, which polled 400 federal, state and local IT managers about threats, funding and their familiarity with emerging technologies. The respondents cited:
The manager's goals for the coming year reflect those concerns, with some difference between state and federal managers' concerns.
Budget concerns were especially felt among state and local respondents, the survey report said. State governments have dealt with fiscal crises for several years and now appear to be coming out of it, said Tony Morelli, a Cisco area vice president for state and local government and education. State IT managers have been investing in technology to help reduce IT costs for some time, he noted.
Budgets may be the biggest worry, but security is still important. Respondents said technology is the most effective way to strengthen the nation's cybersecurity posture, followed by better enforcement policies and employee training, and cybersecurity is still the top area managers want to invest in.
Although investment in the cloud is increasing, the majority of the IT managers are still lukewarm towards the approach. Eighty-one percent said they have either "great" or "some" confidence in the reliability of cloud computing, while 18 percent have "no confidence" or don't know. Likewise with security in the cloud, about which 72 percent have either "great" or "some" confidence, and 22 percent have "no confidence."
That response might seem like a contradiction, as agencies also seek to invest more in cloud technology. Technology complexity is driving up IT costs, especially as agencies have to hire more experts to manage their IT investments, Payne said, and cloud would seem like the ideal platform to help meet business objectives. Many federal agencies have invested in private clouds because of security concerns.
However, confidence in the public and hybrid clouds will increase as large-scale projects such as the Intelligence Community Information Technology Enterprise — which offers a common cloud infrastructure for all of the 17 intelligence agencies — unfolds, the Cisco officials noted.
In the emerging area of software-defined networking, 65 percent of those surveyed said they are familiar with SDN and 58 percent of those familiar with it expect the technology will become a viable solution within their organizations in the next few years. SDN automates routine networking tasks and can instruct the infrastructure to do what is best to support an application.
Meanwhile, 42 percent of respondents are familiar with the Internet of Things, the rise of objects and sensors that can be connected to the Internet, from cars to heart monitors to stoplights. IT managers familiar with the concept say it could enable the delivery of new services, streamline processes or reduce costs. Health care IT and Defense Department supply chains are some areas where IOT could be useful, Payne noted. The Internet of Things will drive agencies' move to IPv6 given the large volume of connections and security complexity it will generate, Payne said. And the data generated by Internet-connected devices could drive further interest in big data analytics.
Clarus Research performed the survey for Cisco, conducting online interviews and phone interviews of 400 government IT managers — 200 from federal, 200 from state and local — between Sept. 3 and 13.
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Interesting thoughts, cloud technology offers numerous benefits, with so many government agencies now moving to the cloud the risks have multiplied and there needs to be a framework to mitigate these risks effectively. . I work for McGladrey and there is a whitepaper on the website that talks about the risks of benefits and the risks of moving to the cloud, readers will be interested. "Cloud risks striking a balance between savings and security" @ http://bit.ly/16uLsgi
Broaden the scope from internal IT to the application of IT, for example, Global Supply Chains, and richer set of risks emerges.
An industrial strength software risk management practice is one that treats risk as uncertainty, carefully distinguishes risks from the sources of risk and problems, and doesn't use risk management as an offramp to avoid actually solving problems.
Based on analysis conducted, factors evaluated, sources of problems identified, and problems representing objectives in a failed state, the Software and Supply Chain assurance risk is assigned high risk, driven by the numerous infrastructure factors in a failed state including austerity risk,
software risk, Internet risk, and Cloud risk. In addition trust and competitiveness are assigned moderate risk.
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Real Estate At A Glance: Summit County land sales
September 29, 2012
While the number of lots sold is not back to the 10-year average, prices are up by about $100,000 over last year to date. There have been just as many sales for over $1 million to date as last year, so that's not the driving factor. It's that the best located lots are selling first, and those tend to be more expensive. In any event, we can say that land has bottomed.
The inventory is just under 2,000 properties for sale. The decline is largely due to properties selling instead of being taken off the market.
3 … number of lots sold for over $1 million to date 2012
$2.55 million … highest price paid this year – development land at the Shores in Breckenridge
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Do you have some Audio CDs that you want to convert to AC3 files so you can listen to them on your phone? Maybe you can only get your favorite song or lecture in Audio CD format. Fortunately for you, we've put together a simple guide for converting Audio CDs into AC3. With CDA to AC3 Converter, you can turn those .CDA files into AC3s and be on your way. CDA to AC3 Converter offers you an easy and fast way to convert CDA to AC3 audio with high quality. Audio CD Track or .cda file is a small (44 bytes) file generated by Microsoft Windows for each track on an audio CD (it is a virtual file that can be read by Windows software, but is not actually present on the CD audio media). The file contains indexing information that programs can use to play or rip the disc. The file is given a name in the format Track##.cda. The .cda files do not contain the actual PCM wave data, but instead tell where on the disc the track starts and stops. If the file is "copied" from the CD-ROM to the computer, it becomes useless, since it is only a shortcut to part of the disc. People often search for "cda to ac3 converter online" or "how to convert cda to ac3 online" without realizing that Audio CDs are large in size and by the time you upload, convert and download the files you are better off downloading CDA to AC3 converter on your PC and perform convention locally = 0 second waiting for uploading and downloading. With CDA to AC3 Converter you easily rip your audio CDs to AC3, FLAC or WMA files for use with your hardware player or convert files that do not play with other audio software. You can even convert whole music libraries retaining the folder and filename structure. The CD Ripper supports the CDDB/freedb online CD database. It will automatically query song information and write it to ID3v2 or other title information tags. Have any questions regarding CDA to AC3 Converter? See the below Frequently Asked Questions.
Free download CDA to AC3 Converter, install it and launch it. Then follow the three steps to convert CDA to AC3.
The first step is to select the audio tracks you want to rip (convert .cda to .ac3). Run CDA to AC3 Converter and insert the Audio CD into your CD-ROM drive. The main window will refresh and display the listing of all tracks CDA to AC3 Converter finds on the disk. For each track record on the list, you can see its number, length and size. CDA to AC3 Converter can download disk details from the online database - FreeDB. Simply insert the Audio CD into CD-ROM and it will go online and download the CD details automatically (if available).
Now, you can select the audio tracks to be ripped. Simply tick the checkboxes of the desired tracks. See below:
Once the audio tracks are selected, the next step is to select the output settings in CDA to AC3 Converter.
The second step is to select the output settings. To begin, select the folder to save the output file to and choose the action to be executed if the output file already exists - create a new file, overwrite or skip the existing file.
You can also set the CDA to AC3 Converter to delete a source file after conversion and preserve the the original folder structure, when doing batch conversion.
Finally, you should select the output format and audio quality. In the AC3 dialog box, choose the format settings for the final AC3 files. Depending on quality you need, select the bitrate of the file, sample rate and the number of channels. You will probably lose some audio content if you choose the mono option. You can choose what sample rate you want to use. 44.1 kHz (or 44100 Hz) is the sample rate used by audio CDs. Less than that and you'll start to hear the loss in quality.
Once the output settings are customized, you go to the final step - cda to ac3 conversion (CD ripping)
Click Rip CD button to start to convert CDA to AC3 or other audio format you desired. A conversion dialog will appear to show the progress of cda to ac3 conversion. If you want to stop the process, please click Stop button. After the conversion, you can click the Output Folder button to get the converted files and transfer to your iPod, iPad, iPhone, mp3 player or hard driver.
During the ripping cda into ac3, you can change the priority of the process or set an automatic event to be executed when the conversion is over. After the conversion of cda to ac3 has finished, you can find the ac3 files in the output folder you specified.
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A: The CDA to AC3 Converter download for PC works on most current Windows operating systems.
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A: Input File Formats: 3G2, 3GP, 3GP2, AAC, AC3, DTS, AIF, AIFF, AMR, APE, CDA, FLAC, M4A, M4B, M4R, MO3, MOD, MP+, MP1, MAC, MP2, MP3, MP4, MPC, OGG, SHN, SPX, TAK, TTA, WAV, WAVE64, WMA, WV, IT, XM, PLS, OFR, OFS, S3M, M3U and CUE. Output File Formats: 3G2 (audio track), 3GP (audio track), AAC, AAC for iPod/iPhone/iPad/iTunes, AC3, AIFF, ALAC (Apple Lossless), FLAC, M4A (MPEG-4 audio), M4B (MPEG-4 audiobook), M4R (iPhone ringtone), MP2, MPC, MP3, MP4 (audio track), APE, OGG, WAV, WMA and any ACM Encoder.
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A: People Convert CDA files to AC3 format for various purpose, however, most of them Convert CDA for the two common ones, first the Audio CDs files are too large, they want to save some space, second their portable devices do not recognize CDA format at all, but these devices are capable of playing AC3 files without any compatibility issues.
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A: This is a good question, but unfortunately, the short answer is YES. Since AC3 is a lossy audio format, converting any audio formats (e.g. CD Audio) to AC3 is a quality-loss process, the encoded AC3 files sound like a faithful reproduction of the original CDA music collections to most listeners.
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A: Just 4 steps below. 1.Select desired CDA Tracks 2.Choose "MP3", "M4B", or other format 3.Select "Output mode:" - "Single file" 4.Click "Rip CD"
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Click the Add or Remove Programs icon.
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A: Compact Disc Digital Audio. A file with the extension .cda is a small (44 byte) virtual file generated by Microsoft Windows for each audio track on a standard "Red Book" CD-DA format audio CD as defined by the Table of Contents (ToC) (within the lead-in's subcode). These files are shown in the directory for the CD being viewed in the format Track##.cda, where ## is the number of each individual track. The .cda files do not contain the actual PCM sound wave data, but instead tell where on the disc each track starts and stops. If the file is "copied" from the CD to a computer, it cannot be used on its own because it is only a shortcut to part of the disc. However, some audio editing and CD creation programs will, from the user's perspective, load .cda files as though they are actual audio data files, and allow the user to listen to them. This should not be confused with the tracks actually containing the audio data on the CD.
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A: AC3 is a file extension for surround sound audio files used on DVDs format. AC3, the abbreviation of Audio Coding, is the synonym of Dolby Digital audio codec. Dolby Digital (code-named AC3) is a compressed, lossy surround sound format that boomed with the rise in popularity of DVD in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The AC3 file format was created by Dolby Labs for use in a Dolby Digital audio on DVD, Blu-ray and other digital video formats. AC3 stands for Audio Coding 3. Except for Dolby TrueHD, the audio compression is lossy. And Dolby Digital is the common version containing up to six discrete channels of sound. AC3 increases fidelity over its previous surround sound standard, Pro-logic, with independent tracks for each of the 6 speakers, a 16bit sampling at 48khz rate compressed by 10-12 times, making for a total bit rate of 384kbps. The system is used in bandwidth-limited applications other than DVD-Video, such as digital TV. The AC-3 standard allows a maximum coded bit rate of 640 kbit/s. 35mm film prints use a fixed rate of 320 kbit/s, which is the same as the maximum bit rate for 2-channel MP3. DVD-Video discs are limited to 448 kbit/s, although many players can successfully play higher-rate bitstreams (which are non-compliant with the DVD specification). HD DVD limits AC-3 to 448 kbit/s. ATSC and digital cable standards limit AC-3 to 448 kbit/s. Blu-ray Disc, the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox game console can output an AC-3 signal at a full 640 kbit/s. Some Sony PlayStation 2 console games are able to output AC-3 standard audio as well, primarily during pre-rendered cutscenes. Dolby is part of a group of organizations involved in the development of AAC (Advanced Audio Coding), part of MPEG specifications, and considered the successor to MP3. It is also the standard audio format for HDTV programming. With one digital cable from a DVD player and ultimately other sources like satellite and digital cable boxes, home theater enthusiasts could get discrete surround sound for six or more channels. This means that they could hear unique sounds coming from each of their rear speakers, which created much more detailed, cinema-like surround sound effects at home.
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Question: When people talk about performance tuning, they talk about baselines. What are baselines and why do I need them?
Answer: Baselines are a known normal levels of performance that a server runs under. The whole reason that you need to gather baselines is so that you've got something to compare the current performance numbers to. You can gather the base line easily enough by using performance monitor and saving the data from perfmon either to a SQL Server database or to a binary table. Then over time you'll want to compare the current performance numbers to the numbers which were gathered to see if the system has grown and to confirm that performance is still within acceptable limits.
Gathering a performance baseline doesn't need to be very complex or hard to do. It can be as simple as setting up a perfmon counter set and running it for a few hours to get a good set of numbers to look at. Just make sure that when you gather the baseline you go it on your busiest day. To make this easier to do you might want to look into gathering the baseline for several days in a row then figure out by looking at the data which one is the right one to consider your baseline.
When it comes to what to monitor you'll want to monitor the physical disk counters as well as the buffer manager counters and memory usage counters. You'll want to watch the memory counters as well as the disk counters because if numbers like Page Life Expectancy (PLE) change when you monitor later on you need to see what those number were when you captured the baseline. As the storage and memory numbers are tied together quite closely you need to monitor both of them so that you can see where variances in the storage numbers are coming from.
If after taking the performance baseline you and you bring in a new storage engineer or consultant to diagnose storage or SQL performance problems they can use the baseline that you have captured to see how the system should be performing.
Don't forget that you will want to update your baseline from time to time. As the business and/or the number of users on the system grows the baseline needs to be updated so that it reflects the new performance numbers of the system.


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Buchanan's ties to newspaper and the Loebs go way backBy JOHN DiSTASO
Senior Political Reporter
December 01. 2012 11:58PM
MANCHESTER - Pat Buchanan has a long history of friendship with the New Hampshire Union Leader, which editorially endorsed him for President in the 1992 and 1996 first-in-the-nation presidential primaries.
In his 1996 victory speech, he referred to then-Publisher Nackey S. Loeb as "the political godmother of Pat Buchanan."
But his relationship with Mrs. Loeb and her husband, the firebrand publisher William Loeb, began long before, and, he recalled in an interview last week, in a memorable way.
He said that as a young editorial writer for the St. Louis Globe-Democrat 50 years ago, his work was published by William Loeb's Manchester Union Leader.
After he went to work for future President Richard Nixon in 1966, Nixon was ready to come to New Hampshire to campaign.
Buchanan said he wrote William Loeb a letter asking to meet him, and then followed it up with a visit to Loeb's home in Prides Crossing on the North Shore of Massachusetts.
"I got a cab and it was a horrible snowstorm," Buchanan said last Thursday. "When we got to Prides Crossing, I couldn't see the house numbers. We went back and forth and finally the driver said, 'This is it. You're going to have to get out.'
"And then I saw on the right, through the blizzard, a bumper sticker that I believe said, 'Stand Up for Alabama.'
"And so I said, 'Stop right here!' I got out and went in, and Mr. Loeb treated me like the prodigal son who had come home."
He asked Loeb to endorse Nixon against then-Michigan Gov. George Romney, "and sure enough, I came home with the impression that Mr. Loeb was on our side."
Buchanan is now working on a book about Nixon.
"The working title might be something like, 'How Richard Nixon Rode the Revolutions of the 1960s to National Power,'" he said.
"Nixon was a 'square' from the 1950s, who lost to (John F.) Kennedy, lost in California, said good-bye to politics and basically went off to New York to practice law. But there he was in 1969, raising his right hand to take the oath," Buchanan said.
"It's a book basically about, 'How did this happen? How did we do it? How did we stitch all these different forces together?" said Buchanan.
Buchanan said that while others have written on Nixon's political resurrection, "I know where the bodies are buried."
After Nixon resigned in 1974, Buchanan briefly stayed on as a special assistant to President Gerald Ford. He returned to the White House in 1985 as director of communications for President Ronald Reagan.


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Hanesbrands manufactures and sells of low-cost innerwear (t-shirts, bras, and underwear) and hosiery.[1] The companies brands include: Hanes, Champion, Playtex, Bali, L'eggs, Just My Size, barely there, Wonderbra, Stedman, Outer Banks, Zorba, Rinbros and Duofold.[2] The company sells its products at wholesale prices to mass-market discount retailers like Wal-Mart and Target, as well as department stores. Hanes is heavily dependent on a few large customers. Wal-Mart (WMT), Target (TGT), and Kohl's (KSS) account for 27%,17%, and 7% respectively, of the company's sales.[3]
Hanes is one of the largest players in the innerware industry and enjoys economies of scale that allow it to offer its products at prices below those its competitors. This advantage has become especially important in recent years, as department stores have begun to offer their own private label brands. Private label brands typically provide department stores with higher margins than third party brands. Hanes is the exception to this rule because it is able to offer its products at prices below what it costs department stores to manufacture/purchase their own private label merchandise. The company earned $3.9 billion in revenue and $51 million in net income in 2009.[4]
Once a subsidiary of Sara Lee, Hanes was spun off in 2006 as part of a restructuring within the parent company. Since the spin-off, Hanes has struggled with increasing operational costs, steady decreases in its hosiery business, and over $2B in debt.
Hanesbrands designs, manufactures, sources and sells a broad range of apparel essentials such as T-shirts, bras, panties, men's underwear, kids' underwear, casualwear, activewear, socks and hosiery.The company generates 89% of its sales from within the United States and 81% from wholesales to retailers.
Department stores in the United States have undergone significant changes in response to declining margins. Stores have implemented tighter inventory controls and have scaled back the quantities of merchandise that they purchase from companies like Hanesbrands.
Besides competing with other major brands for department store business, Hanesbrands has to contend with the rise of private label merchandise as well. As private labels become an increasing part of department store sales, big companies may scale back on the traditional brands they order from companies like Hanesbrands. Although traditional brands will remain a vital part of the department store business, they have a strong incentive to prefer private labels wherever possible because they can be sold at higher margins than outside brands. As the low-cost undergarment industry is essentially commoditized (with cost being the biggest factor for consumers), companies have an even stronger incentive than is usual to create and sell private label undershirts and intimate apparel to keep costs low and margins high. However, Hanesbrands serves as a key exception to this trend: as a very large company that manufactures its own clothing, it can often price its product below private label merchandise.
In addition, a series of mergers and acquisitions in the industry (e.g. Macy's takeover of Marshall Field's) give the businesses that remain potentially greater power to negotiate lower prices with Hanesbrands, thereby lowering revenue. With its high dependence of wholesaling, a small change in Hanesbrands' business dealings with its large customers would greatly affect the company's earnings.
Trends in the fashion world tend to change very quickly. Consumer tastes can vary widely from one season to the next, leading to large swings in a company's profits. On the whole, Hanesbrands is essentially immune from these fluctuations. Its basic undergarments are wardrobe staples and compete on the basis of price, not style. But in spite of this competitive advantage, Hanesbrands has been significantly exposed to changing fashion trends through its hosiery business. Today's working women wears hosiery less then her mother did. The company's own research shows that working-age women wear panty hose almost half as much as they did ten years ago. If this trend continues, the market for Hanes hosiery will continue to shrink, decreasing revenue.
Hanes' biggest competitors are two other underwear companies: Fruit of the Loom, which is owned by Berkshire Hathaway (BRK) and Jockey, which is still privately owned. Other competitors include the publicly traded Maidenform Brands and Warnaco Group.


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Worst in Show: George & the Italian Queen
Let's start with Ely. Elisabetta Canalis made it to the Super Bowl. She's been workin' it for months. Months. So you'd think, you'd think she'd bring it home hard, non?
Um. Non.
Totally predictable that she wore red. She didn't bother washing her hair. And it's a sateen disaster. The Italian Queen is a rail of a woman, and this dress not only gave her a gut, it also gave us the outline of her goddamn thong. UNFRESH. Chacha, is that what you call your best? What a f-cking disappointment. Up to now Ely was owning our asses, playing him, and everyone else.
The curious thing is that it started off so well...
Her dress was for sh-t but they arrived on a high note. We caught her on our etalk cameras greeting Meryl Streep. Like the Streep stopped to talk to her. Not bad, right? Somewhere along the press line however, it was like a switch had flipped. Was it Sherri Shepherd?
It was one of Duana's favourite moments:
Okay, so it was a tired bit about how much Sherri Shepherd wanted George Clooney on ABC's official carpet. There was some rigmarole about how Elisabetta didn't understand that Sherri was hitting on George. Same old patter.
But when Canalis - sensing they were talking about her - leaned in to say something, Shepard just literally moved the mic away from her. Nope, not for you!
I got really, really excited. Shepherd doesn't have a lot of sway in Hollywood and it's not like she and George are going to have to get over this to replicate their friendship, but I really enjoyed that she got that one off.
Honorable mention is when she said The Last Station was a love story "Between Two Grown People, which we don't see every day". Grown People = euphemism for 'old as hell'. I...might be joining Shepherd's Fan Club. But I swear that I will never watch the View. Maybe only when I'm sick. But I won't record it.
So the Italian Queen gets shut down by the official ABC pre-show and on that note, George and Ely entered the Kodak. F-CKING AMAZING.
Could that explain his crusty pants?
I believe that the bit with Martin and Baldwin was planned. I don't believe that Clooney would get pissed about something so trivial. But that also doesn't account for why he had a bitch on his face the rest of the night. Like he had better things to do. Like he'd rather be saving Haiti, which is admirable of course, but the only reason he has the opportunity to save Haiti is because the motherf-cker is an ACTOR. It's the world that made him, and that world was celebrating its biggest night, and if he's over it, then he needs to get out of it. Far as I know however George Clooney is still making movies. Because he wants our money. To pay his gardener at his big ass house in Como. And if that's the case, don't show up on Hollywood's biggest night, as Hollwood's current Chairman, with a pout in your pants because it's not your night to win.
George Clooney has rarely behaved like a petulant child. And George Clooney was a petulant child last night. And he was slow to get up for standing ovations. And for her it was like asking for a kidney donation.
Is this a problem? Is the Italian Queen becoming a problem?
There's a lot of Clooney backlash happening today. That hooker needs to check himself.
PS. some catty details for you bitches out there. It's not exactly politically correct though, so if you offend easily or are particularly sensitive, click away.
Her skin?
Up close?
All across her forehead...pimples. Embedded underneath the skin. Now I've struggled with acne before so wait before you start yelling at me. This is not an indictment on those who struggle with acne. And certainly not on regular folk. You and I are not sold as international beauty queens, with Roberto Cavalli talking like we were created by Botticelli himself. Completely different standard. Remember. People Magazine told us she's perfect. So yeah, Ely isn't blemish-free.
Photos from Flynetonline.com and MARK RALSTON, Jason Merritt, John Shearer, Alberto E. Rodriguez/Gettyimages.com


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Barbara Block, a renowned marine scientist received a 2012 Rolex Award for Enterprise. Her award will be used to monitor the activity of sharks off the coast of California and increase public awareness of the marine environment.
Barbara Block has been studying the ocean for more than 30 years. Between 2000 and 2010 she was co-chief scientist for the Tagging of Pacific Predators (TOPP) programme and part of the Census of Marine Life. The information from these projects identified "hotspots" in the ocean off the coast of California where upwelling currents in the California Current during spring provide nutrients that cause plankton blooms which in turn attract fish and large marine predators such as sharks.
Today, Barbara is monitoring these "hotspots" by creating a network of monitoring stations that track sharks tagged with acoustic tags and transmit data to a lab via satellites. Two types of monitoring stations are used in the project; fixed buoys and a free-roaming device called a Wave Glider, whose movement is powered by wave action. The fixed buoys are located in areas popular with sharks and tuna that Barbara describes as "predator cafes" while the mobile surfboard shaped Wave Glider can monitor areas beyond the reach of the fixed buoys.
Barbara will use her Rolex Award to fund the construction, testing and deployment of three listening buoys that will be located in marine sanctuaries at three California hotspots. Each time a tagged shark swims within half a kilometer of a buoy its presence will be detected and the information will be sent not only to Barbara's laboratory but also to ordinary citizens across the world that have downloaded the new Shark Net app.
The Shark Net app forms an integral part of Barbara's latest project. Delivering videos of shark tagging, data, maps and other information straight to a person's iPad or iPhone, the app allows the general public to engage and learn more about the ocean and the species many people seldom see. To Barbara, engagement with these marine animals is key if people are to understand why they need to be protected.
The Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias), listed as Vulnerable on The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™, is the focus of this tagging project and the data collected by monitoring stations at "predator cafes" will allow scientists and conservationists to understand the Great White Shark's migration patterns. Over time this information will provide data on changes in the marine environment and give an indication of how healthy our oceans are.
Overexploitation is one of the most harmful threats to the marine environment and the impacts of removing its top predators has a cascading impact on the rest of the marine food web that can affect not only the balance of species living in the ocean but the services, such as food and livelihoods, they provide to humans. Barbara's ultimate goal is to create a large marine UNESCO World Heritage site off the California coast that will protect the ocean and its inhabitants and the information collected by her project will help identify the key places needing protection.
Applications for the 2014 Rolex Awards for Enterprise are now open and are exclusively devoted to young candidates aged between 18 and 30 years. For more information visit the Rolex Awards website.
Related links:
- Rolex Awards for Enterprise
- Shark Net app
- Search for sharks on The IUCN Red List
- IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group
- Apply now for the 2014 Rolex Awards


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Juniors seeking to change luck
Gothenburg's Juniors are still searching for their first victory after three more games this past week.
The Melons fell to Cambridge, Holdrege and Broken Bow. A scheduled game against Ogallala was postponed.
Gothenburg hosted Lexington Tuesday night and will entertain Overton Wednesday (tonight) before traveling to Lexington Sunday.
Big inning buries Melons
A nine-run second inning carried Cambridge to a 13-7 win over Gothenburg Sunday.
The hosts took advantage of six walks, a couple of errors and five wild pitches/passed balls during the rally.
Cambridge jumped out on top 3-0 after one inning of play.
Gothenburg rallied with four runs in the top of the second to lead 4-3. Zach Kolbo drove in a pair with a single.
Cambridge's outburst in the bottom of the second, and a solo run in the third, put the game out of reach.
The Melons did connect for three consecutive hits in the fourth inning that earned three runs. However, it was far short of what was needed.
Kolbo and Patrick Messersmith each had a pair of hits for Gothenburg.
Skyler Schwanz and Radley Shaw saw action on the mound.
Free passes boost Holdrege
Taking advantage of six walks and six hit batters, Holdrege defeated Gothenburg 16-4 Saturday.
Two big innings provided 13 of the visitor's runs. Holdrege scored eight in the second and five in the sixth.
Gothenburg managed solo runs in the second and fourth innings and a pair in the sixth.
Zach Kolbo singled in the Melons first run in the second. Riley Ostendorf's ground out to the shortstop with the bases loaded knocked in the second run.
Errors and a walk loaded the bases for Gothenburg in the sixth inning. One run scored on a wild pitch and another on Josh Reinhard's ground out to the pitcher.
Bryce Kowalewski, Quinn Haynes and Skyler Schwanz shared pitching duties.
Broken Bow takes 16-2 win
Amid cold and windy conditions, Broken Bow scored early and often in a 16-2 win over the visiting Melons.
Bow pounded out 10 hits, including a double, a triple and a home run.
The Melons found themselves trailing 8-0 after two innings of play.
Zach Kolbo found two runners in scoring position in the third inning and drove in both with a single for Gothenburg's only runs in the game.
The game ended after a six-run rally by Broken Bow in the fourth inning.
Pitchers of record for the Melons were Dominic Long, Tyler Baker and Radley Shaw.
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ENGR2080-A Engineering Statistics (Fall 2017)
Course Details
Course Description
About The Instructor(s)
Section will be taught totally online with no scheduled class meetings. Students must arrange for daily access to a computer and the Internet prior to the start of classes. Robert Morris labs are to be used only as a backup in special situations and may not be relied upon for extended periods of time. In addition to the Internet link, online classes have a large emphasis on email. All messages from the instructor and other information regarding online classes, including user ids, passwords, and login instructions will be sent to your Robert Morris University email account.
Visit http://rmu.blackboard.com/ for more information.
Session, Dates: 1 (08/28/2017 - 12/16/2017)
Days: ONLINE
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Credits: 3
This course is an introduction to statistical methods in engineering. Topics include basic probability, distribution theory, confidence intervals, significance tests, and sampling.
Credits: 3 lecture
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Kelly Clarkson + Boyfriend Brandon Blackstock Make Debut as Couple
The darling Kelly Clarkson has a boyfriend and her new relationship status helped her slim down with a 30-pound weight loss. She's been gushing about him in the press, too, arousing our curiosity about the lucky man. Fans can get a look at handsome, bearded devil who put the smile on Clarkson's adorable face, as the happy couple have made their public debut.
Clarkson is dating Brandon Blackstock and it's "all in the family." Brandon is the son of her manager, Narvel Blackstock, who is also married to Reba McEntire, making him Reba's stepson. The younger Blackstock also manages 'The Voice' coach and country singer Blake Shelton. So Clarkson is in good with country royalty as a result of her new relationship. She and Blackstock have been an item since sometime last year.
While we've been hearing a bunch about the relationship as of late, Clarkson, 30, and Blackstock, 35, officially "came out" when they appeared at the Barn Party Bonfire Celebration in Whites Creek, Tennessee on May 31.
Aren't they cute? Clarkson deserves to be happy! She gushed to Us Weekly that "I'm so happy now" when promoting her new reality show 'Duets,' saying, "I love that I'm in a relationship right now … I want a life … the past five years or so I've found my groove and my balance."
Clarkson, whose recent single 'Stronger' was a huge smash, celebrating the fact that being alone doesn't mean you are lonely, joked that her relationship-derived happiness is certainly stifling her ability to write anything other than happy songs.
She said, "I'm too happy! He's ruining my creativity. I'm writing all this happy s—! It's killing me … people are going to be like, 'What the hell happened to you?' It's difficult. But awesome!" She also clarified that she isn't complaining about this "awesome problem to have."
Congrats, Kelly!
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First Look: AKOO Collaborates With Legendary Hip-Hop Photographer Jonathan Mannion For Summer/Fall 2014 Collection
You know Jonathan Mannion's portfolio, even if you don't realize it.
Jay Z's mafia imagery in the black-and-white artwork for Reasonable Doubt? Mannion.
DMX taking a bubble bath in a tub full of "blood"? Mannion again.
Trina biting the bullet? That's right, Jonathan Mannion.
The noted photographer takes his images from glossy prints to wearable art with his new collaborative collection with AKOO, which is adorning tees and tanks with Mannion's shots. The new apparel hits the Internets today (May 6), so click through the gallery to see the full lineup from this dope collabo.


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Summer Weekend Pasta
My husband, Tad, and I are always working on a pasta dish. There is no beginning and there is no end. It's a once-a-week dinner that we've been making for years, and each time we tweak it, depending on what's in season, what's in the fridge, what's going on in our work-addled heads. It usually begins with bacon or pancetta. When Tad's at the helm, canned tomatoes will likely find their way into the pan, and if it's my turn, a pinch of crushed chiles. We've drifted from penne to rigatone to orecchiette to shells. We like shapes that our kids can easily spear with a fork. Sometimes eggs get tossed in for a little carbonara effect. And, occasionally, Tad will slip in goat cheese in his mother's honor (she made an excellent pasta with asparagus and goat cheese). There's never a recipe because we never stop the music, we never let the ingredients race to their seats to get counted.
But this week, I thought it was time to put the pasta on record. We'd hit on a new summer variation that was pretty nifty. We've gotten into adding grated summer squash, which nestles into orechiette's little cups. Mixing fresh squash into hot pasta is an excellent way to produce soggy pasta; we drain the swamp by first salting the grated squash to draw out its water, and squeezing out the gratings before adding them to the steaming pasta. The base is bacon, of course, with a pinch of red pepper flakes and a smashed garlic clove. And to underline the sweetness and freshness of the dish, we fold in some fresh-scraped corn and chopped basil. The dish is part vegetable, part pasta -- buoyant, bright, and just what we crave on a steamy summer evening.
Serves 4
- Salt
- 6 slices bacon, cut crosswise into 1/4-inch pieces
- 1 garlic clove, peeled and smashed
- Pinch red pepper flakes
- 3 medium yellow zucchini, ends trimmed
- 1 pound orecchiette or small shells
- 2 ears corn, kernels cut from the cobs, juices and all
- 2 tablespoons roughly chopped or torn basil
- Freshly ground black pepper
- Olive oil, if needed.
- Freshly grated Parmesan cheese, for serving
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The information provided here is meant to give you a general idea about each of the medications listed below. Only the most general side effects are included, so ask your doctor if you need to take any special precautions. Use each of these medications as recommended by your doctor, or according to the instructions provided. If you have further questions about usage or side effects, contact your doctor.
Medications may help to either prevent or reduce side effects of treatment, or to manage certain side effects once they occur. Since you can develop these symptoms from the treatment and/or from the cancer itself, it is essential that you discuss any concerns you have with your doctor.
Some of the complications of pancreatic cancer that will require supportive care include the following:
- Development of diabetes
- Problems digesting food
- Weight loss
- Pain
- Nausea or vomiting
- Depression
Development of Diabetes
If your treatment includes surgery to remove part or all of your pancreas, you may develop diabetes. Diabetes occurs when your body can no longer produce insulin or becomes resistant to the hormone.
A functioning pancreas produces insulin naturally. Insulin helps you digest food, breaking down carbohydrates into smaller chemical units (glucose) that your body can use for energy or can store for future use. Insulin keeps your blood glucose within a normal, healthy range.
If your pancreas is not functioning properly, or if you have had surgery to remove some or all of your pancreas, you may develop diabetes and will need to be given insulin. It is usually in the form of an injection. Treating diabetes includes regularly testing your blood glucose level, giving yourself insulin shots, and monitoring your diet. Your doctor will teach you how to care for this condition.
The main forms of insulin include:
- Humulin
- Novolin
- Velosulin
Insulin must be injected just under your skin, often several times a day. The medication can be given through injections with a small syringe or by wearing an insulin pump that automatically and regularly provides a dose of insulin throughout the day. There are a number of different forms of insulin, ranging from short-acting to long-acting varieties. You may need to utilize more than one type.
You'll probably have to test your blood glucose levels 2 or more times each day to monitor your response to the insulin. Since diet and exercise affect blood glucose levels, you will need to adjust these important aspects of your life.
Side effects can occur if blood glucose levels go too high or too low.
Symptoms of high blood glucose include:
- Excess thirst
- Increased appetite
- Frequent urination
- Fatigue
Symptoms of low blood glucose include:
- Feeling shaky or jittery
- Lightheadedness or fainting
- Confusion
- Sweating
- Fast heartbeat
- Blurry vision
Always contact your doctor if you have any of the following:
- Seizures
- Fainting
- Chest pain
- Difficulty breathing
- Yellow eyes or skin—jaundice
- Easy bleeding or bruising
Problems Digesting Food
As the cancer destroys pancreatic cells, normal digestive function is impaired. In addition, if you have had all or part of your pancreas surgically removed, you may have trouble digesting and using the nutrients from your food. You may need to take enzyme tablets with your meals to help solve this problem.
Pancrelipase contains enzymes similar to those produced by a healthy pancreas. These enzymes help you digest your food, breaking it down into smaller chemical units that your body can use for energy.
Always swallow your pill or capsule whole. Do not break up the medication or chew it. Doing so may cause mouth irritation. Your doctor will tell you how many to take, ranging from 1-4, with each meal or snack.
Possible side effects of pancreatic enzymes include:
- Mouth irritation
- Skin rashes
- Diarrhea
- Nausea
- Abdominal cramps or pain
Always contact your doctor if you have any of the following:
- Pain or diarrhea
- Stools that look greasy or float on the toilet water
- Difficulty breathing or wheezing
Weight Loss
Weight loss may occur when your appetite is severely decreased because of the cancer. You may need to take dietary supplements, drink nutritional supplements, or receive some nutrition through a tube placed directly into your stomach or intestine. Tell your doctor if you are losing weight. You can be referred to a registered dietitian to help maximize your nutritional intake.
Pain in pancreatic cancer can be quite severe and debilitating. If you are having surgery, your doctor may choose to cut some of the nerves that carry pain messages from your pancreas and the surrounding area to your brain. Alternatively, alcohol can be injected into these nerves to deaden the painful sensations.
If you are not having surgery, similar types of nerve-deadening injections may be given directly through the skin of the abdomen. You and your doctor should discuss what kinds of pain medications are available. The goal will be to relieve your pain as much as possible, while still allowing you to enjoy as much of life as possible.
The pain medications commonly given for pancreatic cancer are opioids:
- Hydrocodone
- Morphin
- Methadone
- Oxycodone
- Fentanyl patch
Acetaminophen combined with:
- Oxycodone
- Hydrocodone
Possible side effects of opioids include:
- Lightheadedness or feeling faint
- Drowsiness
- Nausea or vomiting
- Constipation
Nausea and Vomiting
Nausea and vomiting may occur if the tumor is blocking part of the gastrointestinal tract, if you are constipated, or as side effects of chemo- or radiation therapy.
Depression is commonly experienced in those diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Often, the depression is noted before the diagnosis is made. If you are feeling the symptoms of depression—extreme fatigue, lack of interest in things that once mattered to you, mood swings—for at least 2 weeks, talk with your doctor.
If appropriate, your doctor can recommend therapy, support groups, medications, or other means of managing depression.
Special Considerations
If you are taking medications, follow these general guidelines:
- Take the medication as directed. Do not change the amount or the schedule.
- Ask what side effects could occur. Report them to your doctor.
- Talk to your doctor before you stop taking any prescription medication.
- Do not share your prescription medication.
- Medications can be dangerous when mixed. Talk to your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking more than one medication, including over-the-counter products and supplements.
- Plan ahead for refills as needed.
Revision Information
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October 16, 2011, 2:20 pm
Dogs in Longmont are getting "pinked"
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A Sunday business story in the New York Times calls it "the pinking of America".
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and pink tie-ins have become "a marketing, merchandising and fund-raising opportunity
that is almost unrivaled in scope," the Times story said.
In Longmont, pinking has even gone to the dogs.
Canines at a Longmont pet agility training and social center can get pink ribbons embedded in their fur to mark the observance.
All you have to do is pony up $5 in green, which goes to the Susan G.Komen Foundation.
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A portable container filled from a labeled container by an employee who uses it immediately or during his/her work shift does not have to be labeled. However, if any of the material is left at the end of the work shift, it must be returned to the original container OR it must be labeled as follows:
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The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries provides alternatives for hard-to-label containers and for air emissions, such as in a welding area. You may use signs, placards, process sheets, batch tickets, or other such written material in place of trying to attach a label to individual stationary process containers, where it would be lost and difficult to read. The alternative label information must identify which container it refers to and be available in the work area to employees at all times.
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Saturday, June 01, 2013
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Friday, May 31, 2013) – A trio of Belmont Stakes (Grade I) contenders breezed at Churchill Downs on Thursday, including Preakness (GI) winner Oxbow, Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (GI) runner-up Golden Soul and Will Take Charge, and all exited their workouts in good order.
"They're both very good this morning," Lukas said.
Oxbow and Will Take Charge will van to Belmont Park on Monday and will be joined by Lukas trainees Laurie's Rocket and Optimizer. Laurie's Rocket will run in the True North Handicap (GII) and Optimizer will run in the Woodford Reserve Manhattan Handicap (GI).
Golden Soul, in his first work since finishing second to Orb in the Kentucky Derby, breezed five furlongs in 1:00.40 for trainer Dallas Stewart.
"It was one of his best works yesterday and he really came out of it good," Stewart said. "He wasn't tired and ate great last night. I totally think we're in it to win it now."
Golden Soul walked the shedrow of Barn 48 at Churchill Downs on Friday, but will return to the track Saturday.
"He'll jog Saturday, gallop Sunday, gallop Monday and then jog or gallop on Tuesday before flying to New York," Stewart said. "He'll gallop up there on Wednesday and Thursday and then jog Friday."
Good Lord is a five-time stakes winner, but he will look to collect his first graded-stakes triumph in Saturday's $100,000-added Aristides (GIII) at Churchill Downs. It will be the third try in the race named after the first winner of the Kentucky Derby for Good Lord, who finished fourth in the Aristides in 2011 and 2012.
"He's doing well and he'll run a good race," said 78-year-old Forrest Kaelin, the longest tenured horseman based at Churchill Downs. "He's been a nice little horse. He's just shy of $500,000 in earnings and I got him for $20,000. That's a good buy. It's hard to find those."
Following Good Lord's most recent fourth-place effort in the Aristides, he went on to win five of his next nine starts, all in stakes races. In his last start, he finished third in the Texas Mile (GIII).
"He ran a good race," said Kaelin, who was sporting a Good Lord baseball cap Friday morning. "There were some nice horses in there with (winner) Master Rick and (runner-up) Prayer for Relief, who's won over $1 million."
Doug Shank and Stan Young's Good Lord will cut back in distance for the Aristides, which will be run at six furlongs on the main track.
"I think he's better at six furlongs and seven-eighths," Kaelin said. "Seven-eighths is probably his ideal distance."
Good Lord will face four rivals in the Aristides, including defending champ Rothko, the 9-5 morning line favorite. It is scheduled as Race 5 on Saturday's 11-race program at 2:51 p.m.
Gary and Mary West's Corporate Jungle, sixth behind Mizdirection in the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (GI) in his last start, will make his 5-year-old debut for new trainer Tom Proctor in Saturday's $65,000-added Opening Verse at 1 1/16 miles on the Matt Winn Turf Course.
A dark bay or brown son of Giant's Causeway, Corporate Jungle's 2012 campaign was highlighted by a victory in the Appleton (GIII) at Gulfstream Park and a runner-up effort to Horse of the Year Wise Dan in the Fourstardave (GII) at Saratoga while in the barn of trainer Chad Brown.
"He had some little issues and so they gave him some time," Proctor said. "It seems like he's come back good. I got him because they want to have him for Del Mar this summer. If he runs well here, I'll probably take him to California and go in the Shoemaker Mile (GI)."
The Shoemaker Mile will be run at Betfair Hollywood Park on June 29. Proctor also mentioned the $150,000-added Firecracker Handicap (GII) at Churchill Downs on June 29 as a possible next spot for Corporate Jungle if things go according to plan Saturday.
"It's a handicap so we'll take a look at the weights and see what we get and what Wise Dan gets before making a decision," Proctor said.
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Gerard Butler: Good Morning, Miami!
Gerard Butler takes the day by storm as he heads out and about on Tuesday morning (February 5) in Miami, Fla.
The 43-year-old actor has been in sunny Florida for several days now, and reportedly hung out with some celeb pals last week.
Gerard, Leonardo DiCaprio, Bradley Cooper, Jonah Hill, and Mel Gibson all stepped out together at Story night club in Miami this past Friday, according to the New York Post.
The five guys have reportedly been hanging around together as they hit up several Miami hotspots!