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Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. has filed six permits with the city-county Office of Construction Code Enforcement for its expanded facility at Airways Boulevard and State Line Road.
The six permits, which total a little more than $25 million, and their descriptions are: $16.5 million to "construct trucking dock and office building"; $5 million to "construct maintenance shop building"; $2 million to "construct line haul shop building"; $1 million to "install footings and foundations for dock and office"; $375,000 to "install footings and foundations for shop building"; and $150,000 to "install footings and foundations for office building."
The company earlier this summer paid $1.5 million for 59.2 acres of land for the facility. The Thomasville, N.C.-based company bought the land, which abuts Interstate 55 at the Tennessee-Mississippi state line, June 27 from Ferrell Properties.
The purchase closed a week after the city-county Economic Development Growth Engine approved a nine-year payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement for Old Dominion.
EDGE awarded Old Dominion a nine-year PILOT to add 188 new jobs and invest $31.3 million in a building on the newly acquired land. Old Dominion, a less-than-truckload carrier, said it had outgrown its current facility at 3050 Carrier Road.
According to an EDGE staff report, the project will create $7.8 million in new tax revenue for Memphis and Shelby County.
The average salary of the new employees will be $52,111. EDGE staff predict the deal will produce $1.60 in tax revenue for every $1 in taxes abated.
The vacant land that Old Dominion bought has a 2013 appraisal of $270,400, according to the Shelby County Assessor of Property.
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Hispanic-Latino Heritage Month in Memphis begins Thursday, Sept. 12, with a luncheon at the Hilton Memphis, 939 Ridge Lake Blvd.
Featured speakers at the luncheon are Beverly Robertson, president of the National Civil Rights Museum, and Mauricio Calvo, executive director of Latino Memphis.
The luncheon and other events during the month of September are organized by the Memphis chapter of the National Hispanic Professional Organization.
– Bill Dries
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center has opened a new endodontics clinic in the Winfield C. Dunn Building at 875 Union Ave.
School officials said the clinic is a major step forward for the Advanced Specialty Education program in endodontics at the College of Dentistry. The program received initial accreditation in 2011. Prior to that, UT dental graduates had to travel out of state to complete specialty endodontic training.
Endodontics is a specialty focusing on the study and treatment of the dental pulp, usually referred to as root canal treatment.
The new clinic includes a digital operatory with custom endodontic carts, digital radiography and endodontic practice management software.
Patients who want to save their teeth will be offered better alternatives to tooth extraction. The clinic also will attract new patients who cannot afford private practice fees.
– Jennifer Johnson Backer
One of the oldest law firms in the Memphis area has opened a new office in Lawrenceburg, Tenn.
The new Martin, Tate, Morrow & Marston PC office there will serve the firm's growing commercial and transportation client base in the Middle Tennessee and Nashville areas. That new office also represents the first time the firm, which was founded in Memphis in 1904, has expanded into Middle Tennessee.
– Andy Meek
Former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mike McWherter says he will not make a repeat run for governor next year.
McWherter, son of former Tennessee Gov. Ned McWherter, lost to then-Republican candidate Bill Haslam in the 2010 gubernatorial election.
McWherter told the Knoxville News Sentinel he is trying to recruit his wife, Mary Jane McWherter, to seek the state Senate seat being vacated by Democratic Caucus Chairman Lowe Finney of Jackson.
It's one of seven Senate slots now held by Democrats and one of two considered vulnerable to Republican takeover next year. Finney is not seeking re-election.
McWherter says there's been "a groundswell of people" also recruiting his wife to run.
McWherter is currently a member of the Tennessee Valley Authority board of directors.
– The Associated Press
Business forecasters maintained their rosy view of the U.S. economy in 2014, predicting 3 percent growth by the second quarter of next year, low inflation and improving employment.
The top economists surveyed by the National Association of Business Economics between Aug. 8 and Aug. 20 also said there's an 80 percent likelihood that the pickup in growth will prompt the Federal Reserve to trim its monthly $85 billion purchases of mortgage bonds and Treasury bills next year.
The NABE's 43 respondents said in a report released Monday that there's a 45 percent chance the Fed will begin its so-called "tapering" as early as this year.
But economists trimmed their expectations for the second half of 2013 since the last survey, in May.
The economists predicted that real gross domestic product would grow at a 2.3 percent annualized rate in the third quarter through September, down from 2.5 percent seen earlier; and 2.6 percent in the fourth quarter, down from 2.8 percent seen earlier. They were less optimistic about consumer spending, industrial production and private investment in nonresidential structures, equipment and software.
The economists' slightly more pessimistic views were likely affected by the government initially reporting in July that second-quarter GDP grew 1.7 percent.
On Aug. 29, the Commerce Department revised the figure sharply higher for the April-June quarter, to 2.5 percent.
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn is giving up his bitter takeover fight for Dell Inc. a few days before shareholders are scheduled to consider the latest buyout offer from the struggling computer maker's founder Michael Dell.
Icahn said Monday in a letter to shareholders that he still thinks Michael Dell's bid to take his company private undervalues the business and freezes shareholders out of any future gains. But Icahn also said it would be "almost impossible" to defeat that offer in a vote scheduled for Thursday.
Icahn and another major Dell shareholder, Southeastern Asset Management, said they won't pursue additional efforts to defeat it.
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More than 80 professors in Kansas are asking the Board of Regents to suspend a new social media policy.
The University of Kansas and Kansas State University professors signed a letter to the regents, expressing "continued concern" about the policy. They say the policy prevents faculty and staff at the state's universities from exercising their freedom of speech.
The regents are reviewing the policy, which they passed in December. The Lawrence Journal-World reports the professors want the policy suspended while that review proceeds.
The policy authorizes university administrators to fire employees for social media posts that conflict with the best interests of the university or its ability to efficiently provide services, among other violations.


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Some of the styles of Lazyboy chairs include the sofa type, sectional, loveseat, recliner, and of course the traditional chair. Their are outdoor chairs too which are perfect for the patio. The swivel chair is another item of furniture that can come in very useful as it is highly adaptable. The wide range of swivel chair models available means that they can be used for the office or even as an additional chair in a living room or bedroom. Like many other types of chair, swivel chairs are available in a range of sizes, colors, and made from a number of materials. For those chairs that include accessories such as footrests you should also consider the room space you have to use it in.
The Lazyboy recliners have a very adjustable reclining mechanism so that the user can position the chair in the way they find most comfortable. The numerous styles and designs of Lazyboys now available means there is Lazyboy furniture to fit into any surrounding. The Lazyboy big man recliner is ideal for individuals who are taller or larger than average. With adjustable seat heights and high back rests this model is excellent. In addition, storage armrests can hold refreshments or accessories like television remote controls.


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I have always been a big fan of Betty Crocker, especially the cake mixes. I think my oldest cookbook and the first one I bought myself is my Betty Crocker cookbook. I still use it and adapt recipes to become gluten free. I don't really recall buying the Betty Crocker hamburger helpers or anything really even when I was eating gluten, however I have to say I was pleasantly surprised with the Asian Chicken Helper – Chicken Fried Rice GLUTEN FREE! Both Bryan and I were impressed with the flavor and consistency of it. We found this at our local grocery store a few weeks ago and it was on sale so we decided to give it a shot – and we both decided tonight that we would buy it again. I'll also have to keep an eye out for any others that might be gluten-free to try. The season packet that comes with it has a great flavor to it and it was almost gravy like which we both really enjoyed.
This made a great week night meal – done in about twenty minutes and requires very minimum ingredients and if you would like you could even add some additional frozen veggies to the mix (add a cup of whatever veggie you might like – thawed, 5 minutes before the end of simmer time):
What you need:
1 lb uncooked boneless skinless chicken breast
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 2/3 cups HOT water (not boiling)
2 eggs
1- Cu the chicken into 1/2 inch pieces. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in 10-inch skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken; cook about 3 minutes, stirring occasionally, until outsides turn white. In a small bowl, lightly beat eggs and set aside).
2 – Stir in HOT water, seasoning mix and uncooked rice. Heat to boiling, stirring occasionally.
3 – Reduce heat. Cover; simmer about 20 minutes, stirring once, until rice is tender and liquid is mostly absorbed. If not absorbed, increase heat to medium and cook uncovered 2 minutes longer until absorbed.
4 – Increase heat to medium. Push rice and chicken to side of skillet. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in other side of skillet. Add lightly beaten eggs and scramble eggs in oil until cooked; remove from heat. Stir eggs into rice and chicken. Refrigerate leftovers (if you have any).


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Paris l'heure bleu
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I love that you know the buses in Paris inside out!! I need to get on top of my bus schedule. :) Beautiful photosReplyDelete
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Always on time.
And they run frequently for the most part.
People on board tend to be friendlier because it is a more social environment.
You HAVE to talk to people to get up or out including the driver.
Love it. When I first came to Paris I took the metro everywhere until I realised after my first bus ride that I could have walked some of the routes and it would have been less complicated! You are so right.ReplyDelete
You are also so lucky with the weather here just now. It's amazing, eh?Replies
Yes the weather is overwhelmingly beautiful. I wish I could go and go in this weather but the feet go on strike now and then.Delete
And of course I did not bring a blue and white striped shirt.
Bonjour Carol. Splendid shots of "les Ponts de Paris..." Looks like someone is having fun, and enjoying great weather to boot! ;-) As for "la Mariniere," I am sure there are plenty for sale in the shop windows around you, chez Monoprix if nowhere else. Just take a pick! (I can never resist and already own about 7 or 8 in different shades. Oy.) Veronique (French Girl in Seattle)ReplyDelete
Love riding the busses in Paris as there is so much more to see. I will be riding tomorrow... See you there!ReplyDelete
I love the blue - nice shots, especially the second to last and the view of the roof tops.ReplyDelete
Will we see the interior of the apartment?Replies
that means I have to clean up!!
Stunning, gorgeous shots! You make me want to run for the Eurostar. Hope you're enjoying the 11th xoReplyDeleteReplies
But you're so close and so lucky to be just a 2hr ride away Karen.Delete
I went to a divine cooking class (2 actually)
4 British friends surprised their bride-to-be friend with a trip to Paris including a macaron lesson with CHEF MARTHE.
Unbeatable fun in my opinion!!
thanks for keeping us up to date with gorgeous Paris... sigh ... xReplyDelete
I'll be back in September. Can't wait!!!ReplyDelete
I promise! I will! Just not sure WHEN...ReplyDelete
Lovely photos. And I agree about the bus-it's so much better than the metro. The bus from the Marais to Rue Cler passes by some beautiful landmarks!ReplyDelete
Don't forget to get some pictures of the padlocks that lovers lock to the bridges close to the University. They throw the key into the river as a sign of their forever love, their initials on the locks. Is that romantic or what?ReplyDelete
I like this post, because I think writing really good, Christian Louboutin will continue to pay attention to it, simply great.ReplyDelete


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The Process of Group Drug Counseling for Cocaine Dependence
The Center for Psychotherapy Research completed a four-year study designed to improve treatments for cocaine dependence. The goal of this research was to determine the effective elements in group drug counseling for this disorder by investigating what goes on during group drug counseling treatment sessions. The study used videotapes of sessions collected in the NIDA Collaborative Cocaine Study.
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Group drug counseling is the primary treatment modality used in community settings for the treatment of cocaine dependence, as well as alcohol and most other substances of abuse. Despite the prevalence of this modality and data on the efficacy of group approaches to the treatment of substance use disorders, little is known about how the treatment works to achieve positive outcomes. Thus, research is needed on the mechanism of action of group treatments for substance abuse.
Drawing upon research on individual drug counseling and group therapy for non-substance abuse problems, the "Group Drug Counseling for Cocaine Dependence" study examined several theoretically important therapy process variables as predictors of the outcome of group drug counseling for cocaine dependence. Group drug counseling sessions were drawn from an archival tape collection from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) Cocaine Collaborative Treatment Study.
- Crits-Christoph, P., Johnson, J., Gallop, R., Connolly Gibbons, M.B.,Hamilton, J., & Tu, X. (2011). A generalizability theory analysis of groupprocess ratings in the treatment of cocaine dependence. PsychotherapyResearch, 21, 252-266.
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Kimberly Zeidner's pear streusel cheesecake
Kimberly Zeidner's pear streusel cheesecake Crust 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened 1/3 cup granulated sugar 1 cup flour Filling 1 tablespoon butter 3 Bartlett pears, cored, peeled, sliced into 1/3-inch slices 1/4 cup granulated sugar 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg 1/4 teaspoon granulated ginger 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened 1/2 cup packed brown sugar 2 eggs 1 cup sour cream 1 tablespoon lemon juice Topping 1/2 cup flour 1/4 cup packed brown sugar 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened Preheat oven to 350 degrees. To make crust, cream together butter and the sugar thoroughly in a medium bowl. Blend in the flour. Press onto the bottom and 1/2-inch up sides of a greased 9-inch springform pan. Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until slightly golden. To make filling, melt butter in large saute pan over medium heat. Add pears, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger and sauteed 3 to 5 minutes or until tender. Set aside. In a large bowl, beat cream cheese with brown sugar until smooth. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until just blended. Mix in sour cream and lemon juice. Using a slotted spoon, arrange pears slices over crust. Pour the cream cheese mixture over the pears. To make topping, mix together flour, brown sugar, cinnamon and butter in a small bowl until mixture crumbles. Sprinkle over filling. Bake 45 minutes or until center is just set. Cool thoroughly at room temperature and then chill at least 4 hours or overnight. Serves 8-10. Nutrition information per serving: 466 calories, 52% calories from fat, 27 g fat, 17 g saturated fat, 113 mg cholesterol, 51 g carbohydrates, 5 g protein, 112 mg sodium, 2 g fiber
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Open-air burn pits at a U.S. Marine base in Afghanistan pose a health risk to the 13,500 military and civilian personnel there and are still in use despite the installation of four incinerators at a cost of $11.5 million, an inspector general said on Thursday.
John Sopko, the special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction, said in a letter to two top U.S. generals that burn pits at Camp Leatherneck in Helmand province were "potentially endangering" the health of U.S. military and civilian personnel.
Writing to Army General Lloyd Austin, head of U.S. Central Command, and Marine General Joe Dunford, commander of international forces in Afghanistan, Sopko said the burn pits were still being used despite the installation of four solid- waste incinerators at a cost of $11.5 million.
He said the incinerators were being underutilized and as a result, the camp was continuing to use "open-air burn pit operations to dispose of its daily waste" in violation of Defense Department guidance. He said his office reported recently on a similar problem at Forward Operating Base Salerno in Afghanistan.
"The toxic smoke from burning solid waste each day increases the long-term health risks for camp personnel, including reduced lung function and exacerbated chronic illnesses, ranging from asthma to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease," Sopko wrote.
He said visits to the camp by inspectors showed its two 12-ton incinerators were being underused, and its two 24-ton incinerators were not being used at all because a contract for operation and maintenance had not been awarded.
Sopko said an analysis by his department showed the camp's waste could be fully processed by operating the incinerators 18 hours a day. He urged the generals to end the use of open-air burn pits at Camp Leatherneck as quickly as possible by ensuring the incinerators were being operated at the required capacity.
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BELIZE BOUND: Anti-virus software pioneer John McAfee was denied political asylum in Guatemala on Thursday. Police in neighboring Belize expect him to be flown back soon for questioning about the killing of a fellow American expatriate.
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Bill Belichick and Ocho Cinco always had a mutual respect for each other.
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Editors Note: I mention numerous times below that the Pats obtained Ocho Cinco and Haynesworth in two days. Nope, they did it in about 12 hours, I was (still am) so stunned that both happened so close to each other that I was dizzied by the one-two combo. Regardless, Coach Bill FTW.
The Dallas Cowboys like to call themselves "America's Team" even though the only people who root for them are residents of Texas and bandwagon refugees left over from the 90's. Both groups I could care less for, but there's no venom in my slight, they're like hyper-color t-shirts or snap bracelets, completely irrelevant. The one Team and fan-base that is universally despised in the NFL is your New England Patriots. Granted, the amazing work and tough times endured by Robert Kraft over the past month to save football may have worked as an olive branch to help ease the hate, but the moves made in the past two days have erased this good will in an instant.
The New England Patriots have improved a Team that went 14-2 a season ago, and in the process they obtained two players who are equally despised throughout the Sporting World - and I absolutely love it. During the Patriots incredible 18-1 season they officially began wearing the black hat in the NFL, this despite the efforts of those bozo's in Oakland who dress up like a bunch of juggalos at a frat party. People loathe the Patriots, and us as fans should wear that as a badge of pride. People only hate the excellent franchises - and the Patriots are the gold standard for NFL excellance.
Granted, they haven't won a SuperBowl since 2004, the longest drought in Boston sports (good God, re-reading that sentence makes me want to make love to it), but still, they're a perennial contender and threat to win it all each season, and that should be no different this year. I can't defend Albert Haynesworth too much. He's an amazing football player when he wants to be, but off the field he's a crooked thug and deplorable human being - maybe he can turn it around in the Pats no BS system, and I hope so - but there will be some trepidation when trying to root for him. Ocho Cinco on the other hand, I absolutely love the guy. He's a hard worker, big-time talent, real fun to watch, and generally good for the game. I know for a fact he'll step in line for Coach Bill, and it will be an absolute blast to watch him play with Brady and Welker.
The hate may be amplified to 11 this year with the likes of Ocho Cinco, Haynesworth, Belichick, Brady, and the cloud of SpyGate still looming near, which will again keep us Patriot Fans on an island by ourselves, and that's just the way I want it, it'll be as fun, if not more, then a handsome ride down a Mexican waterslide.


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LONDON (AP) — Regulators in the Netherlands and Canada say the popular messaging application WhatsApp is violating internationally accepted privacy norms by stockpiling phone numbers belonging to people who don't even use the service.
Officials in both countries say WhatsApp Inc. is going through its users' address books and copying every single phone number before transmitting them to the Mountain View, California-based company's servers.
Many communications services ask for access to their customer's address books to help connect them with friends. But under Canadian and Dutch law, personal information belonging to nonusers must be destroyed once it's no longer being used.
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Assembly Bill 1007, (Pavley, Chapter 371, Statutes of 2005) required the California Energy Commission to prepare a state plan to increase the use of alternative fuels in California (State Alternative Fuels Plan).
The Energy Commission prepared the plan in partnership with the California Air Resources Board and in consultation with the other state, federal, and local agencies.
In preparing the State Alternative Fuels Plan, the Committee incorporated and built on the work by the Bio-Energy Interagency Working Group, the work of other agencies, and also examined the broader suite of alternative fuels that could benefit California's transportation market.
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Mule Deer Research Nears Target Collar Number
In December 2010, the Conservation Research Center of Teton Science Schools mule deer research team began efforts to capture and radio-collar 30 mule deer. As of February 11, 2011, 57 mule deer have been captured including 11 fawns, 16 bucks, and 30 does. Twenty-four collars have been deployed on mule deer does. You may see the radio-collared individuals around the valley wearing white collars with black numbers written on them. Thanks to all the landowners who have allowed us to set traps on their property—without their collaboration, it would be nearly impossible to capture deer. Please drive carefully on the roads and watch out for wildlife!
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Writers:Vladimir Bortko, Fyodor Dostoevsky (novel)
Stars:Yevgeni Mironov, Vladimir Mashkov,Lidiya Velezheva
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Best actor Yevgeni MIRONOV , Golden Eagle awards, Russia, 2004
Best Actress in a Supporting Role Inna CHURIKOVA , Golden Eagle awards, Russia, 2004
This version of The Idiot, made for the Russian TV, is actually the first attempt to film the Fyodor Dostoyevsky novel in its entirety. Yevgeny Mironov plays the title character, Russian Prince Myshkin, who returns to St. Petersburg after a stay in a Swiss mental hospital. The prince is not literally a mental midget; he is considered an idiot because, as an honest and upright person, he cannot keep pace with the evil in the world. He busies himself with the petty problems of his aristocratic friends, which drive him back into the recesses of insanity. Lidiya Velezheva co-stars as Nastassya Filippovna, the woman of loose morals who turns out to be the only person who truly cares about Myshkin's welfare, while Vladimir Mashkov plays the nominal villain of the piece, an iconoclastic merchant named Rogozhin, whose passion for Nastassya culminates in tragedy. The Idiot was previously filmed in France in 1946, in Japan by Akira Kurosawa in 1951, and in Russia in 1958.


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Featuring: The Goo Goo Dolls, Kris Allen & More
Boston, MA –Grammy-nominated superstars The Goo Goo Dolls will be headlining MIXFest 2010, Mix 104.1 announced today during the Morning Show with Karson & Kennedy. American Idol Season 8 winner Kris Allen will also share the stage during the August 2nd concert at The Bank of America Pavilion.
Joining The Goo Goo Dolls and Kris Allen at MIXFest 2010 will be Switchfoot, the popular American alternative rock band best known for their hit singles "Dare You to Move" and "Meant to Live". SpillCanvas is also a featured band who has toured with popular bands including Yellowcard and One Republic. Boston favorite, Steven Page, the former lead singer of Barenaked Ladies, will also give a special performance as a new solo artist.
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Honor the Creed
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- Sculpted PU Latex with fiberglass core for strength
- Chop people in the head without going to jail
We've been staring at the cover art for Assassin's Creed III and drooling ever since it was released. For starters, it's just a really powerful image. But it also features a really badass, yet sexy tomahawk. Our brains started thinking about how we could craft one for our next convention. (And a tiny one for Timmy, of course.)
Then we saw it...
A true warrior's weapon, assuming your metal of choice is convention-approved PU latex, this instrument of war is over 19 inches of pure grace. Sculpted to look just like the weapon in the game, it's the final piece to your Assassin's Creed cosplay ensemble. It feels great in the hand, weighted nicely due to the fiberglass core, and will serve you well for Halloween, cosplay, or any day you'd like to put an axe in someone's head without being arrested.
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- Finish off your Assassin's Creed costume with this handsome weapon
- Silver colored foam hatchet blade shines like justice
- Fiberglass insert gives it a hefty feel in your hand
- Perfect for cosplay (conventions have rules about real tomahawks, sadly)
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DC hospital: 3 Navy Yard victims doing well
Sep. 17, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — A hospital official says a police officer and two civilians wounded in the Washington Navy Yard shooting are doing well.
Dr. Janis Orlowski, MedStar Washington Hospital Center's chief medical officer, said Tuesday morning that the police officer, who was shot in the legs, and a woman who was shot in the shoulder are in fair condition. She says a young woman whose skull was grazed by a bullet is in good condition and asked Monday if she could go home.
Orlowski says the woman feels well and wants to start putting some of this behind her. She says the two female victims saw others who were shot and are "very worried about their co-workers" but aren't yet aware of the extent of Monday's events, which saw 13 people, including the gunman, killed.


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"Google's Hugo Barra confirmed that the latest version of Android will be delivered as a free upgrade to the existing Nexus S handset 'within weeks'. He said the search giant was aiming to get the software to owners of the previous flagship phone shortly after the release of the new Galaxy Nexus handset next month, well in time for Christmas. Owners of the first official Google phone, the Nexus One, will not be getting the upgrade, however. Barra said the hardware was simply too old to run the new operating system." Can someone enlighten me - the Nexus One has 512MB of RAM, a 1Ghz processor, and a 480x800 AMOLED or SuperLCD. Why on earth isn't this thing upgraded to ICS? Lameballs.


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A Georgia man has completed a 648-mile march to the District to raise awareness for poverty.
Terence Lester, of Atlanta, wrapped up the march at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in D.C. late Saturday afternoon.
Lester started the march two months ago after an elderly woman walked seven miles to his office, in College Park, Georgia, in need of food.
"I had these thoughts," he said. "How long will we allow poverty to strip away the hopes and dreams of everyday people?"
Learn More: March Against Poverty 2016
Lester, and a friend, recorded the stories of other people struggling with poverty during the multi-state march.
But, he said there were many days that the march taxed him both physically and mentally.
"There were many days I wanted to quit, but my wife would flat out tell me, 'keep walking'," he said.
Previous Story: Man walks from Atlanta to DC to raise awareness for poverty
Lester walked through rain and heat before he finally made his way to the M.L.K. memorial. He said he thought it was important to end his march at that D.C. monument because King died so people like him could have a voice.
Lester said the march ultimately gave him a deeper understanding of the challenges impoverished people face.
"I think to understand poverty, you have got to give time to it," he said. "You can't just prejudge someone's lifestyle."
His group, Love Beyond Walls, plans to make a documentary about the march. It will also raise funds to build a "Love Center" back in Atlanta.
You can see learn more about Lester's journey by following the hashtag #Map16 on Twitter.


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Or this just means I'll have to get two Turbo Tanks.
It might not be accurate, but BBTS has this up for preorder, and say they expect it to arrive in April.
EE is saying May.
It seems that BBTS and EE have changed the release dates to August/September respectively.
WOOHOO!Scored this today at a mom & pop shop. I was happier about handing them the $99.99 than a big box store like WalMart or Target. And the box is REALLY heavy.
Nice find Nick....got any pics yet?
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Good Work Was Done
By Don Smith
July 6, 2011
There are many amazing and memorable moments that occur during an event like Race Across America. Some of those moments are very public, like posing for photos at the finish line or the cheering of spectators along the way. Other moments are very personal and far from the glare of spotlight; it is these moments that are most meaningful to myself when I reflect on my week with my team at RAAM. In particular, there was one very special chance meeting with a man that happened to me in middle America.
I rode into a timing station located somewhere in small-town Missouri. I was surprised to see spectators there since it was such a warm day. One of our crew brought over a spectator and told me that this man had been waiting hours for our team to arrive and that he wanted to give us some gels that he purchased for us. I did not want what he offered me but I took them anyway and thanked him for his generosity. The crew member left us alone and I was getting ready to dismount my bike and walk away when the man pulled me closer. I don't remember everything that he said but the key point to his story was about the many challenges he faced as an HIV+ man in living in small-town America. How he had to keep his health status a secret and therefore felt quite isolated and alone within his community. In fact, all of his medical treatment was conducted clandestinely in the closest urban center. He then told me that our team's participation in RAAM had inspired him and given him hope. I could see the tears welling up in his eyes. He gave me a big hug and then slipped off into the milling crowd at the timing station.
To me this was the true purpose for doing RAAM. To be able to touch one person's life in a way that inspired them or at least gave them some hope. Everything else (and there is a lot) is just a whole lot of icing on a very large cake.
Good work was done by the Team4HIVHope and I am honoured to have been a part of it. The only question that it leaves me with is, "what now"?
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WOODLAND HILLS, CALIFORNIA -- In January 2009 I was considering starting my own business and attended an e-commerce business seminar held by a company called Auction Teacher. Several hundred people were in attendance. At the end of the seminar a business package was offered to help start and develop an e-commerce web site. Included in the package was the Auction Teacher e-commerce website with help to develop and maintain the site, also in the package was an application to obtain a merchant account, and a telephone system.
After a month I realized that the Auction Teacher setup would not work for me since their software was based on PC/Microsoft Windows computers and I use Macintosh computers. I contacted Auction Teacher and they canceled my service and gave me a refund. No business was created or conducted. For the time I gave up on the idea of having my own business. About four months later I started receiving charges on my bank account from Innovative Merchant Solutions. I never received any notification that my application for a merchant account had been approved.
I contacted Innovative Merchant Solutions and informed them that the charges on my account had surprised me since I had never been informed about my application approval nor had I given them any financial information or authorized any charges to my bank account. The representative I spoke with said his name was Mark, and he looked up the account and said he would cancel it for me and refund the charges. However, over the next couple of months the charges continued.
I again contacted Innovative and this time spoke with a man named Leo. I asked Leo his last name and was told that for security purposes and company policy that he couldn't give me his last name. I informed Leo of my earlier conversation with Mark. Leo indicated that there were no notes in my record of the conversation. He said he could cancel the account but there was an account termination fee that I had to pay. This is the first time anyone mentioned to me a cancellation fee. Back in January when I signed up for the business package with Auction Teacher no mention was ever made of any termination fee.
Leo said he would have to transfer me to someone else to discuss the termination fee. Leo then transferred my call to a woman named Melissa. I spoke with Melissa and again related the entire story, I also asked her for her last name and was given the same response as Leo regarding giving out last names. She told me I needed to write a letter of cancellation and either mail it or fax it to her. I did this. She also mentioned the charges to my account would be refunded and that the account termination fee would be waived. Some charges were refunded to my account.
However the charges to my bank account continued for a few more months. I informed my bank of the entire situation and they reversed the charges and put a stop on my account to any future charges from Innovative Merchant Solutions. Finally mid-year 2009 it appeared that everything was cleared up and taken care of with regards to dealing with Innovative Merchant Solutions. Fast forward to one year later, here it is mid-year 2010 and I started receiving calls from Innovative that I owed them for the cancellation fee and charges that they tried to bill to my bank account.
Does this company not know what goes on within its walls? I've been contacted three times over the last few weeks by three different people about paying the cancellation fee and other charges. Each time I've related the story previously given. I've been told that there is no information in my account regarding previous contacts or having any fees waived. And now they are threatening legal action. I received a letter from someone named Al Sherman who lists the title Litigation Manager under his name.
In conclusion, I've been charged for services NOT received. Innovative Merchant Solutions Never informed me that my application for a merchant account had been approved. They charged and removed funds from my bank account without authorization, I never gave them my bank account information. How they managed to obtain my bank account information and levy charges without authorization appears to me to be fraudulent and criminal.
Do not use them! If you need a merchant account go to your local bank they will offer service superior to Innovative. Wells Fargo, Bank of America, US Bank, Chase, others; none of whom have any account termination fees. All who do business in a straight forward business manner.
CALIFORNIA -- This company has the worst and the most unqualified customer service ever. This includes basically all departments. I think they are all high school dropouts. The dumbest people I've ever had to deal with. It is sad that company like Intuit doesn't want to do anything about it. Unfortunately if you are merchant you may suffer financially because of that poor service. In my case, first time when I ran into trouble was when they withheld my deposit the first time.
Here is what happened. I process online orders in Quick Books. I need to obtain AVS and CVV match in order to protect myself from chargebacks. Unfortunately many customers don't know the difference between billing and shipping address and sometimes when I run the credit card payment, AVS comes back with 'no match', but the payment is still approved. Under QB you can't use risk tools to black transaction when AVS returns 'no match'. Innovative Merchant Solutions doesn't give you this popular tool. So when AVS comes back with no match, I would have to void transaction, call customer, obtain correct address and run transaction again.
I know it is a little technical here, but hopefully some of you know what I mean. The problem is that even if I void first transaction, authorization has been already placed on customer credit card. It will take 7 business days for this authorization to disappear. So in case when customer has limited funds, my other attempt of sale would be declined. Simply there is not enough available credit to put another authorization. Keep in mind that my sales are on average 1000-2000USD.
So I called Innovative Merchant customer service. First lady didn't know what AVS was. When I told her that transaction with AVS match are subject to discounted rates (2.4% instead of 3.1% with no AVS match) she said she had never heard about it and transferred me to another person. She probably has never seen statement that Innovative sends to me every month.
So here is another genius. He knows something about AVS. Good, so I asked him how can I run sale again without putting new authorization. Is there a way to cancel or use old authorization? He said yes, just run sale and enter authorization number from previous transaction. Great, so I did it with 2 transactions the very next day. It didn't take long, few hours later I received phone call from Innovative Merchant Risk Department. The guy says that I ran two sales without valid authorization and I need to refund it right away. On the top of it, he withheld two of my most recent batches.
When I told him that it was their mistake and they are responsible for misinforming me, he said that he has no record of me calling them the day before and basically called me a liar. So I refunded money, run transaction again, this time like I did it before, by obtaining new authorization. Thank god customers had enough available credit to cover it. But now my account is locked. The deposits stopped coming to my checking account. Of course when I call Risk Management, every person would have something different from say. In other words no one could explain me when I would start receiving deposits again.
It took me 3 weeks of phone calls and emails. Finally I ran into some more intelligent person. Maybe she even had high school diploma. Anyway, she looked at my account and said: "I see no reason for you not receiving deposits, let me fix it". Two days later money started coming to my account. For 3 weeks my business had been shut down since I ran out of funds and wasn't able to accept new orders. But Intuit doesn't care.
So here I am year later. One of my customers made a big purchase. I checked everything about him. Company is legit corporation and the guy is a president of it. AVS, CVV matches. Billing address matching shipping address. Order placed from company server, company email etc. Everything perfect. So I took the order, send them invoice and few days later they called me with credit card to pay for it. I ran authorization. It went through no problem. Next day we shipped the order and by the end of the day I ran charge. Sale was approved. Great.
Next day, Saturday I received an email from Innovative Merchant (I thought they were closed on weekends) requesting invoice for that order, shipping information and customer information. It said that IMS Risk Analyst was reviewing that transaction. I faxed documentation right away. 15 minutes later there is another email informing me that my batch was withheld for time of investigation. This time they refer to Article V section 5.01 of Merchant agreement and requested: bank statement, contract, invoice, shipping documentation. Just like that with no details. What bank statement?
So I faxed invoice and shipping documentation again, there was no contract just standard term and condition we have for online sales, and I asked what bank statement they needed. I also referred to Merchant Agreement and article V. Well, it says about accepting checks from customers and method of verifying them. None of this had anything to do with my case. I guess they thought I would never read Merchant Agreement. Of course I email my Analyst about it. No answer of course. But she did specify what bank statement she needed. She says "I need 6 months of your business bank statement summary page only". Well now you talking. So I faxed her summary pages from last six of my monthly statements.
2 days later I received another email. No "Hello" or anything like that in those emails, just plain text all in lower case. Just like a text message from the phone. It said: "I need 6-month business bank statement summary page only". OK, I called my bank and ask them about 6-month bank statement. They said: "we can give you 6 months of your monthly statements. We do not produce 6-month statements. If you need some specific information from last 6 months like average daily balance etc. we can get it for you too. What information do you need?" I said, "I don't know, it's not for me and my analyst wasn't very detailed."
So I emailed my analyst again telling the story. Never heard from her again. When I call her, voice mail kicks in right away and phone calls are not being returned. I emailed her again requesting status of my case. No answer. It is only 11 thousand dollars they hold hostage and no one can tell me when and if ever I will receive that money. I've already sent products so I have no money and no products at this point. Also I've read in Merchant agreement that they can set limit for transaction on your account without informing you about it. If you go over that limit they will charge you penalties 5%.
In my case it may be over $500 in addition to over $300 they will charge as processing fee. This is ripoff. I will barely get profit from this transaction. My advice, if you planning on growing your business and make sales of more than $500 stay away from Innovative Merchant Solution. How can you be punished for having more sales than you originally estimated in merchant application? This is what they do. If you go overestimated monthly limit you entered in your merchant application, they will charge you 5%.
Just read Merchant Agreement. They simply don't want your business to grow. And the customer service - oh please. How can you be more ignorant and more unprofessional? They do not care about your business. In fact they treat you as a criminal and punish you in advance. It reminds me PayPal. I guess they are not far from that. Although PayPal did improve. If there is anyone there who can help me with my situation, please let me know. Do I have any legal rights I can use in case like this?
The convenience of integrating credit card transactions with the Quickbooks accounting software is attractive because it reduces the chances of error. However, all this is useless if your money will not be released. We have almost $10k in approved credit card transactions that this company is not releasing even after going through the process of opening a merchant account. When you apply, your business will undergo an underwriting process to make sure that you will not be making fraudulent transactions. A guarantor was necessary in our case to make sure someone will be ultimately responsible in case of a fraudulent transaction. Apparently this was not sufficient.
We had to ask our customers to call their issuing banks and confirm the charges made on their credit cards, but Innovative will not recognize that. They will not make any effort to contact either the bank or the credit card holder to verify the charges. They will leave it up to the merchant to ask their customers to call Innovative Merchant Solutions and confirm the charge. I have been a credit card consumer for more than 2 decades, and I know that I can dispute any questionable charge that appears on my account. This was not even the case with any of our customers. They already had possession of the merchandise on the day of the transaction.
Even if our customers do contest the charges, we, especially the guarantor, would ultimately be responsible, and Innovative can issue a chargeback on your merchant account. At their request, we have submitted numerous documents about our company, but they do not seem to know exactly what proof they want to see to show that the business is legitimate. They have our Federal Tax ID#, Articles of Incorporation, Business Permit, and Seller's Permit, documentation on all the charges in question and more.
After having seen all these documents, they came back asking for more information. They will frustrate you asking for information on your company piecemeal. If you are attracted to the convenience of integrated credit card processing with quickbooks, think long and hard before opening a merchant account with Innovative Solutions. It is anything but convenient.
WOODLAND HILLS, CA, CALIFORNIA -- I have been a small business owner for over 15 years. For many years, I have used Innovative Merchant Solutions as my credit card processor, without any problems. However, beginning in August 2009, this company began withholding funds from credit card sales. For several weeks, I went from one incompetent representative to another trying to find out what was happening with my merchant account. I was told that my account was flagged for suspicious activity after we had a few charge-backs. Never mind the fact that each transaction was approved by them AND we won the disputed charges.
Innovative reps informed me that they were holding funds in a "reserve" in the case of any future charge-backs. They have been holding this money for over 7 months!! And to top that, when a few of my customers cancelled their orders and requested a refund (transactions where the funds were being withheld and NOT funded), Innovative credited the customers and immediately debited my bank account. I do not know how they can justify taking money from my account when the funds from each of these sales WERE NEVER DEPOSITED into it!
I have attempted numerous times to contact them to find out how much longer I have to wait to get my funds, and have been told they can hold the money for up to 270 DAYS!! When you add these headaches to the ugly fact that IMS plays dirty with hidden fees and and charges an excessive termination fee (regardless of how long you've been a customer), I strongly urge any and all businesses that accept credit cards to STAY FAR AWAY FROM THIS UNETHICAL COMPANY!


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Kentucky's Nerlens Noel rushed back on defense, blocked Mike Rosario's layup from behind and then awkwardly landed on his left leg.
He crashed into the basket support, dropped to the ground and started screaming as he clutched his left knee.
It may have been his final play of the season.
Noel, the nation's top shot-blocker, injured his knee with about 8 minutes to play in the 25th-ranked Wildcats' 69-52 loss to No. 7 Florida on Tuesday night.
"I'm physically sick right now for him," Kentucky coach John Calipari said. "What I'm hoping is it's not the extreme. I'm hoping it's some sort of twist, but we don't know."
Trainers rushed to Noel's side. A few minutes later, teammates carried him to the locker room as the home crowd cheered in support.
"We're all brothers, win, lose or draw," senior guard Julius Mays said. "We've always got each other's backs."
Noel was pushed through the hallways of the O'Connell Center in a wheelchair, with his left leg extended and in a brace. He was transported to Shands Hospital on Florida's campus for tests, but was expected to return with the team to Lexington, Ky.
Noel had eight points, six rebounds and three blocks before getting hurt.
The freshman entered the game averaging 10.6 points, 9.6 rebounds and 4.5 blocks.
Losing him for any period of time, let alone the rest of the season, would be a huge blow for a young team that had started to gel in recent weeks. The Wildcats (17-7, 8-3 Southeastern Conference) had won five straight and seven of eight.
"He's a vital part of our team so we hope for the best," Kentucky forward Kyle Wiltjer said.
Florida (20-3, 10-1) held a comfortable lead before the injury.
The Gators opened a double-digit lead, 31-19, in the first half on consecutive 3-pointers by guards Scottie Wilbekin, Rosario and Kenny Boynton — backbreaking shots that frustrated Calipari and had his players looking dazed and confused.
Florida extended it to 16 points on Rosario's layup. It was the biggest deficit the Wildcats had faced all season.
And they did little to erase it.
Big men Pat Young and Erik Murphy, who was in early foul trouble, carried the load for the Gators in the second half.
Young made a basket with a nifty, up-and-under move, had a reverse layup and added a sweet, left-handed hook. He finished with 12 points, 11 rebounds and four blocks.
"When he gives incredible effort and plays with a really good motor, he's capable of getting double-doubles every night," said Florida coach Billy Donovan, who improved to 2-7 against Calipari. "He rebounded. He made great effort plays, kept balls alive. He did a really good job."
Murphy drained a 3-pointer after taking a charge on the other end. He also had three blocks.
The Gators needed big games from Young and Murphy considering they played a second game without forward Will Yeguete and were undersized against the Wildcats.
Nonetheless, the difference was guard play.
Wilbekin sliced through the lane at will, creating open shots for teammates and getting Kentucky's players out of position. Noel, Archie Goodwin and Willie Cauley-Stein spent time on the bench in foul trouble.
"Our young guys looked like deer in headlights tonight," Calipari said.
Kentucky really looked rattled after Noel's injury.
It was all the talk after the game, too.
"His leg was wobbly, looked like his knee was dislocated," Florida's Young said. "It was gruesome. I don't even want to think about it."
Donovan felt for Noel, saying the way he plays makes coaches admire him.
"I don't know what ended up happening, but it was clear from him moaning in pain that he was struggling," Donovan said. "I admire the way he plays and I admire his energy. I don't know how badly he's hurt, but the injury came from a hustle play. It kind of embodies who he is as a player.
"He's a hustle-play guy, and you just feel sad if there's any kind of length or duration that he's out because everybody admires in this league, coaches-wise, how he plays the game."


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Knott's Berry Farm is stuck with that old carrots-versus-candy conundrum this summer -- forced to administer a dose of what's needed rather than what's wanted.
Knott's unveiled three family rides on Thursday that won't make many people rush out to the Buena Park theme park any time soon. It's an age-old problem: visitors want the fastest, tallest, newest first-of-a-kind record-setters but parks know the smaller off-the-shelf rides help make a trip to the park feel more complete.
The makeover of the Boardwalk section at Knott's brings a cohesive look to an area of the park in desperate need of attention while adding three new rides: Coast Rider wild mouse coaster, Surfside Gliders flying scooters and Pacific Scrambler spinning ride.
The new additions replace Perilous Plunge, a shoot-the-chutes water ride installed in 2000 at the back of the park that sat largely unused at night and during off-peak months.
It's extremely difficult for theme parks to open what's known in the industry as flat rides -- gut-churning spinning whirlwinds that churro-chomping children love and antacid-popping parents loathe.
Every park needs them to help with capacity concerns but they are nearly impossible to build a summer promotional campaign around. Come ride the Tea Cups! Spin out of control on our exciting Octopus! Lose your lunch on Vomitron! It's much easier to sell the latest, greatest coaster creation with the terrifying serpentine moniker.
The problem with the new Boardwalk is you can find scramblers, flying scooters and wild mouse coasters at almost any of the little family entertainment centers that line highways across America. As a rule, visitors don't want to pay theme park prices for traveling carnival rides.
Castle Park in Riverside has both a flying scooter and a wild mouse. Traveling versions of scramblers are ubiquitous at church carnivals and county fairs. The Knott's scrambler has had no fewer than four names throughout its lifetime -- repeatedly retired over the past couple of decades only to be brought out of mothballs to complement some new project.
With the renovated Boardwalk area, Knott's has done a beautiful job of turning what was a giant swath of cement and steel into a colorful Coney Island-style fun zone. Under an entry arch reminiscent of the Santa Monica Pier, a new wood-plank walkway leads to two rides flanked by shallow pools of deep blue water that creates the illusion of a seaside amusement pier.
The revitalized area will feel like summer year-round with its eye-popping paint scheme of bright oranges and yellows offset by vibrant purples and greens. Lighting packages on several of the rides will add a dose of kinetic energy at night.
I absolutely loved the flying scooters, an old-school ride making a comeback at theme parks across the country as the original "interactive" attraction. I enjoyed controling the fin-like wing as I dove down toward the ground in my scooter before soaring back out over the water.
Like many parents, I could do without ever climbing aboard another scrambler in my lifetime. But I loved watching the wildly spinning kids fill the air with the screams and laughter synonymous with endless summer fun.
The anchor of the revitalized land is a Mack Rides wild mouse coaster that you can find down the I-5 freeway at Legoland California. The Knott's ride is the perfect first coaster for young riders with a few modest bunny hops and a series of lazy switchbacks.
All in all, the new rides are nothing to get excited about. But you can't build a summer marketing campaign around that slogan. I think it goes without saying I'd much rather have a new $25-million super coaster, but then again I'm not writing the checks.
It's been nearly a decade since Knott's added anything that truly quickened the pulse and took your breath away.
Knott's went through a period in the late 1990s and early 2000s when it seemed some new thrill ride was opening every summer, with the GhostRider wooden coaster (1998), Supreme Scream drop tower (1998), Xcelerator launch coaster (2002), La Revolucion pendulum swing (2003) and Silver Bullet inverted coaster (2004).
Since then, the park has added a pair of fairly sedate family coasters in Sierra Sidewinder (2007) and Pony Express (2008) along with the mild Windseeker swing tower (2011), which has been plagued with operational problems.
But it's easy to forget just how much thrill is already built into the park. No less than three adrenaline-pumping machines border the new Boardwalk area: the Xcelerator and Boomerang coasters and the somersaulting Riptide ride.
From a big-picture point of view, the Boardwalk project makes sense for Knott's. The makeover trades a problematic dud in Perilous Plunge for three workhorse rides that will entertain far more visitors for years to come. Here's hoping some summer soon Knott's unleashes a steel serpent with a ridiculously terrifying name like Diamondback, Leviathan or Gatekeeper.
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posted by Thom Holwerda on Sun 30th Mar 2008 20:35 UTC
As you surely know by now, the CanSecWest conference was the stage for a contest, PWN to OWN. Three laptops were set up; laptops running Windows Vista, Ubuntu Linux, and Mac OS X. The goal was to hack the computer and read the contents of a file located on each of the machines, using a 0day code execution vulnerability. During the first day, you can only attack the machine over the network, without physical access. On the second day, user interaction comes into play (visiting a website, opening an email). On the third and final day, third-party applications are added to the mix. Each machine had the same cash prize on its head. As you all know, the Mac was hacked first, on day two. The user only had to visit a website, and the Mac was hacked. Vista got hacked on the third day using a security hole in Adobe's Flash, and the Ubuntu machine did not get hacked at all. Update: Roughly Drafted responds.
This of course resulted in the usual flurry of internet attention, and OSNews, too, paid attention to the whole thing. I tried to be as complete as possible in the OSNews blurb, trying hard to shove all the relevant details into the limited space of an OSNews item.This morning, someone submitted a link to an article on Roughly Drafted, a Mac and Apple website that gets considerable attention on especially Apple-centric websites. They published an article on the whole PWN to OWN contest, titled "Mac Shot First: 10 Reasons Why CanSecWest Targets Apple". This article is filled with so many factual errors and other forms of misinformation that I felt obliged to add some nuance to the mix. I will touch on each of the ten reasons, following the original article's order. 1. "Exploits discovered for the Mac have little other value outside of contests like CanSecWest." This is the only one of the ten reasons which has a solid base in reality, and actually makes sense. Indeed, there is little market (at his point in time) for selling exploits for the Mac, simply because the Apple user base is still too small to be of significant use to malware creators. This is no rocket science; malware creators are after easy profit, and attacking 90% of the market makes more sense than attacking 5% of the market. However, this does not mean that the exploit used to win the contest is of any less relevance. It is still a security hole, and it needs to be fixed. The details of the exploit have been forwarded to Apple, without making them public, allowing Apple to fix the issue. Therefore, this exploit will most likely not affect the real-world security of Mac OS X - but the theoretical security has been severely compromised, which is not something to sneeze at. 2. "The CanSecWest contest clearly appears intent to transfer the security focus belaboring Windows to other platforms." Here, we see a major case of what I usually refer to as the "black helicopter factor", more commonly known as conspiracy thinking. Roughly Drafted tries to imply that the people behind the CanSecWest conference (or the contest itself) are somehow anti-Apple, pro-Microsoft, but delivers no actual proof that this is really the case. I am not really sure why they detail Microsoft's "Get the facts" debacle, as it is of no relevance at all. Here, Roughly Drafted also tries to imply as if CanSecWest "announced that Macs are less secure than Windows" - which is a curious way of putting things. If you look at the original announcement of the winner, you will see that no such claim is being made. The final wrap-up article on the contest does not make any such claims either. In other words, Roughly Drafted is clearly spreading misinformation to discredit CanSecWest. 3. "The contest prominently focused attention on the brand name of the MacBook Air." Roughly Drafted claims that only the MacBook Air was mentioned by name, while the other laptops remained unnamed, without any details on what brand they were. According to Roughly Drafted, this would have resulted in "the most sensational headline payload possible". This is, again, a case of misinformation, as the contest's rules page clearly states the brand and types of laptops used ("VAIO VGN-TZ37CN running Ubuntu 7.10, Fujitsu U810 running Vista Ultimate SP1, MacBook Air running OSX 10.5.2"). 4. "The Mac exploit was something Charlie Miller had in hand when he arrived." This one baffles me a bit. Of course he had it in mind! This is an irrelevant remark, as the exact same thing went for people wanting to attack and win the Vista or Ubuntu laptop and their associated sacks of money. This is the whole goal of the contest: to find new and unknown exploits, and deliver them to the relevant companies so they can fix them before they do any real damage - responsible disclosure. If I partake in a squash match, am I not allowed to practice and study my opponent before taking him or her on? 5. "The researcher who cracked the Vista machine was stymied by the fact that he didn't expect it to have SP1 installed, according to a follow up report by IDG's Robert McMillan." The first service pack to Windows Vista (that would be SP1) was released into the wild on 18 March of this year. The contest rules clearly state that the laptops would run "the most up to date and patched installations" of the three operating systems. If the researcher who cracked the Vista machine was surprised by seeing SP1 on the machine, he simply did not read the rules very well, or he simply does not keep up with the news. Roughly Drafted goes on and says the Vista laptop "only reflects the state of Vista for users who have elected to install SP1", and not of users throughout 2007. So, where is the cut-off point? Safari 3.1, with a whole batch of security fixes, was released a few days after Vista SP1. Should it have been excluded? Since it does not properly reflect the state of Safari in 2007? This is why basically always the baseline for these types of tests and comparisons is latest versions, fully updated, fully patched. This creates a level playing field for all the platforms, and everyone participating in the contest can know what to expect.
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CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch kicked off her general election campaign for South Carolina's open congressional seat on Thursday, her sights set on beating former Governor Mark Sanford after he clinched the Republican nomination this week.
Colbert Busch, the sister of television comedian and political satirist Stephen Colbert, handily won last month's Democratic primary. But she kept a low profile as 16 Republicans battled for a spot in the special election on May 7.
Sanford, 52, prevailed despite a 2009 scandal that had seemingly doomed his political career. As governor, he tried to hide an extramarital affair with an Argentine woman by falsely telling aides he was hiking the Appalachian Trail.
In an interview with WTMA radio after his primary runoff win on Tuesday, Sanford said his Democratic opponent for the seat he held for three terms before becoming governor was undefined on the issues.
"Right now in essence, we're running against Stephen Colbert. It's going to be tough running against a comedian who is well liked and has ties to the Lowcountry, but ultimately issues define a race," said Sanford, referring to the coastal region in South Carolina where the race is taking place.
Sanford's campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Colbert Busch, 58, hit back with a statement detailing her work history, which included serving as director of sales and marketing for the Orient Overseas Container Line shipping company.
She is now on leave as business development director for the Clemson University Restoration Institute in North Charleston to make her first run for office.
"I was disappointed to hear about Mark's comment," she said. "He has known me and my work for years...If those successes can't convince Mark that a woman is capable of leading, I don't know what will."
Stephen Colbert weighed in on the race Wednesday night on his Comedy Central show "The Colbert Report."
He touted his sister's qualifications and called Sanford "an Appalachian hiker with an extremely poor sense of direction."
Colbert is hosting two fundraisers for his sibling later this month, including one in Washington with a number of U.S. Senate and House Democrats as co-hosts and another in New York City at the home of banking executive Sallie Krawcheck.
Redrawn after the 2010 Census, South Carolina's first congressional district includes the city of Charleston, parts of four rural counties and stretches south along the coast to include wealthy Hilton Head Island.
Colbert Busch grew up in Charleston, the eighth of 11 children. She was 19 when her physician father and two of her brothers were killed in a plane crash in Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1974.
She is seeking a seat that has not been won by a Democrat since 1981.
"This is the first event we've had since the primaries, so here we go," Colbert Busch said in brief remarks after she toured a nursing home in a Charleston suburb on Thursday.
"I think we need to focus on what the district is concerned about, because they're looking for jobs and they want to educate their children," she said. "Those are the important issues, and we all need to do it together."
Republican Tim Scott previously held the office. Governor Nikki Haley appointed Scott to the U.S. Senate in December to replace Jim DeMint, who resigned from office to head the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank.
A Public Policy Polling survey released before the Republican primary runoff showed Colbert Busch beating Sanford 47 percent to 45 percent. The survey included 1,175 likely voters and has a margin of error of 2.9 percent.
But Charleston County Republican Party Chairwoman Lin Bennett said she did not see Colbert Busch's candidacy as a threat.
"The district is very, very conservative, and I think that we will keep the seat," Bennett said.
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Pure ageism
The alledged joke by GL implying in 15 years most of the Brexiteers will be dead was greeted by cheers from the audience. Pure Ageism, disgusting.
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What had Kirsty done to herself?
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Presented by the unfunny one of French and Saunders....yawn!
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Dud Episode
Normally love HIGNFY but Grace Dent is such a self-adoring dullard she really spoils it for the brighter sparks on the team.
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Well weird
What odd panellists!!
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Merton is as funny as famine.
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a compere talks to much
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Does anybody happen to know where I can find subtitle for this episode? Thanks!
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AGCO (NYSE: AGCO) is the 3rd largest manufacturer of agricultural equipment world-wide. The company makes products such as tractors and combines, and distributes its products through a network of dealers and distributors to the farmers.[1] The company earned $6.6 billion in revenue and $136 million in net income in 2009.[2]
Since AG generates nearly all of its revenue from sales of agricultural equipment, much of its success hinges upon the health of the agriculture industry and crop prices. One current trend that may play to AG's advantage is the increased interest in corn-based ethanol. Ethanol-based energy research and development over the next several years could lead to continued growth in demand for corn and, of course, the tools needed to plant and harvest more of it. Increasing demand for food in developing countries could also positively impact AG's sales. As both populations and personal incomes grow in emerging markets, demand for both grains and grain intensive products such as meat should increase as well. With three-quarters of its revenue generated outside of the U.S., AG has greater exposure to developing countries than any of its competitors.
AGCO primarily makes tractors, combines, and other agricultural equipment:[3][4]
The USDA anticipates ethanol production to top 12 billion gallons annually by 2016, derived from over 4 billion bushels of corn. This would represent an increase of 168% from the estimated 1.6 billion bushels of corn used in ethanol production in 2005. This be accompanied by significantly higher corn prices, which would combine with the increased production to result in more revenue for farmers. Due to the increased demand for corn and higher prices, many farmers might use their increased income to make large investments such as purchasing new farm equipment like tractors and harvesters.
AGCO is much more focused on emerging markets than peers such as Deere & Company (DE). The company generates over 75% of its revenue outside of the US, while Deere & Company (DE) generates only 30%. These countries are experiencing rapid economic development, which has fueled increased demand for food and energy. The interest in biofuels has extended beyond North America to emerging economies such as Brazil.
For example, AG's exposure to the Brazilian market (South America - mostly Brazil - accounts for around 15% of its revenues) could be a growth driver. Brazil makes ethanol from sugar cane, instead of corn. There are 47 new sugar cane mills being built in Brazil, and each one will require about 100 new tractors. AGCO has 60% market share in the Brazilian tractor market, and a dominant position in the sugarcane industry.
AG faces tough competition from a variety of competitors across the globe, but its two primary competitors are Deere & Company (DE) and CNH Global N.V. (CNH).
* Deere & Company (DE): is the world's leading manufacturer of agricultural and forestry equipment. The company currently generates 70% of its sales from the US and Canada.
* CNH Global N.V. (CNH): CNH is a leading player in the agricultural equipment market and the construction equipment industries, from the Netherlands.


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The Big Move
That's right, the Jamestown Press office will move to the south side of Narragansett Avenue next week. We have been busy painting and fixing up the interior of our new office space at 45 Narragansett Ave.
Moving day is just about here, so we'd like to share the details with you.
We will close the current Press office at 42 Narragansett Ave. the afternoon of Wednesday, Sept. 22. – after we complete the Sept. 23 issue of the newspaper and send it off to the printer. With the help of a small army we have nicknamed the "box brigade," we plan to move the Press office contents across the street on Thursday and Friday, Sept. 23-24.
That means we may be out of touch for a day or two. Don't worry. We may not be answering our telephones on Thursday and Friday. If no one answers the phone, please send an email. We ask everyone to please be patient. We will get back to you as soon as possible.
We hope to be back in full operation on Monday, Sept. 27, in order to publish the Sept. 30 issue of the Jamestown Press.
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Automated Longterm Measurements of Atmospheric Dimethylsulfide at Pt. Barrow, Alaska
Arctic Research Initiative
2008 Funded Project
AbstractCurrent thinking on climate suggests that the impact of global warming will be greatest inpolar regions. The Arctic plays a key role in Earth's heat budget by reflecting incoming solar radiation (light and heat) from the ice-covered ocean. As the extent of ice cover retreats northward, this component of the Earth's albedo will decrease. At the same time, increased exposure of the (liquid) ocean surface to the atmosphere will allow accelerated emission of dimethylsulfide – a compound that is formed in abundance under the ice and in the marginal ice zones near the ice edge.
Dimethylsulfide (DMS) is thought to be a major, perhaps the major natural aerosol precursor in the Arctic atmosphere. An increase in the atmospheric concentration of DMS would lead to an increase in cloud albedo, compensating somewhat for the loss of ice cover in this respect. By coincidence, the very issues that make the biology of the polar ocean so unique – high light intensity combined with strong oxidative (UV) stress, the relatively cold environment, and the increasing freshening of the surface water – all converge in the biological basis of DMS formation. Each of these physical parameters impacts the production of the DMS precursor in marine plankton. This interaction of biology and physics and its consequences for atmospheric chemistry and physics are difficult to predict with confidence -- this problem is an important modeling goal in atmospheric chemistry. Models, of course, need data, and it seems imperative to increase our monitoring of changes in the Arctic atmosphere. To this end I am collaborating with two scientists at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Clara Deal (International Arctic Research Center) has worked on atmospheric and aqueous measurements of DMS, and she models ocean processes related to DMS dynamics. Glenn Shaw (Geophysical Institute) has worked extensively on aerosol dynamics and he is the originator of the idea that DMS plays an important role in climate. We propose to deploy an automated system for measuring the dynamics of atmospheric DMS at Barrow Alaska at a facility managed by NOAA's Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory. Initially, we propose to make measurements every 15 minutes for more than a year (the first such data of this kind anywhere in the Arctic), characterizing DMS variability on tidal, diel, and seasonal time scales. We will relate these measurements with other data collected at the NOAA facility and with data collected in the part of the 2009 OASIS project centered at Barrow.