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If you can't trust the government, whom can you trust?
The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team warns of new spam messages that reference the Homeland Security Department to lure victims to malicious sites. "The attacks arrive via unsolicited e-mail messages that may contain subject lines related to DHS or other government activity," the US-CERT warning states. "These messages may contain a link or attachment. If users click on this link or open the attachment, they may be infected with malicious code, including the Zeus Trojan."
The old reliable rules apply here: Don't follow Web links or open attachments in unsolicited e-mail messages and maintain up-to-date antivirus software. And always be suspicious — just because someone says he's from the government doesn't mean he's here to help you.
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"just because someone says he's from the government doesn't mean he's here to help you." What did you say?! Did I miss something? Since when does anyone from the government offer "help." If anything, this should be a strong clue to suspect the worst! Should we reserve trust in anything from our government and the lapdog media more than we would from a spammer sending us links infected with malicious codes?
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Look, we know Rin Nakai isn't for everybody. As an Asian woman who's built like Bolo Yeung, the undefeated Queen of Pancrase appeals to a very specific fetish. But she's never been afraid of playing up her unique look, and over the last few months Rin has been recording short promo videos for Pancrase's YouTube channel, some of which feature her pumping iron while wearing very little clothing. Or bathing. Or just sitting there drinking coffee. It's weird stuff, to be sure — but if the goal is to promote her fights, I guess it's better than nothing. We've picked out some of Rin Nakai's more notable clips, which continue after the jump. Enjoy, if you're the kind of person who enjoys that sort of thing.


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B-20: Role of the Particle Morphology on the Zener Pinning Effect: A Phase-field Approach
Kunok Chang, Junhyun Kwon, Chgan-Kyu Rhee
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Incorporating second-phase particles is one of the most efficient way to prevent grain growth during the sintering process. Therefore, it is important to understand the grain boundary/second-phase particle interaction to design the material with the optimal mechanical properties. We investigated a role of the second-phase particle morphology on pinning effect using the phase-field approach. We performed large-scale 3D grain growth simulations with the presence of the various shape of the second-phase particles, such as spherical or cubical/cuboidal particles. We quantitatively measured the pinning effect depending particle orientation as well as particle morphology using the phase-field method. The obtained simulation results were compared with the experimental observation using HRTEM.
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3-D Phase-field Modeling of Electromigration-induced Damage in Polycrystalline Thin Films : Grain-boundary Slit Propagation and Hillock Formation
A Molecular Simulation Study of the Effect of Composition Gradients on Intermetallic Nucleation
A Non-Schmid Crystal Plasticity Finite Element Approach to Multi-scale Modeling of Nickel-based Superalloys
A One-Mode Phase-Field Crystal Model Quantified for Solid-Liquid Coexistence of FCC and HCP Metals
A Universal Discrete Dislocation Model for Thermal Activation and Diffusion-assisted Climb
Ab Initio Study of Point Defects in Heusler Alloys: Consequences for Magnetocaloric Properties
Accelerated Analysis of Beta Phase Ti-Nb-Al Ternary Diffusion via Optimization Fitting of Interdiffusion Coefficients in Three-Alloy Diffusion Multiples
Anharmonic Phonon Effects in Wurtzite and Zincblende GaN
Atomic Scale Modeling of Fe-Al-Mn-C Alloy Using Pair Models and Monte-Carlo Calculations
Automated Diffusivity Theory without Kinetic Monte Carlo: Solute Diffusivity from First Principles
B-11: Control Technique Study of Non-metallic Inclusions in Low Carbon Steel by Rare Earth Final Deoxidization
B-12: Developing Iridium-based Alloys as Effective Catalysts for Direct Ethanol Fuel Cells
B-13: Effect of Cooling Rate on Phase Transformation and Microstructure Evolution in a Large Size Forged Ingot of Medium Carbon Low Alloy Steel
B-14: First-principles Study on Interface Segregation for MoSi2-Mo5Si3 Pseudobinary Alloys
B-15: Formation and Control of CaS Inclusion in Gear Steel 20MnCr5
B-16: Kinetics of the α/γ Interface Migration in Fe-Mn and Fe-Ni Alloys
B-18: Modeling of the Molar Volume of the Al-Co-Ni-W System
B-19: Morphological Stability of Rods
B-20: Role of the Particle Morphology on the Zener Pinning Effect: A Phase-field Approach
B-23: The Environment Dependent Dynamic Charge Potential for III-V Materials
B-24: Thermodynamic Modeling of Al-Fe-Cr Ternary System
B-25: Thermodynamically Based Comparisons of GMCE Refrigerant Performance
B-9: A Mathematical Model for the Heat Preservation of Torpedo Ladle
Capillary-Mediated Interfacial Perturbation Fields: Their Exposure via Phase Field Equilibration
Comparison of the Phase-field Models to Predict the Recrystallization Kinetics
Computational Design and Optimization of Shape Memory Alloys for Solid State Cooling and Refrigeration
Computational Discovery of Novel Structural and Functional Heusler Compounds
Construction of Grain Boundary "Phase" Diagrams with Atomistic Simulation
Conversion of an Internal Freedom to Configurational Freedom by Cluster Variation Method
Defect Equilibria in Semiconducting Oxides under Thermodynamic Forces: Bulk and Interfaces
Defect Migration Using Atomistic-continuum Coupling
Design of Interfaces between Transition Metal Carbide and Nitride Precipitates and Matrix in Austenitic Steels
Developing the Third Generation of Calphad Databases - Modelling Al as a Case Study
Development of a Thermodynamic Database for a Co Based Superalloy for GT Vanes to Predict the Service Induced fcc-hcp Martensitic Transformation
Dissimilar Solid-Liquid Interface Free Energy and Anisotropy of Metals Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Effect of Bicrystallography on Thermal Resistance of Grain Boundaries
Effects of Magnetism on the Vibrational Entropy of Iron and Cementite
Evaluation of Silver and Tin Diffusion Mobility in Magnesium Alloys
First-Principles Calculations of Coherent Phase Equilibria and Short-Range-Order Hardening in the Alpha-Ti-O System
First-Principles Computational Study of Charged Vacancy Diffusion in Alpha-Al2O3 and Alpha-Cr2O3
First-Principles Evaluation of Ti2AlC-Cr2AlC Psuedo-binary Phase Diagram
First-principles/Phase-field Modeling of Equilibrium θ^' Precipitation in Al-Cu Alloys
Grain Boundary Segregation in Binary Alloys: A Diffuse Interface Model
Grain Growth in Thin Films as a Truly Three-dimensional Problem: A Simulation Study
Heat Transport at Interface in the Metal-Organic-Frameworks MOF-5
High Temperature Aluminum Alloy Development: Computational Thermodynamics and Kinetics
Interaction of Shear-coupled Grain Boundary Motion with Crack Studied by Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Joint Formation and Microstructural Evolution in the Microbumps of Three Dimensional Integrated Circuits (3DICs)
Kinetic Monte Carlo Enabled Modeling of Diffusion Assisted Plastic Deformation
Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulations of the Growth of Gold Thin Films
Kinetics of Phase Transformations Using Quasi-Coarse-Grained Dynamics Simulations
Kinetics Study of Thin Film Phase Transformation via Level-Set Method Simulation
Long-time Simulations of Cation Diffusion and Material Recovery in Disordered Gd2Ti2O7 Pyrochlore
Measurement of Diffusion Coefficients and Investigation on Precipitation in Mg-based Systems Using Diffusion Experiments
Metropolis-Hastings Algorithm for Bayesian Uncertainty Analysis of CALPHAD Model
Microstructural Pattern Formation during Eutectoid Transformation in Fe-Mn-C Steels: Phase-field Simulations
Microstructure Evolution and Deformation Behavior of Powder Materials during Sintering
Modeling Alloying Effects on Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Kinetics for Decelerated Magnesium Corrosion
MPMC Discrete Thermodynamic Simulations of Grain Growth in Nanotwinned Polycrystalline Films
Non-Schmid Effects on Dislocation Core Structure and Influence on Dislocation Mobility in Titanium
Nonlinear Elastic Effects in Phase Field Crystal and Amplitude Equations:Comparison to Ab Initio Simulations of bcc Metals and Graphene
Phonon Thermodynamics of Silicon
Piezoelectric Gold - Exploiting Mechano-Chemical Coupling at Interfaces for Designing Novel Functional Materials
Predicting Phase Behavior of Interfaces with Evolutionary Algorithms
Predicting the Evolution of He Precipitate Networks in Metals Using Phase-field Models
Quasiparticle Approach to Diffusional Atomic-scale Kinetics in Complex Structures
Single and Poly- Crystal Elastic Constants of Nickel and Ni-H
Alloys at Finite Temperature from Experiments and First Principles Calculations
Stochastic Grain Boundary Dynamics in a DSC Model for Shear Coupling
Strong Interfacial Energy Anisotropy in the PRISMS-PF Phase Field Model Code
Surface Reaction and Transport in Oxides Formed on FeCrAl Alloys in High Temperature Nitridation Environments
Surface Stability of Austenitic Stainless Steel Alloys under Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR) Conditions
The Effects of Quantum Dynamics of Atomic Motion on Dislocation Mobility
Theory and Simulation of Quantum Dot Formation in Heteroepitaxialy Grown Thin Films under External Forces
Thermodynamic Models for the Design of Stable Nanocrystalline Alloys
Thermodynamic Stabilization of High Concentrations of Planar Faults in Near-stoichiometric NiTi Shape Memory Alloys
Thermotransport in Binary Liquid Alloys
Vibrational Entropy from Thermally-Driven Electronic Topological Transitions
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I am currently working through a Greek composition course by myself, and I am a little confused by word order in even simple sentences. I understand that in word order is much less strict in Greek than in Latin (verbs don't have any need to come at the end of a sentence), and that it tends to reflect the emphasis of the sentence, however I am a little unsure about this sometimes.
For instance, I translated the sentence "The old man saw the goddess just before nightfall" as "ὁ γερων την θεαν ὑπο νυκτα εἰδεν". However, the answer key goes for "ὁ γερων εἰδε την θεαν ὑπο νυκτα". Is the translator simply putting emphasis on the "see" rather than some other form of interaction with the goddess (which seems unlikely to me), or is there something I'm missing?
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Fergie & Gisele Hit Harry Josh's Spring Fling
Fergie and Gisele Bundchen hit the dance floor with celeb hairstylist Harry Josh and nightlife impresario Nur Khan at their 10th Annual Spring Fling Party held at New York City's Hiro Ballroom at The Maritime Hotel on Saturday (April 30).
The Svedka-sponsored party went on past 3 in the morning and had celebs coming in and out all night. Fergie was seen dancing to Rihanna's "Only Girl in the World" with Wilhelmina president Sean Patterson and stylist Robert Verdi.
"This is the first year I've ever had the chance to go," Fergie told JustJared.com. "I've always been on tour, so I never could go. I'm so happy I finally made it!"
JustJared.com can exclusively report that Harry Josh brought in top-notch talent including Eva Mendes, who rolled into the party with her Hitch co-star Will Smith and Jay-Z (Will danced along to Black Eyed Peas' "The Time" as he walked through the party).
Other celeb sightings include Gisele's husband Tom Brady, Andrew Garfield, Leonardo DiCaprio with BFF Lukas Haas, Jessica Biel, Ellen Pompeo, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley with boyfriend Jason Statham, Ashley Olsen, Mickey Rourke, Brothers & Sisters actor Luke Macfarlane, White Collar hunk Matt Bomer with pal Lee Pace (currently in the Broadway play The Normal Heart), Robin Thicke with wife Paula Patton, Rodrigo Santoro, designer Christian Siriano with boyfriend Brad Walsh, stylist Brad Goreski, Elle creative director Joe Zee, Nate Berkus, Whitney Port with boyfriend Ben Nemtin, Kyan Douglas, designers Alexander Wang , Adam Lippes, and Brian Atwood , photographer Terry Richardson, and models Helena Christensen, Julie Henderson, Candice Swanepoel, Behati Prinsloo, and Hanne Gaby Odiele on crutches!
Kings of Leon rocker Jared Followill also attended the party his best friend Douglas Chabbott. After Harry's party, they hit up NYC hotspot Avenue with Leo, Lukas, James Marsden, and Cougar Town actor Josh Hopkins.
For more info on Harry Josh, visit Facebook.com/HarryJoshHair!
FYI: Fergie is wearing a Malandrino white cropped jacket over an Alternative Apparel Sage Burnout Dolman Sleeve Tee and an AllSaints Chaztec skirt, due out in stores this summer. She accessorized with Lucifer Vir Honestus jewelry and Ruthie Davis "Ray" pumps in Fluo Pink.


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One of Florida"s largest tangerine grower-shippers is developing seedless and easy-peel varieties.
Within the next couple of years, Winter Haven, Fla.-based Wm. G. Roe & Sons Inc. plans to market 10 proprietary seedless and easy-peeling tangerine varieties, through its Noble World Wide sales division.
In the 2015 season, Noble plans to offer 500,000 5-pound cartons of its proprietary varieties, growing to significant volumes by 2016, said Bill Roe, vice president of operations and manager of the company"s breeding program.
"Florida has been trounced by California and the world in the development of superior mandarin selections over the past 20 years," Roe said. "Besides the California clementine, there"s not a seedless, easy-peeling tangerine on the market. This will be a new age for Florida and provide some sizzle to our tangerine category that hasn"t existed in the past."
While Roe said the Gainesville-based University of Florida"s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences has focused more on tangerines since 2005, he said breeders haven"t vetted many varieties, which require five to seven years before the first commercial varieties are planted.
Reminiscent of the dancy tangerine, a century-old industry staple, the first variety ripens in early November and offers a robust, juicy, high character fruit, Roe said.
A second fruit, an easy-peeling and nearly seedless variety, ripens in early December and could pass for a clementine, he said.
A low-seeded high brix mandarin variety should offer potential for repeat shopper purchases November through mid-February. Roe plans to introduce other seedless and easy-peel mandarin varieties.
Wm. G. Roe & Sons, which began operations in 1927, started breeding research in the late 1980s on a one-acre research operation on at Eagle Lake, Fla.


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LONDON (Reuters) - Triton Court, a century-old old art deco building on London's Finsbury Square, is a good example of how the financial crisis is transforming demand for commercial property in Europe.
Its grand, arched entrance faces the City's financial heartland while a scruffy, narrow street runs along the back in a gritty area containing technology firms such as Google and Mind Candy, creator of online game Moshi Monsters.
Resolution Property paid 43 million pounds ($69 million) for the empty block in June. As part of a 150 million pound revamp it will switch the entrance to the back and reopen in 2014, turning away from finance in favor of technology companies.
The redesign, which includes renaming the building Alphabeta, will let staff cycle through the reception area en route to amenities including a basketball court, film studio and roof terraces.
"Financial services is in a state of retreat," said Robert Wolstenholme, a partner at Resolution. "The creative world does not feel comfortable sharing a building with bankers. So, we had to reposition it physically and conceptually."
Technology and telecom (T&T) companies rented more new office space in Europe in the first half than banking and finance firms for the first time, a report by property consultancy CBRE said on Tuesday.
Growing use of smartphones, tablet computers and cloud computing is driving demand, CBRE said, citing a forecast from technology researcher Gartner that global sales of tablet computers such as Apple's iPad will triple to 326 million units in 2015.
Companies such as Amazon, LinkedIn, Skype and Russian email service Mail.Ru rented 520,000 square meters of space versus 420,000 for finance and banking over the period, placing the T&T sector third behind manufacturing and energy, commercial services and leisure.
Though T&T companies are not immune to the downturn, the amount of rented office space recovered to just below pre-crash levels in 2011 with Berlin, Dublin and London leading the way.
"Some of the most successful companies are harvesting the fruits of their innovation and have hoarded substantial cash reserves despite the economic turmoil which they can use to fund their growth," CBRE said.
Banks, by contrast, are slashing staff, selling buildings and leasing more modest premises after being the biggest renters of office space prior to the crash.
Triton Court was built by Royal London Insurance and used as its HQ from 1902-30. Past tenants include National Westminster Bank - now part of Royal Bank of Scotland, Toronto Dominion Bank and UBS.
Wolstenholme said its redevelopment "is all about attracting bright young employees. Taking a square corporate box in the middle of the financial district is against everything they would want to do."
The British government has been keen to push the credentials of London as a home for technology companies, coining the term Silicon Roundabout for an area in east London several hundred meters north of Triton Court.
A nearby Resolution property, which will be occupied by Mind Candy next year, has astro turf instead of carpet tiles, treehouses and an 80,000 pound slide between two floors.
Meanwhile firms such as Apple, Google and IBM have been attracted to Dublin by low corporation tax, while a scarcity of sought-after loft space in Berlin is forcing tech companies to look at more traditional buildings, CBRE said.
Despite the fancy fit-outs, today's tech companies have learned the lessons of the dotcom bubble that burst in 2000, said John Burns, chief executive of Derwent London, whose tenants include Cisco and Expedia.
Values of many start-up technology and internet-related companies experienced meteoric growth over several years in a misplaced bet that profit would materialize.
"These are now proper grown-up companies with business plans and good financial discipline," Burns said.
"If you came out of university with a chemistry degree today would you go to a bank or somewhere you can do better financially and not have to wear a collar and tie?"
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NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck off the eastern Philippines.
The U.S.G.S. reported that the quake hit at 4:33 a.m. local time Sunday (2033 GMT) at a depth of 8.5 kilometers (5.3 miles). Its epicenter was about 120 kilometers (75 miles) northeast of San Isidro.
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I've been struggling to solve this interesting puzzle for a while with no success. Maybe someone here can help?
We are given the following numbers and letters in a grid 4 by 4. There is one empty square there between the '8's, but there is no indication that we are looking for something to fit in that square. It could be that, it could be something else. We don't know exactly what kind of puzzle this is. What we do know is that the answer is one letter, either upper case or lower case. We should be looking for patterns. The answer could be something that is missing, or it could be one of the 4 given letters, it could be many things.
1 0 7 k 9 2 m 5 2 p 8 4 h 8 8
I must say, this is a challenging one. I'm inclined to ask where you found this. All I noticed was that the longest diagonal (this one: /), when read top to bottom, spells kmph. That's probably not the goal, but I figured it was worth mentioning. You know, kilometers per hour? Though, without other context, it doesn't really give much.
I do note there's only non-capital letters, yet the parameters make a point about the letter (not number) answer possibly being either capital or not. That, combined with the vagueness of the puzzle parameters, make me think of the way some IQ test "patterns" try to trick you by using numbers or letters in a completely different context than the viewer expects, such as distinguishing curvy versus straight.
For example, making all squares of the grid that contain curvy characters dark could create a symbol. (Not the right answer, just an example.)
This puzzle is from this book: http://1btcbook.com/. The author has made freely available ten of the twenty puzzles ("Clues") from the book here: https://imgur.com/a/MlJEh/all. The author says on the website:
As much as the puzzles are supposed to be unrelated to each other, the author's style of indicating the looked-for unknown elements with question marks shows in some of the puzzles (that's why I wanted to suggest that the empty square here is not very likely to be where we need to fill in an answer).
Now that I've posted a link for 10 of the puzzles you can try to solve those too. The ones that I'm most struggling with are clues number 4, 6, 9 and 17. For clues 12 and 19 I have possible answers, but I am not sure that they are the right ones, so I would appreciate comments on them too. I can share with you the progress I've made with those if you like. I've solved 1, 7, 10 and 14.
There is a monetary reward for the first to solve all 20 puzzles in the book. You can try to win it on your own, but in case I manage to win with some of your help I would be glad to share the prize money appropriately.
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The Gators are the top-seeded team at the SEC Championships.
It's the start of prime time for the top-ranked Florida Gators.
With the regular season complete, UF is in North Little Rock, Ark., today for the 2013 Southeastern Conference Championships, where the Gators will look to defend their conference crown.
"I know right after we finished the last meet (at Utah), the athletes were already jumping up and down saying how excited they were for SECs," UF coach Rhonda Faehn said. "It's going to be a great competition."
Despite losing their last regular-season dual meet to the No. 7 Utes before almost 15,000 fans (14,903) at Salt Lake City's Huntsman Center last Saturday, UF posted the nation's highest road score of the season (197.875).
That mark moved the Gators' average regional qualifying score to 197.700, good enough to move UF from No. 2 to No. 1 in the national rankings heading into the all-important postseason.
"We had the highest road score of any team in the nation, and that's really tough to do when you're in an environment that you're not comfortable with," said Faehn, who on Friday was named the SEC Coach of the Year for the sixth time in her 11 seasons at UF.
As the SEC's No. 1 seed, the Gators will have the same Olympic rotation (vault, bars, beam and floor) they enjoyed at home meets.
They will be joined by third-ranked Alabama (197.260), fifth-ranked Georgia (197.160) and sixth-ranked LSU (197.065) in the evening session beginning at 7 p.m.
The fifth through eighth seeds — No. 12 Auburn, No. 16 Arkansas, No. 19 Kentucky and Missouri — will compete in the afternoon session at 3 p.m.
The addition of an eighth team (Missouri) to the SEC led to the two-session format this year.
"I'm actually really excited about postseason," said sophomore Kytra Hunter, the defending SEC and NCAA all-around and vault champion. "It was a lot of fun from my first experience, just the competing, the training, seeing your old teammates and everything like that.
"But at the same time, you also have to stay in your bubble and the team bubble, and the preparation this year is no different than it was last year. We had a great outcome last year, and we're aiming for better things to come."
It's already been a record-setting year for UF, which has twice topped the 198 plateau as a team, highlighted by a school-record score of 198.475 in a home win over Minnesota three weeks ago that is the highest mark in the nation in nine years.
"Our team has just stayed incredibly focused on what our team goals are this year," Faehn said. "I was impressed that we had the highest road score in the nation knowing that we missed a lot of landings. I really genuinely feel that we're a 198 team every time we step out if we do our job, so we just need to go in there and stay focused on quality gymnastics."
Two-time defending NCAA champ Alabama and Florida, the 2012 NCAA runner-up, have combined to win the last four SEC titles.
"It's an incredible field," Faehn said. "The SEC is the strongest and most challenging conference in the country. This competition is sometimes even more difficult than the NCAA Championship, and it's the perfect opportunity for our athletes to prepare.
"It's where we won the SEC Championship in 2007 (UF's first under Faehn), and it's a good place for us. The girls are pumped and ready to move on to what they call the most fun and exciting time of the season."
UF will host one of six NCAA regionals April 6, with the top two teams from each advancing to the NCAA Championships in Los Angeles on April 19-21.
Note: UF's Bridget Sloan was named the SEC Freshman of the Year. She has posted two of the top three all-around scores in the nation this season.


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The Milwaukee Brewers reassigned 2B Scooter Gennett, OF Josh Prince, SP Jesus Sanchez, 1B Hunter Morris, OF Kentrail Davis and C Adam Weisenburger to minor league camp Friday, March 15.
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Milwaukee Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said he is not sure who he would consider to be the team's third catcher. Both of the catchers on the 40-man roster (Jonathan Lucroy and Martin Maldonado) will miss a portion of spring training camp because of the World Baseball Classic. The Brewers' other catchers in major league camp (Dayton Buller, Anderson De La Rosa, Blake Lalli, Rafael Neda and Adam Weisenburger) are all non-roster invitees, with Lalli being the only one with prior MLB experience.
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The Milwaukee Brewers will be inviting Ps Jed Bradley, Taylor Jungmann and Donovan Hand, 1B Hunter Morris, OF Kentrail Davis and Cs Anderson De La Rosa, Adam Weissenburger and Rafael Neda to spring training.
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Today's covers all come from books we reviewed in October 2012. Once you identify a book cover, in the comment section list:
1. The number of the cover (1-12)
2. The author
3. The book title
Please identify just one cover that has not yet been identified correctly so that others will have a chance to play.
If you get it correct, you'll be entered into a drawing to win a book of your choice from our stacks.
Winners are notified in the comments, so make sure to check the notification box or remember to check back in about 10 days.
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In this tutorial, you'll learn how your collaborators can create branches in GitHub, switch to the other branch in SAP Web IDE and perform changes and commit the changes to the other branch.
By SathyaBhat
Collaborative Development Using GitHub and SAP Web IDE
In this tutorial, you'll learn how your collaborators can create branches in GitHub, switch to the other branch in SAP Web IDE and perform changes and commit the changes to the other branch.
This tutorial is written from a collaborator's point of view.
Go to https://account.hanatrial.ondemand.com and log in to your SAP Cloud Platform cockpit.
To open SAP Web IDE, click on the Services tab in the navigation bar, scroll down and then click the SAP Web IDE tile to open the SAP Web IDE service page.
You'll have to clone the GitHub organization repository in SAP Web IDE. To do this
a. From the File menu in SAP Web IDE, click on Git → Clone repository.
b. Enter your GitHub account credentials and post the repository URL.
c. The repository is now cloned.
Create a branch to which you will make the changes. To do this
a. Click on Git pane on the right hand side and then click on the + icon next to the branch label to create a branch.
b. Give a suitable name for the branch and then click on OK button to create the branch.
c. The branch will be created and the branch against the Git pane will show what branch you will be working against.
Since this branch is dedicated to milestone
m1 changes which have 2 issues to be targeted, you will implement the changes for each of these in separate commits.
a. For
issue#1 you will do changes in
S3_PurchaseOrderDetails.view.xml to remove the
OrderedByName entry.
b. Notice that when you save the changes, the Git pane on the right hand side shows the file that was changed. To commit the changes to the repository, click on the Stage checkbox, enter a change description and then click on commit.
GitHub will automatically close an issue if your commit message includes certain keywords once this change is merged into the master branch. You will see this in the next tutorial.
c. Click on the Commit button to commit changes to the repository and then Push and select Remote branch to push the changes to GitHub.
Now if you check the
m1 branch on GitHub organization repository, you will see that the push has been completed and the changes are seen on GitHub.
Similarly you can address other remaining issues targeted for
m1 milestone and commit and push the changes.
Updated 12/12/2017
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In Three Big Security Problems, I described the three biggest security threats to your small office/home office (SOHO) computer or network: an insecure OS, unused open ports, and backdoor programs. Although those three risks are prominent, there's always another risk lurking nearby—email. For most users, the incredible convenience of email is also a possibility for disaster.
Reading and sending email threatens the internal security of your system's data. Innocuous as it may seem, email is a very unsafe system whose primary vulnerabilities depend on the user's trust. Although most users install virus scanners to protect against untrusted Web downloads, many of these same users trust email. They often open any attachment without considering that the attachment might contain a virus or other code designed to open their system to an external attack.
Roughly 90 to 95 percent of all virus attacks come through email. That's not to say that the Internet isn't a breeding ground for viruses. Every day, attackers write and post new viruses on the Web. However, email is still the most viable and efficient way to distribute code that infects other systems.
Although the Melissa and Gnutella worms lasted a short time, they demonstrated that worm viruses are a real threat to IT security and can damage a SOHO's reputation with its clients. Email worm viruses work by emailing themselves to other users. The email arrives with an innocent-looking subject line and a message that the attacker has designed to distract users, persuading them to open an attachment. Often, the attachment is scripting code or an executable that takes advantage of specific functions in certain email programs that let the code email itself to any or all entries in a user's address book. It's a vicious cycle that takes users days to remove from email systems and consumes precious bandwidth on an already crowded Internet. Although some attackers design worms simply to annoy others and boost their own egos, others install Trojan horse programs that are serious security threats to your computer or network.
You can install antivirus software on your systems to notify you of a virus, but you probably don't need these warnings if you follow one rule: Don't open email attachments or execute attached programs unless you're completely sure you know the sender and are expecting the attachment. Worms can't spread if you don't execute the code. Even worms with embedded Trojan horse code can't install on your system unless you activate the code. Being alert and cautious is the best way to protect your SOHO against email security threats.
Microsoft holds a large share of the desktop OS market, with many people using Internet Explorer (IE) and Outlook as their main connectivity applications. As a result, security vulnerabilities in these products quickly become well known with virus and worm coders often targeting Microsoft OSs and Internet utilities. Fortunately, IE and Outlook Express come with built-in security features, and Microsoft has released patches to secure any vulnerabilities in the software. Here are some suggestions to further secure these applications.
- In July 2000, Microsoft released a security update containing critical security information for both Outlook and Outlook Express. You can access this information and download the patch from the Microsoft Web site.
- Microsoft also has a security patch for a specific ActiveX control, scriptlet.typelib. A malicious attacker can use this ActiveX vulnerability to execute script code that can damage your computer. You can find this update file on the Microsoft Web site. (Windows 2000 users do not need to apply this patch.)
- IE and Outlook Express offer a software security feature called zones. You can configure zone settings to respond to various threats, depending on the source, and set prompts to notify you when an attachment might contain a virus.
To adjust the IE zone configuration, follow these steps:
- Open IE and select Tools, Internet Options.
- Select the Security tab, click Restricted sites, and click Custom Level.
- In the Security Settings window, scroll to Scripting and click Active Scripting to disable the setting. Click OK each time to close the dialog boxes.
To adjust the Outlook Express zone configuration, follow these steps:
- Open Outlook Express.
- Select Tools, Internet Options and select the Security tab.
- For optimum security, select the setting for the zone Restricted sites (More secure). Click OK to close the dialog box.
Outlook also has some vulnerabilities of its own. In midsummer 2000, Microsoft released a patch to prevent a rash of worm viruses. The patch prevents the user from accessing specific types of file attachments, notifies the user when an external program attempts to access the address book, and reconfigures Outlook's default security settings. Some users might feel that a total ban on certain types of attachments is too strict, but others might find it perfectly appropriate. Only you can decide whether to install this patch. Because each user needs to consider many factors for individual situations, my colleague Tom Syroid, author of Outlook 2000 in a Nutshell (O'Reilly), has a four-part expose on the Outlook patch on the publisher's site.
As a final step, you can disable Windows Scripting Host (WSH) on your Windows-based systems to immunize yourself from the threat of VBScript viruses (code with .vbs extensions), such as the LoveLetter virus. If you're completely sure that you don't need WSH, Sophos has a Web page devoted to removing WSH. Symantec also offers a program, noscript.exe, that disables but doesn't remove WSH so that you can determine whether disabling WSH cripples any of your day-to-day functions.
The bottom line: Being sensible about email is as good a guard as any other. In Three Big Security Problems, I warned SOHO users not to trust spontaneous Internet downloads—the same advice goes for email attachments.


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The European Commission has called on Member States to prioritise social investment and to modernise their welfare states. This means better performing active inclusion strategies and a more efficient and more effective use of social budgets.
The call features in a Communication on Social Investment for Growth and Cohesion just adopted by the Commission, which also gives guidance to Member States on how best to use EU financial support, notably from the European Social Fund, to implement the outlined objectives.
The Commission will closely monitor the performance of individual Member States' social protection systems through the European Semester and formulate, where necessary, country specific recommendations.
The social investment package gives guidance to Member States on more efficient and effective social policies in response to the significant challenges they currently face. These include high levels of financial distress, increasing poverty and social exclusion, as well as record unemployment, especially among young people. These are combined with the challenge of ageing societies and smaller working age populations, which test the sustainability and adequacy of national social systems.
The social investment package includes a Commission Recommendation against child poverty, calling for an integrated approach to child-friendly social investment.
The social investment package is an integrated policy framework which takes account of the social, economic and budgetary divergences between Member States. It focusses on:


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|System: PC
|Dev: Sony Online Entertainment
|Pub: Sony Online Entertainment
|Release: TBA
|Players: MMO
|Screen Resolution: 480p-1080p
by Shelby Reiches
When Sony Online Entertainment discovered that I'd be visiting their booth at E3, they sent along a small care package. When I opened it, I found a set of PlanetSide 2 stickers corresponding to the game's trio of factions and a letter from Sony's PR company. It informed me that they were attempting to keep their booth clean and that, due to a fear I would soil myself upon actually playing the massively multiplayer first-person shooter, had enclosed a diaper emblazoned with the PlanetSide 2 logo (Muppet Babies branded, for those who are curious). I laughed it off, but I'll admit that it sort of planted some expectations for what the title would do for me.
I am sorry to report that, upon my departure, the SOE booth was as clean as it had been upon my arrival. I am happy to say, however, that I did not need to wear the diaper. This isn't to say that PlanetSide 2 wasn't a fun game, but it wasn't the pants-crappingly incredible title SOE was building it up to be.
It began in a small, enclosed room with a large screen and comfortable seating. A small group of press was allowed inside, and they were led through a demo by one of the game's developers. It's available online now, and, while the most entertaining element of it was the zebra print used on much of the custom armor and vehicles on display (and our guide was less than eloquent, often describing things in vague terms with the implication that he would say more, only to move on), the video managed to make me anticipate playing the title. Between the vehicles on offer and the game's massive nature, there was just something inherently appealing about it.
After the video, I stepped in, and I feel I can safely report that PlanetSide 2 feels like a first-person shooter. Is that good? Well, if you expected it to be lacking in action due to its scale, you'll be happy, but as a first-person shooter itself, the game felt sort of same-old. Despite its sci-fi trapping, there's the standard assortment of assault and support classes, with weaponry that looks different when it fires, but behaves very similarly to the corresponding armaments on the other team. And the vehicles are fun to drive or fly, though the flight control is awfully floaty.
Normally, with a sequel, I'd want to look at what it does differently than its predecessor as well as what it brings new to the table, but PlanetSide 2 is coming out in a strange spot. The original was unique and interesting because it was completely unprecedented. A massively multiplayer shooter was something completely beyond expectations in an age when MMOs were still in their awkward and gawky adolescence, the vast majority built on a timer-based RPG framework. To have action in a game that huge was an incredible proposition (particularly given the sparse availability of broadband in those days).


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Andy Griffith, 86. He made homespun Southern wisdom his trademark as a wise sheriff in "The Andy Griffith Show" and a rumpled defense lawyer in "Matlock." July 3.
Ernest Borgnine, 95. Beefy screen star known for blustery, often villainous roles, but who won the best-actor Oscar for playing against type as a lovesick butcher in "Marty" in 1955. July 8.
Eugenio de Araujo Sales, 91. Rio de Janeiro's former archbishop who provided shelter to thousands opposed to the military regimes that once ruled Brazil, Argentina and Chile. July 9.
Marion Cunningham, 90. Home-cooking champion whose legacy can be found in the food-spattered pages of "Fannie Farmer" cookbooks in kitchens across America. July 11.
Donald J. Sobol, 87. Author of the popular "Encyclopedia Brown" series of children's mysteries. July 11.
Dara Singh, 84. Bollywood action hero best known for his TV portrayal of the Hindu monkey god Hanuman. July 12.
Celeste Holm, 95. Versatile actress who soared to Broadway fame in "Oklahoma!" and won an Oscar for her portrayal of a lonely secretary in "Gentleman's Agreement." July 15.
Stephen R. Covey, 79. Author of "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People" and three other books that have all sold more than a million copies. July 16. Complications from a bicycle accident.
Jon Lord, 71. British rocker and keyboardist whose driving tones helped turn Deep Purple and Whitesnake into two of the most popular hard rock acts in a generation. July 16.
Kitty Wells, 92. Singer whose hits such as "Making Believe" and "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" made her the first female superstar of country music. July 16.
William Raspberry, 76. He became the second black columnist to win a Pulitzer Prize for his widely read syndicated commentaries in The Washington Post. July 17.
Forrest McCartney, 81. Retired Air Force lieutenant general and former director of Kennedy Space Center who was crucial in getting NASA's shuttles flying again after the Challenger tragedy. July 17.
Rajesh Khanna, 69. His success as a romantic lead in scores of Indian movies made him Bollywood's first superstar. July 18.
Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, 102. He was revered by Jews worldwide as the top rabbinic authority of this generation for his scholarship and rulings on complex elements of Jewish law. July 18.
Oswaldo Paya, 60. Cuban activist who spent decades speaking out against the communist government of Fidel and Raul Castro and became one of the most powerful voices of dissent against their half-century rule. July 22. Car crash.
Sally Ride, 61. She blazed trails into orbit as the first American woman in space. July 23. Pancreatic cancer.
Sherman Hemsley, 74. Actor who made the irascible, bigoted George Jefferson of "The Jeffersons" one of TV's most memorable characters and a symbol for urban upward mobility. July 24.
John Atta Mills, 68. He was elected president in the closest vote in Ghana's history and then led the West African country amid newfound oil wealth. July 24.
Chad Everett, 75. Star of the 1970s TV series "Medical Center" who went on to appear in such films and TV shows as "Mulholland Drive" and "Melrose Place." July 24.
Suzy Gershman, 64. Her "Born to Shop" travel guides have helped readers find where to browse and buy from Paris to Hong Kong. July 25.
Gore Vidal, 86. Author, playwright, politician and commentator whose novels, essays, plays and opinions were stamped by his immodest wit and unconventional wisdom. July 31.
John Keegan, 78. British academic whose studies of men at war are counted among the classic works of military history. Aug. 2.
Martin Fleischmann, 85. British chemist who stunned the world by announcing that he had achieved nuclear fusion in a glass bottle. Aug. 3.
Chavela Vargas, 93. She defied gender stereotypes to become one of the most legendary singers in Mexico. Aug. 5.
Ignacy Skowron, 97. Last known Polish survivor of the opening battle of World War II. Aug. 5.
Mark O'Donnell, 58. Tony Award-winning writer behind such quirky and clever Broadway shows as "Hairspray and "Cry-Baby." Aug. 6.
Bernard Lovell, 98. Pioneering British physicist and astronomer who developed one of the world's largest radio telescopes exploring particles in the universe. Aug. 6.
Judith Crist, 90. Blunt, popular film critic for the "Today" show, TV Guide and the New York Herald Tribune whose reviews were at times so harsh that director Otto Preminger labeled her "Judas Crist." Aug. 7.
Carlo Rambaldi, 86. Special-effects master and three-time Oscar winner known as the father of "E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial." Aug. 10.
Joe Kubert, 85. Groundbreaking comic artist and educator best known for co-creating DC Comics' iconic Sgt. Rock character. Aug. 12.
Gregory Powell, 79. He was convicted of killing a Los Angeles police officer during an infamous kidnapping that inspired the true-crime book and movie "The Onion Field." Aug. 12.
Johnny Pesky, 92. Player who spent most of his 60-plus years in pro baseball with the Boston Red Sox and was beloved by the team's fans. Aug. 13.
Nellie Gray, 88. Founder and chief organizer of an annual anti-abortion march in Washington and a leader in efforts to overturn the Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion. Aug. 13.
Ron Palillo, 63. Actor best known as the nerdy high school student Arnold Horshack on the 1970s sitcom "Welcome Back, Kotter." Aug. 14.
Svetozar Gligoric, 89. Legendary Serbian and Yugoslav chess grandmaster who was the national champion 12 times and one of the world's top players in the 20th century. Aug. 14.
Tony Scott, 68. Director of such Hollywood blockbusters as "Top Gun," ''Days of Thunder" and "Beverly Hills Cop II." Aug. 19. Died after jumping from a bridge.
George Hickman, 88. One of the original Tuskegee airmen and a longtime usher at University of Washington and Seattle Seahawks games. Aug. 19.
Phyllis Diller, 95. Housewife-turned-humorist who aimed some of her sharpest barbs at herself, punctuating her jokes with her trademark cackle. Aug. 20.
Dom Mintoff, 96. Former prime minister of Malta who was in power when the island nation became a republic. Aug. 20.
Meles Zenawi, 57. Ethiopia's long-time ruler who held tight control over the country and was a major U.S counter-terrorism ally. Aug. 20. Undisclosed illness.
James Fogle, 75. He wrote "Drugstore Cowboy," an autobiographical crime novel that led to an acclaimed 1989 film starring Matt Dillon. Aug. 23.
Jerry Nelson, 78. Puppeteer behind a delightful menagerie of characters including Count von Count on "Sesame Street" and Gobo Fraggle on "Fraggle Rock." Aug. 23.
Neil Armstrong, 82. He became a global hero when as a steely-nerved astronaut he made "one giant leap for mankind" with a small step onto the moon. Aug. 25.
Juan Valdez, 74. Land grant activist who fired the first shot during a 1967 New Mexico courthouse raid that grabbed international attention and helped spark the Chicano Movement. Aug. 25.
Shulamith Firestone, 67. Feminist writer who published her influential "The Dialectic of Sex" at age 25 and then retreated into isolation and mental illness. Aug. 28.
Chris Lighty, 44. A hip-hop mogul who helped the likes of Sean "Diddy" Combs, 50 Cent and Mariah Carey attain hit records and lucrative careers outside music. Aug. 30. Apparent suicide.
Hal David, 91. Stylish, heartfelt lyricist who teamed with Burt Bacharach on dozens of songs for movies, television and a variety of recording artists in the 1960s and beyond. Sept. 1.
Rev. Sun Myung Moon, 92. Self-proclaimed messiah who turned his Unification Church into a worldwide religious movement and befriended North Korean leaders as well as U.S. presidents. Sept. 3.
Michael Clarke Duncan, 54. Hulking character actor whose dozens of films included an Oscar-nominated performance as a death row inmate in "The Green Mile" and such other box office hits as "Armageddon," ''Planet of the Apes" and "Kung Fu Panda." Sept. 3. Heart attack.
Joe South, 72. Singer-songwriter who performed 1960s and '70s hits such as "Games People Play" and "Walk A Mile In My Shoes" and penned songs including "Down in the Boondocks" for other artists. Sept. 5.
Art Modell, 87. Former owner of the Baltimore Ravens and longtime NFL stalwart who incurred the wrath of Cleveland fans when he moved the team from Ohio. Sept. 6.
Verghese Kurien, 90. Engineer known as "India's milkman" who helped revolutionize the country's dairy industry despite his own dislike for milk. Sept. 9.
Stanley Long, 78. British filmmaker whose cheap and cheerful soft-core romps saw him dubbed the "king of sexploitation." Sept. 10.
Edwin Wilson, 84. Former CIA operative who was branded a traitor and convicted of shipping arms to Libya but whose conviction was overturned after he served 22 years in prison. Sept. 10. Complications from a heart valve replacement surgery.
Chris Stevens, 52. U.S. ambassador to Libya and a career diplomat. Sept. 11. Killed during an attack on a U.S. consulate in Libya.
Peter Lougheed, 84. As Alberta's premier, he turned the province into an oil-powered modern giant and an equal player in Canada's confederation. Sept. 13.
John Ingle, 84. Actor who for two decades played a scheming patriarch on the daytime drama "General Hospital." Sept. 16.
Andy Williams, 84. Silky-voiced, clean-cut crooner whose hit recording "Moon River" and years of popular Christmas TV shows brought him fans the world over. Sept. 25.
Avalanna Routh, 6. Her love for Justin Bieber — she called herself Mrs. Bieber — encouraged physicians and nurses at a Boston hospital to organize a pretend wedding to the pop star as she battled a rare brain cancer. Sept. 26.
Herbert Lom, 95. Czech-born actor best known as Inspector Clouseau's long-suffering boss in the "Pink Panther" movies. Sept. 27.
Barry Commoner, 95. Scientist and activist who raised early concerns about the effects of radioactive fallout and was one of the pioneers of the environmental movement. Sept. 30.
Turhan Bey, 90. Actor whose exotic good looks earned him the nickname of "Turkish Delight" in films with Errol Flynn and Katharine Hepburn before he left Hollywood for a quieter life in Vienna. Sept. 30.
Robert F. Christy, 96. Former California Institute of Technology professor who helped design the trigger mechanism for the atomic bombs used in World War II. Oct. 3.
Keith Campbell, 58. Biologist who worked on cloning Dolly the sheep. Oct. 5.
Eric Lomax, 93. Former British prisoner of war whose moving tale of wartime torture and forgiveness was being turned into a film. Oct. 8.
Paddy Roy Bates, 91. He occupied an abandoned fort in the North Sea and declared it the sovereign Principality of Sealand — with himself as its prince. Oct. 9.
Sam M. Gibbons, 92. Former U.S. congressman who served 17 terms in Congress and rose to head the powerful Ways and Means Committee. Oct. 9.
Alex Karras, 77. Feared NFL defensive tackle who went into acting, playing the lovable dad in the 1980s sitcom "Webster" and the cowboy who punched out a horse in "Blazing Saddles." Oct. 10.
Basil Plumley, 92. Veteran whose unit's actions in Vietnam were turned into a book and then the movie, "We Were Soldiers." Oct. 10.
Arlen Specter, 82. Outspoken ex-U.S. senator from Pennsylvania whose switch from Republican to Democrat ended a 30-year career in which he played a pivotal role in several Supreme Court nominations. Oct. 14. Complications of non-Hodgkins lymphoma.
Norodom Sihanouk, 89. The revered former king who was a towering figure in Cambodian politics through a half-century of war, genocide and upheaval. Oct. 15.
Koji Wakamatsu, 76. Japanese director who ruthlessly challenged authority with the grotesque and sexual. Oct. 17. Traffic accident.
Sylvia Kristel, 60. Dutch actress and star of the hit 1970s erotic movie "Emmanuelle." Oct. 17. Cancer.
E. Donnall Thomas, 92. Physician who pioneered bone marrow transplants and won the 1990 Nobel Prize in medicine. Oct. 20.
Paul Kurtz, 86. He founded an international center devoted to debunking psychics and UFO claims, promoting reason over what he viewed as myths. Oct. 20.
George McGovern, 90. Former U.S. senator and a Democrat who lost to President Richard Nixon in 1972 in a landslide. Oct. 21.
Yash Chopra, 80. Bollywood movie mogul whose classic love tales made him the Indian film industry's "King of Romance." Oct. 21. Dengue fever.
Antoni Dobrowolski, 108. Oldest known survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp, he was a teacher who taught defiance of his native Poland's Nazi occupiers. Oct. 21.
Russell Means, 72. Former American Indian Movement activist who helped lead the 1973 uprising at Wounded Knee and also appeared in Hollywood films. Oct. 22.
Eloy Gutierrez-Menoyo, 77. He went from commander fighting alongside Fidel Castro to a foe launching commando raids against Cuba before settling there as a pro-dialogue dissident. Oct. 26. Heart attack.
Letitia Baldrige, 86. The White House social secretary during the Kennedy administration, an authority on etiquette. Oct. 29.
Teri Shields, 79. She launched daughter Brooke's on-camera career when she was a baby and managed the young star into her 20s, sometimes with controversy. Oct. 31.
Milt Campbell, 78. First African-American to win the Olympic decathlon in 1956, he went on to play professional football and become a motivational speaker. Nov. 2.
Frances Hashimoto, 69. Little Tokyo business and civic leader whose Los Angeles company popularized the Japanese-style treat known as mochi ice cream. Nov. 4. Lung cancer.
Patriarch Maxim, 98. He weathered a revolt over his communist-era ties to lead Bulgaria's Orthodox Christians for more than 40 years. Nov. 6.
Carmen Basilio, 85. He wrested the world middleweight boxing crown from Sugar Ray Robinson in 1957 and lost an epic rematch six months later. Nov. 7.
Darrell Royal, 88. Former Texas football coach known as much for his folksy approach to life as for his creative wishbone offenses and two national championships. Nov. 7.
Lee MacPhail, 95. Longtime baseball executive who ruled in the celebrated Pine Tar case and later became part of the only father-son Hall of Fame pairing. Nov. 8.
Bill Tarmey, 71. Actor who for 30 years played lovable rogue Jack Duckworth on the British soap opera "Coronation Street." Nov. 9.
Bernard Lansky, 85. Memphis retailer who helped a young Elvis Presley establish his flashy, signature clothing style in the 1950s. Nov. 15.
Bal Thackeray, 86. Hindu extremist leader linked to waves of mob violence against Muslims and migrant workers in India. Nov. 17.
Warren B. Rudman, 82. Former U.S. senator who co-authored a budget balancing law, championed ethics and led a commission that predicted the danger of terrorist attacks years before 9/11. Nov. 19. Complications of lymphoma.
Art Ginsburg, 81. Delightfully dorky television chef known as Mr. Food. Nov. 21.
Ewarda O'Bara, 59. Miami woman who spent 42 years in a coma. Nov. 21.
Larry Hagman, 81. Actor whose predatory oil baron J.R. Ewing on television's nighttime soap opera "Dallas" became a symbol for 1980s greed. Nov. 23.
Hector "Macho" Camacho, 50. Puerto Rican boxer known for skill and flamboyance in the ring as well as for a messy personal life and run-ins with the police. Nov. 24. Gunshot.
Joseph E. Murray, 93. Doctor who performed the world's first successful kidney transplant and won a Nobel Prize. Nov. 26.
Marvin Miller, 95. Soft-spoken union head who led baseball players in strikes and legal battles that won free agency, revolutionized sports and turned athletes into multimillionaires. Nov. 27.
Zig Ziglar, 86. Motivational speaker who wrote more than 30 books and focused on positivity and leading a balanced life. Nov. 28.
Inder Kumar Gujral, 92. Former prime minister who sought to improve India's relations with its neighbors during a term in office of less than a year. Nov. 30.
Jack Brooks, 89. Longtime Texas congressman who was in the Dallas motorcade in 1963 when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Dec. 4.
Besse Cooper, 116. She had been listed as the world's oldest person. Dec. 4.
Dave Brubeck, 91. Jazz composer and pianist whose pioneering style in pieces such as "Take Five" caught listeners' ears with exotic, challenging rhythms. Dec. 5.
Ignatius Hazim, 92. Patriarch of a Damascus-based Eastern Orthodox Church. Dec. 5.
Oscar Niemeyer, 104. Architect who recreated Brazil's sensuous curves in concrete and built the capital of Brasilia as a symbol of the nation's future. Dec. 5.
Jenni Rivera, 43. California-born singer who became a superstar adored by millions in a male-dominated genre of Mexican-American music. Dec. 9. Plane crash.
Mary Ann Darling Fischer, 79. She gave birth to the U.S.'s first known surviving quintuplets in 1963 in an event that brought intense media interest in her family life. Dec. 9.
Norman Joseph Woodland, 91. He was the co-inventor of the bar code that labels nearly every product in stores and has boosted productivity in nearly every sector of commerce worldwide. Dec. 9.
Galina Vishnevskaya, 86. A world-renowned Russian opera diva who with her husband defied the Soviet regime to give shelter to writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn and suffered exile from her homeland. Dec. 11.
Ravi Shankar, 92. The sitar virtuoso who became a hippie musical icon of the 1960s after hobnobbing with the Beatles and who introduced traditional Indian ragas to Western audiences over an eight-decade career. Dec. 11.
Joe L. Allbritton, 87. He became one of Washington's most influential men through a media conglomerate of newspapers and television stations and a financial empire that once included Riggs Bank. Dec. 12.
Sheikh Abdessalam Yassine, 84. He was the charismatic religious leader of Morocco's largest opposition movement and longtime opponent of two Moroccan kings. Dec. 13.
Jack Hanlon, 96. He had roles in the 1926 silent classic "The General" and in two 1927 "Our Gang" comedies. Dec. 13.
Maurice Herzog, 93. He became the first person to scale an 8,000-meter peak but lost all his fingers and toes to frostbite on the way down. Dec. 14.
Richard Adams, 65. Same-sex marriage campaigner who helped begin the push for gay unions four decades before the issue reached the center of the national consciousness. Dec. 17.
Charles Durning, 89. Twice nominated for an Oscar, he was dubbed the king of character actors. Dec. 24.
Jack Klugman, 90. Actor who made an art of gruffness in 1970s and 80s TV in "The Odd Couple" and "Quincy, M.E." Dec. 24.
Fontella Bass, 72. The St. Louis-born soul singer hit the top of the R&B charts with "Rescue Me" in 1965. Dec. 26.
Gerry Anderson, 83. He was a puppetry pioneer and creator of the British 1960s sci-fi hit "Thunderbirds" TV show. Dec. 26.
H. Norman Schwarzkopf, 78. General who commanded the U.S.-led international coalition that drove Saddam Hussein's forces out of Kuwait in 1991. Dec. 27.


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WATERLOO, Ill. (AP) — The widow of an Air Force veteran who died with two of their young sons during a Missouri hike told mourners Friday she's comforted knowing her husband and boys were loved and "together until the very last moment."
Standing near the three caskets inside an Illinois funeral home, Sarah Decareaux tried hard to find the words to say and not cry.
"I just love my boys. I love their daddy," she said of David, 36, and their inquisitive Cub Scout sons, Dominic, 10 and Grant, 8. "I know they're resting in peace, and I know they're all together."
David Decareaux's flag-draped casket was flanked by the boys' tiny white ones during the service, which was marked by a moment that brought many of the 200 mourners to tears: Dominic and Grant being posthumously named honorary Eagle Scouts.
The Millstadt, Ill., father set out last Saturday with his sons on the narrow Ozarks Trail in southeast Missouri during a family outing to the Mark Twain National Forest. The three got lost and never returned.
Their bodies were found the next day on the trail just a mile from where the rest of the family waited. Authorities said they died of hypothermia from temperatures that dropped from nearly 60 degrees to below freezing.
Two inches of rain also dumped on the area, and that combined with an eventual loss of sunlight turning the forest pitch black made the bone-chilling conditions even more threatening to the hikers, who wore only light clothing.
Hiking experts have suggested such tragedies are preventable if trekkers pay close attention to forecasts and dress for the weather.
But on Friday, there was no second-guessing as relatives and friends in the Illinois town of Waterloo, just southeast of St. Louis, reflected on the close-knit, spiritual and adventurous family.
Several photos of Sarah, David and their five children were displayed in an area just outside the parlor where the funeral was held. Some showed the family enjoying the outdoors, others in portrait settings.
Dominic and Grant's scouting shirts also were hanging nearby. And there was a memory book, its cover bearing loving tributes by the boys' sister who created it.
"Dad, I hope you are having fun in heven. I love you," the girl had scrawled.
Those who spoke about David Decareaux at the funeral described him as a loyal, smart man whose chance meeting with Sarah left him love-struck, with their five-week, whirlwind romance culminating in marriage.
Decareaux, who was all business when it came to his work in the Air Force and more recently for the Pentagon's Defense Information Systems Agency at a nearby air base, was known for his lighter side as well. He enjoyed a good prank and taught himself how to play guitar, his Bible never far away.
Brittany Raborn, 11 years younger than brother David, recalled relentlessly pestering her brother growing up.
"Because I wanted to be just like you," she said, directing her words to her brother in spirit and to mourners. "I followed your every move."
Once, in middle school, she even passed off David's intricate artwork as her own.
"Your smarts set you up to have a very successful career, and I bragged about you often," she said, her eyes welling with tears. "I hope my children are as wonderful as yours."
Others also spoke highly of the boys called "beautiful little angels" by their mother. Grant loved animals; "Dom" was a budding war buff.
Sarah Decareaux read passages her husband had highlighted in his Bible, and a minister also alluded to David's spirituality by insisting he wouldn't want mourners to dwell on losing him.
"This is where he always longed to be," said the Rev. Steve Neill of the local First Baptist Church. "And he has his boys with him."


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Climate change isn't simply making the world warmer on average, but by changing the temperature balance between the equator and the poles, it may be disrupting normal weather patterns. As a result of an unusually strong atmospheric blocking pattern over the North Atlantic, the first three weeks of March have been cooler than average. Some scientists think such blocking patterns in the jet stream are related to the melting of Arctic sea ice during recent summers.
Among the recent studies that have looked at this effect are one published in Geophysical Research Letters and another in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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March 20 marks the vernal equinox, although the weather may not feel much like spring with cooler than average temperatures in many parts of the country.
The conditions couldn't be more different than last year this time. By March 19, 2012, more than 2,200 warm-temperature records had been set or tied across the U.S. That is about 1,000 more than have been set or tied so far this March. By comparison, this month feels like a dud. Temperatures have been much closer to normal this year, and more than a few winter storms have crept their way towards the first day of spring.
The graph above shows the month-to-date temperature anomaly in Philadelphia for March 2012 (red) and March 2013 (green). As you can see, 2012 was significantly warmer than usual at this time of year, while March of 2013 has actually been a little colder than normal.
The maps below show the difference between these two months across the country. Areas like the Southeast and Midwest are cooler than they were last year, while regions like the West and Southwest are considerably warmer.
All told, 2013 is much closer to an average year than 2012 was. But a normal, or even a cold year, doesn't mean that the process of global warming has slowed down. According to a draft of the latest National Climate Assessment report released in January, global annual average temperatures have climbed by more than 1.4°F since 1880, fueled in large part by human-caused greenhouse gases.
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LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Flextronics International Ltd's recent agreement to take over Motorola Mobility's factories amounts to a big bet by the contract manufacturer on Google Inc's Android ecosystem, a senior executive said.
"We're doubling down on Android because we believe strongly in Google's innovative capability and ability to be a leader like Microsoft and Apple in iconic hardware," said Mike Dennison, head of Flextronics' High Velocity Solutions group, which manufactures smartphones, tablets, laptops, game consoles and other consumer electronics.
In December, Flextronics said it had agreed to take over manufacturing operations in Tianjin, China and in Jaguariuna, Brazil, owned by Motorola Mobility, a unit of Google.
The deal with Motorola includes manufacturing and service for Android mobile devices.
Dennison told Reuters at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Tuesday that Motorola's factories give Flextronics more exposure to leading-edge technology and manufacturing techniques used in smartphones and tablets.
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"You want to be in the Android ecosystem because it's driving so much hardware technology innovation," Dennison said. "There are so many new technologies out there that a factory of yesterday can't do."
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Top 30 Rums Countdown # 20 – Zaya Gran Reserva
Posted by Arctic Wolf on December 5, 2012
Zaya Gran Reserva Rum is a brand currently owned by Infinium Spirits. This rum brand was originally distilled and aged in Guatemala, but in 2008, the production of Zaya was moved to Trinidad and Tobago where it is now produced by Trinidad Distillers Ltd.. Zaya is apparently constructed from a secret recipe (in other words a blend) of several well aged rums to meet a specific taste profile which is very similar to (but not the same as) the original Guatemalan rum. All of the rums in the Zaya blend are aged for a minimum of 12 years in small oak casks.
When you read the following review you will notice that there was wide disagreement between myself and the other judges with respect to the Zaya Gran Reserva. Despite the disagreement, the Zaya checks in as the number 20 rum on my 2012 Top Rum Countdown…
# 20 – Zaya Gran Reserva
"… The initial aroma from the glass is very complex with rich vanilla, oak and pipe tobacco leading out into the air above the glass. Sweet caramel winds through the breezes, and I seem to catch accents of marmalade, marzipan and banana peel as well…"
The Zaya is a flavour bomb of a rum filled with vanilla and sweet caramel!
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BRISTOL, Tenn. – The King University baseball team returned to Conference Carolinas play, and trailed Erskine College for most of the game. However, the Tornado took their first lead of the game with three runs in the seventh, and Alex Martin closed down the 6-3 victory.
The Flying Fleet (18-15, 6-9 CC) jumped ahead on a two-out two-run home run down the left field line by Logan Galliher in the first inning. King answered with a run in the bottom half of the frame, on a Geoffrey Cieslewitz single up the middle that scored Garrett Cook, who reached on a bunt single earlier in the inning.
In the fourth inning, King's Jose Sola came up clutch with a two-out RBI. He singled through the right side to score Landon Weitekamp, and even the score at 2-2.
However, Erskine answered with a tally in the top of the fifth to regain the lead.
Josh Huffman then led off the King sixth with a double off the base of the wall in left field. After advancing to third on a wild pitch, Carl Roberts drove him in with a single to center field to tie the game again.
The Tornado offense exploded behind Huffman in the seventh inning. Huffman came up with the bases load, and ripped another double, this one to right center field. Cook and Tom Hooker scored to give King (19-12, 7-6 CC) their first lead of the game. Hunter Smith followed with a pinch-hit sacrifice fly to push the lead to 6-3.
That was all relief pitcher Martin needed, as he only allowed one base runner in the final two innings to earn his second save of the season. Reiss Stanley got the start on the hill and struck out six in seven innings of work. Stanley only allowed three hits, and four base runners on the afternoon.
King outhit Erskine 12-4, and the Tornado were led by Huffman and Hooker who recorded three hits apiece. Huffman also drove in two, and scored one run.
The Tornado will face Erskine again tomorrow on the campus of King University. First pitch for the doubleheader is scheduled for 12:00 p.m.


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A Convoy Full of Christmas and Respect for Veterans Gets Ready to Roll
The goosebumps I get have nothing to do at all with the chilly Maine temperatures this time of year and every thing to do with the home-grown spirit of Christmas, and the sense of patriotism and commitment to our U.S. servicemen and women.
And so it begins this weekend in Washington County with the laying of wreaths on both sides of the U.S. border Saturday in Calais by the Gold Star Mothers and their Canadian counterparts, Silver Cross Families.
One man participating this year in the Wreaths Across America convoy is Captain Rick Gammon with the Bangor Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol (CAP).
Gammon, among other things during the journey, will be responsible for picking up the 14 CAP Cadets from Maine who will be participating in the convoy to Arlington this year. Gammon says 30 cadets applied for the trip but only 14 were selected.
What started as Morrill Worcester's desire to share a few left over decorated Christmas wreaths from Maine has blossomed into a non-profit organization and nationally recognized program.
Earlier this year, Morrill and Karen Worcester made national headlines when they relocated the Perpetual Christmas Tree from the town of Bar Harbor to Columbia Falls.
It's certain they'll be making headlines again as the Wreaths Across America convoy gets underway this weekend with several planned stops and celebrations on its way to Virginia.
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RPCNuke.C is a nuker type hacking tool.
A nuker is a program that sends information packets to remote computers. If too much data is received in a short period of time, the affected computer can block, restart, etc. If the affected computer is a server, then it results in a denial of service.
Additionally, a nuker can damage the Windows Registry, the file system or key files needed for the correct functioning of the computer.
RPCNuke.C does not spread automatically using its own means. It needs an attacking user's intervention in order to reach the affected computer. The means of transmission used include, among others, floppy disks, CD-ROMs, email messages with attached files, Internet downloads, FTP, IRC channels, peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing networks, etc.


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Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Speaker: SQL Server MVP Brian Knight
The Midlands PASS chapter will hold a special meeting on Tuesday, May 27, 2008, to host SQL Server MVP Brian Knight. Brian will be giving a presentation on Data Mining using SQL Server. The meeting will once again be held at Training Concepts off of Berryhill Road. We will begin our meet and greet time at 6:15 PM as usual and start the presentation at 6:45 PM. The meeting is sponsored by AgFirst Farm Credit Bank
Please feel free to forward this to anyone who you think would be interested in attending. If you plan on attending, please RSVP via SQLServerCentral.com Private Mail as soon as possible so we can ensure we have enough space and food. If you have time to help with setup, please email me and we'll plug you in!
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Brian Knight, SQL Server MVP, MCSE, MCDBA, is the co-founder of SQLServerCentral.com and JumpstartTV.com. He runs the local SQL Server users group in Jacksonville (JSSUG) and was on the Board of Directors of the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS). Brian is a contributing columnist for SQL Server Standard and also maintains a regular column for the database website SQLServerCentral.com and does regular webcasts at Jumpstart TV. He has co-authored and authored more than 9 SQL Server books including Admin911: SQL Server (Osborne/McGraw-Hill Publishing), Professional SQL Server DTS, Expert SSIS, Professional SQL Server 2005 Administration and Professional SQL Server 2005 SSIS (Wrox Press). Brian has spoken at conferences like PASS, SQL Connections and TechEd and many Code Camps. Brian spends most of his time trying to think about how to use the word onomatopoeia in every day sentences.