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Today's good-guy award goes to Joey Prusak of Hopkins, Minn.
Prusak, a Dairy Queen manager, back on Sept. 10 saw a woman pick up a $20 bill that a blind customer dropped. When Prusak told her to give it back, she refused. So, the 19-year-old manager refused to serve her. He then took $20 of his own money and gave it to the visually impaired customer.
Prusak's good deed might have gone unnoticed. But, as KARE-TV reports:
"Other customers saw what happened and one of them wrote an email to Dairy Queen. The email was forwarded to the owner of the store, who posted it on the board for everybody to see.
"A co-worker was impressed by what happened and posted the message on Facebook, where others found it and shared it. Joey's story is now all over the Internet."
The story filtered up to billionaire Warren Buffett, whose Berkshire Hathaway Inc. owns Dairy Queen. "He called [Thursday] and thanked me for being a role model for all the other employees and people in general," Prusak tells The Associated Press.
The wire service adds that Dean Peters, a spokesman for International Dairy Queen, said the company is figuring out how to reward Prusak.
Others aren't waiting. CBS Minnesota says that:
"While WCCO was on-site [Thursday], a woman ran up to Prusak with an envelope of money saying it was for his college fund. Then an anonymous man from Crystal dropped in. 'I thought it was pretty amazing, so I drove down here after I read it,' he said. 'I decided I'd patronize their business and thought he deserved five times what he paid out.' ...
"Prusak was on Glenn Beck's radio show, and Beck offered to buy a franchise that Prusak would run. Prusak's not sure how serious he was, but he's got a lot of options to weigh.
"He also got a call from the Minnesota Wild, too. He'll have a suite for 20 of his closest friends Saturday night."
File this along with our other Good Samaritan news of the week: "$64,000 Raised So Far For Homeless Man Who Turned In $42,000."
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If the discomfort lasts only moments, sensitivity to hot and cold foods generally does not signal a problem. The sensitivity may be caused by a loose filling or by minimal gum recession which exposes small areas of the root surface.
Try using toothpastes made for sensitive teeth. Brush up and down with a soft brush; brushing sideways wears away exposed root surfaces. If this is unsuccessful, see your dentist.
Dental work may inflame the pulp, inside the tooth, causing temporary sensitivity.
Wait four to six weeks. If the pain persists or worsens, see your dentist.
There are several possible causes of this type of pain: decay, a loose filling, or a crack in the tooth. There may be damage to the pulp tissue inside the tooth.
See a dentist for evaluation. If the problem is a cracked tooth, your dentist may send you to an endodontist. Cracked tooth pain comes from damage to the inner soft tissue of the tooth, the pulp. Endodontists are dentists who specialize in pulp-related procedures. Endodontic treatment, also known as root canal treatment, can relieve that pain.
This probably means the pulp has been damaged by deep decay or physical trauma.
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A tooth may have become abscessed, causing the surrounding bone to become infected.
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The pain of a sinus headache is often felt in the face and teeth. Grinding of teeth, a condition known as bruxism, can also cause this type of ache.
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Biomedical Research Using Chimps Curtailed
Updated 1:30 p.m.: The National Institutes of Health accepts the recommendations of the Institute of Medicine report on chimpanzee research, NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins said in a statement. "We will not issue any new awards for research involving chimpanzees until processes for implementing the recommendations are in place," he said.
Most of the biomedical research currently being done on chimpanzees is unnecessary and the need for chimps in medical studies will soon decline even further, according to a highly-anticipated new report from an independent panel of experts.
The report says that the National Institutes of Health should allow experiments on chimps only if a new set of strict criteria are met, and recommends setting up an independent oversight committee that includes members of the public.
"The bottom line is, the necessity of chimpanzees is diminishing. We were able to only identify two areas of biomedical research where there is any continuing necessity, and one of those is actually going away quite rapidly," says Jeffrey Kahn of the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics, who chaired the committee convened by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences.
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The committee's study was requested by Congress and the NIH in the wake of a controversial plan to take nearly 200 aging chimps housed in New Mexico and make them again available for medical research. Animal welfare activists argued that these "retired" chimps had endured enough and should be left alone.
That uproar came just as groups such as the Humane Society of the United States have been pushing to end all invasive research on lab chimps and retire them to sanctuaries. Congress has been considering legislation that would ban research using chimps and other great apes. Many other countries already ban invasive research on these species, which are closely related to humans.
The expert committee wasn't asked to look at the ethics of research on chimps. It was only supposed to assess the scientific need. "But the committee felt very strongly at its first meeting that we couldn't talk about the necessity of chimpanzees without also thinking about the ethics of the use of chimpanzees, and so we did include that in our deliberations," says Kahn.
The new report says that about 1,000 chimps, ranging in age from less than a year old to more than 41 years old, are currently available for research in the U. S., which is largely conducted at four facilities.
The NIH sponsored 110 research projects from 2001 to 2010 that involve chimps, the report says. About half of the projects were hepatitis research —chimps are the only animal other than humans that can be infected with hepatitis C — and others ranged from studies of HIV/AIDS to comparisons of chimps' genes to those of other species.
The committee members could not agree and were evenly split on whether chimps are needed to develop a vaccine that can prevent hepatitis C infection, although they did agree that chimps were not currently necessary for research to develop antiviral drugs for the disease.
The committee also found that, given the state of the science and the availability of other research models, chimpanzees are currently unnecessary for studies of respiratory syncytial virus, which is the leading cause of hospitalizations for U. S. children less than 1 year old.
The panel did say chimp research was justified for a limited number of monoclonal antibody therapies that are in development, but said labs are already adopting new technologies that should eliminate the need for chimps in just a few years.
According to the new report, biomedical researchers should not use chimps unless their proposed work meets three criteria:
- There's no other animal or research model that can be used instead.
- There's no way to ethically do the research on people.
- Not doing the research on chimps would mean significantly slowing or preventing advances to treat or prevent life-threatening or debilitating conditions.
And chimps should only be used for behavioral research, such as psychology experiments, if there's no other way to obtain insights into things like cognition and mental health. Chimps used in such experiments should be "acquiescent," the report says, and not forced to participate against their will.


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Squirrels and birds inspire researchers to create deceptive robots
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- December 3, 2012
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- Georgia Institute of Technology
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- Using deceptive behavioral patterns of squirrels and birds, researchers have developed robots that are able to deceive each other. The applications could be implemented by the military in the future.
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Using deceptive behavioral patterns of squirrels and birds, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed robots that are able to deceive each other.
The research is funded by the Office of Naval Research and is led by Professor Ronald Arkin, who suggests the applications could be implemented by the military in the future. The research is highlighted in the November/December 2012 edition of IEEE Intelligent Systems.
Arkin and his team learned by reviewing biological research results that squirrels gather acorns and store them in specific locations. The animal then patrols the hidden caches, routinely going back and forth to check on them. When another squirrel shows up, hoping to raid the hiding spots, the hoarding squirrel changes its behavior. Instead of checking on the true locations, it visits empty cache sites, trying to deceive the predator.
Arkin and his Ph.D. student Jaeeun Shim implemented the same strategy into a robotic model and demonstration. The deceptive behaviors worked. The deceiving robot lured the "predator" robot to the false locations, delaying the discovery of the protected resources.
"This application could be used by robots guarding ammunition or supplies on the battlefield," said Arkin, a Regents Professor in Georgia Tech's School of Interactive Computing. "If an enemy were present, the robot could change its patrolling strategies to deceive humans or another intelligent machine, buying time until reinforcements are able to arrive."
Arkin and his student Justin Davis have also created a simulation and demo based on birds that might bluff their way to safety. In Israel, Arabian babblers in danger of being attacked will sometimes join other birds and harass their predator. This mobbing process causes such a commotion that the predator will eventually give up the attack and leave.
Arkin's team investigated whether a simulated babbler is more likely to survive if it fakes or feigns strength when it doesn't exist. The team's simulations, based on biological models of dishonesty and the handicap principle, show that deception is the best strategy when the addition of deceitful agents pushes the size of the group to the minimum level required to frustrate the predator enough for it to flee. He says the reward for deceit in a few of the agents sometimes outweighs the risk of being caught.
"In military operations, a robot that is threatened might feign the ability to combat adversaries without actually being able to effectively protect itself," said Arkin. "Being honest about the robot's abilities risks capture or destruction. Deception, if used at the right time in the right way, could possibly eliminate or minimize the threat."
From the Trojan Horse to D-Day, deception has always played a role during wartime. In fact, there is an entire Army field manual on its use and value in the battlefield. But Arkin is the first to admit that there are serious ethical questions regarding robot deception behavior with humans.
"When these research ideas and results leak outside the military domain, significant ethical concerns can arise," said Arkin. "We strongly encourage further discussion regarding the pursuit and application of research on deception for robots and intelligent machines."
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- Nijholt, Anton; Arkin, Ronald C.; Brault, S\ébastien; Kulpa, Richard; Multon, Franck; Bideau, Benoit; Traum, David; Hung, Hayley; Santos Jr., Eugene; Li, Deqing; Yu, Fei; Zhou, Lina; Zhang, Dongsong. Trends & Controversies. IEEE Intelligent Systems, 2012; 27 (6): 60-75 DOI: 10.1109/MIS.2012.116
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Two communities affiliated with a U.S.-founded Christian sect have been raided by German police, who removed 40 children after allegations of abuse.
Officials say they acted after receiving evidence of ongoing child abuse at the two communities in Bavaria belonging to the Twelve Tribes, according to .
According to the BBC, more than 100 officers were part of the operation to remove the children, who were placed in temporary foster homes.
The BBC writes:
"The US-founded sect says it believes in spanking children if disobedient.
"But it said a 'small reed-like rod' was used intended only to inflict 'pain and not damage' and was not abusive.
" 'Desiring to be good parents, we do not hit our children in anger, nor with our hand or fist,' the group, which has communities in 10 countries around the world, says on its website about raising children.
" 'We know that some people consider this aspect of our life controversial, but we have seen from experience that discipline keeps a child from becoming mean-spirited and disrespectful of authority.' "
An article in the AL.com from last year features a Tennessee branch of the Twelve Tribes and describes members living communally: "We live together and share everything we own," one of the adherents of the community in Pulaski, Tenn., told the website.
The group, on its website, describes the sect's philosophy:
"We love working with each other on our farms and in our cottage industries, doing folk dances and playing music, building, teaching our children at home, and caring for one another. Our desire is to live as naturally as possible by being close to Creation and to people. Our vision: not a lifestyle, but the forming of a new nation – the twelve tribe nation of Israel. We want to be restored back to what we were created to be."
In the 1970s and '80s, the Twelve Tribes was labeled a "cult" by other Christian denominations. The sect now reportedly owns a deli in Island Pond, Vt., and a tall ship named the Peacemaker, which it uses to promote ecological causes.
In a story in The New Yorker, coincidentally published just Wednesday, writer John Clarke says about 20 members of the "Amish-style hippie group" traveling in a bus called the Peacemaker have, Deadhead-style, been trailing iconic musician Bob Dylan's latest tour:
"Critics contend that the Twelve Tribes is a cult that actively recruits at concert venues by preying on the heavily inebriated and highly vulnerable — basically, stoned kids. Dylan concerts appear to be the group's latest hunting grounds."
[An earlier version of this post included a photo of a sailing vessel that was misidentified as the tall ship the Peacemaker that belongs to the Twelve Tribes sect]
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Hornets from carrier Bush drop bombs in Iraq
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U.S. fighters from a Norfolk-based aircraft carrier dropped bombs on Islamic militants in Iraq Friday, the Pentagon said, carrying out President Barack Obama's promise of military force to counter the advancing militants and confront the threat they pose to Iraqi civilians and Americans still stationed there.
Pentagon press secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby said that two F/A-18 Hornets dropped 500-pound bombs on a piece of artillery and the truck towing it. Kirby said the fighters had taken off from the aircraft carrier USS George HW Bush in the Persian Gulf to conduct the mission. He said it wasn't clear how many militants might have been killed in the strike.
The Pentagon said the militants were using the artillery to shell Kurdish forces defending Irbil.
For the United States, it was a re-engagement in the long sectarian war from which American combat forces had been withdrawn — on President Barack Obama's orders — in late 2011.
In a televised speech Thursday night, Obama threatened to renew U.S. military involvement. At the same time, he announced that U.S. military planes already had carried out airdrops of food and water, at the request of the Iraqi government, to tens of thousands of Iraqi religious minorities atop a mountain surrounded by militants and desperately in need of supplies.
"America is coming to help," Obama declared.
The Yazidis, who follow an ancient religion with ties to Zoroastrianism, fled their homes after the Islamic State group issued an ultimatum to convert to Islam, pay a religious fine, flee their homes or face death.
"Earlier this week, one Iraqi in the area cried to the world, 'There is no one coming to help.' Well, today, America is coming to help," Obama said. "We're also consulting with other countries — and the United Nations — who have called for action to address this humanitarian crisis."
The announcement reflected the deepest American engagement in Iraq since U.S. troops left.
Obama, who made his remarks in a steady and somber tone, has staked much of his legacy as president on ending what he once called the "dumb war" in Iraq.
Mindful of the public's aversion to another lengthy war, Obama acknowledged that the prospect of a new round of U.S. military action would be a cause for concern among many Americans. He vowed anew not to put American combat troops back on the ground in Iraq and said there was no U.S. military solution to the crisis.
"As commander in chief, I will not allow the United States to be dragged into fighting another war in Iraq," Obama said.
Even so, he outlined a rationale for airstrikes in the event the Islamic State militants advanced on American troops in Irbil and the U.S. consulate there in the Kurdish region of Iraq. The troops were sent to Iraq earlier this year as part of the White House response to the extremist group's swift movement across the border with Syria and into Iraq.
"When the lives of American citizens are at risk, we will take action," Obama said. "That's my responsibility as commander in chief."
He said he had also authorized the use of targeted military strikes if necessary to help the Iraqi security forces protect civilians.
Obama spoke following a day of urgent discussions with his national security team. He addressed the nation only after the American military aircraft delivering food and water to the Iraqis had safely left the drop site in northern Iraq.
The Pentagon said the airdrops were performed by one C-17 and two C-130 cargo aircraft that together delivered a total of 72 bundles of food and water. They were escorted by two F/A-18 fighters from an undisclosed air base in the region.
The planes delivered 5,300 gallons of fresh drinking water and 8,000 pre-packaged meals and were over the drop area for less than 15 minutes at a low altitude.
The president cast the mission to assist the Yazidis as part of the American mandate to assist around the world when the U.S. has the unique capabilities to help avert a massacre.
In those cases, Obama said, "we can act carefully and responsibly to prevent a potential act of genocide."
Officials said the U.S. was prepared to undertake additional humanitarian airdrops if necessary, though they did not say how quickly those missions could occur.
Administration officials had said earlier they believed unilateral U.S. strikes would be consistent with international law, in part because the Iraqi government has asked for Washington to take military action. They also said Obama had the constitutional authority to act on his own in order to protect American citizens.
Obama had similarly authorized strikes in Syria last summer after chemical weapons were deployed, but those attacks were never carried out, in part because of domestic political concerns and also because an international agreement to strip Syria of its stockpiles of the deadly gases.
The president has also faced persistent calls to take military action in Syria on humanitarian grounds, given that more than 170,000 people have been killed there.
Critics, including some Republicans in Congress, have argued that Obama's cautious approach to Syria has allowed the Islamic State group to flourish there, growing strong enough to move across the border with Iraq and make swift gains.
Republican Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina praised Obama's proposed actions Thursday night but said much more will be necessary.
"This should include the provision of military and other assistance to our Kurdish, Iraqi and Syrian partners" who are fighting the militants, airstrikes against the militants' leaders and forces and support for Sunni Iraqis who seek to resist the extremists, they said in a statement.
In light of the militants' advances, Obama dispatched about 800 U.S. forces to Iraq earlier this year, with those troops largely split between joint operation centers in Baghdad and Irbil.
More than half are providing security for the embassy and U.S. personnel. American service members also are involved in improving U.S. intelligence, providing security cooperation and conducting assessments of Iraqi capabilities.
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Colleen Hanabusa on Health Care | |
The overwhelming acceptance today of Pres. Johnson's once highly controversial Medicare program suggests that those calling for the repeal of Pres. Obama's visionary program are merely making rhetorical & irresponsibl political statements, rather than seriously addressing the needs of our State's citizens. Do we want to tell those with pre-existing or life-threatening conditions that they can no longer have the care they desperately need? Do we want to now tell hardworking parents that their 20-25 year old children can no longer be on their family plan? The previous escalating cost of health care was causing 1.5 million Americans to lose their homes due to bankruptcy; do we seriously want to return to that era?
[Sen. DeMint, R-SC]: The Democrats have Medicare on a course of bankruptcy. Republicans are trying to save Medicare & make sure there are options for seniors in the future. Medicare will not be there 5 or 10 years from now. Doctors will not see Medicare patients at the rate [Congress will] pay.
[Sen. Ayotte, R-NH]: We have 3 choices when it comes to addressing rising health care costs in Medicare. We can do nothing & watch the program go bankrupt in 2024. We can go forward with the President's proposal to ration care through an unelected board of 15 bureaucrats. Or we can show real leadership & strengthen the program to make it solvent for current beneficiaries, and allow future beneficiaries to make choices.
Opponent's Arguments for voting No:
[Sen. Conrad, D-ND]: In the House Republican budget plan, the first thing they do is cut $4 trillion in revenue over the next 10 years. For the wealthiest among us, they give them an additional $1 trillion in tax reductions. To offset these massive new tax cuts, they have decided to shred the social safety net. They have decided to shred Medicare. They have decided to shred program after program so they can give more tax cuts to those who are the wealthiest among us.
[Sen. Merkley, D-OR]: The Republicans chose to end Medicare as we know it. The Republican plan reopens the doughnut hole. That is the hole into which seniors fall when, after they have some assistance with the first drugs they need, they get no assistance until they reach a catastrophic level. It is in that hole that seniors have had their finances devastated. We fixed it. Republicans want to unfix it and throw seniors back into the abyss. Then, instead of guaranteeing Medicare coverage for a fixed set of benefits for every senior--as Medicare does now--the Republican plan gives seniors a coupon and says: Good luck. Go buy your insurance. If the insurance goes up, too bad.
Proponent's Argument for voting Yes:
[Rep. Pitts, R-PA]: Section 4002 of PPACA establishes a Prevention and Public Health Fund, which my bill, H.R. 1217, would repeal. The PPACA section authorizes the appropriation of and appropriates to the fund from the Treasury the following amounts:
Opponent's Argument for voting No:
[Rep. Waxman, D-CA]: This bill represents the Republicans' newest line of attack to disrupt, dismantle, and to ultimately destroy the Affordable Care Act. For many years, Republicans have joined with Democrats in supporting programs to prevent disease, to promote health and, in turn, to cut health care costs. But today, the House will vote to end funding for the first and only Federal program with dedicated, ongoing resources designed to make us a healthier Nation.


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The Alexandria City Council approved the controversial waterfront plan in a 5-2 vote Saturday night following nearly 10 hours of debate, more than two years after work began.
The vote, split down party lines with Republicans Frank Fannon and Alicia Hughes dissenting, followed a day of discussion in city council chambers. Residents packed City Hall to voice their support and critiques of the proposal, which calls for leveraging developer dollars for public amenities.
Though many early plan elements remain, city council members threw in some last minute changes. For one, the approved plan now calls for a maximum of two hotels along the waterfront, or a total of 300 rooms along the 3-mile stretch of Potomac shoreline.
Hotels dominated the debate leading up to Saturday's vote. Under previous versions of the plans, hotels would be permissible at three sites slated for redevelopment along the waterfront: the Robinson Terminals and the Cummings/Turner properties.
Other tweaks include requiring a special use permit for any proposed cultural project, specifying height limits and undertaking renewed parking studies.
One potential roadblock to the plan's passage was cleared up earlier in the day. City Planning Director Farol Hamer ruled an 11th hour protest petition filed by members of Citizens for an Alternative Alexandria Waterfront Plan void on a technicality.
CAAWP supporters pledged to have board of zoning appeals take a second look at the decision. If the BZA sides with city officials, opponents could pursue the issue in circuit court.
Nearly every party involved in the longstanding debate weighed in during Saturday's public hearing: resident groups, business leaders, former politicians and city staff. More than 100 people spoke during the public hearing leading up to the final vote.
Still, the crux of the discussion remained where it has been these past months, fixated on what to do with the three sites ripe for redevelopment.
"I would also say that both sides have a lot more in common than disagreement. Everyone wants a beautiful waterfront," said City Councilman Rob Krupicka. "We all, as a city, cherish the waterfront… If people didn't want this waterfront, we wouldn't be having the debate we're having here today."
Mayor Bill Euille reminded residents that any projects going forward along the waterfront would require an SUP and would return through the planning process. The waterfront plan might be approved, but the debate is far from over, he said.
"Whatever the action we take tonight does not mean this is never to be looked at again," Euille said.
But Hughes preached caution, raising the specter of the Pentagon annex at Mark Center.
"My greater concern tonight is over things that can and do go wrong," Hughes said. "I'm concerned right now that we're making a decision that could have an adverse impact."
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The Internet is full of get-rich-quick schemers, phishing scammers and just straight-up shady dudes — and they all try to get ads for their "businesses" to show up next to Google's search results. It's the job of hundreds of Google employees to make sure they don't.
Virtually every minute, somebody somewhere is trying to dupe Internet users into clicking on an ad for a dubious business. Those ads show up right alongside the results of Google, Bing and other search engines, and they're sometimes even tagged as a "sponsored ad." Click on the wrong ad and you could encounter cons including phishing (an attempt to acquire personal information that oftentimes leads to identity theft) and cloaking (a method of deceiving a search engine so it thinks it's a legitimate website), as well as rings selling counterfeit goods, a wide range of get-rich-quick scams and just about any other disreputable practice you can think up.
Shady ads have become such a problem for search engines that hundreds of employees now work round-the-clock to protect users before they get ripped off. Google has employed "ad cops" charged with sniffing out questionable advertisers basically since the search engine began in the late 1990s. Today, Google earns about 95% of its revenue from advertising, so making sure its ad marketplace is free of illegitimate businesses is a big part of the search giant's own business.
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It should come as no surprise that the number of scammy ads is on the rise. As search traffic grew over the years, so did search-engine advertising — as well as the number of people trying to take advantage of that advertising. One big reason why hundreds of millions of sketchy ads go live each year is because it's so easy for anyone to advertise a business online. All a scammer needs to advertise on Google is an account and a form of payment.
Since 2008, Google has been tracking the number of bad ads that appear and are taken down. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the number has grown each year. In 2012, Google "disapproved" of a record-high 224 million ads and suspended 889,000 accounts for violating its advertising policies, which include everything from writing an ad in ALL CAPS to selling stolen goods. Compare that with 2008, when Google disapproved of 25 million ads and suspended only 18,000 accounts.
Google's main search competitor, Bing, also reports a rise in sketchy ads. While the company wouldn't release any numbers, David Gottlieb, Bing's group product manager, says he believes Bing is dealing with more scammers and illegitimate businesses not necessarily because there are more shady actors but because the search engine is growing and in turn taking on more advertisers. In the third quarter last year, Bing's traffic growth increased by 9.6%, and it now has about 16% of the search market, behind Google, which still has two-thirds of the market cornered.
Overall, the numbers suggest that year in, year out, more attempts are made to scam people on the Internet. But it may also be that after years of determining how best to sniff out schemers, the ad cops employed by search engines are better at their jobs.
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Google employs a mix of machines and humans to catch bad ads. Its first line of defense is software that searches for ads with specific attributes Google finds unsavory. For example, ads related to online gambling automatically get snagged because the practice is illegal in the U.S. Because the automated system isn't perfect, Google also relies on humans to determine some ads' legitimacy. And even then, about 2% to 3% of accounts that are shut down are overturned after being mistakenly suspended.
A few years ago, it appeared that the automated system was defective. What appeared to be perfectly legitimate sites advertising used cars in China were being flagged as suspicious by Google's system.
"The engineers thought that the model that they were building had some fundamental flaw, and it was going to catch a lot of really good advertisers and frustrate them by either shutting them down automatically or delaying their ads," says David Baker, Google's director of engineering and advertising, who is essentially acting commissioner of the Google police department.
But Google's model was smarter than they realized — smarter than even the engineers themselves. As it turned out, the people behind the questionable ads were taking photographs of cars parked on the street and uploading them to sites to be purchased. Then, once a buyer emerged, they stole the cars.
"It was this rather nasty scam," says Baker, "and this new model caught it without the engineer having any knowledge of this space. It was purely based on looking at attributes that related this scam in some way to past scams."
Baker says that while he believes the problem of bad ads may be growing, he also knows that Google's detection systems are getting more sophisticated, and therefore they're catching more ads. One way Google's ad cops have figured out they're improving is through a weekly evaluation of a sample of the search engine's top advertised sites to determine if any illegitimate ads have seeped through. Baker says Google reduced the percentage of bad ads found in those weekly evaluations by 50% in 2011 and by another 50% last year.
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A few specific types of sketchy ads decreased in 2012, including advertisements for counterfeit goods as well as cloaking scams. Overall, however, the numbers keep going up. Still, Google's Baker is hopeful that bad ads are close to peaking.
"I have this aspiration that we will get so good that there is going to be an inflection point, where the bad actors realize it's not worth their time and energy," he says. "It's possible that the 2012 numbers are an indication that we're approaching that point. But this is going to be a constant battle for as long as I want to be employed at Google. In a somewhat sadistic way, I have job security."


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NEW YORK — The person Manti Te'o says was pretending to be his online girlfriend told the Notre Dame linebacker "I love you" in voicemails that were played during his interview with Katie Couric.
Taped earlier this week and broadcast Thursday, the hour-long talk show featured three voicemails that Te'o claims were left for him last year. Te'o said they were from the person he believed to be Lennay Kekua, a woman he had fallen for online but never met face-to-face.
After the first message was played, Te'o said: "It sounds like a girl, doesn't it?"
"It does," Couric responded.
The interview was the All-American's first on camera since his tale of inspired play after the deaths of his grandmother and girlfriend on the same day in September unraveled as a bizarre hoax in an expose by Deadspin.com on Jan. 16.
Te'o's parents appeared with him for part of the interview and backed up his claim that he wasn't involved in the fabrication, saying they, too, had spoken on the phone with a person they believed to be Kekua.
Couric addressed speculation that the tale was concocted by Te'o as a way to cover up his sexual orientation. Asked if he were gay, Te'o said "no" with a laugh. "Far from it. Faaaar from that."
He also said he was "scared" and "didn't know what to do" after receiving a call on Dec. 6 — two days before the Heisman Trophy presentation — from a person who claimed to be his "dead" girlfriend.
The first voicemail, he said, was from what was supposed to be Kekua's first day of chemotherapy for leukemia.
"Hi, I am just letting you know I got here and I'm getting ready for my first session and, um, just want to call you to keep you posted. I miss you. I love you. Bye," the person said.
In the second voicemail, the person was apparently upset by someone else answering Te'o's phone.
The third voicemail was left on Sept. 11, according to Te'o, the day he believed Kekua was released from the hospital and the day before she "died."
"Hey babe, I'm just calling to say goodnight," the person on the voicemail said. "I love you. I know that you're probably doing homework or you're with the boys. ... But I just wanted to say I love you and goodnight and I'll be ok tonight. I'll do my best. Um, yeah, so get your rest and I'll talk to you tomorrow. I love you so much, hon. Sweet dreams."
Couric suggested the person who left those messages might have been Ronaiah Tuisasosopo, a 22-year-old man from California, who Te'o said has apologized to him for pulling the hoax.
"Do you think that could have been a man on the other end of the phone?" she asked.
"Well, it didn't sound like a man," Te'o said. "It sounded like a woman. If he somehow made that voice, that's incredible. That's an incredible talent to do that. Especially every single day."
Tuiasosopo has not spoken publicly since news of the hoax broke. The Associated Press has learned that a home in California where Te'o sent flowers to the Kekua family was once a residence of Tuiasosopo and has been in his family for decades.
Also on Thursday, the woman whose pictures were used in fake online accounts for Kekua said Tuiasosopo confessed to her in a 45-minute phone conversation as the scheme unraveled.
Diane O'Meara spoke with The Associated Press in a telephone interview. She said Tuiasosopo told her he'd been "stalking" her Facebook profile for five years and stealing photos.
O'Meara's attorney, Jim Artiano, said they had not decided on whether to take any legal action.
The 23-year-old O'Meara, of Long Beach, Calif., said she knew Tuiasosopo from high school and he contacted her through Facebook on Dec. 16. She said that, over the next three weeks, Tuiasosopo got in touch with her several times, attempting to get photos and video of O'Meara. She said he made up a story about wanting them to help cheer up a cousin who was injured in a car crash.
O'Meara learned her identity had been stolen on Jan. 13 when she was contacted by Deadspin.com.
The next day she got in touch with Tuiasosopo.
"When I contacted Ronaiah I got a very bizarre vibe from him, he became very nervous, he wasn't asking the questions I expected. He was asking 'Who contacted you? What did they say?'" O'Meara said.
Later that day, he confessed, O'Meara said. She said she asked Tuiasosopo why he didn't simply stop the hoax.
"He told me he wanted to end the relationship," O'Meara said. "He said he wanted to stop the relationship between Lennay and Manti, but Manti didn't want Lennay to break up with him ... He said he tried to stop the game many times."
When news of the hoax broke a few days later, O'Meara said she received a text from Tuiasosopo asking her to call him as soon as possible. O'Meara said she didn't respond.
Associated Press writer Tami Abdollah contributed to this report from Los Angeles.


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I was so excited to post another anthropolification piece. I went out and bought material and took notes but when it came down to it I couldn't find exactly what I was looking for. I didn't want to go half way and make something that sort of looked like an Anthropologie piece. So I decided to wait until I found what I was looking for.
But while I was looking, I found something else. And then it dawned on me. It doesn't have to be like Anthropologie to look good, although it can't hurt. This is what I found. See the last picture for the before photo. It's my new series,...Thrift Store Refashion!
I wanted to show readers that, if you learn to sew, you really CAN live frugaly. I can't tell you how many times I've seen something at a thrift store that was either WAY too big or WAY too homely or just plain old WAY too ugly. All it takes is a quick snip, snip and stitch up here and there and VOILA, you have a fantastic new garment for only $1.50!
This theory can also be used for department store sale racks too!
I bought this little (I mean BIG) frock for $2.99. When I first saw it I almost put it back. It was just HUGE! I wasn't sure if I could salvage it. But it had a summery retro quality that I just couldn't pass up.
What I did first was take in the sides. Then added a zipper to the right side. This changed the look of the sleeves. Instead of looking like a sleeveless dress, it became more of a capped sleeve which I thought was a good thing. Sometimes, when you're trying to revamp something you end up with happy accidents like these.
Then I made a yellow belt to match the yellow trim on the collar and sleeves. I added a brown square buckle and I looked totally ready for a summer picnic in 1969.
Also, if the winning blogger leaves a comment I will include the yellow hair handkerchief featured in the photos.
If you don't like to shop for used clothing that's fine too. But me, I'm a confessed dumpster diver. Well, okay maybe I wouldn't go that far. (Although I did get my daughter's crib AND my front porch Adirondack chairs on the side of the road, another story) But I LOVE going to thrift stores, especially the salvation army close to my home.
As I've mentioned numerous times, I am a shopaholic AND live on a budget. Sometimes, all I need is that shopping 'fix'. You know? It doesn't have to be anything big, just something to bring home, take out of a bag and put somewhere to admire. Which is why the thrift store is sooooo perfect for me! I've gotten some super cool finds not limited to, but including: a brand new patio table from target, a bubble jet spa, kids clothes GALORE, shoes, an antique birdcage, an Anthropologie-like tray for my jewelry, an armchair that I reupholstered AND a toddler bicycle.
Now, not all thrift stores are created equal. I've found that, around here, the Salvation Army is the best. It's big and has enough clothes to fill a Macys. Although there is a goodwill store in Harrisburg that accepts all the reject furniture from Target. And on the weekends all their inventory is half off! I bought that patio table for only $10. It was brand new, IN THE BOX and still retailing for $200.
And I'd say finding a deal like that is BETTER than buying something new.
And hey, if there's no one out there who wants a new used dress I think I'd be more than happy to keep this little number for myself! If there are some of you on the fence, to ease your mind the dress has been washed and ironed before sewing.
When I see this dress, I think of the song 'Half Acre' by HEM. That might be because it's been playing the entire time I've been writing this post. But I think it's fitting.
I took these photos with my new AMAZING light boxes, 300 watts a piece. The difference between having them on and having them off is night and day. How did I ever live without these?! I haven't quite mastered how to position them but I hope to take a studio lighting class next month. So hopefully I won't be a complete amateur forever.
Oh and the flowers were a happy coincidence. Brian had brought them home after work two days ago. When I went upstairs to take these photos I quickly snatched the vase on the dining room table and used them for the photo. It was all just meant to be.
The size of the dress is small. It has a 26 inch waist line and a 34 inch bust line but the dress was not tight around the waist. So I would say it could fit up to a 27" or 28". If the winner of the giveaway leaves a comment I will also include the striped hair scarf featured in the photos.
As usual, if you would like a chance to win this dress just link back to this post. If you have any questions see the "questions and answers" link to the right. If you use blogger just use the "create a link" link at the bottom of this post. If you don't use blogger, that's fine too. Just create a link on your page as you normally would and I will see it using Technorati.
Okay. Here is the before photo. Yeah, yeah, I know, I really uglied it up. Didn't wear makeup, didn't smile, didn't wear shoes, shot the flash at my face. I thought you might get a kick out of that. I wanted you to see that ANYTHING is salvagable in some way. There are better ones than others but if you're open minded you can always find a bargain.
But really, look at the difference! It's like night and day!
There are finds like this everywhere. And best of all, it only took me about an hour to do! If you like the thrift store refashion posts please let me know. I think I like them and hope you do as well!
And if you'd like to see more refashioning NOW, I recommend Wardrobe Refashion's blog! Nikki vows to abstain from the purchase of "new" manufactured items of clothing, for the period of 2 / 4 / 6 months. Instead she refashions, renovates and recycles preloved items for herself with her own hands in fabric, yarn or other medium for the term of her contract.
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Princeton University's 2010-11 Annual Giving campaign raised $50,010,045 -- the second highest total in Annual Giving history -- with 61.3 percent of undergraduate alumni participating. The results are notable for their strength and breadth across all of Princeton's constituencies: undergraduate alumni, graduate alumni, parents and friends.
"This year's Annual Giving results are truly remarkable and provide important momentum as we enter the final year of the Aspire campaign," said President Shirley M. Tilghman. "These unrestricted funds are critical to sustaining and expanding Princeton's commitment to world-class teaching and research, while also helping us to meet the full financial needs of our students. I am deeply grateful to all the volunteers whose dedication made this splendid outcome possible and to our alumni, parents and friends for their loyalty and generosity."
Undergraduate alumni participation in Annual Giving surpassed 61 percent for the first time since 1969, drawing the largest number of alumni donors ever: 36,022. In addition, the 2010-11 campaign brought in a record number of gifts from all constituencies: 43,538.
Leading the classes in the amount raised was the class of 1986, which contributed $9,001,986 -- the highest total ever for a 25th Reunion, as well as an all-time record for any class. In addition, the class achieved a participation rate of 77.1 percent. Three other major Reunion classes set new records: the class of 1976, which broke the 35th Reunion record with $4,061,976; the class of 1941, which raised $500,041 in celebration of its 70th Reunion; and the 75th Reunion class of 1936, which contributed $329,005 and reached 100 percent participation from its 16 members.
The 55th Reunion class of 1956 finished with $1,560,852, the second highest total for a 55th Reunion class. Seven other major Reunion classes raised more than $1 million: 1981 with $3,514,367; 1961 with $1,859,722; 1991 with $1,611,991; 1966 with $1,194,023; 1996 with $1,087,296; 1971 with $1,071,697 and; 1951 with $1,010,447.
Princeton parents contributed a record-setting $2,842,556. For the seventh consecutive year, graduate alumni raised more than $1 million, with $1,461,729.
The class of 1958 raised the highest total among non-major Reunion classes for the third year in a row, with $816,704; six other non-major Reunion classes set new records for their reunions.
This year's record participation was led by the class of 1936, which posted 100 percent. That was closely followed by the class of 1951, which reached 83.4 percent; and the class of 2010, which achieved a record-breaking 83.3 percent in its first alumni year, and posted the highest participation rate ever among the youngest 24 classes. The class received contributions from 1,016 of its members, the first time any class has reached the 1,000 mark. Thirteen other classes recorded participation of 70 percent or higher.
As a group, the youngest five classes, including the class of 2010, averaged 73.1 percent participation, and the youngest 10 classes averaged 69.8 percent participation. The class of 2011 achieved a pledge rate of 94.2 percent, with 1,139 of its members pledging to support Annual Giving for the next four years.
"I am grateful to our extraordinary volunteer team members who give their time and energy so generously in order to bring about each year's results," said Annual Giving Chair R. Kelly Doherty, a member of the class of 1981. "The fact that 61.3 percent of undergraduate alumni contributed to this year's effort speaks volumes not only to the incredible hard work our volunteers put into this campaign, but also to the dedication of the entire Princeton family, who puts such a high priority on supporting the University's pursuit of excellence."
All gifts to Annual Giving are part of the University's five-year, $1.75 billion comprehensive fundraising campaign, Aspire: A Plan for Princeton.