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Privacy Policy
Welcome to a site owned by Edanaro Llc.
We want you to know that protecting your personal information is very important to us, and we respect your privacy. This Privacy Policy is meant to explain how we use and protect the personal information you share with us. This Policy applies to all users of Edanaro websites
or our services, and to any information provided to us.
By using our website, you are accepting the practices we describe here.
Edanaro Llc complies with the privacy laws and regulations of the United States of America. Edanaro Llc makes no representation that this Site is governed by or operated in accordance with the laws of other nations, or that the Site or any part thereof is appropriate or available for use in any particular jurisdiction. Those who choose to access the Site do so on their own initiative and at their own risk, and are responsible for complying with all local laws, rules and regulations. By using this Site, visitors from outside of the United States of America acknowledge this Site is subject to the laws and regulations of the United States of America, and waive any claims that may arise under their own national laws.
Edanaro Llc reserves the right to change, modify, add, or remove provisions of this Privacy Policy. Changes to this Privacy Policy will be posted here on this Site. We encourage you to check back from time to time to ensure continuing familiarity with the most current version of our Privacy Policy. You can determine whether the Privacy Policy has been revised since your previous visit to the Site by referring to the "Last Updated" legend at the top of this page. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. Your use of this Site constitutes your acceptance to be bound by this Privacy Policy without limitation, qualification or change. If at any time you do not accept all the terms and conditions contained herein, you must immediately discontinue use of this Site.
1. What Information We Collect
Edanaro Llc gathers two basic types of information through the Site: "Personally Identifiable Information" (or "PII") and "Non-Personally Identifiable Information" (or "Non-PII"). PII is information that identifies or can identify you as an individual (such as residential address, telephone number, or billing information) and Non-PII is aggregated information, demographic information, IP addresses and any other information that does not reveal your specific identity.
a. Non-Personally Identifiable Information. When you visit and interact with the Site, Edanaro Llc and third parties with whom Edanaro Llc has contracted to provide services to Edanaro Llc may collect Non-PII (for example, a catalog of the Site pages you visit). Non-PII is anonymous and does not identify you personally. Non-PII is generally collected through the Site from four different sources: Internet protocol addresses and web logs; cookies; pixel tags and other similar technologies; and other Non-PII that you voluntarily provide (as explained below).
i. IP Protocol Addresses and Web Logs. This Site's web servers automatically collect the Internet Protocol (IP) addresses and log files of visitors. Your IP address is an identifying number that is automatically assigned to your computer by your Internet Service Provider (ISP). This number is identified and logged automatically in our server log files whenever you visit the Site, along with the time(s) of your visit(s) and the page(s) that you visited. This information is collected in an aggregate form only and does not contain any PII. We use your IP address, and the IP addresses of all users, for purposes such as calculating Site usage levels, helping diagnose problems with the Site's servers, and administering the Site. Collecting IP addresses is standard practice on the Internet and is done automatically by many websites. In addition to the Non-PII usage of IP Addresses described above we also may link your IP address to personally identifiable information for fraud prevention purposes.
ii. Cookies. We and our third party service providers may use a standard technology called a "cookie" to collect information about how you use the Site. Cookies reside on your computer and help the Site recognize your computer's browser as a previous visitor. For example, when you sign in to your My Edanaro Llc account, cookies will be used to save your email address and name so the next time you visit your My Edanaro Llc account from the same computer we will "remember" your email address and name in order to make your experience faster and simpler. On occasion our Site may also set a "session cookie" which helps us administer the Site. The session cookie expires when you close your browser and does not retain any information about you after it expires. If you do not want information collected through the use of cookies, you should be able to modify your browser preference to provide you with choices relating to cookies. If you choose to reject cookies, you may be unable to use certain Site services (e.g., those services that require you to log on to the Site in order to participate).
iii. Pixel Tags. We and our service providers may also use so-called "pixel tags," "web beacons," "clear GIFs" or similar means (collectively, "Pixel Tags") in connection with some Site pages and HTML-formatted email messages to track your use of our website in order to provide you with more useful information and a more personalized experience the next time you visit. A Pixel Tag is an electronic image, often a single pixel (1×1), that is ordinarily not visible to Site visitors and may be associated with cookies on the visitors' hard drives. Pixel Tags do not contain any PII and allow us to count users who have visited certain pages of the Site, to deliver branded services, and to help determine the effectiveness of promotional or advertising campaigns. When used in HTML-formatted email messages, Pixel Tags can tell the sender whether and when an email has been opened.
2.How Information We Collect Is Used
We know it is very important to protect the information you share with us. We take appropriate security measures to help safeguard this information from unauthorized access and disclosure. For example, only authorized employees are permitted to access your personal information, and they may do so only for limited reasons. We also encrypt credit card numbers and other sensitive information before it is sent from your computer to ours. We also use firewalls to help prevent unauthorized access to your personal information.
You should feel confident using our website. However, no system can be completely secure. Although we take very significant steps to secure your information, there is always a chance that your information will not always remain secure, and you should always take great care in handling and disclosing your personal information. For example, avoid sending personal information through insecure email. Please refer to the Federal Trade Commission's website athttp://www.ftc.gov/bcp/menus/consumer/data.shtm for information about how to protect yourself against identity theft.
a. Non-Personally Identifiable Information. Because Non-PII does not personally identify you, we may use such information for any purpose. For example, we may use Non-PII to measure the number of visits, average time spent on the Site and pages viewed as well as to diagnose problems with our servers and to administer the Site. We may then use this information to analyze and improve the features and functionality of this Site. We may use non-PII information about you and other Site visitors to sell and deliver advertising, promotions and content that we believe will be of interest to you.
In addition, we reserve the right to share such Non-PII, which does not personally identify you, with third parties, for any purpose. For example, we may share information with advertisers or other third parties that are not part of the Edanaro Llc family on an aggregate or other basis that does not disclose any of your PII.
In some instances, we may combine Non-PII with PII (such as embedding email addresses in cookies). If we do combine any Non-PII with PII, the combined information will be treated as PII. This "combined" PII is not shared with third parties, except as described in this Policy.
b. Personally Identifiable Information.
i. Site. We may use PII you give us to better tailor your website experience to your interests, to show you content in which you may be interested and to display the content according to your preferences. We may also share your PII within the Edanaro Llc business family in order to enhance your experience on other Edanaro Llc websites. To the extent we do so, we make sure that your PII receives the same level of protection throughout the Edanaro Llc business family. All Edanaro Llc companies comply with applicable privacy and security laws and, at a minimum, in any commercial e-mail they send to you, will give you the opportunity to choose not to receive such e-mail messages in the future. Please note that such sharing may involve the collection use, storage, or disclosure of PII outside the United States of America.
ii. Communications. Unless you opt out, we may use your PII to send you information about Edanaro Llc and its services as well as promotional material on behalf of some of our partners. If at any time you change your mind and prefer to no longer receive such marketing communications from us, please see the "Opt-Out Policy" section below.
iii. Administrative Matters. Edanaro Llc reserves the right to contact you in the event of a change in the Site's Terms of Use and/or this Privacy Policy, or to notify you of other administrative matters in connection with the Site (e.g., contacting you to facilitate, complete or confirm a transaction). Because this information may be important to your use of the Site, you may not opt-out of receiving such communications.
iv. Fulfillment of Requests. Edanaro Llc may use your PII to fulfill the purpose for which such PII was provided (e.g., to confirm your registration or fulfill your purchase).
v. Facilitation of Transactions. Forms on the Site may sometimes be pre-populated with your PII in order to facilitate a transaction between you and Edanaro Llc.
vi. Internal Business Purposes. We may also use your PII for our internal business purposes, such as to target advertising, for data analysis, for audits, for fraud prevention and for other internal purposes.
vii. Shopping/Commercial Services. This Site may offer merchandise and/or ticket purchase services, which may be offered by us or by one of our e-commerce partners. To the extent the merchandise and/or ticket purchase services are offered by one of our e-commerce partners, such e-commerce partner will be collecting and using the PII you provide. For more information regarding your transactions with our e-commerce partners, please refer to Section 4(b) below.
To the extent Edanaro Llc is the entity offering the purchase services, when you make a purchase through the Site, we may collect your credit card number or other payment account number (for example, your PayPal account number), billing address (including zip code) and other information related to such purchase (collectively, "Payment Information") from you. We will use the Payment Information that you provide to bill you for your purchase and to fulfill your purchase. We may also use your Payment Information to allow us to ship or deliver tickets and/or receipts to you, respond to customer service requests, review and enforce limits on the number of tickets purchased per event and to help prevent credit card fraud. By providing your Payment Information, you are authorizing us to give that information to third parties as necessary to confirm and fulfill your order (for example, to process your credit card or payment account number and to send you products you have ordered).
viii. Email This to a Friend. The Site may allow you to forward certain items posted on Site or links to Site features by email or Instant Messenger to other parties who you believe may be interested. If you wish to use this feature, you may provide us with such other party's email address or Instant Messenger screen name so that we can facilitate your sending of such message to such other party. To do so, any PII you provide in connection with sending such other party the message, such as your name and your email address or Instant Messenger screen name, will, of course, be disclosed to such other party. While, due to technical restrictions, the recipient's email address or Instant Messenger screen names may be retained in our log files, we do not knowingly share it with third parties and we do not use this PII for any purpose except to send this message (unless the recipient has already consented to such use of his/her PII).
ix. Online Surveys/Sweepstakes and Contests. From time to time, we conduct online surveys and offer online sweepstakes or contests on the Site (each, a "Promotion"), and we may collect PII in connection with the same. We may use your PII to contact you regarding your Promotion entry, or to contact you if you win a Promotion (if applicable). You should carefully review the rules, if any, of each Promotion in which you participate through the Site, as they may contain additional important information about Edanaro Llc's use of your PII. To the extent such rules conflict with this Privacy Policy, such rules will govern that particular Promotion.
3. How Personally Identifiable Information We Collect Is Disclosed
a. Affiliate Communications and Third Party Communications. Unless you opt out, we may share your PII with our affiliates, including Edanaro Llc owned, operated or managed venues where Edanaro Llc produced events occur, promoters or sponsors of Edanaro Llc events, artist representatives and fan clubs, and others who are involved in or bring you events. When you buy or sell tickets or bid in an auction on our Site (or try to do these things), you consent to allow us to provide your PII to these event providers and their contractors. We share this information so these event providers may send you announcements and notifications of events, products or services that might be of interest to you. For further information, please see the "Opt-Out Policy" section below.
b. Edanaro Llc Service Providers. We work with third parties who provide services including but not limited to data analysis, order fulfillment, credit card processing and other services of an administrative nature. If you use our services, we reserve the right to share your PII with such third parties for the purpose of enabling these third parties to provide such services. We take reasonable steps to ensure these third parties treat PII in a manner comparable to how we do so.
c. Public Forums and Other Interactive Features. Please be aware that when you disclose PII through a chat room, forum, message board, news group or Facebook feature on the Site, the information may become public and accessible to all or a part of the Site community, so it is important for you to exercise discretion and appropriate caution when deciding to reveal PII in these areas. In addition, when you choose to make a posting on such services, certain PII may be available for other users to view. We urge you to exercise discretion and caution when deciding to disclose your PII, or any other information, on the Site. WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE USE OF ANY PII YOU VOLUNTARILY DISCLOSE THROUGH THE SITE VIA THESE FORUMS AND OTHER INTERACTIVE FEATURES. Please note that we reserve the right, but have no obligation, to republish content posted in a chat room, forum, message board or news group (including any PII contained therein) as further set forth in our Terms of Use. In the event that you encounter any Site user who you believe is improperly collecting or using information about you or other users, please contact us at email@example.com.
d. Online Surveys/Sweepstakes and Contests. We may share PII collected in connection with Promotions with the third-party sponsors of any such Promotions (irrespective of whether such Promotions are hosted by us), or otherwise in accordance with the rules applicable to such Promotion. You should carefully review the rules, if any, of each Promotion in which you participate through the Site, as they may contain additional important information about a sponsor's or other third parties' use of your PII. To the extent such rules conflict with this Privacy Policy, such rules will govern that particular Promotion.
e. Other Purposes. We also may disclose your information: -In response to a subpoena or similar investigative demand, a court order, or a request for cooperation from law enforcement or another government agency; to establish or exercise our legal rights; to defend against legal claims; or as otherwise required by law. In such cases, we may raise or waive any legal objection or right available to us.
-When we believe disclosure is appropriate in connection with efforts to investigate, prevent, or take other action regarding illegal activity, suspected fraud or other wrongdoing; to protect and defend the rights, property or safety of our company, our users, our employees, or others; to comply with applicable law or cooperate with law enforcement; or to enforce our website terms and conditions or other agreements or policies.
-In connection with a substantial corporate transaction, such as the reorganization or sale of our business, a divestiture, merger, consolidation or asset sale, or in the unlikely event of bankruptcy.
4. Collection of Information By Third Parties
a. Co-Branded Pages. We may enter into relationships with "powered by" partners, business partners, sponsors, and co-branded sites (referred to here as "co-branded pages"). These might include, for example, pages that share our name and that of another entity. There may be a specific privacy policy on any such co-branded page. Any PII that you provide when signing up at any co-branded page may be collected by, or shared with, our third party partner. We have no control over, and are not responsible for, our third party partners' use of your PII. If you want to learn more about other entities' privacy practices, please review the websites of those third parties.
b. Transactions With E-Commerce Partners, Vendors and Advertisers. When you provide PII to one of our Site's e-commerce partners, vendors or advertisers, this transaction will occur in connection with the site of the e-commerce partner, vendor or advertiser, not on the Site, and, as such, the PII you provide is collected pursuant to and controlled by the privacy policy of such e-commerce partner, vendor or advertiser. Edanaro Llc is not responsible for such parties' privacy policies and we encourage you to familiarize yourself with the applicable privacy policy of the e-commerce site with which you transact business or to contact the operator of such site for more information.
Please be aware that at times, at the request of or on behalf of our e-commerce partners, vendors or advertisers, Edanaro Llc may "pre-populate" forms with your PII for your review, and, if you so choose, for submission to such e-commerce partners, vendors or advertisers. Accordingly, we encourage you to review each pre-populated form carefully before agreeing to submit your PII to determine who is seeking to collect your information, and to familiarize yourself with the applicable privacy policy governing use of any PII collected about you.
c. Job Postings. If you apply for a position with Edanaro Llc and submit your personal information through our website, the information you submit will be used only in connection with considering and acting upon your application. We may retain your personal information for a period of time, but only for the purpose of considering your application for current or future available positions.
If you choose to respond to a job posting on the Site, you may be directed to a third-party site (for example, a third-party site specializing in job postings, such as Monster.com). Any PII you provide will be collected by such third party. We have no control over, and are not responsible or liable for, such third party's use of your PII. Please consult such third party's privacy policy for information regarding their privacy practices.
The third party collecting your PII will share such PII with Edanaro Llc so that Edanaro Llc can review your information and, if applicable, respond to your query or job application. Please note that Edanaro Llc has no obligation to respond to all queries or job applications submitted. Any PII that Edanaro Llc receives from such third party will be treated in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
d. Third Party Advertising. The ads appearing on this Site are delivered to you by our third party advertising partners. In the course of serving advertisements to this Site, our third-party advertiser may place or recognize a unique cookie on your browser. Non-PII about your visits to this Site, such as number of times you have viewed an ad, is used to serve ads to you. Some of these third parties may be advertising networks that are members of the Network Advertising Initiative, which offers a website to opt out of ad targeting from several advertising companies.
e. Third Party Links. The Site may contain links to third-party Internet websites, which are not owned or operated by Edanaro Llc. We provide such links only as a convenience, and the inclusion of a link on the Site does not imply endorsement of the linked site by Edanaro Llc. If you provide any PII through any such third-party website, your transaction will occur on such third party's website (not the Site) and the PII you provide will be collected by, and controlled by the privacy policy of, that third party. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such third-party websites, including such websites' use of any PII that you provide to them. We strongly encourage you to become familiar with the privacy practices of those sites.
5. Opt-In Policy
a. Edanaro Llc Communications. When you supply Edanaro Llc with PII, from time-to-time, in Edanaro Llc's discretion, you may be asked to indicate whether you are interested in receiving information from us about special offers in connection with the Site, Edanaro Llc and/or our advertisers and partners. Unless you opt out to receive such communications, we may, from time to time, send you marketing communications.
At any time, you can choose to no longer receive commercial or promotional emails from us byfollowing the instructions to unsubscribe. Also, in any commercial email we send, you will be given the opportunity to opt out of receiving such messages in the future by clicking on the link at the bottom of the email that says "unsubscribe." It may take up to 10 days for us to process an opt-out request.
Even if you have unsubscribed from receiving promotional emails from us, we may send you other types of important e-mail communications without offering you the opportunity to opt out of receiving them. These may include customer service announcements, administrative notices and surveys.
Please note that changing information in your My Edanaro Llc account or opting out of receiving promotional email communications will affect only future communications from us. If we already provided your information to a third party (such as an event provider) before you changed your preferences or updated your information, you may have to change your preferences directly with that third party as well.
b. Affiliate and Third Party Communications. From time-to-time in Edanaro Llc's discretion, you may be provided with the opportunity to receive offers directly from our affiliates and/or from third parties. Unless you opt out to accept any such offer(s), any PII provided to Edanaro Llc for such purposes may be shared with our affiliates and such third-party partner(s), to allow our affiliates and/or such third parties to provide you with such offers. If would prefer that we no longer share your PII with our affiliates and/or with third parties for their marketing purposes, you may opt out of such future sharing at any time by following the procedure above, provided however, you may not be able to opt out of certain third party offers that are displayed on our Site.
6. Use of This Site by Children. The Site is not directed to individuals under the age of thirteen (13), and we request that such individuals do not provide PII through the Site.
If Edanaro Llc determines that it has collected personal information of children under the age of 13, Edanaro Llc will immediately delete such information and any accounts believed to be held by children under
7. Accessing, Updating or Deleting Information Collected About You. This Site also gives you the opportunity to modify or remove PII that you have provided to us by way of this Site. To the extent that such information is stored in our databases, we will respond to your changes as soon as reasonably possible. Please note that although this information will not be available on the Site after you delete it, the information may remain stored indefinitely in our backup and archival records. To the extent that such information is not stored in our databases, we cannot always ensure that these corrections or deletions will reach such other databases in a timely manner.
8. Security of Your PII. Edanaro Llc employs reasonable security measures consistent with standard industry practice, for PII collected through this Site, including physical, electronic and operational measures to maintain security and prevent unauthorized access. While Edanaro Llc takes all appropriate steps to safeguard PII under our control, unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet or method of storing data can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As such, we cannot guarantee that PII supplied by users will not be accessed on our servers, or intercepted while being transmitted to us over the Internet. We assume no liability for any damages you may suffer as a result of interception, alteration or misuse of information during such transfers. If you have reason to believe that there has been any breach of the security of the Site, please contact us at email@example.com.
9. Offline vs. Online practices. Please note that this Privacy Policy applies solely to our online information gathering and dissemination practices in connection with the Site, and does not apply to any of our practices conducted offline.
10. Your California Privacy Rights. If you are a California resident, you have the right to request information about how we share certain categories of personal information with third parties. California law gives you the right to send us a request at a designated address to receive the following information:
-the categories of information we disclosed to third parties for their direct marketing purposes during the preceding calendar year;
-the names and addresses of the third parties that received that information; and
-if the nature of the third party's business cannot be determined from their name, examples of the products or services marketed.
We may provide this information in a standard format that is not specific to you. The designated email address for these requests is email@example.com.
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Bucs sweep A-Sun Athlete of the Week honors behind Monal's speed on the track
MACON, Ga. (May 13, 2009) - ETSU sprinter Duronal Monal (Belle Glade, Fla.) highlighted the Buccaneers on the track last Tuesday night, as the junior sprinter cruised his way to a pair of regional qualifying marks at the Smoky Mountain Twilight Meet, located on the Tom Black Track inside LaPorte Stadium to earn his first career Athlete of the Week award, the conference announced Wednesday.
Monal flew his way to regional qualifying marks in both the 100 and 200-meter events on Tuesday. The junior sprinter finished second in the 100m with a time of 10.46 - and after finishing behind Tennessee's Joseph Morris in the 100m - Monal beat him out by turning in his second regional qualifying time in the 200m. The Belle Glade, Fla., native won the event by clocking in with a blazing time of 21.18. Monal sits atop the conference performance list in both events, and is the reigning 100m A-Sun Champion.
ETSU looks for a trifecta at the Outdoor Atlantic Sun Championships this weekend in Jacksonville, already claiming titles in cross country and indoor track & field. No team has ever won all three championships in the same academic year.
The Atlantic Sun Conference is an 11-member league committed to Building Winners for Life. The A-Sun stands for achievement with integrity in both the academic and athletic arenas, with a focus on the balance between the two for our student-athletes. Headquartered in Macon, Ga., the A-Sun boasts six of the top eight media markets in the Southeast. The A-Sun includes a blend of the most prestigious and dynamic private and public institutions in the region: Belmont University, Campbell University, East Tennessee State University, Florida Gulf Coast University, Jacksonville University, Kennesaw State University, Lipscomb University, Mercer University, University of North Florida, University of South Carolina Upstate and Stetson University.
For more information on Buccaneer track and field, visit www.ETSUBucs.com.

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The day is almost here: On July 29, Windows 10 will turn one-year-old—and Microsoft will retract the free upgrade offer for current Windows 7 and 8 users. After that, you'll need to pay retail pricing of $100 or more if you want to upgrade your PC. And once you install Windows 10 you'll keep getting updates for a long, long time, without subscription fees or kill switches, despite what well-intentioned fearmongers may say.
If you've put off upgrading until this point, you've either made up your mind to stick with the Windows you know, or you've been waiting for the inevitable launch day bugs to be squashed. If it's the latter, you're no doubt wondering: Now should I upgrade to Windows 10?
For the long answer, be sure to tune into PCWorld's in-depth Windows 10 review, as well as our review of the big Windows 10 Anniversary Update due on August 2—mere days after the free upgrade offer expires. But if you're looking for the short version, here you go. We've broken down the answer OS-by-OS to make the decision more straightforward depending on which version of Windows you're currently running.
Editor's note: This article was originally published on July 27, 2015 ahead of Windows 10's release, but was updated with new information ahead of the closure of the free upgrade offer.
Windows XP
Let's start by quickly talking about prior versions of Windows that aren't eligible for the free upgrade.
You should definitely upgrade to a newer operating system if you're still using an Internet-connected Windows XP machine, as XP's been put out to pasture and is a glaring security risk. Unfortunately, Windows XP users can't partake in the free upgrade party, and there's no guarantee that hardware that old will work with Windows 10.
Our recommendation: Buy a new Windows 10 machine. If nothing else, and for safety's sake, at least consider switching to a user-friendly Linux distro that will work with your current PC.
Quick note: If you're still using Office 2003 on your Windows XP machine, this productivity suite is incompatible with Windows 8 or Windows 10.
Windows Vista
Windows 10 is a clear improvement over Windows Vista—but Windows Vista users can't upgrade for free. Despite its rocky start, a fully patched Vista PC works reasonably well. Windows Vista will continue to receive security updates through April 2017.
If I still owned a Vista-based PC I probably wouldn't splurge to jump to Windows 10. You might consider stashing the cash to upgrade to a new Windows 8 PC sometime soon, as you can pick them up pretty cheap these days.
Just make sure you meet Windows 10's hardware requirements if you decide to upgrade an existing Vista PC.
Windows 7
When Windows 8 launched, we recommended against the upgrade if you were happy with Windows 7, on account of Windows 8's drastically changed interface and dreadful underlying design. Windows 8.1 fixed many of the most glaring issues, and now Windows 10 is truly a masterful blend of the best of both Windows 7 and 8. While Windows 8 was a burden to wrap your head around, even long-time Windows 7 users should wrap their heads around Windows 10 in no time. The Start menu is back, and Windows Store apps now open in desktop windows that behave like any other software.
Yes, Windows 10 still packs Windows 8's contentious Metro apps and Microsoft services. But more importantly, it still packs Windows 8's glorious under-the-hood changes: lightning-fast boot times, pooled Storage Spaces, networking improvements, a much-improved Task Manager, OneDrive syncing that carries your preferences from PC to PC, et cetera. Of course you'll also get Windows 10's extensive list of new features, like the Cortana digital assistant, virtual desktops, and the performance-enhancing DirectX 12 graphics API, which promises to supercharge future generations of games. Then there's all the headache-killing "little extras" and enthusiast-friendly features sprinkled throughout the operating system.
The list of benefits goes on and on, but now without the fugly Start screen, full-screen Metro apps, and their associated learning curve.
When you add it all up with the freebie upgrade, we think it's finally safe to move off ol' faithful Windows 7, with the glaring disclaimer that you might want to stay put if you're a heavy Windows Media Center user. Windows 10 doesn't support or include WMC, even if you upgrade from a system that already has it installed.
That said, WMC is dead in the water now. You might want to consider finding alternative solutions—the Xbox One has largely replaced WMC in the living room as far as Microsoft's concerned—and upgrading to Windows 10 anyway. If you upgrade from a version of Windows with WMC installed, Microsoft will at least provide you with a Windows Store version of a bare-bones DVD player. In the interim, VLC is free and wonderful.
The absence of Windows Media Center isn't the only reason for potentially rejecting the free Windows 10 upgrade, but it's probably the most notable. That said, the number of compelling reasons to upgrade to Windows 10 far outweigh the negatives for most people. Our advice: Upgrade unless you have a clear, concrete justification for staying on Windows 7.
Windows 8 and 8.1
Yes. Upgrade. Do it now. There is no reason not to—again, unless you've purchased Windows 8's optional Windows Media Center add-on pack and don't want to lose access to that software, or if you adore the "placeholder" file feature in OneDrive, which didn't carry over to Windows 10.
But wait, there's more
Interested in reading a more thorough explanation of what Windows 10 has to offer? Be sure to check out PCWorld's detailed review of Windows 10 for a comprehensive examination of the operating system, along with our review of the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, which will add a slew of new tweaks and features to Windows 10 on August 2.


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Daria Dmitrieva won 4 finals at Berlin Masters-2012
Another Grand Prix competition of the 2012 circuit in the Olympic year was held on October 21, 2012 — final of Berlin Masters-2012. A total of 12 gymnasts from 12 countries participated at this Grand Prix event. There were no any surprises here and Daria Dmitrieva, London Olympic silver medalist, won all 4 finals. Though the contested gymnasts couldn't be called as the strongest, the Russian one had great advantage over the others. It should be noted that, Daria won the competition with the scores Olympic champion Eugenia Kanaeva could even envy.
Laura Jung from Germany came on second place in all-around and with two apparatus and won two bronze medals. She became Miss of Berlin Masters-2012.
Victoria Filanovsky from Israel came third at this competition.
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This Windshield Gasket mounts around the full perimeter of the front glass and has the divider bar molded directly into it for a precise, factory fit. Fitted gasket provides a formed, seamless seal.
Front Door Vent Window Weatherstrips
p/n: 30-0117-55
These front door vent window weatherstrips are the main seals needed to replace the rubber on your vent windows. They are designed and molded from original parts for superior fitment and seal.
Rear Window Gasket
p/n: 30-0485-81
This Rear Window Gasket is designed from the original part for superior fitment and seal. The seal mounts around the full perimeter of the back glass and has vulcanized, or bonded, ends which means no cutting or splicing is required for installation.
Spring shackle bushing
p/n: 30-0344-32
Bushing, rear spring and shackle. One and one eighth (1-1/8) inch diameter with nine sixteenths (9/16) inch hole. One set contains twelve (12) pieces.
Vacuum Clutch / Brake Cylinder Diaphragm
p/n: 50-0063-24
This Electromatic Clutch Control or Brake Vacuum Cylinder Diaphragm is designed from the original part for superior fitment and function. Used in different locations dependent upon vehicle make.
Steering Column Grommet
p/n: 70-2523-36
This Steering Column Grommet is designed from the original part for superior fitment and sealing. Fits at the steering column to dash at floorboard. Fully molded with durable black rubber over a metal core.
Axle rebound pad
p/n: 30-0125-32
Bumpers, rear axle spring.Length: 5.375 inches. Width: 2.75 inches. Height: 2.1875 inches.
Transmission mount service
p/n: 30-0316-24
Insulator assembly, transmission support. Revulcanization service only. Send in your old core for service.
Taillight mounting pad
p/n: 30-0124-15
Pads, taillight mounting. Molded left and right, with proper lip form and perfect detail.Length: 10.9375 inches.
Front spring bumper
p/n: 30-0517-32
Bumper, front spring rebound, lower.Width: 2.125 inches. Height: 2.25 inches.
Peel-N-Stick Trunk Weatherstrip
p/n: 70-1690-WT
This Peel-N-Stick Trunk Weatherstrip is designed for superior fitment and seal. The seal mounts around the full perimeter of the trunk directly to the body. Easy to install 3M Peel-N-Stick backing provides superior adhesion for reliable performance.
Accelerator pedal service
p/n: 30-0401-41
Pedal, accelerator. Revulcanization service only. Includes new rod ball socket and pivot. Original pattern tread.Length: 9.625 inches. Width: 1.9375 inches.
Rear bumper grommet
p/n: 30-0127-29
Grommets, rear bumper extension bar through rear fender for wrap around bumpers. Fully molded rubber w/ full detail as in original. Four and one half inch (4-1/4") outside diameter by one and five eighths inch (1-5/8") inside hole length by one fourth inc
Trunk Weatherstrip
p/n: 70-1690-84
This Trunk Weatherstrip is designed from the original part for superior fitment and seal. The seal mounts around the full perimeter of the trunk directly to the body.
Division bar grommet
p/n: 70-3135-62
Grommet, rear door vent divider post. Upper and lower, right and left. 4 piece set.
Radiator mounting pad
p/n: 30-0121-31
Grommet, radiator cradle to frame tie rod. 1st type, with locating boss. One four (4) piece set required per car. See also our #30-0309-31.
Engine Mount Pad
p/n: 30-0238-11
This Engine Mount Pad pair is used as a support cushion at the timing gear cover. Correct design and rubber compound. Sold only in pairs. One (1) pair required per car.
Fender welting 50ft chrome
p/n: 70-1102-44
Welting, fender, bright chrome vinyl, three sixteenths (3/16) inch bead, one and one half (1-1/2) inch width. Superior quality. Fifty (50) foot roll. Typically used to attach four (4) fenders to body. For twenty five (25) foot roll see #70-1101-44.
Gravel shield bumper
p/n: 30-0384-44
Cushion, rear gravel to bumper. Six (6) feet long. One (1) strip required per car.Length: 72.00 inches. Width: .25 inches. Height: .6875 inches.
Front spring bumper
p/n: 30-0516-32
Bumper, front spring rebound, upper.Height: 2.25 inches.
Red brake and clutch pedal pad
p/n: 30-0188-89
Pads, brake and clutch pedal, slip over type. Black and red rubber. For black only see our #30-0188-22.Length: 3.875 inches. Width: 2.875 inches.
Red brake and clutch pedal pad
p/n: 30-0114-89
Pads, brake and clutch pedal, slip over type. Black and red rubber. For black only see our #30-0114-22.
Rigid Run Channel
p/n: 30-0023-57
Channel, rigid run, for division bar, un-beaded, plush lined, cloth covered, twenty four (24) inches long, channel size one half (1/2) inch outside width
Prop shaft retainer bushing
p/n: 70-2268-27
Retainer, intermediate bearing. All models with two piece driveshafts.
Brake and clutch pedal pad
p/n: 30-0188-22
Pads, brake and clutch pedal, slip over type. Black rubber only. For black and red (semi-automatic clutch models) see our #30-0188-89.Length: 3.875 inches.
3" Firewall Grommet
p/n: 30-0110-42
This Firewall Grommet pair is used for the hood lock link through the firewall. Designed from the original part for superior fit and seal.
Brake and clutch pedal pad
p/n: 30-0114-22
Pads, brake and clutch pedal, slip over type. Black rubber only. For black and red (electromatic clutch models) see our #30-0114-89.
Radiator mounting pad
p/n: 30-0309-31
Grommet, several useages. Radiator core cradle tie rod to frame or rear stablizer pad to link to where the leaf springs are bolted. Fully molded rubber. 2nd type with chamfered edge. Comes as a (4) piece set. One and three eighths inch (1 3/8") outside di
Front stabilizer bushing
p/n: 30-0123-33
Bushings, front stabilizer mounting bracket. Fully molded rubber. One and seven sixteenths inch (1 7/16") length by one and five eighths inch (1 5/8") width by five eighths inch (5/8") inside hole diameter by one and eleven sixteenths inch (1 11/16") heig
Ignition cable grommet
p/n: 70-1598-21
Grommet, ignition cable.Length: 2.125 inches. Width: 1.50 inches.
Flexible Run Channel - 6 Ft.
p/n: 70-1108-57
Channel, flexible window run, un-beaded. Cloth covered mohair-lined type. Available in 6ft lengths.
Engine Snubber Pad Set
p/n: 30-0311-11
This four (4) piece Engine Snubber Pad Set is designed from original for correct fit and function. Sold only in complete sets. One four (4) piece set required per car.
Vent division bar weatherstrip
p/n: 30-0346-56
Front vent window division post seal. Fully molded with metal core and attaching tabs.
Flexible Run Channel
p/n: 70-1239-58
This Flexible Run Channel provides a smooth sliding surface while helping to eliminate rattle and protect the glass. The run channel has the stainless beaded edge and is cloth covered and mohair lined with the flexible metal channel.
Window Felt Beltline Weatherstrips
p/n: 70-0555-58
These Window Felt Beltline Weatherstrips are sold as a three (3) foot pair. The beltline is used for side windows inner and/or outer, front and/or rear doors. Available in a 3ft pair.
Brake and clutch shank seal
p/n: 30-0143-24
Boot, brake and clutch pedal shank at toe board.Length: 2.9375 inches.
Flexible Run Channel
p/n: 70-1238-58
Cloth covered, mohair lined flexible metal channel for sides and top of door windows.
License light mounting pad
p/n: 30-0122-17
Pad, rear license light mounting, with correct dimensions and beading.Length: 8.125 inches.
Fender welting 25ft chrome
p/n: 70-1101-44
Welting, fender, bright chrome vinyl, three sixteenths (3/16) inch bead, one and one half (1-1/2) inch width. Superior quality. Twenty five (25) foot roll. Typically used to attach two (2) fenders to body. For fifty (50) foot roll see our #70-1102-44.
Window Felt Beltline Weatherstrips - 3ft Pair
p/n: 30-0244-57
This side window Window Felt Beltline Weatherstrip pair can be used as inner and/or outer. The weatherstrip is flexible, pile lined, rubber covered, with black bead. Available in 3ft pairs.
Decklid Lock / Handle Mount Gasket
p/n: 30-0126-87
This Decklid Lock / Handle Mount Gasket is designed from the original part for superior fitment, finish and function. Length: 4 inches.
Headlight mounting pad
p/n: 30-0142-14
Gaskets, headlight body mounting to fender. Cut to exact size as original.
Flexible Run Channel
p/n: 70-1107-57
Cloth covered mohair-lined type. For sides and top of side windows. Available in 5ft lengths.
Tail light lens gasket
p/n: 70-3721-15
Gasket, taillight lens, two (2) piece set. Circular gasket stretches over oval shaped lens. Replaces factory #410622.
Antenna mount pad
p/n: 70-2621-21
Pad, roof mounted antenna gasket. Models with antenna mounted above center of windshield.
Hood to cowl weatherstrip
p/n: 30-0233-42
Seal, hood to cowl. High quality closed cell sponge rubber construction as original.Width: .4375 inches. Height: .5625 inches.
Brown Gearshift Boot - Steering Column
p/n: 30-0069-89
This steering column Gearshift Boot is designed from the original part for superior fitment, finish and function. Brown rubber. Two and one quarter (2-1/4) inches long.


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To Grow or Not to Grow; That is the Question
Booster Juice started off in 1999 as a one-store operation with a lot of questions about whether it would burn out as a fad. Their product was a juice smoothie (a fruit, vegetable, or plant-based drink shake). However, by 2016, Booster Juice had over 330 stores across Canada, and they are now looking at entering the U.S. market for even more expansion. How did this company go from one small outfit to a mega corporation franchise, and what did Booster Juice's management do right to maintain growth successfully?
Dale Wishewan, Booster Juice's owner, was a mechanical engineer by training, being naturally geared to decisions based on analysis. However, he also realized that just running a business by not taking any risks or having the cash on hand to pay for those risks, was never going to produce fast, exponential growth.
A Path for Growth
So, Wishewan settled early on franchising. The franchise decentralization of daily work and keeping an eye on the big picture kept Wishewan and Booster Juice on track. However, the fact that the daily store management was placed with franchisees who had "skin in the game" also meant that Wishewan didn't have to worry about the loss of loyalty or control.
The above said, Wishewan still avoided high risk markets, especially overseas like China or South America. While these emerging market venues seemed to offer faster growth, the risk level was higher with control issues. Distance and language also presented major management hurdles as well. So, Wishewan wisely turned down those markets to continue growing in Canada alone. It was a smart decision proven by Booster Juice's metrics and profit figures.
It's All About the Plan
Scaling up is as much about planning and strategy as it is understanding one's current capability and cash flow. There is no one aspect of business an owner or manager focuses on; it's a multi-faceted challenge to meet the increased sales demand promptly and plan logistics correctly while not ending up going bankrupt in the process. As was seen in the above franchise example, not every opportunity was pursued. The business owners had to do some hard research and probability testing to determine which markets were their best choices for solid growth versus high risk and potential failure. By doing so, they avoided common mistakes in fast growth, such as over-commitment and unreasonable sales targets in the process.
Have an Objective Perspective
Exponential expansion can seem alluring, even addictive. After all, with accrual accounting, things can look pretty rosy for a business once projected sales are included in the numbers, and they're boosting the revenue side of the accounting reports. However, cash is the killer that brings back reality like a bucket of cold water in the face. When payroll, supplies, liabilities, loans and leveraging can't be paid timely because the projected sales haven't materialized yet, a company can fold very quickly, even within a thirty to forty-five day time cycle, just from lack of cash. Ideally, a business should have sufficient resources to take on extra growth, but that's not how real business works. Risk and taking logistical bets are common which makes planning wisely crucial to not betting the farm on "maybe" revenue.
Wishewan and Booster Juice provide a clear example of why, even with positive growth, a business owner or leader has to judge ventures carefully before jumping in. Sometimes some revenue opportunities do need to be passed up to stay successful overall.
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It's a great story: the virtually unknown, 15th seeded Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU), has made it to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA tournament. But there's something you might not know about FGCU: its economics department is, as a consequence of grants from Randian businessman John Allison and the Charles G. Koch Foundation, a haven for Ayn-Rand Style thinking:
At Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, every student who majors in economics and finance gets a copy of Ayn Rand's novel, Atlas Shrugged…FGCU now has a core group of a half dozen economists whose research supports the ideas of free-market capitalism, still an unpopular subject in most faculty lounges. They teach this material to more than 250 economics and finance students (one class is titled "The Moral Foundations of Capitalism"), organize lectures by leading thinkers, publish their research in well-respected journals and hold influential positions in groups that promote free markets.
The ideological transformation of FGCU economics began in 2009, when Allison, a famous devotee of Ayn Rand's who was then the president of banking giant BB&T, donated $600,000 to FGCU to create the endowed "BB&T Distinguished Professor of Free Enterprise." Allison now runs the libertarian Cato Institute, a position he gained with the support of Charles and David Koch after some controversy.
The Kochs also supported Allison's efforts at FGCU, a largely local school with about 11,000 undergradutes. A ThinkProgress review of Charles G. Koch Foundation donations from 2008-2011 found $87,000 in donations to Florida Gulf Coast University. According to an internal BB&T professorship report, the Koch money "provide[s] operational seed funding for the yearly activities and the local BB&T Charitable Foundation sponsors our premier annual event — The BB&T Free Enterprise Lecture Series." The internal report also included metrics on the program's operations such as "Atlas Shrugged Distribution — Number of students reached: approximately 120."
Strange as it may seem that private ideological organizations can support academic departments, it's not uncommon. A massive Koch donation to Florida State University's economics program generated significant controversy in 2011 when it came to light that the donation was accompanied by de facto Koch control over some hiring decisions and the ability to review the scholarship generated. As of February 2013, 129 colleges and universities around the country were receiving Koch Family Foundations support.
Whether or not you think these sorts of donations are threats to academic freedom, they do lay bare the somewhat surprising disadvantage progressives face when it comes to getting funding for work on their intellectual traditions. In addition to the Koch direct-donations, organizations like the conservative Intercollegiate Studies Institute and libertarian Institute for Humane Studies help promote their ideas on campus and connect their students with likeminded colleagues and employers. Progressives conspicuously lack any equivalent organizations that connect students with a broader intellectual network, providing a potentially interesting explanation for why conservative ideas seem to have a direct pipeline to Washington while progressive alternatives stay at the margins of the debate.
Source Article from http://www.nationofchange.org/cinderella-story-how-koch-brothers-use-florida-gulf-coast-university-promote-their-agenda-1364568456


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The annual Screen Actors Guild Awards offers the opportunity for actors to get all glammed up, convene before cameras, and congratulate each other on their craft—an opportunity that, in these months, is as special as your local Subway offering the chance to see genuine sandwich artists at work. However, in SAG's case, it does so without any writers or crew people, freeing actors to offer platitudes to each other without any pale, surly creatures scurrying about looking for discarded bones to gnaw on. It also does so without any regard for or influence on the Oscars, liberating them to recognize performances like Nicole Kidman's in The Paperboy that might otherwise have gone ignored because they are hilariously stupid.
There are a few other deviations from the increasingly accepted norm, including nods for Javier Bardem in Skyfall and Helen Mirren in Hitchcock, somewhat surprising attention for The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (up for the body's Best Picture-equivalent prize of Best Ensemble), and an almost total disregard for The Master beyond Philip Seymour Hoffman. Not so much on the TV side, which in the case of the comedy category reads like the Emmys of several years ago: Modern Family, Nurse Jackie, The Office, Glee, 30 Rock, and The Big Bang Theory are all over the place—ditto another obligatory nomination for Betty White in Hot In Cleveland—while nothing newer or less predictable such as Community or Veep or New Girl or Happy Endings or hell, even Girls registered. Consider Louis CK's nomination a small victory, then remind yourself that, even in the vacuum of industry self-congratulation, the SAG Awards are particularly meaningless.
The complete list [via IndieWire]:
Best Ensemble
Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Les Miserables
Silver Linings Playbook
Best Male Actor In A Leading Role
Denzel Washington, Flight
Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln
Hugh Jackman, Les Miserables
Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
John Hawkes, The Sessions
Best Female Actor In A Leading Role
Helen Mirren, Hitchcock
Naomi Watts, The Impossible
Marion Cotillard, Rust & Bone
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Jessica Chastain, Zero Dark Thirty
Best Actor In A Supporting Role
Alan Arkin, Argo
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Robert DeNiro, Silver Linings Playbook
Javier Bardem, Skyfall
Best Actress In A Supporting Role
Maggie Smith, Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
Sally Field, Lincoln
Nicole Kidman, The Paperboy
Helen Hunt, The Sessions
Best Stunt Ensemble In A Motion Picture
The Amazing Spider-Man
The Bourne Legacy
The Dark Knight Rises
Les Miserables
Best Ensemble In A Drama
Boardwalk Empire
Breaking Bad
Downton Abbey
Mad Men
Best Actor In A Drama
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Damian Lewis, Homeland
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom
Best Actress In A Drama
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Michelle Dockery, Downton Abbey
Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Claire Danes, Homeland
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story Asylum
Best Ensemble In A Comedy
30 Rock
The Big Bang Theory
Modern Family
Nurse Jackie
The Office
Best Actor In A Comedy
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory
Louis CK, Louie
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family
Best Actress In A Comedy
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Betty White, Hot In Cleveland
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Amy Poehler, Parks And Recreation
Best Actor In A Miniseries
Ed Harris, Game Change
Woody Harrelson, Game Change
Bill Paxton, Hatfields & McCoys
Kevin Costner, Hatfields & McCoys
Clive Owen, Hemingway & Gellhorn
Best Actress In A Miniseries
Julianne Moore, Game Change
Nicole Kidman, Hemingway & Gellhorn
Sigourney Weaver, Political Animals
Charlotte Rampling, Restless
Alfre Woodard, Steel Magnolias
Best Stunt Ensemble - Television
Boardwalk Empire
Breaking Bad
Game Of Thrones
Sons Of Anarchy
The Walking Dead


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The Air Force planned to stop buying and flying the Global Hawk drone to save about $2.5 billion over five years. Lawmakers backed by the defense lobby have scuttled that and other cost-cutting efforts.
By W.J. Hennigan
When the Air Force looked for ways to save money last year to deal with declining budgets, officials decided to halt work on a high-flying, long-endurance spy drone built in Palmdale by defense giant Northrop Grumman Corp.
At a cost of $35,000 per flying hour, the Global Hawk Block 30 aircraft had "priced itself out of the niche, in terms of taking pictures in the air," Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter said at the time.
The Air Force planned to stop buying the Global Hawk and mothball 18 of those it already owned to save about $2.5 billion over five years. The high-tech drones, the military said, were not as capable as the battle-tested U-2 spy planes.
Northrop responded sharply, saying the U-2 "places pilots in danger, has limited flight duration and provides limited sensor capacity."
In the end, the Air Force didn't win that skirmish. House Armed Services Committee Chairman Howard "Buck" McKeon (R-Santa Clarita), whose congressional district includes Palmdale, jumped in to rescue the project. Congress restored the funding, and last month Northrop received a $114-million contract to build three more drones, saving thousands of jobs.
The Pentagon faces budget cuts of $487 billion over the next 10 years — and the threat of $500 billion more under sequestration. But paring down the budget by killing weapons programs is no easy task on Capitol Hill, where politicians, backed by the defense industry lobby, fight to protect jobs in their home districts.
For instance, Congress has spent about $400 million in the last two years to churn out improved versions of the M1 Abrams tank that the Army doesn't want. The Navy cruiser Anzio out of Norfolk, Va., was supposed to be retired this year but lawmakers kept it afloat. Just last month, 33 lawmakers wrote Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel to express "deep concern" about the Air Force's consideration of cutting the A-10 attack jet fleet.
In the case of the Global Hawk, McKeon said he worked to keep the program alive because the drone is a valuable tool for spying, and he wanted to protect the billions of dollars the government has already spent on the technology.
"I think these planes have proven their capabilities," McKeon said, "and will continue to show their worth over time."
Critics say the allocation of funding for the Global Hawk reflects cozy ties between Congress and defense companies. Northrop has been one of McKeon's largest campaign donors and spent more than $17.5 million on total lobbying last year, according to data from the Center for Responsive Politics, a watchdog group. The defense firm has spent $13.2 million this year.
"The mantra in the defense industry is: Give early and give often," said Steve Ellis, vice president of Taxpayers for Common Sense. "Clearly, McKeon is in a good position to protect this investment, and it has the added benefit of providing jobs to his constituents back home."
Northrop has more than 3,480 employees — 2,500 of them in Southern California — working on the Global Hawk program in 22 states. It has contracts with 303 suppliers in 36 states.
The Air Force has been flying the Global Hawk since 2001, including missions in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya. The drone can fly for 30 hours without refueling.
Even from more than 11 miles overhead, the drone is able to capture images of enemy hide-outs that are so clear that U.S. intelligence officials can determine the make, model and license plates of pickup trucks parked nearby — and tell how long they've been there.
Military planners had wanted Global Hawks to replace the fleet of 33 U-2 spy planes, which have been in service since the 1950s. But repeated problems with the drones' equipment and flight reliability, and their high price tag, caused the Air Force to put the program on hold last year.
The drone costs $222.7 million each, according to the Government Accountability Office.
In addition, mission personnel costs for the Global Hawk "are substantially higher than those of the manned U-2, despite the fact that the number of flight hours for the Global Hawk and the number of aircraft are substantially below those of the U-2," the Air Force said.
The U-2 costs $4,000 less per flight hour and has more capability, the Air Force said.
Critics of the Pentagon's plan have said that the Air Force harbors a bias against the Global Hawk because it doesn't have a pilot in the cockpit. Air Force brass has strongly refuted that criticism.
The Air Force wanted to put all 18 of the third version of Global Hawk, called Block 30, in storage at the bone yard at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona. This would leave the Air Force with 14 Global Hawks in operation.
Not long after the Pentagon's announcement last year that it was going to shut down the Global Hawk program, McKeon made a rousing speech at Northrop's manufacturing plant in Palmdale. He asked the crowd to call members of Congress to stop the cuts.
"I implore you, no, I beg you, to stop this from happening," he said at the time. His committee later passed an amendment that would prevent the Air Force from retiring the planes.
In May, McKeon and Rep. James P. Moran (D-Va.), whose district includes where Northrop's headquarters is based, wrote a letter to Hagel that the Air Force was trying to "ignore clear congressional intent."
Last month, Northrop announced it had received a $114-million contract for the first phase of a contract to build the last three Block 30 Global Hawks.
"The budget situation is a nightmare," said Todd Harrison, a defense analyst for the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments in Washington. "It's well-known that there isn't enough money. Programs need to be cut, but Congress continues to micromanage the military budget."
ontract to build the last three Block 30 Global Hawks.
"The budget situation is a nightmare," said Todd Harrison, a defense analyst for the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments in Washington. "It's well-known that there isn't enough money. Programs need to be cut, but Congress continues to micromanage the military budget."
via Global Hawk drone flies into budget battle between Pentagon, Congress | latimes.com.


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Physicists solve 20-year-old debate surrounding glassy surfaces
University of Waterloo physicists have succeeded in measuring how the surfaces of glassy materials flow like a liquid, even when they should be solid.
A series of simple and elegant experiments were the solution to a problem that has been plaguing condensed matter physicists for the past 20 years.
Understanding the mobility of glassy surfaces has implications for the design and manufacture of thin-film coatings and also sets practical limits on how small we can make nanoscale devices and circuitry.
The work is the culmination of a project carried out by a research team led by Professor James Forrest and doctoral student Yu Chai from the University of Waterloo as well as researchers from École Superieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles in France and McMaster University.
Their groundbreaking work was published in the prestigious scientific journal, Science, this week.
"Glasses are fascinating materials. At low temperatures they're solid, and at higher temperatures they're liquid. At intermediate temperatures, it's hard to consider them as only one or the other," said Professor Forrest. "Surfaces of glassy polymers shouldn't flow below the glass transition temperature, but they do. The question is why."
Glass is much more than the material in bottles and windows. In fact, any solid without an ordered, crystalline structure is considered a glassy material, so metals, small molecules, and polymers can all be made into glassy materials.
Polymers, the building block of all plastics, are almost always glassy rather than crystalline. These materials undergo a transition between a brittle solid and a molten liquid in a narrow temperature range, which encompasses the so-called glass transition temperature.
In a series of experiments, Forrest and colleagues started with very thin slices of polystyrene stacked to create tiny staircase-like steps about 100-nanometres high – less than 0.001 per cent the thickness of a human hair. They then measured these steps as they became shorter, wider and less defined over time.
Graph showing how the top surface of a glassy polymer moves like a liquid.Graph showing how the top surface of a glassy polymer moves like a liquid
The simple 2-dimensional profile of this surface step allowed the physicists to numerically model the changes to the surface's geometry above and below the glass transition temperature.
Results show that above the transition temperature, polystyrene flows entirely like a liquid; but below this temperature the polymer becomes a solid with a thin liquid-like layer at the surface.
Being able to calculate how these nanostructures may evolve over time and under what conditions will bring engineers a step further towards making nanotechnology an everyday reality.
More information: Science Vol. 343 no. 6174 pp. 994-999. DOI: 10.1126/science.1244845
Journal information: Science
Provided by University of Waterloo


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A square face shape is instantly recognizable by its strong, square shaped jaw line and hairline. Hairstyles that will soften the hard angles of the face (such as curly hairdos) and add length will typically work best.
For an idea about the types of hairstyles you should be wearing, take a look at these short, medium and long hairstyles and use the options as a guide to finding the right hairstyle for you!
Short Hairstyles for Your Square Face Shape
A great example of what is perfect for a square face shape is our first short hairstyle. It features wispy bangs and height at the top of the head, which draws attention up and away from the strong square jaw line, and helps to hide and flatter the strong hairline.
Another way that a short hairstyle can flatter a square face is by using curls to create and promote a round appearance for the face. The beautiful curls of this short style will look their best when re-created with definition so ensure you've got a curling iron on hand and plenty of hair styling products to keep hair frizz at bay.
Mid-length Hairstyles for Your Square Face Shape
With a little bit of versatile hair length you can certainly create a great range of hairstyles that will suit a square face shape. One of those styles is a nice retro look, courtesy of some classic curls and a touch of red lipstick. Use your curling iron and some hair pins to achieve this great look and elongate and frame your face at the same time.
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I don't believe I've ever seen a Logsdail painting in person, so my evaluation of the London scenes below must be tentative. The impression I have is that although they seem fairly tightly done, this is slightly loosened by his use of color and atmospheric perspective. Some other works shown below are painted more loosely, though his portraits of the 1900s generally seem to have a high degree of finish.
An interesting point of view. Shown is the central tourist zone square-on. Most artists choose to paint from the opposite side of the Grand Canal and sight down it.
Some of the better American illustrators of 1895-1930 painted scenes much like this.
Here Logsdail sights along the canal, but this view is in the opposite direction from the usual depictions.
Another unconventional viewpoint. The Church is usually shown with the canal or its shoreline in the foreground, rather than from a subsidiary canal as done here. This viewpoint is one a photographer might select, though Logsdail was a plein-air artist in those days and didn't use reference photos so far as I know.
An historical document, this is.
Having visited Taormina a year ago, I can vouch that Logsdail did a good job of capturing the scene. That's Mt. Etna in the background. Today, the shoreline is built up and large tourist hotels can be found.
Portrait of the well-known Victorian artist. The style is similar to that used by the Glasgow Boys school.
Curzon had been Viceroy of India before this was painted.
A posthumous portrait of Curzon's first wife.


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A law enforcement agency intercepts an international phone call alerting a suspected drug dealer to a new shipment. While the translator listening to the message is confident the caller's Spanish carries a South American accent, he cannot pinpoint a more specific region for agents to put under surveillance. But technology under development by Pedro Torres-Carrasquillo and his colleagues at Lincoln Laboratory may lead to a dialect identification system that compensates for a translator's inexperience with multiple variants of a spoken language.
Language identification systems that can recognize as many as 29 languages from written text are already marketed, and systems that can identify a spoken language from a prescribed range of choices also exist. So far, however, no system that automatically discriminates one spoken dialect from another is available.
Lincoln Laboratory's earlier work on dialect identification focused on building models that mapped the audiowave frequencies of phonemes - the individual sounds of a spoken language. Torres-Carrasquillo, an electrical engineer specializing in speech processing in the laboratory's Information Systems Technology Group, says his group has more recently moved from this phonetic-based approach to lower-level acoustic systems that use the basic spectral similarities of small pieces of spoken utterances. "We are not looking for the types of data linguists deal with - larger units such as phonemes and words," he says. "We're looking at the statistical distributions of basic frequency spectra of small pieces of sounds."
The laboratory researchers are building a model that classifies the training data, finding markers that discriminate the frequency characteristics of the data. Previously, Torres-Carrasquillo says, the approach was to "get a lot of examples, and then build a model that looks like your examples." But he is tackling the problem in a different way. "Our group's idea is that we don't need a model that looks like our data - we need a model that can classify our data," he explains. "We take very small pieces - snippets of speech - turn them into frequencies, add up all these contributions, and make a model that can tell them apart. We're looking for patterns from just milliseconds of speech."
The researchers are using pattern recognition and classification methods known as support vector machines (SVMs) and Gaussian Mixture Models (GMMs) that use models trained to emphasize the more distinctive tiny features seen in the frequency patterns of small pieces of the dialects in question. The trained GMMs have the edge in accuracy, but SVMs are "an order of magnitude faster than the GMM," according to Torres-Carrasquillo. Even more effective than either SVMs or GMMs alone, he says, is combining the two techniques. In a test to discriminate general American English from Indian-accented English, for example, the error rate was 10 percent when GMM was used alone, 15 percent for SVM alone - and only 7 percent for a fusion of GMM and SVM.
To be incorporated into an automatic machine translation system, a dialect identification system would have to be able to recognize a dialect without having to process lengthy strings of speech data. Torres-Carrasquillo's goal is to be able to determine a speaker's dialect by categorizing discrete, characteristic markers in the snippets, and then create a model without using large sets of training data. "We'd love to see a short-term spectrum characteristic that is a strong discriminator, is very pervasive in the dialect, and that could be reliably detected in a sample," he says.
Finding this characteristic is a tall order. "You're not going to have a single spectrum characteristic that gives away the identification," Torres-Carrasquillo says. The linguistic differences between dialects of a language are often small; for example, vowel sounds in Cuban Spanish are slightly longer than those of Puerto Rican Spanish. The subtle differences between the spectral pictures of dialects are difficult to detect, especially in the milliseconds of speech used in the Laboratory experiments. "But as you look at the data" says Torres-Carrasquillo, "the differences start to pile up and you have a profile." The Laboratory's work to classify dialect differences, which Torres-Carrasquillo presented at a September 2008 speech communication and technology conference in Australia, may lead to the discovery of a strategy for any dialect problem - a global approach that could be exploited for various classes of dialects instead of a method that works only for specific dialects.
The Lincoln Laboratory research on dialect identification may contribute to approaches for language identification more generally, but Torres-Carrasquillo offers a caveat: "The differences one can exploit within two dialects are very specific - maybe too specific to be applicable to language ID." Still, when a universal machine translation system arrives on the scene in some future decade, it may well depend on Lincoln Laboratory research to ensure that nuances of meaning conveyed in dialects are not lost in translation.
A version of this article appeared in MIT Tech Talk on April 15, 2009 (download PDF).


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Applications and libraries
Applications, libraries and tools written in Haskell.
For the latest set of ready to use libraries and tools, visit hackage.haskell.org
Haskell library collections
In increasing order of size:
- The Haskell 98 Prelude is implicitly imported by default, and includes the most commonly used functions.
- The Haskell 98 Language and library specification define basic, portable functionality. However, it uses the old, deprecated namespace, and the way some functionality (such as exception handling) is defined is now believed to have been a mistake.
- Changes to these libraries are handled by the Haskell' process.
- The The GHC boot libraries, which come with GHC, are generally an improved and expanded version of the Haskell 98 libraries, in the hierarchical namespace.
- Changes to these libraries are handled by the package maintainer if one exists, or the Library submissions process if not.
- Hoogle - the Haskell API Search Engine - indexes the above libraries
- The Hackage database aims to be a comprehensive a collection of released Haskell packages.
See also Hackage and how to install a Cabal package.
New libraries are packaged and distributed from Hackage
Start on Hackage if looking for a library not in the standard.
- Developers: you can upload your cabalised packages to hackage (if you don't have a login, just ask).
Haskell applications and libraries
Applications, libraries and tools for Haskell or written in Haskell have been classified below, but you should check Hackage for the latest list.
- Audio, music and sound
- Bioinformatics
- Concurrency and parallelism
- Compilers and interpreters
- Compiler construction, lexing, parsing, pretty printing
- Cryptography and hashing
- Data Structures and IO Libraries
- Database interfaces
- Editors written in Haskell and editors for Haskell.
- Extended Haskell
- Games
- Genetic programming
- Graphical User Interface (GUI) Libraries
- Graphics
- Hardware verification
- Linguistics and natural language processing
- Mathematics and physics
- Network
- Operating systems and systems programming (also emulators)
- Program development
- Robots
- Theorem provers
- Tools for interfacing with other languages
- Web, HTML, XML
Other places to look include:
- The Library hierarchy page on this wiki
- The Haskell community reports
- The mailing list for discussion of issues related to libraries.]
You can also propose and vote on new libraries that you'd like, and look at our past Summer of Code proposals.
Guidelines for developers
Developer guides:
- How to write a new Haskell library
- How to propose changes to the standard libraries
- Creating a .deb from a Haskell Cabal package
- Creating a Haskell library by example
- Guide to making standard library submissions
- If you notice the library documentation is lacking, or could be improved, please report it here
- Google Code Search can help identify common idioms, improving your API.
- Future projects, more projects people would like.
- Project activity for some of the larger Haskell projects is graphed here.
- Cabal, The Common Architecture for Building Applications and Libraries, is a framework for packaging, building, and installing any tool developed in the Haskell language.
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Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Who needs Jet-Puffed when you can make your own.. and flavored!
I had a lot of fun making these Toasted Coconut Vanilla Marshmallows. Although, it did put the poor Kitchen Aid mixer through quite a workout - hopefully it will forgive me! The texture of these are soft, light and squishy which was a striking contrast to the toasted crunchy topping. I would have loved to use some vanilla beans or even vanilla bean paste, but I have not seen any good looking beans in a store here- I might have to just go ahead and place an order on-line for some paste. I did use some brown rice syrup instead of 1 full cup of light corn syrup and found it to be a decent replacement - I didn't want to waste a whole batch though if it would not have worked. These ache for a dip in dark chocolate, but I wanted to keep them somewhat plain. Pairing them with chocolate graham crackers would work quite well too!
Some tips - while you could use a hand mixer, it would be tricky to pour in the very hot sugar mixture and I'm sure it would get old just standing there for 15 minutes. I would probably not make these without a stand mixer.
When you add the vanilla extract at the end, turn the mixer down a few notches. When you pour it in, the thick mixture expands for a second and could make for a big mess.
Don't be shy with the confectioners' sugar - it keeps everything from sticking and you can always brush off any extra.
I started out using a bench scraper to cut through the marshmallows, but I found a hot (dry) sharp knife squished them less and went through the coconut better.
Tonight for dinner I made Vegetable Fried Rice. We have only ever made and eaten fried rice once before and I have been wanting to make it again ever since then. Tender crisp asparagus combined with roasted sweet red bell peppers, scallions, garlic and fresh ginger anxiously await the additions of brown rice, rice vinegar and soy sauce in a blazing hot pan. In the first fried rice we tried, the eggs are scrambled with the rice mixture. But here, once the salty liquid has been absorbed, you add soft scrambled eggs that you cooked before you start the asparagus. I'm not sure if that made any difference, but it seemed easier to just scramble them at the end with the rest of the mixture. For a fiery finish, the mixture is spiked with a couple glugs of cayenne pepper sauce and a splash of toasted sesame oil to heighten the flavors.
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Both look fabulous. I would love to try to make the marshmallows, but have tried to make similar things before and failed in the worst ways possible. You are so brave.ReplyDelete
You are a good guy making treats every Wednesday!ReplyDelete
I wonder how altitude would affect the marshmallows? I would love to try them but between altitude and all the humidity we've had lately I don't know if they would come out. They look great though.ReplyDelete
The stir fry looks also looks very yummy!
Homemade marshmallows are still on my to-do list. Someday.ReplyDelete
I'm not getting errors when I load your blog anymore. Did you change anything?
Very adventurous of you, Joe. I can't say that I will ever make my own marshmallows, I'm not that advanced, yet. I guess I'll be one of the few who still buys the Jet-Puffed!ReplyDelete
Homemade marshmallows- such a treat! They look amazing! Sadly, I do not have a stand mixer (yet...) and will have to settle for marshmallows from a bag, sigh...ReplyDelete
Homemade marshmallows, you are indeed one intrepid soldier in the baking field!ReplyDelete
Linda - These really are not too tough - give them a try!ReplyDelete
Wheresmymind - Thanks!
Brenda - I'm not sure either, I've never lived where Altitude made any difference.
TCJ - You couldn't get to our site before?
Annie - We've made cocoa ones last year as well - they were so good!
Brilynn - I use my mixer so much, it is very handy! Hope you can get one soon!
S'kat - /flex! Thanks!
Hey, I can send you a few beans if you want. I have tons.ReplyDelete


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Dennis Markuze, the obsessed spammer from Montreal, has been silent since late last week — no insane death threats in my email, no furious twitter followups to everything I say, no word anywhere. It has been a very pleasant relief.
I have heard however that he has actually been taken into custody and brought before a judge, and that he's not responding well. I'm hoping that he gets the psychiatric attention he desperately needs: I don't want him hurt, I want him better. The Montreal police are reported to be planning to issue a press release in the next day or two.
All is confirmed. The Montreal police announce an arrest, and apparently Mabus's computers have been seized. Tim Farley has a very thorough summary of events.
"Mabus" apparently posted a series of apologies via twitter to a number of people just before dropping out (I didn't get any!). If you read them on Farley's page, though, they don't sound a thing like Markuze…I wonder if his mother was desperately trying to do some damage control?


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New York, USA (September 4, 2008) – Paradox Interactive announced today a new retail release, Europa Universalis III: Complete. Included in the pack is the multiple award- winning Europa Universalis III as well as the previously download only expansions Napoleon's Ambition and In Nomine.
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What Have You Found While Remodeling?
I'll admit that I'm not exactly a handyman -- my remodeling skills begin and end with half-hearted painting, including a time-honored technique I call "structural spackling." So it was with great trepidation that I approached a home improvement project some years back -- tearing out a couple of huge faux-brick planters that were built into the middle of the living room. It was a big job for a lightweight like me, involving a lot of clumsy chiseling and struggling to cut through chicken wire.
But there was an upside: inside the planters I found assorted classic junk -- a lace handkerchief, chewing gum wrappers from defunct gum companies, old newspapers, a few coins, a bent fork, and plenty of fossilized cat poop. Also while removing some truly heinous wall paneling, I discovered the legend: "David Clure paneled this wall" scrawled in pencil. Mr. Clure, couldn't you have told us when you paneled the wall?
Having had my own minor remodeling adventure, I read Steven Frank's remodeling blog post with great interest -- remodeling his Portland kitchen, Steven found all kinds of great stuff and documented his finds with photos. (Pictured in this post is a Toby Tortoise trading card he found -- note how Toby appears to be weeping while fleeing in terror. Cartoons were different in the 30's, I guess.)
My friends also report interesting remodeling finds -- a few years ago, I saw a collection of over a hundred ornate, colorful glass bottles that had been stashed underwater, in a sort of sump tank built into the floor of a shed. Who stores a bottle collection in a hidden underwater lair? Wait, don't answer that. The question today is: what have you found while remodeling? Share your finds in the comments!


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