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His contract ended with Wills last year.
You have no basis to be certain. He did well enough in the first test to be invited back. That's all he or Williams could want at this point. I doubt if Williams is as certain as you seem to be.2002 AW/IR M3/SMG
You have no basis to be certain.
lol...looks u wouldn't know to me.
button is actually under contract with williams still i believe. he started f1 as the youngest driver in history in f1 for williams and then got moved around. he went to benetton on contract and got moved around. finally ended up at b.a.r. last year. but i was under the info that he was "lent" to the other teams. williams wanted him to become experienced. although, he spent wayyy toooo long out of the team to return now after the performance of b.a.r. compared to williams. it's a demo. so guess what the details are. 20% Tint
button is actually under contract with williams
Isn\'t Button under contract still? Button would be pretty good. Can't believe they'll let Montoya go. John
Isn\'t Button under contract still?
k. decent testing, but he will not join Williams.
Obviously no, since he wears glasses. ;p
my opinions on drivers for next year. let's not forget that he won and still drives for toyota in irl. that is how da matta got a seat at toyota. he raced for them in cart and then moved over. i think da matta needs to shape up or he could be relegated down to another team, test driver role or completely out of f1. toyota seems to like panis. moving on to williams. i think webber would be great for williams. if williams could get him into their car and they could increase the performance of the car a bit and get it a bit closer to ferrari, then webber is almost guaranteed a victory in my mind. i think that webber is the 2nd best driver in f1 to schumi. but, webber is managed by flavio briatore who runs renault. trulli is not signed to renault for 2005, so if any move is made from jaguar then it will probably be to renault. renault has a great car withgreat potential in the couple of years and webber and alonso could bring a championship to the team. maybe not a driver's championship yet, but definitely a constructors championship. i think that if r schumacher leaves williams in 2005, then williams will bring up one of its test drivers. gene used to race in f1 and pizzonia has 11 races under his belt but was sent back to williams after performing poorly and being replaced by wilson last year. pizzonia is very quick during testing and i think he feels more at home at williams. we shall see with them. i could see heidfeld moving to williams or even fisichella. i think either of them would do very well there. heidfeld tested for mclaren and expected to drive for mclaren when hakkinen retired but was pushed aside by kimi. button would prob have moved back to williams b4 this year, but after seeing the performance of b.a.r. i don't think he will want to move yet. i have a theory that button is trying to do to b.a.r. what schumacher did for ferrari back in the late 90's: get them to the top of the podium by guiding the team. schumacher basically attracted the best in f1 and was able to bring ferrari back to its glory days with the help of todt and brawn. button might want to do the same thing b/c of the satisfaction that comes with doing something like that. i almost forgot about coulthard. he is gone from mclaren next year and could move to a number of teams including williams. dont forget that is where coulthard started in f1. he could also move to a number of dif't teams but he wont really downgrade to a team like sauber or jordan, he would probably retire if it came to that. fortunately, for coulthard he has enough money that he will never have to race ever again and will probably not move to alms or something of the sort. i would love to see coulthard move to american in irl or owrs. btw, i think montoya wants to commit suicide at this point b/c of his future move to mclaren. this is getting ridiculous with the engine failures. so far for kimi, he has had 4 engine failures in 3 races. i would be having a nice, calm talk with everybody on the team right about now if i were him.(hehe, i dont know about my talk being nice or calm though) i think that williams will have to wait on other people's decision before deciding on their own driver lineup for next year. but it should be very interesting. there will be a lot more movement this coming year i think than in the past. it's a demo. so guess what the details are. 20% Tint
my opinions on drivers for next year.
i dont want villeneuve to race in f1 again. i think he is a good driver who can win again, but i have a bad feeling about him returning. sort of like mark donohue returning to racing after retiring and then passing on. it's a demo. so guess what the details are. 20% Tint
i dont want villeneuve to race in f1 again.
Ah screw it, I'll try Steven 1990 M5 2000 Land Rover DII
Ah screw it, I'll try
Is that so? What pace was he off? I suggest you might check out some of the news regarding Dixon's test. He was less that half a second off Ralf's pace in a car he'd never been in before. The team was very happy with him. If'd you like to see one article on this topic I've included a link to an article from the Speed Channel. There's another one there from earlier in the day you might look for. 2002 AW/IR M3/SMG
Is that so? What pace was he off?
Dixon was way of the pace. No chance to see him.
I think if Dixon has another good test... He'll be one of the drivers. It's hard to imagine that they would go into 2005 with two inexperienced drivers. If Webber is not available or someone else with experience, the solution may be Jacques Villenueve. This week Heinz-Harald Frentzen has been talking up Nick Heidfeld for the spot. Nick has really been forgotten after running with Sauber for too long. Another thought, has Kimi signed anything with McLaren? This year is going so bad for him, he might consider a move to Williams.2002 AW/IR M3/SMG
I think if Dixon has another good test...
Williams is like the van Halen of racing Steven 1990 M5 2000 Land Rover DII
Williams is like the van Halen of racing
Boris Said Steven 1990 M5 2000 Land Rover DII
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Any Talk of Villeneuve? I think it would be great if Jacques went back to williams, he is the only other world champion out there still racing, err was racing. I think he'd even take the pay cut to make it happen.
Any Talk of Villeneuve?
Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart! Hey they have open wheel experience and they are AMERICANS! Where are American drivers in Formula One? Watching Steve McQueen drive a Porshe in the Lemans DVD this weekend made me feel patriotic. Bring on the Yanks. Mike Chapman
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Jeff Gordon and Tony Stewart!
Re: BMW-Williams Drivers Next Year? Today I heard Mark Webber's name again, and Jenson Button's name resurfaced again as well. With Ralph's eyesight concern, is he as good as he's ever going to get, and is now taking the slow elevator ride down? I guess we'll have to wait and see.
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Ralph\'s problem is eyesight I don't mean to be critical of Ralph, but let's remember.... -Wears special eyeglasses -Drove an M5 pretty hot off an exit ramp in Munich last year -Malaysia Grand Prix drove a 7 series into a chain link fence Ralph has some serious vision problems, and is more of a liability at this stage rather than an asset to the team.
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I'm thinking you may want to leave one picture at the Diorama Workshop post with a link to your lesson. But add any tips others might find helpful, like working with a large group of 15, that you learned in doing it. What do you think?
Then I'd post the other pictures with the actual lesson. You can add a link at the bottom of the your lesson back to the Diorama Workshop for more information on creating your own Diorama Workshop now that I've posted my notes on creating one (at least it gives them an overview of what they'll need).
Loved, loved the text bubbles written by the kids - great idea!
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TRADE: In a recent article, UnivisionNews Economics correspondent Stephen Keppel said "Trade with Mexico sustains around six million jobs in the U.S. [and] U.S. export sales to Mexico, at $200 billion in 2011, are larger than all U.S. exports to the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) combined."A recent L.A. Times article explains that "Washington appears inclined to support the Floridians and the few farmers from other states who have...demanded cuts in imports from Mexico." In June 2012 the U.S. Commerce Department conducted a review of a 16-year-old trade agreement, the cancellation of which would give farmers the opportunity to try and block relatively inexpensive Mexican tomatoes from entering the U.S. maarket, a move that could provoke retaliatory measures by Mexico and endanger tens of thousands of jobs on both sides of the border, particularly in border states such as Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California. The Wall Street Journal explained that "President Obama proved he'll use trade law as a campaign weapon when he...picked a protectionist food fight with Mexico to benefit tomato growers in Florida, another swing state." Obama, has however, encouraged Mexico to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a trade deal with Asian countries. Romney has criticized Obama for delaying the implementation of a free trade deal with Colombia. Romney's campaign website says Obama "has neglected our democratic allies in the region while reaching out to those nations that are working against our interests and values. He has squandered valuable time in which to advance free-market principles throughout the region by waiting for three years to present free trade agreements with our allies Colombia and Panama to Congress for ratification."
BORDER SECURITY: Romney has talked about the need for a border fence. During a speech in 2011 Romney said: "Our border with Mexico remains an open sore. Will drug cartels dominate the regions adjoining the United States, with greater and greater violence spilling over into our country? Will we have failed to secure the border and to stem the tide of illegal immigrants? And will drug smugglers and terrorists increasingly make their way into our midst?" When it comes to border security, Obama has touted the fact that his administration has "gone above and beyond what was requested by the...Republicans. All the stuff they asked for, we've done." Obama has, however, acknowledged that cartel violence and border security problems may be caused by U.S. demand for illegal drugs. In April 2012 he said "When you have innocent families and women and children who are being gunned down on the streets, that should be everybody's problem, not just our problem, not just their problem." He added, "Criminal gangs and narco traffickers pose a threat to each of our nations. And each of our nations has a responsibility to meet that threat." Romney has also said that "that this is not [only] Mexico's problem. This is also the United States of America's problem…we have a responsibility in this country to reduce drug usage."
IMMIGRATION: During a September, 2012 public appearance Obama said: "I met young people all across the country, wonderful kids who sometimes were valedictorians, were participating in the community, had aspirations to go to college, some were serving in our military...There's no way you would think it was fair or just for us to have them suffering under a cloud of deportation." He added that his "biggest failure is that we haven't gotten comprehensive immigration reform done." In a recent election guide I prepared for the Americas Society, I explained "Romney favors reforms that will allow more opportunities for skilled, educated foreigners to immigrate legally." His website explains his opinion that "The United States is currently excluding too many workers who will start businesses, create jobs, foster innovation, and help grow our economy." Romney opposes giving amnesty to undocumented workers and has promised to fight illegal immigration. In a January 2012 interview George Ramos asked Romney, whose father was born in northern Mexico, if his connection to the U.S.'s southern neighbor would qualify him to be America's first "Hispanic president," Romney laughed, saying "I would love to be able to convince people of that, particularly in a Florida primary. But.... I don't think people would think I was being honest with them if I said I was Mexican-American."
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A will is a legal document that specifies who receives what at your death, and who will manage your estate.
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Under current tax law, the federal estate-tax rate is gradually reduced to 45% between 2005 and 2007 while the amount exempt from the tax is gradually increased, after which the tax is repealed for the year 2010 only.
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Federal estate tax is a levy on the transfer of property at death. Your gross estate will include the value of all property to the extent of your interest in it at the time of death.
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Under current tax law, the state death-tax credit is eliminated for those dying in 2005 through 2009 and replaced with an unlimited state death-tax deduction.
While the estate tax remains in effect (until it's repealed in 2010), most married couples will want to take advantage of both the estate-tax exemption and the unlimited marital deduction. This will reduce the federal estate tax to zero for the estate of the first spouse to die.
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By placing property in a special marital trust, you can arrange for you spouse to receive a lifetime income interest in certain property. After your spouse dies, the property will be passed on to whomever you have named in the trust document.
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PROVIDENCE – HealthSource RI, Rhode Island's health benefits exchange, has launched a new social media advertising campaign targeted to the "young invincible" population. The campaign encourages young invincibles to enroll in health insurance, teasing that if they don't, HealthSource RI will teach their mothers how to find them on social media.
The campaign includes an advertisement to Rhode Island Facebook users who fit the young invincibles age profile (ages 23 to 33). The ad drives Facebook users to www.healthsourceri.com, where they can compare plans, see if they qualify for a tax credit and enroll in the plan of their choice.
The campaign also includes an advertisement specifically to Rhode Island women ages 45 and older. This advertisement drives users to www.nagtoolkit.com, where moms are encouraged to "select a tutorial and learn how to be where your kids are. And how to nag them mercilessly."
The "Nag Tool Kit" includes actual instructions for using social media sites that are popular with young invincibles, including Snapchat, OKCupid, Tinder, Twitter and Vine.
The campaign was designed to be fun, as well as to recognize the powerful influence that mothers have on encouraging young adults to get health insurance.
The Facebook advertisements will run through the end of March. The March 31 deadline for open enrollment period for individuals and families marks the last day individuals can get covered in 2014 and avoid paying a federal penalty. Medicaid-eligible individuals may enroll at any time during the calendar year.
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PEABODY Eugene J. Gorini, age 89 years, husband of the late Mary (McNees) Gorini, died Thursday morning July 10, 2008 at Brooksby Village in Peabody following a lengthy illness. Born in Beverly, son of the late Mario and Dorina (Guiliani) Gorini, he was raised in Beverly and was a graduate of Beverly High School. Following high school, Eugene went to Washington, D.C. to read law. He entered the United States Army and served his country during WWII. Eugene was a resident of Hamilton for 53 years and had most recently been a resident of Brooksby Village in Peabody for the past 5 years.
Eugenes family was most important in his life. Raising his children took precedence over everything else. He taught by example. He lived his life by his actions and his accomplishments. He enjoyed fishing, gardening and was an outdoorsman. One of his passions was photography. While living at Brooksby Village, he enjoyed video taping for the in-house television station and photographed the staff and residence. He frequently edited the video tapes on his equipment and burned DVDs for the staff and residence.
Surviving him are 4 children, Helen Mary Gorini, Ph.D. of Savannah, GA; Catherine Ann Gorini, Ph.D. of Fairfield, IA; John L. Gorini and his wife Riselys of Shirley; Margaret Louise Gorini of Burlingame, CA; 3 grandchildren, Cpt. Richard E. Gorini, Esq., US Army, Cheryl R. Gorini, Derek B. Gorini, and several nieces and nephews. He was also the brother of the late Joseph, Robert, John and Victoria Gorini, Alma Gasperoni, Vivian Finniss and Louise Proulx.
A Graveside Service will be held at Hamilton Cemetery on Monday at 9:00 a.m. Relatives and friends are invited to attend. Visiting hours at the Campbell Lee, Moody, Russell Funeral Home, 525 Cabot St., Beverly (North Beverly Location) on Sunday from 1 to 3 p.m. Contributions may be made in his memory to Brooksby Village, Inc., Scholarship Fund, c/o Philanthropy Department, 300 Brooksby Village Dr., Peabody, MA 01960. Information, directions, condolences at www.campbellfuneral.com.


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2011 MLB Preview: Looking at Justin Upton and the Arizona Diamondbacks on Paper
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Before the start of last season, the Diamondbacks were a trendy pick to make some noise in the NL West. Then Brandon Webb's shoulder suffered a set-back and the season went down the toilet. The bullpen was atrocious, the third worst in Major League history. The organization decided to part with strikeout king Mark Reynolds to acquire bullpen help from Baltimore. Kirk Gibson got the manageri...


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-Upper Demerara wins track and field, overall winner unclear
A protest from South Georgetown, District 13, fuelled a series of other protests yesterday afternoon at the National Stadium stalling the National Schools Championships for hours as officials tried haplessly to get the various matters resolved.
South Georgetown barged onto the track sometime around 3pm yesterday, protesting the fact that East Georgetown's, Fiyad Sattaur, had been accredited with his identification as an athlete even though his Birth Certificate was late.
The registration process for athletes closed weeks ago and respective districts were expected to submit their athletes Birth Certificates during that process to verify their ages, but Sattaur's apparently arrived sometime during the Championships.
The South Georgetown team said that they were forced to follow the rules of the competition while other teams and "special" athletes were seemingly allowed the convenience of submitting documents whenever they were available.
"We are saying that we had athletes that we asked for one day leeway with to submit their Birth Certificates and GTU (Guyana Teachers' Union) turned us away. Now here is it that we have the son of a high ranking government official and he is allowed to submit his Birth Certificate whenever he wants. What goes for one must go for all," South Georgetown Team Manager, Selwyn Brown told Kaieteur Sport.
Brown indicated that East Georgetown manager, Rawle Duke indicated in a management meeting during the Championships that Sattaur's Birth Certificate came with instructions to ensure that the athlete competes in the Championships.
It took officials from the Union and Ministry of Education to remove South Georgetown from the track after they invaded during the 200m heats. Following their exit, there were other protests from East Coast Demerara and East Bank Demerara.
Both teams were protesting the quality and late arrival of the food for their athletes. The other districts stood in solidarity with them, delaying the Championships for about four hours after the weather had been kind to event all day long.
Rain had significantly affected the first two days of the competition leaving a lot of work to be done over the final day to recover the lost time. The protest did not help as students and patrons waited for the commencement of the national competition.
After hours of dialogue, officials finally made their way to the field under flood lights for the resumption of the competition, which ensued with the remaining 200m heats followed with a few cycling events then the 1500m and 200m finals.
Letitia Myles and Jevina Sampson copped three gold medals each after winning the 100m, 200m and 400m finals. Chavez Ageday completed a double with his win in the 200m after winning the 100m on the first day of the competition.
Those few battles tried to restore some structure to the event, but it was not enough as the organisers were forced to call an abrupt end to the 2011 Championships after the 200m finals at around 11pm, leaving several events were incomplete.
At that stage of the competition, after 93 finals, Upper Demerara emphatically led the track and field championship with 465 points. East Coast was second with 351 points with Corentyne third with 349 ½ points while North Georgetown was fourth on 339 points.
Up to press time, Kaieteur Sport could not ascertain the points for the cycling and the teachers' championships to give an impression of the overall winner. North Georgetown had won the swimming championship on Tuesday. The overall winner is a tabulation of the swimming, cycling, track and field and teachers' championships.
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After sending conflicting signals about its possible withdrawal from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), Iran has restarted its controversial uranium enrichment program (BBC), further raising the stakes in its diplomatic standoff with UN nuclear energy monitors. Iran also delayed talks with Russia on Moscow's offer to deliver enriched uranium for civilian reactors to Iran, foregoing the need to develop the proliferation-prone enrichment program inside the Islamic Republic's borders.
Over the weekend, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tehran would pull out of the NPT—a drastic step taken only once before, by North Korea—unless international pressure to open Tehran's facilities to full inspections relented. But Iran's foreign ministry quickly downplayed the suggestion, and, like many things in Iran, Tehran's real position remains unclear (al-Jazeera).
A week ago, the UN's nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), referred the Iran issue to the UN Security Council (PDF). The issue will not be taken up until March, and even then, says nonproliferation expert David Albright tells cfr.org's Bernard Gwertzman in an interview, no one appears optimistic right now that Tehran is ready to yield.
The standoff has led to a spate of media stories suggesting the United States or Israel might be planning a military strike to disrupt the Iranian nuclear facilities, including a detailed but loosely sourced piece in Britain's Sunday Telegraph.
Newsweek reports Israel, too, may feel it necessary to act militarily against Iran if international diplomacy fails to convince Tehran to desist. Several official Israeli warnings, the most recent just last month, have hinted at such an action (BBC). Such an attack wouldn't be Israel's first against an enemy's nuclear program. Israel attacked Iraq's nascent nuclear program at the Osirak facility in a 1981 surprise air attack. Israel's own potent nuclear arsenal, not subject to international safeguards because Israel never signed the NPT, is explored in this CFR Background Q&A by Lionel Beehner, while MSNBC.com offers an interactive look at Iran's alleged nuclear facilities. CFR held a detailed briefing for the media last week on the issue.


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University of British Columbia researchers have identified three major patterns that emerge among couples dealing with male depression. These can be described as "trading places," "business as usual" and "edgy tensions."
Published in the Social Science & Medicine journal and led by UBC researcher John Oliffe, the paper details how heterosexual couples' gender roles undergo radical shifts and strain when the male partner is depressed and the female partner seeks to help. Depression, a disorder often thought of as a women's health issue, is underreported in men, and little is known about how heterosexual couples respond when the male partner is depressed.
"Overall, our study underscores how women play a key role in helping their male partners manage their depression," says Oliffe, an associate professor in the School of Nursing whose work investigates masculinities and men's health with a focus on men's depression.
"Our findings suggest that gender relations are pivotal in how health decisions are made in families and for that reason, it's important to understand couple dynamics if we want to have effective interventions."
Oliffe and his UBC colleagues found that "trading places" is the most common pattern. In these relationships, the partners took on atypical masculine and feminine roles to cope with challenges caused by the men's depression. For instance, men assumed the role of homemaker while the women became the family breadwinner.
Oliffe says, "Here, women partners also broke with feminine ideals in how they provided partner support by employing tough love strategies for self-protection and a means of prompting the men's self-management of their depression."
The second most common pattern is "business as usual," when couples sought to downplay or mask any problems caused by the men's depression. Holding firm to idealized heterosexual gender roles, the women continued to support and nurture their partners. Despite their ongoing struggles with depression, the men continued to work hard to maintain their careers in typically masculine arenas, which in the study included engineering, science, law enforcement, forestry and coaching.
The third pattern, "edgy tensions," describes men and women caught in dysfunctional relationships. Each holding ideas of gender roles that differed from those of their partner, these couples grappled with resentment. The men resisted medical treatment. Instead, they used alcohol and illicit drugs, at least in part, to self-manage their depression. The women expressed ambivalence about conforming to the feminine ideal of being a "selfless nurturer," especially for men who were volatile and unpredictable. The men in turn espoused a view of themselves as head of the household.
The study conducted qualitative analysis through in-depth interviews with 26 men, diagnosed or self identified as depressed, and their 26 partners, from Prince George, Kelowna and Vancouver. The study participants ranged in age from 20 to 53 years old. The duration of the couples' relationships ranged from two months to 18 years; seven couples had children living at home.
The men self-identified as Anglo-Canadian, First Nations, European, Asian and Middle Eastern. Seven couples were in mixed ethnicity relationships. The men had varying levels of education ranging from some high school to graduate degrees; 14 of the 26 men were unemployed at the time of interview, and self-identified as being of low socio-economic status as a consequence.
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See item 6 above. A car should reflect one's personality and this car does that for me. Also love the fact it is available with a traditional manual transmission which is very rare in North America now.
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Edited by Christian Joseph R. Cumagun, ISBN 978-953-51-0489-6, 374 pages, Publisher: InTech, Chapters published April 04, 2012 under CC BY 3.0 license
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Plant pathology is an applied science that deals with the nature, causes and control of plant diseases in agriculture and forestry. The vital role of plant pathology in attaining food security and food safety for the world cannot be overemphasized.
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- Chapter 4 Novel Elicitors Induce Defense Responses in Cut Flowers
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- Chapter 8 Novel Methods for the Quantification of Pathogenic Fungi in Crop Plants: Quantitative PCR and ELISA Accurately Determine Fusarium Biomass
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By Tiernan Ray
As Facebook (FB) this afternoon joins the S&P 500, word comes from TheFlyonthewall that the company and its bankers, J.P. Morgan Chase, Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, and Barclays being the leads, have priced the company's 70-million share follow-on offering at $55.05.
That is close to today's close of $55.12.
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Forcing Security on Your PDF Reader
Researcher Didier Stevens, who famously focuses on the world of PDF files and the software which uses them, has tested some PDF readers after changing certain security parameters of the programs.
The relevant parameters are DEP (Data Execution Prevention), ASLR (Address Space Layout Randomization) and Windows Integrity Levels. These can be set by the developer in their linker or by anyone with a hex editor, a PE editor or using a tool Stevens wrote for the task. Stevens plans to release the tool (setdllcharacteristics) soon. Microsoft recently released a similar tool named EMET (Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit). Microsoft's tool doesn't set integrity levels as Stevens' does, but it does Structured Exception Handler Overwrite Protection.
When you change a setting like this you're taking the program out of the parameters set for it by the developers, so there's reason to believe it won't work. In many cases it doesn't. Here are Stevens' test results:
PDF Reader | DEP | ASLR | Low Integrity | Works? | Adobe Reader 9 | ON by default | ON by default | Forced on by Stevens | App doesn't run |
Sumatra PDF 1.1 | ON by default | ON by default | Forced on by Stevens | Worked. Some settings may be lost. |
Foxit Reader 4.2 | ON by default | ON by default | Forced on by Stevens | Sort of. Some errors. Can't change or access settings |
You can try this stuff, but don't blame me if it fails. For instance, Foxit appears to work, but the File-Open dialog box paints wrong. It's like putting aftermarket parts in your car; don't expect the dealer to give you warranty support on them. For instance,


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New Tuesday Brown Bag Book Group at PPL!
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Cost: Free
Providence Public Library
150 Empire Street
Providence, RI 02903
Trustee's Room (3rd Floor)
Tue, 2011-09-27 12:00 - 12:30
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September 30, 2004 Thanks for the MemoriesExpos Fans Share Their FondestYesterday was a tough day. Reading the media reports detailing the Expos' planned move to Washington, D.C. and the last game at the Big O wasn't easy to swallow.There was one major benefit from all of it, though: The avalanche of e-mails I received, from BP readers, old friends, family, everyone who felt the pain of losing the Expos as much as I did. There were even well-wishers with no attachment to the Expos writing in with encouraging words. The letters I received made me smile, even laugh. For that, I offer my sincere thanks. In fact, I'm going to go one better. After reading my Expos flashbacks, a slew of readers chimed in with recollections of their own, games, moments and players that left indelible marks, some from 20, 30 years ago. With their permission, I'm going to run those reminiscences here, for other readers to enjoy. But first, a couple of quick clarifications and corrections from yesterday's article. As several readers noted, Tommy Greene's no-hitter in 1991 was a day game, not a night game. This leads me to wonder how, as an 11th-grader at the time, I could have gone to that game. Uh, let's just hope Mr. Longo's not reading this. Also, I wanted to quickly bring up two other games that stood out for me, among the many I didn't mention. Several readers noted the infamous 1-0 loss to the Dodgers on Aug. 23, 1989. What made the game infamous? For one, it lasted 22 innings. The game should have ended several times during the course of the night, but kept going when umpires botched both a ball trapped off the right-field wall by Larry Walker that was instead called an out, and a terrible out call at the plate. After 21 innings of stalemate, the Dodgers tapped their 25th man, ancient backup catcher Rick Dempsey, to bat in the 22nd. Dempsey promptly jerked a ball right down the left-field line for a home run. The losing pitcher was the great Dennis Martinez, forced into an emergency relief appearance. The winning pitcher was John Wetteland who'd win Expos fans' hearts back in spades in later years after a Dodger giveaway (Delino Deshields for Pedro Martinez wasn't too shabby either). My two most memorable moments from that game didn't involve the game itself. Around the 15th inning, Tommy Lasorda blew his top, complaining to the umpires that Expos mascot Youppi! was overstepping his bounds, presumably dancing too vigorously on top of the dugout or something. The umps turned around and tossed him. Youppi!, not Lasorda. Safe to say, that's the only time I've ever seen a mascot ejected. My other memory of the game was figuring out a way to get home. I'd taken the Metro (subway, for you Yanks) to the game with my buddy Bean. Unfortunately the Metro doesn't run all that late on Wednesday nights. By inning 17 or so, we realized we were in deep trouble. Unable to coax our parents to pick us up, with not nearly enough cash to get a cab, not yet old enough to drive and lacking a car anyway, we started to get worried. We decided to go around to every person in the stadium, to see if we knew anyone there. Games at the Big O were always a social event growing up, and you could count on seeing friends and acquaintances every time. With fewer than 500 people left by the 20th inning, we found a kid we knew from a rival school, who'd piled into a van to go to the game with seven other people. Could we bum a ride, we asked? The question didn't even need asking. We stuck it out for five hours and 14 minutes that night, and we'd be rewarded for our persistence. One more. Aug. 15, 1995. The Expos were on their way to a last-place finish in the NL East. But my buddies and I had traveled to Shea Stadium, wrapping up the first of what would become an annual summer baseball road trip tradition; all we wanted to do was show up, cheer as loud as we could, and maybe get a few New York fans to throw batteries at us (actually I've always liked Shea, and Mets fans, but as first-timers at the time, we expected the worst). First inning, Expos put two men on against Jason Isringhausen. David Segui comes up to bat. Having been stripped of most of the stars from the 1994 team, the Expos were low on good hitters. But earlier that season, they'd managed to nab Segui from the Mets for a never-did-anything pitcher named Reid Cornelius. Segui was just a good player at the time, a .300 hitter with moderate power. But we didn't care. We wanted to let the Mets fans have it. As they announced Segui's name on the loudspeaker, the four of us got up, and at the top of our lungs, in the middle of the crowded first-base side box seats, belted out: "M-V-P! M-V-P!" Segui took a couple pitches. "M-V-P! M-V-P!" Then, ahead in the count, he got a fat pitch out over the plate. Thwack. Three-run homer. If you could have seen the looks on the Mets fans' faces as we chanted Segui all the way around the bases.... After the game--a 3-1 Expos win, of course--four lifelong friends/Expos fans spilled out of the stadium. As the trademark song played over the loudspeakers, we sang, horribly out of tune: "...I want to be a part of it! New York, New Yooooork!" Ah, memories. And speaking of memories, here's the best of what you the readers had to offer. Though I also received e-mails from places like Phoenix, New York and Germany, fare thee warned that plenty of Canucks--both current and ex-pats--also wrote in. Any additional u's left in the text are entirely intentional. Onward: Thanks for the article. Having grown up in Ottawa in the 1970s and 1980s, the Expos were always my favourite team in any sport. I remember my parents sending me parts of the Ottawa Citizen sports pages when I was at summer camp and checking the Expos box scores. I also remember scoring 40 games in 1987. Watching that 22-inning, 1-0 loss against the Dodgers, decided on a Rick Dempsey home run off Dennis Martinez. I was never as passionate a fan as you were, but even to this day--living in London, Ontario and only going, at most, to one game per year (most recently this past Saturday)--I've been a little happier whenever the team won and a little dismayed whenever they lost. There was always terrible frustration--over the terrible stadium, over the team's inability or unwillingness to develop patient hitters, the playoff near-misses. No great triumphs, but rather a lot of smaller ones. --A.W. Wonderful article. You said what needed to be said. Montrealers' love and participation in baseball goes back to the Royals and Delormier Park. On a day where I've been communicating with old friends at McGill architecture school, your words augment the nostalgia I'm feeling today. My dad took me to my first baseball game at the Jarry Park bleachers in 1970. It wasn't even a Double-A park and the bleachers were a simple metal grandstand that you'd find at any high school football field today. They were playing the Cardinals, and I got a close look at Lou Brock in left. But my most intense memory as a 12-year-old was seeing people shaking the structure by pounding their feet to rally the Expos. Although I didn't love the Big O, I did love those teams emerging in the late '70s; Cromartie, Dawson, Carter, Ellis Valentine, Rogers, and my favorite, Larry Parrish the alligator wrestler. I saw Tim Raines' first major-league game at the O. He led off the game with a walk, stole second, stole third and came home on the wild throw. I think that served notice that the Expos were going to be a dangerous team. Maybe if they didn't bring Steve Rogers in to pitch the ninth and Rick Monday hadn't hit that homer in 1981, (one of the saddest days of my life!) I believe the Expos would have beaten the Yankees in that World Series. Maybe then 1994 would not have had such a devastating effect. Oh well... --N.P. Thank you for reviving so many memories of Nos Expos. My history with the team goes all the way back to expansion and Parc Jarry--the underrated Coco Laboy, Beetle Bailey, Rusty Staub, Stoney, Ronnie Hunt--all these guys who taught a 10-year-old kid how to play baseball. We all mimicked Mack Jones' windmill warmup swings. But all the coaches taught us Rusty's upright stance with the front arm extended across the chest. The innocence ended with the 1981 team that Rick Monday knocked out of the playoffs (we just knew Steve Rogers would groove that pitch). Then again, that team wasn't so innocent itself; the drug abuse infecting major-league sports was rampant in the Expos dugout. Jarry was home to my favorite ballgame anecdote: Johnny Bench and the Big Red Machine were in town. Bench was going through an ugly divorce that was making the papers--his wife was a model named Vicki. I was sitting about four rows behind the Reds dugout and could almost reach out and touch the players as they walked down the steps to the bench. A guy one row behind me and about two seats to the left decides he's going to ride Bench all day about Vicki. First inning, Bench is in the on-deck circle, the guy yells in a long whine: 'Hey John-ny, how's Vicki?' Next time Bench comes up, same thing: 'Hey John-ny, how's Vicki?' Third time Bench is up, he hears it in the on-deck circle: 'Hey John-ny, how's Vicki?' Not once did Bench acknowledge the guy. Bench makes an out, trots back to the dugout. 'Hey John-ny, how's Vicki?' Bench looks into the stands, fixes the guy with an ugly stare at the top of the dugout steps, loads and fires a rope of tobacco juice that covers the guy's face. Still silent, Bench disappears into the cover of the dugout. I have two mementos from those early Expos: I'll swing my original Mack Jones' Louisville Slugger bat one last time tonight, and then lay it down next to my Rawlings Rusty Staub mitt. --B.R. From one lifelong Expos fan (born in Verdun, raised in Lasalle, now living far away) to another: Thanks for the wonderful article. The Curtis Pride anecdote brought tears to my eyes. I too was there in the right-field bleachers (no one ever believes me that it only cost a buck!). My fave memory: Gary's first game back with the Mets in 1984--he went 3/3 and my pal and I taunted Jesse Orosco in the Met bullpen below us, calling him 'ugly.' He went in and promptly lost the game. Valdereee Valderaaa... --D.W. I hope someone has already talked about (1) John Boc-ca-bel-la's name being a highlight, at a time when there were very few on-field attractions; (2) Rusty Staub learning enough French to talk to the media, but needing immediate translation to understand the questions he would then answer; (3) Val-der-ree Val-der-rah being sung by the throngs at the Big O; (4) Al Oliver's perfect swing that year he won the batting and RBI titles; (5) 1994; (6) setting the attendance mark for all of major-league baseball in the early 1980s; (7) Bill Stoneman pitching a no-hitter in the ninth game in Expos history; (8) seeing Tim Raines play second base (!); (9) Ellis Valentine's arm; (10) etc. I could go on and on. What a shame to be moved. It is a sad end to a once-glorious franchise. Will Montreal become the only ex-major league city (other than some 19th-century cities)? --P.G. Well, I join you in mourning. Our family grew to love the Big O and the 'Pos. From the teetering tower and the faulty umbrella that covers the field to the clack-clack of those dang seats that smack when you stand up, to the echo of your own voice. Once, I saw Tom Candiotti actually walk up into the stands, sit down and chat it up with some of the ladies. (OK, not during the game, but you know. How cool is that?) The players were always more relaxed and friendly, and it seemed you could always be close. (How about this: Did you know that Ellis Burks THINKS he knows the words to the Canadian National Anthem, but really he doesn't?) And Youppi! was the best of all the mascots, if only because he didn't HAVE to pretend he was anything. He's not a Parrot or a Chicken or a "Phanatic" or a walking baseball-head. He was an attraction unto himself. Our kids LOVED him. So let me share with you the one most memorable moment. It was Bonds (of course) hitting a ball to right that went so high and so far it hit one of the speakers hanging from the roof. It came back down onto the turf with extreme force, spinning, smacked the turf with an audible "whack" and bounced back about 20 rows into the stands off the right-field line. I believe it was Geoff Blum that applauded as Bonds rounded the bases. Everyone else forgot to. They just watched, in awe. I suppose it could have happened in any park. In PNC, it might have bounced into the Allegheny, and that would be neat. That wasn't the point. The point was that there was no TV contract at the time. We rushed to the concourse to see the replay on the TVs, because they stilled taped the games with the in-house camera crew. But the shot was so improbable that the camera man completely missed it. All you saw was the ball leaving the screen, empty right-field stands, and the ball reentering the screen for a moment. As if it was some errant piece of the ex-space station, it came straight back down onto the field. It was something only I, my family, and 4,000 of our favorite Francophiles could have witnessed. Now I live in New Hampshire, and the FisherCats games are very nice. I considered taking out a third mortgage so I could afford to take the family to Fenway, but my wife nixed the idea. It's still cheaper just to drive to the Big O. --T.S. I'm a big baseball fan from Germany, and although I'm a Yankees fan first, I always liked the Expos a lot. After hearing about contraction and relocation the last couple of years, I didn't think I would be that stunned when it became official. I once had the pleasure to see an Expos game at Shea Stadium in 2001 (they won 7-1 behind a great Javier Vazquez) and I don�t think baseball has seen enough of this team. But it's not only this move that makes me sad, it�s the general feeling that in all U.S. sports teams are moving to Southern California, Florida or Arizona. After all those Canadian hockey teams, the Vancouver Grizzlies, the Hartford Whalers and now the Expos. Fans in these cities have the same right to have a "hometown team." Who is next??? The Utah Jazz??? The Packers??? The Colts??? Baseball dies in Montreal and we get yet another faceless team without tradition in its new "home." It�s a sad day for sports. --Nicolai Kremer Great article. As an Expos fan from 1983 to, well, today, the whole situation makes me very sad. MLB doesn't know it, but they lost a distinct part of their history--"le premier coussin," "le voltigeur de gauche," "le grand chelem"--these are all parts of MLB history that no one will ever know about ever again. I've been in San Francisco for the last five years, and I've made sure to see the Expos at least once, if not twice when they visit each year. When I lived in Toronto, I saw the Canada Day matchup with the Jays every year. Expos fans loved their team, and no one can ever take that away from them. --G.D. Sitting here in Portland, this Saskatchewan boy's eyes are filled with tears after reading your article. Like you, I won't be able to cheer for a D.C. team, know for a fact that Rock is a Hall-of-Famer, and can see Curtis Pride tipping his cap. My memories go back to the promise of 1979, the great (?!?) Charlie Lea, the bleeping Mike Schmidt in the final series of 1980, Rick (double bleep) Monday, and Tim Raines' amazing May 2 game in 1987, the first game back due to the weird free agent rules and collusion of that previous winter. What baseball (and Bud Selig) have done to the Expos and the city of Montreal is terrible. --K.M. As a lifelong Expos fan, thank you for the memories. I will also sorely miss them. I will root for the former players (some already departed, like Guerrero and Cabrera, and the soon-to-be-departed, like Vidro), but given the gutting of the organization by Florida, there isn't really much to link the Washington franchise with the Expos of old. I hope the Expos win (last night). But I suppose if they don't, as I went to the game on Friday, I can say I attended their last home win, and it was a great game. With fond memories and sad regret, --Isaac Lin With the recent passing of my mother, I remember Mother's Day 1981, a double-header vs. San Francisco. It was cold in May at the Big Owe and my mother was bored, neither team was hitting. We finally left in the middle of the seventh, the second game of the double-header: Charlie Lea's no-hitter. That night was my first as a radio broadcaster at CKTS in Sherbrooke and I wrote and read a report on the game. --J.S. So many games that could be added to the list... Blue Monday, which is the first game that I can still remember watching. I'm sure I saw other games in the 1981 season, but they've faded, and Blue Monday stands out. The Braves series in 1994. Most people remember the Cliff Floyd HR in the first game of that series, but for me it was Wil Cordero's big hits in the second game that'll never fade. That weekend in L.A. in 1991, where Mark Gardner no-hit the Dodgers for nine innings, only to lose the no-hitter (and the game) in the 10th, followed by Martinez's perfect game on Sunday. Tim Raines' return to the lineup on May 2, 1987. Pedro Martinez going for a perfect game, hitting Reggie Sanders, and Sanders going ballistic. I still remember that 22-inning game against the Dodgers, with Lasorda blowing a gasket and getting Youppi! ejected. John Wetteland at the home opener, 1992. Standing O from the time he entered the game until he closed it out. First appearance in Montreal as an Expo, and the whole crowd stands. And people say Expos fans don't know much about baseball. Bah. They were excited about 1994 from the very start. --S.H. As a former Montrealer, and a huge Expos fan, now living in Prince Edward Island, I share your sadness in what now appears to be the final departure of Nos Amours. In reading your article, I also share many of the same memories--of wild Opening Day games and crowds, and of many pennant races in which the home team fell just a bit short. Among some of the other in-person memories: The 1982 All-Star game in Montreal, Pete Rose's 4,000th hit and a huge brawl featuring the giant Jeff Juden. I had the great pleasure to watch the fantastic talent of players like Tim Raines, Gary Carter, Andre Dawson, Pedro Martinez, Vladimir Guerrero, and lament the unrealized potential of Ellis Valentine. I also fondly remember that Montreal housed its share of eccentric/quotable players, from Bill Lee to Oil Can Boyd to Delino Deshields and John Wetteland. It seemed like the Expos were always faced with a talented rival that was just a bit better. I think of the 'we are family' Pirates (with Papa Stargell's golden seat way off in the Olympic Stadium distance), the Phillies with Carlton and Schmidt and later the fearsome pitching staff of the Braves. I will remember: the annoying scoreboard chicken; the Valderi, Valdera chorus; smoked meat at the Stade; $5 bleacher seats; and spying on (Expos fan) Donald Sutherland. But mostly I will remember the baseball and the players. I will remember Eli Wallach (we shared the same birth date), the sheer force of Larry Parrish's swing, the ageless Woodie Fryman, and Steve Rogers breaking his wrist while pinch-running. I will remember key saves from Ugie and Jeff Reardon, listening to Dave Van Horne and The Duke, and watching the Rock and the Hawk. Even when the Expos are gone, I will remember. Good luck in Washington boys. For me, this is where I get off. --Steven Harris
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JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM) has had a rough time recently, and it only got worse with a class action suit filed against it last week for putting customers' private information at risk, reports Reuters. The bank is accused of printing Social Security numbers on the outside of letters sent to customers. Ironically, the letters are supposed to notify them of the efforts the bank was taking to protect customer information.
The lawsuit, which was filed in federal court in Chicago, accuses the bank of violating both state and federal laws. The suit is being brought by the Hagen Bermans law firm on behalf of Alexander Furman of Illinois.
Furman first received a letter with his private information on the outside on September 1. He contacted the bank and was told that the problem would be taken care of, says Reuters. However, he received another letter from JPMorgan a couple of weeks later with the same information on the outside.