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Edwin Groothuis reports in this FreeBSD Security Mailinglist post that the OpenSSH package on ftp.openbsd.org, and possibly all mirrors, is trojaned. Makefile.in has been modified, an generates a shell-script that tries to connect to 220.127.116.11:6667 (web.snsonline.net).
This is the md5 checksum of the openssh-3.4p1.tar.gz in the FreeBSD ports system:
MD5 (openssh-3.4p1.tar.gz) = 459c1d0262e939d6432f193c7a4ba8a8
This is the md5 checksum of the trojaned openssh-3.4p1.tar.gz:
MD5 (openssh-3.4p1.tar.gz) = 3ac9bc346d736b4a51d676faa2a08a57


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Hi there, and welcome to my project to "uncut" Black Mesa! Black Mesa was a crowning achievement for modding for sure, but it felt like it was lacking a little in some areas, particularly Surface Tension. For those of you that were not aware, Black Mesa's version of Surface Tension cut out a map from the original which was integral to the story's progression. Its replacement felt rushed and poorly implemented. My mod attempts to add that little something back into the game. I took the liberty of re-adding the cut chapters from Surface Tension as I feel their omission strongly harmed the story and really damaged the tone of Forget About Freeman. I've given them the same treatment Black Mesa gave everything else. This mod currently adds 40 - 50 minutes of gameplay and story to Surface Tension, improving the Black Mesa experience and it's overall narrative. It integrates seamlessly with the Black Mesa campaign too, just like it should. Why not give it a whirl?
Only registered members can share their thoughts. So come on! Join the community today (totally free - or sign in with your social account on the right) and join in the conversation.
A very early preview of some of the major overhauls made to C2A5G. Still quite a few issues, bugs and gameplay related issues remain but overall the last half of the map looks significantly better and features lots of extra little side areas to explore.

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I want to write a program using Visual C++ 6.0 compiler and in C/C++
the question is:
thnx for the helpConsider a system where users query for and buy Songs. The system stores the purchase transactions that have happened so far in the form of a tuple (Ux,Sy) form meaning User x bought Song y.
Question: Whenever a user reviews content of a song S1, we want to present the user the top 5 songs that other users have bought who also have bought song S1. The program should not terminate and after printing out the list of users, wait for the next input. The input could also be a purchase transaction which would necessitate updating the transaction history. Further details are given below
<transaction-history> This is the name of a file that contains all transactions that have happened so far in that system; this will be in the form of a text file which contains one transaction per line. Each transaction is a tuple containing the user ID and the song ID (both are 32 bit numbers) separated by a space. For e.g., line "123 452" (file contains no quotes) represents that user with ID 123 has bought song ID 452.
<purchase-history> This is the name of the file that contains the purchase transactions that have to be updated to the system. The format of this file is the same as that of transaction-history file.
<song-id> The current query - the song ID that is being queried
Top 5 songs (sorted in decreasing number of purchases of that song and separated by spaces) that other users bought who have also bought the song that was input
Design characteristics:
a. The transaction history can contain up to 1,000,000 transactions.
b. Every day on an average 100,000 users use the system to review content of some songs (not necessarily buy). Every user has got a unique ID and every song has got a unique ID.
c. The solution should work for 1,000,000 songs and 100,000 users.
d. Every day 100,000 users review song details
e. Every day 10,000 users buy songs. (means every day there will be 10000 purchase transactions)
Example: In this example there are 4 users and 4 songs and whenever a user selects a song one top other song that users bought when they bought the selected song is displayed (note: u and s are given below for illustration, the real file contains only numbers corresponding to unique user and song IDs)
Transaction history: (U1, S1), (U1, S3), (U2, S2), (U3, S3), (U3, S4), (U4, S1), (U4, S2) and (U4, S3)
song: S3 (only U1, U3, U4 bought this song)
output: S1 (was bought by U1 and U4, two people)
Commandline of the program
The program is invoked with the filename of the transaction-history file. After the transaction history is read into the program, program waits for input - which is of one of the following types:
1. query <song-id> command - will print to standard output the list of songs that other users bought who also bought this song (top 5 - sorted in decreasing number of purchases of that song); print a new-line after the list
2. purchase <purchase-file> command gives an input file that lists the latest purchases that have happened. The file has the same format as the transaction history. The program should update the history with the purchases listed in the file
3. exit command exits the program
An example run of the program could be as follows (the numbers are for illustration only)
problem1 history.txt
query 1907
12 23990 2311
query 67621
123 52322 5378
purchase pur0202.txt
query 9792
89023 3289 23424
query 2308
91 391 1 1232
I really need it!!


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|View Poll Results: Potential Pairing - Multiple Choice Option
|Alto x VF 171
|Ozma x Bobby
|Ranka x Sheryl
|Sheryl x Alto
|Yasaburo x Alto
|Ranka x Ai-kun
|Alto x Klan
|Ranka x Alto
|Ranka x Brera
|Klan x Michael
|Ozma x Cathy
|Luca x Nanase
|Wilder x Monica
|Alto x VF25
|Yasaburo x Alto's father
|Alto x Brera
|Grace x Ranka
|Nanase x Ranka
|Sheryl x Klan
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|2008-09-07, 16:47
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|2008-09-07, 17:12
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If she was she wouldn't have told what she said in episode 3, saying she wants people to know she exists.
She was not known at the beginning of the serie, she was just since episode 13 with the Zentradi deculture...
If she has taken her success for granted, she just would have keep singing under Elmo's care in doing concert. She wouldn't have put her life at risk, and decided to sing for the sake of people in episode 16. ( She said she singed for Alto, yes, but she talked about Anata no oto, aimo remix was for everyone, Ozma...)
She left a letter to Nanase, this was showed in episode 21.
If she picked the wrong time, then Ozma and SMS Q did the same thing.
All the argument saying that Ranka was such a traitor in 21 fall now that you didn't say anything towards what Ozma and SMS Q did.
You talk as if sheryl was all alone in the world unlike Ranka who was loved like no one.
But Sheryl is a pro, no? So she is loved by her fan and we saw this in episode 22, wants to sing for people .
Ranka was a teenager girl who didn't really know what is the real life at the start.
She didn't have a lot of people who acknowledge her real talent to sing like Sheryl, she couldn't express herself by songs like Sheryl did. Why ?
Because she didn't have the courage to do so.
Alto, is of course the number one support of Sheryl but he was for Ranka too.
I'm using "was", not like he is not anymore but Ranka decided, it was the time to support herself by her own in episode 21.
Since the beginning he helped her to face her own difficulties( Macross contest, her memory, the vajra...)
She never took anyone for granted if you mean Alto by this anyone.
Ok she was desillusional back at episode 20 when she saw sheryl and alto together, but she wanted to express her feelings and saw the guy she loves with Sheryl( that's not no one) in some position.
Of course she was in the confusion but was heartbroken, not sad because she thought Alto was granted for her.
Sheryl didn't took anything around her for granted too but when she learned about her disease, and lose her career she gains new friends like Michel and Klan, she could spend more time with Alto, she could realize what is the life outside her life as Sheryl nome but just as Sheryl( She wouldn't admit it since episode 22 though...), like as she said in episode 5, Star Date.
Meanwhile, when Ranka learned about the remix Aimo which is killing her kind, she was left with Brera who became, we saw it in episode 21, the one who understand her the most now.
This discovery gives her what ? Sheryl's illness made her realize important things in her life.( having friends, Alto, being true with herself<< episode 22)
But Ranka ? What , does the fact of singing aimo and killing the vajra gave her ?
And I think this is why they made her quit the front of the scene like that.
Her character can only grow if she realize what is the real message behind all of it. And this, respond to your question, of knowing why she wanted to go to the vajra planet.
All we know is that she was picked on the streets by Grace and became Fairy 9 after have been modified. The experience part with Ranshei is still not that clear.
She keep living on without entering a state of depression you're right.
But you also forget to say that Mike and Klan was the one who helped her, going throught this state.
They took a big role in finding out about the pill and her disease.
Alto was also a big support for her, but Klan is the one who revealed him the truth, not sheryl.
Why did they make Klan reveal the truth ?... I think Klan's role in Sheryl's life is not ended and she may be the one who will stay with her at the end.
And this is not an assumption since you could say the same thing to Ranka's fan.
PS : This is Seifall, not Seifield.
|2008-09-07, 17:21
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I said:
"You also have to understand that this is a woman deceived from childhood to become a weapon. It was unfortunate that the experiment gone terribly wrong. Yet, she never complaint about her situation even after learning the truth."
I said "after", the keyword is "after", which she did eventually learn from Grace the horrors of the virus within her and from further research conducted by Klan (who revealed that Sheryl did indeed go through experiments). She was shocked at the truth, but she picked herself right back up. What did Ranka do? She ditched Frontier. Perhaps she made the right choice in settling matters with the Vajra, but she was taking a great risk and picked one awful time to do it. She had no idea if she was making the right decisions. Have you ever considered, that during her absence, if the Frontier was attacked again by a swarm of Vajra the size she encountered before she departed?
Moreover, was Ranka not a pro by later in the series? She was, wasn't she? That is what she wanted, no? So why didn't she act like a pro when Frontier needed her the most? Who is she becoming a singer for? Alto? That was never her original intention, which you spot it yourself, that she sang because she wanted to let others know that she existed. Then what happened? Voluntary disappearance.
As your claim in Ranka forsaking her love? Sheryl already done that. In fact, she was doing it. Alto simply offered his love to her, and there was no reason she should not accept. If Alto had done the same thing for Ranka, I am more than certain Ranka would have accepted his love, also.
- Tak
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|2008-09-07, 17:41
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Shipping, it's a nasty business. So easy to allow oneself to be engulfed in that realm of pointlessness.
Yeap, I completely concur with this brief outlook at both of these characters. Sheryl is one in a million. Ranka, on the other hand, has obvious faults. I suppose we can spot those faults in her because we are able to identify such faults in ourselves. She has been a likable character (for me anyway), but she has, nonetheless, failed to rise to the many occasion presented to her (as you've already pointed out). However, she is coming around as indicated in the recent episode.... coughtwentyonecough... The immature girl who has acted consistently along with her age thus far actually made a decision which is inconsistent to her character. She is trying to raise herself above the mutual destruction and hatred these two species, Humans and Vajras, are engaged in. Shockingly, she is willing to go through this particular route even if it may cost the affection of the person she has been striving for all this time. How about that!? Gosh, this teenager might grow into a woman before this series ends after all.
Once again, as you've already pointed out, the difference between Sheryl and Ranka is that Sheryl wouldn't have struggled to make a decision if she had the same knowledge as Ranka was privileged with about the Vajraa. Sheryl would also have made the decision to go to the root of the problem, to the Vajraa world, without waiting until the 21 episode even if it caused inconvenience to Kawamori. That's the charm of this woman. She is so darn positive in her outlook at life. An inspiration, really. Ranka, on the other hand, is just an average, self-conscious kid who can easily be dictated by others. So, when those average people rise out of the mediocrity, it tends to put a smile on people that recognize the special occasion. That's why I personally like her character.
Sheryl is a goddess. Ranka is someone who is breaking out of the mold of the average. *Hopefully, the progression made in Ranka's character won't see a reset.*
Once again, good read, Tak!
|2008-09-07, 18:17
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|2008-09-07, 18:35
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Shipping is pretty nasty. Sometimes, I wish I never found this place, just so I can watch Macross without thinking "Man, I wonder what those Sherylsheep are gonna say about so and so" and "well I'm gonna have to go through 20 pages of Sheryl fans blowing their load because of this scene". I'm sure my attitude about Sheryl would've been different if it weren't all this worshipping I read daily on these forums...but it's too hard to look away. It's addicting feeding my disgust for some reason.
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|2008-09-07, 18:59
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Sometimes I worry...
About the shipping wars, I'm of the mind that extremists do deserve each other.
It's much more fun to relax and have a good time, but I guess some do find it fun. And I have to admit I sometimes amuse myself with some of the more heated exchanges...
|2008-09-07, 19:04
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I said that :
You talk as if she knows the truth but she doesn't , like us.
All we know is that she was picked on the streets by Grace and became Fairy 9 after have been modified. The experience part with Ranshei is still not that clear.
Now where did I miss something ?
I said she doesn't know the truth. I was talking about her being picked up on the streets and modified by Grace.
She doesn't know that, all she knows is that she's dying and that Grace lied to her since the beginning.
I try to understand why you quoted me on that, but even in trying hard this is difficult....
" I wanted to reach you by my songs but it never happenned" .
Before that, she never was one and I did say it.
Even if she was overwhelmed by her sadness, she dissed it and only think of her duty as the weapon of Frontier = Singing to kill the vajra.
Even Grace said she was not the same girl of eleven years ago, she changed " .
After that she knew this was wrong, " it hurts ", she knows it and decided to learn the thruth about the vajra( why does it hurt ?) and her past( Brera, her mother,what happenned in Galia IV, her fold waves..)
She indeed act like a pro in episode 20 but not like a pro when she leaved Frontier.
Instead of that, she acts like she would have do if she knew the real people intention(Leon, Grace). So she made her choice and decided face the reality.
you can compare it to Sheryl in episode 22.
Sheryl in episode 22 in front of Alto acted like a pro but not like a pro when she leaved her " watashi wa sheryl nome ".
Rather than that, she acted like she would have do if she knew the real people intention aka Alto .
Well, people shouldn't jump to conclusion here, if you think I'm saying his real intention is to lover her back ?? All of my post should convince you that I think that Alto and Sheryl's love is real : between friends that's it ... Each his point of view..
I said intentionnaly she singed because wanted people to know about her existence.
After in episode 16 she started to sing to protect her loved ones " Ozma, Alto and everyone else.
However since the beginning she was in love with Alto. (at this time it was more of a crush than something else but evolved and was enough serious for her to go save him in Galia 4)
So, she was in love with him but only realized it in episode 20 when she singed anata no Oto.
so what happenned ? she decided that her fan are annoying?, Frontier people are strangers ? That she doesn't even know them but with alto this is different, he is always with her and she always think about him, and she loves him more than all the others ? No, really, I don't think this is that ^^
you spot it yourself, that she sang because she wanted to let others know that she existed. Then what happened? Voluntary disappearance.
This is simple, people know she exists now, so she can move on and sing for the only person who wasn't aware of her existence, Alto
More seriously,( yes ...) Alto was the one who listened to her singing Aimo, he is the one who supported her trought SMS since the beginning with Miss Macross Contest, he is the one ...
I don't know how I must explain it... this is call love that's all ! You never know when it comes but you know the adage
" love comes when you expect it the less " .
This is called the true beginning
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|2008-09-07, 19:34
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|2008-09-07, 19:46
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Of course she exists for him. Unfortunately for Ranka, she is not being seen by Alto the way she wanted to be seen. Such was the reality she could not face. Too bad.
Sorry Seifall, but at this point, you are simply exercising more desperation than reason. Seeing how you are unable to answer basic questions, I am not sure if we can continue this discussion without you pushing the edge and spewing nonsense. Thanks, it had been fun.
- Tak
|2008-09-07, 19:54
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@ Seifall
Thats very shallow reasoning, there. Your making Ranka out to be much worser than she actually is & Thats sad since ur supposedly a ranka fan. Its funny cos ur really missing all the important points & funnily enuf, unintentionally ( Ranka's influence I suppose) using your half-assed reasoning to sink your own ship.
|2008-09-07, 20:06
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|2008-09-07, 20:09
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Sure, we don't like Leon, but he is a piss-off, and death-flags have surrounded him since the beginning of the show, it is only a matter of time now, and we can really care less about that guy.
- Tak
|2008-09-07, 20:52
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On a side note did anyone think if Alto does decide to go after Ranka that Sheryl could come to? I would think that maybe the 3 main characters would be together in the final episodes. Well I know Sheryl is sick but I still think she would be determined to come.
|2008-09-07, 21:06
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I'd just like one reason, why Alto would go to Ranka at this point, with what we've been shown in this series. Less than 2 paragraphs and 8 sentences worth, in coherent ways, I'd like it explained to me.
Seifall, ani_d, orion, diva, druid, and others, this is a challenge to you across cyberspace. If your only answer is pure love, than you might as well just go off into your own little world, because Alto has shown absolutely zero interest in Ranka romantically or emtionally in 3 months.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Aug. 31, 2008) - The ETSU men's soccer team earned its first ever win in program history defeating Wofford Sunday afternoon at Snyder Field in Spartanburg, S.C., 2-0.
"We had a total team effort in the win today," said head coach Scott Calabrese. "Every single player made a contribution in the game, and we needed it with the hot conditions. For the team, getting the first win is key, and this will give us a great deal of confidence."
Freshman Sean Hoek (Newburgh, Ind.) got the Bucs on the board in the 6th minute as he settled an Andrew Brown (Montego Bay, Jamaica) cross and blasted a shot from 25 yards into the back of the net giving the Bucs a 1-0 advantage.
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Rihanna & Anne Hathaway: 'Saturday Night Live' Promo!
Check out a brand new promo for this weekend's episode of Saturday Night Live featuring host Anne Hathaway and musical guest Rihanna!
The 29-year-old Les Miserables actress and the 24-year-old "Diamonds" singer compare the amount of times they have appeared on the show and also compliment each others looks in the clip.
Make sure to tune in for Saturday Night Live on Saturday (November 11) at 11:29pm EST!
In case you missed it, watch Rihanna's new music video for her current single "Diamonds".
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The Dolphins, like any other NFL team, can suffer two basic kinds of black eyes. The first and most important one is a black eye to the football team itself -- be it in the form of an injury, or a loss, or anything that affects competitive advantage.
The second much less important hit, in my opinion, is the public relations and marketing hit a team might take from time to time.
The Dolphins today are dealing with two situations that offer both a P.R. hit and possible football hit. And I'm here to discuss what you care about: The football hit.
The situations? Diverse as they are, they involve the possible hiring of a new offensive lineman and the celebrating of a national championship college team.
Let's deal with the college team thing first. The Dolphins over the weekend announced that on Oct. 23, in conjunction with the Denver Broncos visit to Sun Life Stadium, they would welcome at least 20 former Florida Gators players, coach Urban Meyer, the Gator band, and that crocodile mascot thing to Sun Life to celebrate the Gators' 2008-2009 national title team.
If you listen to my radio show, Armando and the Amigo, you know this news got Hurricanes fans all angry because they view it as a betrayal by the Dolphins of the Hurricanes, who happen to be the Saturday afternoon tenants at Sun Life Stadium.
It is a marketing and P.R. issue because the Dolphins are today dealing with some irrate Hurricanes fans calling and e-mailing complaints.
I'm not concerned with that. That's intangible stuff.
What concerns me is football. Just football.
And this idea is bad from a tangible football aspect. Understand that Tim Tebow plays for the Denver Broncos. Well, he rides the bench for the Denver Broncos. That's not the point. The point is, the Dolphins on Oct. 23 could be welcoming into their stadium a sizable number of Gators fans, many of whom I imagine will want to see the guy that helped them to one national title and led them to the other do well.
A lot of those Gator fans, who otherwise might not attend a Dolphins game, just might find themselves cheering for Tebow -- who plays on the Broncos. And they might find themselves rooting for Tebow's team -- the Broncos.
So the Dolphins, a team that was 1-7 at home last season, might be unknowingly welcoming folks that will be rooting against the Dolphins that day. That is not exactly maximizing the home field advantage.
That can, to whatever small or large degree, affect Miami's football team and even work against the home team. That makes it a football issue that goes to the heart of competitive advantage.
On another front, you no doubt are already aware the Dallas Cowboys today released center Andre Gurode. He is a five-time Pro Bowl player. It was not an easy decision for the Cowboys -- certainly tougher than the cutting of Marc Colombo.
And now, as they do with most veterans that get cut, the Dolphins will consider their options. They will weigh whether Gurode might upgrade their troubled offensive line and decide whether to try and add the player.
This presents a football issue and a marketing and P.R. issue.
The P.R. issue? The fact is most Dolphins fans I interact with are sick and tired of the Dolphins picking up former Dallas Cowboys players. Many of them have not panned out, with most fans pointing to Akin Ayodele, Pat McQuistan, Cory Procter, Keith Davis, and Nate Jones as examples of that.
Obviously, Jason Ferguson worked out (for a time), Lou Polite has worked out, and Anthony Fasano has worked out (when his hands don't betray him). The jury is still out on Colombo and Kevin Burnett.
No matter. Many Miami fans are just sick of the Dolphins hiring Cowboys retreads.
So the possibility of hiring another Dallas castoff in Gurode is an emotional issue to folks. It is a P.R. question.
But again, I don't care about the P.R. aspect.
I care about football. And again, this is also a football issue.
As everyone is aware the Miami offensive line is coming off a bad game. When coach Tony Sparano growled their performance against Tampa Bay "wasn't good enough," he was being kind.
So do the Dolphins add a Gurode to upgrade that line?
I hope not.
To begin, Miami's biggest problem is on the right side of the line where right guard Vernon Carey seemingly hasn't gotten comfortable with his new spot and right tackle Colombo just yielded two sacks in the Tampa game.
So even if adding Gurode adds a good player, it doesn't directly add a player at either position Miami needs help. Yes, Gurode played guard early in his career. But he played it so poorly, he was nearly cut. It wasn't until he was moved to center by Bill Parcells that his career took off.
But the Dolphins have a starting center. Mike Pouncey is a big investment. He has played every snap this preseason at center. He is a center. The Dolphins are invested in making him into a good one.
The football question is do they abandon that idea for now to bring in Gurode to play center and move Pouncey to guard? The move likely improves your unit a bit in that it adds experience at center, adds more agility at guard and creates a competition at right tackle between Colombo and Carey.
But it retards Pouncey's progress as a center. It practically changes the entire dynamic of the Miami line, thus erasing whatever chemistry that line had built the past four weeks or so. The move also reeks of desperation and is a sign that suggests the team didn't get it right in moving Carey and signing Colombo in the first place.
Do the Dolphins do it? Do they add Gurode?
It's a P.R. question. But it is also a significant and serious football question.


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Eating Health Challenge, Brazilian Beef Feared to Have Disease
- The film "Fed Up" debuted over the weekend and Katie Couric, one of the producers of the film, is now asking people to visit the Fed Up website and join her challenge to avoid eating sugar-containing products and flour for 10 days.
This is in response to the Grocery Manufacturers Association's website, Fed Up Facts, countering the film's message about prepared foods. Couric says all products with added sugar and artificial sweeteners are included in this challenge.
The film says artificial sweeteners alert the body that sugar is coming, even if it is not, and suggests people cut out all flour products that turn to sugar in the body.
- Reuters reports Brazil has confirmed its second case of atypical mad cow disease with no link to contaminated feed.
The agriculture ministry says the diseased animal was incinerated and none of its parts entered the feed chain.
Classical cases of mad cow are caused when cattle are fed brain or spinal tissue of other ruminants now forbidden in nearly all beef producing countries. Atypical cases of the disease mean the protein is contracted spontaneously instead of through the feed supply.
So far several countries have banned some or all beef imports from Brazil which is the world's top beef exporter.


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The annual numbers game that occurs every offseason has begun and even though recently acquired defender Lovel Palmer's Twitter handle features the number seven (@LovelPalmer7), the Jamaican international has decided to wear the #5 shirt for the Fire this season.
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Alexander Skarsgard: More 'Maisie' Work
Alexander Skarsgard arrives on the set of his latest movie, What Maisie Knew, on Friday (August 26) in New York City.
The 35-year-old Swedish actor, who celebrated his birthday the day before, took time to greet fans and pose for photos before getting to work.
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Alex's schedule might just get a bit busier!
Along with True Blood, he's in talks for the thriller The East with Brit Marling and is rumored to be attached to the drama Disconnect.
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No. 14 Elis Beat Hoyas 13-8
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Double-digit victory campaigns have been tough to come by for the Yale men's lacrosse team, but the Bulldogs have now accomplished that in consecutive seasons. The No. 14 Elis beat Georgetown 13-8 today on a hot afternoon at Multi-Sport Field to improve to 10-2 heading into next Saturday's season finale.
Brian Douglass had three goals and four points and Matt Gibson added two goals and two assists as four Bulldogs enjoyed multiple-goal outings. Gregory Mahony and Matt Miller each hit the net twice with Yale outshooting the home team 39-36. Andrew Cordia, Michael Pratt, Cole Yeager and Brandon Mangan also scored.
The offense was clearly a significant factor but the defense and face-off work may have been the true difference in the Blue's fifth straight win. Yale held Georgetown (5-7) to three first-half goals while goalie Johnathan Falcone played one of his best games with 13 saves. He did not allow consecutive Hoya goals until late in the fourth when the game was out of reach.
The Elis' first-half offensive output put the game away, but there were times when the Big East team could have seized momentum. One of those times was a third-quarter breakaway by Travis Comeau, who deked high and fired low before Falcone picked it out of the air for the highlight save of the game.
Meanwhile, Cole Yeager was at it again, winning 16 of 25 face-offs and scooping up 14 ground balls. The visitors had an overall edge (39-35) in ground balls while improving its record against Georgetown to 9-0.
The tone was set in the first quarter from the opening face-off. Yeager, among the top face-off men in Division I, easily went around his Georgetown counterpart. Sixty-three seconds later Mahony made an excellent move to create space before firing low between Jack Davis' (13 saves) legs.
Falcone, who allowed one goal on the first nine shots he faced, made three saves on the Hoyas' first two possessions to make sure the momentum stayed with the visitors. His teammates fed off that. Cordia made it 2-0 when he grabbed a Jack Flaherty pass and fired a high shot over Davis.
Davey Emala put the Hoyas on the board at 7:05 when he knifed through the Yale defense and bounced one past Falcone to make it 2-1.
The Gibson-Douglass connection worked its magic on the next possession to give the Blue another two-goal lead. Douglass caught the pass while heading for the net straight on. He caught the pass and dove forward while sending a shot into the net. It was Yale's third goal on just six shots.
The seventh shot also brought a goal and a 4-1 advantage. It was Gibson's turn to get on the board at 3:02. The junior attackman notched his 15th goal of the season by making a spin move on his defender and releasing a lightning bolt from waist high into the upper corner for the last tally of the opening quarter.
If that goal wasn't impressive enough, his next would be. Gibson, using all of his strength, then powered through two defensemen to increase the lead to three on a shot that nobody in the stadium could figure out. The two Hoyas didn't allow the Bulldog to extend his arms but Gibson still managed to shoot from 10 yards out.
Miller drove to his right and released a lazor inside the far post at 10:32 to make it 6-2. He added a second late in the first half on a rebound of a Mahony shot.
Douglass showed in the first half alone why he is leading the Elis in scoring. His second and third goals helped build the margin to a six at intermission. He sprinted out from behind the net, dove and wrapped a shot around Davis before connecting with Gibson again on the following possession.
Yeager's dominance on the X (wins on 11 of 14 face-offs) allowed the Bulldogs to quiet the large home crowd. He also scored off a fourth quarter face-off to cap his superb day. Yeager and the Bulldogs had seven more first-half ground balls than the guys with the gray helmets and many of them came off 50/50 balls.
"He's a great player, a real competitor and he enjoys the challenge," said Yale head coach Andy Shay describing his sophomore face-off specialist during a halftime interview on the Mid Atlantic Sports Network.
This was a day of super athletic moves to set up Yale scores. Georgetown tallied to open the third quarter, but Mangan made a wonderful deke and sniper shot to prevent consecutive tallies by the home team.
Pratt, Yale's short stick defensive midfielder, dashed all hopes of a home team comeback in the final frame when he opened the fourth quarter by running out from the corner, taking a big hit and firing a shot past Davis to make it 11-5.
Goals by Mahony and Yeager finished out the Yale scoring, but the Elis didn't stop trying. The Hoyas changed goalies after hitting the net twice in the fourth to try to get more defensive pressure. The Bulldogs did not sit on the lead, the offense continued to put shots toward the cage before running out the clock.
BULLDOG BITES: Michael McCormack had four caused turnovers and four ground balls… This game was also show live on SNY, cable home of the New York Mets… Princeton's loss to Harvard today means the Blue has clinched one of the four spots in the May 6-8 Ivy League Tournament that will likely take place at Cornell… The Bulldogs finished the season 7-0 in non-conference play… Yale has won five straight games for a second straight season. The 2010 Elis did it in the middle of the season.
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Narcissistic personality disorder is a condition in which people have anexcessive sense of self-importance, an extreme preoccupation with themselves, and lack of empathy for others.
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Cause of this disorderis unknown. Early life experiences, such as particularly insensitive parenting, are thought to play a role in the development of this disorder.
A person with narcissistic personality disorder may:
- React to criticism with rage, shame, or humiliation
- Take advantage of other people to achieve his or her own goals
- Have excessive feelings of self-importance
- Exaggerate achievements and talents
- Be preoccupied with fantasies of success, power, beauty, intelligence, or ideal love
- Have unreasonable expectations of favorable treatment
- Need constant attention and admiration
- Disregard the feelings of others, and have little ability to feel empathy
- Have obsessive self-interest
- Pursue mainly selfish goals
Signs and tests
Narcissistic personality disorder is diagnosed based on a psychological evaluationthat assessesthe history and severity of the symptoms.
Talk therapy may help the affected person relate to other people in a more positive and compassionate way.
Expectations (prognosis)
Outcome of treatment depends on the severity of the disorder.
- Alcohol or other drug dependence
- Relationship, work, and family problems
Blais MA, Smallwood P, Groves JE, Rivas-Vazquez RA. Personality and personality disorders. In: Stern TA, Rosenbaum JF, Fava M, Biederman J, Rauch SL, eds. Massachusetts General Hospital Clinical Psychiatry. 1st ed. Philadellphia, PA: Elsevier Mosby; 2008:chap 39.
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Sir Patrick Stewart has revealed he will be reprising his role as Professor X in the 'X-Men' film franchise at some point in the future.
The 72-year-old actor - who has portrayed the character in five 'X-Men' movies - revealed he will be playing the alter-ego again at some point in the future during a Q&A session at the 2012 Montreal Comic Convention.
When asked directly by a fan whether he would be starring in the role again, he replied: "I think there is every possibility."
Patrick then proceeded to list the names of his female co-stars including Halle Berry and Anna Paquin and then added: "Yes, I'll be reprising." But he was then cut-off by his son Daniel, who started listing his father's male co-stars Sir Ian McKellen and Hugh Jackman.
But it is not clear whether Patrick was naming these stars to hint they are likely to appear in future 'X-Men' movies.
James McAvoy recently took on the role of Professor X - whose real name is Professor Charles Xavier - in last year's 'X-Men: First Class' movie, and the sequel, 'X-Men: Days of Future Past', is expected to be based on a storyline from the famous comic of the same name.
The original two-issue comic features time travel, which could be a way of both Patrick and James reprising the part of Professor X in the forthcoming film, which is due to be released in 2014 and star Jennifer Lawrence and Michael Fassbender.
James has already signed up for the role again, but there is no word on whether Patrick will be starring as the character in the movie.


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Nepal´s calling and in pleasent anticipation I will give a route descritpion about Nepals most beautiful highway, the Siddharta Rajmarg. Even though it is an easy and short ride, it has its charme and is a very nice one.
This 1970 opened road connects Pokhara to Butwal, the western middle country with the Terrai further to Sunauli with the bordercrossing to India south of Bhairahawa (Siddhartanagar). Typically for this stretch are deep gorges with boiling rivers, great views over some snowcapped mountains and the rural Nepali life in the smaller settlements along the road. Normaly it would take two- three cycling days (depends which direction you go), but it is strongly recommended to take time and explore the area a little deeper, for example the beautiful hill town of Tansen/ Palpa or Lumbini, the holy Buddhist town, where Siddharta Gautama was born in 563 before Chr.
Pokhara- Tansen/ Palpa- Lumbini- Sunauli (India) ~190km
Pokhara (800m)- Waling (800m), 65km, asc. 700m, dsc. 700m, max. 1180m, min 790m
Start in Pokhara heading south, leaving Damside turn right at Berauta Chowk and passing the first roadmarker of the Siddharta Rajmarg and getting through Chorepatan with the peacful Tibetan settlement of Tashi Ling (worth a visit) and the gorge with the famous Devi Falls. Now a climb starts of 20km leaving the Pokhara- Valley to the highest point on this day, the gate to Pokhara- Valley with 1180m above sealevel. After this warm- up its a pleasent ride down to Syangja set in a nice valley. Ascents and descents are changing but in generally its an easy ride with great views over nice gorges, green rice- paddies with singing farmers and small villages with typically Nepali houses and also passing small street- towns build along the roads, with more or less charme. Soon the town of Waling greets you, set in the scenic Adhikhola- Valley. Waling has a choice of some Guest- Houses along the mainroad, but they are not very cheerful and it could be noisy during night due to the location on the Highway. Exploring the Bazar road or the Valley are the only things to do here, but still worth. You can also continue a few km further, to the next town where accomodation is also available.
Waling (800m)- Tansen/ Palpa- Butwal (285m), 100km, asc. 100m, dsc. 1500m, max.1200m, min. 285m
From Waling it begins with some flat k´s before winding down on a narrow road to the town of Ramdi, crossing the Kali Gandaki River at the lowest point beetween Pokhara and Butwal at 500m. The scenery and the villages become more rugged and rural, the road winds through the narrow dramatic mountain scenery, mostly with a river set deep on the one hand and rocks rising high on the other. Get ready for a long ascent, up a small ´pass´ (don´t miss the views over the valley), but be aware the road climbs a little more up to 1200m, before descending down to Bartung, the junction to Tansen/ Palpa (1400m), from here its a last sweaty 6km up to this pleasent historical hill town. Palpa doesn´t look cheerful from the Highway through it is worth spending a few days exploring the ancient centre of Tansen and the walks in the surrounding hills with superb Himalaya- Views.
From here its an almost 40km downhill ride to the town of Butwal. But take it easy and enjoy the views over gorges with rivers and green valleys. After winding down the mountains passing by a big hindu- temple, were devotees threw coins and will pray or thank for a safe trip over this dramatic road. 4km more the mountains spit you out into the town of bustling Butwal a typically Terrai Town, hot, dusty and crowded. Butwal has a big choice of GuestHouses, Lodges and Hotels, but none are very inviting.
Butwal- Lumbini, 45km, flat, flat flat
Butwal welcomes you to the Terrai.To the sacred town of Lumbini its about 45km further, heading south follow the main road to Bhairahawa (Siddhartanagar) on the roundabout, which cannot be missed because of the huge Buddha image atop, head right and its a last 20 more k´s to the birthplace of Lord Buddha. After Butwal you will see a completly different Nepal than in the mountain areas of Kathmandu and Pokhara, its a little more `Indiantouched´ and flat, hot and dusty. Lumbini has a decent range of Accomodation available, but its a little overpriced.
further exploration around Lumbini
27km west lies the ancient Kapilavastu, where Siddharta spend most of his childhood, with ruins of the former palace. This way get connected to the Mahendra Highway, locals will show the direction.
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From Lumbini its straightforward to the Bordertown of Sunauli, get back to Bhairahawa (Siddhartanagar) and 4km further south India begins.
For those want explore the far western Terrai heading West its only 400km along the Mahendra Rajmarg ( East- West Highway) to Mahendranagar, the most western border to India. For cyclist heading to the western Himalaya of northern India. Approx. halfway the Bardia National Park awaits visitors with wildlife, if you can see them. This stretch is mostly flat except a small section between Chanauta and Bhaluwang. The road sometimes seems endless because of the lack of bends, so its actually straightforward, but the Terrai has its special touch of Nepal…


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Author Notes: The Bent Spoon, in Princeton, NJ, is one of the very best ice cream shops with inventive flavors, local ingredients, and incredibly delicious products. They make what they call "Banana Whip" which looks and tastes like very light, airy ice cream but is just frozen bananas run through a juicer. People are always SHOCKED to hear that it only has one ingredient. You can dress it up with cocoa powder and almond butter if you want more heft or a diferent flavor. —Posie (Harwood) Brien
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- Freeze bananas, pre-sliced (you can freeze bananas for a long time! The riper they are when frozen, the sweeter the end result)
- Place sliced frozen bananas in a food processor. Pulse until the mixture looks mousse-like and creamy. This will take a miniute or two, and it will look lumpy and quite messy and first but do not despair! It will suddenly transform into a creamy whipped texture so watch it carefully.
- Add cocoa powder and/or almond butter if you would like a different flavor.
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When faced with claims that climate change increased earthquakes and volcano eruptions, I'd always scoffed, thinking there was no evidence. That's just changed for volcanic eruption.
When the Ice Melts, the Earth Spews Fire
It has long been known that volcanic activity can cause short-term variations in climate. Now, researchers at the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (Germany), together with colleagues from Harvard University (Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA) have found evidence that the reverse process also occurs: Climate affects volcanic activity.
The basic evidence for the discovery came from the work of the Collaborative Research Centre "Fluids and Volatiles in Subduction Zones (SFB 574). For more than ten years the project has been extensively exploring volcanoes of Central America. "Among others pieces of evidence, we have observations of ash layers in the seabed and have reconstructed the history of volcanic eruptions for the past 460,000 years," says GEOMAR volcanologist Dr Steffen Kutterolf, who has been with SFB 574 since its founding. Particular patterns started to appear. "There were periods when we found significantly more large eruptions than in others" says Kutterolf, the lead author of the Geology article. After comparing these patterns with the climate history, there was an amazing match. The periods of high volcanic activity followed fast, global temperature increases and associated rapid ice melting.
To expand the scope of the discoveries, Dr Kutterolf and his colleagues studied other cores from the entire Pacific region. These cores had been collected as part of the International Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) and its predecessor programmes. They record more than a million years of Earth's history. "In fact, we found the same pattern from these cores as in Central America"...
...the geologists and geophysicists searched for a possible explanation. They found it with the help of geological computer models. "In times of global warming, the glaciers are melting on the continents relatively quickly. At the same time the sea level rises. The weight on the continents decreases, while the weight on the oceanic tectonic plates increases. Thus, the stress changes within in the Earth to open more routes for ascending magma" says Dr Jegen. The rate of global cooling at the end of the warm phases is much slower, so there are less dramatic stress changes during these times. [emphasis mine]
Given that the rate of temperature change matters, it seems plausible that we're in for higher volcanic activity.
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Thank you Ruth. Climate change causes so many imbalances in the ecosystem. I am sure we will be reading more research regarding all the imbalances.
That's interesting and it once again shows how important basic research is.
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OSWEGO — A new book co-edited by current and former SUNY Oswego faculty members recounts the indelible niches the women of New York state have carved, from suffragist Susan B. Anthony to astronaut Eileen Collins, from abolitionist and humanitarian Harriet Tubman to actor, comedian and producer Lucille Ball.
'Remarkable Women' celebrates state's difference-makers
In "Remarkable Women in New York State History," a book of mini-biographies, dozens of less well-known women shine among the celebrated, thanks to having made significant differences in their communities — among them Oswego County's Doris Allen, Muriel Allerton, Rosemary Nesbitt and Lida Penfield.
"We originally wanted the title to be 'Women Making a Difference,'" said Marilynn Smiley, SUNY Oswego professor of music, who with Helen Engel, former Oswego adjunct in biological sciences, served as co-editors of the book and co-historians for the state's branches of the American Association of University Women. "We asked every (AAUW) branch in New York state to submit a brief bio of at least one woman in the community who really made a difference in some way."
The outpouring that followed — edited to 145 mini-biographies from 85 different authors in 32 branches of AAUW around the state — kept Smiley and Engel busy for more than four years, resulting in the 320-page work published in May by the History Press of Charleston, S.C.
The path to publication actually began seven years ago, when Smiley noticed at a regional AAUW conference that Pennsylvania's branches had produced a similar work. She and Engel began research on women in the Oswego area who would fit the difference-maker criteria.
"The amazing things these (New York) women did really needed to be recognized, and I'm so pleased that they have been," Smiley said. "There is a sense of relief and of immense accomplishment" that it's done, she added.
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The co-editors see "Remarkable Women in New York State History" as a reference book for libraries, historical societies and for museums dedicated to some of the famous women. The biographies are presented alphabetically from Allen, a retired SUNY Oswego professor, actor and former local politician, to Rita Wright, a Cortland social worker.
But Smiley and Engel also view it as a potential source of knowledge and inspiration among a much broader range of women, students and others.
The authors hope the book helps convince young women "they can become leaders," Smiley said. "That even if they're in an era when what they're doing is very unusual — it's amazing how recently women were allowed to go to college — that they could accomplish it. … Some women at the (AAUW) state convention said they were giving it to their daughters and granddaughters who were graduating from college. "
Smiley and Engel acknowledge that as a reference work, there are significant gaps in the book. For example, former Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, one of the nation's most famous women and a Chappaqua resident, is not included, because representatives of lower Hudson Valley branches of the AAUW chose less well-known women to write about. Smiley said she shouldered one key gap herself, authoring a mini-bio of JoAnn Falletta, music director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.
In all, Smiley wrote 10 of the 145 biographies, and Engel, who did a great deal of the photo editing, wrote two. Their writing focused largely on women who made a difference in the Oswego area.
Smiley, who has taught at SUNY Oswego for more than 50 years, said the late Lida Penfield, longtime English professor and local historian, helped form the state AAUW in the 1920s, at the request of the Cornell University president's wife. Penfield became the first president of the association's Oswego branch after traveling to Cornell for meetings.
"Lida Penfield went there from Oswego, and I believe some other faculty members from here attended," Smiley said. "They were complaining because their salaries were so low. They were pleading for AAUW to make it known how low their salaries were. That's been one of the missions of AAUW ever since: equal pay, as well as equal educational and research opportunities."
All profits from the sale of "Remarkable Women of New York State History" go to the American Association of University Women in New York State, which owns the rights to the book. The AAUW, founded in 1881, advocates for women and families, attempting to break down any barriers to engagement and advancement that remain at colleges and universities around the nation.


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