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|7 out of 10 : Good
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|5 out of 10 : Below Average
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|2012-11-30, 02:44
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|2012-11-30, 15:13
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Episode director/storyboards by Yamauchi Shigeyasu, director of Casshern Sins and Yumekui Merry. Animation direction by Hayama Junichi, who has been an animator since 1984, when he was 19, and has been involved in shows like Transformers, Fist of the North Star, Casshern Sins, Toriko, and Penguin Drum. And it shows. Lots of praise for those two on 2channel. They also did ep5 (capture of Saki and Satoru).
As for the episode as a whole, a comment on 2channel said: "I unconsciously ended up weeping." To quote the episode: "I've always loved you." I thought so. Emotional devastation.
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|2012-11-30, 15:46
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I sure wished that there won't be any of Yamauchi/Hayama shenanigans for this series, because it seriously gets painful to follow with the abuse of zoomed pan and whatnot.
The color pallet and visual ambiant style are quite good, just like in episode 5, but the rest has a lot left to be desired, and the absolute persistent attempt to shoehorn characters emotions through those close ups lead to a complete opposite effect for me: it felt flat and arguably less subtle than what it could be.
Anyway, I can't say this episode particularly touched me whatsoever, due the cruel lack of character developments and interactions. Whereas SSY did a good job with the mood; the settings and characters interactions went deep down on the lackluster side, save Saki and to some extent, Satoru.
So the events in this episode felt... natural, as in: expected consequences of everything happening thus far, but it just couldn't stir any attachment whatsoever.
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|2012-11-30, 15:59
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|2012-11-30, 19:24
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Spoiler for well not really a spoiler but just to be safe until it gets subbed/safe for those who have already watched the raw:
7/10 for me because. . .saki, I cant stand that ho. and what kashikari said. . .hit the nail right on the head.
|2012-11-30, 20:01
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Than again, I found Casshern Sins of little interest -- except for the animation. And I love it when Shinbou goes all Shinbou and the critics rage. How do you feel about Shinbou, whom others criticize in similar terms?
|2012-11-30, 20:04
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Definitely agreeing with Klashikari on the directing on this episode, turned out to be way less emotional than it should've been because of how abrupt the direction of the episode was. The death of the dog had absolutely no impact due to being a mess of wierd, horribly animated movements and still shots, for example. I had no clue at all what was going on for the first 5 minutes or so as well, can't stress how awful I find it.
I will say however that the colour palette and visual effects did seem appropriate for this episode, everything was clearly supposed to be rather trippy, it's just everything else just doesn't work imo.
Other than that, I really do like that now with a proper explanation of karma demons a lot of the rules of their society suddenly make a lot of logical sense. If one person losing control subconsciously can do all of that, it's no wonder they take no chances.
|2012-11-30, 20:12
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It was very sad what happened to the pet, I guess I was sorry because I have several pets and understand that link. Beautiful episode, great ost and style.
|2012-11-30, 20:53
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Some anon posted these lines on the Hashimoto Appelbaum syndrome which the anime glossed over. It's not really spoiler so:
"At the moment, there's no treatment"
Shun put Subaru down. Subaru then starts to waddle towards me.
"The Hashimoto Appelbaum syndrome was originally thought to be related to schizophrenia, but current evidence suggests that this is untrue. What's happening in the brain is more similar to a panic attack"
Shun says, as if to speak of some distant third party.
"If reality were always constant and consistent no matter what kind of mental condition you happen to be in, treatment wouldn't be out of the question. But, if the world happens to change on your psychological whim, things become considerably more difficult. As a result, you end up being stuck in a spiral of negative feedback between the environment and the psyche, and all of this is occuring in the subconscious, making treating this illness a near impossibility"
|2012-11-30, 21:24
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Beautiful, touching tragedy.
It's not the sort of thing that makes me cry (because I tend to cry for "heartwarming" more than "tragedy"), but it's still very emotionally impacting. There's a melancholic mastery to it that does indeed capture much of the essence of "Art".
At a logical level, I loved what they did with the "Karma Demon" concept here. I loved how huge a role the subconscious played in it. Very Jungian, very metaphysical, an engrossing blend of "magic" (in the sense of limitless possibilities) and logic. Reality itself warps and bends uncontrollably due to the subconscious thoughts of a powerful PKer. As such, he must die.
Shun and Saki have one of the most compelling romance tragedies I've ever seen. A love ill-fated both by the society they live in, and by their own personalities and powers. And yet, a love so very true, as their love-infused dedication to each other was unflappable to the bitter end, resulting in the irresistible force ("Go, Saki, I will not have another person I love die in front of me!") facing the immovable object ("I refuse to go, Shun!").
And the visuals for this were just mesmerizing in their gnarly beauty and cool creativity. It made me think of some of the weirder comic books of my youth (think Sandman, Dr. Strange, stuff like that).
With all of that said, I can definitely see where Kazu-kun is coming from. Saki's loss is so total, so absolute, that it may well be painful to watch her go on after this. And any romance this show may throw at us will pale in comparison to what we've been shown in Shun/Saki, imo.
But I will continue to watch Shin Sekai Yori, because I do like some of the characters left behind and want to see more of this wondrous show, but I probably agree with Kazu-Kun in thinking that this is likely the definitive, memorable moment of this anime.
To draw a comparison...
Spoiler for MAJOR Gurren Lagann spoiler:
|2012-11-30, 22:09
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Episode was okay. I couldn't really invest myself into empathizing with Shun since he was so underdeveloped throughout the entire series. He remained mostly a one dimensional character and met his end in an anti-cimatic way.
I actually felt more sorry for Subaru than Shun in the end.
|2012-11-30, 22:20
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Anyway, you had an entire episode devoted to just two characters, with much of the focus on their feelings for one another.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but this is the first Shin Sekai Yori episode to be about only two characters (even Saki/Satoru's Queerat War Adventure had Queerats in speaking roles).
Plus, there's certain levels of intensity that just can't be beat. You can tell them, and feel them, when you watch them. A great example of this is the Gurren Lagann event I referred to in spoiler space.
Now, TTGL was still a great show for many episodes after that and straight to the ending, imo, but it never had another moment quite on the level of that one, imo.
And I get the same sort of "This can't be topped" vibe from this episode.
Sorry, but there's a passion and consistency and deep emotionality and perfect mutuality to Shun/Saki that I just don't see in any other pairing in this narrative.
Given all of what I wrote above, I don't expect anything after this episode to match it, at least not when it comes to romance. But hey, I'll just have to wait and see in that regard. I could be wrong, but obviously I doubt it.
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Is it that it keeps you up-to-date with what an organization is doing? Or is that not enough? Does there need to be some "news you can use" to make you keep reading instead of unsubscribing?
I have my own thoughts. I think a good e-newsletter should be:
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Young people shaping the global agenda
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Young people from marginalized and disadvantaged groups often
experience exclusion and disrespect. To ensure the rights of
young people, society must respect and be inclusive of all,
regardless of their gender, sexual orientation, marital status,
ethnic origin, religion, disability or age.
Jeremy (Xa Tấn Chương), is a 20-year-old Vietnamese youth delegate to the World Conference on Youth 2014. He is currently studying Business English in Ho Chi Minh City, where he also works as a Youth Ambassador for the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism. Jeremy shared his thoughts on diversity and inclusion with me.
Jeremy believes that, although Viet Nam has made progress, young people are not fully aware that different groups exist in society. "How would you feel if the world consisted of only black and white colors?" he asked. "It would be very boring. We need a variety of people to complete a whole picture."
We discussed some of the issues and challenges that minorities experience in Vietnam. "In my country, there are about 60 ethnic minorities who live in mountainous areas," Jeremy said. "However, many ethnic minorities do not have access to education. Another issue is language. They speak their own languages, but Vietnam has only one official national language. I strongly feel the need for inclusive policies for these children."
I asked Jeremy what he thought some of those inclusive policies should be. "For example, hiring local teachers who understand students' language and culture," he replied. "These ethnic teachers also need to be given training opportunities or financial support."
As a long-term volunteer at a local LGBT program, Jeremy was very eager to share his view on issues that sexual minorities face. According to Jeremy, 20 years ago, terms like LGBT or homosexual did not exist in Viet Nam. "We used a French word, pédé, to refer to these people. It simply means gay. Many Vietnamese still think that these people are mentally ill or can be cured," he said.
"When I was young, I thought just like them," Jeremy continued. "However, as I learned about LGBT communities, I realized that what I had been told was so wrong." He now believes that educating young people is key to changing society.
To make society more tolerant and inclusive, Jeremy believes that marginalized groups must be given more opportunities to voice their concerns. "I want the government to be more proactive in protecting minorities' rights. I want to see at least one person from all marginalized groups represented in parliament. That way, they can deliver a strong, unified voice from their communities," he explained.
Year of opportunity
The year 2015 is significant not only for UNICEF and our work, but also for young people themselves. It marks the start of a new set of development goals for the UN, and is an opportunity to include youth in shaping the agenda. Young people make up one quarter of the world's population, so it is crucial that we invest in their future. However, many of them are still struggling against injustice and unequal opportunities, even as I write this article.
The stories of Marina, Yang and Jeremy that I heard this week have taught me an invaluable lesson: the only way to help young people is to listen to them and work with them. We need to recognize young people as an asset of society and partners in our work, not just recipients of services, because they are equally ready to contribute.
Jeremy shared his final thoughts with me: "This interview reminds me that young people have to overcome many social barriers. But I do not want to be pessimistic, because we are young, energetic and have the willpower to challenge and learn from society. We can be an inspiration for both younger and older generations. I am confident that we will make positive changes soon."
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Hyunjeong Lee is an education consultant on adolescent development and participation at UNICEF East Asia and the Pacific


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Erving man dies in farming accident
August 21, 2013
WARWICK, Mass. (AP) — Authorities have released the name of the man who died in a farming accident in Warwick this week.
The Northwestern district attorney's office says 77-year-old Kenneth Hubbard Jr. of Erving was haying when his Belgian draft horses were suddenly startled, causing him to fall to the ground. He was dragged a short distance and pronounced dead at the scene.
An autopsy is scheduled to determine the exact cause of death.
The Recorder of Greenfield (http://bit.ly/1d58pu6 ) reports that Hubbard was well-known and respected in Warwick and Erving and his draft horses appeared in many area parades and festivals.
Information from: The (Greenfield, Mass.) Recorder, http://www.recorder.com


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One of the greatest defects of all mankind is that of procrastination. Our propensity to give into it has been a struggle down through the ages. Our day is no different, in fact, our comfortable and easy life probably makes it more likely. There is the classic quote by Spencer W. Kimball about procrastination, but I am too lazy to look it up now. I will do it later.
Fortunately, I have not been afflicted much with the dreaded disease. I get a bit antsy if something needs to be done. In fact, I would be one of those who would border on the workoholic side more. Always something more to be done and just not enough time to do them all.
All I know is if I have the mentality that it doesn't need to be done now, then I delay it. If I can switch it in my mind to be done soon, then it will fall into a queue and I continue working until the queue is finished. Somehow, I generally don't tend to see things as being a ways off. Which I think makes a marked difference between me and the next man. I believe I can have a state now, and will work towards it.
The same applies for me in the gospel. Many, many talk about when the Savior returns. Then we will have to live the law of consecration. Then we will get the temple work in full gear. Then we will live all the celestial laws. Then we will be more proactive in missionary work. Then I will repent. Then I will believe. Then we will work on learning the scriptures more fully. Then we will do this, then we will do that, then we whatever it is we will do. In reality, it is a bunch of hokum. The scriptures tell us so.
"And now, as I have said unto you before, as ye have had so many witnesses, therefore, I beseech of you that ye do not procrastinate the day of your repentance until the end; for after this day of life, which is given us to prepare for eternity, behold, if we do not improve our time while in this life, then cometh the night of darkness, wherein there can be no labor performed." (Alma 34:33)
Those who procrastinate will find themselves not knowing what they need to do. Not having experienced what they will have need to experience. They will be in darkness. As Joseph Smith said, "Hell is not knowing." Don't say you will change. Why will you change then? Why not now? Remember Lazarus, even if one should come back from the dead, they will not believe. Jesus already came back from the dead and yet we still don't act, we still don't live our faith, we still don't believe. Nothing will change then.
"Ye cannot say, when ye are brought to that awful crisis, that I will repent, that I will return to my God (or start coming closer to my God), Nay, ye cannot say this; for that same spirit which doth possess your bodies at the time that ye go out of this life, that same spirit spirit will have power to possess your body in that eternal world." (Alma 34:34). Why would the millennium be any different? If not doing it now, why then?
"But behold, your days of probation are past; ye have procrastinated the day of your salvation until it is everlastingly too late and your destruction is made sure; yea, for ye have sought all the days of your lives for that which ye could not obtain (Pleasure? Comfort? Relaxation? Work is an eternal principle. Rest is in the after life. Joy is for this life.); and ye have sought for happiness in doing iniquity (Sin is waste. Waste of time – killing time especially. Waste of learning. Waste of work. Waste of intelligence. Waste of eternity), which is contrary to the nature of that righteousness which is in our great and Eternal Head." (Helaman 13:38)
Is it any wonder why the Lord makes the following statement? "Hearken, O ye people of my church, and ye elders listen together and hear my voice while it is called today, and harden not your hearts." (D&C 45:6). Today is the day of salvation. Not tomorrow. "Behold, now it is called today until the coming of the Son of Man, and verily it is a day of sacrifice, and a day of the tithing of my people; for he that is tithed shall not be burned at his coming. For after today cometh the burning – this is speaking after the manner of the Lord – for verily I say, tomorrow all the proud and they that do wickedly shall be as stubble; and I will burn them up for I am the Lord of Hosts; and I will not spare any that remain in Babylon. Wherefore, if ye believe me, ye will labor while it is called today." (D&C 64:23-25).
Wow, if that is not harsh and clear enough, we are certainly beyond feeling. Very clearly the Lord states tomorrow is for the wicked. Today, if we believe, we will labor. There are no tomorrows in the Gospel. Today we work. Today we sacrifice. Today we repent. Today we build. Today we lift. Today we teach. Today we convert. Do not ever allow yourself to fall to the belief in tomorrow. Those who look to tomorrow will be burned.
The probationary games goes forward. Working today, with a hope in the mansions of the Father. Tomorrow for all intents does not exist. What we are going to do tomorrow doesn't matter really. Tomorrow may not arrive and today has been wasted.
Here is the verses that triggered this little soapbox. I think it applies just as fully.
"Wherefore, the prophets, and the priests, and the teachers, (let's include the deacons, the children, the Relief Society, the Apostles, the Seventies, the High Priests, and even those not in the church) did labor diligently, exhorting with all long-suffering the people to diligence; teaching the law of Moses, and the intent for which it was given; persuading them to look forward unto the Messiah, and believe in him to come as though he already was. And after this manner did they teach them." (Jarom 1:11)
"And the Lord God hath sent his holy prophets among all the children of men, to declare these things to every kindred, nation, and tongue, that thereby whosoever should believe that Christ should come, the same might receive remission of their sins, and rejoice with exceedingly great joy, even as though he had already come among them." (Mosiah 3:13)
We are to be acting as if he is already among us. He has come, more than once. Although not to the whole world in the big wrapping up scene yet, ye will. But to us, he has already come and that is how we are to be acting. We are to be keeping his commandments now. We are to be living a Christian life now. We are to be building Zion now. As the scripture above stated, we are supposed to be coming out of Babylon now. Not at some future time. I made covenants in the temple to live the law of consecration now. I have covenanted to live the laws of the celestial kingdom now. Not at some future time when we imagine they will be dictated to us. They already have.
"And Zion cannot be built up unless it is by the principles of the law of the celestial kingdom; otherwise I cannot receive her unto myself." (D&C 105:5)
We have to live the celestial laws to have Zion. We have to have Zion for the King to take his throne to rule forever. Zion will not be raised up and then we will try to live accordingly. We have to be living accordingly to receive Zion. Even the Lord said so.
"Behold, I say unto you, were it not for the transgressions of my people, speaking concerning the church and not individuals, they might have been redeemed even now." (D&C 105:2)
We may have already been redeemed if we were not procrastinating. If were were living as if he were already here. Let's get to work. Today. With President Kimball, let's DO IT!


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The Cal Poly Pomona men's basketball team will indeed be the David and get to square off against the Goliath when it comes to the sport.
The defending NCAA Division II champion Broncos have a deal to play an exhibition game on Nov. 4 against the reigning Division I champion Duke at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham
"It is crazy to even think about," added Broncos senior Donnelle
Booker. "That's the school everyone thinks of when it comes to basketball. I'm
sure no one knows about us outside of this area."
Cal Poly coach Greg Kamansky, beginning his 11th year heading the
program, said a representative from Duke first approached him about the game
about a month after the basketball season ended. He was not totally surprised
because Duke started its 2009 season against Findlay (Ohio), then the reigning
Division II champion.
The Broncos have played some exhibition games against major
Division I schools in the past. The most notable one came in 2006 when the
Broncos opened against UCLA at Pauley Pavilion and lost 73-43.
"We don't have any misguided notions about this," Kamansky
said. "We're not putting in a game plan for them and they aren't worried about
us. It's all about us doing what we need to do to prepare for our first regular
season game."
Duke will be footing the bill for the trip, everything from
plane fare to lodging accommodations. The team will be leaving on a Tuesday,
practicing in the venue on Wednesday and playing the game on a Thursday, then
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Mary Louise Chandler, 60, of Augusta, passed away Wednesday, July 10, 2013.
Mary Louise Chandler, 60, of Augusta, passed away Wednesday, July 10, 2013 in Andover.
Closed casket visitation with family, 2-4 p.m. Sunday at Headley Funeral Chapel, and service 10 a.m .Monday, July 15, 2013, at First United Methodist Church, Augusta. Burial will follow at Elmwood Cemetery, Augusta.
Mary was born in Laurel, Jones County, Miss. on Oct. 4, 1952, to the late Helen (Harrison) and Sam Lindsey. On July 10, 1970 at Laurel, Miss. she married Harris Chandler who survives her.
In 1974, she received her bachelor's degree in music education from Mississippi State University. She then taught music for 19 years in Augusta.
She is also survived by: sons, Harris Chandler Jr., and Robby Chandler and wife Bethany, all of Augusta; step daughter, Shari Kohs of Houston, Texas; brother, Sam Lindsey III and wife Diane of St. Marys, Ga.; sister, Jane Reed Crawford and husband Bob of Columbus, Miss.; grandchildren, Ariane, Aidan, and Braxton, and numerous nieces and nephews.
Mary enjoyed gardening and hand work, and had a passion for music and the Lord. She was a member of SAI, PEO, DAR, and BSF.
She was preceded in death by her parents, and granddaughter Lillian.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to First United Methodist Church Choir 2420 N. Ohio Augusta, KS 67010.


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Richard S. DeFrank is an Associate Professor in the Department of Management, C.T. Bauer College of Business, University of Houston. Dr. DeFrank received his undergraduate degree from Syracuse University, a Master's degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and his Ph.D. from the University of Rochester, and has done post-doctoral work at the University of Houston. Prior to his arrival at the Bauer College, Dr. DeFrank held a faculty position in the Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston.
Dr. DeFrank has published scholarly papers on a wide number of issues related to the workplace, including organizational stress, job loss, management styles in international settings, and nonverbal communication. He serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Behavioral Medicine and has been an ad hoc reviewer for numerous journals. His current work focuses on such topics as the psychological contract in organizations today, stress resulting from business travel and the built environment, the dimensions of and responses to compensation, and the type, severity and impact of job stressors among various employed groups. He also has consulting experience in organizations on issues related to stress and productivity. Dr. DeFrank teaches courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels related to the areas of management, organizational behavior and stress, and has received numerous awards for teaching including the NationsBank Master Teaching Fellowship, the Melcher Award for Excellence in Teaching, and the Payne Teaching Excellence Award.
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Florida State got the other three first-place votes. The Seminoles were last ranked this high during the first half of the 2000 season, the year after they won their most recent national title.
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IOWA FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Actor Hugh Jackman didn't just show up for Saturday night's reopening of the historic Metropolitan Theater in Iowa Falls. He and his family spent much of the day in the small community.
Jackman, his wife and children arrived in Iowa Falls on Saturday afternoon and went fishing at a city park before taking in festivities at the 114-year-old refurbished movie theater.
"I've never had my family with me on one of these. But it felt right here," Jackman said.
Jackman later greeted hundreds of people outside the theater, which was showing two of his movies, the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reported. He even sang briefly at a city park.
About 300 seats were available inside the twin-screen theater. Tickets sold for $100 or through a raffle that raised money for a local hospital.
Jackman's invitation to Iowa came from John Whitesell, a retired attorney from Iowa Falls who bought and restored the theater. Whitesell's son is Jackman's agent.
The Australian actor's visit comes amid a promotional tour for his film, "Prisoners."
Jackman said he was intrigued by the story of Whitesell's decision to rescue the theater from bankruptcy, and then spend roughly $500,000 to renovate the building and install two digital projectors.
The theater was originally an opera house and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places but had deteriorated before Whitesell bought it.
Whitesell said he had memories of the theater back to his childhood and he couldn't let it close.
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Don't believe everything you read about the impact of U.S. economic sanctions on Cuba, says Tommy Ferrara. Cuba's people aren't starving, and they may do very well without any trade with the United States.
"The most glaring truth that came out of my visit to Cuba was the tremendous cost to the U.S. taxpayer and the U.S. rice industry as a result of the embargo," says Ferrara, chairman of the U.S. Rice Millers' Association. "Cuba is doing just fine. We are the ones being held hostage by the embargo."
Ferrara, who accompanied a group of U.S. industry leaders and three congressmen on a trip to Cuba in April, says Cubans have problems, resulting from its 42-year experiment with communism.
"The embargo has clearly caused hardships, but they are well-educated, have food to eat and are provided with health care," he noted. "This is an island with 50 new hotels, none of which could be built by U.S. companies.
"Cuba trades with almost every other country, including our North American neighbors, Europeans and Israel. They don't understand why our embargo stays in place when we trade with Russia, Vietnam, China and North Korea."
Ferrara, president of A.C.-Humko Rice Specialties in Greenville, Miss., said the Cuban economy has been in transition since the Russians pulled out of the country at the end of the Cold War.
"They recognize that system of government did not work and will not work to meet all the needs of their people," he said. "During this time, the government has opened the country to investments from other nations on a partnership basis with individual companies.'
It's difficult to calculate the impact of economic sanctions on the U.S. rice industry, he said. But, it's safe to say that the total runs into billions of dollars in lost sales and American jobs.
Over the years, the U.S. government has allowed other countries to build rice handling and processing facilities protected by differential tariffs. "We need tariffs eliminated or reduced on U.S. rice, and to have equal tariffs during any tariff phase-out," says Ferrara. "Our industry can compete in any market if it's on a level playing field."
He said Congress could level the playing field in Cuba simply by lifting the embargo. "In addition, we need PL 480 funds made available to Cuba for a minimum of three years to purchase up to 200,000 metric tons of rice annually."
The chief stumbling block to such action: the Cuban exile community in Florida. "It's not hard to understand their feelings, but they seem to be willing to sacrifice any and all segments of the U.S. economy to maintain their position. And they seem to have a great hold on our politicians."
Ferrara says rice industry members must ask their individual representatives their position on the embargo and insist on their help in lifting it and the restrictions included in sanctions reform legislation last year.
"The U.S. rice industry and the rest of the U.S. farm economy can't afford any more delays or red tape. We need it lifted now with the right to travel freely to and from Cuba for all Americans."
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The 50-year-old actor admits that although playing the lead role in the show has been very successful, but the mute character has become tiring for him.
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On March 28, the Wall Street Journal ran a long story headlined, "Use of Food Stamps Swells Even as Economy Improves." The Journal reported that a record 47.8 million people are enrolled in what is officially called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, despite what the headline writer saw as a brighter economic picture.
One cause of the jump (from about a million fewer the previous year) is that President Barack Obama's administration has loosened eligibility requirements for food stamps. But that's hardly the whole story, analysts say. The simpler explanation is that record numbers of Americans are poor.
During the economy recovery, the official poverty rate has remained stuck at around 15 percent (the poverty line is $23,021 for a family of four). That's pretty much the same as the percentage of Americans getting food stamps.
At the same time, the stock market is roaring. This juxtaposition — market up, people down — should not surprise anyone, said Charles M. A. Clark, senior fellow of the Vincentian Center for Church and Society at St. John's University in New York.
"There's never been a connection between the stock market and poverty rates, or even the stock market and the economy," he told Our Sunday Visitor in a telephone interview.
Even economic growth doesn't benefit the poor like it used to, according to Clark, who teaches economics at St. John's. He noted that for decades after World War II, rising tides lifted all boats. Incomes at the economy's lower rungs grew even faster than those at the top. But that trend was upended in the 1980s. Now, Clark said: "The trickle-down effect has clearly stopped."
The reasons most often cited for the shift are globalization (which weakened the bargaining power of U.S. workers) and technology (which put a premium on high-skilled labor). But Clark also faults government policies that he says widened gaps between rich and poor.
He points to tax policy. In recent decades the wealthy have been taxed less as a percentage of their rising incomes, and corporate taxes are noticeably lower than they once were, as a percentage of the overall economy, Clark said. Financial deregulation also has allowed Wall Street to drastically up its share of national wealth.
As the U.S. Catholic bishops often have said, the basic moral test of an economy is how well the poor and vulnerable are faring. By that standard, the American economy isn't doing well and hasn't been for quite some time, as Clark sees it.
The problem, in his analysis, is that public policy is tilted toward the fortunate few. He cites the 2008 financial collapse. "We bailed out and made whole the very rich and the very industries that caused the problem in the first place, but we haven't bailed out the people affected by it," Clark said, referring to millions of homeowners whose mortgages are still greater than what their houses are worth.
To tackle poverty, "we have to address high inequality, which no one wants to deal with," Clark told OSV. Topping his agenda would be an all-out effort to expand access to higher education, which creates opportunities, and health care, which too many lack. And that would require government action, he said.
From a Catholic perspective, education and health care are social goods, but they're not ends in themselves. They're examples of what people need to become full participants in society. "In Catholic social thought, it's the participation that's important," Clark said. But that doesn't happen, he added, when people are excluded from higher education because they can't pay tuition or when they can't get the health care they need. (He feels the jury is out on whether the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as "Obamacare," will do much to solve the latter problem).
What complicates this outlook is that many people simply don't agree.
Samuel Gregg, research director at the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty, called for an altogether different agenda. Poverty is unlikely to ease, he said, unless Americans finally decide to rein in the national debt and support low-tax-and-regulation policies aimed at promoting growth through entrepreneurship.
"Business and market-driven growth is what gets people out of poverty on a sustainable basis. Not government," he said. "Just ask the millions of Chinese and Indians who have escaped poverty over the past 20 years" by way of rapid growth.
As to what could be done now to tamp down poverty, Gregg added, "Unfortunately, there are no quick fixes."
Other analysts are relatively optimistic, predicting the economy will expand and jobs will begin flowing a year from now. Clark acknowledged that economic growth would help. But it takes a long time to reach people at the bottom, he noted.
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Nightmare on Vogel Street
I'm just about to turn the corner, knowing Freddie Krueger is about to jump out and get me.
But Freddie Krueger was disguised today. He put on a lab coat and tossed a stethoscope around his neck. I was caught totally unaware when he slashed me to pieces.
On Sunday, for totally different reasons, I wrote about a situation where you are shattered. Like someone took your grandmother's priceless antique china platter and casually tossed it onto your brand new tiled kitchen floor. A zillion shards surround you, so you can't move forward or back. You are stuck in the middle of a nightmare. In my brother's case, it would be the scene in Indiana Jones when he throws the torch out and discovers he is in the middle of a sea of snakes.
This is a whole new level of mess.
In case you didn't see it going around on Facebook already, Sophia's tumor is malignant. We don't know exactly what kind yet, we will find out probably Friday, which will determine our treatment protocol. Numbers have been bandied about, she will probably undergo a year of treatment, maybe including both chemo and surgery.
It's unreal. We found out nearly 4 hours ago and while the waves are calm for now, the torrent lurks under the surface. I said I was ready to go to any level for God's glory and I am now (somewhat) regretting my words. Half of me is anyway.
There are places, things we must face and deal with questions we cannot (and maybe never will) answer.
I don't understand. God is still here, but He is being drowned out by the earthquake and fire and hurricane going on in us. I will do my best to listen for His still small voice when I'm failing to sleep tonight. But I will try - I need to hear it.
But what I wanted to share with you, beyond the devastating news, is what came to mind as Dave and I were walking back to the room after getting ourselves out of hysterics. It was a short walk, maybe 30 ft but we were holding hands.
When we got married, I bought a small window plaque that matched nothing in our kitchen (still doesn't) but I liked what it said so much. Dave said it was stupid and it was completely gooshy romantic. But I was a newlywed and thought we had been through so much. Silly me.
This is what the plaque says:
The little boat of you and me
went sailing on the deep blue sea.
We weathered winds and crashing waves
and we were strong and true and brave.
And we were still in love so
we kept sailing on the deep blue sea.
The little boat of you and me.
I would say we are going to have weather winds and crashing waves over the next year(s). So, I ask you to pray we will be strong, true and brave. All of us in our little family. I told Dave that I thought I would love him and our girls more when we were all done with this. We will keep sailing together.
And pray we will trust even more in the Eternal Captain of our ship. Jesus, you've got the helm. Take us home.
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- Mrs. T. said...
Praying without ceasing for sweet little Sophia! Romans 8:26--Janet TerLouw
- October 13, 2010 at 9:43 PM
- Joanne said...
I am praying for you and your family at this time....Proverbs 3:5-6 Joanne Williams from Ladies Bible Study Trinidad W.I.
- October 14, 2010 at 7:29 AM
- Lynne Piper said...
Oh Amy, my heart is heavy with this news. Why does God allow this? I don't know. Praying...yes, Lord, I agree with Amy...make something beautiful and lasting here. Heal Sophia through Your hands and those of the doctors. Help us, Father, we're desperate for some good news. Please let this tumor be one which can be dealt with concisely and finally, without endagering our healthy Sophia. Hear our prayer, please, hear our prayer. Amen
- October 14, 2010 at 9:26 AM
- alewing said...
I am praying for comfort and peace for you and your family. I am at work today(Hermann Hosp) just one stop away from you. If you need ANYTHING please call my cell 785-844-0166.
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- October 14, 2010 at 9:32 AM
- Michelle Pixie said...
Having walked in your shoes a mere 6 months ago I will send prayers and strength for you and your little warrior Sophia! xxoo
- October 14, 2010 at 11:37 AM
- Shauna said...
I can only imagine the fears and frustrations you and Dave and family are going through. My heart goes out to you and prayers daily. I do miss you guys and the crazy little girls running all over the house cracking me up. My how time changes from one moment to the next. You're a strong woman Amy and God will pull through I just know it. A huge hug sent your way.
- October 14, 2010 at 3:48 PM
- Heather said...
Amy, I am praying for your family & sweet Sophia. I havent been attending BCUMC, or seen you in awhile, but please know Im lifting you all in prayer. Know that God is walking alongside you all during this scary journey. HE will never leave you. HE has Sophia in HIS healing hands & I pray she will be healed of this soon. HE loves the little children and never leaves them. Its amazing how kids are incredibly resilient& strong- Ive seen it with my cousins 9 yr old who is healed of leukemia & I see it with our 17yr old friend who is currently battling it. Children are far stronger than we ever imagine. I cant imagine all the emotions you must be feeling, but I pray God gives you peace that passes all understanding. I also pray you find some comfort in knowing so many are lifting yall & Sophia in prayer. Hugs & Prayers to the Vogels. Please let us know if you need anything. Give Sophia a hug of comfort from The Tagle's.
~Heather Tagle
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O.G. Broe wrote:
Seriously what's up with all your usage and flipping of the N Word & what's your race because bottom line if your not black your either a racist in denial or ignorant with issues & frontin' period end of discussion
You belong on the White Rapper show. Youd fit in perfectly...well i dont know about the fit part, but you have the perfect minset, just like that guy who is always talking about black power. Funny stuff.


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Fri, Nov 12th 2010 8:55am
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Anonymous Coward, 12 Nov 2010 @ 8:59amHere we go with the bogus anti trust violation allegations again. Anti trust laws are never used for a legitimate purpose, only for things that are not relevant to anything.
A Dan (profile), 12 Nov 2010 @ 10:03am
Re:The good part of antitrust laws is the prohibition on collusion. That's the part that actually accomplishes its purpose.
Anonymous Coward, 12 Nov 2010 @ 10:24am
Re: Re:When has it ever been used to accomplish its stated purpose? The last example one can think of maybe the telco example and that was how long ago?
Anonymous Coward, 12 Nov 2010 @ 10:25am
Re: Re: Re:is maybe the telco example *
The Mighty Buzzard (profile), 12 Nov 2010 @ 12:52pm
Re: Re: Re:It got me like $15 from the CD price fixing class action. Not that they changed their prices much afterwards but it's better than nothing.
It's also gotten MS to offer less bundled versions of Windows over in Europe and they now offer you up a choice of default browser in the same.
They really do need to be more widely and thoroughly applied though.
Anonymous Coward, 12 Nov 2010 @ 9:26pm
Re: Re: Re: Re:You mean this one.
Lets see.
"Former FTC chairman Robert Pitofsky said at the time that consumers had been overcharged by $480 million since 1997 and that CD prices would soon drop by as much as $5 a CD as a result. "
Yet they only had to pay
"Monday to pay $67.4 million and distribute $75.7 million in CDs to public and non-profit groups to settle a lawsuit led by New York and Florida over alleged price-fixing in the late 1990s. "
Wow, what a bargain.
"It's also gotten MS to offer less bundled versions of Windows over in Europe and they now offer you up a choice of default browser in the same."
Wow, that really sounds like it accomplished a lot of good.
crade (profile), 12 Nov 2010 @ 9:14am" The real problem may be that Trend Micro jumped into a business that relied on another company continuing to suck."
Well, this is Microsoft we are talking about here. It's a pretty safe bet.
RandomGuy (profile), 12 Nov 2010 @ 7:58pm
Re:Beat me to it.
Bruce, 12 Nov 2010 @ 9:27am
Trend Micro is trending down.Trend Micro is wasting time and money with that claim unless TM can show collusion between MS and one of TM's competitors, such as Symantech. Acting alone, MS can do security. TM will go down in flames on that case unless they have proof of collusion. TM might look to Avast! for a better business model, rather than taking a flyer on a longshot litigation like this. This nowhere close to the powerful antitrust claim MS beat on IE. Trend Micro is trending down toward becoming an insignificant micro-business.
Joseph Durnal, 12 Nov 2010 @ 9:31am
MSE is the Ford Fiesta of AVIt does a reasonably good job for what you pay for it but there are better options available for those who are willing to pay more. I used to use AVG Free on my non business related systems but it got a little bloated and intrusive, so I switched to MSE. I've always kept ClamAV installed with a scheduled scan as a secondary measure.
Professorially, the big problem with MSE is that it really isn't manageable. I suppose that a small company with a hig risk tolerance would be OK with MSE but most businesses, organizations, & government agencies need something more. Even Microsoft competes with MSE, with their Forefront client security product.
The bottom line is that if you can't make an AV product that is better than MSE, you are getting what you deserve if folks aren't buying it.
out_of_the_blue, 12 Nov 2010 @ 9:37am
M$ inherently has inside info that gives it unfair advantage.If M$ wants to promote security, they can do it from the direction that they *utterly* control: the original code. If they were competent at writing an OS -- instead of attempting the accessories and thereby leveraging against other companies -- then they actually *could* cut out most security programs in a legal way. But, being M$, they profit from their flaws, and being M$ partners means profiting in the ecosystem that thrives on those flaws, and being M$ customers means a slavish acceptance that M$ is the only *possible* choice.
Anti-trust to reduce a monopoly -- even if it were "natural" -- is entirely a good purpose in line with historical use. The world basically is held hostage to M$'s stupidity besides cupidity, and if a really good virus is written, it could bring the whole house of cards down. It's too much risk to place on a company with M$'s history of unethical competition.
Anonymous Coward, 12 Nov 2010 @ 9:58am
Re: M$ inherently has inside info that gives it unfair advantage.Oh, right, MS should just take a lesson from all those other pieces of software that can't be exploited...
Oh, wait, there is NO SUCH THING as unexploitable software.
Anonymous Coward, 12 Nov 2010 @ 10:28am
Re: Re: M$ inherently has inside info that gives it unfair advantage.Give me a sledgehammer and a reasonably powerful electromagnet and I can make any system unexploitable and its data unstealable. :)
Anonymous Coward, 12 Nov 2010 @ 12:09pm
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Bengie, 12 Nov 2010 @ 10:18am
Re: M$ inherently has inside info that gives it unfair advantage.Ummm.. Win7 has very few exploits, about in line with Linux.
Anti-malware is only useful because people don't care what they install and they click yes to everything.
MS can't protect their OS against user stupidity, but they can offer a free semi-useful anti-malware to try to help users not shoot themselves in the foot.
CommonSense (profile), 12 Nov 2010 @ 12:04pm
Re: Re: M$ inherently has inside info that gives it unfair advantage."MS can't protect their OS against user stupidity"
They should be able to...it's their OS that trained the users to be so stupid and ignorant as to click 'yes' or 'continue' to everything...
Anonymous Coward, 12 Nov 2010 @ 12:20pm
Re: Re: Re: M$ inherently has inside info that gives it unfair advantage.Uh...
MS did not make the first GUI OS, nor were they the first to have confirmation boxes...
Bill, 12 Nov 2010 @ 12:05pm
Re: M$ inherently has inside info that gives it unfair advantage.It sounds like you are saying that if Microsoft wrote software without bugs that we wouldn't need antivirus software. That could not be any more wrong. The reason there are no viruses for Apple computers is because not that many people use them comparatively speaking. Apple OS is full of just as many bugs/security issues as Windows, it's just that no one bothers to exploit them because the impact isn't great enough. Antivirus software will always be necessary no matter if the OS is bug free or not.
The Mighty Buzzard (profile), 12 Nov 2010 @ 12:59pm
Re: Re: M$ inherently has inside info that gives it unfair advantage.That was a really terrible argument. A) who said anything about Apple or any other OS? B) No, if your OS has no bugs/security holes it cannot be exploited. C) If your OS cannot be exploited (completely impossible but for the sake of argument...) it does not need anti-virus software.
Bengie, 12 Nov 2010 @ 3:04pm
Re: Re: Re: M$ inherently has inside info that gives it unfair advantage.Anti-virus does not protect against exploits, it protects against user stupidity.
Anti-root kits protect against exploits there days.
MikeLinPA (profile), 13 Nov 2010 @ 2:59pm
Re: M$ inherently has inside info that gives it unfair advantage.I agree with you.
M$ shouldn't be making security software. They should make secure software.
I am not talking about the idiots that will click on anything, either. I am talking about the drive-by downloads that still happen in IE8, (That was supposed to stop being possible in IE7,) and the fake AV that invaded a Vista computer though M$ Outlook. XP was supposedly the safe OS. Then Vista was supposedly the Security First software. I haven't heard any nightmare stories on Win7, yet... (Except the nightmare of trying to administer it. I can't make heads or tails out of Vista or 7. Yuck! No fun at all!)
I asked this question almost a decade ago. Win2K had some security flaws. Supposedly, XP was more secure, but it was like 7 times the size. Then Vista came out and it was like 9 times the size of that. Now Windows 7 is still bigger, (but not quite as drastically, I don't think.) My question is this:
If a million lines of code has a thousand potential exploits in it, how can 7 million lines of code have less?
More code cannot give you less potential exploits. It isn't logical. It is way past time to de-bloat the OS.
Alatar, 12 Nov 2010 @ 10:33am
Mike, I have to disagree, this is an antitrust violationIf Micro$oft were publishing fixes and system patches to correct the flaws, I'd be fine with that.
But here they intentionnally don't fix it and push their antivirus solution. So this is unfair competition
mjb5406 (profile), 12 Nov 2010 @ 10:46am
Re: Mike, I have to disagree, this is an antitrust violationYou're kidding, right? They "intentionnally [sic] don't fix it and push their antivirus solution"? Nowe, if Microsoft (a) Prevented other AV solutions from working and (b) if they CHARGED for MSE, that argument may have a shred of validity, but MSE is free... there are plenty of people out there who don't want a do-all, end-all security suite, so they opt for the free software. And, by the way, is AVG or Panda ALSO guilty of antitrust, since they, too, provide free solutions (AVG Free and Panda Cloud Antivirus)? Anybody? Anybody? Buehler?
Alatar, 12 Nov 2010 @ 11:58am
Re: Re: Mike, I have to disagree, this is an antitrust violation"You're kidding, right? They "intentionnally [sic] don't fix it and push their antivirus solution"? Nowe, if Microsoft (a) Prevented other AV solutions from working and (b) if they CHARGED for MSE, that argument may have a shred of validity, but MSE is free... there are plenty of people out there who don't want a do-all, end-all security suite, so they opt for the free software."
(a) They have an advantage because they know the inherent code, whereas AV vendors don't.
(b) Are you sure MSE will always be free?
BearGriz72 (profile), 12 Nov 2010 @ 6:19pm
Re: Re: Re: Mike, I have to disagree, this is an antitrust violationC) Micro$oft were publishes fixes and system patches to correct flaws on a regular basis (at LEAST monthly)
D) Anti-Virus Software has very little to do with system patches and more to do with ID10T & PEBCAK issues in a modern environment. (IE the moron that does not UPDATE their software on a regular basis)
telnetdoogie (profile), 12 Nov 2010 @ 10:54am
Horse Manure!Alatar, that's total horse manure. You think they're ACTIVELY NOT fixing fundamental flaws discovered in their OS and instead address them with MSE? That makes no sense. If that were the case then Trend's solution would be just as capable of doing the same, so MS would be letting ALL BIDDERS (including Trend) solve their problems for them.
Anonymous Coward, 12 Nov 2010 @ 12:01pm
Re: Mike, I have to disagree, this is an antitrust violationHow do you fix users clicking and downloading every file that gets emailed their way?
Or do you honestly think that drive-by infections are the main issue?
telnetdoogie (profile), 12 Nov 2010 @ 10:51am
I'm lost...This isn't about "Does it fix its own security flaws... or is doing so a way to abuse its market position to put the security firms out of business?"
Do people honestly believe that the reason Windows is more vulnerable to viruses is because MS's product is or was fundamentally insecure? (OK OK, Internet Explorer was a pretty big open door for a long time) - No, it's because most people use Windows and it has the largest exposure!
It's about MS making a great anti-virus / anti-malware program and Trend can't stand that their customers are dwindling.
Before I started using MSE I did a lot of research... I wanted a native 64-bit app that had a small memory and CPU footprint and that had exceptionally good virus / malware interception capabilities with few false positives. In the studies I found, MSE met or exceeded every one of my requirements.
Why, then, would I pay for a Trend Micro solution? Let's imagine MS is out of the picture for now and MSE isn't available to me for free (or for pay) - I STILL don't choose Trend's AV product / suite because it's simply not as good as other products out there (even the free ones)
I just realized this post makes me sound like a huge MS fanboy and I have to tell you that is FAR from the truth. I just don't have much patience for Trend Micro and the like with their shitty, overpriced products that slow your machine down to a crawl and no-one in their right mind (after doing even modest research) would actually go buy.
interval (profile), 12 Nov 2010 @ 12:04pm
Re: I'm lost...You have several interesting & valid points, the plain fact of the matter is that in between the market manipulation and the anti-trust issues there is some genuine innovation that happens at Microsoft; Surface and the F# language are two examples. But when you come from a Unix/Linux background to the Microsoft world, and examine Windows and the like under the covers, some very strange architectural choices come to light, and many of those strange choices are in the security layer of the file system, as a negative example. NTFS has a very complicated and cryptic file protection scheme compared to permissions on a Unix file system. They've made some pretty frankly strange decisions in that arena and that cuts right to the heart of the matter. Also, in making their systems easy to use the decision default " on " all services and subsystems was a pretty bad one. Each and every service on a windows PC is a possible attack vector for malicious 'sploiter to 'sploit. Linux certainly has its own share of problems, the X display system is full of security concerns, for their bad example. But basic security is part of the Unix family, not an afterthought or a "feature".
Jeff, 12 Nov 2010 @ 12:17pm
WowWell, it just shows that Microsoft is stepping up to fix stuff that they overlooked and making it secure, safe, and better.
It's their software, they can do whatever the hell they want with it.
MikeLinPA (profile), 13 Nov 2010 @ 3:18pm
Re: WowNow if only they would de-bloat it. Patching is good, but rewriting would be much better.
Every good or bad idea that has ever come across the user experience has been integrated into Windows. Windows needs to take programs out of the kernel. The kernel should be impenetrable, so the OS isn't so easily corruptible. Root kits should not be possible!
The anti trust nonsense that occurred in Europe wasn't about M$ giving away a free browser, but that the browser was integrated into the kernel and could not be uninstalled. Give away all the crap you want, just don't incorporate it into the kernel so it cannot be removed, and be so easily exploited.
sniperdoc (profile), 12 Nov 2010 @ 12:35pm
Give me a break
This comes from an IT Director that had Trend OfficeScan on a network of over 230 workstations and found that Microsoft Security Essentials did a better job than Trend in keeping malware off of the systems.
When we switched from McAfee 8.5 to Trend Micro's OfficeScan 10(?) we had a huge influx of systems infected with malware through drive-by installations such as the AntiVirus 2008-2010 bug. That bug was so tough that Malwarebytes wasn't able to remove it 90% of the time and because of this we re-formatted 100% of systems that came in that way.
When I worked for the state, they were using Trend and it worked very well, but Trend has gotten extremely complacent. Their AV was extremely heavy, slowed systems down a lot, and even though it seemed to be scanning heavily, it wouldn't do an on the fly deletion of most drive-by bugs. It'd let them get to the temp folders and then sent out an email stating "Trend couldn't remove or quarantine X bug from C:\blahblahblah". What good is your crappy ass antivirus product then???
Why should I pay over $4500 for a yearly license when your product doesn't stop squat!?
MSE at least seems to be a decent on-demand virus scanner and according to AV-Comparatives was better than Trend Micro , catching 96.3% of bugs vs Trend's 90.7% and it's FREE!!!
Trend Micro's product also had the highest incidence of false positives out of a test set of 1.2 million malware sample. Trend dinged 38 false positives vs MSSE at 3... THREE! Rhymes with FREE!!!
You wonder why Trend is losing out to MSE...??? Really? You have to ask?
AV Comparatives has four ratings: Advanced+, Advanced, Standard, and TESTED. MSE received the Advanced rating compared to Trend which only received a TESTED rating.AV Compratives Feb 2010 Report(pdf).
Transbot9, 12 Nov 2010 @ 2:21pm
Hrm...This reminds me of when Norton and others (I think Trend was one of them) were suing Microsoft over in Europe for Microsoft to put the security holes back into Windows Vista that Microsoft used to have in XP.
Obviously, that didn't go far.
Heck, I don't even know if Microsoft markets Security Essentials beyond their own website. I was pretty surprised that the CNET rating was rather positive on the product, especially on a product that Microsoft put out only because people kept demanding it.
Ironically, Trend Micro trials are often found on newly purchased PCs - and Security Essentials has to be downloaded and installed. Too bad Trend Micro didn't pay attention to what happened to Norton, because now they're in the same shoes as Norton was a few years ago (losing market share as their program became bloated and not as effective).
Havvy, 12 Nov 2010 @ 10:35pm
AV SoftwareAll programs have security issues. Not all of them are fixed or knowable to fix right away. Hackers will eventually get into any large system through the various holes. They will leave a virus. Antivirus software cleans up the virus when the signature is known. It is the last line of defense against a virus before reformat.
Also, who cares if Microsoft has better knowledge of their own systems? If you are not allowed to build something because you know what others, what are you allowed to build?
Any improvement in the OS could be blocked by such a flimsy argument. Remember, an OS includes programs in it.
SLK8ne, 13 Nov 2010 @ 10:23pm
Good points but....I can't speak to 7 or Vista (which I have limited experience with) but, I can speak to XP, 2000. The encrypted file system works, but, only if you deliberately encrypt a file. Any Linux live CD or UBCD4 Windows can cut right through the security of any file that is not deliberately encrypted and password protected.
And I agree that no piece of software is absolutely secure, nor can it be. But, there seems to have been a deliberate calculated decision to leave the security holes open and to plug them after the OS goes to market. Microsoft products have been left vulnerable for many other explanations to make sense. Yes, no software can be made un-exploitable, but, the shear quantity of exploits against Microsoft software leads one to think that the beta testing for security has been somewhat lax.
Further, I'd point out that most of the world's web servers run some flavor of Linux using Apache, and there has been relatively few exploits against these systems. Some yes. But, RELATIVELY few.
I think Microsoft's biggest problems (historically speaking) are a) sloppy coding and b) as MikeLinPA pointed out, software bloat. Trying to do to much without taking time to look for security holes will always render software vulnerable.
AW, 13 Nov 2010 @ 11:06pmSecurity process for Windows: Download file--->possibly popup asking for admin access--->File is downloaded computer is infected. This is as complicated as it gets.
Security permissions for Linux: Download file--->Change file to allow executable--->Change permissions on file to root---> Sudo/$/Root--->run the file---> some small tiny area of your computer is infected...maybe...if a patch hasn't already come out in the 2 days since it was found to completely nullify it.
Mac Security process: Buy Virus because Steve Jobs said so. Install Virus...Call it OS something and name it after a large cat. Automatically deduct from checking into Steve Jobs checking.
Christopher (profile), 14 Nov 2010 @ 1:27am
Ah, but here is the argument.....Microsoft is NOT making their software secure, but rather covering up or trying to patch design deficiencies (some of which come from Microsoft's "Run Anything on our OS!" point of view) with their OWN offering.
There is some argument to say that since Microsoft knows where the holes are AND has the source code, they are better able than say.... Symantec to be able to offer solutions that use less memory and CPU power.
Opinionated Bloviator, 18 Nov 2010 @ 11:45pmActually MSE is a very clever corporate strategy, what better way to improve your security product that ot throw it out ot the unwashed masses to use, collect the data then profit. Having said that, the time will come when a version of windows designed from the ground up as a "default deny" kernel will in fact be secure. We may even see it by 2020.


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Tomorrow, those of you with PlayStation Plus subscriptions and a taste for blood and vengeance can join in the God of War: Ascension Beta. Demon's Souls is also hitting PSN for the very first time. But if gratuitous violence or sadism and masochism aren't your cup of tea, check out the fantastic new PS2 Classics incoming this week – they're infinitely more tame (wink wink).
Finally, I can rips heads off with friends instead of always being alone.
God Of War can't wait good to be a plus member right now
No vita game? Chronovolt was weak. At least give us quality psp and ps1 games that instead


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Topic: RPG- They kidnapped Coruscant!!!
Here's the deal on this new RPG. After the defeat of the Yuuzhan Vong and the return of the galactic republic, an intergalactic terrorist organization, "The Pain", has just succeeded creating a bomb that can teleport inside a planet, and destroy it. They have already placed a bomb in coruscant, and threaten to detonate it if the Republic does not relinquish control of the government to "The Pain" in 7 days.
You may play as a
1. Pain member
2.Coruscant native
3. Republic person
4.Someone else.
Please be consistent,use other characters wisely, blah blah blah....
Now then:
Av'yan Kel-los sat upon his ship far above Coruscant. He and his organization had succeeded placing the bomb inside Coruscant's core, and placed the ransom, only hours ago. Now, he simply needed to wait.He sat in his private room, clad in blood red cloak, gazing the city planet, smirking in sadistic glee.
"Excuse me, master Av'yan?"
"What is it, naive?" Av'yan barked as a lesser Pain member interupted his quiet time.
"Sir, we just found something on the holonet."
"Umm....the republic just placed a bounty on any member of the organization, 10,000 credits a peice!"
"Good. I'll remember that after our victory. We'll turn ourselves in to ourselves, and be rich as well!"
"Now begone!"
Av'yan smirked as he pulled down his hood, revealing the head of a Yuuzhan Vhong.
Outside, the "lesser Pain member" cursed in disgust of his master.
"That fool! Every hunter in the glaxy will be coming for us!" He mumbled, sick of their leader's pride. "It's time I, Alastor Greyz, took control of this team! I wouldn't be so foolish! I mean 7 DAYS? 7 WHOLE DAYS! What is wrong with him? " The adolescent Abbysan continued his monologue until he felt better. But one thing was certain, the seeds of descention had been sewn in Alastor.


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The mid-September weather was fabulous, but Carthage College's home football opener didn't turn out so well, as the Red Men (1-1, 0-0 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) were dismantled by Wartburg College (1-1), 27-3, on Saturday, Sept. 15 at Art Keller Field in Kenosha, Wis.
Wartburg struck early and often. The Knights got on the scoreboard on their initial drive, going 75 yards on eight plays, with Reese Thompson scoring from the 10-yard line at 11:25. A 14-play, 52-yard drive on their second series resulted in a 20-yard Knights field goal from Frank Loncoti at 2:09. That drive also ate up six minutes and 24 seconds.
Carthage collected its only points on the first drive of the second quarter that ended with a 29-yard field goal by Brett Bukari (Jr., Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Beverly Hills-Detroit Country Day) at 14:56 second period. Wartburg went up, 17-3, on the drive late in the half that went 80 yards in 18 plays and chewed up another six minutes and forty seconds. That scoring drive ended with a one-yard touchdown pass from Logan Schrader to Curt Hruska with 10 seconds remaining.
The Knights made it s 24-3 game with 10:36 to play in the third quarter on a 10-play, 56-yard scoring drive that ended with Reese Thompson scoring from the one-yard line. Frank Loncoti's 22-yard field goal with 8:08 remaining in the game closed out the scoring at 27-3.
Wartburg dominated the time-of-possession, 43:27 to 16:33. The Knights rolled up 458 total offensive yards, 249 yards passing and 209 rushing, while Carthage had 208 total yards, just 18 of that on the ground and 190 in the air. Wartburg's Reese Thompson ran for 119 yards and two touchdowns on 22 carries. Logan Schrader completed 21-of-30 passes for 209 yards, with Donald Miller catching six of those for 76 yards. Carthage quarterback A.J. Simoncelli (Fr., Downers Grove, Ill./South) completed just eight-of-22 passes for 142 yards, and running back Reggie Miller (Jr., Downers Grove, Ill./South) ran for 28 yards on seven carries. Red Men cornerback Mickey Johnson (So., Chicago, Ill./St. Rita) collected a game-high 13 tackles (12 solo, 1 assisted), including a tackle-for-loss.
"It wasn't much of game," admitted Carthage coach Tim Rucks. "We got handled in every phase of the game. Wartburg did what we thought they would do, but they came more ready to play than we did. Their offensive line set the tone for the game. They had a lot of long drives and just ate up the clock. The two offensive lines were the story, how good theirs was and how little protection we offered our quarterback. If there was a bright spot, our special teams play was very good. If you invest in something like Carthage football, you need to be embarrassed by a game like this. Our job between now and Lakeland next Saturday night is to get this right."
Carthage plays host to Lakeland College (0-2) on Saturday, Sept. 22 in a 7 p.m. game, also at Art Keller Field.


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Earlier this week I was on US Farm Report with Tyne Morgan and the whole show seemed to be about the surge in corn, beans and wheat prices. Most of these commodities are marking record highs of the past 6 months. These giant rallies have given the American farmer a great selling opportunity……or have they?
Let's go back to basics, literally, the basis.
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Perennial Park volunteers will be recognized Wednesday as part of Volunteer Appreciation Week at the Hillsdale County Senior Services Center.
Volunteers will be honored throughout the day with breakfast, lunch and ice cream and cookies from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Breakfast will be served from 7-9 a.m., lunch is from 12:30-1:45 p.m. and ice cream and cookies will be served from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Lunch will feature chicken salad sandwiches, cream of broccoli soup, fruit cocktail and beet salad.
Communications Coordinator Kelly LoPresto said the center�s 279 volunteers gave 6,538 hours during 2012.
�Perennial Park is truly blessed to have such as pool of talented and dedicated volunteers,� LoPresto said. �Their time and dedication really make a difference.�
LoPresto said the daylong event is new this year since people are on different schedules and the flexible times give volunteers an option as to which time of the day they wish to stop in at the center for recognition.
The mission of the center is to offer a reliable, compassionate help and encouragement to older persons, while promoting good health, independence, and community involvement.
Volunteers to be recognized