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Q: Isn't the waterfall enough aeration for my pond?
Staci – Bethel, VT
A: As your waterfall gurgles and churns gallons of water, it would certainly appear that your pond is getting plenty of aeration. All that action does, in fact, help with gas exchange and infuse oxygen into the water. But it isn't always enough, especially if you run your waterfall pump for a short time during the day.
If a pond isn't aerated enough, expect to see these telltale signs:
- Algae Battles: Algae thrive in calm water that's devoid of – and in need of – oxygen and beneficial bacteria. If you regularly fight algae blooms, that means your pond is out of balance and could use some additional oxygen and movement throughout the entire water column.
- Oxygen-Starved Fish: Fish that need more oxygen will hang out beneath your waterfall, where oxygen supplies are the densest. They may also be coming to the water surface, gulping and gasping for breaths of air because there's not enough in their environment.
- Too Many Fish: The general rule for a fish population in a pond is to allow 1 inch of fish per square foot of surface area. If you have too many fish, or your existing population has outgrown their space, aeration is critical to their health and well being.
- Stagnant Water, Mosquito Boom: Is the water stagnant in certain areas of your pond? Are you suffering through a mosquito boom in your backyard? These little pests prefer to lay their eggs and raise their young in still water – so you might have created a perfect mosquito habitat!
- Muck Accumulation: Decomposing plant matter and fish waste build up when the water is still and your biological filtration system can't keep up. That muck feeds the algae blooms, which create more muck.
Do any of these ring true? If so, your waterfall or stream is not providing enough aeration for your pond. An aeration system can help. The Airmax® PondAir™ Water Garden Aeration Kit is designed for smaller water gardens up to 2,000 gallons and The Pond Guy® Water Garden Aeration Kit is designed for water gardens and koi ponds that are up to 4,000 gallons. Both whisper-quiet systems can be run 24 hours a day, seven days a week, providing your finned pals and beneficial bacteria plenty of oxygen and water movement.
Pond Talk: Have you noticed any of these issues in your water garden?
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Club 8 has been quietly prolific for 13 years, releasing six albums, touring the world and furthering the mission of Sweden's Labrador Records, the best indie-pop outfit on the planet. In addition, multi-instrumentalist Johan Angergard splits his time with the brilliant Acid House Kings, a band you should Google now if their name is foreign to you. Therefore, after six albums, the duo (including singer Karolina Komstedt) should be a well-oiled machine, capable of crafting whimsical pop ditties with ease, given their experience and resume. Yet, The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Dreaming is not a perfect pop record filled with luscious melodies. It is pretty, unabashedly joyous and non-threatening, yes, but of little substance. The songs come and go, weaving through melodies from one to another, but nothing demands attention, not even the pseudo religious opener 'Jesus Walk With Me' or the concluding title track, one that surpasses the rest in its melodic structure, but again, is rather boring to listen to.
This is not bad at all, but not worthwhile either. All in all, there is not a genuinely disjointed sound on the record, as the songs create a mood, establish a theme and follow it to a tee. That theme, mastered by other artists on Labrador, is saccharine, dreamy and soft-spoken. Yet, within all this fairy-tale imagery, substance develops, usually reliant on quirky instrumentation and brooding harmonies. Both are non-existent here. Not as if they do not try though. A cello and a bubbling brook adorn 'Where Birds Don't Fly', but the song is stationary, never reacting to the nuances inserted to inspire Komstedt to raise her tone. She doesn't though, keeping things to bland to be enjoyable, however twee it is. A driving drumbeat and acoustic strum bellows through 'Football Kids', a song that could be brilliant, but again, nope. Komstedt adds some caustic wit into the brew, claiming that football kids prefer to get on the dole than get a job (true on you Karolina), but the terse tone clashes with the flowery melody, leaving the song a confusing mess, rather than a socially conscious pop gem. 'Everything Goes' is the same. The lyrics are interesting enough, commenting on drug use and addiction, but the song is simply a bore. This crafts a set that all is said and done, spun from end to end, no residue remains. I really do not want to press play again. Once is enough. These songs just come and go. That's about it.
Still, The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Dreaming is no lost cause. For Labrador standards it is in need of improvement, but aside from that elements exist to take make it worth a listen. The production is beautiful, Komstedt's voice is as soothing as cashmere and for a pop record, it maintains strong pop sensibilities. Unfortunately, pop sensibilities aside, it is bland and unassuming. That does not add up to a record worth buying.
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Time for the silly book game !
The instructions are: Grab the nearest book, open it to page 23, find the 5th sentence, post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.
The effects of the coupling to the light field and spontaneous emission can be added independently.
Obviously I am at work. If I was at home it would have been from the Camel Book, but Luis probably needs a break from Perl. I considered moving the laptop closer to a more interesting book. Unfortunately more interesting books don't necessarily have a more interesting page 23. Besides, it would be cheating (and I can't do the typesetting that some of them would have required).


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The City's Cemetery Division respectfully provides necessary and requested services and products to bereaved, at-need, and pre-need families in a cost effective manner.
The New Evergreen Cemetery is located on a 47-acre plot of land located on New Walkertown Road. It was opened in 1944 to take place of the former Evergreen Cemetery, a graveyard on private property owned by James Foy, a prominent African-American farmer. The original graveyard backed up to Smith Reynolds Airport and had to be moved in the early 1940's because the airport needed to expand it's runways in order to ship goods during WWII. The Work Progress Administration helped move 700 graves from the old Evergreen Cemetery to the New Evergreen Cemetery on what is now New Walkertown Road. The Winston-Salem Foundation helped pay for the move, spending about $15,000 to buy the land, grade and surface the roads and pay for the actual relocation of the remains.
The Chapel at Woodland Cemetery
The open air chapel is often used for committal services. A visitor to the cemetery will notice the simplicity of some single grave markers compared to the ornate grandeur of some monuments marking larger family plots. The Cemetery Division began a major maintenance program at Woodland in 1997 to address aging and deteriorating monuments and walls within the cemetery. Woodland remains a tranquil, picturesque property located in the shadows of downtown Winston-Salem.
Woodland Cemetery
The Cemetery Division provides year-round maintenance at both cemetery locations, including grounds keeping services, daily preparing individual gravesites for interment and routinely installing markers and monuments at the request of property owners. The Division also maintains historical records of all interments in city owned cemeteries.
The Cemetery Office for both Woodland and New Evergreen cemeteries is located at 2124 New Walkertown Road. For information about our cemeteries, please contact the office at City Link: (336) 727-8000.
Cemetery Office
From I-40 (Business), take Martin Luther King / Winston-Salem State University exit. Travel north on MLK to New Walkertown Road. Turn right (toward Winston Lake Golf Course). Cemetery office is approximately 1/2 mile on right.
From US 52, take Martin Luther King exit. Travel south on MLK to New Walkertown Road. Turn left (toward Winston Lake Golf Course). Cemetery Office is approximately 1/2 mile on right.
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Walmart's chemical policy: The right formula, but just a first step
Walmart's chemical policy: The right formula, but just a first step
Walmart's new policy (PDF) to require manufacturers of cosmetics and cleaning products to disclose ingredients in their products and remove priority hazardous chemicals signals a new era in sustainability. It's a critical first step on the path to safer and healthier chemicals in products.
Chemicals, after all, are at the foundation of our material world. All materials and products -- from paper to plastics, from computers to cleaning products -- consist of chemicals. Yet businesses largely have avoided even starting on the journey toward chemical sustainability.
Now many of them will not have a choice. In a single sweep, the world's largest retailer is pushing companies to go beyond regulatory compliance to reduce the use of hazardous chemicals, and to be proactive instead of reactive to the rapidly increasing consumer demand for safer products.
"This is because of the growing and changing expectations from our customers. We hear from our stakeholders, we hear more frequently from media. This issue (chemical sustainability) is rising on the radar in a number of ways," said Brittni Furrow, senior manager of sustainability of Walmart Stores, at a recent meeting.
Consumers want products made with the safest, greenest chemicals possible. They do not want to worry about being exposed to toxic chemicals such as lead, cadmium, bisphenol A (BPA) and phthalates. Yet most companies don't even know if these chemicals are in their products. They have no idea of the size, scope or impact of their toxic chemical footprint.
Companies that treat chemical concerns as irritating distractions or unjustified attacks are turning a blind eye to circumstances that fundamentally could affect their competitive position. The need for companies to know what's in their products never has been greater -- as Walmart's position illustrates. Toxics ignorance creates risk: reputation risk, toxic tort risk and market risk. In many ways, chemicals are the new climate -- they must be a core component of business sustainability programs.
Walmart's new chemicals policy, which can be summed up as "know, disclose and avoid," reflects core steps in BizNGO's Guide to Safer Chemicals -- first reported by GreenBiz last year: 1) know and disclose chemicals, 2) assess and avoid hazards, 3) commit to continuous improvement, and 4) support public policies and industry standards.
The guide provides a comprehensive framework for implementing a corporate chemicals policy for brands and retailers. It charts a course through the challenges companies will face as they move hazardous chemicals out of their supply chains and search for safer alternatives.
Know what's in your products -- and tell your customers
It seems simple enough, but many companies actually don't know the full chemical components of the products they sell, and they often can't even get the information from suppliers when they ask. So the first component of Walmart's new policy -- requirements for transparency and public disclosure -- is a major step forward in opening up the flow of information in the marketplace.
It remains to be seen how transparent the disclosure by Walmart's suppliers actually will be, but the principles of knowing and disclosing chemicals are a foundational step in creating a sustainable chemicals policy.
Cleaning product manufacturer Seventh Generation, for example, discloses all chemicals in its products. Hard drive manufacturer Seagate requires suppliers to provide it with all the ingredients in their products.
The open flow of information is crucial not only for building customer trust in an age when consumers demand to know what's in the products they buy, but also for innovation. The market works best when the most people have access to information, and when business leaders can make fully informed choices.
Avoid chemicals of highest concern
Clearly the market is starting to move ahead of the regulatory environment and away from chemicals of high concern. Walmart will require suppliers to phase out a priority list of eight chemical classes over a period of time.
Some brands already have begun to move in this direction. Procter & Gamble last week announced plans to eliminate phthalates and triclosan from its products due to consumer preference. In 2012, Johnson & Johnson pledged to remove phthalates, triclosan, formaldehyde and parabens from all its personal care products worldwide.
Getting rid of a short list of bad chemicals is an important first step, but obviously, many more chemicals of concern are in the products we bring into our homes and put on our bodies. To stay out front on this issue, companies must have a process to continually assess and improve.
Don't jump from the frying pan into the fire
Once companies decide to eliminate chemicals of concern, they must assess the safety of alternatives to ensure they don't end up with a regrettable substitute -- an alternative of equal or greater concern to the chemical being replaced. For example, companies are eliminating BPA in thermal papers, only to replace it with BPS, a chemical similar in structure to BPA that may be another endocrine-disrupting compound.
The GreenScreen for Safer Chemicals is a tool for evaluating chemicals based on their inherent hazards. It benchmarks chemicals on a scale of 1 to 4 (red to green), enabling companies to both identify chemicals of high concern to human health or the environment as well as safer alternatives.
Computer and printer manufacturer Hewlett-Packard, for example, is eliminating toxic phthalates and flame retardants from its products. In order to ensure the alternatives are safer, they require suppliers to provide GreenScreen assessments for chemicals they are replacing and to avoid GreenScreen "Benchmark 1" ("red") chemicals.
This year for the first time, the U.S. Green Building Council incorporated health considerations into its LEED v4 standard for building materials and now offers credits for using GreenScreen. Eight states also point to GreenScreen as a preferred method for assessing chemical hazards.
Assessing and avoiding chemicals of concern using tools such as the GreenScreen is essential to replacing chemicals of concern with safer alternatives.
The destination: safer chemicals
Firms on the path to inherently safer chemicals know the chemicals in their products and supply chains, disclose those chemicals to the public, identify the chemicals of greatest concern to human health or the environment, select safer alternatives and require their suppliers to do the same. These supply chain efforts lead not only to healthier products, but also better alignment with suppliers in areas such as quality and innovation. Safer chemical leaders are funding and overseeing efforts to develop and use safer alternatives.
Walmart's new chemicals policy firmly sets a standard that the era of merely being in compliance is no longer acceptable. The question now is, how far along on the path to safer chemicals are you and your suppliers?


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Repost from Center for American Progress
By Lee Badgett, Crosby Burns, Nan D. Hunter, Jeff Krehely, Christy Mallory, and Brad Sears
Under federal law it is entirely legal to fire someone based on his or her sexual orientation or gender identity. While many states, municipalities, and corporations have instituted policies that shield LGBT workers from workplace bias, LGBT individuals currently lack adequate legal protections from employment discrimination.
In fact, a majority of workers currently live in states that have not passed laws giving LGBT workers legal protections from workplace discrimination. Only 45 percent of American workers live in a jurisdiction where they are covered by a nondiscrimination policy based on sexual orientation. Only 34 percent of workers live in a jurisdiction where they are covered by a nondiscrimination policy based on gender identity.
The Employment Non-Discrimination Act would bring uniform protections to all American workers under federal law. Short of such a law, however, President Obama has the authority to extend significant protections to the LGBT workforce. Executive action from the president would give real, meaningful, and immediate legal protections to LGBT workers—protections that could mean the difference between being employed and unemployed.


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You have of store credit. To use it, simply place your order and you will be able to choose store credit as the payment method when it comes time to pay for your order.
Please note, these items are only available for home delivery locations. See here for home delivery areas.


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FOOD- DISH- El Charlottesvillo: The <i>other</i> Mexican place on Greenbrier
A sign above El Rey Del Taco, a Mexican restaurant on Greenbrier Drive, says, "Now Open," but they've been serving up authentico mexicano for two years now, says owner Morena Arebalo.
Arebalo, who has lived in Charlottesville for a decade, worked as hostess, waitress, and manager at various restaurants here and in Richmond before opening Del Taco. At lunch on a Tuesday, the place is so busy that Arebalo barely has time to talk. Considering they're right across the street from grande-sized Guadalajara (the site old-timers still call Barnaby's), you'd think things would be a little tough, but Arebalo says her restaurant is thriving.
For one thing, Guadalajara doesn't have the Cosina Mexicanay Cantina, which opened with the restaurant and operates as a bar/dance hall on Friday and Saturday nights.
"The dancing, the food, the authentic style make it very different from Guadalajara," says Arebalo.
She also mentions that Del Taco has dishes her neighbor doesn't have, notably tortas, one of Mexico's most popular fast foods. Tortas come in a soft, flute-shaped roll called a bolillo and can be filled with refried black beans, breaded beef, ham, egg, and sausage. Basically, it's a Mexican sandwich that's quickly joining hoagies, subs, and panini as one of America's new favorite to-go foods.
Arebalo also says she's surprised by the mix of people who come to the restaurant/cantina.
"Mexicans, African Americans, white people– they all enjoy the food and the dancing. Sometimes it's like a party here," she laughs.
Indeed, during the short time Dish spent with Arebalo, who once or twice needed a little translation help from a waiter, we felt transported to a little Mexican corner of Charlottesville. Viva la torta!
Artini update
If you haven't tried one of the whacky arty martini concoctions available at area restaurants these days, you still have time. As Dish reported, the Second Street Gallery's Absolut Artini contest/fundraiser has challenged restaurants to come up with art-inspired martinis to raise money for the Gallery.
So far, Bang, Blue Light Grille, Boars Head Bistro 1834, Cassis, Escafé, Fellini's #9, Michael's Bistro, Mono Loco, Oxo, Rapture, Starr Hill, and Zocalo have all signed on and are offering their creations.
For example, why not try the Monet (with an edible flower), the Rothko, the Damien Hirst (with a tiny shark), the Magritte, the Basquiat, the Russell Richards, or the half-dozen other art school drink mixes? (Sorry, no modern art Cliff's Notes available.)
The whole martini and art soak endeavor culminates at the end of June with a giant party in the Ix building at which the best artini will be crowned.
The folks at Second Street have also released the names of the judges. They include NBC 29 News Anchor Kristina Cruise, Scarpa and Rock Paper Scissors owner Amy Gardner, C&O bartender Farrell Kelly, Live Arts box office manager Darryl Smith, and jazz singer Dawn Thompson. Let's hope these all-star judges can handle the pressure– and their liquor!
Morena Arebalo, owner of El Rey Del Taco on Greenbrier Drive, says you must try their tortas!


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The BBC headline (above) describes Miguel Cabrera's triple crown in just about the most British way possible. Despite Venezuelans playing in Major League Baseball since 1939, and Venezuela's finishing ahead of the U.S. in the last World Baseball Classic, Cabrera still gets treated like a gold-medaling Jamaican bobsledder.
Even the article's kicker plays up the non-existent ethnic angle:
He is the first Latin American to take the honour, and his success was widely reported in his baseball-mad home country of Venezuela.
Yes I hear the natives there are positively enfevered by the Yankee game of base ball!


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HERO – Andy Payton
"My God, that lad can score goals. No matter how he gets the ball, you just know he'll put it in the net. He doesn't miss." – the dead-on opinion offered by one bloke at Boothferry Park in 1990.
I've never forgotten this, possibly as much for the fact that I was standing in the salubrity-free surroundings of the South Stand lavatories at the time, having a half-time slash. Payton had scored a one-on-one chance with exceptional ease and we were leading. I don't know who this fellow was, or indeed who he was talking to. He may have been offering this opinion to every person within earshot as he filled the porcelain. But as I relieved myself at the adjacent urinal (we'll leave the bogs behind shortly, promise) I found myself truly enlightened about Payton's ability, beyond the basic teenage hero-worship. That day I started to learn the game properly, and I became Payton's biggest fan.
Born in 1967, Payton was a confident Lancastrian who came to City at 16 as an apprentice. He had been on schoolboy forms at his local club, Burnley, who let him go in 1982 and would have to wait another 15 years before getting the chance to correct their error.
Brian Horton was soon talking up the potential of the fleet-footed striker and by 1987-88, after years in the youth teams, some eye-popping reserve displays and a couple of benchwarming experiences in the first team, he was itching for his full senior debut – and we were too.
Leeds United visited Boothferry Park three days into 1988, predictably showing the air of superiority and arrogance which their unclean supporters had cultivated meticulously since the Revie days, even though they weren't greatly better off than City any more and, for all their fruitless play-off dramas and Cup semi-final heartbreaks the previous year (two campaigns which ended ideally if you were a member of the Tiger Nation), were notable only for their ordinariness. City had done the deed famously at Elland Road already thanks to Alex Dyer's heel-toe magic and Garry Parker's persistence, and so now Boothferry Park was set to host the return. Horton picked Payton, just 20, to start.
He scored after two minutes. Poacher's effort it may have been, steering in a far post gimme as Leeds still decided whether they could be bothered, but it set the tone for a memorable 3-1 win (Richard Jobson's 25 yard volley was one of the most gorgeous things a 14 year old could ever see from the Well) and for a new City star to be born, right there.
Horton used Payton sparingly for the rest of the season, with only one more goal coming his way as City's form declined sharply, leading to the manager's ludicrous dismissal in the April. But City fans had seen enough to make their decision on the lad with the cocky demeanour and victimisable mullet.
There was serious competition, of course. Horton's strike pairing for most of that season was Frankie Bunn and Dyer, with Andy Saville adding a third option. Bunn was sold to Oldham midway through the season and Keith Edwards, barracked like hell over some domestic issue by City fans when Leeds visited, returned to the club. Before any new understandings could be forged, Horton got the boot and the summer allowed new manager Eddie Gray to rethink – and it involved Payton being used for pace rather than prolific scoring.
The lukewarm 1988/89 campaign, heightened only by the FA Cup run, saw Payton deployed in part as a right winger with strictly controlled licence to wander inside and form a three-pronged strikeforce with Edwards and initially Dyer, Saville or the outrageously ungifted Mackem lummox, John Moore, signed by Gray in the summer. The infamous sale of Tony Norman in order to bring in two seriously overweight chancers changed this sum-of-parts policy at Christmas, and now Payton had to look enviously from either the touchline or the bench as Billy Whitehurst became the most effective and forgivably graceless striker in the squad, all over again. He and Edwards got bagfuls of goals, including the two which beat Bradford in the fourth round of the FA Cup and petrified Liverpool prior to exit a month later in a match which made Barry Davies drool and caterwaul in the commentary box.
Payton's saving grace as he aimed to claim the centre of the attack again was Gray's willingness to flog the others in the same boat. Dyer, a strong and awkward figure with a fine first touch, went to Crystal Palace to become a perpetual 14th man, while Saville – nobody's favourite City centre forward – went to Walsall on the same day that Gray signed Payton's key to prosperity, Peter Swan. To the manager's credit, he recognised Moore's inability to play football almost as quickly as the City fans did, and got shut after fewer than a dozen starts and one goal (which was a deflection off the back of his head on a Ken De Mange shot anyway). Payton now had to cope solely with Edwards and Whitehurst, as Swan had been signed as a defender and Ian McParland, a player of terrific ability which he largely was to waste in a City shirt, was being deployed in midfield since his own arrival mid-season.
City had a torrid, victory-free ending to a season which had promised much, to the extent that Gray got an unexpected bullet in the summer. Colin Appleton's ill-fated second spell at the club did at least allow Payton to play up front semi-regularly after he sold Edwards, a feat which was largely unnoticed as City couldn't win a game. The change in the boardroom which saw Richard Chetham take the chairmanship and immediately give Appleton his cards proved to be Payton's turning point. In came Stan Ternent, and he instantly sold off the ageing Whitehurst, told Swan he was more effective up top (until injury prompted the purchase of the super-greedy malingerer Dave Bamber), stuck McParland on the bench and gave Payton the free-scoring responsibility he craved. City stayed up, despite being without a victory until November (a run which ended in Ternent's first game with Payton scoring as a sub in a memorable 3-2 win at Bradford) and the youthful, utterly self-believing striker ended up with 17 for the campaign, a goal for every two starts. Bamber got three…
Payton's qualities – quick, cultured, utterly focussed – became as sure a sight as the ball nestling in the opposition net when he was in possession of it. He did his share of goal-hanging (which some pompous types see as a striking weakness that flouts the rules of purism; not that it ever prevented Edwards ever being described as anything but a supreme finisher) but his anticipation of a chance around the six-yard box was flawless and City gained points and plaudits from many a tight occasion thanks to their striker's reading of the situation.
But it was the 1990-91 sunken season which, perversely, made Payton's name nationally. City were a desperate team under the profligate Ternent and yet receiving surprisingly few sneers and brickbats outside its own support because of this extraordinary young goalscorer who was threatening to prove that one man could make a team. He scored all types of goals that season – poacher's tap-ins, spot-picking first-timers, opportunist efforts from defensive panics or wayward, direction-free crosses (remember, Leigh Jenkinson was around), flying headers, one-on-ones of the type which Edwards had so loved and, just occasionally, efforts of amazing individualism, including one which started at his feet on the halfway line – a patch he only tended to frequent because the offside and kick-off rules meant he had to – and ended with four defenders decked and the net bulging at Boothferry Park.
Payton was earmarked as one of the nation's burgeoning scoring talents, and with City not making progress as a club – the David Hirst inspired 5-1 defeat to Sheffield Wednesday in which Payton scored an expert equaliser of brief hope wasn't even the nadir (that was the 7-1 stuffing by West Ham a month later) – and starting to see the budgetary excesses of Ternent bounce back at them, it seemed inevitable that the young striker's continued employment at Boothferry Park wouldn't last. Ternent, who Payton publicly admired and defended for years afterwards, was sacked after a despicable New Year's Day 5-1 defeat at Portsmouth. And you can guess who scored City's goal.
After Chetham's axe fell on Ternent, the arrival of Terry Dolan and a comparably mild revival couldn't heal the wound enough to prevent the drop. Payton and the feted Swan played on and picked up 37 goals between them, and Payton's personal statistic of 25 goals in a relegated and helpless team credited only Payton, his terrific partner and minder in Swan, and the gifted midfield creator Leigh Palin, not anyone who had coached them that season. City fell into the third flight for the first time in seven seasons and another rebuild was in the offing. Unless City could start 1991-92 well and risk the lack of funding on a promotion campaign, it was set in stone that a team befitting Payton's abilities (despite rightful claims he was an individual rather than a true team player) would soon be tempting his club into a deal.
Swan was sold to Port Vale in the summer, with none of the cash being freed up for Dolan to recruit a worthy replacement, and City began 1991-92 not badly, but not especially well either. Promotion was certainly not going to happen. So, with the club in limbo and the outlook bleak, Payton's time was abundantly up. He played ten times, scored eight goals, signed off with the winner in a 1-0 victory over Chester at Boothferry Park in November 1991 – his seventh League goal of the season (oddly, his other goal that season, against Blackburn in the League Cup, was one of only two goals he ever scored in Cup competitions for City) – and headed north as Middlesbrough stepped in with £750,000.
This was an adequate sum, even though seven figures shouldn't have been an unrealistic demand. But again, not a penny went on the team as the debts began to throttle the club, and so we had lost City's most natural goalscorer of modern times (I put him just a tiny fraction ahead of Edwards and a bit more in front of Dean Windass and Stuart Elliott, and he deserves extra plaudits because he never once scored goals in a City team which wasn't in lumber) and had no proceeds from his sale to buy even a cheap, keen promising replacement. Only the merest consolation could come from a collectively-felt certainty that, like Parker and Jobson, and the likes of Brian Marwood and Stuart Pearson before them, we could at least watch a boy who was once ours rise up football's greasy pole to the top echelon of the game. Payton was that good. But fortune wasn't on either his side nor City's once he left.
The decline of Payton after he left City wasn't quite as sharp as that of City itself, who simply failed to cope without him and had no finances to get a proper replacement. The Dolan years had begun, with the likes of David Walmsley (local teenager of limited ability) and future bacon sarnie seller Darren France (burly type and ex-City junior brought in from non-league for free) expected to fill the yawning chasm left by Payton and Swan. They didn't of course, and only when Dolan discovered by chance, a year and more after signing him, that his bolshie new midfielder who had been plucked from the non-league game at the start of the season could also put away a chance, did we have a striker. Dean Windass and his tenure as City's biggest hope within a decade of devastation and recrimination is a whole different chapter of course, though it's worth saying that for all the things he had plainly more ability to do than Payton, he wasn't as good a sniffer, a finisher. Not back then he wasn't.
City ended up 14th in 1991-92, and only an eighth goal of the season from the improving Jenkinson two weeks before the end of the season prevented Payton remaining as the club's leading goalscorer. We missed him more than we'd dared anticipate. Payton, meanwhile, scored on his 'Boro debut after two minutes, bringing a touch of symmetry to his career following his equally swift act of card-marking as a Tigers debutant, although the serious knee injury he suffered before half time at Ayresome Park made sure that, sadly, he wouldn't continue to make the progress thought so obvious of him thus far. Stretchered off to tumultuous Teesside applause, they thought he would be back. He wouldn't. Not there. His career didn't recover sufficiently for him to live his top flight dream (and ours for him), even though he was with a club whose best years would be one big scare and one bigger takeover away.
Payton started only seven more games for 'Boro after returning from his lay-off, and a shock move to Celtic rekindled his appetite, albeit temporarily. Indeed, everything became a temporary measure for Payton thereafter. His private life was defined by a costly divorce (he had met his wife, a City fan, when he visited her in hospital on a City 'in the community' mission and their engagement was worthy of a human interest 'colour' piece in the Hull Daily Mail) and the need to pick up signing-on fees on a regular basis afterwards. From Celtic, where he started just 20 games but scored a maddening 15 goals, he returned south to Barnsley – where he scored almost every other game for three seasons – and then rejoined his mentor and biggest fan, Horton, at Huddersfield. His only full season in West Yorkshire yielded 17 goals and a stupid boo-boy status aimed at him by the thicker section of Huddersfield support simply because he wasn't as skilful or glamorous (or as hard-working) as strike partner Marcus Stewart. But he did score more, and cost less.
Payton achieved enough with the goal in his sights to become the single biggest factor in the Terriers surviving the drop in 1997, and in the summer he returned to Boothferry Park with his new club for a pre-season friendly, receiving almost as big an ovation as the one bellowed in glee towards Mark Hateley as he took control. Hindsight is marvellous here, but we don't need it with Payton. He was, however, soon away again when Peter Jackson replaced Horton as manager the following season and immediately brokered a swap deal with Payton's juniors club, Burnley, for Paul Barnes, who scored precisely two goals while at the club. One can only think that Payton had tortured Jackson on the pitch during a City game versus Newcastle in the late 1980s.
Payton, who immediately set about scoring the goals to save his hometown club from the drop, was in his element at Burnley and received the most idolisation from a set of supporters since his halcyon era at Boothferry Park. A 27-goal promotion campaign in 2000 – when he was pushing 33 – was his best seasonal tally and proudest achievement, although still he made occasional noises about wanting to end his career back at Hull. This would never come close to happening, and his loan spell at Blackpool at the age of 34 wrapped up his life as a League footballer. The non-league game benefitted massively from his experience and ability for a few years hence.
He scored exactly 200 League goals between 1988 and 2001; that's very nearly one every other match, a fantastic rate for a man who played in mostly tepid to clueless teams, didn't win any promotions until that 2000 season (under Ternent, no less) and even missed out on honours during his time at Parkhead. But ultimately, his main status as a hero was with City, even despite his standing at Burnley – their top-flight history and associated superstars of yore ensured that Payton would always be loved as a second-string icon at Turf Moor. He probably still doesn't need to buy a drink round there though.
A question mark about his temperament and off-field activities remained over his head, hence his regular shifts around the clubs and divisions, but Payton remained an exceptional goalscorer who never missed a good chance – seriously – and never lost his form, and City probably saw the best of him. Ridiculed for his hairstyles and flat Lancastrian monotone (he was a helpful but not especially enlightening interviewee, and the occasion when he and the falsetto youngster Mike Smith did a dual post-match reaction on BBC Radio Humberside must have given Phil Squire nightmares), he remained a genuine City superstar, unfazed by the enormity of the task before him and never shy to shoot, to celebrate and to snaffle the limelight.
Heaven only knows how good he would have been for us if the club had ever been good enough for him. He wasn't the most skilful, the most industrious or the most conscientious player we've hired, but for the job he did and had to do, he was the best I've ever seen and, unless we win promotion to the Premiership with a 30-goal genius, the best I'm likely to see. He's a bona fide Hull City hero. That bloke in the khazi was right
Matthew Rudd


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A Kind of eBay for Muslims
At first glance, Selisha.de looks like any other Internet auction portal: users can buy, sell and bid for items. One noticeable difference is that users are greeted with the words "As salamu-alaykum" (May peace be with you) and every search begins with Allah's blessing "Bismillah" (in the name of God).
The platform has been online for two years now. Its slogan translates as "Everything the Muslim heart desires and more ..." – a reference to the incredible range of things on offer: from pink headscarves with striking glittery embroidery to plastic alarm clocks with integral call to prayer and a compass that shows the faithful in which direction Mecca is when he or she is on the move.
A virtual Aladdin's cave
Selisha.de is the brainchild of Selim Reid, a Hamburg student with Iraqi roots. "In Germany alone, there are about 3.5 million Muslims like me. But unfortunately, online platforms like eBay are not tailored to meet our needs," he explains. "If at all, you will generally only find a few prayer rugs here and there, mostly in only one colour. And by the time you find one, it has long since been sold."
This was a gap that Selim Reid wanted to close by establishing Selisha.de. The enterprising young German knows his way around the Islamic community and has already founded "Muslimtaxi", a carpooling service for Muslims.
Islamically correct across the board
Initially, his own family and friends were sceptical whether the online idea would work at all. Now, however, Selisha.de is a successful, growing start-up. After a short registration process, both private people and professional dealerships can buy, sell and bid for items.
"And," Selim Reid is quick to emphasise, "everything works in accordance with the morality rules laid out in the Koran. That means that forcing up prices is strictly forbidden. We use internal software programmes to keep an eye on this and are constantly taking random samples." On eBay, it is possible for a friend of the seller to bid in an auction, thereby pushing up the price. It is not legal, but it is not checked as strictly as Selim Reid's online platform.
The online portal and the Islamic auction website Selisha.de also offers tips for Islamic buying and selling and provides answers to the question as to whether bidding in an auction is "halal", i.e. whether it is permissible according to Islamic law.
"Buying and selling is even recommended in Islam; most people just don't know it," says the young entrepreneur. In order to be on the safe side and to ensure that the faithful were not frightened off, he obtained a fatwa, a legal pronouncement in Islam, from an Islamic scholar and posted it on the website.
Popular site with women
It was this that convinced Fatma to use the site a few months ago. A devout Muslim, Fatma lives in a small village in the Rhineland and was delighted by the colourful selection at her fingertips. "Otherwise I would have to travel quite a distance to the next major city to buy myself a fashionable headscarf," explains the 56-year-old. Older women like Fatma are some of the website's most active users.
Surprising as it may seem, the site also features pretty underwear. They are shown on mannequins; using attractive real-life models would not be allowed. "As a devout Muslim, I find that very pleasant," says Fatma. "What's more, I can buy such private things on my computer in the comfort and privacy of my own home, and no one sees me doing so." In addition to the anonymity it offers, there are also practical aspects to the portal: "I find whatever I am looking for at a glance. There are quite a few categories, for example, on Islamic literature or on everything you need for the Hajj in Mecca. It is clearer and you find things more quickly than you do, say, on eBay," says the housewife.
No "virtual ghettoisation"
One thing the site does have in common with the American online giant is its faith in its own users and a strong principle of self-regulation. Just like on eBay, users on Selisha.de can post comments and ratings and can report any infringements of rules. "Once, when someone wanted to sell a copy of 'Mein Kampf', hundreds of users were very upset and sent an e-mail reporting the matter within the space of three minutes," says Reid proudly. Insults, anti-Semitism, and racism are absolutely taboo on Selisha.de.
Both Selim Reid and Fatma reject the accusation that the website is an act of "virtual ghettoisation". Both say that Germany is their home and that they are devout Muslims. As far as they are concerned, this is not a contradiction in terms. They just want something that has become second nature for millions of other people in Germany: to shop quickly and easily on the Internet.
Aygül Cizmecioglu
© Deutsche Welle 2012
Translated from the German by Aingeal Flanagan
Editor: Lewis Gropp/Qantara.de


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Sunday morning, November 14, 2010: I was walking on Baker Street in Nelson, British Columbia. All the retail shops were closed except for this particular one which was not supposed've been open till 11-am: Urban Legends. I walked in. Ok, so this store supposedly has over 10,000 new-&-used records. As I was going through the bin of limited number of 12″ singles, I just happened to find (to my utter surprise and disbelief) this amazing record — unopened and brand spanking new (still wrapped) 12″ single of Dead Or Alive's 1985 worldwide hit track You Spin Me Round (Murder Mix). I have been looking for this record since 1987. I regretted not buying it on 12″ in 1985 when the track was in the charts and stores. And since then, I've searched high and low for it in the Americas, Caribbean and Europe …but no avail. However, twenty-three years later –of all the places and time in this world & era– there it was in my hands — from a small record store in a small town: Nelson, British Columbia! It was meant to happen. I was supposed to have left Nelson the previous day (Saturday) and driven back home to Vancouver. I had no reason to stay an extra day in Nelson; I didn't know why. When I woke up that Sunday morning, I was craving bacon and eggs. So I had a good morning brunch at the Hume Hotel. After brunch and full-stomach, I decided to walk-off the heavy meal by window-shopping on Baker Street. Next thing I know was that I was standing in front of Urban Legends store which was open. I walked in… less than five minutes later this 12″ was in my hand. Talk about good KARMA!
Once I got back home to Vancouver the following Monday, I ran to my studio to play this record. Oh man… THE BASSLINES. This is one of Stock, Aitken & Waterman most successful international hits of all time. There's a good reason why this track still stands the test of time. Spin Me Round (Like A Record) (Murder Mix) receives my Stabbing Bassline Stamp-Of-Approval.
Dead Or Alive – "You Spin Me Round" (Like A Record) (Murder Mix)…
Artist: Dead Or Alive
Title: You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) (Murder Mix)
Year: 1985
Label: Epic Records
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Even as Temple was stunning USF in a nine-point win on the field Saturday, an early-season starter along the defensive line was dealing with a rather significant issue off of it.
First reported by FOX29 in Philadelphia, defensive tackle Kamal Johnson (pictured, No. 93) was arrested Saturday and charged with kidnapping as well as multiple related charges. The other charges, NBCPhiladelphia reported, include unlawful restraint, simple assault, false imprisonment, and reckless endangerment of another person.
The alleged female victim was the girlfriend of the player. The incident that led to the arrest occurred Sept. 27 after Johnson had allegedly pushed his way into the woman's apartment and is described in the police report thusly:
Police say Johnson knocked on her door and when the woman answered, he forced his way inside. Johnson allegedly pulled the woman out of her apartment and forced her down the stairs to his apartment. Investigators say he then pushed her onto a chair and punched her in the back. Johnson then threw her onto the floor and she hit her head, according to police.
Investigators say the woman asked to leave and Johnson refused. Police say Johnson he then held the woman against her will for 3 ½ hours. Johnson accused the woman of cheating on him, according to investigators.
Police say the woman suffered a head contusion and cuts to her arms and neck. The woman told police that Johnson abused her in the past.
Johnson remains jailed in lieu of a $25,000 bond. The school has yet to comment on the situation.
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Prometheus hasn't landed yet, but a new three-minute trailer has. It shows a ton of new footage (which may be on the spoilery side) and emphasizes Charlize Theron's character, Meredith Vickers. Vickers comes across like a female version of Stephen Lang's Colonel in Avatar and clearly has a seedy agenda (which is blatantly called out in a spat of coarse dialogue). The trailer plays as a mini-movie of sorts, a condensed version of what we can expect when the full theatrical release hits theaters on June 8th. Get caught up on all of our previous coverage here, including images, featurettes, posters, what the film will be rated and the ongoing viral marketing campaign. Directed by Ridley Scott, Prometheus also stars Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Idris Elba, Logan Marshall-Green and Guy Pearce. Hit the jump to check out the awesome new trailer.
Check out the new trailer for Prometheus (via The Playlist) below the official synopsis :
Ridley Scott, director of "Alien" and "Blade Runner," returns to the genre he helped define. With PROMETHEUS, he creates a groundbreaking mythology, in which a team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a thrilling journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.


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A friend of mine recently sent me a link to an ASP.NET implementation of the Google Charts API. It was a decent implementation, but had some shortcomings, which prompted me to see what else the ASP.NET community had developed. All of the implementations I found had the following shortcomings:
- Extremely heavy implementations
- No data binding
- Lengthy declarative syntax
First off, I like to employ the KISS method of development whenever possible and I felt that what was out there was just too much code for the task at hand. Secondly, all of my charts will be based on real-time ever changing data so I needed data binding, which I didn't see implemented in any of the solutions. And lastly the declarative syntax necessary to define the chart parameters and their data was just as cumbersome as just typing out the Google Charts API URL.
So born out of this, I set out to create an ASP.NET Google Charts API implementation with the following...
Features / Design Goals
- Light implementation & easy integration into existing projects
- Chart data is bindable to real-time data queries
- Straight forward and small footprint declarative syntax
- HTTPS support for Google Charts without the user getting the annoying security warning popup in IE
I believe that I have achieved my goals, albeit with only the Pie & Bar charts (because that's all I need for now) but the other charts can easily be added to the foundation I have in place.
- ASP.NET 3.5 or later (Actually, only 2.0 is required to use the
controls, but my example uses 3.5 LINQ queries.)
- SQL 2005 Express (if you want to run the sample included in my implementation.)
You can download the full source code for my ASP.NET Google Charts API implementation below...
Getting Started
To use my implementation of ASP.NET Google Charts API into your web app, just do the following:
- Copy the files into your application (maintain the same structure or you will need to re-configure some references.)
- Create a GridView (see specifics below)
- Drag one of the Google Chart User Controls onto your ASPX page
- Set the ChartGridViewID property
That's it, you should be able to build your solution, run the page and view your chart.
The Code
I tried to keep the code as simple as possible and I believe that integrating
what I wrote into your web application should be pretty straight forward.
Data Binding to any ol' GridView
I didn't employ a typical data binding solution. Chris Heilmann's (credit below) post on using javascript to build a Google Chart seemed like a great way to implement data binding in very short order.
So the way this implementation works is that you just need to build a GridView with two columns, one for the labels and one for the data.
Example GridView declaration:
Example GridView Output:
HTTPS SSL Support for Google Charts
The web application I wanted to use Google Charts in requires an SSL connection. Since Google Charts doesn't offer an https connect for their API, you get that nasty little message box in IE notifying you that some of the items on the page are insecure.
I got around this by using an HTTP handler (ashx) for the images. The image data is downloaded server side and then displayed through the ashx, which solves the insecure warning in IE since the image is being served up from memory and not from a non-secure URL.
Google Chart User Controls Declaration
You can add a chart to your page by simply dragging either the ucGooglePieChart or ucGoogleBarChart user control onto your ASPX page.
Google Chart User Controls Properties
All of the properties I created for the controls start with "Chart" so you can easily find them using Intellisense.
All of the property values should be formatted according to the Google Charts API specifications. For example, if you want to set the size of the chart you should use "300x400" as the value for the ChartSize property.
Shared Properties
ChartGridViewID – This is the only required property. You need to specify the ID for the GridView that you want to base the chart on.
ChartShowData – Boolean value; specifies whether or not you want to the GridView's resulting table to be shown with the chart or just the chart on its own.
ChartSize – Specifies the size of chart.
ChartColor – Specifies the color(s) to use in the chart
ChartBGFill – Specifies the background fill, color and gradient.
ucGooglePieChart Specific Properties
Chart3D – Boolean value; specifies whether or not you want to use a 3D pie chart
ucGoogleBarChart Specific Properties
ChartBarSizeSpacing – Specifies the width of the bars displayed, how far they are apart and space between groups.
ChartOrientationVertical – Boolean value; specifies whether or not you want the chart to be vertical. If this value is false, the bar chart will be horizontal.
The Classes
As you can see, the solution is pretty small. I will go over each part below.
The App_Themes folder contains the Theme that I am using to control the GridView's look & feel as well as a few other minor CSS items. The CSS definitions are broken up into two files, one specific to the chart implementation.
The JavaScript folder contains all of the javascript necessary for this implementation. If you change the location of this folder relative to the user controls you will need to update the location references to be correct for your application.
User Control implementation of the Google Bar Chart.
User Control implementation of the Google Pie Chart
GoogleChartsHandler.ashx is the image handler that retrieves the Google
Charts image on the server side, thereby bypassing the IE security warning
dialog in HTTPS scenarios, and then displays the resulting image.
Chris Heilmann
I ran across Chris' brilliant idea of building the chart based on the contents of an HTML table. I took his javascript code and heavily modified it to create the data binding solution I implemented using ASP.NET.
Matt Berseth
I used Matt's YUI styled GridView control (modified a smidge to work with ASP.NET Themes & Skin file) for the very nice looking GridViews included in my source code.
Final Words
If you update my code, find any bugs or have any general comments on how the implementation can be improved please let me know. Also, if you add implementations for other Google Charts that I didn't implement I would appreciate it if you would send me the code and I will include it in the download.
Feel free to use my code and implementation as you see fit (although please don't take credit for it). I would however really appreciate a link to my website with a credit for the work.


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Obviously The Most Artful, Soulful 9-11 Film Yet, 20 November 2008
Author: jesussaddle from United States
When I watched this I was not expecting much, but continued to grow more impressed during my viewing. It is artful; in fact I would even say musical. It has an ebb and flow that, out of the drama, calms the senses and encourages. It also shows the tremendous variety of accomplished, esteemed persons who feel strongly that 9-11 should be given unbiased examination. In fact, the people responsible for this film include members of the European Parliament, and this film was screened at the European Parliament.
On the other hand, when you read an emotional outburst from one of those demanding we not investigate 911, especially commentary from one of those that is inaccurately termed a "film review", you can immediately see through to the malicious intent. It may be nothing more than the desperate, angry refusal to come to know the complicated truths of our modern society, or it may be something else less than honorable. At any rate it is not the least bit open or honest. To believe everything that big corporate media says, or government for that matter, would obviously be stupid, since corporations and governments by their nature have vested interests, and so are in their very essence biased. So that CAN'T be the logical premise these characters who scoff at such films are holding to. What premises they espouse are emotion-oriented and that is hardly capable of stopping the traffic of people waking up to the modern reality of social engineering, conflict instigation, etc. Even if the official story is purposefully flawed to protect incompetence, even that is still enough of a reason to continue to investigate. Some wish to stay behind and avoid the ramifications for now, but with the dramatically unfolding events such as international bank consolidation and market manipulation, a greater number of people are awake and aware now than ever before; just not sure yet how to respond. And that's where films of this quality can help, because this form of creative work is not hostile, but instead is soul searching.
So back to the film. The film starts out from the perspective of a person who lived through it and walked down the stairs through the burning section of the 2nd tower to be struck. It proceeds to cover the vantage of the janitor who had the only key, and who let the firemen up. (This individual witnessed the bombs in the basement, and 20-odd injured but living victims, who were given as names of witnesses, only to never be interviewed).
Following are numerous knowledgeable persons accounts of why the official version of the Pentagon attacks is so problematic, most of which are perspectives we have not seen before.
I can only say, finally, that this is the one documentary that employs enough reserve when presenting information to get home to those unfamiliar with the technical details. It deserves enormous credit for that accomplishment. A great, timely work. Watch and learn.


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Opinion: The Defense of Marriage
Editorial board member Joe Rago on the Supreme Court oral testimony on California's Prop. 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act. Photo credit: Associated Press.
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I he said to be certain that the machinery of democracy circuit breakdown of the so the answer is a paedophile if the Supreme Court defined with gay marriage is what's to stop report from defining ... marriage between ... five people ok or or other very right to is the real world rules ... well there's there's really no slope it's one of the other ones who want to use saying well ... if if it's ... a matter of adults being happy for example one only have time many marriages for example the like leases it to be renewed every year ... that's that's also a redefinition of marriage between the Chief ... ion through through the democratic process them and that creates a lot of problems ... for the Constitution no we played at that that quote from my justice Kennedy yesterday ... who had seemed a little conflicted Joe what are his priorities in his questioning what we'll learn ... and this is this is really right the injustice candies will houses two big concerns is insurance for one ... of the federalism how well the separation of powers to will somebody Pentax and Michelin thirty in all on the other hand extending rights to a gay and lesbian couples ... who who who may ... be the object of discrimination ... you know whether whether it was about sexual conduct or for singling out ... on gays and lesbians for ... more harmful treatment ... so he did this is really has his career and what what we what we saw was that he's ... obviously very conflicted you know that in today's arguments we we don't have the transcript yet but it seemed like you is leaning ... towards overturning the Defense of Marriage Act ... yesterday he he seemed random and you know you not only that the new frontier but but also ... on the architecture of U S government ... the ship procreation it was raised yesterday and believe but Justice Kagan ... who said well couples that are fifty five can ... I have children ... of is that a how is that playing in here to ruin the society argues this is Cooper's argument this is ... that the BBC's claiming that states have a rational basis to limit marriage to one man and one woman because it promotes the interests of told and that ... may be true that the of this isn't true the nine states that if ... 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Many employees will spend a portion of their day hunting for bargains on the Monday following Thanksgiving weekend, and companies should prepare for the increased security risks, experts say.
The potential damage on Cyber Monday, a marketing term coined in 2005 by Shop.org, is greatest for small and medium-sized businesses. That's because they are less likely to have the technology for catching malicious Web sites or keeping Web browsers up to date.
Browsers pose the greatest risk because they contain third-party plug-ins that add capabilities, such as playing video or accessing Web services. The software modules often have to be updated independently from the browser, so many go unpatched for long periods of time.
Data collected from more than 1 million Internet-connected computers over the last 12 months showed more than half with critical vulnerabilities in browsers, security firm Qualys reported on Tuesday. A third of all installations of the most widely used plug-in, Java, contained security holes, closely followed by Adobe Flash with a quarter of all installations vulnerable.
Such flaws can be exploited by malware downloaded by an employee clicking on a malicious link on a website. Symantec says 61 percent of malicious sites are legitimate properties that have been compromised.
Once malware is installed in the computer, it can steal user names and passwords, as well as company data. Once in the corporate network, some malware can easily replicate itself in other systems.
"Frequently, security inside networks is a little more relaxed, because people need to share data," said Wolfgang Kandek, chief technology officer for Qualys.
Banning employees from shopping on the Web would be a difficult policy to enforce, so a better solution is for small- and medium-size businesses (SMBs) to prepare for the inevitable by updating all browsers to the latest version. In addition, only necessary plug-ins should be installed, and businesses should check to make sure the modules contain the latest patch.
Individual plug-ins can sometimes be configured to be more secure. For example, the ability to run JavaScript, which is often exploited to install malware, can be turned off in Adobe Reader, the software used to view PDF files.
Only a small percentage of companies need to run JavaScript in a PDF document. "I've had it off for two years and I've not noticed a difference," Kandek said.
Many companies are aware of what employees will be up to come Cyber Monday. More than 60% of businesses surveyed by Dell said they expected productivity that day to decrease more than last year. That expectation is in line with the increase in retail sales over the years.
U.S. sales on Cyber Monday have increased steadily since 2006, when people bought $610 million worth of goods online. Last year, the amount topped $1.2 billion. Nevertheless, Cyber Monday is not the biggest online shopping day of the holiday season. That day is typically closer to Christmas.
Because of the popularity of Cyber Monday shopping, 59% of businesses were more concerned about loss of productivity than potential security threats to networks, even though hackers are extra busy sending out spam messages promising great deals.
Unfortunately, many employees may not be prepared to avoid such scams. Almost 7 in 10 businesses surveyed by Dell said employees could not identify fraudulent attacks on the corporate network.
This story, "SMBs face the biggest threats from Cyber Monday shopping" was originally published by CSO.


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How Well Do You Know 007 Flicks? See If You Can Figure Out This Bond Film Alphabet Game
We're fascinated by this amazing piece by Stephen Wildish. We love James Bond flicks but this poster proves we don't know nearly as much about the characters in the movies as we thought.
We got Q and a couple others, but seriously, this thing is rough. After an hour, our brains are shaken, stirred and drinkable with an olive.
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I want to add annotations to some of the constants like in the code below.
Then I'm trying to check if it is present with thispublic enum Material { @NonBuyable @NonSellable AIR(0),
Since it never worked I tried to get all the annotations for the given constant, but even if it had some, it didn't show up.if(!Material.class.getField(m.name()).isAnnotationPresent(NonBuyable.class)) { // do something... }
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Fairfield County Republicans gave resounding 'meh' to primary
Interest in the Republican primary for governor last week achieved a record -- the lowest GOP primary turnout in 28 years.
Even the three-way contest for lieutenant governor couldn't boost the statewide average of 21 percent of registered Republicans voting in the Aug. 12 primary.
Nowhere was apathy more apparent than in Fairfield County, home to the two gubernatorial candidates in the primary. Tom Foley, the party-endorsed candidate who won the primary, is from Greenwich, and his challenger, state Sen. John McKinney, lives in Fairfield.
New Fairfield had the distinction of lowest percentage of participation in the state, according to updated results released by the Secretary of the State's Office this week. Only 10.3 percent of the registered Republicans in New Fairfield voted, with Ridgefield not much better at 10.5 percent.
"We all get the government we deserve and if we don't show up, we can't complain," said Bob Hebert, Ridgefield Republican Town Committee vice chairman.
As a result of the primary, Foley will face Democratic incumbent Gov. Dannel P. Malloy in a rematch of the 2010 race. That year, 30 percent of the registered Republicans in the state voted in an August primary.
Though interest apparently was low, last week's primary led to an upset: Groton Town Council member Heather Bond Somers won over the convention-endorsed candidate, state Rep. Penny Bacchiochi, and Bridgeport businessman David Walker.
"Incorrectly, people don't view the primaries as important and believe that their votes don't count," Herbert said. "It comes down to town apathy."
This is the lowest percentage of GOP primary turnout since a similar 21 percent in 1986.
New Fairfield Republican Town Committee Chairman Scott Akam attributed the low turnout to the two candidates leading the ballot. The New Fairfield committee, not wanting to divide the party, did not endorse either one.
"We didn't get involved," Akam said. "We would love to see it much higher, but we don't support one candidate over the other."
Party officials blamed voter apathy on the primary date: They are held in August instead of September. McKinney had expected as much, and earlier said he favored moving primaries to June or back to September.
Hebert said many residents go on vacation during August and rarely ask for absentee ballots.
The low turnout didn't surprise Jim Campbell, the Greenwich GOP chairman. Campbell said many Republicans expected Foley would win and didn't vote for that reason.
"This particularly low number has a lot to do with August and a lot to do with Foley," Campbell said. "August has a decreased turnout and activism."
During the 2006 Democratic primary, however, average voter turnout for the state was an astonishing 46 percent. That primary was held in August.
Joe Savino, chairman of the Ridgefield Republican Town Committee, said November's election will be much more interesting.
"The town committee held back resources until the next election to take out Malloy," Savino said.
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Posey, Morse get a rest
SAN DIEGO -- Buster Posey and Michael Morse, two of the Giants' most prominent offensive threats, received rests Friday night and were not in the starting lineup against the San Diego Padres.
Neither player was hurt, though manager Bruce Bochy mentioned that Morse experienced some hamstring tightness Thursday. Both are expected to be in Saturday's lineup.
At this juncture, rest could be timely for both Posey and Morse. Entering Friday, Posey started 14 of San Francisco' first 16 games and was in a 1-for-19 skid, while Morse had started 15 games and was hitting .158 (3-for-19) with no extra-base hits in his past six games.
Their slumps haven't been all-encompassing. Posey's hitting .417 (5-for-12) with runners in scoring position. Morse owned a .306 batting average overall and was tied for the team lead with 10 RBIs.
Shortstop Brandon Crawford returned to the lineup after missing two games with tightness in his right hamstring.


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Back in April, AT&T said that Houston was one of 100 cities where it was considering launching its GigaPower Network, a Gigabit Ethernet service that would offer ultra-fast Internet, voice phone and cable TV.
Today, the company is announcing that GigaPower will indeed be available in the Houston area – though it's not yet saying precisely when, or exactly where.
From AT&T's news release:
AT&T is deploying additional fiber and electronics to the existing network in Houston to meet the growing demand for ultra-fast broadband. The network enhancements will enable customers to have access to AT&T's fastest Internet speeds available to consumers.**
Local residents and small business customers on the AT&T GigaPower network will also experience cutting-edge TV services with the ability to watch and record five simultaneous HD streams, and its largest capacity DVR at one terabyte of storage.
The announcement comes less than a week after competitor Comcast doubled residential Internet download speeds for most of its customers.
For now, Austin is the only city where GigaPower is up and running. AT&T has said it will launch the network in Dallas and Fort Worth this summer.
In Austin, GigaPower's Internet connections don't yet achieve gigabit speeds, maxing out for now at 300 Mbps and starting at $70 a month. In contrast, Comcast's maximum residential download speeds in Houston are 150 Mbps. AT&T's U-verse Internet service – its current offering – maxes at about 45 Mbps downloads.
When AT&T announced in April that Houston was a candidate city, the company said locations that "are willing to encourage investment by offering solid investment cases and policies" would get the nod. An AT&T spokesman said the city "has established a strong environment for investment through actions like ensuring a quick turnaround time on permits, timely inspections, electronic communications, and more. "
Besides Houston, AT&T is looking at bringing GigaPower to other nearby communities, including Galveston, Pasadena, Pearland and Spring. Outside of Houston, AT&T has announced the network will launch in Charlotte, Nashville, Overland Park, Kan., Raleigh-Durham, San Antonio, and Winston-Salem.


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Hi everyone! My name is Bill, and I've considered myself an amateur caver ever since my long-time girlfriend Jenny introduced me to it. I've been in three caves so far, each very commercialized and tame, but oh boy do I love it. I've also been with Jenny on each of my cave ventures, so we're sort of a caving team - the more cave history I read, the more I see this isn't very uncommon.
I want to build up my experience and maybe someday do some wild caves. I have a long term goal to see the Master Cave System (not sure about capitalization there, as it might have an actual name) under Howe's Cavern NY, to be honest, but every journey starts with a single step.
My journey started in Ruby Falls, TN, when I was on a road trip through the state with Jenny. It was a magical experience for me full of wonders scientific, historic, and utterly, awesomely natural. That waterfall is crazy. Then, years later at Jenny's suggestion again I found myself drawn to Howe Caverns and Secret Cavern in upstate New York. They were fantastic, beautiful, and just the right kind of spooky - it all came together in me and I knew two things: that I needed to be in more caves, and that I had a lot to learn and experience. I have a lot of questions, and a lot of interest, so thank you all for this store of experience and information!
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Eset Smart Security 4, a security program starting at $59.99 for one user license ($69.99 for three, $94.99 for four) does three things superbly: it offers a foolproof interface, plenty of manual controls, and a lightweight design. The problem is, for that kind of money you can choose from a spate of other programs that offer such features as online backup, tuneup utilities, and parental controls. If you can live without these extras, Smart Security 4 is worth a look.
Installation and Setup
When we download the program, but before we installed it, we were assigned a username and password (a random series of letters and numbers in each case). You'll need to enter this info, post-installation, if you want to get updates. However, you can check a box to proceed with the installation and deal with this later.
Techie users will appreciate that during setup they can opt to adjust certain advanced settings. For instance, they can choose when to submit suspicious files (the default option is for the program to ask before submitting, but you can also have it submit them without asking, or not submit at all). For people who want to minimize pop-ups, the option to submit without asking could be a godsend. You'll also be asked to decide if you want to enable or disable the detection of potentially unwanted applications (we enabled this feature). The fact that users are forced to make this choice before installation might intimidate novices.
Installing the 46MB program on our Toshiba Tecra M10 notebook took a speedy one minute. Finally, we saw a dialog box explaining a new network had been detected; we were asked to choose between strict protection (making the computer invisible to others on the network) or allow sharing (we chose this option, which Eset recommends for homes and offices).
Although it offers plenty of manual controls, Smart Security's user interface remains foolproof. Using a discreet link in the lower left corner, users can toggle between an advanced interface and a more streamlined one (the simple one is the default). But whereas there's a big difference between BitDefender Total Security 2010's novice and advanced user interfaces, Eset's two versions look virtually identical.
Regardless of the interface you choose, you'll see all of the major categories (Protection status, Computer scan, Update, Setup, and Help and Support) listed in the left-hand pane, complete with colorful icons. The only difference is that if you're using the advanced interface, a category called Tools appears, which includes such tasks as quarantining, scheduling tasks, and SysInspector, a diagnostic tool that looks at the registry, memory, and the file system to help identify potentially undetected threats and other problems.
Unfortunately, though, these results are presented in a complicated way (even when you use a drop-down menu to reduce the amount of information displayed), and is really meant as a log for, say, IT managers. Unfortunately, there's no way to act on these results—say, a button that says "Fix," which would automatically clean up your registry, defrag your hard drive, and delete temporary files.
Other features include a firewall that develops rules as it "observes" your usage habits; an improved spam filter; SysRescue, for creating a recovery disc; a mechanism that prevents strangers from uninstalling the program, and protection against threats harbored on portable media (few other programs promise this). What you won't find are many of the consumer-friendly features offered in comparably priced security suites—namely, online backup, parental controls, and tuneup utilities, which don't just diagnose inefficiencies in your system, but correct them with the click of a button.
Smart Security 4 is one of the most lightweight security programs that we've tested: it requires only 48MB RAM and 46MB of disk space (other, more full-featured suites require upwards of 200MB) and is one of the few that can support machines as old as those running Windows 2000. Users can opt for a Smart (standard) Scan or a custom one, in which case you can check off the folders you want the program to examine. We also like that you can see a progress bar while the scan is in progress, although you cannot opt to shut down your notebook automatically after the scan is complete.
In terms of its effectiveness, the independent organization Virus Bulletin found that it Smart Security 4 blocks 94.4 percent of malware. That falls between its competitors: Trend Micro and McAfee only blocked 91.3 and 93.6 percent, respectively, but other companies, such as Symantec and BitDefender, blocked 98.7 and 97.6 percent.
To gauge how this small program affects a computer's performance, we timed how long it took our Tecra M10 notebook to open four applications—Internet Explorer, iTunes, Google Picasa 2, and Microsoft Word—both before we installed Smart Security 4 and while running a system scan. Before we installed the software, our PC took 1, 4, 1, and 2 seconds to open these programs. With a scan running, these launch times rose to 6, 6, 3, and 8 seconds. Depending on the application, that's either below or above average. For these applications, the average open time is 3.8, 8.3, 5.2, and 5.5 seconds, respectively. (These numbers reflect our testing Smart Security 4, BitDefender Total Security 2010, McAfee Total Protection 2009, Symantec Norton 360 3.0, Trend Micro Internet Security Pro 3.0, and ZoneAlarm Extreme Security 2010.)
After installing the software and running a scan, the boot time of our latpops rose by a slight 7 seconds. Considering that heavier programs, such as ZoneAlarm Extreme Security 2010, raised the boot time of our test notebook by 49 seconds, Smart Security lives up to its name.
Licenses and Support
The price of Smart Security 4 varies depending on how many licenses you purchase: A single license costs $59.99; three cost $69.99; and four, $94.99. Three licenses in the sixty-dollar range, at least, is standard, although some programs, such as McAfee Total Protection 2009 (on sale for $39.99) are dirt cheap these days. Unlike some of its bigger competitors, such as Symantec, Eset doesn't offer 24/7 phone support; rather, its hours are Monday through Friday, 6am to 6pm Pacific Time. To complement this, there are forums on Eset's support page, as well as a knowledge base and a form for submitting an inquiry in writing.
Eset Smart Security 4 excels at security itself, delivering unobtrusive performance along with plenty of manual features for techie users. But for the average consumer, a comparably priced security suite, such as the foolproof Symantec Norton 360 ($69.99) or the more expert-friendly BitDefender Total Security 2010 ($79.95), would be a better choice, since they offer more automation, parental controls, online backup, and tuneup utilities. But if you don't need these features, or really just want lightweight antivirus software, Smart Security 4 is a strong choice.


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I'm a student and I need write a programe bank application in java .
I must write a program that the customer could withdraw and deposit from his account.I wrote this program.
but I need to use several classes for this program (object oriented). for exemple:
BankAccount which has an instance variable amount
and has methods:
withDraw which takes a parameter -> amountToWithDraw
deposit -> amountToAdd
checkBalance -> which takes no parameters, but which returns the value in the instance variable amount.
but i dont know how use of several classes.
you can help me?
import java.util.Scanner; public class BankAccount { public static void main(String[] args) { Scanner clapton=new Scanner(System.in); int x; float balance = 0; boolean quit=false; do { System.out.println("1. Deposit money"); System.out.println("2. Withdraw money"); System.out.println("3. Check balance"); System.out.print(" 0 to quit: "); System.out.println("enter your choice :"); x=clapton.nextInt(); if (x==1) { float amount; System.out.println(" Amount to deposit :"); amount=clapton.nextFloat(); if (amount>=0) { balance += amount; } else { System.out.println("system can't reply your request"); } } else if (x==2) { float amount; System.out.println(" Amount to withdraw :"); amount =clapton.nextFloat(); if (amount<=0 || amount > balance) { System.out.println("system can't reply your request "); } else { balance -= amount; } } else if (x==3) { System.out.println("your balance :" + balance ); } else if (x==0) { quit=true; } else { System.out.println("wrong choice"); } } while (!quit); System.out.println("bye"); } }


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