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As has been the buzz on Twitter, country superstars Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood will return in 2012 to host "Country Music's Biggest Night" for a fifth time. "The 46th Annual CMA Awards" airs live from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on Thursday, Nov. 1 (8 to 11 p.m.) on ABC.
"I think I can speak for both of us when I say that we are extremely excited to be back for a fifth year hosting the CMA Awards," Underwood said. "Each year we work harder so that we can help present the best show possible."
"We're waiting on someone to do something really stupid between now and then," said Paisley. "I have faith. We are excited. I think you walk out there with people expecting a certain thing now and that's a great place to be. I think they know who we are. They know what we do up there together and we've become something different together than we are separately, I think, which is fun."
Paisley has won 14 CMA Awards since receiving the Horizon Award (now the New Artist Award) in 2000, including Entertainer of the Year (2010), Male Vocalist (2007, 2008, 2009) and Album (2006 for "Time Well Wasted"). He won Musical Event of the Year three times, first in 2004 with Alison Krauss for "Whiskey Lullaby," second in 2006 for "When I Get Where I'm Going" with Dolly Parton, and a third time in 2009 for "Start a Band" with Keith Urban. He claimed the Vocal Event of the Year trophy in 2001 for "Too Country" with Bill Anderson, George Jones and Buck Owens, and won Music Video of the Year three times, first in 2002 for "I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)," second in 2004 for "Whiskey Lullaby" (again with Krauss), and third in 2007 for "Online." He is No. 5 on the list of top CMA Award winners of all time.
"I really think that the CMA Awards are a very special thing in our town," said Paisley. "When they say it's 'Country Music's Biggest Night,' it is. It's the biggest night of ratings that we ever get. The reason that I think it has worked is because we both take it so seriously that we're ready when we walk out there. We are focused on making sure that we're not just crossing our fingers that it works, that what we have ready is ready."
Underwood has received five CMA Awards in her career, including three consecutive wins as Female Vocalist (2006, 2007, 2008), as well as Single of the Year (2007 for "Before He Cheats") and the Horizon Award (2006).
"I feel like each year our hosting gets better and better," said Underwood. "We want to top that every year, so it's a good challenge."
"The 46th Annual CMA Awards" is a production of the Country Music Association.


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ASUS R9 280X DirectCU II TOP & R9 270 DirectCU II OC Review
ASUS R9 280X DirectCU II TOP & R9 270 DirectCU II OC Introduction:
If you have been a gamer for a while, ASUS DirectCU II cards have earned a reputation for delivering excellent performance with higher-than-baseline clock speeds for the generation of the card. Staying cool under fire, the direct contact heat pipe cooling solutions employed to manage the thermal load, have traditionally been high-end to say the least; with large heat pipes and newer fan technologies that deliver lower noise along with the improved cooling. This generation is no different.
The two cards I get to look at today are the R9 280X DirectCU II TOP and the R9 270 DirectCU II OC. Both feature factory clock speed increases, the R9 280X DirectCU II is a TOP variant of the R9 280X, which features the highest clock speeds out of ASUS R9 280X product stack. In this case, 1070MHz on the specially selected core and 1600MHz on the GDDR5 memory. The R9 270 DirectCU II is a factory overclocked version that comes with a 950MHz base clock and 975MHz boost clock to go with the 1400MHz memory clock speed. Both cards have advantages besides the cooling from ASUS by using its own proprietary Digi+ VRM and Super Power Alloy components to deliver the current needs to the card cooler and more efficiently for a longer lasting card.
Priced at $259 for the R9 270 DirectCU II OC and $479 for the R9 280X DirectCU II TOP, each card is neither the most expensive nor the least expensive when searching our favorite e-tailers. Let's start the article by taking a look at how the card reaches the consumer by looking at the packaging.
ASUS R9 280X DirectCU II TOP & R9 270 DirectCU II OC Closer Look:
The packaging used by ASUS for this pair of AMD-based video cards look almost identical with the front view on both showing claw marks across a black background. Highlighted features include the DirectCU II cooling solution employed on each card with the R9 280X DirectCU II TOP solution being touted as 20% cooler and 3X quieter than the reference cards, while the solution used on the R9 270 DirectCU II OC is touted again as 20% cooler and vastly quieter. You get the point; reference cards are loud!
Each of these cards are part of the DirectCU II lineup. The R9 280X is a TOP version while the R9 270 is an OC edition. Windows 8 support is shown on the R9 280X DirectCU II TOP, but not on the R9 270 DirectCU II OC, although both will run fine with Windows 8. It comes down to the UEFI support on the card and how it interacts with Windows 8. The back side of the package illustrates the benefits of the DirectCU II cooling solution, Digi+ VRM, and Super Alloy Power components, as well as a quick look at ASUS' own GPU Tweak software package. Outside of the size of the package and actual card name, there is not much to distinguish the two boxes. Each has consistent messaging for the consumer.
Internally, you start to see some differences, just due to the clear size differences between the two cards and the marketing concepts used. The R9 280X DirectCU II TOP comes in black with a slim cardboard box containing the accessory bundle, while the R9 270 DIrectCU II OC comes in a slimmer white box having most of the accessory bundle under the foam or in a cutout below the R9 270 DirectCU II OC.
The accessory bundle is kind of slim on both cards. Each gets a driver disk that has the latest GPU driver at the time of packaging and ASUS GPU Tweak software. A "Speed Setup" guide is included in case you need direction on how to install the cards. A CrossFire bridge connector is included, in case you ever decide that just one card is not enough for your gaming needs. The R9 270 comes with a DVI to D-Sub adapter in case you are still running a monitor equipped with a D-Sub connection. Sure its slim, but it gets the job done.
Past experience has shown that ASUS puts together a very stout package when it comes to its DirectCU II based lineup, regardless of whether you are looking at an AMD or NVIDIA based video card. In this case, I get to look at a pair of AMD cards in the R9 series. Let's dig into the cards and see how well they perform, stock and overclocked.

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I can see why, having come from a P&S camera, you would be attracted to a superzoom but IMO it is less than optimal.
Your stated photographics intentions are for "Lanscape, Street, Museums and Tourist Attractions".
These require lenses at the shorter end of the scale and the A77 kit lens, 16-50mm is a good match for those aims and is a high quality lens.
The Tamron 17-50mm is an alternative but not first choice IMO.
Ok, there will be times when you find the need for a longer lens but, in the short term you could pick up a cheap Minolta/Sony in the 75-300mm range.
A good camera deserves a good lens.
Choosing between the SLT and NEX is less clear; for the style of photography you espouse, I don't think the NEX lack of fast AF will be a problem for you but there is a shortage of NEX lenses which does limit your options.
You also lose in body image stabilisation which may be a factor.
NEX has a slight advantage in IQ but I doubt you would notice.


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The Germany international inspired his side to all three points with one goal and three assists against the Hammers, to leave his side trailing north London rivals Tottenham by four points in the hunt for Champions League qualification.
|Arsenal are 8/13 with Paddy Power to finish outside the top four this season
"There is enough time to get back in the top four, and a lot of points to play for," Podolski told reporters.
"We must believe in our game and our players. After the two defeats against Manchester City and Chelsea, the atmosphere was not so good, but now we have won 5-1 and we look forward to the next game."
Podolski has hit 11 goals in 28 appearances since his £11 million move in the summer, but has only completed the full 90 minutes on one occasion in the league.
However, the striker is refusing to kick up a fuss over his early withdrawals, and insists that the team is the most important thing.
"When you are a footballer, you will not always play 90 minutes. Sometimes you are not happy, but this is not important for me," he explained.
"I fight for Arsenal, for the club and team and this for me is important.
"We have a lot of great players. The coaches don't change the full-back or centre-back - you change always the positions in the front who create something.
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MANCHESTER — While police in some New Hampshire communities were caught by surprise when a reduced decibel level for motorcycle noise took effect at the start of the year, Manchester police were right on top of the change.
Police Chief David Mara speaks often of quality of life issues in the city and noise is right up there as an irritant. So Manchester operates occasional noise-enforcement stations during the prime riding season, to test if motorcycles meet the new standard of 92 decibels while idling, compared to the old level of 106.
"We want Manchester to be a welcoming place," said Mara, and that includes for motorcycle riders. But not if their machines make too much noise.
Patrol Division Traffic Unit Supervisor Sgt. Andrew Vincent said motorcycles can meet the new lower decibel standard when being test ed, either at a checkpoint or during the required annual mechanical inspection, but still be a problem because of how they are operated.
Anyone who has stood in front of City Hall during a parade, while a band with lots of brass playing or a fire truck with siren sounding passes by, knows that location can magnify sound.
In addition, when exhaust pipes are modified or changed to straight pipes — the equivalent of a rusted out or missing car muffler — the noise level wouldn't be acceptable.
The Manchester Police Department motorcycles have stock pipes, but even they can make too much noise. "The manner in which you ride determines how much noise you make," said Vincent.
He rejected the popular argument that loud pipes save lives, which has its own acronyn: LPSL.
"Conscientious riders who keep their eyes open and anticipate road hazards will save lives," he said. "Inexperienced riders who take the time to attend a motorcycle riders' safety course will save lives."
While enforcement is part of the solution, Vincent said: "We need to educate people."
A group of motorcyclists can move through the downtown area without generating complaints, but if they choose to show off by revving their engines repeatedly, it can be very disruptive, he said.
There are other sources of noise complaints. Loud music, from vehicles or residences, is one source. So are parties. So are rusted or missing mufflers on cars and trucks.
But motorcycles definitely prompt calls to police, although it can be frustrating to address because of how noise must be measured. Sometimes operators are given a warning instead of a citation. Other times, they are cited for defective equipment and given time to remedy the problem.
Vincent said noise complaints this year are about the same as last year. But he couldn't say whether it's because more riders are taking the decibel reduction seriously, are sticking with their factory-issue exhaust pipes, or because they have become more considerate.


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I actually don't like the "permabanned" avatar swap
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I see nothing wrong with the permabanned avatar banned users get. When I first seen it I thought the person getting slapped was the main character from the TV show the Wonder Years.
JEBWrench and DoPo have been favored by the gods!!! We must figure out what the gods want so we all may appease them!
Sorry, I must ask, idk if anyone else did but... Why is everyone's avatars cats in this thread. o.o
maybe I've missed something.. but everybody is the farkin miserable cat in this thread.
I kind of appreciate it, honestly. It expresses that most of the people who have gotten banned didn't get there from a single mistake in judgement or instance of misbehavior, but a sheer unwillingness to respect that their continued antics wouldn't be tolerated.
And, y'know, no actors were actually harmed in the making of this .GIF. So...
If it doesn't sit well with your sense of humor, or you genuinely think someone is making light of child abuse, you have my sympathies. But I'm clearly not in accord with the first, and I disagree with the sentiment of the second.
If you check the post before yours I've also complained, however my complaint is about the image itself rather than changing someone's avatar.
Oh, fuck, lol! I don't even know what they want - I've been sacrificing a wide variety of things in their honour for quite a while now - a goat, a badger, a Christmas tree, a pair of jeans, a jar of cookies, a virgin (well, admittedly that was the goat), the script for Half-Life 3 which I stole from Valve, etc. I wasn't sure what they wanted, so I tried to cover all bases.
As a side note, may I suggest the grumpy cat treatment from now on for any thread that starts getting "heated"? Like, the sexism ones, the piracy ones, etc. And just enable it by default on R&P. It's better than closing the threads, I think.
It's a .gif. Of paid actors. With added text. Go cry to the mod team if you just can't hold back those salty tears of sorrow.
So this has nothing to do with the fact that to me, everyone's avatar looks like Tard the Grumpy Cat right now?
I saw your post. Your complaint is perfectly valid seeing as you had a genuine issue with the image used. Not just a case of "Oh you've messed up the profile of some douche who'll never use it again!". Perhaps we could change to a different gif for similar effect without the child abuse?
The child abuse thing could be a problem but it doesn't bother me. Though real child abuse is a very bad thing indeed.
Only on this thread, I think a mod found the thread and changed everyones avatar to wind up the OP...
I find it rather sad when the staff of a supposedly professional website, like the Escapist, succumb to the effects of the G.I.F.T. I mean c'mon guys, aren't you supposed to be setting the example fro the rest of us?
I don't like it much either, but WHY IS EVERYONE'S AVATAR THE GRUMPY CAT?!? DID I PRESS A BUTTON?!
I'm not even interested in the thread anymore, I just want me a sweet Tard avatar.
Please guys?
When i first came onto this site, i thought the permaban avi was a bit stupid, it just looks so immature, it reeks a little too much of gloating over someone who can't respond. I still think it's a little overboard, but less so now, i think i've largely stopped noticing it, about the only thing i look at with permabanned people is what they said to bring the banhammer down on them.
Also, why are all out avatars turned into the same grumpy cat?
Agreed, another image would work fine (weather gif or otherwise).
Perhaps, I think a sad bulldog would be good too. Or a gif of Goku beating Frieza down.
It perplexes me when something that's done in light humour gets over-analysed to the point where people genuinely have their jimmies rustled...
Kind of ironic, now that I think about it.
Why is everyone's avatar a Cat?
I know, but you know how the internet rolls, it's srs bsn.
You know what we can do?
If you're grumpy cat and you know it, clap your hands!
*clap clap*
EDIT: LOL! Who ever changed my avatar to that, you are my hero. XD
I'm far too grumpy to clap my hands.
Controversy grumps!
Uh, okay, what's going on here? Why is everybody's avatar's kitties?
(Yeah, I don't know any other mod other then Time Lord...)
Though, on topic, yeah, I find it mildly annoying myself. It seems fairly stupid, childish, even. I find it to be... well, annoying, a minor annoyance, at least.
I tried to start a light hearted song, and nothing happened. D:
some one complained about changing avatars for permabanned member's, so the Mods, :D being well ... them, changed every ones avatars for this thread to that cat.
your a kitteh now :D
that in and of it self is worth all the people missing the jokes :D
I take offense to this. I am NOT a grumpy kitty! I am a furious kitty.
It's almost as if we're playing a reverse version of the Loading Ready Run "Kitty" thing. I'm waiting on one avatar being a human with a twirly moustache going "Curses you've foiled my nefarious plans"
OT: I must ask, is this really such a big issue?
And to that I say no. Because this is.
People complain that the gif and grumpy avatars are immature, but isn't it pretty immature to get so worked up about something so minor?
Why should the escapist have to be srs bsns all the time? "No fun allowed" sites are boring :/
I can't believe I'm actually saying this, but it's clear.
The gods want cheezburgers.
There needs to be a red button that turns other threads into this one. Hating on JB is getting old.
Now whoever changed my avatar to a grumpy looking cat HAS SOME EXPLAINING TO DO!!!!
Lol, everyone's avatar is changed to the grumpy cat pic.
OT: I think the permabanned gif is funny and it's just on the thread only, not the user's defult avatar.
The staff have changed all the avatars here to a grumpy lolcat.
Response to thread given. I am laughing. XD
I've always been a happy lolcat, but this may be my next avatar.
Confused by people on the internet getting upset over trivial things?
Okay, I needed a reason to use that picture as soon as I found it.
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Police: Teacher used school computer to meet prostitutes
Police: Teacher used school computer to meet prostitutes
SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. —
A Lake Brantley High School teacher could be suspended or even fired for allegedly using his high school computer to meet prostitutes.
Christopher Dalland, a chemistry teacher, is accused of using a district computer to access websites for sex.
Police said Dalland, who has been with Seminole County Public Schools for about 10 years, participated in prostitution out of east Orange County several times.
The school district said Dalland was suspended for three days in 2007 for a similar incident. He was also reprimanded and put on a two year probation, which he completed.
The school board will make the suspension recommendation at its Tuesday meeting and recommend his termination at a Dec. 11 meeting.
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On the one day I came across two snippets of insights from totally different perspectives that surprised me when I realised that they are connected. And speaking of "connected" that's what they were both about.
In The 5 New Rules That Will Change The Way You Run Your Business Greg Satell explains how technology now shapes our enterprises in contrast to just enabling business processes within. His theory is that building and defending assets is no longer a sustainable strategy and will be a liability. An indeed that although we are mostly still learning what Drucker's 1966 prediction of the "knowledge economy" means Satell says that we're already moving from the Knowledge Economy to the Information Economy.
How does that work - information is a subset of knowledge, right? So that feels like we are moving backwards.
Here is Satell's explanation which contains the big insights. They are big because behind them is the unstated expectation that you know about the unprecendented disruptive power of the technologies of cloud, social, mobile & big data (predictive analysis). These technologies provide the connectivity and the capabilty to provide "instant" actionable insights (knowledge) from information, without having to own and invest in the knowledge assets.
Today we moving from a scale economy to a semantic economy, where the knowledge you own is not nearly as important as that which you can access. We're also in the midst of a new industrial revolution in which an enterprising entrepreneur can leverage manufacturing, finance, marketing and even supercomputing resources from the cloud.
So it is no longer clear that scale advantages outweigh the strategic rigidity that comes with large enterprises. Big firms are learning that they need to network their organizations in order to stay competitive with an onslaught of nimble startups.
Key insights are these:
- Access to information (connectivity) more important than ownership of knowledge;
- Massive range of capabilities available as a service e.g. IBM's Watson Supercomputer as a Service - incredible! (More on this but Watson as a Ecosystem is one of the most astounding announcements in the history of computing if you ask me, and I started my first full time job as a Programmer in 1967 so I've been watching for a while!)
- Categorising and hoarding knowledge in corporate cupboards is a liability.
What's the connection to Recruiting? Greg Savage recruiting savant extraordinaire gave a wrap-up of the 2012 Recruiting and Services Association Conference where he noted in his highlights these points from Mike Walsh:
- The new generation seldom make decisions in advance because they make decisions in real-time. And they will make work and job search decisions in same way.
- The next generation will have a radically different approach to work, shaped by a childhood of disruptive technologies. 'Knowing things' is not important anymore.
- Having a network that gives you answers is more important.
Those points jumped off the page to me, as I recalled Satell's predictions. And also, as Greg Savage has said many times - one key characteristics of the recruiters that survive in the future will be that they have access to a very large network of potential talent (only possible through social). Meaning that it is not knowledge of the candidates but knowledge of where to find the candidates, at scale. That's the connection with Satell's observation.
By the way these trends are also connected to the Internet of Things which recently became the new catch-cry of Marc Benioff, and to M2M (machine to machine data) as they speak to the mass of new information. The challenge then becomes how to collect this as needed and turn it into knowledge on the fly. Doing this the "old way" with in-house IT isn't going to fly. It's going to be cloud services - interacting service platforms and ecosystems bought at marginal cost - the in-house edge will be from Predictive Analysis as it is hard to "platform" this as a service as it is still more of an art.
I can see the reality of this, and how it will change how companies are organised and how people will work, and how today's knowledge assets and structures will become liabilities. Now having a "prepared mind" I'm certain to spot elements of this trend on a daily basis from now on. That's exciting.
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Whoever, being of the crew of a vessel of the United States, on the high seas, or on any other waters within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States, unlawfully and with force, or by fraud, or intimidation, usurps the command of such vessel from the master or other lawful officer in command thereof, or deprives him of authority and command on board, or resists or prevents him in the free and lawful exercise thereof, or transfers such authority and command to another not lawfully entitled thereto, is guilty of a revolt and mutiny, and shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.
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Smash! Squeal! Rat-a-tat-a-tat-a-tat! Crash! Argh! Kaboom!
So begins Quantum of Solace, the 137th movie in a big-screen saga that stretches back to the year 1524. Such boy-noise largely sums up the middle of the film, as well. And the end. And it's the way your head feels as you walk to your car afterwards.
Quantum of Solace starts about where the last Bond flick, Casino Royale, left off. Bond, mourning the death of his girlfriend/rogue agent Vesper, is hot on the heels of the evildoers he blames for her demise—claiming, of course, it's all for the good of Queen and Country. But he's not fooling anyone, especially not M, his boss. Bond's vendetta is profoundly personal: His rage spatters like 400-degree bacon grease, concealed only by his tailored tux and marble eyes.
As he cuts across Europe and South America, leaving a sizable swath of dead bodies in his wake, Bond unearths a vast shadowy organization called Quantum. Quantum wants—well, we don't exactly know what Quantum wants. But it has something to do with bringing the world to its knees. (What else could it be?)
Bond's self-assigned to-do list? 1) Battle the bad guys—fronted by one Dominic Greene, a lank, cavern-eyed schemer posing as an environmentalist. 2) Fight off the CIA. 3) Deceive and manipulate MI6. 4) Wreck cars, boats and airplanes. 5) Rescue one woman. 6) Seduce one woman. 7) Crack the occasional dry quip.
Positive Elements
Mr. Bond is not one to be easily dissuaded from the task at hand. His methods can and should be questioned. But his desire and determination to bring the bad guys to justice is well-honed. Even when his motives are selfish, he's all about making the world a safer place.
That grit manifests itself in some pretty negative, vengeful ways. But by the end of the film, it appears that 007 understands that revenge doesn't supply, well, even a quantum of solace. "I don't think the dead care about vengeance," he says. And just when you think he can't help but kill everyone he meets, he decides to leave one very bad dude alive.
Spiritual Content
In the wake of Bond killing a series of potential witnesses and M scolding him for it, he makes a flippant remark about a man the Americans wanted to question. He says, "If they wanted his soul, they should've made a deal with a priest."
Sexual Content
In typical Bond-movie fashion, the opening theme is "illustrated" with nude women cavorting in various degrees of shadow.
Bond, still mourning Vesper, confines his usually boundless sexual energy to one proposition: He brings a British agent named Strawberry Fields into his hotel suite and asks her, "I can't find the stationary. Will you help me look?" In Bond-speak that means, "Why don't you come into the bedroom, take off all your clothes and have sex with me." They do indeed wind up in bed, where we see them chatting afterwards, sheets covering strategic spots.
A nude dead woman is (fully) seen stretched out facedown on a bed. She's covered in black oil. Quick flashes show audiences another woman screaming as a man begins to sexually assault her. She escapes, but her female rescuer is also handled roughly by their attacker. She bites his face as he presses close and, eventually, shoots him dead. She tells Bond that this assailant "did things" with her mother and older sister before strangling them.
We learn that Camille, the film's designated "Bond girl," slept with Greene to get close to her own target of revenge. Their affair is mentioned often, at times augmented by descriptions of how each "performed." Greene later "gives" Camille to a would-be South American dictator, asking him to "dump her over the side [of the boat] when you're done." She wears revealing clothing.
A female character in a swimsuit tells her presumed lover that she wants his hands on her body. Bond makes a sexualized quip about handcuffs. Camille kisses Bond.
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Bond uses his license to kill so much here that he might need to get it relaminated. And, presumably because he's so embittered by Vesper's death, his actions feel even more cold and callously calculated than usual. Frenetic and exceedingly visceral car chases, plane chases and foot chases set the stage for him to send bad guys hurtling off a cliff, crowd a small plane into the side of a mountain, shoot scores of adversaries and stab a man just to watch him bleed to death.
"If you would avoid killing every possible lead, it would be deeply appreciated," M tells Bond. To which the only real reply he gives is to kill again.
When Bond doesn't end someone's life, he makes them wish they were dead. He shoves someone off a rooftop. (Bad guys then shoot the injured man.) He leaves another guy out in the middle of the desert with only a can of motor oil to drink. (The bad guys finish him off, too—but, we're told, not before he downs the oil.) Bond dangles folks by their hair. And he puts his fists and feet into their faces. He specializes in creating massive, fiery chaos.
And it's not just his enemies who suffer. Corrupt cops brutally kill Bond's only ally as Bond—possibly unintentionally—uses him as a human shield. Then Bond roughly tosses the body into a dumpster, saying that the man wouldn't care. He treats Camille roughly, rescuing her from a petty dictator by throwing her into a boat, where she's eventually knocked unconscious. He carries her limp form onto a dock and unceremoniously hands her off to a stray hotel attendant, explaining that she's seasick.
He and Camille jump from a falling airplane, both of them nearly plunging to their deaths before activating a parachute in the nick of time. Then it's implied that he considers shooting her in the head to "save" her from burning to death.
Greene shows Camille a dead body floating in the water—his handiwork, apparently. He nearly pushes Camille off a balcony. He threatens a dictator with crude and murderous words. And he orders his henchmen to fill a fellow full of bullets. Trying to decapitate Bond with a fire ax, Greene manages to bury the cold steel in his own foot.
Crude or Profane Language
There's far more crude violence than there is rude language. But there are still two or three s-words. God's and Jesus' names are misused at least once each. "A--," "b--tard," "h---" and the British interjection "bloody" round out the tally.
Drug and Alcohol Content
Filmmakers give us the recipe for an official James Bond martini—a beverage we're told Bond drinks six of during an evening flight to Bolivia. Not that this 007 is particularly picky about his alcohol. He drinks whiskey, shares champagne with Fields and sits with CIA agent Felix Leiter as he sips a beer. He's also offered drugs, if he wants them. Mathis, a Bond bud, says that he has "pills for everything. Some make you taller. Some make you forget."
Felix puffs on a cigar or two.
Other Negative Elements
Did the British government laminate up a license for Bond to steal, too? He pilfers a tuxedo. A truck. A briefcase. A boat. He breaks into a hotel with a credit card and, of course, lies almost constantly—though he doesn't seem to much care whether anyone believes him or not.
The good-guy governments, meanwhile, dabble in moral relativism. A CIA agent tells Felix that, if the United States just worked with good guys, they wouldn't be working with many folks at all. A British official justifies playing ball with Greene by saying, "Right or wrong doesn't come into it. We're doing this out of necessity." It's said, with a bit of resignation, that these days "the villains and the heroes get all mixed up."
Going all the way back to 1962 (it wasn't really 1524, and there aren't really 137 films—yet), James Bond is pretty much the antithesis of what Plugged In likes to see at the movies. He drinks. He sleeps around. He kills people. And he jokes about it.
So is the Quantum of Solace-Bond just new or is he improved in any way? Well, he doesn't bed quite so many women, and I guess you could say that's a good thing. And he definitely doesn't find a lot of amusement in his work this time around. Indeed, I don't think we ever see him smile.
This is 007 at his most ruthless, most frightening. In the franchise's strange chronology, Quantum takes place early in Bond's career, before he coated himself with a Teflon sheen of invincibility and carefree "professionalism." Here, the spy is rage dressed in a tux, an assassin who only manages to suppress his desire to kill once—at the very end.
Bond, like Batman before him, has gone dark.
"I'm happy to have done it, but I'm sad that it has turned so violent," Roger Moore, who played a far breezier Bond in the 1970s and '80s, told the Daily Mail. "That's keeping with the times, it's what cinema-goers seem to want and it's proved by the box-office figures."
Previous Bonds made killing look cool. Daniel Craig makes it look cold. So could it be possible that a grimmer Bond is a better Bond? Certainly the consequences of his actions are more visible. Death is more visceral. And Craig's Bond, so obviously scarred and hardened, is as much an object of pity as he is of admiration. You don't necessarily want to grow up and be a spy after watching his Bond.
But he's also flooding the screen with more raw brutality, something that has its own—significant—downside. And it's not just that it sucks all the "fun" out of the superspy world.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Castleton's historic season rolled on in the nation's capital on Saturday as the Spartans rallied from an early 20-7 deficit to capture a 28-20 Eastern Collegiate Football Conference (ECFC) victory over Gallaudet University.
The Spartans have now won five-straight to improve to 6-2, 5-0 on the season. The six wins sets a new program record, but most importantly Castleton is assured the opportunity to play for the ECFC title on Saturday, November 10 at Spartan Stadium versus Mount Ida. Both the Spartans and Mustangs sit at 5-0 with two games remaining, and with their closest conference competitors sitting with two losses the season will come down to a winner-take-all showdown.
Shane Brozowski (Rensselaer, N.Y.) threw for 338 yards and three touchdowns, completing 28-of-49 pass attempts to lead the high-powered offense, but it was the Spartan defense and special teams that proved crucial to sealing the win.
After Ryan Bonheyo's (Frederick, Md.) third touchdown with 1:23 remaining in the first half put the Bison on top 20-7, the defense and special teams went to work, clamping down and holding Gallaudet scoreless for the final 31:23.
Mick Wong (Hartford, Vt.) ignited the rally with a block of the point-after-try, and the momentum carried the Spartan offense 47 yards in 53 seconds to cut the lead to 20-14 at halftime. Brozowski found Tyler Carpenter (Fort Edward, N.Y.) for the score just before the interval.
After forcing a punt to start the second half, the Castleton offense marched 62 yards on 11 plays down to the Gallaudet seven-yard line, where Shelby Bean (Arvada, Colo.) broke up a fourth-down pass to Carpenter.
The Spartan defense then forced a fumble that Peter Mancini (North Smithfield, R.I.) recovered at the Bison 18.
This time there was no stalling the offense, and Brozowski found Brandon Boyle (Springfield, Vt.) in the end zone seven plays later on fourth down to snare a 21-20 lead after Dave Fox's (Troy, N.Y.) PAT.
Gallaudet drove into Spartan territory on the ensuing drive, but once again it was a huge special teams play by Wong, this time a blocked 33-yard field goal attempt, that snuffed out the scoring chance.
Four possessions later it was Brozowski finding Boyle on a third-and-ten from the Gallaudet 18-yard line that pushed the lead to 28-20 with just over two minutes remaining. The touchdown capped a seven-play, 30-yard drive that was set up by yet another Spartan defensive stop.
Carpenter finished with 83 yards and a touchdown on 19 rushing attempts to go along with his eight-catch, 80-yard performance on the receiving end. Kevin Alberque (Ridgefield Park, N.J.) led the receiving corps with 110 yards on eight catches, while Boyle finished with 69 on six catches to go along with his two scores.
Ryan Bonheyo finished with 179 yards on nine carries, the bulk of which came on an 83-yard touchdown scamper in the first quarter. Brother, Todd finished with 83 yards on 11 carries, and a 1-for-4 day with 21 yards passing before leaving the game in favor of Nick Elstad (Colorado Springs, Colo.) who finished with 79 yards on 17 attempts and an interception late in the game to seal the Bisons' fate.
Brandon Bergeron (Hartford, Vt.) led the Spartan defense with 10 tackles, while Cameron Laundry (Hartland, Vt.) added nine including one for a loss. Wong added seven and a QB hurry to his stat-line, while Todd Carr (Ticonderoga, N.Y.) had six and a forced fumble.
Castleton takes to the road next Saturday to take on Husson University at 1 pm, before returning home for its date with Mount Ida.


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My Tuesday column on old-time baseball photos I found from the Northern California Baseball League has generated a terrific response from readers.
In the past few days, I have discovered a bit more information about some of the folks in the photo and of the league itself, which is exactly what I was seeking. All I had to go on were the photos and a small story on the 1949 league championship contest.
In my time working here, I have discovered how important history is to those of you living in Siskiyou County. It's fascinating to me to see photos from yesteryear and learn a bit more about the players in the photos.
On Tuesday afternoon, I received a phone call from Ward Foster of Montague. He told me that he was a member of the Medford Mustangs squad from the late 1940s to the early 1950s.
Ward, 86, came back to the area as a veteran after serving his country in World War II. During that time, he worked at a timber plant in Montague and later at a creamery in Montague.
"We were all working and on Sunday we would play baseball," Ward said. Games were played at a number of fields still standing today including what is now called Hibbard Field in Yreka and the ballparks in Fort Jones and in Montague.
"It was just all good times," he said.
On Sundays during the summer months, Ward said teams from throughout the county would compete in the semi-pro league. Ward said that he has many fond memories of playing for the Mustangs, who he said were an elite team in the league along with the Yreka Indians.
"There were friendly battles," he said about the contest between the teams in the league. "When we played it was a battle, but when it was over we were still friends."
Ward told me that besides Montague, another nearby squad was the Grenada Wildcats and he recalled a lot of fun and challenging games when playing the team from Happy Camp.
Ward played third base and shortstop, and said his strength and specialty was on the defensive end of things.
Ward also provided me with a photo and names of the players from the 1947-48 Montague squad.
In the top row, from left to right are Austin Hockaday, unknown player, Wayne Bradbury, Paul Nunes, Cline Soule, Walt Bray, and Clinton Crawford. In the bottom row are Chet Owens, Dale Walker, Al Favero, Albert Paulazzo, Claude Morton, Ward Foster, Tuffy Elmore, Tom Sutter and Bunny Row. In the front is batboy David Rowe.
"There still a few of us left, but there's really not too many of us," Ward, said.
A helpful email came from Kristi Bigham on the Fort Jones Lumber squad that ran on Tuesday.
She provided me with the names of the players. They are in the top row from top let to right: Wilbur Martin, Kenny Simpson, Don Purdy, unknown, Neil Evans and Albert Facey.
In the bottom row are Kenny Short, Fred Ruff, (Still alive), Ernie Bigham, Dwayne Glendenning, Don Duncan Sr., Pete Storti and Fred Smiley. The boy in the front is unknown.
"These names were provided by Ernest Butch Bigham, son of Ernie Bigham," Kristi Bigham wrote. "Butch said this picture was probably taken in the 1950s.
"Don Duncan Jr. lives in Greenview. He was a teacher, coach, athletic director, and guidance counselor at Etna High for many years. The football field in Etna is named Duncan Field in honor of both Don Duncans."
"Ernest Bigham Jr. lives in Fort Jones. Also taught and coached at Etna High School for over 30 years, until he retired. Most recently he helped coach softball for Yreka High. The baseball field in Etna is named Bigham Field in his honor.
"I believe Fred Ruff is now 96 years old. He is my neighbor's grandfather.
"There are still family members of most of these players living in Scott Valley."
A Linda Laustalot wrote to me about the Hilt squad photo that ran in the paper on Tuesday.
"I saw the old baseball team pictures in Tuesday's paper. The gentleman in the back row middle with a jacket on of the Hilt picture is my father-in-law Walt Laustalot.
"I spoke with my brother-in-law in Ft. Jones and he confirmed that it was him," she wrote. Linda Laustalot said that her brother-in-law has "an interesting story how his father ended (up) playing ball in Hilt. She recommended I give him a call. I did not have time on Thursday, but I hope to give him a ring in the near future.
In Tuesday's edition, I did not have room for a team shot from the McCloud Loggers squad. which is running with this story. If anyone has information on the team or the players in the photo, let me know. If anyone has additional information on the photos I have published, or on the teams and particular players, please give me a call at 842-5777, or email me at email@example.com.
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After one of the recent Democratic debates, I suggested that Barack Obama's campaign appears well on its way to becoming one of the most intellectually dishonest in recent memory. That was after Obama pledged to combat illegal immigration by helping to fix the Mexican economy, while simultaneously pledging to pull out of NAFTA unless Mexico agrees to U.S. environmental and labor standards.
Now we learn that, while Obama campaigns in Ohio on a platform of renegotiating NAFTA, one of his senior economic advisers is telling Canada that Obama doesn't really mean it. According to this report from CTV, the adviser (Austan Goolsbee) told the Canadian Consulate General in Chicago that when Senator Obama talks about opting out of the free trade deal, the Canadian government shouldn't worry because it was just campaign rhetoric not to be taken seriously. Quizzed on this matter, Goolsbee reportedly refused to say whether he had such a conversation with the Canadian government office in Chicago. He also said he has been told to direct any questions to the campaign headquarters.
Goolsbee, a University of Chicago professor, cannot be passed off as some guy that Obama once had lunch with. He is a Obama's "lead" economic adviser in the presidential and has been advising Obama since his 2004 Senate campaign.
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Gold is positioning itself contrary to risk-on assets. It has detached from the stock market -- and that's a good thing.
First, let's take a look at the recent activity in a number of markets. From top to bottom we plot silver, gold, the Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDX), the iShares Barclays 20+ Yr Treasury Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:TLT) and the US dollar. The first three markets have been in a downtrend since the end of September. Meanwhile, TLT and the buck began their downtrends in the middle of November. It appears that these markets have been tightly connected since the end of November. That is the bigger picture. The short-term term picture shows the US$ potentially breaking out and bonds not breaking to a new low.
Meanwhile, we should take note of the action in some other markets since late November. Both emerging markets (iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF (NYSEARCA:EEM)) and the S&P 500 have advanced, but EEM is slowing down. Commodities failed to make a new high even as the US dollar made a marginal low. As we can see, the inverse of the buck is threatening to break down and realign with commodities and Central Fund of Canada Limited (USA) (NYSEAMEX:CEF), a fund which is half gold and half silver. The rally since November is now seeing a negative divergence as emerging markets have not made a new high and the US dollar could be breaking out.
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Meanwhile, the precious metals appear likely to test major support in the coming days and weeks. There will be some more pain, but things are setting up perfectly for the next cyclical bull market. Gold is positioning itself contrary to risk-on assets. It has detached from the stock market and that is a good thing. There will likely be a transition period as precious metals find a bottom and the equity market reaches its peak. For now, look to buy precious metals if they reach an extreme oversold condition next week.
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Monday, April 26, 2010
The "T" word, followed by the "N" word
I have nothing against tasting notes. Truly I don't. Some people write such lively and lovely ones, one wants to read them for the joy of it, not necessarily in order to bone up about the wines being described. Interesting, that: the tasting note is normally a thing with an expiration date. Who wants to know ten years down the line what a freshly released Sancerre tasted like, back in the day? But the effort of insight and originality remains persuasive, timelessly. Creative minds work with material and produce novelty and brilliance, and for this I am glad.
Yes, you can't go reading through the last pages of the Wine Spectator magazine, as someone (I forget who) recently wrote. But on the other hand, you can't simply have a lavish description of the winemaker or the bottle label or vinification practices or time in barrel or just say "we enjoyed it so much!"; a little more needs to be said about the experience of a wine.
Yet two days ago, I hit my tasting note nadir. I sat in front of a list of wines and my sharp memory of each, and there was just no way I was going to extract anything interesting, let alone a series of quips and quirks and potentially thrilling and enlightening material. I gave it a bash. But lord, it was wan. And I tucked the document away, and eventually, reader, I deleted the document.
I have nothing against points. I like stars and hearts and numbers, they catch your eye. I also have nothing against descriptions of dogwood and plums and pear tarts. Those are pretty, and evocative.
But it's true that a tasting note, when you get right down to it, is like a Schechuan peppercorn. It's a loud, spicy blast in the middle of what needs to be meatier to handle the intensity of its purported "objectiveness."
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- Florida Jim said...
As you know, tasting notes are just about all I write on most wine sites.
I do it for a variety of reasons:
1) Knowing that I will write forces me to pay attention
2) I only write about wines that I have had over the course of an evening, which includes dinner - so, at minimum, I feel like I gave them a chance
3) I think they are a nice place to start a conversation
4) I think they are opportunities to become acquainted and to allow people a glimpse of yourself
5) Some notes are better than others; but then, so are some wines and, for that matter, some people
6) I like doing it.
For those who take them too seriously, I have little time. For those who do it for much the same reasons as I . . . well, I just hope I get to meet them.
Best, Jim
- April 29, 2010 at 8:24 PM
- The Wine Mule said...
What Jim said, except for #2: I often taste wines because it's part of my job, and my job sometimes means giving wines less attention than they deserve. Which may explain why I don't sweat it too much on the days when all the reds just taste red. I know I'm not going to stop just because my sensory faculties have taken the day off. It's not permanent.
Also: If we don't give notes, who will? Are we supposed to give it over to Parker and the Wine Dictator and have theirs be the only voices?
And: There are people in this world who assume that because they're good at something, it must not be all that difficult, and is therefore unworthy of their attention. This is not true. Many people besides me, as you well know, believe you are a truly gifted writer of tasting notes. So, you know...etc.
- May 4, 2010 at 5:46 AM
- Angelus81 said...
I discovered your blog a few months ago and really enjoy spending some time on it. In fact, I started my own blog a little while ago and really relate to what you are doing as I'm French and writing in English on wine.
I allowed myself to put a link to your blog on mine, I hope you won't mind.
Anyway, keep up your great work, it's a pleasure reading you.
- May 9, 2010 at 7:53 PM
This is a great blog. I really liked what you had to say about wine "tasting notes." Interesting perspective.
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SOMERSWORTH — Although Rachel Hill scored a record-setting goal in her final regular-season game, her biggest goal came before the 2012 campaign ever started.
"I wanted to try and have more assists this year than I did any other year," said the Somersworth High School senior.
It was an unselfish objective for a player on the verge of becoming the state's most prolific scorer in girls soccer. Hill finished her career with 151 goals, including 32 this season to go along with 10 assists.
"I think the girls did work really hard to get open and they knew that if somebody was on me I needed to play the ball quicker than I usually do," she said. "They were aware of it and they did really help me out a lot."
Hill also set a career mark for goals by a girl in New Hampshire in an 8-0 win over Kingswood on senior day, making the forward an easy choice for Foster's girls soccer player of the year.
Hill was honored for the third straight year.
"As good a player as Rachel is, she is an even better teammate," said Somersworth coach Nick O'Brien. "She consistently worked to set up her teammates and was a leader on and off the field. Her work rate is second to none, whether in practice or in a game."
Hill scored the record-tying goal 63 seconds into the match against Kingswood and broke it in the fifth minute with her 148th career goal.
"We'd beaten them before by a lot," Hill said, "but you never know in soccer. Going into the game I knew I was only one away from tying it so I knew it was possible. I knew it was there."
She figured in the first three goals of the game with two goals and an assist and ended up with a hat trick. Alyssa Dalesio set up Hill's first goal and Emily Francoeur assisted on the record-breaker. Souhegan's Courtney Banghart held the previous mark of 147.
The fact that senior teammates Nicole Hinchey, Morgan Cormier and Erika Ducharme notched their first career goals only enhanced the experience.
"Throughout the year every now and then I would think about (the record) a little bit and I'd want to reach it," Hill said, "but personally I didn't focus on it a ton. The first thought in my head during a game is wanting to win. I know in order to win that takes the best team."
The Hilltoppers won enough to reach the quarterfinals of the Division III playoffs in each of the last four seasons, although Hill's biggest disappointment is that they didn't get any further.
"It didn't end how we wished," she said, "but I think throughout the whole season from beginning to end we really improved a lot this year."
A model of consistency, she averaged more than 35 goals per year throughout her career and scored at least 30 in each of her four varsity seasons.
Despite the magnitude of the record-breaking accomplishment, Hill was more focused on team goals going into the 2012 season.
"I wanted us to play more consistently and know going into a game how we're expected to play and play up to those expectations," she said. "This year as a team I just wanted everybody to always work hard in practice so that we knew going into games we were ready."
Hill is getting ready to take her game to the next level. She's headed to the University of Connecticut on scholarship where she expects the play to be faster and more physical.
"There will be bigger girls than I am and stronger," she said, "and girls will be just as fast as I am so I can't rely on that as much. It will be a big change, that's for sure."
Hills college career is already off to a good start. Her customary No. 3 was available. Hill's skill set includes speed and her soccer IQ.
"I've been around the game so much and my dad (Mike Hill) knows the game so well that I'm a pretty smart player," she said. "I know positioning, where to be and when to make a run."
Hill is dangerous with either foot. She can create her own scoring opportunities and finish with either power or precision.
"Rachel is technically sound," O'Brien said, "and she has an incredible sense for what happens on the field."
Hill made first team all-state in D-III all four years and was named all-New England as a junior and senior
"It was a good year to end my high school career," said Hill, who also runs track and plays basketball for Somersworth. "The season for me was to have a lot of fun and enjoy it and take everything out of it that I can."
"Rachel plays the game the way it should always be played," O'Brien said. "She plays with passion, intensity, intelligence, and with incredible skill."


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Acting police Superintendent Garry McCarthy told reporters this afternoon at City Hall that, while he's satisfied with how the police handled the mob action incidents downtown over the weekend, he'll not be completely satisfied until he's got every offender in custody.
"The strategy to prevent that from occurring again is not to be satisfied when 10 kids commit an infraction and arrest three of them. The answer is were going to go after all 10 of them," McCarthy said. "We're going to find every one of them, and we're going to prosecute and arrest every single one of them."
McCarthy also said that he didn't know all the facts of weekend mob action incidents, but said in excess of 20 arrests were made. Three of the five charged in the incidents were in bond court today.
McCarthy stressed the importance of awareness, telling reporters, "You don't want to walk in dark areas by yourself after having a fight at a bar with a friend and you're going home. We still have to pay attention to common sense things to do. ... That's the nature of the world today."
He said the officers' reaction to the incidents was "swift" and he doesn't believe the mob action incidents will be something police will need to worry about in the long run. He also believes officers have been deployed to that area adequately.
He compared the officers' quick handling of those incidents to the way his officers in Newark handled an outbreak in carjackings.
"I believe every crime can be prevented. But guess what? When crimes aren't prevented then we have to turn them around very, very quickly and prevent the next incident from occurring. And that's what we've been able to do," McCarthy said.
Three of the individuals who have been arrested in the weekend incidents were in bond court this afternoon: Dvonte Sykes, 17, of the 7500 block of South Normal Avenue, charged with two felony counts of robbery and one count of mob action violence to person and property; Trovolus Pickett, 17, of the 8400 block of South Dorchester Avenue, charged with three felony counts of robbery; and Derodte Wright, 18, of the 3500 block of South State Street, charged with one count of felony robbery.
Judge Maria Kuriakos Ciesil set bond at $250,000 for Sykes, $300,000 for Pickett, and $200,000 for Wright when the three appeared in court this afternoon. None of the defendants has any adult arrests in his background, according to Assistant State's Attorney Lorraine Scaduto.
The four attacks all took place within 10 minutes of each other, Scaduto said.
The first occurred at 8:24 p.m. at 340 E. Chicago Ave., Scaduto said. A 68-year-old physician who was visiting Chicago for a medical conference was sitting on the park bench when he was attacked by a mob of teens, including Pickett. They shoved the man down, and wrestled his iPad and cell phone away from him and ran, Scaduto said.
Less than five minutes later, a victim walking along the lakefront at 751 N. Lake Shore Dr. was attacked by Pickett and others, who punched him and stole his iPod Touch, Scaduto said.
At 8:30 p.m., a man was riding his bicycle at 801 N. Michigan Ave. when a mob approached and surrounded him. Pickett grabbed his headphones while Wright demanded his wallet, Scaduto said. The victim was pummeled to the ground and robbed of cash and his phone, which were later recovered, she said.
The final robbery occurred at 8:34 p.m. at 701 N. Lake Shore Dr., Scaduto said. The victim was walking alone taking photographs with a digital camera when a gang of youths including Sykes and one of the defendants charged as a juvenile attacked and stole the camera.
Two 16-year-old boys also were charged in juvenile delinquency petitions, one charged with a felony count of robbery and one count of mob action violence to person and property, police said. The other boy was charged with one count of misdemeanor theft, control of stolen property of less than $300 and mob action. The youths were not named because they are juveniles.


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Gameover Zombies on the March Again
Jul 17, 2014 10:28 AM PT
The Gameover botnet is back -- more or less -- only six weeks or so after the United States Department of Justice announced that an FBI-led multinational effort had disrupted it.
Still, the botnet's downtime was longer than expected -- the UK's National Crime Agency had warned that the people running it would regain control within two weeks.
Sophos this week spotted a new version of the malware, which it calls "Troj/HkMain-AQ."
Only a few samples have been identified, but it has been distributed through widespread spam campaigns, so there already may be a large number of victims, the firm said.
"Everyone should expect variants of successful malware to reappear like a phoenix with every successful destruction," Steve Hultquist, chief evangelist for RedSeal Networks, told TechNewsWorld. "Success pays too well to expect death to be permanent.
Prevention Is Best
Users should ensure their applications are patched and their security software is up to date.
"The criminal business empires that have grown up around botnets ... would rapidly fall apart if we kept our computers clean in the first place," Paul Ducklin, senior security adviser at Sophos, told TechNewsWorld. "Kill a zombie today."
What Gameover's Kissin' Cousin Looks Like
Like Gameover, the new variant uses the same custom algorithm to scramble text strings as the Zeus Trojan, Sophos found.
However, this latest malware is less sophisticated than its predecessor.
It lacks the Necurs rootkit, which makes malware removal more difficult, Sophos said. Necurs was present in the earlier version.
Further, the new variant doesn't use peer-to-peer protocol communications, unlike its predecessor, which makes it less robust, Sophos said.
It apparently contains P2P protocol commands but is not seeded with a starting list of peer addresses, and it lacks the commands that try to find and use peers.
Finally, although the earlier version used a domain generation algorithm only as a fallback, the current version uses a DGA that can generate up to 1,000 possible domains a day.
"DGA is an expensive and sensitive operation," Adam Kujawa, head of malware intelligence for Malwarebytes, told TechNewsWorld. "They won't be able to keep it up forever."
Why the New Variant Is Simpler
There could be a variety of reasons for this latest variant of Gameover to be less sophisticated than its predecessor.
The cybercriminals behind it might lack technical ability, Kujawa speculated. On the other hand, "it could be ... a diversion ... while another variant is developed -- something to pay the bills or continue the growth of influence the malware team has."
Rootkits "are much harder to program correctly than bots themselves," Sophos' Ducklin pointed out. "And most good antivirus products look out for rootkits as well as regular malware."
As for not including P2P, "maybe the crooks decided that the extra complexity of P2P wasn't worth it," Ducklin mused. "Perhaps the crooks have used vanilla botnets before and made no less money out of them than when they added in P2P."
Another perspective is that cybercrime is a business and therefore adapts to changing conditions.
"If a simple version works, the bad guys will use it even as they develop additional approaches," Hultquist suggested. "New releases and new products are inevitable."
The Never-Ending Story
The battle between law enforcement and cybercriminals will continue.
"This is what cyber public health looks like: A single remediation effort will not change humanity, persuade others to give up crime, or deter future criminals," David Dagon, cofounder of Damballa and postdoctoral fellow at the Georgia Institute of Technology, told TechNewsWorld.
"Taking down botnets not only disrupts the money and the market, but also lets cybercriminals know that they can be caught, that law enforcement can touch them, and they should always assume that we are right behind them," Malwarebytes' Kujawa said. Creators of smaller botnets "might decide that cybercrime isn't the best approach to making money."


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OnePlus announces release date for the OnePlus One
OnePlus has announced rough release dates for its new OnePlus One device, which has really managed to get a bit of a buzz going in recent weeks thanks to its very high specifications and the lower price that it will sell for when it goes on general release.
At first, there were fears that the phone would not be available to everyone, with many who had initially been excited about getting their hands on it set to be disappointed.
This came after it announced that the phone would be released only to those who smashed their old phone in order to get themselves an invite to order one of the 100 phones that would be made available.
However, the company took to its blog this week to put to bed fears that these 100 handsets would be the only ones sold, as it confirmed that larger batches of stock would become available later this month and into next month.
It said that it was surprised by the level of demand for its recently announced smartphone, and added that it had "been frantically adjusting [its] production schedule" after "we realized that far more people wanted the One than what we originally anticipated".
For those who had managed to bag one of the original handset invites, those 100 phones are believed to be available to ship from now, but others will have to wait a little longer – especially if they want to get their hands on the 64GB version, which has been somewhat delayed.
Although it is not thought that it will be hard to get an invite for anyone who wants to buy the phone, this unique method of sales has led to many believing that the device will only ever be available from OnePlus itself.
In terms of stock, a large batch of OnePlus Ones will become available in silk white at the end of May, before sandstone black variants become available from next month. It is thought that by the end of June, the phone should be more common, meaning anyone should be able to get their hands on an invite.


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Ambulatory anesthesia is tailored to meet the needs of ambulatory surgery so you can go home soon after your operation. Short-acting anesthetic drugs and specialized anesthetic techniques as well as care specifically focused to the needs of the ambulatory patient are used to make your experience safe and pleasant.
If at all possible, wear loose-fitting clothes that are easy to put on and will fit over bulky bandages or surgical dressings. Leave your valuables at home.
Yes, you must make arrangements for a responsible adult to take you home after your anesthetic or sedation. You will not be allowed to leave alone, drive yourself home, or take a cab or bus home unaccompanied. It is strongly advised that you have someone stay with you during the first 24 hours. Please tell your surgeon if you think you need extra help at home.
If you have local anesthesia only, with no sedation, it may be possible to go home without someone to accompany you. Check with your doctor first.
Being an outpatient, some techniques may allow you to recover more quickly with fewer side effects. The ambulatory anesthetic technique will be selected so that side effects such as severe pain or nausea and vomiting are avoided, so you will be discharged after surgery in a timely manner.
Your care team will give you specific instructions. In general, for 24 hours after your anesthesia:
You will be given telephone numbers to call if you have any concerns or if you need emergency help after you go home.
Be prepared to go home and finish your recovery there. Patients often experience drowsiness and minor after-effects following ambulatory anesthesia, including muscle aches, a sore throat and occasional dizziness or headaches. Nausea may also be present, but vomiting is less common. These side effects usually decline rapidly in the hours following surgery, but it may take several days before they are gone completely. The majority of patients do not feel up to their typical activities the next day, usually due to general tiredness or surgical discomfort. Plan to take it easy for a few days until you feel back to normal. Know that a period of recovery at home is common and to be expected.
Be sure to follow the instructions given to you while at the hospital. These instructions are important to permit the fastest, safest and most pleasant recovery possible. If you have any questions, you should contact your physician or the anesthesiologist on call.
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Last Reviewed: Oct 05, 2010
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The Flyers were outshot by a 39-23 margin, and two of their wingers suffered second-period injuries and didn't return on Tuesday night at the reverberating Wells Fargo Center.
But the Flyers, to their credit, held on for a gritty 3-2 win over visiting Detroit and notched their first three-game winning streak in three months.
The survived injuries to Jaromir Jagr (hip) and Jakub Voracek (mouth) because goalie Ilya Bryzgalov continued his strong play, making 37 saves, including 36 over the final two periods.
"The last month, you see how he works hard and wants to get better," said center Claude Giroux, who had a goal and an assist despite playing with a sore hand. "His attitude is unbelievable. He wants to win. The guys are very excited and if we can get on a roll here before the playoffs and kind of keep going, it should be fun."
Giroux's two points gave him 77 for the season, a career high. He had 76 last season.
In the NHL scoring race, Giroux is third, behind Pittsburgh's Evgeni Malkin and Tampa Bay's Steven Stamkos, each of whom have 81 points.
The Flyers, who host Florida on Thursday, had a 24-10 advantage in blocked shots. Giroux and Erik Gustafsson each blocked three shots, and eight Flyers blocked two.
The Flyers scored just their third win this season when outshot by 10 or more. They were outshot by 16, their largest margin in a victory.
Breakaways. Jagr is listed as day to day, and Voracek received stitches to his upper and lower mouth. Both will be re-evaluated Wednesday, said GM Paul Holmgren….Voracek took a nasty hit to the face by hard-charging Niklas Kronwall, who did not receive any discipline on Wednesday.....The Flyers did not allow a power-play goal for the fourth straight game. Detroit was 0 for 4 with a man advantage….Bryzgalov has a 2.15 GAA and .916 save percentage in his last 10 games…..Giroux was plus-2.
Face-off madness. With a straight face, Giroux insisted his sore left hand _ he was struck with a stick in the previous game _ had nothing to do with the fact he took just two face-offs (0 for 2) and his linemate, Scott Hartnell, took 16 (7 of 16).
Before Tuesday, Giroux had taken 1,259 faceoff this season. Hartnell had taken 18.
"In the playoffs, sometimes I get kicked out (of the faceoff circle), so we want Hartzy to get in there," Giroux said. "He's got a heavy stick and works hard for faceoffs."
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This last Sunday were the Golden Globes. There were not many surprises as far as I was concerned, on the big screen end at least.
This last Sunday were the Golden Globes. There were not many surprises as far as I was concerned, on the big screen end at least. The HBO program Girls won two globes and I cannot make it through a single episode of that show without getting bored. Also, Don Cheadle won a comedic acting award for a show I have never even heard of. Regardless, Ben Affleck took home Best Director for Argo, which also won best Drama. I think this sets up Argo as the Oscar frontrunner for best picture. It biggest competition will be the globe winner for best musical/comedy Les Misérables. Even though I thoroughly enjoyed it, I really hope the academy does not award Les Mis its highest honor, simply because it is a completely unoriginal idea. According to Wikipedia, the novel has been adapted to film 57 times. While I definitely appreciate the fact that Les Mis was made (I would love to see more musicals in theaters) I do not think the making of the film warrants the Best Picture Oscar. On the other hand, I would not be surprised and/or upset if Anne Hathaway and Hugh Jackman took home their respective acting awards. My favorite dark horse nominated for 8 oscars is Silver Linings Playbook. I would especially love to see Bradley Cooper take home an Oscar, but I doubt he has a chance against Jackman's Les Mis performance. Anyway, there is over a month until the Oscars so I think I need to watch Life of Pi and calm down for a few weeks.


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I notice my RSS subscription number has about quadrupled in the last few months (I think there's nearly 400 of you last time I looked), so I wanted to do a quick overview for new readers. This isn't comprehensive, just a few tidbits for your reading pleasure. Soon, there will be a companion website where all this stuff is organized, but this'll work for now.
In case you've missed my previous posts discussing Beebalm (Monarda spp.) for vaginal and urinary tract infections in the past, take note now. I've just finished working with four different cases of said infections, in varying degrees of severity (including one long term UTI) that cleared up completely within a couple of days. This is in addition to lifestyle changes (including copious amounts of water, improved hygiene and fewer carbs/refined sugars in most cases) but was clearly the turning point in each case. Considering how many women suffer from these painful, sometimes debilitating, infections, it's worth taking note. If the infection is chronic, then mucus membrane tonics need to also be considered. And if the infection backs way off but still won't quit, I usually add some Alder to the mix.
Another resoundingly effective treatment has been with Goldenrod liniment/oil for muscular cramps. This has a wide range of external uses, from eyelid twitches to severe uterine cramps to separated muscles. I make a pain liniment with Goldenrod and Cottonwood/Poplar as primary ingredients that's so effective and popular with clients that I can hardly keep it stocked . Again, take note, these are incredibly common plants that are easily used by anyone.
Evening Primrose (Oenthera spp.) tea/infusion/tincture is an effective, very nourishing and fairly tasty tonic for the female (and probably male too) reproductive system, very nice for making cramps more manageable. It's a gentle, sweet little plant that also has a variety of applications for the GI system and lungs, among other things.
Monkeyflower (Mimulus spp.) is a wonderful spirit lifting nervine that can be just great for doom and gloom depression, and a decided lack of joy in life. Just amazing with Milky Oats for depression from burnout.
There's lots more, but these are very useful therapeutic tips you may not see elsewhere. If you want to know more about these plants and what I've written about them, be sure to utilize that handy search box over there to the left.
P.S. The fiddling's coming steadily along, I'm still working on House of the Rising Sun and have added In the Pines, and Cold Rain & Snow. I do love my Old-Timey tunes. I'm currently learning from sheet music but I hope to get over that soon and learn by ear instead.
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I LOVE In the Pines and Cold Rain and Snow. Two of my all time faves! (I was introduced to the latter song by the Be Good Tanyas! Yay for them!) That is so freaking cool that you are fiddling…!!!!! (;
yay Be Good Tanyas!
Thanks for the overview, Kiva 🙂
The work with bee balm sounds fascinating. Are you referring to a bee balm tincture of the flowers and leaves?


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just seeing these replies, Angeloks, I like the photo but I'm trying to figure out the action... first glance I thought the subject was rappelling, but closer look he looks hard-knotted in on a long tie-in?
Talked to Stegg this morning, he was headed out to go ice climbing. In north GA. Global warming I guess.
Quote from: pappy on March 28, 2013, 01:23:03 pmTalked to Stegg this morning, he was headed out to go ice climbing. In north GA. Global warming I guess.All those injuries must be getting to his head
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Looking for Owen Morris-Cora Brooks of Ok. and Ar.
Owen Morris and Cora Brooks married in Sedan,Ks. in 1910. Listed home
as Wann,Ok. Had 7 children born in Ok.and Ar. Owen born 1885 and Cora
born 1895. Children born between 1911 and 1928. I am especially looking for Owen's parents. I think his father's name was William
Henry Morris and his wife was named Sallie? Owen had at least one
brother nicknamed Doc.{pharmicist?] who had son named Homer.William was a doctor in I.T. and Ar. Please help!! I have hit a brick wall.
looking for william henry morris of ok.and ar.
Looking for william morris. he was a physician on ok. and ar. He had
at least two sons. owen morris born 1885,a son, in ok. owen moved to
ar. then to tx. any information appreciated. I cannot find any thing
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