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Apple Talks Lower Margins Now, Ginormous Sales Later
Profits on a per share basis at $8.67 were well short of the $8.75 analysts had expected, even though they were up 24 percent year on year. Sales, though ahead of the consensus, were a little light, too, at $35.97 billion.
Obviously, there was a lot of pent-up demand for new iPads, which Apple announced last week, new Macs, and even iPhones in the quarter. That means that having come in a little light this quarter, expectations for Apple to make it up in the first quarter — including the holiday period — will be higher.
The earnings conference call is just about to start. We'll see what Apple executives have to say about all this.
Update: So the call is over. There were a handful of interesting comments from Apple CEO Tim Cook and CFO Peter Oppenheimer. One came by way of explanation for the lower-than-expected profits and gross margins. All those new products that Apple released this week? They're a little more expensive to make than the prior generation. And so gross margins are a little bit lower than they otherwise would have been.
Another interesting admission concerned the iPad mini. Its gross margin, Oppenheimer said, is a little "lower than the corporate average."
But just wait until the first quarter of Apple's fiscal year 2013, now in progress. That's the holiday season quarter, and all those products are going to start selling. Oppenheimer said Apple expects to report sales of $52 billion in a single quarter. For perspective: That's nearly $10 billion more than the revenue Apple reported for the entire year in 2009.
Here's my rough transcript of the earnings conference call.
2:02 pm: And the call is getting under way. CFO Peter Oppenheimer is speaking.
Oppenheimer: 4.9 million Macs is 1 percent growth, and a record for a September quarter, and is better than the 8 percent market contraction that IDC predicted.
Oppenheimer is now running through the product announcements made earlier this week.
Mac Channel inventory is three to four weeks, below target of four to five weeks.
Now he's talking about iPod, which is still the top selling MP3 player in the world. Apple sold 5.3 million iPods during the quarter.
iTunes brought in $2.1 billion in revenue. A revamped iTunes is coming. No mention yet of the radio service that was reported earlier today and totally killed Pandora shares.
Oppenheimer: Now speaking about iPhone 5. Demand has been phenomenal, he says. Demand outstrips supply. We ended the quarter with 9.1 million iPhones in channel inventory and that's below target of four to six weeks channel inventory.
Oppenheimer: Talking about business adoption of iPhones. Canon has given them to its field sales team.
2:08 pm: Oppenheimer: Amtrak uses an in-house app for ticketing; reporters around the world are using iPhones to capture video.
And now he's talking about iPad. They were ahead of our expectations. Strong sales year over year.
Oppenheimer: Recognized revenue from iPad and accessories was $7.5 billion vs. $6.9 billion. Ended quarter with 3.4 million iPads in inventory, just higher than the target of three to four weeks.
Oppenheimer: Volkswagen has developed in-house iPad apps across the company. Also a Chinese insurance company, the name of which I will not attempt to spell.
Oppenheimer: We will not stop until Maps — the troubled iPhone app — lives up to our standards.
Oppenheimer: Apple finished the quarter with 390 stores.
Oppenheimer: Operating expenses were $3.5 billion. Cash: $121.3 billion up from $117.2 billion last quarter. Increase was net of $2.5 billion worth of dividends paid, which amounts to $2.65 a share. About 82 percent of cash was offshore. Also, in August, Apple said it would buy back some shares.
Oppenheimer: Here's the outlook. Revenue at $52 billion vs. $43.6 billion. Gross margin 36 percent. Opex $4.05 billion. EPS $11.75.
2:17 pm: Oppenheimer is wrapping up which means its almost time for the Q&A.
Katy Huberty: Asks about the possibility of EPS declines year on year. What's driving the gross margins down?
Oppenheimer: The change year over year is being driven by the extra week last year. That along with a stronger U.S. dollar and the change in gross margin.
Oppenheimer: As you pointed out, this is the most prolific product period in Apple's history. New products represent 80 percent of expected revenue. We've never before introduced so many new products with new form factors at once, and each one has higher costs. (I'm paraphrasing here.)
Oppenheimer: We're heading into the quarter with the strongest iPhone line-up ever. Also, the iPad mini is priced aggressively. Its gross margin is significantly below the corporate average. (I guess that answers the critics who said the price wasn't low enough!)
2:22 pm: Oppenheimer: We will work hard to get down the cost curves and improve our efficiencies. To be in a position to anticipate demand for $50 billion or more in revenue reflects our strength.
CEO Tim Cook is speaking: We're unwilling to cut corners. This is the reason our customers choose to buy our products. We're managing the company for the long run and will make great long-term decisions.
Question from Bill Schope of Goldman Sachs: Asking about the supply ramp for the iPhone in the holiday quarter.
Cook: Demand for iPhone is extremely robust. We are in a significant state of backlog right now. Our output has improved significantly. I'm very pleased with the progress. This is the largest volume ramp in Apple's history. Difficult to predict when supply and demand will balance.
Question from Toni Sacconaghi from Sanford Bernstein. He's asking again about the ramp of iPhone. Do you expect all 100+ countries this quarter? And will the supply contraints have material impact on cost of goods sold? Will COGS decline?
Cook: In regard to the first question, we still continue to expect to roll out to 100 countries. It is our largest ever, there will be some larger countries in December. With each new product we see learning curves in terms of production. The difference is the number of new products that we have moving at once. This is the most prolific period in our history in terms of new product introductions. We do see all of these costs associated. But I don't see costs accelerating on a per-unit basis.
2:28 pm: Cook we continue to be confident that the tablet market will surpass the PC market. It is already extremely compelling for many customers to choose a tablet, in particular an iPad, over a PC. There is an enormous opportunity for Apple there. We do think the iPad, mini and iPad 2 will all be an extremely attractive offering in lieu of a PC. We will focus on the future of the iPad.
Question from Shannon Cross: Talk a little about China. Clearly with the revenue guidance it remains strong, but with the economy it's mixed.
Cook: Revenue was $5.7 billion. IPad was up 45 percent in Greater China. Iphone was up 38, all in all a fantastic quarter in China. That brings us to a full year $23.8 billion in China, which is really phenomenal when you think about it. That's up $10 billion year on year, and amounts to about 15 percent for all of Apple. We are continuing to invest in our retail stores there. We continue to expand distribution with channel partners there. We see it as an extremely exciting market.
2:32 pm: Cross again: With the launch of Microsoft Surface today, talk about the competitive landscape.
Cook: I haven't played with a Surface yet. What we're reading about it is that it's a fairly compromised and confusing product. One of the toughest things you do with a product is make hard trade-offs and decide really what it should be. I suppose you could design a car that flies and floats, but I don't think it would do all of those things very well. I think people, when they look at the iPad versus competitors, they will conclude they really want an iPad and they will continue to do that.
2:33 pm: Question from Ben Reitzes at Barclays: Is there more of an education focus with the mini? How do we think about the cannibalization of the form factor vs. the old product?
Cook: The way we look at this is that we provide a fantastic iPod touch, an incredible 4th generation iPad, and mini. The customer will decide what they would like and will buy them. We've learned over the years not to worry about the cannibalization of our own product. There's still 300 million PCs being bought each year and a great many of those will be better off with an iPad or a Mac. Instead of being focused on cannibalizing ourselves, its really an enormous incremental opportunity for us.
Reitzes is asking about AppleTV. We haven't heard about your hobby lately?
Cook: We sold 1.4 million AppleTVs. That's more than 5 million during the fiscal year. Almost double the previous year. The business continues to do very well, but if you look at the revenue of the business versus the others, it's quite small. Still a hobby, but a beloved hobby. We'll continue to pull the string and see where it takes us.
2:37 pm: Gene Munster asking about the deceleration of iPad sales.
Cook: June to September quarter was 17 million to 14 million. June contained a 1.2 million increase in channel inventory. The sell-through looks different from reported sell-in numbers. The 14 million exceeded what we expected to do in iPad. We expected it to decline. Based on prior results, we would see a seasonal reduction in the September quarter. K-12 schools buy heaviy in the June quarter, versus the higher ed market. That is exaggerated when we announce a new product in March and have enormous demand in June and then a natural phase down. In addition to all that, it's clear they held back on purchases due to new product rumors. These intensified in September.
2:39 pm: Cook: On a year-over-year basis, because of the year-ago quarter having a channel inventory build, the sell-through grew 44 pecent, so the underlying sell-through was extremely strong. We feel great about how iPad has done.
Munster: Given what we're seeing in margins, as some of these products get more expensive, would you be willing to pass those costs onto customers?
Cook: It's a hypothetical question. We think we've made great choices here.
Question from Mark Moskowitz: He's asking about iPhone and iPad comparisons in sequential quarters.
Oppenheimer: We expect large sequential increases.
Moskowitz: Asking about iPhone 5 rollout. Will you have supply contraints in all markets or will there be certain markets where you intend to hit equilibrium?
Cook: What we did initially, we planned the first 30-40 countries, and rolled that across September in two different dates. We planned with an eye toward supply and what we think the demand will be. We do plan these in advance. It is not a precise science. We have to plan them with several weeks of notice. Occasionally it can be different than what we think.
Question from Steve Milunovish of UBS: Asking about pricing philosophy of the iPad mini.
Oppenheimer: When we set out to build the iPad mini, we didn't set out to build a small cheap tablet. We set out to build a smaller device with the full iPad experience.
2:45 pm: Cook: We try to create a product that people will love for months and years and continue to use it in a robust way. You can really see that by looking at usage statistics. More than 90 percent of Web traffic from tablets comes from iPads. Apple will not make a product that people rarely use once they get it home. (Paraphrasing.)
2:46 pm: Milunovich is asking about the enterprise opportunity.
Cook: We now have almost all of the Fortune 500 who are testing or deploying iPads. We've also pushed fairly aggressively in the Global 500 and those are above 80 percent on iPhone and iPad. We're doing fairly well there. There's clearly much more to do but I'm felling pretty good about it.
2:47 pm: Question about the component environment (didn't catch the name of who's asking).
Cook: In terms of iPad and iPhone, I don't see a component shortage gating us for the quarter in the numbers we have given you in the guidance. I think we have solved some challenges there and feel good about our position.
In terms of general shortage, the iMac will be constrained in a significant way. There will be a short amount of time during the quarter to build them. We will have a significant shortage there. (Hint: If you want an iMac, order it right away!)
2:50 pm: ISI, Brian Marshall asks about iPhone unit growth vs. revenue growth. He's seeing a variance between that pattern and the iPad. Is it less accessories or a dollar spend?
Oppenheimer: The iPhone ASP were relatively flat year on year and up slightly sequentially. Ipad ASPs were down year on year in a low-double-digit way. This was reflective of price reduction on iPad 2 and stronger dollar and a little change in the mix. That drove the ASP change year on year. Sequentially, ASP was flat.
Marshall is asking about U.S. iPhone activations being faster than international.
Cook: We launched iPhone 5 during the quarter. I would have expected that versus the rest of the world.
2:52 pm: Question from Keith Bachman, BMO: Will the iPhone 5 launch in China in the December quarter?
Cook: Yes, it will.
Bachman: Will you end the quarter with a backlog?
Cook: I am not projecting whether supply and demand will be in balance. I'm confident we'll be able to supply quite a few during the quarter. Demand is very robust.
Chris Whitmore of Deutsche Bank asking about the iPad. Specifically asking Cook for his view for emerging model of subsidies on tablets. Like Amazon's Kindle Fire. How is that impacting the iPad business?
Cook: We've seen low-cost challengers before. Ipad beats every product at any price. We're confident our focus on making the best product is what will win at the end of the day and we will stay true to that.
Whitmore: Asking about suppliers. Is that creating an added layer of complexity and to what extent is that contributing to higher cost structure?
Cook: I would not say there has been a significant change in supplier partners. I wouldn't describe any change as significant. There hasn't been one that would drive more cost.
Whitmore: I was asking about LCD screens and Samsung.
Cook: No change in cost, and we continue to have a commercial relationship with Samsung (despite the epic lawsuits).
2:57 pm: Question from someone whose name I didn't get: Why is the time for iPad mini now right?
Cook: The comment that I think you're referencing are comments that Steve Jobs had made about 7-inch tablets. We would not make a 7-inch tablet. We don't think they're good products. We would never make one. One of the reasons is size. Not sure if you saw our keynote, but the difference in just the real estate size in 7.9 vs. 7 is 35 percent, and when you look at usable area is much great than that, more like 57 percent. IPad mini has the same number of pixels as the iPad 2 does. You have all 275,000 apps that are iPad ready. IPad mini is a fantastic product, it is not a compromised product. It's in a whole different league.
Sorry, I missed that guy's second question. Oppenheimer is now speaking about gross margins and the effect on them by the sheer number of products that Apple just announced.
Oppenheimer: We are also going to work to get down the cost curves as we have done in the past. No change in what we try and work on and we'll report to you in January how we did.
And that's it. Thanks for being here.


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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Under new laws taking effect with the start of the new year, people can drive faster along a rural section of Interstate 93 in New Hampshire and drink an hour later at local bars with the community's OK.
Lawmakers raised the speed limit on the state's main north-south highway to 70 mph from mile marker 45 between Exits 17 and 18 in Canterbury to the Vermont border. There's an exception: the stretch through Franconia Notch.
"It's great that they can get here faster, and once they get here they need to slow down and enjoy themselves," said Jayne O'Connor, president of White Mountain Attractions in North Woodstock.
Assistant Safety Commissioner Earl Sweeney hopes drivers will take into account that the North Country experiences some of the worst winter driving conditions in the state.
"The difference it would make for someone traveling a distance of 100 miles at 70 miles per hour versus 65 miles per hour is they would complete their trip about six minutes sooner and consume more fuel while doing it. Is it worth it just to save those six minutes?" he said in an email.
O'Connor thinks people will decide how fast to drive based on safety and road conditions.
Lawmakers also gave communities the option of letting bars push back last call from 1 a.m. to 2 a.m. in another law taking effect on Wednesday, New Year's Day.
"For bars that do a lot of business seasonally, it really helps their business to stay open a little later," said state Rep. Mark Warden, the Manchester Republican who sponsored the law.
But Sweeney said it could lead to "border hopping" by people in nearby communities who want to keep drinking going from place to place. Sweeney said the later closings could mean more bar fights and drunk drivers.
Other laws taking effect Wednesday:
— Restrict the phosphorous and nitrogen content in fertilizer applied to residential lawns. Ted Diers, administrator of the state's watershed management bureau, said consumers shouldn't notice the difference with products currently on store shelves. The change is to reduce runoff of excess chemicals into state waters. What lawns don't absorb is shed, he said. The key is for homeowners to follow directions on the label to get the best result, he said.
"Lawns can't get any greener than green," he said.
— Limit the liability a homeowner would have if a firefighter suffered an incidental injury while responding to a call. The law is in response to a state Supreme Court ruling in favor of a volunteer firefighter who sued a homeowner after being seriously injured from falling on snow and ice in the driveway. The Professional Fire Fighters of New Hampshire supported limiting the liability, said David Lang, the group's president.
"We were concerned the (court) decision may have a chilling effect on people's willingness to call and activate the 911 system," Lang said.
He said homeowners won't be protected from purposeful negligence.
— Require children up to age 7 to use a child safety restraint in a vehicle unless they are at least 4 feet 9 inches tall. That is a year older and 2 inches taller than current law. The change brings New Hampshire into compliance with the majority of states, meaning less likelihood of a New Hampshire driver being ticketed in another state, Sweeney said.
— Require criminal background checks for workers at youth skill camps. Sweeney said the change closes a loophole in the laws requiring people who work with children to undergo the checks. The new law will require owners, employees and volunteers who may be left alone with children at summer sports, science, art and other camps to have the checks, which have long been required for teachers, coaches, volunteers and others at schools.
— Add writing a text message while operating a moving commercial vehicle to the list of serious motor vehicle violations that can cause license suspension. The law makes other changes to the commercial vehicle laws to help assure New Hampshire continues to be eligible for federal safety funds.
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No Thirst Software LLC has hired its third full-time employee: As of November 22, 2010, Danny Greg joins Michael Fey on my development team. Danny is best know for his work at Realmac Software creating Little Snapper. Here at No Thirst, Danny will be joining us in developing MoneyWell 2.0, which will keep us all very busy for the next few months. After that, our team will shift to development of our MoneyWell iPad release. Now you know one reason I've added two developers this year.
It doesn't matter what kind of company you are running, it's always hard to manage growth. The decision to bring on staff is never trivial and should always be done carefully. My previous company, a dot.com in the late 90's, grew quickly to over ten employees and my company before that expanded to a staff of over 30 people. The latter is still around and doing well and the former popped along with the bubble in 2000. I learned a lot from both of these experiences.
The most important lesson was to take my time picking new additions to a team. The actual phrase I was taught was slow to hire, quick to fire. It means that you should really get to know who you are bringing into a company before you extend a job offer and you should let someone go the instant you know they are not working out. That may sound harsh, but if you made a mistake hiring someone, you're hurting your company by keeping that person around. You're also cheating your new hire from finding a job that fits him or her more perfectly. Don't compound one mistake with another. Being in charge means making the tough choices.
If you have a small company with limited resources, a single interview is not enough to make an important decision like this. In fact, I don't think any company—no matter how big its bank account—should treat hiring casually. Before finalizing your decision, you have to find out how this person ticks and what motivates performance. In my case, I need developers who have a passion for the products I am creating. I refuse to micromanage my teammates, so they need to know how to work autonomously. My job is to inspire, not to babysit. I also want people who won't back down from a fight if they think I'm doing it wrong. I learned a long time ago that I am no where near perfect and I make plenty of stupid mistakes. It's best if I surround myself with people who inspire me to continue to learn and grow.
Before hiring both Michael and Danny, I spent time getting to know each of them. Michael was an early MoneyWell customer that also turned out to be a developer. We talked a bit about development during a small sideline project he was coding and then I was able to spend time with him at a developer conference, WWDC '09, and really get to know him. I discovered what motivates him and why he loves creating software. I also watched him as he designed and released a fairly complex iPhone app for his previous employer. In late 2009, Michael was in the middle of a job change and I was able to bring him on board in January of this year.
Danny and I were introduced when he wrote a review of MoneyWell about three years ago. He and I later chatted during a podcast were were both on hosted by Steve "Scotty" Scott, now the producer of iDTV, which later lead to us starting our own podcast called cocoaFusion:. I paid attention to the projects he managed and the products he released and we talked about development outside of our podcast. Danny was never shy about telling me when he thought some code of mine could use improving or if a product was in serious need of better pixel dressing. I actually tried to coax him away from Realmac Software around the time I hired Michael, but the work environment there is fantastic and he could not be swayed. This time, I threw in a healthy dose of guilt with my offer to get him on board.
The bottom line: I knew who I was getting. There was no doubt about intelligence, work ethic, communication skills, or motivation with these two.
I applied this same process when I hired Tamara Crowe as our contract support person. She was a MoneyWell customer who did an amazing job of sharing and helping on our help center discussions. Tamara had better answers than me some of the time and came across as friendly and knowledgable in her posts. I chatted with her several times before offering her a position and knew by that time that I was not making a mistake.
It was a bit harder when I hired Kevin Kalle to do contract design work for us because I didn't have much time to get to know him. He was referred to me by designers I respected and we began by working together on a trial basis. I explained up front that I wanted him to be strong and opinionated and made sure that he was comfortable with some friction in our working relationship.
For me, the give and take is critical. The best solutions come out of a blending of ideas mixed via a friendly struggle. I hire people smarter than me with different skill sets to offset my weaknesses. I never assume that I have all the answers or can see from every perspective and I listen to everyone's opinions. Conversely, my team knows that I have a very definite vision for what this company is creating and I won't compromise that vision. They also understand that the final decisions need to be mine.
I'm incredibly excited about the team I've assembled and can't wait to show everyone what we are creating. As great as 2010 was for my little indie group, 2011 is going to be even better.
P.S.: Stay tuned for my follow-up posts where I'll discuss the financial and logistic concerns of adding employees.


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Bloomberg reported Thursday that the multiparty Environmental Audit Committee said that existing oil spill response techniques have not been proved adequate to respond to a spill in Arctic conditions. The committe has proposed to stop drilling operations in the region until more stringent safeguards have been put in place, in an effort to avoid a catastrophe on the scale of BP's Macondo spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.
Joan Walley, a member of the opposition Labour Party and chairwoman of the committee, said in a statement, "The infrastructure to mount a big cleanup operation is simply not in place."
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Lawmakers were also skeptical of oil companies' position on the costs of possible spill cleanups. Peter Velez, a global emergency response manager for Shell, and Cairn Exploration Director Richard Heaton testified before the committee. According to the committee's report, the former said Shell had no estimate for the cost of a worst-case Arctic oil spill because "we are going to do whatever it takes to clean it up," and the latter espoused a similar position. "We are surprised that neither has put a financial estimate on the cost to their business of dealing with a 'worst case' oil spill," the lawmakers wrote. "There does need to be public transparency to provide assurance that cost will not be a bar on dealing with the consequences of any spills." The committee also cited evidence provided to another Parliamentary committee on the Gulf oil spill as evidence that the companies are not prepared to deal with a subsea well blowout.
Lawmakers called for a moratorium on Arctic drilling until a pan-Arctic oil spill response standard has been mounted, as well as regulations for a "preferably unlimited" financial liability standard for oil and gas operations. They also said that Arctic states should impose "the highest available environmental standards" for drilling, and said that additional research is needed on methods to respond to a spill under Arctic conditions.
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Everton defender Sylvain Distin has signed a new one-year contract extension which keeps him at Goodison Park until the summer of 2014.
The 35-year-old's existing deal expired this summer but manager David Moyes was always confident of extending the Frenchman's stay.
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Final Fantasy VII, once released on PC in the 90s, then accidentally re-released a few weeks ago, has been re-re-released today. At least in Europe.
Update: It's also out in the U.S. today. Here's Square Enix's press release:
In celebration of the Final Fantasy franchise's 25th anniversary, Square Enix is offering Members exclusive access to this classic at a promotional price of $9.99 through September 12. Following the introductory 30 day promotional period, Final Fantasy VII will be available for $11.99 on the Square Enix eStore.
It's currently up on Square Enix's European store for 10 euros. Seems like that will ramp up to 13 euros after the launch sale ends on September 12.
Doesn't look like Square Enix's U.S. store is selling the game yet.
This PC re-release will come with achievements, cloud saves, and a "character booster" that will allow you to pump up your characters' stats.
I've reached out to Square Enix to ask if the game will be out in America today. Will update if I hear back.
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Saravane, LaosKirsty Turner
Not many travellers make it to Saravane, which is located on the Bolaven Plateau in south eastern Laos. Although they are certainly missing out, this perhaps makes the experience even more exceptional for those who do take the trouble to step off the tourist trail and explore this striking region.
Also known as Salavan, this pretty province is full of sparkling waterfalls, dense jungle, tiny tribe villages and caves to explore. This is also home to one of Lao's best preserved prehistoric sites, and trekking to this area is rewarded with stunning views of the surrounding countryside and a nearby waterfall.
Those who do venture this far usually come to experience the stunning beauty of the Phu Xieng Thong National Biodiversity Conservation Area. This immense area of pristine jungle is home to a diverse collection of animals such as the Asiatic black bear, clouded leopard, Douc langur, elephant, gibbon, banteng, Siamese crocodile and even a tiger or two. It is a good idea to take a guide with you as the sheer size of the area makes it easy to get lost.
Another interesting feature of this province is a cave containing a number of huge stone caskets. These caskets are all piled on top of each other and although there are many theories about the reasons behind it, nobody really has the answers about how and why they got there.
Saravane's large market is a great place to sample the region's food and watch local life unfold. Local life revolves around the market as people turn up to sell produce, swap gossip and shop for goods. Take a break beside the river and watch this colourful street drama.
Despite its remoteness, there are a few good places to stay around Saravane. The people who live here are warm and welcoming and it is not unusual to be invited to share a meal with one of the families or even spend the night in their home.


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Study: Chemicals may hurt swallows in Minn., Wis.
A new federal study says contamination from certain house products could be taking a toll on tree swallows in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
The U.S. Geological Survey study focused on substances known as PFASs. The contaminants are found in products such as nonstick cookware and stain repellents.
The chemicals aren't as common anymore, but USGS scientist Christine Custer says hot spots remain. She says high concentrations are still found in certain spots, particularly throughout Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Scientists believe the chemicals are hurting swallow populations. Researchers studied nests at eight locations of varying contamination levels and found the higher the concentration, the lower the hatching rates.
The study acknowledges that other factors could be contributing to the declines.
PFASs were phased out of production starting in 2000 because of exposure concerns.


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S.D. Wells
June 4, 2012
Most United States citizens would opt out of getting vaccines if they understood that natural foods, vitamins, herbs and supplements build up the immune system enough to fight off almost any disease known to mankind. For 70 plus years, the pharmaceutical industry (Big Pharma) has succeeded at its malicious money-making schemes, despite a well-documented history full of horrific lessons.
This is all documented in a groundbreaking downloadablePDF report published by NaturalNews:
In 2006, the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP) was signed into law by the Bush Administration, giving the U.S. Government the power to declare a "national emergency" for any infectious disease they claim is spreading and therefore require mandatory vaccinations for the entire population of the United States. In other words, U.S. citizens can now be denied their constitutional right of choice and be force-vaccinated or face jail time for being a "threat to national security," all without trial, and without any legal representation. (http://www.infowars.com)
Auschwitz, the largest German concentration camp of WWII, was the ideal "guinea pig" testing arena for dangerous pharmaceutical drugs and vaccines created by IG Farben (a very powerful cartel that consisted of German chemical and pharmaceutical companies such as BASF, Bayer, and Hoechst). Jewish prisoners of war would not be able to "sue" the government, so inhumane testing ensued. By vaccinating Jews, homosexuals, and anyone who denied the political views of the Nazi's (including children), Hitler was isolating his "master race" by sickening, weakening, or killing opposition, with a passive and silent terror campaign through vaccinations and nerve gas. (http://www.holocaustresearchproject.org/economics/igfarben.html)
Nazi Germany wasn't a conspiracy theory, it was real, but people underestimated the movement as it rose up, and look what happened. Before and during the war, the Nazi's tested Jews the same way we test and breed animals (including the ones we eat) in the United States today. How are GMO (pesticide-laden) foods which cause cancer so different from pushing dangerous, chemical laden vaccines (like swine and flu shots) on humans? And how similar were the Nazi concentration camp conditions to the conditions we find many animals living in today – trapped in a horror story from birth to miserable death – also known as Concentrated (or Confined) Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs)?
There is a war going on today for chemical-free food and water, and a war for personal liberties that allow citizens the right tohave GMO foods labeled, and to opt out of vaccinations. It's been only 70 years since World War II, and the mad scientists didn't just go away, they went to work for corporations and pharmaceutical companies that run the vaccine and food industries now. Their heirs are continuing the "tradition" of making money by any means, with complete disregard for human sanctity.
Right now in the USA, poisonous foods and vaccines cross over moral and ethical barriers regarding basic humanity and the welfare of mankind. The United States has become a testing arena for Big Pharma's dangerous vaccines and pharmaceuticals. Ingredients in vaccines include toxins and carcinogens known to cause adverse reactions that are severe and sometimes fatal.
• Most vaccines go virtually untested and success rates are based strictly on results from testing animals in a laboratory.
• Many vaccines contain thimerosal, a preservative made with methyl mercury, which is extremely toxic to the central nervous system.
• Many vaccines contain chemical adjuvants, like squalene, which cause inflammation of the central nervous system.
• Autism is a neurological disorder. Vaccine ingredients break down peptides in the body which regulate the CNS, severely disrupting specific high cognitive functions and processes all characteristic of autism.
• Rates of autism have doubled in past decade.
• More than 1 in every 100 children in the U.S. are diagnosed with autism, which is the highest rate of any population in all of history.
• H1N1 vaccine greatly enhanced health risks for elderly, children, and those with heart disease, breathing issues and diabetes.
• The main group of scientists who convinced the World Health Organization to declare the H1N1 a "pandemic" had financial ties to the drug companies that profited.
• Australia banned flu vaccines in children after reports of seizures, and Finland banned H1N1 vaccines after linking them to narcolepsy in children.
• Injecting genetically modified bacteria and viruses runs the risk of causing a cytokine storm in the body, which is an exaggerated immune system response to a highly pathogenic invader. When a cytokine storm occurs in the lungs, fluids and immune cells accumulate and eventually block off the airways, often resulting in death.
For most of modern mankind, medical experiments are envisioned as happening in a laboratory environment with use of rats and mice, but modern Western medicine has devolved into a money making scheme which outsmarts the general public and uses them as the mice. Therefore, in the way that Hitler's evil pharmaceutical regime "flew under the radar" of so many powerful countries, so has allopathic medicine today.
This article first appeared on Natural News.com.
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The driver of what's left of this Lotus Exige collided with the driver of the overturned BMW 330ci convertible late last night in Huntington Beach, California. Both were taken to the hospital, yet both somehow survived.
Lotus drivers often claim they feel safer in their tiny cars because they're nimble and small can can aoid accidents. Unfortunately, when an accident does occur it's a reminder of the physics involved when a Bavarian brute and a little English car decide to wrestle.
Police say the Lotus was heading westbound on Yorktown Avenue while the BMW was making a northbound left turn on an intersecting road. Witnesses disagree on who was to blame, but it seems from the photos at least one of the cars was traveling quickly enough to dislodge both of them.
One driver was still being treated for injuries and was in serious condition last night, though we can only speculate which driver that is. (Hat tip to Ryan!)


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EDITORIAL: Hagel's seen worse fire than GOP can deliver
Chuck Hagel and his younger brother, Tom, served together in the same unit during the height of Vietnam. They are believed to be the only American brothers to do so during that war.
In 1968, on patrol, they were hit by an exploding booby trap. Tom was hit and Chuck was badly wounded. But Tom saved his brother's life, staunching his bleeding and getting him to safety.
A month later, an armored vehicle carrying the brothers hit a mine. Though he was badly burned, Chuck pulled his brother from the wreck and returned the favor.
Chuck Hagel returned from Vietnam with two Purple Hearts (his brother got three, plus a Bronze Star Medal). He went on to go to college, worked in the Reagan administration, and made a fortune as a pioneer in the cell-phone business. In 1996 he was elected to the U.S. Senate as a Republican from Nebraska and served two terms. This year he was nominated by President Obama to serve as secretary of defense. If he is confirmed, he would be the first enlisted man who served in combat to rise to the top job at the Pentagon.
That's no sure thing, however, if the tenor of his confirmation hearing Thursday is any gauge. Hagel, 66, was assailed by senators from his own party for a number of alleged aposties he's committed over the years. As a man who has seen first-hand the horrors of war, he's cautious about waging it. Though he supported the resolution that authorized the Iraq war in 2002, he later became one of its fiercest critics. He's also been critical of some of the policies of the Israeli government and has expressed those opinions in some unartful ways. He supported a group that called for the elimination of nuclear weapons (as did Ronald Reagan as president).
These and other past controversies have come back to haunt him. Groups purporting to be pro-Israel have launched a vicious assault on his character. He hasn't been as enthusiastic about invading Iran as some of his foes would like. He's said that the Pentagon budget is bloated and needs to be cut. Some Republicans, not generally known to be great supporters of gays and lesbians, have even glommed on a comment Hagel made in the 1990s that was critical of an openly gay ambassadorial nominee of Bill Clinton. (He was the president, of course, who gave us "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and the Defense of Marriage Act.)
Hagel says now that his thinking, like that of so many Americans, has evolved on gay-rights issues. He's repudiated some of his past views and insists that others have been taken out of context. He more than held his own during the sometimes-contentious questioning on Thursday, even from the sharpest barbs from his onetime friend, U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.
There is a history there. Hagel was a staunch McCain supporter when he ran for president in 2000. McCain even touted Hagel as a possible fine defense secretary. But the two men later split, mostly apparently because of their disagreements about the Iraq war.
Hagel became close to Barack Obama and did not endorse McCain's 2008 campaign for the White House.
Thus it was somewhat galling to see McCain on Thursday pound on Hagel for his skepticism about the Iraq war and the troop "surge" that bought some time for the nascent Iraqi government but ultimately failed in its objective. McCain questioned Hagel's judgment. Yup, that's right -- the man who thought Sarah Palin was the most qualified person in the country to be a heartbeat away from the presidency was questioning someone else's judgment. It was a moment of supreme irony.
What the pontificators in the U.S. Senate seemed to forget was that as defense secretary Hagel would implement the policies of the president, not create his own. Barack Obama distinguished his first term with a muscular foreign policy and handily won re-election. He is not likely to shrink from the world stage in his second.
The bottom line is, Thursday's theatrics were just proxy attacks on the White House and not much else. The GOP is still sore about last November's election results (and John McCain has never recovered from 2008's). Chuck Hagel seems to have the support of enough Democrats and even some Republicans to be confirmed. A bit of fire from some of his former colleagues won't faze him at all.
After all, he's seen worse -- much worse. And that memory is one of the most valuable qualities he will bring to the Pentagon in his new job.
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PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Gary Nova threw a 33-yard touchdown pass to Leonte Carroo on a fourth-and-10 play with 35 seconds to go to give Rutgers an improbable 23-20 victory over Temple on Saturday.
The eight-play, 72-yard march with no time outs came a little more than a minute after linebackers Kevin Snyder and Steve Longa stopped Kenneth Harper for a 1-yard loss on a fourth-and-1 at the Scarlet Knights 27 to give them one last chance.
Nova threw for 371 yards and three touchdowns, including the last two to Carroo as the Scarlet Knights (5-3, 2-2 American Athletic Conference) ended a two-game losing streak. He did not throw an interception after having seven in the two losses.
Harper had put the Owls (1-8, 0-5) ahead 20-16 with a 25-yard run with 10:57 to play. True freshman P.J. Walker threw for 203 yards and two touchdowns in his return to New Jersey.
Rutgers, which also got a 30-yard field goal from Kyle Federico, iced the game when converted receiver Ruhann Peele forced and recovered a fumble by Ryan Alderman in the closing seconds.
Nova, who had to beat out Chas Dodd to get the start this week, hit 27 of 38 attempts. His other TD to Carroo covered 34 yards, which came one play after Jamal Merrell intercepted a pass. Fullback Michael Burton caught a 4-yard TD early in the third quarter as the Scarlet Knights closed a 13-3 halftime deficit to 13-9 after missing the extra point.
Carroo finished with a career-best seven receptions for 147 yards.
After Carroo's first touchdown gave Rutgers a 16-13 lead, Walker led Temple on a 62-yard drive that Harper capped with an untouched run into the end zone.
Rutgers had a chance to retake the lead when it moved to the Owls 17, but Justin Goodwin fumbled and linebacker Blaze Caponegro recovered with 8:54 to go. The Owls then ran out most of the clock and would have won the game had not Snyder and Longa stopped Harper.
Walker's touchdown passes covered 26 yards to Robby Anderson late in the first quarter and four yards to Harper just before halftime.
After two three-and-outs to open the game, Walker hit all four of his passes for 65 yards on an eight-play 92-yard march that he capped with his 26-yarder to Anderson on a go pattern up the left sideline. The extra point by Nick Visco bounced off the upright.
Rutgers should have taken the lead on its next series, after getting a first and goal inside the 1-yard, but a comedy of errors followed. There were consecutive procedure penalties and another call for 12 men in the huddle, putting the ball at the 16. Justin Goodwin lost five yards on a first down run and the Scarlet Knights eventually settled for a 30-yard field goal by Federico, cutting the Owls' lead to 6-3 with 11 minutes left in the half.
Walker stretched the lead to 10 points with his play-action toss to a wide open Harper, who had 12 rushes for 49 yards.
Federico missed a 40-yard field goal attempt just before halftime.
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If you're running a business, buying a printer means making some tough choices. Do you want to spend as little as possible and try to minimise your ecological footprint? Do you want to buy a robust printer that will stand the test of time and require only minimal maintenance? Maybe a middle-ground option is the best choice, with a compromise between spending and saving? We've drawn all of your options together in a big roundup of the best printers for businesses.
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The Epson Stylus Photo TX810FW offers numerous features for both the small business/home office and family environments. With great photo print quality and CD/DVD printing, it is better suited for photos rather than documents, though it will be fine for producing the odd report.
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If you think that finding a lawyer is as easy as ordering food from the menu, then you are getting it the wrong way. Searching for your next lawyer that can help you with your misdemeanor case will not be easy even though you have a phone book in your hand that lists the lawyers in the city. The information that you can get from the phone book or from the yellow pages may not be enough and these sources of information may not help you make an informed and an educated choice.
The best lawyer that you can get cannot be provided by the yellow pages, and your friends and your network are the ones that truly help you. Talking to friends and your network in the community may be a good idea in order to find your next lawyer. Here's one example on how to find your defender. If you are facing a minor offense like a misdemeanor charge, then you can always ask your friends or the friends of your friends who have these kinds of experiences. You can ask them who their lawyers were and also ask what they think of these lawyers. Try talking to a few of your friends who know these cases and chances are at the end of the day, you can roughly say who are the lawyers are who are not good ideas for your case and who are the likely candidates.
But don't stop on the recommendations of these people that you've talked to in the streets, the bars and the city hall. Different people may say different views about a person. For this reason, you go to your last screening. And that's to talk personally to the lawyer. Meet the lawyer, discuss your case and decide from there if you feel comfortable with your new-found lawyer.


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EFCC Honours Ribdau At 'Rewards And Recognition' Ceremony
Eleven years after he was unceremoniously removed as Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, yesterday, returned to the commission's office, but this time, to pick up an award for a job well done.
Ribadu, who was the pioneer chairman of the EFCC, used the occasion to declare that he had no regrets for the work he did while he was in office.
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate for Adamawa State, was among the 306 workers of the EFCC honoured by the Chairman, Ibrahim Lamorde, at the anti-graft's maiden "Rewards and Recognition" ceremony at the commission's academy in Karu, near Abuja, recently.
Ribadu said he had no doubt that the commission remains the best hope-inspiring institution in Nigeria.
He said: "We believe we have clean hands and, therefore, we can clean the dirty faces of Nigerians", and admonished staff of the commission to be steadfast in their commitment to the fight against corruption, describing the EFCC as his family.
According to him, "the EFCC remains my family and no matter how long, your good efforts will be rewarded. I urge you all not to worry about distractions but to continue to do your job no matter the circumstances and you will surely be rewarded".
Ribadu also used the occasion to shower encomiums on former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), General Aliyu Gusau and late Gani Fawehinmi for believing in the vision of the EFCC as a vehicle for ridding the nation of economic and financial crimes.
In his remarks, Chairman of the EFCC, Lamorde, described the ceremony as 11 years in the making. He said that right from inception, the commission took a conscious decision to be different, thereby throwing a challenge to chart a totally new path in law enforcement in Nigeria.
"Consequently, we have set a very high standard for our staff, not only at the point of entry, but also in the discharge of their duties and for them to continue to stay employed with the commission", Lamorde said.
He boasted that the EFCC that only a few were willing to give a fleeting chance of succeeding 11 years ago, had gone on to become an institution of reckoning in law enforcement, with operations, partnerships and influence stretching across and beyond the African continent.
306 honoured
At least 306 staff members of the EFCC were honoured at the elaborate ceremony for serving the commission meritoriously in various capacities.
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Well deserving !! Unparalled performance; no one has been able to equal his achievements after his exit from the anti-graft agency… But thus coming lately.. We understand every thing. 9ja !!
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"Oke Wasn't Killed By Stray Bullet, He Was Stabbed By Thugs" – Brother Claims
Information Nigeria recalls a graphics designer identified as Oke, was killed hours after tweeting "Nigeria will not kill me" on Wednesday.
It was reported that the young man had passed away after he was hit by a stray bullet.
The deceased's younger brother, Daniel has come out to clear the air regarding the circumstances leading to his death.
Daniel revealed his brother was stabbed on the neck by thugs who infiltrated and ransacked their home.
In his words;
"Good day, My name is Obi-Enadhuze Daniel younger brother of the now deceased Okechukwu Obi-Enadhuze @O_Okee . I, my brother and mother lived at makinde police barracks, mafoluku, Oshodi, Lagos State.
Today at about 11 o'clock in the morning the police station at makinde was attacked by thugs who wanted to destroy the station, I my mom and brother were holed up in our house.
The attack went on for hours before the thugs eventually breached the police and proceeded to set the station on fire, after accomplishing this they set their sights to the barracks and began the assault, they proceeded to destroy every car in the barracks, my mom's 2 cars where destroyed and set on fire and then they infiltrated our house by breaking the door they then proceeded to ransack the house and carted away with everything we own.
my brother on trying to get them to take everything but spare us was pushed to my mom's room and stabbed on the neck, the attacker then proceeded to attack me but missed my neck but got my chin instead, after this my mom and I carried my brothers body to the entrance of the station soliciting for help from the thugs still ravaging the barracks, we were finally able to put him in a wheelbarrow and took him to a hospital where he was rejected because "he was already dead" unfazed we moved him to another hospital where he met the same treatment this was where he bled his last drops of blood and died, his body has now been moved to a morgue
we have lost every single thing we own, as our house was completely ransacked and set on fire the only thing left is my brothers phone and at about 8 o'clock this evening the barracks was still on fire but Okechukwu has paid with the ultimate price
I and my mother are homeless with nothing now but we're safe for now, we thank everyone that has been able to reach out to us, and were able to share consoling words with us in these trying times, God bless you
While we were holed up in the house the three of us said these words together and we say it again " THREE OF US ARE HERE, THREE OF US ARE TOGETHER, THREE OF US ARE SAFE"
Let it be known that my brother @O_Okee was NOT killed by a police bullet but died a hero protecting my mother and I.
If you see this please retweet, let the world know how Okechukwu died. He was NOT killed by a police bullet but thugs in his home!"
Read Also: RIP Oke: Barely 3hours After Tweeting "Nigeria Will Not End Me" #EndSARS Protester Dies From Gunshot
See his post below:
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Youths Burn Down Sanwo-Olu's Mother's House In Lagos (VIDEO)
Lagos youths have set the family house of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on fire.
This was after the Governor said that no nobody was killed during the shooting by soldiers at Lekki Toll Gate on Tuesday night.
Sanwo-Olu had debunked claims that the soldiers opened fire and killed some peaceful protesters.
Recall that men of the Nigerian Army reportedly opened fire on protesters following the declaration of 24 hours curfew by the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwolu.
Bullets fired by security operatives hit some persons and at least two persons have been confirmed killed by the police and many injured
Voices in viral footage blamed the shootings on soldiers.
However, the angry youth attacked several important places such as Nigeria Port Authority, TVC News, and the family house of the Governor where his mother resides.
After Governor @jidesanwoolu said the "soldiers shot in the air to disperse the peaceful protesters." And thar their's no fatalities
Lagos youths set Governor's Mother's House on FIRE!! #PRAYFORNIGERIA#EndSARS #Lekkitollgate #LekkiGenocide #EndPoliceBrutalityinNigeraNOW pic.twitter.com/QaOvSHwXdk
— Nwachukwu John Owen (@johnowen99) October 21, 2020
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#LekkiMassacre: Hoodlums Storm TVC Station In Lagos; Set Properties On Fire (Video)
Hoodlums have reportedly invaded the headquarters of popular news station, TVC, believed to be owned by National Leader of APC, Bola Tinubu.
According to reports, the staff of the news station are being trapped in the building located in Lagos.
The moment Morayo and Co decided to leave the station after it had been taken over by hoodlums.
TVC #EndSARS @YourViewTVC pic.twitter.com/VfGcLFh73Z
— My Opinion (@Diji_O) October 21, 2020
Videos circulating online shows that properties in the compound have also been set ablaze.
The news station is currently off air and this comes hours after Nigerians accused the Lagos politician of having a hand in the #LekkiMassacre.
Information Nigeria recalls security agents had opened fire at peaceful #EndSARS protesters at Lekki Tollgate on Tuesday.
In a video circulating online, the anchors of one of the shows, 'Your View' were heard saying that there were hoodlums at their gate trying to break into the premises.
Read Also: #EndSARS: Nigerian Army Denies Shooting At Protesters In Lekki
Watch the video clips below:
TVC station set in fire @davido @vanguardngrnews @MobilePunch @GuardianNigeria @falzthebahdguy @Moyosoreoluwae @adegbayipizzle @PeterPsquare @ pic.twitter.com/wjMiv1ECKy
— Itz CakeByTolex (@tolulope_salako) October 21, 2020
Happening Now! Hoodlums storm TVC station#LekkiMassacre #Lekkitollgate pic.twitter.com/51NpgVA5IJ
— POSTNAIJA (@POSTNAIJA) October 21, 2020
— Angry mob attacks TVC , set the station on fire.. pic.twitter.com/xEDpLeWkpW
— VyrãlTreñdz (@TheVyralTrendz) October 21, 2020
'Hoodlums' have reportedly invaded news station, TVC and are attacking their people. pic.twitter.com/h90bWoL37o
— Pulse Nigeria (@PulseNigeria247) October 21, 2020
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One of the star witnesses in the Barry Bonds perjury trial took the stand Monday morning and gave very graphic and very intimate testimony about what she claims were physical changes in the former Giants slugger during their nine year relationship.
Kimberly Bell dated Bonds from 1994 to 2003, which is before and during the time Bonds allegedly used steroids.
Among the things Bell said on the stand:
- She noticed changes in Bonds' testicles - specifically in their size and shape.
- She said Bonds had trouble maintaining an erection, adding that had not happened prior.
- She said he became increasingly aggressive, irritable and violent.
- She said Bonds would tell her, "He'd cut my head off and leave it in a ditch."
- She said Bonds would tell her, "He'd cut my breast implants off because he paid for them."
- She also said he had back acne, became physically bigger and started to lose his hair.
- She said Bonds blamed an elbow injury on steroids use
- She said Bonds told her other players were using steroids
Bonds lawyers tried to prove that Bell's accusations were motivated by money during their cross examination. They said she was offered $100,000 for a tell-all article and photo layout in Playboy. Bell was also asked about an email she sent to Bonds' website in April 2004 where she listed all the women he was sleeping with. "This is the guy who you described as having penile dysfunction,'' Bonds attorney Cristina Arguedas asked. Adding, "That's a lot of action." The Associated Press noted that Bonds covered his mouth during that exchange as if to suppress a grin.
"If the jury believes her, which is always a big if in this type of case, the prosecution will be taking a major step towards proving their case,'' University of San Francisco law school professor Bob Talbot told AP.
Bonds is accused of four counts of making false statements and one count of obstruction of justice for telling a federal grand jury that he never knowingly took performance-enhancing drugs.
Longtime Giants clubhouse manager Mike Murphy also testified Monday morning. Murph was asked about Bonds' hat size, which Murph confirmed increased over time. Murph said it happened to other players too, but normally after they retired.


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PRAGUE, Czech Republic, December 22, 2011 – AVAST Software, developer of the avast! Antivirus program, has opened an office in Austria dedicated to mobile security issues. The expansion comes on the heels of AVAST's acquisition of ITAgents, the developer of the Theft Aware mobile phone theft protection and recovery system – and ahead of the launch of its first security app for Android phones.
"The definition of security for Android phones is continuing to evolve," said Vince Steckler, CEO of AVAST Software. "By establishing our Austrian office with Reinhard Holzner, the founder of ITAgents, we are ensuring that the present and future security needs of Android phone users are tightly integrated into the new generations of avast! products."
Located in Linz, Austria, AVAST Software Österreich GmbH will initially integrate elements in Theft Aware and avast! Antivirus products into a complete security suite for Android phones. Subsequent projects are in the pipeline to widen the range of Android security apps.
"Theft Aware has already secured very high ratings in the Android Market and gotten great professional reviews," stated Mr. Holzner. "Following our incorporation into avast! security products, I am looking forward to bringing the features developed under ITAgents to a much larger global audience."
Stealth features in Theft Aware enable users to hide the security app program and icon together with an installation that is extremely difficult for thieves to remove. The stealth features enable other security components such as the GPS tracking and text message alerts to continue functioning, helping people recover their lost or stolen phones.
"Security for most Android users starts with getting their phone back intact. I've used these features to recover my own phone twice – so I have personal experience," he added, pointing out that the features are especially useful when phone users have "rooted" their devices, removing the manufacturer's restrictions on app usage and allowing the anti theft features to even work after factory resets of the mobile device.
"With ITAgents, we had a great beginning. Now with AVAST, I'm looking forward to keeping Austria on the map for the next steps in mobile security," said Mr. Holzner.


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Messac - La Roche Bernard
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This short cruise takes you from the ancient river port of Messac along the Canal d'Ille et Rance thorugh the peaceful Brittany countryside to the pleasant little town of Beslé and then to Redon, which boasts a beautiful old abbey. From here continue to the pretty port of La Roche-Bernard, and enjoy some sea air and the excellent seafood on offer at its good choice of restaurants.
Messac - Josselin
One week
Cruise from the ancient river port of Messac along the Canal d'Ille et Rance through the peaceful Brittany countryside to the pleasant little town of Beslé and then to Redon, which boasts a beautiful old abbey. Now it's on to the Canal de Nantes à Brest. Take a detour on the River Aff to visit the gorgeous botanical gardens at La Gacilly, home to Yves Rocher as well as a large number of craft shops, before continuing on to Josselin, a splendid medieval town with an impressive château that houses an unusual collection of dolls.
Messac - Nort-sur-Erdre (or visa versa)
One way
Cruise from the ancient river port of Messac, and its sister town of Guipry on the opposite side of the river, along the Canal d'Ille et Rance through the peaceful Brittany countryside to the pleasant little town of Beslé and then to Redon, which boasts a beautiful old abbey. Turn eastwards on the Canal de Nantes à Brest to Blain and pay a visit to the fine old château here. Continue to the beautiful River Erdre and the unspoilt old port of Nort-sur-Erdre.
Messac - Dinan (or visa versa)
Cruise from the ancient river port of Messac, and its sister town of Guipry on the opposite side of the river, along the Canal d'Ille et Rance thorugh the peaceful countryside to Rennes, capital of Brittany. The city is an interesting mix of colourful old timber-framed houses and narrow streets combined with imposing 18th century buildings and wide boulevards to rival those in Paris. Then it's on via the impressive staircase of 11 locks at Hédé and the old canal town of Tinténiac to the wonderful fortified town of Dinan, a perfectly preserved medieval citadel set high over the River Rance.
The base is situated on the Vilaine River, and just a bridge away from the bustling town of Guipry on the other side of the river. The town houses some interesting local churches and has some lovely country tracks perfect for taking a walk and discovering the natural beauty of the region. Messac is also claimed by some to be the place where the abbot Vincent Cawiesel planted potatoes for the first time in France in 1771. Today the town is classified as a 'green tourist station' thanks to its excellent tourist and sporting facilities.
You don't need a licence to drive a boat. However, like the Highway Code (but much simpler) there are a few basic rules you need to follow. These are all explained in the comprehensive manual which we provide in every boat. Your boatyard will also advise you when you are given your handover tuition.
Absolutely not. When you arrive to pick up your boat, you'll receive plenty of expert tuition from your boatyard staff. They'll provide all the training, help and advice you need until you're happy to take the helm. Your on-board manual gives you lots of tips and reminders, too.
Depending on the waterway, you'll be travelling at a maximum of 4mph to 7mph. Cruising about 4 hours a day means 80-100 miles in a week, and you can travel anywhere in the waters covered by your boat's licence. When you've searched our site for your ideal boat or start point, you can click to see details of suggested cruising routes for 3/4 night breaks and week-long holidays. View our cruising route maps, too.
The manual on board your boat has plenty of information about mooring places, and your boatyard will show you how to moor up. The most popular moorings are those closest to waterside pubs, restaurants, villages and towns (where a small charge is usually made) but there are many quieter places to moor free of charge. Mooring is free at any Hoseasons boatyard, Environment Agency mooring and on any canal towpath.
These are part of the fun. You simply steer your boat gently in, and use the big wooden beams to close the gates behind you. Then you open small paddle doors in the other gates with the L-shaped winding handle provided with your boat to let the water in or out and change the water level. Then you open the gates and drive out, stopping to close the gates and paddle doors before leaving. In Europe, and in Britain on the Thames, Caledonian Canal and parts of the Cambridgeshire Waterway, there are larger locks with lock-keepers to do the work for you. There are no locks on the Norfolk Broads.
Some boatyards (and nearly all on the canals) include your fuel in your holiday price, and the full tank you start with is usually much more than you need for your holiday. If you're charged, you will only be charged for the fuel used, and this amount will be deducted from your fuel deposit when you return the boat. Typical fuel costs for a week's cruising (depending on boat and waterway) are between £40-£100, but in Scotland, costs can be up to £130.
On your boat. Of course. Your boat will have a full tank of water and all boats have hot and cold running water for kitchens and shower rooms. You can top up your water tank at any Hoseasons boatyard or public mooring if necessary, for which there is usually a small charge.
All you need to bring with you are sensible non-slip shoes, and you'll receive all the training about safety you need from your boatyard staff when you arrive. We recommend buoyancy aids for children and non-swimmers - these are provided free of charge when you pick up your boat. The boat manual on board your boat contains all the safety information you'll need, too. Remember, though, that boating is an active holiday. At least two members of your party will need to be able to jump on and off the boat to moor up and work the locks.
You must check when you make your booking before bringing any 240v electrical appliances. Some boats have 240v systems, but this does not mean that you can bring any appliances with you. In most cases, it's only possible to use the appliances supplied on the boat. All boats have shaver points for electric shavers, and most have a 12v accessory socket similar to a car. Any electrical items with a car adapter will operate from this socket, including mobile phones, camcorders, digital cameras and chargers for their batteries. You'll need to bring your own connecting plugs and leads, though.
Most boats welcome one or two well-behaved dogs and pets are free of charge at many canal boatyards. There are many excellent walks along the towpaths and in the countryside close to many moorings. For boating in Europe, the Pet Passport scheme is now well established, so you needn't leave one of the family behind! Visit https://www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-pets for more details about what you need to do. You'll find other useful information at www.dogsaway.co.uk
Get shown the ropes and everything you need to know about a boating holiday with Hoseasons. It really is simple - you'll take to a boating holiday like, well, a duck to water!
Cruisers are the boats you will find available in the UK on the Norfolk Broads, the Cambridgeshire waterways, the Caledonian Canal and the River Thames. These waterways are not narrow like canals, so cruisers are of a normal width and overall shape. Cruisers are also available on the waterways of Ireland and Germany, and many of the boats on the rivers and canals of France and Holland are cruisers.
Available on the Norfolk Broads, River Thames and Caledonian Canal. Sizes range from boats sleeping from 2 to 8 people. These boats feature a choice of steering positions – one on the raised sun-deck and one below, so are ideal for all weather conditions.
Available on the Norfolk Broads, these boats are available in a wide range of sizes sleeping from 2 to 8 people. Forward vision is very good from these craft, which usually feature a single level deck which many parties find more convenient and easy.
Available on the Norfolk Broads and Cambridgeshire waterways, these boats are available in a range of sizes sleeping from 2 to 10 people. The feature of this design is a large sliding canopy over the saloon of the cockpit area.
These boats are available on the Norfolk Broads, River Thames, Cambridgeshire waterways and the Caledonian Canal. They are available in a range of sizes sleeping from 2 to 6 people. A folding roof (similar to the roof of a soft-top car) provides all-weather protection for the cockpit area.
AFT cockpit boats tend to be smaller than other styles, and are a popular choice for first-timers to boating. They are generally easier to manoeuvre, since all of the boat is visible forward from the steering position.
Built to fit the narrow canals which formed the backbone of Britain's transport network in the country's industrial past, narrowboats (or canal boats, as they are often called) owe much of their traditional design and construction to the horse-drawn barges of the period. Narrowboats are available on the canals of England, Wales and Scotland and the rivers Thames and Wey with which they are linked. On the waterways of Europe, narrowboats are available on the Canal du Midi in France and from one base in Holland. Elsewhere in France and Holland, wide beam variants of the narrowboat are available, as are traditional style French barges. French barges and some wide-beam boats feature wheel steering from an outside position on the upper deck rather than the stern tiller which is a feature of all narrowboats (see below).
Narrowboats are available in a wide range of layouts, sleeping up to 12 people, and combine their picturesque style with comfortably appointed interiors with modern facilities. Detailed plans are show for each layout so that you can see exactly how your party will fit in on your chosen boat. Narrowboat sterns have three main "shapes" (see descriptions and illustrations below) and all steer by means of a tiller at the back, or stern. There are also wide beam narrowboats on some waterways, and in France some of these have wheel steering, as do French barges.
Features a small, open rear deck providing space for the operation of the tiller.
The rear deck has more standing area than the traditional stern and sometimes fixed seats in the enclosed stern area, which is an ideal safety feature for young children who can be supervised by their helmsman.
This style of narrowboat has a spacious rear deck area, enclosed by a guard rail.
These boats are styled in a similar traditional way to other narrowboats, but are about 50% wider and so offer more convenient and spacious accommodation.
Houseboats are unique, offering you your own floating holiday home! They offer a completely different type of holiday afloat, since they are permanently moored in a choice of picturesque locations, and most offer day launch hire so you can explore nearby waterside attractions and places of interest.
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Mad scientists, gangsters, con artists, hitmen, vixens, megalomaniacs, and supernaturally evil foes — where would literature be without them? Hundreds of thousands of books will enjoy publication this year, but let's be honest: the most alluring are the ones with awesome bad guys. To save you some clicking around Amazon, here are the books that feature fictional (and frighteningly real) antagonists we look forward to meeting in 2014.
Chris Abani's The Secret History of Las Vegas
There are plenty of blood-curdling characters in Chris Abani's The Secret History of Las Vegas, which kicks off with a spate of murders in Sin City. Salazar, a detective who wants to solve the case before he retires, quickly arrests a pair of conjoined twins named Water and Fire — but instead of confessing, they prove coldly enigmatic. Dr. Sunil Singh, a specialist in psychopaths, is brought in to study them, but soon finds himself hunted by an even more dangerous assassin — one who may know something about Singh's own dark past.
Robert Coover's The Brunist Day of Wrath
For a less-pulpy look at madness, you might pick up The Brunist Day of Wrath — postmodern giant Robert Coover's long-awaited, 1,100-page sequel to The Origin of the Brunists, which ought to feature no shortage of conniving and sleazy fundamentalists.
Nick Harkaway's Tigerman
Pushing into even weirder territory, there's sci-fi's most prolific wunderkind and genre-inventor Nick Harkaway, whose latest novel, Tigerman, will transport us to the island of Mancreu. Slated for destruction due to mysterious toxic pollution, the former British colony is a giant black market, rife with "money laundering operations, drug factories and deniable torture centres," as well as the colorful bad guys who operate them.
Chang Rae-Lee's On Such a Full Sea
Chang Rae-Lee's similarly dystopian On Such a Full Sea imagines an Elysium-like America where callous wealthy elites subsist on the backbreaking labor of the lower class. Escape from the caste system comes at a price: the scantly governed outer lands have given rise to bands of marauding criminals.
Emma Donoghue's Frog Music
For the more historically-inclined, Emma Donoghue's Frog Music takes as inspiration a still-unsolved murder in 1876 San Francisco. Blanche Beunon, who survives a shooting that her friend doesn't, will try to bring the mysterious killer to justice — but there's every chance he'll find her first.
Walter Kirn's Blood Will Out
Meanwhile, a 100% non-fictional work sounds like the scariest thing we'll encounter all year: Walter Kirn, author of Up in the Air (among other novels), has written a book that's being touted as the heir to Truman Capote's In Cold Blood, and its subject as a real-life Mr. Ripley. Blood Will Out opens in 1998, when Kirn is struggling to stay afloat in a hard life, and happens to meet "a secretive young banker and art collector" named Clark Rockefeller — by way of the Internet, no less. In the course of their fifteen-year friendship, the eccentric Rockefeller is ultimately exposed as "a brazen serial impostor, child kidnapper, and brutal murderer," a "psychopath masquerading as a gentleman" who becomes a fugitive from the law. The most chilling detail? He patterned his predatory crimes on books and movies. Kirn, the artist, will have to wonder at his complicity in Rockefeller's fantasies, and how such a monster was able to deceive him.
Think you can stomach all these baddies? Good, I thought so. Just don't read about them right before bed — not worth the nightmares.
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Miles Klee is a reporter for The Daily Dot and author of the novel Ivyland, a finalist in the 2013 Tournament of Books. His work has appeared in Vanity Fair, Lapham's Quarterly, BlackBook, The Awl, Salon, The Village Voice, The New York Observer and elsewhere.
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Covington announces temporary location for City Hall
Present location to be developed as hotel
Officials in Covington have announced a temporary location for City Hall.
The city sold its present location at 638 Madison Avenue to Salyers Group, which is developing the site with Aparium Group as Hotel Covington.
City officials announced Tuesday that City Hall would be located temporarily at 20 West Pike Street starting in May.
They did not say how long the City Commission would meet there.
The temporary location, a block away from the present City Hall, is currently home to a bingo hall, apartments, Sushi Cincinnati and Counseling Associates.
The $25 million hotel plan calls for a restaurant, a bar, 107 guest rooms and 125 jobs.
Scheper said city offices currently occupy just 15,000 square feet in the 80,000-square-foot, seven-story structure that housed Coppin's Department Store from 1910 to 1977.
The city purchased the building in 1988 for $1.5 million and moved offices there in September 1990.
The Encyclopedia of Northern Kentucky says the building was the first reinforced concrete skyscraper in Kentucky.


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|As seniors in high school, Troy and Gabriella struggle with the idea of being separated from one another as college approaches. Along with the rest of the Wildcats, they stage a spring musical to address their experiences, hopes and fears about their future.
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Store all you're Doll Clothing 'n Accessories!
This extra large armoire is the perfect spot for storing all your doll's clothing and accessories. The pink gingham fabric storage boxes are perfect for dolly's treasures, and the rod with hangers will keep dolly's clothing neat and organized. Your little girl will arrange dolly's comb, brush and purse on the top shelf, and enjoy combing her dolly's hair in the child-safe mirror.


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LOS ANGELES (AP) — People in San Luis Obispo County received a series of unsettling, erroneous emergency alerts Friday as repairs were being made to a nuclear power plant's siren system, including a vague cellphone message that told them to "prepare for action."
The chain of mistaken alerts began arousing confusion and fear when a siren that's part of the Diablo Canyon Power Plant's warning system began wailing Friday afternoon for no apparent reason, county emergency services manager Ron Alsop said.
Earlier in the day, crews had upgraded the siren as part of Pacific Gas & Electric Co.'s summer-long revamp of the emergency system.
To indicate there was no emergency, county officials issued an alert.
"Unbeknownst to us, with a new emergency alert system, it also triggered the new wireless alert cellphone system," Alsop said.
Across the county, people's cellphones buzzed with a special tone and a message that said there was a "civil emergency in this area" and people should "prepare for action."
The warning halted wine tasting at the Saucelito Canyon Vineyard & Winery in San Luis Obispo, manager Katherine Taylor said.
"I had 15 people here, looking at their phones and asking what to do," she said.
Nisse Noble, 27, was at her online apparel company's office when she received the message. The vague warning was "unsettling," leading her to think there was a mass shooting, a nuclear accident or a criminal at large in the area, she said.
"We didn't know where we should turn or what we should prepare for," Noble said.
When county officials realized the gaffe, they issued a final message stating that there was no cause for alarm.
"We're just glad we learned this before we had an actual emergency," Alsop said.
The 131 sirens across the county are used not only for an emergency at the nuclear plant, but also for other emergencies such as an evacuation due to a tsunami or dam failure, PG&E said. The utility said it was investigating what caused the siren to sound.
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Changing your password will update your credentials for logging into University resources, including webmail, Canvas, Box, Skype for Business, connecting to the wireless network, etc. You may have devices (laptops, tablets, phones) that have stored passwords. Shortly after resetting your password (e.g. within 24 hours), some services and devices will challenge you to enter your password. This occurs due to your locally cached (old) password no longer matching your newly reset password. When your password is reset, you will need to log back in to these resources to save the new password. Depending on the device, you may get a notification to re-enter your password; however, not all devices provide a notification. Please contact ITS Client Services for assistance, if needed.
Available Methods
If you currently know your password, you can reset it at our password reset page. If your password has expired or you have forgotten it, you can use the recovery options to set it (assuming you have set your recovery options – which include options for sending a token to a non-university email address, a text message, or a phone).
In Person
ITS Client Services can assist you with password changes by visiting the Media Lab located on campus in the lower level of Brookens Library. You will need to provide us with your University Identification Card and the other information noted above.
Special Cases [Emeritus Faculty, Generic Department Accounts]
Certain accounts, generic UIS Department Network IDs, are not able to use the online method to reset account passwords. Department accounts can be reset by email request to ITS Client Services from the head of the department who uses that account.
Emeritus faculty and retirees can now reset their passwords through the password reset system.