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- Locked Computers - Schneier on Security - Best part is from the comments: The problem? Mice were stolen regularly. We've made a contraption: got out one unused backplate from each case, drilled two holes through it and ran mouse cable through them (plus some rubber padding). Then we screwed the backplates back in and closed the cases. The cable run from the serial port plug through the drilled backplate (in and out) and then to the mouse itself. You couldn't steal the mouse now without cutting the cable or opening the locked case. Problem solved - for some time.Some time later someone - probably out of frustration that he can't steal mice - stole all the balls from them. That was over the top. We've closed the venue and posted a message "Closed until all balls are returned". Some patrons must have got really angry at the thief and had a few pleasant words with him - the balls were found in a bag near the door next morning...
- Choosing Imagery for Your Security Awareness Program - If the only tip you take from this article is this, you are winning: Instead, look for imagery that works to evoke emotion. You can do this with imagery that is positive, colorful, and inviting. Unexpected image compositions can also help give a modern look and feel to your campaign.
- Top 5 Configuration Mistakes That Create Field Days for Hackers - Sometimes I believe we complicate security too much. This article highlights 1. Default passwords 2. Password re-use 3. Exposed remote management services 4. Missing patches 5. Logging disabled or non-existent.
- Quantifying Measurable Security - Okay, but so why is Android not-so-secure? Both Android and Chrome OS have dedicated security teams who are tasked with continually enhancing the security of these operating systems through new features and anti-exploitation techniques. In addition, each team leverages a mature and comprehensive security development lifecycle process to ensure that security is always part of the process and not an afterthought.
- Facial recognition will not ensure public safety and heres why - This is why it will never work: Detecting faces means also detecting emotions: if you look worried, angry or nervous, the machine will spot it, and think maybe, you're up to no good…
- WordPress 5.2 Brings New Security Features | SecurityWeek.Com - For the first release, WordPress will (by default) soft-fail if the signature is not valid. In future releases, the default will be configured to a hard failure. The reason for this unsafe default is to ensure updates aren't blocked if there's a bug in the update code, Okay great, you are validating software updates. WTF, is this really how attackers are exploiting Wordpress? No. It's through the plugins. Good solution, wrong problem to solve.
- Hackers exploit Jenkins flaw CVE-2018-1000861 to Kerberods malware
- Securing satellites: The new space race - Help Net Security - Okay, sign me up: For hackers with deeper pockets, they could realistically launch their own CubeSat into orbit and then conduct hacking operations from there. The benefits are primarily related to proximity to other satellites and not having to wait for a satellite to pass over the ground station to perpetrate an attack. Whatever the method, compromising a satellite is now a realistic and attainable opportunity for hackers.
- MobileIron introduces zero sign-on technology to eliminate passwords - Help Net Security
- How to Communicate Privately in the Age of Digital Policing
- Alpine Linux Docker Images Shipped for 3 Years with Root Accounts Unlocked - This is not a big deal for two reasons: 1) Most Alpine containers do not contain a shell (and certainly you can configure them that way), minimizing the likelyhood that PAM can even be accessed to exploit this flaw 2) This only gets you "root" inside the container, not the host system or any other containers.
- Hackers Hijacked ASUS Software Updates to Install Backdoors on Thousands of Computers - VICE
- San Diego man arrested after rifle-shaped bong causes gun scare - I mean okay, for one marijuana is legal in CA. Two, I mean people in CA love their weed, so I can see people getting bored and being like "Dude, ya know man, we should get a bong that's a rifle, like a rifle bong". And if you do that in comfort of your own home, not having to drive or have much other responsibilities, I'm cool with it. However, they smoked out of this thing in a hotel room in full view of a WINDOW. Common sense was absent that day.
- 'Software delivered to Boeing' now blamed for 737 MAX warning fiasco
- Israel Neutralizes Cyber Attack by Blowing Up A Building With Hackers
- Extinguishing the IoT Insecurity Dumpster Fire
- Microsoft Windows 10 will get a full built-in Linux Kernel for WSL 2 - If you're going to run Linux, just run Linux... I do want to see a lower cost device, that actually works, that is a small computer that sits in a PCIe slot that you can run Linux on. Heck, I run Linux and I'd still buy one just to have an extra Linux box in my computer.
- Amazon workers purloin $100,000 worth of Apple Watches | Cult of Mac


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I HAVE TALKED TO SOME PEOPLE ON AIM. They might know what this is about.
Basically, I really, really enjoy the setting of Krynus. For people unaware, that's where the Child's Play games are taking place. The setting is basically...Modern day + A few levels of tech. Anyway, my idea.
Krynus is split into two land masses; the Northern Continent and the Southern Wastes. The West side of the Northern Continent is all entirely held by The Empire. No name, that's just what they're called.
Krynus is a changing world, with the Wunderkind beginning to pop up, there's something of an arms race. The Empire has no Wunderkind. But it wants them.
So, my idea is: Sort of like the main Child's Play group, the situation will be the start of the Empire's Wunderkind force. Players will be able to play Wunderkind, if they want. Or, they can also play members of the Imperial army. Or, the Imperial police. I'm allowing it to be pretty lose here. If you can justify your character investigating mishaps within a giant country that the rest of the world inexplicably doesn't like, I'm cool.
Sheets are a non-issue. It'll be entirely story driven with events tying into the other two Child's Play games (NEXT, Classic Child's Play.). First and foremost, this is a question of interest:
If I did some good old fashioned freestyle RP goodness, who would be interested?
Edit: Already in Child's Play, but got an idea for a Wunderkind alt? Or a Krynian character? Feel free to jump in.


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The holiday is upon us, and, like clockwork, with it comes the (welcomed) barrage of well-wishing Christmas and holiday cards featuring everything from picture-perfect families in matching dockers and smartly dressed tots with toothless grins to dogs stuffed into Santa Suits. Then there are those other cards – the ones that are simply awkward…just plain wierd. As in, 'I-cannot-believe-you-sent-this-out-as-your- holiday-card-weird.' You know the ones we are referring to?
A whole lot of awkardness in one place
The genius minds behind the hilarious site Awkward Family Photos – which features cringe-worthy, embarrassing photos of fairly creepy, fashion-challenged families - take awkwardness to a whole new level with their hysterical collection of awkward holiday family pet photos! Here are some of my favorites and check out their whole collection at AwardFamilyPetPhotos.com
All photos courtesy of AwkwardFamilyPetPhotos.com
1) Oy Vey!
2) The Giving Tree
3) That sure is one ugly baby.


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Red Sox's all-time Top 5 in-season trades
Move to bring Varitek, Lowe one of most lopsided deals in history
Will the Red Sox swing a deal before the July 31 Trade Deadline? Sometimes it takes years to determine how well a team did in a trade. With the benefit of hindsight, the following are the five most notable trades in franchise history that were conducted during the regular season, according to beat writer Ian Browne. Agree? Disagree? Comment below:
No. 1: July 31, 1997: Red Sox receive catcher Jason Varitek, right-hander Derek Lowe from Mariners for right-hander Heathcliff Slocumb.
When you consider Varitek went on to become one of the most respected leaders in Red Sox history and Lowe came through with several big moments in the postseason, it's hard to imagine general manager Dan Duquette was able to pull this deal off. But at the time, Lowe and Varitek were just prospects, and Slocumb was the veteran closer the Mariners needed.
This goes down as one of the most lopsided trades in history. Varitek went on to spend his entire Major League career in a Red Sox uniform, helping the club to a pair of World Series championships. Lowe was around for the first World Series parade in 2004, but he had several solid seasons in Boston, some as a reliever and others as a starter.
No. 2: July 31, 2004: Red Sox receive shortstop Orlando Cabrera from Expos, first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz from Twins while sending shortstop Nomar Garciaparra and outfielder Matt Murton to the Cubs.
There was a time when Garciaparra was an icon in Boston, lifting the team on his back at times en route to a couple of batting titles and several postseason appearances. But by the summer of 2004, Garciaparra's range was limited by an Achilles injury and his contract was a couple of months from expiring. General manager Theo Epstein made one of the boldest moves in team history, dealing Garciaparra in a four-team swap that brought the team two players known mostly for their defense in Cabrera and Mientkiewicz.
The trade turned out to be just what the Red Sox needed for the stretch run in 2004. Cabrera energized the clubhouse, gave the lineup a lift and cemented the defense in the middle of the infield. Mientkiewicz lived up to his role as a defensive stopper who could replace Kevin Millar in the late innings. Though Cabrera and Mientkiewicz both departed by the time the '05 season started, their impact in club history is permanent. For a reminder, look at the '04 championship flag.
No. 3: Aug. 25, 2012: Red Sox receive right-hander Rubby De La Rosa, right-hander Allen Webster, first baseman James Loney, outfielder/first baseman Jerry Sands, infielder Ivan DeJesus from the Dodgers for first bseman Adrian Gonzalez, outfielder Carl Crawford, right-hander Josh Beckett and infielder Nick Punto.
In perhaps the most stunning waiver trade in history, the Red Sox unloaded more than $250 million in salary obligations in this blockbuster deal with the Dodgers. Beckett's time had clearly run its course in Boston while Crawford was shaping up as one of the bigger free-agent busts in history. Gonzalez was a solid offensive player during his season-plus with the Red Sox, but he wasn't a great fit for the market.
Thanks to some of the financial flexibility they created with the deal, the Red Sox added Shane Victorino, Jonny Gomes, Mike Napoli and Ryan Dempster last winter and have spent much of the first half of 2013 in first place. Many baseball insiders were shocked that the Red Sox were not only able to unload so much salary in the deal with the Dodgers, but they also added a couple of highly-regarded pitching prospects in Webster and De La Rosa.
No. 4: July 31, 2008: Red Sox receive outfielder Jason Bay from Pirates, send outfielder Manny Ramirez to the Dodgers while also sending right-hander Craig Hansen and outfielder Brandon Moss to Pirates.
Manny being Manny didn't seem so cute to the Red Sox or their fans by midsummer in 2008. Ramirez's behavior seemed to be getting more petulant by the month. He slugged teammate Kevin Youkilis in the dugout during a game. A few weeks later, he decked traveling secretary Jack McCormick during a clubhouse feud. Ramirez was also coming up with hamstring maladies that the Red Sox questioned.
Much like with trade of Garciaparra four years earlier, Epstein made another bold move, getting a well-respected slugger in Bay. Almost from the moment he arrived in Boston, Bay became a fan favorite. He also swung a hot bat, helping the Red Sox get to Game 7 of the 2008 American League Championship Series. This trade might have ranked higher on Boston's list had Bay not left as a free agent after the '09 season.
No. 5: Aug. 19, 1986: Red Sox receive outfielder Dave Henderson and shortstop Spike Owen from Mariners for shortstop Rey Quinones, right-hander Mike Brown, right-hander Mike Trujillo and outfielder John Christensen.
Though the Red Sox spent nearly all of the 1986 season in first place, they needed some fine-tuning for the final push. General manager Lou Gorman gave it to them by adding a center fielder (Henderson) and a shortstop (Owen) while not giving up anything big in return.
Owen solidified the infield defense much like Cabrera would do 18 years later. He also came up with some important hits. Henderson went on to hit one of the biggest home runs in postseason history in Game 5 of the 1986 ALCS against the Angels, fueling the Red Sox back from a 3-1 series deficit. He did it again in Game 6 of the World Series and probably would have had a statue in Boston if not for Calvin Schiraldi, Bob Stanley, Rich Gedman and Bill Buckner falling apart as the Mets came back to win Games 6 and 7.


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Nats U (Baseball For Women) – Postponed!Posted on May 24, 2012 at 7:34 am
NatsU has been indefinitely postponed due to the day/night doubleheader with the Braves caused by a previous rainout. Those who already bought tickets will be automatically refunded. No ETA on a makeup date is available at this time. Bummer! Wow, look, a Baseball 101 photo from RFK days! (Last year's Nats U at Nats Park) Anyway, Nats U is returning again for the annual day women get to take to the field, bullpen and batting cages for a day of instruction and ... Continue Reading


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When Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey has finished, and the credits begin to roll up the screen, this is the song you will hear (and most likely weep at, out of sheer New Zealand location shot overload). Performed by New Zealander Neil Finn, this is the fancy version of Thorin Oakenshield's tune that you hear him and his fellow dwarves singing in the trailer (which we've included here). It's called "Song of the Lonely Mountain."
To hear the sex-ed up credits version, head over to Rolling Stone, and get excited.


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BERKELEY (CBS SF) — As fall classes began Thursday at the University of California at Berkeley, Chancellor Robert Birgeneau said the university remains the top public university in the world despite drastic cuts in state funding in recent years.
"We're very proud to maintain our ranking as the top public university and as one of the top universities overall," Birgeneau told reporters at a back-to-school briefing on campus.
He touted a recent ranking compiled by Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China which ranks UC Berkeley fourth overall, behind Harvard, Stanford and MIT, and as the top public university.
Birgeneau said UC Berkeley achieved its ranking despite what he called "a disinvestment in education that's unprecedented" in the past five years and "an assault on public education by Sacramento."
Vice chancellor for administration and finance John Wilton said in the last several decades state funding has declined from 52 percent of the university's budget to less than 11 percent, which he described as "a massive change."
Wilton said the large decrease in state funding "is not good public policy because investing in higher education is a high-return proposition."
He warned that, "We're walking a tightrope and we need more funds to continue improving."
Wilton said the university had done "a remarkable job in responding to a horrible situation" but there are "enormous strains" and some administrative staff members are leaving for better opportunities elsewhere.
However, vice chancellor and provost George Breslauer said the university continues to recruit new faculty at success rates similar to historical rates. Of the offers that have been accepted or declined in the past year, 84 percent were accepted, he said.
Breslauer also said the university has been successful in retaining professors. Of the 33 retention cases in the past year, the university has won all 22 that have been completed so far, with the 11 others still pending, he said.
In addition, Breslauer said UC Berkeley continues to be successful in recruiting the best graduate students.
Breslauer said an important indicator of that is the multi-year fellowships awarded by the National Science Foundation to the best graduate students in science, engineering and economics. He said UC Berkeley was the clear leader in that indicator, with 190 fellowship winners listing it as their first choice, followed by MIT with 140 students, Stanford with 137 and Harvard with 99.
Anne De Luca, the university's associate vice chancellor for admissions and enrollment, said that despite tuition increases the university continues to support students from all economic backgrounds.
She said one-fourth of the university's freshmen come from families whose incomes are less than $40,000 a year and 40 percent of undergraduates pay no tuition through support from the federal and state governments, institutional funds and donations.
Edward Denton, the vice chancellor for facilities services, said the university has completed $1 billion in projects in the past year, including the Li Ka Shing Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences, the Energy Biosciences Building and seismic safety improvements to the Greek Theatre.
He said two other notable projects were the retrofit and renovation of the Memorial Stadium, the home of Cal's football team, and the construction of a student training center adjacent to the university.
Birgeneau said if a tax measure on the November ballot that's backed by Gov. Jerry Brown is defeated there would be "an immediate threat" to the university's finances.
He said UC Berkeley could lose another $50 million in state funding and it would have to dip into its reserves to make up the difference.
He also said University of California President Mark Yudof, who oversees the entire UC system, has said that there will be "significant increases in tuition" if the tax measure loses.
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NORWICH — For the next 15 years, nearly all of Norwich's daily natural gas supply will come from a vast pipeline that stretches across four states in a move local utility administrators says will stabilize prices for the commodity over the life of the deal.
This week, Norwich Public Utilities General Manager John Bilda signed a contract to lock the company into a 15-year agreement with Algoquin Gas Transmissions, a subsidiary of Houston-based Spectra Energy, for access to its Algonquin Incremental Market project.
"It would provide us with certainty not only that we would have the ability to get the gas but also in terms of the price, so we wouldn't be exposed to very expensive costs to buy it that same day during peak use," Bilda said.
Known as the Algonquin Incremental Market project, the plan to build and replace 44 miles of pipeline in New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts seeks to increase the flow of natural gas into New England by up to 25 percent.
NPU already gets 8,340 dekatherms worth of gas per day from two existing Algonquin Gas transmission lines. Bilda said Norwich is poised to get 3,000 more dekatherms of energy a day with the larger pipeline.
A dekatherm is a unit of energy equal to 1 million BTUs, or about 293 kilowatt-hours. Overall, the project seeks to bring 342 million dekatherms a day into the four-state region.
Officials are unsure of the final rate structure pending federal approval, but the city's Board of Public Utilities Commissioners promised in July that rates would not increase for NPU customers.
Algonquin has agreed to let the utility trade in its capacity from one of the projects to take part in the Algonquin Incremental Market.
"Demand for natural gas in the Northeast continues to grow at a rapid pace as it replaces other sources for heating. New natural gas infrastructure will provide customers and businesses with diverse, reliable, secure and domestic supplies and enhance the economy by strengthening regional competitiveness," said Marylee Hanley, a Spectra Energy spokeswoman.
The AIM project isn't expected to start delivering gas until November 2016, with the federal regulatory process beginning this January. Over the past six years, NPU's gas load has grown by 16.7 percent.
In August, the Board of Public Utilities Commissioners authorized Bilda to sign the contract, but NPU's charter only allows for 10-year obligations. Anything beyond that requires approval from the City Council.
Aldermen supported the investment at a meeting earlier this month.
John Gregg, an attorney with Washington, D.C.-based Miller, Balis & O'Neil who specializes in natural gas regulation, said Algonquin's push into the Northeast comes at a critical time for the region.
"New England is an area traditionally underserved by natural gas pipelines, which is why it relies on more imported liquefied natural gas and fuel oil than other regions. Prolific new shale gas supplies will be less expensive and more reliable," he said. "The only way Norwich can serve new customers that want this low-cost natural gas is to subscribe to new pipeline projects, because existing pipelines are sold out."


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The country is subdivided into 24 regions (oblasts) and the Crimea - autonomous republic.
The capital is Kyiv ("Kiev" in Russian transliterations).
Average winter temperature:
from -8░ to -15░ C (between +17.6░ F and +5░ F)
In Southern regions the winter temperature hovers around freezing.
Falling snow and -10░ C (+14░ F) is a really rare occurrence, which is usually replaced by a thaw.
Average summer temperature:
from +18░ to +25░ C (between +64,4░ and +77░ F), though in daytime can get up over +35░ C (+95░ F).
Southern coast of Ukraine is washed by the Black and Azov Sea, coast line is 2,782 km.
The majority of Ukrainian rivers flow into the Black Sea, among the biggest are Dnipro, Dnister,
Danube, Desna, Pivdenyj (Southern) Booh.
Natural resources: iron ore, coal, manganese, natural gas, oil, salt, sulfur, graphite, titanium,
magnesium, kaolin, nickel, mercury, timber and arable land.
Ukrainian cuisine becomes more and more popular with its traditional Borsch - tomato
red and sorrel green; several kinds of Ukrainian Vareniki (dumplings) stuffed with all
kinds of meat, cheese, potatoes with mushrooms; Golubtsy (cabbage rolls) - cabbage leaves
with mixture of rice, meat, carrot and fried onion inside, these are usually served with
sour-cream; jellied meat with horse-radish; suckling pig; delicious stuffed fish and
plenty of other Ukrainian specialties. Our cuisine is very rich in natural components
grown in the fertile Ukrainian soil under the hot summer sun. Tomatoes, cucumbers, sweet
onion, lettuce, peaches, watermelons, apples, grapes - all vegetable and fruits produced
in Ukraine taste really delicious.
There are numerous taxi services, orders are taken via phone: you will be asked for
a phone number, pick-up address and time. At the assigned time the taxi operator will
call to the phone number you have given, and will inform on the taxi arrival confirming
the taxi number. Bad thing: taxi operators usually do not speak English. Good thing: you
can use help of your hotel receptionist, Russian-speaking friend, colleague or tour agent
in ordering the taxi via the phone.
A taxi or a gypsy cab can be also hired right on the street. Services of gypsy cabs
cost less, but are not that good choice from the safety point of view. If you still wish
to use a gypsy cab, you would need to make sure there is nobody else inside but the driver.
Probably everywhere the situation with taxi is like this - if one speaks a foreign language
price for a taxi goes up, so it might be wise to confirm/negotiate the price before you
get in the car.
Buying a souvenir, a painting, a sculpture or other handcrafts it is a good idea to
get a certificate identifying historical value (its absence) of the purchased good. This
document might be useful when going through the customs upon departure from Ukraine.
To shed some light on how Sundays become working days or how so many off-business
days happen to be in a row, we have put together the general rules for figuring it out.
According to the Ukrianian Law, extra days-off appear if a state holiday occurs on a
weekend. The government also issues directives shifting some working days for Saturdays or
Sundays in case there are several holidays in a row, to prolong off-business time.
This way we have some working Saturdays in December or January, and a long chain of holidays
and days-off in the beginning of January, sometimes up to two weeks long. The same happens
in the first half of May.
Basing on "good traditions", these governmental directives are issued and announced last
minute. We should admit, that private businesses do not or cannot follow them, due to the
short notice or willing to keep the businesses going on holidays as well. While all state
organizations and offices would be closed, as long as there is a directive.
Banks have their holidays in accordance to the National Bank directive, which issue it
basing on the governmental ones.
Executive branch: Cabinet of Ministers appointed by the Parliament and approved by
the President. Prime Minister: Victor Yanukovich (since Sep 2006).
Legislative branch: unicameral Parliament of 450 seats. Under Ukraine's election law,
all of the Parliament seats are allocated on a proportional basis to those parties that
gain 3% or more of the national electoral vote.
We returned a few weeks ago from visiting my wife father in Ukraine at Dnepropetrovsk, the hotel booking for our overnight stay at Boryspil Airport that you arranged for me all went fine, the hotel Staff were very pleasant and accommodating and our check in went ahead with no problems.
We have been travelling back and forth to Ukraine for over 12-years now and always found it difficult if not impossible to book hotels or book travel on trains before departing England, we are glad we found your web site, we wish we could have found it years ago.
We would be too pleased to recommend your services to future travellers.
Thanks again for making our trip so hassle free.
Mr John & Mrs Nadya Parsons,
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Nic's Tattoo Fix
Nic's Tattoo Fix
How many tattoos does Nicole Richie have?
Nicole Richie sports nine (at least) tattoos on her body, Stephanie. The favorite seems to be this rosary she had tattooed around her ankle. She also has a spider-shaped one on her lower stomach, as well as a pair of ballerina slippers she got in honor of the song her father, Lionel Richie, wrote for her. (For you young'ins, that song was "Ballerina Girl.")
Make sure not to miss out on Nicole's fab photo gallery!
Who made P!NK's wedding dress?
Margo, P!NK's stunning wedding dress was designed by Monique Lhuillier. Lhuillier has dominated the bridal fashion scene for the past six years, and has dressed the likes of Reese Witherspoon, Ali Landry and Kevin Costner's wife Christine.
Click here to see P!NK in all her wondrous glory.
Miranda, it seems as though the love of Paul Walker's life right now is Meadow Rain -- his 7-year-old daughter from a previous relationship. Walker found it difficult to get over his six-year relationship with Meadow's mother when that came to an end, but has said he enjoyed being single afterwards. We don't believe the "Eight Below" hottie is currently seeing anyone, unless he's keeping her under a tight wrap.
Prepare to see Paul alongside Jason Lewis and Laurence Fishburne in "The Life and Death of Bobby Z."
When will Chili's solo album be released?
Gregory, get ready for Rozonda "Chili" Thomas' solo album between the end of this year and early 2007. Chili has stated that if Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes were still alive, it would most definitely be a TLC album coming out, but that this album still has that TLC feel to it.
Akon, Missy Elliot and Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins will be featured on some of the tracks.
For more in music, you won't want to miss this!
What book did Ashton Kutcher read to quit smoking?
Well, Carol, it seems as though "The Easy Way to Stop Smoking" was the book Ashton Kutcher turned to for help. He announced that he'd kicked the habit while filming for "The Guardian" (out in theaters today!).
If you or someone you know feels the need to try and stop -- or you'd just like a good read -- pick up the book by Allen Carr.
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If you don't have some sort of crush on Donald Glover, the unhearlded Robin to Joel McHale's hottie Batman on NBC's Community, this video of him freestyling might change your mind. Pretty sure this clip got me pregnant.
Maybe my crush is based on jealousy; I'll never be good at freestyle rapping. The best I'll ever do is freestyle insulting people and then freestyle calling them the next day to apologize.


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Free or open source databases run hundreds of millions of public-facing and private applications worldwide, but how effective is this technology and how do these products compare? For answers, we reviewed six popular free or open source database products: Microsoft SQL Server Express, PostgreSQL, Oracle's MySQL, MariaDB, Apache Derby and Firebird SQL.
When selecting candidates for our review we chose fully featured relational database management system (RDBMS) products with features such as procedures, functions, triggers and cursors. While we did not set out to perform scientific benchmarking, we did test large tables. For the test data, we used a truncated log file from one of our Web servers containing a million-plus records. The same test data was used across all six products. We ran standard tests such as bulk inserts/imports and performed data manipulation tasks via SELECT, UPDATE AND DELETE statements.
For our test environment we used 64-bit Dell rack servers running Windows Server 2008 R2. It should be noted that with the exception of MS SQL Server Express, all database products we tested are cross-platform capable.


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Carrotmob on Need To Know
A feature on Carrotmob is being broadcast nationwide tonight on the PBS show, "Need To Know." Tune in, or check it out below!
Watch Carrot Mobs: The Anti-Boycott on PBS. See more from Need To Know.
Watch the clip here or the full episode.
Thanks to PBS for spreading the word! A couple other things to point out… It would seem from watching this that Brent was responsible for planning the Carrotmob campaign at Matching Half Cafe, but in reality, all the campaign organizing was done by Clint and Morgan with the Wigg Party. Check out the sustainability initiatives that their organization is working on. Thanks for making the Carrotmob movement shine, guys! Also Brent doesn't actually own a car. And he's now 30. Otherwise, the piece speaks for itself! Sign up for the mob at carrotmob.org, and we'll be relaunching a new site in a couple months!


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The only folk ever to be seen in Australia wearing hats with corks are foreign tourists. So yes, a hat like that will certainly let the locals know you've only just arrived in country...
Why are you going into the authors background???
Of course I would actually advocate for the F-15X, not because I am some sort of dinosaur, but because the Eagle has one huge advantage over the "Panther"; long range. Canada needs to patrol the arctic and two long coastlines. We also have a history of force projection over continental distances, so having a fighter with long legs is very important. If the F-15X has or can be given the same sort of capabilities as the F-15E Strike Eagle, then we have a platform which can fulfill multiple roles for us (a Strike Eagle could carry weapons capable of striking ships at sea, such as a SDB that can glide over 100km to target, for example), plus in the new environment, a Strike Eagle can serve as the "arsenal aircraft" for Alliance F-35's slipping ahead to scout, identify and mark targets. Even if things go badly, the F-15 is still an actual fighter aircraft, so can fight its way in or out if necessary. Other mods to the Eagle platform include things like carrying 16 AAM's, so a few Eagles clearing a path for the rest of the force is also a possibility.And future upgrades to the F-15X might even include the sort of sensor fusion technology which is the actual strong suit of the F-35.
Have you ever checked the profile of a site member here? (… and not just the ones who consistently make "WTF?!! " posts ) There are all sorts of peripheral factors that can help consideration of a book or article. Information about author's background can provide insight and/or context into their writing, which can aid critical readers in more effectively judging the work. (critical, as in objective analysis and evaluation, not incessantly bitchin' ) The info may help understand the author's purpose in writing. Does the author have a track-record of strong bias, such that 'unhelpful' facts are routinely ignored to strengthen their argument? Despite apparently writing well in this instance, is the author competent in the subject (eg: see the clarifying comments on the government's fiscal system by Good2Golf here )? Is there anything interesting, unusual, or significant in when and how they grew up? Is the particular school and/or professor's mentorship noteworthy in potentially affecting their writing? What else has the author written, and how received? Consider the audience of the author's writing. Are there any significant external events influencing the timing and context of the writing?I find this background material can be even more helpful if you're not a SME (like me with fighter a/c acquisition -- which is also why I hesitate to post in topics where I don't really have a clue, but that's a separate rant). Otherwise, if you do a lot of reading in a particular field or subject, you begin to recognize 'trends.' For example, when I get a new book on one or two particular topics, one of the first things I do is check the author's bio (to help determine the stuff above); then look at the bibliography, which can suggest if the author is informed by a particular 'school of thought.'All this to say, while my military career has been pretty high-speed, I can also be a thorough and discerning info geek (anything worth doing is worth doing to excess ); considering the author is just another part of considering the publication.It works for me.
Understood, I do the same at times. Just seemed out of left field criticizing a students employment status. Can anyone weigh the pros and cons of the F-15X vs its (F-35) competitors?
Other mods to the Eagle platform include things like carrying 16 AAM's, so a few Eagles clearing a path for the rest of the force is also a possibility.
If we wanted to be a player in the first day, we could give the Navy TLAMs...
Meet the F-16 Block 70The F-16 Block 70 is unlike any fighter jet seen before. The Block 70 is the newest and most advanced F-16 production configuration, combining numerous capability and structural upgrades.The Block 70 builds on its thousands of predecessors and proven combat experience, while also bringing new technology to the forefront. With improved radar systems, advanced weapons capabilities and enhanced battlespace awareness, the aircraft advances its strong, combat-proven legacy and goes beyond – to meet needs for tomorrow.The F-16 Block 70 combines capability upgrades, most notably the advanced Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar with a new avionics architecture, and structural upgrades to extend the structural life of the aircraft by more than 50 percent beyond that of previous production F-16 aircraft. F-16 Block 70 software takes advantage of technologies not available when earlier Block F-16s were developed and produced. Operational capabilities are enhanced through an advanced datalink, targeting pod and weapons; precision GPS navigation and the Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System (Auto GCAS).Advanced WeaponsLockheed Martin has more than 36 years of weapon integration experience with the F-16. No other organization can match this weapons integration experience. In concert with the U.S. Air Force and multiple F-16 Foreign Military Sales customers, Lockheed Martin has certified more than 3,300 carriage and release configurations for greater that 180 weapon and store types. Our experience as a weapon integrator has enabled the F-16 to be one of the most versatile multirole fighters ever.Advanced AESA RadarNorthrop Grumman's advanced APG-83 AESA radar delivers greater situational awareness, flexibility and quicker all-weather targeting. The APG-83 provides pilots with unprecedented target area detail and digital map displays that can be tailored with slew and zoom features. The APG-83 provides F-16s with 5th Generation fighter radar capabilities by leveraging hardware and software commonality with F-22 and F-35 AESA radars.Enhanced Battlespace AwarenessAnother key feature of the F-16 Block 70 configuration is the new Center Pedestal Display (CPD), which provides critical tactical imagery to pilots on a high-resolution 6"x 8" screen. The high-resolution display allows pilots to take full advantage of AESA and targeting pod data. The new CPD enables color moving maps, larger and easier to manage air-to-air Situation Displays, zoom functionality with the ability to switch information among displays, and a digital display of Flight Instrument Data. The CPD is also compatible with the Night Vision Imaging System. Auto GCASThe Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System (Auto GCAS) was purpose-built to prevent deadly crashes and has already saved the lives of seven pilots and six F-16s since the system entered service with the U.S. Air Force in late 2014. The Auto GCAS is designed to reduce incidents of what is known as controlled flight into terrain, or CFIT. According to U.S. Air Force statistics, CFIT incidents account for 26 percent of aircraft losses and a staggering 75 percent of all F-16 pilot fatalities.The F-16 Auto GCAS system is currently being integrated into the U.S. Air Force's F-16 fleet and the Air Force and Lockheed Martin plan to develop similar systems for the F-22 and F-35. Current plans call for fielding an Auto GCAS on the F-35 by 2019. The F-35 Joint Program Office estimates the Auto GCAS will prevent more than 26 ground collisions during the service of the F-35 fleet.
Eurofighter Typhoon to bid to replace Canadian CF-18 fleetEurofighter intends to pitch its Typhoon aircraft to replace the Royal Canadian Air Force's fleet of Boeing CF-18A/B Hornet fighters.Eurofighter, a joint venture among Airbus, BAE Systems and Leonardo, was assumed to be one of the bidders in the competition to replace the RCAF's fighter fleet with 88 advanced jets, but it hadn't yet publicly acknowledged its desire to play for the contract. Simon Jacques, head of Airbus defense and space in Canada, said at a company event in Montreal that his firm intends to submit a proposal for the Typhoon."We are very engaged," he says. "We want to propose the Typhoon, the most advanced new generation multi, swing-role fighter on the market today."In October, RCAF issued a draft request for proposal to replace its aging CF-18A/B fleet. Ottawa listed five suppliers eligible to compete: Dassault Aviation, maker of the Rafale; Saab, maker of the JAS 39 Gripen; Airbus Defense – on behalf of the Eurofighter joint venture, maker of the Typhoon; Lockheed Martin, maker of the F-16 and F-35; and Boeing, maker of the F/A-18 Super Hornet and F-15E Strike Eagle. Only those five will be allowed to submit proposals.The RCAF plans to receive initial proposals from bidders between summer and winter 2019. A contract is anticipated to be awarded during the winter months of 2021-2022.Canada wants initial aircraft to be delivered in 2025, with initial operational capability achieved by 2026. The government wants all aircraft delivered by 2031 or 2032 [emphasis added], at which time the CF-18 fleet will be retired.Jacques says the Eurofighter bid will include some sort of participation from Canadian manufacturers [emphasis added], though the type of involvement in the aircraft's supply chain or extent was not specified."With our Canadian partners, it is going to be a Canadian solution and a good value for Canada," he says. "The RFP is coming out in mid of this year, right before the election."https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/eurofighter-typhoon-to-bid-to-replace-canadian-cf-18-455004/
Will Airbus threaten to close down Bombardier's A220 line at Mirabel if Eurofighter loses out?
Airbus open to a fighter plane assembly plant in Quebec ahead of federal bidsMIRABEL, Que. -- Airbus is not ruling out the possibility that Quebec will host a fighter plane assembly line and satellite construction plant if the European giant manages to win federal contracts in Canada.Simon Jacques, head of Canadian operations for the multinational, mentioned the possibility Monday at a company event in Mirabel, an off-island Montreal suburb, where it manufactures A220 jetliners, previously known as the Bombardier C Series.A call for tenders for 88 new fighter planes is expected from Ottawa before the start of the 2019 election campaign in a bid to replace the government's aging CF-18s. Airbus makes the Eurofighter Typhoon."Absolutely," Jacques said, when asked if the assembly line could be in Quebec. "We're evaluating our options."Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Saab are all in the running alongside Airbus for the federal contract.Jacques said the construction of a new assembly line, which would create numerous jobs, would not pose a logistical challenge given the extra space at the Mirabel plant.He stressed the need for a "Canadian solution," given that the call for tenders would include local content requirements.In 2016 Airbus landed its first major contract with Ottawa, which ordered 16 search and rescue aircraft under a $2.4-billion agreement, on top of a pledge for $2.3 billion in maintenance and after-sales service for 20 years. The first vehicle must be delivered by the end of 2019.The CF-18s put into service in the 1980s were set to be phased out by 2020, but their replacement has turned into a drawn-out saga.Six years ago, the Harper government abandoned its controversial plans to purchase untendered F-35 fighter jets to take the place of the aging fleet. The Trudeau government, which had subsequently decided to buy 18 Super Hornet aircraft from Boeing -- also without a tender -- cancelled that purchase in 2017 in the wake of a commercial dispute between Boeing and Bombardier over the C Series.According to Jacques, Canada is "really committed" to "stimulating competition," which may open a door to a manufacturer other than the U.S.-based Boeing."I think it's important for Canada to have a different fleet from what is in the United States 1/8with Boeing 3/8," he said, calling the prospect "a good thing for NORAD 1/8North American Aerospace Defense Command 3/8."Jacques suggested Canada could learn from the United Kingdom, which counts counts Airbus and Lockheed Martin aircraft among its fighter fleet.Airbus executives also said the Netherlands-based company may turn to Quebec for satellite construction if its proposal is accepted up by Telesat Canada, a satellite operator.The company had solicited offers from Airbus and the France-based Thales Group as part of an Internet service project tied to the launch of "between 300 and 500 satellites," Jacques said."This would change the situation in Quebec," he said, adding that the project would create about 200 new jobs.Airbus said it is having ongoing discussions with various levels of government, including Quebec and Ottawa, to set up shop in the province if the multinational wins the contract.


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MillerCoors likely spills more beer every year than a lot of craft brewers produce, but deep in the heart of this brewing giant beats an independent spirit reminiscent of the tiniest craft brewer.
It's there you'll find Tenth and Blake, the division started by MillerCoors in August 2010 to handle the company's growing portfolio of craft and import brands, which include the company's flagship, Blue Moon, as well as the Chippewa Falls, Wisc.-based Leinenkugel and imports Peroni, Pilsner Urquell and Grolsch.
While Tenth and Blake is a recent creation, Blue Moon's origins go back to the mid-1990's.
"People don't understand how Blue Moon was born," says Tom Cardella, president and CEO of Tenth and Blake. "It had a similar beginning as many of the craft brands on the market today."
Blue Moon traces its roots to 1994 when Peter Coors sent brewer Keith Villa to Belgium to get his doctorate in brewing science. Villa fell in love with Belgium-style beer and on his return impressed his boss with his desire to craft his own Belgium brew. Peter Coors gave Villa his blessing — and a shoestring budget — to start Blue Moon Brewing.
Today Blue Moon, the beer, is nearly ubiquitous, joining rival craft brew Sam Adams alongside domestic lagers as typical tap beer offerings in bars and restaurants. For many consumers, these beers serve as entry points for those looking for something beyond mass-produced lagers.
And with this stature, Tenth and Blake thinks it can help other small brewers to continue its growth both by bringing new people into the category as well as by providing financial assistance to entrepreneurs trying to build their brands.
"Blue Moon will finish the year well up over 20 percent in volume growth and when you look at where we are sourcing that growth, it's bringing in consumers who were weren't beer drinkers before," says Cardella. "It's definitely a gateway beer and I think when you talk to a lot of other craft brewers, they recognize the value and the importance of that gateway."
But many beer aficionados still take issue with Tenth and Blake using the term "craft." Their issue? Size.
Blue Moon's Belgian White is the single largest "craft" brand in the country.
(Sam Adams , the largest craft brewer, sells more when all of its brands are counted together, and it brewed about 2.3 million barrels a beer last year. But contrast, MillerCoors, the creation of two global beer companies, Molson Coors Brewing and SABMiller, brews more than 67 million barrels of beer.)
But the Brewers Association defines a craft brewer as brewing less than six million barrels per year and being less than 25 percent owned or controlled by another economic interest. For Cardella, being considered "craft" is less about size than spirit.
"Coors has never tried to hide the fact Tenth and Blake or Blue Moon were part of MillerCoors," says Cardella. "There's no doubt many consumers look at large brewers as corporations and not entrepreneurs. With Tenth and Blake, we're proud that we're with MillerCoors."
With more than 1,700 breweries operating in the U.S., Cardella sees the beer business at an inflection point and Tenth and Blake uniquely positioned to help the craft boom continue.
"I'm a big believer. The craft business has a long future of good growth," Cardella told CNBC. "But while there is a lot of room for growth, I think it will be more difficult for new players to keep coming in and for the existing players to fund their individual growth."
One solution Cardella sees is equity partnerships between Tenth and Blake and smaller regional breweries. For example, Tenth and Blake recently acquired a minority stake in Georgia-based Terrapin Beer. The less than 25 percent stake will allow Terrapin to remain independent, according to the Craft Brewers Association's standards but give Terrapin access to capital to expand their brewing capacity.
"If we can allow them to maintain who they are, but get them access to our resources we can help entrepreneurs with their growth," he says. "In order to grow, a lot of these brewers will need an infusion of capital to keep going forward."
The key in moving forward for Cardella is finding an alignment of style and goals rather than a one-size-fits-all approach.
"We're taking it slow and it's not 'big guy' buying 'little guy,' but it's recognizing the little guy has limited resources, and enhancing our own growth while helping them to get where they want to go."
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Apple is finally opening the doors to its bank vault, saying it will distribute $100 billion in cash to its shareholders over two years.
Apple Inc. on Tuesday said it will buy back $60 billion in shares – the largest buyback authorization in history. It is also raising its dividend by 15 percent.
Investors have been clamoring for Apple to give them access to its cash hoard, which ended March at an unprecedented $145 billion. Apple's tight grip on its cash has been blamed for the steep decline in its stock price over the winter.
News of the cash bonanza coincided with the company's release of a poor quarterly outlook for the three-month period that ends in June. Apple said it expects sales for the quarter to fall from the year before, which would be the first decline in many years. The June quarter is generally a weak one for Apple, since consumers tend to hold off for the next iPhone, which the company usually releases in the fall.
Apple shares rose $18.87, or 4.6 percent, to $425 in extended trading.
Apple posted results for its latest quarter that beat expectations, though it posted its first profit decline in ten years.
Net income was $9.5 billion, or $10.09 per share, down 18 percent from $11.6 billion, or $12.30 per share, in the same period a year ago.
Revenue was $43.6 billion, up 11 percent from last year's $39.2 billion.
Analysts were expecting earnings of $9.97 per share on revenue of $42.3 billion for the latest quarter, according to FactSet.
Apple started paying a dividend last summer and has been buying back a modest number of shares, enough to balance the dilution created by its employee stock option program, but not to make a dent in its cash pile. The company says it's now expanding the buybacks from $10 billion to $60 billion.
The company has faced continued pressure from Wall Street over the use of its cash, which earns less than 1 percent in interest. Investors reason that if the company has no good use for the money, it should be handed over to shareholders. The company said it was considering ways to use the money, and this year engaged in a public debate with a hedge fund manager who wanted it to institute a new class of preferred shares.


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The "keep it simple" mantra doesn't seem to apply to watchmakers. The more complex they can make a watch's movements and mechanics, the more impressive their creations seem. And Harry Wintson's new Opus 12 is nothing short of a masterpiece.
Instead of hands pointing at numbers on the Opus 12's face, the watch uses a series of spinning markers to indicate the current time. The markers -- 12 in total -- are positioned at the five-minute marks in long and short pairs that distinguish between the hour and minutes. And each one flips to reveal a metallic blue finish which is how the wearer actually reads the time.
At the top of every hour all of the markers rotate in sequence like a well-choreographed performance, but it's really nothing more than eye candy for the select few lucky enough to own one. Since Harry Winston only plans to produce just 120 of the watches, with a price tag that I'm sure will match their exclusivity. [Harry Winston via Perpetuelle]


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Danica Patrick is back where "Danica Mania" began – at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway – hoping that history will repeat itself in the Indiana 250 on Saturday, July 28 – the first NASCAR Nationwide Series race ever at the Brickyard.
Getting a chance to race in the Nationwide Series at Indianapolis will be like a homecoming in many ways for Patrick.
"Part of me definitely feels it is one of the home tracks for me," Patrick said. "I have spent the most amount of time there and especially because my family lives there now. The amount of laps that I've run around there definitely helped me about the small details about the track surface and things like that. I think it will help for those things.
"But driving an Indy car and a stock car on the same track is quite different. Certain things become issues that may not have been issues before, and your turn-in is different, so you may be driving over different bumps. It's a traditional racing line at Indy, so that may be decent. If anything, my love for that track and my feelings about it are what is going to make the big difference because it puts me in a good mood right off the bat."
Patrick will not compete in the Crown Royal Presents the Curtiss Shaver 400 at the Brickyard Powered by BigMachineRecords.com Sunday, July 29 because team owner Tony Stewart put together a schedule of tracks that best tests Patrick's skills in preparation for a full-time Sprint Cup effort in 2013.
"It would have been fun or fine to run in the '400,' but at the end of the day from the things I've heard about how the Cup race goes there, it's very much about track position and things like that," Patrick said. "I think it's a better use of my time to go to places that I haven't been before or are very unique or different and there is a lot of overtaking. From what I've heard, Indy is a lot about qualifying and track position in the race. I would have definitely done it and I would have smiled about it, and hopefully I'll be doing a lot more of it in the future."
Patrick admits the 2005 Indianapolis 500 put her career on the map. Even though she has switched gears, her path still goes to her favorite racetrack, only in a car with fenders and a roof instead of front and rear wings.
In her rookie season of 2005, she was the first female driver ever to lead laps in the world's biggest race and was in the lead as late as seven laps to go before she was passed by Dan Wheldon, who went on to score the first of his two Indy 500 wins.
Patrick finished fourth that day, and "Danica Mania" had begun. She transcended her sport and became a mainstream name.
And what is her favorite memory of Indy?
"Oh, '05 -- everything about it," she said. "It was back in the 3-1/2-week format. It was my first year there. I was fast every day. It was fun, and it was all starting there. To almost grab the pole if not for a bobble in Turn 1 and then to have that chance to win at the end of the race was a good feeling. It was definitely my favorite memory.
"I think about it often, and I watched the Indy 500, and my whole family lives in Indianapolis now. I love everything about it and I have so many good memories and so many great experiences, and I'm fortunate to have run well there most of the time. I definitely like that place.
"When I ran at Indy before, the schedule was pretty spread out. You've got qualifying weekend and race weekend. It's going to be a standard weekend as far as time goes. It's going to break up a little bit, but it will also give me a chance to be in the city for a day and have some things to do and see my family and spend some time with my crew. It will be a more condensed weekend overall. As far as Race Day goes, it will be pretty busy and pretty full. Indy is a town that loves its racing and loves the Indianapolis Motor Speedway."
Patrick and her Nationwide competitors will hit the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for practice Thursday, July 26 to kick off the Kroger Super Weekend at the Brickyard. On Friday, the track gets reconfigured to the road course so GRAND-AM Road Racing has a full-day of activity, including two races. Then on Saturday, it's back to the oval, where Patrick will qualify and race in the inaugural Indiana 250. Sprint Cup drivers also practice and qualify on Saturday, culminating with the "400" on Sunday.
Patrick's first full season of Nationwide competition has seen its share of ups and downs as she was ninth in points entering the month of July. While she had just one top-10 finish (eighth at Texas) in her first 15 races, her best race was actually a 12th-place finish at Elkhart Lake, Wis.
She was running fourth on the final lap before she was punted off the track by 1995 Indianapolis 500 winner and 1997 Formula One World Champion Jacques Villeneuve, triggering a near-international incident after the race.
While Villeneuve had to defend his actions to Patrick's crew chief, Tony Eury Jr., Patrick kept her cool to the surprise of many who expected to see one of her trademark emotional outbursts.
"I think he said he got pushed in the grass," Patrick said. "I saw it right after the race on TV, and I didn't go back and watch it again after that. It didn't look like he was in the grass when he hit me. "You know what, when I was younger and looking at drivers that I thought were really great, that is what I thought of Jacques. He was very quick to accomplish things in CART and the Indy 500 and then Formula One. I looked up to that and I looked up to him.
"I think it is just great and what is really cool is I get a chance in my racing career to race against people that I saw as a kid, and whatever happens, happens. But I think it is more cool that I get a chance to experience driving against them in my racing career."
Patrick believed her road-course experience benefited her at Elkhart Lake with her best Nationwide race of the year.
"It was good to start in the top-10 and run in the top five all day," she said. "I felt I was very happy about running well and running fast. I said before the weekend ever started that I'm more interested in running well and having a good pace and learning than I was in the actual position that I finish in because if you are not fast and you don't learn, you aren't going to get those. But if the pace continues to come up and I learn something every weekend, the finishes will come."
One of the cool things about being a NASCAR driver is they get to run at both the Daytona International Speedway and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in the same month as July includes stops at both iconic facilities. Patrick ran the Nationwide race July 6 at Daytona followed by stops at New Hampshire and Chicagoland Speedway before arriving in Indianapolis.
Patrick has a busy, demanding schedule but took a moment to reflect on having a chance to run both Daytona and Indianapolis in July.
"I feel like there is always a certain amount of energy that comes with a track that has a lot of history, but as a driver I feel like there are more things you reflect on and get wrapped up in while you are doing it," Patrick said. "There are things where 10, 20, 30 years you look back and look at all the great places you have been and think about how often that is and how great an experience it was, but when you are in the moment, you look at what is the next race and what do I have to do?"
While Patrick is constantly looking forward, she does take time to look back and reflect on what the Indianapolis Motor Speedway has meant to her racing career. That is why she is looking forward to her return to the Brickyard in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.
Patrick admitted it was a little strange to turn on the television set on Race Day for the 96th Indianapolis 500 and not be in the race. She had become such a focal point of every Indy 500 in which she started.
But she made the career choice to leave the IZOD IndyCar Series after 2011 to become a full-time NASCAR Nationwide Series driver this year, followed by a full-time Sprint Cup drive in 2013.
By running a limited Sprint Cup schedule in 2012, Patrick was at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Race Day for the Indy 500 preparing for the Coca-Cola 600 Sprint Cup race instead of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
"It didn't get strange until I turned it on, on Sunday morning and then it got a little strange," Patrick said. "To see the stands full, a beautiful sunny day, driver introductions and all of that was the point in time I felt I wanted to be there then. But I'm very happy with where I'm at and what I'm doing. I had a race that night to go for. It was on to business after that. Indy was a great race, too. It's always fun to be a part of great races and lots of passing opportunities and great passing. It was a great race to watch."
Patrick didn't get to see the entire race because of a Coca-Cola appearance at CMS, so she missed the middle portion of the Indy 500. But she made sure she was there at the end to watch the climactic final laps of a race that saw an Indy 500-record 34 lead changes among 10 different drivers.
From listening to Patrick talk about watching the Indianapolis 500 on television, it was easy to understand how much she missed competing at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. But Patrick will make her return to her favorite track in the first NASCAR Nationwide Series race at the 2.5-mile Brickyard on Saturday, July 28 driving the No. 7 GoDaddy Chevrolet for JR Motorsports.


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from the urls-we-dig-up deptParents apparently have no idea how to raise children. Parenting is tough, but no worries, there's always the unsolicited advice from family and strangers about what they think is best for children, and there are tons of parenting books available that may or may not help. There's also no shortage of contradictory studies out there that just leave parents utterly confused. Here are just a few recent findings on what's supposedly good or bad for kids. Remember correlation isn't causation, etc, etc.
- Young children need regular bedtimes, otherwise it can have a negative effect on their cognitive development. Kids who had irregular bedtimes at the age of 3 -- a crucial age for mental development -- scored lower on reading, math, and spatial awareness tests. [url]
- Kids with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder can forget about using ADHD drugs to help them do better in school. More and more studies are finding that taking "cognitive enhancers" like Ritalin and Adderall really doesn't make a difference in the long run for kids with ADHD. [url]
- Over-parenting is creating a generation of passive, disconnected, depressed, and anxious kids. These kids fail to find a "sense of self" and can't cope with the real world because their well-meaning but misguided parents have been unnecessarily intervening in their lives, doing everything for them. [url]
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By Father John Ubel
My brief trip to Rome began with a plethora of questions from an inquisitive Jewish woman sitting next to me on the flight from Minneapolis. Among them: "What do you mean by mercy?" and "But does forgiveness actually accomplish anything?"
While a great discussion starter, on this evening flight to Amsterdam, I was most interested in sleeping. But when the pilot kept giving us Super Bowl updates every 20 minutes just as I began to doze, I accepted reality! But, her pointed questions left me pondering some very basic concepts, and how I ought to be able to explain mercy in terms understandable even to those who do not share my faith.
After a two-hour layover at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport, I arrived in Rome on Monday afternoon (Feb. 8) only to discover that my phone's battery had inexplicably gone completely dead, even though turned off. My rusty Italian was enough for me to comprehend that it was indeed an expensive fix and I'd be better off seeing if it was under warranty back home.
On to Plan B. I said a quick prayer they had Wi-Fi at the Domus Paulus VI. This is the clerical residence for priests working in the Vatican near the Piazza Navona that also welcomes occasional priest guests. Pope Francis stayed there in the days leading to the conclave that elected him, and you may recall the photo of him returning to pay his bill!
Thankfully they had Wi-Fi, because in typical "Fr. Frugal" fashion, I was too cheap to purchase a data plan for my iPad. My simple but comfortable room looked right over a bus stop (if elected to the Italian parliament, I'd immediately sponsor legislation to outlaw scooter horns and pigeons), but the priests and staff were most gracious and welcoming of their American interloper.
When I mentioned at table that I was from Minnesota, I was met with deadpan stares. I clarified that it was six hours from Chicago — still nothing. Finally I said that I lived near Canada! I began writing this travelogue while enjoying my third (alright, perhaps my fourth) cup of cappuccino on Tuesday morning. I could get used to this! I had time to pray and go to confession, as well as purchase a few Holy Year related gifts. While visiting the tomb of St. Monica in the Church of St. Augustine, I prayed for my mother and all mothers, as they labor tirelessly to pass the faith along to their children.
The Holy Year theme "Merciful like the Father" and the Jubilee Logo are omnipresent, as are the pilgrims here to venerate the mortal remains of St. Padre Pio, brought here from San Giovanni Rotondo in Puglia. The logo was emblazoned on a beautiful commemorative violet stole given to each priest, which I plan to wear in the confessional. St. Pio stands as a model confessor, humble and simple, and he reminds me that we must never tire of offering forgiveness. I have a special devotion to Padre Pio since my days at St. Agnes, when I prayed for his intercession at a critical time in that school's history in 2007. He came through then, and continues to inspire.
On Tuesday afternoon, the universality of the Church was especially evident as nearly 700 priests designated as Missionaries of Mercy gathered at Castel Sant'Angelo for a solemn procession toward St. Peter's Basilica to enter through the Holy Door. It was a prayerful walk as we recited designated prayers, gathering by language groups. The procession took us inside the Basilica, all around and back out again. We continued around the perimeter of the outside of the Basilica leading us to the Apostolic Palace and the Sala Regia (Regal Room). Completed in 1573 A.D., it is adjacent to the Sistine Chapel and was originally used to receive foreign princes and ambassadors. But the purpose of this meeting was quite different.
Without really trying, I wound up in the eighth row, as the room quickly filled up. Archbishop Rino Fisichella prepped us for the audience. Among other things, he encouraged a total fast from all food on Ash Wednesday and reminded us to silence all cellphones. His American assistant, my friend Father Geno Sylva from the Diocese of Paterson, New Jersey, then stepped to the microphone and asked those without headsets (for the purpose of providing a simultaneous translation for non-Italian speakers) to move to an overflow room just off to the side because the headset reception only worked in the main Sala. No, please don't ask me to move! Since I had chosen not to take a headset, I was banished, and would watch the address on a monitor.
But as it turns out, the Holy Father walked right past me on his way to and from the audience, and on his way out I shook hands with him and greeted him. God provides — the last shall be first! During his address, the Holy Father exhorted us to be patient and kind confessors — and not to ask too many questions! He reminded us that the sacrament of penance is an encounter with our loving and merciful Father and that sometimes our words get in the way. It was sage advice and I plan on heeding it carefully. After the meeting, we were treated to a delicious dinner in the atrium of the Pope Paul VI Audience Hall. It was after all, Martedi Grasso (Fat Tuesday), so I enjoyed it as well as meeting priests from various parts of the World, truly a highlight for me.
On Ash Wednesday, I had the rare luxury of not needing to set my alarm. The fatigue of travel and the excitement from Tuesday's activities coalesced, enabling me to sleep in until nearly 6 a.m.! I made my way down to the refectory for a cup of coffee at 6:45, but it was still brewing. I said my morning prayers and patiently waited. Roman coffee is always worth the wait, and I took the time to finish writing a Cathedral bulletin column before emailing it back home. Later in the morning I visited with David Kirsh, a lifetime Cathedral parishioner and St. John Vianney College Seminary student, spending the semester in Rome through the University of St. Thomas' Catholic Studies program.
Desiring to keep the rest of Ash Wednesday in a spirit of preparation, I neither shopped nor did any sight seeing. Instead, I spent some quiet time in prayer and reading at the Augustinianum, a Pontifical University right next St. Peter's Square, specializing in Patristic studies. And where, I might add, I took the toughest oral exam I have ever had in my life 10 years ago — it still stings!
It was peaceful and prayerful, and I eventually made my way to St. Peter's, thirty minutes ahead of our appointed time. But I was still far from first in line. The piazza was packed and people were trying to acquire tickets for Mass. One lady even asked if I would give up my ticket so she could attend with her toddler.
I politely declined, noting that the gold tickets were for concelebrating priests only. She was not impressed! We priests spent the next 90 minutes waiting patiently, as this is just part of the deal in the Eternal City. Those cobblestones really do a number on one's back — a chiropractor could make a fortune in Rome! But it provided ample opportunity to visit with the other priests, whether Italian or English speakers, and I found this quite enjoyable.
A prayerful, yet jubilant spirit was kept throughout. While waiting I met Father Joseph Reilly from Newark, New Jersey, and learned that he was the rector of their Cathedral. I replied, "Father, you and I have at least two things in common — we're both rectors and we are currently sharing an Archbishop!"
We made our way to the bronze steps where we waited for Mass to begin. There, final instructions soon followed in five languages (no, I did not need to be reminded to refrain from taking pictures during Mass!) and the long procession began. While I ended up toward the back of the reserved section for priests, it mattered little because we were all there together concelebrating with the Holy Father.
The Sistine Choir, composed of men and boys from the Basilica, provided the beautiful music. Readings, petitions and the gift bearers were provided by men, women and children from different countries, and the distribution of ashes began with Cardinal Angelo Comastri, the Archpriest of the Basilica, imposing ashes upon the crown of the head of Pope Francis. In Rome, the ashes are not placed on the forehead in the shape of a cross, but rather sprinkled on the crown of your head, recalling the Book of Nehemiah 9:1 in which the "Israelites gathered together while fasting and while wearing sackcloth, their heads covered with dust."
The highlight for me was the commissioning ceremony at the end of Mass. The prayer asked the Lord to "watch over these your servants, who we send forth as messengers of Mercy, liberation and of peace. Guide their steps with Your right hand and sustain them with the power of Your grace, so that they do not come under the weight of apostolic endeavors. May the voice of Christ resound in their words, and in their gestures the heart of Christ."
It was so clear that the human aspect of the encounter is central for Pope Francis, and even his commissioning prayer was a sober reminder of the role that we are called to play. I would not be surprised if he wrote the prayer himself. I will not soon forget this powerful exhortation and the brief, but extremely rewarding, time I spent in Rome. And, I felt uplifted by the prayers of so many from home and kept the good people of the archdiocese close in my prayers.
Father Ubel is rector of the Cathedral of St. Paul in St. Paul. He was commissioned to be a Missionary of Mercy by Pope Francis on Ash Wednesday in Rome.


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For the past six months, I have been visiting up to 400 blogs a day and leaving likes and comments. That takes time.
With Julian gone (see Someone's missing from Photographic Art), I need to use the four hours a day that he was working to find a substitute for home inspections (my main source of income) that will pay my bills. That means I'm going to have to cut down on blog visits.
Since I'm following 3,302 blogs, the result is that it's going to be a longer time between my visits to your blog.
My records (yes, I really am that AR!) indicate that over the course of my WordPress blogging (since January 7, 2012), I leave one comment for every four LIKEs. I'm going to change that and try to make it one comment for every like.
For the near future, then, blog camping is on an extended vacation, but I hope to make up for it by leaving more comments when I do visit.
Ever since Random Acts of Kindness came about (Wikipedia says it was 1982 or 1983), I have been a huge fan.
Well, last Thursday at 2:40 p.m. I had a tire blow out at a high rate of speed. Having never experienced that before but having visualized it hundreds of times, I had no problem slowing down and getting off the freeway.
I pulled onto a side street in front of a high school and proceeded to try to change the tire. My left shoulder is not capable of provide the torque necessary to operate the jack to raise a 4,400-pound car and untighten the five lug nuts.
I was hot and sweating by the time school started letting out at 3:00. A teenage girl stopped, said hello as she was looking in her backpack, and pulled out a bottle of water, giving it to me along with her kind words, "I know it's hot out here and you look like you're struggling."
Well, I was struggling so I gave up and called AAA to change the tire for me.
I don't know the girl's name or even the name of the high school, but I wanted to give a shout-out to some fine parents raising that girl, not to mention to that fine girl herself.
I moved to San Diego in April 1993 specifically so I could live my life as an openly gay man, something I didn't see myself doing in my native Texas.
Never in my wildest dreams 21 years ago did I think I would ever be legally married, yet that happened when Jim and I got married, legally, in California on October 30, 2008. Prior to that, we had dated for 2 years, lived together for 9 years, and were domestic partnered (such an ugly term) for 5 years.
As of a few days ago, gay marriage is now legal in 31 states and the District of Columbia, covering about 61% of the American population.
It's only a matter of time before gay marriage is legal across the land. I'm going to guess less than two years.
What amazes me is that gay marriage was legal in Iowa before California, and that Utah won't be the last state carried screaming and kicking into the modern world. I'm predicting that the southeast will be last, all joining at the same time due to an Appeals Court decision covering those states, basically a repeat of history from June 12, 1967, when the United States Supreme Court declared anti-miscegenation laws unconstitutional:
California allows permanent voting by mail:
It doesn't mean that I have to return my ballot by mail, but I can. I usually simply drop it off at a polling place on election day since there's one just two blocks from me.
I was a registered Republican from 1976 to September 2013. I was trying to work within the system to change the Republican Party, but with the advent of the so-called Tea Party taking over control of the Republican Party, I finally gave up and registered as a Democrat last year.
Today I will be filling in those little dots on my ballot.
I have finished my first Photographic Art calendar. This will be the one that I print and hang on my wall:
I plan on creating several more calendars:
Little cats
Big cats
All other wildlife
Sunrises & sunsets
All other flowers
Scenes from San Diego County
Railroads & Trains
Custom (you pick any 12 Photographic Art from my Fine Art America galleries)
Double Custom (you provide 12 of your own pictures)
Stamps (pictures will be framed like stamps)
Note that calendar weeks begin with Monday and end with Sunday, keeping the weekend together.
I will be offering two versions: one without designations such as New Year's Day, Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day…. Thanksgiving, Christmas, etc. and one with such designations.
I have plans for one other version but it will be complicated to produce so I'll not announce that yet, waiting until I'm sure I'm going to do it. I'll do January this week and then decide.
I have looked at calendar-creating software online and am not happy with any of it. I have also looked at prices to buy calendars and can assure you that I will price my digital calendars for less. I am also considering having some printed for promotional purposes, maybe even for sale. I'll keep everyone informed.
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