text: Compromised Email marketing companies sending spam Posted: 23 Sep 2011 03:32 PM | dsaunders | 2 comment(s) Over the past few years, Websense Security Labs has been monitoring an increasing trend in unwanted email being sent from webmail accounts. Initially these accounts were on hosted freemail providers, but externally facing corporate webmail accounts have recently been targeted. The technique is the same in both attack scenarios: Account passwords are either phished or subjected to a brute force password attack. Once an account is compromised, the attacker can send email messages to contacts and other addresses using the compromised company's reputation to avoid detection by spam filters. Recently we have detected a disturbing shift in this trend, with email marketing organization web accounts being compromised and used to send spam, which often contains malicious links. Below is an example of spoofed email originally sent from an email marketing company based in Argentina. In this case, the account belongs to a large electrical retailer who has both online and store-front outlets. We can validate that this email came from the email marketing company's infrastructure using the Sender Policy Framework (SPF) records published for its domain. The account was used to send out spoofed email that appears to originate with an international clothing retailer. However, some of the links in the email direct the recipient to a similarly named domain '<companydomain>-billings.com', which was registered on the day of the attack. This site hosts a zip file containing a malicious fake invoice named '<companyname>_Order_16YWBoG.exe'. At the time this email campaign started, this file had 0% coverage by the AV community. The day after the first email messages were sent, the attacker compromised another account on the same Argentinian email marketing company website, this time registering a new domain '<companydomain>-support.com'. On the third day, the attacker switched to an email marketing company based in Australia. As before, they registered a new domain, but instead of including this domain '<companydomain>-invoice.com' in the email, they compromised an Australian travel company's website and used it as a redirector. This travel company owned the Australian email marketing company account that was used to send the spoofed email. The additional step was probably taken to avoid basic outbound email filtering by the marketing company. One thing these marketing companies have in common is that they appear to include their account names in the user part of the email address combined with their own domain. This makes it very easy for an attacker to subscribe to a newsletter and receive account and marketing website details. As more companies use third-party email marketing organizations to handle their commercial email requirements, are they inadvertently risking their reputations and the repeat business of their loyal customers? We think they could be. Most email marketing web accounts require basic password authentication. If an account is compromised, the attacker has access not only to an efficient email sending infrastructure and campaign editing tools, but also customer email details too. Even worse, most of the major email marketing companies also integrate with many online CRM services, giving the attacker the additional option to resell an organization's information to its competitors. So to the attacker these marketing companies represent soft and potentially lucrative targets. So when your email marketing account is created, does it meet your company's password policy? Does your marketing department share this account and leave the password posted on the pin board? Remember: A simple password may be all that is stopping your organization from sending your entire customer base a malicious email. Comments Dave Barnes said on Wednesday, September 28, 2011 9:48 PM Your comments about authentication are very accurate "...does it meet your company's password policy?". We have paid the price for not ensuring that our client's can set their own password for our email marketing platform. Exactly what you have described above is what happened with us. Front door forced entry because the accounts had seriously poor u/name & passwords. This is all rectified but I do NOT accept your comment "are they inadvertently risking their reputations and the repeat business of their loyal customers? " We spend endless amounts of time to ensure "sender reputation" and acceptable SPAM controls are available for all of our customers. The issue when smaller clients, say less than 5,000,0000 emails per month have is IP and sender reputation. It is far harder to manage when you are that small having an internal system and far, far more costly. You have an MTA to implement and other tools like Return Path to also implement, plus software, support etc. Using a reputable external provider helps to maintain your sending reputation, has lower support costs as well as a lower upfront investment. Other than the horrid breach before mentioned, these days once of the reputable senders is the only way to go. dsaunders said on Thursday, September 29, 2011 1:57 AM Hi Dave, Thanks for you comments. When I used the phrase 'their reputations' I was thinking in terms of the good name of the business and not sender reputation. I agree with your point, there is clear value in outsourcing Email Marketing especially when it comes to managing sender reputation and deliverability. Regards, David Saunders. Leave a Comment Name: (required) Email address: (required) Comments Remember me


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Progesterone is an extract taken from plants such as wild yam and soy and manipulated to closely resemble the progesterone that your body produces. Progestin is entirely fabricated in a lab and has the same molecular structure as the progesterone that your body produces. Although progesterone is sometimes referred to as "natural" or "bioidentical", both of these forms are essentially man-made hormones. While they have been useful in helping some women with vaginal dryness and other menopause symptoms, it is important to know how they are produced before beginning a regimen.
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Some women take progesterone as an alternative to estrogen-based medicines because they fear the potentially harmful side effects of estrogen. Taking estrogen alone can upset your body's hormone balance even further and may result in conditions like endometriosis and some reproductive cancers. However, in some cases, your doctor may recommend taking the two hormones together, as opposed to taking just estrogen.
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If you're using progesterone in a cream form, it's best to start with the smallest dose possible and then adjust it to your body's needs. Many women only need to use a dab the size of a small pea to do the job. By comparison, this "pea-sized" drop would yield about 10 milligrams of progesterone from a cream that has about 500 milligrams in a single ounce.
If you find that this standard amount is too much, you can always mix the progesterone cream with another cream to reduce it. Be cautious of which creams you are using because many moisturizers contain harsh chemical compounds that do more harm than good.
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Sometimes taking supplemental hormones can cause uncomfortable side effects such as swelling and tenderness in the breast and abdominal area. Monitor these side effects closely. It is always a good idea to check in with your doctor if symptoms persist and/or get worse.
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Publication Date: February 8, 2011
The squirrels at Mt. Mercy College are getting too friendly—they're frightening the students, making the nuns jumpy . . . and they're super messy. It's time to call the Animal Rescue Team!
Meanwhile, Keisha's got a problem of her own. The Grand River Steppers jump rope team has a chance to win first place in their school district this year, but Keisha's so nervous, she keeps messing up! When she and Daddy go to the Veteran's Facility to check out their squirrel situation, Keisha meets Sergeant Pinkham, who's learning how to use his new prosthetic leg. Could Sarge be just the person to help Keisha stay calm, do well, and have fun at the competition?
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1. Rafiki
Rafiki was the seriously the glue that held the inhabitants of Pride Rock together. A few examples: He presented Simba to the world (HUGE HONOR), and he taught Simba the importance of not dwelling on pain from the past. Rafiki was essentially a counselor to Simba and his comrades.
2. Ray
Seriously, who doesn't love a great love story!? And Disney THRIVES off of this type of stuff. In "The Princess and the Frog" Ray the firefly obsesses over his love Evangeline who just happens to be a star, but he's a firefly, how would he know the difference? Although Ray died in the film, Disney could release a prequel detailing how he came to fall so deeply in love with the Evening Star.
3. Cruella de Vil
OMG. Cruella de Vil is absolutely fabulous, and everyone will deal! It's obvious that she has some deep-rooted issues. I mean, she skins Dalmatians and turns them into stunning garments. She deserves her own film because we need to know what made her so evil and crazy.
4. Sid's Toys
Sid's toys in the original "Toy Story' film were legitimately frightening. Sid was basically Dr. Frankenstein and these toys were his creation, but there was something so intriguing about them. Free idea, Disney: "Toy Story 4: Nightmare in Sid's Room." You're welcome.
5. Maleficent
This woman can turn into a DRAGON. That alone makes her interesting enough for her own film. Thankfully, Disney is already on the ball with this. We'll see Angelina Jolie-Pitt as "Maleficent" in theaters next year.
6. The Muses
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"[Olney's] performance is exuberant and his songs and presence always fill the entire room."
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"... GRIPPING and THOUGHT-PROVOKING, proves Olney to be a stone-cold storyteller with an intriguing philosophical bent."
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"Across five songs Olney totally nails the essence of this black-and-white movie genre"
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Keen On Dean Fenton
HEARSAY HAS IT that the trial courts' chief justice for administration and management, John E. Fenton Jr., is being mentioned as a possible candidate to succeed departing Suffolk University Law School Dean Paul R. Sugarman. Fenton, contacted at his Government ...Read More »
Back To The Future
An effort to make the immediate past president of the Massachusetts Bar Association an official officer of the organization has divided its past, present and future leaders. President Michael E. Mone, who supports the change, brought up the issue for ...Read More »
The Letter of the Law
A Massachusetts lawyer and a local law library employee have received stamps of approval from the Cardinal Spellman Philatelic Museum. Boston attorney Joan C. Stanley and Anne C. Peters, director of development at the Social Law Library, have been appointed ...Read More »
Magnum P.I.
HEARSAY HAS IT that the big Boston law firm of Hale & Dorr has taken a leaf from the book of its cousin across town – Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo – and has hired a private investigator ...Read More »
Soul man Tarricone
Dancing With Wolf The year is still relatively young, but the Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys may have already locked up the award for hippest bar association event of 1994. Earlier this month, MATA took over the second floor of ...Read More »
Mail Bomb
Give plaintiff James V. Mazzarella credit for gumption. Mazzarella worked as a custodian for the U.S. Postal Service. During the 1990 Christmas holiday season, he was feeling stressed, a situation that was exacerbated by excessive trash that had accumulated from ...Read More »
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The Zika ThreatASM Acts to Counter Zika Virus Outbreak.
The HHS and APHIS published regulatory changes to the select agent and toxin rules in the October 5, 2012 Federal Register (see links above). The final rule changes implement the findings of the third biennial review of the select agent and toxin lists, designate a subset of the list of select agents and toxins as Tier 1 based on their risk to be deliberately misused, and change security requirements for entities possessing Tier 1 select agents and toxins.
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Take 2's stock has risen 4.9 percent to $16.51 today after analyst Eric Handler upgraded the company's shares to "equal weight" from "underweight," and boosted his target price to $19 from $17.
Handler's move came after the publisher announced the release date of April 29 for GTA IV last week. He said earlier today that he thought the fourth instalment in the crime series could sell 6 million units in six months, adding $1.25 profit per share.
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A judge in Halifax, Nova Scotia, had this to say about a case before his court:
"This could be a letter from Savage Love."
A Halifax man offered to help two women—an aunt and her niece—move the younger woman's belongings into her new apartment. All he asked in exchange was a chance to practice the "reflexology" massage technique he was studying at school.
Once the move was completed, the aunt was first to get the massage.
In her niece's bedroom, boxes still unopened, Fells told her to lie down. The door was closed. Blankets and pillows were piled on her chest, ostensibly to keep her warm. He told her to read out loud to relax, and he handed her her niece's yearbook.
She could not see what the man was doing.
"I'm thinking, 'This is kind of strange,'" the woman testified. [She was told to move her feet back and forth like "windshield wipers.] "Fells told her this was simply a new technique. The woman said she felt something spongy and soft on her feet as she moved them back and forth….
Like her aunt, [the younger woman] was told to lie down as pillows and blankets were pilled on her chest. Like her aunt, she could no longer see the man. The woman said Fells was rubbing "objects" against her feet.
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Directors: John T Bone, John T. Bone
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Cast: Stacey Nichols, Monique DeMoan, Don Quan, Captain Bob, Jordan Hart, Sinnamon, Soleil Avalon, Dave Cummings, Rod Fontana
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A woman's worst nightmare happens – middle-aged men with a bankroll, looking for pussy, arrive in a strange town. It can't be that bad because the gents wind up with an assortment of ladies eager to please for a price.
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Danger Rode on New Jersey Transit Engineer's Coveted Shift
By PAM BELLUCK and LIZETTE ALVAREZ
Published: February 18, 1996
It was just past 7 A.M. on Feb. 9, and John J. DeCurtis was planning to knock off work and go home. His night shift as a New Jersey Transit engineer had officially ended when he pulled his train into the Hoboken station, and Mr. DeCurtis, a quiet man who dedicated his free time to cars and boats, wanted to stop in at his son's auto repair shop on Staten Island before heading to his own house nearby.
But when Mr. DeCurtis went to sign off duty, the train master in Hoboken told him he was needed to make another trip, to Waldwick, N.J., and back. Such requests were common at the end of a night shift and they were always taken as orders, not easily refused. By all accounts, Mr. DeCurtis liked the overtime pay, about $29 an hour, and did not mind putting in the extra time.
A little more than an hour later, Mr. DeCurtis ran his train past a signal, thrusting it into the path of an onrushing train on the intersecting Main line. The collision killed a passenger, the other train's engineer and the 59-year-old Mr. DeCurtis.
In the aftermath, his crushed train, No. 1254, has become grim evidence that in some ways the railroad industry is still mired in its Industrial Revolution roots. While technological advances have produced automatic braking systems, for example, they are not required on all trains or tracks.
Mr. DeCurtis's train was capable of using the automatic system, but the track he was traveling on was not. Although there is no nationwide standard for automatic braking equipment on commuter systems, to date, about half the nation's rail systems have automatic brakes, including 80 percent of New Jersey Transit's 715 trains and half of its 512 miles of track.
James S. Dunn, the lead investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board, said an automatic braking system "would have stopped the train, definitely." And, in the wake of this crash and others, Federal regulators say they are considering urging broader use of the brakes on high-traffic or hazardous rail lines.
In addition, the strapped railroad industry has made staffing cutbacks over the years that have routinely meant extra hours for a night-shift worker like Mr. DeCurtis.
And his overtime followed 12 hours of what is arguably the most droning shift in the railroad. It was a split shift that meant starting at dusk, working till 1 A.M., catching a few hours of sleep in the leatherette passenger seats on the train and getting up to drive the dawn train back into Hoboken. Limits on those schedules were written into Federal law in 1907, and left unchanged even as scientific studies showed how overnight split shifts eroded the margin of safety.
In what is so far the only official change in practice in response to the crash, New Jersey Transit has eliminated that overnight split shift on the line Mr. DeCurtis worked.
While investigators are unlikely ever to know for sure whether fatigue caused Mr. DeCurtis to miss any signals, they are trying to figure out from the positions of the controls and other clues exactly what he did once he recognized the danger. Had he taken a few steps to his left or fled the cab, he might have survived; he died in his seat, with the brakes screaming.
The Routine Nothing to See But Road and Sky
Since 1992, Mr. DeCurtis had begun his workday at the bustling Hoboken terminal a few minutes after 6 P.M., at an hour when most suburban workers are pulling into their driveways, a wave of day's-end relief washing over them.
He signed in and read over the bulletins that detailed his route, reviewing them with his crew, a conductor and an assistant conductor. He inspected the train's brakes, checking their responsiveness, their dependability. Then he climbed into the cab of his commuter train to start his daily runs.
For 39 years, Mr. DeCurtis had worked on the railroads. Although he felt no great passion for the job, his family said, it suited him in its solitude. For most of his 12-hour shift, Mr. DeCurtis, who preferred his own company to a crowd, worked alone with only the crackle of the company radio and his own thoughts keeping him company.
"Let me say this about Johnny DeCurtis," said D. Terry Abbott, the general chairman of the union of New Jersey Transit engineers. "He was a guy that chose to work nights most of his life. He was basically a loner. He never would hang around the engine room and talk to the guys. He would go home."
"I'm probably the closest guy to him and I didn't know his habits," Mr. Abbott said.
Engineers are not so unlike truck drivers and airline pilots who see nothing but road and sky. Only an engineer's job is often lonelier. There is no roadway diner just around the bend, no AM / FM radio to fill the emptiness, no automatic pilot to let them relax, no co-pilot one seat over.
There is the rutted rhythm of the engineer's throttle-brake-throttle routine broken by the constant possibility that somebody might jump, fall or get pushed in front of the train. There is the stultifying sameness of the commuter-train landscape punctured by the sharp vulnerability of the engineer in the glass-wrapped train cab that would crumble instantly in a collision. There is the sputtering of the dispatcher's radio undercut by the gut-chilling reminder that, at any moment, a loose bolt, a broken railroad tie, a piece of wood or a child's abandoned bicycle could throw the train off the tracks.


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I've always being a bit of a Calzaghe critic ... I think he flapped his punches and his show boating was cringey to say the least. He was however superbly consistent.
I initially scored the fight for Hopkins but when I watched it again I scored fairly clearly for Calzaghe. Any doubt about his greatness was removed by shredding up and coming Lacy (who was the real deal until that point) and Kessler who has gone on to be superb.
I like Calzaghe. I find him a nice chap. I hated him when he was boxing, and I hated his slappy style and inflated opinion of himself. However he's grown in me since he retired.
H2h I think prime Benn, prime Toney and prime jones all beat him quite easily but that's all hearsay. He did great you have to give him that.
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Travel 2016: Europe's Out, While Asia, Australia And South America Are In
As a result of several high-profile attacks around the world, terrorism has become a concern among countless international travelers in a way that it has not been in years past.
Add to that the uncertainty associated with climate change and the growing frequency of natural disasters, and you have yet another source of hesitation among globe trotters when it comes to travel in 2016.
And while industry experts insist that bookings remain steady, or perhaps busier than usual in a show of solidarity with affected countries, there is no denying a shift in patterns among large swaths of the traveling population, one that's more than likely tied to the past year's events.
Terrorism, Turmoil Biggest Travel Deterrents, Survey Show
Although the probability that they will impact one's trip is extremely low, the number of travelers concerned about terrorism, war, and disease is extremely high, according to a new study conducted by the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council's GeoBranding Center in partnership with AIG Travel.
Global travel anxiety audit finds island destinations safest, terrorism and turmoil biggest deterrents to tourism
In a new study undertaken by the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council's GeoBranding Center and AIG Travel. Data for the report, entitled "How Global Voices Shape Travel Choices: The Impact of Consumer Apprehension on Travel Intention" was collected from more than 2,000 American, European and other global travelers worldwide during October 2015 via an online survey by the CMO Council and Travelzoo.
The research aimed to gather consumer views and specific areas of concern that lead travelers to alter their plans, intentions or destination picks. Among these events and incidents are terrorist attacks, natural disasters, disease outbreaks, regional conflicts, political upheaval, crime and violence, civil unrest, plane crashes, and cruise line accidents or food safety issues.
The study reveals that personal safety has become a major concern for tourists as real-time news channels multiply and social media postings bring first-hand accounts of incidents or situations to aspirational leisure travelers, impacting decision-making around desired destinations. More than 60 percent of survey respondents report that turmoil, health hazards or active conflicts could sway or even deter their travel to a specific country or region.
Inside Africa's tourism crisis
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Global Anxiety Study Shows How Travelers Think
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The fact is that travel anxiety has always existed, and now, with non-stop media coverage of every tragedy and disaster, it is quite high. If you look at the results of the CMO Council's survey, the travel industry's best response seems to be to focus on giving people the tools that they need (namely, clear-eyed and truthful information) so that they can combat anxiety with facts and be able to plan their travels without being influenced by the internet's non-stop chatter.
'Worldwide' Travel Alert Update: Africa's Struggling Tourism Industry Slams Obama Administration
A global survey released last month by the CMO Council's GeoBranding Center and AIG Travel showed that more than half of travelers trust government alerts above all other sources when deciding on safe travel destinations. The survey also found that half of the potential travelers to Africa are avoiding the massive continent due to fears of personal safety, violence and diseases like Ebola. One in four travelers changed or cancelled their vacation plans in the past year over safety concerns.
Study Says One in Four Travelers Change Plans Due to Terrorism Concerns
A new study from the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council's GeoBranding Center and AIG Travel reports one in four travelers has changed vacation plans in the past year due to global or local safety, security or health concerns, with terrorism activity topping the list of reasons tourists will avoid travel to certain destinations. Data for the report, entitled "How Global Voices Shape Travel Choices: The Impact of Consumer Apprehension on Travel Intention," was collected from more than 2,000 American, European and other global travelers worldwide during October 2015 via an online survey by the CMO Council and Travelzoo. 58 percent of the travelers surveyed were female, and the majority of respondents were over the age of 45. 55 percent were residents of the U.S. and Canada, 16 percent lived in the United Kingdom and 23 percent lived in Germany. Other respondents lived in countries throughout Europe and the Asia-Pacific region.
Digital brand advertising suffers from poor measurement says CMO Council study
Advertisers want to allocate more money to digital brand advertising but they remain skeptical about the quality of metrics they are receiving.
Digital 2015: The benefits of mastering adaptive customer experiences
Technology has caused a shift from product-centric to customer-centric business practices. The age of the customer has arrived and person-to-person engagement is both critical and profitable.
CMO Council: Chief Marketer confidence at all-time high
The global marketing economy is robust and picking up pace, according to the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council's eighth 'State of Marketing' report, just released.
Can Marketers Be Hot On Social But Not Mobile?
The mobile banner has long been a subject of scorn, annoying users by crowding the smartphone screen and frustrating advertisers with their creative limitations.
Using Data, Personalization To Improve Call Center Customer Service
The two trends driving the partnership between Whitepages Pro, the company's directory enterprise division, and Twilio announced this week center on better customer satisfaction and personalized experiences.
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CMO Council Report Finds 54% of Marketers Plan to Boost Budgets This Year
CMOs Feel Like A Trusted Member Of The C-Suite: Report
Chief marketers are feeling a high degree of confidence about meeting their business goals: According to the CMO Council's eighth annual "State Of Marketing 2014" report, 81 percent of CMOs said they believe their mandates for top-line revenue growth and market share are both realistic and attainable in the next 12 months.
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An study of chief marketing officers today revealed some interesting contrasts between their optimism and their realities.
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Marketers' Mandates and Strategy Influencers
Marketers are enjoying "greater elevation and influence in the executive suite," says the CMO Council in its annual "State of Marketing" report [download page]. Indeed, only 1 in 5 feel that the role of the CMO doesn't carry the same level of respect as other C-level executives, and more than two-thirds feel that the CMO is either a trusted member of the C-suite's "inner circle" or a part of the leadership discussion. So what does senior management want from marketing leaders – and what will marketers rely on to make their decisions?


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I'm moving a development subdomain over to my primary domain. I figured the best way to do it would be to restore a backup of the subdomain onto my primary domain. Sounds simple, right? Well, now all of my links redirect to the subdomain, including my login screen. How do I modify my login screen so it points to the new wordpress install.
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YEP!: I thought Wasserman was fired a long time ago!?! There's collusion with the entire DNC and the Clintons. Just because one takes the fall doesn't mean they cleaned up the corruption. The whole party is corrupt! Sanders is a fool if he thinks Hillary will keep his platform after shes elected. The minute she's elected she will serve the 1% in Wall Street, what a sucker he is. Sanders and Warren throughout the campaign said Hillary stood for Wall Street, and against the working class Americans. Now, Warren and Sanders do an about face and back her? In the end she won't have anything to do with either cause she hates both of them! Idiots!!!


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Olivia J. Thirlby (born October 6, 1986) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Leah in the Oscar-winning film Juno (2007), as Natalie in The Darkest Hour (2011) and as Judge Cassandra Anderson in Dredd (2012). In June 2008, Thirl...by was described by Vanity Fair as a member of "Hollywood's New Wave".
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Diabetes Health Center
Weight Loss Surgery May Help Moderately Obese, Too
Weight-loss surgeries -- including gastric bypass and gastric banding -- were associated with a greater weight loss than nonsurgical treatments. Weight-loss surgeries led to as much as 32 to 53 pounds more weight loss and also to greater improvements in blood sugar levels.
"I think we found some promising results for the lower BMI patients with diabetes. There were better results in terms of controlling glucose [blood sugar] and weight loss over one to two years. That we have a way to provide some sort of successful treatment is exciting. But, we don't yet know how sustainable these changes are. We need longer and larger studies," said Dr. Melinda Maggard-Gibbons, lead review author, and an associate professor with RAND Health in Santa Monica, Calif.
The second study included 120 people from four teaching hospitals in the United States and Taiwan. They all took part in an intensive lifestyle and medical management program before the study, and half of the group was given gastric bypass surgery.
All had a BMI between 30 and 39.9, with an average of 34.3 in the medical management group and 34.9 in the surgery group. They also all had type 2 diabetes.
A year later, 28 people from the surgery group and 11 people from the medical management group met the study's goals. These goals were to have an HbA1C level of below 7 percent (a measure that indicates good blood sugar control); LDL or "bad" cholesterol of less than 100 milligrams per deciliter; and systolic blood pressure (the top number) of less than 130.
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Skip to comments.11% say Communism is better than U.S. system
Posted on 03/16/2011 8:35:17 PM PDT by conservativeforpalin
What? Are you kidding me? No, Im not. A new Rasmussen survey shows that 11% believe a Communist system is morally superior than the current U.S. system.
1. Is the United States system of politics and economics morally superior to communism or is communism morally superior to the United States system of politics and economics?
77% U. S. system is morally superior 11% Communism is morally superior 13% Not Sure
So according to 11% of those surveyed, a Communist system is better than Freedom, Capitalism, and the ability to be an idiot and vote for Communism. Though taking a wild guess, it was probably the Liberals who chose Communism compared to freedom, or possibly President Obama and his cabinet. Also 13% undecided? Really? Why do 24% of those who didnt answer the U.S. system even live in America?
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Isn't it?
So sad.
It really is.
I hereby volunteer to help those 11% emigrate to the communist country of their choice.
Did they survey the Madison union and UW students?
If so, the number is low...
What do you think they teach is government schools?
If I were among the 11% I'd be long gone to Cuba or N. Korea by now. Why stay in a "morally inferior" system when one doesn't have to? So be gone, bolsheviks.
I have seen left wing freaks post their unabashed support for Communism and then with the ultimate effrontery, challenge their readers, saying, "Why should we fear an IDEA?"
What do you think they teach in government schools?
I'm with you. Things are very tight but I'd be willing to donate a substantial amount to their exit.
Keep in mind that according to a Gallop(?) poll, 20% of Americans self identify themselves as "liberals". Given that, I'm surprised the results weren't higher.
11 = Useful Idiots
I wish that 11% would be exported to North Korea or Cuba to see the wonders of Communism. What f*cking idiots!
Thats about HALF of the Liberal 20% population in America that are Communists
Explains a lot, donut.
The 11% should move to Cuba and put their lives where their mouths are.
The 13% of undecideds should be put on a rocket an shot into space since they are obviously total morons.
They all have the freedom to leave.
I am not surprised.
The education system in America has been run by Communist for
quite some time now.
I would like to take some of these brain dead idiots over to
Slovakia, where I lived for about 7 years.
I would take them to a monument, recently erected, that list the names of those that were shot as they tried to swim the Danube to freedom in Austria, on the other bank.
In a communist country, you can check in, but you can not check out.
If they pick beautiful, tropical Cuba, we could just use the originally one-way boats in Florida that came from there. I'd have to save a bit myself if they pick North Korea, China, or South Africa (Communist Party in coalition with the ANC).
Considering that we live in a nation where more people can repeat the latest screed by Charlie Sheen than can name more than a dozen state capitals, I'm not surprised.
Means little. At any given time, 20% of the population are raving loons anyway.
tag word "current"...
The New Meme: Even Communists Are Better Than Obama
However, we start writing this "stuff" and MSNBC and the Behar crowd will get all "confucioused".
Ummm, I suspect the 'takers' would like it much better...
They are right. There was no poor. The people had all the rights. There was true freedom of speech. Life was fair. Not sure why it ended.
http://www.businessinsider.com/forbes-photoshops-obama-with-lenin-2010-9 Link to post #30 became invisible.
I'd bet a dollar to a donut that this 11% bunch of freaks is made up of the "College Students" Gone Wild crowd and newly arrived "immigrants" who came here only for the freebies. Americans would never say this.
These Commies would love to go but their mothers don't want to go along. Who else would feed them, keep their basement bedroom clean and feed their pet iguana while they travel?
It fails everywhere its tried.
Xplains O's 24% strongly approve.
LOL! That destination sounds like the answer to 'both' sides wishes!
They should be grateful that we take that position because in the 'old' days......well they would have just been shot.
So then, which part of the deaths of hundreds of millions does the morally superior part kick in?
There are PLENTY of those leftist whackjobs on Youtube, of course they are not necessarily US residents, but plenty of Russian, Chinese, etc. hard-core Leninists and Stalinists...There are a LOT of very FREAKY people out there! Don't hear too much from Castro's Cuba though...I guess they're not allowed to proclaim their admiration of Marx!/s
Communism/socialism sucks, it is an epic fail. It does not work. It never has worked. It can never work. Technology doesn't matter. Enlightenment doesn't matter. Who is in charge doesn't matter. Socialism just plain does not work, period. It has been tried numerous times and always, always fails. Why anyone would embarrass themselves by promoting it I have no idea. Why not promote other ideas that universally suck, like slavery (which socialism is not far off from), or eugenics, or a flat-Earth...
Socialism, has there ever been an idea as widely held that was then proven wrong time and time again in such an embarrassingly overwhelming fashion?
I would like to see the breakdown between men and women in this survey.
Then by age.
Then by ethnic origin.
Then take the same survey of people that got out of the USSR 30 years ago and compare.
The schools have failed if they haven't taught that the Berlin Wall was to keep the people in and not stop us from invading. If they take the time to look at some older photos it's clear which way the machine guns were pointing.
than this?
You're right - I'd kick in a grand to relocate anyone of voting age who wants to go to a "socialist workers paradise" outside our borders. On one condition: it is a one way ticket, you can never come back with some dumb-a** notion of "Well, socialism wasn't what I thought it would be in abc. It would've worked there but for xyz. I think it could work in the United States..." Nope, once you're gone, you're gone.
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AOL, which paid $850 million for the site, got less than $10 million for it, said a person familiar with the matter, who declined to be identified since the price wasn't made public. AOL said in a filing today it expects to record a tax benefit this quarter of $275 million to $325 million from the sale.
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