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IN making arrangements for the issue of this Autobiography presently after my decease, one important point is its publication in the United States.
It is my wish, and that of my Executors, that it should be published by our friends, MESSRS. FIELDS, OSGOOD, & CO., of Boston; and every requisite has been provided for their edition being of a similar character and quality with the English. Theirs is therefore the edition authorized by me and my Executors.
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I feel a great disturbance in the Force.
Tamashii Nations 3PO is the piece I jumped right to first. It's still matte, and I hadn't noticed before but the shoulders have a bit too much bulk at the collar end and the main section is sculpted too far in. I am still going to watch its progress though, and I'm curious how it will sell.
That R2 in the display for display only looks pretty good, I wonder why it doesn't have a "pending licensor approval", are they simply not going to be able to make it at all?
AFX with that Thundertank, I don't want to buy statues but man do I want to buy that statue and the minimates that are scaled with it.
Super7's Super Boba Fett Shogun looks like it's coming along nicely.
Koto's ArtFX+ Boba Fett is like "wow wow wow whaaat is going on with those shoulder pads?". Vader FX+ looks thick in the neck and the cape is a bit thick, but the overall sculpt looks quite nice. I have been trying not to want FX+ 3PO and R2, but yeah, that's on my xmas list now - the chrome on 3PO looks great and the lines on R2 are stellar. Jango looks very good too, if the production looks as good I think that might be coming home - it looks as slick as the GG minibust (the one with arms that my sister says is in a "yeah boy!" pose, gee thanks). Holy crap, the big ice cube trays are way better than I expected - I'm likely going to get R2, definitely the Death Star. Light-up chop sabers look alright, I suspect they'd look better without booth lighting blasting them.
Well let's see here . . .
Nothing from any of the listed companies interests me. And if it does, it's above my pay grade (and since I'm currently a full time student . . . it's a very low pay grade).
So . . . yeah, insanely underwhelmed by the presented items.
I've said in the past few months that if the price goes up on hasbro stuff, and distribution doesn't improve that I'd be quitting collecting from them. At this point it looks like I'll be not collecting simply due to a lack of product I'm interested in all together.
2013 is going to be a big money saving year for me it seems.
It's too bad that Hasbro didn't show anything. Last year they had pretty much all of the TPM stuff . . . then again, it was their first year showing anything there (so it's not like this is normally a huge thing for them to show off a bunch), and we seem to already know about everything coming between now and February, so I'm assuming most of the 2013 line is being saved for Toy Fair, then.
I was very surprised that Hasbro made a bit of noise about SW at NYCC and then only brought Angry Birds SW to the show. That was a bummer.
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
Did they really think collectors would be excited about Angry Birds? I think seeing next year's X-Wing and ESB Slave 1 Vintage exclusives would have been at least something worth checking out. Oh well, I guess they're required to hype the new product, no matter how ridiculous it is.
I have played Angry Birds and I enjoyed it for the most part, however, I feel that the game is too reliant on random luck and involves almost no skill whatsoever. This whole "crossover" thing feels like it's about a year or so too late.
AB isn't about random luck actually, it's a physics game and requires skill of aim and prediction of behaviors. Unfortunately if you have an iphone screen it's too small to really make that out, when I went from my ipod touch AB to my 4.3" android phone's screen it became more of a skill game. And when I went to my tablet screen, it became a whole new ballgame.
It does feel too late, although Angry Birds Space was not that long ago and an awesome game.
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
I've only played it on the iPod and the screen is so tiny it's nearly impossible to line up your shots effectively.
So, is there going to be a Star Wars themed Angry Birds game? If not, then this seems pretty arbitrary and pointless. Kind of like those Star Wars themed M&Ms from a few years back.
I've played Angry Birds on the PS3 and it is alot easier to play when you can actually see what you are doing. As far as the Hasbro presentation, it figures. I, like alot of others, am about to give up. I hardly collect Star Wars anymore because I can NEVER find anything new. I collect the realistic toys mostly for myself and the Clone Wars for my kids. Luckily for them, I purchased a case of Clone Wars figures (along with some discounted Battle Packs that I missed) from HasbroToyShop and got all of this year's figures except Fox, which I found Friday in an unopened case at my local Toys R Us. This is the first year that I haven't missed a Clone Wars figure since I missed Commander Bly, which I was hoping they would re-release since they re-released Aayla. I think the last thing that I purchased for my collection was Vintage Ben Quadinaros, Daultay Dofine, & Ratts Tyerell back when they first came out towards the beginning of the year. I've not found any new Vintage since then. Needless to say, there won't be much Star Wars under the tree for Christmas this year.

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Less than one month ago, Whitney Tilson was telling the audience at the Value Investing Congress to go forth and short shares of K12 (LRN). It was good advice.
Shares of K12 have plunged 14% to $24.50 in after-hours trading today after the online-school company reported disappointing enrollment figures and lowered guidance.
Enrollment during the first quarter of K12′s fiscal year rose 5.7%, "below management's expectations," according to the press release. K12 also said full year sales would come in between $905 million and $925 million, below FactSet's forecast of $988.5 million, while profits would fall into a range between $53 million and $57 million.
K12 blamed the disappointing numbers on its "inability to convert the increased volume of student applications into enrollments at a level achieved during previous years due to performance in its enrollment centers and, to a lesser extent; The delayed start of the open enrollment period for certain schools," the press release said.


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TUPELO – The Lee County Jail soon will have monitors with scrolling advertisements for area bail bondsmen and attorneys.
Recommended by Lee County Sheriff Jim Johnson and approved by the Board of Supervisors on Monday, a private company will provide monitors in the jail's lobby and booking area.
Johnson said the agreement with a private company will involve display of jail rules and policies to people arrested and those visiting the facility. The monitors will not cost anything to the county.
"This will help eliminate clutter of papers posted on the walls," Johnson said.
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Cher's got a bunch of weird stuff on her butt.
What, exactly, is this on Audrina's back? A heart sprouting a flower?
Word. Sound. Power. Groad.
Cher's got a bunch of weird stuff on her butt.
Some crazy tribal stuff for Portia.
That Winnie the Pooh is too much!
A little on-the-nose, eh, Linds?
This looks like a 90s video game cartridge.
"Virgin." Which we're preeeetty sure she isn't.
Sweet move, Nick, but kinda large, don't you think?
Daddy's little girl loves disco and del Toro.


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Bills on hold with Lawyer Milloy [1:08 PM]
Rochester D&C reports: 'The Buffalo Bills have made a contract offer to safety Lawyer Milloy, who was cut Tuesday in a salary cap move by the New England Patriots, but Bills President Tom Donahoe says he needs a decision by today so the team can focus on Sunday�s opener against the Patriots.'
Bills in the hunt for Milloy [8:54 AM]
Buffalo News reports: 'If signed, Milloy undoubtedly would play against his former team on Sunday. His greatest value to the Bills this week might be as provider of inside information on the elaborate defensive schemes devised by New England coach Bill Belichick.'
Departed Jones realized his knee wasn't ready [8:53 AM]
Buffalo News reports: '"Marcus was as classy as anybody I ever cut, the way he handled things," said Bills President and General Manager Tom Donahoe. "He did the best he could do. In the end, he realized and we realized it just wasn't back enough to where he could trust it to put his leg in there and play the way he wanted. As a matter of fact, he told me (Sunday) he would have been disappointed if we would have kept him because he would have felt like he was stealing money."'
With Beefed-Up Defense, Bills Appear Primed for Playoff Push [8:06 AM]
Washington Post reports: A burning question, however, is how well and how soon -- if at all -- the new players will fall into place as a cohesive unit. That said, there is plenty of talent on the roster. (registration required)
Bills chasing released Milloy [5:18 AM]
Rochester D&C reports: '� Yes, we are interested,� Bills spokesman Scott Berchtold said.'
Perfectionist [5:17 AM]
Rochester D&C reports: '� Every kick is the same to me. We can be up by 40 in the fourth quarter, but to me it�s a huge kick. It�s not like I go out there and say � We really, really need this one� because I think we need every one.�'
For Bills, D is the key [5:16 AM]
Toronto Sun reports: '"One of the things last year is Drew probably felt that every time he went out there he had to score because we would give up a lot of points," Donahoe said. "You're not going to do that and win in this league. Our offence is still going to have the potential to be explosive, but at least now we have some balance. The next step and the biggest step is to see if we can put it all together."'
Ontario fans flock to see their squad [5:15 AM]
Toronto Sun reports: 'As any visit to Buffalo talk radio will confirm, Buffalo fans are wildly passionate about their Bills. And no more so than in the Stadium on game day. "No question, it is a great football area both in Western New York and Canada," Bills president and general manager Tom Donahoe said. "We have great fans."'
The AFC Least? Not these days [5:14 AM]
Toronto Sun reports: 'In December, three of Buffalo's four games are against AFC East foes, including a season-ending trip to New England. "We need to do a better job in our division," said Bills quarterback Drew Bledsoe, who had his worst performances last year against his former team, the Patriots. "Our division is awfully tough."'
Patriots pull a stunner with release of Milloy [5:13 AM]
Boston Globe reports: '"When I heard the news this morning, I told anyone around here who would listen that we had to go get Lawyer," said Bledsoe from his Buffalo-area home last night. "I was as surprised as anyone because, as a former teammate and a friend, I understand as well as anyone what Lawyer brings to a team. I don't know the circumstances of what happened, but being his teammate and playing against him last year, this is a guy who is the heart and soul of your team."'
Saving money may be costly [5:12 AM]
Boston Globe reports: 'More significant, though, may be that they face the possibility of Milloy being in Buffalo Sunday but in the employ of the Bills -- and with the Patriots getting no compensation. The Jets, Bengals, Seahawks, Lions, Chargers, and Redskins also were talking to the Postons about Milloy yesterday, with Milloy hinting that he might give a hometown discount to Seattle.'
Milloy could play against New England on Sunday [5:11 AM]
Woonsocket Call reports: 'The Bills, in fact, made a contract offer to the four-time Pro Bowler as early as Tuesday afternoon, and if he accepts, he could be on the field Sunday when they host the Patriots in the season opener at Ralph Wilson Stadium. That wouldn�t surprise anyone in the Patriots� locker room.'
�Shack� still wants to coach [5:10 AM]
Rockford Register Star reports: 'Picked by the Buffalo Bills in the eighth round of the 1969 draft, the Grambling star who later went on to play for the Los Angeles Rams, was named the 36th most influential minority in sports by Sports Illustrated this year. But Harris wouldn't mind if he moved down that list because that might mean more blacks are getting more higher-profile jobs, especially in the NFL.'
Off-balance [5:09 AM]
CNN/SI reports: 'New Orleans and Washington are the other two teams seriously pursuing Milloy, but the Bills are believed to have the inside track. A league source said Milloy and his agent, Carl Poston, planned to lay out the options Tuesday night, before reaching a decision Wednesday morning.'
Bills express interest in Milloy [5:08 AM]
AP reports: 'The Bills are considered to have the salary-cap room to sign Milloy, and could use an established safety in their continuing attempt to upgrade an already revamped defense. Buffalo's current starters are Coy Wire, who's coming off an encouraging rookie season, and Pierson Prioleau, a four-year veteran who was a first-time starter last season.'
Bills Confirm Interest In Former Pro Bowl Safety Lawyer Milloy [5:07 AM]
WGR-AM reports: 'An unconfirmed report says the Bills have reached a verbal agreement with Milloy. Buffalo has only three safeties on the roster in Coy Wire, Pierson Prioleau and Izell Reese.'
Few surprises as Bills finalize roster [5:06 AM]
Olean Times Herald reports: 'Of the 53 players, 23 weren�t on the Bills� active roster a year ago.'
Burning Questions [11:47 PM]
CNNSI reports: Buffalo's Gregg Williams: This is not your typical on-the-bubble situation. Williams is in the final year of his contract, has a team ready to win, and could wind up hitting the jackpot somewhere if he and the Bills come through. Odds are Buffalo makes the playoffs and Williams enjoys his payday in upstate New York. But if not, he and the Bills could be ex's.
Negotiations heating up for Milloy's services [11:47 PM]
ESPN reports: Within two hours of Milloy's stunning release, ESPN.com reported Tuesday afternoon that the Buffalo Bills had already made a solid contract offer.
Bills may need a Lawyer for Patriots opener [8:30 PM]
WGRZ-TV reports: 'Drew Bledsoe, who played with Milloy in New England, has reportedly lobbied hard for the Bills to sign the hard hitting strong safety who is also known as a solid clubhouse leader.'
Bet the farm: Buffalo to take on Buccaneers in Super Bowl XXVIII [8:21 PM]
Niagara Falls Reporter reports: 'New England's sweep by an aggregate score of 65-24 showed just how far Buffalo had to go. Sunday's opener will demonstrate just how far the Bills have come.'
Patriots travel to Buffalo to take on the Bills [8:11 PM]
Patriots.com reports: 'The Patriots are 9-2 in their last 11 games against AFC East opponents, dating back to the 2001 season.'
Some teams lack need for third QB [6:48 PM]
ESPN reports: In a move that some observers regard as curious and others see as cutting edge, five teams -- Buffalo, Denver, Indianapolis, San Diego and Washington -- will begin the season with only two quarterbacks on their active rosters.
Shoulder injury ends Stewart's Season [6:45 PM]
ESPN reports: After re-evaluating James Stewart's shoulder injury, the Lions decided to put on him on season-ending injured reserve Tuesday. After injuring the shoulder in Detroit's final preseason game against the Bills, it was originally thought that Stewart would only miss the first three or four weeks of the season. While Stewart's injury obviously hurts, Detroit addressed its lack of depth at tailback over the weekend by acquiring Olandis Gary from the Bills.
Message Board restricted to members only [6:13 PM]
TBD reports: We apologize for the inconvenience, but we had to turn off guest access to our message board because of server load. We will allow guests back in once the Lawyer Milloy situation dies down.
Bears sign Lacina; waive Robertson [6:07 PM]
ChicagoBears.com reports: The Chicago Bears signed G Corbin Lacina to a one-year deal today and made room on the 53-man roster by waiving T Bernard Robertson. Originally drafted in the sixth round (167th overall) of the 1993 draft by Buffalo, Lacina has played in 121 career games with 79 starts, playing for the Bills for five seasons (1993-97).
Bledsoe finds comfort, happiness in Buffalo [3:24 PM]
AP reports: '''I'll tell you what, I became so comfortable with the whole situation here so quickly, I feel like I've been here a lot longer than I have,'' Bledsoe said. ''I feel young again and excited about playing.'''
Four-time Pro Bowler refused paycut [3:23 PM]
ESPN reports: Armed with Drew Bledsoe's endorsement, the Buffalo Bills have already contacted Milloy's agents and made an opening contract proposal, ESPN.com has learned.
Bills Alumni Spotlight: John Skorupan [10:05 AM]
BuffaloBills.com reports: 'For the past six years, Skorupan has worked as the director of business development for Marsico Corporation, which is a commercial general contractor in Pittsburgh. "We�re about a $30 million company and half of our work is done through private negotiated work. The other part is through bidding process. We do schools, hotels, office buildings. So I work with developers and architects and try to negotiate projects (in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio)."'
Finally, Bills can zero in on the Pats [8:53 AM]
Buffalo News reports: '"This is a game we all want to jump on and redeem ourselves because we didn't play as well as we probably could have last year against them," Williams said. "We made some strides against some of the other teams. Now our guys have a real good, focused approach that what has to happen (on Sunday). I like their attitude, I like their work ethic and I like their concentration level right now. They're pretty focused."'
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The tough times will continue for the gold-mining sector if the latest from Bloomberg and Nomura bears out:
"If the price stays where it is, you will see a slew of closures of smaller, non-producing companies and the majors pull way back on any new projects," said Ken Hoffman, a Princeton, New Jersey-based analyst at Bloomberg Industries.
Companies relying on a single asset and those in Africa, already struggling with deteriorating geopolitical risk over the past year, will find it more difficult to convince banks to fund projects, Tyler Broda, a gold analyst at Nomura in London, said by phone from London on April 16. Tanzania, where Barrick (ABX) and South Africa's AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. (AU) operate, is concerned that continued price weakness will discourage investment and lead to mine closures, Ally Samaje, acting minerals commissioner, said April 16. ...
At current prices, "probably 15 percent of global gold miners from our calculations would be under water at the moment," Broda said. He predicts gold could fall to as low as $1,000 an ounce this year. Gold gained $20.74 to $1,396.99 an ounce by 12:10 p.m. in London.
"Golden Star, like other gold producers, is assessing the effect of the fall in the gold price on our budget and production plan," President and CEO Sam Coetzer said in an e- mail. "We are also reviewing the discretionary capital component of our capital plan for 2013."
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U.S. foreign policy before and after Sept. 11 is topic of talk, Jan. 20
Posted January 10, 2002; 06:12 p.m.
A talk entitled "Before and After: U.S. Foreign Policy and Sept. 11" will be given by Phyllis Bennis at 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 20, in Frist 302.
Bennis is fellow and director of the New Internationalism Program of the Institute for Policy Studies.
Bennis has been a writer, analyst and activist on Middle East issues for 25 years. At the Institute for Policy Studies, a progressive think tank in Washington, D.C., she focuses on Palestinian rights, the peace process and the role of the United States within the United Nations. She is the author of "Calling the Shots: How Washington Dominates Today's U.N." and "Beyond the Storm: A Gulf Crisis Reader."
The lecture is sponsored by the Princeton Middle East Society; International Center; Transregional Institute for the Study of the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia; and Princeton Committee on Palestine.
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As Sean Sharpstone says, in this program of short films, "rules to take a backseat to justice, and justice rides shotgun, 'cuz that bitch is blind." With these movies, morals are tossed out the window like a hot gun, ethics are blown away like eyelashes, and basic ideas of decency are disregarded in favor of obscure passions, wild fun, and misguided ideas of genius. Because nobody makes movies about those who toe the line and play by the rules-real heroes live outside society's norms. There's often a downside to forging your outrageous destiny-a melancholy solitude, perhaps, or a gruesome demise-but the journey is always enjoyable. With outlandish comedies, amazing animations, and daring documentaries, this program of remarkable renegades is sure to astound.
- Mark Elijah Rosenberg
The short films in this program are eligible for the Rooftop Films and Film Movement Distribution Award. At the end of the summer, Rooftop and Film Movement, the renowned distributor, will select one film from our festival for distribution, a rare achievement for a short. Headquartered in New York City, Film Movement is a full service distribution company dedicated to delivering the best in Foreign and Independent cinema to audiences all across the United States and Canada, in cities big and small.
For a 10% discount off all Film Movement subscriptions, use the code "ROOFTOP10".
Blood From a Stone (Bill Palmer | Los Angeles, CA | 8 min.)
Before Jason Bourne insisted that action cinema start taking itself seriously, there was a time when muscle-bound macho men would break arms, sever limbs and spit one-liners without ever hesitating to muse about rules, consequences or ethical behavior. That time was the 1980s. Those men had names like Arnold, Sly, Dolph and Chuck. PG-13 was not in their vocabulary. And you can bet your ass it's not in Sean Sharpstone's either. wcpalmer.com
Capucine (Luis Nieto | France & Japan | 43 min.)
Luis Nieto is a pioneer of using animals in his off-beat animations and cinematic experiments, and we've shown a number of his outlandish films at Rooftop in the past. So Nieto dove right in to oedipe-project.com, where Japanese primatologist Hirokazu Shibuya is training monkeys to be filmmakers. Capucine traces the adorable but sometimes frightening modern history of primate-human relations as service animals to the disabled and in on-screen appearances in Hollywood. Nieto discovers an amazing cinematic aptitude among these Capuchin monkeys, and with the right film school training, one monkey auteur manages to accomplish what few human filmmakers can-his film is accepted to a prestigious European film festival.
Dead See-Quence (Fabio Scacchioli | Italy | 4 min.)
A sensual experimental film-hand-drawn animation on 3770 frames of vintage pornographic found footage-about the vanishing of an image, a naked body, the most tangible and real thing for a human being. But this is not a body; it is the image of a body. In this gap lies the principle of disappearance: between the object and its image there is a distance, a limit, a separation. This distance is seen here in as the original sin. fabioscacchioli.jimdo.com
Eyelashes (Marcel Hobi | Switzerland | 7 min.)
If an eyelash falls out, lay it on the back of your hand, make a wish as you blow it away--and your wish will come true! Or so popular belief has it. But wishing is not easy if everything is already perfect. The squiggly-animated Wanner's life is perfect. All the same, Wanner is constantly endeavoring to optimize his everyday life with an eyelash. A balancing act between the ideal and reality. looping-animation.ch
Lazarus, a Live Science Experiment by Professor Nieto (Nieto | France | 15 min.)
The and scientist/filmmaker Nieto brings his magic to the United States to perform a shocking new scientific experiment LIVE on the roof. He will attempt to reanimate a dead chicken.
Renegades (Jim Hosking | Los Angeles, CA | 12 min.)
Oh them renegades . . . pleasuring themselves again . . . waiting for the mighty rain . . . to purge their souls of all their pain. renegadesfilm.com
Wasp (Mari Jaye Blanchard | Brooklyn, NY | 2 min.)
In this lovely and haunting animation, a dour little girl innocently traps a potential threat, but isn't prepared to deal with the ethical consequences of her actions. marijayeblanchard.com


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Dimensions 7/8-1" (22-25 mm).
Habitat Forests & woodlands, Meadows & fields.
Range Texas, Eastern Canada, Great Lakes, Southeast, Mid-Atlantic, Plains, Western Canada, New England.
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UPDATE: A second person has died after a car accident in Lafayette County this morning and authorities have released names of those who have died.
Sarah Wheat, 23, of Crofton, Maryland was pronounced dead earlier on scene by Lafayette County Coroner Rocky Kennedy. John Wheat, 30, of Crofton, Maryland was pronounced dead at the Regional Medical Center in Memphis later as a result of injuries.
The brother and sister were students at Ole Miss.
They were in the car traveling west bound, a vehicle traveling east bound crossed the median and hit them.
Kennedy didn't know the name of the driver or extent of his injuries. The driver was taken to Baptist Memorial Hospital in North Mississippi.
OXFORD – One person was killed in a two car accident in Lafayette County this morning.
Around 11 a.m., a car crossed the median on Highway 6 while driving west and struck another car head on according to Lafayette County Coroner Rocky Kennedy.
Another person was injured and flown away by helicopter for treatment of serious injuries. Kennedy said he did not know which hospital the victim was flown to at this time.
The name of the deceased is not being released until Kennedy can contact the next of kin.
The wreck happened just wast of the Highway 7 overpass on Highway 6.
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Irish novelists to give reading, Oct. 26
Posted October 18, 2007; 03:52 p.m.
Irish novelists Patrick McCabe and Eoin McNamee will present readings of their work at 4:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26, in the Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.
McCabe is the author of five novels, including "The Butcher Boy," which won the Irish Times Irish Literature Prize for Fiction, and "Breakfast on Pluto," which along with "The Butcher Boy" was shortlisted for the Booker Prize for Fiction. He also has written a children's book, "The Adventures of Shay Mouse"; a collection of short stories, "Mondo Desperado"; and a play, "Frank Pig Says Hello."
McNamee has written two novellas, "The Last of Deeds," which was shortlisted for the Irish Times/Aer Lingus Award for Irish Literature, and "Love in History." His novels include "Resurrection Man," "The Blue Tango" and "The Ultras."
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Description Has bright, contrasting stripes, a grayish forehead, and orangish shoulders. T. q. australis from southern Arizona has some gray on shoulders, but is distinguished from the Gray-collared Chipmunk by being smaller and having an orange wash on shoulder. T. q. quadrivittatus from northern Arizona, Utah, and Colorado has brighter orange flanks than the similar Uinta Chipmunk, with more red on the tail underside and darker dorsal stripes that extend all the way to the base of the tail.
Dimensions 212-245mm, 80-118mm, 54-80g
Habitat Alpine & subalpine habitats, Deserts, Forests & woodlands, Grasslands & prairies, Scrub, shrub & brushlands
Range Rocky Mountains, Southwest
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Well got back in the woods this morning and for those that have been following my follies, I got caught off guard last week when a nice Tom and Jake cruised into my setup and the welcoming committee was not ready, lol! Needless to say it was a valuable lesson learned and I took steps to ensure I was ready...or so I thought...
...so this morning I decide to set my blind up in the hedgerow again...but this time right at the point. I think I've got them patterened pretty good right now. They roost in the private land and the public portion as well. So I figured I would put myself in the middle...regardless where they pitch down, they will eventually see my decoy. So I get setup...the blind is still a bit noisy but I went in extra early and gave the woods time to settle down. 0530 comes and boom I hear a gobble right of the bat...I waited before I responded because I was not sure what direction it came from, so when he gobbled again a minute or so later I followed with some soft clucks, purrs, and some scratching. Based on the advice of Mark and a few others here I decided to ditch the yelps. The gobbling went on for about a half hour..at some points it sounded closer and then started to fade, I would respond every so often ( I think that was a mistake) and finally after a half hour the woods were quiet again...so lesson number one...wait about 10 15 min before responding to the first gobble, and then call...if he responds (which he did) then shut up! A half hour goes by and I catch movement up the hill to my front about 70 yrds away. its a hen...I look to see if a Tom is following...no tom, but then a second later I hear a soft gobble...ah there he is..its a jake chasing the hen and they are moving away from my setup, despite seeing my decoy. Another half hour goes by i suddenly look to my left and there is my Gob...same one from last week..damn how did he get there and so close without me catching it..he is about 30 yards away from my blind, but to my left and behind...I don't have a shot and did not want to risk making noise to reposition myself so i figured I would wait him out and hope he gets closer...and a minute later he is joined by the same jake that was in tow last week as well. So he is strutting his stuff but seems to be hung up and starting to move away slowly. I quickly grab my call (mistake #2) and give a couple soft clucks and some purrs...this drives him further away, and eventually out of site! I wait about another half hour in the hopes he returns...I don't see them, so I call it a hunt and as I'm getting out of the blind there he is in the other field...I quickly jump back in the blind and start more calling...the birds stop and start heading my way, but eventually veered off into the woods.
So lots of lessons learned today...for starters I'm still over doing the calling...I'll give him one and if he responds I'm shutting up...he'll find me. Also, no more calling once they are about in range...they are call shy and I think this just makes them more nervous. Lesson number 3, if I'm going to use a blind I need to be able to reposition myself and take the first good shot that I'm given...not the best shot...that tom should be dead and had I made the move from the moment I saw him, might have been a different outcome. Lesson #4, I need to switch out my deke, i think he is getting wise to it. And the last lesson (#5) trust your gut...my gut told me to set up in that point...that the birds were roosting in several locations of which that tip of the hedgerow appears to be the crossroads.
This tom is not what I would consider a mature tom..his beard is probably 6", he's probably a 2 yr old bird I'm guessing? But he is savvy and cautious for sure. Tomorrow I'm deciding where to setup...I made him nervous but did not spook him. There appears to be less pressure in the woods this week, so my thought was to setup in the hedgerow again..about 20-30 yards from the point...near the very first spot I saw him last week. i'm hopeful by tomorrow morning I'll have pictures to post


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Fast start holds up for Zags in win over Broncos
SPOKANE, Wash. - The offense was rolling for the Gonzaga University women's basketball team from the moment the ball was tipped against Santa Clara University Saturday afternoon. The Zags ran out to a quick 8-0 advantage and went on to easily take the 79-50 victory over the visiting Broncos in front of 5,690 Bulldogs faithful at the McCarthey Athletic Center.
"I am extremely happy with today's win," stated Gonzaga head coach Kelly Graves after the game. "To open league with two quality wins is not only great but also very important. Give credit to Jennifer Mountain and Santa Clara, they played hard and are a good team. They just struggled a bit today."Fast start holds up for Zags in win over Broncos
A steal by junior Jazmine Redmon followed by a fastbreak layup by the guard started the game off for the Bulldogs. Classmate Haiden Palmer followed with her own steal and fastbreak layup.
Those two impressive plays helped Gonzaga race out to an 8-0 edge and ultimately an 18-2 advantage at the 14:07 mark of the first half. Santa Clara's only bucket during the first six minutes came at 17:19 mark on a layup by Meagan Fulps. Besides that, the Bulldogs forced the Broncos to turn the ball over six total times and miss their five other shots.
Gonzaga's continued to extend its lead and held the 32-9 edge at the 4:55 mark after another run, this time an 11-0 run that turned the 21-9 lead to its 23 point advantage. Redmon began the run with a 3-pointer and sophomore Sunny Greinacher closed it out with back-to-back jumpers.
The Bulldogs went into the locker room with a 30-point advantage at 47-17.
"I thought that the first half that we played about as good as we have played all year at both ends of the court," explained Graves of his team who forced 11 first half turnovers and held the Broncos to 28.0 percent shooting. "We have had halves where we have played one of the two ends very, very well, but maybe not as much at the other end. I thought that today at both ends of the floor we looked pretty good."
The second half saw 13 of the Bulldogs 14 players score and each player saw quality minutes with no player logging more than 11 minutes.
It was freshman Elle Tinkle who came off the bench and gave Gonzaga its largest lead of the contest. Tinkle hit a mid-range jumper with 8:20 remaining in the game to put the score at 66-30 and the lead at 36 points.
The Zags finished the game shooting an impressive 48.5 percent from the floor (32-of-66) for the game, which included a blistering 52.8 percent (19-of-36) in the opening 20 minutes.
Gonzaga (12-4, 2-0 WCC) was led to the victory by both Palmer and senior Taelor Karr. Palmer scored double-figures for the 15th time this season with a game-high 17 points – 13 of which came in the opening 20 minutes. Karr, coming off a 27 point performance, kept it going with 15 points. She sank 5-of-8 from the field, including 3-of-4 from beyond the 3-point arc.
"Taelor is starting to play," stated Graves of Karr who hit 11-of-13 3-pointer over GU's two opening WCC games this week and averaged 21.0 points per game. "She had a weekend that we thought that she was going to have. If we can continue to get that effort from her, wow. That's just makes us doubly tough to defend."
Santa Clara (9-6, 1-1 WCC) was led by Lindsay Leo with a team-high 16 points, along with six boards and three blocks.
Gonzaga now hits the road for the first time since Dec. 7 when it played at Portland State University. The Bulldogs will battle Saint Mary's College Thursday, Jan. 10 in Moraga, Calif., at 6 p.m. Saint Mary's also enters the contest with a 2-0 league record.


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Lines of Blaschko
That's Not A Tattoo! Those Are My Blaschko Lines
Did you ever think it would be cool to have stripes? Well, with the amount of tattoos around today and other forms of body modifications some people must! The thing is we have lines! Really, all of us! Of course, you can't see them on most people, but you can on some people when they develop skin disorders. Then you can see the patterns like in this picture.
And one of the coolest things is even though different diseases can cause them to become visible, the patterns are consistent. You can find out more here *http://io9.com/5963790/humans-have-stripes-you-just-cant-see-them
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Use the resources below to answer the following questions:
- Do the patterns of blaschko lines vary with the type of skin disease that cause them to be visible? Why or why not?
- What do researchers theorize is the origin of blaschko lines? Does this make sense to you given the available information? Why or why not? In science, is it enough that something makes sense?
- Why can chimerism lead to blaschko lines? Explain your answer as fully as possible.
- Does it surprise you that chimerism exists in humans? Why or why not?
- http://www.dermnetnz.org/pathology/blaschko-lines.html
- http://genetics.thetech.org/ask/ask75
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/788770
- http://io9.com/5963790/humans-have-stripes-you-just-cant-see-them
- http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMicm1200973
- http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/08/12/blaschkos-lines/


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Hon. Carol Codrington `84
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The Hon. Carol D. Codrington envisioned herself on the bench long before she became the first African-American justice on the Fourth District Court of Appeal, District Two in Riverside, CA and the only African-American female justice in California. As a sixth-grade student on a field trip to the California Superior Court, Los Angeles County, Codrington was drawn to the bench. "I walked into the courtroom, and everyone stood up for the judge in the black robe. I said, 'That's the job for me!'"
As it turns out, she was right — and for reasons well beyond the courtroom formalities. She has thrived on the bench, receiving a myriad of accolades and several elevations during her career. She credits her litigation experience on both sides of the aisle with preparing her to preside over trials. "I started out doing plaintiffs' work and liability cases, then plaintiffs' class actions, then representing municipalities in claims. I've always gone back and forth," she said. "It makes for a very well-balanced lawyer. It's important that you have a breadth of experience. As a jurist, it helps to be familiar with a variety of disciplines."
Long a champion of the underdog, Codrington has spent much of her career helping children and people with disabilities. She serves as a judge in Riverside County Youth Court, in which real juvenile defendants participate in trials that feature youth attorneys and jurors. Parents attend, and the youth jurors mete out real sentences, such as visiting a jail or writing an essay. "It gives them an opportunity to see what the criminal justice system is like, and hopefully it scares them straight," she said. Witnessing first-hand the challenges experienced by two brothers who required wheelchairs, Codrington has fought for disability rights.
She taught Disability Law as an adjunct professor at Loyola, and she served as the director of litigation at what is now the Disability Rights Legal Center. Codrington is particularly proud of her work advocating for freeway call-box accessibility for people with hearing impairments, as well as eliminating caps on insurance coverage for people with AIDS. However, there was an adjustment period. "It was weird coming back as an alumna and going into the faculty lounge, and people calling me Professor Codrington!"
Protecting the rights of those who are underrepresented has been a cornerstone of Codrington's career. She specialized in civil rights, serious personal injury and other litigation as an associate and then partner at the law firm of Mallory, Brown-Curtis & Mallory. She handled complex civil rights and employment litigation as a member of the Office of the L.A. City Attorney. While there, she led continuing legal education classes on disability law. She also advised the L.A. Police Department on compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. She took that passion for helping the underserved to the L.A. Unified School District, where she was associate general counsel and led the special education team.
She later founded the Law Offices of Carol D. Codrington, where she represented public and private clients in a variety of practice areas. Elected as a court commissioner in Riverside County in 2006, Codrington began her time on the bench as a judicial officer presiding over a range of cases that included limited civil, traffic violations and unlawful detainers. Later, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger elevated her to a judgeship in Murrieta, CA.
As a judge on the California Superior Court, Riverside County, she handled a "vertical felony calendar" department that included everything from arraignments to preliminary hearings and motions to sentencing. She also presided over drug court and family court, where she implemented the first domestic-violence court in the region. Codrington credits her penchant for community service to Loyola Law School. "Loyola instilled in me the importance of community service, giving back and paying it forward," she said.
Her laundry list of volunteer activities is proof. Codrington annually helps disabled and repeat exam takers prepare for the bar exam, and she has volunteered in several free legal clinics. She also served as a judge pro tem on the California Superior Court for many years while practicing in Los Angeles County. Codrington worked three jobs while attending classes in Loyola Law School's Evening Program, but that did not stop her from forming lasting connections.
She remains connected to Loyola, counting among her friends David W. Burcham '84, LMU president and a former section classmate. And Loyola students and alumni maintain a presence in her courthouse; one of her two highly respected research attorneys is a Loyola alumna. Throughout her career, Codrington has remained committed to diversity in the bar and on the bench. As a student, she was president of the Black Law Students Association, from which she received a Distinguished Alumni Award.
As a practitioner and jurist, she has volunteered with the Black Women Lawyers' Association, of which she was president, and the John M. Langston Bar Association, which named her Judge of the Year. She has also volunteered with the Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles and the California Women Lawyers, among others. The California Association of Black Attorneys presented her with its Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Legal Community. Increasing diversity on the bench is a priority for Codrington, who would like to continue to build on the progress already made. "We should really work hard to continue to identify well-qualified minority, women and disabled candidates and encourage them to pursue judicial appointments. Diversity only serves to enrich our judicial perspective. Our state courts serve a broad range of constituencies and an increasingly diverse public. A diverse judiciary increases the public trust in the concept of 'justice for all.'"
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Posted February 10, 2005; 06:09 p.m.
Several Princeton faculty members will be among the speakers at a conference on "Health, Economy and the International Community" from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 12, at the Friend Center for Engineering Education.
The conference is sponsored by the Ivy Council, a group of the Ivy League's student government leaders.
Speakers from Princeton will include Robert Finn, former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan and a visiting professor in the Department of Near Eastern Studies, and five faculty members from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs: Alan Krueger, Frank von Hippel, Stanley Katz, Adriana Lleras-Muney and Elizabeth Donahue.
Other speakers will include Elizabeth Jones, assistant U.S. secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs; John Nelson, president of the American Medical Association; Tim Ferguson, senior editor of Forbes Magazine; Tina Ravitz, chief coordinating officer of the Institute for International Education; Klaus Lackner, a Columbia University geophysics professor; and Bob May, chairman of HealthSouth.
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The Kansas City Public Schools Head Start classes for three and four year olds begin next week, and while the first day of pre-K is a momentous occasion for students and families, it's also an important day for the district.
Just two years ago, the district was on the verge of losing its federal Head Start grant due to compliance and performance issues. Many of the problems were due to the fact that in the mid-2000s Head Start classrooms were scattered across 16 different elementary schools.
Since then, the district has worked to reinvent its approach to early childhood education, and for the first time in over two decades, the district's roughly 700 Head Start students will attend one of two early learning community schools, with embedded social services and community supports.
Major Funding for Education coverage on KCPT provided by Jo Anna Dale and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
It's a very refreshing story and positive start to education for a lot of young students. Thanks, Lindsey, for sharing this positive story about education. I loved seeing the transformed school, the fresh young faces, and the diversity displayed. I hope these kids will have continued opportunities for success in the next 15 years.
Excellent reporting by Lindsey Foat on a very pertinent and important topic. The accompanying video and interviews really held my attention.


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Casting question is this new?
Ok for all you fancy double handed casters out there, here is a new one that I discovered in this months Field magazine. How to cast in a Whisper, by Janet Menzies.
It is called the Whisper Cast, I am a simple soul and only single & double spey off each hand, no fancy stuff just get the fly over a fish with the minimum of effort. It sounds a bit like a snake roll but that is another cast I have not bothered with.
Step one: standing in the water on the left bank, cast out your line. Fish it round as normal, then prepare for the whisper cast.
Step two: initiate the cast by lifting the rod to a 45-degree angle from the water.
Step three: this is the key step to forming the whisper cast correctly. Your rod at the 45-degree angle, flick the point of the rod round in a twisting clockwise motion, using your right hand (which is forward on the rod cork) to create this movement. The action is similar to using an old- fashioned starter handle, but quicker.
Step four: watch the line as it rolls up along the water on your right-hand side. I've never seen the Loch Ness monster, but I'm sure this is how it travels across the water.
Step five: now comes the tricky bit. You should allow the rod to follow the loop that forms in the line, taking up the slack as it comes towards and past you, and finally, almost without knowing it, bringing the rod though into the upright, that is the 12 oclock position. I found this part much harder than putting the twist in the line to start with. It is a matter of both relaxation and timing, and the harder I tried the less I achieved.
Step six: if all is going well, by now you will have reached the peak of your back cast, with your shoulders nicely open and relaxed. Your line will be bellying nicely, though the fly will still be just on the surface of the water. This action should form a perfect D with your line, loading the rod, and your fly will be on the water in position for the forward cast, similar to the single spey.
Step seven: another tricky bit (the last one). You must judge the right moment to forward cast. If your timing is right this requires no effort at all, quite the reverse of the frenzied air punches of a heavy-duty Spey cast. The motion and energy has been put into the line through the rod by that initial twisting action at the beginning of the cast. All you need to do is release that stored energy to send the line out in front of you across the river in a low arc. If it's not working, try not to fight it. Instead, concentrate on feeling the movement of the line and the tiny changes in the weight and behaviour of the rod as the tip is loaded. This should help you recognise that moment when the rod feels almost elastic and you know you can nudge it forward.
Step eight: if all has gone well the line will have unfurled nicely in front of you, ready for you to fish it round. Just as with the Spey cast, the fly remains in front of you and away from overhanging trees or high banks throughout the cast. However, unlike the various versions of spey- and roll casts, the line will have spent the minimum amount of time being dragged through the surface of the water. The whisper cast makes for less disturbance of the water.
The last sentence is Ms Menzies words not mine, my single speys make little disturbance.
I haven't totally pictured the whole process, but it sounds like a more exaggerated version of Steve Choates spiral single. This was the cast he used to win the Musto Championships last summer.
this sounds a lot like the circle cast to me (I've also heard something like it called the "Coxon Kick" by Ed Jaworowski after UK caster and Sage rep Gary Coxon.)
also I've read a lot about concerns that spey casts disturb the water. While it is true that some of the casts disturb the water, this disturbance happens very near to the angler (who is disturbing the water by wading anyways) so is it really of concern since the casts are generally targeted well out and down from the angler? Even a fish that takes near the end of the swing has not been greatly disturbed by the splashing about going on 100ft upstream...
Water disturbance
Dana, at the risk of diverting off topic, I'd say there are definitely situations where the disturbance of a spey cast risks scaring fish. I fish one such place, on the River Wye, on the English/Welsh borders.
It's mostly very flat, glassy water, and you need to exercise some stealth. There's no way I'd want to use a double spey on this water; a good single spey might be OK, but I'd still rather cast overhead. I find I can more easily use a lighter-than-recommended line with an overhead cast rather than a spey cast, though that may be a reflection on my (lack of) speycasting prowess. Incidentally, there are also few places where a 100' cast is needed on this water, 60-70' is adequate for many pools, and a longer cast at a more downstream angle may actually be counter-productive as the fly fishes too slowly.
I would also question the notion that wading necessarily disturbs fish. Certainly once you're in a pool, and moving down a pace or two between casts, the fish shouldn't be unduly worried by your presence provided you don't flounder or splash. I think most trout fishermen would tell you that stealthy wading can at times bring you to very close to a feeding trout. But make a sudden splash on the surface at a similar range and they'll flee for cover.
On classic ripply floating-line water, or when using a sunk line for fish lying near the bottom, line thickness and splash may not be a problem, but there are certainly places where the reverse is true.
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It's on my tv, But I am moving stuff from the basement to my office upstairs...so I'm passing it every so often...its dumb!
speaking of rats.....well....mice...I'm moving my simpsons collection (the boxed playsets) to the office,and the mice made little clubhouses out of some of them...(the Comic book shop,Noiseland Arcade,First Church of Springfield and Springfield Elementary)seems like these mice know how to live!Some are Nerds-CHURCH & SCHOOL and some are Slackers-COMIC SHOP & ARCADE..........
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Both Hertz (HTZ) and Wynn Resorts (WYNN) reported second-quarter earnings before the bell this morning, but investors are placing their bets on the latter.
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Elsewhere, Wynn was rising 0.2% after it reported earnings of $129.8 million, or $1.28 a share, down from $1.37 a share a year earlier. Excluding one-time items such as the debt-retirement charge, earnings rose to $1.51 a share from $1.38 a share.
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Andrew Lee just drew my attention to a poll carried out by an IT magazine in the UK, asking the question 'Do you think it's necessary to use paid-for anti-virus software to effectively protect your PC?' Clearly this is a question that a lot of people ask, but the answer is more complicated than you might think. [Note: After this post was published, Andrew made a couple of additional comments that I thought were worth including in the main text and you can find them here.] Now on to the survey, and the three answers it offers, in case you feel like responding to it:
But before you rush off to the web site to tick/check one of those boxes, let me tell you why this is the wrong question. (Unless they'll let you select all three.)
That was the executive summary. Now I've got your attention (I hope), let me get to the (slightly) more technical detail.
If the answer is along the lines of "if I install AV (free or for-fee), I don't have to worry about security any more", I'm afraid you're wrong. In fact, there are no 100% effective technical solutions that absolve the customer (consumer or enterprise) of the need to take some responsibility for their own protection. The most effective way of countering the full range of threats is to make use of several layers of protection.
The days when the only threat you needed to worry about was the traditional virus (or, more accurately, malicious software in general) are long, long gone, which is why nearly all major vendors have, somewhere in their product range, integrated their stand-alone AV technology into some form of security suite like ESET Smart Security.
Of course, you don't have to use a pre-cooked security suite: you can mix and match anti-virus, a firewall, anti-spam and so forth from different sources, if you feel happy to be your own system integrator. And that's why most vendors still have a stand-alone virus scanner in their product range, as well as multi-functional security suites. The point is that in most circumstances, you need a multi-layered solution, so that you're not dependent on a single technology to counter the full gamut of threats.
Strictly speaking, a modern AV scanner isn't a single technology, either: it includes a range of detection techniques from exact identification (the nearest thing to the popular perception of a static 'signature'), to dynamic analysis (heuristics, active behaviour analysis through emulation or sandboxing), to whitelisting and various cloud-based approaches, to vulnerability scanning. But the primary output of the scanning process is nearly always the detection (hopefully) of known or unknown malware. Other kinds of attack (various forms of phish, exploits that aren't integrated into malware, and so on) may be better countered by other technologies.
Having said that, apparently real security professionals don't use anti-virus nowadays (see Security professionals DO use anti-virus). That, at any rate, is the view of sectors of the security industry who don't, traditionally, sympathise with (or necessarily fully understand) the culture or the technology, and have a vested, commercial interest in other technologies. While I can assure you that there are plenty of security people who do use AV in appropriate contexts, there are circumstances where you might not need it:
AV doesn't catch everything, but nor does any other security solution (unless – maybe –systems are locked down systems to a degree that damages usability and business processes). It does, however, do a pretty good job of catching a significant proportion of threats. Isn't multilayered security using even partly-successful tools better than relying on a single panacea du jour?[]
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A point rarely mentioned is the prophylactic effect of AV on the huge amounts of stuff that's already out there. There's so much focus on the 0- or 1-day attacks that people lose sight of the fact that there's a real need to continue to protect from malware – and vulnerabilities – that just don't go away. Read any report you like and you see that some threats persist for a long, long time (Conficker, for example). For some reason the 'anti-AV' lobby rarely takes this into account. In fact this is one of the biggest benefits of having a good AV solution in place (and one of the reasons that more generic products are often reliant upon AV as a supplementary tool for analysis in order to maintenance of their own products).
The chances of being hit by newer malware may be relatively low, and that – coupled with the fact that AV may not always catch those proactively – does indeed mean that AV is never going to be 100% effective against the very latest threats. However, once it is effective (i.e. detection is in place) we no longer need to concern ourselves with those threats, not because they no longer exist, but rather that they have been neutralised. And that also means that cybercriminals have to work harder to keep ahead, which cuts into their profit margins.
So let's get to that underlying assumption that free anti-virus and for-fee anti-virus do the same job equally well. Consumer magazines and testing organizations like Consumer Reports tell us time and time again that there is no need for their readers to pay for effective AV when there are free scanners available. Indeed, I was somewhat amused recently to find myself taking part in a debate where the opposing view was that AV may be essential, but it's not worth paying for (see Debate: Anti-virus is essential). (Generally, such debates take the form of a clash of opinions fuelled by opposing vested interests, but they do provide an interesting opportunity to boil a viewpoint down to 100 words.)
While some free AVs are, frankly, worth less than they cost, it is true that in general, free and for-fee versions of AV from the same vendor use the same core engine. But they don't have the same range of functionality and features. In most cases, they're there as a sort of extended evaluation tool, intended to give you a taste of how well the basic scanner will work on your system. There is some hope, in other words, that you will at some point pay for the commercial version. Why would you do that? Perhaps because you run into a problem where you actually need the support that isn't available with the free software, or because you're in a position to recommend a product you've had good experiences with in a context where the free version isn't legal or appropriate (in a work environment, for example).
In fact, many vendors – including ESET – offer a time-limited free trial, but that usually allows the use of a full product for a month or a few months, and may include full support, whereas when a company makes a scanner available for free, it isn't expecting to supply free support as well. It could be said that it costs nothing to give away a product to people who wouldn't pay for it anyway, but providing support services is expensive. Unfortunately, it seems that non-provision of support services may open another door to purveyors of fake AV and fake support, who have already proved adept at stealing the legitimate industry's clothes.
In fact, there are instances where a commercial-grade AV is given away – at least in part – for altruistic reasons rather than in the hope of significant upselling opportunities. It's good for the community in general when people who wouldn't pay for a commercial version of AV are running a decent free program rather than having no protection at all, and it gives the companies kudos and good karma, even if it bites into the sales of vendors who don't use the same model. But maybe it's not so good for the community in the long term: there's a hidden cost.
What would happen if consumers stopped buying commercial AV altogether, preferring to rely on free versions? For many companies, the saving on providing support to individuals would actually offset at least some of the dip in sales, and they'd clearly remain focused on selling into the enterprise (and, of course, continuing to diversify into other security sectors). What if more enterprises bought into the idea that they can spend less on AV or even do without it altogether? Well, there are certainly researchers doing great work on malware outside the AV industry, but I have to wonder what would happen if major AV labs ceased to be economically viable. At the very least, I suspect that the wider security community would become rather more aware of the debt that it owes the AV industry in terms of the background analysis that fuels community exercises such as botnet takedowns.
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