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Future of the British ArmyPosted: 31/01/2013 Filed under: Ben Barry, Defence, Europe | Tags: Army 2020, British Army, defence cuts, reserves, reservists, restructuring, UK Leave a comment
The institute's Ben Barry has contributed to a piece published by the BBC today, asking how recently announced defence cuts will shape the British Army of the future. The restructured force will be cut from 102,000 to 82,000 by 2017, while the number of reservists will double to 30,000.
Brigadier Barry, who left the army in October 2010, calls it the 'most radical reorganisation for 50 years'.
'The Army 2020 design [as the plan is called] displays many innovative ideas and structures,' he writes, 'reflecting many hard lessons of the Iraq and Afghan wars and the likely challenges of future land operations, particularly fighting "hybrid" enemies and the increasing requirement for urban operations.
Behind the Mali headlines, an issue of airliftPosted: 30/01/2013 Filed under: African Security, Defence, Douglas Barrie, Europe, Henry Boyd, James Hackett | Tags: A400M, French military, mali, Operation Serval, strategic airlift Leave a comment
By Douglas Barrie, James Hackett and Henry Boyd, Defence and Military Analysis Programme
Two weeks after sending troops to Mali to repel an advance by Islamist rebels, France has enjoyed much tactical success. French and Malian forces have retaken Timbuktu and Gao, and are now reported to have reached the last Islamist stronghold, Kidal. The main challenges ahead include sustaining these gains, bolstering the Malian military and improving governance.
But these tactical achievements come despite a continuing fragility within some French military capabilities: the limited availability of so-called 'air platform force enablers' in general, and a paucity of strategic airlift in particular. This general shortfall afflicts many other European countries, and in the case of strategic airlift is only now being fixed.
The two Sudans: still stuck in oil disputePosted: 29/01/2013 Filed under: African Security, Islam Al Tayeb | Tags: Abyei, Addis Ababa accord, dispute, oil exports, Omar al-Bashir, Salva Kiir, South Sudan, stalemate, Sudan, territorial disputes Leave a comment
By Islam Al Tayeb, Research Analyst, IISS-Middle East
More than 18 months after South Sudan seceded from Sudan, oil remains a sticking point between the two countries. Last week, the stalemate appeared as intractable as ever, with South Sudan announcing plans to sell petroleum to Israel, and politicians in Khartoum vowing that no South Sudanese exports would reach Israel via Sudanese territory. A meeting between Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and his southern counterpart Salva Kiir before an African Union conference in Ethiopia this weekend (above) failed to break months of deadlock. There has now been no oil production in, or exports, from South Sudan for a year, depriving the government in Juba of around 98% of its budgeted revenues.
Bushehr fears stem from Iran's nuclear deceitPosted: 28/01/2013 Filed under: Gulf and Middle East Security, Mark Fitzpatrick, Non-Proliferation | Tags: Bushehr, Chernobyl, Fukushima, Iran, nuclear power plants, nuclear safety 1 Comment
By Mark Fitzpatrick, Director, Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Programme
Let's not exaggerate. Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant is not another Chernobyl in the making. Unlike the ill-fated Ukrainian facility, Bushehr's fuel rods are moderated and cooled by water, not flammable graphite. Bushehr also benefits from modern design improvements, including automatic control and containment systems.
Nor is Bushehr likely ever to suffer the fate of the Fukushima Daiichi reactor. The shallow Gulf waters bordering Bushehr cannot produce the kind of massive tsunamis that inundated Fukushima's electricity and backup cooling system.
It should also be clear by now that Bushehr is not a proliferation threat. The reactor is used for electricity production and the spent fuel will be returned to Russia so the plutonium will not be available for reprocessing for weapons, if Iran were to obtain that technology. In any case, no country has ever used spent fuel from power plants for weapons purposes.
But let's not sweep aside the environmental and safety dangers either, as Iranian officials are wont to do. Bushehr is located on an earthquake fault. The dust and heat of the local climate contributed to construction delays because of the difficulty of keeping equipment clean and cool. The grafting of a Russian-designed reactor onto the remains of an incomplete German structure and Iran's contractual requirement for Russia to employ 35-year-old, leftover German pumps and other equipment made for other glitches.
Decoding Manmohan Singh's red linesPosted: 24/01/2013 Filed under: Geo-economics, Sanjaya Baru, South Asia | Tags: foreign policy, India, LoC incident, Manmohan Singh, national security, Pakistan Leave a comment
By Dr Sanjaya Baru, Director for Geo-economics and Strategy
Many eyebrows were raised in Delhi and around the world when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asserted that 'it cannot be business as usual' with Pakistan after the recent incident on the Line of Control (LoC). Because these remarks came after the National Security Adviser briefed opposition leaders about the government's approach to the issue, the leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha took credit for the prime minister's tough stance, while welcoming it. However, it has since become clear that Singh was adopting a more nuanced approach, not the sledgehammer response that the Bharatiya Janata Party and hotheads in the media were seeking.
The many expressions of surprise, accompanied by gratuitous remarks about Singh's 'uncharacteristic' toughness, ignore the fact that on vital national-security and foreign-policy issues, the prime minister has always drawn red lines and stuck to them. These red lines have been drawn both with respect to political parties and ministerial colleagues at home and foreign governments. When it comes to foreign policy, Singh has jealously guarded prime ministerial turf and defended the national interest.
The legalities of pursuing al-QaedaPosted: 23/01/2013 Filed under: Daniel Bethlehem, International Law and Strategy, Rebecca Ingber | Tags: Al-Qaeda, international legal principles, national self-defence, transnational threats Leave a comment
How far does a country's legal authority extend when pursuing transnational terrorist groups such as al-Qaeda for attacks carried out or still in the planning? Recent events in the Sahel region of Africa throw the issue into stark relief, but it had been in the news beforehand because of the controversy over deadly American drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen – a programme overseen by John Brennan, Barack Obama's top counter-terrorism adviser and the president's recent nomination as the new director of the CIA. Indeed, even before 9/11 lawyers and governments were debating the relevant principles of international law.
Two IISS consulting senior fellows have new papers that touch on the subject.
The union at Europe's heart is frayedPosted: 22/01/2013 Filed under: Europe, Francois Heisbourg, Geo-economics | Tags: Angela Merkel, Elysee Treaty, European Union, eurozone crisis, Franco-German partnership, Francois Hollande, Libya, mali Leave a comment
Today is the fiftieth anniversary of the Elysee Treaty – the document signed by Paris and Berlin in an attempt to turn two hostile neighbours and rivals into allies, and to ultimately lay the groundwork for the European Union. As IISS Chairman Francois Heisbourg points out in the Financial Times, it comes at a time of strain in the Franco-German partnership.
France's Le Monde newspaper has already been very dismissive about the scheduled joint session of the French and German parliaments in Berlin's Reichstag building today. Heisbourg writes that: 'From the eurozone crisis to intervention in Libya and Mali, and the failed merger of EADS and BAE Systems, the differences and tensions between Paris and Berlin are palpable.'
He admits that shaping a joint strategic future takes time, but says that France and Germany have recently lost the will to overcome other national differences – a process aided by their shifting relative strength, the expansion of the EU, and the arrival of a new generation of leaders 'who no longer carry the historical baggage of the founding fathers'.
Yet the factor that could now have the biggest impact on France and Germany's partnership is a third player: Britain.
Read the article at the Financial Times (subscription required)
An Iraqi strongman callsPosted: 21/01/2013 Filed under: Gulf and Middle East Security, Sarah Johnstone, Toby Dodge | Tags: Charge of the Knights, Iran, Iraq, Iraqiyya, Nuri al-Maliki, Russia, sectarianism, State of Law, Syria Leave a comment
By Sarah Johnstone, Assistant editor, online
As 'Genghis Khan with a telephone' in the 1930s, Joseph Stalin routinely picked up the receiver late at night to issue instructions that led to the imprisonment or execution of millions. Author Toby Dodge probably wouldn't compare current Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to the brutal Soviet leader; at the launch of his new book last week he steered away from describing Maliki as despotic as former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. Nonetheless, Dodge's portrayal of the Iraqi premier is of a man with 'clear dictatorial ambitions' who understands the utility of the telephone.
Dodge's just-released Iraq: From War to a New Authoritarianism recounts how the PM's office in Baghdad has subverted the military chain of command, directly 'ringing up mid-ranking officers and issuing orders to them on their mobile phones'. It is one of the methods by which an initially unremarkable, 'grey' politician has managed to centralise power in the weak office of the Iraqi prime minister since his appointment in early 2006.
The battle south of AlgiersPosted: 18/01/2013 Filed under: African Security, Terrorism, Transnational threats and political risk, Virginia Comolli | Tags: Algeria, Algerian foreign policy, Ansar Dine, azawad, ECOWAS, France, mali, MNLA, MUJAO, Northern Mali, overflight rights 2 Comments
By Virginia Comolli, Research Associate for Transnational Threats
Until it permitted the French air force to fly through its airspace into Mali this weekend, Algeria had been protesting for months that it would not welcome any outside military intervention to quell the rebellion in its southern neighbour. The hostage crisis unfolding in the Algerian desert, following an attack by militants on the In Amenas gas plant, one of the country's largest, has starkly demonstrated the risks of reprisal.
So one of the most interesting questions is what accounted for Algeria's change of heart. This is difficult to answer because decision-making in Algiers is famously opaque, and the country often takes an ambiguous stance on regional security issues.
France to the rescuePosted: 17/01/2013 Filed under: African Security, Europe, Francois Heisbourg | Tags: Algeria, France, mali, Serval Leave a comment
By Francois Heisbourg, IISS chairman
PARIS – On 11 January, French military forces entered Mali, taking and inflicting casualties in a war as sudden as it is important.
Even at this early stage, broadly applicable lessons can be drawn from the conflict. Although the future course of the fighting is laden with risks, skillful diplomacy can turn it into a major opportunity in the struggle against international terrorism.
The French intervention was prompted by the combined offensive towards Bamako, the capital of Mali, of the three jihadi organisations which seized control of the northern half of the country last year. This unforeseen attack prompted the president of Mali to ask France for immediate help.


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My personal opinion of the B Box MX2 is junk, I had two of them, they both lasted about a week each, and after the 2nd one quit, I went back to the Raspberry Pi, which runs perfect!
Have this box (G Box MX2 Midnight with XBMC purchased from Amazon) for few months and it's running great til the box seems to be freezing and I reboot it by press the remote. after that the box boot up but went to blank (black) screen. What do I need to do to get it working again? Please help and Thanks in advance
My personal opinion of the B Box MX2 is junk, I had two of them, they both lasted about a week each, and after the 2nd one quit, I went back to the Raspberry Pi, which runs perfect!
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I was about to order a G Box Midnight MX2 today but since the above reply I am having second thoughts.
Are there any other users of this box on this forum that could give more advice on this box or could you recommend another box that will be more suitable to run XBMC?? I am looking to order today or tomorrow at the latest so any advice will be much appreciated.
Actually I recently pulled mine out of the closet after 10 months and started off with a full update and I have changed my mind about this box. It really works great and I am quite impressed with it now. The newest version is 1.16 I believe. use the matricom web site to follow their instructions, even if you brick the device they have a solution. Use the ota updater on all apps and you should be fine. No, the mx2 midnight is a good box, It has my complete seal of approval, go ahead and buy one if you were going to.
I would recommend an Ouya instead!
A few people have recommended the Ouya to me but others have said that it is a nightmare to set up and to navigate around. I am not the most technically minded so the easier the better but I want a good box that will run XBMC without any problems and will last the test of time.
Like I have said earlier, I am looking to order a box today so any more guidance will be gratefully received.
Gbox works good with a wireless keyboard with touchpad like the Logitech k400. Took like a week to setup though.
I ordered my GBOX Midnight MX2 from GBox Canada and it was plugin and go. I am new to all of this but found this box to be fairly easy to use. Watched a couple tutorials on youtube and asked some questions on this forum and am very comfortable with it now. Bought 2 for myself and my dad also has 2 and haven't had any problems at all. Best thing I bought for it was a wireless mouse, works way better than using the remote. There is still LOTS of things I don't know how to do or am even aware of being able to do on this thing, but I have cancelled my satellite subscription so it has been well worth it for me!
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Thank you for your guidance in helping me make a decision as to what box to buy. I am now going to wait until the weekend to order one and it will definitely be either G Box Midnight MX2 (for ease of use) or a Ouya as recommended??


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Sony has reportedly hired management consulting firm Bain & Company to identify where it can make $100 million worth of cuts in its entertainment unit.
Bloomberg reports that Sony CEO Kazuo Hirai will host a conference in Culver City, California on November 21 to discuss the company's cost-cutting strategy. It is believed that the meeting will result in job losses in the company's entertainment arm.
In addition to the PlayStation business, Sony's entertainment unit includes film, television and music divisions.
In August, Sony rejected a proposal to break up the business. Hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb, who owns seven per cent of the electronics empire, had requested splitting Sony Entertainment away from Sony Electronics, arguing that the divisions were obscuring each other's value.
However, Sony rejected the proposal by unanimous vote: "Sony's Board and management believe it has adequate capital resources to fund its business plans," it said in a letter to Loeb.
"Should Sony require capital, or in the event of unanticipated events, the company's priority would be to raise capital without selling a portion of an asset fundamental to the growth strategy, and without unnecessarily burdening Sony's ability to execute its business strategy for both entertainment and electronics."
Sony's shares dropped in value by about five per cent following this, but Hirai remained optimistic and dedicated to his vision.
"We are encouraged by our progress as we continue to execute on our One Sony strategy," he said. "We have made many changes during my tenure as CEO, and we are confident that we are on the right path. Sony's entertainment businesses are critical to our corporate strategy and will be important drivers of growth.
"I am firmly committed to assuring their growth, to improving their profitability, and to aggressively leveraging their collaboration with our electronics and service businesses."
The PS4 is now available in North America and is scheduled to launch in Europe and Latin America on November 29. PS4 sales hit one million units in 24 hours of availability.


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I liked everything indeed, location is perfect , friendly staff. I highly recommend this place to young people.
Just the fan in the bedroom it didn't work properly. just that.
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Room size.how old buildin was...
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The closeness with the center.
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Alvin is the Hiccup figure a generation agoThe Village had done him wrong for having his own way of fighting, while Stoick is the traditional one of the two.
"When Lightning Strikes" will have Hiccup taming and bonding with a SkrillHiccup is the main character. He gets the privilege of bonding with the rare and exotic dragons. This also makes him the second person to bond with more than one dragon, after Astrid.
A dragon similar to the Green Death or one similar to the Night Fury species will appearAnd Alvin will end up taming it.
Berk was highly intolerant of people with handicaps one or two generations ago.A chief decided to put an end to it by having most Vikings who couldn't really fight at their best tend to the fields and cattle, or man the fishing boats.
The twins aren't as stupid as they act.While they seem to genuinely enjoy violence, pain, property damage, and explosions, and have Leeroy Jenkins tendancies, they are still competent dragon trainers and vikings. My guess is that they like the reactions they get from playing dumb. On top of that, they know each other so well that they can keep their tag-team improv comedy show going all day. This could explain their incredibly high number of Crowning Moment of Funny entries, as well as their constantly changing amount of apparent intelligence. Other related theories:
In the upcoming episode "Twinsanity"The focus is on Ruffnut and Tuffnut.
Dagur's Mole is...Mildew. He probably figured that if a war with the Berserkers was impending due to the presence of dragons on Berk, Stoick would have no choice but to exile the dragons once more.
The Secret Map to Night Fury Island is...A trap set by Mildew to get rid of Hiccup and Toothless. It's actually a map to Outcast Island,which will allow Alvin to capture them, leading to the second part of "We are a Family". Confirmed.
The Dragon Calls in 'We are a Family' are the first step in speaking DragoneseIn the books, Hiccup could speak to dragons. Aside from Toothless, it is one of the biggest changes from the book. Hiccup's dragon calls (and he's much better than the others) may be the first step to speaking dragonese. The second season may feature Hiccup learning Dragonese.
Nightfuries have alot of things in common with batsAs if appearances were'nt enough, now in "We are family part 1" we see Toothless use echolocation, and previews for part two have someone say that Toothless hasn't eaten or drank anything for awhile. Some species of bat go into hybernation, or tarpor, both of which are energy saving survival techniques in which they can stop eating and drinking for a time.
Season 2 will be Darker and Edgier.Now that the Outcasts have learned how to train dragons, they're going to be a much bigger threat. The fact that the title will be changed to Defenders of Berk supports this and hints at more battles.
Alvin will be an Arms Dealer in Season 2 who is also seeking high-quality dragonsHe will use the ability to tame dragons as a method of establishing a market on power with other tribes (such as The Berserkers) and using the funding to seek out higher and more dangerous dragons such as The Skrill and other possible Night Furies in an Evil Plan to amass power against Berk.
Dragons Is an Allagory for The Cold WarThink about it. Before Dragons, all vikings had the same weapons to fight one another (and dragons) with. Dragons were always seen as terrifying beasts that, although the Vikings could fight off, would always be far superior. Then Hiccup learned how to train them and learned how to use them to fight, just as Scientists during WWII found out how to use the Atomic bomb. Now the Vikings of Berk are the superior group of Vikings because they own the biggest stick; Dragons. Berk represents the United States, who finished off WWII by using and owning the worlds first Atomic and Nuclear Bombs. This would make the Outcasts, who hate the Vikings of Berk, have an entirely different culture then them, and also learn how to tame Dragons in the end through illicit means, the USSR. There are other underlying things that I think help my point: In Dragon Flower, the Chieftain, Stoic, goes to give the Chieftain of a neighboring, allied village a weapon, and he's going there on his dragon. The United States had very similar strategies when it came to their allies; give them things to show them your friendly, while showing them how much more powerful you are then them (Rebuilding Japan after World War II, and the Marshall Plan). Also, in Twinsanity, the new Chieftain of a once friendly village is a very undesirable ally to Stoic, especially since he threatens war on them if it turns out they do own dragons. Stoic is so mad at the New Chieftain that Stoic Tries to kill him twice in the episode! What other country has killed or tried to kill leaders who went against them or threatened to retaliate against another nation? The USA (The Iranian Coup and the Southern Vietnam Coup come to mind).
Mildew will pull yet another Karma HoudiniAs far as Hiccup, Stoick, Gobber, and the others know, Mildew was re-captured by the Outcasts. The cagey old bat could even claim that he was forced, under torture, to reveal what he knew of dragon training to Alvin. The last time they saw him, Hiccup was explaining how Mildew had helped save him. If a dragon based war turns out badly for The Outcasts, Mildew can simply cut his loses and return to Berk with no one the wiser.
Fishlegs will become a BerserkerLike in the books, Fishlegs will begin going berserk in combat and see a subsequent improvement in his fighting abilities. His displays against Snotlout in Gem of a Different Color and dropping the chest on the Outcast warrior in We Are a Family support this given he goes 100% pure rage for a few moments in both scenes. This would make sense for Season 2 if Berk's dragon riders find themselves fighting off Alvin's goons more and more often.
Season two will feature an age-up.The movie sequel, set for summer 2014, is set five years after the first movie, making Hiccup close to eighteen or even twenty years old. Defenders of Berk will help to fill that gap by splitting the difference.
Dagur will join the Outcasts and own a Skrill
Alvin and Stoic are brothers
The reason the vikings don't wear as much fur in the series is...
Alvin never existed until gobber made him up on the spot and his mind made him real.Alvin is never mentioned before to anyone. Gobber lists him as a 'bad thing to happen' and suddenly a terrible reoccuring enemy is born. Gobber has long-forgotten world-changing abilities.
One of the riders will eventually kill the Screaming DeathPossibly in a way of showing Hiccup growing up, eventually Hiccup will decide that sparing the Screaming Death when it first attacked Berk was a mistake and will instead shoot to kill the next time he sees it. It already took our four islands of the Archipelago for Thor's sake and shows no signs of stopping after getting its face bludgeoned by Gronkles and filled with Nadder spines. And if it isn't Hiccup, it'll be Astrid. She wanted to kill dragons growing up, now she has a chance to do it for better reasons than there used to be.
The Red/Green Death was responsible for keeping Screaming Deaths in checkHiccup mentions that they hatch once every 100 years (how this is known, never stated), which means that Berk should of theoretically ran into it at least twice before since it has been there for three hundred years and as many years of dragon fighting. Presumably, given the Screaming Death is a clear rival in power, the Red Death killed them young in order to prevent them from becoming strong enough to challenge it, therefore preventing the damage it caused when it was not around and Hiccup refused to kill it when he had the chance. Now that Hiccup blew the big dragon up, there is no predator for the Screaming Death and therefore it is free to cause its own reign of terror.
Now that Hiccup has refrozen the Skrill, Dagur will specifically try to kill Toothless rather than Hiccup.He DID stab a picture of a Night Fury. He might want to kill Toothless in a "you took my thing, I'll take yours" kind of deal. Well, the best way to get an enemy is through their heart...
Alvin isn't deadIn the books, Alvin was thought dead multiple times and returned. Even in impossible situations. This is the same thing. Alvin will show up later, minus limbs/hair/etc.
Ruffnut's hair will be back to normal by the next episode.I'm hoping to be surprised, but I'm skeptical given previous Aesop Amnesia and Snotlout oscillating between becoming sympathetic and then kicking the dog.
Barf and Belch will make an Heroic Sacrifice in the the sequel, leaving Ruffnut & Tuffnut without a dragon for the third (or fourth, depending on the scheduling) season......until Scauldy and Torch, whom the twins bonded with over the course of the second season, return in triumphant fashion and become their new respective mounts, and maybe even open up the chance for some individual Character Development, which we got a hint of with the Hidden Depths each twin showed in caring/training for Scauldy/Torch.
The reason the oceans froze over during the latest episode is:Explained right in the episode's title. Berk is in the same universe as Arendelle, and the frozen over ocean was a side effect of Elsa's powers going haywire, which also explains why the whole island thawed out rather quickly.
Thornado will eventually return to Berk to be with Stoic after the thunderdrum hatchlings are old enough to fend for themselves.
Season 3 of the show will be in-between the second and third moviesWith the 2015 airdate, it is very likely that the third season will instead be focusing on the time in-between the second and third movies, building up on plot points and character development from the second movie.
Season 3 will focus on tying up loose ends and setting up the plot ready for the events of the Second filmEither way it is unlikely that the Riders of Berk continuity will move beyond the second film, as much due to budget constraints and to prevent cannon discontinuity between the films, which hold creative control, and the show (seeing as Alvin is not even mentioned once in the films). So season 3 will most likely focus on tying up all the B-conflicts, such as Alvin, as well as introducing new dragons who make appearances in the second film, alongside other important discoveries like the Tracker Class of Dragon. With this in mind it is also possible that any additional Seasons will be part a new working title under the Dragons Franchise, in order to distinguish itself as taking place between the events of the second and third films. Which will feature entirely new villains, story arcs, and even more new dragons.


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I have written about the threat landscape in Korea a few times in the past as it has been one of the most active threat landscapes in the world for some time:
Data from the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report volume 13 indicates that Korea's malware infection rate (Computers Cleaned per Mille or CCM) increased 6.3 times during the first half of 2012. During this period the number of systems cleaned per 1,000 systems scanned by the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) in Korea increased from 11.1 in the fourth quarter of 2011 (4Q11) to 70.4 in the second quarter (2Q12) of 2012. At the end of the first half of 2012 Korea had the highest malware infection rate ever published in the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report, ten times the worldwide average infection rate.
Figure 1: CCM infection trends in Korea and worldwide
The Trojan Downloaders and Droppers category of threats is significantly higher in Korea than the worldwide average. In fact, one threat family in this category is responsible for Korea's relatively high malware infection rate: Win32/Pluzoks. Win32/Pluzoks is a Trojan that silently downloads and installs other arbitrary files without user consent, and may contact a remote host to download updates of itself.
Figure 2 (left): Detections by threat category, 1Q11–2Q12, by percentage of all computers reporting detections; Figure 3 (right): The top 10 malware and potentially unwanted software families in Korea in 2Q12
I mentioned Pluzoks in the article we recently published on Operating System Infection Rates: The Most Common Malware Families on Each Platform. Pluzoks was the second most prevalent threat found on Windows XP SP3 in the second quarter of 2012; Pluzoks was found on far fewer Windows 7 and Windows Vista based systems. In the second quarter of 2012, 93 percent of systems reporting Pluzoks detections were located in Korea, with the US in a distant second place for detections. Use of Windows XP remains relatively higher in Korea than in the rest of the world. As seen in Figure 3, 46.5% of systems that were found to be infected with malware in Korea had Pluzoks installed on them. This might help explain why Korea has the highest malware infection rate in the world by a large margin.
Figure 4: The malware and potentially unwanted software families most commonly detected by Microsoft antimalware solutions in the second quarter of 2012 (2Q12), and how they ranked in prevalence on different platforms, with Win32/Pluzoks highlighted
The other threat family that contributed to the relatively high malware infection rate in Korea was Win32/OneScan. OneScan was found on 17.6% of systems in Korea that were found to be infected with malware in Korea in the second quarter of 2012. Win32/Onescan is a family of rogue antivirus scanner programs that claim to scan for malware but display fake warnings of malicious files. The rogue then informs the user that payment is needed to register the software and remove these non-existent threats. OneScan has been impacting Korea for many quarters. If you'd like to see how easy it is to be fooled by rogue security programs (also known as "scareware") like OneScan, you can test yourself using the Microsoft Malware Protection Center's Real vs. Rogue App.
Take note that seven of the top ten threats found in Korea in the second quarter of 2012 were Adware. Without so many detections of the two severe threats I mentioned, Pluzoks and OneScan, Korea would likely have a much lower malware infection rate.
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8/28/2014LGFCU donates to the 'BackPack Buddies' initiative
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72% of of adults under age 30 who are shopping for checking accounts are also in the market for other banking products. To capitalize, institutions must align their channel experiences, offer rewards for deeper relationships and focus on cross-selling in the branch.
A survey of checking account shoppers on FindABetterBank and found that 63% of these shoppers are also shopping for other banking products. Seventy-two percent of shoppers under 30 are shopping for more than just a checking account – 36% also want a savings or money market account and 26% also want a credit card.
We do a lot of one-on-one observational research of consumers shopping for banking products. One observation we see almost without exception — especially among young consumers — is how product-centric they are while shopping online: They look for the best checking account, credit card or savings account and most don't care if each product comes from a different institution. This is a real challenge for financial marketers because growth depends on customer (or new member) acquisition and cross-selling. Most institutions would fail if all of their customers had only one product.
But based on every indicator, young consumers are the ripest segment to cross-sell, despite their product-centric shopping behaviors. Why? Consumers under 30 are actually less likely to open an account online than older consumers, and they're more likely than older shoppers to use two or more channels during their buying process.
How should financial institutions capitalize?
Align channel experiences. Research has revealed that younger consumers would rather open accounts in branches because they want to make sure they're getting what they really need. When we observe Gen-Y consumers, we see how a poor online presentation eliminates many institutions from consideration. One way to align channel experiences is to train the branch sales staff to sell using website content instead of the traditional tri-fold brochure. Of course, branch staff can't effectively use the website to sell if it isn't working when shoppers are alone online at home.
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How To Sell A Used Car
Posted by one_roadie on Dec. 17, 2013
Posted by one_roadie on Dec. 17, 2013
Nissan bought his car after seeing this. http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-videos/nissan-buys-maxima-from-craigslist?src=spr_FBPAGE&spr_id=1459_36157863
"I'll buy THAT for a dollar."
Ill start the bid at 3 dollars
I'm in
he said you have no friends
30sec commercial at EVERY video? I may look for my video fix at other sites.
How much?
I'm in
That's one way to do it.
that thing has seen better days, my civic is nearly as old and looks almost new
@TheMadGerman yiap what the man with the roasted face said (the canary yellow shirt looks great on him btw),plus we wont have to deal with your whining anymore
@TheMadGerman just put AdBlock on your browser. It's free and you won't have to deal with that crap.


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United finalise Falcao deal
Manchester United have signed striker Radamel Falcao on a one-year loan from Monaco with an option to buy.
Manchester United have signed striker Radamel Falcao on a one-year loan from Monaco with an option to buy.
Arsenal have announced the signing of England international forward Danny Welbeck from Manchester United.
Manchester City striker Alvaro Negredo has completed an initial loan move to Valencia.
Manchester United's summer transfer dash continued on deadline day with the signing of Daley Blind for £14million.
Manchester City have announced defender Micah Richards will join Fiorentina on loan for the remainder of the season.
Hull have completed the loan signing of playmaker Hatem Ben Arfa from Newcastle.
Toby Alderweireld and Sadio Mane have completed their deadline-day moves to Southampton.
QPR manager Harry Redknapp reunited himself with former Spurs players Sandro and Niko Kranjcar on transfer deadline day.
Morgan Amalfitano has become the ninth summer signing for West Ham, his former club Marseille have announced.
Tottenham have announced the signing of Benjamin Stambouli from Montpellier.


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Things that ruin hockey for everyone, apparently. Ducks @ Blackhawks.
As if you needed another reason to watch for physical hijinks between the Lightning and Capitals, it's been exactly a year since Alex Oveckhin's disrespecting sticks-of-fire incident in Tampa.
Did Alex Ovechkin over-do it celebrating his 50th goal? A short opinion piece regarding elaborate celebrations and showboating in pro sports.
Alexander Ovechkin's goal celebration created a stir last week in the news. The Tampa Bay media, however, have overdone it covering the story instead of their woe begotten team.
"He squeezed me pretty tight out there."Oshie on Perron's "excited" reaction after his second goal vs. Dallas. I just think quotes like that should be preserved for posterity rather than lost to stltoday's archive wall forever.
Brought to you via Not Your Average Ice Girl (Isles fans are never average), who includes the Palffy kiss and -- for Liverpool/Portsmouth, etc. fans -- even Peter Crouch.
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ANDERSON — The Anderson Black Expo is switching locations this year, but organizers say the only other difference people should expect is more public awareness.
After three decades, the summer festival is moving from Jackson Park to Anderson Town Center Plaza.
Judy Streeter, Anderson Black Expo president, said the poor economy and a tight budget caused the expo to relocate downtown.
But there are other benefits to moving, Streeter said.
"Our primary focus is to educate our community," she said. "By moving it to the downtown location, it gives us an opportunity to educate a wider (audience), more of the community."
Streeter said she's optimistic the new location will showcase Anderson Black Expo and its mission, although she understands why some people may have reservations.
"Change is not easy for everybody," she said. "When you look at the fact you've been doing something for 30-plus years and then you change it, that doesn't sit well with everyone."
Representative Marilyn Goree stressed that the festival is still the same. The name and mission of the events haven't changed with the venue.
"It's just important for all of us to come together as one," Goree said. "We're doing this for the kids in the community."
The events started with its ecumenical service Monday at Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church, followed by a film festival and panel discussion Tuesday evening.
The expo's annual prayer walk will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at its new location, Town Center Plaza.
Weekend events will start with the carnival, which opens at 5 p.m. Friday, and noon Saturday and Sunday.
A youth talent show will start at 5:30 p.m. Friday, followed by live entertainment featuring Aberdeen Project at 8 p.m.
The parade will kick off the Saturday events at noon at the corner of 9th and Main streets and will flow south to 13th Street, where it will then travel west to Jackson Street and make its way north back to 9th Street. It will end at the corner of 9th and Meridian Streets.


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Boys Swimming: Willmar tops Storm in pool
WILLMAR -- Willmar took a Central Lakes Conference victory in their home pool on Thursday, defeating the Sauk Rapids Storm 109-72.
Willmar won nine events and swam exhibition in the 200- and 400-free relays.
Connor Haugen won the 50 free in 24.68 and the backstroke in 1:04.26.
Sam Murphy had an excellent set of six dives scoring 213.95.
Willmar 109,
Sauk Rapids 72
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Michigan State has compiled a 47-17 record (.734) in games played against non-conference opponents since 1999. ... Over the last 13 meetings, the Notre Dame-Michigan State game has been decided by a TD or less on nine different occasions — the game-winning score coming late in the fourth quarter or overtime in eight of those 13 meetings. ... The Irish will be looking to extend their winning streak to 10 games at Notre Dame Stadium. The last time the Irish won 10 straight at home was Oct. 25, 1997-Aug. 28, 1999.


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"For the Equal Rights Amendment"
August 10, 1970
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In her moving coming out speech on Friday, actress Ellen Page talked about how "sometimes it's the little, insignificant stuff that can tear you down." She continued:
I try not to read gossip as a rule, but the other day a website ran an article with a picture of me wearing sweatpants on the way to the gym. And the writer asked, "Why does [this] petite beauty insist upon dressing like a massive man?"
Page's response: "Because I like to be comfortable." She followed that unimpeachable sentiment by adding, "There are pervasive stereotypes about masculinity and femininity that define how we're all supposed to act, dress and speak. And they serve no one."
The article Page was referring to appeared on the E! Online website. The headline: "Hot Mess Alert Again! Ellen Page Rolls Her Hobo Style Into 2014."
An excerpt of that story, archived by IMDb, reads as follows (emphasis ours):
Not only did we write a whole post about Ellen Page dressing way too much like a street-sleeper, but we followed up with a piece begging her to undergo a Style 180 in 2014. And now, this. We're starting to wonder if the former Juno star is actually homeless… Obviously that's not the case, but then why does the petite beauty insist upon dressing like a massive man? If this is some attempt at going incognito, it's not working. And if things are so bad on the film front that she's resorting to Salvation Army style, please tell us how we can help. We'll make calls! Hell, we'll write scripts!
The IMDb excerpt links to the full article, but that page on the E! Online website is now blank. The story is also absent from E! Online's archive of "Hot Mess Alerts." Those stories, which appear under the byline JJ Moore, include "Hot Mess Alert! Julianne Hough Is a Kindergarten Farm Girl in Denim" and "Hot Mess Alert! Vanessa Hudgens Is a Wedding Day Hobo."
Cached versions of the Page "Hot Mess Alert" via the Internet Archive also don't reveal the content of the original E! article."
Slate, "Here's the Article Where a Writer Said Ellen Page Was Dressed 'Like a Massive Man.'"
Hey guys, E! is on Tumblr. Here's their Ask box. Join me as we try to get them to tell us why they seemed to have disavowed their own coverage of Ellen "massive man" Page.(via inothernews)
Just a little more Ellen Page love…


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Men's Makeup Shoot
One of my favorite things about photography is styling the shoot. I am always very involved in how the person I am photographing looks, from what they wear to how their hair is styled. I've been wanting to start shooting more editorial things, specifically men's makeup. Luckily, one of my very good friends, Savannah, knows a lot about makeup and enjoys the artistry of it (actually, she just started a makeup blog, here). Anyways, Savannah was amazing at bringing my vision to life and I am in love with how these photos turned out! Check out her blog and keep checking back for more inspired shoots like this!


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The Ten Commandments Of Communication
Those hearing your message should get a clear understanding of exactly what it is they are going to be dealing with. However, there are those who will communicate very poorly, giving the impression that they have lost it, and are out of control! Which...
The first time you use the radio to give the on scene report will leave a lasting impression of you and your ability to communicate. Additionally, it should paint a good picture of the incident for all responders. Those hearing your message should get a clear understanding of exactly what it is they are going to be dealing with. However, there are those who will communicate very poorly, giving the impression that they have lost it, and are out of control! Which do you want to be remembered as?
The first of the 10 Commandments is "Think Before You Speak." Often times firefighters and officers allow the adrenaline rush to overtake them. The excitement will reflect in their communications. Thinking before they speak will assist them in controlling this adrenaline rush. It's hard not to be reactive to the things going on around them, however, for good clear communications to be effective, they have to take control and not react too soon. Taking an extra few seconds, along with a deep breath and think about what it is they want to say before they say it will be very beneficial. After they have their thoughts in line and have taken that extra breath (all within three to five seconds), they will be able to send that clear communication that is expected. Moreover, never yell over the radio. Radios have been manufactured to work just fine using normal voice levels and tones.
As mentioned above, the excitement will reflect in the communications. This is true as well when speaking to members of your crew, other fire department members, or to victims and the public. If you're yelling, it has a tendency to resonate signs of nervousness or uncertainty; it will have a negative effect. Who would want to be racing into battle under the directions of this sort of leader? These individuals (screamers and yellers) often have a tendency to say things that cannot be erased from other firefighter's minds. Worse yet, they often say things that they will never be able to take back or will regret later. What impression is this individual sending about himself and your department as a whole to the victims and the public? They should be mindful of the message, the audience, and the tone with which they are speaking. Many times the way one communicates is more important than the message itself. Taking that few extra seconds to think about what you want to say would be a wise investment on your behalf.
The second commandment is "Speak Truthfully." One of the worst things anyone can do is lie. How many times has someone lied to you? How many times have you lied to someone? The fire service is no place for liars. Period. Communities hold the fire service in high esteem and take what we tell them to be truthful. What a let down to our communities that look to us each day for assistance should we be lying to them? Secondly, how can anyone work along side another fire fighter or officer that blatantly lies to them? Many will lie because they do not want to stand up and take the blame for their actions or admit they have done something wrong. Hey, I say be a man and admit when you are wrong! Everyone makes mistakes, this is how we learn. It has been said, give a person enough rope and they will eventually hang themselves. The same holds true for a liar, eventually they will be caught up in a lie and hang themselves. A good rule of thumb is to stay away from words like never and always. These will have a tendency to come back to haunt you.
Commandment number Three is "Transparency." Transparency is a close companion of Commandment Two. Be open and honest with everyone. Over the years, I have had the opportunity to work with many different bosses and firefighters. The ones that I remember the most have been those that where always open and honest about everything. These individuals never hide behind a fake frontage or facade. I knew exactly what they were thinking, how they were going to respond to a situation, and what they wanted to accomplish and in what order. The officers where humble and never let pride get in their way. Additionally, these officers and firefighters never held back their knowledge from others or me. Many hours spent around the coffee table Monday morning quarterbacking incidents allowed all of us to hone our skills.
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