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PUBLISHED: 12 Aug 2010 10:28:04 | UPDATED: 12 Aug 2010 10:32:06PRINT EDITION: 12 Aug 2010
Media group STW Communications has posted a 27 per cent rise in half year net profit, and says it's on track to deliver underlying profit growth "in the mid-teens" over the full year.
STW posted net profit of $16.255 million in the first half of fiscal 2010, up from $12.8 million in the first half of fiscal 2009.
Underlying net profit was $16.3 million, up 17.4 per cent from $13.9 million in fiscal 2009.
STW declared an interim dividend of 2.3 cents, fully franked, up from 1.5 cents fully franked in the prior corresponding period.
Underlying earnings before interest, tax depreciation and amortisation were $30.9 million, up 11.3 per cent from $27.8 million in fiscal 2009.
STW said it "remains on track to deliver underlying (net profit) growth in the mid-teens in percentage terms for the full year...
"Macro-economic drivers and operating conditions across our customer base continue to be mixed," the company said in a statement.
"Accordingly, STW needs to continue to work hard for growth.
"However, STW remains confident in our outlook."
STW attributed the result on Thursday to "the quality of our businesses, our speed in taking action to deal with the downturn, and also the increasing confidence amongst our client base".
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This art/photo has 47 comments. Post your own now!That cat has such an interesting leopard kind of pattern.
This is a very wonderful picture. How did you get this picture? Did you use zoom or were you actually that close to the cat? Like to know! Also, check me out @ aqualyn.
I like the backdrop and the the intsendity and patience of this cat. I'm glad you were able to capture and share this moment for everyone to see!
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Mar. 19, 2012 at 10:28 pm
Mar. 19, 2012 at 10:28 pm
I love how you captured energy with your camera. This is a great photo and I love the title!
that cat is so wild looking but it is cute
So cool~ I'm impressed you were able to get this close to the cat without breaking his/her concentration.
Amazing photograph! I love kitties, and this picture just catches this one's adorable, yet fiesty/alert side! The colors of the feline are amazing, as well as the blueish hues around him/her. I really love this photo! :) You are a talented photographer!
Cool picture! That cat looks like a wildcat!
Original it looks like a sudden inspiration hit you.
You can't train a cat to do that and the title is fitting
love this pic it's cute and fierce congrats on getting in the magazine :p
This picture is so cute! I love it, and I think the cat is a good picture of impatience.
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May 16, 2011 at 8:09 am
May 16, 2011 at 8:09 am
This breed of cat is closely related to the ocelot. it is called ocecat (oss-ee-cat). No Joke.
Reminds me the way my cats looks when she is waiting for food lol.
this is such a beautiful picture!! i love it!!! :)
5 stars! (: Beautiful shot, I actually like the blue blur. Adds character. Haha Please check out some of my photos. I'd really, really appreciate it. (:


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I've seen many variations of pressed sandwiches, or muffulettas, and thought it was about time that I tried one out for myself. As it was going to be a perfect beach day on Saturday, I ran into my favourite local Italian deli (Cioffi's on Hastings) and picked up all my favourite items on Friday to make the perfect picnic lunch! Along with my pressed sandwiches, we feasted on balsamic onions, cherries, chips and my banana coconut cupcakes with cream cheese frosting (which were delicious, recipe to be posted soon!).
I didn't stick to a traditional recipe, instead I just picked my favourite meats and cheeses. You can really consider this sandwich a blank canvas – go nuts with whatever your favourite sandwich fillers are. Just keep in mind that everything is going to be compressed all night in the fridge, so fresh using veg isn't really ideal. You also don't want anything too wet, as you'll end up with a soggy sannie the next day. And nobody likes a soggy sannie!
Erin's Italian Pressed Sandwich
1 large ciabatta loaf
1 cup green olive salad
1 cup hot eggplant strips
4 slices provolone
8 slices good prosciutto
8 slices spicy salami
6 slices grilled marinated zucchini
4 roasted red peppers
Maldon salt & pepper
Start by slicing the ciabatta in half, and scooping out some of the bread to create a cavity in the loaf. I put the olive salad on the bottom, which I'd bought directly from the deli – if you'd prefer to make your own, you can absolutely do so. Then I followed with my cheese, veggies, meats and finally, a good grind of fresh black pepper and Maldon salt.
Place the sandwich on a plate and wrap the whole plate in plastic wrap. Without ripping the plastic wrap, place one large can on top of your plastic wrapped sandwich (use whatever you have in your pantry that will work, I used a can of tomatoes). Tightly wrap the plastic wrap over the can to keep the pressure on the sandwich. Place in your fridge over night, unwrap and slice the next day for lunch!


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DISCLAIMER: If there is incorrect information, please comment to let me know so I can fix it. However, if there is missing information, it is most likely intentional as this is meant to be very very basic. If you are that invested in equine genetics, there are many other helpful guides and explanations on DA, as well as the internet as a whole. This is meant for those who are confused and/or need a quick reference for what genes create what colors.
If a horse is Homozygous, it means that it has two dominant alleles. EE is homozygous black. ChCh is homozygous champagne. CrCr is homozygous cream. Homozygous means that one copy will always pass to the horse's offspring.
Example: ee aa CrCr = Cremello X ee aa = Chestnut
= ALWAYS has palomino foals: ee aa nCr
Example: Ee Aa ChCh = Amber champagne X Ee aa ChCh = Classic Champagne
= ALWAYS have ChCh foals. Possibly Amber Champange, Classic Champagne, or Gold Champagne.
This is because if you are choosing your foal's genetics, you get to choose one of the two alleles for each gene. Ee you can choose E or e. For Aa you can choose A or a. But for homozygous genes you will have the same when you have ChCh.
geno: ee aa nCr nD nCh nZ nP nTb nSb LpLp nSty (patn1patn2)
sooty pangare gold cream champagne dun tobiano sabino semi leopard appaloosa
geno: ee aa nCr nD nP nSb nO LpLp nSty
sooty pangare dunalino sabino overo snowflake appaloosa
but i have no idea how to draw that... and i can't seem to find a 'pangare' collor


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Your expertise is needed immediately! We need three historians to report on the 13 original colonies. The information you provide will be used to teach others about colonial times. Through researching the colonization of America, you will discover the similarities and differences of the Southern, Middle and New England Colonies. For each region you will uncover the hardships that the settlers faced while creating a new life that was accepting of everyone. You will discover the challenges they faced territorial, differences and similarities, and religious factors.
After analyzing your findings, your team will create a Venn Diagram and a timeline to illustrate the colonization period.
The task is to identify and make discoveries of the 13 original colonies. You will uncover this information through research. Your final report will include:
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Diversity Colonial Schooling Life in Colonial Times The English Colonies
Women of the Thirteen Colonies
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Your team will be given two grades for this project. One grade will be an individual grade and the second will be a grade for the group. The following rubrics will used for assessment.
You will have a better understanding of how the 13 original colonies were founder after completing this WebQuest. You will have learned about the three regions, religion, slavery and how to work collaboratively as a team.


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Common Fitness Mistakes Women Make
Are you working out but not seeing the results you want? I, for one, need to pay more attention to getting to the gym in the first place. However, when I read this article on the 4 most common fitness mistakes women make by Self Magazine, I thought, ooohhh, I do ALL of these things. How about you – do you sabotage you efforts, too?
Here's what you are not supposed to do:
1. Cardio, cardio, all the time. Apparently, the rule of thumb is that muscle burns more calories than fat, so you'll want to build muscle so that even when your body is at rest, you can burn calories. So, add strength training to your regimen and cut down the time on the elliptical! Yes, I'm talking weights. And heavy weights, not 3 pound weights.
2. Focusing on one or two muscle groups. That means quit doing solely abs and butt exercises. Get down and do push ups, get friendly with the pulley machine. Think arms, back, quads – yes even calves. Get your whole body moving in various ways.
3. Not fueling your workout. Before you work out AND after you work out eat carbs and protein, not just salad. Your body needs something to keep going or your blood sugar will drop and you'll feel all light headed or, worse yet, lose stamina. When I really heard that muscle burns more calories, I realized that I could make my workout last way after I left the gym if I worked my muscles out hard. And that takes energy! So eat up, then work out.
4. Yo-yo work out schedule. Do you exercise like a fiend then forget about it for weeks on end? For me, life tends to get in the way, so I don't make it to the gym as regularly as I should. A big no no.
It's funny, I actually know all this stuff, as I'm sure you do, too. But, what makes it interesting to me is that I know it and yet I still DO it. How about you – do you have a work out fall back plan that is actually not as effective as you'd like but you still do it?
Thanks, Self magazine, for reminding me!
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Nabi Fakroddin can easily be considered a veteran of the profession.
The Pakistan native's first job after earning his civil engineering degree in 1957 was designing and building highways and bridges for the Illinois DOT. Later, he spent 19 years as engineer and transportation director for Kane County. Employed by engineering consulting firm HNTB since retiring from the public sector in 2007, he's now senior project manager for the Illinois Tollway Project where he is part of the team that reviews and approves bridge design plans for the $6.3 billion Congested Relief Program initiative.
Though he has few regrets in his career, Fakroddin wishes he'd worked harder to persuade Kane County officials to implement tax-free bonds as a fundraising measure.Still, he's happy with the progress he made, spearheading such initiatives as expanding the county's major arterials from two to four lanes.
"My chosen profession gives me satisfaction, knowing I am playing a small but important role in making sure that public safety is not compromised," he says.
Experience has taught him to refrain from political rhetoric, operate efficiently, and attend professional meetings to keep up with trends, all of which he recommends to those just beginning their careers.
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Oakland (Calif.) Director of Public Works Raul Godinez didn't enter the profession until 1990, making him one of the youngest public works officials, career-wise, chosen this year by the American Public Works Association (APWA).
When he began his career, California was undertaking cutting-edge projects, including Los Angeles' first microtunneling initiative in 1994 — a trenchless, underground method of fully automated smalldiameter (42-inch) tunneling done via remote control from the surface. At the time, only two mechanized tunneling machines existed in the world. He was also involved in the city's first rigid pipe slip-lining project, completed in 1993, which used rigid fiberglass motor reinforced pipe to slip into the wet sewer and repair the lining pipe.
Godinez was, to say the least, enthralled by the challenges.
Under his management Oakland became the third California city to be accredited by the APWA, in 2006. However, Godinez credits his achievements — like implementing seven strategic management initiatives including customer service and satisfaction and safety-first, now the foundation of the department's focus — to his 700 employees. He describes them as "people who feel empowered to take risks and achieve things not done before," and says that his accomplishments are usually team efforts.
A man of consistency, Godinez wouldn't change anything if given the opportunity. "I'd do the same thing again," he says. "This has been a very rewarding career."
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Utley scratched from lineup vs. Yankees
Chase Utley was scratched from the Phillies lineup prior to today's game.
Utley scratched from lineup vs. Yankees
UPDATED (1:22 p.m.): Utley was in fact scratched as a precaution since the Phillies are playing on a field drenched by a morning rain storm. Carry on.
And so it begins...
Or doesn't.
Frankly, we don't know just yet why Chase Utley was scratched from today's lineup minutes before the Phillies were to take the field against the New York Yankees at Bright House Field.
There was a tornado watch in the area today and heavy rain throughout the morning. The field got pretty wet.
Chase Utley, of course, has a pair of bad knees. They prevented him frmo playing any spring training games in each of the last two years.
So, perhaps it was a precautionary move, to keep Utley off a wet field.
But Ryan Howard is playing. So is Jimmy Rollins. And Michael Young, and Domonic Brown and Ben Revere...
Utley was set to play in his third game in four days before being scratched. And, if you include the intrasquad on Friday, his fourth game in five days.
When we know more, we'll pass it along.
Here is the adjusted Phillies lineup.
1. Jimmy Rollins, SS
2. Ben Revere, CF
3. Kevin Frandsen, 2B
4. Ryan Howard, 1B
5. Michael Young, DH
6. Domonic Brown, LF
7. Laynce Nix, RF
8. Cody Asche, 3B
9. Steven Lerud, C
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The organizational meeting of the Hilo Ukulele Kanikapila Association will from 3-5 p.m. Saturday on the lanai of Church of the Holy Apostles, the Episcopal church at 1407 Kapiolani St. in Hilo, behind the University of Hawaii at Hilo Performing Arts Center.
"If you play or love the ukulele, want to learn, or love singing with a group, join with us to discuss the makeup and direction for this new group on the East Side," said spokesman Mike Perdue. "After discussions, we will have a kanikapila, so bring your instruments."
Ancillary players such as guitarists, hula dancers and others also are welcome. Music will be provided and refreshments will be served. For more information, call 339-5399.


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I never thought it'd happen and I never thought it'd happen this way. In all my wildest dreams I never thought I'd be the person to rear-end someone. I thought that if i ever got in an accident it wouldn't be my fault and it wouldn't feel like this.
This morning driving from physio to school crossing a really busy street that goes into a turn. I was paying attention but obviously not enough before i could think about what to do i found the guy ahead of me stopped and not enough room to stop. I slammed on the breaks to try and began to brace myself. "BOOOM" i hit him. we both plled over to the side and i called 911. I was scared, somewhat panicking and very sore. I ended up going to the hospital in the ambulance mostly for a pre-cautionary thing because i have a previous back injury. Spent several hours at the hospital where my parents met me. I'm fine but am very sore. When i got hom a police officer took my statement and he didn't want to fine be but he has to and he felt really bad about it. He kept apologizing. Because of the licensing system here and the stage I am in it I run the risk of being suspended however because of who my dad is in the community and who i am we're trying to get my careless driving down to a following to close... which means a court appearance. I'm scared, sore, tired and have a huge headache. I'd like to believe the whole day was just a bad dream but sadly it's not and I have to live with this for the rest of my life but hopefully someday i'll feel better about all this and hopefully this will all work out fine.
And the other person is fine just a sore knee. (incase you wanted to know.)


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Happy Friday friends. After a long and tiring week I couldn't be more excited to hop in the car after work today and head out to the beach to celebrate one of my very best friend's birthday. Morning walks on the beach, afternoon cocktails on the bay, indulging in pizza and having fun with friends sounds like the perfect weekend to me. I wish I could say the above contents were all packed in my bag waiting by the door, but unfortunately I'm making do with last years beach attire! Hope you have some fun in the sun!
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I want things to work the way they are supposed to – especially if it's something important, like a car. I can imagine automotive electronics engineers must feel the same way about the chips they specify.
"I remember one day that a customer asked me, 'What are you going to do to ship me zero defects,'" recalls James Williams, automotive development quality manager at Texas Instruments. "I nearly fell off my chair."
In the early 1980s, when life was simpler, defective parts per-million rates were around 100, according to Williams. "You have to change your mindset to get to zero defects, from development concept down through production shipment, not just the product, but everything around the product, including the labeling on the product and the labeling on the boxes."
Williams and those with similar responsibilities at other automotive semiconductor firms say that achieving zero defects required a change in corporate culture. "You have to walk through a systematic methodology and start forming an overall business process change," Williams says. "We have to understand how the customer is using our product and then make sure we are testing the product accordingly. We have to make sure that our wafer fab processes, assembly processes, wafer testing, and packaging testing techniques incorporate the customer's requirements – so we don't allow any product to get out the door that's not right."
Integrated circuit reliability has improved dramatically. Infineon, for example, lowered its defect rate from 1.2 ppm in 2006 to 0.2 ppm in 2009. "A defect rate of 1 ppm in components becomes 300 ppm at the ECU level and 15,000 cars in every million (1.5%)," notes Elvira Palmeda, senior director of quality management at Infineon Technologies North America. "This is why zero defects is so important. A defect that might cost $10,000 to fix at the component supplier level, and $100,000 at the tier one level could easily cost $1 million at the final assembly level and $10 million at the customer level. From a business perspective, zero defects is a must."


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Jan Nolta, Ph.D. Vicki Wheelock, M.D.
SACRAMENTO -- The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), the state stem cell agency, has approved two multimillion dollar, multiyear grants for UC Davis Health System researchers to develop a novel stem cell therapy for neurodegenerative disorders such as Huntington's disease and to support the development of treatments for young patients suffering from sickle cell anemia, thalassemia and other inherited blood and metabolic disorders.
The two grants, among 15 early translational funding awards approved by the CIRM governing board earlier this week, focus on moving promising basic scientific research into clinical cures for patients. Each of the UC Davis investigations is specifically designed to overcome bottlenecks in the development of unique stem cell therapies for patients in need.
With a new, $2.7 million grant for Huntington's disease and related disorders, UC Davis scientists hope to create and test a safe and effective therapy that uses mesenchymal stem cells from the bone marrow to reduce levels of the harmful mutant protein that attacks parts of the brain and results in uncontrolled movements, emotional disturbance and loss of intellectual faculties. A separate grant for $4.2 million funds research to safely treat infants in utero to prevent the early and damaging effects of inherited blood cell disorders.
"Today's award from CIRM gives us a terrific boost because it opens the door to developing an innovative and effective therapeutic tool for victims of neurodegenerative disorders like Huntington's disease," said Jan Nolta, principal investigator for the new grant and director of the Stem Cell Program at UC Davis. "Diseases of the brain are incredibly challenging to treat. What we hope to do is create a stem cell-based treatment that can deliver therapeutic molecules directly into damaged cells in the brain."
Nationally, one out of every 10,000 people suffers from Huntington's disease, a disorder of the brain that can appear at any age but most often arises in people between the ages of 35 and 44 years. Multiple generations within a family can inherit the disorder, which touches all races and socioeconomic levels and has no cure. In order to treat Huntington's, affected and dying neurons in the brain would need to be salvaged or replaced. Levels of the toxic mutant protein that causes neural damage and leads to the physical and cognitive problems commonly associated with the disease would also need to be diminished.
Nolta and colleague Vicki Wheelock, an associate professor of neurology and medical director of the UC Davis Movement Disorders Clinic, plan to use a molecular interference strategy called small interfering ribonucleic acid (siRNA) to prevent the neurodegenerative mutant protein from being produced in cells. RNA interference has been very effective in animal models of Huntington's, but remains very difficult to deliver into the brain.
Over the past 20 years, Nolta has shown that mesenchymal stem cells are highly effective delivery tools to distribute proteins and other products throughout many organs. Her group is now engineering these stem cells to produce siRNA designed to target the mutant protein in damaged areas of the brain. The researchers hope that mesenchymal stem cells engineered to deliver the siRNA can be an effective means of infusing therapeutic molecules into each damaged neuron they contact. By exploiting the mesenchymal stem cell's inherent search-and-rescue function, the team hopes to develop a long-lasting therapy that specifically targets the affected regions of the brain, avoiding systemic infusion or repetitive siRNA administration into the central nervous system.
The latest CIRM awards hold great promise for patients and their families.
"This is the best news," said Judy Roberson, president, of the Huntington's Disease Society of America Northern California Chapter. "Families like mine have been waiting for an intervention for Huntington's since the gene was located 16 years ago. My husband and his brother and thousands of others died waiting for something, anything. Now, thanks to CIRM support and the research at UC Davis, there's real hope for the first time."
UC Davis Health System's other CIRM grant offers new ways of overcoming roadblocks to treating inherited diseases of the blood which, while they can be identified before birth, are difficult to effectively treat. Recent studies suggest that very early treatment, before irreversible damage from disease has occurred, provides the best opportunities for both survival and quality of life.
Led by Alice F. Tarantal, professor of pediatrics and associate director of the UC Davis Stem Cell Program, researchers will explore an in utero model to assess the capabilities of transplanted stem cells. They will be looking at whether the stem cells take hold and provide the new cells necessary for therapeutic success. Tarantal and other investigators on her team also will be monitoring the activity and locations of transplanted stem cells as they travel through the body.
The investigation addresses several challenges to translating laboratory research into clinical treatments for young patients, including crucial safety and efficacy issues surrounding the use of umbilical cord blood and cells obtained from human embryonic stem cells. Using a preclinical model in their research will show scientists what happens to stem cells once they are injected and where they ultimately reside. It will provide the scientific insights and understanding necessary for the eventual human transplantation of these cells.
"Our team is poised to address crucial bottlenecks that have delayed these therapies from reaching our youngest patients," said Tarantal. "We greatly appreciate the support provided by CIRM to help us work toward these goals. Infants with congenital blood diseases can be diagnosed before they are born. We hope it may be possible to treat these young patients early and thus avoid the many problems such diseases can cause."
The team of researchers working together on the Tarantal project includes biomedical engineering faculty at UC Davis, and pediatric and other colleagues at UC San Francisco, UCLA and Indiana University School of Medicine.
Tarantal is the previous recipient of a CIRM grant for research into how human embryonic stem cells can be turned into the type of cells needed to regenerate diseased kidneys, a problem that affects thousands of infants born each year in the United States. The state stem cell agency is also funding her study of new, non-invasive imaging technologies that can enhance the ability of scientists to track the movement of stem cells once they have been injected into a target area.
About UC Davis stem cell research
UC Davis is playing a leading role in stem cell research, with more than 125 faculty scientists and physicians working on a variety of stem cell investigations at campus locations in Davis and Sacramento. The university's new Institute for Regenerative Cures, a facility supported by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, is currently under construction. This 90,000 square-foot research facility is located in Sacramento and will provide researchers with state-of-the-art laboratories, cell manufacturing and testing rooms, and enable clinical trials to test stem cells therapies. This project, along with the Translational Human Embryonic Stem Cell Shared Research Facility in Davis, complements the university's NIH-supported Clinical and Translational Science Center and help turn stem cells into cures. For more information, visit www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/stemcellresearch.


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Chesterfield boss Paul Cook admitted his side are suffering from a lack of cutting edge after drawing 1-1 with AFC Wimbledon.
George Francomb's first league goal for the Dons put the hosts ahead after 50 minutes but Ollie Banks struck his eighth goal of the season shortly afterwards to keep the Spireites top of League Two, despite extending their winless run to three games.
"If you watch us regularly the biggest criticism you'd have is that cutting edge," said Cook. "That's been the same all season and it will continue to be until the season ends.
"To have a cutting edge and be good defensively you have to be some side. We concentrate on passing the ball and trying to retain the ball and I think we're quite good at it.
"AFC Wimbledon worked very hard. You see the effort they put in, they won't have any problems. I'm sure they'll grow and get stronger and stronger.
"It was a great goal by Ollie Banks but I didn't think we deserved to be one-down. I didn't think Wimbledon offered us many threats against in the second half, and that's not being disrespectful. It was more a case of would we score again but we never did. We're now looking forward to a big end to the season."


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There is a new scam making the rounds on Facebook today. This particular scam is surrounding Facebook's recently revamped Messaging product, which now gives Facebook users an opportunity to own a @facebook.com e-mail address. In the past, there were scams surrounding the launch of this product, which followed in the footsteps of similar Facebook scams: requiring Facebook users to authorize a rogue application, fill out a survey to earn the scammers referral money, and at the end, users would be redirected to http://facebook.com/about/messages
Today's scam is different – users are now being phished for their Facebook login credentials:
The first instance of this phishing campaign (seen above) tries to encourage users to get their @facebook.com e-mail address before someone else takes it. The bit.ly link redirects users to a Facebook App (apps.facebook.com/xxxxxpage), which contains an iFrame that points to a compromised site that is hosting the phishing page.
Once a user clicks Next, their information is sent off to the phishers, their accounts are hijacked immediately and their Facebook status is updated to try to scam their friends/family.
To try to convince users that nothing "fishy" is going on, the phishing page continues the ruse, asking the user to select what username they'd like to secure @facebook.com. Once they hit Submit, they are presented with a fake confirmation page.
There are multiple layers being utilized in this phishing campaign. At first glance, the URL hidden behind the bit.ly link is using a redirect via the Yahoo! Mobile Login page.
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The third layer is that the o-home.nl site redirects the user to the final destination. Initially, the redirect took users to the apps.facebook.com page. Now, it redirects to a fake Facebook page hosted on a compromised website that looks virtually identical to the one that was used in the first example above.
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We are now seeing this phishing campaign spread rapidly across an assortment of bit.ly links and redirect pages.
One of the first things we encourage our readers to do is to be aware of scams like these. Awareness is a crucial piece of the puzzle. Another is watching out for those friends and family members that have been tricked into these Facebook scams. Talk to them about it, let them know they've been scammed, tell them to change their passwords, show them how to remove the offending wall post and encourage them to warn their friends and family as well.
Facebook has recently added some safeguards to warn users of unauthorized access to Facebook accounts. You can modify your account settings by going to http://facebook.com/editaccount.php
Under the 'Account Security' section, select 'Change' and select the checkboxes marked in the red area above. By selecting these options, you will be notified when a new computer or mobile device has logged into your Facebook account. With this Facebook phishing campaign, users would receive a notification similar to the one below:
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NEW DELHI: The government on Friday announced in Parliament that it will soon come up with a new email policy to secure official government communication. According to communications and IT minister Kapil Sibal, the new policy will make it mandatory for all government officials stationed in Indian missions abroad to use only static IP addresses, virtual private networks and one-time passwords for accessing Indian government email services.
"It is imperative in view of the security concerns that exist in other countries,'' said Sibal in Rajya Sabha, adding that the new system will ensure that all emails are encrypted.
Sibal also said the violation of any Indian law relating to privacy of information of ordinary Indian citizens by surveillance programmes of countries like the US was "unacceptable".
The minister suggested the new policy was necessitated by the fact that most of the major email service providers have their servers in the US and that Indian websites which have set up servers in the country can only protect emails within India.
"All Indian missions will use NIC servers which are directly linked to a server in India and that will keep government information safe,'' he said.
Sibal said the policy will be announced soon. In his reply to a question over privacy issues, Sibal also made it clear that there is no question of government blacking out Google as the site ensures access to information which empowers citizenry. He added though that the government will continue to ask sites like Google and Yahoo to take off content that can conflagrate tensions in India.
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The fine people at Google are the kings of rounding up strings of data and telling us what it all means. The company is, by all accounts, the absolute leader in driving the transformation of classic business models into digital numbers games. Based on this reputation, you'd expect the release of Google's internal Project Oxygen audit and its "eight habits of highly efficient managers" memo to be a game-changer filled with complex stats and charts, but the most striking thing about its conclusions is just how traditional they are. Instead of hyping the conversion of all office minutiae into productivity metrics, the report states that the most important aspects of management are, in fact, little more than basic people skills that come from maintaining respectful communication with every member of your team.
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We are a specialty sports and extremity chiropractic office for the whole family. We have offices in downtown Tulsa and Broken Arrow. To improved you lifestyle and reduce the effects of the aging process we offer kinesio taping, therapeutic exercises, full body spine and extremity treatment and muscle and soft tissue treatment.
Center for the Healing Arts
Helping people with: Acne, Anxiety, Accident Injuries, Backache, Depression, Diabetes, Dizziness, Fatigue, Gynecological disorders, Headaches, Insomnia, Menopause, Male reproductive health, Digestive disorders, Stress syndrome, Weight loss or Quiting smoking.
Jamie Whartenby
I offer a service of acupuncture and/or massage for reasonable rates. The website says it all!
Mark Hovis
Nationally Certified in Acupuncture with NCCAOM Ancient healing art that uses the hands to work with acupressure points and the innate intelligence of the body to facilitate healing. Chinese formulas.
Path to Wellness Spa
Teresa Wilkinson RN
Tigerhill Acupuncture
I believe that health is about balance, both within the body itself and between the body and the external environment. When the body is internally balanced energy flows smoothly throughout to nourish all organs and tissues. By adjusting and stimulating the flow of energy through acupuncture, we stimulate the body's natural healing ability to maintain health and protect against disease.
The body is an amazing entity. It knows how to heal itself and how to be healthy. Part of my philosophy is that what we do to it, what we put into it and how we treat ourselves both physically and psychologically is a big part of our health. My responsibility as a practitioner of natural healing is to help balance all of these aspects of relating to our minds and body.
Traditional Acupuncture
Ancient healing art that uses the hands to work with acupressure points and the innate intelligence of the body to facilitate healing. Chinese formulas. Natioanlly Certified in Accupuncture. NCCAOM.
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Midwifery/Neuromuscular Massage/Reflexology Spiritual healing/Nanotechnology healing energetic/Reiki/Lymph drainage/Quantum touch/healing modalities. AVailable by appointment


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I don't know if there's already a thread about this, but I couldn't find one, soo..
Anyway, what artists/bands do you think would be just fantastic/interesting if they collaborated on a song or album?
You can get really technical if you want and say "this drummer from this band, with that singer, and that violinist", "that writer with this singer" etc, or simply "this artist with this band".
Hopefully this will be interesting.


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Very Good Recipes of Papayas from recipesmine
There is one Papayas recipe on the blog recipesmine. (121 on all the blogs)
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Papaya halwa
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01/30/12 08:19
Here is my papaya halwa recipe,really sweet,sticky and mouth watering one.i searched lots of blog for the recipe of papaya halwa,but disappointed ,all are softy halwa.i want that sticky halwa ,i ate it before .hmmm its my turn..i made it.its easy ,but the...
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The company, which is behind the Mozilla internet browser, is aiming to launch the HTML5 Marketplace to consumers in the next two to three months, and is confident that developers will start to see web-based apps in the same light as native applications, which are stored locally on smartphones and tablets.
Speaking to TabTimes at MWC, Mozilla's Mark Finkle, the front-lead for Mozilla Android, said that developers will be able to implement their own payment system, or go through Mozilla's own payment solution, provided by PayPal. Finkle said that one-time developers will receive 70% of app revenue, with PayPal receiving the other 30% (Mozilla is purely pushing this to 'better the web'), but added that PayPal's fee will drop to 50% per submission for the first month of the subscription model, and 5% thereafter.
"We're really aiming to have web apps with the same power of a native app," said Finkle. "We're looking to make a better web platform, and better APIs. Apps like Facebook and Twitter are a little bit native, but we say developers should expose HTML5 APIs to become first class citizens."
Finkle detailed some of the features of the new store, saying that the Marketplace will offer the ability to read offline, and view a HTML 5 app minus the bookmarks and URL sections. He said that the eventual aim is for all HTML, CSS and JavaScript files to be zipped into one folder, so that they can be downloaded locally.
Some of the advances Firefox has made with these APIs are impressive. Finkle showed that, as with a native app, web-based apps will be able to check battery life, store data locally, check notifications and even adjust the tablet or smartphone to vibrate for messages or emails. There's also a function for the web app to go full-screen.
The Marketplace will work across smartphones, tablet as well as Mac and Windows PCs, although Finkle did admit there are some issues to iron out for APIs to work properly on desktop PCs. Impressively, the Marketplace will run on Chrome and Safari browsers, not just Firefox.
Mozilla was also demonstrating its updated Firefox for Android tablet apps at MWC. The firm claims to have improved page rendering, and video loading with the new version, with Finkle saying that tests showed videos to load faster on Samsung's Galaxy Nexus smartphone, than on Google Chrome. Mozilla has also included Flash support for the new version, a request from customers.


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Apartman LorenaZadar, Croatia Vacation RentalsThe House is located 50 meters to the Adriatic Sea in Bibinje (5km to the capital of Zadar). The apartment is modern and newly renovated. Apartment has LCD Tv, SAT TV, and Air cond, washmachine. Big bathroom and modern bedroom !...Starting at 25 Per Night
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The Marcliffe Hotel & Spa
We welcome you to the Marcliffe Hotel, Spa and Restaurant
A WARM Scottish welcome to the Marcliffe Hotel Spa and Restaurant - a prestigious and intimate five-star luxury hotel set on scenically ravishing Royal Deeside against a backdrop of 11 acres of beautiful wooded grounds on the western fringe of the historical City of Aberdeen which has achieved a new pre-eminence as Europe's energy capital.
A sense of comfort and well-being in our guests is the overriding aim of management and markedly cosmopolitan staff. Our 7 suites and 35 bedrooms are all exclusively designed as a restful, elegant refuge for both the businessman and leisure traveller. Antique furniture links with traditional and contemporary styles of fabric to create an atmosphere of comfort and good taste.
In our Conservatory Restaurant, one of four dining areas, the hotplate area is manned by our team of chefs and our menu majors on the finest produce from the Grampian Highlands region - Aberdeen Angus beef, game, fish, shellfish, vegetables, fruit, and preserves to the extent we name our suppliers on our menu. On finer days, meals can be enjoyed al fresco on our south-facing patio.
Our wine cellar boasts more than 400 choice wines and the distinctive, intrinsically comfortable Drawing Room Bar is stocked with no less than 150 exquisite malt whiskies and a scintillating selection of Cognac, Armagnacs and rare European brandies.
Our reception area immediately embraces you with the feel of a country house hotel and a welcoming and homely atmosphere where you instinctively expect the host to be receptionist/chef/barman/general factotum. Original works of art, in watercolour, oils and sculpture, are dotted around the building at strategic points. It is very easy to forget that you are just three miles from the city centre and only eight miles from Aberdeen Airport. You will quickly discover that the Marcliffe Hotel Spa and Restaurant is a very easy place to enjoy.
World-class hunting, shooting and salmon and sea-trout can be arranged by us (and at short notice) throughout Aberdeen and the Grampian Highlands which has recently been rebranded as Aberdeen City and Shire (www.aberdeen-grampian.com). Superb golf can be enjoyed on an extensive range of extremely challenging local traditional courses exemplified by three magnificent championship links courses - Royal Aberdeen Golf Club (established 1780), the sixth oldest registered club in the world, Cruden Bay and Murcar.
An intrinsic part of the Marcliffe experience, is our Spa where you will be cosseted and pampered with an intriguing selection of massages, aroma therapy, and facial and body treatments. Our Spa aims to relax, de-stress and indulges you – using authentic ingredients to renew and calm your mind, body and spirit.
Due to the change in the Planning Application from offices to residential, it has been decided to remain open until the end of March, 2015.
However we will be closed the following dates:-
30th of November and 1st December
25th and 26th of December
1st and 2nd of January, 2015
The bedrooms, restaurant, drawing room, private dining, conference facilities and spa will remain open but NO ballroom functions.
My sincere apologies for the confusion. However it is a situation out of my control.
Thank you all for your support and understanding.
J Stewart Spence, Owner
From January to December on a Monday to Thursday inclusive basis, you can book a single rate Executive or Deluxe room - with your partner, friend, husband or wife staying FREE!
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Share The Marcliffe experience with friends, family or
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HOW TO ORDER: Call us on (01224) 861000
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Just remembered. One time after putting my transmitter back together again, I had no rudder control. Took the transmitter apart, connector looked OK and potentiometer wiring looked OK. Pulled connector out and put back in and it worked again.
DH9104 49MHz transmitter connectors: 1 - Throttle 2 - Backward/Forward Elevator 3 - Left/Right Rudder 4 - Backward/Forward Trim Knob 7 - Left/Right Trim Knob Never did figure out why there are 5 distinct proportional inputs to the controller integrated circuit. Maybe it is a 5 channel transmitter - someday I will drag my oscilloscope out and watch the waveform to see exactly what is being transmitted. |
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Please post pics of this soldering mod/adjustment of transmitter
hey bro please post or send me pics of this antenna mod/soldering adjustment...i really need more range out of mine......also |
Jan 22, 2012, 12:44 AM | |
link on amazon for 9116 swashplate
http://www.amazon.com/Double-Horse-H...sim_01_04_t_lh link for 9116 swashplate buckles and blades(most likely too small to power 9104) http://www.amazon.com/Double-Horse-H...ref=pd_sim_t_2 link to site selling parts inclusive of PCB for 9116 http://www.feala.com/double-horse-91...-and-parts.htm Question:wondering if converting 9104 to 9116 4ch is worth it............hmmmmmm |
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michaeldepeza - Well there were several. Do a range check first.
First remove the transmitter antenna and walk away from the helicopter until the red LED under the canopy goes out. About 30 feet (I flew my DH9104 for the first two weeks with no transmitting antenna). Put the transmitting antenna back in and keep on walking. I'm guessing range was about double. If you can't see the helicopter anymore, then your transmitter should be OK. If not I can help. Next, wrap the helecopter receiving antenna back on the skid as it came out of the box. If you didn't unwrap it, then skip another range check. I found that the receiver was tuned for the antenna on the skid. OK, now you have to decide if you really want to do this. The DH9104 receiver antenna is soldered to the Electronic Speed Control (ESC) board. Next to that is an upright coil with melted wax filling the hole. Underneath the wax is a movable ferrite slug that is threaded so turning it with a very small screwdriver moves the slug up and down inside the coil. Ideally it should be a non-metallic tuning wand, but I didn't know what was in there, so I put a jewelers screwdriver in from the bottom and pushed and turned. If you never tuned a coil before, then I advise not doing it because you will likely damage the slug, the coil, or the ESC board itself. And the best way is to do it with the ESC connected to the battery and turned on. However, since you will nuts it up anyway (I did), best to keep the battery disconnected (the switch only turns ON/OFF the +5 volts and the ESC board itself is hot at battery voltage). So, you have to get the wax out of the coil somehow and after that you have to be able to adjust the slug. That done, you can tune the receiver. TUNING THE RECEIVER Remove the antenna from the transmitter and set it flat. Walk away with the helicopter until the red LED goes out. Adjust the slug until the red LED comes back on. Walk farther and repeat. Etc. Getting that far, try unwrapping the receiving antenna from the skid and tie it to the tail plastic part. Repeat the walk and adjust. Again, if all this is Greek to you, then better not done. Good luck. |
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Easter Party Bags
By: Melony Bradley
Why use a cumbersome basket for Easter goodies? Create these simple, lightweight Easter Party Bags with this tutorial from Melony Bradley. Fill these goody bags with candies and treats and use them as cute table decorations!
- Pastel and Easter cardstock (scraps or whole sheets)
- Large and small decorative whole punches
- Vintage or Easter images (download from the internet, such as The Vintage Workshop)
- Glue
- Sewing machine or needle and thread
- Scrap paper
- Sentiment stamp and stamp pad
- Sheet moss, faux pears, faux rhinestones
- Light gauge wire
Gather some pastel and eastery looking cardstock. They can be scraps or whole sheets.
You will need to punch two shapes, so you have a back and front or each bag.
Download some vintage or other easter images from the internet. I purchased these from The Vintage Workshop but there are plenty of options available elsewhere on the internet such as etsy.
Use Marvy's Super Jumbo Clever Lever Craft Punch to punch certain parts of the images.
Glue the image to the center of one of the shapes.
Using a sewing machine, contrasting (I used black) OR matching thread, straight stitch the image about 1/4" from the edges.
Stack two matching shapes together and, starting at one side, sew together approx 1/4 from edges. Don't fret if your lines seem uneven at the top, we will be covering that up with embellishments! Make sure you don't stitch all edges together, you need a 2-3" opening at the top to place goodies inside.
Now gather together your flower punches. These are the Marvy Uchida punches I chose.
Punch some flowers from various cardstock scraps and patterned paper scraps. Layer and glue together and glue to one side of the favor bag. I glued a flat backed rhinestone in the center of each flower as well.
Stamp a sentiment on some scrap paper. I used the margins of a vintage encyclopedia page for its wonderful aged effect.
I also glued a pinch of sheet moss to the bottom of the image to add a little more texture.
Finally, punch a couple of holes in the sides of the front shape and insert some light gauge wire into the holes to create a hanger.
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As beetle invasion rages, a debate over logs
Home builders want the dead trees, but activists and regulations stand in the way.
Melanie Stetson Freeman / Staff
Seeley Lake, Mont.
Tromping through a snowy thicket of lodgepole pine, forester Tim Love identifies the telltale signs that the trees are, in his words, "dead already but don't know it."
He points to a trunk riddled with pitch-outs – ejections of sap sent out by the tree trying desperately to dislodge the bark beetles that are killing it. The branches are covered in rust-colored needles that have faded from their original healthy green as the beetle attack cuts off the tree's food and water. These are the visible scars of massive beetle destruction that now stretches from Colorado to British Columbia.
Soon, wind will likely finish off the pockmarked lodgepoles, sending them crashing to the forest floor, says Mr. Love, a district ranger in the Lolo National Forest in Montana. That's a fire hazard headache for the forest service – and, some say, a missed opportunity.
In the nearby Bitterroot Valley, a nationally renowned cluster of log-cabin builders ply their trade. Dead, standing lodgepole pines killed off by beetles make ideal logs for cabins. But instead of using the nearby trees to boost the economy and mitigate fire risks, these companies are hauling timber in from Canada instead.
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text: Trakz Christopher Spivey (aka Christyle Trakz) grew up in the small town of Huntsville, TX. With his family being Gospel performers, he was introduced to music at a young age. However, it wasn't until he was exposed to the music of a new jack producer named Teddy Riley that Chris knew what he wanted to do in life, and that was to produce. He has proven to be not just a producer, but one of the most versatile & well respected among those that have had the opportunity to work with him. After producing various projects in his area, he formed his own independent label in 2003 called Seven Figure Entertainment. That creation further granted him the opportunity to work with a plethora of talent, from r&b to hip hop, from soul to pop. Over just a short span Christyle has assisted in over a dozen albums, and more than twice that in mixtape projects. Beyond the boards, he has served as a mentor to young talent. Whether artist, writer, producer, engineer or an individual aspiring to start their own label, his influence and impression can not be denied. Eventhough he ventures out into many fields, from DJ services to graphic design, Christyle Trakz never loses sight of what he is at heart, a Real Producer.


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Xero representative at Geek Olympics
I found out today I've been selected as the New Zealand HTML/CSS guy for FullCodePress 2007! The event is between New Zealand and Australia to build a website for a non-profit organisation.
As they say at the FullCodePress website http://www.fullcodepress.com/, it's just like geek Olympics!
I'll be using the same skills I use here at Xero integrating what the developers and the designers produce, to build the website, using HTML and CSS (web languages).
The competition puts the New Zealand web teams up against Australia to build a complete website within 24 hours. "No excuse, no extensions, no budget overruns."
On August 18 I'll fly to Australia with the other New Zealand team members to compete.
24 hours to build one website! We'll need coffee, sugar and Red Bull to keep our eyes open, but what could be more exciting than going head-to-head with the Aussies in the geek Olympics?
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