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LightSail Sails through Day-in-the-Life Test
Posted by Jason Davis on 2014/09/24 03:49 CDT | 3 comments
The Planetary Society's LightSail spacecraft passed a major system test in which its solar sails were deployed for the first time in two years.
MAVEN returns first images of Mars' atmosphere
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2014/09/24 01:24 CDT | 1 comments
On Sepember 22 at 02:24 UTC, Earth received word that MAVEN had ended its orbit insertion burn on time, completing its journey to Mars. Today MAVEN has released some of its very first data, taken by the Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph just eight hours after arrival.
Reflecting on the success of Mars Orbiter Mission
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2014/09/24 11:23 CDT | 13 comments
Mars Orbiter Mission successfully arrived at Mars on September 24, 2014, India's first interplanetary mission. What does this mean for India?
Posted by Dante Lauretta on 2014/09/24 11:01 CDT | 1 comments
The OSIRIS-REx Design Reference Asteroid (DRA) document is now available to the public. The DRA is a compilation of all that is known about the OSIRIS-REx mission target, asteroid (101955) Bennu.
Posted by Stuart Atkinson on 2014/09/23 05:58 CDT | 4 comments
Stuart Atkinson takes us on a stunning guided visual tour of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.
How I will be watching Mars Orbiter Mission's arrival
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2014/09/23 05:04 CDT | 8 comments
Here are a few links to what will hopefully be working video feeds watching India's first-ever attempt to place a spacecraft into orbit around another planet. Begin watching in just a few hours, at 6:15 IST / 00:45 UT / 17:45 PDT for an orbit insertion burn scheduled to begin at 07:30 IST / 04:00 UT / 19:00 PDT!
A Glimpse Into NASA's New History Archives
Posted by Jason Callahan on 2014/09/23 02:29 CDT | 1 comments
NASA's immense reference collection got a makeover at its Washington, D.C. location recently. Jason Callahan gives you a glimpse behind the scenes as guests made their way into the new rooms while enjoying good conversation and, of course, Moon Pies.
45th Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium Report
Posted by Ted Stryk on 2014/09/23 12:15 CDT | 1 comments
The 45th Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium, usually focused on terrestrial studies, shifted this year to planetary science. Ted Stryk gives us an overview.
Posted by Bill Dunford on 2014/09/22 09:41 CDT
Some of Mars' most important secrets are hiding beneath the surface.
Mars Orbiter Mission test firing successful; all ready for orbit insertion
Posted by Srinivas Laxman on 2014/09/22 09:00 CDT | 4 comments
There was celebration in the Mars mission control room in Bangalore on Monday following the success of the crucial four-second test firing of the Mars Orbiter Mission's (MOM) 440-Newton liquid apogee motor. MOM will now go ahead with the nominal plan for the Mars orbit insertion on September 24 at 07:30 IST (02:00 UT / September 23 19:00 PDT).
Last Chance to Fly Your Name to Asteroid Bennu
Posted by Bruce Betts on 2014/09/22 04:00 CDT | 1 comments
You have just until September 30, 2014 at 23:59 Pacific time, to submit your name, and to tell your friends and family to submit their names, to fly to asteroid Bennu and back on board NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission.
MAVEN orbit insertion timeline
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2014/09/21 12:55 CDT | 3 comments
Today's the day that MAVEN enters orbit at Mars, bringing the number of Mars orbiters up to four. So far everything looks good. The orbit insertion burn should begin tonight at 18:50 PDT / 01:50 UTC. I'll be on stage with Mat Kaplan and Rich Zurek at Planetary Radio Live, keeping up to date with the latest news from the spacecraft; here is a timeline in PDT, UTC, CEST, and IST to help you follow along.
More jets from Rosetta's comet!
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2014/09/19 01:07 CDT | 9 comments
Another lovely view of comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko contains jets. Bonus: Emily explains how to use a flat field to rid these glorious Rosetta NavCam images of faint stripes and specks.
Posted by Nagin Cox on 2014/09/18 10:19 CDT | 5 comments
Nagin Cox, a systems engineer and manager at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory currently working on the mission operations team for Curiosity, tells us about a trip she took to Pakistan as an ambassador for science and technology.
NASA Kicks Off a Private Space Race Between Boeing and SpaceX
Posted by Jason DavisCasey Dreier on 2014/09/17 12:55 CDT | 10 comments
Boeing and SpaceX have won multi-billion dollar contracts to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station.
Comet Siding Spring Mars encounter: One Mars Express plan becomes two
Posted by ESA Mars Express Team on 2014/09/17 10:44 CDT | 2 comments
The Mars Express Flight Control Team at ESOC have been actively preparing for the flyby of comet C/2013 A1/Siding Spring on October 19. Initial estimates gave the possibility that Mars Express might be hit by 2 or 3 high-speed particles. Happily, additional observations by ground and space telescopes have shown the risk to be much lower – and perhaps even as low as zero. In today's blog post, the team explain how this (happy!) real-life, real-time development is affecting their preparations for fly-by.
Mars Orbiter Mission prepares for Mars arrival
Posted by Srinivas Laxman on 2014/09/16 01:12 CDT | 3 comments
The countdown for the crucial and nerve-wracking Mars orbit insertion of India's Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) on September 24 has kicked off. At ISRO's telemetry, tracking and command network (ISTRAC) in Bangalore, the mood among the scientists is right now a mixture of optimism, excitement, and nervous apprehension.
Mars Orbiter Mission arrival timeline
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2014/09/16 01:11 CDT | 15 comments
Mars Orbiter Mission's fated arrival day is approaching fast! Here is the timeline of orbit insertion events, converted from India Standard Time to Universal, European, and Pacific time zones, and corrected for the 12.5 minutes it will take signals to reach Earth from Mars.
A landing site for Philae, but it's not going to be easy
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2014/09/15 04:53 CDT | 7 comments
This morning, the European Space Agency announced the selection of a landing site for little Philae on the head of comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Although a primary site has been selected, landing Philae successfully is going to be tough, and the mission is now working to manage people's expectations.
Curiosity update, sols 727-747: Beginning the "Mission to Mount Sharp"
Posted by Emily Lakdawalla on 2014/09/12 07:08 CDT | 3 comments
A lot has happened behind the scenes on the Curiosity mission in the last few weeks. The mission received a pretty negative review from a panel convened to assess the relative quality of seven different proposed extended planetary science missions. Then, just a week later, the mission announced big news: they have arrived at Mount Sharp.
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Software company Radweb has recently created an extension for the popular open source Magento Commerce framework. The extension allows online shops to use the new streamlined credit card payment service from Stripe, which launched just a few months ago in the UK.
Radweb developed the extension to eliminate unnecessarily long set-up processes and confusing compliance. Everyone's time is precious and customers will actively abandon an online shopping basket if the checkout is complicated - the extension improves the time taken to enter card details using an automatic card selector.
Radweb's new Stripe plugin for Magento makes a website Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliant from day one – meaning whatever size the online business is, it can get trading safely and quickly with the service.
James Taylor, owner of Radweb said "We've been using Stripe since its launch and have received some amazing feedback from customers. My favourite part is that there's no timely and confusing redirection to a third party – you just put in your details and it's all done. It's definitely improved our conversions and that's what counts."
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Hello, Friday. It's a gorgeous one, again. It's almost — eeps! — October and we're still dining on patios. Life is good. It's a fun weekend ahead for the Toque Girls. Michelle is heading to Edmonton to eat turkey with her family (is that what we're having, mom?). Chris heads off to Chicago for a meeting that runs throughout the next week. She's excited: it's her favourite time of year to visit Chicago. You see why:
Now, for our list of awesome:
- It's a very, very good weekend to go to see some theatre. We went to see Theatre Calgary's Next to Normal last week and the story is still haunting us. Wow. Bring Kleenex. Show closes Sunday. Also awesome: the Pumphouse Theatre's Noises Off. You will laugh until you cry. Show closes Saturday.
- More laughing until crying: Mr. Fabulous' blog post about wearing high heels.
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- Some punctuation porn for writers. Writers share their hilarious thoughts on their favourite punctuation marks. We particularly like this assessment of overly long sentences: "What kind of asshole doesn't give the reader a break once in a while? Get me to the period so that I can take a moment to digest and go eat a Pop Tart or something."
- Into affordable, tasty wine? We are. So we are happy to have a new white blend to add to our go-to list: Apothic White. Michelle attended the launch party at Hotel Arts this week, sipping and enjoying her way through a couple of glasses. It was a tough job, but somebody had to do it.
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NATIONAL U-17 soccer team, Serengeti Boys, clash with Congo Brazzaville in the first leg of the third and final round of the 2013 African Nations Cup (AFCON) Qualifiers at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam on Sunday.
Serengeti Boys will be playing their Central African opponents for the first time ever in the continental competition and victory will be crucial to the Tanzanians' attempts to secure their maiden presence in the finals.
The Tanzanians hardly drained a sweat on their way to the third round, in which the team's opponents in both first and second round of the qualifiers pulled out for various reasons. In the first leg of the qualifiers, Serengeti Boys were scheduled to play Kenya in September, this year, but the latter pulled out.
And in the second leg, it was again the same story when Serengeti Boys were expected to meet Egypt, last month, but then the latter opted out of the stage and that left Tanzania easily progress to the third and final round. Today's match will hardly be a plain sailing for Serengeti Boys given that they are up against a formidable opponent that has an impressive record in the tournament.
Congo Brazzaville finished third in the last year's U-17 AFCON finals held in Kigali, Rwanda, after overcoming the mighty Cote d' Ivoire 2-1 in the third place play off. Much as Serengeti Boys have little knowledge of their third round opponents, chalking up a win in today's match is what the Tanzanians will need to boost their morale ahead of the return leg duel penned for November 30-December 2, this year in Brazzaville.
The Tanzanian youngsters will enter the National Stadium with plenty of confidence considering that they have enjoyed tremendous support from domestic soccer stakeholders ahead of the game.
TFF recently formed a special committee to oversee the team's preparations for the qualifiers and the committee, among others, has already raised about 35m/- to ensure the team performs well in both matches.
Serengeti Boys had previously qualified for the final of the U-17 AFCON tournament in 2005 only to be disqualified for fielding an overage player in the qualifying stages. The Tanzanians had cruised to victory over Rwanda and Zambia in the first and second rounds of the qualifiers before overcoming Zimbabwe in the last round of the qualifiers to eventually grab a ticket to the finals.
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CHIN-406 Reading Lu Xun
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This course will guide students through the stories, essays, and poems of Lu Xun (1881-1936). Such readings will help students understand several important issues that faced China during Lu Xun's time and that are still very much alive today--such as language reform, women's emancipation, modernity, and the debate about the so-called "national character." Conducted in Chinese.
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People of Madagascar have origins in Borneo, Africa
New study confirms unusual ancestry of the Malagasy
Sailing across the Indian Ocean to make landfall on the world's fourth largest island?
Rhett Butler, mongabay.com
May 3, 2005
An ethnic Sakalava boy near the Manambolo River in western Madagascar. Sakalava usually have African features.
Despite the island's proximity to southern Africa, some anthropologists believe it was ethnic Indonesians who first settled Madagascar 1500-2000 years ago. The language of Madagascar, called Malagasy, can be traced back to Indonesia where it most closely resembles the modern Malayo-Polynesian language of Ma'anyan, which is spoken by people in the Barito Valley of southern Borneo. Some anthropologists postulate that these Indonesians could have either sailed directly across the Indian ocean -- possible given the sailing prowess of these people -- or gradually made their way along the coast of South Asia eventually finding their way to the island, which is the fourth largest in the world. On the way, these intrepid explorers could have mixed with mainland Africans or Africans may have arrived at a later date.
Regardless of who set foot first on the island, most experts agree that Madagascar's inhabitants arrived relatively recently. There is no evidence of a stone age in Madagascar and the island was settled around the time Polynesians reached the planet's most isolated place -- Easter Island. It is thought that subsequent migrations have brought other groups (Arabs and Indians) into the ethnic and cultural mix.
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The study, led by a team of geneticists at the universities of Cambridge, Oxford and Leicester examined both the Y chromosomes of Madagascar residents -- inherited essentially unchanged from father to son -- and the mitochondrial DNA, which is passed directly from mothers to their children. Tiny mutations in these two forms of DNA can help scientists trace human migration and inheritance.
|Benja Ramanandoria, an ethnic Merina, near the Isalo National Park in western Madagascar. Merina generally have features characteristic of Indonesian ancestry.
Diverse society
Within Madagascar there is a great deal of variation between ethnic groups from the Indonesian-looking Merina in the highlands to Arabic Antaimoro on the eastern coast to the African Sakalava in the south and west of the country. Despite these differences, the Malagasy language is spoken throughout the country, something which is a bit surprising given the size and ethnic diversity of the island. Sharing a common language is the strongest bond between Malagasy -- people's physical appearance, religious practices, and traditions are highly regional.
Malagasy language
Cultural richness
What this all means is the people of Madagascar have a remarkable ancestry. One that has produced a unique set of customs and extraordinary cultural richness. Madagascar is a place where ancestors are as much a part of the present day as they are of the past; where in many areas taboo and tradition takes precedence over the law; and western-style religion is freely mixed with beliefs in sorcery and unparalleled funerary customs.
This article used information from WildMadagascar.org, Reuters, and the American Journal of Human Genetics. For further reading on the people of Madagascar I highly recommend The Eighth Continent by Peter Tyson.
For more on Madagascar, take a look at WildMadagascar.org.
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Exploring the Manambolo River
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Time: 8:15 AM- 4:00 PM
OTA hosted a Resource Conservation Planning Continuing Education Training: Day 2- Energy Efficiency and Water Conservation. The training was divided into two sessions. The morning session covered energy efficiency and the afternoon session covered water conservation.
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Holiday stress got you down? Feel like the holidays suck bourbon balls and you can't wait for January? Your old pal Uncle Willie is here to make it all better:
The economy is in the shitter, unemployment is skyrocketing, and it turns out that there are just nine days left until Christmas, which means there are only eight shopping days, provided you're willing to run through the mall with Governor Ahnold and all the other panicked people on Christmas Eve. It is entirely understandable if you just want the whole damn season to be over. If you haven't totally lost the holiday spirit (or dumped it all in your egg nog), I'm here today with a few tricks to make the holidays not just bearable, but joyous and wonderful.
I was trying to work in a Brad Jacobs reference there, but I couldn't make it fit, damn my stupid fingers. Anyway, this column is filled with what I hope is useful advice to actually relax and enjoy the season, and it ends with this bit that is so important to me, I'm going to excerpt it here to give it maximum exposure:
Before I settle down for a long winter's nap, I want to mention one thing specifically for the parents reading this. Go to your kids' holiday pageants, and cherish every moment when you're there. Take the morning off from work, call in sick, but do whatever it takes to attend. Arrive early, so you're not fighting with other parents for a spot against the back wall. Turn off your cell phone (and don't just put it on vibrate so you can check your e-mail during the Hanukkah song — off means OFF). Embrace the time you're there. You only get a few of these moments, and one day you'll look at December on the calendar and realize that, like a set of keys dropped into a river of molten lava, they're gone, man.
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Chronic fatigue syndrome has been given as an official cause of death for the first time in the UK. CFS, which is also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), has occasionally been recorded on death certificates in the US and Australia but it is far from being accepted as an organic disease.
On Tuesday, coroner Veronica Hamilton-Deeley of Brighton and Hove Coroners Court, UK, recorded the cause of death of a 32-year-old woman as acute aneuric renal failure (failure to produce urine) due to dehydration as a result of CFS. The deceased woman, Sophia Mirza, had suffered from CFS for six years.
CFS, which is also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), has a variety of devastating symptoms ranging from extreme weakness, inability to concentrate and persistent headache. Sufferers can have the disease for years, but its cause remains controversial, with fiercely opposing views from psychiatrists on one side and biologically minded physicians on the other.
The coroner's verdict is a breakthrough for those who argue that CFS is a physical condition, possibly with its roots in the immune system. Dominic O'Donovan, a neuropathologist at Oldchurch Hospital in Romford, UK, who gave evidence at the inquest, said that Sophia's spinal cord showed inflammation caused by dorsal root ganglionitis - a clear physical manifestation of the disease.
Overactive immune response
CFS specialist Jonathan Kerr of St George's, University of London, says he is not surprised that inflammation in the spinal cord has been found in someone with the disease, as it is known to be associated with it. He says that the immune system tends to be over-activated in people with CFS and this may underlie the inflammation of the neurological tissue.
"People have been reluctant to subscribe to the biological side because of the power of the psychiatric lobby," says Kerr. "Doctors are sceptical about the existence of CFS and there is controversy about its underlying cause."
Abhijit Chaudhuri, a consultant neurologist at the Essex Centre of Neurological Science who worked with O'Donovan on Sophia's case, says the changes to her spinal cord may have resulted in symptoms of chronic fatigue.
"Sophia's case sheds light on CFS because there were changes in her dorsal ganglia - the gatekeepers to sensation in the brain - and we know that fatigue depends on sensory perception," he says. "What we need to understand is what happens that makes fatigue more persistent, without there being an obvious systemic disturbance."
Rigorous inquest
The inquest was rigorous, Chaudhuri says, and considered all other potential causes of death consistent with the post-mortem results, such as sleep apnoea and drug use, and rejected them.
The verdict was welcomed by Sophia's mother, Criona Wilson, who had to fight for recognition that her daughter was physically - rather than mentally - ill. Sophia was sectioned for two weeks under the Mental Health Act in 2003.
"I'm extremely pleased that CFS/ME was identified on the death certificate as one of the primary causes of Sophia's death," she says, "because this can be used to reinforce the need for biomedical research into the disease."
Editor's note: The original version of this story stated that the UK case was apparently the first in the world. Our thanks to all the readers who pointed out earlier cases in the US and Australia.
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New Security Developments, Best Practices, and Important Security Updates
Koobface (Facebook spelled backwards) is a common attack in social networks. It is designed to steal personal information for misuse and resides in a stealth-like manner on infected systems. New variants continue to emerge as documented by AVERT Labs below. Usually it is spread through invitiations to click on a malicious link (usually video links). Facebook users should protect their privacy settings and avoid clicking on URLs or accepting folks they don't know as friends.
AVERT LABS - Koobface Going for Broke?http://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/index.php/2010/07/16/koobface-going-for-broke/
QUOTE: The Koobface worm has been one of the top malicious threats to Facebook users since 2008. Like most threats, Koobface has morphed over time, adding and changing malicious payloads, while maintaining the ability to propagate, or spread, from one system to another. Several weeks ago Koobface added DNS hijacking functionality that blocks access to security sites, tipping users off to the fact that something might be wrong with their systems. Since then the authors have taken a giant leap toward invasiveness with the installation of a fake anti-virus Trojan. About 10 minutes after the initial infection, users may see the typically fake scanning windows and infection alerts.
AVERT LABS - More Koobface URLs Plague Usershttp://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/index.php/2010/07/16/more-koobface-urls-plague-users/
QUOTE: McAfee Labs researchers have seen a noticeable spike in URLs leading to Koobface malware. (Koobface is an anagram of Facebook.) The latest, unexpected Koobface campaign spreads by tricking Facebook users into downloading and running links
ADDITIONAL LINKShttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koobfacehttp://blog.eset.com/2010/04/07/massive-new-koobface-campaignhttp://blog.scansafe.com/journal/2010/4/9/how-massive-is-koobface-really.htmlhttp://blog.fortinet.com/tag/koobface/http://blog.teesupport.com/how-to-guide-remove-koobface/
ESET has identified two new attacks that exploit the new unpatched Windows Shortcut vulnerability (e.g., malicious LNK files)
Zero Day LNK Vulnerability - ESET identifies two new malware attackshttp://blog.eset.com/2010/07/22/new-malicious-lnks-here-we-go
QUOTE: Having implemented generic detection of the CVE-2010-2568 vulnerability used to propagate the now infamous Win32/Stuxnet, ESET has identified not one but two new malware families that exploit the same vulnerability. This vulnerability allows code execution through malicious LNK (shortcut) files.
We have identified a new family that exploits this unpatched vulnerability in order to spread, which we have labelled Win32/TrojanDownloader.Chymine.A. At the time of analysis, this threat downloads and install a key stroke logger which we detect as Win32/Spy.Agent.NSO trojan. The server used to deliver the components used in this attack is presently located in the US, but the IP is assigned to a customer in China.
Minutes after identifying this new attack, we observed a known threat, Win32/Autorun.VB.RP, which has been updated to include the CVE-2010-2568 exploit as a new propagation vector. Win32/Autorun.VB.RP seems to download and install additional components on infected machines.
This new development follows a typical path of evolution in malware. Often there are only days between the initial release of information regarding a critical vulnerability, and the discovery of its exploitation being executed in the wild by malware authors. It is safe to assume that more malware operators will start using this exploit code in order to infect host systems and increase their revenues.
An excellent article discussing tips and techniques for keeping corporate users safe and responsible in using Social Networks in a business context.
SECURITY - Stay Safe, Productive on Social Networkshttp://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Stay-Safe-Productive-on-Social-Networks-494366/
QUOTE: The pros of social networking outweigh the security cons, but the risks to corporate image and data are still significant. Keep employees safe while they make use of these valuable collaboration tools.
PART 2 - Discusses Techniques for keeping users safehttp://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Stay-Safe-Productive-on-Social-Networks-494366/1/
1. Strong relevant Corporate policies2. Security Awareness education3. Technology - Content Filtering, Publication Gateway devices, etc.
Best practices and technical defenses should be used to avoid new attacks related to malicious spoofed Windows shortcuts. Currently these zero-day attacks are not circulating extensively, and have only surfaced in limited targeted attacks. However, this is likely to change as note in articles at bottom, as malicious developers are exploring new conduits for seeding this in-the-wild.
The danger of these attacks are that spoofed short-cuts can easily trick anyone into selecting them. Also, automated settings in autorun could lead to completely automatic attacks, when the exploit is circulated using removable devices or unsecure network shares. Microsoft releases FixIT for Windows Shortcut zero day attackshttp://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/ms-ships-temporary-fix-it-for-windows-shortcut-zero-day-attacks/6916 QUOTE: Microsoft has released a "fix-it" tool as a stop-gap to block ongoing zero-day attacks against a new code execution flaw in Windows Shell. The attacks, which incorporate signed drivers from RealTek and JMicron, are spreading locally via malicious USB drives or remotely via network shares and WebDAV. Microsoft has posted a pre-patch advisory that spells out the problem:Microsoft Security Advisory (2286198)Vulnerability in Windows Shell Could Allow Remote Code Executionhttp://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2286198.mspx QUOTE: The vulnerability exists because Windows incorrectly parses shortcuts in such a way that malicious code may be executed when the icon of a specially crafted shortcut is displayed. This vulnerability can be exploited locally through a malicious USB drive, or remotely via network shares and WebDAV. An exploit can also be included in specific document types that support embedded shortcuts.DOWNLOAD FIX IT PATCH FROM HERE:Microsoft Security Advisory: Vulnerability in Windows Shell could allow remote code execution http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2286198 QUOTE: Applying the Fix it will require a restart of the machine. The installation of the Fix it will prompt the user before restarting the system. Enterprise deployments allows for unattended install with the following Display options: Collapse this tableExpand this tableTIP: Always download both the Fixit and Undo Fixit patches, carefully labeling them in separate folders. After a true patch emerges, both temporary Fixit tools will be removed from the kb in favor of the new security bulletin. While the full security release will usually take care of undoing the FixIt, it's good to have the Undo Fixit available just in case it's needed (as corporate inventory systems may not handle temporary fixes accurately).SPECIAL WARNING: The Internet Storm Center warns Windows 2000 users to be especially careful as there will most likely be no forthcoming patch.
ADDITIONAL PROTECTION TO FIX-IT PATCH: Disabling AUTORUN, keeping AV updated, and best practices are in order for all operating systemsHOW TO DISABLE AUTORUN FOR USBhttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/967715 INTERNET STORM CENTER - Windows shortcut dangers http://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=9217 http://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=9181 http://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=9190 AVERT LABS - EXCELLENT FAQhttp://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/index.php/2010/07/19/microsoft-0day-malformed-shortcut-vulnerability/ QUOTE: How widely is the issue being exploited? . The issue is known to be exploited by malware in the wild. Initial attacks were limited. However, an exploit module in metasploit was published today that uses WebDAV shares as an exploit vector. We expect wider exploitation of this issue. Users should keep their anti-virus software updated with the latest DATs (signatures).
Users should be careful with any unusual or unexpected icons or shortcuts presented to them. So far these attacks are limited and AV protection is emerging
Malicious Windows shortcut files (LNK extension) used in targeted attackshttp://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=9181http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/07/16/windows_shortcut_trojan/http://krebsonsecurity.com/2010/07/experts-warn-of-new-windows-shortcut-flaw/
QUOTE: (ISC) I've tested the exploit and can confirm that it works in Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7. The exploit uses a specially crafted LNK file. This file allows the attacker to execute an arbitrary file by carefully specifying its location – the LNK file in itself does not exploit any vulnerability such as buffer overflows, for example, so it is a legitimate LNK file. Some things that you should be aware of:
* If autorun is disabled, when a USB device with malicious LNK files is inserted, the exploit will not be triggered automatically.
* The exploit is triggered every time a folder containing a malicious LNK files is opened (for example, with Windows Explorer). It does not matter where this folder is – it does not have to be on a USB device, but in order to execute to malicious binary, the attacker has to specify its location correctly.
CORPORATE DANGERS: What makes this vulnerability extremely serious is the fact that it can be opened from any place, including remote shares, for example. The victim just has to browse to the remote share in order to trigger the vulnerability. So double check permissions on any remote shares you use in your companies (you shouldn't allow users to write in root folders, for example).
Microsoft Security Advisory (2286198)Vulnerability in Windows Shell Could Allow Remote Code Executionhttp://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2286198.mspx
QUOTE: The vulnerability exists because Windows incorrectly parses shortcuts in such a way that malicious code may be executed when the user clicks the displayed icon of a specially crafted shortcut. This vulnerability is most likely to be exploited through removable drives. For systems that have AutoPlay disabled, customers would need to manually browse to the root folder of the removable disk in order for the vulnerability to be exploited. For Windows 7 systems, AutoPlay functionality for removable disks is automatically disabled.
WHAT IS LNK EXTENSION?http://filext.com/file-extension/LNK
Moving to the new engine will happen automatically and transparently for most users through the standard UPDATE process. The engine release is not a new version release of MSE, that users will be prompted to install. While I have my PCs at home set to update daily, users can update manually by launching MSE from the start menu, selecting the Update tab, and clicking on the UPDATE button.
The virus definitions file created on July 15, 2010 at 10:23 EDT will require a few more minutes to apply as it contains a new anti-malware engine to improve MSE scanning capabilities. Engine updates are often released by AV vendors to tune up the the product and handle new areas of risk more efficiently. After applying the updates, a quick scan of the hard drive was performed to test the new release. So far, no issues have been experienced with this update. Best practices and MSE continue to work well in protecting our family PC.
Use Help and About to show version information. As of July 16, 2010 they are as follows:
Microsoft Security Essentials Version: 1.0.1963.0Antimalware Client Version: 2.1.6805.0Engine Version: 1.1.6004.0Antivirus definitions: 188.8.131.52Antispyware definitions: 22.214.171.124
STAYING UP-TO-DATE WITH LATEST RELEASE OF MSE: If you are not on the 1.0.1963.0 version of MSE, please use the HELP menu option to check your version of MSE. Click on the small triangle icon to invoke the HELP drop down menu. The HELP facilities has a Upgrade Microsoft Security Essentials option that you should click on and accept the upgrade if you are not on the "1963" version.
New Antimalware Engine is planned for release on 15 July 2010http://blogs.technet.com/b/enginenotifications/archive/2010/07/09/antimalware-engine-release-for-july-2010.aspx
Microsoft Security Essentials Homehttp://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/
How to install MSE on your home PChttp://msmvps.com/blogs/harrywaldron/archive/2010/03/21/microsoft-security-essentials-latest-installation-guidelines.aspx
Please apply these updates as prompted to ensure your system is up-to-date and protected. There was no need to reboot after these changes. As Windows 2000 support expires today, there were no final W2K updates submited this month:
Microsoft Security Updates - July 2010http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS10-jul.mspx
QUOTE: Microsoft is releasing the following four new security bulletins for newly discovered vulnerabilities:
Bulletin ID: MS10-042Bulletin Title: Vulnerability in Help and Support Center Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2229593)Maximum Severity Rating: CriticalVulnerability Impact: Remote Code ExecutionRestart Requirement: May require restartAffected Software: Microsoft Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.---------------------------------
Bulletin ID: MS10-043Bulletin Title: Vulnerability in Canonical Display Driver Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2032276)Maximum Severity Rating: CriticalVulnerability Impact: Remote Code ExecutionRestart Requirement: Requires restartAffected Software: Microsoft Windows 7 for x64-based systems and Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based systems.---------------------------------
Bulletin ID: MS10-044Bulletin Title: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Access ActiveX Controls Could Allow Remote Code Execution (982335)Maximum Severity Rating: CriticalVulnerability Impact: Remote Code ExecutionRestart Requirement: May require restartAffected Software: Microsoft Office Access 2003 and Office Access 2007.---------------------------------
Bulletin ID: MS10-045Bulletin Title: Vulnerability in Microsoft Office Outlook Could Allow Remote Code Execution (978212)Maximum Severity Rating: ImportantVulnerability Impact: Remote Code ExecutionRestart Requirement: May require restartAffected Software: Microsoft Office Outlook 2002, Office Outlook 2003, and Office Outlook 2007.---------------------------------
There are numerous links providing further information for early testing by corporate professionalsWindows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 -- EARLY BETA BUILDShttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/ff183870.aspx
Please Note: This early release of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Beta is not available for home users. The SP1 Beta does not provide new end-user features, and installation is not supported by Microsoft.
QUOTE: Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Beta helps keep your PCs and servers on the latest support level, provides ongoing improvements to the Windows Operating System (OS), by including previous updates delivered over Windows Update as well as continuing incremental updates to the Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 platforms based on customer and partner feedback, and is easy for organizations to deploy a single set of updates. Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Beta will help you:
In order to download and install the Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Beta you must currently have a Release to Manufacturing (RTM) version of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 already installed. To learn more about piloting, deploying and managing Windows 7, visit the Springboard Series on TechNet. To learn more about SP1 Beta and Windows Server 2008 R2, visit the SP1 Details Page.
Several excellent charts are published which show a continued growth in malware. Most of these are unique minor variants of a main family of malware. The growth of malware variants is very challenging for security vendors to keep up with.
McAfee - Mid-year report shows huge growth in malwarehttp://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/index.php/2010/07/07/malware-at-midyear-a-summary/
QUOTE: Now that we've reached the middle of the year, it's time to take a look at our malware collection. During the first half of the year, 10 million samples entered in our database. That's certainly no decrease compared with last year.
From these we can see that malware developers have lost their creative spirit. Malware designers create their apps to make money, not for style. Because the old techniques still work, it is not necessary to be inventive, just repetitive. For example, it is not rare to see more than 10,000 Koobface variants in a single month.
Today when we quantify the malware world, the consensus is to use the number of unique files in our collections distinguished by their MD5 hash (or checksum). On June 30, we counted 43,337,677 unique binary files. Perhaps we'll reach 54 million by the end of December.
Oracle will be release security updates for their products as noted below:
Oracle - 59 security vulnerabilities to be patched on July 13thhttp://www.oracle.com/technology/deploy/security/critical-patch-updates/cpujul2010.html
This Critical Patch Update Pre-Release Announcement provides advance information about the Oracle Critical Patch Update for July 2010, which will be released on Tuesday, July 13, 2010. While this Pre-Release Announcement is as accurate as possible at the time of publication, the information it contains may change before publication of the Critical Patch Update Advisory.
A Critical Patch Update is a collection of patches for multiple security vulnerabilities. This Critical Patch Update contains 59 new security vulnerability fixes across hundreds of Oracle products. 21 out of 59 vulnerabilities are in Solaris product suite. Some of the vulnerabilities addressed in this Critical Patch Update affect multiple products. Due to the threat posed by a successful attack, Oracle strongly recommends that customers apply Critical Patch Update fixes as soon as possible.
Sunbelt shares an interesting analysis of a recent attack that may not be well designed, but it could still impact privacy if one participates.
World Cup Lottery - Poorly designed attack still has dangershttp://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/so-i-won-world-cup-lottery-online-did-i.html
QUOTE: Is it me or has the quality of trolls sunk to even more amateur levels? And, clicking on the attachment (kids, don't try this at home) we get: Wow. Word 97! I guess this is a low budget operation. Nelson Mandela hasn't been president of South Africa for 11 years. And after fill this information of yours we will officially send you our verification that you are the winning,
After two years, I continue to be amazed as the number of Conficker infections that remain. There are no new reported variants, instead the older ones continue to exist and even thrive due to poor security practices by individuals or even companies.
Microsoft provided the MS08-067 protective patch on October 23, 2008. Then one month later, the Conficker worm was reverse engineered from the patch. Conficker provided an important "lessons learned" in the need to apply all security updates the day you are prompted to do so.
MS08-067 Conficker - Infections are high with sharp spike in Junehttp://www.confickerworkinggroup.org/wiki/pmwiki.php/ANY/InfectionTracking
Password stealers and Conficker top June malwarehttp://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-20009730-83.html
QUOTE: The month also marked a return engagement of Conficker, this time in the form of a variant called Downadup. Following the path of the original Conficker, the new variant jumps on a weakness in Windows Server that allows code to be executed remotely when file sharing is turned on, according to Sunbelt. This strain also takes advantage of weak administrator passwords to disable certain Windows services and anti-malware protection.
"Although Trojans continue to dominate the top 10, June reveals interesting trends such as a fresh wave of Conficker-based detections, suggesting that this troublesome piece of malware is on its way back," Sunbelt Software research center manager Tom Kelchner said in a statement.
To date, security researchers have discovered the following variants of the worm in the wild.
Win32/Conficker.A was reported to Microsoft on November 21, 2008.Win32/Conficker.B was reported to Microsoft on December 29, 2008.Win32/Conficker.C was reported to Microsoft on February 20, 2009.Win32/Conficker.D was reported to Microsoft on March 4, 2009.Win32/Conficker.E was reported to Microsoft on April 8, 2009.
Conficker - Other Good Links including a quick visual chart to see if your system is infectedhttp://www.confickerworkinggroup.org/wiki/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confickerhttp://www.microsoft.com/security/worms/conficker.aspx
Key protection became available on October 23, 2008http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-067.mspx
Conficker - Cleaning Tipshttp://msmvps.com/blogs/harrywaldron/archive/2009/01/27/conficker-cleaning-tips-for-corporate-users.aspx
MSE and Forefront users should update their virus scanning engines as prompted next week.
QUOTE: As part of regular update of our Antimalware technology to address the latest in the threat landscape, the Microsoft Antimalware Team is planning to release a new antimalware engine on 15 July 2010.
Affected products: -- Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) -- Forefront Client Security (FCS)
Engine Version will be in the range of 1.1.600X.0
Safety and functionality rather than lightening fast performance are my primary goals in selecting a browser. While high speed Internet minimizes these differences, good internal performance is certainly desirable. This article provides an interesting discussion on browser performance.
I've been testing Safari 5 for XP and have noted excellent performance. Although Safari's new Reader mode is the best browser innovation I've seen in years (turning web pages into ebook like presentations). Since IE8 and FF4 are my primary browsers at work and home, providing good functionality and security.
Firefox 4 improves JavaScript rendering performance by 27%http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9179048/Firefox_4_picks_up_speed?source=CTWNLE_nlt_pm_2010-07-09
Browser Java Script rendering speed test rankings1. Safari 52. Opera 10.63. Chrome 54. Firefox 4 b15. Firefox 3.6.66. Internet Explorer 8
Firefox may not be the fastest browser, but it's still the second-most-popular browser on the planet. In June, Firefox accounted for 23.8% of all browsers used to reach sites monitored by Web analytics firm Net Applications. Internet Explorer gained ground at a record pace, which is highly unusual, to end the month at 60.3%. Chrome, Safari and Opera held usage shares of 7.2%, 4.9% and 2.3%, respectively.
The ISC is conducting a poll and there is currently a 50% "YES" vote. I would encourage folks to vote their conscious on this and to only vote once.
VOTE HERE: Microsoft Spurned Researcher Collective - Is it irresponsible?http://isc.sans.edu/poll.html?pollid=295
BACKGROUND: Recently a security researcher attempted to pressure Microsoft into making changes within a certain timetable, as it was a serious flaw in a rarely used service. While I'm not certain of what was discussed, it appears that the two sides could not agree.
The frustrated researcher then documented proof of concept code publicly to force Microsoft to patch. Within 2 days dangerous exploits appeared in the wild. That truly placed pressure on Microsoft to patch this vulnerability and it will be accomplished in the July updates. While I don't know if the exploit had been used in targeted attacks previously, public disclosure exacerbated the issue. Some folks got infected through this dangerous exploit, although thankfully it is not widespread.
I believe that the researcher would have been better served to report the incident and kept the potentially malicious source code private. If vendors don't respond on a timely basis, the researcher has done their part. A highly talented individual who provides code publicly that could be easily used by malicious individuals reduces the safety of the Internet.
Even when a patch might be rushed out the door, an estimated one third of folks don't patch. While the reseacher and Microsoft both published patches, well over 90% of users did not apply the FixIt solution. These individuals would be vulnerable if directed to a malicious website or via dangerous P2P sites. As anti-virus vendors sometimes cover dangerous exploits, that's truly the only protection for most folks.
MSRC is the Microsoft Security Response Center, and this new group spoofs this in their new name. They are doing so as a parody, in empathy for the researcher, who was critiqued extensively. Maybe a more appropriate name for the group is the "Malware Seeding Research Center" ;-)
As in most things there are no absolutes and the link below discusses public disclosure. For example, vendors need to invest more in security and improve their timeframe for patching. Bill Gate's 2002 TWC directive has made a positive difference for Microsoft (and continous improvement is always needed). The security function is one of safety and I favor all practices that keep potentially malicious code out of the hands of the bad guys:
Security Researchers and Public Disclosure - Pros and Conshttp://msmvps.com/blogs/harrywaldron/archive/2010/06/26/security-researchers-and-public-disclosure-pros-and-cons.aspx


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People living in Crown Hill Court, sheltered accommodation, which is owned and operated by Radian, were without hot water and heating from Saturday, May 17, through to last Friday.
Both occupants and relatives raised concerns about the situation, which left many residents without suitable washing or cleaning facilities.
Resident Joy Billings, 89, said she was concerned that many pensioners who live in the complex would have to carry boiling hot water from room to room, saying this would be dangerous as many of the elderly tenants are unsteady on their feet.
She said: "I can't believe we had to wait a week to get the hot water going again.
"Some of us would have had to transport hot water from room to room just to get washed.
"It was dangerous and just an accident waiting to happen. It meant we could not have a shower and not even have a wash either – a proper wash meant we'd have to fill up three kettles' worth. It just does not seem like Radian cares at all. It seems to have gone on and on and nothing was being done quick enough."
Trevor Knight, whose mother Jean Knight is a relative of Crown Hill Court, added that it was not the first time that tenants had been without hot water for a considerable period of time.
"It is just disgraceful the way the residents are being treated there, it is atrocious.
"There were without hot water for some time over the Christmas period too and other times before that – it just doesn't seem to end."
The hot water was restored to residents on Friday, with Radian offering all residents who were affected compensation.
In a statement, Radi-an said: "We regret that the communal boilers at Crown Hill Court failed last weekend. Radian does care about the safety and wellbeing of all of our residents.
"We reacted immediately to this problem and a gas engineer came out to inspect the boilers on the Saturday but unfortunately, he could not effect a repair as the fault was electrical and a replacement part was required which had to be ordered.
"This arrived on Friday morning and we are pleased to report that the boilers are working again.
"All residents who do not have their own showers have been offered the use of the shower facilities in the guest room and, all residents have sinks in their kitchens which are near their kettles so, there should have been no need for anybody to walk from room to room with a kettle.
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TO SNAFFLE ripe fruit before the competition, grey-cheeked mangabeys keep their eye on the weather. Not only can the monkeys remember how to find the trees where their favourite figs were ripening, they can also monitor the weather and return just as the figs are ready.
Karline Janmaat at the University of St Andrews, UK, made the discovery after tracking a group of between 18 and 26 mangabeys (Lophocebus albigena johnstonii) for 120 days in the Kibale Forest of Uganda. She found that whenever individual monkeys tested the ripeness of figs by squeezing and smelling them, they were more likely to revisit the tree if the weather warmed, accelerating ripening (Current Biology, vol 16, p 1212).
"It's very competitive in the rainforest, so you would expect it would pay to be able to predict when fruit ripens so you can get there first," says Janmaat. "It makes sense that the ...
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Ohlins forks, headstock and steering stem
OK - we have been measuring, thinking, re-working and using the lathe. We knew going into this that the Ohlins forks were longer and would therefore affect steering geometry - how much we did not know.
Here is a set of pics that places each of the forks - stock Suzuki, KTM WPs and Ohlins legs side-by-side, using an axle through all 3 fork legs to align the centerlines of the axles of each leg and then measure the fork length difference.
Lining up the top of the Suzuki fork legs at the fork caps and then measuring off the length differentials between the three sets of forks.
The Ohlins and WP are tapered legs at the top - hence some daylight visible at the top of the Ohlins leg with the square attached to it. I am decently square to the longitudinal centerline of the fork legs. Photo angle distorts the perspective a little.
The Ohlins leg looks to be approximately 46 mm longer than the stock Suzuki fork leg when measured from the axle centerline.
The WP leg looks to be "approximately" 38.5 mm longer than the stock Suzuki forks.
We know that the Ohlins forks, with the fork caps set at the top of the KTM triple clamp produces some evil weave and handling issues. Therefore, we decided to work on keeping the fork leg distance / length from the lower triple clamp to the axle centerline as close to stock as possible for the next setup & test.
In order to do this, we had to design a longer steering stem with a bushing to effectively raise the upper triple clamp to accomodate the extra length of the Ohlins forks. This - we think - will have three primary benefits:
1) it will raise the bars - I had thought about using bar risers anyway
2) it will provide additional clearance for ease of ignoition key removal and use
3) it will provide additional clearance for headlight and windscreen vertical adjustments
This move, if we decide to keep it after testing it, will require a re-work of the ignition switch locking mechanism to the headstock. We think spacers can be made to solve this height issue. We do not know about cable length and any possible binding issues until we get the bike back together and see if we have any problems.
My machinist friend drew up a dimensional diagram, we measured yet again and turned a new 6061 stem on the lathe. He also fabricated a new 6061 bushing to our dimensions to effectively raise the upper triple clamp and provide the required height for the Ohlins lork legs.
He used liquid nitrogen to shrink the newly turned stem and dropped the new stem into the lower triple and dropped the bearing on the new stem. Once all the parts returned to ambient temperature, the interference fit for the new stem and the lower bearing with dust cap was perfect.
New aluminum bushing for use between the upper triple clamp and the upper headstock bearing.
Here is the new stem installed in the lower triple clamp with the old KTM stem beside it in its approximate relative position as if it were installed. This is just to provide a rough idea of the extra length on the new stem.
Here are the calipers on the new stem that has an upper and lower end to match the KTM triple clamps perfectly, lengthened for the Ohlins forks, yet diameter turned to match the stock Suzuki 30 mm ID NTN bearings with dust cap.
At the lower bearing & triple clamp with interference fit dimension & yes I whacked my left hand getting one of the old bearing races out of the headstock.........
Upper bearing surface - slip fit only.
Note the dimension - varies at 29.97 to 29.98. Should work well.
First test fitup of newly fabricated KTM steering stem, sized for Suzuki 30mm bearings with upper bushing to accomodate Ohlins forks.
Another view from underneath the upper triple clamp.
No interference between lower headstock surface and lower triple clamp. This verifies that the shoulder for the lower bearing position that we cut into the new steering stem was placed correctly. The position of the lower bearing will not allow the lower headstock to interfere with the rotation of the steering assembly; or allow the lower triple clamp to rub on the headstock anywhere.
Obviously we will have to lower the ignition switch and locking mechanism to engage with the headstock properly. I am hoping to have the forks back on, the new headstock bearings installed & pre-loaded and test ride the bike sometime this weekend. I want to see what the effects are to the bike from the geometry changes and bar position changes.
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Phil Sundeen thinks Deputy Sheriff Kirby Frye is just a green local kid with a tin badge. And when the wealthy cattle baron's men drag two prisoners from Frye's jail and hang them from a high tree, there's nothing the untried young lawman can do about it. But Kirby's got more grit than Sundeen and his hired muscles bargained for. They can beat the boy and humilate him, but they can't make him forget the jog he has sworn to do. The cattleman has money, fear, and guns on his side, but Kirby Frye's the law in this godforsaken corner of the Arizona Territories. And he'll drag Sundeen and his killers straight to hell himself to prove it.
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Elmore Leonard wrote forty-five novels and nearly as many western and crime short stories across his highly successful career that spanned more than six decades. Some of his bestsellers include Road Dogs, Up in Honey's Room, The Hot Kid, Mr. Paradise, Tishomingo Blues, and the critically acclaimed collection of short stories Fire in the Hole. Many of his books have been made into movies, including Get Shorty, Out of Sight, and Rum Punch, which became Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown. Justified, the hit series from FX, is based on Leonard's character Raylan Givens, who appears in Riding the Rap, Pronto, Raylan and the short story "Fire in the Hole." He was a recipient of the National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, the Lifetime Achievement Award from PEN USA, and the Grand Master Award of the Mystery Writers of America. He was known to many as the 'Dickens of Detroit' and was a long-time resident of the Detroit area.
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In the fishing circles I'm involved in, this trolling rig is known as the Hell-Pet rig because it uses two different lures tied together in tandem with a drop line. The Heddon Hellbender must be modified in order to get the trailing Tony Accetta Pet Spoon to a precise depth with less line having to be let out. Steve Bradbury first showed this method to me several years ago.
Modifying the Hellbender
Picture #1 shows several different sized Tony Accetta Pet Spoons. Only the #12 and #13 sizes are recommended for the Hell-Pet rig. A 3/4-ounce casting weight is also needed. The distance between each black mark in the picture is 1-inch so you can see the sizes when compared to the Hellbender. The Hellbender comes in a variety of colors but the two colors I prefer are solid white or chrome.
Click on the pictures to enlarge them, then click on the Back arrow to come back to the article. The blue object you see in the pictures is only a prop I used to help steady the Hellbender for pictures.
Picture #1 - Parts of the rig
Picture #2 shows what components need to be removed from the Heddon Hellbender. Note the little tail spinner blade that comes with the Hellbender is removed from the small swivel and the swivel is left in place on the lure. You can either 1. cut the split ring that holds the spinner to the swivel with a pair of side-cutters or 2. spread the split ring with your thumb nail and remove the spinner with its split ring from the swivel. You will attach the 4-foot drop line for the Pet Spoon to this swivel to help eliminate any drop line twist.
Remove both of the hook eyelets and their bell housings from the lure using a pair of pliers to unscrew them with. If your Hellbender came with treble hooks on them, you will need to remove only the treble hook that is hanging on the front eyelet. You can do this by following the eyelet opening procedure shown in Picture #3 and #4 instructions below.
Picture #2 - removal of HB parts
Picture #3 and #4 shows you how to carefully open the front eyelet of the Hellbender once it is unscrewed from the body and then crimp it closed again after the casting weight has been installed. Use a pair of regular pliers and grip the shaft of the eyelet in the pliers as close to the eyelet as possible. Then take a small, thin-bladed straight slot screwdriver and place the tip of it in the gap where the eyelet end stops. Lever the screwdriver against the pliers and pry the eyelet open just enough to slip the 3/4-ounce casting weight brass stem eyelet onto the slightly opened threaded eyelet and crimp the threaded eyelet closed again with the pliers.
The brass stem on the casting weight should allow the weight to swivel around 360° both directions.
Picture #3 - open the eyelet
Picture #4 - crimp the eyelet back
Picture #5 shows the completed re-assembly. You need to replace the front screw eyelet-with-weight and its bellhousing to the front of the Hellbender. The back eyelet doesn't need to be re-installed. I personally prefer to use a very small Phillips head screw and a dab of silicon and screw the screw into the rear eyelet position with the head of the screw nested into the cavity that once held the bellhousing. This helps prevent water from entering the lure which would severely affect the Hellbender's action.
Picture #5 - fill the rear eyelet hole
Tying on the Drop Line
I use 12 or 15 pound test on my baitcasting reel and a quick tip 7-foot baitcasting rod. I tie a 10 or 12 pound test drop line 4-feet long to the back swivel on the modified Hellbender. Cut the drop line to about 54" to allow for any line used at both ends for tying.
I then tie a #12 or #13 Pet Spoon to the other end of the drop line. The finished line length between the Hellbender and Pet Spoon shouldn't be any shorter than 36" or any longer than 48". I like to use the #13 size because smaller sandbass tend to shy away from its large profile. I like to set the drag loose (I can pull line off the reel with one hand) in case a hybrid or striper decides to unload.
Setting the Depth of the Rig
Once I have the rig ready to fish, I put the boat in forward gear and get it moving between 2.5-3.0 mph (GPS reading) on the trolling line I want. I put my reel in free-spool and with my thumb on the spool, lower the Hell-Pet rig into the water making sure the drop line is not fouled on the Hellbender, let the Hellbender down into the water until it begins digging in and wobbling, then let line free spool off the reel while counting 1 mississippi, 2 mississippi, etc. I carry a permanent black marker with me so when I let the line out on the first pass, I can color mark the line just ahead of the reel with the black marker. Then I don't have to keep counting every time I let line out. If the fish go deeper, all you have to do is use the length of your rod and the black mark to judge how much additional line you need to let out.
I prefer to keep the rig off the bottom, so I will count down to 2-feet above the bottom reading. For example, if it is 18 feet deep, I will 1 mississippi count to 16. I like to keep the rod tip about a foot above the water surface. If the bottom starts coming up, raise the rod tip accordingly to keep the lure from striking bottom, even if you have to stick your arm and rod straight up into the air!
When you get a fish on, start reeling with your rod at about the 10 o'clock position. The Hell-Pet will come to the surface and you can basically "water ski" the fish back to the boat (unless it is a hybrid or striper).
I recommend the original Tony Accetta Pet Spoon and not the knock-off brands. The knock-off brands have been known to fail (the screw that holds the single hook to the spoon loosens and fish pull the hook out).
Good luck and have fun with the Hell-Pet rig.
Thursday, November 22, 2007
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Nokia has confirmed the imaging technology seen in its Symbian-powered PureView smartphone will make its way to its Windows Phone-run Lumia device.
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BABY BORROWERS: Who's still together, who's apart?
By Ann Tatko-Peterson
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 at 10:10 pm in Baby Borrowers.
As finales go, "Baby Borrowers" looked like a snoozefest. Sure, it had a few zany one-liners and heaping teaspoonfuls of sentimental moments, but on the entertainment front, it lacked punch. Until the Where Are They Now snippets rolled.
In a word: stunning. Rock solid, relatively mature Jordan and Sasha — split. Vastly improved Alicea and Cory — separated. Sweet Kelsey and Sean — kaput. Which of the teen "parents" are still kind of together? The two least-likely-to-last couples.
Clearly, TV reveals only so much. How else to explain Morgan taking Daton back? He was beyond rude in the previous episode, tossing out hateful words that don't deserve to be forgiven. But even more telling, he quit, not just on the experiment but on Morgan, too. She was no peach, but she still deserved better than him. Now, they're just friends, which also is more than Daton deserves.
Kelly and Austin were a little less surprising. They were Mr. and Mrs. Dysfunctional. And her hysterics — at times borderline manic — seemed like a relationship kill-joy. But he had a habit for turning the other cheek and buckling under her temper tantrums. I wouldn't have stood for someone so off-the-chart crazy, but hey, I guess it works for him — though they too are more "just friends" in their still seeing each other phase.
The elderly episode wasn't a complete waste of time. Hedy was hilarious and perfectly paired with Morgan. I loved her line, "I've had three husbands and that was enough." But the line of the night belonged to Kelly, who along with Austin took Gene to the gym for a morning workout. "Gene is totally Grandpa on steroids." Priceless. And George was so sweet, who wouldn't want him for their grandpa. It was especially sad to hear that he lost his wife, Regina. There's a couple who truly understood the value of marriage.
The experiment ended with all of the teens realizing they don't want to be parents anytime soon. And fortunately for those of us who became "Baby Borrowers" addicts, we will get an encore of sorts next week. NBC will end a town hall meeting format in an episode called "Lessons Learned" on Aug. 6 at 9 p.m. Today co-host Hoda Kotb will lead the discussion.
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