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* U.S. politicians still trying to hammer out a deal toavert default
* U.S. debt ceiling authorization lapses on Thursday
* U.S. stock index futures sag, oil prices ease modestly
* China export growth fizzles in September, CPI at 7-monthhigh
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TOKYO/SYDNEY, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Asian shares and U.S. stockindex futures fell while the safe-haven yen rose on Monday as apossible U.S. debt default crept closer after weekend talks inWashington failed -- though markets appear still to expect thata last-minute compromise will be reached.
Adding to the gloom, China's export growth unexpectedlyfizzled in September, underscoring worries about flagging globaldemand, and annual consumer inflation quickened to a seven-monthhigh.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan, which had hit a three-week high on Friday onhopes a U.S. deal was imminent, eased 0.2 percent, althoughChina's CSI300 index added 0.5 percent. Markets inJapan and Hong Kong are closed on Monday for public holidays.
U.S. stocks had risen strongly on Friday reflectinghopes a deal to raise the $16.7 trillion federal borrowing limitwas near. However, politicians remain at loggerheads as the Oct.17 deadline approaches. U.S. stock index futures shed 0.8 percent in Asian trade.
U.S. equity markets will trade on Monday, although someother markets, such as Treasuries, will close for the ColumbusDay holiday. In Asia, U.S. Treasury futures edged up4-1/2 ticks.
"This is such bad theatre. Congress is likely to take thisto the wire. Expect a selloff in stocks on Monday," said SharonLee Stark, fixed-income strategist at D.A. Davidson & Co in St.Petersburg, Florida.
"Tuesday, bond traders have to position for a possibledefault which could cause a sell off in risk assets and risingU.S. rates. A bad scenario from all perspectives just becauseour government can't get it together!"
Financial bookmakers expected major European indexes to open down as much as 0.3 percent on Monday.
Failure to break the stalemate before Thursday's deadlinewould leave the U.S. government unable to pay its bills in thecoming weeks, an unthinkable outcome for the global economy andfinancial markets.
Still, trading has remained relatively calm as many analystsexpect Republicans and Democrats to strike a last-minute deal,believing U.S. politicians would want to avoid the direconsequences of a default.
"Most likely, a solution will be found before, or be in themaking, by October 17," analysts at Nomura wrote in a clientnote.
"The tail-risk comes into play if there is no clearframework for a solution by October 17. Entering this tail wouldsee risk jump in terms of funding market stress and risk assetsmore broadly."
Some financial institutions have reduced the use of Treasurybills as collateral for trades as the deadline gets closer. HongKong's securities exchange is applying a bigger discount on U.S.Treasuries used as margin collateral.
The failure of the weekend talks in Washington saw investorsseeking safety in the yen and Swiss franc.
The dollar fell 0.3 percent to 98.26 yen aftergaining 0.5 percent on Friday, and the euro dipped 0.1 percentto 133.30 yen.
The U.S. currency was down 0.3 percent at 0.9096. Thedollar index, which tracks the greenback against a basketof major currencies, dipped 0.1 percent.
In commodity markets, gold fell 0.1 percent to about$1,271 an ounce, adding to last week's 2.9 percent decline.
Brent crude inched down 0.1 percent to around $111 abarrel, extending Friday's 0.5 percent decline, as concerns thatthe U.S. fiscal standoff and slower growth in China would crimpdemand.
"China still faces significant external headwinds while arecovery in domestic demand is lifting import growth," HSBC saidin a note on the weak export data.
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My daughter is 26 pounds and is wearing mostly 24 month stuff but some 18 month stuff still. Size 4 or 5 shoe and size 4 diaper. No potty training yet but starting very soon. Still sleeping in a crib. What about you?
My daughter is 26 pounds and is wearing mostly 24 month stuff but some 18 month stuff still. Size 4 or 5 shoe and size 4 diaper. No potty training yet but starting very soon. Still sleeping in a crib. What about you?
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teeth - all except for 2nd molars
hair - just now has a little blonde hair on top but more in the back (baby mullet ) :)
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SAHM DS 10/10 little baby boy due 3/8/15
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Just had one 2 yr molar pop through. Hopefully the three won't be long.
Potty training? Yeah right!
Sleeps only in his crib...he doesn't like sleeping anywhere else.
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DH tried to weigh DS on the post office scale today. He thinks Peter weighs 25 lbs, but that's a couple pounds more than what I was expecting. Maybe we should buy a scale so we can weigh him (and ourselves) at home...
Last time I checked, DS is still short.and has a big noggin. He wears size 18 month clothes except when we run out of clean outfits. He still fits into his 12 month stuff. I tried buying a pack of size 4 diapers, but they were ridiculously big on him, so we went back to the 3s. Wide size 5 feet. 4s still fit, but they're getting snug.
Not planning to potty train anytime soon. DS hasn't shown any interest other than in flushing the toilet.
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TSA to remove controversial airport X-ray scannersBy JOSHUA FREED
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Volunteers pass through the first full body scanner, which uses backscatter technology, installed at OHare International Airport in Chicago. The Transportation Security Administration says the X-ray scanners will be gone by June 2013 because the company that makes them cant fix the privacy issues.Those airport scanners with their all-too revealing body images will soon be going away.
The Transportation Security Administration says the scanners that used a low-dose X-ray will be gone by June because the company that makes them cant fix the privacy issues. The other airport body scanners, which produce a generic outline instead of a naked image, are staying.
The government rapidly stepped up its use of body scanners after a man sneaked explosives onto a flight bound for Detroit on Christmas Day 2009.
At first, both types of scanners showed travelers naked. The idea was that security workers could spot both metallic objects like guns as well as nonmetallic items such as plastic explosives. The scanners also showed every other detail of the passengers body, too.
The TSA defended the scanners, saying the images couldnt be stored and were seen only by a security worker who didnt interact with the passenger. But the scans still raised privacy concerns. Congress ordered that the scanners either produce a more generic image or be removed by June.
On Thursday Rapiscan, the maker of the X-ray, or backscatter, scanner, acknowledged that it wouldnt be able to meet the June deadline. The TSA said Friday that it ended its contract for the software with Rapiscan.
The agencys statement also said the remaining scanners will move travelers through more quickly, meaning faster lanes at the airport. Those scanners, made by L-3 Communications, used millimeter waves to make an image. The company was able to come up with software that no longer produced a naked image of a travelers body.
The TSA will remove all 174 backscatter scanners from the 30 airports theyre used in now. Another 76 are in storage. It has 669 of the millimeter wave machines it is keeping, plus options for 60 more, TSA spokesman David Castelveter said.
Not all of the machines will be replaced. Castelveter said that some airports that now have backscatter scanners will go back to having metal detectors. Thats what most airports used before scanners were introduced.
The Rapiscan scanners have been on their way out for months, in slow motion.
The government hadnt bought any since 2011. It quietly removed them from seven major airports in October, including New Yorks LaGuardia and Kennedy airports, Chicagos OHare, and Los Angeles International. The TSA moved a handful of the X-ray scanners to very small airports. At the time, the agency said the switch was being made because millimeter-wave scanners moved passengers through faster.
Rapiscan parent company OSI Systems Inc. said it will help the TSA move the scanners to other government agencies. It hasnt yet been decided where they will go, said Alan Edrick, OSIs chief financial officer, in an interview.
Scanners are often used in prisons or on military bases where privacy is not a concern.
Theres quite a few agencies which will have a great deal of interest in the scanners, Edrick said.
OSI is taking a one-time charge of $2.7 million to cover the money spent trying to develop software to blur the image, and to move the machines out of airports, Edrick said.
The contract to change the software on the scanners came under scrutiny in November when the TSA delivered a show cause letter to the company looking into allegations that it falsified test data, which the company denied. On Thursday it said final resolution of that issue needs approval by the Department of Homeland Security.
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On Thursday, a medical helicopter will touch down at a local hospital, and the emergency room will be flooded with people wounded and dying from a terrorist attack.
The casualties will all be pretend — dummies and actors in makeup — but the simulation will give local officials a chance to practice how they would stay organized and respond in the event of a real emergency.
Starting this week, U.S. Army North units are back at Camp Atterbury near Edinburgh for the annual Vibrant Response emergency preparedness drill. More than 5,500 military and civilian personnel have arrived at Camp Atterbury for the three-week training exercise, which helps soldiers practice for how they would help in the event of a natural disaster or terrorist attack.
Military units are called to help with disasters only when local, state and federal emergency responders are overwhelmed, so soldiers don't get much real-world experience working with civilian groups such as hospital staff or local health departments. Vibrant Response helps soldiers train to help in natural disasters such as tornadoes, hurricanes or earthquakes or after nuclear or terrorist attacks.
The exercise also gives the county's emergency management and health department staff an opportunity to put their emergency response plans to the test, emergency management agency director Stephanie Sichting said. That testing allows the county to review its plan and make changes if something doesn't work as well in practice as it sounds on paper before a real-life emergency, she said.
"It gives us time in our own setting in a controlled environment to work our plan to see what we can improve on," Sichting said. "We can sit back and critique it."
Medical helicopters will practice making landings and bringing patients into Johnson Memorial Hospital in Franklin on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday this week. On Thursday, local groups including the Johnson County Health Department will get hands-on experience as patients arrive to simulate a mass-casualty event.
Local residents may notice more military vehicles rolling through Edinburgh or along Interstate 65 and hear helicopters flying overhead during the next three weeks, Camp Atterbury spokeswoman Capt. Jessica Cates said. Camp Atterbury is serving as a staging ground for military vehicles and equipment and also housing the troops on the post, Cates said. Aside from additional road and air traffic, nearby residents shouldn't be affected because most of the training exercises are taking place at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center in Butlerville.
Some Indiana units are joined mostly by soldiers from Illinois, Ohio and Utah for the event this year, Cates said. For the first time, the Indiana Department of Homeland Security is taking part in the exercise, working with the military to simulate the early stages of the disaster and what steps state officials would need to take to call in support from the military, she said.
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The Franklin Institute seeks nominations for the 2017 Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science of individuals who have made significant contributions to understanding and quantifying perturbations of natural systems within the biosphere, atmosphere, or hydrosphere in the age of the Anthropocene. Nominations should recognize fundamental contributions that emphasize large-scale modeling or synthesis of observational data in order to provide insights into these systems within the recent past and into the near future. Such insights may come from investigating time scales of minutes to millennia and study across multiple disciplines. Nominations must clearly indicate the scientific impact of the nominee's work, whether conceptual, technical, or integrative.
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I got the references to first and third trilogies immediately, but the middle one had me stumped. Even though I play LOTRO as much as STO, I couldn't see the forest for the treants!
From today's xkcd:
I got the references to first and third trilogies immediately, but the middle one had me stumped. Even though I play LOTRO as much as STO, I couldn't see the forest for the treants!
In response to a question on STO's sub-reddit, I started wondering about the mass of the dyson spheres in Star Trek Online. I love doing these paper-and-pencil what-ifs, and the sphere is one of my favorite zones in STO for look and feel. Here was my response to the original poster's question about how the Solanae sphere jumping a few light years out from Iconia would affect the Iconia system …
There are too many unknowns to come up with a good guess at the sphere shell's mass, but I assume it's a fraction of its central star's mass and wouldn't contribute much beyond normal stellar-scale gravitational pull. So it's no different than any other normal star a few light years away, having minimal gravitational impact.
An interesting consequence of the sphere jumping is having a clear way measure the speed of gravitational wave propagation. Barring some kind of Trekverse subspace effect, that's theoretically at the speed of light, so it will take Iconia two years to feel even that tiny gravitational shift after the sphere jumped to two light years away.
If the sphere were constructed from the star's original planets and we use our solar system as a base, then it's no more than roughly 1/750th the mass of its star (based on planetary mass but not including asteroids and Oort cloud.) However, we do have some observations about the sphere to consider. And now, some math-based guessing …
Watching the Enterprise fly through the Jenolan sphere's airlock in Relics, it looks like the sphere is several kilometers thick since the airlock's inner and outer doors appear to be flush with the inner and outer surfaces. The gash in the Solonae sphere's Wasteland zone looks much deeper, at least tens of kilometers thick. In either case, it's thickness is much smaller than its radius, so we can approximate the shell's volume as 4 * pi * r2 * t, where r radius (1.5E11 m, i.e., 1 AU) >> t thickness (1E4 to 1E5 m, i.e., 10 – 100 km).
That means it's between 2.3E26 and 2.3E27 cubic meters (m3). The gash looks starship-like inside, and starships–like witches–float, e.g., Nandi at Risa. It may not be solid but may use superdense matter like neutronium for it shell, so let's wildly guess at effective densities between water (1000 kg/m3) and iron (8000 kg/m3). To get a range, let's use a lighter, thinner shell (1/2 as dense as water, i.e. like like a naval ship's displacement) versus a thicker solid iron shell to get 1.2E28 kg to 1.8E31 kg.
For scale, the sun's mass is roughly 2E30 kg which means our range is 1/100 to 10 times the mass of a Sol-type star. So, I could see the sphere's mass being roughly the same magnitude as its star given a superdense impenetrable shell much like the doomsday device and vast energies from capturing the stellar output for force fields, integrity fields, artificial gravity, and active stabilization. It's still measurable in normal stellar masses and not, say, galactic core black hole masses. Two solar masses over two light years is still not out of the ordinary gravitationally, but it points to the possibility that the sphere was constructed not from the mass of a solitary star's planets but from one of the stars in a binary system.
Furthermore, if the shell were constructed only from the planetary mass around a Sol-type star, then its effective density is pretty low to absurdly low. With our solar system's total planetary mass of roughly 3E27 kg and that volume between 2.3E26 and 2.3E27 m^3, the shell's density would be 1.1 to 11 kg/m^3 or about 1/100 to 1/1000 the density of water. For reference, styrofoam is 40 kg/m^3 or about 1/25 the density of water. While anything is possible, the Solanae dyson sphere *shell* being 4 to 40 times less dense than sytrofoam is more than my brain can handle.
I wish they'd used a ringworld instead of a dyson sphere so my Kzinti–er, Ferasan–Captain would feel more at home exploring it.
In response to Face Of The Ranger's Streamlining post:
Streamlining is necessary and inevitable for an MMO to remain healthy as it ages. As content stacks up over the years, new players struggle to cross ever-widening chasms of unpopulated zones to reach the latest content, where most of the player-base already is. The probability of them sticking it out decreases. That old content strangles off the flow of new players, and the game declines as older players move on.
Let's be honest. Much of MMO content is not really story; it's "Kill ten rats." It's padding so players don't run through content (they may have paid for) too quickly. It justifies development dollars spent with hours played. As that content ages and the endgame fencepost moves, developers can remove that padding, keeping the essence of story without slowing players down from reaching the latest content. Refactoring old content also allows developers to use techniques they've learned or features they've added to out-of-date content. It's an opportunity for the editorial process to include player feedback and retrofit old ideas with better as the storyline evolves.
Consider Star Trek Online (STO) refactoring the old Romulan Mystery episodes. It resulted in a much better experience: less padding, better story, and better technicals. Characters introduced in later episodes were woven back into older storylines, and an absurd plot involving Undine and a pre-emptive Federation strike against the Romulans can happily be forgotten. Denise Crosby reprised her role as Sela with new voice acting. If I put aside nostalgia, if I had a choice as a first-time player between the old and new versions, it's no contest: Newer is better.
I replayed every episode for the Delta Recruit event, and content that hasn't been refactored was painful obvious, particularly the Cardassian arc for Federation characters. Even the Breen arc, arguably Cryptic's turning point in honing their content creation skills, needs refactoring–more because of baked-in technical problems that caused many people to crash in one particular episode. That refactoring is in the works, although it likely has to take a back seat to the new content around the Iconian War. New content tends to trump old since it's more likely to generate new business, but the fact that Cryptic does spend time and money on this refactoring is evidence that they see it as an important part of the business model.
Compare that to Shadows of Angmar (Volume I) in Lord Of The Rings Online (LOTRO) which desperately needs streamlining. It's the original storyline (a.k.a. Epic Quest) from LOTRO's release and has only had some minor touch-ups over the years. I replayed it a few months ago and though it would never end–so much padding and back-and-forth that I had to buy mithril coins for fast travel to quest givers. It wasn't fun anymore, and the story got lost in the tedium. I would guess most new players never complete it; once the starting quest for Moria pops up, they're almost forced to head there so they can start the legendary item grind. That's a shame because it's still a great story and part of LOTRO lore. Volume I needs to be shorter while preserving the essence of the story, and it needs to take advantage of all those things Turbine has learned since about creating content.
Perhaps STO has a leg up on LOTRO with streamlining because it levels its content to the player. Cryptic expects players to replay missions, even encourages it by including special rewards that are often leveled to the player. I keep a list of those missions and will go back once I've reached level cap on a new alt to have those items at max level. Cryptic added brand new rewards when they refactored Romulan Mystery, and they even highlighted it as new quests in the quest panel. Beyond the skill of refactoring content and the properties of STO that encourage it, Cryptic has a process for getting people to the streamlined content.
Other developers have something to learn from Cryptic on this point. As games age and accumulate content, either their creators care enough about the whole experience to go back and improve old content or they don't. I'll gladly trade my fond memories of old, wonky content for a commitment to maintain a great game experience through all levels of play.


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This isn't about any teenager: Wives, new mothers, professional women, and empty nesters are developing eating disorders.
Women in their 20s, 30s, 40s, and 50s are showing signs of anorexia or bulimia. The problem often begins so subtly that neither she nor her family realizes what's happening, experts say. Yet the problem can be life-threatening.
With anorexia, the disorder may begin quite simply with a diet. Bulimia involves binging and purging, either through vomiting or laxatives -- with getting thin as the goal.
The women are often living productive lives and want to fight midlife weight gain. Or there may be an emotional crisis that triggers it. Depression springs from a divorce, a death, a child who has left home. Her self-esteem may be suffering. She may feel lonely.
Typically, it's fueled by concerns about body image and weight -- every woman's struggle to live up to society's standard.


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Former Rocky Mountain News Columnist Penny Parker DiesPenny Parker, the former entertainment columnist for the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post, died in Denver over the weekend.
Colorado Leads Nation In Growth In Wind Energy Factory JobsThe Denver Post reports Colorado led the nation in the growth of wind energy manufacturing jobs in 2014.
Theater Shooting Prosecutors Say Unbiased Jury PossibleProsecutors in the Aurora movie theater shooting case say an unbiased jury can be seated in the community where the 2012 attack happened, despite defense claims.
Denver Studies Need For, Costs Of Public Toilets DowntownThe Denver Post reports politicians are studying the need for and costs of putting public toilets downtown amid a debate about what to do about people urinating in the streets of the increasingly popular heart of the city.
Homeless Vet Finds Columbine Shooting Victim's Football Championship RingA homeless veteran found a championship ring from the Columbine Rebels football team that won the Class 5A title in 1999.
Peyton Manning Takes Pay Cut, Will Play Another Year With The BroncosDenver Broncos quarterback Brock Osweiler will have to wait even longer for his turn. Multiple media reports on Wednesday say that Peyton Manning has agreed to take a $4 million pay cut and will play in Denver at least another year.
Colorado Hotel Occupancy, Prices Rise To Record LevelsThe Denver Post reports a strengthening economy brought a record number of guests to Colorado hotels in 2014, pushing room rates higher than ever before.
Dying Man's Letter Helps Spark Effort For 'Death With Dignity' Law In ColoradoA letter to the editor written by a man who was dying has prompted a controversial bill at the state Capitol that would legalize assisted dying.
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Update: Cherry Mobile just announced the Cherry Mobile Titan Pro. We got half of the name right, and another photo of it was just posted minutes ago below.
Top local mobile brand Cherry Mobile recently teased another phablet on their Facebook page that features a pen and matching pen apps. The smartphone - no questions asked - is very reminiscent of Samsung's Galaxy Note series.
Judging from the photo (and of course, recent market history), the phablet may feature a 5.5-inch display, a Mediatek processer, possibly 2GB RAM, an HD display, 16GB of onboard memory, and might be named the Cherry Mobile Pro (The hashtag #LikeAPro and the PRO font at the poster below possibly hint to the device's name. Then again, we could be wrong).
If you have an idea of the phone's OEM, post a link at the comments box below and we'll make sure you get a proper shoutout. Meanwhile, what do you think about this phone? Is it another gamechanger even with the arrival of the Moto G?
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DYNAMIC (Dilated cardiomYopathy iNtervention with Allogeneic MyocardIally-regenerative Cells) Trial: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 1a/b multicenter study of allogeneic human cardiosphere-derived cells in patients with advanced heart
The proposed research will set out to demonstrate the safety and feasibility, in patients, of a novel treatment for heart failure based on heart-derived stem cells. The focus is on patients who have been diagnosed with a form of heart failure known as dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). Currently, DCM is the most common type of heart failure, a disease which affects ~5 million Americans and which is one of the major causes of death and disability; it generally results from coronary atherosclerosis and multiple MIs, but can also be idiopathic in nature. The timing and course of the disease differs between individuals but ultimately the progression of disease leads to chronic heart failure. Medication and mechanical devices can be effective in slowing the progression of heart failure, but there is no known commercial therapy that can reverse the progression of the disease process. The heart remodels (i.e., dilates) to offset the loss of functional heart muscle. The remodeling process is ultimately maladaptive, with profound changes in cardiac structure and function as well as in the underlying molecular and cellular pathways. Conventional therapy relies largely on drugs that block secondary maladaptive signaling pathways; they slow the progression of heart failure, but do not reverse the disease. Once DCM becomes symptomatic, with shortness of breath and limited exercise capacity despite best current therapy, clinical outcomes are dismal. The one-year risk of death or hospitalization in such patients approximates 40%. Cell therapy has the potential to achieve myocardial regeneration and thus to improve, qualitatively, the prospects of these desperately ill patients.
We will perform the DYNAMIC Phase 1 trial of allogeneic cardiosphere-derived cells in patients with DCM. DYNAMIC will study 42 patients (14 controls and 28 cell-treated). Functional testing will include cardiac imaging by echo and PET/CT in order to gain extensive information about perfusion, structure and function and how they may respond to therapy. Clinical events data will also be collected so as to better power follow-on studies seeking to reduce death and hospitalization.
By the end of the project, we expect to have completed a clinical trial of a promising form of cell therapy in a highly-deserving patient population. The data collected will be vital in planning more advanced clinical studies that will determine, definitively, whether the treatment saves lives.
Cardiomyopathy is a group of heart-related diseases that affects heart muscle. This research focuses on dilated cardiomyopathy, which is the most common form and is typically characterized by the progressive, usually irreversible enlargement of heart muscle. Dilated cardiomyopathy is common, accounting for more than half of the ~5 million cases of heart failure in the USA today. Currently, the only treatment for dilated cardiomyopathy is management through optimal medication and lifestyle changes. Management of the disease focuses on reducing the symptoms and slowing disease progression. There is no known cure for dilated cardiomyopathy nor has there been a proven strategy to stop its progression, or to reverse established disease. This research is aimed at using heart-derived cell therapy, the only known intervention, to date, that has been proven clinically effective in regenerating the human heart. If our research is successful, we may offer a cost-effective way to reduce the tremendous damage to Californians inflicted by this type of heart disease. This in turn may also reduce the economic burden presently borne by taxpayers who support the health care systems in California. In addition to the public health benefits, spinoff technology developed by this disease team will benefit existing California-based biotechnology companies, leading to fuller employment and an enhanced tax base.


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Windows Secure Web Patch is a brand new malware that users can acquire if browsing the web without proper security setup. It enters inside an unguarded computer in various ways. Most popular of all is the use of Trojan that is capable of forcing itself inside a computer that has security fault. When the Trojan successfully invades a system, it will strike the registry and create some entries. It hits the registry first, because author of Windows Secure Web Patch intends to run it every time user starts Windows.
Once it is having control of the infected computer, this threat will claim to be a useful program that can detect and isolate threats. When it scans the system, it will show a list of threats and brag that it can be remove by the same software but user must pay for the full version first. It is so obvious that it forces a situation in order to sell a rogue product.
Do not panic when you come face to face with Windows Secure Web Patch. All you have to do is ignore this malware. Never click on its prompts. It is important that you should run a full virus scan immediately using genuine security program.
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What are the Symptoms of Windows Secure Web Patch Infection?
Here is a screenshot image of the rogue program when it begins to scan the computer. It will produce threats that does not reside on the computer.
It will modify Windows Registry and add the following entries:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings "WarnOnHTTPSToHTTPRedirect" = 0
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System "DisableRegedit" = 0
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System "DisableRegistryTools" = 0
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System "DisableTaskMgr" = 0
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run "Inspector"
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Settings "net" = "u_2012-5-24_6"
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Settings "UID" = "mkcbhquwpl"
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\advxdwin.exe
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options\SafetyKeeper.exe
The threat will drop the following malicious files:
%AppData%\Protector-[random 3 characters].exe
%AppData%\Protector-[random 4 characters].exe
%CommonStartMenu%\Programs\Windows Secure Web Patch .lnk
%Desktop%\Windows Secure Web Patch .lnk
Follow these Procedures to Remove Windows Secure Web Patch
Procedure 1: Scan Computer in Safe Mode Using Installed Anti-virus Program
1. First, we will try to remove Windows Secure Web Patch by running a virus scan under Safe Mode with Networking. To perform this task, please complete these procedures.
Start in Safe Mode with Networking (Windows XP/Vista/7 Instruction)
- Please restart the computer and just before Windows start, press F8 on your keyboard repeatedly. You will be presented with Advanced Options Menu.
- From the selections, choose Safe Mode with Networking. Please use keyboard's arrow up/down to navigate between selections and press Enter to proceed.
Start Windows 8 in Safe Mode with Networking
- Please restart the computer and as soon as it begins to start, please press Shift+F8 keys.
- Instead of seeing Advance Boot Options, Windows 8 will display Recovery Mode. Continue with the given steps until you reach Safe Mode function.
- Click on 'See advanced repair options'.
- Then, click on Troubleshoot.
- Next, please select Advanced options.
- On the next window, please choose Windows Startup Settings.
- Lastly, click on Restart button. Windows 8 will now restart and boot into Advanced Boot Option wherein you can run the system in Safe Mode with Networking.
2. Open your installed anti-virus programs and update it to the most recent version by automatically downloading necessary updates.
3. Thoroughly scan the computer and remove all identified threats. Do not restart or turn off the computer after the scan process. You still need to run another scan. Please follow the next procedure.
Procedure 2: Scan and remove Windows Secure Web Patch files with MalwareBytes Anti-Malware
To remove Windows Secure Web Patch, download Malwarebytes Anti-Malware by clicking on the button below. This tool is effective in getting rid of Trojans, viruses and malware.
1. After downloading, please install the program using the default settings.
2. At the end of the installation, please make sure that it will download necessary updates.
3. Once update has completed. The tool will launch.
4. Thoroughly scan the computer and remove all threats detected by this anti-malware program.
Procedure 3: Run TrendMicro's Anti-Threat Toolkit (ATTK) to check and delete any remnants of Windows Secure Web Patch.
As an added help to remove Windows Secure Web Patch, you can scan the computer with Anti-Threat Toolkit. This software is provided and distributed by TrendMicro. Follow this procedure to run a scan with this tool.
1. Download the package by clicking on the button below. This will launch a new browser window that contains further details about the tool.
2. Save the file to a location on your hard drive.
3. Browse for the location of the file and double-click to run. If you are using Windows Vista or Windows 7, right-click on extracted file supportcustomizedpackage and click on Run as Administrator.
4. When program launch, it will run a command prompt to initialize, prepare components, and update the program.
5. Next it will open the graphical user interface (GUI) of Anti-Threat Toolkit.
6. Click on Scan Now. This operation will scan all Windows Secure Web Patch files and processes in your computer and display a list of result for possible Fake Antivirus program and malware that needs to be removed.
7. Tick all items that are detected by the program, and then click Clean. The tool will start removing Windows Secure Web Patch components from the computer.
8. If it asked you to restart Windows, please do so.
Protect your PC from Windows Secure Web Patch or Similar Attack
Turn On Safe Browsing Features
Internet Explorer - Activate SmartScreen Filter
Internet Explorer versions 8 and 9 has this feature called SmartScreen Filter. It helps detect phishing web sites and protect you from downloading malicious files online. To turn on SmartScreen Filter, follow these steps:
1. Please open Internet Explorer.
2. On top menu, select Tools (IE 9). For IE 8, please look for Safety menu.
3. Select SmartScreen Filter from the drop-down list and click on Turn on SmartScreen Filter.
4. Please restart Internet Explorer.
Google Chrome's Enable Phishing and Malware Protection
With Google Chrome's Phishing and Malware Detection feature, you will have lesser risks browsing the web. It will display a warning when the site you are trying to visit is suspicious. To enable Phishing and Malware Protection, please do these steps:
1. Open Google Chrome.
2. Click on the Customize and control Google Chrome (3-Bars Icon) located on top right corner of the browser.
3. Select Settings from the drop-down list.
4. Once on the settings page, click on Show advanced settings... at the bottom of the page to see the rest of the Chrome setup.
5. Locate Privacy section and mark 'Enable phishing and malware protection'.
6. Please restart Google Chrome. New settings keep your browser safe while surfing the web.
Mozilla Firefox - Block Attack Sites and Web Forgeries
Phishing and Malware Protection is a built-in feature on Firefox version 3 or later. It warns you when a page you are trying to visit contains phishing content or an attack site designed to drop threats on the computer. To help you keep safe while browsing the Internet using Firefox, please follow this guide:
1. Open Mozilla Firefox browser.
2. On top menu, click on Tools. Then select Options from the list.
3. Select Security and put a check mark on the following items:
- Warn me when sites try to install add-ons
- Block reported attack sites
- Block reported web forgeries


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Companies that make or distribute toys, zippers and other children's products will face tougher government scrutiny to keep out any lead...
WASHINGTON — Companies that make or distribute toys, zippers and other children's products will face tougher government scrutiny to keep out any lead that could poison and kill children or harm their brain development.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) agreed, in response to legal pressure, to instruct importers and manufacturers to provide health and safety studies if any lead might be found in their products for children.
"Parents still need to be vigilant about the recalls on products marketed to children that might contain lead, and take those products away from children as soon as they are recalled," Jessica Frohman, co-chair of the Sierra Club's national toxics committee, said Sunday.
The EPA's action is part of a settlement the agency signed Friday with the Sierra Club and another advocacy group, Improving Kids' Environment. The EPA also must tell the Consumer Product Safety Commission "that information EPA has reviewed raises questions about the adequacy of quality-control measures by companies importing and/or distributing children's jewelry."
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While the EPA can ban a substance such as lead, only the Consumer Product Safety Commission has the authority to ban a product.
The Sierra Club last year petitioned the agencies to monitor and ban the making of any children's jewelry that contains lead. After the EPA rejected the petition, the two groups sued the agency.
The lawsuit followed the death of 4-year-old Jarnell Brown of Minneapolis, who died last year from acute lead poisoning by swallowing part of a charm bracelet distributed by Reebok International. The child's death was ruled accidental, but Reebok recalled 300,000 of the silver-colored, Chinese-made bracelets — found to be 90 percent lead — that the company had given away with its shoes.
In December, the safety commission began taking steps to ban children's jewelry containing more than 0.06 percent lead by weight — about one ounce for every 100 pounds. The commission's decision came after it had recalled more than a dozen products out of concern about lead.


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A Time for Giving
Why now is a great opportunity to pass on some of your wealth
It may be tough expanding your wealth in an economy that is teetering, but giving it away to heirs is getting a whole lot easier, thanks to rock-bottom interest rates.
Some estate-planning professionals are urging clients to take advantage of the situation by setting up grantor-retained annuity trusts, vehicles designed to minimize or eliminate gift taxes on wealth transferred out of an investor's estate during his or her lifetime.
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The reason: Low Treasury rates have pulled down the rate the Internal Revenue Service uses to calculate tax on these trust assets. The lower this rate -- known as the "hurdle" rate -- the more a grantor-retained annuity trust, or GRAT, can potentially pass to beneficiaries free of gift tax.
In March, the hurdle rate stood at 2.4%, less than half of what it was a year earlier, after falling to 2% in February, its lowest level ever.
"We believe Treasury rates are lower than the fundamentals justify," says Paul Palazzo, managing director of wealth management for L.J. Altfest & Co. in New York. "The hurdle rate is unusually low as a result -- which makes now a good time to set up a GRAT."
The person who establishes a GRAT (the grantor) places investments in the trust, and receives annuity payments from those assets over the trust's term -- usually two to five years, but sometimes longer. The grantor pays taxes on investment gains and income, but any investment growth in excess of the hurdle rate passes to the trust's beneficiary free of gift tax.
So say a grantor in March placed $1 million worth of stock in a GRAT with a three-year term, and he or she took annuity payments that would leave the trust with no assets -- thus no taxable gift -- at the term's end if the investment grew at the 2.4% hurdle rate. (This technique is known as "zeroing out" a GRAT.) If the stock actually gained 10% annually, the trust would finish its three-year term with more than $174,000 -- all of which would pass to the beneficiary tax-free.
There's one important catch: The grantor must outlive the term of the GRAT, or assets in the trust revert to his estate. That provision may make it impractical to zero out a GRAT, especially when it is funded with illiquid assets such as real estate or a business. In such cases, the annuity payments are made up of whatever cash flow the asset is likely to generate, and the amount may not be sufficient to zero out the GRAT within a time period the grantor believes he or she will outlive. In that event, the difference between the IRS's projected value for the trust at the end of the its term (the current value of the asset plus appreciation at the hurdle rate) and the scheduled annuity payments becomes the taxable gift.
Clearing the Hurdle
A GRAT is ineffective if the investments within it don't outpace the hurdle rate. In that case the grantor receives no benefit for either the expense of setting up the trust -- typically between $3,000 and $15,000 -- or the inconvenience of forgoing access to the assets (apart from annuity payments) during the GRAT's term.
Today's lower hurdle rate makes such a scenario less likely, however. "You set up a GRAT because you think your investment growth will be higher than the applicable federal rate," says Helen Modly, a financial adviser who specializes in estate planning for Focus Wealth Management Ltd. in Middleburg, Va. "These days that doesn't take much."
A smaller hurdle rate not only lowers the bar for sufficient investment growth, it also increases a GRAT's potential tax benefit. For instance, a three-year GRAT funded with $1 million and producing a 6% annual investment return would leave $78,476 tax free to a beneficiary at the current 2.4% hurdle rate, compared with just $4,405 at the March 2008 hurdle rate of 5.8%.
Because greater investment growth results in a greater tax benefit, grantors traditionally use GRATs to hold investments they expect will leap in value -- for example, shares of a closely held firm that will go public. But the low hurdle rate and the financial markets' declines have led wealth advisers, estate attorneys and grantors to reconsider the types of investments that are appropriate for these trusts.
Planners are increasingly funding GRATs with corporate bonds -- a once-unthinkable move that becomes worth considering when yields are in double-digits. Stock declines could make equities more or less attractive for GRATs, depending on the investor's perspective. They would be more attractive if the grantor considers the securities drastically undervalued, but less attractive if he thinks they will stay depressed for some time. Meanwhile, the cloudy outlook for the real-estate market and the economy may give grantors pause before funding the trusts with property or a small business, two traditional GRAT mainstays.
Staging a Rescue
Asset declines have undermined some GRATs that were established in the past several years, many of which are lagging behind the hurdle rate by a wide margin. Estate planners have a solution they call a GRAT rescue, which effectively swaps an old GRAT for a new one.
"Say you set up a two-year GRAT in late 2007, and you know it won't meet the hurdle rate," says John Dedon, an estate attorney with Odin, Feldman & Pittleman in Fairfax, Va. "You throw in the towel on that GRAT: You buy out its assets with cash, which remains in the trust and pays your annuity. Then you put your investments in a new GRAT, taking advantage of the current low hurdle rate and your assets' low values."
There are a few caveats associated with GRATs. The trusts generally make sense only for people whose estates exceed the estate-tax exemption: $3.5 million per person in 2009, or $7 million for a couple that takes full advantage of the spousal exemption. (Most observers expect Congress to extend the current exemption, rather than allowing it to drop to $1 million in 2011 as scheduled.) And the trusts don't prevent generation-skipping tax, so they aren't ideal for leaving assets to grandchildren.
Some estate planners worry that Congress and the new administration will change the rules that govern the trusts, perhaps prohibiting grantors from zeroing them out. So they're urging people who are considering funding or rescuing a GRAT to act quickly. "There is a buzz in the field that this technique is in legislators' target zone," says Richard Franklin, an attorney with Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP in McLean, Va.
—Mr. Hardcastle is a writer in Maine. He can be reached at email@example.com.


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Ziggy Marley "Wild and Free" Tour Set to Visit Cache Creek Casino Resort | Arts & Culture
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Ziggy Marley is performing at Cache Creek Casino Resort's Club 88 on Saturday, September 8 at 8 p.m.
Tickets are $59/seated, $45/standing. For tickets, contact Tickets.com online at tickets.com or by phone (800) 225-2277; or cachecreek.com and Cache Creek Casino Resort's guest services desk.
Ziggy Marley has had a fruitful career. Multiple Grammy Award-winning musician. Actor, artiste, activist and humanitarian. Since early last year, Ziggy has been touring tirelessly around the world, including supporting dates with Shakira on her Pop Festival tour in South America, and appearing at such festivals as Lovebox and V Fest in the UK, Summer Sonic in Japan, and the Montreux Jazz Fest in Switzerland.
Wild and Free, Ziggy's fourth solo album which he co-produced with Grammy-winning producer Don Was (The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Elton John, George Clinton), has received multiple accolades since its early summer release. In a recent review, People Magazine said that Ziggy "scores from start to finish on this excellent set," while Billboard lauds the album's "island rhythms and melodies with pop sensibilities." The album includes such unique pairings as the title track featuring Woody Harrelson, "It" featuring the recently-departed Heavy D, and "Changes" which was co-written by Linda Perry and features a guest rap by Ziggy's son, Daniel Marley.
Cache Creek Casino Resort is one of Northern California's largest casino-resort destinations. Located 40 miles northwest of Sacramento and 80 miles from the San Francisco Bay Area in Brooks, Ca., it features 2,400 slot machines, 120 table games, poker room, four-diamond hotel, nine restaurants, full-service spa, world-class entertainment in a 700-seat indoor concert venue and seasonal 3000-seat outdoor amphitheater, and an 18-hole championship golf course/facility. For more information, please visit cachecreek.com or call (800) 452-8181.
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Singh returns to Colonial, 1 stroke back
FORT WORTH, Texas Vijay Singh stopped playing at the Colonial Country Club when Annika Sorenstam showed up in 2003. He's finally back – and among the leaders.
Singh shot a 6-under 64 on Thursday, leaving him a stroke behind Woody Austin, Tim Clark and Steve Stricker after the first round of the Crowne Plaza Invitational.
"This is a good way to start a tournament," Singh said.
Singh played the event all but once from 1996-2002. He was scheduled to return in '03, then withdrew after making comments critical of the decision to allow a woman into the field. The gallery mocked his absence that week (his name on the side of chicken hats, T-shirts that read, "Singh a different tune, Vijay"), but folks seemed to have forgiven and forgotten on Thursday.
He heard cheers when he birdied five straight holes in the middle of his round and people groaned along with him when he hit the flagstick on his 15th hole. The good vibe likely was aided by his pairing with Kenny Perry, a two-time champion, and Brian Gay, who was born in Fort Worth and considers this his favorite course.
Singh described the support from the gallery as "no more than I had last week."
"I haven't been playing well so they've been very quiet," he said, laughing. "Maybe they're going to start making noise here soon."
Singh and Perry walked off their final green leading the field. It didn't last, though, because Austin came in at 63 soon after, then Clark followed. All left for lunch expecting more low scores to come in because of the light winds and soft greens, but Stricker was the only player from the afternoon groups to join them.
"If the wind blows, that is what is going to dictate the scoring here," Stricker said. "But if it continues to be soft, I think the scoring is going to continue to be good."
Rory Sabbatini shot a 71 to open his bid to sweep the Dallas and Forth Worth events, something only done by Ben Hogan in 1946. Sabbatini is the 2007 champion of this event and the most recent winner because '08 champ Phil Mickelson is on indefinite leave to help his wife, Amy, who recently was diagnosed with breast cancer.
Paul Casey, playing his first tournament since moving up to No. 3 in the world rankings, opened with a 66. He won the BMW PGA Championship on Sunday at Wentworth in England for his third victory of the season.
Ian Baker-Finch, celebrating the 20-year anniversary of his Colonial victory, shot a 68 in his second competitive start in 12 years. The 48-year-old Australian, a television commentator for the last decade, hadn't played tournament golf in eight years since shooting 74-77 at Colonial to miss the cut.
Singh opened slowly, mixing one birdie with five pars. Then came a run of five straight birdies.
"I thought, `Man, he's going to shoot 59,'" Perry said.
Singh narrowly missed several more birdie putts, often settling for tap-in pars. That includes the 15th, which might've been a tap-in birdie the way it was coming in.
Perry tied him at 6 under with a birdie on their 17th hole, but Singh followed with a birdie putt from the fringe to reach 7 under. Then came his lone poor hole, the finale. Singh put his drive in a bunker, then his approach into a pond. After making his bogey putt, he flipped his replacement ball into the pond, too.
It was still his lowest round on the PGA Tour this year, and the fifth time in six tries that he's been in the 60s after doing so only twice in his first 28 rounds.


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