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Brazil's economy shrank in the third quarter more than analysts forecast as above-target inflation, deteriorating fiscal accounts and rising interest rates sapped confidence and crimped investment. Swap rates fell.
Brazil's gross domestic product fell 0.5 percent in the July to September period from the previous three months, the biggest drop since the first quarter of 2009, the national statistics agency said today in Rio de Janeiro. The drop was larger than forecast from 38 economists surveyed by Bloomberg, whose median estimate was for a 0.3 percent drop, and follows a revised 1.8 percent gain in the second quarter. On an annualized basis, the third quarter decline was 1.9 percent.
Earlier this year, President Dilma Rousseff's administration attempted to revive growth by extending tax cuts to stoke demand for durable goods, boosted subsidized credit to businesses and auctioned concessions for her $240 billion infrastructure program to draw private capital. Her stimulus fueled inflation and widened the budget deficit. Today's data ease pressure on the central bank to continue its series of half-point increases to the benchmark interest rate, said Enestor dos Santos, principal economist at Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria.
"The central bank cares about growth, and these very negative figures should affect their decisions," Santos said by telephone from Madrid. "There's going to be a very dovish impact."
Swap rates on the contract maturing in January 2015, the most traded in Sao Paulo today, fell 10 basis points, or 0.10 percentage point, to 10.65 percent at 1:20 p.m. local time. The real weakened 0.1 percent to 2.3556 per U.S. dollar.
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Investment in the third quarter dropped by 2.2 percent. The decline shows the government artificially stimulated the economy in the second quarter and the impact was not lasting, according to Luciano Rostagno, chief strategist at Banco Mizuho do Brasil SA.
"The government expected that by giving stimulus to specific sectors, positive sentiment would spread out," Rostagno said by phone from Sao Paulo. "You can clearly see that didn't happen."
Even as growth contracted in the third quarter, the central bank continued raising rates in order to damp above-target inflation. The bank last week raised the benchmark Selic for the sixth straight time, to 10 percent, marking 275 basis points of increases since April.
"The increase of the Selic certainly had some impact on growth this year, because real interest rates are higher for investors and consumers," Finance Minister Guido Mantega said in a conference call. "However, our interest rates are still at reasonable levels relative to Brazil's norm."
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Growth in the world's second-biggest emerging market will accelerate this year to 2.5 percent from a revised 1 percent last year, according to analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. That would be less than one-third China's rate and about half of India's. The analysts forecast a 2.4 percent expansion in 2014.
Rousseff's government has repeatedly pledged to boost Brazil's investment rate, which was 19.1 percent of GDP in the third quarter, compared with 18.2 percent for all of 2012. Last year, China's investment rate was 48 percent of GDP, India's 36 percent, and Russia's 26 percent, according to the World Bank.
Protests that rocked the nation in the middle of the year deepened concern about the economy and how the government would respond with a presidential election coming next year, according to David Beker, Brazil economist for Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Industrial and consumer confidence levels fell in July to more than four-year lows before rebounding partially in subsequent months, according to the National Industry Confederation and Getulio Vargas Foundation.
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"We don't know how much adjustment we'll see in monetary policy or in fiscal policy, and that uncertainty makes it more difficult for companies to plan ahead," Beker said by phone from Sao Paulo before release of today's data. "You only make investments when you have long-term visibility, and that visibility declined over the last years."
Rousseff also hasn't pushed for more sweeping changes to the tax and labor laws that would reduce production costs for the economy as a whole, said Jankiel Santos, chief economist at Banco Espirito Santo de Investimento.
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"If Brazil had done what it was supposed to have, people would say there's tremendous potential here," Santos said by phone from Sao Paulo before release of today's data. "Since we haven't done that, the market's looking at Brazil and saying it's time to fly away."
In the third quarter, 54 percent of Brazilian businesses said the largest hindrance to growth is economic uncertainty, according to a survey of 300 companies by Grant Thornton International. That's up from 36 percent in the second quarter.
Consumer inflation in the year through mid-November accelerated to 5.78 percent after slowing for four straight months. Policy makers target inflation of 4.5 percent plus or minus two percentage points, and price increases have remained above the midpoint throughout Rousseff's nearly three years in office.
Third-quarter growth of family and government consumption, by 1 percent and 1.2 percent respectively, was not enough to keep the economy from contracting. Consumption has been holding up due to improvements in disposable income, according to Carlos Kawall, chief economist at Banco J. Safra.
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"The economy will be more dependent on consumption in the short term," Kawall said by phone from Sao Paulo. "Investments next year will be stagnant."
Economists in the latest weekly central bank survey forecast inflation of 5.92 percent in 2014, and a 10.5 percent Selic at the end of next year. Higher rates will hamper consumer demand, according to Andre Perfeito, chief economist at Gradual Investimentos.
The central bank's campaign against inflation has been offset by deteriorating government accounts. The nominal budget deficit in October was wider than economists predicted and set a record for the month, adding to evidence that the administration will miss its fiscal policy target this year. The primary surplus, which doesn't include interest payments, was 1.4 percent of gross domestic product in the year through October, compared with the target of about 2.3 percent.
"Tax revenue is improving, particularly starting in October, and should continue improving in coming months," Mantega said. "The problem was more on the revenue side than that of spending."


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Perfect records tend not to last inside the Octagon.
Stefan Struve stopped the previously undefeated Stipe Miocic on second-round punches in the UFC on Fuel TV 5 headliner on Saturday at the Capital FM Arena in Nottingham, England. The first 7-footer ever to compete in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Struve closed it out 3:50 into round two.
Miocic (9-1, 3-1 UFC) did some excellent work in the first round, as he ripped rights and lefts to the head and body of the 24-year-old Dutchman. The blows to Struve's midsection might have paid serious dividends had the fight lasted longer. However, momentum abandoned Miocic in round two.
Struve looked like a different fighter, as he assumed a far more aggressive approach, with the right uppercut as his chief weapon. He had Miocic on the run more than once. After the Strong Style Fight Team member slipped near the cage, Struve unleashed two hellacious right crosses that permanently altered the direction of the bout. A series of uppercuts followed, and one final left hook was enough to force referee Herb Dean's hand. Miocic slumped.
"I trained for five rounds, and I knew I had it in me," Struve said. "I saw he really slowed down in that second round, and I landed a good uppercut. I always want to finish, so you know if I've got him rocked that I'm going in for the kill."
Struve has stopped his last four opponents.
"I heard some complaints about my power in the past, but I think they might change their opinion right now," he added. "I need to work on using my reach better. Some moments were pretty good, some weren't so good, but I think I showed I have a good chin. I've got four wins in a row with four finishes, and [UFC President] Dana [White] said I'm about Top 5 in the world now, so I'm pretty proud as a 24-year-old."
Resurgent Hardy Overwhelms Sadollah
A multi-pronged standup attack coupled with a series of well-disguised takedowns and ground-and-pound carried former welterweight title contender Dan Hardy to a unanimous decision over "The Ultimate Fighter" Season 7 winner Amir Sadollah in the co-main event.
Hardy (25-10, 6-4 UFC) swept the scorecards by 29-28, 29-28 and 30-27 counts.
After a competitive first round, Hardy unveiled some new wrinkles, and Sadollah (6-4, 6-4 UFC) did not appear to be prepared for them. His trademark left hook remained in play, but "The Outlaw" made his most significant moves on the ground. He secured multiple takedowns and consolidated them with punishment, slicing into Sadollah with short elbows from the top. It resulted in cuts around both eyes.
Hardy punctuated his latest triumph with a beautiful combination on the feet in the closing seconds of round three, following a standing elbow with a crisp left hook.
"I've always dreamed of fighting here for the UFC," said Hardy, a Nottingham native who had not fought in his hometown since 2008. "I've fought here at smaller shows before, but nothing compares to the big event. I thought I might have the tendency to go out and start trading punches. I like a war as much as you guys, but I've got to be smart and sensible and pick my shots. I had a good time tonight. I enjoyed it."
Pickett Uppercut KOs Jabouin
American Top Team's Brad Pickett knocked out Yves Jabouin with a ringing right uppercut 3:40 into the opening round of their featured bantamweight matchup.
Pickett (22-6, 2-1 UFC) waded through heavy fire to get what he wanted. Jabouin tagged him with high-velocity kicks to the leg and body, knees to the head and multi-punch combinations. Still, the man they call "One Punch" pressed forward undaunted. The uppercut sent Jabouin to the canvas in a dazed state, and a pair of right hands on the ground sealed his fate.
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"The Ultimate Fighter" Season 5 alum Matt Wiman submitted the previously unbeaten Paul Sass in a lightweight showcase. Wiman (15-6, 9-4 UFC) finished it 3:48 into round one.
Sass (13-1, 3-1 UFC) fired the first salvo, as the 24-year-old Team Kaobon representative delivered a takedown inside the first 10 seconds and attacked from top position with a few well-placed elbows. Sass tried for an ill-advised heel hook, briefly surrendering the high ground. He then swept into top position, avoided an attempted triangle choke and belted Wiman with right hands.
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"I just feel so humble," said Wiman, who had not competed since Oct. 1. "I don't know why. Maybe it was the year off, or maybe I just expect more of myself and just got more nervous. I just had a lot of respect for a guy who had never lost before. He's never tasted that defeat. You have to take it from him. You can't just go in there and try to break him. You have to beat him. I knew Sass was going to bring it, and I just feel lucky and blessed to be on the winning side."
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London Shootfighters standout John Hathaway utilized his sizeable reach advantage and some stellar topside grappling en route to a unanimous decision against John Maguire in a featured welterweight attraction. All three cageside judges scored it the same: 30-27 for Hathaway (17-1, 7-1 UFC).
The once-beaten Hathaway pressed the fight from the start and kept his crafty opponent at a safe distance, on the end of his punches and kicks. The 25-year-old struck for a takedown from the body lock position in the second round, passed the Maguire guard and racked up points with ground-and-pound.
Maguire made a late bid for victory, scoring with a takedown of his own in round three. He advanced to side control but could not capitalize on the opportunity. Hathaway ultimately reclaimed guard and freed himself from danger, short circuiting any potential for a Hail Mary submission from Maguire.
Ludwig Injury Gives Mills TKO
An apparent knee injury suffered by Duane Ludwig resulted in a premature technical knockout by Che Mills in a featherweight showcase. Ludwig (21-14, 4-5 UFC) collapsed to the canvas in visible pain 2:28 into round one, necessitating an immediate stoppage. "Bang" has lost three consecutive fights for the first time as a professional.
Mills (15-5, 2-1 UFC) dominated the match up until the injury. The 30-year-old former Cage Rage champion cut Ludwig underneath the right eye during an early exchange, took down the Grudge Training Center veteran with ease and grinded on him with elbows from side control.
"To be honest, there wasn't really a set game plan," said Mills, who won for the sixth time in seven appearances. "I've just been training so hard in all the areas, so I was [going to gauge] where I felt comfortable. The takedown was there, so I took it."
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Mmmm. Intriguing. Very, very intriguing. Can you take a picture if she rides by tomorrow? Use the telephoto if you have it.
Was she holding the phone in her left or right hand? Knowing which hand she was breaking with would add to the image. Or maybe was she a fixie hipster?
So from 11th and Pine you saw this woman ride all the way downtown? Amazing!
The risks bike riders take often shows a lack of respect for health, not only their own but that of others.
So a skirt wearing, mac fan, biker rebel.
So what? She dies, she dies. Boohoo.
@3,read it again. It says
And she kept right on riding, one-handed, with no helmet, past cars and buses headed downtown on Pine Street.
Not that she was headed downtown... but the vehicles were.
I like how whenever a bicyclist does something stupid, they're representing the "bike community" but the eight million times a day some fucking car commuter blows through a crosswalk, that's just a single "bad driver."
@7: Oh, I know how to read. For all Dan knows she pulled into the KFC, but he wrote this to invoke the image of her flying past Linda's doing 25 one-handed.
And every time I see a middle-aged, skinny, white, gay dude do something stupid, I'll be sure to assume that he represents Dan and his "community".
Asshole drivers that honk at people in crosswalks do make all drivers look bad. And idjit cyclists that do idjit things make all bikers look idjiotic, unfortunately.
As for middle-aged gay men, well, I guess they'll make me look idjiotic when, you know, I get all middle-aged and stuff.
You know she runs through red lights, too.
And, hey, I don't know where she was going -- besides under the wheels of a bus at some point if she keeps riding like that. The cars and buses, though, were headed downtown, which seems pretty clear from my post. But for all we know she did blow past Linda's and Pony (RIP) doing 25 MPH. I've seen dumber shit.
Put on a jacket, your mother's cold!
I like how whenever a bicyclist does something stupid, they're representing the "bike community" but the eight million times a day some fucking car commuter blows through a crosswalk, that's just a single "bad driver."
I've seen drivers get pulled over for blowing through a crosswalk or a red light far, far, FAR more than a biker doing the same thing. Shit... I've seen pedestrians get ticketed for jaywalking far more than cyclists getting tickets for cutting through traffic or bowling over people on the sidewalk.
So if you can propose a way that the "bad cyclist" will get as many tickets as the "bad driver", I'll quit my bitchin'.
Judah, the drivers aren't approaching the bike community with their hands out asking for anything. There are far too few bicyclists for their votes to matter. Whereas, bicyclists are continually asking drivers to tax themselves and to give up lanes for the benefit of this tiny sliver of the commuter population. So the small group that wants to be given something and offers nothing in return probably needs to worry more about its image than the large group being asked to give something up. Drivers have no need to make bicyclists like them because it doesn't matter that much what bicyclists think.
Which is why bicyclists so desperately need more women in white skirts billowing around their lithe, taut legs, rising and falling in a hypnotic rhythm. Especially if the harsh winter morning light falls on her alabaster skin in a way that accentuates every contour, or backlights her legs in the skirt's translucent fabric. Yes... yes, that would definitely win people over. Definitely.
Asshole drivers that honk at people in crosswalks do make all drivers look bad. And idjit cyclists that do idjit things make all bikers look idjiotic, unfortunately.
So, do black people who commit crimes make all black people look bad? Does Israel make all Jews look bad? Do the actions of Seung-Hui Cho reflect on all Korean Americans? I'm just trying to figure out where you're drawing your lines here.
Keep going, elenchos. Another couple of paragraphs ought to do it.
@16: Learn something about local tax policty: The sales tax this chick paid on her iPhone fills the potholes on Pine Street, while her bike causes none of them.
Yes, yes, and yes.
Riding a bike without a helmet while talking on a cell phone? Dan, you just described half the population of Amsterdam.
You know, I didn't want to stop, but Dan had to go and report the fact that she was wearing a hoody. What can you do with a hoody? There is no way for a hoody to not look dumpy. Given how much Mr. Savage cares for factual journalism, I don't think it would have killed him to say she was wearing a white peasant dress instead of the skirt and hoody. I could have written all day about a girl in a white peasant dress on a bike. All. Day.
Maybe she'll be back tomorrow. Maybe it will warm up to 30 or 35 degrees and she'll be wearing something really special.
(DOUG: I know bicyclists pay more in taxes than they use up in road damage. My point is, what are the going to do about it? Become an anti-car voting bloc? Woo, that should send tremors of fear through the body politic!)
lithe, taut legs, rising and falling in a hypnotic rhythm.
That did it for me.
Judah, the drivers aren't approaching the bike community with their hands out asking for anything.Well no, that's because drivers have already taken what they want.
Roads existed in cities for thousands of years before cars came along, and everyone used to have equal access to them. The idea that roadways are the exclusive domain of motorized vehicles is new and, in the long run, poorly conceived. Drivers don't own the roads, and the unquestioned dominance of motorized vehicles in public rights of way is ultimately contrary to the public interest.
But nevermind all that. Trying to convince an American that cars haven't ruled the earth since the age of dinosaurs is like trying to pound a copper nail into a piece of oak. Carry on.
@22: No, your point was that "bicyclists are continually asking drivers to tax themselves and to give up lanes for the benefit of this tiny sliver of the commuter population," which is total bullshit.
@21, nope, in Amsterdam her equally cute friend would be riding side-saddle no-hands on the bike's rear cargo platform, also talking on a cellphone and possibly smoking.
Stereotypes are so cool when they become reality...
Oh yeah, Dan, you're not middle-aged at ALL. This post might as well be about the whippersnappers on your front lawn.
As a fellow biker, I approve of this posting. Fuck all the hipsters riding around like a bunch of retards.
The most annoying thing was the bike rally after the kid got ran over by a truck on Eastlake (while not wearing a helmet), his surviving 19 year-old friend friend rode in the rally helmetless.
FACT: Geared-bikes spread STDs.
Please Doug show us links that prove your point. The under three percent of cycle commuters do not pay for the streets with their iPhone taxes or any other taxes.
BTW most cyclists also use products brought to market by trucks and they use transit which are the causes of most road damage.
@29 - As a fellow biker (who always wears a helmet), I'm pretty sure a helmet won't do much if you're getting run over by a truck.
@32 Yeah, except when you're at a rally promoting bike safety and awareness, you look like a giant tool when you are at the helm riding helmetless.
31 - well said. A semi brought the bike you ride to the store you bought if from. Ta-da!
@31: In Seattle city roads like Pine Street are paid for via sales taxes and property taxes, which we all pay. The notion that cyclists are looking for a "hand out" by "asking drivers to tax themselves" to use the roads that they already help pay for is ridiculous.
Now that the MVET fees have been scaled way back in this state, drivers pay no more for pothole repair on Pine Street than cyclists do.
The "your bike was shipped on a big ol' truck" argument is so, so very weak -- a one-time delivery of dozens (or hundreds) of bikes is a drop in the freaking road-damage bucket.
i don't understand how anyone thinks bicycles in the streets, even with helmets, pads, the works are ever safe. the speed and safety differentials are just too high. until we build bicycle sidewalks/dividers like in europe; biking in seattle will always be a death wish.
Over the weekend (during one of those grey/raining hours) I was about to cross a two-lane one-way busy street (I had the right of way and light). All of a sudden a car from the cross street started turning towards me. She was using her phone. I started waving my hands in a "what the hell?!" kind of way because she was turning the wrong one onto the one-way street. But she blew past me. About 30 feet later she noticed the two lanes of oncoming traffic. She got lucky and found an empty parking spot to pull into. Ugh.
judith, what the hell are you talking about? all of europe doesn't have "bicycle sidewalks/dividers" - in many places bikes and cars get along fine.
You think, Doug? Maybe in the future it will be a drop in the bucket. But currently it is indeed the opposite of a drop in the bucket.
When I drive down a one way street and see a bicyclist coming at me the wrong way, I honk and flash my headlights and they look at me like I'm the one who's crazy. I suppose they're right: it's not like they'd get a ticket for it, and if they did get a ticket, it's not like they have a license to lose. And when a car hits them, the driver or their insurance will be the one to pay, never the bicyclist. Which is not to say that more bicyclists will drive up car insurance rates for everybody. I wouldn't want to be the one saying that.
@39: Is that some sort of riddle?
@35 -
The "your bike was shipped on a big ol' truck" argument is so, so very weak -- a one-time delivery of dozens (or hundreds) of bikes is a drop in the freaking road-damage bucket.
But it's not just your bike that was shipped on a truck - it's also the food you eat, the clothes you wear, and most of the consumer goods you buy. To pretend you've liberated yourself from the petro-industrial complex with your fixie, and have therefore earned the moral high ground, is laughable.
@42: Uh, yeah, I get that. I'm not delusional. I'm simply responding to the assertion made @16 that, "bicyclists are continually asking drivers to tax themselves and to give up lanes for the benefit of this tiny sliver of the commuter population."
I'm not taking any sort of moral high ground, just trying to educate. If more people understood how roads are paid for in Seattle, they might stop making the "bikes get a free ride" argument.
DOUG. - I see what you're saying about the bikes/bike lane argument. Where you're off is that semis beat the crap out of roads a lot more than cars do. You're implying that cars are the main cause of that in your comment. The bike-laned Alaskan Way, south of the ferry terminal, is a good example of a roadway continually trashed by semi traffic in and out of the port.
Doug, you aren't offering any facts. You're not educating. You're just contradicting. Contradiction isn't an argument.
My argument is that bicyclists are no more the two percent of the commuting population, and if we moved heaven and earth to cater to the demands of bicyclists, as Portland has done, we'd be lucky to push that number to 4%. Which is pathetic.
Even if 4% of commuters biked, all the taxes of that 4% would not pay for all the things they are asking for.
Bikes get a free ride. Granted, the ones not wearing marble bags look fairly good while getting that free ride, and I'm happy to express my appreciation for the way their skirts flap and snap against their thighs, riding up like a rising curtain, falling down with a flutter. That's the good part there.
@45: i do not believe bicyclists get a free ride. i think every motorized vehicle gets a free ride. we do not charge for the environmental toll these vehicles inconvenience all of us with, let alone overcrowded roads, the infrastructure necessary for cars to get everywhere, and on and on. until the actual cost of owning a motorized vehicle is paid by the driver/owner of that automobile, we are all subsidizing cars.
Fuck! I love cyclists like the one you're describing. Why? Because they're the future organ donors of America. Seriously, I see those messengers downtown, the ones with less than 10 percent body fat who weave in and out of traffic on their fixies while not wearing helmets and I think "Damn! There's my next set of kidneys". Some times I just want to go up to one of them and casually inquire as to his or her blood type. We need to make a law that says that if you're in an automobile accident and not wearing a seatbelt or a bicycle or motorcycle accident and not wearing a helmet that you become a mandatory organ donor upon brain death. That would be awesome!
I was reading a DOT report that the majority of damage to roads (like 80+ percent) is the semi tractor type vehicles. And depending on state, the businesses using those vehicles don't pay 80% of the road taxes.
So yeah, that huge f'ing truck that brought in the bike is doing more road damange than 8 cars.
@44: I never said that semis don't damage the roads, just that bikes do not. Cars do, though. And since cyclists pay the SAME amount to use city roads as drivers do, shouldn't cyclists have equal access?
@45: I guess I'm unclear as to what you mean by "all the things they are asking for". A can of paint to stripe Stone Way doesn't cost very much.
Now you're just being silly. They wanted to take away the entire turn lane from Stone Way. That's one third of the road! What is it about bike advocates that makes you so dishonest? Is it because you're better than the lowly drivers? It must be something: your cause is righteous and if it takes a few dirty tricks to win, so be it.
Dude, you've got it backwards. The bicyclists (and pedestrians) were trying to ADD a center turn lane on Stone Way. It was Suzie Burke and her people that killed it.
HERE'S more info. In case you actually care.
OK. Granted: they wanted to take 4 lanes and turn it into 3 lanes. So they only wanted a fourth of the road, not a third. Still seems like the bicyclists, only two percent of commuters, wanted to take big slice for themselves and offer nothing back.
Except for the tale they were trying to sell about how traffic would actually be better off with 3 lanes instead of 4. That's nice of the bicyclists to be so concerned with improving car traffic. They're so selfless. In fact, they are too good for us. Seattle doesn't deserve such humanitarians. Really: we're not worthy. Ascend to a higher plane. Leave us in our wretchedness, because the pearls bicyclists offer are too good for us swine.
I hear Portland is bike friendly. I'm just saying.
Not a problem.
Portland has the same arguments about bikes and people still get killed on bikes in Portland too. Although, there are a ton of bike freaks in Portland!
@52 - So-called "road diets" are pure bullshit - and I love getting in City traffic planners faces about that fact when they are sent to community meetings to try and sell them to a rightly skeptical public. You're going to take a traffic lane away and congestion is going to improve? Right. I suppose the check's in the mail too, eh?
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Brothel Beckons To GOP: Hold Your Convention In Las Vegas
Vegas is bidding to host the 2016 Republican National Convention. Besides plenty of hotel rooms, there's another perk to offer.
This week, the Republican National Committee revealed five cities that are finalists to host the 2016 Republican Convention. One of them is Las Vegas. Nevada is likely to be an important state in the 2016 elections. Las Vegas, of course, has lots of hotel rooms, plenty of experience with conventions. It has gambling, but that may seem no longer so odious to Americans now that so many states have legalized gambling. But some counties of Nevada also have legal prostitution. Jeremy Lemur, a spokesman for a brothel in Pahrump, Nevada - yes, that's the name of the place - said in a blog post this week that legalized prostitution in this state is all the more reason for politicians to meet there. Brothel employees are medically certified and unlikely to tweet about the people they meet. Despite all these men, women and couples coming through the brothel doors, he wrote, no customer has ever been outed or exposed by legal courtesans or brothel employees.
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(1) How to safely force all apps (including all windows components) to (always) use such
%APPDATA%which must have location value similar to:
or, How to force all apps to use
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(2) Optional Question: How to make non-networked standalone individual windows computer more secured, how to HARDEN security ? How to completely stop roaming profile support ? so that these windows computer's any config, settings, etc data are not propagated/copied to any other/external computer.
I only need to know answer of above first question, and better if both questions are answered. I have already shown solve/answer for second question, see if its suffice & safe.
DETAILS & OPTIONAL sections:
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We do not want any app to get comfy & prepared for propagating stuff out of this computer, (by storing stuff inside
AppData\Roaming), and somehow copy/migrate to any other or any external computer(s). We need to stop that.
Each windows computer is pre-assigned for certain-type-of or specific set of users or group or person, and placed in specific physical location, or mobile. Each is connected with a network switch, access-point or router, either via wired or wireless connection. Router is connected with Internet, via ISP. Some of our mobile devices & tablets have USB based Broadband (3G, 4G, LTE, etc) Wireless Modem, or wireless phone connectivity/tethering app, or Android wireless phone HotSpot feature connectivity.
We do not want, even by any accidental reason (or by some mistake or by some malware or by some backdoor based exploit or hack, or by any direct user/person of these computers), suddenly or temporarily join in a (or any type of) windows/Microsoft networks or join into such (Internet or local or Cloud) service, where network software or service (somehow) will be able to pull, propagate, transfer, retrieve, copy OR move our data, settings, configs, etc, from these "standalone" (non-windows-networked) windows computers'
AppData\Roaming\ (or
AppData\Local\), to any other (or external) computer. We want to completely stop such exploit/abuse, or make it very very harder, for any local/remote user or malware.
We need to eliminate (or reduce) those risks.
And we are trying to increase security, hardening security, for these each windows computers, and our other computers.
Few Basic philosophy or IDEOLOGY:
I'm human, i do not have (or use) a dog or cat, and i will never have a dog or cat, so then, why would i keep a pet door for dog or cat in my home or in my office ?! if i do, then unwanted dog or cat or OTHER animals or drones will or may get in, right ? i do not want that to happen, and i do not want to take the risk. I only need a "door" for human, with safe lock & safe alert system. So i will make sure to completely and effectively block (or remove) the dog/cat/pet door, if i had any.
If i load many heavy wight things, add or enable/add many features, etc in my car/vehicle, then my mileage (number of miles/kms which can be traveled per gallon/liter of gas/fuel) will go down, (if those added features are, not for increasing the mileage), right ? as car is heavier & pulling more weight, and I will end up spending more for extra gas/fuel. So i must get rid of such "things" or "features". If i do need to use such "things" later, then i can stop by into a nearby reputable "chain-store" and buy/rent it. And when i will not need it, and if i've traveled to another location, then i can still return it back to another shop of that same reputable "chain-store". Or mail it to my home or destination, to deal with it later.
Similarly, we must have to temporarily & effectively "disable" or "stop", few unnecessary, not used components, apps, services, etc inside OS. IF needed or required, only then, we will enable it, or we will obtain it via secured + encrypted Internet connection.
If i add very nice looking costly components & features outside body of car, then greedy persons (most likely or) may not always control themselves, or they may not exhibit/practice good morals. And they may try to steal it or harm car, and as consequence my essential resources, and I, will be harmed.
Similarly various hidden, sleeping or stopped windows and other apps, can be triggered & turned-ON directly, manually, remotely, to do many unwanted & unexpected & unnecessary things. We have to stop that.
So Far These Have Been Applied For Each Windows Computer:
- Fresh Windows 7 or 8 or 8.1 was installed in these computers, and, tablets.
Apps were loaded/installed using an "Administrator" type of privileged user.
A 3rd party full DNSSEC supported local DNS Resolver software, "Unbound" (
https://unbound.net/), was installed & configured in each computer. And
::1were set inside DNS of all wired/wireless Network Adapter's TCP/IPv4 and TCP/IPv6 network stack. Since there were more than 5 such computers, to reduce DNSSEC based (and DNS) internet traffic, we specified our own 2 forwarding dns servers, inside each local dns resolver. And 2 Linux/Unix computers do have (full DNSSEC supported BIND/named) DNS Server running. Skipping DNS & related other network details.
Then these services and drivers were "DISABLED", as these computers are "standalone", individual, and will not use any type of windows-network, and do not require such components always running or ready to be triggered or turned-ON by such:
SSDP, UPnP, NDP, NetBIOS, IGMP, Teredo, ICMPv6, DNS Client, Distributed Link Tracking Client, Internet Connection Sharing, IP Helper, Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol (SSTP) Service, TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper, SSDP Discovery, UPnP Device Host, Windows Remote Management (WS-Management), WebClient, Server, Routing and Remote Access, Remote Registry, SNMP Trap, Remote Desktop Services, Remote Desktop Services UserMode Port Redirector, Remote Access Auto Connection Manager, Remote Access Connection Manager, Link-Layer Topology Discovery Mapper, Remote Assistance, Teredo Network Adapter, ISATAP Network Adapter, Remote Access IPv6 ARP Driver, NetBT driver, etc. And see below referenced URLs, and find out what these are, and how hackers & other entities still using them to exploit & abuse users, computers, routers, private data, etc.
We will not ever use IGMP, so IGMP was disabled with this command:
netsh interface ipv4 set global mldlevel=none
These network traffics are "BLOCKED" (and "LOGGED" in some of administrator level computers) using firewall rules, (because we do not need + use them, and to increase security, and to free-up network resources):
In/Out IP type 2 (IGMP). In/Out IP type 47 (GRE). In/Out IP type 139 (HIP). In/Out IP type 241 (PXP). Outbound UDP to port 3544 toward multicast 18.104.22.168 (Teredo). In/Out UDP/TCP ports: 137, 138, 139 (NetBios). In/Out TCP port 445 (NetBios). In/Out UDP/TCP port 3389 (RDP). In/Out IP type 58 (ICMPv6) specially few NDP toward such: FF02::2 (Local Network Routers), FF02::16 (MLDv2 Report), etc.
If one of these computer do need an Inbound connection for a specific ESSENTIAL & REQUIRED software, then, instead of allowing Microsoft UPnP (and related services, like SSDP, NDP, etc) to auto (create or) PUNCHING HOLE(s) in router (or NAT/PAT) system, We do these secured steps: each new computer's one network adapter (aka, NIC) is chosen, and that NIC's MAC physical address is added into router's "Allowed MAC List", and a fixed IP-address is pre-defined & pre-declared into router's "LAN DHCP List" for each computer, so that DHCP service can allocate a specific pre-chosen IP-address to a specific computer. And later, when a computer needs an Inbound port connection, in router (one of the) admin adds an UDP port in "Port Forwarding List" for the IP-address of that specific computer. And password protected Security suit software inside that computer, is programmed (that is, new firewall rules are added), to allow only a very specific software to use that Inbound connection. (If UDP port does not allow the software to work properly, then same port for TCP is also added into port forwarding list).
Following options were unselected (DISABLED) inside each windows (NIC or) Network Adapter:
Client for Microsoft Networks,
File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks,
Link-Layer Topology Discovery Responder,
Link-Layer Topology Discovery Mapper I/O Driver. In WINS tab/section of each NIC, "
Disable NetBIOS over TCP/IP" option is selected & chosen. In DNS tab/section of each NIC, "
Register this connection's addresses in DNS" option is unselected & disabled. And either
::1only one IP-address is added into "DNS server addresses" list, as we are using & configured a local ("Unbound") DNS Resolver software.
- Direct RAW printing over TCP/IP is used, for printing.
SCP+SSH based file sharing, and also SSHFS based shared network-folder, (with Linux/Unix based NAS servers), etc.
All type of Auto-Runs features or options were disabled, in each windows computer.
- Few other system tuning, registry cleaning, disk cleaning apps/tools were carefully used, after creating restore points.
- USB devices connection is alerted, tracked and blocked.
BIOS is locked with password. BIOS boot menu is disabled.
Then other "standard" user accounts were created (in each computer), checked & fine-tuned.
To disable Windows Roaming Profile support, these were applied/done:
- started "Group Policy Management": WindowsButton+R,
gpedit.msc, ok.
- navigated to: Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\User Profiles.
- selected "Enable" option for these two policies: "
Prevent Roaming Profile Changes from propagating to the server", and "
Only allow local user profiles".
- started "Group Policy Management": WindowsButton+R,
- Started "System Properties": WindowsButton+R,
sysdm.cpl, ok, Advanced, User Profiles, Settings. And each windows user's profile type was checked: "
Local profile" is selected, (not "
Roaming profile").
These Windows Computers, Each Has:
• 3rd party Security suite software, which includes Firewall, Anti-Virus, Anti-Spyware, etc. Most suites are password protected, except for few admin level access computers. Only certain set of outbound network traffic is allowed. All else is by default denied, dropped or blocked, with a deny report kept in log.
• Mozilla Firefox is default web-browser. Thunderbird is default mail client. (But computer do have MS Outlook). Firefox in each user's profile in each computer, includes these extensions/addons: AdBlock, NoScript suite, Tab Mix Plus, Session Manager, DownThemAll, CipherFox Secure, DNSSEC/TLSA Validator (
https://www.dnssec-validator.cz), etc. Dnssec addon is configured to use the local 'Unbound' resolver (127.0.0.1 or ::1), not any remote DNS servers. Firefox plugins like these are disabled: Java, Adobe Acrobat, Silverlight Plug-in, Google Talk Plugin, Google Update, etc, as we do not need to use them always inside each computer.
• Few other anti-malware, anti-spyware related apps (SpyBot Search and Destroy, Spyware Blaster, etc) are periodically (weekly) used, these apps can add malware distributing website domains, IP addresses, malware detection code list, etc inside "Block" list or related configuration location, inside of each web-browser (default/system firefox, portable firefox, IE, etc), windows
hosts file, etc.
• SIP/VoIP telephony, Skype, etc, live instant messaging (IM) apps like: Pidgin, PChat IRC client, etc.
• Cygwin based tools, OpenSSH, etc.
• GnuPG/GPG for windows, etc.
• VM (and Hypervisor software), etc.
Local network also has few Linux/Unix computers, which has our website servers, email servers, DNS servers, file server, etc running.
What ELSE can be done ? to make sure such "standalone" (Non windows-networked) individual windows computers, remain as standalone & secured ?
and, how to make sure apps are NOT using
%APPDATA% (which is mapped into
AppData\Roaming\) ?
that is, we want, all apps to use %APPDATA% (or %LOCALAPPDATA%) which is mapped into
And primarily we want to stop all type of personal/private data propagation out of these computers, to any external computer.
And by "standalone" windows computer, here, i'm not pointing-to or meaning a windows computer with no Internet connectivity. I'm indicating to windows-computer which is: Non windows-networked, or Non-AD (Active Directory) networked, or Non-Windows-WorkGroup networked, or No connection with any type of Cloud network or services, or Disabled "Client for MS Networks" and disabled "File & Printer Sharing For MS Networks", or TCP/IP-only networked computers with Internet connectivity.
Details are added so that our objectives, configurations are understood easily.
Thanks in advance.
References: [01]
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd378457%28v=vs.85%29.aspx [02]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IGMP_snooping [03]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICMPv6 [04]
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312138/en-us [05]
http://blog.coultard.com/2012/01/how-to-setup-active-directory-users.html [06]
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh826139.aspx [07]
http://hardenwindows7forsecurity.com/Harden%20Windows%207%20Home%20Premium%2064bit%20-%20Standalone.html [08]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Service_Discovery_Protocol [09]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighbor_Discovery_Protocol [10]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teredo_tunneling [11]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conficker [12]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICMP_hole_punching [13]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multicast_address [14]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hole_punching [14]


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From the book "chocolate - cooking with the world's best ingredient" by Christine McFadden and Christine France. Their recipe calls for hazelnuts, but those are hard to find so I just use pecans.
Ingredients Nutrition
- 2⁄3 cup evaporated milk
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- 1 pinch salt
- 1⁄2 cup pecans (more if desired)
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- Grease pan (preferably 8 inch by 8 inch).
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- Remove the pan from heat and immediately add chocolate chips and nuts. Stir.
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