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Microsoft turn to free software? That'll be the day. Some have suggested that Microsoft might embrace free software and thus resolve the present conflict. That actually would be a terrific strategy for them, but I don't think that Microsoft is smart enough to do it.
Habits of the juggernauts
Corporations are creatures of habit. They aren't human beings, something that we need to be reminded of constantly; as humans we have evolved to deal with humans, and so we anthropomorphize everything. But while a corporation has some of the rudimentary characteristics of a person, it isn't a person.
Corporations are creatures of habit
In fact, if you were to put the characteristics of a corporation into an individual being, you'd wind up with a Stsho (a fictional being from C.J. Cherryh's Chanur series, which I suspect was inspired by this very idea). For those who haven't read it, the point is: "alien" and "exasperating".
But in any case, corporations don't change their "minds" as easily as humans do, or at least not in the same ways. They're likely to change markets or products, but to fundamentally change strategy is very difficult for them.
That's because corporations are actually made up of lots of minds, and changing strategy means changing a lot of people's behavior and fundamental beliefs (which, as you no doubt know, is Hard, with a capital "H"). Changing products or markets is as simple as opening a new division and hiring new people—something a human would find hard, but a corporation can do at the drop of a hat.
So, I'd suspect it's much more likely that Microsoft will shift sideways, perhaps into its media interests or some other prospect, rather than try to change "its ways".
The plight of the pacesetter
Of course, Windows may eventually become free software. The optimum time to do it, though, is right before ReactOS manages to produce a fully working clone.
I've seen this pattern happen several times with software packages. Somebody has a non-free package that is well-liked, but it's non-free, so free software developers put enormous time and effort into "reinventing the wheel" (the enormous waste cost of our present IP regime), in order to liberate that particular piece of functionality.
As long as there is no free software alternative, the proprietary company can continue to milk the marketplace, so they never choose to free license.
As long as there is no free software alternative, the proprietary company can continue to milk the marketplace
But of course, as soon as blood, sweat, and tears have been shed by free developers to re-create all of that function from scratch, the market value of the proprietary product plummets, and the only way to recover the income is to put a free-license on the proprietary product.
The proprietary company then gets enormous kudos for "magnanimously" freeing its product as a "gift" to the community, and comes out smelling like roses, even though their behavior was actually a lot more like the stuff you grow the roses in.
Of course, that sidelines the free project; making all of its effort "wasted", in the sense of "unused". Although we might rationally say that it wasn't a waste, it must really feel like it was to the people who put in all that work.
Worse, of course, this is no doubt appreciated by many would-be software category liberators before they manage to create a good enough "pacesetter" product to force the proprietary competitor to turn to a free software strategy. Which of course, leads to an extension in how long the proprietary product maintains its stranglehold on the marketplace.
ReactOS is still an "alpha", after more than 10 years of development
ReactOS, after all, is still an "alpha", after more than 10 years of development. And even if they completely succeeded, many people would run the product down as a "knock-off", completely missing the real value of such a project. It must be hard.
Windows, or something like it
I suspect that in this way, we'll eventually see Windows (or something like it) become available under a free license. If Microsoft wanted to really buy its way into community acceptance, it could do it pretty cheaply by donating the entire Vista codebase to the ReactOS project.
That would alleviate the bad-blood I mentioned in the previous section (because the interloper would become part of the pacesetter rather than competing with it—properly crediting the people behind it for their effort).
It would also relieve Microsoft of the burden of support a product which is rapidly becoming irrelevant. Not a lot of people are switching from earlier Windows to GNU/Linux, but not a lot of people are switching to Vista either. And while that means Windows still has a lion-size mindshare, its marketshare is not living up to its own expectations.
Strategically, Microsoft should release Windows code under a free license only when it is absolutely irrelevant to its future business plans. But it is possible that that time is now.
Even without it, though, since the Windows OS is stagnating, with few people wanting to "upgrade" to Vista, that means a lot of software will probably continue to be written for earlier versions. And that makes good emulation a no-longer-moving target for ReactOS, which increases the chance of them catching up.
And even if, by some miracle, Microsoft manages to get users to switch to Vista, selling the next upgrade is going to be that much harder. And Microsoft has already hit the point of diminishing returns within the proprietary development model (which is why Vista was way overdue and buggy). Not to mention that even relatively clueless end users are starting to pick up on the fact that, marketing hype aside, each generation of Windows is designed to restrict their freedom more and more.
Kicking and screaming
On the other hand, I'm not so sure that Microsoft will take the strategically optimal route. They've gotten awfully accustomed to blaming their customers and would-be customers for their own failings, and have increasingly turned to legal and political maneuvering as a way to stay in business. But those are desperation measures: continuing on that path will drive them into the ground.
I think we're agreeing.. sort of.. maybe
Nice post.
This ...
So, I'd suspect it's much more likely that Microsoft will shift sideways, perhaps into its media interests or some other prospect, rather than try to change "its ways".
...seemed to echo my sentiments that in order for Microsoft to survive they would have to change into something that does not resemble what they are now. This of course is what businesses do in order to survive: witness the change in IBM from a desktop hardware supplier to what is tantamount to a services company.
I'm certainly not going to sit here and argue that Microsoft will change because I think they are as stupid as you do. So even considering what I said in my post I do think it unlikely that Microsoft will adopt free licencing in the truest sense. I do think they will eventually need to, as will all proprietary software companies or else get out of the software business. This is because I am convinced the software "business" is going to eventually be changed for good by free software. I don't know when or how it will happen but now that free software is out of the bag and gathering momentum, it will happen--did I say I was an optimist?
So to reclaim something from that phrase you're planning on stealing: Microsoft will have to change because sooner or later the rest of the world is going to figure out that they shouldn't be buying air in the same way as apples.
The whole point of a corporation (and by extension Microsoft) is revenue streams. Microsoft releasing their operating system as open source would need said corporation to already be making money via some other revenue stream. I cannot recall any time in history that a corporation even a tenth as large as Microsoft has voluntarily closed shop in the face of similar competition. The closures of larger corporations are almost always rooted in failure to continue a revenue stream (after all legal suits, share holder disbursements, etc. were subtracted). Hence we can see that Microsoft will need to change income resources despite share holder directives to produce dividends, a daunting task.
I cannot see Microsoft completing such a conversion any time soon. Microsoft announced they aren't taking over Yahoo!, and Microsoft's other online services seem to be oriented at excluding FOSS oriented users - in other words, in their private clubs, they only orient themselves towards the successes of the products in Microsoft revenue streams. Microsoft is seeing to it that FOSS is getting badmouthed, indicating that internally, there is minimal management orientation towards adoption and integration with FOSS.
That said, I summarize that 3 key elements of FOSS adoption are missing: 1] Microsoft still wants to make money by indenturing its consumers, 2] their audience wants to trust only commercial software and 3] Microsoft wants it that way when they continue to badmouth FOSS.


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You Control: Tunes is a free utility that gives you complete control over iTunes from the Mac OS X menu bar. You donât have to stop whatever it is you may be doing, switch to iTunes, take care of business and then go back to your original app. You can now simply pull down your very own custom menu that gives you access to the iTunes controls (Next, Previous, Volume, Play/Pause, Stop) as well as displaying the current track, artist and album. You can also navigate your entire iTunes music library from this menu as well so you never leave your current application.
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This app is great, but it has two deffects:
1. It should have Last.fm scrobbling
2. I hate, I simply hate those free apps that require registration.
Correction, the app requires a free serial number. So I don't get to evaluate for free, what I get to do is give the author the right to spam my inbox. Still deleted.
Unfortunately, the "trial" gives you all of two options. The "More Info" button takes you to the website, and the "Register" button forces you to register. I can't evaluate a program that won't even let me get into the main app without purchasing. Deleted.
Ridiculously handy program, takes the pain out of using iTunes
I really like it, and I tried them all (Synergy, Menuet, Quicktuens... etc).
Its the fastest one in reading Genres, Albums and Artists from the menu, highly features, and lacks only scrobller integration.
Excellent piece of freeware, though it's meant to be a tempter to get you to buy their other software.
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NEWARK -- After a family woke up Christmas morning to find they had been burglarized the night before, police officers here raised $200 to help restore their Christmas spirit.
Officers responded to a home on the 36000 block of Cherry Street around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, where it was discovered that someone had entered on Christmas Eve and stolen gifts under the tree, a computer and jewelry, Sgt. David Lee said.
The family's two young children, ages 9 and 11, awoke to find no presents, police said.
"The parents had spent quite a bit of the money on the gifts. Everyone was pretty devastated," Lee said.
The family had gone straight to bed upon returning home from a party Tuesday night and didn't notice the burglary until the following morning.
The presents were gone and the blinds and a window were open, Lee said.
Police held a meeting after the responding officer returned to the police station, and the six officers on duty raised about $100 for the family. The Newark police officers union matched the money raised dollar per dollar.
"We were able to revive some of their Christmas. They were extremely grateful," Lee said.
Police are still investigating and following up some leads regarding the burglary.
Contact Paul Burgarino at 925-779-7164. Follow him at Twitter.com/paulburgarino.


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Hendersonville Little Theatre has new Board of Directors
Published: Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at 2:44 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at 2:44 p.m.
Hendersonville Little Theatre has six newly elected board members.
Linda Brookes will lead as president, Charlotte Overbaugh as volunteer coordinator, Bobby Foster will run facilities, Ronnie Pepper will take over strategic planning, and Mike Covell and Ed Roberts are new trustees.
The annual meeting was held Sunday, April 28.
Returning board members are Marc Paulhus, treasurer; Carol Davis, secretary; Sue Kamerick, patron membership; Kai Elijah Hamilton, artistic director; Jonathan Forrester, executive producer; John Arnett, technical director; Kelly Barnett, publicity; and Alan Ehrlich, trustee.
The Little Theatre is located at 229 Washington St., Hendersonville. "The Importance of Being Earnest" by Oscar Wilde is the theater's next production, opening June 14 and running Thursdays through Sundays until June 30.
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Cystic fibrosis (CF), a chronic disease that clogs the lungs and leads to life-threatening lung infections, is caused by a genetic defect in a chloride channel called cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductase regulator (CFTR). Although scientists do not fully understand how or why this defect occurs, a team of researchers at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada has found a promising clue: a protein called ubiquitin ligase Nedd4L.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 - 12:13
Only 40 years ago it was widely believed that if you lived long enough, you would eventually experience serious cognitive decline, particularly with respect to memory. The implication was that achieving an advanced age was effectively equivalent to becoming senile—a word that implies mental defects or illness.
Friday, September 16, 2011 - 13:04
Researchers have shown previously that maternal stress during pregnancy may have negative consequences for the fetus, both in humans and laboratory animals. A new study from the University of Pennsylvania suggests that in mice, such impacts - namely, an increased sensitivity to stress - are passed along even to the fetus' children.
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Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a genome-based immunization strategy to fight feline AIDS and illuminate ways to combat human HIV/AIDS and other diseases. The goal is to create cats with intrinsic immunity to the feline AIDS virus. The findings — called fascinating and landmark by one reviewer — appear in the current online issue of Nature Methods.
Monday, September 12, 2011 - 14:10
There's a new twist on dogs being man's best friend. Veterinary medicine is providing helpful research for people in surprising ways.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011 - 14:27
Injecting modified bacteria related to those which cause tuberculosis could protect against the lung disease, US scientists say. Experiments on mice showed the injections could completely eliminate tuberculosis bacteria in some cases, Nature Medicine reports.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011 - 14:21
A blood-borne immune factor present in elderly mice contributes to signs of mental decline when injected into young mice, and inhibiting it restores youthfulness in old mice, according to an article published online (August 31) in Nature.
Thursday, September 1, 2011 - 10:36
Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have converted stem cells from the human endometrium into insulin-producing cells and transplanted them into mice to control the animals' diabetes.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011 - 10:13
Reconnecting severed blood vessels is mostly done the same way today — with sutures — as it was 100 years ago, when the French surgeon Alexis Carrel won a Nobel Prize for advancing the technique. Now, a team of researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine has developed a sutureless method that appears to be a faster, safer and easier alternative.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011 - 12:37
Short-term energy storage in animal cells is usually achieved through the accumulation of glucose, in the form of long and branched chains, known as glycogen. But when this accumulation happens in neurons it is fatal, causing them to degenerate.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011 - 11:23
A new atlas of gene expression in the mouse brain provides insight into how genes work in the outer part of the brain called the cerebral cortex. In humans, the cerebral cortex is the largest part of the brain, and the region responsible for memory, sensory perception and language. Mice and people share 90 percent of their genes so the atlas, which is based on the study of normal mice, lays a foundation for future studies of mouse models for human diseases
Thursday, August 25, 2011 - 13:19
In a study of the transparent roundworm C. elegans, researchers found that a genetic switch in master neurons inhibits the proper functioning of protective cell stress responses, leading to the accumulation of misfolded and damaged proteins.
Thursday, August 25, 2011 - 12:09
Caffeine guards against certain skin cancers at the molecular level, according to a study appearing online August 15, 2011, in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) that explains how the process likely works.
Thursday, August 18, 2011 - 10:19
Tumors that do not respond to chemotherapy are the target of a cancer therapy that prevents the function of two enzymes in mouse tumor cells, according to Pennsylvania medical researchers.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011 - 10:01
In a recent issue of Cancer Research, Daniel J. Powell, Jr., PhD, a research assistant professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, showed for the first time that engineered human T cells can eradicate deadly human ovarian cancer in immune-deficient mice.
Tuesday, August 9, 2011 - 07:50
In new research that could have implications for improving fertilization in humans and other mammals, life scientists studied interactions between individual sperm and eggs in red abalone, an ocean-dwelling snail, and made precise chemical measurements and physical models of these interactions.
Thursday, August 4, 2011 - 11:56
Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center have discovered the biological mechanism behind age-related loss of muscle strength and identified a drug that may help reverse this process. Their findings were published in the August 2 online edition of Cell Metabolism.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011 - 12:55
Scientists have found a flu "super antibody" called FI6 that can fight all types of influenza A viruses that cause disease in humans and animals and say their discovery may be a turning point in the development of new flu treatments.
Tuesday, August 2, 2011 - 10:24
Every year, millions of people contend with lower back and neck discomfort. With intent to ease their pain, Cornell University engineers in Ithaca and doctors at the Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City have created a biologically based spinal implant that could someday spell relief for these countless sufferers.
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From Yellow Medicine County Dispatch at 12:18 p.m.: Investigators have located the vehicle believed to be driven by Andrew Joseph Dikken, a man sought by authorities in connection to the Monday shooting death of Kara Ann Monson, yet Dikken remains at-large.
The 1996 GMC Sierra pickup was found in a remote location approximately five miles north of Belview, off of Redwood County Road 7.
Investigators continue to search for Dikken, a person of interest in the Granite Falls homicide that left Kara Monson dead and a 28-year-old male friend of Monson's to suffer with multiple, apparent, gun shot wounds.
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Javier Hernandez, also known as Chicharito, is the first Mexican to wear the red of Manchester United. Chicharito ("little pea" in Spanish) made his United debut in 2010 and has excelled. Like his father and grandfather, he has also won caps for Mexico's national team.
Manchester United's new home jersey has a bold, unique sublimated check pattern that ensures the Manchester United greats and their fans will stand out both on the field and off. This pattern is inspired by the city of Manchester's industrious past and the jersey has "Forged in Industry, Striving for Glory" screened inside the collar. The gingham pattern (fancy way of saying checkered) honors the fabric produced by Manchester's historic cotton mills.
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pK 2
A figure expressing the acidity or alkalinity of a solution of a weak electrolyte in a similar way to pH, equal to log10 K where K is the dissociation (or ionization) constant of the electrolyte.
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Sebelius's 'Whatever' — and the Meme Fallout
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius endured a more than three-hour hearing Wednesday, taking tough questions over problems with the rollout of HealthCare.gov as well as cancellation letters some Americans are receiving on their existing health insurance.
One memorable back-and-forth came with Rep. Gregg Harper (R., Miss.), who pressed Ms. Sebelius on who was ultimately responsible for the problems — an exchange that concluded with her answering one question "whatever" and causing a mini-sensation on Twitter, which you'll find highlights of at the bottom of this post.
Here is the exchange, from Federal News Service (www.fednews.com). You can also see the full C-Span clip here.
HARPER: … And I want to say, I appreciate you accepting responsibility for these initial rollout failures that we've had, but who is ultimately responsible? It is the president, correct?
SEBELIUS: For the website? I would say that we are.
HARPER: The president — the president is ultimately responsible for the rollout — ultimately. You worked –
SEBELIUS: No, sir. No, sir. We are responsible for the rollout.
HARPER: OK, all right. But who do you answer to?
SEBELIUS: I answer to the president.
HARPER: OK, all right. So is the president not ultimately responsible, like a company CEO would be?
SEBELIUS: Sir, he's the president of the United States. I have given him regular reports and those — I am responsible for the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. That's what he asked me to do and that's what I'll continue to do.
HARPER: So you're saying that the president is not responsible for HHS?
SEBELIUS: Sir, I didn't say that.
HARPER: OK, so the president ultimately is responsible. While I think it's great that you're a team player and you're taking responsibility, it is the president's ultimate responsibility, correct?
SEBELIUS: You clearly — whatever. Yes, he is the president. He is responsible for government programs.
Twitter wags — some political, some just amused — were quick to pounce on the remarks, some with fond references to "Clueless," the 1995 film showcasing "Whatever."
No truth to rumor she made "W" sign w/ her hands. RT @RyanLizza: Sebelius: "Whatever."
— David M. Drucker (@DavidMDrucker) October 30, 2013
I didn't realize Sebelius played Amber in Clueless. Whatever. pic.twitter.com/CGvQlEjL53 — Mary Chastain (@mchastain81) October 30, 2013
A short clip of "Whatever" as seen in the film:
"As if, guys, #Obamacare is like totally the bomb! Whatever!" – Sec. Kathleen "Clueless" Sebelius http://t.co/k7Zy64nxul — Spencer Pederson (@spencerpederson) October 30, 2013
Someone photoshop Sebelius' face onto Amber's from Clueless. #whatever
— Amy Lutz (@amylutz4) October 30, 2013
QFE: "As president, Obama is responsible for #Whatever." – @Sebelius ~ pic.twitter.com/I0NlRQaW0b
— Adam Baldwin (@AdamBaldwin) October 30, 2013
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A Medicaid reform experiment championed by U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., while he was governor was a dismal failure, West Virginians were informed recently.
There's just one problem with that assessment: It isn't true.
Some of the very same folks who had no use for Manchin's Mountain Health Choices program while it was in progress are jumping for joy. Now, they have a university study to back them up. And everyone knows university studies are not to be questioned or criticized.
Medicaid provides health insurance for more than 330,000 low-income and disabled Mountain State residents. The program's cost is enormous and growing by leaps and bounds.
While he was governor, Manchin heard of an idea that seemed as if it could both improve the health of Medicaid clients and reduce the program's cost. It was implemented in West Virginia under the title Mountain Health Choices.
MHC was a simple concept: Medicaid clients were told they could enroll in it and receive better benefits than they had in the past. In exchange, they were required to sign personal responsibility pledges. In essence, the agreements bound MHC clients only to keep health care appointments, avoid using emergency rooms except for genuine emergencies, follow physicians' orders and find family doctors. In other words, they weren't required to do anything most West Virginians already did.
Medicaid clients who didn't sign up for MHC were limited to a basic menu of health care services. They didn't lose any coverage, but they didn't receive the enhanced MHC package, either.
From the word "go," lots of people hated MHC. Why? Because, in effect, it discriminated against people willing to take some responsibility for their own health and those who would not.
And, to be fair, there were severe failings in letting people know about the program and signing them up. As a result, only about 14 percent of Medicaid enrollees chose MHC during its brief lifespan from 2007-10.
MHC was scrapped in 2010 after a new federal rule in effect made it impossible to continue.
This week, MHC's critics got what they viewed as a Christmas present, in the form of a report on the program from George Mason University's Mercatus Center. The center is described as "dedicated to bridging the gap between academic research and public policy problems."
MHC was supposed to reduce the number of emergency room visits for non-emergencies by Medicaid clients. But, according to the university study, the number of such visits by West Virginia Medicaid enrollees increased during the MHC period.
An early critic of MHC, state House of Delegates Health and Human Resources Chairman Don Perdue, D-Wayne, insisted that proved "this program wound up costing us money, not saving us money."
So MHC was a flop that should never have been tried, right?
The university study indeed showed emergency room visits for non-emergencies by the entire Medicaid population increased from 2007-10. But read the fine print: Misuse of emergency rooms decreased by 5 percent among MHC enrollees.
In other words, MHC worked as advertised. Had the state been given more time to make Medicaid clients aware of the program and sign them up, misuse of emergency rooms might have decreased even more. Federal officials who write most of the rules for Medicaid, wouldn't allow that.
Now, Washington is insisting that West Virginia dramatically expand the number of people on its Medicaid rolls. And federal control is going to be even tighter. There will be no more experiments with personal responsibility - just more government pressure to make people more reliant on government and less on ourselves.
So the university study, which really proves MHC worked, is being distorted in an attempt to claim just the opposite - and, not incidentally, to give reformers like Manchin a bad name.
No wonder the nation is $16.4 trillion in debt.
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Spotlights: Musicians get their funk, rock, jazz, folk groves on
Published: Thursday, February 21, 2013 at 3:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at 2:14 p.m.
Asheville, N.C.: GREY EAGLE TAVERN, 185 Clingman Ave., 828-232-5800: Tift Merritt/David Wax Museum. 8:30 p.m. $15
An acclaimed singer-songwriter from Raleigh, N.C., Tift Merritt offers a soulful mix of vintage-flavored R&B, folk, rock and country. The 2004 Grammy nominee, whose talent has been compared to everyone from Bobbie Gentry to Emmylou Harris, recently released her newest album, "Traveling Alone."
Spartanburg: NU-WAY RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE, 373 E. Kennedy St., 582-9685: The Low Counts featuring Matt Walsh. 9:30 p.m.
A guitar-drum duo led by Statesville, N.C.-based roots musician Matt Walsh, the Low Counts produces a bombastic sound that draws from a variety of vintage blues, rockabilly and R&B sounds while retaining a boldly contemporary White Stripes-like aesthetic.
Spartanburg: GROUND ZERO, 3052 Howard St., 948-1661: Mushroomhead/Gemini Syndrome/Razors Edge/Redefined. 7 p.m. $20
Mushroomhead is a mask-wearing industrial metal band that has been creating wildly experimental music for nearly two decades. The group's latest effort, "Beautiful Stories for Ugly Children," takes its name from the title of a comic book published in the early 1990s.
Spartanburg: MAIN STREET PUB, 252 W. Main St., 573-1165: Aaron Whisnant. 9 p.m.
A veteran of the Upstate music scene, Aaron Whisnant is best known for his work with such now-defunct bands as Albert Hill and Dezeray's Hammer. But even as a solo performer, Whisnant shows that he still has a knack for producing high-quality, melodic pop songs that rival those of many nationally renowned artists.
Spartanburg: THE PEDDLER STEAKHOUSE, 464 E. Main St., 583-5874: Zataban. 7:30 p.m.
Composed of some of the Upstate's finest roots musicians, Zataban dishes out a spicy mix of New Orleans-style jazz, R&B and funk. The talent-filled group released an excellent debut album a little more than a year ago.
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Aliases of Scramble
There are many names at Scramble. But most known of them are following: [Kaspersky]Trojan.Scramble,Lokjaw.Scramble.1253;[Eset]Scramble.1253 virus;[F-Prot]destructive program;[Panda]Trj/Scramble,Scramble(1256.1259,Scramble.Drp;[Computer Associates]Scramble!Trojan,Scramble.1640
Overview Scramble
Scramble the normal sample Trojan, Backdoor, Downloader, DoS.This malware extends basically on wide-area networks using for infection and reproduction of vulnerability of the operating system of Windows.For definition of the presence at system Scramble makes in memory unique identifiers.Often enough is updated and varies.Scramble is dangerous and can lead to loss of the data and make your system unsteadiness.
How to Clear Scramble from Your computer?
In order to completely clear Scramble from your PC it is necessary to delete all files, folders, keys of the register of Windows and their value.For this purpose you can use ExterminateIt or try to delete Scramble independently manually.For malware removal independently you need to follow the steps described below in the sections - How to clear Scramble Files (.exe, .dll, .com, .sys, .bin etc.)and How to remove Scramble from the Windows Registry.In sections Files Scramble and Folders Scramble complete lists for removal are resulted. Also you can take advantage of sections of Windows Registry Keys and Windows Registry Values for removal Scramble
How to remove Scramble Files (.sys, .exe, .dll, .com, .bin etc.).
All files and directories associated with Scramble are below the relevant sections Files and Folders on this page.To delete completely Scramble must remove all the files.
To clear files and folders associated with Scramble execute following steps:
Using the file explorer or file manager display all from mentioned below files and folders. Note: The paths use certain conventions such as [ %PROGRAM_FILES%]. These conventions are explained here.Select the file or folder and press SHIFT+Delete on the keyboard. Click Yes in the confirm dialog box.
IMPORTANT: If a file is locked (the file can be used by other application), removal is impracticable (the Windows will notify you the corresponding message).
For removal locked files take advantage RemoveOnReboot utility.To remove locked file, select it and press the right button of the mouse, then select Send To-> delete on Next Reboot on the menu and after removal restart your computer.
You could download RemoveOnReboot utility now RemoveOnReboot
How to delete Scramble from the Windows Registry?
The Windows registry is important directory which stores system information, settings and options for Microsoft Windows operating systems. Also information about installed programs details as well as the information about the applications that are automatically run at start-up.Because this, malware, spyware, and adware (including Scramble) often store references to their own files in your Windows registry so that they can automatically launch every time you start up your computer.The registry also provides a window into the operation of the kernel, exposing runtime information such as performance counters and currently active hardware.
If you want effectively delete Scramble from your Windows registry, you must clear all the registry keys and values associated with Scramble.They are listed in the additional sections - Registry Keys and Registry Values on this page.
IMPORTANT: it should be remembered that Windows registry is a core component of your operation system, therefore we urgently recommend to make back up of registry before the removal beginning keys and values. The warning. Wrong change of parameters of the registry using the editor of the register or any different way can lead to serious problems. For their elimination operating system reinstallation can be demanded. The corporation Microsoft does not guarantee that these problems can be eliminated.
The responsibility for changing the registry at your own risk.Back up the registry.
Before register editing is requisite to export sections to which changes will be made, or to create a backup copy of all register.At occurrence of a problem it will allow to restore a former state of the register. To create a backup copy of all register, take advantage of the program of archiving for a backup of a state of system. The system state includes the register, a database of registration of classes COM + and load files.
Registry Editor it is possible to use for performance of following tasks: search of the subteen, section, subsection or parameter; subsection or parameter addition; change of value of parameter; subsection or parameter removal; subsection or parameter renaming. Transition Registry Editor displays the set of folders. Each folder represents a key local computer.When you view the remote computer's registry will be visible only two standard sections: HKEY_USERS and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
Follow the steps below to clear the Scramble registry keys and values:
On the Windows Start menu, click Run. In the Open box, type regedit and click OK. Open the Registry Editor. The application consists of two panels.
In the left pane, presented folders that represent the registry keys, arranged in a hierarchical order. The right side shows the value selected key. To remove the keys, associated with Scramble, do the following:Locate the key in the left pane windows Registry Editor, opening folders ways described in the section Registry Keys. By selecting the correct key, click the right mouse button and in the dialog box, select Delete. Click Yes in the dialog box Confirm Key Delete. To delete the key value contained in the section Registry Values, do the following:In the right pane of Registry Editor window, click the key, highlight it and click the right mouse button. In the pop-up menu, select Delete. Click Yes in the dialog box Confirm Value Delete.
Scan your Windows Registry for Scramble
Scramble Categorized as Trojan, Backdoor, Downloader, DoS
How Did My PC Get Infected with Scramble?
One of the most common questions found when cleaning Scramble is "how did my machine get infected"? There are a variety of reasons, but the most common ones are that you are going to sites that you are not practicing Safe Internet, you are not running the proper security software, and that your computer's security settings are set too low.
Practice Safe Internet
One of the main reasons people get Scramble in the first place is that they are not practicing Safe Internet. You practice Safe Internet when you educate yourself on how to use properly the Internet using security tools and good practice. Whether these things are files or sites it doesn't really matter. If something is out to get you, and you click on it, it most likely will.
Below are a list of simple precautions to take to keep your computer clean and running securely:
If you get an attachment from someone you do not know, DO NOT OPEN IT!It may be Scramble. Opening attachments from people you do not know is a very common method for viruses or worms to infect your computer.
If you receive an attachment and it ends with a .exe, .com, .bat, or .pif DO NOT OPEN the attachment unless you know for a fact that it is clean.For the casual computer user, you will almost never receive a valid attachment of this type.
If you receive an attachment from someone you know, and it looks suspicious, then it probably is.The email could be from someone you know infected with Scramble that is trying to infect everyone in their address book.
If you are browsing the Internet and a popup appears saying that you are infected, ignore it! DO NOT INSTALL any software that will require to download.
Another tactic to get Scramble on the web is when a site displays a popup that looks like a normal Windows message or alert. When you click on them, though, they instead bring you to another site that is trying to push a product on you.
Do not go to porn sites.The fact is that a large amount of malware (including Scramble) is pushed through these types of sites.
When using an Instant Messaging program be cautious about clicking on links people send to you. It is not uncommon for infections to send a message to everyone in the infected person's contact list that contains a link to an infection (it may be Scramble too). Instead when you receive a message that contains a link, message back to the person asking if it is legit before you click on it.
Stay away from Warez and Crack sites! In addition to the obvious copyright issues, the downloads from these sites are typically overrun with infections and Scramble is not exception.
Be careful of what you download off web sites and Peer-2-Peer networks. Some sites disguise adware as legitimate software to trick you into installing them and Peer-2-Peer networks are crawling with it. If you want to download a piece of software a from a site, and are not sure if they are legitimate, you can use McAfee Siteadvisor to look up info on the site.
Visit Microsoft's Windows Update Site Frequently
It is important that you visit http://www.windowsupdate.com regularly. This will ensure your computer has always the latest security updates available installed on your computer.If there are new updates to install, install them immediately, then reboot your computer, and revisit the site until there are no more critical updates. This also protect your computer from Scramble.
Symptoms of Infection
Symptoms of Scramble
If you suspect or confirm that your PC is infected with Scramble, obtain the current antivirus software.The following are some primary indicators that a computer may be infected:
- The PC runs slower than usual.
- The computer stops responding, or it locks up frequently.
- The PC crashes, and then it restarts every few minutes, it may be symptom of Scramble.
- The PC restarts on its own.
- Additionally, the PC does not run as usual.
- Disks or disk drives are inaccessible.
- You cannot print items correctly.
- You see unusual error messages.
- You see distorted menus and dialog boxes.
- There is a double extension on an attachment that you recently opened, such as a .jpg, .vbs, .gif, or .exe. extension, it's may be Scramble.
- An antivirus program is disabled for no reason. Additionally, the antivirus program cannot be restarted.
- An antivirus program cannot be installed on the computer, or the antivirus program will not run.
- New icons appear on the desktop that you did not put there, or the icons are not associated with any recently installed programs.
- Strange sounds or music plays from the speakers unexpectedly.
- A program disappears from the PC even though you did not intentionally clear the program.
Note These are common signs of infection by Scramble. However, these signs may also be caused by hardware or software problems that have nothing to do with a PC virus.
Symptoms of Scramble in e-mail messages
When a computer adware infects e-mail messages or infects other files on a computer, you may notice the following symptoms:
- The infected file may make copies of itself. This behavior may use up all the free space on the hard disk.
- A copy of the infected file may be sent to all the addresses in an e-mail address list.
- The Scramble adware may reformat the hard disk.
- This behavior will remove files and programs.
- The Scramble may install hidden programs, such as pirated software.
- This pirated software may then be distributed and sold from the pc.
- The Scramble may reduce security.
- This could enable intruders to access remotely the computer or the network.
- You receive an e-mail message that has a strange attachment. When you open the attachment, dialog boxes appear, or a sudden degradation in system performance occurs.
- Someone tells you that they have recently received e-mail messages from you that contained attached files that you did not send. The files that are attached to the e-mail messages have extensions such as .exe, .bat, .scr, and .vbs extensions.
Trojan Infection Symptoms
A trojan horse (including Scramble) is a program that infects your computer and allows a hacker to run hidden tasks behind your back.
The Scramble can allow total remote access to your computer by a third party.
If you have experienced any of the following symptoms, you are infected with an Internet Trojan and hackers have invaded your computer.To remove the trojan and keep others out of your PC you could purchase the Buy ExterminateIt Now.
Symptoms That Indicate Scramble
If you experience any of the following symptoms, you have been infected by one of the most dangerous type of individuals. These non-stealth hackers are known to destroy data and crash computers when they grow tired of playing their games.
Your CD-ROM drawer opens and closes by itself
Scramble have the ability to open and close your CD-ROM drawer.
Your computer screen flips upside down or invertss.
When you are infected with Scramble, hackers can make your PC screen blink, flip upside down or invert it so that everything is displayed backwards.
Your wall paper or background settings change by themselves
The non-stealth type of hacker may change your default background or wall paper settings. Many times this will be done by using a picture found on your computer or one uploaded by the hacker.
Documents or messages print on your printer by themselves
Since the hacker has total access to your computer, he can access your printer and print personal messages to you or print documents found in your folders.
Problems with your browser
Your computer browser goes to a strange or unknown web page by itself Trojans, including Scramble, allow the hacker to launch your web browser and go to any web page that they preselected.
Your windows color settings change by themselves
When infected, the Scramble allows the hacker to change your Windows color settings to any colors of their choice.
Your screen saver settings change by themselves
Often, the non-stealth hacker will set your screen saver with a personal scrolling message to you.
Your right and left mouse buttons reverse their functions
Often, the hacker makes your mouse buttons switch around. The right click now does what the left click did and the left click takes on the functions that the right click used to have.
Your mouse pointer disappears
Sometimes the hacker will completely turn off your mouse. Then, your mouse pointing arrow completely disappears.
Your mouse moves by itself
The hacker can take control of your mouse pointer and click on icons and start programs as if he were sitting in your chair in front of your computer.
Your mouse starts leaving trails
The hacker can change your mouse configuration to make it leave mouse trails as you move it.
Your computer plays recordings of things recorded in your computer room.
If you have a microphone connected to your computer, the hacker can record and listen to what is going on in the room. Sometimes the non-stealth hacker will play the sound file back when he knows you are in the room.
Your sound volume changes by itself
Sometimes the hacker will turn your sound volume all the way up or down to attract your attention.
Your Windows Start button disappears
Once infected by Scramble, the hacker can make your Windows start button hidden from your view.
Programs load or unload by themselves
Scramble can kill or startup programs on your computer.Many times your anti spyware is unloaded and then parts of it are altered or deleted.
Your computer starts talking or conversing with you.
Scramble allow the hacker to type anything that he wants to say to you in a box and then make it appear that your PC is talking to you.Many times this feature is used along with the web cam and sound option so that the hacker can see and hear you as he converses.
Your computer starts reading the contents of your PC clipboard.
The hacker can make your PC speak the text contained in your clipboard and insert new text into your windows clipboard.
Strange chat boxes appear on your PC and you are forced to chat with some stranger.
The Scramble will allow the hacker to bring up a square black chat box when you can not do anything else but type into this box. The hacker may talk back to you, or just leave this box up to block you from accessing your computer programs while he undermines what you are doing.
Strange Windows Warning, Info, error, or question boxes appear on your pc.
Your PC generates strange warning or question boxes.Many times these are personal messages directed directly to you and asking you a question with Yes or No or Ok buttons for you to click.
You get complaints from your ISP that your PC is IP scanning.
The hacker can use your computer to attack, send email or scan for other infected computers.You could then even get an email from your Internet service provider warning you that your account will be terminated if the activity continues.
People that you are chatting with know too much personal information about you or your pc.
With the help of Scramble hackers can find personal information about you by reading documents on your PC such as a resume, financial records, personal letters, etc.
Other people can read your private IRC or ICQ messages
While your PC is infected with Scramble, the hacker can not only see everything that you type, but every message sent to you via programs such as ICQ, IRC, AIM and yahoo pager.If someone that you are talking to seems to know what others are talking to you about in private while using one of the chat programs above you may have been infected.
People that you are talking to can see you or know what is inside your computer room.
If you have a webcam, the hacker can turn it on without your knowledge and watch you as well as see things in the background of the webcam.
Your time and date change on your PC by itself.
Using Scramble the hacker can change the time and date on your pc.Often this is done it is to catch your attention and changed to the extreme.You can then expect the hacker to ask you what time or date it is on your pc.
Your computer speaker starts and stops working by itself.
The hacker can turn your PC speaker on and off. Your PC shuts down by itself.The hacker can cause your computer to shutdown if you are infected by Scramble.
Your computer shuts down and powers off by itself.
Once infected, the hacker using Scramble can make your PC turn itself off.
Your Task bar disappears
The hacker can hide your taskbar from your view.
Ctrl + Alt + Del stops working
The hacker or Trojan may disable this function so that you can not view your task list or be able to end the task on a given program or process.
When you reboot your PC you get a message telling you that there are other users still connected.
If you get a message when you reboot telling you that other users are still connected, it means that you have open file shares and someone is accessing your files. You need to put a password on your drives and shares or stop sharing files.
What Scramble may do?
Below are possibilities you may experience when you are infected with Scramble. Remember that you also may be experiencing any of the below issues and not have a virus.
- Scramble may clear files.
- Various messages in files or on programs.
- Changes volume label.
- Marks clusters as bad in the FAT.
- Randomly overwrites sectors on the hard disk.
- Replaces the MBR with own code.
- Create more than one partition.
- Attempts to access the hard disk drive, which can result in error messages such as: Invalid drive specification.
- Causes cross-linked files.
- Causes a "sector not found" error.
- Cause the system to run slow.
- Logical partitions created, partitions decrease in size.
- A directory may be displayed as garbage.
- Directory order may be modified so files, such as COM files, will start at the beginning of the directory.
- Cause Hardware problems such as keyboard keys not working, printer issues, modem issues etc.
- Disable ports such as LPT or COM ports.
- Caused keyboard keys to be remapped.
- Alter the system time / date.
- Cause system to hang or freeze randomly.
- Cause activity on HDD or FDD randomly.
- Increase file size.
- Increase or decrease memory size.
- Randomly change file or memory size.
- Extended boot times.
- Increase disk access times.
How to protect yourself in the future?
In order to protect yourself from Scramble and this not happening again it is important that take proper care and precautions when using your pc.Make sure you have updated ExterminateIt running, all the latest updates to your operating system, a firewall, and only open attachments or click on popups that you know are safe. These precautions can be a tutorial unto itself, and luckily, we have one created already:
Simple and easy ways to keep your PC safe and secure on the Internet.
Make your Internet Explorer 6 and below more secure.From within Internet Explorer click on the Tools menu and then click on Options.
- Click once on the Security tab.
- Click once on the Internet icon so it becomes highlighted.
- Click once on the Custom Level button.
- Change the Download signed ActiveX controls to Prompt.
- Change the Download unsigned ActiveX controls to Disable.
- Change the Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe to Disable.
- Change the Installation of desktop items to Prompt.
- Change the Launching programs and files in an IFRAME to Prompt.
- Change the Navigate sub-frames across different domains to Prompt.
- When all these settings have been made, click on the OK button.
- If it prompts you as to whether or not you want to save the settings, click on Yes button.
- Next press the Apply button and then the OK to exit the Internet Properties page.
It is very important that your computer has an anti-virus software running on your machine (you could free download ExterminateIt).This alone can save you a lot of trouble with spyware in the future.
We can't stress strongly enough how important it is for you to do five things for every PC you own:Secure your e-mail client against running unwanted scripts. If you use Outlook or Outlook Express and have not secured them.
Scan your computers by ExterminateIt at least weekly to make sure they aren't harboring viruses or worms.
Keep your ExterminateIt software up-to-date. AntiVirus software vendors update their adware lists on a regular basis.Make sure you visit your vendor's Web site at least once a week to download the update.
Avoid running attachments (especially .EXE files) that come in your e-mail it may be Scramble, even if they come from your friends, relatives or colleagues. The warped minds now writing e-mail viruses will do their best to lure you into running their viruses and worms by making them look like love letters, jokes or pornography. Once you or one of your friend succumbs to this temptation, the script will mail itself to everyone on that computer's address list.
Make frequent backups of your data files, and keep some of your backups out of your pc.We like to burn CD-R backup discs on a regular schedule; CD-RW and Zip discs also work well.


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Definition of material in English:
1The matter from which a thing is or can be made: goats can eat more or less any plant material materials such as brass highly flammable materials
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- Many of the males and a few of the females wear stuff that looks like leather, but most is woven animal fur or plant material of kinds I do not know.
- It is formed from decomposing underground deposits of organic matter such as decaying plant material.
- Gas cylinders contain flammable material - the fire extinguishers put out fires.
matter, substance, stuff, medium
1.1 (usually materials) Things needed for an activity: cleaning materials
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- Other icons lead to full construction details plus information about materials and tools.
- Throwing money and materials and implements at the problem is not dealing with the problem.
constituent, raw material, element, component
things, items, articles, stuff, necessaries
1.2 [with adjective or noun modifier] A person of a specified quality or suitability: he's not really Olympic material
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2Facts, information, or ideas for use in creating a book or other work: there is much good material here for priests to use in sermons
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- But, after a considerable amount of said hanging about, he accumulated enough material to write a book.
information, data, facts, facts and figures, statistics, evidence, details, particulars, background, notes
informal info, dope, lowdown
2.1Items, especially songs or jokes, comprising a performer's act: a band playing original material
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- The seven-piece outfit perform Tex-Mex classics, Spanish songs and original material.
- The ensemble often draws its material from narrative folk songs.
3Cloth or fabric: a piece of dark material dress materials
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- He pretended to dust an imaginary piece of lint from the dark material before returning his gaze to the other man.
- He had a piece of dark material masking his face and was wearing a black, cotton casual jacket.
fabric, cloth, textiles
1 [attributive] Denoting or consisting of physical objects rather than the mind or spirit: the material world moral and material support
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- In many cases, we look to the exterior values, being physical or of a material nature.
- It is a human invention or creation not of a physical or material kind but of a purely intellectual and ideational kind.
physical, corporeal, tangible, nonspiritual, mundane, worldly, earthly, secular, temporal, concrete, real, solid, substantial
1.1Concerned with physical needs or desires: material living standards have risen
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- Despite the billions he pocketed from running his hedge fund, he maintains greater interest in philosophy than matters material.
- You are generous and proud in family situations especially regarding material and property matters.
sensual, physical, carnal, corporal, fleshly, bodily, creature
1.2Concerned with the matter of reasoning, not its form: political conflict lacks mathematical or material certitude
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2Important; essential; relevant: the insects did not do any material damage to the crop
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- If there's no disputing about taste, there's also no disputing some of the material consequences of taste.
significant, major, important
2.1chiefly Law (Of evidence or a fact) significant, influential, or relevant, especially to the extent of determining a cause or affecting a judgment: information that could be material to a murder inquiry
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- The situation in the crisis alters almost by the hour but as at Wednesday morning I will try and give you an update of matters that are material.
- In this case the following matters are particularly material.
- The Defendants had a legitimate interest in drawing attention to matters which were material in one or other of these two statutory purposes.
relevant, pertinent, important, applicable, germane;
apropos, to the point;
vital, essential, key
Late Middle English (in the sense 'relating to matter'): from late Latin materialis, adjective from Latin materia 'matter'.
Words that rhyme with materialarterial, bacterial, cereal, criterial, ethereal, ferial, funereal, immaterial, imperial, magisterial, managerial, ministerial, presbyterial, serial, sidereal, venereal, biomaterial
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PHOENIX -- A.J. Griffin hasn't changed much about the way he throws from last year to this.
The mental part of the game, though -- that's changing.
Griffin led the major leagues by giving up 36 home runs last year. Toward the end of the season, it was all anybody, particularly the media, wanted to talk about.
They didn't want to talk about his excellent .226 batting average against, 30 points under the league average. They wanted to talk about all those bombs. Griffin now says he bought into it.
And that was a mistake.
"I put too much thought into those questions,'' Griffin said Saturday as the team went through its annual photo day. "I should have tuned it out, but I didn't.
"All that talk made me think about it, and that was a mistake.''
Griffin was the toughest of the A's regular starting pitchers to get a hit against. He led the team with a career-best 200 innings. His ERA of 3.83, while up from his rookie mark of 3.06, was under the median of A.L. pitchers.
And his total of 14 wins is the most any member of the 2014 staff had last year.
So pardon Griffin if he doesn't feel like changing the way he pitches and focuses instead on the mental part of the game.
"I learned from my struggles last year,'' he said. "I've been pretty good at executing pitches. What got me in trouble was that one time or two times a game a ball would go out. I've always been focused when I'm pitching. But I've got to be ultra-focused.
"It's not like I was giving away pitches before. But I have to make sure that I don't give anything away. Then the home runs will take care of themselves.''
Manager Bob Melvin said while Griffin, 26, did have issues with homers, it's the other statistics, particularly the win total and the innings pitched total, that need to looked at.
"At the end of the day, he's a good starting pitcher,'' Melvin said. "The one blip was the home runs. But he realizes why they happened.
"His mindset has to be that he's not a guy who gives up homers. If he gets there, he won't. They can become a self-fulfilling prophecy. It's like a hitter who goes 0 for 15. Getting back on track just becomes harder as you go along.''
Having the stats sheets zeroed out at the beginning of the season gives a chance for a fresh start. And Griffin will take full advantage to get back to full enjoyment of the game he loves.
"I do love baseball,'' he said. "But it takes focus to play the game and patience to see it through. You have to have dedication to love it.''
For more on the A's, see John Hickey's Insider at blogs.ibabuzz.com/athletics. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/JHickey3.
Despite allowing a major-league-high 36 home runs last season, A.J. Griffin was one of the A's most consistent starters. Here's a look at the 2013 statistics for the returning and acquired A's starting pitchers:
Pitcher W L ERA
Sonny Gray 5 3 2.67
A.J. Griffin 14 10 3.83
Dan Straily 10 8 3.96
Jarrod Parker 12 8 3.97
Scott Kazmir* 10 9 4.04
Tommy Milone 12 9 4.14
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Polina Edmunds
Tenth Grade
Archbishop Mitty High
San Jose, CA.
Dear Polina:
First, let me say I'm rooting for you to win an Olympic medal in Sochi. You've got an edge in your youth. It lends you a fearlessness that makes your skating better.
I do have one word of warning, a historical footnote, a brief ahem. If someone in San Jose says they want to memorialize your achievement in a work of public art, be wary.
All this occurred before you were even born, which is to say 1995, when the city had set aside a pot of money for public art to honor its new arena.
The idea was a good and noble one -- to honor five local skaters, all of whom had international renown: Peggy Fleming, Kristi Yamaguchi, Debi Thomas, Brian Boitano and Rudy Galindo.
The concept was creative: The artists, Mike Mandel and Larry Sultan, planned a miniature terrazzo hockey rink, with the words of the skaters inscribed in a metal text that tracked their moves on ice.
If you followed the swirls of a double axel, say, you might read Peggy Fleming's story. Mementos honoring the skaters would be buried in containers covered by clear plastic.
In the end, though, the $493,000 piece was mostly a failure, a reminder that public art that makes too many concessions to critics ceases to be very interesting.
Evokes shrugs
You can still see it in the park across Autumn Street from the arena, where it evokes shrugs today. The words of the skaters are faded. And it's hard to know what is being honored.
" 'Five Skaters" was the most contentious project I have ever been involved with in my 28 years of public art administration," former San Jose public art officer David Allen told me by email.
"For a project with such good intentions, honoring great talent and the conditions that nurture that talent, the bad behavior was astonishing.''
It began when the skating lobby, led by attorney Patrick McMahon, objected to the minimalist design. McMahon and others argued that the skaters deserved something more monumental.
To remedy that, Sultan and Mandel added five pillars, or "smokestacks," as the wags called them, that were covered with tiles that bore massive pictures of each skater. But you had to walk a good distance away to get the full sense of the depictions.
That wasn't all: When the artists included Galindo's statement that it was hard being a Mexican-American in an all-American sport, a modest comment today, an uproar ensued. After consulting with his sister and McMahon, Galindo asked that it be excised.
There was even a fight over the height of the work's victory platforms, meant to mimic the Olympic pedestals. Originally, the artists conceived the top one as 52 inches high. After disapproval from city public works officials, they had to live with 36 inches.
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Enables system administrators to limit the number of powerful users and provide a full audit trail of their activities.
Exit point management and reporting on remote access.
Query-based reporting to consolidate security event data from multiple sources and systems.
Self-service password resets for IBM i users.
Control access for user profiles and passwords.
With more than two decades of experience providing modular IBM i security solutions, Safestone is the global partner of choice for organizations facing stringent compliance requirements. Our flexible, scalable, and user-friendly solutions simplify the process of passing audits and securing valuable data.
Resetting disabled passwords is an inevitable activity which all companies face, regardless of the systems they use. In the case of IBM i shops, however, it is crucial. This is because most companies with an i use it to run their core applications; users who can't sign on are unable to do the essential jobs that drive their organization's business.
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Enables system administrators to limit the number of powerful users and provide a full audit trail of their activities.
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HelpSystems honored with 2015 Progress Minnesota award for unique culture, community involvement, and upward growth.
Director of Security Technologies Robin Tatam and IT automation expert Paul Ratchford will lead educational sessions at NEUGC March 30-April 1.


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Gilbert and Sullivan had a knack for mocking issues that still provoke rage, including Darwinism, feminism and a host of other -isms. And that goes for the operetta "Princess Ida," which will open the Lamplighters Music theater's 60th season in Walnut Creek on Jan. 25.
The story, a crazed dash about what was on English minds in the 1880s, is set, um, somewhere, since G&S indicated neither a time period nor a location for the show. But it does offer some interesting notions, beginning with a treaty, signed 20 years before the play starts, stating that Princess Ida and Prince Hilarion will marry when they come of age.
But the princess, now the founder of a women's university, will have no part of an agreement that was signed when she was an infant. Instead, she will continue teaching an unusual variation on Darwinism -- that men, but not women, are descended from the apes, making women superior to men.
But Prince Hilarion is ever the romantic, so he decides he will woo the fair maiden by donning the academic garb of the university (drag, in Hilarion's case) and enter the school as a student.
"Ida" plays Jan. 25-27 at Walnut Creek's Lesher Center for the Arts, then it goes to San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on Feb. 1-3, the Bankhead Theater in Livermore on Feb. 9-10 and the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts on Feb. 16-17.
Tickets range from $22 to $54; learn more at www.lamplighters.org.
"OLD WICKED SONGS": The play about a musician trying to get back in touch with his craft opens in previews Feb. 1 at Walnut Creek's Lesher Center for the Arts.
The musical, which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in drama, deals with a young American piano prodigy who travels to Vienna in the spring of 1986 in an attempt to break through an artistic block that has haunted him throughout his career. He is assigned to an elderly vocal teacher, who gives him the Robert Schumann song-cycle "Dichterliebe" to attempt to resolve his block. Beyond the story line, "Wicked Songs" is a look at the relationship between a pair of very different men, who have only music as a common bond and must find a way to break free of their pasts.
"Old Wicked Songs" plays Feb. 1-3 in previews. Its main run is Feb. 5-March 2. Tickets, at $38-$47, may be reserved at 925-943-7469 or www.centerrep.org.
"NEXT TO NORMAL": The Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning rock musical makes its East Bay debut in an unlikely small theater: the 80-seat Pinole Community Playhouse.
The dramatic musical, about a mother's struggle with bipolar disorder and the effect it has on her family, will be presented by the Pinole Players, which calls itself, "the little theater that could."
The show plays only eight performances during its Feb. 1-16 run. Tickets, at $23, are available at 510-724-9844 or www.pinoleplayers.org.
"EXPECTING ISABEL": Lisa Loomer's comedy opens Friday in two area theaters -- the Village Theatre in Danville, where it is being presented by Role Players Ensemble, and Masquers Playhouse in Point Richmond, where the Masquers troupe is producing the play.
The play centers on a Manhattan couple who are having some difficulty conceiving and find themselves in the midst of an industry and a society eager to help -- fertility specialists, self-help books, support groups, adoption agencies and perhaps above all, their families.
The Role Players production plays through Feb. 9. Tickets are $20-$28 and may be reserved at 925-314-3400 or www.villagetheatreshows.com.
The Masquers show plays through Feb. 23. Tickets are $22 and may be reserved at 510-232-4031 or www.masquers.org.
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"Rent": The coming-of-age musical by Jonathan Larson is presented by Pacific Coast Repertory Theatre, featuring Broadway cast member Alan Mingo Jr.; Jan 25-Feb. 10 at Firehouse Arts Center, Pleasanton; $19-$35; 925-931-4848, www.pcrtproductions.org.
"The Full Monty": The working-class musical comedy based on the British movie centers on Buffalo, N.Y., steelworkers who lose their jobs and turn to stripping for some badly needed money. Presented by Tri-Valley Repertory Theater Company Saturday through Feb. 3 at Bankhead Theater, Livermore; $28-$38;


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STOCKTON - An unidentified woman died early Sunday following a shooting in which four other victims were wounded.
Stockton police still were investigating the incident Sunday night, interviewing individuals and trying to establish a motive.
It was the 14th homicide in Stockton during 2013.
The surviving victims were transported to area hospitals.
The shootings occurred at 3:38 a.m. Sunday on the southwest corner of Connecticut and Flint avenues.
Police investigators ask anyone with information on the shootings to call (209) 937-8377 or (209) 946-0600 (to remain anonymous). Tips also can be placed on the department's Facebook page.
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I have always been using the PS3 Media Server, and i must say it has always been amazingly helpful and pure joy to use BUT... i am having some problems lately.
I recently decided to reinstall my PC since i had some problems, and for some reason, i can't get it to stream properly.
I just reinstalled Windows 7 Professional (64bit), i have ALL the latest drivers/updates, i reinstalled PMS, and i can't get it to work properly.
For some reason it streams without a problem, the subtitles work, but the audio is out of sync.
I tried disabling the "A/V sync alternative method" and enabling "Force framerate parsed from FFmpeg", but no results.
So i moved up the tsMuxeR and FFmpeg engine, and it seems to work flawlessly then but i seem to have no subtitles.
What can i do as it used to work fine without ANY problems, please help!!!
Here's a little information about my PC / setup:
CPU: Intel I7 2600k @ 4,44 ghz
MEM: 16GB Corsair Vengeance @ 1600mhz
SSD: 120gb Corsair Force GT 550mbps
GFX: 2x 470GTX 1,5gb @ SLI
HDD: 2x 1TB HDD's
LAN: 1000mbit
Router: 1000mbit
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Cecil Compton, 90, of Wanette, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012, in Holdenville.
Visitation will be from 1 to 7 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 13, at Cooper Chapel in Wanette.
Service will be 11 a.m., Friday, Dec. 14, at the Church of Christ in Wanette with Robert Perry officiating. Burial will follow at Wanette Cemetery under the direction of Cooper Funeral Home of Tecumseh.
To share memories, or to sign the guestbook online, go to www.cooperfuneral.com.
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text: Remember all the joy and fun you had as a kid playing "Oregon Trail"? Or if you're not old I should probably ask if you even remember Oregon Trail at all. If you don't then don't bother looking it up, because the good people at The Men Who Wear Many Hats have made it better. Kids, I present to you "Organ Trail". A revamped version of the Apple classic that features what every game needs, zombies. Load up your station wagon, gather supplies and head off on a cross country adventure. The best part? It's free to play online!


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Detox Diaries: My Three Weeks on "Clean"
Think you've got what it takes to detox for 21 days? Here's how one woman did it, why (perfect skin, anyone?), and the info you need to decide if this plan is for you
Overall I'm hoping that my skin looks a little softer and more even-toned by the end of this; it would be absolutely fantastic to be able to skip foundation in the morning, wouldn't it? As far as my weight goes, I'm about where I want to be (my starting weight is 97.8 pounds -- and before you freak out, you should know that I'm 5 feet tall, in shoes), but I wouldn't be too upset if I felt a little more toned.
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The "Parental Notification, Child and Teen Safety, Stop Predators Act," a proposal authored by Assemblywoman Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield) to prohibit a physician from performing an abortion on a minor without first notifying that minor's parent or guardian, was rejected today in the Assembly Health Committee with no Democrats voting in support of the measure.
"It defies common sense that state law requires a minor to have parental permission to get a tattoo, visit a tanning salon, travel for field trips or sporting events, purchase violent video games, even just receive aspirin in school, but abortions can be secretly performed on an underage girl without her parents' or guardians' knowledge," stated Grove in her presentation of the bill. "We're all in agreement that minors don't have the emotional or physical maturity to make many important decisions on their own. If parents have knowledge of their daughter's abortion, they can help with any serious emotional or physical complications that may result, or protect their daughters from future sexual exploitation and pregnancies."
Grove emphasized that the measure is to protect minors from the risks of secret abortions and prevent sexual predators from using abortions to conceal their exploitation of minor girls.
"Every day, young girls are taken for abortions by older men who want to keep it secret from parents and law enforcement. Young girls are trafficked from the streets of major California cities, even Bakersfield," said Grove. "As public servants, we have a responsibility to protect the most vulnerable among us from those who would do them harm."
"Vulnerable, voiceless and exploited — this is the life of a child victim of sex trafficking," said Danielle Jones of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, testifying in support of the bill. "ACA 5 will provide an opportunity to intersect a trafficking victim and restore her life. It will require an adult to be notified who can empower her with accurate information to make a meaningful choice."
Nearly 40 states currently have some version of a parental notification requirement. According to a 2009 study by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC), 68 percent of Californians favor a state law that would require parents to be notified before a child under 18 could receive an abortion.
Numerous organizations and individuals expressed their support for the bill in committee, including the California Catholic Conference, California ProLife Council, Capitol Resource Institute, Coalition for Women and Children, Concerned Women for America, Crusade for Life, Life Legal Defense Foundation, Life Priority Network, Pregnancy and Family Resource Center, University of Southern California Students for Life, and the Bakersfield Valley Baptist Church.
Shannon Grove represents the Kern County communities of Bakersfield, Ridgecrest, Tehachapi, Taft and Frazier Park/Lebec.
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Nike Shox
The revoluntionary Nike Shox technology puts spring in your step in more ways than one. The hollowed-out columns combined with the Pebax diversion plate gives you a responsive stride and impact protection that keeps you running comfortably for miles. The Shox line has even developed a cult following due to its clean lines and unique look. Nike Shox shoes combines function and fashion for a running shoe perfect for the road or streets.


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Definición de flatulent en inglés:
1Suffering from or marked by an accumulation of gas in the alimentary canal: treat flatulent cows with caustic soda
Más ejemplos en oraciones
- Speaking of wind, an Australian biologist has developed a serum which reduces methane gas from flatulent sheep and cows.
- The midge-magnet sucks in female midges by mimicking the smell of flatulent cows.
- In a nicely creepy scene they watch in bewilderment as animals flee from its cover, and the appearance of a feverish, flatulent hunter spells much worse to come.
1.1Related to or causing an accumulation of gas in the alimentary canal: the flatulent effect of beans
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- The flatulent effects can be reduced, some people claim, by soaking dried beans for at least 5 hours, then draining, rinsing, boiling for at least 10 minutes in fresh water, and draining and rinsing again before the final cooking.
- Other adverse effects from feeding high-quality alfalfa include gas or flatulent colic and skin lesions because of the rapid fermentation of its nutrients.
1.2Inflated or pretentious in speech or writing: his flatulent oratory
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- They ended the decade big in America, big pretty much everywhere in fact, but making grandiose, flatulent music which seemed a depressing quid pro quo of their stadium-filling status.
- At these sickeningly boring events, the dubious decisions of an often shadowy jury are announced with flatulent rhetoric and overchewed jokes to the accompaniment of plastic food and dishwasher wine.
- Most English historians were cured of such flatulent emotion by the carnage of the first world war, the desolation of the great slump and the perilously tight margin of victory in the second world war.
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- Rather officiously (and more than a little flatulently), a backward drum loop announces its arrival.
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The Kleinemonde Room is one of the Parker Cottage B&B's Beautiful rooms and is on the first floor with a partial view of Cape Town's famous Signal Hill. You access the room by a staircase shared with only one other room, so it has lots of privacy.
The room has an en suite shower room and air-conditioning, and is decorated in a calming light blue. There's a wonderful oak Art Deco wardrobe (it's twin is in Room 3) which Liz found in a junk shop on the Albert Road in a sorry state, now beautifully restored.
The room now boasts two Louis XV style carvers: rather swish in black and gold (not in this photo yet, sorry!)
Phil's father's suitcase from his days doing the Grand Tour of Europe has found a resting place on the top of the wardrobe in this room.
Room Features:
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Rand Paul Speaks on Proper Footnoting
Sen. Rand Paul (R., Ky.) said he may not have properly footnoted some comments in his speeches, but he contended the spoken word shouldn't be held to the same standard as a scientific paper.
"I've written scientific papers. I know how to footnote things. But we've never footnoted speeches," said Mr. Paul, who is also an ophthalmologist and considered a potential contender in the 2016 presidential election. "And if that's the standard I'm going to be held to, yes, we will change, and we will footnote things."
The dust-up began when a speech the senator gave last week on behalf of Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli included sentences similar to a Wikipedia entry about the movie "Gattaca." Mr. Paul was trying to caution people about the potential for scientific discoveries to lead to population control.
Appearing on ABC's "This Week," Mr. Paul said he attributed his remarks in the speech but maybe didn't attribute them enough. He said during the speech he quoted from George Orwell's "1984," the movie "Gattaca," the memoir "My Left Foot" and the author Ray Bradbury, among others.
"And I attributed everything or attributed everything to them, but I didn't get into the secondary sources and say I quoted Einstein as according to an AP story or as according to Wikipedia," he said.
He said that if people want, he will start footnoting his speeches, but that may prove problematic because many of his speeches are extemporaneous. He pointed to his 13-hour filibuster on the Senate floor earlier this year over the Obama administration's drone policy as an example of where footnoting a speech can be difficult.
Accusations of plagiarism have curtailed some political ambitions. Vice President Joe Biden, in the 1988 presidential election, was accused of using words from a speech given by a British politician without attribution. Mr. Biden ended his run for presidency amid the accusations and later said he wished he'd attributed the remarks.
Mr. Paul said he thinks he's being unfairly targeted "by a bunch of hacks and haters, and I'm just not going to put up with people casting aspersions on my character."


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CORPUS CHRISTI – Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Director of Athletics Scott Lazenby has been selected to represent the Southland Conference on the NCAA Division I Championships/Sport Management Cabinet, it was announced today.
"I'm extremely honored and humbled to be chosen to represent the Southland Conference on this prestigious committee," Lazenby said. "I look forward to bringing our conference's point of view to the Cabinet and also representing our city, our university and our athletics department on a national level."
Lazenby fills former McNeese State AD Tommy McClelland's seat that was vacated when McClelland departed MSU for Louisiana Tech. Lazenby's appointment will continue through July 1, 2016.
The 31-member Cabinet, which represents all of the multisport athletic conferences in the NCAA, oversees the Division I Championships and provides leadership at a national level for Division I sports programs, sports committees and sports issues committees. The NCAA Division I Championships/Sports Management Cabinet is one of six Division I cabinets that report to the Leadership Council and Legislative Council. All policy issues go to the Leadership Council and all legislative issues go to the Legislative Council. This cabinet meets two times annually (February and September) with a conference call in June if needed.
In addition to the administrators, one member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee shall serve as a member of the cabinet in an advisory capacity and may serve on the cabinet up to one year after completion of his or her intercollegiate athletics eligibility.
The cabinet has oversight authority on the following areas: NCAA Division I National Championships and National Collegiate Championships; Sports sciences issues, including injury surveillance, drug education and drug testing; Playing and practice seasons; Olympic sports issues; Sports and sports issues committees.


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hi there,
i seriously do not know how to search the internet for this problem and it seems that even friends of me do not know how to tackle this problem:
i have a laptop which is connected via cable to the internet.
i do not own a wifi-router to send out a signal.
so i have a nifty little program called "my public wifi" which used the build-in wifi connector of the laptop to send out a signal like a wifi-router.
this way, i can play ps3 and 360 online.
so, now i wanted to connect my ps3 and my ipad with the psm-program, but it seems that it cant find anythiing.
i fiddled a bit around with the forced connecting settings, but couldnt find anything good.
i hope any of you guys can help me out.
i hope this description was good enough to explain this problem.