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According to the Identity Theft Resource Center, over 500 data breaches have been reported in the United States this year, showing an increase of 27.5 percent over the same period last year.
At the same time, electronic payments have started to outnumber cash transactions, and hackers have taken notice – with an increased number of point-of-sale (POS) system breaches making the headlines. Recent POS hacks, like those on Home Depot and Target, are likely due, in part, to the systems not being properly protected from potential vulnerabilities, which allows for an easy way in.
In this slideshow, Russ Spitler, vice president of product management at AlienVault, discusses the step-by-step analysis from the perspective of a hacker and what he or she would have to do to breach a POS system.
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Security Recall
My 07 335i E90 N54 has been recalled to rectify security glitch, since so many are getting nicked here in UK. Don't know what the fix is...anyone???
Same thing going on in the States???
Check this out...
Security compromised only because your steering wheel is on the wrong side of the auto.;)
What's the fix about and does it only affect right hookers?
My BMW main dealer had my 335i back for 1.5 hours on Monday...no idea what they did ...no piece of paper stating that what ever they needed to do was done and no-one there to tell me what they did.
Sure glad it has been done though and no 8 year old with an Ebay gizmo can nick it in 3 mins!... :clap:
I think...:dunno::dunno::dunno::dunno:
Still putting my crook lock on though. :eeps:
The 'fix' involves disabling the auto opening function of the windows. Thieves are using a screw driver (or similar) to force the door lock, then hold the lock in the 'open' position so all the windows lower. With care they can then access the OBD port and reprogramme a blank key from the car's memory without setting off the alarm.
Thanks Phil325i.
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If you're expecting a whole new raft of rendered scenes in 3DMark06 you're going to be a little disappointed. Three out of the four graphics tests – they're not called game tests anymore – are the same as from 3DMark05. Well that's not entirely accurate, the scripts may well be the same, but boy do they look different.
To obtain a 3DMark06 result you have to run three sections of tests – two of these sections are graphics tests and the third is a CPU test. I'm going to address the third section first, since I think that this will seem a little puzzling to many people. I imagine that many of you out there will be wondering why a CPU test is part of a graphics benchmark, but to be fair to Futuremark it doesn't call 3DMark a graphics benchmark, it calls it the "gamers' benchmark†and gamers need a CPU just as much as they need a graphics card.
Where the CPU tests becomes vitally important is if you're benchmarking a whole PC rather than just a graphics card. Obviously if you're buying a PC you'll want to know how fast the entire system is, not just how quick the graphics card is – by factoring the CPU tests into the overall 3DMark score it gives you a better indication of the overall system performance.
Now, the argument against the inclusion of the CPU tests is that if you're just testing graphics cards, why should the CPU tests affect the overall score? Well, anyone that knows the first thing about testing hardware will tell you that the consistency of supporting components is paramount for comparable results. That means if you use an Athlon FX-60 to test one graphics card, you better use the same chip to test the next one if you're going to compare results. If you follow the rule of consistent supporting components, then having the CPU tests factored into the overall score is a moot point, since that part of the test suite should be pretty much identical from one graphics card to the next.
There are two CPU tests in total, but both will look very similar to the spectator. There's a maze of canyons surrounding a castle, while speeders try to navigate their way to the castle and tanks try to stop them. This test places three distinct loads on the CPU – game logic (including graphics engine), physics and AI. The CPU tests are heavily multi-threaded and designed to take advantage of both SMP and multi-core systems.
Despite the two tests looking the same, they differ in the load balance of physics versus AI, to simulate the different type of CPU load that various future games could produce. Although the CPU tests will run on a single, single-core system, they have been designed to show significant benefits in an SMP or multi-core environment. With dual-core chips storming the market in 2005 and set to become the de facto standard in 2006, this part of the 3DMark06 suite is very important.


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My research focuses on the theoretical exploration of the properties of strongly interacting matter at ultra-high densities (10 to 20 times denser than atomic nuclei) and temperatures (several hundred billion degrees). Experimentally, the properties of such matter are being probed with the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider RHIC at Brookhaven and the Large Hadron Collider (LHC at Cern). Great advances in our understanding of such matter are expected from the next generation of heavy-ion collision experiments at FAIR (Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research at GSI) and NICA (Nucloton-bases Ion Collider fAcility at JINR). The long sought after quark gluon plasma (hot QCD matter) was created for the first time at RHIC in 2000. Since then the RHIC physics program has successfully measured or bracketed parameters that are of fundamental physical importance for our understanding of hot QCD (Quantum Chromo Dynamics) matter.
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Theoretically, it is understood that the universe was filled with super-dense matter shortly after the Big Bang, is being created in the final stages of catastrophic stellar events (core-collapse supernovae, gamma-ray bursts), and exists deep inside the cores of collapsed stars, know as neutron stars. Neutron stars are dense, neutron-packed remnants of massive stars that blew apart in supernova explosions. They are typically about 10 kilometers across and spin rapidly, often making many hundred rotations per second. Many neutron stars form radio pulsars, emitting radio waves that appear from the Earth to pulse on and off like a lighthouse beacon as the star rotates at very high speeds. Neutron stars in X-ray binaries accrete material from a companion star and flare to life with tremendous bursts of X-rays. Depending on mass and rotational frequency, gravity compresses the matter in the core regions of neutron stars to densities that are 10 to 20 times higher than the density of ordinary atomic nuclei. A thimble full of neutron star matter would have a mass of one billion tons! At such extraordinary densities atoms themselves collapse, and atomic nuclei are squeezed so tightly together that new fundamental particles are generated and novel states of matter are created. The most spectacular phenomena stretch from the creation of novel particles (hyperons and/or delta particles), to boson condensates, to quark matter. The interest in the physics and astrophysics of quark matter has recently received an additional boost from the discovery that quark matter ought to be a superconductor, which would have very intriguing consequences for numerous astrophysical phenomena. There is also the very intriguing theoretical suggestion of E. Witten (Princeton) that neutron stars may be made up of absolutely stable strange quark matter, a configuration of matter even more stable than the most stable atomic nucleus, 56Fe, which, if true, would turn our understanding of neutron stars upside down.
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WESTVILLE — Santas Anonymous has added another location where people can drop off Christmas presents for needy children.
A collection barrel has been placed at Casey's General Store at 750 S. State St., Westville.
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Making Sacrifices
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This week, I was rushing through an airport on my sixth flight of the week on the way to the fourth city of the week. It was late; I was tired. I thought about missing my flight and just getting on the next flight back home to New York instead. I was rationalizing not showing up for an event. I called a friend of mine just to vent. "F*ck this sh*t," was how I greeted her when she picked up the phone. "It's not worth it," I went on. "I'm exhausted. I can't live a life like this. This is no life. I miss my friends, I want to go out on dates. Sh*t, I just want to spend more than two consecutive nights in my own bed." I genuinely didn't care about "the cause." I was exhausted.
Remember whyAnd then, as if on cue, some guy calls out my name. I turn around, and he walks up to me with his hand outstretched to shake my hand. "I'm a big fan of your work," he said. I thought we'd met, I thought maybe he'd seen me speak somewhere. But it turned out, he hadn't. He was a principle in a school and had shown my TEDx video to the teachers and administrators to inspire them, to remind them why they do what they do.
In an instant, I was reminded why I do what I do. This is the impact of the movement we're all a part of. I was still exhausted. I was still fed up. But because of that one reminder, I was inspired again. In an instant, the sacrifice was worth it.
When I meet my fans, when I read the notes people send me, when I see the impact I can have on people's lives, and when my energy is focused on giving to others, it's worth it. When my sister sees her kid growing up, when she watches her daughter do things that amaze the rest of us, when she can see the impact she has in someone's life, and when her energy is focused on giving to another, it's worth it.


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In the hierarchy of loss, phones rank above bank cards and passports, although below parents. An elderly great-aunt will probably lose to your Samsung (I mean, really, you hardly knew her); the loss of a much-loved family pet is devastating but certainly not as inconvenient as leaving your mobile on the N55. So many peaceful mornings-after-the-night-before are shattered by the holler of the careless, frustrated and hungover: "But how do I report my phone as missing when I DON'T HAVE A PHONE?!"
Railing at the previous night's intemperance, you post a sorry Facebook status advising that people contact you "on this thing for now", and borrow a mate's mobile to buzz your network, only to be told that you're screwed, in the flat, disinterested timbre of a man who hates his job and all the people it brings him into contact with.
Usually, the ultimate result is that you chin 200 for a new one and — with the passage of time — it becomes a funny story you tell as evidence of how mad with it you got one time. You tend to omit the bit where you cried.
But one time out of every thousand (nb: not a real stat) — the jolt of bereavement is countered a few hours later with a jolt of heady euphoria. Someone has found your phone! Your phone is being returned! Your phone is coming home!
Last weekend, a Hackney-dwelling colleague was on a holiday down in Putney. She left the pub, made the long journey back east, and then when she got home realised she didn't have her iPhone. By this point it was late and — assuming she'd probably dropped it somewhere in the transport nexus — she decided to leave it till morning, when she began the sapping post-mortem. In a half-hearted flash of inspiration, she logged onto Find My iPhone — and discovered hers was still being a dirty stop-out in Putney! Her other half sent a text advising any kind Samaritan to give him a call — and a few hours later, a lovely chap did. A reunion was arranged — and she said the most pleasing thing was watching the progress of her phone on the Find My Phone app as it made its walk of shame across the capital. Moral of the story: keep it in your own backyard.
A friend thought she had dropped her phone down the loo at a festival — and presumed that was most certainly that (phones don't tend to be resuscitated when they've drowned in a Portaloo). In fact, she'd dropped it elsewhere and another festival-goer found it and brought it home. Shy or hapless, he passed it over to his mother to deal with — who rang my friend's mum to inform her of her child's loss. An exchange was arranged. Convoluted, certainly, but a veritable happy ending.
However, not everyone gets their fairytale ending: another mate (seeing a trend developing here) is on her third iPhone of the year, and sent me an email detailing five separate phone-loss sagas. All involved alcohol and most involved public transport. The upside is that she can pinpoint the real reason why losing a phone is such a ball-ache for Londoners: "It ruins any budding relationships or liaisons," she says, "if that's the only method of contact you have. Then you're forced to endure the tension of not being able to text said romantic interest or know if they've texted you. When every text is analysed and even the time between messages is hugely significant, it's a big deal. In the early days, most new flings haven't yet become Facebook friends and it would just be weird to track them down and message them." Ah, the muddy politics of dating.
So how to maximise your chances of having your own happy ending (in several senses)? Signing up for phone retrieval apps such as Find My iPhone is a good place to start — though it's certainly not a guaranteed safeguard, and even if you track yours down you might not get it back if the person who's got it is a wrong 'un — but frankly, you might as well. Call all the places you went last night and also the local police stations in those areas if you were hopping across the city. Get a mate to call it (if it's switched on you're more likely to get it back — it's when it's turned off that you shoud worry) and also send a text advising anyone who's picked it up to get in touch. Keep the text short so the person can read the whole thing without needing to unlock your phone (applies particularly to iPhones). Also make sure your device is fully juiced before a night out.
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This is my #1 gripe with this vehicle. I have had the car since late December and the MPGs have been average at best. I average around 26 MPGs (currently 25...) It is mostly city driving and stop and go traffic but come on! I try very hard to coast to stops, slowly accelerate, and brake easy.
Lets see, the window sticker says 26 mpg city and that is what you are getting? I don't see the issue. City driving and stop and go traffic are mpg killers.
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Ok, so everything about the car is fantastic..BUT. I have not seen anywhere near the Average Rated MPG. I bought this Focus Used, its a 2012 Sedan Titanium, that came with just about 25000 miles. I drive this car everyday and the whole reason i bought this was because of the MPG, im averaging 27.8 mpg. about 75% highway and 25% rural road area. Call me crazy but i believe something is wrong here. I don't by any means drive like an insane person, i gradually gain speed and use cruise control a lot. I live in central Pennsylvania so the temp is low to mid 30s right now in the day time. I know gas mileage decreases in cold weather, but seriously....getting 10 less than the rate mpg is a little ridiculous. Anybody have any recommendations?
Hold on a second, the 36 mpg rating is for highway driving only, you are doing mixed driving. I would never expect the mpg to be that high with mixed driving. Yes I also have read many people getting better mpg then I do, but they live in different areas of the country.
I am averaging ~28-29 mpg at the moment. I was closer to 33 in the summer. Also noticed that the low temps have killed the mpg. Also my driving is a bit closer to 50/50.
IIRC the average mpg from the window sticker is 32 mpg. Using trip 2 for the life time of my car, not at 16k miles and just over a year is 32.6 mpg.
If you guys really want to see people ticked off at mpg rating, look up info on the 2012-13 Impreza. Very few with the CVT are getting anywhere near the 36 mpg highway. However many are reaching the average mpg of 30 mpg.
I take this all as perception. I believe peopel see the higher highway mpg number and expect that all the time, it just doesn't work that way.
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Suggest that if it's that easy, he should go apply for one.
This is a discussion on Brainwashed gun supporters within the Concealed Carry Issues & Discussions forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; My dad lives in Maryland and supports gun ownership. But he thinks Maryland doesn't infringe on the right to bear arms because he thinks he ...
My dad lives in Maryland and supports gun ownership. But he thinks Maryland doesn't infringe on the right to bear arms because he thinks he can go get a permit to carry at his discretion down there. I told him he is nuts, and unless you have a letter from God you will not be issued a permit in MD, even if you aren't a criminal. He told me I was wrong and asked how I know that they won't issue a permit, have I ever tried to get one? I asked him to Google it and he refused to look at anything other then legal or state websites that state the laws needed to get a permit like no criminal background etc... but because it is a may issue state it says nothing about denying countless people because they don't have a "valid" reason. How do I get my father who is very conservative and smart to understand that Maryland will not issue him a permit if he tried.
Suggest that if it's that easy, he should go apply for one.
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Unfortunately there is probably not you can do to change his mind, short of offering to pay for his permit when it is granted to him.
He's not interested in getting one, so thats out of the question, he just thinks he can (or anyone else can) like its a piece of cake, and that the state doesn't deny law abiding citizens the right to carry.
I see no other answer than for him to apply for one. Why would he ( or you) even argue about it if he's not going to try to get one?
Go to the MD State Police Licensing Division website and open up the General Licensing Division Application. Starting at the bottom of the first page is a section entitled "Additional Documents Required Per Handgun Permit Category." According to the actual application document one may only apply only by meeting certain criteria for one of the specified categories:
- business owner (provide proof of cash flow);
- certain professions, such as doctor, jeweler, or pharmacist (must show "evidence of legitimacy of business activity and valid certification or license");
- former LEO (provide proof);
- corrections officer (show documentation of threats and assaults);
- PI, security guard, &c. (must show "good and substantial reasons"); or
- personal protection (showing "documented evidence of recent threats, robberies, and/or assaults, supported by official police reports or notarized statements from witnesses.
So, there you have it. As a private citizen, it is insufficient to apply for a license based on "my 2nd amendment rights" or "to provide myself with proper self-defense." You need, by the MDSP's own requirements, notarized witness statements or police reports of specific threats against your life before MD will deign to let you protect yourself.
Can you tell I live in Maryland?
I used to... I'm glad I left
Why don't you apply for one and show him the paperwork and the process, he might then realize the devil is in the details.
Bet him $500 that he can't get one...couldn't you use the $$$?
Proverbs 27:12 says: The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.
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Uncertain whether he's attempted to apply. Uncertain whether you have ever lived there and actually applied, yourself.
Ditto on the idea to simply hand him the packet of paperwork for application to carry. If it means that much to you, having him put his money where his mouth is will show the falacious assumptions where they exist.
Your best weapon is your brain. Don't leave home without it.
Thoughts: Justifiable self defense (A.O.J.).
Explain: How does disarming victims reduce the number of victims?
Reason over Force: Why the Gun is Civilization (Marko Kloos).
All 23,000 plus gun laws are (in my opinion) completly unconstintutional.
Until we change the law...we pretty much at their mercy
"If I was an extremist, our founding fathers would all be extremists," he said. "Without them, we wouldn't have our independence. We'd be a disarmed British system of feudal subjectivity."


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Nate Oliver, a top junior prospect in Ohio, returned the opening kickoff to start the game.
Oliver was the feature back for St. Edward because of the injury to Frank Edmonds, another junior.
He finished the game with 27 carries for 76 yards.
Joe Thomas, who's given a verbal commitment to Pitt already, anchors the Eagle offensive line at a tackle spot.
Quarterback Bobby Huth, who completed 14 of 20 passes for 230 yards and 2 touchdowns, got Massillon's offense offense to a great start.
Huth found Zack Vanryzin all alone in the secondary on a blown coverage by the Eagle defense for a quick 67-yard touchdown and a 7-0 lead. Vanryzin had three catches for 82 yards in the game.
Brian Gamble had 62 yards on 14 carries in the game.
Because of the knee injury, Edmonds wasn't much of a factor on the offense but he will return for his senior season next year as one of state's top returning running backs.
Oliver is likely to be the top safety prospect in the state next year.
But he was pressed into extensive duty at tailback because of Edmonds injury.
Gamble plays equally well at both safety and running back for the Tigers.
Thomas can play a little defense also.
Andrew Dailey is a top safety prospect as a junior but could grow into a top linebacker prospect before he even leaves Massillon.
Brandon Frohnapple might not be a top prospect but he had a solid game completing 16 of 22 passes for 173 yards.
Oliver's second quarter, 7-yard touchdown run tied the score at 7-7.
Massillon head coach Tom Stacy
The Eagles averted a disaster when Frohnapple fumbled the football close to their own goal line right before the half.
Giving Massillon the ball another chance to score before the intermission.
Gamble did catch an apparent touchdown pass but it was called back because of a holding penalty and the score was even at 7-7 at the break.
St. Edward's offense had the momentum for much of the second half.
Ben Rios kicks a 38-yard field goal on this play to take a 10-7 lead with 2:31 left in the third period.
Senior Jeff Aerni hauls in this long pass for Ed's to help the Eagles move the ball in the fourth period. Aerni had 3 catches in the game for 60 yards.
Kyle Hubbard catches this 5-yard touchdown to give the Eagles a 17-7 lead with 7:02 remaining.
Hubbard had 6 catches for 60 yards.
With not much time left and trailiing by two scores, Huth went to work and on this long pass play...
...he just misses Mike Porrini in the end zone.
But on this play...
...he hits Gamble in stride on an 18-yard post pattern for a touchown to cut the lead to 17-14 with 5:21 left.
Dailey's crucial third-down sack of Frohnapple gave the Tigers the ball back.
Huth quickly had the Tigers on the march again.
Gamble, who had 5 cathes for 98 yards in the game, was his big-play man on the drive with first this big catch...
...and then this one for 35 yards on 3rd-and-30 to put the ball at the 15 yard line.
Two-plays later Gamble crashed over the goal line from 5 yards out to give Massillon the lead with 1:56 left in the game.
And when the time expired in the game the celebration began.
In his first year at the helm, Stacy led Massillon to the state finals.
Dailey says Massillon is number one. St. Xavier will contest them on that issue next week.
Gamble was the player of the game for Massillon...
...but the Tigers couldn't have pulled it off with out Huth.


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The draw for the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League pitted Arsenal against Barcelona.
The first leg of the tie will take place at Emirates Stadium on Wednesday, February 16 with the return fixture at the Nou Camp on Tuesday, March 8.
Ahead of the games Arsenal.com will keep you updated on the Catalan club's results in our regular 'Euro Watch' feature.
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Barcelona crushed Deportivo la Coruna 4-0 on Saturday as they continued to dominate La Liga. The Catalans brushed aside their opponents with another emphatic victory that leaves them two points clear of rivals Real Madrid. David Villa put Pep Guardiola's side ahead after 26 minutes when he latched onto a defence-splitting pass from Lionel Messi to finish through the legs of the Deportivo goalkeeper. Messi got himself on the scoresheet five minutes into the second half when he curled home an inch-perfect free kick past a motionless Aranzubia. The strike was the Argentine's 18th league goal of the season. Andreas Iniesta brilliantly added a third after 80 minutes when he fired home from outside the area and Messi was again the creator when he fed Pedro for Barca's fourth just a minute later.


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Re: Re: FromCharacterCode
One small addition here.. this can also happen if there isn't an equivalent
character in your code page.
The character conversion stuff in windows is fairly odd and sometimes you
can't even get a proper display even if you have a font that supports the
character if the code page isn't both installed/enabled on windows -and-
windows is booted with that code page as it's primary...
(so sayeth my old recollections on troubleshooting character conversion
issues in a NAS product between hebrew/windows and a server-side virus
scanning engine...)
Solution: don't use windows. :-)
On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 6:36 AM, David Reiss <dbreiss at gmail.com> wrote:
> I can see it on my mac and not on Windows. I assume that, as with all
> fonts, you need an actual installed font to support seeing the
> character. I assume that on the Windows machine there is no
> supporting font but that it is presnet on a Mac.
> --David
> On Jan 25, 5:08 am, magma <mader... at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Jan 24, 11:41 am, "Bruce Colletti" <bwcolle... at verizon.net> wrote:
> >
> > > Re 7.0.1 under WinXP.
> >
> > > On my machine, FromCharacterCode@1301 (as well as sundry other codes)
> > > returns an empty square, yet on another machine, it returns the
> expected
> > > characters.
> >
> > > Why do the machines return different results? Or does this suggest
> system
> > > corruption? Thanks.
> >
> > > Bruce
> >
> > I confirm:
> > What character should it be?


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Taken to the E.R. following an urgent call to 911, Terrell Owens was reportedly hospitalized at a Los Angeles, California medical center last week (October 6) due to a possible pill overdose.
According to TMZ, the NFL free agent, who is currently rehabbing an injury to his ACL, was transported to the emergency room via ambulance while authorities were dispatched to the L.A. apartment at which he's been residing.
"An ambulance was sent to the apartment at 11:02 PM Thursday night -- and police arrived soon after. Officials are not disclosing the nature of the emergency -- or explaining why cops were called to the scene," said the report.
While speculation that the 911 call may have been in response to a pill overdose, Owens' reps have yet to confirm or deny the claim since his release from the hospital.
T.O. was previously rushed to a medical center back in 2006 after he was found unresponsive by his publicist. However, despite reports he tried to commit suicide by downing 35 Vicodin pills, the sports star insisted his trip to the E.R. was due to a bad reaction to meds he had been taking.
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Star Wars 888 wrote:That could be part of the reason, but a lot of the OP era tech was being upgraded to LOTF era tech that was specifically stated to be superior in some meaningful way.
I'd guess that the LOTF-era tech is more of an improvement on the old (more efficient, slightly longer ranges, etc) rather than the newfangled thing you make it out to be.
Why would GA troopers be trained to deal with Jedi? They're like on the same side.
Because Jedi and Sith have similar combat tactics? Because even the most disiplined individual can snap during a war?
But there's more than 62 Jedi in the NJO, and taking flagships and other key vessels could be very effective.
And of those 62 Jedi, 12 of them were Masters. Seems like a unique scenario to me.
Actually, apparently whoever designed the stealth x's thought of this. Shadow bombs could be activated by the Force and would not give off heat emmisions. IDK about the heat emissions they give off upon moving, but I'd think that they took care of that issue too.
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|Women's Golf Announces 2013-14 Schedule
EUGENE, Ore. -- The University of Oregon women's golf team has released its 2013-14 schedule, head coach Ria Scott announced Tuesday. The Ducks will compete in 12 regular-season events this season; five in the fall and seven in the spring.
"Again, we are fortunate for the opportunity to schedule nationally and see some of the best teams in the country," said Scott. "Our schedule offers us exposure to a variety of teams, conditions and golf courses, all preparing us to face anything in the postseason."
The Ducks open the fall season Sept. 14-15 at the Mary Fossum Invitational hosted by Michigan State in East Lansing, Mich. The 29th running of the tournament will be held at the Forest Akers West Golf Course. Oregon will return to action the following week (Sept. 20-21), competing at the University of New Mexico Dick McGuire Invitational at the UNM Championship Course.
Oregon continues its fall slate in October with the Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational hosted by Washington on Oct. 7-8, and the Stanford Invitational Oct. 25-27. The Ducks close the fall season on Nov. 4-5 with the Pac-12 Preview in Hawai'i.
Oregon's spring tournament schedule will begin on Feb. 15-16 with the Peg Barnard Collegiate in Stanford, Calif. on the Stanford Golf Course. The Westbrook Village Golf Course in Peoria, Ariz., will provide Oregon's next test as they compete Feb. 23-24 at the Westbrook Invitational. The tournament is hosted by the University of Wisconsin.
Oregon will travel the following week (March 3-4) to San Jose, Calif., for the Juli Inkster Spartan Invitational. The tournament is held on the Almaden Golf & Country Club. Next up for Scott's squad will be the San Diego State Farms Invitational on March 24-26. Action will be held on the Farms Golf Club in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.
Tempe, Ariz., will be Oregon's next stop as the Ducks compete April 4-6 at the Ping ASU Invitational. The competition is held at the Arizona State University Karsten Golf Course. Oregon will close the regular season April 25-27 with the Silverado Showdown in Napa, Calif.
The 2014 Pac-12 Championship will be hosted by Oregon State April 25-27. The competition will be held at the Trysting Tree Golf Club, a par-72 track in Corvallis, Ore. NCAA Regional competition runs from May 8-10 at one of three locations, while the NCAA Championships will be hosted by the Tula Country Club in Tulsa, Okla., May 20-23.
Sept 14-15 Mary Fossum Invitational East Lansing, Mich.
Sept 20-21 UNM Dick McGuire Invitational Albuquerque, N.M.
Oct 7-8 Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational Sammamish, Wash.
Oct 25-27 Stanford Invitational Stanford, Calif.
Nov 4-5 Pac-12 Preview Hawaii
Feb 15-16 Peg Barnard Collegiate Stanford, Calif.
Feb 23-24 Westbrook Invitational hosted by Wisconsin Peoria, Ariz.
Mar 3-4 Juli Inkster Spartan Invitational San Jose, Calif.
Mar 24-26 SDSU Farms Invitational Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.
April 4-6 Ping ASU Invitational Tempe, Ariz.
April 14-15 Silverado Showdown Napa, Calif.
April 25-27 Pac12 Championships Corvallis, Ore.
May 8-10 NCAA Regionals (TBD)
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About 5 Minutes of Fame
An entry fee of $15 gets you "5 Minutes of Fame" at this year's 28th Wildquack Duck River Festival. Winner will walk away with a Cash prize of $100. Starting at 12:30 PM entertainers should gather at the information table set up on the south side of the stage. The information ambassador will great all entertainers and assign them their start time. Our M/C will announce your arrival and the stage is yours for 5 minutes. You do not have to use up the entire 5 minutes but you will not have any longer than 5 minutes to perform. All participants will be called back to the stage immediately following the last performer. The M/C will hold his hand over the performer and the audience will clap, yell hoot and holler for their favorite entertainer. Our M/C will then determine who the loudest cheers were sent out to and the M/C will announce that winner. Come show us just how talented you are... you never know who will be in the audience. Could this be the day you get "discovered"? For complete details call the office at 603-383-9356,or e-mail email@example.com.
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As you know from posts on our main blog, we're not always a high-stress, low-benefit place of employment. Every so often, we like to rally the troops and have a little fun. Last week, with the Woot-Offs out of the way, we finally had a chance to say a long-overdue hello to our most recent site. Our little home.woot party lasted for a few hours at lunch, and there were games and prizes and plenty of smiles.
And also some aprons and hats. You know, just because. Come on inside and we'll show you more of what we did. The Dyson race alone is worth the click.
But before we get to the video, let's break down what happened on the most exciting day of last week. Our Home.Woot team was looking forward to finally getting their own coming-of-age party, so they pulled out all the stops! And by stops, we mean they snagged all the leftovers lying around the office.
What can we say? Some offices have pens and paperclips, we have little toy motorcycles and speedboats. All that junk we gotta unbox for the photos went up for grabs. You better believe competition was fierce! Across four different events, our staff-letes gave their… well, not quite all, because they'd eventually have to go back to work, but we think they did give their most.
Now let's talk about the games.
What's harder than sealing plastic lids? Sealing plastic lids quickly! Two by two, our contestants tried to seal and stack their plastic tower in the allotted amount of time. Points were awarded if they properly burped out the air before moving on. The winner was the first person to complete the tower and they got the right to be smug about it.
Thanks to our in-house action photographer, we don't even need to waste words, do we? As you can guess, whoever shot their box the farthest was proclaimed the winner. Catch-22 was that the winner took home a slightly dented prize. The wheel of karma balances itself.
There's the top brass of Woot Inc. in action. See that tiny hot dog in motion near the lower middle of the shot? It's easy to miss, so we've got a better picture for you below:
Contestants had to spatula-fling the hot dog into the target-grill. Accuracy was the watchword for this event, and who ever got the hot dog closest to the bulls-eye was proclaimed the winner! Sort of like darts for carnivores.
Here's everything you need to know about the vacuum races:
Oh, and in case you didn't notice, there were also refreshments.
Of course, nobody at Woot Inc. is allowed to drink on the job, so bottles were for later (despite what you may think while watching those guys nearly kill themselves with the vacuums) but even still, a good time was had by all, and the Home.Woot team was finally, properly welcomed aboard.
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Abortion limit: The 24 week debate
We thought we'd take a look at exactly what the MPs have been saying about abortion limits as well as go over what we currently know about abortion.
Jeremy Hunt has radical views about the abortion limit. He thinks it should be cut in half, to make it 12 weeks. We should remind you that Hunt has recently been made health secretary and as a result, is in charge of the NHS. So it's a pretty big deal when he says something like this. He says his decision is based on scientific evidence (but is yet to show the evidence) and not on religious beliefs. Last week, pro-choice activists delivered a batch of 600 coat hangers, saying that restricting women's rights would lead to a rise in illegal and unsafe procedures.
Maria Miller, culture and - here's the clincher - women's minister, said last week that she still thinks the abortion limit should be 20 weeks (she voted for this back in 2008). She says that based on advances in science, her decision is common sense.
David Cameron and Theresa May, the Home Secretary, said they also thought the abortion limit could be reduced to somewhere around 20 weeks, but didn't agree with Hunt's 12 week limit. The Prime Minister said Hunt was "absolutely entitled to hold an individual view" but that the government had no plans to lower the limit.
Nadine Dorries, a Conservative MP, who introduced the rejected 2008 amendment to reduce the abortion limit to 20 weeks, said she was delighted by Hunt's words and said she would reintroduce that 2008 amendment. She reasons that keeping the limit at 24 weeks ignores the number of women who are traumatised and vulnerable during the abortion process. She believes that trying to tighten abortion laws makes her more of a feminist.
Mark Pritchard, another Conservative MP who is also the vice chairman of the parliamentary pro-life group, said far too many abortions are performed in Britain and that our abortion limits lag behind recent scientific discoveries.
Yvette Cooper, Labour's shadow home secretary, is not so convinced. She said that Hunt's views are chilling and show that he's given no serious consideration to women's health. In fact, she even said that his view is undoubtedly not based on evidence.
Dianna Abbott, Labour's shadow public health minister, is also shocked by Hunt's statements. She said there's no evidence to support a reduction in the abortion limit. She also said: "We're seeing a sustained attack on the science, and the rights that British women and families have fought for."
Plenty of people outside of government have also commented. Clare Murphy of the British Pregnancy Advisory Service told the Telegraph that Hunt's comments will spur on anti-abortion protesters to shout at women on their way to have an abortion. She said that abortion is a fundamental part of women's reproductive health.
The law
At the moment, women can have an abortion up to 24 weeks into their pregnancy.
Abortions can only be carried out after this time if two doctors agree that there is grave permanent risk to the women's mental or physical illness, or to her life, or if they agree that of the child was born, it would be severely handicapped.
This law was set in 1990 (before that it was 28 weeks) and in 2008 a proposed cut in the time limit was rejected.
The Science
Recent research has found that doctors can now save more babies born at 24 and 25 weeks. Survival rates at 23 weeks haven't improved.
A study in one British neonatal unit found that 71% of babies born between 22 and 25 weeks survived in the 1990s.
The stats
England and Wales has the highest rate of abortions among women under the age of 20 in Europe.
About 200,000 abortions happen each year in England and Wales and 90% of them happen before the 12 week mark. Less than 2% happen between 20 and 24 weeks.
One in five abortions in this country are had by teenagers.
Those who are for a reduction in the limit, say that because babies are more likely to survive at 24 weeks, abortions should not be allowed at this point.
Those who are against a reduction to the limit say that the 20 week scan is the one that reveals severe abnormalities, and that very few abortions happen after 20 weeks.


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Faster than speeding bullet, 'Man of Steel' sets June record
By Ronald Grover and Chris Michaud
(Reuters) - "Man of Steel," the big-budget reboot of the Superman franchise, leaped over the apocalyptic buddy comedy "This is the End," collecting a muscular $113.1 million to lead the domestic box office with the year's second-largest debut weekend and the biggest June opening ever.
"Man of Steel," starring British-born Henry Cavill in the first Superman movie released in seven years, carried a hefty budget of $225 million and took in a total of $125 million through Sunday including early screenings, according to BoxOffice.com.
The special-effects laden film is the story of the infant Kal-El, who escapes his doomed home planet Krypton and grows up in the idyllic town of Smallville with his parents, played by Kevin Costner and Diane Lane. Amy Adams plays the budding super hero's girlfriend Lois Lane.
The film, directed by Zack Snyder, with Christopher Nolan ("The Dark Knight," "Inception") serving as co-writer and one of its producers, added $71.6 million from overseas box offices in 24 markets.
"Today is a big day for us," said Warner Bros' president of theatrical distribution Dan Fellman, noting the film's record opening. He added that "Man of Steel" was now well-poised to reap big box office "in the heart of the summer play time."
The studio was also pleased by 56 percent male, 44 percent female audience, which Fellman said bodes well being a higher-female makeup than was usual for superhero-centered pictures.
"The film is playing extremely well for fan boys as well as the family," he said.
"This is the End," written by star Seth Rogen and his childhood friend Evan Goldberg, collected $20.5 million at theaters in the domestic market comprised of the United States and Canada, according to studio estimates collected by Reuters. Continued...


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The Reds like Span, but at what price?
Cam Bonifay and Mike Squires, two special assistants to Cincinnati Reds GM Walt Jocketty, were in Chicago this week for the White Sox-Minnesota Twins series.
It's doubtful that Bonifay and Squires were scouting the White Sox, who are buyers, not sellers.
It's also doubtful that the Reds wanted to see Twins left-hander Francisco Liriano; the Cincinnati rotation is one of the best in the National League.
No, the likely object of attention for the Reds was Twins center fielder Denard Span, who would be a perfect fit at the top of their batting order.
The Reds indeed have "kicked the tires" on Span, but have yet to enter formal discussions with the Twins, according to a source with knowledge of the team's thinking.
The Phillies' Shane Victorino and Juan Pierre, both potential free agents, probably are more realistic targets for the Reds as they seek to add a leadoff man.
Span, 28, is signed to such an affordable long-term contract, the acquisition cost for him would be much greater than it would be for a two-month rental.
The Detroit Tigers this week parted with a solid prospect package — right-hander Jacob Turner, catcher Rob Brantly and left-hander Brian Flynn — for right-hander Anibal Sanchez, a potential free agent, and infielder Omar Infante, who only is signed through 2013.
Span — who is guaranteed $3 million this season, $4.75 million next season and $6.5 million in 2014, with a $9 million club option for '15 — presumably would come at a higher price.
Another coveted Twin, left fielder Josh Willingham, will be difficult to acquire for the same reason; the Twins signed him to a three-year, $21 million free-agent contract last offseason.
On the other hand, the Twins badly want to add young starting pitching — and the Reds presumably could build a package for Span around left-hander Tony Cingrani, who is a combined 10-3 with a 1.62 at Single A and Double A this season.
The reality, however, is that it would take far more than Cingrani to land Span. A potential free agent such as Victorino or Pierre still looks more logical for the Reds.
— Ken Rosenthal
I agree, Ken, in the fact that acquiring Victorino or Pierre would be better on paper for the Red-legs and would take much less prospects to land them, I think in the long run it would be better to acquire Mr. Span. It could give them a great bat off the bench and another burner on the bases as well as being someone who could fill an everyday role in the outfield if needed. It's great to have good young pitching prospects, but the Reds aren't necessarily in need of grooming young pitching prospects, their rotation is one of the best in the N.L and all of them shy of Arroyo(who will be phased out of the rotation after next year, I think) is younger than 27. So for me, I would gladly give up maybe 1 really good pitching prospect, such as Tony Cingrani, along with 2 other decent prospects to land a player that could potentially push them over the top offensively and get them their first World Series berth since '90.
Give them the pitcher Tony Cingrani and throw in Drew Stubbs for good measure
In my opinion, I couldn't see giving up Stubbs for Denard Span(they are almost the same exact type of player.. Speedy and a contact hitter). Minnesota is in some desperate need of young pitching as well, so I think the perfect package to send to acquire Denard Span would be J.J Hoover(a promising pitcher who could be a reliever in the big leagues right now)and Tony Cingrani(fantastic young fella that's mowing down Double-A Chattanooga right now with an ERA under 2.00). I believe that if propositioned with that trade, Minnesota would jump at the chance to grab those two.


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The summer solstice is here! Here's where to celebrate...
We've made it. The official first day of summer arrives at 1:04am, ushering in the summer solstice. That's a latin term that means "sun stopping". Really. I looked it up on the internet and you know the 'net never lies. The solstice occurs when the sun is at its furthest point from the equator, <Look at that...you just learned something from a dumb DJ who went to a state school!
I say we celebrate the beginning of the longest day of the summer by starting at happy hour Thursday afternoon at the newly renovated Hilton Garden Inn (formerly the Brookwood Inn) in Bushnells Basin. I'll be on scene starting at 4p for a couple of summer beverages and will make sure to bring some tickets for summer fun at Seabreeze Park. What says summer more than a fun day at Seabreeze? All you have to do to win is show up at the Hilton Garden Inn. It's easy to access on Route 96 in the Basin. Coming from the city or west just take 490 to the Bushnells Basin exit, then a quick right onto 96 and we'll be on your right. It's a little trickier coming from Canandaigua, Victor or the east as the bridge from 490 west is being replaced, so just hit 96 around Eastview Mall and head for the Basin.
With the passing of actor James Gandolfini at the young age of 51, let's learn to enjoy every precious moment in life because you never know when your time is up. Even "Tony Soprano" found that out too early. So I propose a toast to the fine actor at 5p today in the Basin. Please join me and we'll raise a glass in his memory and to summer.


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Human Nature and the Purpose of Existence
Written by: Benjamin E. Zeller
For Hare Krishna devotees, human nature is rooted in the immaterial self, the spiritual being that only temporarily inhabits the physical body. ISKCON calls this immaterial being the atman (eternal self) or jiva (being), two terms taken from classical Hinduism. As an immaterial being, the atman ultimately cannot feel pain or experience suffering, but because human beings confuse their material bodies with their immaterial selves, they do experience these negative states.
In addition to its immateriality, the self possesses another central characteristic: it is eternal. While the individual material bodies through which the atman passes always change -- being born, growing older, and eventually dying -- the atman exists throughout time, passing between such bodies. ISKCON calls this process transmigration or reincarnation. Because of the doctrine of transmigration, human beings have lived innumerable previous lives, and will continue to do so in the future. These include lives spent as humans, animals, plants, and even as beings living on distant planetary systems far from earth.
As an eternal spiritual being, the atman shares these characteristics with its creator, Krishna. ISKCON teaches that Krishna created all life, all atmans, at the moment of the origin of the cosmos, through a process of emanation. Much as a star emanates light and heat, Krishna emanated life from himself. Krishna gave of himself and created all beings out of his own essence, but did not diminish himself in doing so. All living beings therefore share the essence of Krishna, though as emanations, they lack the same potency as their creator. They also lack his personality and identity, since each soul is unique and individual. For these reasons, ISKCON explains that the human soul is both identical and different from Krishna. Some Hare Krishna scholars have called this position "nondualistic dualism," since it distinguishes God and humanity as separate beings (dualism), but does so in a way that they share essential characteristics (non-dualistic).
According to ISKCON philosophy, the individual soul's separation from Krishna represents a supreme disconnect, and one that humans must work to overcome. In the parlance of the movement, people must seek to go "back to Godhead," to return to the creator from whence they came. Functionally equivalent to what other Hindus call moksha, this return to Krishna represents the bliss of rejoining one's creator, and an end to the cycle of transmigration. However, the distinct nature of each soul means that the return to Godhead does not entail complete merger with the divine. ISKCON explains this concept anthropomorphically as the devotee living forever in the realm of Krishna, engaging in eternal service to and pastimes with the Lord.
ISKCON teaches that a person may attain such a state through the yogic system of bhakti (devotion), what members of the movement also call Krishna Consciousness. As a yoga -- a discipline -- bhakti requires a person to engage in certain acts according to prescribed methods. Hare Krishna founder A.C. Bhaktvedanta Swami formulated a specific bhakti yoga system drawn heavily from the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition, but formulated for Westerners to understand. He called this system Krishna Consciousness, since it aimed to bring about a state of constant awareness and service to Krishna. Bhaktivedanta's books, notably The Science of Self-Realization, Chant and Be Happy, The Nectar of Devotion, and Perfection of Yoga detail the specifics of ISKCON's bhakti yoga system. These include chanting the name of Krishna, singing songs of worship, ritually venerating images of the divine, performing acts of devotional service to those images, and preaching about Krishna and Krishna Consciousness.


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Help... I had breast implants placed above the muscle and place through under my boob. About an hour after I was in recovery, when I got out of my bed I felt a EXTREME PAINFUL rip or tear in my upper and inner cleavage area in my right boob. I told the nurse something just ripped and how painful it was. When I saw my doctor the next day I told him and he said everything was fine.
My body is telling me something is wrong, something happened right out of surgery that I felt this horrible extreme ripping. Can someone tell me if this is normal or do I need my tissue internally stitched back together or whatever it maybe that ripped? I feel the pressure of it pulling when I lay down as I believe it is possibly torn breast tissue? Will it get worse if I don't get it repaired?
I feel I shoud have be rushed back into the O.R and had it fixed right away since I just got out of surgery... Please send advice.