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reading the history of Pick3 and Pick4 it looks that maybe it originated in the USA...Yet when Pick3 and Pick4 was invented they design it with the USA population in mind, FOR THE USA POPULATION it was made hard for the USA population earnings back then...However, the USA has always: been 5 or 6 steps ahead in the earning of living than the rest of the world...The USA has the 3rd highest or used to have, the 3rd highest income, cost of living in the world...The rest of the world: has never been in unison with what people in the USA EARNS....If you are from a country where the earning is: $250 a month your Pick3 game should be: 6 times or more less harder or cheaper than what the USA Pick3 or PIck4 is...but what happened...Everyone adopted what the USA had...Again, every country thinks is the same as the USA...
thinks about it as designing the same football field measurements from the NFL to a foreign country stadium, where everyone is: 5´5 tall...
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...thinks about it as designing the same football field measurements from the NFL to a foreign country stadium, where everyone is: 5´5 tall...
The Miami Dolphins used to go to those countries to recruit place kickers.
Those who run the lotteries love it when players look for consistency in something that's designed not to have any.
There is one and only one 'proven' system, and that is to book the action. No matter the game, let the players pick their own losers.
one problem is that in all of the countries that are: 6 or 7 steps behind the USA in living earning, the leader or leaders of those countries, the guys that says yes and approves the lottery, IS THE RICHEST person (s) on the land and they see the Pick3 and Pick4 and they say: Oh yeah, that´s to my level i can hit those lotto, i dont see a problem with it but are unaware of the 6 or 7 steps difference that the USA and their country has in living earnings and they forget that who will be playing those games, is the people, the community, the population [el pueblo] who is also behind the richest person in the land.....
is like been unaware of the time zones....
"If you are from a country where the earning is: $250 a month your Pick3 game should be: 6 times or more less harder or cheaper than what the USA Pick3 or PIck4 is...but what happened...Everyone adopted what the USA had...Again, every country thinks is the same as the USA..."
PB and MM have two drawings a week and the average player probably wagers $50 a month on those games. Somebody making only $250 a month could barely exist even in the poorest nations so gambling 20% of their monthly earnings would be out of the question or even $10 a month.
You might make a case where a twice a year national lottery could improve the living conditions and offer hope of winning to a small number of people, the reason these countries are poor in the first place is because of corrupt governments. All the winners would be the "president's relatives" and all the profits would go to refurbishing the presidential palace.
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Oct. 12, 2013
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COLORADO STATE HEAD COACH Jim McElwain
(opening statement)
It's very disappointing, I'm not going to mince any words. That was a game where we had an opportunity to win and we didn't win. I give them all the credit; they made the plays when they needed to. There was a fantastic crowd out there. I feel sick for the homecoming crowd who came out to support these guys, we didn't send them home with a win. We talked going in that you can't give up the explosive plays and they took advantage of it. When you flush them out of the pocket you have to stay in coverage and that's what hurt us a couple of times. You give up 600 yards, follow those on yard after contact. It's beyond me where our tackling went. Offensively we did some things okay, we never did take control of it. That's the story of the ball game. Give that kid credit, he's a hell of a player and he took advantage of us. I just can't tell you how sick I feel for the people who showed up today to support our guys. Now the next step is to go learn from it and we have to go steel some on the road and get some wins on the road. We're going up against a very good team this week, that's a game that has a quarterback that can make plays. We have to work cut out towards that. I'm not going to hit the panic button, because I know we are doing some good things just not enough.
(on QB David Fales' effectiveness scrambling)
"No it didn't surprise me. The thing he does is that he extends plays and keeps his eyes down the field. So very rarely is he going to run with the ball. What he did is he took advantage and that's how you play the game."
(on this being a statement game)
"It is very disappointing. We can't sit there when things don't go right all the time in life, you have to learn from it and move forward. We still have a lot to play for and we have some great opponents coming up. There is still a statement to be made by this football team."
(on being confused by the secondary still giving up big plays)
"I am. Playing is solid, but guys freeze sometimes. We worked scramble drill, the discipline with your eyes, we just got to continue to work on it. That's something we'll obviously do, we do that every week. Emphasize what we need to do when a guy breaks out of trouble."
(on reasons for poor tackling)
"We tackled pretty well during the off week and tackled well on Wednesday. For whatever reason we need to bring up feet, and ducked our heads and threw some whiffs. We'll get that corrected.
(on breakdowns on both sides of the ball in the second half)
"They made some big plays, we made a couple big plays and didn't finish. We got the ball down there, bounced one off our hands, (it was) a little bit high. You can say what it is, we didn't finish. That's the bottom line.
(on whether it's the adjustments to be made at halftime)
"Our adjustments have been solid. The one thing we have to do offensively is to make sure that the playmakers get the ball in their hands and hit the "get-it-tos" early so that they have the opportunities to make plays. (WR) Charles (Lovett) came out and made some plays early and we didn't get him back involved. That's something we need to look at, obviously, and that's a part of coaching."
(on how he has talked after previous games about believing in his team, and sounds more disappointed today)
"I still believe in them, don't get me wrong at all. I'm disappointed for them, I know about the work that they put in and the work that we are going to continue to put in as we move forward. It's hard to see those faces. Yet if you let it keep you down, it doesn't do you any good. We'll get the corrections on it, come out to practice, and get ready to go up and play for the Bronze Boot."
(on inconsistency with offense)
"(It's) taking care of business on every single play and being able to overcome some adversity, which I thought we were getting to a little bit based on a couple of games, but obviously it didn't happen today.
(on how how big the play was in which San José State intercepted CSU in the red zone)
"There were a couple of third downs where we have to maintain possession and keep them off the field. That's obviously a glaring one, along with some other ones. Give (coach) Ron (Caragher) and those guys credit. That quarterback was on and proved he is more than just a pocket passer."
(on whether his team's goals are still in reach)
"They are. We have some good things coming up that I'm looking forward to taking care of."
(on Kivon Cartwright)
"Kivon, and I thought Crockett, came up with some big plays. Both of those guys are playing really well. They're out there giving everything they have on every snap. I like it."
(on the offense overall)
"We didn't quite get the ball to Joe (Hansley) enough today, and Rashard. We got out of rhythm giving those guys some touches to get them going early. We didn't do it in the second half."
(on San Jose State's second interception, by Bene Benwikere)
"That was a heck of a play by their guy. Thomas (Coffman) had the inside. Maybe if we throw it out a little farther he can run to it. He made a good play on it, the safety bit and we're one-on-one with the ball out there.
(on the red zone defense having some success)
"They (the defense) gave us a chance. The scary part is that they got down there. We have to do a lot better job on first down. When you get into second (down) and those medium or short, now you've got everything in your arsenal. We have to do better job on first down."
(on giving up big plays)
"We're working on our deficiencies so that we get better. This is a heck of a quarterback that we have to play next week (Wyoming's Brett Smith). We can't let that guy control the game like this guy did."
(on whether offensive inconsistency is tied to lack of an explosive running game)
"With a game like that, maybe a little bit. We're not establishing the run enough. We had some opportunities for some big plays and we didn't take it."
(on Greg Myers)
"Here's a guy who won the Thorpe Award. Here's a guy who was an unbelievable student and now he's a doctor. One of those former Rams that is the epitome of what it's all about. I was excited for Greg. He's a great supporter and a friend of this family. It will be nice to see trhythm giving those guys some touches to get them going early. We didn't do it in the second half."
(on San Jose State's second interception, by Bene Benwikere)
"That was a heck of a play by their guy. Thomas (Coffman) had the inside. Maybe if we throw it out a little farther he can run to it. He made a good play on it, the safety bit and we're one-on-one with the ball out there.
(on the red zone defense having some success)
"They (the defense) gave us a chance. The scary part is that they got down there. We have to do a lot better job on first down. When you get into second (down) and those medium or short, now you've got everything in your arsenal. We have to do better job on first down."
(on giving up big plays)
"We're working on our deficiencies so that we get better. This is a heck of a quarterback that we have to play next week (Wyoming's Brett Smith). We can't let that guy control the game like this guy did."
(on whether offensive inconsistency is tied to lack of an explosive running game)
"With a game like that, maybe a little bit. We're not establishing the run enough. We had some opportunities for some big plays and we didn't take it."
(on Greg Myers)
"Here's a guy who won the Thorpe Award. Here's a guy who was an unbelievable student and now he's a doctor. One of those former Rams that is the epitome of what it's all about. I was excited for Greg. He's a great supporter and a friend of this family. It will be nice to see that (jersey number in stadium) when you come out to Hughes every day."
(on Jarrod Lawson)
"Jarrod Lawson had a huge night for us, he's just a spark plug. He runs and catches the ball well. Jarrod took the baton and he ran with it. He's the complete package and he's done a great job not just running, but also receiving the ball."
(on coming out after halftime)
"I'm not focused on the scoreboard. I'm focused on playing team football and I think, for the most part, we got that in the second half."
(on overall team performance)
"We are still a work in progress football team, we have work to do. We haven't arrived yet, but it's nice to see guys make plays at opportune times. On the road, down, having to fight back four times and get the lead against a good team. I think we answered the call. I'm just proud of our young men."
LB Cory James
(on SJSU QB David Fales)
"That is frustrating for all of us. We want a sack, we want to make a game-changing play but the quarterback is good enough to scramble out of it. It was pretty frustrating."
(on the defense giving up big plays)
"Of course we're mad but we have to keep on practicing to prevent big plays."
(on what the team has to do to bounce back)
"We just have to stay focused and focus on getting a win next weekend. We need to work on it little-by-little every week."
(on what the locker room was like)
"We are down and it's kind of quiet. We just need to bounce back from it."
(on whether the team will use this as motivation next week at Wyoming)
"Yeah. We have to fix those missed tackles and busted coverage."
(on the most frustrating part of Saturday's game)
"The fact that we didn't finish in the fourth quarter. Coach Mac talks about it all the time, that is what you have to do. You can start as fast as you want but if you don't finish, things like that will happen. We didn't come out and finish like we all want."
(on whether SJSU made defensive adjustments in the second half)
"We have to give them credit. They are one (heck) of a team. Like Coach Mac says all the time, it's not about them, it's about what we do. If we execute what plays are called we should win the game, we should get the yards. If we don't execute we don't make plays and I don't throw the ball well, we aren't going to win games."
(on whether his first interception was a back-breaker)
"It didn't feel good, obviously. We come out and hit the huge play and we are feeling good about ourselves and then the next play we have the exact look we want, Kivon (Cartwright) was wide open and I just threw it a little bit too high."
(on throwing more deep passes than usual)
"That was kind of in the game plan. We knew they had certain guys they'd put in there for run situations and we wanted them to play pass defense. We had some big plays. When they're called you have to execute and in the first half we did that but in the second half we didn't necessarily do that."
(on whether TE Kivon Cartwright has emerged as his go-to guy)
"I think a lot of teams are focusing so much on Crockett (Gillmore) and when his number is called he is going to make a play for you. As I said, that interception I had, that tipped pass, it is not on him at all. It was over his head. He is making plays for me. He is a guy I can count on. I know when it comes down to a situation where we need a big play I can count on him to come up with it."
(on fixing the big plays)
"How we fix it is first of all, lock in what the coaches say. Secondly, is to find a man and stay on a man, even if he scrambles. Third, is just play with good communication and good eyes. If we do those three things next week, hopefully those explosive plays won't happen."
(On the defense trying to make the big hit rather than just tackle on Lawson)
"We thought we had it, or we knew we had it, and he was just a great runner. I give credit to him. He ran through tackles when we were supposed to stop him at two yards he gained another three. That happens in football. We're going to have to watch film next week, run through our hits, wrap up and hopefully it won't happen again."
(On tacking not usually being a big issue)
"I'm glad it happened now, so later on we know how to do it. Luckily it happened now, that way we can just fix it."
(On what was harder giving up big plays or long drives)
"Giving up all three of them really. They all matter. They all counted. It happened and now we just have to find a way to fix it."
(On personal soul searching)
"First off, we made it through, we made it healthy and we have lots to be thankful for. So, I just give all my prayers to God. I know a lot of my teammates who put our faith in the lord and give him everything we got, and if you come up short, you come up short, it happens. During the game we had our opportunities to make plays, but I feel like as an offensive unit and as a defensive unit we did not make the plays that we should have. Our coaches did a great job of putting us in the opportunity to make plays."
(On personal soul searching)
"Anytime you lose, you're disappointed and those thoughts start rolling through your head. I know the guys in that locker room, I know we came out and we gave it our everything and I know that we fought hard to the end. As long as we leave everything out on the field, we can handle it."
(On executing)
"One thing, it comes down to is playmakers. Our playmakers making plays, it's as simple as that. When they call your number you just have to come up big. You just do your job. As a playmaker it's your job to make the big plays, it's your job to do that. I feel like this game, we didn't do our job as best as we should have."
(On his speed)
"I just play as hard as I can. I just always feel like someone is right behind me, no matter if I'm wide open or not, I always feel like someone is right behind me trying to catch me. I just play hard."
(On taking the offense on his shoulders)
"My mentality going into the game is not to carry anyone on your shoulders. My mentality is to give everything you have to God and let him make a way. He has been making a way, and he will keep making a way. As an offensive unit it just comes down to doing your job. If they call my number it's my job to make a play, it's as simple as that."
(On the biggest thing they need to take away from this game)
"The biggest thing I'm going to take away from it is just that it all comes down to a few plays. I feel like we did some great things on offense, we did some great things on defense; but when it was the third quarter, when it's crunch time, when your number is called and this one play could affect the fourth quarter with two minutes left in the game, you've got to seize the moment. Sometimes as athletes sometimes we don't think that the play in the second quarter, or the play in the third quarter is a game winner because you have a long time to play. Those plays early can change the whole fourth quarter."
(On what the biggest thing to focus on next week)
"I was telling some guys in the locker room, it doesn't matter what happens to you ever, in life, it's how you respond to it. Whether it's good or bad, it's how you respond to it. We just have to go to work, and we're a very resilient team. The guys on the team we know what's ahead of us and we just have to go to work. We're thinking of Monday's practice and Tuesday's practice, so we just have to come to work."
(on personal performance)
"I couldn't do what I do without our linemen. To have a balance like that has made us a very tough team to beat."
(on coming out after halftime)
"The first half there was miscommunication and we weren't doing what we were supposed to do. The second half coach told us to come out and do our techniques so we'll go home with the win."
(on win)
"It keeps momentum going. We're going to keep this train going and we're not going to stop."
(on Jerrod Lawson's performance)
"He's just a guy that never gives up. He's going to make it happen every time."
(on adjustments)
"We knew in the first couple of series that they were going to be doing the same stuff that they've been doing for the last couple of weeks. They weren't doing anything different so we just stuck with our game plan."
(on overall performance)
"This is how we play. This isn't a shock, it isn't new it's just how we play. It's just understanding the personnel, I have to give a good ball to run after."
(on win)
"This win just shows us that we can come together and make plays. We can pick each other up and win a game."
(on having his jersey number 3 displayed in the stadium, on the outside wall of the press box)
"When you look up there and see somebody like "Fum" McGraw next to your name, you think `this isn't right.' I had the pleasure of knowing him and being around him a little bit, so that's pretty exciting for me. It's humbling, and I also realize I didn't get there by myself. I wish I could take everyone who had anything to do with my career with me to all these events that I've had this past year, because it's been crazy."
(on being just the third number to be displayed in the stadium)
"It's special to be up there, any number, it's incredible to think about. It's just a huge honor."
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UNLV Takes One From Lobos, 3-0
Sept. 29, 2012
New Mexico Lobos Volleyball (15-4, 2-2 MW)- End of Three-Match Road Trip
Wednesday, Sept. 26: Lobos def. CSU Bakersfield, 3-1
Thursday, Sept. 27: Fresno State def. Lobos, 3-1
Saturday, Sept. 29: UNLV def. Lobos, 3-0 (20-25, 21-25,
Up Next for the Lobos: The Lobos return home next week for two matches. New Mexico will play Boise State at 7 p.m. MT, on Thursday, Oct. 4 in The Pit and hosts Air Force at 12 p.m. MT on Saturday, Oct. 6 in the Johnson Center.
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Match 19 - UNLV 3, New Mexico 0
LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- The University of New Mexico dropped its second-consecutive Mountain West match at UNLV Saturday night, 3-0 (20-25, 21-25, 22-25). The Lobos fall to 15-4 overall and 2-2 in MW play while the Rebels picked up their fifth-straight win and improved to 11-5 overall and 3-0 in the conference.
Redshirt sophomore Chantale Riddle led New Mexico with 10 kills, seven digs and five blocks. Freshman Alijah Gunsaulus added nine kilss and nine digs.
UNLV's junior outside hitter Sekola Falemaka led all players with 18 kills and hit with .361 accuracy (18k-5e-36ta).
New Mexico held sizeable leads in games two and three, but the Rebels used strong net play to put on runs and secure the home win. UNLV hit .218, recording 42 kills on 110 total attempts and committing 18 errors.
The Lobos hit .083, connecting on just 30 of 108 attempts and committing 21 errors.
It's the first time since Oct. 17, 2009 that the Rebels beat UNM.
The Lobos return home next week for two matches. New Mexico will play Boise State at 7 p.m. MT, on Thursday, Oct. 4 in The Pit and hosts Air Force at 12 p.m. MT on Saturday, Oct. 6 in the Johnson Center.
First Set - UNLV 25, Lobos 20
New Mexico struggled to find its rhythm at the net, recording just 10 kills on 40 swings and committing seven errors (.075 accuracy). The Rebels hit .211 and had 14 kills. UNLV also had more blocks -- four to one by New Mexico -- and more digs, 19 to 15.
The Rebels jumped to a 4-0 advantage before a kill by Skye Gullatt off a quick set from Jordan Russell followed by an ace by Ashley Newman put two points on the board for UNM. The Lobos caught up and took the lead, 7-6, by putting up four unanswered points, but the Rebels' Sekola Falemaka hit an off speed shot and again knotted the game. The teams traded points and then UNLV went to work at the net, getting kills from Stephanie Thelen and Daryn Glenn, which fueled a 6-0 run and gave the home team a 14-9 lead. A kill from Gunsaulus snapped the run, but a few Lobo miscues allowed the Rebels to gain even more ground and increase their lead to 19-13. New Mexico came to within two points, 20-18, using a kill and an ace from Skipper and capitalizing on attack errors by UNLV. However, Katlin Winters and Stephanie Thelen came through big at the net and the Rebels took game one, 25-20.
Second set - UNLV 25, Lobos 21
New Mexico again recorded 10 kills in set two, but hit with an improved accuracy of .139. However, the Rebels tallied 13 kills, including nine from Falemaka.
The Lobos claimed an early 5-3 lead off kills from Gullatt and Riddle and a block by Lexi Ross and Riddle. New Mexico kept the Rebels at a distance of at least two points or better until the 15-12 mark when UNLV put on a 5-0 run off kills from Falemaka and Winters and two ace serves from Winters. Gunsualus laid down a cross-court kill from the outside to break snap the Lobo drought, and put New Mexico to within one point, 17-16. But UNLV's lead swelled to three points, 23-20, and a few plays later the set ended on a kill from Falemaka, 25-21.
Third Set - UNLV 25, Lobos 22
Tough serving from Jordan Russell and big defensive plays at the net from Riddle and Gullatt helped the Lobos claim an 8-3 lead in game three. A ball-handling error by the Rebels followed by another block from Gullatt and Riddle upped the lead to 10-3, but UNLV answered with run that moved them to within two points, 10-8. UNM held the lead 14-12, before two Lobo miscues allowed the Rebels to tie the game, 14 all. The teams traded points and then a block by UNLV gave the Rebels a 16-15 edge and UNM called for a timeout. A kill from Gunsaulus knotted the set again, but the Rebels again put up two quick points and moved their lead to 20-18. Riddle managed to record two kills in the waning moments of the match and UNM got an ace from Skipper, but it was too little too late and a kill from Thelen ended the set and match, 25-22.


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The Institute for Information Infrastructure Protection (I3P), a consortium of 23 security research institutions funded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, released a report Thursday in which it recommended that the U.S. government and private sector increase research and development in a number of key areas. Coinciding with the report's release was a kick-off event in Washington, D.C., where security experts clarified I3P's agenda. The report specifies that more R&D is needed in the general areas of secure system network response and recovery; wireless security; traceback, identification and forensics; trust among distributed autonomous parties; metrics and models; enterprise security management; discovery and analysis of security traits and flaws; and legislation, policy, and economics. I3P member Wayne Meitzler of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory told attendees at the kick-off that he wants to see more research into vulnerability scanners that can find flaws in object code and source code, and added that the consortium would welcome any software development models that boost security, open-source being one of them. Sandia National Laboratories' Bob Hutchinson said that R&D should also be channeled into solutions for wireless security problems such as distributed denial-of-service attacks. Meanwhile, Victoria Stavridou of SRI International's System Design Laboratory stressed that computers need better early-warning systems so that super-fast intrusions will have an equally rapid counter. I3P Chairman Michael Vatis and others hope the consortium's findings will lead to more congressionally authorized cybersecurity R&D funding. Vatis noted that the I3P plans to release follow-up reports covering both solutions and new problems, as well as establish a common facility where cybersecurity products can be tested.
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Last weekend's Slammer worm attack and the network slowdowns its caused rekindled a number of controversial issues among security experts, most notably the responsibility of companies to publicly disclose hacker intrusions to consumers. Few security breaches are reported, while the ones that are usually involve a widespread attack that affects thousands of systems. Roman Danyliw of the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) Coordination Center notes that many companies are reluctant to admit their security has been compromised--both to their customers and to law enforcement officials--out of fear that it could hurt their reputations or give their rivals a strategic advantage. Another factor hindering full disclosure is that successful breaches are often the result of organizations' failure to deploy basic safeguards or patches for well-known flaws, which is what allowed the Slammer worm to cause so much mischief. Harvard researchers Michael Smith and Stuart Schechter argue in a paper they presented at a recent cryptography conference that organizations or individuals can reduce the likelihood of hacker attacks if they share information about intrusions. However, Alfred Huger of Symantec Security Response has doubts about such a theory, and points out that many attacks, even those focused on specific targets, are launched by hackers who are "trophy hunting." He cites his own company as an example, noting that Symantec is the target of between 3,000 to 4,000 hack attacks every day. Meanwhile, some security experts are pushing for federal legislation that would require institutions to report intrusions: In its draft of the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace, the President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board recommends that a centralized, national online system be set up where private companies and federal agencies can share information about break-ins.
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In the latest move by the White House to boost data-sharing between U.S. police and spy agencies, President Bush used Tuesday's State of the Union Address to announce the Terrorist Threat Integration Center (TTIC), a government database that would compile information about suspected terrorists from federal and private sources. "The TTIC will ensure that terrorist threat-related information is integrated and analyzed comprehensively across agency lines and then provided to the federal, state and local officials who need it most," declared Attorney General Ashcroft after the president's speech. "We will be able to optimize our ability to analyze information, form the most comprehensive possible threat picture and develop the plans we need to prevent terrorist attacks." However, the plan has drawn fire from critics who see parallels between it and the Total Information Awareness (TIA) project; some have posited that the announcement is an attempt to avoid the controversy engendered by the TIA. The TTIC with team up with the FBI and the Homeland Security Department, and have access to "all information" available to the government, including data compiled by the Defense Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency (NSA). Electronic Privacy Information Center general counsel David Sobel noted that there is as yet no indication about any constraints the TTIC's data collection activities would be subject to. Center for Democracy and Technology executive director Jim Dempsey said that, essentially, the FBI, the CIA, or NSA would gather information on people under the orders of the TTIC. Meanwhile, the center could be affected by a bill to regulate "data-mining technology" proposed by Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.).
SCO Group's Jan. 22 announcement that it will create a licensing division and recruit lawyer David Boies to investigate and protect its intellectual property has stirred up worry within the Linux and open-source communities. At stake are SCO-owned Unix patents, some of which have been incorporated into Linux strains, although coders may not necessarily be aware of this. "In order to get compatibility with Unix systems on Linux, people grab our [technology] and haven't realized this wasn't appropriate," says SCO's Chris Sontag. SCO, an open-source software provider whose revenue base has been eroding for the last several years, intends to charge a $149-per-CPU licensing fee to anyone who is using their intellectual property. This could slow down the development and corporate adoption of open-source products. Giga Information Group analyst Rob Enderle notes that ensuring that Linux does not infringe on copyrights is impossible, given that so many people contribute to its development. The usual strategy when copyrighted programs are discovered is for coders to reverse-engineer them and remove the original code, but this may not be enough to avert license fees or lawsuits. On the other hand, if SCO's initiative fails, then "it may validate the [Linux] platform as well," according to Enderle.
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The VoiceXML 2.0 specification is nearly ready, as evidenced by the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) candidate recommendation issued on Wednesday. However, the standard's implementation could be hindered because of an intellectual property dispute. VoiceXML 1.0 was created by the VoiceXML Forum, which was chartered under a RAND policy that allowed companies that contributed technologies to the specification to retain intellectual property rights to those technologies under "reasonable and nondiscriminatory" terms. Although this policy was revised to a royalty-free version in 2002, several contributors--Philips Electronics, Avaya, and Rutgers University among them--do not want to cede their intellectual property claims. As a component of the W3C's Voice Browser Activity, VoiceXML is designed to help users interact with Web content and applications using natural and synthetic speech, touch-tone keypads, and prerecorded audio, while later applications could include Web access for drivers and the visually impaired. Jim Larson of the W3C explains that VoiceXML coordinates the interaction of other voice-browsing specs--Speech Synthesis Markup Language, Speech Recognition Grammar Specification, and Semantic Interpretation for Speech Recognition--to make it possible for a user to hold a "conversation" with a computer. The W3C plans to establish a patent advisory group in the hopes of settling the intellectual property dispute so that VoiceXML can be moved from candidate recommendation to full recommendation status.
The development of the Total Information Awareness (TIA) system may have hit a snag with the Senate's unanimous decision that the Defense Department conduct a cost-benefit analysis in order to study the project's potential impact on Americans' privacy and civil liberties, but this has not halted its progress. TIA, which aims to track down terrorists by combing databases for personal data, has drawn the ire of civil libertarians, politicians, and scientists, and adding fuel to their criticism is a recently disclosed report from the Defense Advanced Projects Research Agency's (DARPA) Information Systems Advanced Technology (ISAT) panel that discussed methods to protect private data in information systems. This study--and nothing else--was what the Defense Department furnished in response to a request from the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) for all information pertaining to TIA's privacy ramifications; ISAT study participants, including Barbara Simons, co-chair of the U.S. Public Policy Committee of the Association for Computing Machinery, are bewildered that this is all that DARPA provided, even though the report states that it is "not a review for Total Information Awareness." Simons says, "I'm just not convinced that the TIA will give us tools for catching terrorists that we don't already have or that could be developed with far less expensive and less intrusive systems." Among the security techniques and technologies the ISAT panel suggests is "selective revelation," in which computers withhold personal information from analysts unless they obtain legal authorization, and the construction of databases that leave an audit trail of any user abuses. Next month, DARPA is expected to allocate a three-year, $1 million grant to Palo Alto Research Center researcher Teresa Lunt to develop a "privacy appliance" to be incorporated into TIA's Genisys component. Former Rep. Bob Barr (R-Ga.) backed a 2002 bill calling for a "privacy impact statement" from the federal government every time it starts programs that could negatively affect civil liberties. However, Barr sees the recent Senate curbs on TIA as temporary, and says "chances are overwhelming" that the executive branch will revive the project.
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World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee has been working on a new schema for the Internet called the Semantic Web for the past four years. As head of the World Wide Web Consortium based at MIT, he coordinates scientific research and standards-setting for the project. Berners-Lee says the Semantic Web will be formed by attaching new code to information that lets computers read and understand its meaning. Much in the same way he used HTML, HTTP, and URL descriptions as the foundations for the current Web, Berners-Lee plans to use OWL (Web Ontology Language), RDF (resource descriptor framework), URI (uniform resource identifier), and DAML (Darpa agency mark-up language) to enable the Semantic Web. With the new system, users would be freed from having to search and analyze Web information themselves, instead leaving that task to their computers. Computers could also use information tags to display data in new ways beyond the Web browser, such as by color code or geographic maps. And despite his insistence that the Semantic Web is complementary and not in competition with current Web services efforts, Berners-Lee describes scenarios that allow users to automate Web tasks, which is the explicit goal of Web services. IBM director of Web services Bob Suter says the Semantic Web faces the hard task of getting people to tag their data with new descriptors. Berners-Lee admits that his idea faces the same obstacle that his original conception of the Web faced in 1989. "There's this mental leap involved," he explains.
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Virginia Tech computer and engineering professor Sandeep Shukla intends to develop strategies for optimizing performance and power usage in embedded computers. He says embedded computers already are pervasive in our everyday lives and that they will become even more common and more functional. Shukla is specifically working with networked wireless devices and using a probability analysis tool developed by Marta Kwiatkowska and her students at the University of Birmingham in England. He says small embedded computers often have to operate with low power requirements, which can adversely affect the processing speed of a handheld computer or signal quality of a cell phone, for example. By analyzing the usage frequency and performance requirements, Shukla intends to formulate strategies for balancing power usage with performance. The result will resemble the traffic light system highway engineers use to facilitate traffic flow. A cell phone could be fixed to go into "sleep" mode when usage is not expected, and be at the ready when calls are expected. Shukla also anticipates linking the capabilities of different embedded systems in the future, such as allowing vehicle systems to alert drivers to when they need an oil change, and where a service station is through GPS. He says, "Eventually, companies will use probability design in developing embedded computers for everything small wireless devices to large-scale computer networks."
The HyperTransport 2.0 specification, which will be incorporated into Advanced Micro Devices' (AMD) upcoming Opteron and Athlon 64 processors, is expected to be released by the HyperTransport Consortium in late 2003 or early 2004, according to consortium president Gabriele Sartori. HyperTransport 2.0 will be able to transfer data between chips at a rate of 20 Gbps for a 16-bit link or 40 Gbps for a 32-bit link. In comparison, current HyperTransport links boast a maximum data transfer rate of 6.4 Gbps for 16-bit devices and 12.8 Gbps for 32-bit devices. The advantages of HyperTransport servers include the elimination of a central system bus, which results in a significant reduction in memory latency, note analysts and AMD executives. This week saw the release of HyperTransport 1.05, an enhanced version of the HyperTransport 1.0 specification, while a program to help other companies make HyperTransport-interoperable products was also launched. Brian Wong of Primarion says that HyperTransport's speed could be accelerated even further with optical technology, and his company plans to propose an optical version of the technology before the year is out. AMD says that HyperTransport technology will help it to penetrate the mainstream market, while currently 39 HyperTransport-compatible products are commercially available.
Groups using the Apache Web Server to run their Web sites are unlikely to move quickly toward the new 2.0 version because the 1.3 version works fine and has more robust module support. Dirk Elmendorf of Rackspace Managed Hosting says version 1.3 has all the functionality his operations currently need, and that version 2.0 could possibly introduce some problems. He specifically cites the lack of official support for key modules such as mod_perl and PHP in version 2.0. Nevertheless, Apache Software Foundation Chairman Greg Stein says some high-powered sites have already switched over to version 2.0, and that new Linux distributions such as RedHat 8.0 contain Apache 2.0. Elmendorf also says that many customers using Windows have switched to Apache 2.0 because the new version offers much stronger support for non-Unix operating systems such as Windows. Still, Stein estimates that version 2.0 will not run on the majority of Apache Web Servers until 2005, after all major vendors have adopted it. And because version 1.3 is so robust, he expects that many organizations will not feel the need to switch until 2010. Stein points out that, like many open-source projects, the Apache Software Foundation is not a commercial entity, and therefore is not under pressure to push new products before users want them.
NGS Software managing director David Litchfield fired off an email this week sharply criticizing Carnegie Mellon's Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) Coordination Center for what he terms "a betrayal of trust" in its disclosure of security vulnerabilities NGS submitted. He charged that CERT gave paying sponsors early warning of the flaws reported by NGS prior to alerting IT workers, and this is not first time the center has been taken to task because of this policy. Most security experts agree that the responsible thing to do is to help the software creator fix the flaw, then have the disclosure of the vulnerability coincide with the vendor's release of a patch. CERT Coordination Center manager Jeffrey Carpenter countered that the group has always made it clear that paying Internet Security Alliance members are given priority, but insisted that they must sign a nondisclosure form in which they agree not to leak any information they receive in order to maintain the security of the Internet. "We have tried to take a reasoned, middle-of-the-road approach to vulnerability information," he explained. "We do want critical-infrastructure and system operators to have a chance to take critical steps to defend their systems prior to a general release of information." Meanwhile, many other security companies delay reporting flaws to CERT until they are ready to publicly reveal them, and Chris Wysopal of @Stake said this situation undermines the CERT center's status as the major clearinghouse for security information.
Gyorgy Korniss of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is conducting research that could yield significantly improved parallel-computing simulation methods by employing "small-world" networking. Scientists often use large-scale computer networks to simulate complex systems, but Korniss' solution is designed to solve slowdowns caused by one system collecting data faster than another. "Enormous amounts of additional time or memory are required for computers to keep track of information they need from each other to create accurate simulations," he notes. Korniss' approach, which is detailed in the Jan. 31 issue of Science, involves connecting a computer to its closest neighbor and a few other computers at random. These individual units ensure they are synchronized by randomly "checking in" with each other. Korniss explains that his strategy applies the concept of six degrees of separation, in which any single person is linked to another through only a few other people, to intricate problem-solving network systems. His research receives funding from the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Energy, and the Research Corporation.
A surprise discovery by University of Amsterdam graduate student Steve Welter may lead to simpler and more flexible displays. While testing experimental organic light-emitting polymers (OLEDs) created at Philips Research under the direction of scientist J.W. Hofstraat, Welter found that one diode sample could be induced to glow red or green; this color change is effected when the direction of the electrical current running through the OLED is reversed. The component that makes the color switch possible is the metal additive dinuclear ruthenium, which was originally incorporated into the OLED polymer to increase the amount of visible light the diode yields when glowing red. The advantages of OLEDs include more power efficiency and brightness than liquid-crystal displays, and they can be printed out onto plastic. The dual-color breakthrough could pave the way for full-color displays that use only a repeating pattern of paired elements, as well as three-color organic diodes that glow red, green, and blue. George G. Malliaras of Cornell University believes the latter could theoretically be furnished with a variation of the dual-color diode that uses a second, higher voltage in addition to the reversing current. Hofstraat projects that displays made from the color-switching diodes will not emerge for three to five years. Meanwhile, Princeton electrical engineering professor Stephen R. Forrest has created via vacuum deposition an OLED-based pixel that displays the three primary colors and features stacked diodes; however, Malliaras says this sandwich configuration can complicate manufacturing, while building displays from the dual-color Philips OLED will require electronics that switch pixels on and off.
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An IEEE committee researching the 802.16 wireless metropolitan-area network (MAN) specification has approved that technology for use in the 2- to 11-GHz range. Committee chairman and National Institute of Standards and Technology wireless director Roger Marks says 802.16 networks could act as a wireless backbone connecting 802.11 LAN hotspots throughout a city. He also said industry debate was inevitable as to the best possible use of 802.16 technology. Wireless MANs running on 802.16 operate on three levels: Single connections for special-purpose networks, mainstream 256-carrier orthogonal frequency division multiplexed function, and a 2,084-carrier multicast mode. Other 802.16 task groups are working on extending the functionality of the technology, including Task Group C, which is adding mobility to 802.16. Invariably, people who hear of mobile 802.16 assume it will supplant nascent 3G efforts, but the actual work focuses on users who are roaming at slow speeds and does not assume the type of coverage afforded by 3G. Support for 802.16, which has been under official IEEE study since 1999, is found in the WiMax Forum and leading wireless companies such as Intel. Intel's Sriram Viswanathan said 802.16 would serve as a second disruption in the wireless sector, after 802.11. Through his group, Intel has invested in smaller companies working on components and production of 802.16 products. Viswanathan says 802.16 would be suitable to serve as a 802.11 backbone and as a last-mile connector in cases where there is no wired infrastructure.
The slow adoption of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology in the enterprise can be attributed to various factors, according to experts. One of them is the economic slump, while another is little awareness of the technology's benefits among corporate customers, says Ralph Santitoro of Nortel Networks, who adds that his company has initiated a network assessment program in which business partners check the suitability of a company's Ethernet network for IP telephony. Americas at Vocaltec VP Bob VanSickle notes that most corporate adopters of VoIP are devoting their efforts to voice virtual private network (VPN) applications, which offer a relatively quick return on investment. However, Santitoro points out that the adoption of some VoIP applications may be hindered because they do not support certain services, such as emergency response. Slowing down the acceptance of IP devices that enable users to place calls over the Internet are technical difficulties--compression challenges, packet jitter, etc.--as well as security issues, according to VanSickle. Security is also a concern for VoIP handsets, which obviate the need for hackers to set up a physical link to eavesdrop. Meanwhile, interoperability between VoIP equipment is also critical to the technology's adoption, notes Frost & Sullivan's Jon Arnold. "Until you can throw everything into the pot and have it all work, no carrier in their right mind is going to have a large-scale deployment," he says.
A surveillance-based society is emerging, thanks to people's increasing access to the Internet and the proliferation and advancement of technologies that can be monitored or are used for monitoring, including digital cameras, face-recognition software, and mobile phones. Opinion polls show that people are generally against near-constant surveillance, but the public is split between those who do not believe that it will become a reality, and those who feel powerless to prevent it from happening. Complicating the issue is the fact that privacy is subjective and difficult to define, while information-gathering by governments and corporations have their own individual quirks; most people are worried about the former group abusing such powers, although the latter group's hunger for data may make it the bigger threat to privacy in a networked society. Government legislation cannot sustain privacy alone because many national privacy laws could be rendered ineffective in a wired world, while the evolution of law is always several steps behind the evolution of technology. Technological solutions can be a problem as well, because individuals can only use such products and services by giving up information about themselves. Meanwhile, trusting companies that collect information to regulate themselves does not sit well with consumers, since many firms have more to gain by exploiting their customers' private data; market solutions by themselves are also likely to fail because they cannot keep up with increased public surveillance and expanding government databases. Other possible solutions include one proposed by physicist and sci-fi writer David Brin, who suggests that everyone be given database access, while another calls for the deployment of a biometric ID system that can tell exactly what kind of people are accessing databases. Unfortunately, neither solution seems very popular.
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Storage devices imbued with intelligence, also known as object-based storage devices (OSDs), allow for limitless system scalability since they assume the low-level storage management duties previously completed by the storage server. Because those read/write blocks are not passed to the file server, input-output configurations are much more efficient and the file server is no longer a bottleneck in the system. Scott A. Brandt, assistant professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz's Storage Systems Research Center, says storage devices can be added to OSD systems just like hard drives are added to a PC. He notes that streamlined communications between file servers and storage devices results in fewer errors as well. The Storage Networking Industry Association and the International Committee for Information Technology Standards have joined to form the T10 Technical Committee, which is working out specifications for object-based storage. Storage vendor EMC has already released what experts say is the first true object-based storage arrays, called Centera. Besides more efficient networking and greater scalability, OSD systems also have better security because it is assigned to each individual object instead of the device.
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In an effort to promote the recycling of electronic waste, Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.) will likely introduce a bill next month that adds a maximum recycling tax of $10 to the purchase price of PCs, laptops, and monitors, according to aides. The EPA would channel this tax into grants for organizations that recycle, reuse, or resell computers, or refine them into raw materials. The proposal is an updated version of an unsuccessful bill Thompson supported last summer. The new measure is unlikely to get much support from U.S. computer manufacturers, who would rather wait to see how successful their own voluntary recycling programs are, explains Heather Bowman of the Electronic Industries Alliance. Meanwhile, several state legislatures are expected to debate their own recycling bills this year, but this could lead to a quagmire of differing state laws, a possibility that has made the industry amenable to some kind of federal regulation. Thompson insisted last week that a recycling tax would not affect the competitiveness of American electronics companies. Corporate computer users are concerned not so much with the tax itself, but rather with the potential cost and effort needed to dispose of obsolete equipment. "I would be willing to pay the $10 fee if I knew the product were going to be disposed of in a responsible manner," says Kevin Baradet of Cornell University's S.C. Johnson School of Management.
Carbon nanotubes offer many potential applications that run the gamut from flat-panel displays to super-strong fabrics to fuel cells to synthetic muscles, but the emergence and growth of the nanotube industry will depend on the development of a simple and cheap technique for mass production. When combined, nanotubes can be up to 100 times stronger than steel, according to Rice University's Richard Smalley; their structural perfection is evident at the atomic level; their hollow configuration makes them lightweight; they are highly conductive, can absorb ultraviolet light, and are transparent to visible light; and they can self-assemble. Nanotubes are grouped into two basic categories: Single-walled nanotubes (SWNTs) that have few structural defects and could be employed in computer circuitry, and multi-walled nanotubes (MWNTs) that are easier and cheaper to fabricate than SWNTs and could find use as structural reinforcement material. Academic institutions currently own the lion's share of nanostructural carbon production, but companies such as NanoDevices, Carbon Nanotechnologies, Hyperion Catalysis, and others have developed or are working on mass-production methods. MWNTs are already being used in lithium-ion batteries; the next probable nanotube application will be field-emission flat-panel displays featuring SWNTs. Also on the horizon are inexpensive chemical sensors made from nanotubes, portable low-power X-ray machines, and molecular-scale transistors. Smalley says "the single biggest limiting factor" to nanotube commercialization is the availability of high-quality material. Other technical hurdles to be overcome include nanotube agglomeration and their inability to remain ordered over long periods.
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GUTS Goes Live On App Store!
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Nordstrom Inc. has selected Oracle® Retail Size Profile Optimization to help align merchandise in the right sizes to meet customer demand. The retailer expects the new system to help maximize assortment productivity and improve customer service. Oracle Retail Size Profile Optimization helps retailers optimize size distribution by merchandise category and by store.
Nordstrom plans to use the Oracle Retail planning application to more effectively analyze historical sales data to create unique store size profiles for its apparel merchandise. These analytically determined size profiles are expected to help the retailer better align purchase order quantity details with customer demand.
"We have always viewed our technology efforts as customer service initiatives to improve our merchandise offering and the way we serve customers," said Jan Walsh, vice president and business information officer for Nordstrom. "We believe the Oracle Retail Size Profile Optimization application will help us improve how we assort merchandise for our customers, helping to ensure we have the right merchandise at the right time for customers."
For example, when establishing order quantities, Nordstrom will have improved insight into the right amount of each size to order and the optimal amount needed in each store location. By helping to ensure that inventory is aligned to customer demand using appropriate size profiles, the Oracle Retail application is also expected to help Nordstrom achieve cost savings through reduced markdowns and inventory levels.
The profiles that Oracle Retail Size Profile Optimization creates can also be used to inform assortment planning and allocation systems, helping to boost sales and profitability. Retailers also use the application to reduce stock-outs and end-of-season markdowns due to size limitations.
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Senate to Merge Health Care Bills
Senate leaders will begin today to merge the Senate Finance Committee's 10-year $829 billion health care bill approved yesterday, with another more liberal bill which was passed in July in the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee.
Merging the bills will be no small feat. Although both would provide all Americans with access to affordable health insurance, the HELP committee bill calls for a government-funded plan and a mandate that employers help cover their workers. The finance committee bill omits the public option and has no requirement that employers offer coverage.
Up until this week, all eyes were on how the moderate Republican Senator from Maine, Olympia Snowe, would vote on the finance committee bill.
"It evolved,'' Snowe said of her choice to vote for the bill with the Democrats. "There was no one moment. I worked the weekend on it. I went back and forth.''
President Barack Obama praised Snowe publicly Wednesday.
"In particular, Senator Snowe has been extraordinarily diligent in working together so that we can reduce costs of health care (and) make sure that people who don't have it are covered," he said.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada plans to lose no time in merging the two bills. He will head up the first official meeting of the group Wednesday, which will include Senator Max Baucus (D-Montana) and Senator Christopher J. Dodd (D-Connecticut).
Reid will also try to shore up Republican support for new legislation, and to that end will invite Olympia Snowe to the meeting.
"He is prepared to do what he can to keep her on board while putting together a bill that can get the 60 votes necessary to overcome a Republican filibuster," Jim Manley, a spokesman for Reid told The New York Times.


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Being able to create shapes in Photoshop is essential for many different tasks. You use shapes to create your own illustrations, posters, and even logos. You've always been able to create shapes in Photoshop, but in Photoshop CS6, Adobe has added strokes to their shapes and overhauled the menu for applying fills and strokes. Let's take a look at the tools and options available for creating shapes in Photoshop CS6.
Select one of the shape tools, such as the Ellipse Tool or the Rectangle Tool. You can even select one of the custom Shape Tools if you would like. When you have a shape selected, you will notice that the options at the top of Photoshop are a little different. You will see Fill, and you will also see a separate menu for Stroke.
The new menu makes it easy to control how your shape looks. The fill and stroke menus allow you to choose to not have anything applied to them.
You can also give them a solid color(selected from swatches), a gradient, a pattern or a custom color of your choice.
The Stroke section is completely new in CS6. Here you can apply solid, gradient, or pattern strokes. The big difference is being able to add dashed and dotted strokes to your shapes. In the menu, you can choose from different presets. You can align the stroke to the inside, center, and the outside just as you always could in the Layer Styles options.
You can also control the caps and corners as well. If you click on More Options, you will see that you can create custom dashed lines. Check the dashed line options and set the values for the dash and Gap properties. Dash is the actual stroke and gap is the space in between. Different values will create different dash patterns. A great feature is the ability to save the dashed pattern you created as a preset for later.
Creating your own custom shapes in Photoshop isn't difficult anymore. The interface in CS6 is more intuitive than in previous versions. Select the Ellipse Tool and fill it with red. This will make it easier to see how the shapes are behaving with each other. With the Ellipse Tool still selected, go to the top menu where there is a symbol with two squares overlapping each other. Click it to bring up a set of options.
Click the Combine Shapes option. Draw a circle slightly outside of the main circle. It will have the same fill and combines with the main circle. The shapes are still separately editable, so you can move them, reshape them, etc.
Click the Subtract Front Shape option. Click and drag out another circle, partially outside of the large circle. The result is that it takes a circular chunk out of your main shape.
Intersect does just what the name suggests. When you select this option and draw a shape that overlaps another, everything disappears, except for what is overlapping.
Exclude does just the opposite of Intersect. Anything that overlaps disappears and everything else shows.
The great thing about shapes in Photoshop CS6 is that you can create copies of the same shape easily, too. Simply hold the Alt/Option key and click and drag the shape to make a copy of it. You can do this as many times as you want.
Another set of tools is also found in the options section, with tools to help you align multiple shapes and distribute them evenly. Select the Direct Selection Tool and select the shapes you would like to align, and then click the option that you would like to use. The options are to align to the left, right or center(horizontally), and to align to the top, middle, or bottom(vertically), or distribute evenly vertically or horizontally.
At the bottom of these options is the ability to align them to the selection, which is set this way by default, or you can align your objects to the canvas, so if you choose to align to the left, all of your objects will move to the left side of the canvas. These tools are all meant to save you time so that you don't have to set up guides and align everything manually pixel by pixel.
You can set the preferences on how you draw shapes with the gear icon. You can constrain proportions, or create shapes at a fixed size. You can also set it so that when you draw a shape, that the point that you click on is the center, so you draw from the center out.
In the example above, if you have shapes that are subtracted from a larger shape, you can select a sub-shape and alter the stacking order, altering the look of the shape. This can help if your artwork positions just how you want it, but need to alter the way it behaves with other shapes. I sent this shape to the back, so now the overlapping part is no longer cut out.
With the addition of the new shapes interface, it is easier than ever to create custom shapes and vector objects directly inside of Photoshop. You can combine shapes in different ways to make more complex ones. You can also add a stroke to your shapes much easier than before, and without layer styles.


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Missing Man's Body, Van Found in Clarendon County
The body of a missing elderly Columbia man has been found in Clarendon County.
84-year-old Jerry Helms left home Saturday morning to do some errands.
A worker at Columbia Place Mall reports seeing him about 11 a.m., but then he disappeared – until a report Tuesday of a disabled vehicle in Clarendon County, 60 miles away from where Helms lived in Richland County.
The van apparently ran out of gas along Governor Richardson Road, and law enforcement officers found Helms' body about 300 yards away after searching a wooded area.
Foul play is not suspected.
Helms was suffering from Alzheimer's, dementia and other ailments.
Family members say he had talked about going to North Carolina to visit friends after his wife of 58 years passed away November 14th.
She had been his primary caregiver.


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Anselm Clinard & Alyssa Valentine of Nourmand & Associates Hollywood, Sold the Highest Price/Square Foot in 90026 for the Last 12 Months
June 18, 2014 (Newswire.com) - The property 1469 Westerly Terrace in Los Angeles, CA 90026 sold after 14 days on the market. The property possessed 826 square feet and sold for $819,000, which is $991.53/square foot. This sale holds the highest sold price/square foot in 90026 for the past 12 months.
Tucked away on Westerly Terrace, the property's hip, beach vibe collides beautifully with a modern pool home aesthetic. The main house smartly utilizes every available inch of space resulting in an open floor plan with natural flow. Eclectic & streamlined, the kitchen & bathroom have both been updated maintaining the unique features that make this home special. Like the built-in desk hidden behind a sliding barn door in the bedroom, which also features a walk-in closet & direct access to the pool.
Originally from Pennsylvania, Alyssa moved to Los Angeles over 10 years ago after beginning her real estate career in Lake Tahoe. Having learned the business from a few top west-side agents, she obtained her license in 2005 and focused her attention on the east-side communities she has always loved. She has earned numerous sales awards for top production over the past three years and has extensive renovation experience in addition to her traditional real estate business. She and her husband, Anselm Clinard, teamed up in 2012 and serve first time buyers, experienced investors and everyone in between throughout greater Los Angeles. Echo Park residents themselves, they specialize in the neighborhoods east of Hollywood; Los Feliz, Silver Lake, Echo Park, Atwater Village, Highland Park, Glassell Park, Eagle Rock and Mount Washington.
Hailing from Virginia, Anselm moved to Los Angeles over 10 years ago to work in the entertainment industry where he quickly climbed the ranks to produce independent films, television commercials, and branded online media. He began his transition into real estate in 2009 to work with his wife and now business partner, Alyssa Valentine, and her rapidly growing east side real estate business.
Echo Park residents themselves, they specialize in the neighborhoods east of Hollywood: Los Feliz, Silver Lake, Echo Park, Atwater Village, Highland Park, Glassell Park, Eagle Rock and Mount Washington.


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Sales tax would fund certain transportation services
PACIFIC GROVE, Calif. - With several cities already considering new sales tax measures for the November ballot, the question remains whether TAMC will be able to get its own 1/8 cent sales tax measure approved to go before voters for Monterey Salinas Transit.
Monterey is already considering a half cent sales tax measure as well as Salinas.
Pacific Grove city council will be asked next Wednesday if it agrees with four other jurisdictions like Gonzales, Monterey, Marina and Sand City, to grant approval for the tax measure to be placed on the ballot.
MST requires a majority of member jurisdictions to agree to submit a ballot measure for voter consideration. A two-thirds vote will be required for passage because it is considered a special purpose tax.
The additional revenue that could be generated by the measure will be used specifically to provide services and equipment for veterans, seniors and persons with disabilities. The District manager states that without this additional revenue, current MST services to those special groups will be discontinued.
Pacific Grove already participates in the taxi voucher program by subsidizing the cost of the vouchers.
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But Pacific Grove city officials said, based on neighboring city tax rates and increased taxation of on-line sales, this potential impact to Pacific Grove should be negligible.
If the measure is successful, it would raise the tax rate within City limits to 8.625 percent.


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since there is an ammo shortage, not at all
This is a discussion on How often do you practice? within the Defensive Carry & Tactical Training forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; I assume most of the people in this forum have gone through some kind of defensive handgun training. The LEOs and military of course, have ...
I assume most of the people in this forum have gone through some kind of defensive handgun training. The LEOs and military of course, have had way better training than civilians like me.
I was wondering how often do you go to the range to practice? I go every 2 weeks without fail and I feel I am getting a little better and learning something new every time.
Do any of you have a training schedule (even if you are civilians)?
Vince K
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since there is an ammo shortage, not at all
"When the people fear the government you have tyranny...when the government fears the people you have liberty."
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Less range time...more course time...could do all a lot more than I do.
Proverbs 27:12 says: The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.
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Two to three times per week about 15 minutes each with primary and BUG; dry-fire with laser at 12-20 ft. distance. Red dot movement amplified by this distance provides wonderful biofeedback to reduce muzzle movement during trigger pull. Include point shooting and sighted shooting.
Once a month live fire to remind my senses what it sounds and feels like when the gun goes bang. Ammo costs and availability have eliminated my match shooting.
I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop!!
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I usually try to shoot for about an hour. Usually about 200 or more rounds. Normally I shoot 3-4 different pistols and always one revolver.
Then I spend the evening or next day cleaning, not my favorite chore but necessary.
If you understand, things are just as they are... If you do not understand, things are just as they are....
- Zen Saying
I dryfire every day. When I am not in training season, I like to shoot IDPA at least once a month.
My current regimen, done once with laser and once without. I adapted this from the Atlanta Police Department Second Weapon Course.
At three yards.
From pocket holster.
3 shots; 2 body, one head - then 2 shots head on hostage taker - in six seconds.
From pocket holster - Strong Hand Only.
- 3 shots; 2 body, one head - in three seconds.
support hand.
From Low Ready. Support Hand Only.
- 2 shots center of mass - in two seconds.
At seven yards.
From pocket holster.
3 shots; 2 body, one head; step right, then 2 shots head on hostage taker - in seven seconds.
From pocket holster.
3 shots; 2 body, one head; step left, then 2 shots head on hostage taker - in seven seconds.
From pocket holster.
3 shots; 2 body, one head; kneel, then 2 shots head on hostage taker - in seven seconds.
Takes about 2 1/2 minutes to do, so I do it every day before I walk out the door.
I shoot weekly sometimes twice a week and shoot anywhere from 2-300 rounds of 22 and around 100 rounds or more each 9mm and 45 ACP,with some 40 every now and then,I reload so ammo availability and cost hasn't hit me yet since I cast and lube all my bullets except 223.100 rounds of 9mm 40 or 45 still costs me about $5.00
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I haven't shot in a while, mostly because my wife just gave birth to our first child and I've been spending as much time with her as possible. I have a decent amount of ammo, but I have held off from having to buy more until I can buy my wife a gun most likely next month and then we'll go do some shooting together.
I try and maintain once a week as my habit. I was fortunate enough to get into some simunitions training with the local and state police in college. I was always the BG but I think it really helped my use of cover and shooting under stress.
FYI LEO's are kinda poor sports when it comes to shooting them, especially when you double tap both officers before they get a shot off.
There's nothing wrong with shooting so long as the right people get shot. -- Dirty Harry Calahan
try to when ever i can
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I can't afford to shoot as much as I like, but I try to get out at least twice a month. Some months that squeezes down to once. It's not ideal but it is practical.
At our range you can't train with movement. So we go out into the desert to train with movement and timing as often as we can. It's a tad warm in Arizona in the summers to go out into the heat, so we take those months off. :)
Headhunter, I like your drill. I may steal it.
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Less often than I used to. Before the turn of the year, it was two times a week. Back then, my work schedule allowed that and the club range was two miles from me, and I bought ammo on a weekly basis as it was readily available. Now? Everything has changed. I adapt rather easily.
I go to the woods RANGE at least once a week, Shoot my EDC 20 rnds & thats double taps from concealment. Lately it's been HOT.So I go in the early AM, Late afternoon & bring plenty of bug juice!! H/D
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Yes, I am stealing Headhunter's drill as well! Thanks all for the useful info.


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The Canadian pension fund owners of High Speed One (HS1) launched a refinancing of the Channel Tunnel rail link's £1.5 billion of debt this morning.
The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and Borealis Infrastructure are looking to take advantage of the red-hot corporate bond market. Replacing the existing bank loans with bonds will prove cheaper for HS1, as well as giving it more time to repay the debt.
Royal Bank of Scotland, which was one of the original lenders on the £2.1 billion purchase of the rail link in 2010, is one of the lead advisers on the bond issue. HS1 runs from St Pancras station until it joins the Channel Tunnel in Kent, and was sold off by the Coalition Government to help reduce the national debt.
HS1 chief executive Nicola Shaw refinanced about £500 million of debt late last year. However, the corporate bond market is proving so cheap for issuers so far in 2013 that HS1 could even make a small windfall from the refinancing.
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More than one in ten (11%) online adults in the US say they have used Twitter – or a similar service – to share updates about themselves or view updates about others, and those who use Twitter have a greater affinity for mobile devices, according to new research from the Pew Internet & American Life Project.
The most recent Pew study on the topic found that the number of tweeters, which was gauged in December 2008, appears to be growing quickly. In contrast to December's 11%, only 9% said they had used Twitter in November 2008, and 6% of internet users responded yes to a similar question in May 2008.
Younger Users Tweet More
The research also found that, not surprisingly, younger internet users lead the way in using Twitter and similar services. Nearly one in five (19%) online adults ages 18-24 have used Twitter and similar services, as have 20% of online adults age 25-34.
Use of these services drops off steadily after age 35 with 10% of 35 to 44 year olds and 5% of 45 to 54 year olds using Twitter, Pew said. The decline is even more stark among older internet users; 4% of 55-64 year olds and 2% of those 65 and older use Twitter.
Given the youth of most Twitter users, it is not surprising to find that online Americans who live in lower-income households are more likely to use Twitter than more affluent Americans, said Pew.� Some 17% of internet users in households earning less than $30K annually tweet and update their status, compared with 10% of those earning more than $75K.
Wireless Users More Likely to Tweet
Wireless internet users also are more likely to be users of Twitter and other status updating services; 14% of users who access the internet wirelessly via a laptop, handheld or cell phone have used Twitter or the like, compared with 6% of users who go online but do not do so wirelessly.
Twitter Entwined with Social Media
The use of Twitter is highly intertwined with the use of other social media; both blogging and social network use increase the likelihood that an individual also uses Twitter, according to the study.� Adults who use online social networks are much more likely to say that they have used Twitter or some other service to update their status and read the status updates of others. Nearly one quarter (23%) of social network users say they have ever Twittered or used a similar service.
In comparison, just 4% of those who do not use social networks have ever used Twitter or updated their status online. The correlation between status updates and social network use is less surprising given that many social network sites offer opportunities to post status updates and read the updates of others, Pew said.
Blogging shows a similar pattern to social media: 27% of bloggers tweet, compared with just 10% of those who do not keep a blog. Overall, 13% of internet users have created a blog.
Characteristics of "Tweeters"
The demographic profile of Twitter users as a whole reveals some additional details about who uses Twitter and how they communicate and consume information, the study found.
Key findings about Twitter users:
Twitter Users Consume News on Mobile Devices
Along with communicating extensively via untethered mobile devices, Twitter users are more likely to consume news and information on these devices as well, Pew found. For many Twitter users, learning about and sharing relevant and recent nuggets of information is a primary utility of the service. While Twitter users are just as likely as others to consume news on any given day, they are more likely to consume it on mobile devices and less likely to engage with news via more traditional outlets. Tweeters are less likely to read a printed copy of a newspaper, but more likely to read a newspaper online (76% vs. 60% of non-Twitter users), and more likely to read a news story on a cell phone (14% vs. 6%) or on a smart phone (17% vs. 7%).
A similar pattern holds for video news consumption. On any given day, Twitter users are just as likely as others to watch news on a TV, and just as likely to watch video news on a computer, but more likely to watch a news video on a cell phone (6% vs. 1%) or on a smart phone (8% vs. 1%).
Tweeters Read Blogs
Regardless of the platform, Pew also found that Twitter users are also significant consumers of blog content. Some 21% read someone else's blog 'yesterday' and 57% of Twitterers have ever read a blog. By comparison, 9% of those who go online but do not Twitter read someone else's blog yesterday, and 29% have ever read a blog.
Twitter users also keep blogs at a greater rate than the overall online population; 29% of Twitter users have ever created a blog, and 8% worked on a blog 'yesterday.' In contrast, 11% of internet users have created a blog and 3% are working on their blog on any given day.
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If you're looking for a challenging 9-hole course that's easy to get to, with reasonable greens fees and no pretense, come play East Greenwich Golf Club! We're conveniently located near the junctions of routes 4 and 95 in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. Our 9-hole course features 3,315 yards from the longest tees, for a challenging par-36 venue. The course rating is 35.4 with a slope rating of 127 on Blue grass. Designed by Michael Kroian, the East Greenwich Golf Club opened in 1964 and is East Greenwich's only golf course. The course is well kept from tee to green by our professional grounds crew and is fully irrigated with a challenging layout, lush fairways and well-groomed greens. You'll love the small course setting and laid-back approach, not to mention the wonderful after "round" activities at Bistro 9, the areas premiere dining experience. ??
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