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What It Is And Why You Need It:
- AMD Mantle3 Technology; raises your gaming experience to an exceptional level
- AMD TrueAudio Technology; provides dazzling sound effects while youre playing games
- Quad-Core Processor; makes processing of tasks much faster than the normal speed
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We changed the game for PCs by revolutionizing the APU which combines the power of a multicore CPU with AMD Radeon graphics all in one energy-efficient chip.
- Unlock your system's full potential with HSA-enabled APUs
- Experience a new level of immersion with AMD TrueAudio technology 1
- Blaze through apps with AMD Turbo Core technology 2
- Use AMD Mantle technology 3 to raise your game to unprecedented levels with hyper-efficient performance
- Get extreme performance with Graphics Core Next (GCN) architecture, featuring supercharged AMD Radeon R7 graphics. 4
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Your APU with HSA = A team of specialists
You can think of HSA as a team with different players lending their unique talents to form one powerful unit. The CPU leads the system through everyday tasks. The GPU can zoom its way through tasks that are particularly data-intensive. Other components work together with the CPU and GPU in various, specialized processing tasks. With each member of the team performing a task that is especially suited to it, the efficiencies are designed to give you an enormous boost in performance.?
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The expectations of gamers have never been higher. Graphics quality and processing speed have advanced rapidly, and the games of today are light years ahead of those from just a few years ago. But advancements in game audio have been more sporadic and less widely adopted. Sound is a critically important part of the immersive experience for gamers and sound engineers are eager to advance their art, but they haven't enjoyed the same kind of attention that continually drives graphics improvements. That is, until now.
AMD's Revolutionary Mantle
AMD's Mantle is a groundbreaking graphics API that promises to transform the world of game development to help bring better, faster games to the PC. Read on to discover how AMD is working with the game development community to revolutionize the PC gaming experience.
What Mantle does
Mantle is the harmony of three essential ingredients:
Mantle reduces the CPU's workload by giving developers a way to talk to the GPU directly with much less translation. With less work for the CPU to do, programmers can squeeze much more performance from a system, delivering the greatest benefits in gaming systems where the CPU can be the bottleneck.
What it means for gamers
Now that Mantle has freed up some extra CPU capacity, we expect Mantle will lead to better games, and more of them, since Mantle makes game development easier.
That's not all Mantle will do for gamers. By shifting work to the GPU, a mid-range or older CPU isn't the same handicap it was before. With Mantle, the GPU becomes the critical part of the system, and GPU upgrades will have a bigger impact than before.
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Primed to enable astonishing performance and breathtaking image quality
Available on select AMD Radeon R7 series, R9 series and HD 7000 series graphics cards, the visionary Graphics Core Next (GCN) Architecture is a radically new approach to the design of a consumer GPU, making it a top choice for gamers who expect the best.
Designed to push not only the boundaries of DirectX® 11 gaming, the GCN Architecture is also AMD's first design specifically engineered for general computing. Representing the cutting edge of AMD's graphics expertise, GCN GPUs are more than capable of handling workloads-and programming languages-traditionally exclusive to the main processor. Coupled with the dramatic rise of GPU-aware programming languages like C++ AMP and OpenCL, the GCN Architecture is the right architecture at the right time.
- AMD TrueAudio technology is offered on select AMD Radeon R9 and R7 200 Series GPUs and is designed to improve acoustic realism. Requires an enabled game or application. Not all audio equipment supports all audio effects; additional audio equipment may be required for some audio effects. Not all products feature all technologiescheck with your component or system manufacturer for specific capabilities.
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Framingham, Mass. -- Staples Inc. opened its new Velocity Lab, in Cambridge, Mass. The lab houses teams responsible for designing and implementing innovative new e-commerce and mobile solutions across Staples' global business units.
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July 13 Board of Supervisors Meeting Features 5 Presentations
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Editor's Note: Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on sisterhood relationship with Songpa-gu, Seoul, Korea and Fairfax County in the Board Conference Room of the Government Center at 9:15 a.m. before the regularly scheduled Board of Supervisors meeting. They also will be recognized at the Board of Supervisors meeting where the mayor of Songpa-gu will address the board.
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, at its meeting on Monday, July 13, scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m., will make the following presentations to residents and county staff. For more information, call 703-324-3187, TTY 711. Information on the July 13 meeting, including an agenda is available online.
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The Board of Supervisors will recognize Brian Hull, principal of Colin Powell Elementary School, for being named Virginia's National Distinguished Principal. Hull has served as a principal for 24 years and has led Colin Powell Elementary School since 2003. He shares his expertise with the education community by serving as a course instructor for the New Teacher Mentor Program as well as serving as a mentor for fellow administrators.
Direct Support Professionals Appreciation Month
The Board of Supervisors will designate September 2009 as Direct Support Professionals Appreciation Month. These professionals are responsible for providing hands-on care for Fairfax County residents with disabilities who require long-term support.
Fairfax County Department of Community and Recreation
The Board of Supervisors will recognize the Fairfax County Department of Community and Recreation Services (CRS) for its 50th anniversary. CRS provides services, programs and activities that strengthen communities, responds to challenges, and encourage hands-on learning opportunities. CRS has a long and distinguished history of supporting the county's most vulnerable populations by ensuring they have the opportunity to improve their quality of life and be successful and productive.
South County Secondary School Girls Varsity Softball
The Board of Supervisors will recognize the South County Secondary School Girls Softball Team for winning the Northern Virginia Regional championship. This is the first team regional title for South County Secondary School. The team finished its season with 23 wins and only one loss.
South Lakes High School Boys Track and Field
The Board of Supervisors will recognize the South Lakes High School Boys Track and Field Team for winning the Northern Virginia Regional championship. The team was led by senior Vincent Brown Jr., who was chosen as Athlete of the Year for the Spring 2009 Fairfax Extra All-Extra Teams, and selected as a Washington Post First Team All-Met athlete for Track and Field. The team also placed sixth overall at the Virginia AAA State Track and Field Championships.
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That was the stark reminder Monday from Philadelphia's law enforcement officials, who are urging residents not to shoot guns into the air to celebrate New Year's Eve.
District Attorney Seth Williams says that anyone caught firing shots will be charged with reckless endangerment, or a more serious crime if warranted.
"We want to remind everyone that there is zero tolerance in Philadelphia for people shooting firearms in the air to celebrate the holiday," he says. "It's a stupid act that can have deadly consequences."
Last New Year's Eve, Philadelphia police received 154 reports of gunfire over the course of four hours. On an average night, police get about 10 reports in the same time period.
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NovaVision has received a total investment of $49,200,000 since its founding in 2003 and has generated revenues of approximately $1,000,000 each year for the past three years. The company's non-invasive computer-based neuroplacticity products have treated more than 3,000 patients worldwide. NovaVision estimates the total market opportunity for its portfolio of products to exceed 300,000 units in U.S. optometry, ophthalmology, neurology, and primary care practices as well as rehabilitation centers.
"NovaVision was the first company to commercialize a non-invasive, computer-based therapeutic model to help the large population of patients that have lost visual functionality and independence due to stroke or brain injury," said Holger Weis, former Chief Financial Officer for NovaVision. "While it is extremely unfortunate that NovaVision has fallen victim to the current economic environment, there remains huge market potential to keep these treatments alive in the marketplace while continuing to commercialize the numerous patents and discoveries that NovaVision has invested nearly fifty million dollars to advance."
NovaVision was founded in 2003 by Bernhard Sabel, PhD, who led the original research team that published a double-blind placebo controlled clinical study in Nature Medicine in 1998. This landmark study, as well as many subsequent studies, has validated VRT as a clinically proven treatment to restore lost vision resulting from stroke, traumatic brain injury, or other acquired brain injuries. In 2003, NovaVison's Visual Restoration Therapy was granted 510(k) clearance by the U.S. FDA for the diagnosis and treatment of these conditions.
VRT treatment has been offered at leading neurological, eye and rehabilitation centers throughout the U.S. and Europe and it can be prescribed by eye doctors, neurologists or physiatrists. Data from a recent retrospective study showed that more than 70 percent of U.S. patients who underwent a six-month treatment protocol with NovaVision VRT showed significant improvement in their vision.
"Visual field defects are common after brain insults such as stroke and traumatic brain injury and they cause significant disability," said neurologist Jose G. Romano, MD, FAHA, Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology, Director, Cerebrovascular Division, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. "In my experience, VRT has positively impacted the majority of patients treated with improvements in reading, mobility and avoidance of injuries. Techniques such as VRT are an important addition to the limited rehabilitation options available to these patients."
The Company has also developed devices that aid in the diagnosis of visual field deficits, including an Inpatient Device for assessment and therapeutic use in rehabilitation centers and the Head Mounted Perimeter, a portable and ADA-compliant instrument to aid in the assessment of visual field deficits. Additional indications for VRT include age-related macular degeneration, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy and attention deficit disorder/attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
"VRT is the only restorative therapy available for patients suffering from visual field loss following stroke or trauma," said Michael Rosenberg, MD, Director of Neurology and Neuro-ophthalmology, New Jersey Neuroscience Institute at JFK Medical Center in Edison, New Jersey. "I have been providing VRT to my patients for more than five years with results similar to published research in which 70 percent of patients achieved marked improvements in visual function. It is my sincere hope that I will again be able to offer VRT as a treatment option very soon."
NovaVision maintains a strong and broad based portfolio of patent protection on its methods and apparatus in the form of issued patents and applications, both domestically and internationally. In the U.S., the Company has a total of five issued patents and 12 pending applications. The international patent portfolio includes one issued patent and more than 30 pending applications. NovaVision's wholly-owned European subsidiary, NovaVision AG, located in Magdeburg, Germany is also available for sale.
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THE Royal United Hospital in Bath is asking patients and visitors not to travel to the hospital unless absolutely necessary because of the weather conditions. The hospital has cancelled all scheduled non-urgent operations due to be carried out this afternoon.
Chief Operating Officer Francesca Thompson says: "Most of the hospital outpatient clinics have run this morning, but we are asking patients and visitors not to put themselves at risk by travelling to the hospital, unless it's absolutely necessary. If anyone has been trying to contact the hospital today and they've not been successful in getting through, please don't worry, it's because we are experiencing a high number of calls.
"We will be reviewing our afternoon clinics and if any are cancelled, we'll be contacting patients to let them know. We are also planning to cancel non-urgent operations this afternoon. Community clinics will be contacting patients directly if any of their services are not going ahead.
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Behind a furious second-quarter run, the Cheifland High School boys basketball team ran away from Wildwood 54-42 in a game that wasn't as close as the score indicated.
The Indian's win in the regional semi-finals advances the team to the regional finals at Union County on Feb. 25. Two of Chiefland's three losses this season have come to the Tigers.
"This is the one chance we get to give them a run for their money," said Chiefland's Josh Smith.
A win in Lake Butler will put the Indians in the 1A Final Four tournament in Lakeland.
"They're ecstatic," said head coach Adam Boyd. "I told them that after the season you'll be able to cherish what you've accomplished because you're one step away from Lakeland."
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- PIO Number: 13-9-1A
- Date: September 1, 2013
- Time: 3:04 a.m.
- Place of Occurrence: 800 block West Sample Road, Deerfield Beach
- Jurisdiction: Deerfield Beach
- Jorge Escalante, 29, male, 04/23/84, 3501 NW 5 Ter., Pompano Beach (DECEASED)
- Edward Thomas, 30, male, 4/16/83, 4601 Military Trail, Deerfield Beach (IN CUSTODY)
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Broward Sheriff's Office detectives arrested a man in connection to the September 1st hit-and-run where a Pompano Beach man was struck and killed.
On Friday, September 6, detectives located a beige 1995 Toyota Camry in the Highland Park neighborhood of Pompano Beach, which matched the description of the suspect vehicle. Shortly after, the driver of that vehicle contacted investigators wanting to make a statement. Once the interview concluded, detectives placed Edward Thomas, 30, under arrest.
Around 3 a.m. September 1, Jorge Escalante, 29, of Pompano Beach, was crossing the roadway from north to south in the 800 block of West Sample Road when he was struck by a westbound car that failed to stop after striking him. Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue and BSO deputies responded to the initial call of a person lying in the roadway. On arrival, BSFR pronounced the victim dead on the scene.
BSO Traffic Homicide Unit detectives spent several hours on the scene collecting evidence and processing the scene. The worked tirelessly to locate the vehicle, which was missing the driver's side view mirror and had sustained damage to the driver's side fender and door.
Thomas is facing charges of leaving the scene of an accident that resulted in injuries and driving with a suspended license.
- INVESTIGATORS: D-10, THI, BSFR, Lt. Akers, Dets. Kelliher, Morales
- THIS REPORT BY: Keyla Concepcion & Mike Jachles/PIO 09/7/13 1630
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Just before the November presidential election, market folks had a mantra: Just wait until after the election -- then we'll have clarity. At the time I noted that, to these people, clarity did not mean an actual winner at the end of the election. Rather, it meant a green light to be bullish. We did get clarity, but we didn't get the green light to be bullish -- because, even after we got a winner, the "fiscal cliff" loomed.
I hear much of the same sentiment now, as well: Once we see a deal on the fiscal cliff, these folks say, we'll have clarity. They are not concerned with when the deal actually arrives, or with what the deal is, because they are certain it will occur at some point. Rather, they once again believe "clarity" means a green light to buy, and that it doesn't necessarily mean a thorough deal getting done....567 more words left in this article. To read them, just click below and try Real Money FREE for 14 days.
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When my app starts, I occasionally get errors from a USB-6008 IO card. I'm at a loss to see any pattern which is correlated with the errors. Maybe you can help.
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2) Main thread calls DAQmxResetDevice. error = -50405
3) Main thread calls DAQmxCreateTask, DAQmxCreateAIVoltageChan, DAQmxStartTask ** no errors **
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4) worker thread calls DAQmxReadAnalogF64 - error = -88708
On some of our products, this happens much more frequentlty than on others (were building up inventory to sell). At this point in time we have a low confidence in using NI cards in our products.
One other point is that the NI card is connected to the PC via a hub. And that that hub has a second IO card (not an NI card).
We've seen problems on Win7 32 bit and Win XP. Anyideas or suggestions are welcomed.
This appears to be a USB communication error. You may want to try updating the drivers and switching the USB port.
The 88708 error is a resource allocation error it appears that you are trying to call into a device which is already being called into.
http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/4638#1 You can test your device in MAX and see how it is operating and then in LABVIEW see if it is not being closed correctly.
I believe this will be the most helpfull link:
Hi Mitch,
I had exactly the same problem the cause being that I had omitted DAQmx Create Task.vi from the code - restarting the PC and correcting the mistake remedied the problem.
Other point to note is that you definitely do need to use a mains powered hub with an USB6008/6009 if you don't want to suffer from the -200361 (onboard device memory overflow) / -200284 (some or all of the samples requested have not yet been acquired) errors.
Also ensure you have updated the drivers.
My PC is a DELL, Windows7.
We are having a similar problem with a 6008 on a Dell laptop. We have a simple daq task that runs fine. However, when we stop the task, clear it, and then later reinitialize it, the daq doesn't work. We find that if we stop the program, unplug the 6008 usb cable, plug it back in, and restart the program, it will work again. This doesn't happen on a desktop machine, so I believe that our sequence of Daq calls is correct. It also doesn't happen if we use a powered USB hub, which, along with working on desktop machines, seems to indicate the Dell USB ports are in some subtle way, insufficient. Oddly, we found that we don't get the error when we use an optionally-powered USB hub but without the AC wall power connected. E.g. the hub is only getting power from the Dell USB port, but the error is gone!
Can someone from inside NI enlighten us about the technical reason why this is happening? We have a strong desire not to send a USB hub with every system, but without more info, it is unlikely that Dell will be very helpful. We need to know what is happening at the hardware level so that we can identify a laptop that won't suffer from this issue.
Hi Dave,
we also use a 6009 DAQ at work with a hub but also with no power connected to it and have not had an errors from it - strange isn't it!
For my 6009 DAQ at home I will only use it with a mains powered hub.
> Can someone from inside NI enlighten us about the technical reason why this is happening?
The NI toolkit is a complex mulit-layered concoction of services and dlls. I counted 14 services running after a "minimal" install of the DAQmx drivers.
NI hardware may be great, but when there are difficult software problems, itis almost impossible to figure which dll or service is causing the problem. We chose the NI card for use in an instrument we recently introduced. The next instrument will not use NI because of this complexity. We can't afford to have problems which we cannot solve.
Dave, I know this doesn't help you, and I can see from your website, you're no stranger to NI. So I presume I'm not telling you anything new.
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Hey Mitch,
I'm sorry you are experiencing so much difficulty. I saw your initial post that made references to your application sequence and the errors you are seeing. The DAQmx driver package is a fairly large install because it includes the drivers for most all of our multifunction DAQ and many services that are used to detect/monitor these devices. Are you using LabVIEW to interact with the 6008?
Both of those errors are seem to deal with the device not communicating properly with other hardware. The link below describes one possible solution to error
Error 88708 can occur if the the device is in use by another program/VI, or a previous DAQ task did not release the device resources. So, if you start a DAQmx task, but do not stop it properly (via the DAQmx clear task and DAQmx stop task VI's), the DAQ card may still be reserved. I would recommend testing the DAQ card in "Measurement and Automation Explorer" which is a software program that allows you to test your DAQ card without any code possibly causing errors. There is also an ability to reset the device in MAX to deallocate the resource if it is still reserved. A good knowledge base article about "Measurement and Automation Explorer" is available at:
Also, make sure you are using the latest version of DAQmx drivers. (9.4) These can be found at www.ni.com/downloads .
I hope this information proves useful. Let me know if you have any other questions.
Peter Connolly
Applications Engineer
National Instruments


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If Mallory isn't gone by the end of the week I will be extremely worried about the future of our defense....
If Wilson doesn't fire Mallory then he puts a bunsen burner under his own seat for next season.
I hope you IU fans don't think you're gonna get revenge for what we did to ya in the Sweet 16 #ZoneNightmares
Execution against the zone looked better toward the end of the half. Let's hope it continues.
Dude, leave. Stop being a troll. You troll the Pacers board enough with your insane ramblings, leave them there.
Looked better in general. I liked the back cuts. Just much better movement this time around. When our big guys get the ball in the middle of the zone, they panic a little bit though. Not totally unexpected seeing as how they are just freshmen, but still, we aren't winning this game without a monster effort from Yogi.
IU definitely have shooters though.
No, we don't. Our shooting is probably our biggest weakness.
I made it to the second half under-12 timeout before turning it off. That's a little farther than I thought I'd make it.
I think our bigs are just suffocating at the moment.
Chalk most of it up to youth/inexperience. Still not convinced Crean can effectively coach against zone D though. At points in first half it looked like there was some better execution. Of course second half we rarely got to a point where you go into offense we were so poor. Some good athleticism at least.
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Excuse me if I place ZERO value in the inane ramblings of a kid that picks teams to root for by throwing darts at a board.
Newsflash- it's not in good fun if the other party clearly is not amused.
I went to work out at halftime and was pretty stoked I missed the onslaught in the second half.
I didn't realize Evan Gordon was only 6', thought he was like 6'4ish. Guy looked smaller than Yogi.
yep and i think those numbers will continue to get worse. crean has certain flaws such as stubbornly refusing to ever try a zone himself even when other teams do it against us to great success and under him, i think the next screen i see the Hoosiers do will be the first.
ryan understands perfectly well that crean relies on transition points and if you stop that and force iu to play half court- they are like a fish out of water.
but at least it showed iu how far they have to go now that they finally played a big time team.
when he first came here, i understood the necessity of playing div.2 and other small schools because our talent wasn't any better than theirs.
however, the scheduling hasn't changed at all since he got here. we still stack the deck with a dozen or so games at home about ever 2-3 days against these types of schools. sure it is an easy way to pad the record but you just don't learn much if anything as to where you really stand and it doesn't force the players to understand what it takes to play against the top teams.
i get a strong feeling that if it weren't for the big10 acc matches, we would have scheduled another cupcake at the hall instead.
You guys ran plenty of zone, there was some 2-3, little bit of a 1-3-1, but it seemed like Crean switched off and on a lot. That's his problem for me, being adaptive is great, Painter not ever altering the defense is a massive problem I have with him (this roster's built for a 1-3-1), but Crean's way too quick with it with such a young squad. I don't want to really call it panicking but he doesn't let kids settle into a scheme.
I'm trying to remember, how long has Crean been coach? I know he was ther for Geezer Jr's freshman or sophomore year because we have a photo of Jr sitting with Crean in the stands at an IU football game. Jr didnt have much time for going to games after his sophomore year.
Anyway, isn't the honeymoon about over?
Ever notice how friendly folks are at a shootin' range??.
It's his sixth season as head coach. The honeymoon isn't over for most, although the whispers of his questionable in game coaching have gotten louder since he has accumulated actual talent on the roster.
LOL what IU team are you watching. They don't have one good shooter on the team. Yogi is getting there, but he needs to keep it up for me to call him a good shooter.
If IU had a few shooters they would be poised to make a run this year in the big 10. I like their bigs but no way you can win with their outside play.
Yeah that would make sense if I didn't graduate there in 2004. Done now? Wow, if SU would've lost you guys would've let me have it. Calm down it's just a game.
Yeah, we really wouldn't have. Until you came in here talking ****. Just leave the thread dude. It's that simple. All you are doing is trolling at this point.
As Cdash noted, it's his sixth season.
I don't have faith in us ever making a deep tournament run with Crean. We had two of the top four NBA draft picks last year, yet we couldn't even get to the Elite 8. Crean gets credit for rescuing the program out of the hell it was in, but I don't have faith in him ever leading us to a Final Four.
I thought we had no clue about how to attack a zone at any point from a half court set, but we had a fortunate stretch there late in the first half where we succeeded in pushing the ball up court into the lane before the zone was fully in place.
The 2nd half was a nightmare.
I am wavering on Crean. He can recruit well. He prefers up tempo and guard-oriented play (though we are not guard-oriented right now) and I think both philosophies make sense on the college level.
But the mind-numbing substitution patterns and seeming lack of in-game adjustments is frustrating.
I don't think he can coach us to final four level success without having multiple veteran stars with high basketball IQ making proper adjustments on their own, whether he is asking them to do so or not.
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I appreciate the D that Lance was bringing against Hamilton all night long. Up in his face suffocating D. He did an admirable job fight around the countless illegal screens that Noah and Boozer set.
I think Larry signs Stevenson to another contract and ultimately that means you let Barbosa or Hill walk. Or perhaps they will find away to send Jones packing a year early?
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Matt Damon and wife Luciana Barroso are front-row fixtures at designer Naeem Khan's fashion shows, sitting hand-in-hand as the models walk by.
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For Friday night's dinner, Barroso wore a sand-colored beaded caftan (left), and for the ceremony, presided over by Jimmy Kimmel, she chose a pale chiffon tulip gown with a dramatic neckline and heavily beaded waist. The couple's four daughters also wore custom Naeem Khan dresses.
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HOUSTON -- Manager Bo Porter likes the idea of using instant replay to get home run calls correct, but he wasn't ready to make any sweeping generalizations following Wednesday's home run controversy in Cleveland.
"You want to make sure that it's correct, whether the ball leaves the ballpark or doesn't leave the ballpark," Porter said.
The disputed play occurred when Oakland's Adam Rosales hit a long drive to left-center field for what appeared to be a game-tying home run with two outs in the ninth, but it was called in play on the field and Rosales reached second base. Numerous replays appeared to show the ball clearing the yellow line atop the fence at Progressive Field, caroming off a railing.
However, after the umpiring crew viewed the replay, crew chief Angel Hernandez emerged from beneath the stands and ruled that Rosales would have to stay at second base, drawing an angry reaction from A's manager Bob Melvin, who then was ejected. Oakland loaded the bases before a Seth Smith groundout ended the game.
Porter didn't want to address the Indians-A's play specifically.
"I think it's very dangerous to talk in hypotheticals when you talk about a sensitive topic in our game," he said. "I will say this: I'm one of those people that believe that anything we can do advance the fairness of our game and get it right, I'll be all for it."
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HOUSTON - People in an Oak Forest neighborhood are on edge after a series of robberies in the last week. The victims are being targeted in their own driveways, and in some cases the suspects have been armed with guns.
The latest robbery happened at 5:30 a.m. Thursday morning, after an 84 year old woman parked in a driveway and a man approached her car. The woman struggled with the suspect and even managed to hit him with her umbrella, but he still got way with her purse.
In another incident, the victim had a gun pointed to her head.
"I took a few steps forward because I thought someone needed help and the guy ran up with a gun, pointed the gun to my head, and told me to let go of the bag," said Olga Mexina. Mexina initially resisted but the suspects took off after she gave up her purse. She described the suspect vehicle as a beat up older model sedan.
In all, there have been five robberies within about a two mile radius. Suspects descriptions vary and Houston Police investigators don't yet know if they're related.
But in every case, the victims were approached near driveways. The crimes have police once again reminding everyone to be aware of their surroundings. "As you're driving along, take a look at your rear view mirror. Is there anyone there that shouldn't be?" said Sergeant Frank Escobedo, Jr.
Police are also telling people to be on the lookout for suspicious vehicles in their neighborhoods. If you have any information, you should call Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.
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A JUDGE dealing with a case where a violent punch from a Cam man left his victim with life-changing brain damage has questioned whether pubs and clubs should be allowed to stay open till the early hours.
The attack by Christopher Perrett, 20, on student Liam Malone caused him to fall to the ground and hit his head, which resulted in a blood clot on the brain leaving him with serious disabilities.
After Perrett, of Stonelea, Cam,was convicted of inflicting grievous bodily harm on Mr Malone, Judge William Hart remanded him custody until a date to be fixed while a pre-sentence report was prepared.
The judge told the jurors who had tried the case: "Mr Malone has a very long road to recovery and it is unlikely he will ever make anything like a full recovery.
"This is, I am afraid, far from the only occasion when this sort of tragic consequence occurs when, usually young men, but not always, go out drinking late at night.
"Whether it is a good idea to have public houses and clubs open till 4am so people can get themselves into a state and behave in a deplorable way is a matter for government and not for judges.
"But this type of violence is only too common in our towns and cities. "
He said the case was a perfect example of the danger of drinking and getting involved in pointless disputes.
Relatives of Perrett burst into tears in the public gallery at Gloucester crown court as the jury foreman announced the verdict.
Judge Hart agreed to order a pre-sentence report on Perrett from the probation service but warned him "custody is inevitable."
During a three day trial the jury heard that a bizarre street confronation about plankton and a beached whale [plankton is eaten by many whales] led to Perrett punching student Liam Malone in the face outside the 2 Pigs late-night bar and club in Cheltenham, in June last year.
Women screamed in horror as they saw Mr Malone lying motionless and unconscious on the ground with blood coming from his head.
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Spinal cord abscess is swelling and irritation (inflammation) and the collection of infected material (pus) in or around the spinal cord.
Abscess - spinal cord
A spinal cord abscess is caused by an infection inside the spine. An abscess of the spinal cord itself is very rare. A spinal abscess usually occurs as an epidural abscess.
Pus forms as a collection of:
The pus is commonly covered by a lining or membrane that forms around the edges. The pus collection causes pressure on the spinal cord.
The infection is usually due to bacteria. Often it is caused by a staphylococcus infection that spreads through the spine. It may be caused by tuberculosis in some areas of the world, but it is not as common today as it was in the past. In rare cases, the infection may be due to a fungus.
The following increase your risk of a spinal cord abscess:
The infection often begins in the bone (osteomyelitis). The bone infection may cause an epidural abscess to form. This abscess gets larger and presses on the spinal cord. The infection can spread to the cord itself.
The disorder is rare, but may be life-threatening.
A physical exam often shows tenderness over the spine. An exam may show signs of:
The amount of nerve loss depends on where the lesion is located on the spine and how much it is compressing the spinal cord.
Tests that may be done:
The goals of treatment are to relieve pressure on the spinal cord and cure the infection.
Urgent surgery to relieve the pressure is sometimes recommended. It involves removing part of the spine bone and draining the abscess. Sometimes it is not possible to completely drain the abscess.
Antibiotics are used to treat the infection. They are usually given through a vein (IV).
How well a person does after treatment varies. Some people recover completely.
An untreated spinal cord abscess can lead to spinal cord compression. It can cause permanent, severe paralysis and nerve loss. It may be life-threatening.
If the abscess is not drained completely, it may return or cause scarring in the spinal cord.
The abscess can either injure the spinal cord from direct pressure, or it can cut off the blood supply to the spinal cord.
Complications may include:
Go to the emergency room or call the local emergency number (such as 911) if you have symptoms of spinal cord abscess.
Thorough treatment of boils, tuberculosis, and other infections decreases the risk. Early diagnosis and treatment are essential to prevent complications.
Nath A, Berger J. Brain abscess and parameningeal infections. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Cecil Medicine . 24th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 421.
Tunkel AR. Subdural empyema, epidural abscess, and suppurative intracranial thrombophlebitis. In: Mandell GL, Bennett JE, Dolin R, eds. Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases . 7th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone; 2009:chap 89.


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Across thousands of developers and millions of lines of code, one company learns to build secure software in an increasingly insecure world.
I t was 2 a.m. on Saturday, July 13, 2001, when Microsoft's then head of security response, Steve Lipner, awoke to a call from cybersecurity specialist Russ Cooper. Lipner was told a nasty piece of malware called "Code Red" was spreading at an astonishing rate. Code Red was a worm — a malicious computer program that spreads quickly by copying itself to other computers across the Internet. And it was vicious.
At the time, ABC News reported that, in just two weeks, more than 300,000 computers around the world were infected with Code Red — including some at the U.S. Department of Defense and Department of Justice.
It wouldn't be the last time Lipner was awakened unexpectedly. In those days, as a way to cause maximum havoc, a new worm was often timed to hit early in the weekend, leading to long days for the security team.
"There was no rest. I jumped into action along with our five-person security response team to address the situation," Lipner recalls.
The news seemed more often bad than good. The idea of out-of-control software could have come straight out of a Tom Clancy novel, and it gained instant media attention. Headlines were casting doubt and concern about Microsoft and its flagship operating system, Windows, one of the most widely used software products in the world.
The company redoubled its efforts on security, but the cybercriminals weren't going away. In 2003, the SQL Slammer worm launched, infecting tens of thousands of machines around the world within minutes — in spite of the fact that a patch that could prevent the infection had been available for months.
Whereas Code Red was mostly a nuisance, SQL Slammer shut down ATMs, financial systems and websites. This increase in seriousness demonstrated that the threats were changing as the criminals became more sophisticated.
The Blaster worm came shortly after that, followed by others. Nimda. Code Red II. MyDoom. Sasser. During this time Microsoft's security team was living in a reactive mode, responding to an endless cycle of security issues and trying to stay ahead of the next attack. For a variety of reasons — from incomplete or unreliable patches, to a lack of tools for deploying updates — the company and its security efforts were losing the trust of customers.
In the 1990s, Microsoft executives realized the connected Web was the Wild West. Like any frontier, a rush was on to test boundaries, survey the landscape and hopefully strike it rich. It was in this formative world that business and enterprise computing on the adolescent Internet was taking off, while the rules were still being sorted out.
"The Internet is indeed a hostile environment," is how Michael Howard and David LeBlanc, security veterans and authors of "Writing Secure Code," described it back at the turn of the millennium.
Howard and LeBlanc were not writing for consumers, but for Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft, a giant of the software world and already the preeminent target for cybercriminals.
In the earliest days, hacking was mostly just for sport. After Code Red made national headlines, cybercriminals took on a kind of swashbuckling romanticism. Recognizing the opportunity for fame, more and more people became fascinated with "breaking" the Web, just because they could. Another exploit. Another black eye for the de facto figurehead of the fertile new software industry. But as time went on, the attacks became more and more malicious.
"At some point, real, serious criminals began investing in ways to exploit software for financial gain," says Matt Thomlinson, vice president of security for Microsoft. "And they've been working on it ever since. They've become a lot more sophisticated over the years, but so has the software industry."
I didn't happen right away, however. The company felt it had made great strides with Windows XP, for example, but with millions of lines of code, retroactive bug testing in operating systems can be like looking for the keys you accidentally buried at the beach.
Only a few months after Windows XP shipped in 2001, a vulnerability was found in the Universal Plug and Play feature that allowed Windows to connect to printers, modems, networks and the like, offering a wide-open gateway to cybercriminals. Though it was patched right away, this security weakness in Windows XP again made national news. Lipner, now partner director of Program Management at Microsoft, still has a Seattle Post-Intelligencer headline posted on the door outside his office as a reminder: "XP Vulnerable to Hacker Attacks; Microsoft offers a free fix to its newest Windows."
The negative news was another blow for a company that prided itself on working around the clock to build the best software in the world.
"Incidents like these were so significant that they strained our ability to provide support to customers," Thomlinson says. "I remember at one point our local telephone network struggled to keep up with the volume of calls we were getting. We actually had to bus in engineers, many of whom were working on the next version of Windows, from their offices around campus to the call center. We needed every person available to talk to customers and walk them through how to get their systems cleaned."
"Everyone knew that something had to change," Thomlinson says, "and the sentiment went all the way to the top."
Howard and LeBlanc's just-published book offered a frank assessment of the situation. "We started the book back in 1999 basically to keep us from going to meetings and answering all the same questions," jokes LeBlanc, still with Microsoft as a software development engineer for Windows. The book gained a lot more street cred when a copy made its way into the hands of Microsoft Founder and then-CEO Bill Gates, who had been working on a manifesto of sorts in response to the recent events.
"I remember my friends coming out of their offices and asking me if I had seen Bill's note," recalls LeBlanc. "I said 'What note?' And they told me to go check my email."
In LeBlanc's inbox was a landmark memo that had been sent to every full-time Microsoft employee: Bill Gates' deeply thought-out missive about software security and trust, wherein he coined the phrase "Trustworthy Computing."
"… if we don't do this, people simply won't be willing — or able — to take advantage of all the other great work we do," Gates said. "Trustworthy Computing is the highest priority."
Not long after the memo, an early gathering of Microsoft's fledgling in-house security team convened at a bucolic location in Bellevue, Wash. There an idea was born to stop development of Windows for a time and completely overhaul its code base with security in mind. The plan was bold and almost unthinkable to some.
"It was an approach that had been used with the .NET development platform — stop developing entirely, fix as many bugs as possible in series of pushes, and then start back up," says Glenn Pittaway, senior director of software security at Microsoft. "Could we do the same with Windows? It was initially seen as a ridiculous idea, because .NET had a few hundred developers, and Windows was this 9,000-person supertanker."
In spite of its scale, the group decided that a stand-down on development had to be done. Lipner made the proposal to management. "I brought the stand-down idea to the manager of the Windows team, half expecting to get thrown out of his office," Lipner says.
Instead of being thrown out, he was asked to come back with an updated proposal. This time, he found himself briefing the manager and his vice president. The next time it was the manager, the vice president, the senior vice president and some other executives. Then they briefed the business group vice president, Jim Allchin.
"They wanted details: when we'd do the stand-down, how we'd organize it, what the run-up would be, how we'd do the training," Lipner says. "Stopping Windows was a radical thing to propose in 2001, but at some point it occurred to me that nobody was saying 'no' and that this was actually going to happen."
Thus, in February 2002 the entire Windows division shut down and diverted all of its developers to security. Everyone was given training to outline expectations and priorities — threat modeling, code reviews, available tools, penetration testing — all designed to modify the default behavior of the system to make it more secure. Their room at the Microsoft Briefing Center was filled to its 950-person capacity twice a day for five days as Lipner and his team worked their way through.
"After the decision was made, it was all about the logistics of getting all 8,500 rank-and-file developers up to speed on security," Lipner says. "Remember, we were not renting out a dome somewhere to do this. The work was proprietary. The biggest room we could get was the Microsoft Briefing Center. There was no magic to it. We did the training 10 times."
"It was a huge endeavor, sure, but at the same time the buzz around the hallways was absolutely amazing," recalls Howard. "Everyone had this single-minded goal of doing whatever they could possibly do to raise the security in the product."
Once the basics were explained, Microsoft's developers went to work. But as one may expect, the early years of practical, secure software development were not always the smoothest. Coding all day and all night, these "bands of security brothers" were up against a huge challenge considering the size of the company and its flagship product.
"We would have a morning meeting with the bug triage team that would update us on the bugs that were fixed the previous day," Lipner says. "There were no standards, so it had to be done by hand. By 6:30 I would go home, see my wife, have some dinner and then go back to my job responding to the 300 emails that came in during the day of meetings."
Business leaders had originally pushed for a two-day stand-down, while Lipner's team asked for a month. In the end, the Windows security push lasted two months. Hundreds of developers had devoted themselves to the task, and the result was a much more secure code base.
Though it was a success, it was just the beginning: Security could not continue to be a retroactive exercise. Microsoft had to build security into its code throughout the cycle of product development. The company needed to let engineers be engineers while also creating new processes to ensure the most secure products possible. They needed to continually improve.
Microsoft began reinventing itself as a more secure computing company, and right away there were good results. An updated version of Internet Information Services that shipped with Windows 2003 was notably solid. SQL Server had made great improvements. The list goes on.
And slowly, outsiders began to take notice: "Bill Gates realized that security was an area where Microsoft could win," says Jeff Williams, founder of Aspect Security, a Columbia, Md.-based security firm with clients including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the U.S. Army and the Department of Justice. "It is an incredibly well-organized company that could commit an army of developers to make secure code."
After the security push, Microsoft had created a team capable of finding new classes of vulnerabilities and building tools to help eradicate them — the beginnings of the company's "security science" capabilities that continue to this day. To measure progress, the security audit function was created, a group independent of the product teams to review and assess security.
With new tools, new processes, and a new understanding of the security landscape, integrating security into product development was now a primary focus across Microsoft. And by late 2003, early versions of Microsoft's "Security Development Lifecycle," or SDL, began to take shape.
It was 2004, though, when the security team took the official proposal for the SDL to senior leadership, and got approval to integrate the approach. It was to be mandatory, embedded into the development cycle, updated periodically, and applied to all products and online services that faced meaningful risk.
"In other words, everything went through the SDL," says Lipner.
According to Tim Rains, director in Trustworthy Computing, the increased security of Microsoft's own software has been dramatic, in part due to the emphasis on continuing to evolve over the past 10 years. Some significant changes to the SDL since its inception in 2004 include enhanced security mitigations, new privacy standards for development, online service requirements, automated processes to improve consistency, and adapting the SDL for agile development projects.
"As technology evolves, as criminals become more sophisticated, so will the SDL," Rains says. "Security has become a pillar of our company today, and we will keep pushing, keep developing to ensure we stay ahead."
It's an effort, Rains says, that goes well beyond Microsoft, and indeed the SDL has had a major impact on the broader industry as well. Early on, Microsoft decided to make the SDL's tools, processes and guidance available free of charge to any organization that wanted to adapt it to their own business. As a result, the SDL has not only led to measurable improvements in the security and privacy of Microsoft's software and services, but also to a fundamental shift in software development at many other companies.
According to Rains, awareness has grown exponentially, and many organizations are now demanding a security development lifecycle when developing and adopting technologies.
"Organizations have recognized that security efforts during development are no longer optional," Rains says. "Prescriptive security development practices are rapidly becoming competitive differentiators in the marketplace."
Two of the world's largest technology companies, Adobe and Cisco, have adopted it. Beyond the tech industry, governments and even some of the most critical economic organizations in the world follow the practice. Technology-policy group BITS successfully incorporated many of the key elements contained within Microsoft's SDL in its guidance for secure development. The Financial Services Roundtable, of which BITS is a sub-group, represents 100 of the largest integrated financial services companies for consumers in the United States. Roundtable member companies provide fuel for the United States' economic engine, accounting for almost $93 trillion in managed assets.
Another example, Itron, is one of the leading providers of energy and water resource management for nearly 8,000 utility providers around the world. The company also implemented Microsoft's SDL, making it mandatory for the development of all of its software and hardware.
"I got tired of writing six-figure checks to these outside vendors," says Itron engineering advisor Michael Garrison Stuber, who manages security for the company's entire product line. "From a business standpoint it just made perfect sense to me that we need to be investing in how we do development so we're thinking about security throughout the life cycle."
Governments can also use this framework. For example, the government of India has included secure coding practices in its draft national economic five-year plan. India's Computer Emergency Response Team, which leads the country's response to cyberthreats, has already taken steps toward implementing the plan by using Microsoft's SDL as one of its core tenets for application security. In addition, the National Informatics Centre, part of the Central Government Office of India, has required training in SDL principles, including the training of more than 10,000 of India's cyberforensic investigators.
"Security is an integral part of the software development life cycle, not external to it. You can't ignore it. If a piece of code is not secure, it simply can't be claimed to work," says Dr. Y.K. Sharma, the deputy director general for the Government of India's National Informatics Centre. "The SDL is one of the approaches we use to maintain our software security. As professionals, we felt we had to deploy it."
The make-or-break effects of implementing an SDL became clear in 2010 when, 350 days after implementing Microsoft's process, MidAmerican Energy was the only business unit inside its parent holding company, Berkshire Hathaway, that external auditors found to have no security vulnerabilities. The SDL has even influenced international standards that governments, developers and companies can take advantage of to help them demand consistent, more secure development in the technology they use.
With each organization and company that adopts more secure development practices, the impact extends to more and more members of one critical group: consumers. For Microsoft's part, requirements drawn from the SDL are now mandatory by default in its apps marketplace — meaning developers cannot publish an app in Microsoft's marketplace without testing it using tools that were built in support of the SDL. Consumers don't even have to think about whether the apps they use are built more securely. By default, they already are.
Unfortunately, however, not everyone has recognized the importance of infusing security from the beginning. According to Thomlinson, there is still work to be done to spread secure development practices to all corners of the software world.
"While there is progress, it's far from universal," Thomlinson says. "Collectively we need to do more — especially in today's landscape. Security needs to be a staple, from what we teach in schools to the culture we're fostering in business."
Today, the Internet is deeply woven into people's lives, with mobile apps extending Web services to their fingertips, nearly anywhere. In 2013, for the first time, more people shopped online on Cyber Monday than those who shopped in retail stores on Black Friday.
Every day millions of people trust online retailers and other organizations with vital, personal information. Though, by design, these transactions seem simple to shoppers, they are actually complex processes that send personal information flying across systems.
"That flow of data represents a huge opportunity for crooks, a temptation that is too great to ignore," Thomlinson says. "Today's cybercriminals are often well-funded, underground organizations with advanced capabilities. They have everyone, not just businesses, in their sights."
Cybercrime as a business model isn't the only thing that's evolving. The actual threats are evolving too. As companies like Microsoft and others have fortified their underlying architecture, from software to the actual processors inside the hardware, cybercriminals have moved their targets upstream to the application layer, looking for vulnerabilities in any of the thousands of apps on the market today.
According to Thomlinson, in the face of cybercrime's growing risk, secure development should be the highest priority for software vendors, and organizations that rely on secure code should demand nothing less. Building in security from the beginning helps make it more difficult and less appealing for cybercriminals. That's why the development, implementation and constant improvement of the SDL remains a strategic investment for Microsoft to this day.
"Security cannot be an afterthought," says Thomlinson. "With both security technologies and cybercriminals constantly evolving, there's no question secure development helps keep people safe."
With potent, savvy cybercriminals lurking behind keyboards around the globe, Pittaway — the man who has succeeded Lipner at the helm of the SDL — believes organizations and consumers alike should demand that software vendors build applications using a security development process to minimize security risks and keep their critical information safe.
"Windows today is more than an operating system, it's an ecosystem," says Pittaway. "People want to shop, play games, watch movies, chat with family and friends — and they need to be able to trust that they are safe and secure no matter what they are doing online. We are proud to be able to play a big role in enabling the best possible experiences across a range of devices, and a big part of that is not only securing our own software, but helping the broader industry understand how to build security into their code throughout the development process."
Pittaway's modern-day take echoes Bill Gates' early vision, reinforcing the central need for, and importance of, security in technology. In his memo Gates predicted that "within 10 years, computing will be an integral and indispensable part of almost everything we do." He was right, and with the threat of cybercrime not going away, we should all be asking how securely built is the technology we're using right now?
The SDL was built on the concept that security should not be an afterthought. Today that approach is as important as ever. With technology becoming more and more woven into the fabric of society, cybercriminals continue to probe for cracks in the system, whether it's at a company or in someone's smartphone. Bottom line — the industry must evolve and no longer treat computer security as an afterthought. There's just too much at stake to do otherwise.


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Editor's note: This market commentary is provided by the Dairy Division at FCStone in Chicago, Ill.
Class III and cheese futures bounced handily Thursday in light of already deep discounts futures carry to the spot market. The spot cheese market is providing a good dose of uncertainty to the current trade. There was the expectation that once block cheese showed up at the exchange the decline in spot prices would be anything but orderly. So far that has not been the case. We hear that blocks are snug in the country and, because of that, perhaps we see only moderate declines – or even some stability – going into April. But we would be remiss if we did not point out that spot prices for U.S. cheese are the most expensive in the world right now. That doesn't mean we have to fall out of bed today or tomorrow, but it does mean that we ought to not only expect pushback from the international market, but also the potential to begin importing cheese again in the next few months if global prices remain on their current weakening track.
Dry whey futures turned lower Thursday trading unchanged to 1.22¢ lower through December. Dry whey futures remain in a more of a sideways trade.
Class IV futures firmed up a little Thursday, courtesy of a stronger butter market. Butter remains likely the tightest market of the dairy complex right now, as demand for cream has been strong and stocks of domestic butter are very tight. Spot butter looks poised to make $2.00 lb. in the near-term, which ought to keep futures well-supported for the time-being. Meanwhile, NFDM continues to feel sluggish and mostly sideways now.
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March 27 spot session results:
Block cheese: $2.4075 (down 1.5¢)
Barrel cheese: $2.32 (down 1.0¢)
Grade A NFDM: $2.0225 (unchanged)
Butter: $1.9850 (up 1.5¢)
Today's expectations:
• Class III & Cheese to open mixed
• Dry Whey to open steady
• Class IV, Butter & NDFM to open steady
Grain futures
Corn futures finished near the top end of their recent range – just below $5.00/bushel. The market is consolidating recent gains ahead of next Monday's USDA Grain Stocks and Prospective Planting reports. There is some chatter of further erosion of corn acres in favor of soybeans, with some folks even throwing out corn acreage expectations below 90 million acres. The average pre-report guess is 92.748 million acres. We suspect it will be lower than the average guess, but not lower than 90 million acres. Meanwhile, corn futures look poised to take out the $5.00 level. Soybeans and bean meal continue to flirt with recent highs, in part due to uncertainty surrounding USDA's upcoming reports. Also, there has been continuing rumors this week that South American bean sales are being rerouted towards the U.S. by Chinese buyers (no confirmation of this).
Today's expectation:
• Grain complex to open mixed
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It's not Jan. 1, but prepare to make resolutions. New Mexico, along with the rest of the nation, is stunningly unhealthy: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than one-quarter of New Mexicans are obese. Add residents who are overweight, and you're looking at more than 60 percent of the state's population.
But fear not! Beyond delving into the reasons behind the obesity epidemic (Fit or Fat?), this edition of Sweat, SFR's annual fitness guide, offers a wealth of options for getting in shape.
If you're so in touch with your inner kid that you spend most of the workday yearning for recess, check out the ad hoc kickball league at Patrick Smith Park (Kick Start). If you're more of a sports-for-grownups fan, learn stateside favorites (basketball, swimming) at Santa Fe Community College (School of Jocks) or head south to hone your begging skills at a quintessentially British cricket match (Of Wickets, Sixers and Cultural Chasms).
But perhaps your Type A disposition requires all of the facts before you even consider exercising. If so, peruse SFR's yoga directory and gym grid.
Reward-driven? Grab a can of Natural Light and set out on a backwoods, wild-goose-chase hash run (page 25) or pursue the elusive promise of predawn enlightenment with Ashtanga yoga (Dawn Patrol).
And if the mere idea of making time to exercise just stresses you out, see our more relaxing options—recommended by doctor of Oriental medicine George Mandel and the ever-knowledgeable staffers at Ten Thousand Waves and Herbs, Etc. (Stress On, Stress Off).
It's time to get in shape, Santa Fe. But that's no reason not to have a raucously good time.
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Lost ski instructor told friends he didn't need ski patrol's help
MOUNT HOOD - Friends of a ski instructor found dead on Mount Hood on Sunday night say he told them he could make it back without the ski patrol's help.
Search and rescue crews found the body of 23-year-old Russell Tiffany of Las Vegas in a creek in an out-of-bounds ski area just west of Ski Bowl a few hundred feet from Highway 26. Investigators say he had been drinking and got lost after skiing off on his own.
According to deputies with the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office, it appears Tiffany drowned and suffered from hypothermia. He may have also had an infection in his lung that may have made him more vulnerable to the hypothermia.
"It didn't hit me until just a couple hours ago. It's just so quiet up here and Russell was one of those people you could just hear him from across the hallway, hear him talking or hear him laughing about something," said Kayla Buckles, a friend of Tiffany, at Timberline on Monday.
The flag at Timberline Lodge flew at half-staff in honor of the Timberline ski instructor who'd become family to his co-workers this winter season.
"It's a difficult day, but we're working through it, and we're getting through it with hugs and support from one another in the family at Timberline," said Bobbie Kipp, who worked with Tiffany.
Kipp helps run the ski school and said she's told every employee one by one that their friend was found dead - lost skiing with a couple other Timberline co-workers.
Deputies said Tiffany went out on his own, though, and got turned around. But said the experienced skier thought he was going to be OK.
"They got a call from him at about eight, saying he was lost, but he didn't know where he was and they were like, 'Do you want us to call ski patrol?' He's like, 'No, I think I can find my way out.' That was the last we heard of him," Buckles said. "I was really close to him. He was an amazing guy. I think he could have gone pro one day. Like, he was amazing. It's really sad that he's gone."


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Harry Connick, Jr. Rumored to Be Third 'American Idol' Judge
The 'American Idol' revolving door and drama continues! A week after it was all but announced that Dr. Luke would take the third judging place at the table, he's backed out of the deal -- and may be replaced with a classic crooner.
Singer, actor and southern gentleman Harry Connick, Jr. is rumored to be thisclose to inking a deal with 'Idol.'


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Hundreds killed in Brazil nightclub fire
A band's pyrotechnic display at a nightclub in southern Brazil has turned deadly, killing at least 232 and injuring dozens when a flare set the building ablaze, according to police and televised reports.
Most of the victims at the club in Santa Maria, a city that's home to a number of universities, were students who died from smoke inhalation, said Andre Diefenbach, an official with the municipality's police department, in a telephone interview. Some may have perished as they attempted to escape through the club's exit doors, while others died after running into the bathroom, thinking it was an exit, he said.
Some of the club's security guards may have initially stopped people from leaving the premises before paying, he said.
''People were screaming and trying to run to the exit,'' Luciene Louzeiro, a survivor of the incident who was near the stage when the fire started, said in a televised interview with local news service O Globo. ''It was horrible. I've never seen anything like it.''
The death toll, initially estimated at 245, was later lowered to 232, local newspaper O Estado do S Paulo reported, citing the Special Operations Battalion. There were 131 wounded, according to the report.
Shocked survivors have described a frantic rush to the exits as flames swept through the crowded club in the university town, with scores of young people getting trampled and passing out from smoke inhalation.
The death toll from the inferno had climbed rapidly as firefighters pulled bodies from the charred remains of the Kiss club, believed to have been packed with up to 900 revellers.
The tragedy appeared to be the deadliest such blaze in more than a decade, since a fire at a shopping centre and discotheque in the central Chinese city of Luoyang killed more than 300 people in 2000.
Reports said the fire broke out after 2am (1500 AEDT) on Sunday when the nightclub was hosting a university party featuring a rock band using pyrotechnics, but authorities have yet to offer an official explanation.
Survivor Michelle Pereira said the blaze broke out when a band member lifted a firework into the air, setting the ceiling on fire. The flames quickly engulfed the entire room.
''Everyone was pushing and shoving ... The fire started out small, but in a matter of seconds it exploded,''
Taynne Vendruscolo, another survivor, told reporters. ''Those who were close to the stage could not get out.''
Bortolotto Mattheus, a young dentist, said metal barriers set up at the entrances to organise lines had blocked the exits.
''A girl died in my arms. I could feel her heart stop beating. I had only seen that in movies,'' he told the Band News television channel.
The discotheque's fire permit had expired in August 2011, the local press reported, citing Moses Fuchs da Silva, head of the state fire department.
Santa Maria fire chief Guido de Melo said the fire caused widespread panic, and that many revellers were trampled or died from smoke inhalation.
Military police commander Rois Tavares confirmed the new toll of dead and injured, after officials had earlier put the death toll higher, at 245 people.
He said the dead included 120 men and 112 women, most of whom had died of asphyxiation, and that all bodies had been removed from the wreckage.
Young men helped evacuate the wounded as firefighters doused the blackened shell of a red brick building with water and used sledge hammers to punch holes in the walls to get people out faster.
The bodies were taken to a sports stadium that was blocked off by police to keep grieving family members from streaming in.
Family members and survivors, many of them sobbing and some with soot-blackened faces, gathered outside in the hope of getting news of their loved ones. The town is home to the Federal University of Santa Maria.
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff cut short a visit to Chile, where she was attending a European and Latin American summit, to head to Santa Maria and oversee the response to the tragedy.
''It's a tragedy for all of us, and I cannot continue here at the summit, because my priority is the Brazilian people,'' the visibly emotional leader told reporters travelling with her in Santiago.
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