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LONDON (Reuters) - Prospects for enacting a cap-and-trade program regulating U.S. greenhouse gas emissions later this year have receded following a vote in the Senate exposing deep divisions within the Democratic Party.
On April 1, 26 Democratic senators broke with the majority of their colleagues and both the party's Senate leaders to join all 41 Republicans voting for an amendment to the annual budget resolution forbidding use of the budget reconciliation process to pass climate change legislation involving a cap-and-trade system.
In effect, the amendment ensures approval of a cap-and-trade system will require a minimum of 60 votes rather than a simple majority of 50 in the 100-member chamber. Since Democratic leaders do not currently have anywhere like that number of votes for the measure, and little time to build popular support, it is going nowhere in the near term.
Budget reconciliation is a two-stage process intended to expedite passage of important spending and taxing bills the federal government needs each year to maintain its operations:
* First, reconciliation instructions are included in a budget resolution instructing one or more congressional committees to recommend legislative changes to bring levels of spending, taxation or debt into conformity with overall totals laid out in the budget resolution itself.
* Second, committee recommendations are packaged into one or more "reconciliation bills" considered under special procedures on the floor of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
Reconciliation is especially important in the Senate, where the tradition of unlimited debate allows even one senator to block passage of legislation by threatening to filibuster it.
Proponents of controversial legislation need to muster 60 votes to invoke Senate Rule XXII (cloture, or motion to proceed), in order to cut off debate and move to a vote on the substance of the legislation.
Contentious bills therefore require two majorities: a super-majority of 60 votes to prevail on the motion to proceed, then a simple majority of 50 votes to prevail on the substantive motion. In practice the real battle centers on the motion to proceed because it is harder to win.
The reconciliation process is crucial because it curbs unlimited debate. In the Senate, debate on a reconciliation bill is limited to 20 hours, after which the chamber can continue to consider amendments but without further debate. Because there is no filibuster, the effective majority needed to pass legislation drops from 60 votes to 50.
Reconciliation was originally intended to expedite passage of tax and spending bills. It was never intended for other legislation, and the process contains safeguards to prevent it being misused to pass other bills. But the safeguards are flexible. In the past, reconciliation has been used to force through controversial measures that would not otherwise be able to secure the 60 votes needed to stop a filibuster.
Cap-and-trade could easily have been presented as a budget measure subject to reconciliation because permit sales would raise revenue for the federal government -- and those revenues have already been included in the president's outline budget [ID:nLR468410].
Alive to this risk, opponents have moved to exempt cap-and- trade from the reconciliation process, ensuring it will still need 60 votes to pass.
The Democratic Party currently controls the Senate with a majority of 58 (56 Democrats and two independents caucusing with them).
But the party is deeply split on proposals to implement a cap-and-trade program that would raise prices for consumers and penalize states with a heavy industrial base or large fossil-fuel resources.
Party leaders and the Obama administration cannot count on 60 senators to overcome a filibuster -- which is why proponents were hoping to leave open the option of presenting it as a reconciliation bill that would need only 50 votes.
The extent of the Democratic Party's divisions was on display in last week's vote line up:
* Voting for the amendment (and therefore against using reconciliation) were 26 Democrats from Midwestern and industrial states (10) plus Democrats from conservative states and those in the heartland (16).
* Voting against the amendment (in favor of using reconciliation) were 31 Democrats from the west and east coasts (23), plus senators from grain states that would benefit from any move away from fossil fuels (2), the party's floor leaders (2), and only a handful of others representing the interior (4).
The vote illustrates the fault line within the Democratic Party between legislators from coastal and liberal states who favor cap and trade, and those from industrial and conservative areas in the Midwest and rest of the country worried about a popular backlash in response to higher energy prices and the implications for local industry.
The administration will need to buy off many of these Midwestern and conservative senators to have any chance of enacting a program.
President Barack Obama foreshadowed this effort when he told reporters recently the administration would probably have to give permits away free to some industries in the early stages to build support. It will also have to mount a major public relations campaign to build popular support.
But given the crowded congressional agenda and the competing demands on the president's time, it will almost certainly be impossible to mount a major lobbying effort and get cap-and- trade enacted in 2009, which puts the effective date of any scheme back until at least 2012 or 2013.


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By: Justin Pinter
If Facebreaker were a cheap PlayStation Network title, then wed be gung-ho, but as of right now, the game lacks depth and caters only to the frantic button smashing newbies of fighting titles.
Earlier this month during the EA Sports event, PSU.com was given a first look at the new flagship title for EAs Freestyle brand, Facebreaker. According to EA, Facebreaker is an arcade boxing title with the goal to bring back pick up and play social gaming.
Presented by Senior Producer Dean Richards and Producer Cyrus Irani, Facebreaker was shown running (alpha build) on an Xbox 360 at 60fps. The developers began by showing the games opening main menus and character selection screen, stating that the menus are stylized after comic books. This gave the characters and game a more reminiscent feel to action figures. As the developers flipped through the list of boxers, we were told that all the characters will have unique fighting styles and several uniforms (some of which will be unlockable) inspired by their diverse backgrounds.
Here is the list of characters show:
- Romeo (the latin lover)
- Steve (Jack Black meets Chris Farley from Beverly Hills Ninja)
- Kekoa (surfer dude)
- Tokushu (dancer)
- Ice (tough Samuel L Jackson type dude)
- Spin (British DJ)
- Sparrow (ex-fighter pilot)
- Molotov (demolitions expert)
- Socks (mystery insane guy)
- Brick (typical 5yr old mind in giants body)
- Voodoo (witch doctor)
- Tiki (monkey)
There are several environments in Facebreaker, ranging from a gym to an insane asylum. During each fight, boxers who are not in the match, will appear in the background partaking in various actions. For example, in the Trailer Park level, Romeo may be washing his car during Round 1, but then in Round 2 he might be hitting on women or being arrested by the police. Most of the games characters will appear throughout the fight if you take the time to watch for them.
The way the fights work is simple. Either beat up the opponent enough to have them collapse three times, or perform enough combos to fill your breaker meter and perform your special Facebreaker attack. However, one of the downsides to Facebreaker I felt was the lack of variation in attacks. Each character has only one Facebreaker knockout punch, which after playing the game for an hour, could get old quick. Also the basic attack system is simplistic, having a button for a high attack, low attack, and stun attack. During your combos, players can use their breaker meter at certain levels to perform different super moves varying from upper cuts to tosses.
Once the player has won the round, the losers head becomes collectable in the winners trophy case. If players get bored of gathering the heads of the default characters, take the game online and collect the heads of your friends.
One interesting feature that Richards and Irani showed was the ability to use custom photos to create your own boxers. Whether you download the photo onto your hard drive from the web or take your picture with a USB camera, players can import their custom avatars into the game when creating new boxers. For this demonstration the developers used an image of Peter Moore to create a custom Peter Moore boxer.
Once you have the face, players can customize everything from the players fighting style and body type (selecting one from the default characters of the game) to a Facebreaker move. Also mentioned was the ability to clip videos of your fights and share them with your friends online. Although with the combat system being limited to only a certain amount of moves, sharing videos of the same punches over and over probably wont be very entertaining.
Overall the game feels only half complete. The graphics are crisp, animations are smooth, and the characters are amusing; however, with a lackluster combat system that leads to just button mashing, the game falls short. If EA were for some reason to release this as an XBLA and PSN title, wed say it would be worth keeping an eye on, otherwise hold out for better titles like Fight Night Round 4.
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Indian athletes continued to cut a sorry figure at the Olympics [Images] as Mandeep Kaur too could not lift the gloom, failing to qualify for the semi-finals of the women's 400 metres on Saturday.
Mandeep, who ran an impressive career-best 51.74 seconds at the 38th National Inter-State athletics championships in Madurai [Images] in June, was unable to repeat the performance in Beijing [Images] and timed 52.88 seconds to finish sixth in the seven-athlete Heat Two and overall 33rd.
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Us Weekly got wind of Tony-Eva split last week
In the world of celebrity tabloid magazines, it's about landing the scoop. And Us Weekly managed to do that Wednesday with a cover of Eva and Tony Parker - a ripped photo separating the two - and a story about their breakup.
Published 2:39 pm, Wednesday, November 17, 2010
In the world of celebrity tabloid magazines, it's about landing the scoop. And Us Weekly managed to do that Wednesday with a cover of Eva and Tony Parker - a ripped photo separating the two - and a story about their breakup.
"Betrayed by Tony" the magazine covered screamed when it hit newsstands in New York and Los Angeles, the latter where Longoria Parker filed for divorce in Los Angeles Superior Court. The magazine will be available in San Antonio on Friday.
"Their story was something we were privy to last week and we ran with it," said Us Weekly writer Mara Reinstein, who wrote the piece and has covered celebrity news in the more than eight years she has worked there. "Usually these stories are started and finished up on the same day. We put it all together on Monday."
As many as 10 reporters can work on a breakup or other major celebrity news story, but Reinstein said "We didn't have a lot of reporters on this one because we didn't want it leaking out that we had it."
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A secret society of immortals lives within the human world. Kane is one of them, a Sensor who experiences emotional energy through touch. But despite his good looks and easygoing personality, Kane lives a solitary life. Unlike other Sensors, he is unnaturally hypersensitive. Fate throws a curveball when a woman's life is placed in Kane's hands. He is suddenly faced with making a choice, and each comes with a consequence that will wreck him forever. Time is not on his side. Will this woman be his salvation or his ruination?
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"Loved this short Novella!"
Loved this short Novella! I loved the Mageri series so much that when I saw there was a short novella based in the Mageri world I had to check it out. In Shine the last Mageri book we got introduced to Sunny's brother very briefly while Silver is with Logan at Breed jail. This short novella explains how Sunny's brother Kane ends up in breed jail. It will also explain who Kane who is a Sensor and Caroline who is also a Sensor meet and end up falling in love. Definitely loved this story and would like to read more about them in the future.
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Unique situation but a beautiful relationship buildup. Kane & Caroline's story is set in the breed world but doesn't contain any of Dannika's prior characters. Short quick read that takes place under a very unique situation.
This was just a really sweet poignant tale about two people connecting in the worst of circumstances. I couldn't turn it off.
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A bit dry but always different from all other stories which keep bringing back to the authors writing.
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Story starts out ok but ends too abruptly. First time I have been disappointed with this author or this series.
"Only 7 chapters slightly disappointed"
I really love Dannika Dark this was a great read but to unexpectedly short. I would have like it more if we dove more into the story of Kane since it is such a good one.
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If you read the Mageri series then you already know Kane is Sunny's brother. The jail scene in the last book has always been on my mind. Why Kane? How's the girl? Even the first time I read the books it was always a question I wanted to know.
Well if I had known Closer was going to give me those answers I would have picked it up a heck of a lot faster than I did.
Kane a Sensor, who knew, I won't give you details it's a short story so pick it up. But I hope to see a reunion with Sunny and the twins and Uncle Kane. This novella really ties in that whole jail scene and why it was or had to be Kane.
Can we just lock Dannika in a room so she can give us more of these amazing characters? Is that asking too much? lol Yeah I know it is but damn this just makes me want to have more, more, more.
Again great narration! Can't say enough good things about Nicole Poole's performance.
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"The greatness of Dannika Dark Continues"
This was a real exciting stand alone, but still part of the paranormal series. Dannika Dark knows how to write to keep you attention and interest. Nicole Poole is an excellent narrator and does a great job with these books.
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Wow the emotion packed into this short story is amazing, it had me laughing one minute and crying the next. Good romantic read.
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Kane is the kind of man who keeps his life simple and secluded. His gift as a Sensor is too much for him to handle and his relationships with others suffer because of it. When he comes face to face with a human killer who specializes in the brutality of women, there is only one thing he can do. That action sparks off a chain of events that lead him to somewhere he thought he'd never go and that isn't just Breed jail.
This insular part of the series is Kane's story, and it is beautifully told, highly emotional, and really brings Kane into the world that Dark has created. The romance is laced with tragedy which really brings out the tears but it is beautiful, nonetheless.
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This is another tea i've been meaning to try happy to see it in the calendar.
dry leaves i mostly smell mint and i'm also picking up the fennel from the seeds.
liqueur is a nice dark caramel color and smells like peppery mint
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|(Nanowerk News) Rite Track, a leading manufacturer of track systems for the semiconductor, MEMS, solar cell, and thin film head industries, announced today a series of recent MEMS Track orders. Citing Rite Tracks unique ability to provide a wide variety of proven platform solutions, Vice President of Sales Brian Renner noted, Rite Tracks product variety provides choices that allow our customers to balance performance and price to fit their needs. Add in Rite Tracks global spare parts and support infrastructure and customers see the value of our custom solutions.
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Concert Pharmaceuticals, the Lexington, MA-based company that chemically modifies existing drugs to make them more attractive, has started human testing of an HIV medication which it hopes will help GlaxoSmithKline wrestle back market share it has been losing to Gilead Sciences, the world's largest maker of HIV drugs.
Concert will receive a $12 million payment from GlaxoSmithKline for starting the trial of a drug it calls CTP-518. It's one small piece of the collaboration announced in June that could be worth more than $1 billion over time to the smaller company. I heard about this bit of news, and what it means strategically to Concert, when I visited CEO Roger Tung at the company's office last week.
The basic idea is to take a common protease inhibitor, Bristol-Myers Squibb's atazanavir (Reyataz), and swap out a few hydrogen atoms on the molecule with deuterium atoms. This is supposed to retain the drug's viral killing punch, while making it last longer in the body. That's desirable because it could allow doctors to quit prescribing a booster drug from Abbott Laboratories called ritonavir that adds cost, complexity, and hassles, Tung says. If the Concert drug is able to remain potent long enough in the bloodstream on its own, then it could be combined with other antivirals to create a convenient once-daily pill to compete with Gilead Sciences' efavirenz emtricitabine tenofovir (Atripla), a drug that has helped Gilead surpass Glaxo as the world's leading maker of HIV drugs the past couple of years.
"Doctors don't like prescribing ritonavir, and patients don't like taking it," Tung says. "Our hope is to take a great drug and make it more tolerable and easier to take. The idea is to be the most tolerable, best-in-class HIV inhibitor."
Without going too far into how this works, Concert says the deuterium atoms it is swapping into CTP-518 are supposed to form stronger bonds to the rest of the molecule than the traditional hydrogen bonds. By creating a more bulletproof package that stands up to the usual digestive processes, a greater amount of the drug and desirable metabolic byproducts are supposed to make it through the intestines and into the bloodstream, Tung says. That means the Concert drug should cause less irritation in the gut that can lead to diarrhea and nausea, and that it can use lower doses to get the same amount of drug into the bloodstream.
Getting rid of the ritonavir booster drug is important, Tung says, because it needs to be kept refrigerated in warm environments, making it a hassle for patients to travel with it and take it to work. It's also an extra co-pay for patients, and can cause some nausea and increases in blood lipids, although he acknowledged the drug is "reasonably safe."
Convenience might sound like something nice for a marketing campaign but trivial in the medical sense, but that's not the case with HIV. Since the virus has such crafty ability to mutate, patients need to stay on their cocktail regimens on a consistent basis, and if they don't, they are potentially creating an opportunity for the virus to flourish and develop resistance to treatment.
While making drugs more convenient to take is absolutely part of the long-range strategy of Concert, the company still has a really long way to go to prove this idea. This Phase 1 clinical trial will enroll healthy volunteers who will get multiple escalating doses to test the safety and tolerability of the product. The trial will also look to see if the drug can maintain concentrations in the bloodstream that are good enough to hold the virus in check with a once-daily dose, when combined with other drugs. Patients will be randomly assigned to get the Concert drug or a placebo for 14 days.
After the Phase I trials are finished, GlaxoSmithKline will have the option to take an exclusive, worldwide license to develop and commercialize the Concert drug.
It's still too early to say whether Glaxo will want that option, or whether Concert will be on its own to find another partner for the HIV drug. But Tung says he likes the fact that Glaxo and Pfizer have decided to pool their HIV efforts in a joint venture to better compete with Gilead. Inside a joint venture with its own management team, the Concert program is likely to get more attention than it would as one of "a million other things" Glaxo has in its development portfolio, Tung says.
"This is great for us," Tung says. "This drug is absolutely our world. We've got to make it work for us, for patients, and partners."
Plus, while $12 million may not be much to GlaxoSmithKline, it's a hefty boost for Concert and its team of 47 employees. The latest boost means the company now has more than two years of operating cash in the bank, Tung says.


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May 10, 2005 - When deciding what score to give a game there are certain criteria we hope do not have to be addressed. For example, a game should have clearly defined goals, functional mechanics, and some working controls. Once these standards are in place, we are able to critique the finer points of game design like sound, graphical prowess, and originality. Motocross Mania 3 is printed on a disc, comes in a box, and includes an instruction booklet, but it lacks many of the base requirements of what makes up a working game. So much time can be spent on its fundamental flaws that there is hardly room to mention its auxiliary shortcoming.


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The Waitress Was New
The Waitress Was New
By Dominique Fabre, translated by Jordan Stump
Archipelago Books, 2008
Pierre, a bartender, is a gentle man—tactful, considerate. He may not always have been so, but life has worn him smooth. Even in the privacy of his own mind, he maintains a respectful distance from the world. He's canny enough to know what comes of engagement. Of a new waitress at work, he writes, "I don't look too closely at her shoes, the way I usually do to size someone up, because I had a feeling she'd seen some rough times and there was no point in overdoing it."
This, the narrative voice of Dominique Fabre's new novel, creates an atmosphere which is comfortable but not quite intimate. And the reader, in turn, is left wondering whether intimacy with Pierre is even possible. The extent to which he's addressing himself alone or a random patron at his bar is somewhat in question, but we're can't tell weather his tone would change either way. Small details are noted in the same resigned voice of mild interest, as are life-changing events.
In The Waitress Was New, we watch Pierre's professional life disintegrate over the course of one long weekend in Asniéres-sur-Seine. The novel is an exercise in perspective, where modest quiet moments of reflection can become huge and moving simply because of how infrequently they occur, as below, when Pierre looks up:
The sky was brighter here, because of the height of the building. Sometimes the sky must even have been a little too bright. It made me think of before, long before, when I wasn't a barman but a fireman, an explorer, a soldier, and a soccer player, a long way from Le Cercle, the bright sky I had inside me, and above me, before the apartment blocks where I grew up.
And then we're back to the shifting pattern of the street crowd, the variations in the weather.
Dominique Fabre has written ten novels in French and thanks to Jordan Stump, we finally have the chance to read one of his poised, quietly dark stories translated into English. The Waitress Was New is a fine short novel and entirely deserving of the American audience that Archipelago Books has delivered it to.
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On-Premise Authentication Software combats security threats.
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Dec 04, 2012 - RSA® Adaptive Authentication On Premise software uses 100 different risk indicators, including device identification and behavior profiling, to validate user activity. It offers proxy and HTML injection protection against attacks designed to manipulate payments. Also, product can determine whether mouse or keystroke movements are associated with data input. Its risk model incorporates location data and known high-risk locations as well as mobile device and ATM access data.
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RSA Targets Advanced Threats and 'Account Takeover' Attacks with New RSA® Adaptive Authentication Solution
Press release date: Nov 20, 2012
BEDFORD, Mass. - RSA, The Security Division of EMC (NYSE: EMC), today announced major enhancements to its RSA® Adaptive Authentication On Premise solution designed to help organizations in wide range of industries achieve the right balance of security against advanced threats, like those posed by Zeus, Citadel and the recently discovered Gozi Prinimalka Trojan, without compromising end user experience.
According to recent research by Aite Group, account takeover attacks resulted in over $400 million in losses in 2011, which are expected to grow by 94% to nearly $800 million by 2016. Powered by the RSA(®) Risk Engine, the RSA Adaptive Authentication solution is engineered to mitigate the risk of account takeover by using a 'Big Data' approach to risk, drawing from a series of more than 100 different risk indicators, including device identification and behavior profiling, to validate user activity. With an estimated 30 million pieces of malware targeting end users for account takeover, the latest RSA Adaptive Authentication solution is built to address changing customer requirements for convenience and ease of use while providing effective security against cybercriminal threats.
Enhanced Trojan Defenses
Organizations are constantly battling new forms of advanced threats. By incorporating additional Trojan detection features including Proxy and HTML injection protection, the RSA Adaptive Authentication On Premise solution is engineered to address Man in the Browser (MITB) and Man in the Middle (MITM), techniques employed by the latest Trojan attacks, including Gozi Prinimalka, in an attempt to compromise end user accounts. With the RSA Adaptive Authentication solution, anomalous interactions are detected and flagged to the organization that can then take action to block, monitor or require additional authentication measures to complete a transaction. RSA Adaptive Authentication includes new features designed to:
- HTML Injection Protection - Detects and flags fraudulent changes to end users' browser display via MITB attacks which attempt to either manipulate payments or harvest additional user credentials like social security number, credit card number or PIN.
- Man vs. Machine Protection - Defends against advanced Trojans using automated script attacks to fraudulently add payees and transfer money to mule accounts. RSA Adaptive Authentication software utilizes innovative Man vs. Machine protection to determine whether mouse or keystroke movements are associated with data input. Additionally, the RSA Adaptive Authentication solution differentiates between users who have the browser auto complete feature turned on and can adjust the risk score accordingly.
- Proxy Attack Detection - Cybercriminals utilize proxy attacks to log on to banks from a proxy IP address that can allow penetration of user accounts via the genuine end user IP to gain positive device identification. RSA Adaptive Authentication solutions determine when a login or transaction is being performed via a proxy which is anomalous to the user by identifying the true IP used, and dynamically adjusts the risk response appropriately.
New Mobile Protections
RSA has updated the RSA Adaptive Authentication On Premise solution's innovative and dedicated risk model to include location awareness and enhanced mobile device identification. Location awareness gathers location data through WiFi, cell tower triangulation and GPS to identify anomalous locations that are new to the user, fraudulent transaction attempts by impossible ground speed differences, and when an access attempt comes from a known high risk location. Additionally, mobile device characteristics are gathered through the RSA Adaptive Authentication platform for a mobile device or directly through a Software Development Kit (SDK).
Automated Teller Machine (ATM) Protection
In addition, the RSA Adaptive Authentication solution now protects against account takeover fraud in the ATM channel by assessing ATM-specific activity including date and time of access, transaction amount, frequency of withdrawal, ATM owner and ID and location of ATM in order to assess risk. With the rise of ATM-based account takeover and mule withdrawal attacks, the RSA Adaptive Authentication solution has been enhanced to detect and monitor against these threats without requiring additional software to be installed on ATM machines.
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Manoj Nair, General Manager, RSA Identity & Data Protection group
"Account takeover is currently the single most important issue for many of our customers. As sophisticated malware continues to proliferate and cybercriminals evolve their methods, it's our responsibility to quickly adapt to help customers mitigate the threat. The enhancements made to the RSA Adaptive Authentication On Premise solution is part of a cohesive strategy designed to address the changing needs of our customers and mitigate ongoing risks associated with the latest malware hitting online, mobile and ATM channels."
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Julie Conroy, Research Director, Aite Group
"The trajectory of cybercrime is increasing at a frightening pace, driven by international organized crime rings intent on financial gain. Organizations that need to protect web resources are looking to security solutions that keep them one step ahead of cybercriminals while also balancing convenience for the end-user."
RSA Adaptive Authentication On Premise 7.0 is available now.
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Colorado man wins discrimination lawsuit against AT&T Broadband
A federal judge has awarded nearly $150,000 to a Denver-area man fired by AT&T Broadband for refusing to sign a diversity policy requiring him to "value" the beliefs of others, including gays.
Albert Buonanno, 47, said he is a Christian and loves all people regardless of their lifestyle. "But I cannot value homosexuality and any different religious beliefs," Buonanno said Monday after the ruling was made public. "I think AT&T should be able to expect certain behavior from people but not force their beliefs on people."
Buonanno was fired in 2001 from his $44,261-a-year job as a dispatcher and quota specialist. He sued, claiming he had been discriminated against based on his religious beliefs. The former AT&T Broadband was based in Englewood, Colo., before it was acquired in 2002 by Philadelphia-based Comcast Corp. U.S. district judge Marcia Krieger last week awarded Buonanno $146,269 from the company for lost wages, 401(k) contributions, emotional distress, and interest. She denied his request for punitive damages.
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Bus passengers get the benefits of expanding infotainment
Turning an ordinary, non-descript bus compartment into fun-filled infotainment has enriched millions of Hong Kong passengers' daily commutes.
Introduced by KMB in December 2000, Roadshow is a multi-media on board (MMOB) service which provides infotainment programmes to passengers on LCD monitors. It also offers a network of transit vehicle exterior advertising and bus model merchandising business.
Winnie Ng, executive director of the Kowloon Motor Bus Co Ltd, says the birth of Roadshow came out of the company's "rejuvenation campaign" in 1999, which aimed to help the company project a new and energetic corporate image and expand its young market segment.
Like other marketing plans, the "rejuvenation campaign" embraced the "4P" (product, place, price and promotion) elements for the company branding build-up, Ms Ng explains.
Under the new direction, all new buses were painted in metallic champagne colours and bus drivers were outfitted with new uniforms, giving passengers a sense of modernity. The network's bus shelters were given a facelift, reasonable fares were promoted and a series of new TV commercials was targeted at young passengers.
Ms Ng says that before the launch of the new branding exercise, a survey showed that passengers' average daily bus commuting time was around 50 minutes and that they desired both comfort and air-conditioning. KMB's challenge was to add to the existing comfort and produce an even more enjoyable riding experience for its passengers.
While some marketers complain about the lack of creativity in developing new marketing concepts to support a branding build-up, Ms Ng disagrees.
"Creativity is not generated only outside the frame," she says. "Sometimes, it can be triggered within the frame or under limited resources, which is illustrated in our experience of developing Roadshow."
Ms Ng indicates that an innovative idea could be successfully developed into a good marketing plan, if the company has the mission of moving itself ahead and it has a clear understanding of both the market needs and the direction to take.
She also advises marketers to keep their finger on the pulse of the latest market trends and to have a passion to strive for success because only passion can help generate the creativity needed to produce good products and services.
Roadshow was developed by leveraging KMB's mass passenger flow and has entered its sixth year of development. Many passengers nowadays consider it a "must-have" service. As a tribute to the success of the MMOB concept it has been widely copied by other public transport such as the Kowloon Canton Railway and the Mass Transit Railway.
KMB has witnessed substantial growth in the market since the inauguration of its MMOB service. It now has a mass audience base of four million passengers daily and has 100 per cent market penetration in the franchised vehicle market. The company also manages a nationwide multi-dimensional advertising network in mainland China covering more than 200 cities and has plans to further develop this market.
Despite increased competition, Ms Ng remains upbeat about the development of the MMOB product. In future, Roadshow will explore the possibility of developing other special platforms and of utilising advanced technology to widen its exposure, while at the same time its content will also be diversified to cater to target needs.
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PARIS — When Iran appeared close to a preliminary deal with world powers over its nuclear program, France stepped up to say: Not so fast — a surprise move that exposed divisions among the United States and other Western negotiators who had long been in lockstep on the issue.
France, analysts say, was motivated by factors including its tough stand against the spread of nuclear weapons, skepticism about Tehran's trustworthiness, and the longstanding French tradition of speaking out on the world stage. Critics faulted France for alleged grandstanding and seeking closer ties with Iran's foes.
After the Geneva talks ended early Sunday with no deal, diplomats including U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said that progress was nonetheless made and negotiations will continue Nov. 20. He said the U.S. was "grateful" to the French and shared some of their concerns.
After the failure of European-led negotiations with Iran over the nuclear program in the mid-2000s — when America gave Iran the silent treatment — Paris has staked out a hard-line stance. While President Barack Obama has recently sought a breakthrough, France has little to gain politically from an accord, and that gives Paris a freer hand to stick to strategic and security concerns.
In Geneva, the U.S., Britain, Germany, Russia, China and top EU diplomat Catherine Ashton were looking for initial caps on Iran's ability to make an atomic bomb, while Tehran sought some easing of sanctions stifling its economy. But French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius broke the near-uniform silence of the diplomats during the talks by using French radio to express reservations about Iran's enrichment of uranium and prospects of producing plutonium.
"You know, the French are very irritating. When the Americans absolutely want to do something, the French have this terrible habit of somewhat disagreeing," said analyst Francois Heisbourg of the Foundation for Strategic Research think-tank in Paris. "We actually have experience in dealing with the Iranians directly. There used to be negotiations between the Europeans (and the Iranians) between 2003 and 2005."
"The Americans haven't spoken to the Iranians since 1979. And the Americans are telling us how it should be done," Heisbourg said. As for the Americans, "maybe they just want a deal — it happens all the time in history: People badly want a deal, and end up by negotiating against themselves."
Kerry said the United States has "serious and capable" experts who have dealt with Iran for years.
"We are not blind, and I don't think we're stupid," he told NBC's Meet The Press on Sunday. "I think we have a pretty strong sense of how to measure whether or not we are acting in the interests in our country, and of the globe, and particularly of our allies, like Israel, and Gulf states, and others in the region."
France has had deep ties to Iran over the years, notably striking business deals and hosting reformist former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami in the late 1990s — when the biggest sticking point was whether to serve wine at dinner. (It was not.)
France was a major partner of the shah, and also harboured Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomenei in exile before he returned home to lead the Islamic Revolution. Today, the outspoken opposition group, the National Council of Resistance of Iran, has its base in the Paris suburbs.
The bite of sanctions against Iran in recent years has left dangling billions of dollars worth of French investment there, including from companies like oil giant Total and car maker PSA Peugeot Citroen. Meanwhile, France has been cozying up to rich Gulf states such as Saudi Arabia, Iran's regional archrival.
This month, French President Francois Hollande travels to Israel. In his radio appearance, Fabius said that French officials have been in contact with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the Geneva talks.
At a Cabinet meeting Sunday, Netanyahu said of the world leaders he'd spoken to about the Geneva talks: "I asked them to delay, and I'm glad they did. I do not fool myself — there will be an agreement. I hope it will not be an agreement at any price — a good one, not a bad one."


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Glass necklace worn to prevent bronchitis, Chelsea, London, England, 1914
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Ever since Thomas Harris's Hannibal Lector, fictional serial killers not only have to murder a lot of people, preferably leggy young women, but they have to do it as gruesomely as possible. In this well-paced first thriller by short story writer Laird, the killer is so emotionally and psychically warped that he rapes, mutilates and eviscerates his victims so that his masters can sell the organs on the international black market. That's pretty gruesome. Chicago police detective Lieut. Jimmy Parisi, a fiftyish widower who marries a young policewoman, Natalie Manion, during the novel, makes an engaging narrator. His investigative partner and mentor, the intellectual, enigmatic Doc Gibron, provides buddy interest. Interspersed are chapters narrated by the madman, whom the reader identifies early on, even as he remains elusive to the police. Parisi's cousin Billy Cheech, a Mafia soldier, reveals a mob connection, including a capo's kinky sister. Finally, Parisi and Natalie set themselves up as targets. As the killer stalks Natalie, Parisi speeds to save her in a damaged car that will only move in reverse—a new twist on the obligatory car chase. Laird has come up with a newsworthy dimension to the story in the illegal procuring and selling of human organs for vast sums, but Parisi and the killer are the only characters with enough depth to come to life, and too often the dialogue jarringly slips from the vernacular to the stiffly formal. The knife on the cover effectively alerts serial-killer fans that this is a book for them. (Dec.)
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Mobile may still be one of the poorer members of the digital advertising family (which is worth over US$100-billion), but it's set to experience some serious growth in the next few years.
Given the massive surge in smartphone and tablet sales, that's hardly surprising. In fact, you could say that it's an indication that mobile advertising is about to finally deliver on its promise.
Video ads on mobile coming out tops
According to a report by Gartner, global mobile advertising spending is forecast to reach US$18-billion in 2014, a significant increase from 2013's estimated US$13.1-billion. It gets better: the research house estimates that the market is expected to grow to $41.9-billion by 2017. What is quite interesting is, although display formats will make up most of the revenue, video will show the highest growth.
"Over the next few years, growth in mobile advertising spending will slow due to ad space inventory supply growing faster than demand, as the number of mobile websites and applications increases faster than brands request ad space on mobile device screens," said Stephanie Baghdassarian, research director at Gartner. "However, from 2015 to 2017, growth will be fuelled by improved market conditions, such as provider consolidation, measurement standardisation and new targeting technologies, along with a sustained interest in the mobile medium from advertisers."
It seems that mobile advertising is heading into what could be a formidable second act. The growth of video and audio is mostly attributed to the uptake of tablet devices and the growing number of that market. Though Gartner does maintain that mobile display ad formats will remain collectively the single biggest category of ads. However, there will be a shift in mobile web display after several years of higher growth in in-app display.
Location will be big when it comes to ad search
Gartner reckons that location will play a big role in search/map ad types, with an increased use of location data gathered from users. This data could either be gathered through opting-in to being located automatically through their devices or because they proactively check in the places they visit using apps such as Foursquare.
"As a result, local advertisers will be more interested in the mobile channel as a means of pushing ads. The split between in-app and Web display is taking longer to shift in favour of the latter, as the use of HTML5 tools in mobile website development is taking longer to impact the market," says Gartner.
Everyone will win big
All regions of the world will experience strong growth in mobile advertising spend. The emerging markets of Latin America, Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa, will growth mainly due to the an increased tech adoption and stabilisation of emerging economies, but will mostly be driven by large markets such as Russia, Brazil and Mexico. From 2015, growth rates in this region will exceed the worldwide average.
Although North America is where most of growth will come from, due to the sheer scale of its advertising budgets and the shift to mobile.
"North America is the region with the strongest general advertising focus and investment. It is also the region where online advertising is most mature," said Mike McGuire, research vice president at Gartner. "Overall advertising budgets are the highest, so when a portion shifts to mobile, in a multiplatform approach, it immediately impacts the market's scale."
Western Europe's market for mobile advertising will remain similar to North America's, albeit at a slightly lower scale, for the duration of the forecast period. "The mobile channel in Western Europe will become more and more integrated into 360-degree advertising campaigns, eating up budget historically allocated to print and radio advertising," said Baghdassarian.
Asia/Pacific and Japan is the most mature region for mobile advertising, and therefore growth will slow between 2012 and 2017, averaging 30 per cent a year. Historically, the unusually high adoption of handsets for digital content consumption in Japan and South Korea has given the Asia/Pacific region an early lead in mobile advertising. Looking forward, Gartner expects the high-growth economies of China and India to contribute increasingly to mobile advertising growth as their expanding middle classes present attractive markets for global and local brands.


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It's all the fashion - and Year 10 Students from King Edward VII School in Broomhill weren't going to let Nick Clegg get away without posing with them for a selfie.
They met their local MP - and Deputy Prime Minister - in Parliament while in London to learn more about government and industry.
As well as the informal photo, there was a more formal session with him in Whitehall.
The students have worked on a variety of enterprise-related projects, raising money for Sheffield charity Homestart.
Teacher Kate Allender said: "The selfie rounded off a fantastic trip that none of us will forget in a hurry."


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Gathered in an otherwise empty field 40 minutes from campus, the UD biology students circled the specimen, a pig carcass three months decomposed. Interested but hesitant, they prepared to collect the project's necessary samples — but it was their younger counterpart, 12-year-old Josie Baudendistel, who reached one gloved hand in first.
"I've always known that I wanted to work with animals, but I'm not sure when I realized that counted as science. When I was in preschool, I thought of mad scientists blowing things up in a lab — it wasn't until I was in first grade that I conducted a project on apes and realized that biology, something that just sounded fun to me, was a real science," she said.
It's that work ethic and inquisitive spirit that has propelled Josie, eighth grade daughter of alumnus Tommy Baudendistel '88, into a multi-year partnership with the University. In 2011, the then-sixth grader's research on larval growth rates produced some confusing results, and her father knew his alma mater could help.
"Knowing how friendly everyone is on campus, and that the professors love what they do and would truly want to help a student understand their field, made it easy for us to approach biology professor Eric Benbow," Baudendistel said.
Benbow agreed to review Josie's report; then, came an "aha" moment. "Some of what she was doing was very, very similar to what my students were already doing in the lab," he said. "Then, she told me her goal was to work with mammals, and everything clicked. Scavenging was something we had thought about studying, but we needed resources."
In many ways, the arrangement was serendipitous. Benbow's land permit had just expired; Baudendistel owns a 45-acre farm with 14 acres of unused land less than an hour from Dayton. The project would need high-tech electronics, including wireless cameras and motion sensors; Baudendistel, a doctoral-level engineer, knew just how to set it up. Josie's research depended on mammal carcasses and lab facilities to analyze samples; Benbow and his students were happy to contribute.
"My students realized, as did I, how much a young person can get done when they put their potential to work. You can do some really good science, even at a young age, if you have the focus and drive and interest," Benbow said. Josie has been an author on three of his conference presentations.
Although she's an experienced researcher, Josie still needed some assistance in fundraising for her current project, on how opossums might use ultraviolet and infrared light for scavenging cues, through online crowdfunding via Fundageek.com: since she fell short of the site's age limit, her father established the account.


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- Sound: 10
- Lyrics: 8
- Overall Impression: 10
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Sound — 10
Revocation's sophomore release, Existence is Futile, is also their first release on a major label (Relpase). Like their first album, Existence is Futile takes a bit of Technical Death Metal and Thrash to make a metal force to be reckoned with. From the intro track Enter the Hall you are instantly drawn in and you aren't released until the bluesy lick in the fadeout of The Tragedy of Modern Ages. From the thrashing ReaniManiac to the epic Anthem of the Betrayed, this album is a phenomenal follow up to Revocation's first release.
Lyrics — 8
The vocals haven't changed much since the first album, and neither have the lyrics. Pestilence Reigns is lyrically reminiscent to Exhumed Identity and there are vocal styles used in Deathonomics that were used in Tails From the Crypt as well. Not that I'm complaining. If it worked once, it'll work again. David Davidson's barking vocals grow on you quickly if you don't like them right away. I did notice more backup vocals on this album then the previous which is always good.
Overall Impression — 10
As I said in my previous review of Empire of the Obscene, this album surpasses their first. It has all the best aspects that fans came to expect with their first, while improving on them as well, which is what good bands should do. There's not much more to be said. Existence is Futile is a fantastic album.


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After what feels like years of nagging, my wife has finally decided to replace the clapped out old MTB she (occasionally) rides for something half decent.
A hybrid is probably the kind of thing that will suit her the most but I have absolutely no experience or knowledge with them!
Can anybody provide any advice on the best hybrid to get for around £500?