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October 1-7
"You know, it's tough being this patient."
"I can't even express my feelings. I think some of them got some cheap shots
in on my rib cage. So many years of frustration, I guess. That kind of got
to me."
"Home plate was good but when the guys came from the bullpen, that touched
me even more."
"I'm just blessed. My father is a gifted athlete. I get a lot of information
from someone I consider the best all-around baseball player, Willie Mays. So
I get a lot of information from a lot of great athletes."
"We've come a long way. We've had our ups and downs. Thank you," he said,
before burying his face in his hands and bursting into tears.
"This is my home. It's been my home since 1968 when my dad came here. It's
always been my home. My relationship has been up and down, but for the most
part has been good. This year it's been exceptionally good. You walk into a
store, and you run into little old ladies who've never seen a baseball game
before in their whole life, telling you what a great accomplishment you
"Even's nothing. Even is, I done tied Ty."
"Sliding into home plate was really a treat for my teammates. I think they
were expecting me to go head first into home plate but I told them I hate
sliding into home plate head first, so I eventually went feet first. It was
a thrill, and I guess I made their day as well as my day."
"Going out and scoring so many runs, it's just not an individual record.
It's a record that you've got to have your teammates help you out. Over 23
years, I have had some great teammates who have battled for me, have knocked
me in and I've come across the plate to achieve this record."
"I thought I would never get there because I walk so much. If you continue
to play as long as I've been playing, you get the opportunity to do it."
"I knew this was the last day and I thought I'd have four at-bats. I wanted
to take up the whole at-bat and get as many swings as I could get until I
got the hit."
"You can't dampen what Barry did just because we lost to the Dodgers or
didn't win the wild card. Barry has been great this year and overachieved
while pushing this team. He should be very proud. He's been telling you guys
all year that all he wants to do is win. I'm sure just like all of us, he is
disappointed we couldn't beat the Dodgers tonight."
"I want him to get to 75. I want him to put it where no one can get there.
That's what I want him to do."
"You guys are crazy. Who'd hit third? Marvin Benard?"
"Man, what a sight, Rickey cruising into second base and all his teammates
running out there. That's what the game's all about. He's the all-time
leader in steals, walks, and runs scored, and today, he steps up to the
plate and gets it done. I am so proud of you, Rickey, really happy for you.
See, us old guys, we've still got a little something."
"It's been unbelievable. Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine I'd be
standing here after 20 years feeling good about a decision I made a year and
a half ago. But I do. I feel I've done all I can do as a baseball player.
"I always played him like a right-handed pull hitter. That didn't work,
"As a kid I had this dream, and I had parents that encouraged that dream.
Then I became part of this organization--the Baltimore Orioles--that helped
me fulfill that dream. Imagine playing for my hometown team for my whole
career. And I have a wife and children who helped me share and savor the
fruits of that dream. And I've had teammates who have filled my career with
unbelievable moments--and you fans who have loved the game and have shared
your love with me. Tonight we close the chapter of this dream, my playing
career. But I have other dreams."
"I would have been proud. I would have stepped off the mound and waited for
him to come out of the dugout. Even if he'd hit a home run, I would have
clapped myself. I know what those moments mean."
"Ken Griffey Jr. was my husband's favorite baseball player, if Ken could hit
an extra home run for Kenny, I know he will be looking down with a big
"I'm glad I could do it. So many people lost their lives in that disaster
and lives have been changed. Mine has changed since that day. So to be able
to do something for somebody else and for somebody who said I was his
favorite player is special."
"They say, 'He's too big, he can't hit for power,' things like that. It
sounds like a broken record. But you wait until after I finish my career.
That's when they're going to say, 'This was a guy who had a lot of
"Eventually, it's going to pay off. This team may not know what they're
going to do with me, but there are always teams looking to make moves over
the offseason. That's a part of this game that's out of my control. In the
meantime, I'll just be home with my family, chilling."
"In my mind, from a pitcher to a coach, it's been an ideal working
relationship, and he's one of the best people I've ever had the privilege to
be around in baseball, with the way he does his job and the way he handles
things. He's going to land on his feet. He's going to get a job. It's
"It was Oscar and myself. It's not like we were at each other's throats all
the time. There's no coach that's going to come before the team. The team
comes first. That's the most important thing. I stand by that, and that's
how I feel."
"I'm not sure what Mack Newton hit this year, I don't know how many guys he
drove in, but I don't think you can blame a season on a guy who stretches us
and talks to us. I don't see the logic in it."
"I think the question for Don next spring is: Can you admit to making a
mistake? Or are you so bullheaded that you're going to continue to force
[Newton] on us knowing it's not working?"
"I pitched good enough to do it; it just hasn't worked out. I had the start
in New York I didn't get to finish. I hung in there in Florida. I hung in
there in Philly. You've got to get some breaks to win. When I was getting
all those runs, remember how good I was? Now all of a sudden I'm not good.
Sometimes you're overrated when you win and underrated when you lose."
"Because we saw the difference in the confidence level our players had when
we did get leads with Roberto here, as opposed to last year when we didn't
have him."
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1:57:57 The Week Ahead and good-bye
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There are number of features clearly visible in these fabulous shots that don't ring true with identification as Yellow-legged Gull - or indeed Herring or Lesser Black-backed Gulls. The latter two species can easily be ruled out by the overall paleness of plumage, clean tail and rump pattern, all dark tertials and relatively advanced state of moult and wear. Structurally, the bill is relatively long, thin and lacks a significant gonydeal angle while in the lower image, the bird appears quite long-necked. The middle two images betray the bird's long and lanky legs - all of these structural qualities are suggestive of Caspian Gull. Another clincher is the stunningly white underwing portrayed in the second shot - only cachinnans would show such unmarked axillaries and underwing coverts, particularly at this young age - the body and head are also already very pale. Further good indicators include the greater covert pattern and the also the markings on the moulted scapulars - both visible in the lower image.
Despite British birders scrutinizing gulls more closely than ever, juvenile Caspian Gulls remain a genuinely rare sight in Britain with no more than a handful of records annually. There is only a small window in which they may occur on our shores: from the very end of July through to early/mid September, when birds' moult generally becomes well advanced towards first-winter plumage. Given this rarity and gulls' tendence to favour locations where, more often than not, they give distant views, Mick has done exceptionally well to capture a magnificent and highly instructive series of shots that illustrate this much sought-after age class superbly. And what a beautiful, elegant gull to to boot! These surely must be some of the best ever shots taken of Caspian Gull in the UK?!
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Carbon fibres are among the most popular reinforcement additives for polymer based composites, to be used in all those applications where very excellent mechanical performances are mandatory.
The technology of modern composite materials provides outstanding mechanical results to finished parts whose overall behavior can vastly exceed many metallic alloys, even the most sophisticated.
Despite of their exceptional characteristics, composites can not be easily handled and processed to obtain small complicated geometries featuring tiny details, elaborated contours, fillets and chamfers, peculiar curvatures and so on.
As a matter of fact, even if composite properties guarantee the best answer to the most severe project requirements, many industrial products can not exploit those advantages because of intrinsic limits of those materials e.g. concerning small scale shapes that can be manufactured.
Carbon fibres find successful application in thermoplastic compounds as well. Injection moldable reinforced grades are today available and can be obtained starting from almost any kind of polymer base, from polypropylene to PEEK.
Although fibre content in the compound can be raised up to 50%, the technology of extrusion and injection molding induces a dramatic reduction of fibre length. This phenomenon heavily influences mechanical properties that can be achieved by the compound in itself by the mean of stress transmission from the matrix to fibres.
As evidenced in figures 1 and 2, elastic modulus and tensile stress at break of compounds can be efficiently enhanced by introducing a relevant content of high tenacity carbon fibres:
Anyhow, experimental evidence indicates that it is not possible to further improve all mechanical properties, e.g. load at break, by incrementing the fibre content above a well defined threshold.
In any case, it is not possible to exceed a theoretical limit imposed by structure, dispersion and geometry of the reinforcement. As a consequence, higher fibre contents generally offer a poor price vs. performance ratio.
Industrial development of new projects is anyhow more and more demanding.
The most frequently asked improvements concern:
1. higher stiffness, of injection molded parts, leading to extremely small deformations under load;
2. increased compliance to design tolerances thanks to lower warpage and deflection of finished parts;
3. enhanced capabilities in metal and thermoset composite substitution, introducing cost effective industrial manufacturing and environmentally friendly processes.
Those improvements are mainly imposed by the always growing precision required to parts and finished goods destined to the electric and electronic industry, fine mechanics, military field etc.
It is evident that new satisfactory solutions must be found by material specialists, even by overcoming difficulties related to intrinsic material and technology limits.
The target LATI decided to meet was to create a brand new range of injection moldable super structural compounds, successfully exploiting the dramatically higher elastic modulus of HM aeronautic purpose carbon fibers.
LATI faced the problem of creating this new breed of structural compounds by splitting research and development activities across three main branches.
A – identification of best candidate resins.
Being destined to top notch applications, only high end base resins have been adopted as matrix for the new-born compounds.
The polymers have been selected on the basis of mechanical, chemical and thermal performance.
PPS: polyphenilensulphide can be considered as the first step into the higher rank of thermoplastics thanks to its excellent chemical resistance and good mechanical performance even at temperatures above 200°C.
Its peculiar dimensional stability and stiffness make of PPS an excellent candidate for almost non-deformable compounds, as needed in many applications of precision mechanics.
PPA: polyphtalamide features excellent thermal and mechanical performance, specially considering tensile properties and resistance to creep and fatigue.
This resin can provide outstanding resistance to applied loads, both static and dynamic.
For this reason it turns out to be more suitable for impact resistant applications than PPA, and the best solution for vibration related issues.
PEEK: polyetheretherketone is well known as one of the best performing polymers thanks to its chemical, thermal and tribological characteristics which perfectly match the dramatic improvement of mechanical performance achieved by compounding with carbon fibres.
PEEK is strongly recommended for all no-compromise applications, as in the military, telecommunications and chemical industry.
B – selecting special carbon fibres
Carbon fibres traditionally used in the thermoplastic compounding industry are chosen among high tenacity chopped strands, in order to increase elastic modulus and load at break without introducing excessive brittleness.
LATI wanted to test the properties of high modulus carbon fibre yarns and experimented compounding with these high-end reinforcement.
The difference between HM and HT fibres is evident: HM yarns show an elastic modulus that is almost twice the modulus of HT grades.
Density (g/cm3)
Tensile modulus (MPa)
Tensile strength (MPa)
Thermal conductivity (W/mK)
Specific heat (J/KgK)
Volume resistivity (Ω/cm)
1.5 10-3
Tab. 1 Analysis of the high modulus carbon fibre behaviour
C – tuning the compounding process.
Higher performance of HM fibers has to be transposed as much as possible to the thermoplastic compound.
This need does not cope with the typical conditions of the extrusion process, where very high shear stresses, relative speed and pressure normally lead to severe breakage of strands.
The resulting lack of integrity compromises the efficiency in the stress transmission mechanism occurring at the fibre-matrix interface.
As a general rule of extrusion and injection molding, length of reinforcing fibres must be kept as high as possible.
Several trials led by LATI technicians required fine adjustment of extrusion parameters and optimization of machine layout, specially concerning the carbon fibre feeding position along the extruder barrel.
Speed and profile of the plasticization screw have been optimized as well.
Collateral issues required adequate solution, as:
The so created HM (High Modulus) family is today featuring three new and commercially available compounds, all reinforced by 40% HM carbon fibre:
Benchmarks between LATI HM structural compounds and traditional grades show by far the superior performance of the HMs.
A – Elastic Modulus
Tensile tests, as per ISO-R-527, provide the first and most important answer about the real mechanical advantages of HM compounds.
This value has been boosted well above 40000 MPa, being 24000 a very good value for a general purpose 30% high tenacity carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic.
Minor fluctuation of this value to be expected depending on the chosen matrix.
PPS in the HM version deserves a special mention thanks to its 49000 MPa bringing this grade in the field of proper metals.
PA66 50% Glass Fibre
PA66 30% High Tenacity Carbon Fibre
PEEK 40% High Modulus Carbon Fibre
PPA 40% High Modulus Carbon Fibre
PPS 40% High Modulus Carbon Fibre
Such a Young's modulus can evidently guarantee a much stiffer behavior of structural parts, allowing remarkably lower displacements of geometric features under load – as brackets, flanges, shafts, levers etc.
This pro may lead to plastic parts that – just like composites – can be considered as stiff as metal alloys for many engineering purposes, promoting both metal replacement and introduction of polymers in new demanding projects.
As a term of comparison, it is possible to focus that the most popular structural compound available on the market, that is PA66 reinforced by 50% glass fibres, turns out to be three times"softer" than the best HM grade!
B – Fatigue resistance
Fatigue and creep performance can be influenced by amount and length of reinforcing fibres.
As a matter of fact, dispersed strands create a dense structure of entanglements into the polymeric matrix.
LATI HM products feature longer fibres than usual compounds using industrial grade chopped strand masterbatches. For this reason a much better networking can thus be achieved and major improvements are allowed in:
The difference in fatigue performance (load at break vs. cycles) is interesting when compared to other carbon fibre reinforced equivalents but results astounding versus PA66 reinforced with 50% glass fibres.
C – load at break
High carbon fibre content achieves not just enhancements in the tensile modulus but even in resistance of the compound.
An interesting step forward is measured in the load at break as well.
Of course, outstanding stress at break must be available if smooth metal replacement is the goal. HM compounds can offer up to 280 MPa (tensile, as per ISO-R-527) on the PPA based grade – a value far beyond any optimistic expectation when talking about injection moldable thermoplastic compounds.
In fact, the best industrial structural compounds featuring 50 and 60% glass fibres can get only close to 220 MPa and with a much higher density. Many metal solutions, as die cast, pot metal or zamak, can not reach the LATI HM performance as well.
LATI HM compounds set a new reference point in structural thermoplastics, introducing on the market a new breed of injection moldable compounds that can be used in the most demanding projects where metal and composite can not be adopted or need to be replaced.
A great number of industrial sectors may benefit and get profit out of chances offered by HM compounds:
The properties of those grades match the well known advantages of injection molding technique, that is great flexibility, low equipment costs and fast industrial implementation of new projects.
Minor impact on environment and human health as well as easy disposal of scraps complete an already positive approach of this solution to new challenges of modern engineering.
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"A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return." (Luke 19:12 KJV)
Jesus told us the story from His perspective, and He began by presenting the Gospel in a single sentence—"A certain nobleman went to a distant country to receive a kingdom for himself, and then return." This sentence touches on several foundational truths of the Christian Faith. Let me explain.
The word certain means "unique and distinct", as in "only begotten Son." There has never been, nor will there ever be any other man like Jesus of Nazareth. He was born of a Virgin, without sin in any way. This is certain.
The Bible says, "God so loved the world He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Jesus is God's only Son. Therefore, Jesus is man's only Savior. As one preacher said, "Christ is not one of many ways to God, nor is he the best of several ways. He is the only way."
Jesus Himself said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life; no man comes to the Father but by Me." Christ is the way unchanging; He is the truth infallible; He is the life everlasting. Jesus is the way that you might be saved. He is the truth that you might be sure. He is the life that you might be satisfied.
Far from being narrow and unfair, this is the most generous and fairest of all possible solutions. God did not leave us to ourselves to find a way back to Him, for who among us knows where God is that we could first find Him for ourselves, and then chart the path for all others to follow?
God alone knows where He is. God alone knows where we are. And God alone knows what it takes for us to return to Him. The Bible says that God "longs for all to be saved and to understand this truth: that God is on one side and all the people on the other side, and Christ Jesus, himself man, is between them to bring them together, by giving his life for all mankind" (1 Tim.2:4-6, Living Bible).
The word nobleman speaks of the sinless life this certain man lived among us. He was tempted in all points like us, yet without sin. Never once—in thought, word, or deed—did Jesus ever sin. This uniquely qualifies Him to be the perfect sacrifice for sinners. Having no sins of His own to die for, His death on the cross now covers all of our sins!
His death, burial, resurrection and ascension into heaven are all included in the words "went to a distant country" — for that is how the Nobleman passed from this earth into Heaven.
Jesus said, "I go to prepare a place for you." He is there in heaven even now doing just that. And while there He "ever lives to make intercession" (Heb.7:25). In other words, He loves to pray for you as He sits at His Father's right hand.
The Nobleman went to a far country "to receive a kingdom for himself." This is clearly referring to the exaltation of Jesus Christ as Lord. For "God has given Him a name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father" (see Phil.2:9-11).
And, last but not least, the phrase "and then return" assures us of the hope of all Ages—the Second Coming of Christ!
As already stated, it is the Gospel in a single sentence! "A certain nobleman went to a distant country to receive a kingdom for himself, and then return." But there is more to this story. The Serpent is at work stirring up hatred for this Nobleman.
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A 'Dictator' Governor Sets Out to Cut Wages, Slash Benefits and Destroy Public Unions
The Nation, 2/13/11
By John Nichols
February 13, 2011
The Nation
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's proposal to strip public employees of most collective bargaining rights, cut pay and gut benefits without any negotiation [1] the most radical assault yet by the current crop of Republican governors on the rights of workers has inspired outrage in a historically progressive and pro-labor state.
With unions calling on members an allies to "fight back" against a "blatant power grab," [1]tensions are running so high that the governor, who took office in January, is threatening to call out the National Guard in case of industrial action by state, county and municipal employees. "Even if you don't like unions," says Rich Abelson, executive director of AFSCME Council 48 [2], the union that represents Milwaukee County workers, "surely we all can agree that anti-freedom attacks that deny public employees the right to negotiate a fair contract...are outrageous and wrong."
Even Republicans are unsettled, with a senior GOP legistator, state Senator Luther Olsen [3], describing the governor's announcement a "radical" move that threatens "a lot of good working people."
Walker never discussed ending collective bargaining during a campaign in which he promised to work across lines of partisanship and ideology to create jobs.
Instead, he has chosen to play political games.
The governor's budget repair bill, which includes the plan to gut collective bargaining protections for public employees, does not seek to get the state's fiscal house in order.
Rather, it is seeks a political goal: destroying public employee unions, which demand fair treatment of workers and hold governors of both parties to account when they seek to undermine public services and public education.
Former US Senator Russ Feingold decried the move, declaring that "Governor Walker's request to the State Legislature to eliminate nearly all of the collective-bargaining rights for thousands of Wisconsin workers is big government at its worst. No private employer can do what the governor proposes, nor should it. For decades, Wisconsin has protected the rights of workers to collectively bargain with their employer on wages, benefits, workplace rules, and many other aspects of their employment. The governor is wrong to suggest that public workers are responsible for the state's budget woes, and he is wrong to use that bogus excuse to strip them of rights that millions of other American workers have."
Feingold's reference to "American workers" is notable, as the attention to what happens in Wisconsin is about more than the wrangling between one governor and public employees in one state. If Walker succeeds, his strategy is all but sure to be adopted by other Republican governors in other states.
The claim in Wisconsin--as it has been nationally-- is that overwhelming fiscal challenges require public employees to take a hit.
But the hit Walker proposes has sewn the seeds of political, social and economic instability in a state that has traditionally enjoyed good relations between government and unions.
The economic threat may well be the most significant especially at a time when Wisconsin needs to create jobs, as opposed to political fights.
State Representative Mark Pocan [4], a Madison Democrat, argues that: "Wisconsin is hardly 'open for business' if businesses can't attract employees because of a bad employee climate in our state. The government banning employees from negotiating through unions is a radical and dangerous notion that Wisconsin simply shouldn't embrace. If high-tech and emerging industries can't attract employees because of our bad employee atmosphere in our state, they certainly won't locate here."
Despite expressions of concern even from some conservatives, Walker wants to ram a change that Democrats and Republicans agree is radical through the legislature this week, as part of the budget repair bill with no serious hearings and little in the way of honest debate.
That's drawn bitter criticism from defenders of the state's progressive and small-"d" democratic traditions.
State Senator Fred Risser [5], the dean of state legislators, does not go in for fiery rhetoric or rash statements. The Madison Democrat usually plays the role of conciliator in the Capitol, where he has served for more than five decades.
But Risser did not mince words with regard to Walker's assault on state employees.
"State employees have the right to negotiate in good faith with the state. Without a willingness to even discuss what concessions need to be made with state employees, the governor comes across more like a dictator and less like a leader," Risser said. "The governor's budget adjustment bill attempts to wipe away over 50 years of collective bargaining rights in Wisconsin. This decree will affect every hardworking public employee in the state every librarian, teacher, street department worker and public safety worker. These are our friends and neighbors; they are the people who make our communities function."
Risser is right on the facts.
And he is right to be angry.
A governor who seeks to eliminate labor rights is not acting as a "fiscal conservative." He is acting as a dictator.


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Johannesburg - The J9 Foundation, which is headed by its founder Joost van der Westhuizen, on Thursday donated R5 000 to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) sufferer, 55-year-old Elsie Oosthuizen, from Eldoraigne, Centurion.
Oosthuizen was diagnosed earlier this year with the disease, which is sometimes referred to as Lou Gehrig's disease, or motor neuron disease.
ALS is a progressive neuro-degenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord and ultimately leads those affected to lose functions of limb, speech, swallowing and later breathing.
Along with the cheque, the foundation provided Oosthuizen with supplements to boost her immune system.
Van der Westhuizen - although frail, as he is reported to be in the third stage of ALS - was present to meet and talk to Oosthuizen. This was their first meeting and they chatted and laughed like old friends.
When asked which rugby team she supports, Oosthuizen said: "My favourite team is the Lions, with the Bulls second. I even have the blue and pink Bulls jerseys," while adoringly stroking the bracelet given to her by Van der Westhuizen.
Joost's brother, Pieter, officially welcomed Oosthuizen to the foundation and assured her that it would take care of all her needs from now on.
"We will assist her with things she may need such as a wheelchair and supplements to help support her immune system," Pieter said.
Oosthuizen is their 27th member.
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@ Demi - And here comes your hatred of anime shonen hero's again. If you're going to be like that, then please be polite about it.
@ Senpai - It's because it's one of the longest running manga's and one of the first mainstream ones. Bleach and Sailor moon also get this.
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Dragon Ball doesn't do that bad either, classic is classic.
Anyway, I need for extra enemy in Gospel arc, not I.S., but anything that just as dangerous. Any ideas? I was thinking of ancient UFO derelict, to mimic the fight between Dendrobium and Aziel, or GN Arms vs Alvatore.
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@ Box - Oh yes, because having your family murdered by your loving big brother when you're only 9 makes you emo when you grieve on it. The definition of emo is really being pushed. it's supposed to be Emo when:
1. Constantly whining about it. Sasuke never wangsts on it or go "You don't understand! No one understands!", and neither does Naruto for his crappy life. Hell, even Gaara doesn't angst, he just turns murderous.
2. When the problems aren't legitimate. Grieving for a dead loved one isn't bad. Do you call someone emo when they cry and get sad if their parents die and someone shoots their dog?
@ Demi - I will if you do it.
@ Senpai - Halfway done.
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Basically IS frames without the IS core. Instead powered by the latest in conventional tech. though the functions are inferior to that of IS. It's also perfect to be huge because the equipment that simulates the core functions would be huge.
I just made up all that stuff on the spot
@eras: as of now I'm just annoyed by the heat
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If IS could be powered by conventional tech, the series would make less sense. The whole point of the cores is to limit the number of IS' in the world. If they could be powered by anything else, then they wouldn't be OMFG SUPER MEGA ULTRA RARE! like they're treated as.
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Indeed, by the point of the story, everything from I.S. is already reverse engineered near-perfectly. With the exception of one thing: the I.S. core itself.
By your idea, we will need a quantum computer the size of 20 inch TV, and fusion generator of the size of small fridge to provide similar output. By that point, you already create oversized unit that doesn't have the genuine I.S.' greatest asset: mobility.
I.S. would still be kings of the battlefield. But at the least, it wouldn't be WK-level curbstomp anymore. In other words, a single I.S. against 1 billion advanced battleship is foolish unless the pilot is Mondo grosso calibre
There's still a good reason of why I.S. is irreplaceable: the conventional technology ALWAYS one step behind them. as Age said, it's really an onesided dependence.
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the most important function that cannot be copied which mkes IS so godly is the self evolving system. though all medua of IS glosses this over as if it was expected of every mecha
mobile armor version of IS tech. wthout the evolving system
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Every night Woody and the girls make fun of me for watching some of my favorite shows on TV. Who cares that they are all cartoons? It might be embarrassing if I was watching "The Smurfs" or "Winnie the Pooh," but I'm watching cartoons on Adult Swim, so really what I watch is perverted animation.


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April 11, 2012 by staff
Quebecer Stalker Alec Baldwin, Quebec showbiz wannabe Genevieve Sabourin, in court Monday in New York accused of stalking Alec Baldwin, was ordered to leave him alone. You saw that earlier item? They met making the 2002 Eddie Murphy bomb The Adventures of Pluto Nash. She was a publicist (tough job, on that picture); he had a cameo. The dirty-minded among you will assume they had a little fling. The timing was right: He was just splitting with Kim Basinger. Whatever happened then, Sabourin has been pestering Baldwin lately, reportedly asking him to give her children.
Police sources tell the New York Daily News that what really set her off was the news April 2 that Baldwin will marry his 28-year-old yoga teacher. Sabourin is saying she and Baldwin were lovers last year, the Daily News said. He confirmed that they had dinner twice in '11, but that it was "strictly professional" – he was just doing her a favour by finding her some movie roles. Hey, it could even be true.
Golf, explained: Emily Blunt tells The Telegraph what's so good about her new hobby: "I've just started to play golf. There's something cool about whizzing around on a golf cart with ice-cold beers. I even have a golf outfit, which I actually like to wear."
Girlfriend gifting: Remember I told you about Jennifer Lopez giving her young friend Casper Smart an SUV? Well, now comes word that Lady Gaga gave her boyfriend, Taylor Kinney, a stray cat.
She's started a 110-date concert tour and doesn't want Taylor to get lonely and, you know, start seeking out other companionship. So, reports The Sun in England, she acquired this cat someplace, named her Polly, and gave her to the bf. "Taylor loves cats and Gaga – has given the pet to Taylor so he can love it for ever and really cherish it," Nameless Insider told the paper.
I don't know why you say goodbye: Married? Want to stay that way? Stay off the cover of Hello mag, then – the British edition, at least. They did the math, and here's the deal: In the whole British population, only seven per cent of Britons get divorced within six years of getting hitched. But if your wedding is featured on the cover of Hello, the figure jumps to 16 per cent. You have been warned!
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You may have seen us squeeing on Twitter and Facebook last week over the proof copy of the comic arriving in the mail, for it was glorious!
We were going to post photos for you all to see, but the more we looked at the cover the more we realized the logo needed tweaking. There are some things you only realize when seeing it in print, which is why things like proofs even exist, right?
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The Indigenous Land Corporation had sold all of its 25,884 Australian carbon credit units (ACCUs) generated from its Fish River savannah-burning project in the Northern Territory to Caltex, the ILC said on Wednesday in a statement.
The ILC called for expressions of interest this year to buy ACCUs from its remote 178,000-hectare Fish River property, which is set to generate about 13,000 permits a year from controlled burning of savannah. The burning helps prevent larger wildfires later in the season that release large volumes of carbon emissions.
The units bought by Caltex were generated in 2011 and last year.
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Dr Casey said the ILC was drawn to the deal with Caltex "due to the fuel supplier's demonstrated commitment to advancing indigenous and environmental causes".
The exact price is being kept confidential, but Dr Casey said it was more than $20 a tonne. That compares with the fixed carbon price now at $23 a tonne.
The organisation has said it faces difficulties selling permits for use after this year because of uncertainty abut the future of the clean energy legislation and the collapse in the price of emissions units in Europe.
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Responsive website for the action movie "The Guman". The site features fullscreen background video rendered through a Canvas layer. This allowed us to create the cinematic masking video effect.
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Parallax scrolling website for the Australian food franchise, Salsas. The site was built with REM units which allows us to scale all elements on the site to fill the browser window. Also features a customise Wordpress backend.
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HTML5 platform game designed for mobile & desktop and built using the Phaser JS framework. Learn about evaporation by reflecting rays from the sun into the water to form clouds.
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Collingwood Video Hub
Upload your supporter video to the Collingwood FC website. Then mix-and-match other submissions to create your own unique Collingwood Video Ad. Featuring a custom Angular module to allow for cross-platform drag and drop support.
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Spiderman Caught on Camera
Using your phone's browser this web-app allows you to add a Spiderman pose to your camera photos. A kind of Spiderman photobomb. Also features custom image filters to enhance the experience.
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A simple yet elegant responsive website featuring fullscreen parallax scrolling backgrounds.
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Father Bob | The Larrikin Priest
Part book, part documentary, this is a reading experience that goes beyond the covers. Each True Story is inspired by a book Penguin has published, a real Australian story.
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Lindeman's Wine Wheel
Browse the wine catalog with just one spin of the wheel. Built primarily with Canvas this interactive tool serves as a fun addition to the website. It provides an elegant solution to browsing a large range products at once. The wheel allows you to spin, zoom and filter the entire wine range. Works great on tablets too using touch controls.
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Marvellous Creations Mixer
Mobile HTML5 Game
Marvellous Creations Mixer
HTML5 instant win game. Designed for mobile first and built in Canvas using EaselJS. The game mechanics are pretty simple, simply press start to commence play. The game drops a few random ingredients into the mixing bowl which run then fly through a series of pipes. If the correct combination of ingredients exit the pipe you'll win a prize.
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HTML5 Poster creator
Peeples Movie Family Portraits
This site allows you to create your own awkward family photos. Follow the video prompts from the Peeples movie characters and add your own photos to the one of the portraits. You can adjust the layout and colour of the photos you upload. Once complete you download the photo or save it to a social network.
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HTML5 Music Game
Jam Jar Xylophone
HTML5 based music game targeted at a younger audience. Watch the Toy Story characters play tunes on the Xylophone, then play them back in the correct order to beat the game. The game and sounds are compatible across a number of browsers and mobile devices.
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The Opera House Project
A rich media website to showcase the story of the Sydney Opera House. The site is presented in documentary format. It contains interactive albums made up of photography, audio and video. The site has been built to work in modern desktop and mobile browsers.
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Facebook app which utilises the Spotify api to allow users to create music compilations and post them to their timeline.
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THE more chocolate people in a country eat, the more Nobel prize winners the country produces per capita, according to a note published in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine.
Flavonoids - antioxidants found in cocoa, green tea, red wine and some fruits - appear ''to be effective in slowing down or even reversing the reductions in cognitive performance that occur with ageing'', wrote Columbia University professor Franz Messerli.
''Since chocolate consumption could hypothetically improve cognitive function not only in individuals but also in whole populations, I wondered whether there would be a correlation between a country's level of chocolate consumption and its population's cognitive function,'' Professor Messerli wrote.
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Putting an End to Account-Hijacking Identity Theft Study Supplement
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Part 2: More-Recent Trends In Identity Theft
As the attention paid to the problem of identity theft has grown, additional analyses have been published that shed more light on the size of the problem, the manner in which identity theft is perpetrated, indirect costs, the reactions of banks, the adoption rates and consumer acceptance of various methods of authentication, and public deployment of two-factor authentication.
Size of the Problem
The FDIC Study noted phishing as a primary means by which account hijacking is perpetrated. Although some observers are reporting that the number of phishing cases continues to increase and note that response rates to phishing e-mails are consistent with those reported in the Study;4 other observers are now estimating that phishing is directed at smaller institutions, with response rates at between 1 and 2 percent and declining over time.5
Manner of Perpetration
Two recent studies explore how identity theft is perpetrated. Data from one study do not support the conclusion that most thieves still obtain personal information through traditional rather than electronic means. 7 As noted above, victims of sophisticated electronic fraud are unlikely to understand how the fraud was perpetrated, so estimates of means of access to confidential information must be interpreted cautiously.
Another study sheds light on a narrow range of identity theft: cases that resulted in arrest or conviction. Although the sample underrepresents the more sophisticated types of electronic fraud as well as crimes that cross legal jurisdictions and all those that are never prosecuted, even for this limited sample it is noteworthy how often the alleged or actual perpetrators acted with others and used the identities of one or more businesses or created bogus businesses to effectuate the fraud.8
Indirect Costs
Measuring the concerns of consumers is one way of understanding the indirect costs of identity theft. Without question, retail consumers are concerned about identity theft and about the misuse of their personal information. Between one-half and three-quarters of U.S. households report that identity theft is a concern for them or that they are concerned about e-mail fraud. Internationally, some 80 percent of online adults worry about their online identity being stolen and used to access online bank accounts.12
Although consumers are worried about phishing and the trustworthiness of e-mail messages from their banks, they are also concerned about the security of their personal information more generally. Seventy-five percent of the respondents to one 2004 survey cited identity theft resulting from a security breakdown at the bank as a concern, up from 58 percent in 2003.13 Consumers who bank online have expressed less confidence in the security of their personal information. When asked the question, are you as confident about the protection of your personal information when banking online as when you bank in a branch office, consumers report a significant decline in confidence (from 74 percent in 2003 compared to 64 percent in 2004).14 Concerns about fraud are subsumed within retail customers varying levels of concern about how financial firms handle their personal information,15 and merchants are concerned as well.16
Consumers are indicating that they may stop using or may refuse to adopt online banking because of their security concerns. Online consumers report that they agree with the statements that they will stop using (14 percent) or not enroll (20 percent) in online banking or bill paying because of concerns about phishing. Small business owners reactions are similar.17 Security remains a critical factor when a consumer is choosing a retail bank, and one-quarter of international consumers will be very likely to switch banks if, by doing so, they will have better identity protection.18 One study revealed that two-thirds of respondents said they will switch banks if their bank fails to secure their personal information.19 A small percentage of consumersclose to 6 percenthave even admitted to having already switched banks to reduce their risk of becoming a victim of identity theft.20
Although the costs to banks of consumer concern about security are substantial, the benefits of improved security are likely to be substantial as well. Improved security may open up new customer markets. Almost three-quarters of current Internet users who do not use online banking report that they will be likely to do so if identity security is improved. Of those that do use online banking, the vast majority report being willing to use more, higher-value services if their identities are better protected.21 These issues have a far-reaching effect on the business of banking.
The Reactions of Banks
Layered Mitigation Approach
In the first stage, fraudsters must set up their apparatus, including the creation of illegitimate collection Web sites, writing of malicious code, or infiltrating open e-mail proxies. Controls from a financial institution can be directed at detecting the signs of set-up, and preventing (internally) open e-mail proxies. Scanning tools and services can help detect the signs of set-up by reviewing domain registrations and Web site spoofing.
In the second stage, consumers are targeted or fooled into providing their password or other sensitive information with malicious software, misleading e-mail, or illegitimate Web sites. Consumer education is a first line of defense to mitigate this stage. Consumers who understand the risk of installing untrusted software, and who use anti-virus, anti-spyware and firewall controls are less likely to be infected with many of the malicious tools used by criminals. Financial institutions can help by educating their customers about proper computer habits. Additionally, financial institutions can help mitigate the threat at this stage by authenticating their Web sites to differentiate themselves from illegitimate sites. Lastly, the Internet industry is working to reduce the potential of spoofed e-mails through infrastructure changes such as authenticated e-mail. Various services are available to detect and track the dissemination of spoofed e-mails, and other services and techniques can be used to track and take down offending data collection Web sites. Data collection sites and spoofed bank Web sites tend to be short-lived because of these efforts. However, the collected credentials live on to the next stage.
In the last stage, collected credentials are used to access the victims account. Financial institutions can mitigate this threat with a variety of tools to better identify who is accessing the account. This includes authentication methods which cannot be collected by the fraudster. Financial institutions can also place controls on higher risk account features such as bill payment and account transfers.
Consumer Acceptance of Stronger Authentication
What is known is that within the banking environment, the authentication methods used by corporate banking customers have been stronger and more sophisticated than the methods used by retail customers. The reasons, of course, are the higher account balancesthe higher dollar volume of riskand the more frequent transfer of funds to accounts belonging to third parties. As a result of the authentication methods used, fewer instances of corporate online fraud than of retail online fraud have been reported. A brief look at the authentication methods used by corporate customers may be useful for banks that are considering applying stronger authentication for retail customers.
A small sample of large banks shows that these institutions are using a variety of authentication techniques for corporate banking.24 Five out of seven global banks and four out of seven North American banks use a single sign-on, with North American respondents generally limiting single sign-on to cash management services. The small sample of large banks uses some combination of user identification, user password, company identification, and company password. Access to trade services, foreign exchange, and investments generally require a separate login and security method for each product.25 Digital certificates are more often used by large global banks compared to their North American counterparts, primarily to support the nonrepudiation of transactions.
Most of these large banks use tokens. Six out of seven North American and global banks included in this sample use tokens to access corporate electronic banking applications, to approve payment transactions, or both. Digital certificates are used by about half the sampled institutions. These large banks have shown little reported interest in using biometrics to authenticate corporate customers.
Online merchants are using, and plan to increase their use of, nonintrusive Internet protocol address filtering methods. Current online merchants are already using a variety of tools, with 33 percent using Internet protocol address filtering and another 22 percent planning to implement that method in 2005.26
When banks consider authentication methods for retail customers, they should be aware that these customers value security and the protection of confidential information and may be prepared to use enhanced authentication methods to access their accounts. But there are privacy implications associated with authentication. Consumers report the greatest concerns with biometrics. Consumers will require a clear explanation of any security mechanism and the use of any personal information required to implement that security mechanism. Consumers will need to understand how the additional information will be used and stored. Overly burdensome authentication systems may lower consumer participation, thereby lowering the effectiveness of the entire system. Consumers are also concerned about the risk associated with large databases of personal information and the potential for the information that is used by authentication methods to be compromised, copied, or imitated.27
Some conceptual acceptance by consumers of additional authentication methods has been reported concerning biometrics and the willingness of consumers to provide additional information for authentication. Limitations on the use of personal information and the existence of privacy safeguards are important elements of consumer acceptance.28 Convenience is another element, for convenience plus security may be more important to customers than security alone. In a more recent study, among approximately two-thirds of respondents who found biometrics generally acceptable, voice recognition and finger prints were the most widely accepted biometric types, and convenience was the overwhelming benefit along with security and speeding up the transaction. The one-third who were unsure or opposed to biometrics indicated concerns about how biometrics works and its accuracy.29
To an extent, consumers appear to be willing to provide additional pieces of information for authentication (with 29 percent agreeing to provide one additional data item and 41 percent suggesting two).30 One-fifth of online U.S. households claim that because of their concerns about privacy or security, they would be willing to have an in-home credit card reader.31 At least one vendor reports interest in two-factor authentication for the accessing of on-line bank accounts.32
The challenge facing banks that offer online banking services is significant. New authentication methods must be reliable, cost-effective, and convenient while meeting the security and privacy needs of customers. Cost, reliability, performance, and ease of enrollment are expected to improve in the near term but will still vary by technology and by product within the technology.
Examples of Two-Factor Authentication
2 Javelin (2005). The Javelin study attempts to replicate many aspects of the 2003 Federal Trade Commission report cited in the Study. However, differences in methodology preclude longitudinal comparisons of incidence rates. Both studies attempt to measure the following three forms of identity theft fraud: new account and other fraud, misuse of existing non-credit card account or account number fraud, and misuse of existing credit card or credit card number fraud.
3 FTC (2005). Internet-related is defined as a fraud that concerns an Internet product or service, the company initially contacts the consumer via the Internet, or the consumer responds via the Internet. For Internet-related fraud, 15 percent of complainants reported the method of payment.
4 Department of Homeland Security (2005).
7 Javelin (2005). Less than half of respondents in the survey reported how they believe the fraudster obtained their personal information.
9 For example, Robertson (2004) and Gould (2004).
10 See Penn et al. (2005) and RSA Security (2003).
12 Louvel (2005), Penn et al. (2005), Graeber et al. (2004), Entrust (2005).
13 Ponemon Institute cited in Nock (2005).
15 See Penn et al. (2005), Graeber et al. (2004), and Entrust (2005).
16 Almost half of online merchants are more concerned than in the past about online payment fraud, and two-thirds say that a higher incidence of identity theft is increasing the amount of online fraud. See CyberSource Corporation (2005).
17 Penn at al. (2005). See also Graeber et al. (2004).
19 Ponemon Institute cited in Nock (2005).
24 This section relies on Feinberg (2005) which is a supplement to Feinberg (2004). Feinberg (2004) reports on responses of 10 institutions out of 17 large institutions surveyed that are headquartered in North America or with a corporate electronic banking application managed by a North American subsidiary. The 10 respondents were: ABN AMRO, Bank of America, Bank of Montreal, Citibank, Citizens Bank, Mellon Bank, PNC Bank, Royal Bank of Canada, SunTrust, and an unnamed major European bank with a U.S.-managed banking product. Feinberg (2005) discusses the results from those 10 plus 4 more institutions categorized as either global banks (i.e., ABN AMRO, BNP Paribas, Bank of America, Citibank, HSBC, Royal Bank of Scotland, and an unnamed bank headquartered in Europe) or North American banks (Bank of Montreal, Bank of New York, Citizens Bank (a subsidiary of Royal Bank of Scotland), Mellon Bank, PNC Bank, Royal Bank of Canada, and SunTrust).
26 Cybersource (2005). This source uses the term geo-location to identify the technology that this Supplement refers to as Internet protocol address location.
27 National Association of State Chief Information Officers (2004, 2005).
28 Privacy & American Business (2003).
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Each year as winter approaches, employers can count on at least one in every five of their employees calling in sick because he or she has the flu. Unfortunately, the flu doesn't care about job position or project deadlines; it attacks with no discretion.
Here's the good news: This is one business problem with a ready-made solution. For a healthy dose of productivity, help employees to get vaccinated against the flu.
Offering onsite flu vaccination, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is a proven cost-effective strategy that increases productivity, reduces overall absenteeism and prevents direct health costs. Consider that:
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Here's a hypothetical example of how flu could impact a company. Note that the figures below assume an average employee salary of $50,000 (in keeping with the latest U.S. median income figures):
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If the total number of employees working at this company is 1,000, and approximately 20 percent of all employees (200) will get the flu in a given year, then the total annual flu burden to the company due to lost productivity represents a $200,000 loss. And that's beforedirect health costs are factored in.
The average cost of a doctor's visit is $154.55. If each employee who becomes ill with the flu at this company sees his or her doctor, the employer is looking at over $30,000 in additional expenses.
Organizations can help prevent this type of loss by making it easy for employees to get a flu shot. Each flu shot only costs about $25 to $29 per injection, far less than flu-related absence or direct health care costs.
Employers can eliminate a common objection to vaccination by offering flu shots onsite so employees do not have to inconvenience themselves by traveling to another location and taking time away from work.
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