Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Join us for a live event on federal involvement in real estate | Smart ...

Federal real estate programs could be doing more for families, communities and taxpayers alike. Later this month we?ll unveil new policy recommendations for how Congress can make that happen.

Smart Growth America and LOCUS, our coalition of responsible real estate developers and investors, have developed a set of policy recommendations for federal real estate programs. Join us for an online event about this new platform.

When: Thursday, July 25, 2013 ? 11:00 AM EDT
Speaking: Geoff Anderson, President and CEO, Smart Growth America
Chris Leinberger, President, LOCUS
Ilana Preuss, Vice President and Chief of Staff, Smart Growth America
Frank Alexander, Sam Nunn Professor of Law, Emory University
Dennis Allen, Director of Planning and Development, ZRZ Realty
Richard Baron, President, McCormack Baron Salazar
Eric Larson, Managing Partner, Bedrock Real Estate Services
Where: Register at the link below. Call-in information will be sent to registrants.

In January, Smart Growth America published Federal Involvement in Real Estate: A Call for Examination. That report examined the federal government?s spending and commitment to real estate programs each year: $450 billion annually across 50 programs at half a dozen federal agencies.

From loan guarantees to commercial tax credits, federal real estate programs help families purchase their first home, help those most in need pay their rent and aid community redevelopment, along with many other things. Taken as a whole these expenditures influence where and how homes, businesses and even whole neighborhoods are built in the United States.

Our forthcoming policy recommendations, Federal Involvement in Real Estate: A Call for Action, will be a companion to that report. In addition to joining the live event, you can join the conversation on Twitter at #RethinkRealEstate.

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'Baseball Wives' star arrested

Updated?Jul 9, 2013 11:43 AM ET

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Anna Benson in better times.

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There was a time when Anna Benson was famous for being the hot, loud wife of New York Mets pitcher Kris Benson. In fact, one could easily argue Anna became more of a celebrity than Kris.

After all, he finished his career with a losing record and a career highlight of leading all pitchers in fielding percentage in 2005. Anna was, of course, a star of VH1's "Baseball Wives" in 2011-12.

Well, it has been almost 10 years since Anna was first dubbed "Baseball's hottest housewife" by FHM and even longer since she appeared topless in Penthouse, Kris filed for divorce last year and her show was canceled after one season. Never one to give up easily, Anna has found a way to stay in the spotlight ? getting arrested after an alleged domestic dispute. According to Atlanta police, Anna raided Kris' apartment in a bullet proof vest, demanding money and carrying a gun and a metal baton. She was arrested and charged with two counts of felony assault, trespass and possession of a firearm.

Kris got Anna to go away by saying he?d give her some money, TMZ reported, but quickly called the police and had her taken in.

 Wife of former big leaguer Kris Benson.

The Cobb County (GA) Sheriff's office released this booking photo.

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There have been clues Anna was capable of some extreme and impulsive behavior. Most famously, she told Howard Stern that if Kris cheated on her she'd do the entire Mets organization, which must have gone over well at the next Wives Club fundraiser.

Meeting Kris was a big break for Anna, a high school dropout who met her future husband while at the strip club where she was a dancer. When she met him, she said, she had nothing but ?two pairs of panties and one bra.?

She told people she and her husband had sex in a limo in a parking lot while autograph seekers waited outside. She showed up to a Mets Christmas party in a ?Sexy Mrs. Claus? getup. She has self-identified as a ?harlot.? And when Kris was traded from Pittsburgh to the Mets, Anna became such a . . . sensation that when the Mets traded him to Baltimore, Kris said he believed it was because of his wife.

Kris Benson last played Major League Baseball in 2010.

Source: http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/anna-benson-arrested-kris-benson-baseball-wives-star-estranged-wife-atlanta-felony-assault-gun-threat-bulletproof-vest-070813

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Pat Robertson wants Facebook to install a ?vomit? button for when he sees gays (Americablog)

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Breakthrough study reveals biological basis for sensory processing disorders in kids

[unable to retrieve full-text content]In a groundbreaking new study, researchers have found that children affected with sensory processing disorders have quantifiable differences in brain structure, showing a biological basis for the disease that sets it apart from other neurodevelopmental disorders.

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Ohio State fan, 12, beats cancer he named 'Michigan,' because 'Michigan sucks' (video)

Ohio native Grant Reed, who turns 13 next month, was diagnosed with a brain tumor two years ago.

The first thing Reed was asked to do by his oncologist was to name it."I think I know what I want to call it," said Grant, according to SIkids. "Michigan. Because Ohio State is always going to beat Michigan, and that's what I'm going to do with this."

As NBC4 reported on Friday when he walked out of the hospital after his final chemotherapy treatment, he "Beat Blue."

Why did he name it Michigan?

"Because Michigan sucks," he told NBC4.

According to the report,?Buckeyes coach Urban Meyer visited with Reed in December.

"We've beaten Michigan for the short term, but like any rival, there's a chance it can come back," Grant's father Troy Reed told NBC4.

Even Michigan fans were hard-pressed to cheer against the Buckeyes this time.

"We've had so many people on Facebook who say, 'I'm a Michigan fan, but this one time I truly hope they lose,'" Troy Reed told SIkids.

"Grant's story is inspirational and shows how special this great rivalry is to so many people, " Michigan coach Brady Hoke?told SI. "Our team breaks each meeting with 'Beat Ohio,' and I think we can all agree this is one circumstance where it's acceptable to say 'Beat Michigan.'

"Now, what we hope and pray for is that Grant never has to battle 'Michigan' again."

For the NBC4 reports, watch below.

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Mildorian, Magician?s tower

Mildorian- Magician?s tower, former Kingdom of Mildorian

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Mildorian was a Kingdom South West of the Australian Sea many years ago (Over a century ago). It was a fairly large kingdom ruled by a powerful king also named Mildorian. However Due to events that occurred during the Sword and Shield War the Mildorian Kingdom met its bewitchment and subsequent disbandment. Now the mass of the land is scarcely populated in comparison to the rest of the map and most of it?s residents are of a magical nature. Mildorian consists of three major areas of note.

Mildorian?s Old Kingdom

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Mildorian?s old kingdom was once a very large city build over a sacred alter for magic runes. It housed many citizens in small to lavish cottages. Business bustles and art was much appreciated. The castle was the large center piece of the city. The King of Mildorian used the True Rune of Fire, during the Great Sword and Shield War, to set flame across the world causing great destruction. The caretaker of the runes of power saw fit to punish the corrupted king Mildorian with death for his destructive ways. However, following the Mildorian King?s misuse of the True Fire Rune, and subsequent death, the Kingdom was bewitched as punishment.

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The city began to become overgrown with forestry and the citizens were forced out of the kingdom to continue life elsewhere. Now the Old Castle of Mildorian is surrounded by a thick forest that has choked out every inch of the old city. It remains mainly abandoned, only occupied by magical beings like dryads, fairies and other creatures. The magic of the land draws them to this place.

Magician?s Tower

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Magician?s Tower was established not long after the downfall of the Old Mildorian Kingdom. It is currently standing today and is the main place of public interest within the Mildorian Kingdom as of late. The Magician?s tower is actually three towers that stand in close proximity to one another. It is mainly occupied by magic users, mages, and trainees. Scholars of the ancient classics also come to Magician?s tower to study and do research. Many of the world?s oldest tomes find their way to the Magician?s tower.

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Faramir Elendil is the Lord and Steward of Magician?s Tower. He is also the founder of the tower. Magician?s Tower has no King but Faramir would be the closest thing to a king Magician?s Tower has. Most of its residents are skilled in magic and medicine. Most of the resources Magician?s Tower needs are home produced but anything it lacks the ability to produce is imported. Many services including astral readings, prayers, magic aid among other services are offered to kingdoms by the Tower.

The weather is usually always warm there and most of the land is flat plain and forest. It is off of the water to the south. The Ocean houses many aquatic being of magic like merpeople. They have long ago withdrawn from mainstream society and much of the world only scarcely believes in them. However those that have seen dragon would believe that mermaids and mermen exist, which they do.

Eldenwood Forest

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Eldenwood Forest is also a mysterious forest of magic and creatures. It is the home of unicorns, Centaurs, Dryads, Lagoon mermaids/ mermen and other creatures. Much of the forest is populated by humans that can live peacefully in the forest. Small houses can be found tucked quietly away here and there. Those that live there desire nothing more than piece and calm.

It serves as a protective barrier for the magician?s tower. Most Others fear the forest and are afraid to treat there. They land is magical and refuses to let itself be once again overpopulated with the Old Mildorian Kingdom?s amount of bustling activity. Eledenwood Forest is the sole force that has stopped other countries from expanding into this territory.

Runes

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According to the legend, true runes are the backbone of the universe, allowing it to exist. Each True rune is effectively a sort of god, with its own will or agenda. Because the True Runes hold such immense power, they are often sought by kings, emperors, and other secret organizations, which has ultimately led to many, many wars throughout the ages of time.

No one knows for certain where True Runes came from, but legend tells that the 27 True Runes were created when the brothers, "Sword" and "Shield" fought against each other, shattering themselves into 27 pieces.

Because of the eternal struggles between the different runes, or even the different aspects of the same rune, the battles between the True Runes are often parallelled by the struggles for power within and between nations.

The 27 True Runes are special runes that hold an unusually strong and different kind of power in comparison to their ordinary counterparts. Because of their ties with the universe, they are engaged in an eternal struggle of chaos versus order, and often use humanity as their means to bring about their will.

All True Runes represent a certain aspect of existence, such as punishment, beginning, or even the basic elements (fire, wind, etc.). Because of their ties with the foundations of the universe, they bring both benefits and curses to its bearer, such as agelessness, immunity to disease, incredible magical powers, but most notably, the ability to control the destinies of entire nations.
As opposed to regular runes, which are chosen by people to wear or to temper into weapons, True Runes choose the people who will bear them. True Runes have been known to destroy their own bearer, or even swap bearers, so that they can be more properly aligned with those with great power, or even the stars of destiny in order to bring greater order or chaos to the universe.

Although the bearers of True Runes often stop aging and become immune to disease, they are still susceptible to death from physical causes, such as accidents, sacrifice, or murder.

List of True Runes

Beast Rune:
A True Rune representing animalistic rage and passion

Rune of the Beginning:
A True Rune representing the "initial chaos of birth" inherent in times of creation. This True Rune is always found separated into it's components-- the Bright Shield and Black Sword runes, and bearers of these two runes are bound by the rune's power to fight against each other until only one survives to win the other component. Scholars are uncertain whether the Black Sword and Bright Shield are the same "sword" and "shield" from the legends of creation, and no one knows what exact power the Rune of the Beginning bears. It is said that the rune grants its owner the power to "judge war."

Moon Rune
A Rune representing compassion and destruction, this rune also turns its bearer into a vampire. This rune carries with it a huge curse, as it actually dominates its bearer's mind until s/he gains mastery over its powers. When a previous owner came into possession of this rune, she ended up going on a killing rampage, forcing her to retreat into the forest to keep herself from harming others. As she gained mastery over this rune, she was able to tap into the powers of compassion, which diminished her vampiric impulses to drink the blood of the living.

Rune of Change
A True Rune representing change that affects all in the universe. The powers of this rune and its whereabouts remain a mystery

Circle Rune
A True Rune representing order and stagnation, not much is known about this rune. This rune has the power of bringing peace and harmony. However, scholars argue that the power of stagnation has become more prevalent in recent times.

Dragon Rune
The Dragon Rune allows dragons to exist in this world. Owned by the South Atlantic Kingdom for the past two centuries, the bearer of this rune holds a huge responsibility, for the death of the bearer means all dragons in the world would also die.
The Rune also allows its bearer to control dragons, even if they have been turned into undead dragons. The power of the rune depends on the willpower of its bearer, which means dragons may not obey this runes bearer if s/he is mentally weak.
It is not known why dragons can not survive in this world without the help of the Dragon Rune. However, it is known that dragons in great pain are able to create portals to return to their home world.

Eightfold (Yafusa/Hachifusa) Rune

Once owned by a warrior named Yuber, no-one knows what powers this rune may hold. Scholars argue that Yuber's affinity with monsters (summoning, for example) and the power of teleportation is dervied from this rune, but no-one is certain.

Gate Rune
Split into Front and Back halves Now owned by Faramir Elendil.

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A True Rune with the power to connect worlds, this rune holds great powers. The Blue Gate Rune was born from this rune. Belonging to the Gate Rune Clan, this rune has been protected for centuries. However, the clan was destroyed by invading armies in Solis 78. The two sisters, Windy and Leknaat (In the Gate Rune Clan, all members were considered siblings), separated the Gate Rune into two halves and teleported away.
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Rune of Life and Death

Better known as the "Souleater," this rune represents two inevitabilities, life and death. However, it is uncertain whether having one's soul being sucked by the souleater means death, as the spirits of those who have died live on within the bearer of the Souleater.

Night Rune
A True Rune representing the "power of the night", this rune allows "creatures of the night," such as zombies, skeletons, and vampires to exist, as well as easily brings them back out of existence, when normal methods cannot. It was borne originally intertwined with the Sun Rune, which governed over light. The Sun Rune's great light annoyed the Night Rune, which severed the bond between the two runes. After initially becoming a sword, this rune's natures and whereabouts are shrouded in mystery. The Star Rune is a dirivitive of the Night Rune.

Rune of Punishment

A True Rune that represents atonement and forgiveness and is always borne on the left hand of its host; this rune is a parasite that feeds off its host with fatal consequences: the rune has tremendous offensive capabilities; however, using them drains the bearer's life force, eventually to the extent that he or she turns to ash and their memories are locked away in the Rune; the Rune then transfers to the nearest available host. Whilst it is still believed that the Rune of Punishment will grant standard True Rune abilities such as agelessness; there is no record of any of its previous bearers surviving long enough for this to be an issue. It was rare that one moved the Rune into its little seen forgiveness phase, where it no longer drains the life of its bearer. Since then the bearer vanished from the pages of history, knowing full well that his death would see the cycle of death and destruction start over again.

Sovereign Rune
A True Rune representing aboslute rule. The rune's powers are still a mystery, but it grants it's bearers complete immunity to all runes, and also allows its bearer to change into a three-headed dragon.

Sun Rune

A True Rune governing over light, warmth, and nurturing. Originally connected with the Night Rune, the runes were split after the Night Rune incarnated itself into a sword and severed the link between them. When they split, two pieces were detached: The Dawn and Twilight Runes.

The Sun Rune is borne on the forehead, and slowly makes any bearer go mentally insane, without the Dawn and Twilight Runes to control it's impulses. The King of an Ancient Kingdom bore the Sun Rune, but, due to its curse, was driven insane and destroyed his entire kingdom, reducing it to a sorched, barren, wasteland. The power of the Sun Rune, after the Kingdom was destroyed, nutured the land after the destruction, and made the ground fertile again.
The capricious nature of the Sun Rune allows only those it selects to bear it. The Sun Rune's power can be controlled by the Dawn and Twilight Runes, whether or not the person bearing the Sun Rune is also bearing those two artifacts.

? Dawn Rune
A piece left over after the Night Rune turned into a sword and split from the Sun Rune, the Dawn Rune is a one-of-a-kind rune.

Borne on the right hand, the Dawn Rune grants it's bearer a few powers, most importantly, the power to heal others who have wounds that would ordinarly kill them. It's true power comes, however, when used in conjunction with the Sun Rune. The power of the Dawn Rune, when combined with it's counterpart, the Twilight Rune, allows the power of the Sun Rune to stabilize and prevents the insanity bearing the Sun Rune normally causes.

? Twilight Rune
A piece left over after the Night Rune turned into a sword and split from the Sun Rune, the Twilight Rune is a unique rune.
Borne on the left hand, the Twilight Rune grants it's bearer tremendous offensive power. When used in conjunction with the Sun and Dawn Runes, the insanity that occurs with bearing the Sun Rune can be halted, and the power of the rune can be forcibly quelled.

True Earth Rune

A True Rune representing the power of the earth. The Earth Rune and Mother Earth Rune are born from this rune. It's powers are vast, granting great protection spells to its bearer.

True Fire Rune

A True Rune representing the power of fire. The Fire Rune and Rage Rune are born from this True Rune. The rune grants powerful flame-based spells that hurt friend and foe alike if within the area of effect.

True Lightning Rune

A True Rune representing the power of lightning. The Lightning and Thunder Runes are born from this rune. The rune grants incredibly powerful offensive spells to its bearer.

True Water Rune

A True Rune representing the power of water. The Water and Flowing Runes are born from this rune. The rune grants powerful healing spells along with attack spells to its bearer.

True Wind Rune

A True Rune representing the power of the wind. The Wind Rune and Cyclone Rune are born from this True Rune.

Many other runes exist, Like the blinking rune for example.

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Blinking Rune

Faramir Elendil is one of few bearers of this highly magical rune. This rune inherits no ordinary element, but instead focuses on letting objects or living beings vanish or materialize. With this magic enemies can be teleported away from the battle and even whole groups of opponents can be virtually made to vanish into thin air. Furthermore the materialization of objects of all kinds can be used to attack enemies by striking down and crushing them.

Unfortunately usage of this rune has to be taken with caution, for its magic does not work reliably and not always in the way desired. From time to time it affects the wrong target and may even teleport away your own allies.

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Suppressed nutritional secrets to preventing disease - Natural News

(NaturalNews) Today we know more about vitamins, minerals and nutrition in general then ever before, but at the same time there are various elements of the media and medical community that want to keep everyone in the dark about the true role and power that vitamins play in our health and life.

It's been known since the turn of the last century that the cause of nearly all degenerative diseases as well as the weakening of the immune system that makes one susceptible to communicable diseases is deficiencies of various key nutrients or total lack of them altogether.

Of course this knowledge has been carefully and cleverly hidden from the public for over one hundred years now since they can't have people learning that they can be healthy merely by taking the right nutrients and the right amounts of each. That's why as is the case with vitamin C and many other vitamins, the RDA for most nutrients is pathetically low and barely enough to keep you alive, let alone for you to be healthy and strong.

Since the mid 1800s, the naturopathic doctors have ceaselessly and constantly come under attack by the MDs and organized medical community. As the mechanized view of the body and the germ theory of disease began to become more accepted along with the belief that chemicals and drugs were the way of the future, the attacks became more frequent, bold and progressed to outright lies at times. That's because the MD, with his surgical procedures, chemical drugs, fancy concoctions and useless medical terminology had much more potential for financial gain than did the naturopath or "country doctor". They saw the country doctor as a threat to their growing influence and livelihood as well. In fact the medical terminology that doctors use was created precisely to make the average person feel ignorant and stupid and to keep people from ever trying to diagnose or cure themselves.The American Medical Association (AMA) was formed in 1847 specifically to protect the profits and practices of doctors, the MD, not the "country doctor" who they came to view as backwards and outdated. Of course they know that the methods and cures of the country doctor were far better, cheaper and safer than the drugs and surgery approach of the "medical doctor", also known as the "Slash and Burn" method, but it was all about the profits, so if the AMA was going to represent any group they knew that the MDs offered them the greatest chance at profits, growth and power. The AMA is a union created specifically for doctors, NOT patients, not to find cures, not to prevent disease, but to protect the profits of doctors. Just like any union, its job is to protect the jobs and income of its members. The AMA is not the wonderful, benign or righteous agency that it tries to convince the world that it is.

Western medical establishments know that nutrition prevents disease and cures most non-communicable diseases. Nutrition can also help to fight communicable diseases too. That's why they work so hard to suppress this knowledge; it's also why they're working so hard to get nutrients like vitamin c labeled as a "drug". They haven't yet, but they're not giving up on this either.

Most doctors will not tell you the power of nutrition, even if they believe in it themselves. This is why it's always best to educate yourself as much as possible on this subject and take control of your own health.

Sources for this article include:

Nutrition and Physical Degeneration by Weston A. Price

Pottenger's Cats: A study in nutrition by Francis Marion Pottenger.

http://www.examiner.com

About the author:
Rich is a network engineer and longtime practitioner of Chinese martial arts, medicine and chi-gung for over twenty six years. Having learned many Chinese health and healing arts from old world gung-fu and healing masters and practitioners, he has helped many people to overcome their health issues and achieve their fitness goals. Through diligent study and experience he has taken this knowledge even further over the years including reading scores of books on Chinese medicine, health, chi theory, science, physics, nutrition, supplements, meditation, martial arts, and many other subjects. Utilizing the web, health and fitness videos, newsletters, articles, teachings and lectures, Rich is passionate about spreading the true knowledge of health, healing, fitness and spiritual truths. I'm proud to be writing articles for NaturalNews.com You can read many articles, hear audio interviews, and learn more about the highly praised Chinese Health and Fitness video by visiting Chinese Health and Fitness.com

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College player has surgery after mid-game hot dog-eating contest

Brian Read
Brian Read is playing in a summer league in New Hampshire with the Seacoast Mavericks. (Jefferson College)

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Most entertainment at baseball games is harmless, things like giveaways, kids running the bases, renditions of Take Me Out to the Ball Game.

What about a hot dog-eating competition involving the players?

That's just asking for trouble. A notion Brian Read, a 19-year-old pitcher for the Seacoast Mavericks, can attest.

After all, he had to get a hot dog surgically removed from his esophagus Monday because an in-game eating contest went awry.

During the seventh-inning stretch at his Futures Collegiate Baseball League game Sunday, Read and his teammates competed to see who could eat a hot dog and bun the quickest.

Read finished last and then vomited.

"I started swallowing really prematurely," Read told SeacoastOnline.com. "I didn't chew my food very well."

For most of Monday, he couldn't hold down food or drink. So, naturally, he went to the hospital.

Read, a sophomore player at Jefferson University in Mississippi, said it felt like a "brick" was inside him.

He was close: it turns out the doctors found a 1.5-inch-long piece of hot dog stuck sideways.

When he sat down to indulge in his first meal post-accident -- not a hot dog but a cheeseburger -- Read made sure he had a game plan.

"I was taking the smallest bites and chewing it to a ground pulp," he said.

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Is this the worst in-game gimmick you've heard of?

Source: http://www.calgarysun.com/2013/07/09/college-player-has-surgery-after-mid-game-hot-dog-eating-contest

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Microsoft reports hackings linked to report by Google researcher

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By Jim Finkle

BOSTON (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said hackers have attacked some computers by exploiting a bug in Windows first disclosed two months ago by a Google Inc researcher, who came under fire at the time for publicizing the flaw without going to the software company first.

Microsoft provided few details about the attacks. In an advisory on Tuesday, it said hackers had launched "targeted attacks," a term generally used by security experts to refer to cyber attacks on corporate or government targets, with espionage and sabotage as the motive.

Google security engineer Tavis Ormandy's disclosure in May was controversial because he posted technical information on the Web that described the bug in the Windows operating system, which some experts said could help malicious hackers launch attacks, before Microsoft had released software to fix it.

Officials with Microsoft declined to comment when asked if they believed Ormandy's disclosure of the vulnerability had led to the attacks.

Ormandy also drew attention because he lashed out in a blog posting at long-time Google rival Microsoft, saying that its security division was difficult to work with. He advised other researchers to use pseudonyms and anonymous email when communicating with the software maker.

"It leaves a slightly bad taste in the mouth to see somebody who is a Google security researcher have a pop at Microsoft," said Graham Cluley, an independent security researcher.

Ormandy could not be reached. A Google spokesman declined comment, saying that Ormandy's Windows project was personal and not related to his work for the company.

(Reporting by Jim Finkle; Editing by Leslie Gevirtz)

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The IRS Just Accidentally Published Thousands of SSNs Online

The IRS Just Accidentally Published Thousands of SSNs Online

You'd think the IRS would be the one organization it might be safe to trust with your precious Social Security Number. Think again. Thanks to a cock-up, the agency just put tens of thousands of the numbers out on the Internet for anyone and everyone to see. Fantastic.

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AnimalHaus Bi-Annual Newsletter | Animal Haus

biannual newsletterIt has been really busy at the Haus lately! We are proud to say that the word is getting out about the services that are offered through the pet food pantry and as a result, we are helping more pets stay with their families! The Animal Haus Pet Food Pantry (AHPFP) provides temporary nutritional assistance to pets of families who meet income qualifications. The family must complete an application, a checklist agreeing to adhere to a set of basic pet care practices and show verification of need. Once those qualifications are met, Animal Haus can provide pet food to the family once a month, up to eight months out of a year. After the year has passed, the family can reapply if they find that they need continued assistance through the pet food pantry.

Animal Haus set two 2013 goals for the pet food pantry:
1. Prevent homelessness of 120 pets by temporarily providing food to eligible families.
2. Serve 100 different families? pets in the Denver Metro area through the AHPFP.Half way through the year, AHPFP has achieved the first goal and has provided food to 122 pets!

Although AHPFP primarily serves dogs and cats, we have also provided food to finches, hamsters, gerbils, parrots, ferrets, fish, a pet mouse, a pet rat, and a rabbit!
AHPFP is on track to meet the second goal as well, having served 53 different families through the end of June! The majority of families we serve live in Denver and Adams counties but we also serve families in Jefferson, Arapahoe and even Boulder counties!

We?re making in convenient for you to help! Animal Haus has its first permanent location for food donations!

Source: http://animalhaus.org/20130708/animalhaus-bi-annual-newsletter/

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Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Evolution too slow to keep up with climate change

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Many vertebrate species would have to evolve about 10,000 times faster than they have in the past to adapt to the rapid climate change expected in the next 100 years, a new study has found.

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Mets outlast Giants 4-3 in 16 innings

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ? As the stragglers stumbled into the visitors' clubhouse, some New York Mets players hollered and high-fived teammates as they passed through the door.

This was just the kind of celebration that had escaped them before.

Eric Young Jr. scored on shortstop Brandon Crawford's fielding error with two outs in the 16th inning, and the Mets outlasted the San Francisco Giants 4-3 in a game that ended early Tuesday morning.

The Mets already had played three games of at least 15 innings this season ? and lost each one.

"I've never heard of anything like this. It's unbelievable," manager Terry Collins said. "At least we're used to it."

Young singled with one out and stole second to start the final rally. After he advanced to third on Daniel Murphy's groundout, lefty Javier Lopez entered and intentionally walked David Wright.

Crawford couldn't handle pinch-hitter Anthony Recker's grounder, allowing Young to score and handing New York the victory. The game lasted 5 hours, 26 minutes.

"We've played in some long games and we haven't always come out on the winning side," Recker said. "As soon as the 10th inning started, we were like, 'Are we really going to do this again?'"

It was the longest game in time and innings the Giants had played since losing 1-0 to the Arizona Diamondbacks in 18 innings on May 9, 2001.

Marco Scutaro walked leading off the bottom of the 16th inning, and Buster Posey hit a one-out single for the first five-hit game of his career. But Bobby Parnell regrouped to strike out Pablo Sandoval and retire pinch-hitter Guillermo Quiroz on a grounder for his 16th save.

Posey went 5 for 8, including a two-run homer and two doubles. San Francisco has lost 12 of 14 and is a season-high eight games below .500.

The Giants went 1 for 15 with runners in scoring position and stranded 18 overall ? 13 in the last six innings.

"That's as frustrating a game as we've had," manager Bruce Bochy said.

Tim Lincecum and Matt Harvey each threw seven innings of three-run ball before the bullpens shut down the opposition. Harvey said a blister on his right index finger has been bothering him his last two starts but he doesn't consider it an issue.

"I'm just glad we won," he said.

Josh Edgin (1-1) pitched two scoreless innings for the win. George Kontos (2-2) allowed the one unearned run in 2 2-3 otherwise solid innings.

It was the 18th major league game to go 14 innings or more this season, two shy of last year's total, according to STATS.

The Mets improved to 1-3 in games of at least 15 innings. The last team to play that many in one season was the 2004 Minnesota Twins, who went 2-2, according to STATS.

By the time the final out was recorded at 12:42 a.m. local time, only a few thousand fans remained from an announced sellout crowd of 41,497. The ferry back to Oakland-Alameda had blown its departing horn at 11:30 p.m., and the final BART trains left about midnight.

The Giants even held a 14th-inning stretch for those who stayed. So many seagulls started to hover above the stands that the scoreboard operator asked fans to clap to try and scare them away.

Both teams had chances to end the game earlier.

With runners on second and third in the 11th, Crawford made a diving stop on Marlon Byrd's grounder at shortstop and recovered for a perfect throw from the outfield grass. In the 12th, Sandoval snagged Omar Quintanilla's liner at third and threw to first to get Kirk Nieuwenhuis for a double play.

The Giants blew a gift-wrapped opportunity when Posey doubled after his fly ball bounced off the glove of Murphy backpedaling from second while Byrd tried to make a sliding catch coming in from right. Sandoval was intentionally walked before Byrd caught Hunter Pence's slicing liner and Crawford flied out.

Brandon Belt, batting in the third spot for the first time in his career, was 0 for 8 with five strikeouts, including the final out of the 12th inning with two runners on base. Bochy said he expects to keep Belt in that spot Tuesday night.

Cole Gillespie broke his bat grounding out in the 13th with runners on second and third, and Gregor Blanco grounded out with the bases loaded in the 15th.

Posey's 13th homer put the Giants ahead 2-0 in the first.

Byrd singled leading off the fifth for the first hit off Lincecum, and John Buck's double sliced San Francisco's lead to 2-1.

Young tripled leading off the sixth, and Murphy followed with the tying single. Murphy advanced to third on Scutaro's throwing error at second base and scored when Ike Davis grounded into a double play to give the Mets a 3-2 lead.

Lincecum had a season-high 11 strikeouts in seven innings. He gave up three runs, six hits and one walk. It was the 33rd time Lincecum has had at least 10 strikeouts in a game and the first time this year.

But the two-time NL Cy Young Award winner was nowhere to be found in the Giants' clubhouse after the game. A team spokesman said he had already left to recover ? as did many of his teammates.

Other than Posey, Harvey had his way with San Francisco's lineup until late. He allowed three runs and six hits, striking out six and walking one.

Pence, who made a pair of diving catches in right field, tripled leading off the seventh. The ball hit the cement near the top of the right-field wall and ricocheted back onto the field.

Umpires reviewed the play and ruled that the triple stood, though the decision turned out to be an afterthought. Crawford immediately singled home Pence for the tying run.

"There's frustration," Pence said. "We want to stay as positive as we can right now. We've got to get it done. We've got to keep pushing to find a way to turn it around."

NOTES: Posey will get Tuesday night's game off after catching 16 innings, Bochy said. ... Mets LHP Jonathon Niese (shoulder inflammation) has been cleared to start throwing again. The team expects him back at some point this season. ... Mets RHP Shaun Marcum had his right hand examined by a specialist in St. Louis. With an off day Thursday, Harvey is slated to take Marcum's spot in the rotation Saturday at Pittsburgh. ... Barry Zito (4-6, 4.44 ERA) starts for the Giants against Dillon Gee (6-7, 4.45) on Tuesday. Zito began warming up in the bullpen in the bottom of the 16th in case the Giants tied it.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/mets-outlast-giants-4-3-16-innings-075719624.html

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WTCC: Rotek puts Ford WTCC plans on hold

Robb Holland WTCCRotek Racing has put plans to enter the World Touring Car Championship with the ex-Arena Motorsport Ford Focuses on hold.

The VLN squad bought the ex-Arena machines earlier this year and had planned to race them later in the season ahead of a full campaign in 2014.

But with the WTCC confirming it will run to new regulations in 2014, Rotek is now considering its options

American tin-top racer Robb Holland, who is the only driver confirmed for the programme so far, is concerned that factory efforts such as Citroen's could push costs up.

"We're trying to figure it out and we've done a bunch of testing," he said.

"The issue is the new rules package being [introduced] for 2014. It's a struggle to find new investment with the focus more on the manufacturers than independents.

"The big question is, with the manufacturers coming in, what happens to budgets? At the moment they are very reasonable."

Holland believes the key will be how much help the older cars, such as the Focus, are given to be able to compete with the new machines.

"I don't think the WTCC knows exactly which way to go," he added. "If they don't performance balance the cars I don't think the team will have any interest in competing.

"I still think it's the right championship to be in, but it's got to make sense for independents."

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Holland also confirmed he is hoping to appear in the British Touring Car Championship this year, driving one of Tony Gilham's Team Hard Vauxhall Insignias.

Team Hard Vauxhall InsigniaThe American, who raced at the Snetterton and Croft rounds last season, is one of four drivers set to test the ex-James Cole machine this week.

He hopes to race at Snetterton next month and take in one further round, if his VLN endurance commitments allow.

"Tony and I agreed at the beginning of the year we'd do at least a couple of races," said the 45-year-old.

"Snetterton is likely and I'd like to do another round; it depends on the schedule."

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East Hampton Idiots Spotted on Facebook

There?s no question that the Hamptons has its fair share of idiots?especially in the summer, and especially in East Hampton. Sorry folks, but them?s the facts.

Now there?s a new ?East Hampton Idiot Spotter? Facebook page to prove it and it?s growing every day. A population armed with cell phone cameras and lots of dopey and inconsiderate people has created a perfect storm for eye-rolling humor. Since its inception on Friday, July 5, the page already has 8,633 ?Likes? (as of 11:45 a.m. on Monday) and numerous wall posts featuring images of and stories about local ?idiots.?

Among the pictures amusing so many people in such a short period of time, East Hampton Idiot Spotter features a photo of a man shopping at the IGA supermarket in a speedo bathing suit, an SUV parked in front of the Main Street light in East Hampton with half his vehicle in the road, several cars stuck in the sand on the beach?including one Audi that clearly is not four-wheel drive, a few ridiculous outfits and license plates (like the New Jersey plate that reads: NY CITY), a beached boat and more baffling and offensive parking jobs.

The creator notes, ?This is a fun page, your fun page, to post pics and stories about the IDIOTS that have taken over our town, the emphasis being FUN!!? The intro further notes that anyone who finds an image or post offensive can contact an administrator and request that it be removed. And, despite the site?s premise, it also says nasty banter or attacks between posters would not be tolerated, adding, ?If the page stops being fun for some, then it?s fun for none, and that?s not what we?re about!?

Take a look at facebook.com/EastHamptonIdiotSpotter or share your own Hamptons idiot stories right here in our comments.

Featured photo above was provided by Tim Shea, who is driving the red F-150 in the picture, which was taken by a family friend a few weeks ago.

Below photo taken by Daniel Star-Tambor at the Duck Pond in April.

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Photo: Daniel Star-Tambor

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