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Saturday, February 14, 2015

Anonymous on Twitter: "Its Friday 13th. #OpDeathEaters protests in UK will take place in London ...

Its Friday 13th. #OpDeathEaters protests in UK will take place in London, Essex, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Rochdale, Leeds & Birmingham. Join us!



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Love Inc.: 10 alternatives to Tinder

IAC's Tinder has a big foothold on the online dating industry. But there are far more dating apps out there. Here are the latest and greatest online dating alternatives.



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Man Utd: Louis van Gaal says 'Wayne Rooney is maybe the best striker' on team, but he will continue to play in midfield (ESPN)

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PSG without Yohan Cabaye, Marquinhos, Serge Aurier and Lucas Moura vs Chelsea on Tuesday after all were injured Saturday (ESPN)

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Serie A: Napoli lose at Palermo; Fiorentina handle Sassuolo

MILAN (AP) Napoli missed the chance to close the gap to second-place Roma as it lost 3-1 at Palermo in Serie A on Saturday, ending a run of six successive victories.



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MLS Update February 14, 2015 at 12:14PM

Sunil Gulati confirms USMNT's April friendly vs. Mexico in San Antonio officially sold out


If you haven't yet bought a ticket for the US national team's friendly in April against Mexico in San Antonio, you're officially out of luck.


U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulati confirmed reports that the game was sold out with a tweet on Saturday:



MLS Update February 14, 2015 at 08:45AM

2015 Preseason Schedule | By Date





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Best cars for planet Earth

The American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy calls these the "Greenest cars" you can buy.



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MLS Update February 14, 2015 at 10:32AM

Veteran forward Robbie Findley looking to get back to his best while helping Toronto FC win


TORONTO – In a year of many changes and many new faces, former Real Salt Lake striker Robbie Findley is quietly working towards redemption at Toronto FC.


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Obamacare open enrollment ends Sunday

Want Obamacare insurance? Open enrollment ends Sunday.



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MLS Update February 14, 2015 at 09:12AM

Bob Bradley, Brian McBride to be inducted into National Soccer Hall of Fame on Saturday


U.S. Soccer will officially induct three legends of the sport into the National Soccer Hall of Fame on Saturday in San Francisco.


Though their selections were announced last year, Bob Bradley and Brian McBride, as well as Kristine Lilly, will be this year's inductees.


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MLS Update February 14, 2015 at 08:11AM

American Exports: Danny Williams helps Reading reach FA Cup quarterfinals with win over Derby County


AMSTERDAM – Daniel Williams went the distance in midfield as Reading reached the FA Cup elite eight for the third time in six years with a 2-1 smash and grab victory at Derby County.


The US international ended up on the wrong side of a pair of referee decisions in the first half, starting with a yellow card on 28 minutes. A few minutes before intermission, Williams had a fair penalty shout ignored after his goal-bound shot was blocked in the area by the arm of Derby defender Richard Keogh.


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MLS Update February 14, 2015 at 07:50AM

Report: Canadian national team to play Guatemala in March friendly


It looks as though Canada will be getting another warm-up match against a Central American opponent in the near future.



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PSG throws away 2-0 lead in 2-2 home draw with Caen

PARIS (AP) Paris Saint-Germain's lack of composure was exposed again as the French league defending champion conceded two late goals in a 2-2 home draw with Caen on Saturday.



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Book Release: My Beautiful Enemy by Thomas, Sherry

~Chosen as one of Library Journal's Best Romances of 2014~ In this spellbinding romance by the acclaimed, USA Today bestselling author of The Luckiest Lady in London , a beautiful and cunning woman meets her match in a man just as dangerous and seductive as she is, putting both her heart and her future at risk... Hidden beneath Catherine Blade's uncommon beauty is a daring that matches any man's. Although this has taken her far in the world, she still doesn't have the one thing she craves: the



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DroidStealth — Android Encryption Tool with Stealth Capabilities

We all have Internet-connected smartphones in our pockets, but it’s very hard to find a place on Internet to feel secure and private. No doubt, there is data Encryption on cell phones, but what’s the use if it is cracked by hackers or law enforcement? What if the encrypted files don’t exist in the first place for law enforcement to decrypt it? That’s the motive behind DroidStealth, a new





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Aurora on Ice



Not from a snowglobe, this expansive fisheye view of ice and sky was captured on February 1, from Jökulsárlón Beach, southeast Iceland, planet Earth. Chunks of glacial ice on the black sand beach glisten in the light of a nearly full moon surrounded by a shining halo. The 22 degree lunar halo itself is created by ice crystals in high, thin clouds refracting the moonlight. Despite the bright moonlight, curtains of aurora still dance through the surreal scene. In early February, their activity was triggered by Earth's restless magnetosphere and the energetic wind from a coronal hole near the Sun's south pole. Bright Jupiter, also near opposition, is visible at the left, beyond the icy lunar halo. via NASA http://ift.tt/1B4UFfv

Friday, February 13, 2015

[FD] HumHub .htaccess file upload vulnerability and remote code execution

[FD] CVE-2015-1593 - Linux ASLR integer overflow: Reducing stack entropy by four

Hi, A bug in Linux ASLR implementation for versions prior to 3.19-rc3 has been found. The issue is that the stack for processes is not properly randomized on some 64 bit architectures due to an integer overflow. Affected systems have reduced the stack entropy of the processes by four. Details at: http://ift.tt/1J8ggYU Regards, Hector Marco. http://hmarco.org



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[FD] CVE-2015-1574 - Google Email App 4.2.2 remote denial of service

Hello, Summary: A bug in the stock Google email application version 4.4.2.0200 has been found. An attacker can remotely perform an Denial Of Service attack by sending a specially crafted email. No interaction from the user is needed to produce the crash just receive the malicious email. The CVE-2015-1574 has been assigned. Version 4.2.2.0200 running on a Samsung Galaxy 4 mini fully updated (19 Jan 2015) is affected. Newer versions 4.2.2.0400 are not affected. Details and proof of concept exploit at: http://ift.tt/1D6KwzM Regards, Hector Marco. http://hmarco.org



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MLS Update February 13, 2015 at 03:31PM

FIFA opposes 2014 World Cup hosting city Manaus as potential 2016 Olympics venue


Those potentially looking forward to international soccer's return to the Brazilian jungle may not get what they're hoping for.


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MLS Update February 13, 2015 at 03:15PM

American Exports: US youth international Christian Pulisic trains with Borussia Dortmund's first team


AMSTERDAM – Borussia Dortmund playmaking prodigy Christian Pulisic saw a big week capped by public praise from manager Jürgen Klopp for his work as a surprise participant in first-team training.


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Is ending segregation key to ending poverty?

Chicago's experiment in relocating poor African American families to rich white suburbs seems to be a success. So why are so few other cities doing the same?



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MLS Update February 13, 2015 at 01:40PM

Seattle Sounders winger Lamar Neagle confirms interest from Irish national team


DUBLIN, Ireland – Irish eyes could soon be smiling for Lamar Neagle, if reported interest from the Republic of Ireland national team comes to fruition.


It is believed that the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) is monitoring the Seattle Sounders' attacker after they were made aware that the 27-year-old possesses an Irish passport through his mother, Bridget.


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MLS Update February 13, 2015 at 01:25PM

Orlando City SC striker Martin Paterson hoping to mirror career trajectory of Bradley Wright-Phillips


Martin Paterson has his eyes firmly on the MLS career arc of Bradley Wright-Phillips after joining Orlando City SC for their inaugural season in the league.


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MLS Update February 13, 2015 at 01:20PM

Sporting KC's Peter Vermes slams Jurgen Klinsmann's preseason fitness standards as “utterly ridiculous"


As quick as he is to defend keeping a player off the pitch because he's not fit enough, Peter Vermes is even quicker to defend his players – and his league – against criticism he thinks unfair.


And the way Sporting Kansas City's manager sees it, US national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann was off the mark when he knocked player fitness during the recent January camp.


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MLS Update February 13, 2015 at 12:43PM

Sporting Kansas City sign Haitian defensive midfielder Soni Mustivar


Sporting Kansas City have signed 25-year-old defensive midfielder Soni Mustivar, the club announced on Friday. Mustivar will occupy an international roster spot on the team's roster for the 2015 season pending receipt of his International Transfer Certificate and P-1 Visa.


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What happens if you're caught using Facebook in prison

In the United States, prison guards can ask Facebook to take down an inmate's Facebook page -- even if the inmate's family member is posting on their behalf.



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Tim Cook: Privacy is a matter of 'life and death'

Tim Cook defended Apple's commitment to privacy at a White House cybersecurity summit on Friday.



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I have a new follower on Twitter



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MLS Update February 13, 2015 at 12:05PM

American Exports: Bobby Wood scores first two goals of the season with new team Erzgebirge Aue


AMSTERDAM – Bobby Wood fired his first two goals of the season on Friday night to lead Erzgebirge Aue out of the danger zone with a 3-2 victory away to Bundesliga promotion chasers Fortuna Dusseldorf.


The US attacker opened the scoring on the quarter-hour by charging into the box to oblige some fine set-up work by strike partner Stefan Mugosa. It was not only Wood's first goal in an Aue shirt, but also his first in the 2.Bundesliga since May 2013.


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'50 Shades of Grey' seeks box office love

The erotic thriller has already hauled in $8.6 million thanks to Thursday night's showings.



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Book Release: The LEGO movie : Emmet's guide to being awesome

Emmet, the main character from "The LEGO movie" outlines his philosophy of life and reveals what he has learned from his adventures and his relationships with the Master Builders about friendship, travel, identity, and other topics.



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MLS Update February 13, 2015 at 11:45AM

Report: USMNT's Jurgen Klinsmann uninterested in Aston Villa opening


It didn’t take long for Jurgen Klinsmann's name to come off the table as a possible successor to Paul Lambert as Aston Villa head coach.


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Real Sociedad draws 2-2 at Almeria in Spanish league

MADRID (AP) Real Sociedad twice came from behind to draw 2-2 against Almeria in the Spanish league on Friday.



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Will Puerto Rican Powerball winner pay U.S. taxes?

One of the three Powerball winners is from Puerto Rico and likely to pay significantly lower taxes than the two winners who bought tickets in the U.S.



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Candy Crush vs. Words with Friends: Wall St.'s choice is clear

King Digital is crushing Zynga in the gaming -- and stock -- market.



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The easier path to getting rich

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Geico accused of discriminating against low-income drivers

The insurance company is allegedly offering different coverage plans to drivers who are low-income, single, without a college degree, and previously uninsured.



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Book Release: Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 : why it disappeared--and why it's only a matter of time before this happens again by Soucie, David.

Book Release: Viper game by Feehan, Christine.

GhostWalker Wyatt Fontenot, the subject of a secret military experiment that gave him special catlike abilities, returns home to the bayou and helps the mysterious Le Poivre de Cayenne protect three girls from a deadly enemy.



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Book Release: Bad news nails by Santopolo, Jill, author.

"Trouble is coming to the Sparkle Spa, in the form of Aly Tanner's worst nightmare: her arch rival and nemesis since kindergarten is joining the salon! Know-it-all Suzy Davis has plenty of ideas about how the nail salon should be run and isn't shy about telling the sisters what to do and how to do it. How can Brooke and Aly get Suzy out of their hair--and their business?" --



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Book Release: The unfortunate importance of beauty by Filipacchi, Amanda.

"A magical and comedic take on modern love, the power of friendship, and the allure of disguise. Meet the Knights of Creation, a group of artistic friends struggling with society's standards of beauty. Barb, a stunningly beautiful costume designer, chooses to don a fat suit in hopes that it will help her meet the man of her dreams- a man who can see beyond her looks. Lily, Barb's brilliantly talented, unfortunate-looking musician friend, goes to fantastic lengths to attract the shallow man she l



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Book Release: Crafting a colorful home : a room-by-room guide to personalizing your space with color by Nicholas, Kristin.

MLS Update February 13, 2015 at 10:41AM

Bruce Arena lauds Robbie Keane as MLS's all-time MVP as LA Galaxy get warm Irish reception


DUBLIN – There may not have been a horde of screaming groupies to welcome the LA Galaxy yesterday, but their reputation in Europe is undoubtedly on the rise.


Led by captain Robbie Keane, the MLS Cup champions completed a training session through the morning rain in the Dublin suburb of Malahide on Friday, with a handful of Irish press and local groundsmen looking on.


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QPR appoints Ramsey as head coach until end of season

LONDON (AP) Queens Park Rangers has appointed Chris Ramsey as head coach until the end of the season after he took over as a caretaker following the departure of Harry Redknapp.



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Queens Park Rangers confirm Chris Ramsey will remain manager for the rest of the season (ESPN)

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'Has there ever been a sadder week in journalism?'

This week saw the media world lose Williams, Stewart, Simon, and Carr. Yet, there's reasons to be hopeful.



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Goal-line technology approved for Serie A next season

MILAN (AP) Serie A has approved goal-line technology for next season.



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Book Release: Betting on hope by Clopton, Debra.

"A bet gone wrong. A small town's meddling. And a cowboy intent on saving his ranch.Maggie Hope is an advice columnist whose background leaves her with little advice to give. and it's beginning to show. When Maggie fills in at an interview with champion horse trainer Tru Monahan, the on-camera chemistry between them is undeniable. Maggie's bosses know this is the opportunity she's been looking for to launch her career...and their bank accounts. In order to save her column, Maggie takes Tru up on



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MLS Update February 13, 2015 at 08:54AM

American Exports: John Brooks looks to keep starting spot as Brad Guzan, Daniel Williams hunt FA Cup glory


AMSTERDAM – Several Americans will turn into European road warriors this weekend, with in-form midfielder Daniel Williams aiming to help steer Reading past FA Cup round-of-16 hosts Derby County.


All times listed in ET.


GERMAN BUNDESLIGA


John Anthony Brooks – Hertha Berlin vs. Freiburg (Sunday, 9:30 am on GolTV)


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MLS Update February 13, 2015 at 03:57AM

CONTEST: Celebrate Valentine's Day with MLS using #SoccerGrams


Can we Mapp a way to your heart?


This Valentine’s Day, celebrate with MLS by sharing your best soccer-related Valentine’s Day cards on Twitter and Instagram using #SoccerGrams . We’ll randomly select one lucky winner for a 2015 match ball signed by this year’s SuperDraft picks.


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Book Release: What to do to retire successfully : navigating psychological, financial and lifestyle hurdles by Goldstein, Martin B.

Book Release: Bertie's guide to life and mothers : a 44 Scotland Street novel by McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948-

"Newlywed painter and sometime somnambulist Angus Lordie might be sleepwalking his way into trouble with Animal Welfare when he lets his dog Cyril drink a bit too much lager at the local bar. The longsuffering Bertie, on the cusp of his seventh birthday party, has taken to dreaming about his eighteenth, a time when he will be able to avoid the indignity of unwanted girl attendees and the looming threat of a gender-neutral doll from his domineering mother Irene"--



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Costco just killed my favorite credit card

Costco is breaking up with American Express, killing my favorite credit card in the process.



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1-800-Flowers must avoid Valentine's Day massacre

Last February, 1-800-Flowers had some problems with Valentine's Day deliveries due to bad weather. The company has recovered from that snafu. But it could be a problem if it happens again.



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The View-Master is back

Google and Mattel have reworked the View-Master. The old toy is getting a virtual reality reboot. It combines a plastic viewer with your smartphone and 3-D technology.



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MLS Update February 13, 2015 at 07:32AM

LA Galaxy's Robbie Keane advised Colorado Rapids on Irish colleague Kevin Doyle: "He would be perfect"


DUBLIN, IRELAND – There appears to be no limit to Robbie Keane’s power of influence after opening the door for compatriot Kevin Doyle to join him in MLS.


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Unemployed mom of 4 wins Powerball in N.C.

Welcome to your new life, Marie Homes.



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Shopping for luxury brands? Here's how to spot a fake

The counterfeit industry is huge, and fake handbags are looking more and more like the real thing.



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MLS Update February 13, 2015 at 07:14AM

MLS Preseason Tracker: Matches, highlights, scores & news updates as they happen (February 13)

Preseason matches continue on Friday, including the first formal tournament of the 2015 preseason, the ATX Pro Challenge, kicking off down in the Lone Star State.


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MLS Update February 13, 2015 at 07:06AM

Steven Caldwell backs Michael Bradley but harbors reservations about Toronto FC captaincy switch


TORONTO – Toronto FC has a new captain in US international midfielder Michael Bradley, who takes over from Steven Caldwell as the club’s seventh skipper.



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David Carr was one of my dearest friends

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Thursday, February 12, 2015

MLS Update February 12, 2015 at 03:59PM

Former Chicago Fire star Cuauhtemoc Blanco to retire April 18, start mayoral campaign | SIDELINE


We now know when Cuauhtemoc Blanco’s playing career will end and his political one will begin.


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MLS Update February 12, 2015 at 03:56PM

FC Dallas' Oscar Pareja eager to answer preseason questions heading into ATX Pro Challenge tournament


With FC Dallas at the halfway point of their 2015 preseason, plenty of questions exist as they head into the ATX Pro Soccer Challenge in Austin, Texas.


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Data-Dependent Clustering in Exploration-Exploitation Algorithms. (arXiv:1502.03473v1 [cs.LG])

We investigate two data-dependent clustering techniques for content recommendation based on exploration-exploitation strategies in contextual multiarmed bandit settings. Our algorithms dynamically group users based on the items under consideration and, possibly, group items based on the similarity of the clusterings induced over the users. The resulting algorithm thus takes advantage of preference patterns in the data in a way akin to collaborative filtering methods. We provide an empirical analysis on extensive real-world datasets, showing scalability and increased prediction performance over state-of-the-art methods for clustering bandits. For one of the two algorithms we also give a regret analysis within a standard linear stochastic noise setting.






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Speeding up Permutation Testing in Neuroimaging. (arXiv:1502.03536v1 [stat.CO])

Multiple hypothesis testing is a significant problem in nearly all neuroimaging studies. In order to correct for this phenomena, we require a reliable estimate of the Family-Wise Error Rate (FWER). The well known Bonferroni correction method, while simple to implement, is quite conservative, and can substantially under-power a study because it ignores dependencies between test statistics. Permutation testing, on the other hand, is an exact, non-parametric method of estimating the FWER for a given $\alpha$-threshold, but for acceptably low thresholds the computational burden can be prohibitive. In this paper, we show that permutation testing in fact amounts to populating the columns of a very large matrix ${\bf P}$. By analyzing the spectrum of this matrix, under certain conditions, we see that ${\bf P}$ has a low-rank plus a low-variance residual decomposition which makes it suitable for highly sub--sampled --- on the order of $0.5\%$ --- matrix completion methods. Based on this observation, we propose a novel permutation testing methodology which offers a large speedup, without sacrificing the fidelity of the estimated FWER. Our evaluations on four different neuroimaging datasets show that a computational speedup factor of roughly $50\times$ can be achieved while recovering the FWER distribution up to very high accuracy. Further, we show that the estimated $\alpha$-threshold is also recovered faithfully, and is stable.






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Applications of Artificial Intelligence Techniques to Combating Cyber Crimes: A Review. (arXiv:1502.03552v1 [cs.AI])

With the advances in information technology (IT) criminals are using cyberspace to commit numerous cyber crimes. Cyber infrastructures are highly vulnerable to intrusions and other threats. Physical devices and human intervention are not sufficient for monitoring and protection of these infrastructures; hence, there is a need for more sophisticated cyber defense systems that need to be flexible, adaptable and robust, and able to detect a wide variety of threats and make intelligent real-time decisions. Numerous bio-inspired computing methods of Artificial Intelligence have been increasingly playing an important role in cyber crime detection and prevention. The purpose of this study is to present advances made so far in the field of applying AI techniques for combating cyber crimes, to demonstrate how these techniques can be an effective tool for detection and prevention of cyber attacks, as well as to give the scope for future work.






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An Efficient Metric of Automatic Weight Generation for Properties in Instance Matching Technique. (arXiv:1502.03556v1 [cs.AI])

The proliferation of heterogeneous data sources of semantic knowledge base intensifies the need of an automatic instance matching technique. However, the efficiency of instance matching is often influenced by the weight of a property associated to instances. Automatic weight generation is a non-trivial, however an important task in instance matching technique. Therefore, identifying an appropriate metric for generating weight for a property automatically is nevertheless a formidable task. In this paper, we investigate an approach of generating weights automatically by considering hypotheses: (1) the weight of a property is directly proportional to the ratio of the number of its distinct values to the number of instances contain the property, and (2) the weight is also proportional to the ratio of the number of distinct values of a property to the number of instances in a training dataset. The basic intuition behind the use of our approach is the classical theory of information content that infrequent words are more informative than frequent ones. Our mathematical model derives a metric for generating property weights automatically, which is applied in instance matching system to produce re-conciliated instances efficiently. Our experiments and evaluations show the effectiveness of our proposed metric of automatic weight generation for properties in an instance matching technique.






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Computing rational beliefs under limited foresight. (arXiv:1502.03683v1 [cs.AI])

We study extensive form games where players might not be able to foresee the possible consequences of their actions and try to exploit the opponents' believed weaknesses in order to improve upon the final outcome. We build upon existing models of games with limited foresight, endowing players with the ability of higher-order reasoning, and proposing a novel solution concept to address intuitions coming from real game play. We analyse the resulting equilibria, devising an effective procedure to compute them.






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Variable and value elimination in binary constraint satisfaction via forbidden patterns. (arXiv:1502.03796v1 [cs.CC])

Variable or value elimination in a constraint satisfaction problem (CSP) can be used in preprocessing or during search to reduce search space size. A variable elimination rule (value elimination rule) allows the polynomial-time identification of certain variables (domain elements) whose elimination, without the introduction of extra compensatory constraints, does not affect the satisfiability of an instance. We show that there are essentially just four variable elimination rules and three value elimination rules defined by forbidding generic sub-instances, known as irreducible existential patterns, in arc-consistent CSP instances. One of the variable elimination rules is the already-known Broken Triangle Property, whereas the other three are novel. The three value elimination rules can all be seen as strict generalisations of neighbourhood substitution.






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Argentine player Leto struck on head while weight training

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) Argentine footballer Sebastian Leto was in a Buenos Aires hospital on Thursday after he was struck on the head by weightlifting equipment while training.



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MLS Update February 12, 2015 at 03:03PM

Report: LA Galaxy's Juninho wants to be part of USMNT rather than native Brazil


Jurgen Klinsmann has no problem combing Europe to find new talent for the US national team, no matter their place of birth, and now it appears there is another potential national-teamer plying his trade right in the coach's backyard, with the LA Galaxy.


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MLS Update February 12, 2015 at 02:50PM

Columbus Crew's Wil Trapp calls debut performance for USMNT a "learning experience"


COLUMBUS, Ohio – After years in the US youth national team ranks, Columbus Crew SC midfielder Wil Trapp finally earned his first senior-team cap against Chile on Jan. 28.


But it wasn’t quite the debut the 22-year-old was looking for. His 30 minutes of action as a second-half substitute came in a 3-2 loss, and Columbus’ midfield general wasn’t pleased with his performance.


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China's top phone maker tests U.S. market

Most people in the U.S. have never heard of Xiaomi. The five-year-old company is the number one smartphone manufacturer in China and the third largest in the world, trailing only Samsung and Apple.



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MLS Update February 12, 2015 at 02:10PM

Las Vegas no longer in consideration for MLS expansion until after 2018


Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber on Thursday notified Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman that MLS is no longer considering Las Vegas as an expansion market until after 2018.


The City of Las Vegas published the following letter:



Mayor Goodman provided the following statement in response to the news:


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Ocean City, MD's surf is at least 5.22ft high

Maryland-Delaware, February 18, 2015 at 02:00AM



Ocean City, MD Summary

At 2:00 AM, surf min of 5.22ft. At 8:00 AM, surf min of 3.17ft. At 2:00 PM, surf min of 1.1ft. At 8:00 PM, surf min of 0.6ft.



Surf maximum: 6.22ft (1.9m)

Surf minimum: 5.22ft (1.59m)

Tide height: -0.01ft (-0.0m)

Wind direction: WNW

Wind speed: 17.01 KTS





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Rooney still Hodgson's leading forward; Kane set for England

LONDON (AP) Shifted to midfield by Manchester United, Wayne Rooney was reassured by England coach Roy Hodgson on Thursday that his status as the national team's leading forward was secure.



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Rooney still Hodgson's leading striker, Kane set for England

LONDON (AP) Shunted back in midfield for Manchester United, Wayne Rooney was reassured by England coach Roy Hodgson on Thursday that his status as the national team's leading striker was secure.



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2014 broke the record for vehicle recalls

More vehicles were recalled in 2014 than in any other year, ever.



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