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Neil Gorsuch has been nominated by President Donald Trump for the vacant seat on the US Supreme Court. Here are eight things to know about Mr Gorsuch: Gorsuch is a staunch conservative He is a conservative intellectual known for backing religious rights and seen as very much in the mold of Antonin Scalia, the justice he was chosen to replace. Scalia, who died on Feb 13, 2016, was praised by Gorsuch as "a lion of the law". Gorsuch is young and could be a key figure for decades Gorsuch is 49 and could influence the high court for decades to come in what is a lifetime post. He is the youngest Supreme Court nominee since Republican President George H.W. Bush in 1991 picked Clarence Thomas, who was 43 at the time. The only Protestant on the court As an Episcopalian he would be the only Protestant on the court, which has three Jewish justices and five Catholics. Gorsuch, who is white, adds little diversity to the court compared with the justices appointed by President Barack Obama, both of whom were women, one becoming the first Latina justice. But, being from Colorado, he offers geographical diversity to a court dominated by justices from the east and west coasts. Gorsuch's mother worked for Ronald Reagan He is the son of Anne Burford, the first woman to head the US Environmental Protection Agency. She served as Republican President Ronald Reagan's top environmental official but resigned in 1983, just 22 months into the job, amid a fight with Congress over cleaning up toxic waste dumps. She was criticised by environmentalists for cutting the agency's enforcement efforts against polluters. Gorsuch already has friends on the Supreme Court He served as a clerk for two justices including a current member of the court, the conservative Anthony Kennedy. If confirmed, he would become the first clerk to join a former boss on the Supreme Court. Gorsuch also served as a clerk for Justice Byron White, a John F. Kennedy appointee, who retired from the court in 1993. Gorsuch went to Oxford University Gorsuch completed a doctorate in legal philosophy at Oxford University. He also studied at Columbia University and, like several of the other justices on the court, Harvard Law School, where he graduated the same year as Barack Obama. The Hobby Lobby case In 2013, Gorsuch played a role in a high-profile ruling involving arts-and-crafts retailer Hobby Lobby, allowing owners of private companies to object on religious grounds to an Obamacare provision requiring employers to provide health insurance covering birth control for women. Gorsuch expressed sympathy for the choice faced by the evangelical Christian owners of the company "between exercising their faith or saving their business." Gorsuch is against government agencies interpreting the law Gorsuch believes the courts cede too much power to government agencies. He recently wrote: "There's an elephant in the room with us today. We have studiously attempted to work our way around it and even left it unremarked." He said "executive bureaucracies" were being permitted to "swallow huge amounts of core judicial and legislative power and concentrate federal power in a way that seems more than a little difficult to square with the Constitution of the framers' design. Maybe the time has come to face the behemoth."

How long have we got? I asked Mitsuru Kariya, chief engineer and project leader for the new Civic. "How long for what?" Came the reply. How long before Honda decides that the fuel tank has to return to under the front seats, that independent rear suspension is no longer the right solution for its five-door family hatch and that load space, or twist-beam suspension, or an estate, or an amphibious maybe even a flying option, is the right thing for the next generation Honda Civic. Honda simply isn't like other car makers. It doesn't so much work out what people want and make it, as works out what it can make and then tells marketing to sell it. This R&D-led strategy is both strength and weakness; it's also exhausting. Since 1972 and the launch of the first Honda Civic, this evergreen range has been badged amongst others as: Aerodeck; Triumph Acclaim; Rover 400; Domani; Quint; Ballade; and CRX. It has been available with racing-derived wishbone suspension, MacPherson struts, torsion-beam rear, front- and even four-wheel drive. Civics have been saloons, three- and five-door hatches, coupés and shooting breaks. There've been big and small Civics for different markets, there's even been 'Pirate-Black' Civics and a special edition Civic Jordan. That's the trouble with keeping a name plate for so long, you need to radically change your assumptions between models and considering the average UK Honda buyer is 58-years old, the likelihood is they'll remember every single Civic model change. So where the 2000 seventh-generation Civic was boring old Honda at its best (immaculately engineered, ultra-reliable and as exciting as soup), in 2006 the pyramid-shaped, eighth-generation swapped technical virtuosity for looks and load space. Honda engineers tucked the fuel tank under the front seats to allow the rear 'magic seat' bases to fold and create a second boot space. "But not many people use them," griped one PR. Eighth turned into ninth generation with bodywork changes but a similar twist-beam rear suspension and also reintroduced an estate version in 2014, which has been po[CENSORED]r in the UK, not so in Europe - although Ford, Opel and Volkswagen seems to do well with their station-wagon rivals. It's a similar story with the whole of Honda; Europeans don't like them as much as we do and the UK represents almost 40 per cent of all European sales. "But not many people use them," gringed one PRO. Similarly the estate version, po[CENSORED]r in the UK, hasn't been so in Europe (though Ford, Opel and Volkswagen seems to do well with their station-wagon rivals). It's a similar story with the whole of Honda; Europeans don't like them as much as we do and the UK represents almost 40 per cent of all European sales. So if you like 'magic seats', or own an estate Civic, then look after it, since these will not be appearing on the new 10th-gen version which goes on sale this March. This car marks a return to a world Civic. No longer tweaked for individual markets, new Civic will be available as a coupé and saloon in America and in the UK as a Swindon-built five-door hatch and Type R scorchio-hatch later this summer. The current 18-month old Type R will become the rarest of Hondas with just 2,500 sold before it's withdrawn. The new Civic is quite a bit bigger than the old; 148mm longer, and 29mm wider, but 20mm lower, with a centre of gravity moved down 34mm and the driver's hip point down 35mm. But while they have saved about 16kg in the body shell with more high-strength steel, the new car is at least 91kg heavier, which is the equivalent of a weighty extra passenger. Part of that is the replacement of the previous model's twist-beam rear suspension for a full multi-link independent rear. Three engines will be offered: Honda's first main-line production three cylinder complete with tiny Mitsubishi turbo, displacing 988cc and producing 127bhp; a 179bhp 1.5-litre turbo-petrol four cylinder; and later this year, Honda's own 1.6-litre turbodiesel four cylinder, which will take the Lion's share of sales, but wasn't available to drive. Transmissions are a new six-speed manual or continuously variable transmission and all the cars are front-wheel drive. There are seven trim options, though Sport derivatives with their different boot floor, will only be available with the 1.5-litre and prices start at £18,335 topping out at £27,295. The shape, while appearing to have come from the designer's equivalent of a Limehouse opium den, is in fact Japanese in origin and from a Japanese designer. The aim has been to meet and beat the best of the Europeans on their own soil. There's a solidity underlying the frippery, but it's well hidden. Muscular, yes, but distorted like an oiled body building contestant. Test cars all ran on 17-inch wheels with low-profile Michelin tyres. Not sure how much smaller wheels will take away from the looks but it will be something. So climb in and the lower seating position is immediately apparent, to the extent that you start to raise the seat to see over the dashboard. After a generation of facias that wouldn't look out of place on Flash Gordon's ship, the 10th is more sober and easy to read and thankfully not now back-lit in blue so you stand at least a fighting chance of spotting the headlamp's high-beam warning lamp. Like the outgoing model, there's a riot of different materials; I counted seven surfaces changes on the door alone. The new sat nav screen looks pretty much like the old sat nav screen but the electronic architecture now runs the gamut of camera and radar-based safety systems including lane departure, city braking, cross traffic alert and all these will be standard equipment. The boot is about the same size, but there's more headroom and a tad more leg room in the back and those rear seats are more comfy; magic seats turned out not to be magically comfortable. With all its motorcycle experience, Honda has made a decent fist of the one-litre engine, which pulls eagerly, though the boost falls off quickly between gear changes. No balance shaft, but Honda engineering has kept vibration to a minimum and the three-pot thrums merrily but not unpleasantly. This isn't a fast car, but it's swift enough as long as you aren't filling all the seats and the boot. The gearchange, with its reworked strategy is much improved on the outgoing car. Perhaps best of all, however, is the CVT option, which seems better suited to the torque of this little engine without the rubber-band effect of its forebears. I preferred the power and torque output of the 1.5, though. If the engine with its metallic, revvy nature is unmistakably Honda, so is the steering, with that familiar lightweight precision but a lack of feedback. The nose turns in neatly and there's good damping control with compliance but limited body roll. It feels secure, is reasonably good fun to drive and rides better than the old model even if it doesn't have that 'sucked-to-the-road' character of some of its upper-premium rivals. Most noticeable is the better refinement and much lower road noise of this new model, I quite liked it, it looks weird and despite all the new stuff, it doesn't drive that much differently from its predecessor, but there's real progress here and who can resist the feeling that minds immeasurably superior to yours have had a hand in your automobile's conception.

Most CPU coolers have set fan ranges that they run between when engaged, but Arctic has a different idea about this. The company knows that modern CPUs produce so little heat when under low loads that active cooling really isn’t necessary, which is why its new Freezer i32 Plus CPU cooler has a passive mode. The Freezer i32 Plus has a simple tower-style heatsink made with 84 0.3mm thick aluminum fins, and it spans 150mm. It's 52mm thick (102mm with the two fans installed), and 123mm wide. Heat is fed to the fin stack through five 6mm copper heatpipes. Contrary to the standard Freezer i32, the Plus model has two 120mm fans instead of one. They feature a fluid dynamic bearing and can spin at speeds of up to 1,350RPM. The passive mode, of course, is zero RPM. The fans are PWM controlled, but they have a rather unusual speed curve: Up to 40% PWM cycle the fans won’t spin at all, and from there they’ll start spinning all the way up to their maximum 1,350RPM at a 100% duty cycle. Such a curve is particularly useful because of how easy it is to set up. All you need to do is plug the cooler into a PWM-capable header, and you’re set. With other CPU coolers, if you want a passive mode, you’d have to manually change the fan curve through the motherboard BIOS or software, and many boards won’t even allow you to fully switch off the CPU fan. Such a curve is particularly useful because of how easy it is to set up. All you need to do is plug the cooler into a PWM-capable header, and you’re set. With other CPU coolers, if you want a passive mode, you’d have to manually change the fan curve through the motherboard BIOS or software, and many boards won’t even allow you to fully switch off the CPU fan.

There’s little doubt that Microsoft has been busy over the last few years with the release of Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 about a year later. Since then Windows 8.1 itself has had 2 major updates which could traditionally be called Service Packs, and Microsoft are now working on Windows 10. Yet according to statistics, there remains a Windows operating system that has more users than all other operating systems in the world combined and is still supported by Microsoft. That is of course Windows 7 which was released in 2009. Ridiculously Windows 7 has received only one Service Pack in over five years, and has had no updated install DVDs or ISOs since 2011. If you install Windows 7 these days and then run Windows Update, the list of hotfixes and patches is staggering, and well over 150 before you even get to extras like .NET Framework! If you’re continuing to use Windows 7, with the unending amount of updates to install, what’s the best option if you want to install Windows 7 in future? A quick way to update Windows is by installing patches from an offline source such as a USB flash drive or hard drive, this is faster than Windows Update via the internet but still takes time. A better option is to integrate all the updates into the Windows media so they are installed as part of the original operating system. Windows XP has a po[CENSORED]r tool called nLite to do this, Vista has its own version called vLite which doesn’t work too well with Windows 7 Service Pack 1. Here we’ll show you how to slipstream most of the post Service Pack 1 Windows 7 updates into a Windows install media, including newer Internet Explorer and .NET versions. This means minimal updates are required from the start and Windows doesn’t become bloated with hundreds of separate updates before you even start to use it. Although this may seem complicated, the process is quite easy once you’ve gone through it once or twice. Downloading The Required Windows Updates The first thing you need is obviously a copy of all the Windows updates that are needed to integrate into the install media. For this purpose we find the Windows Updates Downloader (WUD) tool is most useful because it’s easy to use and the update lists are periodically updated to reflect the latest patches. Here’s how to download the needed files. Integrate The Updates Into The Windows Media Now you have the updates ready, they can be integrated into the media. We’ve mentioned nLite and vLite above, and the good news is the same developer has created a new tool called NTLite that does similar but works on windows 7, Windows 8/8.1 and even Windows 10. NTLite is still in beta but has been fine during testing and is also shareware so not all options are available, but the needed integration functions are available in the free version. 1. First and foremost you need a Windows 7 Service Pack 1 DVD or ISO image to hand. If you don’t have one you can download an official SP1 ISO which can be burned to DVD or written to USB later. 2. Copy the contents of the DVD to a folder on your hard drive, an ISO can be extracted with an archiver such as 7-Zip or mounted as a virtual drive and then everything copied to a folder. 3. Download NTLite Free and install it (a portable mode is available during install). 4. Launch it and click the Add button and browse to the folder you extracted/copied in step 2, click Select Folder. Windows 7 will then show in the Target list. 5. Right click the operating system in the list and select Load, the program will extract the Install.WIM to the Temp folder. The operating system will then show as Loaded with a green icon and a number of options will be available down the left side of the window. 6. Click the Updates option on the left, this is where all the updates are integrated but it’s incredibly easy to add them. Click the arrow below the Add button and choose Folders and subfolders found packages, then browse to the folder you saved the downloaded patches from Windows Updates Downloader above, and click Select Folder. After a few seconds the list will be po[CENSORED]ted with all the updates to integrate. NTLite will add the updates in the best order automatically. If you don’t want to install the extras of Silverlight, .NET Framework 4.5.2 and the Malicious Software Removal Tool etc, you can now begin the task of starting the integration process. If you do want to add them, go straight to the section on page 2 about adding optional extras although you can still integrate the updates first and add the extras later. 7. Click the Apply button, tick the Create ISO image box at the top and choose the save location and file name for the ISO image file. Press the Green Start button and wait for the process to finish. The speed of the integration process depends a great deal on the speed of your system’s drives, a fast system with an SSD could finish in under half an hour, a low spec desktop or laptop could take a couple of hours or more. 8. Once completed, you will have an ISO image which can then be burned to DVD, written to USB flash drive or loaded in to virtual machine software such as VirtualBox or VMware Player for testing. Note that after installation is complete and you’re at the desktop a reboot is required before you can check for updates. This is due to some updates which NTLite decides cannot be integrated and are instead installed on first logon. With a check of Windows Update you can see we only have a few updates left which can be included by reading the next section. Do be aware that you still might have drivers and any other updates which are region or language specific to download, but the vast majority are now already installed.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order designed to cut the number of regulations affecting small businesses. It is just the latest in a flurry of decisions made by President Trump in his first few days in office. He signed the order in front of a group of business people, saying it was aimed at "cutting regulations massively for small business". It was the "biggest such act that our country has ever seen," he added. Speaking in the Oval Office, he said he wanted to tell small business owners that the "American dream is back'' and that he would "create an environment for small business,'' by ending or limiting existing regulations. The president said a large proportion of the American workforce was employed by small businesses, therefore: "We want to make life easier for these small business owners.'' Described as a "two-out, one-in" approach, the latest executive order asked government departments which request a new regulation to specify two other regulations which they will drop. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) will manage the regulations and is expected to be led by the Republican Mick Mulvaney. Some categories of regulation will be exempt from the "two-out, one-in" clause - such as those dealing with the military and national security and "any other category of regulations exempted by the Director". The executive order says the cost of planned regulations must be "prudently managed and controlled through a budgeting process" and that it shall be up to the Director to define how the costs are measured and "what qualifies as new and offsetting regulations".

In about 50BC, Julius Caesar wrote that of the Britons, “by far the most civilised are those who inhabit Cantium, the whole of which is a maritime region; and their manners differ little from those of the Gauls”. As a Kentish man with Gallic roots, I’m inclined to agree with him. It’s before dawn and an amber glow blurs the cloudy horizon ahead on the southbound M20, a vital conduit between Britain and the Continent. I’m staying on the motorway until it becomes the A20, remaining firmly on this side of the Channel to explore Dover and the surrounding area, Britain’s most south-easterly corner and one that bears the stamp of thousands of years of history. There’s just enough ice on the road to remind me that January is a bad time to test a rear-wheel-drive sports coupé, in this case the new Toyota GT86, a driver-focused car that’s so far proven more po[CENSORED]r with critics than it has with buyers....

Facebook updated its Privacy Basics user guide to make it easier for people to learn how to protect their personal information on its platform. Privacy Basics was introduced in 2014 as an interactive walkthrough of the social network's myriad settings. Instead of having to search through documentation, contact Facebook support, or wade through a bunch of tutorials, Privacy Basics showed users one important piece of information at a time. Facebook was effectively spoon-feeding users who cared about the privacy of their data but weren't familiar with the site's many options. Now the guide has been updated to answer the most frequently asked questions and reorganized to make it even easier for people to find answers. Facebook said Privacy Basics now has 32 interactive guides available in 44 languages, which should allow many of its 1 billion users to learn how to limit what they share on the social network. Privacy Basics also explains how people can control their ad experience and bolster their account's security. Facebook said the updated Privacy Basics are part of a broader push to educate people about their privacy: We’re making these improvements as part of Data Privacy Day, held each year on January 28. We’re joining state attorneys general and other policymakers who are sharing their own privacy information on Facebook, along with organizations around the world like National Cyber Security Alliance, the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Center for Democracy and Technology, who are working to raise awareness of how to take charge of your information online. The updated Privacy Basics is Facebook's latest attempt to make its services easier for people to understand. The company also introduced the Parents Portal in December 2016 to help people understand how their children use Facebook, for example, and it also said when it announced the Facebook Journalism Project that it planned to teach its users how to spot "fake news" that spreads on the social network. But will all these efforts be enough? Facebook has also come under fire recently for various privacy concerns. The most recent were complaints that Facebook and WhatsApp accounts have been connected since 2014, even though the services were supposed to be separate until summer 2016, and that the companies should've made this data sharing opt-in for existing users. The company was also criticized for tracking people on the web even if they didn't have Facebook accounts. Yet the discrepancy shouldn't diminish Facebook's work with the updated Privacy Basics and Parents Portal. There's a difference between keeping something private from other Facebook users and not sharing information with Facebook itself. Better to have some options--like restricting who can see a status update or blocking harassers--than to have no control over what happens on the service at all. Different needs require different tools. Here's what Facebook said about the motivation behind Privacy Basics: People share their most valued moments on Facebook, and we want to make tips and tools clear and accessible whenever you need them. Privacy Basics gives you tips for things like securing your account, understanding who can see posts and knowing what your profile looks like to others. This is part of Facebook’s overall effort to make sure you have all the information you need to share what you want with only the people you want to see it.

A boot disc is very useful because it can be used to perform troubleshooting tasks on an unbootable computer. Most of the time software that belongs in the category of data recovery, antivirus and hard drive backup/restore provides the option to create a boot disc which is sometimes known as rescue disc. Although these software can run from Windows, they are actually most efficient when run offline from a bootable disc. An example scenario is you’ve accidentally deleted an important file. You can of course install a free data recovery software such as Recuva and attempt to recover the deleted file. However installing it on the computer will face a potential risk of the installed program overwriting the deleted file. To increase the chance of recovering the file, immediately shut down the computer, boot it up with a bootable WinPE disc and run Recuva from the Windows PE environment. A boot disc is normally based on either Linux or Windows PE. Linux is commonly being used because the operating system and most third party tools are free, the generated boot disc is more compact in size and can run on slower computers. As for Windows PE, it has the best hardware support and most users would be familiar with it such as the hard drive naming convention (C:\) in Windows compared to Linux (/dev/sda). However, Windows PE may have a higher system requirement because the latest Windows PE 5.1 already need at least 512MB just for the base and adding more drivers, packages, or apps will obviously require more memory. Here we have a list of free boot discs based on Windows PE that come with a collection of useful tools which we think that every computer technician or even a normal user should have to hand. 1. Paragon Rescue Kit 14 Free Edition Paragon Software is well known for their hard drive management software. Other than shareware, one of the freeware applications they offer is the Paragon Rescue Kit 14. It comes with a bunch of useful tools such as backup/restore to virtual disk, postmortem backup/restore, boot corrector to fix MBR/boot.ini/BCD/EFI boot parameters, undelete partition to restore partition that has been accidentally deleted, and file transfer. Unfortunately the registry editor and password cleaner to reset the local Windows user account is only available in Linux but not in Windows PE. Paragon Rescue Kit 14 does not require Windows Automated Installation Kit nor Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit to build the recovery media if you’re creating from a Windows 7 or newer operating system. The builder will simply use the WIM image of the current operating system. However do take note that you will need to install WAIK or ADK if you want the builder to create the ISO image file. During the building process, you have the option to enable the advanced mode that allows to add storage and network device drivers, network configuration such as detecting the network interface automatically, and mounting a network share automatically after boot. You will also need to provide the product key and serial number which can be obtained for free at their official website . 2. Lazesoft Recovery Suite Home Edition Lazesoft Recovery Suite Home Edition is free for non-commercial use only. It is able to create a Windows PE boot disc containing a few modules to help in recovering a crashed Windows by repairing boot errors, recover files after accidental deletion, cloning and creating disk image, recovering Windows serial number and resetting user account password. Building a Windows PE with Lazesoft is as easy as clicking on the “Burn CD/USB Disk” button. You can choose to build a specific WinPE version ranging from Windows 7 to 8.1 for both 32-bit and 64-bit by clicking the Options button. The builder will automatically download the necessary components to build the WinPE if your computer does not have the files. The Windows File Manager button found on the Lazesoft Recovery Suite Home Edition disc is not really a fully featured file manager like Windows Explorer where you have two tree view panes to easily manage files. You can however launch a third party file manager from the Windows Recovery button, go to the RepairTools tab and click on Lazesoft File Manager. 3. AOMEI PE Builder AOMEI Technology, the company that is well known for their PC backup software called Backupper, released a freeware program called PE Builder late last year to help users easily build a WinPE-based bootable media with just a few clicks. AOMEI PE Builder is able to build a Windows PE by using the Windows Recovery Environment that is found on newer version of the Windows operating system such as 7 and 8, so there is no need to download and install WAIK or ADK. The Windows PE built by AOMEI PE Builder looks more like a normal Windows desktop because it comes with Windows desktop and Explorer which is not found in the Windows PE built by Paragon Rescue Kit or Lazesoft Recovery Suite. Other than that, AOMEI Backupper, AOMEI Partition Assistant and Windows Recovery Environment is included by default. You can also embed 3rd party portable tools such as 7-Zip, Everything, IrfanView, Notepad++, Q-Dir, Recuva, SumatraPDF, FileZilla, PENetwork, QTWeb, BOOTICE, NTPWEdit and OSFMount to the Windows PE by ticking the checkboxes. Custom drivers and files can also be added. Do take note that the current version 1.4 and all older versions might not build a working Windows PE and this is caused by some compatibility issues with the recent Windows updates released by Microsoft. If you urgently need to build a working Windows PE using AOMEI PE Builder, you can do it from a Windows 7 computer with the 2 Windows updates KB3022345 and KB3045999 uninstalled. This workaround only works in Windows 7 but not in Windows 8.1. AOMEI is aware of this issue and is currently working on a newer version to fix this problem. 4. Gandalf’s Windows 8.1 PE If you’re looking for a pre-built Windows 8.1 PE, look no further and just use Gandalf’s Windows 8.1 PE because it is packed with useful programs. It has a desktop, explorer, start menu replacement with StartIsBack, compression tools, image viewer, hard drive tools, video player, OpenOffice, remote access tools (Ammyy Admin, Remote Desktop, TeamViewer), anti malware such as ClamWin and MalwareBytes, and many more! Gandalf’s Windows 8.1 PE is 1.8GB in size and in an ISO image format. You can burn it to a DVD or install it to a USB flash drive using Rufus . Both X86 and X64 versions of the 8.1 PE are available to download. All the tools embedded to Gandalf’s Windows 8.1 PE are either free or trial versions which means it’s free from pirated programs 5. WinBuilder 2015 WinBuilder 2015 is the new and completely rewritten tool of WinBuilder 082 which has not been updated since 2011. The old WinBuilder 082 comes in a nice graphical user interface with buttons and graphs while the latest WinBuilder 2015 runs in a simple window that accepts commands, similar to a command prompt. This new version of WinBuilder runs on Java which means it can also run on operating system other than Windows such as Linux and Mac OSX. The old WinBuilder 082 is supposedly easy enough to use involving only two steps but may be difficult to troubleshoot the problem if there are errors during the Windows PE building process. The new WinBuilder is even easier by typing a single command “AUTO” into the window, and the whole process of building a Windows PE bootable disc is fully automated including the downloading of the Windows ISO image file. Currently there are 18 portable software tools that can be added to the Windows PE automatically through WinBuilder 2015 by typing the command “install appname” in the program. The plugins available to install can be listed by typing “install list” in the program window. For example, to install Recuva, simply type “install recuva” in the window. Do note that there is no need to type the complete plugin name because the program accepts partial filenames.

Trucks continue to be one of the most po[CENSORED]r vehicles because of their power and versatility as for both transportation and hauling. As trucks continue to gravitate toward bigger and more powerful, the newest versions set to arrive in 2017 are no different. The major automakers are continuing the trend of full-size bodies and V8 engines with new and significantly updated models of trucks. However, there are a number of mid-size and compact options ready for a comeback. Ready for the 2017 season, these are the 10 best trucks coming to the market: 1. Dodge RAM 1500 SRT Hellcat Although the RAM 1500 SRT Hellcat will largely remain the same in appearance with a few minor alterations, the major change is the scooped hood that will make the engine more efficient while providing a different look. In addition, the taillights will become more visible as the bumper moves slightly. Adjustable leather seats and a state-of-the-art zone climate control system help keep the Hellcat’s passengers riding in comfort while they access the all-new touchscreen. Most anticipated of all is this truck’s V8 engine with 607 horsepower while still providing moderate fuel economy. 2. Fiat Toro New to the truck market, Fiat will be unveiling its new Toro pickup in 2017. After an unimpressive previous foray into trucks, Fiat has spent a long time designing and testing the Toro ahead of this release. With a focus on elegance and functionality, the Toro has a stylish front grill, headlights and bumper that make this truck able to navigate multiple types of terrain while looking good. The 2.0-liter turbo diesel engine of the Toro makes it reasonably powerful and fuel-efficient. 3. Nissan Navara Available in both full-sized double cab and king cab, the Nissan Navara will also feature four different trims. With wide chrome bumpers and sleek headlights and taillights, the Navara offers many other modern characteristics to make passengers more comfortable while providing increased functionality. The well-lit color touchscreen dashboard allows more useful monitoring of the interior climate and driving experience. In addition, the Navara is available with either a diesel or a petrol engine of about 210 horsepower, as well as a two-wheel drive system with an improved fuel efficiency. 4. Mitsubishi Triton The futuristic exterior styling of the Mitsubishi Triton will remain relatively untouched for the 2017 release. However, the truck has been slightly widened to provide a lower center of gravity and therefore more stability while driving. The truck’s wide front bumper helps protect it during off-road excursions, and the large air vents provide cooler air through to the engine. Despite the sleek lines of the truck’s body, the Triton’s 178 horsepower engine can accelerate to 60 miles per hour in about nine seconds and reach top speeds of 115 miles per hour. Leather upholstery, an interactive touchscreen and wireless Bluetooth technology offer greater comfort for the Triton’s interior. 5. Ford F-650/F-750 A new system allowing air to pass through a mesh front grille helps keep the temperature of the new Ford F-650 and F-750 more easily maintained. More aerodynamic styling of the front end lends itself even more to the smooth ride of the new truck design. The typical three trim levels, Crew Cab, Super Cab and Regular Cab, will still be available, but the interior will feature high-quality leather. The diesel engine will be more fuel efficient and less noisy than any previous incarnation of the truck.

A crowd of 15,000 gave an emotional François Fillon and his British wife an ovation on Sunday as the front-running French presidential contender sought to allay fears his electoral hopes could founder over allegations she was paid for a fake job as his parliamentary assistant. The nominee for the centre-Right party, Les Républicains, was tipped to win the French presidential election after winning primaries in November - most likely by winning a second round battle against far-Right rival Marine Le Pen. But his campaign hit huge turbulence last week over a report in Le Canard Enchainé, the satirical weekly, that his Welsh-born wife had been paid €500,000 (£426,000) as parliamentary assistant to her husband and his replacement, when she had previously made it clear she steered clear of his political life.

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Reliability has always been one of the main factors when it came to buying a car. Even though the modern consumer mindset dictates changing what you drive every two or three years, there are still a number of people who look at their cars as investments that need to last way more than that. Finding a car that will keep going after it hits the 250,000 miles marker is not too common, but it’s definitely not that hard either. There are still a number of models across different market categories, that still deliver this kind of longevity to their owners. Here are 30 new and classic cars that will definitely last more than 250,000 miles. 1.Dodge Ram Cummins When Dodge and Cummins figured out that working together could benefit both parties, they’ve created a truck that quickly became a top seller. Cummins engines found in recent models of Dodge Ram come in two flavors. The 5.9 liter turbocharged inline 6, and its 6.7 liter newer version. Both of these engines deliver some serious performance, with excessive amounts of torque and very decent peak horsepower. Aside from their raw power, these engines are also incredibly reliable. 2.Lexus ES 350/450  While you may consider this Lexus to be boring with its average design and rather mild performance, ES 350/450 compensates with its longevity. These cars are simply well built, and a great testament to that fact is the large number of happy owners whose cars are still serving them well after 200,000 miles on the clock. 3.Subaru Forester  Ever since Subaru came out with the first Forester model, this car became a hit. Not only does it come with a great palette of engines, it also sports what is considered to be the best 4WD system available today. While the turbocharged variants are great, the naturally aspirated engines are known to reach beyond 250,000 miles with regular maintenance. 4.VW Passat  Europe’s favorite station wagon earned its po[CENSORED]rity both through its functionality, and reliability. This applies to most generations of VW Passat, including the latest one. Their diesel engines are known to outlast everything else on the car, while the more recent 1.8 Turbo engine has proven to be almost as durable. 5.Lexus RX350/450h  RX350/450h is another Lexus that will go the extra mile. Both the gas and hybrid variants of this car have earned a reputation for being reliable. As a matter of fact, it is considered to be among the most reliable cars in its class, which definitely expanded its customer base.

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When I cook, I am often reminded of my mother’s meals at home in my village of Talaván, near the beautiful Moorish town of Cáceres in Extremadura, south-west Spain. Many people think that Spain is nice and warm in winter, but it is not in the little pocket of the country I come from. The temperature can drop down to -3C, which of course dictates what can be grown and what can be eaten. My dad, who had a farm for his whole life, needed plenty of energy to get through the winter. In fact, we all needed comforting, warming food to cope with the cold. In our house, when I was growing up, that meant big bowls of white bean, lentil or even kid stew. Now, living in London, where I run my restaurants, I still crave them – especially my current favourite, lentils with chorizo, finished with a drizzle of sherry vinegar and some crumblings of soft cheese over the top. ut in winter I want tastes that dazzle, too. There’s nothing I like better than stew with a plate of fresh salad. I’ve reworked the combination in the recipe below, adding pan-fried squid for good measure. Winter is a fabulous season for citrus fruits, and we are lucky that they are so versatile. I use them all the time at my restaurants, where they frequently star in winter salads. Peeled and sliced oranges, with a splash of olive oil, are a lovely garnish for any stew. And right now at Pizarro we’re serving a salad of grilled red chicory, fried goat’s cheese and clementines. It’s so, so good. Then there’s tart apple and beetroot with sweet scallops; and slices of duck breast, rich and comforting against bitter watercress: hearty treatments for ingredients with crunch and contrast. Waking up in this weather, looking out at the rain and the white skies with a strong cup of coffee – with the promise of the season’s bright leaves for lunch – makes me as happy as when I get my hands on the first asparagus of the year. That feeling of excitement is hard to beat. INGREDIENTS 600g squid, cleaned 250g kale or cavolo nero, sliced olive oil, for drizzling and cooking 200g cooking chorizo, cut into small chunks 1 tbsp sherry vinegar 1 x 400g tin butter beans, drained and rinsed 3 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil, for drizzling METHOD Slice open the body of the squid and score it in a fine cross-hatch pattern. Cut it into rectangles of about 2.5 x 1.5cm. Put the kale or cavolo nero in a bowl, drizzle with a little oil and massage well with your fingers to soften. Set two pans over a high heat. Toss the squid in a little oil and seasoning. When one pan is smoking hot, add the squid and fry, tossing, for two to three minutes, until golden and cooked. Tip into a bowl. In the other pan, heat a teaspoon of oil and fry the chorizo for a few minutes, until golden. Off the heat, add the vinegar and toss. Add the beans and combine back on the heat to warm the them through. Divide the kale or cavolo nero between four plates, then scatter on the squid, chorizo and beans. Drizzle with extra-virgin olive oil and serve.

There are many third party video player alternatives that you can download from the Internet instead of using the built-in Windows Media Player. Some of the po[CENSORED]r ones such as the free VLC media player and KM Player are widely being used due to the built-in codecs that allows you to play most if not all video files without installing a codec pack. A few days ago I got to know a media player called GreenForce-Player that is not quite like any other another media players. What makes GreenForce-Player unique is the ability to protect the video file by so that only authorized people with the correct password can view the it. Other than that, it comes with its own cache system designed to reduce the hard drive access to extend battery life on laptops for small video files. First of all, GreenForce-Player support standard features found in media players such as playlist creation, support for subtitles, DVD playback, video snapshots, and coverflow display. The file size is pretty small with less than 3MB because it doesn’t come with built-in codecs and will depend on the installed DirectShow codecs on the computer to play the video file. GreenForce-Player program interface is very simple with a few control buttons at the bottom. To play a video file with GreenForce-Player, you can either drag and drop the video file to the program or File > Load. Now let’s take a look at the Digital Rights Management (DRM) feature found in GreenForce-Player. To protect a video file, go to DRM from the menu bar and select Protect video. First you will need to specify the location of the video file that you want to protect and then the location you want to save the encrypted video file. Then enter a password followed by a tip (hint) and clicking the Save button will create an encrypted video file with a .gfp extension. The .gfp file cannot be ran independently because it must be opened with GreenForce-Player. Fortunately you can create a standalone EXE player together with the encrypted video file by checking the “Add player to the media file” option so you can conveniently run it on any computer without download and installing the GreenForce-Player. The tags tab allows you to embed searchable information for the video while the Others tab is where you can choose the cover file for the video file. It is also possible to specify the codecs required to play the video file together with the download link. The Protection tab in protect video window allows you to enable or disable the screenshot protection with an expire date. There’s also a copy protection option where you can restrict the video to be played on a specific computer by specifying the Machine ID. Problem is I have no idea where GreenForce-Player calculates the Machine ID from because it is not stated anywhere on the official website or the readme/help files. I tried entering the MAC address and Volume ID which both didn’t work. I will update this information once I have more information about the Machine ID used in GreenForce-Player copy protection. I tried capturing a screenshot of a playing video with screenshot protection activated using HyperSnap 7 and all I got was an empty black colored screenshot. Capturing screenshot from a video file normally requires a more advanced method due to the fast frame refresh rate so I used the special capture function. GreenForce-Player detects the special capture function, terminates the player and display a fatal error window with the message “It is not allowed to capture this video!” So how secure is GreenForce-Player’s gfp container format? They’ve offered a challenge to decrypt the media file that they’ve created but so far without any success. When the gfp container format is cracked, they will release the complete source code of GreenForce-Player to public and send you a full game via Steam. Although the screenshot protection is pretty strong, bypassing this restriction is actually quite easy by simply playing the video file in a virtual machine and then take the screenshot from the host computer. They may want to consider implementing an option to disable playing the video file in virtual machines for stronger protection.

Update, 1/27/2017, 1p.m. PST: The Insider Preview Build that contains the new Game Mode (Build 15019) is now available in the Fast ring. However, Microsoft noted that the build "does have some platform related bugs that will impact the ability to play po[CENSORED]r games on your PC." Specifically, some games might crash or show black screens because of "a platform issue." In addition, some Win32 games will minimize when you start it up and it can't be restored. Don't say we didn't warn you. Update, 1/25/2017, 2:44 p.m. PST: Microsoft informed us that it's unsure if the build will be available by January 26, and the company hasn't provided us with a concrete date for its release. We've changed the headline and the text to reflect the new information. The Creators Update isn’t coming to Windows 10 for a few more months, but Insider users are getting another sneak peek at what’s to come with an upcoming build scheduled, which includes a new Game Mode that’s supposed to increase overall performance when you play games on the PC. Speaking to Kevin Gammill, the Xbox partner group program manager, we got some more information on how Game Mode actually works as well as the programs that will utilize it. Gammill said the goal of Game Mode is actually in two parts: an overall increase in performance and an improvement in “overall gaming consistency” throughout the gaming session. Game Mode works when a game is played in the foreground. Gammill mentioned that there are a number of games that are “whitelisted,” and Game Mode will be automatically activated when one of these specified titles starts. However, you can also choose to turn it on or off for any title by pressing the Windows and G keys. The result is that more resources are provided to the game. On the CPU end, more cycles are provided and there’s less thread contention. The best part is that the game doesn’t necessarily need to be in the regular fullscreen mode: As long as it’s in the foreground of activities, you can play it in a borderless window or even windowed mode. Because it’s still in development, Gammill couldn’t provide any solid numbers in the performance delta, but he did mention that the overall gaming consistency is in regard to the CPU’s order in taking tasks. “The goal here is providing a more consistent gameplay experience. In gaming scenarios where a player may encounter performance ‘hitches’ or sudden brief drops in framerate, with Game Mode, we look to smooth out those bumps,” he wrote in an email. “This is accomplished mainly by guiding which processes arrive at which set of CPU cores, but we’ll explore more about the science behind Windows Game Mode in time.” One would think that Game Mode works only with Universal Windows Platform (UWP) titles, aka games purchased through the Windows Store. However, it can also work with Win32 titles, so you can use it with any game, even if you bought it on Steam, Origin, or GOG. However, Gamill mentioned that you’ll get slightly better performance on UWP games that use Game Mode as opposed to the Win32 titles. Game Mode will also work with new titles out of the gate, so there’s no need to wait for an update from the developer side. If that wasn’t enough, Gamill also mentioned that Game Mode works “in tandem” with currently existing APIs as well as apps such as Razer Cortex and MSI Afterburner, which can further increase performance. You’ll start to see a difference in performance even in this development phase, but Gammill said that as Game Mode nears its finished version with the release of the Creators Update, we should see drastic improvements in the way it enhances gaming performance. Throughout the preview builds, you should expect multiple bug fixes and overall tweaks to the app, as well. The many changes to the feature between now and the final release won’t provide concrete data for us to see how it compares against other performance boosting apps or APIs, but we plan to follow up on more specifics with Microsoft in the near future. For now, those on the Insider program will get the chance to see a working prototype of Game Mode action.

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Diesel car drivers have been dealt another blow as they face extra charges to park in central London under a pilot scheme which experts warn could "spread like wildfire". As part of a crackdown on air pollution Westminster City Council will in April become the first town hall in Britain to impose a parking surcharge on "polluting" diesel cars. The scheme will attempt to deter motorists to drive diesel cars into the area by forcing them to pay an extra 50 per cent in addition to the normal charge of £4.90-an-hour to park their cars. Although it will be deeply unpo[CENSORED]r with many motorists, it is expected to be highly lucrative for the council, making it a potentially attractive policy for others to adopt. Edmund King, president at the AA, warned: "Like any new tax regime which makes money for local councils this scheme is likely to spread like wildfire." He added: "However it will hit many drivers who bought diesel cars in good faith, with many of them encouraged to buy diesel cars by previous Government incentives which promoted them. Frankly they would do better to reduce air quality by getting rid of older diesel trucks, busses and taxis which cause most of the pollution." According to the AA 50pc of air pollution caused by diesel vehicles is caused by just 10pc of vehicles. Councillor David Harvey, Westminster’s Cabinet member for environment, sports and community, said: “Residents and visitors tell us all the time that air quality is a key concern in central London,” “Additional charges for diesel vehicles will mean people think twice about using highly polluting cars and invest in cleaner transport that will make a real difference in the quality of air we breathe.” The move comes after Marylebone Road, which is in Westminster Council, was named as one of at least 20 sites in London where particulate pollution was classed as “very high” during a recent spike in toxic air in the capital. It also comes ahead of London Mayor Sadiq Khan introducing a “T-charge”, a toxicity levy, later this year, expected to be around £10-a-day, for the most polluting vehicles, diesel and petrol, to drive into central London. The combination of the surcharges could equate to a cost of around £30 to drive to and park in Marylebone. Tamzen, Isacsson, a spokeswoman at the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, defended diesel vehicles, saying: “The latest diesel cars are the cleanest in history, with high tech filters capturing 99pc of all soot particles and exhaust after-treatments reducing emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) by 84pc since 2000. "The introduction of on road emissions testing from next year will drive even greater advances, but the biggest change to air quality will be achieved by encouraging the uptake of the latest, lowest emission technologies and ensuring road transport can move smoothly."