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In 1219 with the blessing of St. Francis, Berard left Italy with Peter, Adjute, Accurs, Odo and Vitalis to preach in Morocco. En route in Spain Vitalis became sick and commanded the other friars to continue their mission without him.
They tried preaching in Seville, then in Muslim hands, but made no converts. They went on to Morocco where they preached in the marketplace. The friars were immediately apprehended and ordered to leave the country; they refused. When they began preaching again, an exasperated sultan ordered them executed. After enduring severe beatings and declining various bribes to renounce their faith in Jesus Christ, the friars were beheaded by the sultan himself on January 16, 1220.
These were the first Franciscan martyrs. When Francis heard of their deaths, he exclaimed, "Now I can truly say that I have five Friars Minor!" Their relics were brought to Portugal where they prompted a young Augustinian canon to join the Franciscans and set off for Morocco the next year. That young man was Anthony of Padua. These five martyrs were canonized in 1481.


text: Meryl Davis and Charlie White of Team USA — the gold medalists in ice dancing at the Sochi Games. Vadim Ghirda/AP hide caption toggle caption Vadim Ghirda/AP The Edge Americans Davis And White Win Gold In Ice Dancing February 17, 2014 Meryl Davis and Charlie White are the first Americans to win gold in the event. They out-skated longtime rivals Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada. Russians Elena Ilinykh and Nikita Katsalapov finished third.

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It is a web security scanner, developed in C, which allows to discover lots of security holes on a web site by performing several kinds of tests:
- High risk: SQL / PHP / XML / shell script injections, etc.
- Medium risk: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting), CSS attacks, MIME type problems, etc.
- Low risk: indexed directories, certificate problems, HTTP credentials, etc.
Due to it is written in pure C, it can reach an high performance: around 500 requests per second against targets located on Internet, about 2000 on local networks and more than 7000 on local hosts. Skipfish generates a sitemap with all the discovered paths, a summary of the document types and a set of security breaches.
I am going to try skipfish (1.86b version) out on an Ubuntu Server 10.10, by crawling a default MediaWiki installation. So as to install skipfish, we must fulfill some dependences on our system and then, compile it.
javi@ubuntu-server:~$ sudo aptitude install build-essential libssl-dev libidn11-dev
javi@ubuntu-server:~$ wget http://skipfish.googlecode.com/files/skipfish-1.86b.tgz
javi@ubuntu-server:~/skipfish-1.86b$ tar xvzf skipfish-1.86b.tgz
javi@ubuntu-server:~/skipfish-1.86b$ make
By typing the -h argument, we can take a look at all the available options by skipfish.
javi@ubuntu-server:~/skipfish-1.86b$ ./skipfish -h
skipfish version 1.86b by <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Usage: ./skipfish [ options ... ] -o output_dir start_url [ start_url2 ... ]
Authentication and access options:
-A user:pass - use specified HTTP authentication credentials
-F host=IP - pretend that 'host' resolves to 'IP'
-C name=val - append a custom cookie to all requests
-H name=val - append a custom HTTP header to all requests
-b (i|f|p) - use headers consistent with MSIE / Firefox / iPhone
-N - do not accept any new cookies
Crawl scope options:
-d max_depth - maximum crawl tree depth (16)
-c max_child - maximum children to index per node (512)
-x max_desc - maximum descendants to index per branch (8192)
-r r_limit - max total number of requests to send (100000000)
-p crawl% - node and link crawl probability (100%)
-q hex - repeat probabilistic scan with given seed
-I string - only follow URLs matching 'string'
-X string - exclude URLs matching 'string'
-K string - do not fuzz parameters named 'string'
-D domain - crawl cross-site links to another domain
-B domain - trust, but do not crawl, another domain
-Z - do not descend into 5xx locations
-O - do not submit any forms
-P - do not parse HTML, etc, to find new links
Reporting options:
-o dir - write output to specified directory (required)
-M - log warnings about mixed content / non-SSL passwords
-E - log all HTTP/1.0 / HTTP/1.1 caching intent mismatches
-U - log all external URLs and e-mails seen
-Q - completely suppress duplicate nodes in reports
-u - be quiet, disable realtime progress stats
Dictionary management options:
-W wordlist - load an alternative wordlist (skipfish.wl)
-L - do not auto-learn new keywords for the site
-V - do not update wordlist based on scan results
-Y - do not fuzz extensions in directory brute-force
-R age - purge words hit more than 'age' scans ago
-T name=val - add new form auto-fill rule
-G max_guess - maximum number of keyword guesses to keep (256)
Performance settings:
-g max_conn - max simultaneous TCP connections, global (40)
-m host_conn - max simultaneous connections, per target IP (10)
-f max_fail - max number of consecutive HTTP errors (100)
-t req_tmout - total request response timeout (20 s)
-w rw_tmout - individual network I/O timeout (10 s)
-i idle_tmout - timeout on idle HTTP connections (10 s)
-s s_limit - response size limit (200000 B)
-e - do not keep binary responses for reporting
Basically we can see that the skipfish command is made up by a set of options, an output directory for saving the results, and a series of URLs to be analyzed.
We have to take into account when skipfish is working out, it just tests those found links, but we also have the possibility to probe other URLs by means of a brute-force attack, by mixing names (index, doc, etc.) and extensions (pdf, bat, etc.). For this purpose, skipfish affords four dictionaries.
javi@ubuntu-server:~/skipfish-1.86b$ ls dictionaries/*.wl
dictionaries/complete.wl dictionaries/extensions-only.wl dictionaries/medium.wl dictionaries/minimal.wl
By default, skipfish will treat to use a dictionary named skipfish.wl and situated on the work directory. Therefore either we can copy one of these dictionaries into the work directory under this name, or use the -W option to define the wordlist path or on the contrary, not to use a dictionary.
As the application is crawling, adds new words within the dictionary.


text: The Emerald Coast Children's Advocacy Center (ECCAC)'s mission is to prevent child abuse and neglect, protect children, and restore the lives and futures of impacted children. The Centers in Walton and Okaloosa Counties house a multidisciplinary team of child protection personnel, prosecutors, law enforcement, Department of Children and Families (DCF), therapists, staff and volunteers. Services are provided at no cost by the 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. The ECCAC does not discriminate on the basis of race, color national origin, sex, age or disability.


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Organizers of New England's largest fair, the Big E, say more than 1.3 million people have attended over the past two weeks, setting a record.
The fair at the Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield kicked off Sept. 14 and ends tonight.
Big E communications manager Catherine Pappas says the previous record was 1.26 million, set in 2009. She says the record was broken Saturday when nearly 101,500 people came through the gates and pushed total attendance to nearly 1.29 million.
Pappas says the final attendance total should be well over 1.3 million. She credited an expanded marketing effort, good weather and media coverage.
The annual fair features carnival rides, food and goods from all six New England states, animal exhibitions and music concerts.


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Race'n'Chase was the original concept of what would become the first installment in the Grand Theft Auto series. It was developed by DMA Design, set for release on the PlayStation, Windows 95, DOS, Sega Saturn and Nintendo 64.
The game consisted of an open world where the player would either take the role of a cop or a criminal in multiple game modes that, hence the title of the game, ranged from races to police chases.
Similar to the two first Grand Theft Auto games, (and London 1969 & 1961) it was developed to be from a top-down perspective and would've been set in multiple cities the player could play in. The game went through many changes before release and the project ended up evolving into Grand Theft Auto 1, which was released in 1997.


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The t-slot table provides an extended work area primarily intended for clamping components or structures for performing tensile, compression or flexural tests.
The t-slot table is mounted directly on to the base platen of the machine and is equipped with T-Slots running from front to back and side to side. Components/ structures can then be secured in position on the table using the various clamping tools supplied. When installed, the t-slot table can be used for conventional testing by fixing a machine base adapter in the centre of the table for the mounting of standard Instron grips, test fixtures and other major accessories.


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Victor Cruz dedicates game to 6-year-old shooting victim
The New York Giants wore logos on their helmets commemorating the victims of the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. when they faced the Atlanta Falcons Sunday afternoon, but one player added an even more personal touch.
FOLLOW:Updates on Newtown tragedy
Wide receiver Victor Cruz learned Saturday that one of the 20 children killed in the tragedy, six-year-old Jack Pinto, was a huge Giants fan and that Cruz was his favorite player. Cruz called Pinto's family to offer his support and Sunday morning he dedicated the upcoming game to the young boy.
Via @TeamVic:
"My sincerest condolences to the entire Pinto family. My prayers are with you during this extremely difficult time," Cruz tweeted. "Today's game is for you Jack."
While Atlanta's 34-0 rout wasn't what Cruz had in mind, ESPN's Rachel Nichols tweeted after the game that Cruz plans to drive to Newtown this week to give his cleats and gloves to Pinto's family.
Cruz's gesture is the latest in a number of remembrances by athletes and other figures throughout the sports world.


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|Assistant Softball Coach
|3rd Season
|Alma Mater:
|Merrimack, 2009
Jill Gagnon
returns for her third season with the UMass Boston softball
squad, adding great depth to the coaching squad in the pitching
Gagnon was a four-year standout at Merrimack College, finishing her career ranking sixth all-time in both innings pitched (329.0) and strikeouts (264). She compiled 26 career victories including a career-high 13 wins in her final season with the Warriors.
Also a standout hitter, Gagnon played in 144 total games for Merrimack, starting 140 of them while registering a .287 (119-414) career batting average. Over her career Gagnon belted 10 homeruns while recording 75 RBI and scoring 61 runs.
Gagnon graduated in 2009, but prior to her arrival at Merrimack, she starred as a two-sport athlete at Manchester High School in Manchester, NH where she was twice named an All-State softball player as well as a Union Leader All-Star.


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Having a few extra pounds on you may be cause for rejection among most models, but when you're Miranda Kerr, it lands you a lead role in the hottest fashion show in town. The five-month pregnant Victoria's Secret supermodel took to the catwalk with fellow glamazon and new mom Gisele Bündchen today during Paris Fashion Week to model in the Balenciaga spring/summer 2011 show. And it wasn't just the runway that was star-studded: The front row was graced by French It-girl Charlotte Gainsbourg, Salma Hayek (with husband François-Henri Pinault) and most importantly, Miranda's husband, Orlando Bloom who joked to
, "I'll just try not to trip her." But for stylish mom-to-be Miranda, it was business as usual, according to Balenciaga designer Nicolas Ghesquière, who has consistently cast the sexy star in his shows. "Victoria's Secret are using the sexy, cute side of Miranda Kerr," he told
Australian Vogue
back in April. "I wanted to show she could have a more experimental, edgy side." And that she did! While the soon-to-be-mom held up the beginning of the show, modeling a houndstooth caplet with a tight ponytail, minimal makeup and loafers, fellow supermodel Gisele closed the show in a white geometric, layered dress that buckled at the neck and captured the futuristic collection flawlessly. To check out the entire Balenciaga spring/summer 2011 collection, visit InStyle.com. –Jessie Goldberg


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Copyright 2011, ACK for Gene Notes
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Wedding Wednesday - Siekierski & Czaplack
On November 16, 1920, Rozalia (Rose) Jankowiak married Peter Czaplak in Buffalo, New York. Rose was the daughter of Szczepan (Stephen) Jankowiak and Josephine Siekierski. This information was shared with me by Joan Lussier, a great granddaughter of Stephen & Josephine Siekierski Jankowiak.
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Command Injection
Command injection problems are a subset of injection problem, in which the process is tricked into calling external processes of the attackers choice through the injection of control-plane data into the data plane.
- Access control: Command injection allows for the execution of arbitrary commands and code by the attacker.
Exposure period
- Design: It may be possible to find alternate methods for satisfying functional requirements than calling external processes. This is minimal.
- Implementation: Exposure for this issue is limited almost exclusively to implementation time. Any language or platform is subject to this flaw.
- Language: Any
- Platform: Any
Required resources
Likelihood of exploit
Very High
Avoidance and mitigation
- Design: If at all possible, use library calls rather than external processes to recreate the desired functionality
- Implementation: Ensure that all external commands called from the program are statically created, or - if they must take input from a user - that the input and final line generated are vigorously white-list checked.
- Run time: Run time policy enforcement may be used in a white-list fashion to prevent use of any non-sanctioned commands.
Command injection is a common problem with wrapper programs. Often, parts of the command to be run are controllable by the end user. If a malicious user injects a character (such as a semi-colon) that delimits the end of one command and the beginning of another, he may then be able to insert an entirely new and unrelated command to do whatever he pleases.
The most effective way to deter such an attack is to ensure that the input provided by the user adheres to strict rules as to what characters are acceptable. As always, white-list style checking is far preferable to black-list style checking.
The following code is wrapper around the UNIX command cat which prints the contents of a file to standard out. It is also injectable:
#include <stdio.h> #include <unistd.h> int main(int argc, char **argv) { char cat[] = "cat "; char *command; size_t commandLength; commandLength = strlen(cat) + strlen(argv[1]) + 1; command = (char *) malloc(commandLength); strncpy(command, cat, commandLength); strncat(command, argv[1], (commandLength - strlen(cat)) ); system(command); return (0); }
Used normally, the output is simply the contents of the file requested:
$ ./catWrapper Story.txt When last we left our heroes...
However, if we add a semicolon and another command to the end of this line, the command is executed by catWrapper with no complaint:
$ ./catWrapper Story.txt; ls When last we left our heroes... Story.txt doubFree.c nullpointer.c unstosig.c www* a.out* format.c strlen.c useFree* catWrapper* misnull.c strlength.c useFree.c commandinjection.c nodefault.c trunc.c writeWhatWhere.c
If catWrapper had been set to have a higher privilege level than the standard user, arbitrary commands could be executed with that higher privilege.
Related problems
- Injection problem


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Yasuhiro Ishimoto
Ishimoto's many awards include winning the Young Photographer's Contest, Life magazine (1950); the photographer of the year award, Japan Photo Critics Association (1957); the Mainichi Art Award (1970); the annual award (1978, 1990) and distinguished contribution award (1991) of the Photographic Society of Japan; and governmental medals of honour (1983, 1993). In 1996 the Japanese government named Ishimoto a Man of Cultural Distinction, an honour that includes a lifelong stipend. In 2004 Ishimoto donated his archive of seven thousand images, valued at 1.4 billion yen, to the Museum of Art, Kochi. In English, Yasuhiro Ishimoto signed his name "Yas Ishimoto".
Born in San Francisco, 1921. Moved to Kochi Prefecture, Japan, with his parents, 1924. After graduating from Kochi Prefectural Agricultural High School, returned to the United States, 1939. Entered the Photography Department of the Chicago Institute of Design, 1948. Studied with Harry Callahan and Aaron Siskind. Graduated from the Institute of Design of the Illinois Institute of Technology, 1952. Moved to Japan, 1953. Married Shigeru Kawamata (real name: Shigeruko Kawamata), 1956. Traveled to the United States, staying in Chicago, 1958–1961. Returned to Japan, 1961. Obtained Japanese citizenship, 1969. Donated archive to the Museum of Art, Kochi, 2004.
Died at the age of 90 on February 6, 2012.
Image Credits: Images in the Streets gallery are a mix of images by Shigeichi Nagano, Yasuhiro Ishimoto, and Takeyoshi Tanuma.


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Just in time for Fourth of July festivities, Face Stockholm has whipped up two exclusive lipsticks for J.Crew that will surely spruce up any barbecue, beach, or poolside ensemble.
J.Crew's creative director, Jenna Lyons, and Face Stockholm's president, Martina Arfwidson, are both tastemakers in their own right, and it's easy to see how these bright shades pair well with the All-American brand's chino shorts, distressed denim, and polished sundresses—and beyond. Choose from two hues: Chili Red, a bold orange-red, and French Martini, a sheer coral. Snag them for $20 a pop at jcrew.com.


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Wood Coasters Set of 4 | Les Sierras No 8465
Wood Coasters Set of 4 | Les Sierras No 8465
This set of coasters is not only useful but also serves as a decorative piece on any table when not in use. The same printing technique as the clipboards is used to create a unique puzzle that features one of Lemonee's photography.
These elegant wood coasters can be used for drinks, presentation boards, or for a distinctive wedding.
All coasters are cut, sanded, printed and varnished by hand, one at a time in our garage studio in Northern California.
Due to the nature of wood, every set is unique.
.3.5" x 3.5"
.White Oak Veneer
.Cork backing
.Varnished for easy cleaning
.Image won't fade with use
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American Red Cross Programs
The Department of Sport & Wellness offers a variety of American Red Cross programs.
The non-credit CPR/AED and First Aid program is open to SUNY Plattsburgh students, faculty, staff and the general public. This program provides for Adult/Child/Infant CPR/AED and First Aid training and opportunities to renew certifications in Adult/Child/Infant CPR/AED or Professional Rescuers for campus participants who need certification for their clinical requirements, employment or personal needs.
The Youth Learn to Swim and Waterfront Lifeguard Training programs are open to the college community and the general public. The Learn to Swim eight-week program is structured to improve the swimming skill of children. The Waterfront Lifeguard training program is a 30-hour course that upon successful completion will certify the participant in Waterfront Lifeguard Training, First Aid, CPR/AED for Professional Rescuers that will qualify the participant to seek employment at either a pool or a beach site.
The CPR/First Aid/AED instructor course is open only to SUNY Plattsburgh students. The 20-hour non-credit course is offered each fall and spring to students who will work for the CPR program at SUNY Plattsburgh.


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Black Death victims 'cosmopolitan'
Medieval residents of the nation's capital may have been just as cosmopolitan as they are today, according to analysis of victims of the Black Death.
An investigation into skeletons found in a plague burial ground concluded that four in 10 Londoners killed during the epidemic grew up in other parts of Britain.
Workers on the Crossrail project unearthed the remains of 25 people in the City of London last year.
The skeletons of 13 men, three women and two children, as well as seven other unidentifiable remains, were found under Charterhouse Square in Farringdon during excavation work for the £14.8 billion project.
Experts said the discovery of the skeletons was "significant", saying that thousands more bodies could have been laid to rest in a mass grave in the area - which at the time was outside of the city boundaries.
They said the finding has provided the first evidence of the location of the second emergency burial ground set up in the capital to cater for the masses of bodies. The burial ground had been referenced in historical documents but until now it had never been found.
Carbon dating techniques conducted by experts at Queen's University Belfast indicated three separate "phases" of burials - coinciding with outbreaks of the plague in the capital during the 14th and 15th centuries.
The Black Death spread from Europe to England in 1348 and the layer of bodies found at the bottom of the excavation site are estimated to have been buried between 1348 and 1349, the researchers said.
A second layer of skeletons have been dated to coincide with a second event of the plague in London in 1361 and the final layer of corpses were buried between 1433 and 1435 - when another devastating outbreak swept the capital.
DNA analysis revealed that four of the people had remnants of the Yersinia pestis bacteria on their teeth - which causes the bubonic plague.
Experts said that all of the signs point to the site being used as a Black Death burial ground.
Many of the bodies showed signs of poor health, the experts said.
They also showed signs of having jobs that involved heavy manual labour as experts noted a high rate of back damage and strain.
The remains also revealed that one of the bodies could have been that of a monk - after showing signs of vegetarianism in later life, which is something a Carthusian monk would have done during the 14th century.
Others showed signs of malnutrition and childhood diseases such as rickets.
One of the skeletons showed evidence of malnutrition and a large variation of diet 30 years prior to death, coinciding with the Great Famine of 1315 to 1317, the experts said.
Six out of 10 bodies analysed were born and bred in London.
But four had come from further afield - presumably seeking work - from the South East of England, central England or the East of England and one from northern England or Scotland.
Osteologist Don Walker, from the Museum of London Archaeology (Mola), said he was "amazed" how much information could be gleaned about each person.
" The skeletons discovered at Crossrail's Farringdon site provide a rare opportunity for us to study the medieval population of London that experienced the Black Death," he said.
"We can start to answer questions like: where did they come from and what were their lives like? What's more, it allows for detailed analysis of the pathogen, helping to characterise the history and evolution of this devastating pandemic."
Mr Walker added: "I was amazed at how much information you can get if you combine the archaeological evidence, the osteological evidence and microbiological evidence.
"There was one individual we looked at and we know that they came to London from elsewhere, we know they were breastfed as a child, we know what sort of diseases they had, we know they had bad tooth decay throughout their childhood, we know they were involved with quite hard work from lesions of the spine, they had a quite active laborious life. The testing also shows that they then died in early adulthood and had been exposed to Yersinia pestis so they might have died from the plague during the first outbreak of the Black Death."
Jay Carver, Crossrail's lead archaeologist, said: " This is probably the first time in modern archaeological investigation that we have finally found evidence for a burial ground in this area which potentially contains thousands of victims from the Black Death and potentially later plague events as well.
"Historical documents suggest the burial ground was established for poor strangers. There is no doubt from the osteological work that the individuals buried here were not the wealthy classes, and they are representing the typical Londoner."
He added: "Analysis of the Crossrail find has revealed an extraordinary amount of information allowing us to solve a 660-year mystery. This discovery is a hugely important step forward in documenting and understanding Europe's most devastating pandemic."
Forensic geophysics techniques have shown that there are potentially more burials across Charterhouse Square.
In July this year a "community excavation project" will take place to try to determine the extent of the cemetery.
A similar skeleton formation was found in a Black Death burial site in nearby east Smithfield in the 1980s. Experts are now planning to compare the data gathered from the two burial sites.
Meanwhile, scientists are also working on sequencing the genomes of the skeletons.
Around 1.5 million Britons died in the Black Death - more than a third of the population - while about 25 million perished in Europe.
Since the Crossrail project began more than 10,000 items of archaeological interest have been uncovered, a spokeswoman for the project said.
These are not the first skeletons found during the project, with archaeologists already uncovering more than 300 at a known burial ground at Liverpool Street in London that dates from the 1500s to 1700s. That burial ground was located near the Bedlam Hospital.
Experts have also found 30 skulls from the Roman period near the same station in one of London's lost subterranean rivers, the River Walbrook.
A prehistoric "flint factory" from the Mesolithic period was also found in North Greenwich.
Crossrail is Europe's largest infrastructure project. Stretching from Maidenhead and Heathrow in the west, across to Shenfield and Abbey Wood in the east, the railway will cover more than 60 miles of track including 13 miles of new twin-bore rail tunnels and nine new stations.
:: The findings will be featured in a new Channel 4 programme, Return Of The Black Death, which will be aired at 8pm on April 6.
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A new guideline calls for a tailored approach to treating type 2 diabetes while maintaining the use of an algorithm-based model, researchers said.
The new recommendations from the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) offer an algorithm that involves every FDA approved class of medications for managing hyperglycemia, while still suggesting consideration of individual patient characteristics such as age and comorbidities, Alan Garber, MD, PhD, of Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, and colleagues reported in Endocrine Practice.
Action Points
- A new guideline calls for a tailored approach to treating type 2 diabetes while maintaining the use of an algorithm-based model.
- Note that for managing hyperglycemia, the guidelines recommend mono-, dual-, or triple therapy based on initial hemoglobin A1c, and recommended drug therapies are given green or yellow ratings to signal the potential for adverse effects.
"The majority of patients aren't reaching goal," Garber told MedPage Today. "We think a more assertive recommendation of treatments will help physicians get patients to goal and avoid the pitfalls of certain medications."
Last year, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) relinquished the use of an algorithm in its updated guidelines for managing type 2 diabetes. But Garber said the AACE's step-wise approach is not all that different from the ADA/EASD guidance.
"I don't think they gave it up completely," he said. "They use broad guidelines ... and we agree that you have to consider [multiple factors], but we also evaluate and recommend agents within categories."
The guidance is highly graphical, published in a form more representative of a slide presentation than a guideline update. It is color-coded to represent evidence on risks and benefits, and the style enables a more intuitive understanding of the concepts of the guidance, Garber said.
For managing hyperglycemia, the guidelines recommend mono-, dual-, or triple therapy based on initial hemoglobin A1c, and recommended drug therapies are given green or yellow ratings to signal the potential for adverse effects.
For instance, recommendations for monotherapy include metformin, glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) agonists and dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP4) inhibitors as well as alpha-glucosidase inhibitors (AGi) as first-line therapies of minimal risk, while they urge caution for sodium glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT-2) drugs, thiazolidinediones (TZDs), and sulfonylureas in this setting.
For dual therapy, they recommend metformin or another first-line agent plus any of the three other greenlighted agents from the monotherapy list in addition to colesevelam (Welchol) or bromocriptine (Cycloset). Again, they urge caution for TZDs, SGLT-2s, basal insulin, and sulfonylureas in this setting.
The recommendations are similar for triple therapy.
Incretins received a positive recommendation in this guidance, despite previous concerns about adverse effects, particularly pancreatitis and pancreatic tumors.
"The evidence regarding pancreatic disease with GLP-1 agonists or DPP4 inhibitors is unpersuasive, anecdotal evidence so far," Garber told MedPage Today. "The evidence is just not there."
The AACE guidance also recommends individualization of glycemic targets based on several factors, although 6.5% remains the optimal goal.
Garber also noted that the guidance is "comprehensive" in that it includes management of cardiovascular risk reduction, excess weight and obesity, and prediabetes.
Obesity is now an integral part of diabetes management, Garber said, particularly with the advent of new anti-obesity medications lorcaserin (Belviq) and phentermine/topiramate (Qsymia).
"The data with those agents are relatively persuasive that they lower blood sugar almost as much as oral agents," Garber told MedPage Today. "If you have a substantially obese patients with mild diabetes, physicians should consider weight management as a strategy by which to reduce blood sugar."
Garber reported relationships with Boehringer Ingelheim, LipoScience, Merck, Novo Nordisk, OSI Pharmaceuticals, Takeda, and Santarus.
Primary Source
Endocrine Practice
Source Reference: Garber AJ, et al "AACE comprehensive diabetes management algorithm 2013" Endocrine Practice 2013; 19: 327-336.


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Click here to watch the Bronco Weekly Sports Report
Santa Clara Announces Mobile-Optimized Partnership with StatBroadcast
Click here for Live Audio on KDOW 1220 AM
Santa Clara opens the 2011-12 season vs. UC Merced at 7:30 pm on Fri., Nov. 11. The women's basketball team hosts CSU Bakersfield at 5 pm as part of a doubleheader with the two teams. Bronco head coach Kerry Keating is 4-0 in season openers.
In celebration of Veteran's Day on Friday, all Veteran's, Active Military and Reservists will be allowed in free of charge with proof of service.
Playing its fifth-straight game vs. a Canadian collegiate team after its foreign tour to Vancouver in early September, Santa Clara defeated Ryerson 91-60 on Nov. 4 in its lone exhibition. Bronco head coach Kerry Keating is 5-0 in exhibition openers.
Individually in the 31-point win over Ryerson, Santa Clara was led Julian Clarke, a Toronto, Canada native. J. Clarke scored 19 points (5 of 7 from three) off the bench. B. Clark and Denzel Johnson added 14 each with B. Clark scoring 4 of 4 from beyond the arc. McArthur and Atanga both scored 10 each. Jordan Akwenuke grabbed 11 rebounds. Foster scored nine points, but was 1 of 11 from the three. B. Clark and Foster both added seven assists and Foster had three steals.
In the preseason, the men were ranked No. 25 in the National Mid-Major Preseason Poll (Oct. 31, 2011). It is the first time in the 13 years of the national poll the Broncos have been ranked in the preseason after finishing the 2010-11 season ranked No. 22. Foster was also named to the All-WCC Preseason Team.
The Broncos are coming off a 24-14 season after they won the CollegeInsider.com Post-Season Tournament with its final three victories coming on the road. Featuring up to 18 games vs. 2011 post-season teams and at least eight games on ESPN, click here for the 2011-12 schedule. The 2011-12 Santa Clara team welcomes six newcomers. In addition to Foster and Evan Roquemore, Santa Clara returns juniors Raymond Cowels III, who averaged 5.4 ppg in 15.3 minutes and Niyi Harrison, who averaged 5.4 ppg and 3.0 rpg in 14.4 ppg, as well as sophomore John McArthur, who appeared in 36 games in his rookie campaign. Senior Marc Trasolini, who led the team in rebounds and blocks last season and was second in point per game, will miss the 2011-12 with a torn ACL suffered in early September, but will return for his senior year in 2012-13.
Santa Clara will also host the 45th annual Cable Car Classic - the longest-running annual university tournament in the country on Thur., Dec. 29 and Fri, Dec. 30. This year's tournament will feature the Broncos, Eastern Michigan, Air Force and Wagner. Historically, 31 times in its 44 seasons a team from the Cable Car Classic has advanced to the NCAA Tournament later in the season.
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A court in Poland has ruled that the law forbids the extradition of Oscar-winning filmmaker Roman Polanski to the U.S., where he pleaded guilty nearly four decades ago to having sex with a minor.
"I can breathe now with relief," Polanski told reporters in Krakow, where the case was heard.
"I pleaded guilty. I went to prison. I have done my penalty. The case is closed," said the 83-year old director, who appeared thin and exhausted.
The decision Friday by a judge in Krakow could close the case in Polanski's favor, providing the U.S. does not appeal it.
But an appeal — if successful — could make an extradition likely, because the new Law and Justice party government to be installed in November has indicated there will be no leniency for Polanski, 83, as it makes a point of applying laws strictly and equally to all.
Polanski's attorneys argued Friday that the U.S. request has legal flaws and said the filmmaker already served a prison term under a deal with a Los Angeles judge.
"This is not about justice or the interest of the victim," attorney Jan Olszewski said.
The director pleaded guilty in 1977 to one count of statutory rape for having sex with a 13-year-old girl during a photo shoot in Los Angeles. He was ordered to undergo a psychiatric study at a state prison, where he served 42 days.
Lawyers have said they understood from a private conversation with the judge that the time in prison would bePolanski's punishment, but they said the judge later suggested Polanski would go back to prison, at which point he fled to France.
The verdict will be subject to appeal within seven days. If the judge rules that Poland can extradite Polanski, that's unlikely to happen immediately. He could go to France, where he lives, or to Switzerland, which in 2010 refused to extradite him.
If the ruling doesn't happen Friday or if there is an appeal, Polanski is more likely to face extradition, because the new Law and Justice party government to be installed in November is unsympathetic toward him.
Party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski said before the elections that there was talk in the media suggesting Polanski "should not be made responsible for his deeds because he is an outstanding, world-famous filmmaker."
"We will totally reject this attitude," Kaczynski said.
Until now, the public opinion in Poland, Polanski's childhood country, has been mostly in favor of the director considered a celebrity here. He won an Academy Award for best director for his 2002 film "The Pianist" and was nominated for 1974's "Chinatown" and 1979's "Tess."
Polanski's movements are restricted by an Interpol warrant in effect in 188 countries, but he is avoiding extradition by traveling between only France, Poland and Switzerland.


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Bono is being nominated to replace outgoing Sheriff Eileen Behr, who has accepted a position with Drexel University.
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Lough HBP in 10th Leads Royals Over Rangers
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Robbie Ross hit David Lough with a pitch with the bases loaded to score the go-ahead run in the 10th inning Sunday and the Kansas City Royals beat the Texas Rangers 4-1 Saturday.
George Kottaras added a two-run double in the 10th for Kansas City.
Ross (2-1) gave up a leadoff single to Alcides Escobar in the 10th. Eric Hosmer followed with a single and Billy Butler was intentionally walked to load the bases. Ross struck out Mike Moustakas and Lorenzo Cain before Lough came up. Lough was hit on a 2-1 pitch to force in the go-ahead run.
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Bye Bye Sanchez.
First, here's an introduction. My name is Jack Marsh. I'm 15, and I have been writing about sports for a while now on my own (And on Royals Review) and I needed to get another outlet for my writing. Thankfully, I submitted some of my work to KC Young Guns, and they liked it. I feel very lucky to have this privilege of writing for KC Young Guns, and I really appreciate getting the opportunity to write here.
The Royals made a major trade today, sending Jonathan Sanchez (and his delightful 7.76 ERA and WHIP of 2.044) to the Rockies for Jeremy Guthrie (And his just as delightful 6.35 ERA and 1.688 WHIP). If you barely skim the trade and what we got in return, you would probably say that it was trading a bad pitcher for a just as bad pitcher. However, if you look a little deeper into the numbers, you will see that Jeremy Guthrie is a good #3 starter who simply struggles in hitter's parks because he is a fly-ball pitcher.
Let's start with the basics. Jeremy Guthrie is an adequate pitcher who doesn't strike out a lot of guys (Career 5.4 Strikeouts per 9 IP), but focuses on pitching to contact and getting outs through it (40.7% Career Groundball rate and 40.4% Flyball rate). By picthing with a high Flyball percentage, you probably aren't going to survive at Coors Field (the toughest hitter's park/home run park in the MLB), and the stats show that he did not.
At Coors Field, Guthrie had a 9.50 ERA. Away from Coors Field, Guthrie had a 3.67 ERA. When you consider that The K is a neutral hitter/pitcher park, you can expect some improvement. When you see that his BABIP (Batting average on balls in play) is .340 at home, you can expect even more.
Considering that Jonathan Sanchez has been the lesser pitcher AWAY from Coors Field than Jeremy Guthrie, you can probably expect him to do even worse when he's there.
If you look at the type of pitcher Guthrie is and the way he performs away from Coors, this trade could be considered a major steal for the Royals. The only down side to the trade for the Royals is having to eat up Guthrie's $8.2 million contract.
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for the record i was in a different county at the time. so it wasnt me who shot dean. but i have seen the wound and the bullet can you beleave he pulled it out of his leg by himself. the dude is too cool.
I was gonna post this on the old thread about the effect of a bullet on the human body in regards to if it just goes right thru... Knocks you down... Or whatever... But I couldn't find it.I was discussing this with Hock a couple of weeks ago, and around a year or so ago I was doing some tactical shooting with a buddy of mine..During this portion of the exercise we drew and began to fire while moving toward the target.. We started at about 25 yards away or so from the target, and the goal was to be done with the first clip in as few steps as possible, find cover, reload and shoot some more..Well a few steps into this drill using my beloved .40 Glock Model 23 I felt what was the equivalent of a 1" rattan stick across the thigh.... ( yep I have taken enough of those to know what it feels like.. ) It dropped me to my knee and I looked down and sure enough I had took a richochet on the thigh just above the knee. ( Still got the slug... I keep it in my office at the school ).I don't know if it was the force of the round, the square root of Newtons law or whatever, but I can tell you it dropped me to 1 knee.I would say it was probably a psychological thing or a nervous system thing, more than an impact thing, but none the less that is how it played out..Just thought I would post this after talking with Hock about the subject of what happens when we get shot...But FYI..... All weekend long I took airsoft rounds... And I live to tell the tale.. Dean.
But if a bullet hits a standing man and he falls.The bullet knocked him down.Without the bullet he would not fall.Hock
the action of a bullet hitting you has a reaction of leaving a hole.now about that momentum to knock down a 200lb. man thing. well i have fired a 50 cal sniper rifle and a few single shot 50 cals before and i did not fly into little peices but there is some great footage on the net of real people being hit with these rounds and the reaction is quit spectacular.
Wrapped in a ground fight, Prosser could not pull out his service pistol strapped on his right leg, or get to his knife on his left, because the terroristwho turned out to be a serious terroristhad grabbed Prossers helmet and pulled it over his eyes and twisted it.
As I have said for years and years now, "You simply cannot predict what a punch, a stab, as slash or gun shot will do.People who think it will always be a little slap on the body, the same that hand hand feels shooting the gun? They are perpetrating wrong doctrine with blinders on. Hock
I just had a paramedic argue that "shock" plays a major factor in a knife fight. I guess he is right since paramedics show up 10 minutes or more after its all over. His idea is that a slash even on the arms will send a cut victim into shock, I wouldn't count on it but anything is possible. Most recently there was a story of a man on a motorcycle hitting a barrier and amputating his lower leg, miles down the road I guess he tried to hit the break and ughhh?


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When driving north from Aqaba to Kerak along the King's way, we had a stop in a Guest house of the Dana Natural park where we met nice people from different countries.
The we had a walk in the fields around. We were impressed by the importance of agriculture here and it reminded us some valleys of the South Atlas in Morocco. The locals used the natural springs to bring water in each parcel and we saw many different trees, fruits and vegetables. Quite a nice thing to discover after so much desert. 90% of the Jordan surface is made of desert in fact.
After ou walk, we wanted to taste the local fruits we saw in the fields nearby, especially the pomegranates. We went to small shop, bought some bottle of water, and started to explain what kind of fruits we wanted. The old man at the shop didn't speak english, we didn't speak arabic so we tried to make some gestures, then tried to draw the fruits. We could see some potatoes and onions in the shop but no fruit to show... 10 minutes like this, my wife and I were laughing, the old man was puzzled and more and more people were gathering around us including those two kids.
After a while we gave up and went us with many "Chukran" (thanks) for the old man. Then, my wife noticed on the ground in a narrow street the seeds of the pomegranates we were looking for. We brought them back to the shop like a trophee and showed them to the people around. The smaller kid asked me to follow him, we walk for 300m and entered a small house where women where washing clothes, then he brought me a bag with the fruits !!!
He asked me for 1 JD but his father told him something like : "it's free !". So, I paid nothing for this. These people I didn't know where so gentle. We spent a minute smiling, trying to explain we liked Dana and it was beautiful. To finish with, I asked the kids who were interested in my camera if I could make a picture of them. They were happy and asked for more. Once done, they ran to my camera and pressed the play button !!!! I was amazed since they knew it was a digital one and that there was a specific button to play the pictures :) I finally gave them 1 JD for the pictures. Maybe I shouldn't have but they were so kind for the fruits, the pictures and above all for their time : I guess this is a western concern only :)
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mrcrow (3993) 2005-10-16 8:20
its a crisp and interesting shot
i sense some fill on the face on the left..??
good cropping and composition..
jordan is wonderful and so are the people..
did you hazard wadi rum and petra...?
gebala (0) 2005-10-16 17:35
I like this nice photo of two boys
nice pose and great quality
well done
Albrecht (11283) 2005-10-18 3:36
Hi Steven
Nice double portait; sharp and good colours and soft tones.
regards Albrecht
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- Nonstick pan spray
- 1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs
- 2 packages (8 ounces each) fat-free cream cheese, softened
- 1 package (8 ounces) reduced-fat cream cheese, softened
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 2 eggs
4 egg whites
1 cup evaporated skim milk
Preheat oven to 500°F. Spray the bottom and sides of a 9-inch springform pan with nonstick pan spray, then sprinkle the bottom and two inches up the sides of the pan with graham cracker crumbs. Place springform pan in the refrigerator to chill while preparing the filling.
Beat softened cream cheeses and sugar together with an electric mixer until well blended. Add flour, vanilla, and almond extract. Beat well to blend. Beat in eggs and egg whites, one at a time, then beat in the evaporated milk. Pour mixture into the springform pan. Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 325°F and continue baking for one hour longer. Remove from oven and cool. Chill in the refrigerator when the pan is cool enough to handle.
Yield: 14 wedges of cheesecake.
Serving size: 1 wedge (approximately 3 ounces).
Nutrition Facts Per Serving:
Calories: 150 calories, Carbohydrates: 18 g, Protein: 10 g, Fat: 5 g, Saturated Fat: 3 g, Cholesterol: 45 mg, Sodium: 290 mg
Exchanges per serving: 1 starch, 1 meat. Carbohydrate choices: 1.
This recipe was developed by Sandy Bjerkness, RD, LD, a research dietitian and freelance writer from Rochester, Minnesota.


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A lot of people ask me all kinds of questions about what we do around here on the Schell Urban Homestead. The question I get asked the most though is, hands down, "With three kids, how in the world do you do it all?" The answer is pretty simple… I have a strong partner:
Happy Anniversary, Rick. Nine years seems like a great start.
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I may have given an unintended impression in my piece on the GUU debate on independence yesterday, namely that that members of the two teams reflected their real political views in debate. I do understand clearly that principle of such debates, namely, that the position taken in relations to the motion does not necessarily reflect personal views.
My experience of formalised debating – as opposed to making my living from real life debating – is confined to one series of debates many years ago, jointly organised by the BBC and the local chamber of Commerce in Newcastle, and sponsored by the Newcastle Breweries(S&N). The debating teams included a BBC team, other media teams, lawyers, the University and the local debating teams, including the Wranglers, Newcastle's oldest and most respected debating club, and other companies. We were offered an opportunity to form a team, but nobody expected much of a team of brewery managers. I was the team captain.
We won, defeating all comers.
The rules of that debate were that the team selecting the motion did not get the choice of either being the proposer of the motion or the opposer – that choice was given to the other team. It was therefore pointless choosing a motion that suited your personal views and strength since you might have to oppose it. This rule, I believe, is common in debates, but not universal. I have no idea how GUU set their rule or chose their motion and proposers and opposers.
My comments were about the nature of the arguments advanced, and the general atmosphere of the debate. However, I could not but observe that, however the choice was made, the team members of the anti-independence team contained three who were not eligible to vote in a Scottish referendum because of non-residency in Scotland, and that each team did seem to include individuals who tended to be identified with a viewpoint, e.g. Duncan Hamilton.
But I look forward to being proved wrong, and finding, say, Duncan Hamilton, Manus Blessing and Murray Pittock emerging as staunch supporters of the UK in the real life independence debate that is now raging in Scotland, and all the members of the GUU team who so vigorously opposed the motion on Saturday revealing themselves as passionate supporters of Scotland's independence from the UK. They will then have shown themselves to be true devil's advocates in debating terms.
Or maybe each team member actually passionately believed in what they were saying …
In their page 13 piece – Devine forced to sell flat to pay off debt – the Sunday Herald reminded us yesterday that in the wake of the expenses scandal. four Labour MPs, including Devine were jailed and two Tory Lords. As for the rest of the Labour and Tory house flippers, pornographic video renters, excessive claimants etc. the phrase by the skin of their teeth comes to mind.
The spat between the UK Supreme Court and the Scottish Legal Establishment continues, with accusations being flung around, as senior legal figures, wigs askew and gowns a-flying, demonstrate that the law is not always above politics, especially where matters pertaining to the Union are concerned.
Cui bono? not to mention Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
They talk of little else in the working class communities of Dalmarnock, as ordinary people and small businesses contemplate the wreckage of their lives perpetrated by Glasgow City Council in the name of the Commonwealth Games and urban regeneration, with the full majesty of the law firmly behind the perpetrators and the obscenely rich property developers and their speculative gains.
And while this was going on, the complacent professionals of Glasgow – journalists, lawyers, academics - turned their heads the other way, with a tiny number of shining exceptions. I wonder how many attended the GUU debate?
As terrified European countries abandon democracy for unelected technocracy, we hear similar voices here in Scotland, in the letters pages and in statements from the Scottish trades unions.
The shipbuilding unions have played along enthusiastically with the new Labour/Tory/LibDem coalition tactics of scaremongering over defence jobs – the defence-as-job-creation theme – with special reference to shipbuilding. LibDem Scottish Secretary Michael Moore (new friend of Margaret Curran and Willie Bain, Labour) with his ever loyal little sidekick, David Mundel have been warning – i.e. threatening – Scotland that it would not be in the front line of defence spending if Scotland left the UK.
Kenny Jordan, regional secretary of the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions wants to meet Philip Hammond, successor to Liam Fox (remember him?) as soon as possible.
"We don't have the time to play party politics with the situation," says Kenny Jordan, "Our concern is for the future of our members' jobs."
When people say that they are not playing politics, they almost always are, and the politics are right-wing politics. So says Polly Toynbee of the Guardian, who is as close to left-wing royalty as one can get. And so say I, who am about as far from left-wing royalty as one can get …


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This memo clarifies eligibility requirements for participation in the 2005 National/International Combined Federal Campaign (CFC). Information contained in this document clarifies and reiterates guidance previously issued in CFC Memoranda 2000-7, 2000-10, 2001-2, 2002-10, 2002-13 and 2003-9.
Please note that guidance regarding the requirements for compliance with the CFC's anti-terrorism certification is not part of this guidance. Anti-terrorism certification guidance will be issued separately.
OPM encourages representatives of participating charities and prospective applicant organizations to attend its CFC orientation sessions. These sessions are held annually in the fall, in Washington DC. CFC Operations staff are always willing to respond to questions about the application process and to discuss issues identified.
New national/international federations must submit the complete applications of member charities, including each organization's administrative and fundraising rate. Federations that participated in the prior year's campaign must submit a complete application for each new member and each member previously denied participation in the CFC.
The CFC regulations at 5 CFR � 950.202(a) require applicants to provide a schedule listing those states (minimum 15) or the foreign countries (minimum 1) where the program activities have been provided over the three year period immediately preceding the start of the campaign application year and a detailed description of those activities. This schedule is required as Attachment A to the application and must be provided in addition to the annual report, and other documents or publications that may accompany the application.
The applicant is required to use Attachment A to establish a "clear showing "of actual services provided. General statements on the Attachment A, such as "over the past three years " or "during the years 2001-2003 " accompanied by a listing of services lack the detail necessary for OPM to determine whether organizations have met this requirement.
Beginning with the 2005 campaign, Attachment A of the national/international CFC applications must include the year in which each real service, benefit, assistance or program activity was provided in each state or foreign country. Failure to provide the year of the service in the state or country will result in denial of CFC participation.
Suggestions for appropriate Attachment A formats are available in the CFC Memorandum 2003-09 and are attached to this Guidance Memorandum.
An increasing number of applicants rely on the use of standardized formats and checklists to describe the real services, benefits, assistance, or program activities that their organizations provided in the past three years. Some applicants use standard listings of service categories which an organization may "check-off " to indicate the services provided in each state. Associated with such checklists has been a tendency to replicate the identical narrative description of services for each of the states in which the organization is claiming to have provided services. In some cases, the only unique information provided is a number indicating how many persons the organization claims to have served in each state.
OPM relies on the integrity of the information in Attachment A to assure federal donors that the participating charities have met CFC accountability standards. In some instances, the use of broad descriptions of services, benefits, assistance or program activities and/or descriptions that replicate the identical information for each state in which service is claimed does not adequately allow OPM to determine that the real services, benefits, assistance or program activities were provided or to accurately determine the individuals or entities who benefited.
Use of standardized formats and the accompanying level of descriptive detail varies among applicants. OPM will exercise discretion in ascertaining whether a standardized format or checklist provides sufficient detail to enable a judgment that an applicant has sufficiently demonstrated its provision of real services.
Providing listings of affiliated support groups and members or a breakdown of attendees, by state, at an annual conference, in itself, is not a sufficient demonstration of real services, benefits, assistance or program activities required for national eligibility. In addition, providing the location of residence of organization members, alone, does not meet the eligibility criteria.
Listing the names and addresses of an organization's members or visitors to a facility does not satisfy national eligibility criteria. Each applicant must make a clear showing of the actual services, benefits, assistance, or program activities provided in each state or foreign country.
Organizations that issue student scholarships or sponsor fellowships/mentorships must indicate the state in which the recipients reside, not the state where the school or mentor is located.
The dissemination of information and publications, alone, does not meet the national eligibility criteria.
National/International CFC applicant organizations which rely substantially on web-based services must comply with the national eligibility and public accountability standards at 5 CFR � 950.202 and 950.203.
Acceptable supporting documentation shall consist of:
Reports that only reflect the number of hits to a website are not acceptable evidence of real services on Attachment A.
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Organizations seeking National/International CFC eligibility are required to account for their funds in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), which requires an accrual based accounting system. Both the IRS Form 990 and the audited financial statements must be prepared using the accrual method. National/International CFC eligibility will be denied for organizations using any method of accounting other than the accrual basis, including the cash basis, modified cash basis, and modified accrual basis of accounting.
Combined and consolidated audits are not accepted unless the applicant's financial information is reflected in a separate audited combining or consolidating schedule that breaks out the information for the applicant.
Organizations applying for National/International CFC participation must submit an annual audit of fiscal operations as described at 5 C.F.R. � 950.203(a)(2). The audit must cover the same fiscal period as the IRS Form 990. Reconciliation statements that purport to reconcile a cash-based IRS Form 990 with an accrual-based audited financial statement will not be accepted because both must be prepared using the accrual method.
If revenue and expenses on the audit and the IRS Form 990 differ, these amounts must be reconciled either on the IRS Form 990, Parts IV-A and IV-B, or in an accompanying signed statement by the certified public accountant who completed the audit. If the CPA who completed the audit is not available, it is acceptable to use another CPA within the same firm to provide the reconciliation and signed statement.
Organizations have asked whether a certified public accountant (CPA) must perform the reconciliation if it is not completed in the IRS Form 990, or whether a financial manager within their organization can perform the reconciliation. The reconciliation must be performed in an accompanying signed statement by the CPA who completed the audit if:
The only instance when an organization's management may provide a clarification is if Line 12 or Line 17 of Part I, or Line a of Parts IV-A and/or IV-B do not equal the revenues or expenses in the audited financial statements because certain categories of revenues or expenses on the audited financial statements have to be added together to equal the totals in the IRS Form 990.
We understand that certain categories of revenues and expenses on the audited financial statements may have to be added together to equal the total revenues and expenses that are listed on the IRS Form 990, either on Lines 12 and 17 of Part I or on Line a of Part IV-A and IV-B. For example, categories of revenues and expenses such as unrestricted, restricted or changes in temporarily restricted net assets may have to be added together to equal the amounts in the IRS Form 990. If this is the case, an appropriate management representative (e.g. officer, director, trustee or chief financial officer) may provide an explanation of the calculation and categories that were used in arriving at the totals on the IRS Form 990. This explanation should accompany the financial documents in the application as it is originally filed with OPM.
Except for smaller organizations that file the IRS Form 990EZ, organizations must attach a complete IRS Form 990 as part of the CFC application as required by 5 CFR �950.203(a)(3). A complete IRS Form 990 includes all six pages, including a signature on page six in the box marked "Signature of Officer," all statements referenced in the Form, and Schedule A. Organizations filing IRS Form 990EZ may submit the 990EZ together with pages 1 and 2 of Form 990 in place of a complete Form 990.
Part V of the IRS Form 990 requires the charity to include a "List of officers, directors, trustees, and key employees (List each one even if not compensated)." An organization's IRS Form 990 that does not include a list of the officers, Board of Directors, trustees and key employees, and their compensation, if any, is incomplete and will result in a denial.
Organizations which do not reflect administrative and fundraising expenses on the IRS Form 990 but show such expenses on the audited financial statement will be denied unless the audited financial statements specifically state that these services were donated.
The CFC regulations at 5 CFR �950.203(a)(4)(i) require that organizations with administrative and fundraising rates (AFR) exceeding 25% provide, as Attachment F, an explanation and formal plan to reduce these expenses below 25%. The explanation must include a full discussion of the reason(s) that the organization's AFR exceeded 25%. The formal plan for reducing the AFR must relate to the explanation and must be reasonable under the circumstances. The formal plan must demonstrate that the organization has established a clear objective(s) as to how to reduce the AFR, and has taken steps to implement the objective. The plan should include the time frame during which it is anticipated that an AFR below 25% will be obtained.
The Office of CFC Operations will consider the degree to which the AFR exceeds 25% in determining whether the plan is reasonable under the circumstances. For organizations that have participated in the CFC in prior years, the Office of CFC Operations will additionally consider the organization's AFR during prior campaign years as a factor in determining whether the formal plan is reasonable under the circumstances.
CFC regulations at 5 CFR �950.203(a)(5) require an organization seeking CFC eligibility to certify that it is directed by an active and responsible governing body whose members have no material conflict of interest and a majority of which serve without compensation. The regulation does not distinguish between compensation as a staff member where that staff member additionally serves on the Board, and compensation as a Board member in consideration for performing Board work. OPM interprets its CFC regulation to mean that a paid staff member who serves on the Board is a compensated member of the Board, even if the staff member is not being compensated for performing Board work.
Every applicant must provide, as part of Attachment G, its Board members' terms of office and meeting dates and locations in the previous year. Copies of the organization's bylaws are not acceptable substitutes for specific terms of office. Further, information on board members' terms of office and meeting dates and locations must represent the calendar or fiscal year immediately preceding the campaign year for which the organization is applying. This information does not have to be part of the applicant's published annual report, but must be included with the application. In prior years, OPM had requested this information in support of the certification that the organization is governed by an active and responsible board. See, CFC Memorandum 2000-10. Commencing with the 2005 CFC, failure to provide Board members' terms of office as well as Meeting Dates and Locations of Board Meetings will result in a denial.
Annual reports or their substitutes (as defined in CFC regulations) must include a description of the organization's services or activities during the year covered by the report and identify the Board of Directors and chief administrative personnel. OPM will not accept annual reports that contain only a description of mission and goals or historical information about services and activities without a defined timeframe.
Each Federation is required to include, in its annual report that is made available to the public, a statement that sets forth details regarding member dues and/or service fee arrangements with its member organizations. See CFC Memorandum 2002-13.
If you have questions or comments regarding this guidance, please send them by electronic mail to email@example.com.


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getting colder
the weather has officially shifted. we can no longer walk the streets of brooklyn unbundled without seriously regretting the decision. so, the coats and hats and gloves have come out of storage and onto the big and little bodies around here. a few days into the cold, eve began requesting a scarf. ruth soon joined in. after two weeks of being reminded (scolded?) by my daughters i got to work making the scarves, in the laziest ways possible. instructions below:
scarf #1: find abandoned, half-finished scarf wadded up in the bottom corner of yarn/knitting bag. stick needles in one last time to cast off properly. sew on largest button you have and fasten around daughter's neck.
scarf #2. think back to when you made a scarf for your sister-in-law four christmases ago. recycle exact same idea. get a bunch of yarn, cut into strands at desired length. holding all strands together, sew back and forth at desired intervals with whatever color(s) of thread you have near your sewing machine. wrap around daughter's neck.
feel really good about yourself. you might have been lazy, but you've just made scarves two scarves in less than an hour. and that's something.


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How to Turn on Class Tracking in QuickBooks 2012
To use activity-based costing (ABC) in QuickBooks 2012, you need to turn on the QuickBooks Class Tracking feature. Class Tracking lets you categorize income and expense transactions as falling not just into income and expense accounts, but also as falling into particular classes.
To turn on Class Tracking in QuickBooks, follow these steps:
Choose the Edit menu's Preferences command.
QuickBooks displays the Preferences dialog box.
Tell QuickBooks you want to work with the accounting preferences.
To tell QuickBooks that you want to change one of its accounting preferences — Class Tracking, in this case — click the Accounting icon, which appears in the list box along the left edge of the Preferences dialog box. The Company Preferences tab for the accounting preferences appears. (If the Company Preferences tab doesn't appear on your screen, simply click the tab.)
Select the Use Class Tracking check box to turn on Class Tracking. You may as well also select the Prompt to Assign Classes box so QuickBooks reminds you to use the classes.
Click OK.
From this point forward, QuickBooks adds a Class drop-down list to the Windows dialog box that you use to record revenues and expenses (such as the Create Invoices window, the Write Checks window, the Enter Bills window, and so on). All you do is tag transactions as they fit into a particular class.


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BALTIMORE – The UMBC women's tennis team will host Temple and Xavier this weekend, while both teams will face the Musketeers on Saturday. The women's match against Temple will begin Friday at 1:00 p.m. while the matches against Xavier will start at 11:00 a.m. Both contests will be played at the Retriever Tennis Complex.
The Retrievers will have to shake some of the rust off after last weekend's cancellations. The women's last match was on Thursday, March 20 at Sacramento State. On the men's side, the Retrievers last played on Sunday, March 23 against No. 54 George Washington.
For the women, senior Josefin Stange-Jonsson (Vasteras, Sweden) leads the squad with a 9-4 singles mark. On the men's side, junior Daniel Gray (Bowie, Md./The Bullis School) and sophomore Melker Svard (Gothenburg, Sweden) share the team lead with singles marks of 9-5.
Temple women's tennis split matches last weekend, including a narrow 4-3 win over their conference foe Connecticut. Sophomore Minami Okajima (Malvern, Pa./Montville (N.J.)) led the comeback victory, winning the deciding match at the six position, 7-6(4), 6-2. The match against the Retrievers marks the end of an 11-game road trip for the Owls, and they currently stand at 6-10 on the year.
The Xavier women's team saw their four match win streak come to an end against Big East conference opponent Marquette this weekend. After splitting the singles points 3-3, the Musketeers lost twice in doubles, sealing their defeat. The loss put Xavier at 13-4 for the season. Before they play the Retrievers, the Musketeers have a match at George Washington on Friday.
Xavier's men's team (10-9) had the same result, a 4-3 loss to Marquette this weekend. After picking up the doubles point, the Musketeers only won matches at the three and six positions. The team blanked Wright State, 7-0, on Wednesday to complete its home slate at 4-0. Xavier will play at Georgetown on Friday, April 4 as they make their way to Baltimore.
UMBC's men's team will travel to William & Mary on Sunday, April 6 for their next match. Both teams will host Georgetown on Wednesday, April 9.


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Symantec Opens Beta for Norton Zone File Sharing Service
The field of file sharing services just got a little more crowded, with Symantec jumping in the fray with its own Norton Zone offering.
Norton Zone is a new secure file sharing service for consumers to safely access, sync, and share photos, videos and documents from any PC, Mac, Android, and iOS devices, Symantec said Thursday. Users can use Norton Zone to collaborate on a project, keep in touch with friends and family, and always have the most up-to-date copy of files at their fingertips.
Norton Zone will be officially launched sometime in 2013. Until then, users can sign up for a free limited public beta on www.nortonzone.com. Storage quota was not publicized. I am still waiting for my request to be approved, and will update once I know.
Norton Zone Features
After signing up to Norton Zone, users can upload their own photos, videos, and documents, and organize them into folders. Everything stored in Norton Zone is automatically backed up and replicated in a secured cloud, ensuring that users won't accidentally lose their data. Symantec also uses its own security engine to scan files for malware before letting users share Norton Zone data.
Users can email links to friends and family to share files and folders stored in Norton Zone, or just post that link to Facebook. This way, they no longer have to worry about big image files clogging up the inbox or exceeding size restrictions, and when they disable the link, the content is no longer visible to others. Users can also control how long or how many times a file can be accessed through that shared link.
Working together on a project? Define who can collaborate on the files using access control features. As soon as a file or folder is uploaded, all users authorized to see that data automatically receive that latest version on their devices.
"Everyone always has the most up-to-date version at hand," Symantec said.
Legal Limits on Sharing
One of the things file-sharing services learned after the Megaupload takedown earlier this year is that they can't just look the other way if their users are sharing files that infringe on someone's copyright. The Terms and Conditions are pretty clear, warning users to not share anything they don't have permission to, anything that could be "considered threatening or obscene," and absolutely no malware.
Symantec "may disable access to, remove or require users to remove" any content it decides "infringes the rights of any third party or otherwise violates the terms of this Agreement." Symantec will also respond to DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) notices and may provide information to law enforcement and other government investigations with or without a court subpoena.
Be smart about what you store and share on Norton Zone.
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Symantec claims to transmit all data uploaded to its servers and synced across devices over an SSL connection. When the file reaches Norton Zone servers (over SSL), the data is encrypted immediately and stored. Just like many other consumer file-sharing services on the market, Symantec will own the encryption key, not the user.
Giving users control over encryption is frequently bandied about in business environments, but every time it's brought up in the consumer context, the general gist is that it is too hard and complicated for consumers to deal with. I, for one, would like to see secure file-sharing for consumers where I am in charge of my own encryption key.
Edited to Add 11/29/2012: This story has been updated to reflect recent changes in the Privacy Policy.
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