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On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, the Photos app is organized into Photos, For You, Albums, and Search. On your Mac, the main sections are Photos, Moments, Collections, and Years. Photos for macOS also lets you create and browse projects.
When you turn on iCloud Photos, your collection is kept up to date across your devices, so navigating your library always feels familiar. And thanks to the advanced search features in Photos, you can find pictures based on a person, place, object, or event.
First things first
- Update your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to the latest version of iOS, and your Mac to the latest version of macOS.
- Set up iCloud on all of your devices and make sure that you're signed in with the same Apple ID.
Photos groups your library into Moments, Collections, and Years arranged by time and location.
Moments: See groups of your photos and videos taken around the same time and place, like an afternoon at the beach.
Collections: Find distinct Moments taken at the same place, like your vacation in San Diego.
Years: View your entire library in a mosaic of all the photos and videos that you've taken each year.
When you tap the Photos tab in iOS, you see your library grouped by Moments. Tap to view your library grouped by collections, and tap again to view years. On your Mac, use the Moments, Collections, and Years tabs at the top of Photos.
Tap or click the location of any Moment, Collection, or Year to see a summary of its photos and videos, the people in them, a map showing where they were taken, and related memories for you to explore.
For You
In the For You section of Photos for iOS, you can see Shared Album activity, get ideas for adding effects to select photos, and find Sharing Suggestions — collections of photos perfect for sharing with friends.
For You also helps you relive your favorite moments with Memories. Photos searches your photos and videos to find events, trips, people, and more, then presents them in beautiful collections. That way you can rediscover a weekend hike or big events like a first birthday.
On your Mac, you can find Memories in the Photos sidebar.
In Albums, you find the photo albums that you've created, Shared Albums that you've created or joined, and automatic collections of different types of photos and videos, like Panoramas, Selfies, Slo-mo, and Time Lapse. You can even look at your photos arranged on a world map in the Places album, or browse your photos based on who's in them in the People album.
On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, the All Photos album shows your entire collection in the order you added them to your library. To get a similar view on your Mac, click Photos in the sidebar, then select the Photos tab at the top of the window.
Photos makes it easy to keep your collection organized just the way you want. And when you use iCloud Photos, the changes you make to your albums on one device appear on your other devices too.
Create a new album
On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch: Go to Albums and tap . Enter an album name, then choose the photos and videos that you want to organize in the new album.
On your Mac: Choose File > New Album. Enter an album name, then click Photos in the sidebar. Drag photos and videos from the Photos view into the new album in the sidebar. Alternatively, you can select the photos that you'd like to add to an album, control-click, then choose Add to > New Album.
Photos on your Mac also lets you create Smart Albums that automatically update based on criteria that you choose. For example, you can create a Smart Album filled with photos taken in the last 30 days. Choose File > New Smart Album, enter an album name, and then choose the conditions that you want to use.
Add to an existing album
On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch: Tap Select and then tap the photos and videos that you want to add. Tap Add To and choose the album.
On your Mac: Drag photos and videos from the Photos view into the new album in the sidebar. Or select the photos you'd like to add to an album, control-click, then choose Add to > [Album Name].
Manage your albums
If you want to change the name of an album that you've created, go to Albums, then tap See All. Tap Edit, tap the name of the album, and then change the album name. On your Mac, select the album, then type a new name.
To rearrange albums on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, tap Albums, then tap See All next to My Albums. Tap Edit. Then tap and hold an album and drag it where you want it to go. Tap Done when you're finished.
To rearrange albums on your Mac, click My Albums, then drag an album where you want it to go. You can also Control-click My Albums, then choose Sort and choose to sort your albums alphabetically or by date.
Shared Albums
Looking for a place to gather and share everyone's photos from the family reunion? Shared Albums let you do just that.
When you have a photo, video, or album that you want to share, tap or click and choose Shared Albums. You can invite up to 100 of your friends and family to see your Shared Albums. Then they can like, comment, and even add their own photos.
In the Albums view, you can see all of the Shared Albums that you've created and others' Shared Albums that you've joined. On your Mac, Shared Albums appear in the Photos sidebar. You can also go to the For You tab (or the sidebar on your Mac) to view recent Shared Album activity. You'll see likes and comments on your shared photos, and new photos from other people's Shared Albums.
Search your photos
The Photos app makes it easy to find photos of a person or thing. You can also search for places and events.
Tap the Search tab, then enter a term in the search bar. On your Mac, the search bar is in the upper-right corner of Photos.
People: Find photos in your library of a specific person or a group of people. Just keep names and faces organized in your People album.
Places: See all of your photos and videos on a map in Places. Or type a location name in the Search bar to see all of the photos and videos from that place.
Things: Photos recognizes scenes and objects. Search for a term like "lake" and then select a category result to see all of your photos that match.
Events: Search for an event — for example, a concert you attended a few months ago — and Photos for iOS can use the time and location of your photos along with online event listings to find matching photos.
The Search tab in Photos for iOS also suggests moments, people, places, categories, and groups for you to search. Tap a suggested search, such as One Year Ago or Cats, to explore and rediscover your photos.
When you search your photos, all of the face recognition and scene and object detection are done completely on your device. Learn more about photos and your privacy.
Projects on your Mac
With Projects on your Mac, you can turn your photos into keepsakes using easy-to-use, powerful Project Extensions.
To create impressive websites, collages, photo albums, wall decor, and more, download extensions from the Mac App Store. Then go to File > Create and choose the extension that you'd like to use.
If you want to finish a project that you've already started or reorder something, go to the My Projects tab in the sidebar to see your full list.
Learn more
- Learn how to take and edit photos on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Or how to edit photos on your Mac.
- Manage and store your photos in iCloud Photos.
- Make the most of the Photos app on your Mac.


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Just after Hurricane Sandy made landfall I wrote:
"While the recent impact of Hurricane Sandy is yet to be assessed this could boost economic output in the very short term by roughly 0.5% which could push a recession in the U.S. out to the 2nd or 3rd quarter of 2013."
As expected, the economy is seeing a short term bounce in economic activity as the Northeast comes back to life. There was a large loss of automobiles due to storm related flooding while much of the industrial production was shut in. The restart of activity shown in this month's reports, as expected, showed sharp gains for November. Econoday summed it up well:
"Industrial production rebounded in November with notable help from recovering from Hurricane Sandy and a boost in auto assemblies. Industrial production rebounded 1.1 percent, following a decline of 0.7 percent in October (originally down 0.4 percent). The market consensus was for a 0.3 percent gain.
In November, the manufacturing component increased 1.1 percent after dropping 1.0 percent in October. Analysts expected a 0.4 percent boost. According to the Fed, nearly all the decline in factory output in October is estimated to have been related to Hurricane Sandy, and the increase in November reflects a post-hurricane rebound in production as well as the solid advance in the output of motor vehicles and parts. Within manufacturing, increases were widespread in November across both durable and nondurable goods industries.
Capacity utilization for total industry rose to 78.4 percent from 77.7 percent in October. The market forecast was for 78.0 percent."
While manufacturing has seen very volatile swings over the last two months due to effects of Hurricane Sandy the overall trend of the data still remains very negative. The chart below shows the year over year change in both capacity utilization and industrial production.
As stated above the biggest contributor to the surge in the November report came from motor vehicle manufacturing as dealer inventories were restocked in the damaged areas. This is not a sustainable boost to production, or utilization rates, and will fade over the next reporting period.
Furthermore, October's rate was revised down from a previously reported -0.4 to -0.7. While the media immediately dismissed this downward revision due to Hurricane Sandy; it is important to remember that said storm did not impact the U.S. until the last five days of the month. Therefore, while there was some impact to the production and utilization rates it was not entirely due to the storm. The storm excuse also does not account for the decline in the data from its peak in July as shown in the chart below.
While the pick up in production and utilization is encouraging this data is subject to heavy backward revisions which will be released in March of next year. From Zero Hedge:
"The Federal Reserve Board plans to issue its annual revision to the index of industrial production (IP) and the related measures of capacity utilization at the end of March 2013. The revised IP indexes will incorporate detailed data from the 2011 Annual Survey of Manufactures, conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau. Annual data from the U.S. Geological Survey regarding metallic and nonmetallic minerals (except fuels) for 2011 will also be incorporated. The update will include revisions to the monthly indicator (either product data or input data) and to seasonal factors for each industry. In addition, the estimation methods for some series may be changed. Any modifications to the methods for estimating the output of an industry will affect the index from 1972 to the present."
Based on the underlying trends of the manufacturing reports in recent months (see here) it is highly likely that said revisions will be fairly negative. This is the problem that many of the economists, and analysts, are going to run into when pointing to the most recent data point as evidence that there is "no recession" in sight. As I stated earlier this month:
"Are we in a recession now? The answer is 'no' but evidence continues to mount. In all likelihood we will not know for certain until after the fact as we must wait for the economic data to be revised in the months ahead. Regardless, the trend of the data is clearly weakening at a rate which most likely puts the economy at risk within the next year. More importantly, it is the impact of slower economic growth on corporate earnings, and outlooks, which should be of the greatest concern to investors as that is what truly drives returns.
With any 'deal' on the fiscal cliff, and upcoming debt ceiling debate, leading to increased taxes, and reduced government spending, the headwind towards economic growth will continue to increase. So, while we are not currently in a recession - the market will react to the expectations of the event well before the media acknowledges it. Complacency is a dangerous thing when it comes to investment portfolios."
While today's report is certainly better than a "sharp stick in the eye" it really tells us very little about the real trends of the overall economy. The next couple of months will be much more telling as actual data on retail sales, and "post-Sandy effect" data on production and employment, is made available.
In the meantime, market participants remain tied to the flow of the newscycle from Washington in regards to the "fiscal cliff." My best guess is that regardless of what "deal" is struck the majority of the people, and most likely the market, are going to be disappointed.


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What is CoQ10? The Benefits to Skin & Weight Loss
CoQ10, also known as ubiquinone or coenzyme Q, is an enzyme produced naturally in the human body, found in every cell and tissue. It is involved a number of biological functions including helping to produce energy, neutralizing free radicals, and keeping cells both inside the body and in the skin healthy.
A young body has the ability to produce as much CoQ10 as it needs. However, various factors such as aging and stress can lower levels of CoQ10. As a result, the ability of cells to regenerate and withstand stress declines.
Because CoQ10 decline correlates with the aging process, it is regarded as one of the most accurate biomarkers of aging.
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There are several important roles CoQ10 plays in your body. CoQ10 is vital for many chemical reactions in cells; in fact, it helps produce 95% of your body's energy. Without these types of biochemical reactions, your cells would be unable to grow and divide.
Many doctors and researchers also believe this particular enzyme can help treat many illnesses and aid in weight loss. There is a great deal research being conducted on how CoQ10 can help find future treatments for a variety of ailments. There is already evidence that suggests CoQ10 can be used to treat:
- Parkinson's Disease
- Heart Disease
- Cancer
- High Blood Pressure
Using CoQ10 to benefit your skin
In addition to its internal benefits, CoQ10 can also play a role in making skin look younger. CoQ10 levels decrease as you get older. Indeed, most women over thirty have below optimum levels of CoQ10 in the skin. The lack of CoQ10 results in an impeded ability to produce collagen and elastin. Collagen is important because it makes your skin firm, while elastin gives your skin flexibility. The loss of collagen and elastin causes your skin to wrinkle and sag.
CoQ10 also helps the skin by acting as a strong antioxidant. It helps to neutralize the harmful free radicals that are one of the major causes of aging. Thus, the age-related decline in CoQ10 also your skin is more prone to damage by free radicals.
Using topical anti-aging creams that contain CoQ10 can effectively help fight the signs of aging. The CoQ10 in the treatment can penetrate deeply to provide antioxidants and help create collagen and elastin.
Using CoQ10 to aid in weight loss
salmonAs you age, just as your skin changes, your whole body changes as well. You may start to find both fine lines and wrinkles on your skin and extra pounds on your body. The lack of CoQ10 can play a role not only your skin condition, but in your weight as well.
Since CoQ10 assists in the production of energy by the cells, a deficiency can contribute to lower energy levels and a slower metabolism. Many people believe that CoQ10 production decreasing with age helps explains one reason why older people may find it harder to lose weight.
Research even shows that an insufficient amount of CoQ10 is a contributing factor in some cases of obesity. Recent tests have found a CoQ10 deficiency in some of the obese subjects. When these subjects with low CoQ10 levels were given CoQ10 supplements, they were found to have an easier time losing some of the extra pounds.
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Taking CoQ10 supplements can also help boost skin repair and reduce free radical damage. Like topical treatments, supplements can increase CoQ10 levels in the skin that help maintain collagen and elastin production and protect of your skin from aging. Research has even shown that CoQ10 helps reduce crow's feet around the eyes.
Eating foods that contain CoQ10 and taking CoQ10 supplements can help maintain the level of the enzyme your body needs to stay healthy. Some of the foods that contain CoQ10 include fish, organ meats (liver and kidney), and chicken.
The Perricone Health & Weight Management supplement contains several supplements including CoQ10 that promotes total body health, weight loss, and youthful skin. It is part of Dr. Perricone's skin and body care philosophy which combines diet, topical treatments, and nutriceutical supplements. The conveniently packaged supplements that make up the formula include:
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In my last blog post, I talked about the importance for any aspiring or working professional (inside OR outside of HR) to not only have but actively use LinkedIn. When I say "actively," I mean actually use it. Many people will set up a sub-par and boring profile, and will only get on the site when they have a new invite connection. Having a LinkedIn just to have a LinkedIn defeats the purpose of it all together. You don't put all that time and effort into constructing a resume to not use it. Same goes with LI (abbreviation for LinkedIn…kind of like FB for Facebook). It is still a social networking site, so you need to be social.
I will give you some simple but effective tips to amp up your LinkedIn page.
1) Picture: You need to have a photo of yourself. I find it very annoying (and I'm sure recruiters do as well) when you see this faceless image on someone's profile. It should look professional, so a good head shot of you in interview attire is great. I currently do not have any good picture of myself in a suit or tie, but when I do I am changing it immediately. Now, some people are afraid of discrimination or something. First of all, recruiters should know the law and wouldn't risk doing that. Plus, if a recruiter actually does not have any human decency and would discriminate against you because of what you look like then would you really want to work there? Now, if you have a picture of yourself shotgunning a beer that may be different (e.g. DON'T do that), but if you follow my advice with the head shot then you should be good. I mean, you don't go to a career fair or an interview with a bag over your head?
2) Tagline: Most individuals' taglines will say their current positions at their jobs. It also already says that in your work experience section. Instead, it should be something about you that is distinctive. My tagline says "Budding HR Professional and Graduate Student". Maybe not the most impressive title but it is still a much more interesting than "Human Resources Specialist".
I'll use my best friend Eric J Dosch for example. His LI profile currently says "HR Intern at ExxonMobil." First of all E, your internship is over. Second, I almost slipped into unconsciousness from reading that tagline. A better version would be "Experienced Veteran and Graduate Student Emerging Into The HR Profession" (or something along those lines). This comments on his a) work experience b) veteran status because many employers look for that with their EEO stuff-my past internship did and c) that he is emerging…aka has HR experience but needs a job. You're welcome Eric. 🙂
3) Posting: YOU NEED TO POST. It shows that you are actively on LinkedIn and that you can be contacted. As I said before, some people don't use LinkedIn, and if you don't look like you use it than a recruiter may not make the effort to contact you. Now you don't have to go crazy like Twitter and they should not include how excited about the EOTW you're going to like on Facebook. I normally like to post things that are work related or things that I am doing at work. However, they should not be things you complain about, because you don't want your coworkers you're linked to to tell on you. My team had a retreat on Wednesday, so I posted about that. If I can't think of anything, I will normally try to post something related to the business or the HR world (or whatever your profession/career might be). Today, I posted a link about how the US economy has added 103, 000 jobs in the month of September. This also shows that you're knowledgeable about your field, the world of business, and that you care about the news (hint: Twitter is a really helpful source of info in, more or less, real-time). I check LI at least once a day I'm at work to post something.
4) Recommendations: You know how employers do reference checks? BAM. No need if you already have a professional who has given you a strong recommendation. The more the merrier (for my current job I would love three). I currently do not have any recommendations, because my old boss doesn't believe in LI and isn't social media savvy. But I'm working on it …
5) Website: Putting a link to your company, student organization, or school website is good. TIP: LI will give you a list of options like Personal Website, Company Website, etc and then you can add the link. When you go to someone's LI, it just says "Personal Website." INSTEAD, you should use "Other" and then you can put a name to your website. So instead of "Company Website", I have "Columbus St. Community College".
6) Summary: Once again, try not to be boring. I talk about what I do, what I want to do, and eventually a generalization of my experience and skills. But you also want to demonstrate you aren't a robot and was born with a soul, so I also put some personal information about how I support Nationwide Children's Hospital and have a link to my BuckeyeThon page so people can donate money. I would leave out stupid quotes and how you like cars or shopping from this summary.
7) Specialties/Skills: Definitely have them, but be real about them. Just because you took a Research Methods class, does not mean that is your specialty. No one likes a liar, and that is embarrassing if you can't demonstrate it in an interview.
8) Resume: There is a nice feature that allows you to upload your resume. Make sure you adjust the formatting, and if you have already put up some positions, make sure you delete them so that it doesn't show that you were a GA five times on your work experience. NOTE: Just because you have the option to write more about your experience doesn't mean you should. No one cares about every single thing you did…keep it standard resume length.
9) Publications: This may not apply to a lot of people, but we are in grad school. You may want to include a thesis, long paper, or anything published here. I was a journalism major in undergrad, so I posted all the stories I wrote. I will probably delete them later in my work experience since I have switched career paths.
10) Education: Include it. Also, this is where you can include that extra stuff that your one page resume did let you fit in about student organizations and leadership positions you were involved with. You can also get recommendations, but that is not as important as the ones from your employer (maybe helpful if you don't have that much work experience). ALSO: Listing "Graduate Student" I think is fine if you're unemployed for occupation but listing that you're the "President at [Student Org]" under Education is something I wouldn't do (but that's a personal opinion).
11) Groups: JOIN THEM. Ones in your profession, ones in industries you are in/would like to get in. This allows you to expand your network with strangers. And many recruiters will join groups related to their industry to find talent.
12) Honors and Awards: Once again, I don't have room for this on my actual resume so list them here!
13) Contact/Personal Information: You should have the information you want posted so that you can be contacted. You should also have an open profile so that recruiters can look at you, and definitely do not make it so that someone needs to know your email to link with you. Also, make sure people can InMail you. Don't give people to much work to contact you or they may not bother. PS: information about your birthday and marital status are irrelevant.
14) Using Connections: Once you're linked with someone you can go through person's links as well in your search for whatever (so get started!). Also, there are a number of search features you can use to ID what you want to look for.
Like FB, when it comes to LI, you shouldn't just go and link with random people. You'll look like a lunatic, and it will probably get denied anyway. The best thing to do is to ask if it is okay to link with someone you don't know by sending them an InMail. Normally, if you explain why you would like to link with them, instead of doing it, you appear like a rational human being, and it is more likely to be accepted. Plus, by establishing communication you are doing that whole networking thing. Asking to be someone's LI friend really isn't that much networking. Recruiters tend to do the same.
Sorry this was lengthy but hope this was helpful. Feel free to link in with me here (no need to InMail)


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This is the Craintown School class – Crain School Rd Boyle County – Perryville, KY. If you know of anyone in this photo – please post your comments so we can identify everyone.
The one image from the newspaper says the Polk School – not sure if that is one and the same or not. I am sure someone can shed some light here.
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The Battle of Perryville
October 8, 1862
Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg's autumn 1862 invasion of Kentucky had reached the outskirts of Louisville and Cincinnati, but he was forced to retreat and regroup.
On October 7, the Federal army of Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell, numbering nearly 55,000, converged on the small crossroads town of Perryville, Kentucky, in three columns. Union forces first skirmished with Rebel cavalry on the Springfield Pike before the fighting became more general, on Peters Hill, as the grayclad infantry arrived. The next day, at dawn, fighting began again around Peters Hill as a Union division advanced up the pike, halting just before the Confederate line. The fighting then stopped for a time. After noon, a Confederate division struck the Union left flank and forced it to fall back. When more Confederate divisions joined the fray, the Union line made a stubborn stand, counterattacked, but finally fell back with some troops routed.
Buell did not know of the happenings on the field, or he would have sent forward some reserves. Even so, the Union troops on the left flank, reinforced by two brigades, stabilized their line, and the Rebel attack sputtered to a halt. Later, a Rebel brigade assaulted the Union division on the Springfield Pike but was repulsed and fell back into Perryville. The Yankees pursued, and skirmishing occurred in the streets in the evening before dark.
Union reinforcements were threatening the Rebel left flank by now. Bragg, short of men and supplies, withdrew during the night, and, after pausing at Harrodsburg, continued the Confederate retrograde by way of Cumberland Gap into East Tennessee. The Confederate offensive was over, and the Union controlled Kentucky.
Kentucky Civil War Sesquicentennial
150th Commemoration of the Battle of Perryville
October 5-7, 2012
CS Commander S. Chris Anders (Southern Division)
US Commander Chad Greene (Western Federal Blues)
Event Information Coming Soon
Hosted by:
The Kentucky Department of Parks
The Friends of Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site
100% of the proceeds from this event will go toward land preservation!
What's there to do in Perryville, KY at the Battlefield?
Hiking Trails: 10 miles of self-guided walking trails. Picnicking & Playground: Picnic shelter with rest-
rooms, tables, grills, and a playground.
The Perryville Commemoration: The annual event, occurring every October, features authentic weaponry, clothing, campsites, and demonstrations of infantry, artillery, cavalry, and a civil war reenactment. Visit www.perryvillereenactment.org
Living History Activities: With costumed interpreters throughout the year, based on availability.
Museum: Battle artifacts, a Civil War display, and a map with the layout of the battle.
Gift Shop: Features Kentucky handcrafts, souvenirs, and a large selection of Civil War books.
Monuments: Monuments from several states, honoring their fallen dead from the Perryville Battle, dot the battlefield site. A Confederate monument was erected in 1902. A Union monument went up in 1931.
1825 Battlefield Road
Perryville, KY 40468-0296
FYI – Perryville Battlefield is 45 miles southwest of Lexington. Take US 68 west to US 150 west.
Annual Battle of Perryville
Re-enactment Schedule for the next 10 years -
Visit the reenactment site for more information: http://www.perryvillebattlefield.org
- 2011: October 1 – 2
- 2012: October 6 – 7
- 2013: October 5 – 6
- 2014: October 4 – 5
- 2015: October 3 – 4
- 2016: October 1 – 2
- 2017: October 7 – 8
- 2018: October 6 – 7
- 2019: October 5 – 6
- 2020: October 3 – 4
- 2021: October 2 – 3
The first thing you will need to do is choose the side you will fight for, or if a civilian impression might be what you want to do. I would highly recommend actually finding the unit you wish to join before buying anything! Most units will have a person in charge, or at least a list, to instruct new recruits on what to purchase and where to purchase it. If you go out and buy a lot of equipment that is not right for the particular unit you will be representing, you will have wasted a lot of money. Hopefully, you will want to be as authentic as possible and wearing a uniform or carrying equipment that is incorrect will ruin your impression.
Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site, 1825 Battlefield RD, Perryville, KY, will hold its annual Civil War battle re-enactment October 2-3, 2010 with a special emphasis on horses. The battles are at 2pmET/1pmCT, each day. The weekend will feature two battles at the park, which preserves the location of the largest Civil War battle in Kentucky that took place in 1862. Admission is $10 per carload, $15 for passenger vans and $25 for buses. Admission includes an antique show with vendors. The theme for the Perryville re-enactment will be "Horse Soldiers: Cavalry in the American Civil War." There will be expert speakers on cavalry, cavalry demonstrations and museum exhibits focusing on horses. Military camps, battlefield tours and other living history displays will also be a part of the weekend. (Some tours and the park museum have an additional charge.) The keynote speaker is Ken Knopp, an authority on Civil War cavalry and author of "Saddle Makers of the Confederacy" and "Confederate Cavalry and Horse Equipment." He will speak at noon on Saturday. The re-enactment commemorates the most destructive Civil War battle in the state, which left more than 7,600 killed, wounded or missing. The newly renovated park museum tells of the battle that was the South's last serious attempt to gain possession of Kentucky. The battlefield is one of the most unaltered Civil War sites in the nation; vistas visible today are virtually those soldiers saw on that fateful day in 1862. Guests should be prepared to walk and bring comfortable shoes and a chair. Allow for plenty of time to arrive due to crowds and traffic.
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As an international student who's been to the United States before, I attended my very first job fair last week. I might not gain an expected intern position for the coming up summer immediately, but I got asked for my resume 8 times. Not bad for the first job fair, right?
DO NOT consider the amount of resumes that you have handed out as the final accomplishment.
Then what can be counted as the real gains? Many students, especially international students, have complained that we've gained not much from all these job fairs. Normally, we would just swing by for an hour, give our resumes to a couple of companies, and then leave.
Well, I would say different people have various evaluations on these events. But for those who find my title interesting and still want to gain something from similar events, let's get rid of some of the following misconceptions of job fairs first before we move on to the shortcuts.
- DO NOT take finding a job or internship as a day to day event. You don not want to attend just because your other classmates go there and you do not want to fall behind. Once again, it is the quality that matters, not the numbers. You could have participated in 5 job fairs and get interview chances with a couple of companies, or you could attend 20 and achieve nothing. So the number of job fairs you attend is not really important – it's what you do at each one that's most important.
- Being turned down by a company does not mean that you should give up communicating or connecting with their recruiters in subsequent job fairs. This case is commonly found among international students. The visa policies limit students to work under sponsorship; as such, lots of companies are not willing to provide sponsorships to international students, who want to work for a company for the long-term, due to the costs. Therefore, many local companies would bring up these conditions at the beginning to screen international students.
These are the two misconceptions that you might probably hear about when you first enrolled in school. To me, though I am an international student who might not have a perfect local (or "native") accent, I've never thought of myself inferior to the other students. I've learned and gained through the process of communicating with the companies' recruiters. The job fair is never a day to day event. It is a way of getting important information in addition to anything you may learn via research about a company online. It is also a way for you to network to people who can be influential in your career development, regardless of how it all unfolds.
You might be complaining about not having enough time to prepare for a job fair beforehand with so much homework and school activities before and after classes. After we resolve some of the misconceptions of job fairs in this blog, I am going to share with you some shortcuts to prepare for a job fair.
If you have any other different ideas about job fairs or anything related to the info I've written about above, feel free to comment or send me an email: email@example.com. I am more than willing to have further discussions with you. This is Missy. And see you next time!


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Split-brain DNS is a Domain Name System (DNS) configuration method that enables proper name resolution of local resources from both inside and outside of your local network. Use split-brain DNS when your edge router or firewall is configured to drop packets when it sees one of its connected networks trying to send information to itself. You configure a new primary DNS zone with the New Zone Wizard to set up split-brain DNS.
The Domain Name System (DNS) is one of the most critical aspects of any IT environment. All Internet users, whether they know it or not, are dependent on DNS. If, like most Windows IT Pro readers, you're running Active Directory (AD) in your environment, you know that your users are also heavily dependent on DNS to locate resources on your network, such as domain controllers (DCs). Without using DNS to locate a DC, your users wouldn't even be able to log on!
Split-brain DNS is a configuration method that enables proper resolution of names (e.g., example.com) from both inside and outside of your local network. Although "split-brain DNS" sounds like something that would require an Ace bandage and a boatload of aspirin, it's actually something that almost every organization uses. Despite how common it is, I still regularly hear from administrators who aren't familiar with it for one reason or another, and who have problems that can be solved easily by setting up split-brain DNS. Let's take a look at a situation where split-brain DNS is called for, then I'll demonstrate how you can set up split-brain DNS in your organization.
A Splitting Headache
Imagine this frustrating scenario: You're an administrator for a small organization, and you've just finished setting up a new web server. This new server is joined to your AD domain, mydomain.local, and you've securely published it to the Internet through your firewall. The machine name of this server is WEB01, making its Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) web01.mydomain.local. You've assigned it a static IP address of 192.168.123.10.
Your ISP hosts your external DNS records, so you select an unused public IP address from the pool they've assigned to you, then ask the ISP to configure an A record for www.mydomain.com that resolves to your chosen public IP address. Later, sitting at your office desk, you type www.mydomain.com into the address bar of your browser, but your site doesn't load. You confirm with your ISP that they've set up the A record correctly. You then call your neighbor, who's home on vacation, and have her try to load your site. It works perfectly for her. What gives?
If you've set up your AD DNS server to forward queries that it can't authoritatively answer to another DNS sever that can—such as your ISP's DNS servers—you're probably thinking that your configuration should load the page successfully from your office browser. Your AD DNS server contains only the my domain.local zone, so a query for www .mydomain.com is forwarded to the ISP's DNS servers, which should return the correct results to you. We know the ISP's DNS servers have the correct information because your neighbor was able to access the website. However, the ISP's server answers your query with the public IP address of your site.
"So?" you might be saying to yourself. "That should work: My computer should then connect to that IP address, and everything should be lovely!" But it isn't. The problem is that your edge router or firewall is configured such that when it sees one of its connected networks trying to send information to itself, it drops the packets and you're dead in the water because your site doesn't load.
The solution is clear: You need to make your internal DNS servers answer queries for www.mydomain.com with the static IP address 192.168.123.10.
Split-brain DNS ensures that when users at the office on the local network type in www.mydomain.com, the DNS record returned contains the internal private IP address of the website you've set up, but when users away from the office's local network try to access www.mydomain.com, the DNS record returned contains the external public IP address of the website. Figure 1 shows a highlevel overview of the query paths after this setup is complete.
Double-Duty DNS
Contrary to what you might believe, your AD DNS servers are capable of hosting DNS zones that aren't also AD domains. In fact, these zones can be AD-integrated without being AD domains!
For this example, though, we'll configure a new primary DNS zone on a Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition AD DNS server. Start by opening the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) DNS Management snap-in and expanding the server node. Right-click Forward Lookup Zones, then click New Zone to launch the New Zone Wizard. Click Next on the Welcome page to proceed to the second page of the wizard. As Figure 2 shows, you'll see choices for creating a Primary zone, Secondary zone, or Stub zone, as well as a checkbox, selected by default, that lets you store your new zone in AD. Select Primary zone and clear the checkbox for storing the zone in AD; for this example, we want to store our zone in a flat file.
On the wizard's next page, enter the zone name mydomain.com. When you click Next, you'll be given the option to change the filename that the DNS server uses to store the zone records; for this example you can use the default that the wizard suggests. Figure 3 shows the wizard's Dynamic Update page, where you'll have two options: to let the zone accept both nonsecure and secure dynamic updates or to not allow the zone to accept any dynamic updates. We aren't setting up any records that should be updated dynamically, so select Do not allow dynamic updates. The last page of the wizard presents a summary of what will occur after you click Finish.
Now if you expand Forward Lookup Zones, you'll see an entry for mydomain .com. Right-click this entry and select New Host (A), and you'll see a dialog box like the one Figure 4 shows. Following our web server example above, we'd enter www as the name and 192.168.123.10 as the IP address. Don't select the Create associated pointer (PTR) record checkbox because we're not interested in setting up a reverse DNS entry for this host; reverse DNS resolves IP addresses to names and we only need to resolve the name to the IP address. Click Add Host, and you're done.
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You can now test your split-brain configuration from your workstation. But before you do, make sure to flush your DNS cache by entering the following from a command prompt: ipconfig /flushdns Type www.mydomain.com into your browser, and your site should load. Neat, isn't it?
You can add additional hosts to your newly created zone for any other resources, such as a mail server or a terminal server, that you want to access by the same name both internally and externally.
Divide to Conquer
You can modify the solution presented above by having your internal AD DNS servers answer queries only for AD resources and forwarding all other requests to another set of internal DNS servers. This other set would contain your private IP records for mydomain .com and recursively answer queries for all other domains. This type of segregation can help both with risk mitigation and administration delegation because the AD DNS servers would be separate from the DNS servers you use for split-brain resolution.
An alternative to split-brain DNS would be to use a third-party solution at the edge of your network that can rewrite the IP addresses returned in packets containing DNS data. For example, Cisco's PIX and ASA appliances have a feature called DNS Doctoring that performs such rewrites. All of these methods are fairly easy to execute, but you should still try them in a test environment before making changes to your production environment. Happy querying!


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Cathedral Of St. John The Baptist
120 Broad ST
Charleston, SC 29401Get Directions
Phone: (843) 724-8395
City: Charleston
Region: Coastal & Islands
Cathedral Of St. John The Baptist
The land on which The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist stands was originally purchased in 1821 by our first bishop, The Rt. Rev. John England of Co. Cork, Ireland. Bishop England, four other bishops, and Bishop England's sister, Joanna Monica England, are buried in the crypt of the Cathedral. Our present cathedral is the second brownstone cathedral on this foundation.
The architect for The Cathedral of St. John and St. Finbar, The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, and St. Patrick's Church on Coming St. was Irish born Patrick Charles Keely, resident of Brooklyn, N.Y. and former student of renowned English architect, Augustus Pugin. Keely designed more than 600 parish churches and cathedrals in the United States.
The first brownstone cathedral on this foundation, The Cathedral of St. John and St. Finbar, was destroyed in the Great Fire of Charleston in 1861. This cathedral towered 218 ½' and was topped by a steeple with a gilded bronze cross 6' wide and 9' tall. It was made by the Christopher Werner Foundry, the maker of the Sword Gates on Legere Street and the gates to St. Lawrence Cemetery on the Charleston Neck. Also lost in the fire were a seminary, first catholic free school for girls, 17,000-volume library, a convent, office of the first Catholic Newspaper in the United States (The Catholic Miscellany), sacred vessels, and sacramentals.
Because of the War Between the States and the financial hardships of the diocese, rebuilding was delayed for 29 years. In 1888, Keely returned to Charleston with the original plans to rebuild the 14th century English Gothic Revival Cathedral. In January 1890 the cornerstone was laid and the rebuilding begun. The doors to our present cathedral opened April 14, 1907. We never say finished. We still do not have our steeple. Though the foundation was prepared for it, lack of funds have prevented its building. The center tower currently stands at 100'.
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The 4th Doctor : "You know the very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. They don't alter their views to fit the facts. They alter the facts to fit the views. Which can be uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering."
Doctor Who: The Face of Evil Episode Four
I remember a great post at the old Eject-Eject-Eject when he talked to a guy who was big into conspiracy theories. He shot down every piece of "evidence" that was brought forward but the guy kept coming:
Every time I would identify one of these great mysteries, Joe had the same response: okay, but what about this! No fight, no defense — nothing. And then we'd be on to some new blur or smudge that proved, incontrovertibly, that this "reality" we live in is a giant lie, and that we are all victims of Dark Forces moving beyond our control or even our awareness… and that while the sleepwalking sheeple go on with their corporate-controlled lives, the mysterious wheels of the Shadow Government turn inexorably onward, crushing those brave few individuals who are on to the whole horrid plot like so many ants. There is a word for this diseased mental state.
The key part was the "no defense" business. It didn't matter what the evidence was, it didn't matter that he was able to shoot down each bit of nonsense. There was always a different piece of nonsense that proved we lived in some sort of parallel world that only the very few mystery men knew existed.
That's what I though of when I saw this:
Because somebody, in my opinion, is paying Lee Stranahan to file these charges against me, in the hopes that I will either break or die.
Seriously Bill Seriously?
Lee Stranahan explained the situation rather clearly:
I have one and only one relationship with Bill Schmalfeldt ; I am a person that he decided to target. I am a victim of his harassment, as are my wife and children.
That's it. He is the harasser and I am the harassed.
I have said nothing about Bill Schmalfeldt in the past few days except as it relates to his baseless and relentless attacks on me and my family.
If that is even the slightest bit true it would not require anyone to pay Mr. Stranahan to take legal action against you. In fact it would be his duty as a husband and father.
Let's point out something: As I'm typing this I have a bunch of things to do, I have to upload my radio show, write this week's under the fedora column, finish my series on George Washington, call customers and take care of some family stuff.
Instead I'm writing a post about a man I've never met, who, sans beard, could be used as the model for Sontarians without any makeup. (If he is 5′ 3″ or less the BBC would hire him on the spot and save on makeup) because he's making trouble for a friend of mine, thus inviting the same kind of grief that Sicilians like myself generally are spared (for whatever reason).
But as I'm writing this, it begs the question, why is Mr. Schmalfeldt's assertion nonsense squared? There are two simple answers and I'll take them in order;:
First the idea of ego :
When I say "Bill Schmalfeldt" my readers will first reaction is likely: "Who?" What the hell has he ever done? Who actually knows who what he is doing? Who actually cares? Well one easy measure of his popularity is twitter followers.
Really, you have a guy on twitter with under 150 followers who has his tweets "protected" and people are trying to silence him? Who is actually going to pay money to silence somebody that nobody hears? He doesn't even qualify as a tree falling in the forest. As Stacy McCain put it:
There's also Schmalfeldt's megalomanic persecution complex, as evidenced by his claim that the harassment charges were filed "in the hopes that I will either break or die."
No, Bill: You were charged with harassment because — wait for it – you were engaged in harassment.
The obsession, the fixation, the inability to step back from the situation and view it with anything like objectivity — these are symptomatic of a deranged mind, and why Schmalfeldt focused his madness on Lee Stranahan is somewhat mysterious. Schmalfeldt started cyberstalking Aaron Walker in June, and peripatetically hopscotched around to attack various other enemies of Brett Kimberlin over the course of ensuing months. In November, Schmalfeldt's stalking of me escalated to the point that he threatened to contact my wife and sent me more than 200 harassing Twitter messages in the span of 48 hours. And through it all, Schmalfeldt has insisted that his targets deserve his malicious attention, that they are guilty of some heinous wrongdoing that Schmalfeldt is obligated to "investigate" and "expose."
It seems nothing can dissuade Schmalfeldt from his persistent delusions of grandeur adequacy.
Now by his very existence Mr. Schmalfeldt is loved by God. On a personal level he might be a good father/grandfather and a fine husband and a good neighbor to the people on his street. But that while important on a personal level means little in the arena of ideas. The truth is nobody would bother to pay money to silence him. In fact the only reason why anyone (including me) is currently writing about him or caring about him is the treats to our friend and colleague.
Of course this doesn't preclude him someday becoming a force for the left. Good writing and hard work can make it happen, but, and perhaps it's just me but, if you have such a goal in mind, phrases like this might just be counterproductive:
I got some f–king news for you, Stranny — Walker, Hoge, Frey — beware the Ides of March."
Because nothing says: I'm not harassing anyone nor a threat to people, then quoting a phrase associated with assassination since before the nation formed.
Because we all know Bill Schmalfeldt is a fanatical fan of William Shakespeare.
Second the Red Herring.
Consider Robert Stacy McCain and Lee Stranahan who have spent a fair amount of time writing about Kimberlin, Rauhauser, are nationally known as reporters, they have built up connection networks far and wide and have spent time doing first hand reporting bringing to light subject that the left would rather see left alone.
For a reason totally independent of this post I needed to go to Stranahan's site today. I was rather amazed that 18 of his last 20 posts concerned Bill Schmalfeldt's actions vis a vis Lee's family and the suit. The latest:
Bill Schmalfeldt shows no signs whatsoever of stopping public discussion of his sexual obsession with me and my family. He's been writing about my wife Lauren for months, in insulting and prurient terms that have including fantasizing about having her perform sexuals acts on him and then do menial labor before discussing the death of our daughter Collette
Meanwhile Robert Stacy McCain has his third post in six days, his 4th this month on Mr. Schmalfeldt, from the latest:
No, Bill, that is what you thought you were doing to Stranahan: You believed Lee was particularly vulnerable to your persistent harassment, and so you kept piling up the attacks, the threats, the smears in expectation of destroying him. And now that Stranahan feels compelled to file criminal charges to end your harasssment, you are projecting your own sadistic motives onto Lee.
Projection is the right word here along with a tad bit of Latin "Cui bono"?
Who benefits from taking two nationally known reporters who have been known to drive stories the MSM has ignored off of whatever they are covering to write about a virtual unknown or better yet, given Lee Stranahan's readership on twitter:
and Stacy's
Someone might not pay to have a guy with 150 followers with protected tweets silenced, but I suspect someone might kick in a buck or two to get two guys with a combined twitter followers off of national stories for a bit. Ignoring the multiplicity effect of tweets that would amplify the value of distraction basic math would suggest it is 300 times more likely that someone would pay for someone to keep people like Stacy & Lee busy.
Does that mean someone is paying Mr. Schmalfeldt to make trouble for Lee and/or Stacy? No, there is no evidence I'm aware of and even if someone IS paying Mr. Schmalfeldt, he has as much right to shake his tip jar as anyone else. If someone thinks keeping Stacy & Lee busy is worth paying Mr. Schmalfeldt a few dollars that's capitalism.
However assuming such a payment is taking place, presumption of innocence not withstanding, given the preliminary hearing on criminal charges against Mr. Schmalfeldt (and others) the question becomes: "Is this a wise investment?"
As any Sicilian can tell you, as long as Mr. Schmalfeldt keeps his mouth shut under oath on the subject, the answer may be yes.
Now I don't claim to be unbiased here. I'm a friend of both Stacy McCain and Lee Stranahan so feel free to judge my piece accordingly but in terms of the lawsuits being filed in Maryland whether you distrust what I've written or accept it as Gospel one thing is for sure. It won't be boring.


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As a kid, I always felt extra self-conscious at the beginning of a new school year, so when Mom dropped me off on the first day, she would always remind me of this: "Everyone's so busy worrying about themselves they don't have time to think about you. Just focus on making other people feel good about themselves and friends will follow." To this day, I return to those words whenever I'm about to meet a bunch of new people or embark on a new journey.
My mom's advice points to something I've been thinking a lot about recently—our insecurities. I don't know about you, but when I stop to consider the degree to which my insecurities control my thoughts and actions, it is truly baffling.
I feel insecure about my body, so instead of swimming, I stick my feet in the pool. I feel insecure about my dirty kitchen floor, so I avoid inviting people over. I feel insecure about my decision to put off starting a family, so I make self-depreciating jokes about how I lack motherly instincts. I feel insecure about some of my political positions, so I only start debates I know I can win. I feel insecure about my theological training, so I stick to topics I've read a lot about. I feel insecure about my doubts, so I criticize certainty as arrogant or naïve. I feel insecure about Arminianism, so I make Mark Driscoll the voice of Calvinism (making it easier to shoot down). I feel insecure about not going to church, so I spend a lot of time criticizing it. I feel insecure about my character, so I obsess over my career. I feel insecure about my career, so I obsess over my book. I feel insecure about my book, so I obsess over editor's notes and blog entries and potential sales numbers. I feel insecure about my likability, so I hide behind my intelligence. I feel insecure about myself, so I criticize other people...or I keep them at a distance.
What strikes me about this list of insecurities is how often it holds me back. My insecurities keep me from participating in meaningful relationships, doing things that are out of my comfort zone, and learning from new perspectives. What I find both devastatingly tragic and strangely comforting is the fact that most people are doing the very same thing! Even the folks who come across as confident, even folks who make a good living writing and speaking and doing everything I want to do, even folks who are rich and pretty and smart all at the same time are often deeply insecure, just like me.
One of my favorite paragraphs in Donald Miller's Blue Like Jazz is this one:
Everybody wants to be fancy and new. Nobody wants to be themselves. I mean, maybe people want to be themselves, but they want to be different, with different clothes or shorter hair or less fat. It's a fact. If there was a guy who just liked being himself and didn't want to be anybody else, that guy would be the most different guy in the world and everybody would want to be him. (p. 29)
This phenomenon explains why I was so fascinated by these words from Peter Rollins, (which were brought to my attention by my friend Adele on her Existential Punk blog):
What we tend to do is… whenever we are in an argument, I will argue from the place of strength, the strongest part of my argument, and direct is at the weakest part of your argument. And you will in turn take the strongest part of your argument and attack the weakest part of my argument...This is probably less about egotism, and more about the brokenness and insecurity of most people. We protect "our weak" by overemphasizing "our strong." In doing so, we're not being entirely honest, are we?
...What I really want to do is to enter into dialogs where I can talk about the weakest part of my argument and you can talk about the weakest part of your argument, and I can accept and celebrate the strongest part of your arguments and visa-versa...This demands a difficult level of vulnerability and transparency. It means you'll have an opportunity to attack where I'm least "defended." In turn, you have strengths that may frustrate me, confound me, or directly refute something about my beliefs. But they are strengths, nonetheless. And by ignoring or underestimating them, I don't just weaken my particular "position" (we must get beyond these adversarial identifiers) but I also underestimate and even undervalue your worth, and the complexity of your experiences that have led you to where you are.
(quoted from the Nick and Josh Podcast)
Adele and Peter Walker (at Emerging Christian blog) will attempt to put Rollins' words into practice through a cooperative blog series about what it means to argue from weakness. I'd ask to participate myself if I had any idea of how to start!
But I don't.
I've grown so attached to my positions of strength, I'm not sure I know how to let them go. When I am honest with myself, it becomes clear that I'm really not that interested in learning from other people. I'm mostly just interested in validating myself.
So thanks to Adele and Peter for taking this subject on. I'll definitely be reading!
What are you insecure about? What do you think it means to dialog from a place of weakness? Do you think that such an approach is supported by Scripture? How have you overcome insecurity in your life?
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Financial glossary
Financial Lexicon by alphabetic list :
Bearer security
Bearer securities accounts are held by a financial intermediary of your choice (credit institution or investment company), and are therefore not known to our Company. This system enables you to group all the securities in your portfolio within a single account.
A Paris stock market index (base 1000 on 12/31/87), recalculated every 30 second on the basis of a panel of 40 stocks selected for their representativeness and size. CAC stands for "Cotation Assistée en Continu" or continuous assisted quoting. The index gives constant insight into market trends.
All the assets that belong to a company and are used for profit-making purposes.
Capital gain
Positive difference between the price received at the time a share is sold and its purchase price. When this difference is negative, we talk about a capital loss.
Combined General Meeting
Two general meetings take place at the same time: an ordinary general meeting and an extraordinary general meeting.
Deferred settlement service (DSS)
Market where the main French and foreign shares are traded.
Direct registered account
The securities are directly and exclusively registered in our Company's ledgers. This holding method enables you to enjoy free custody rights and avoid some common management fees, such as: - security transfer and conversion-to-bearer fees; - fees linked to dividend payments; - fees linked to security transactions (capital increase, security awards, etc.); - fees linked to transfers, donations and inheritances.
A share of net profits, including earnings carried over previous years, plus available reserves, that is distributed among shareholders every year. The Shareholders' General Meeting sets the amount per share and the payment date. It may give shareholders the choice of being paid in cash or shares.
Euronext Compartment
Since February 2005, all companies listed on the French Main Market, Second Market (Second Marché), and "New" Market (Nouveau Marché), have been subdivided into three new categories within a single market. Listed companies are now classified in alphabetical order, and are identifiable by a capitalisation criterion that enables investors to distinguish between: - Compartment A for capitalisations above €1 billion; - Compartment B for capitalisations between €150 million and €1 billion; - Compartment C for capitalisations below €150 million.
Ex date
Date from which the shares are traded on the stock market without a right to the forthcoming dividend payment.
Extraordinary general meeting
The meeting at which matters other than ordinary events for the company are addressed. These may include accepting a take-over bid from a competitor or a capital increase. The by-laws can be amended in extraordinary meetings.
French Financial Markets authority
Created by the French financial security act of August 1, 2003, the French stock market regulator AMF stems from the merger of COB (Commission des Opérations de Bourse), CMF (Conseil des Marchés Financiers) and Conseil de discipline de la gestion financière. It is an independent public body in charge of checking the information provided by all listed companies and all savings organizations. AMF ensures that the various financial markets run smoothly. It can directly impose sanctions in the event of stock market-related offences. AMF's role is also to protect savers.
Investment securities
Investment securities are marketable securities that represent a right or a receivable. They may be listed on the stock market. The two main categories of investment securities are shares and bonds. There are other categories, like investment certificates, warrants, treasury bills issued as a series, and UCITS, etc.
ISIN code
The code number for a stock-market listed security.
Last day of cum-rights trading
The last day of cum-rights trading is the final date on which orders for a listed security should be placed. The order must be executed on the same day, in order to enable the rights attached (i.e. the dividend in the case of shares) to be exercised subsequently.
Managed registered account
The securities are registered in our Company's ledgers, but are held by the financial intermediary who manages your securities.
Market capitalization
The stock market value of a listed company. Obtained by multiplying the number of shares in the company by the share price.
Net current income
Net income, before other net operating income and expense.
Ordinary General Meeting
This is the company shareholders' meeting. It is held at least once a year, in the six months following the end of the financial year, and its main aim is to present the way the company's business performed to the shareholders. An OGM has several purposes, including the approval of the financial statements and of the dividend, as well as the appointment of directors.
Par value
The par value (or "par") of a share is the result of dividing the company's share capital by the number of shares issued.
Quotation or listing determines the market price for a security at a given moment.
Record date
The date on which positions are closed at the end of the trading day by the Central Securities Depository, in order to identify the shareholders who will receive the dividend.
Registered security
This shareholding method enables us to identify you and to establish a direct and customised contact with you. There are two forms of registered share account: managed registered accounts, and direct registered accounts.
The term "security" is used as a synonym for "investment security", the category to which shares belong, inter alia.
A negotiable security representing ownership of a fraction of a corporation's capital.
Operation in which a company changes the number of shares that make up its share capital. By increasing the number of outstanding shares, the company improves the liquidity of its stock.
Stock market index
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Officials at at least one U.S. hospital admit they've discarded the scarce cancer drug doxorubicin in order to comply with strict regulations for storage and sterility.
Mounting shortages of crucial drugs are creating a new dilemma for the nation's hospital pharmacists, who say they find themselves caught between breaking government rules for storage and safety -- or throwing away vital and lifesaving medications.
At one hospital in Florida, officials acknowledge they've discarded the scarce cancer drug doxorubicin, even as patients nationwide clamor for treatment.
"I'd never want to take a chance with not following the rules," said Alan K. Knudsen, director of pharmacy legal services for Shands HealthCare at the University of Florida in Gainesville. "I wish I didn't have to throw it out."
Others, however, admit they're bucking regulations imposed by federal agencies, including the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, in the interest of patient care, as long as they have strong scientific evidence that the drugs are still safe.
"With the medications in very high need, we are using it," said Thomas Burnakis, coordinator of pharmacy clinical services at Baptist Medical Center in Jacksonville, Fla. It would gall him, for instance, to toss midazolam, a widely-used anesthetic known as Versed that has been in short supply for months, simply because it exceeded arbitrary storage limits.
"I am not throwing out the rest of that Versed," he said.
And in the eyes of some patient care experts, he shouldn't have to.
Organizations such as the Institute for Safe Medication Practices and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists are raising questions about federal rules they believe exacerbate a crisis that saw 267 drugs in shortage last year, up from 211 the year before, the most in U.S. history.
"It's really a major issue," said ISMP president Michael R. Cohen. "It's a waste of money and it's a waste of drugs in short supply."
Most drugs, including those in shortage, have specific requirements for handling that limit how long and in what manner they are stored or how quickly they must be used after they're opened, industry experts say. Some must be refrigerated; others must be used within 24 hours after opening, or even immediately.
Those requirements should be listed in the official prescribing information package inserts that are approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration when a drug is cleared. But the directions may be incomplete or outdated. It can be costly and time-consuming to seek new FDA label approval, so updated science often doesn't make it into the inserts.
ISMP officials contend that pharmacists are hamstrung by Medicare regulations that require them to follow only the manufacturers' package instructions for storage and use of medication, even when it's not current -- and even when there's valid new scientific information available.
For instance, take the widely-used neuro-muscular blocker succinylcholine, which has been in shortage off and on for more than a year.
"The manufacturer says it's good for two weeks outside the refrigerator, but the literature says it would be good for three weeks or a month," said Allen Vaida, executive vice president for the ISMP. "That period makes a big difference when you're talking about a drug shortage."
According to CMS interpretive guidelines for the agency's standard 482.25, "drugs and biologicals are stored in accordance with manufacturers' directions and State and Federal Requirements."
But a recent analysis conducted at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles confirmed that directions for many of the drugs in shortage are flawed or lacking. Of 50 random drugs on the national shortage list, a third lacked basic information about compatibility with diluents and half lacked information about stability, storage and expiration dates after dilution, according to an ISMP report.
When pharmacists ask the manufacturers directly, the answers still may remain unclear, ISMP officials said. In that case, pharmacists often turn to recent studies or other accepted industry documents for guidance -- or they face trashing drugs based on falsely cautious parameters.
It's not clear what volume of drugs in shortage is being discarded. Officials with federal agencies including CMS and the Environmental Protection Agency say they don't keep those figures. Individual hospitals say they have no incentive to track them.
ISMP officials have launched a survey of the agency's members to determine the extent of the problem and to decide whether the group should petition CMS to relax the rule. Results are expected this month.
Dr. Patrick Conway, chief medical officer for CMS, says that the agency is willing to talk to ISMP about alternatives.
"The concern is that we don't currently have another standard to apply," Conway said. "The manufacturers' label is a Food and Drug Administration-approved label."
Hospitals found to violate storage and stability rules could face CMS fines or other sanctions.
Even when there are trusted regulations, such as the pharmaceutical compounding directions issued by the U.S. Pharmacopeia -- known as USP 797 -- being forced to toss limited drugs can put pharmacists in a quandary, said Bona Benjamin, ASHP's director of medication-use quality improvement.
"In these situations, clinicians are likely to question whether there's greater benefit or risk to the patient if medications that are scarce must be discarded," she said, adding that ASHP officials support 797's science-based rules.
Other experts say they know some pharmacists are side-stepping requirements from the USP, the nonprofit organization that sets standards for drug safety and sterility, in order to conserve medications already in short supply.
"If I know I've got 10 single-dose vials to last me through the week, and 30 procedures, I have to make those 10 vials last," said Gigi Davidson, a veterinary pharmacist at North Carolina State University who heads pharmacy compounding for the USP council of experts. "I am clearly stepping away from the standard when I make those choices."
Pharmacists are repackaging drugs into smaller units, stretching the medications to serve more patients, even when the USP 797 rules warn that there's more risk of problems such as contamination and infection. The important thing is to make sure proper aseptic technique and procedures are followed, Davidson said.
"It makes me nervous, but it's something I do with eyes wide open," she added.
While the dilemma for the pharmacists is acute, some cancer patients believe there should be no question at all. Maggie Heim, 58, of Hermosa Beach, Calif., is a lawyer who was diagnosed in 2009 with stage 3 ovarian cancer.
She was prescribed the cancer drug Doxil, which has been in short supply since last year, particularly after a troubled contract manufacturer, Ben Venue Laboratories Inc., suspended operations last fall. She was placed on the Doxil waiting list arranged by Janssen Products LP, the Johnson & Johnson subsidiary that owns the drug's patent. She never received the medication, though, and had to be treated with a different protocol.
During her treatment, several other medications used to treat ovarian cancer were added to the drug shortage list.
"Give that I am fighting for my life, I would be very upset if I found out that a pharmacist was required to throw out a drug I needed that is in shortage," said Heim, adding: "How could a pharmacist pour it down the drain when it is so needed to keep people alive?"
Some pharmacists refuse to take the risk. At Shands HealthCare, Knudsen, the pharmacy legal director, says rules are rules, even when drugs are in short supply. His hospital has been able to transfer doxorubicin patients safely to other drugs, he said.
"The Florida Board of Pharmacy and USP 797 rules were created to protect patients," Knudsen said. "Selectively choosing which rules to follow, particularly when alternatives to doxorubicin exist, seems risky."
Davidson agrees that standards should not be relaxed to accommodate the crisis of the moment.
"If it's not drug shortages, it's going to be something else," she said.
At the same time, she understands the Catch-22 faced by a pharmacist who knows the drugs he discards could save someone's life.
"Then I have to do some soul-searching," she said. "Am I afraid of harming the patient, and that's why I throw it away? Or am I afraid of regulatory authority?"
If it's the latter, the pharmacist should seek guidance from the state board of pharmacy before tossing the medication, she said.
As far as experts can say, no hospital has yet faced sanctions for failing to discard drugs during the current shortages. "If someone comes in and surveys, there probably would be hell to pay," said Burnakis, the Baptist Medical Center pharmacist.
But any sanctions, even in the case of patient harm, would have to be tempered with the reality of trying to salvage life-saving drugs in the midst of a crisis, Davidson said.
"If I were sitting on the jury and someone had to choose to stray from 797 to provide a needed drug to serve a child with cancer, I know exactly how as a juror I would vote."
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Government evidence against a man accused of plotting a suicide bomb attack at a Kansas airport will be shielded from the public, a federal judge ruled Friday.
U.S. District Judge Monti Belot granted the prosecution's request for a protective order in the case of Terry Loewen, a 58-year-old avionics technician charged with plotting to attack Wichita's Mid-Continent Airport on Dec. 13. The ruling sets out procedures for the handling of sensitive evidence exchanged before trial, resolving the government's fears that publicly disclosing evidence would expose its investigative methods and ultimately compromise their ability to stop future plots.
Loewen was arrested Dec. 13, after a monthslong undercover sting, when he allegedly tried to drive a van filled with inert explosives onto the airport tarmac, a plot prosecutors say was timed to cause "maximum carnage" at the height of the holiday travel season. Loewen has pleaded not guilty to charges of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction, attempting to use an explosive device to damage property and attempting to give material support to Al Qaeda.
Belot's order forbids making available any materials provided by the government in the case to those who aren't involved, and it allows Loewen to have access to the material only in the presence of his attorney, who must retain possession of the evidence.
It also specifically prohibits prosecutors or defense attorneys from disseminating evidence to the media, and forbids disclosing the real or fake identities of the undercover agents who befriended Loewen in the months leading to his arrest.
All materials provided to Loewen's attorneys will remain the property of the government, Belot ruled. Loewen's attorneys must return them and all copies once the case ends and erase from computers and servers any that exist in electronic form. Attorney notes also must be destroyed once the case is resolved.
Defense attorneys had previously told the court they would not disclose any information provided by the government, and they tried to assure Belot they would not disclose the FBI agents' identities and that such "professional obligations" didn't require a protective order. They criticized the government for trying to "micromanage" the defense with what they called burdensome and intrusive restrictions.
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