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Auto Repair SEO in Maple Valley, WA & Internet Marketing
Search engine optimization goes a long way in making sure that potential customers in Maple Valley can find you as they're searching for auto repair services. You may have an existing website for your shop, but if it's not updated regularly and doesn't include many pages of relevant, quality content, it's not going to add much to your internet marketing strategy. It's not uncommon to think that having a website up is enough, but when you consider the competition in the area, the auto shops that dominate in search rankings are those who have stepped it up and made the power of the web work in their favor. The great news is that you can do the same! It's never too late to invest in auto repair SEO for Maple Valley, WA, and the sooner you partner with us to revamp your web design and actively manage your online presence, the sooner you'll see results!
To learn more about our internet marketing services for auto shops in Maple Valley, give us a call at 800.377.3068. You can also complete the Contact Us form and we'll get in touch with you.
Consider This…
Maple Valley, Washington is home to 25,125 individuals. Out of the 22,085 locals who are on the web in Maple Valley, 11,263 (51%) are searching the internet from their smartphones. So what does this mean for your business? It means that having a website that loads quickly and is responsively designed will go a long way in reaching this audience!
Consider, too, that half of mobile searches are for nearby services, and over 60% of those inquiries resolve with a transaction of some sort. This is a big deal for local businesses! In light of this fact, your internet marketing must include mapping for the local area so that these consumers can find you as they search online.
85% (21,356 people in Maple Valley, WA) rely on web searches to locate products and service providers, and it's hard to ignore the impact of social media on the search process given that 11,558 (46%) consumers in Maple Valley, WA consider these platforms as they narrow down their options.
All of these facts point to the importance of having solid social media coverage and effective internet marketing in place! With nearly 22,085 (87.9%) people in Maple Valley, WA searching online, it's vital that your SEM strategy appeals to those potential customers and gets you noticed.
Targeted SEO for Auto Shops
Many companies out there claim to deliver search engine marketing services, but Auto Shop Webmasters specializes in auto repair SEO for Maple Valley. We have years of experience working with mechanics and shop owners all over the nation, and we know what works to increase search rankings and get vehicles coming your way for service. Because we have been doing this for a long time, we don't waste time on shortcuts or chasing down techniques that simply don't work. We focus on what will get you the best results now and for the long term. We play by the rules — the Google Webmaster rules, that is — and develop every single aspect of your web design and online presence to appeal to search engines. That's how customers will find you, after all, so that's where we focus our efforts.
We actively manage your account every single month, so we won't just launch your site and wish you the best. An on-going relationship means that we're staying busy for you constantly, thus you can continue to optimize well and get the right kind of attention.
Let's get started today! Call us at 800.377.3068 for auto repair SEO in Maple Valley, WA, and see what a partnership with a dedicated internet marketing team can do for you!


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alikapadia needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 18 designs submitted by 5 freelance designers.
SurveyTool.com is a website that lets users create online surveys that can be distributed through email invitations and shareable URLs. Users get a great set of tools to view their responses in the form of grids and various charts. There is also some great customizability when it comes to the creation of the survey. Users can pick from our pre-defined survey templates (for example customer satisfaction survey or a student feedback survey, already pre-created for quick use) or create their own. Users can also choose from a variety of styles/themes for the actual survey they create.
The main advantage of SurveyTools.com is that it allows for the automatic sending of email invitations periodically to your contacts, and organizes response based on these periods. For example, an HR Manager may create an employee feedback survey with an invitation period set as 1 month. In this case, SurveyTools.com will send out email invitations for the survey to all the added employees, every month. Over time, The HR manager can then look at the report to see trends in the response to each question (like: How would you rate the work enviornment?) and keep a pulse by getting a monthly report on the status of their company employees. This feature is the main key focus of SurveyTools.com.
We are currently in the process of building SurveyTools.com functionalities.
The target audience are managers and professionals, possibly in higher up positions in organizations. These are aged between 35 and 50, 60% female. Our target audience are also online community managers and managers of any e-commerce websites or services. In essence these are mostly managers looking to get feedback.
Our target audience are also users who will be using search engines to look for a survey designing tool and will most likely need something that gets their survey created and started right away, therefore we need an action button on the home page like "Create Your First Survey" (we are flexible about changing the wording) that will take the user to a survey creation interface.
We need a landing page / home page which our users will see when they visit the website. I am attaching a screenshot of a landing page we are temporarily going with for now, until we select something better here.
Here is the home page screenshot i'm referring to, please use this as a reference for all the interactive elements needed on the page (also attached): http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/…epagew.jpg
Please note the buttons on this page, we need all these buttons. You may rename and redesign them whichever way you like. The main action button "Create Your First Survey" is there to encourage users to start making a survey. The login button may be replaced by username and password fields if you like, else a dynamic popup or slide-out can be used too. Note that there is No register button here (users register later), we just have a survey creation button for new users. Once the user clicks the "Create Your First Survey" button, here is the next screen that they will see (just to give you a sense of the theme and colors currently used on the site): http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/…esmenu.jpg
Similarly, here is another page in the site to give you a sense of the current color palette we are using and just the overall theme being used inside the website: http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/…pients.jpg
We need the main home page designed. This is the first page all users will see.
Since we are building all the internal workings of our site at out end and following a certain theme throughout, we can accept any design from you as long as it follows relatively/approximately similar color palette. We are also ok with changing the header and footer to some degree as long as it has some space to implement sub menu items, if that is something you would like to do for your design. But if you can pull off a great looking design while keeping the same header and footer and just playing around in the mid area, that is going to help us a lot. One thing not mentioned in the screenshot is that creating the first survey is actually free, so if you like, a "Free" badge may be used. The logo you currently see is just a dummy logo and will be replaced once we have a logo, but in any case, the logo will have a similar color theme.
Essentially, we want a straightforward messaging on the home page explaining what we do and how we're better (we allow for automatic periodically inviting of user's contacts to the survey), some simple diagram may be nice but its mostly up to the designer if they feel it fits. We want the user to instantly know what SurveyTool.com is, its benefits n persuade them to click the "Create Your First Survey" button. We want the whole page to look very modern and web2.0.
(this is an older, non-launched version of the same site)
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Legion attends for-profit schools roundtable
Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa hosted a July 21 roundtable in Washington to discuss possible reforms to improve the academic practices and track records of for-profit schools. The meeting was a follow-up to a July 13 briefing on the same subject by the Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) Committee, chaired by Harkin.
Steve Gonzalez, assistant director of The American Legion's Economic Division, attended the roundtable and said that all 30 of the for-profit schools investigated by Harkin's committee were invited to attend the event, "but only two representatives from those schools showed up - Daniel Hamburger from DeVry, Inc., and Hayes Batson from the Regency Beauty Institute."
Hamburger and Batson are both presidents and CEOs of their companies, headquartered in Downers Grove, Ill., and Brooklyn Park, Minn., respectively.
"More than once, Sen. Harkin made the point that each school the HELP Committee investigated was given the opportunity to justify their practices at this roundtable," Gonzalez said.
Another roundtable participant was Holly Petraeus, who directs the Office of Servicemember Affairs at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in Washington. Gonzalez said that Petraeus focused much of her attention on the "90/10 rule," which prohibits schools from receiving more than 90 percent of their revenue from federal sources.
"Petraeus expressed a lot of concern about servicemembers and veterans being targeted by for-profit schools with intense recruiting efforts," Gonzalez said. "Their GI Bill benefits are not currently counted as federal aid, so for every veteran these schools can recruit, they're able to enroll nine other students receiving federal dollars."
According to Carrie Wofford, a HELP Committee staff member, Petraeus said, "I think military folks are seen at this point like a dollar sign wearing a uniform in the for-profit model. They're seen as cash."
Gonzalez said that Hamburger suggested the federal government needs to create an oversight function that will gauge the rate of successful outcomes for students who graduate from for-profit institutions. Currently, neither the Department of Defense nor the Department of Veterans Affairs track the post-graduation career success of veterans who use their GI Bill education benefits.
Other roundtable participants included Michael Barr, a professor at the University of Michigan Law School; Jose Cruz, vice president for higher education policy and practice at The Education Trust; Robert Shireman, chief consultant at California Competes; and Barmak Nassirian, associate executive director for the American Association of Collegiate Registrars & Admission Officers.
Sens. Patty Murray of Washington and Al Franken of Minnesota also participated in the roundtable, which was open to the public. Murray chairs the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee.


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Personally, it was a frustrating year for me. I did not become a LOL cat. I did not meet Maru. I did get cans of Fancy Feast though, and much love from my human and her friends on line. So maybe next year I can become a LOL cat. And meet Maru. He's a boy cat you know!
I am what you might call a "therapy cat". Yes, there are therapy dogs, but I keep my human alive and moving. So I am a therapy cat. And she loves me- except when she has to clean my litter box.
My human is doing a bit better than the last entry, but, well, she's sad. She loves this time of year, but she is lonely. I don't understand, but then, I had six kittens, all who went to good homes. And then I got spayed. Mom hasn't gotten that yet. Maybe she would feel better if she had it done. I think they do it for humans. I don't know.
This is my favorite time of the year. For those who don't know my back story, I was adopted from a shelter that was planning on putting me to sleep on December 23 many years ago. It was a long time in kitty years, but Mom says it was only 2000. I was heavy with kitten. A very nice lady rescued me, and I went to live with her until I could find a furever home. The problem was- I didn't get along with the other kitties in the foster home, and I didn't place well when they had open houses to adopt the kitties. My kittens were adopted as soon as they were weaned. The other cats in the foster house came and went like wraiths. But no one wanted me. Until my mom adopted me. She needed me, I needed her. She is my best friend and I am hers. We have been together for almost ten years.
I keep my human sane. She is a really nice person for someone who is not a cat. That means I feel sad for her, she doesn't have a tail, she can't rotate her ears, she cannot purr. She doesn't know the sheer joy of having the sunshine on your tummy fur.
It's been a rough year for her. She lost the function of her kidneys last year, according to the doctor they are working ok, but every now and then they "hiccup" and things shut down for a bit .But she is ok. She's having some other health issues, and I know she is in a lot of pain but I think she is doing better. She just passed the one year point being off all psychiatric meds. The only thing we have in the house that alters brain chemistry is catnip.
That's mine!
Mom is doing well with her psychiatrist, but she still hasn't found a therapist. I've been serving as one, but frankly, I fall asleep after a minute or two. I am a cat. I have the attention span of a butterfly. Speaking of butterflies.....
Oh yes. Therapy. Cat's don't need therapy. We would nap on the couch. If the doctor showed us Rorshacks everything would look like birdies, squirrels or tuna. Maybe a ball of yarn. A catnip mousie.
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Silly isn't it? Like I said, cats don't get depressed. Unless we think of all the other cats in the world who need homes that are in shelters.
I am grateful my mom did not die last year, that she still is with me. That she lets me snuggle every night with her in the large bed with my stuffed panda bear.
Now for the first time in a while mom is sad. She isn't depressed, she says she just feels out of sorts. Not physically sick. Just sad. Lonely. She has me, she shouldn't be lonely. But I think it's more than that. I think mom is starting to feel her age, and worry about the future. I know she is upset when she thinks of money. Money is nice, it buys me kibble, tuna, and other nice things. A scratching post.
She goes out to run errands and one day gets a lot of things done. Then she sleeps for two days, afraid to leave the apartment. If I didn't wake her by doing the "I am hungry" dance, she might not feed me or water me. She stays in bed, listening to talk radio as white noise. She likes this one station called Coast to Coast that she's been listening for years, but found a station on the internet that broadcasts it 24/7 so she listens to that. I like it too. I wonder if the announcer knows that he has a cat who likes listening to him.


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When I found this album cover in a dollar bin at the local thrift shop I just about swooned.
Isn't this one of the most magnificent examples of what I call the 'Retro' style of illustration you've ever seen?
The artist, "Rossi", really pulled out all the stops. Simplification is the key characteristic of this style - and for sure, Rossi invested his illustration with that quality...
But he also managed to give the many tiny people and their environments a personal touch that makes the viewer want to take a closer look.
Rossi thoughtfully plays with colour and pattern to keep each smaller vignette interesting and lively, and still manages to make the larger over-all composition work. For a piece that's as busy and colourful as this album cover is, the elements are anything but chaotic - in fact, the whole thing is beautifully well-balanced.
Clearly this artist knew what he was doing. His handling of this record jacket is masterful.
I have to wonder if Rossi specialized in the Retro style or if, like a lot of journeyman illustrators, he worked in whatever style the job called for.
This is the first time I've ever come across the "Rossi" signature. I hope it won't be the last.


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Jenni Rivera public memorial set in California
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A public memorial service for Latin music star Jenni Rivera will be held Wednesday in Southern California.
A brother, Pedro Rivera Jr., will lead a 10 a.m. ceremony at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, according to a family statement.
Her burial will be private.
Rivera was born in Long Beach, Calif., but became a superstar in Mexico.
The 43-year-old singer and six others died on Dec. 9 in a Learjet crash in northern Mexico.
The cause of the crash is under investigation.


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Martha Speaks "Stanley Saves The Day/Milo Goes for Gold" Stanley Saves the Day - Kenan Thompson guest stars as Truman's cousin, Stanley, who's obsession with watching movies tends to get on his cousin's nerves. When the gang spots two crooks at the Wagstaff City Hotel, Stanley's knowledge of heist movies may be the best tool they've got to prevent a robbery. Vocabulary: (E) athletic, burly, lanky, muscular, scrawny. D
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Austin City Limits "Portugal. The Man/Local Natives" Some of the best in contemporary indie rock comes to the stage with the two groups.G
7:00 am
Rick Steves' Europe "Venice and Its Lagoon" Rick samples sumptuous art treasures, and explores back-street wonders. He cruises its lagoon, stopping in fiery Murano for glass, pastel Burano for lace, and murky Torcello for a sense of where Venice was born. Part 2 of 2G
7:30 am
Smart Travels - Pacific Rim With Rudy Maxa "Mexico City and Ixtapa" Mexico City, the world's largest metropolis, is modern, crowded, cosmopolitan, and steeped in tradition. Rudy begins with Mexico's ancient roots just outside the city at pre-Aztec Teotihuacan. The superb National Museum of Anthropology provides more insights into ancient Mexico. D
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The Desert Speaks "Magical Michoacan" Host David Yetman and Mexican ecologist Alberto Burquez travel into and around the state of Michoacan, Mexico, to explore its rugged coast, diverse habitats and local traditions. On the coast, the travelers visit a banana plantation to see how the fruit is cleaned and kept free of insect damage before exportation. Further inland, a stop in one of Michoacan's tropical deciduous forests reveals some interesting vegetation, including the Sandbox Tree, which bears explosive fruit, and the malicious Mala Mujer shrub with its sharp, stinging hairs. D
8:30 am
Chef John Besh's Family Table Crab-Stuffed Avocados; Jalapeno Cheese Grits; Easy Pork Grillades. D
9:00 am
America's Heartland Reporter Rob Stewart meets a group of young people just starting out in farming. They've gone back to school to learn all about agriculture at the California Farm Academy. Then, we meet some young people handling farming chores on a daily basis. D
9:30 am
New Scandinavian Cooking with Claus Meyer "Stones and Pomes" On islands at the southernmost point of Scandinavia, Claus finds some of the world's tastiest and most aromatic apples that he uses for an apple cake.G
10:00 am
America's Test Kitchen from Cook's Illustrated "Breakfast Standbys" Man on the Street John "Doc" Willoughby challenges viewers to a blind oatmeal tasting to see if steel-cut really is better than instant. Then, host Christopher Kimball goes into the test kitchen with test cook Bridget Lancaster to learn how to make the best bowl of 10-Minute Steel Cut Oatmeal. Next, equipment expert Adam Ried is in the Equipment Corner reviewing his favorite moka pots, and Chris answers questions from viewers. D
10:30 am
P. Allen Smith's Garden Home "Framing The View" Smith considers inviting window treatments and energy efficient windows. He also shows how to frame pressed leaves to make botanical artworks.G
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Song of the Mountains Kevin Richardson & Cuttin' Edge; Lou Reid & Carolina. D
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Sesame Street "Frankly It's A Habitat" Big Bird is eating a hot bowl of soup on a cold day outside Hooper's store. Freddy Flapman, from Flychert Real Estate finds Big Bird and tries to convince him to migrate somewhere warm. Freddy Flapman tells him that he might like living in a new habitat. D
1:00 pm
Dinosaur Train "Junior Conductor Jamboree/Troodon Train Day" Junior Conductor Jamboree - Our kids ride the Dinosaur Train from one end of the line to the other, through all three Time Periods -- from the Cretaceous, through the Jurassic, to the Triassic. All along the way, they pick up friends who join them for a Junior Conductor Jamboree! Troodon Train Day - The Pteranodon family rides to Troodon Town to celebrate Troodon Train Day, where the main event is a concert by King Cryolophosaurus, giving his first performance in years! When King comes down with some last-minute jitters, Buddy and Tiny help him overcome his stage fright and he sings a medley of his hits, including the Dinosaur Train theme song!. D
1:30 pm
Peg + Cat "The Circus Problem/The Buried Treasure Problem" The Circus Problem - The Circus. When Peg and Cat find themselves in the center ring, they climb, swing, swoop and juggle their way over amazing heights and lengths. Primary Content: Measuring height, measuring length; Secondary Content: Counting by twos. D
2:00 pm
Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! "Sniff and Seek/Aye Aye!" Sniff and Seek - Nick's most favourite smell is chocolate chip cookies! But what is Sally's? She's not sure. What better way to find out than by playing sniff and seek with a skunk! Cat introduces Nick and Sally to Whiffy, and in the adventure of finding Sally's favourite smell they discover how good Whiffy is at protecting himself with his very own special smell. Aye Aye! - Nick and Sally are making Halloween masks, but they want to make them really scary. D
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WordGirl "I Think I'm a Clone Now/Answer All My Questions and Win Stuff" I Think I'm a Clone Now - Lady Redundant Woman has an evil plan to destroy WordGirl's reputation. When she creates an evil WordGirl copy the real WordGirl has to prove that she hasn't turned to a life of crime. Vocabulary Words: Thesaurus, Malicious. D
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Outdoor Idaho "Winter Grit" Adventure and grit tie together this collection of cold-weather activities captured on camera across Idaho. From extreme back-country skiing and avalanche assessment, to equestrian skijoring, ice climbing and heli-skiing, everything requires extra grit as well as specialized skills and a desire for adventure.G
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Dialogue "World Court Judge Joan Donoghue" The judge is the first female American to sit on the court, which is in The Hague, Netherlands. Donoghue discusses the role of the court and her work on it with host Marcia Franklin.G
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Infinity Hall Live "Ben Taylor" It must be daunting to be an up-and-coming singer/songwriter creating thoughtful melodic pop when your parents are two of the most celebrated, successful singer/songwriters of their generation. Ben Taylor knows a bit about that. Son of James Taylor and Carly Simon, Taylor spent his early years traveling and even considering a career in gardening and agriculture before eventually giving in to his musical calling with extraordinarily engaging results. D
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Foyle's War "Plan of Attack, Part 2" Sam, who has been working as a librarian in the Air Ministry's cartography facility, joins the investigation. Racketeering, sabotage and murder collide as the strands of the case come together. Also together are the three law enforcement comrades. Part 2 of 2G
7:00 pm
Bletchley Circle In 1952 England, housewife and former World War II codebreaker Susan notices a pattern in a string of London murders. She contacts her old friends Millie, Lucy and Jean from Bletchley Park, the country's wartime decryption establishment. Together they set out to determine how the killer is finding his victims and find the latest missing girl. Part 1 of 3G
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Masterpiece Classic "Downton Abbey (S4 E4)" Bates persists in finding out what is troubling Anna. Meanwhile, Thomas installs a new ally and Alfred takes up cooking. Part 4 of 8G
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Masterpiece Mystery! "Sherlock, Series III: The Sign of Three" Sherlock faces his biggest challenge of all - delivering a Best Man's speech on John's wedding day.G
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Foyle's War "Plan of Attack, Part 2" Sam, who has been working as a librarian in the Air Ministry's cartography facility, joins the investigation. Racketeering, sabotage and murder collide as the strands of the case come together. Also together are the three law enforcement comrades. Part 2 of 2G


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Amending vectorworks drawings
Presupuesto $25-50 USD / hora
We have several projects requiring a good vectorworks draftsperson. The first one is required in 5 days - setting up title blocks and small changes to a building design - all already drawing in vectorworks. There is one small drawing to be added, which can be traced off an original print.
Estimate 15 to 20 hours work for the first project - but very urgent + other projects to follow, if successful.
Please send samples with your bid and your availability for an immediate start.
18 freelancers están ofertando el promedio de $28/hora para este trabajo
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madremissy wrote:Music??
I am lost again.
This is a music game?
iluvk9 wrote:WAIT! Maybe K meant the ANSWERS are in a thread somewhere! The title of this is "K's FOLLOW THAT THREAD". Maybe?
KJS wrote:JEEEZ LOUISE
how many glasses of wine have you people had
the answer that Joyce gave was right to my question now we have to answer Joyces question...and I have no idea
iluvk9 wrote:Dino's Bar and Grill!!!
Question: Who's says you can't go home? Name the place that is home.
iluvk9 wrote:BETH!!! I ASKED ANOTHER QUESTION!!! PUT THE LIQUOR DONE!!
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Apply online today!
Otterbein University offers the opportunity for employees to plan for their long-term security through its 403(b) defined contribution retirement program.
The University currently makes available to all qualified employees, a retirement program administered by the Teacher Insurance Annuity Association and University Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF).
As part of its comprehensive compensation package, the University will contribute to a retirement fund for eligible participants. The University contributes 5% of base pay effective the first of the month after hire and 10% after ten years of service. There is no matching requirement by the employee, and employees are 100% vested (ownership) in the University's contributions after three years of service.
Upon hire, eligible employees are given the opportunity to make their own pre-tax contributions up to the maximum amount allowed by IRS regulations. While the University's 5% and 10% contributions are generous, they are not sufficient on their own to provide the amount of retirement income that most individuals will need. The University strongly encourages employees to contribute as much as they can since this is a defined contribution plan, which generally pays off in relationship to how much and how soon in a career that money was contributed.
In addition to 403(b) savings, the employee and the University each pay taxes for Social Security and Medicare. Social Security tax is withheld from employees' wages at a rate of 6.2%. Medicare is withheld at a rate of 1.45%. These are added together and referred to as FICA (Federal Insurance Contributions Act) payroll taxes. Automatic deductions are made from each employee's paycheck and the required contribution is made by the University.
Social Security pays benefits when you retire at age 62 or over, becomes disabled, or die, if eligibility requirements are met. Medicare is a federal health insurance program for persons age 65 and over, and certain disabled persons. It generally has two parts - hospital insurance and medical insurance.
For more information about social security, go to www.ssa.gov. For more information about Medicare, go to www.medicare.gov. Download the 403b Plan Summary Plan Description.
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As we reach the final countdown before the launch of my new book (pre-order Show and Tell now and join me for a secret webinar on April 10), I am reflecting on the many incredible presentation books I have relied on for inspiration, guidance, and reference.
Scanning across the bookshelves in my office (I buy them all on paper because I like to draw in them), it dawns on me that my collection falls into three must-read categories. I'm going to say a few words about the books in the first two categories, then a lot about the last.
1) Must-read books about presentations
- Presentation Zen by Garr Reynolds (Be alive, be thoughtful, be colorful)
- Slideology and Resonate by Nancy Duarte (Be visual, be simple, be a storyteller)
- The Art of Explanation by Lee LeFever (Be clear, be concise, be intelligent)
- The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs and Talk Like Ted by Carmine Gallo (Be intentional, be inquisitive, be prepared)
2) Must-read books sort-of about presentations
- Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon (Be a thief, be a sleuth, be original)
- Moments of Impact by Chris Ertel and Lisa Solomon (Be serious, be rigorous, be enjoyable)
- The Doodle Revolution by Sunni Brown (Be free, be a doodler, be cocky)
- The Sketchnote Handbook by Mike Rohde (Be a sketcher, be giving, be coherent)
- Envisioning Information by Edward Tufte (Be truthful, be expansive, be thorough)
- The Writers Journey by Christopher Vogler (Be a hero, be a historian, be a therapist)
3) Must-read books not at all about presentations
This is the group I really want to talk about, because all these books changed how I think about my life and my presentations. I know that anyone who makes presentations will get value out of these three books, but will never see them in a list of "presentation books."
So here they are: the three greatest presentation books of all time – that aren't about presentations.
1) The best book ever written on understanding the machine in our head:
Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
As a presenter, we've got a lot of heads we need to think about. First, there is our own: what's on our mind, what we'd like to share, how nervous we are, etc. Then there all the heads of all those people we're presenting to: what's on their minds, what are they willing to listen to, what's making them wake up or fall asleep.
In reality, being a presenter is more about being an engaging psychologist than it is about being a sage or a teacher or an entertainer. And no one on earth is a more engaging psychologist than Daniel Kahneman. Without even opening his book again, my mind immediately alights on some of these presentation gems:
- Positive vs negative priming. Want people to enjoy your talk? Say upbeat things. Avoid the negative. Don't say, "This sucks because…" instead say, "This is lovely because…" Yes, this flies in the face of everything we read in the news, BuzzFeed, Gawker, etc, but that's precisely the reason we're so cranky when we read the news: it negatively primes us to expect bad things, and our body physiologically prepares for badness. End of happy presentation, right there.
- Framing. The way we initially "frame" a comment defines how it will be received and recalled. If we say our team lost the game, we think our team was bad. If we say the other team won the game, we're still left open to the possibility that our team was great as well. I can think of ten thousand ways to use this when presenting ideas I want people to want to remember.
- The Two Thinking Modes. As the title of Daniel's book tells us, our brain breaks thinking down into two modes: one 'fast' for getting things done and one 'slow' for thinking them through. We shift back and forth between the two modes all the time. Knowing why – and being aware of it – is like someone finally handing us the instruction manual for our mind.
2) The best book ever written on using the machine in our head:
Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua Foer
Throughout my life, I've worried that my memory wasn't as reliable as I needed. (Especially a problem when you've got a four-hour presentation to give.) In fact, one core element of the stage fright we all feel at times is the fear that we're going to forget what we wanted to say. Thank you Joshua for letting me know I'm not a flake and even more for showing me how to remember. (And even more, the solution is PICTURES!)
A few highlights:
- Introducing the Memory Palace. Now all the rage thanks to BBC's Sherlock, it was Joshua's book that re-introduced the memory palace to our toolbox of cognitive tricks. The memory palace is the tool that the ancients used to prepare long presentations before the days of PowerPoint. It is the simple process of listing all the things you want to say, then mentally walking through a favorite place (Tuscan palace, vacation spa on the Aegean Sea, olive grove on the hills above Athens) and placing all the "things" in obvious sight. Once it's time to remember, all you need to do is "walk" through the palace in the mind's eye, and presto – there are the things you wanted to say.
- What this means for me: I almost never write more than five words on any presentation slide. Instead, I turn my entire presentation into a visible memory palace. When I see a particular picture, chart, map, sketch, or graphic, I immediately remember (most of) what I wanted to say about it. And if I forget something, nobody notices. Why? Because we've all got a nice picture to look at.
- Seriously, reading this book will give you a whole new sense of hope for what your mind can do, and a whole new sense of wonder for how far can we push visual thinking.
3) The best book ever written on using the rest of our mind and body:
Born to Run by Christopher McDougall
Back in Junior High and High School, I ran all the time. It was the late seventies and early eighties and everybody ran. Track, cross country, family weekend fun-runs. Since I was a kid and indestructible, it never occurred to me that the running might 1) help my body stay strong so that it could better withstand the rigors of daily life 2) physically enlarge and oxygenate my brain and 3) encourage my body's naturally calming and thinking chemicals to flow.
Stronger body, bigger brain, less stress? They didn't mean anything to me at age fifteen, but I can't think of a better cocktail now at age 50. We don't often talk about how physically demanding giving a presentation is, but we should. I now see that aside from having my content prepared and practiced, the single greatest contributor to my confidence as a presenter is feeling physically well.
Okay, there are lots of books about health and fitness. Why am I so ga-ga about Christopher's? Two reasons: One, this is the first book I have read in one sitting in twenty years. It is that fun, captivating, illuminating, and full of fantastic stories. More importantly, reading this book – especially the description of how to run well – got my adrenaline pumping so fast that the moment I finished I went out for my first long run in almost twenty years.
Did I hurt myself? I did not. Did I find myself effortlessly visualizing my entire next presentation as I floated along? I did. Have I stopped running since? I have not. And neither have I stopped giving ever better presentations.


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ABC News
October 11, 2012
By RANDY KREIDER
Local police have confirmed that one person is dead after a Border Patrol agent fired his gun at a crowd throwing rocks across the border fence in Nogales, Arizona late last night, and Mexican media reports say the deceased is a 14-year-old male.
According to the Border Patrol, agents in Nogales were responding to a report of two suspected smugglers on a road that parallels the border fence at 11:30 p.m. when they saw the alleged smugglers drop a narcotics load on the U.S. side of the boundary and flee back into Mexico.
The Border Patrol told ABC Tucson affiliate KGUN that while the smugglers were trying to climb back over the fence, a crowd on the Mexican side of the border in Nogales, Sonora began pelting the agents with rocks.
"Subjects at the scene then began assaulting the agents with rocks," said the Border Patrol in a statement. "After verbal commands from agents to cease were ignored, one agent then discharged his service firearm. One of the subjects appeared to have been hit."
The Border Patrol says it then notified the Mexican government of the shooting, and is "fully cooperating with the FBI-led investigation" now underway.
Nogales Police confirmed to KGUN that one person died at the scene.
A reporter for the Mexican radio station XENY took a photo of emergency personnel removing the body from the street, and reported that the victim was male. Other Mexican media have reported that the person who died at the scene was a 14-year-old male. The Border Patrol declined to confirm the age and gender of the deceased when asked by ABC News.
In June 2011, a Border Patrol agent in San Diego, California fatally shot a suspected border crosser who was allegedly perched on top of the border fence, throwing rocks and wood with exposed nails at agents while they attempted to arrest other suspected border crossers, authorities told ABC affiliate KGTV in San Diego.
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Gratiano played by Andrew French
The Merchant Of Venice (1998)
Written by: William Shakespeare
Andrew French played Gratiano in the 1998 production of The Merchant Of Venice.
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At this point, just over half way through the run of the play, The Merchant of Venice was given a 3 week break from performance.
Now that the play has gone into performance it is important to Andrew to constantly try new ideas and experiment with his performance.
As the rehearsals progressed Andrew felt that he was coming to understand Gratiano's motivation, intentions and line of thought.
Andrew has now had his first voice session on the Globe stage – this proved difficult as Andrew felt that his voice and natural accent did not work well in the Globe theatre.
Andrew is delighted to be playing Gratiano – it's a great part, but quite complicated.
The rehearsals for the Globe's 1998 Theatre Season take place in a converted warehouse in O'Meara Street; about 5 minutes walk from the Globe theatre itself.


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"Once again masked hooligans emerged from the far corners of Earth to raid Lower Trestles. Near death collisions, sword fights, and helicopter 360ʻs added to the insanity on that Friday the 13th. The 2nd annual Lowers Raid was truly taken to the next level. We encourage all of humanity to follow suit by raiding your own local break and keep the movement alive! til next year…"—lastnamefirst.tv
Hilarity ensues on Friday the 13th as Captain Barbosa and friends raid the Lowers lineup on soft top surfboards and ghoulish outfits.


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"Oh no!" he growled, shaking his head, "not you."
I was wide-eyed, stunned.
"I thought you were an honest engineer, Ed," he said pointedly. "You know good and well you can't produce an airplane of that capability for that weight!"
Not knowing what to say I remained silent, anger building in my own mind.
"I hoped you wouldn't lie about the weight, just to get the business," he said.
Those were fighting words and I was instantly mad as hell. In defense of Murphy I'm sure he was as frustrated about the new bomber and all its ramifications as many of us in the industry were. But if nothing else in my lifetime dealings with the navy, or anyone else for that matter, I have been honest. I was offended but didn't feel that a rejoinder would serve any purpose.
"OK, Murph," I said, gathering up the drawings, "if you're not interested I won't bother you." He knew I wasn't kidding. I could see him hesitating in thought.
"Just leave the drawings here," he muttered hurriedly, "and I'll have them checked over anyway." 1
In service the A3D had a normal gross weight of approximately 70,000 pounds (84,000 pounds for the tanker version), a wingspan of 72 feet 6 inches, and a 74-foot 4.5-inch length. Swept back 36 degrees, the plane's high wings folded for carrier storage, as did the plane's 22-foot 9.5-inch tail fin. Twin jet engines in pods under the wings pushed the Skywarrior to 628 m.p.h. at 1,700 feet (Mach 0.83) and to a ceiling of 41,000 feet.
The three-man crew—pilot, bombardier, and navigator-tail gunner—was housed in a pressurized cockpit forward. Because of the state of technology in ejection seats, Heinemann opted for an escape chute from the cockpit, a scheme that would have many critics refer to the A3D as "All 3 Dead." In the electronic and training variants, ejection seats could not have been provided for personnel in the specialized weapons bay working space.
A maximum bomb load of 12,800 pounds could be carried in the internal weapons bay. The Skywarrior would be able to deliver—in all weather—a nuclear bomb against targets at a distance in excess of 1,000 nautical miles at altitudes over 40,000 feet. Bomb aiming was done with an AN/ASB-1A bomb director/radar. For defense, a pair of 20-mm M3 cannon with 500 rounds per barrel were fitted in a Westinghouse Aero 21B remotely operated tail turret.
The prototype first flew on 28 October 1952, when Douglas test pilot George Jansen took off in the first XA3D-1 (BuNo 125412) from Edwards Air Force Base, California. The flight revealed that the Westinghouse XJ40-WE-3 turbojets, at 7,000 pounds-static-thrust each, were unreliable and lacked sufficient power for the aircraft. After several months they were replaced by 10,000 pounds-static-thrust Pratt & Whitney J57s. They proved to be highly reliable and capable engines and were used in all production aircraft. For short-run takeoffs from airfields ashore, the aircraft could be fitted with 12 JATO bottles to provide an additional rocket thrust of 54,000 pounds for a four-second takeoff with a run of only 100 yards. When landing ashore the A3D could deploy a deceleration parachute.
The first production aircraft reached operating squadrons in March 1956. An A3D-2 with improved equipment soon replaced the earlier variants on the production line, and a limited number of photo-reconnaissance (A3D-2P) and electronic countermeasures/reconnaissance (A3D-2Q) aircraft were also built for carrier operation.
Seven-to-ten-plane A3D heavy attack squadrons (VAH) went aboard carriers of the Midway (CVB-41) and Forrestal (CVA-59) classes, providing the fleet with an all-weather, day-night nuclear-strike capability. With these larger carriers operating mainly in the Atlantic and Mediterranean in the latter 1950s, the smaller attack carriers of the Hancock (CVA-19) class in the western Pacific were assigned four-plane A3D detachments to give the Seventh Fleet a modern, heavy-attack capability.
The Skywarrior performed well and was held in high regard by Navy fliers. More than ten years after the first Fleet deliveries, carrier-based Skywarriors—and the land-based Air Force EB-66 Destroyer, derived from the A3D—were performing outstanding service in the air war over Vietnam in a variety of roles.
Of the 282 Skywarriors Douglas built for the Navy, 213 pure attack aircraft were produced for 12 fleet squadrons plus the fleet transition units, attrition replacements, and testing. Beginning with the 178th aircraft, an A3D-2 built in 1958, all attack variants were delivered with a tanker package to permit their rapid conversion to in-flight tankers. The last Skywarrior was delivered in January 1961. (Douglas also built 209 similar B-66 Destroyer aircraft for the U.S. Air Force.)
During the Skywarrior program the Navy considered a possible fighter configuration that would be an aerial picket for carrier defense. These planes would have an air-search radar, probably the AN/APS-20, and air-to-air missiles. They would be stationed aloft some 80 to 175 nautical miles from a carrier task force, a concept that later was called "missileer."
But the true versatility of the Skywarrior was demonstrated in the Vietnam War. (See Part 2, in the October issue.)
1. Edward H. Heinemann and CAPT Rosario Rausa, USNR (Ret), Ed Heinemann: Combat Aircraft Designer (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1980), p. 202.
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Riverside County Supervisor Jeff Stone is proposing to curb prostitution through a measure that would bar motels and other lodging venues in unincorporated areas from renting rooms by the hour or multiple times per day.
"We have seen a dramatic increase in human trafficking and prostitution in Riverside County," Stone said in a telephone interview Monday. "And complicit in the prostitution and human trafficking are motel and hotel owners who knowingly rent rooms for an hourly rate. It's got to stop."
Stone's conceptual measure also would bar motels, hotels, bed-and-breakfast inns and boarding houses from knowingly renting rooms to prostitutes or their clients.
His proposal is scheduled to be taken up by the county Board of Supervisors on Tuesday. If the board approves the concept, county lawyers would be asked to draft an ordinance for possible adoption later.
Stone said he is not worried about offending owners in the local lodging industry.
"When they rent their motel and hotel rooms by the hour, they know exactly who they are renting to," he said. "In certain parts of the county it is standard practice."
Stone added that the county intends to aggressively attack the prostitution problem, and such an ordinance would provide a tool for law enforcement.
"There's going to be a storm -- I'm not going to tell you when it is going to happen -- that is going to take back the streets from the johns and the prostitutes," he said. "We're not going to be a place where prostitution is taken lightly."
Lynn Mohrfeld, president and chief executive officer for the California Hotel & Lodging Association, said the Sacramento-based statewide group generally supports efforts to reduce prostitution.
At the same time, Mohrfeld said the county should keep in mind that hotels near airports often rent rooms more than once a day to accommodate airline passengers who stay a few hours and that "weekend getaway" guests sometimes abruptly cancel plans.
"Something happens. They get a call from home," he said. "And they have to leave early."
In those cases, Mohrfeld said, hotels should be able to clean rooms and rent them again.
Mohrfeld said Los Angeles County has had some success in addressing the problem by barring guests from renting rooms with cash and without advance registration.
"The focus is on the guest who walks in," he said.
As for the proposed Riverside County measure, Stone said he was motivated by a recent conference on human trafficking in Riverside County.
"People are being trafficked to work in motels, to work in massage parlors," he said.
Stone said the conference revealed trafficking and prostitution is a problem throughout the county, and that there are pockets where it is particularly prevalent. Within his 3rd District, Stone said prostitution is concentrated in the vicinity of Hemet and San Jacinto.
The district also covers Temecula, Murrieta, French Valley and Wine Country.
Stone said he hopes a county ordinance would not only address the problem in unincorporated communities, but also help area cities crack down on prostitution.
"This is a crime that is on the rise in the cities as well," said Verne Lauritzen, Stone's chief of staff. "And maybe this will provide a template for them. The prostitutes will be mad at us, but, oh well."
The board meets at 9 a.m. Tuesday in the first-floor auditorium of the County Administrative Center, 4080 Lemon St., Riverside.


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Salps are free-float in most ocean waters, but abundant in the Southern Ocean. They eat and move about propelled by air and water, but hey can even link up in a train to live a communal lifestyle. They look like jellyfish, however structurally the Salps actually are thought to be the ancient ancestor of all vertebrate or backboned animals. The tiny groups of nerves in Salps are one of the first instances of a primitive nervous system, similar to the primitive streak in our early vertebrate embryology.
Only half-inch to 5-inch-long Salps are the most efficient filter feeders in the ocean. "…They consume particles spanning four orders of magnitude in size. This is like eating everything from a mouse to a horse." said Laurence P. Madin, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Director of Research and one of the investigator. Salps capture food particles, mostly phytoplankton, with an internal mucous filter net. Until now, it was thought that only particles as large as or larger than the 1.5-micron-wide holes in the mesh.
The salps' role in carbon cycling is very important. As they eat small, as well as large, particles and microbes of all sizes, they condense their waste products into carbon-containing pellets, the larger and denser sink to the ocean bottom. This effectively removes carbon from the surface waters and sequesters it on the ocean floor where it cannot escape again into the atmosphere for many years or longer.
Small, but mighty important the Salps help save our planet.
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Sept. 25, 2005
College Park, MD - The Yale women's tennis team wrapped up an intense three days of competition on Sunday. Olivia Nix '06 won the C flight finals. Ashley Miles '09 won the B flight consolation finals, and Christina Cutter '09 won the C flight consolation finals.
Lillian Nguyen '09 played Bianca Selaru in the consolation round of the D flight. Selaru won the match in straight sets 6-4, 6-1.
Miles won the B flight consolation round, defeating Neda Mlhneva 6-4, 3-6, 10-6.
Cutter defeated Jennifer Dent in the semifinal round of the C flight consolation draw. Cutter triumphed 6-4, 6-4. Cutter went on to play Natalia Prinze, defeating Prinze 2-6, 6-3, 6-1.
In the C flight finals, Nix was scheduled to play Anastaysiya Duboya. Due to injury, Dubova was unable to play and Nix won the final.
The Elis continue play on Saturday, October 8 in New York City at the USTA Team Invitational.
Report filed by Christie Yang '06, Yale Sports Publicity.


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There should be a big warning here about the different conventions,
hidden transpositions, and all the confusion this will inevitably cause...
As it stands,
glRotate t1 axis1 >> glRotate t2 axis2 >> glRotate t3 axis3
has the same result as
multMatrix (rotMatrixProj4 t3 axis3 .*. rotMatrixProj4 t2 axis2 .*. rotMatrixProj4 t1 axis1)
because at the interface of OpenGL and this library there is a transposition
to compensate for the different conventions. (This transposition is implicit
in the code, because the way the matrices are stored in the memory is also
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Radiostereometric analysis is an accurate method of determining the migration and wear of orthopaedic implants such as total hip arthroplasties. While the overall concept of RSA is relatively straightforward: determining the precise location of two distinct objects relative to each other in three dimension such as the relative position of the femoral component and the proximal femur, the actual practical application is somewhat more complex. In radiostereometric analysis, the position in space of the original object is reconstructed from a two-dimensional x-ray film (Figure 1). In order to reconstruct the position of segments within the human body, each segment is marked with at least three tantalum beads. Movement between segments is then calculated by localizing each segment in a coordinate system.
This article appears in HSS Journal: Volume 1, Number 1.
View the full article at springerlink.com.
About the HSS Journal
HSS Journal, an academic peer-reviewed journal, is published twice a year, February and September, and features articles by internal faculty and HSS alumni that present current research and clinical work in the field of musculoskeletal medicine performed at HSS, including research articles, surgical procedures, and case reports.
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Florida regulators have filed a lawsuit accusing financial services giant Allianz of gutting a Miami property insurer, falsifying its documents and then cashing in on more than $20 million in fees as the company plunged into insolvency.
Coconut Grove-based Magnolia Insurance Company went belly up in 2010, just two years after it began taking 100,000 policies out of Citizens Property Insurance Corp.
Taxpayers ultimately picked up the tab, and the Department of Financial Services is trying to recoup some of the money from the Munich-based multinational Allianz.
According to a lawsuit filed late last month, subsidiaries of Allianz played a major role in the demise of Magnolia, charging the upstart company excessive fees and misreporting its financial status even as it was going under.
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Allianz "intentionally participated in the misreporting and/or misrepresentation of the financial condition of Magnolia," the lawsuit says, for the purpose of "prolonging the existence of the insurance company to continue to secure collection of fees and payments."
Allianz has firmly denied accusations made against it and its subsidiary, Allianz Risk Transfer.
"These claims are totally unfounded," said Hugo Kidston, head of communications for Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty. "We've got a hard earned reputation to protect, and we fully intend to do so."
Taxpayers have chipped in more than $50 million to cover Magnolia's claims since 2010.
The Department of Financial Services and the Chief Financial Officer's office say Allianz provided a questionable loan to Magnolia, charged "exorbitant" fees, and then began stripping the company of its worth until it eventually folded.
As the company's finances began to deteriorate, Allianz allegedly participated in a scheme to misreport its financial status and keep it afloat, the lawsuit claims.
Kidston denied the allegations in the complaint as "completely false," and said Allianz actually lost millions of dollars on the loan.
Magnolia went belly up despite the fact that there were no hurricanes in Florida between 2008 and 2010 when it was in operation. Its downfall, and the ensuing lawsuit, call into question the practice of allowing smaller "takeout" companies to take over policies from state-backed Citizens.
The goal of the takeouts is to get risk out of Citizens, and reduce the likelihood that homeowners will have to pay "hurricane taxes" after a storm. But in several cases, including Magnolia's, taxpayers have had to pick up the tab anyways, acting as a backstop after smaller private companies become insolvent.
Takeout companies like Poe Financial Group, Northern Capital and HomeWise Insurance all went bust after taking over large chunks of Citizens' policies. The insolvencies cost taxpayers tens of millions of dollars and the policies have often ended up back with Citizens.
Takeouts have intensified in the last year, as a handful of private insurers have taken over more than 300,000 Citizens policies. None of those companies have folded yet and most Citizens takeouts do not end up in bankruptcy or litigation.
Still, the Allianz case highlights the risks involved in shrinking Citizens, even as the company considers providing hundreds of millions dollars in incentives to encourage more takeouts.
The state is seeking more than $20 million in damages from Allianz and has hired counsel from the law firm of Hinshaw & Culbertson to handle the case.


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Aprica YuraLizm Auto Swing Plus DX 2016
Delivery information:
To Buy shipping to USA for the High-Low Bed Your order will be sent to USA via Europe.
For the customers from Europe the delivery price is included in the item price already.
Electric swing can choose from 3 mode reproduces the comfortable swing, close to MOM's hug, cradling baby 8 melody, support fell asleep.
As the whereabouts of the baby during the day a big success.
[Product features]
-Three modes is a motorized swing
◇ comfortable 8 kinds of melody
-Adjustable height of 5 stages
-5 Adjustable reclining
◇ auto swing locks
◇ in even small children safe steps
◇ holding pad α (NEW in DX)
◇ easy moving 4-wheel caster
-Shoulder belt & tables
[Product information]
-Duration of use: 0 months → weight 18 kg (4-year-old around) until
-Weight: 12.8 kg
-Size when bed time W540×D850 ~ 900 x H 370-700 (mm)
-Size / Chair: W540×D720-890 x 685-1020 (mm) H
-Weight :12.8kg
◇ reclining angle: 5-stage (110 °, 120 °, 130 ° and 145 ° and 170 °)
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Map navigation tools are located in the upper left portion of the map. Default navigation tool is Pan. Nav Tip: while in Pan mode, to Zoom In, hold the Shift key down while creating extent box. To Zoom Out while in Pan mode, hold Shift and Ctrl keys down while creating extent box. This will allow you to still Pan in between Zooming without having to change zoom tools! Rolling the mouse wheel will also Zoom In/Zoom Out.
To perform a search, click on the desired search option in the Header Banner (search by Owner, Address, Intersection, Parcel ID, or Section-Township-Range) and enter criteria then click the Search button. Or, click the Search Icon in the Header Banner to open the Search window. Click on the desired search option (search by Owner, Address, Intersection, Parcel ID, or Section-Township-Range) icon in the title bar of the Search window and enter search criteria. Default search type is Search By Owner.
Hover over the Map Layers... button in the upper right portion of the map and it will provide the ability to turn on/off map layers. If a layer is checked (on) and is not displaying, Zoom In until desired layer is visible. To change a particular layer's transparency level, click on the slider control next to the layer name to desired level. If a layer is unchecked (turned off), the slider control is not visible.
The Map Layer Details window will provide a symbology legend of the visible map layers. To view a specific map layer symbology in the Map Layer Details window, turn the layer on in the Map Layers window by clicking the desired layer checkbox.
Located in the Map Layers window in the upper right-hand corner of the map area you will find a layer named "Parcel Information" with a check box to the left. To the left of the checkbox you will see an plus sign. Clicking on the plus sign will make visible other layers of data within the Parcel Information category. You will find the checkbox next to the "Parcel Measurements" layer is not checked. Clicking inside the gray box will turn on the parcel measurements. These measurements are approximate and are not to be construed as survey accurate. Please note that if you are zoomed out too far the checkbox will turn a light gray which means that you will need to zoom in further for this layer to be visible.
Measurements: All drawing and measuring capabilities provided are for approximate use only. They are not intended to be construed as survey accurate in any manner.
The Print/PDF window will allow the ability to either print or create a pdf of the red highlighted region in portrait or landscape orientaion. Once at the desired extent and orientation, click the Preview button to generate a print preview. To proceed, click the Print button to print or the PDF button to save the map as a PDF file.


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Archive for August, 2012
Late For Work 8/13: Check Out This Shirt And The Story Behind It
Jaguars cut Evans. Dickson nervous about starting role? Injury hurting Doss in WR battle?
The Caw: Justin Tucker's Kick Hits Joe Flacco's Wife
Joe Flacco gave the rookie free agent kicker a hard time after his blunder.
The Caw: Living The Boyhood Dream
Cam Cameron's son is taking reps with the quarterbacks at Ravens training camp.
Byrne Identity: Pain Is A Gift For Ray Lewis
An inside look at the future Hall of Famer's workouts, each of which he plans to fail.
Late For Work 8/10: Bubble Players Make Case For Roster Spot
Loving Smith's new tools, Allen didn't take advantage, replacement ref gets birds confused.
At First Glance: Ravens At Falcons
BaltimoreRavens.com writers give their first impressions of the Ravens' 31-17 win.
Late for Work 8/9: Potential Criticism For Offering Joe Flacco Too Much
Bisciotti defends McKinnie. Ravens' attack package similar to Pats'. Upshaw has company.
Late For Work 8/8: Battle For No. 3 Receiver 'Is Over'
Harbs to Cundiff: You'll be our guy if … And it's Reid who comforts Harbs at funeral.
Eisenberg: Get Ready For A Big Ravens Shift
A change, quite significant, could be in store for this team in 2012.
Late For Work 8/7: Heftiest Cap Figures On Ravens Roster
Ravens to garnish McKinnie's pay. Reaction to Moneyball method. Heavier Ngata still nimble.


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Microsoft commits to Windows makeover for Node.js
Embraces open source dev darling
Microsoft is helping refine Node.js for use on Windows and its Azure cloud.
Redmond is working with cloud computing vendor Joyrnt to port Node to Windows, a move that will produce a Node.exe, according to a post on the Node blog. Joyent employs Node.js creator Ryan Dahl.
Web host turned cloud champion Rackspace is also helping with the port.
The Node.exe will not just work on Microsoft's fledgling Amazon cloud challenger Azure, but also with versions of Windows going as far back as Windows Server 2003.
The move to .exe requires "rather large modification of the core structure, [so] we're very happy to have official guidance and engineering resources from Microsoft," according to the Node blog
Microsoft has worked with open-source projects in the past. It has worked on improving the performance of PHP and MySQL on Windows, for instance, and it has worked with Soyatech to build Eclipse plug-ins to Visual Studio for its Silverlight media player.
Microsoft will hope that open-source web apps using Node.js are deployed on Windows servers rather than Linux. But It will also hope that some of the early Node.js fandom will translate into developer uptake for Azure, which is providing a tough sell against Amazon. ®


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NASA and Jameson Fellowships for 2007-08 Announced
Fellowship in Aerospace History
The 2007–08 Fellowship in Aerospace history, which is sponsored by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and administered by the AHA, was awarded to Slava Gerovitch, a lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The NASA Fellowship honors advanced historical research in aerospace, throughout all fields (scientific, cultural, technical, and so on) and periods of history. Gerovitch, who is interested in the history of astronautics, cybernetics, and Soviet science, is working on a book entitled "Designing a Cosmonaut: The Technopolitics of Automation in the Soviet Human Space Program," which details the differences between the Soviet and American space programs (American engineers gave their pilots greater leeway with the control panel, for example) and sheds light on the complex cultural ties and political relationships that developed between Soviet engineers, cosmonauts, and military officials. Professor Gerovitch has already received grants from the National Science Foundation, holds two PhDs in history, and speaks Russian fluently, a skill which has come in handy during his fact-finding trips to Moscow. He plans to spend fall 2007 conducting research at the space history division of the National Air and Space Museum in Washington.
Jameson Fellowship
Rachel Bohlmann, director of public programs at the Newberry Library in Chicago, has been awarded the 2007–08 J. Franklin Jameson Fellowship in U.S. history. This award, offered by the AHA in partnership with the Library of Congress, helps junior scholars conduct research that can make extensive use of the general and special collections of the Library of Congress. Bohlmann obtained her PhD in history from the University of Iowa in 2001.
Bohlmann's research at the Library of Congress will help her complete her first book, which is based on her dissertation, "Drunken Husbands, Drunken State: The Woman's Christian Temperance Union's Challenge to American Families and Public Communities in Chicago, 1874–1920." The dissertation explains why the Chicago WCTU came into being in 1874, how it grew exponentially throughout the 1880s, and how the organization's members used their new-found political clout to push for legislation aimed at protecting women and children from drunken, loutish husbands.
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I'd like to start this comment with a warning:
THIS COMMENT CONTAINS AN UNPOPULAR OPINION. If you feel the urge to reply in order to tell me how stupid and how ignorant I am, please refrain from doing so unless you can disprove me with facts and logical reasoning - in which case I will gladly submit to you.
Now, on to the matter at hand.
I like Windows 8. I believe it to be better than Windows 7. I like the start screen. I like the tiles. I love the added features and functionality. It's all I could ever want in an OS - except, of course, for things I do not know of because they don't exist yet. For as long as I have been using Windows 8 (which is about two months now) I have only been pleased by Microsoft's latest OS.
I have no knowledge of nor experience with Vista as I directly went from XP to 7. However, in my opinion, Windows 8 is nowhere near as big of a failure as the majority of people claim Vista to be. In the future, when I too upgrade to Windows 9, or whatever the next edition shall be called, I will look back fondly upon Windows 8, and cherish my memories of the fluid start screen and the simplified apps.
I suppose all this ranting requires some justification, so here it is:
Windows 8 still has all the features of Windows 7 - and even more. Think, for one, of the message that pops up when you're copying files; with Windows 7 we simply saw a bar slowly filling up; with Windows 8 there's an optional graph showing copying speed, and you have the option to pause the process.
Windows Explorer too has been modified - and for the better, I believe. Although I cannot deny that Windows 8's Windows Explorer takes some getting used to, it is undoubtedly simplified, which brings me to my next point:
Windows 8 has overall been simplified - no more fancy Aero theme that hogs all your computing power - no doubt done so that Windows 8 may run on mobile devices without performace isssues. Which is a great thing for those of us who work on low end laptops, due to tight budgets.
All this also accounts for why I'm purchasing a Nokia Lumia - not because of the system specs, but purely for the OS.


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Snapchat announces they're redesigning their app, building new version for Android
WASHINGTON (Sinclair Broadcast Group) -- Snapchat has announced they'll be redesigning their app to make it "easier to use."
Evan Spiegel, Snapchat's chief executive officer, says that the app has been criticized by many users and he wants to change that.
"One thing that we have heard over the years is that Snapchat is difficult to understand or hard to use, and our team has been working on responding to this feedback. As a result, we are currently redesigning our application to make it easier to use," Spiegel said.
Spiegel warns that the redesign could have an impact on the app in the short-term but they're "willing to take that risk for what we believe are substantial long-term benefits to our business."
Snapchat also announced they will be building a new version of the app for Android users.
"We will launch in select markets before rolling it out widely," Spiegel said. "This new version of our application leverages everything we have learned about building for android over the past five years."
The app also plans to make their original programming, such as newscast "Stay Tuned", together with their stories "easier to discover." They'll provide all 178 million daily active users with their own Stories experience.
In 2018, Snapchat also hopes to give creators a way to make money by building "more distribution and monetization opportunities" for Stories to reach a broader audience.


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I also uncovered several other treasures that I'll share soon. But, I want to share this picture that Mom said was taken at a previous reunion. These are the children (except Velma) and wife of Colquit Miller. If anyone knows more about this, please share with us. Is the building in the background the New Hope church?
This was written on the back of the photo:


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Vacuum System Simulations Webinar and Videos
James Ransley November 1, 2012
Since I joined COMSOL in 2010 I've presented about half a dozen webinars. Last week we held a webinar on Vacuum System Simulations and it was definitely the most fun webinar to-date. Historically, simulation has not been used extensively in the vacuum industry, so I was nervous that there wouldn't be much interest in such a specialized topic.
Once the event started I was relieved and excited that over 125 people joined the webinar. Many of the attendees tuned in from Europe, at 8pm local time. Nearly 40% of our webinar attendees had never used a simulation tool for vacuum applications. Only a third used simulation software on a monthly basis or more frequently. I was excited to see so much interest from a community that has not been used to doing simulation.
Both in my contact with our customers and in my previous position as a design engineer, I have seen the tremendous value that simulation tools add to the product design process. I am excited to see COMSOL breaking new ground in the field of vacuum simulation. Vacuum systems are expensive: a single tool usually costs tens of thousands of dollars, and they are often custom designed. Leveraging simulation tools in the design process really makes sense in this industry.
One of the things I love about being a developer with COMSOL is that occasionally I get to see some of the amazing things that our customers do with the software. I'm looking forward to seeing a new generation of vacuum engineers making an impact on their industry with COMSOL. The videos below show the demonstration that was a part of the webinar, which shows how to build a model of an ion implant vacuum system. Ion implantation is used extensively in the semiconductor industry to implant dopants into wafers. The dopant ions arrive at the wafer as an ion beam, which is accelerated through the vacuum system along a curved path by both electric and magnetic fields. When the beam strikes the wafer, the photoresist mask outgases, giving off a variety of organic compounds, which interact negatively with the beam itself. In this case the outgassing of hydrogen is studied in detail, with a particular emphasis on the number density of the species along the beam line. One way to reduce the number density of outgassed species along the beam line is to tilt the wafer away from the incident beam. This effect is quantified in the model.
Chapter 1
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Post TagsMolecular Flow Module Video
Newer PostVideo Tutorial: Basic Visualization
Wilhelm Estrada
February 4, 2013 5:30 pm
I am new to Comsol and have just received my new license. I would like to do a simulation of my scientific vacuum system, but I realize that I don't have access to the rarefied gas flow tab on my license. Can you help me get this added to my license?
Thank you,
Wil at KMLabs
Phil Kinnane
February 5, 2013 9:04 am
Hi Wil,
Thanks for your feedback. Right now, Physics Interfaces for Rarefied Gas Flow are a part of the Microfluidics Module. But I have passed your message on to your Sales Rep, who will soon be in touch.
Kenneth Lillemo
November 18, 2013 6:53 pm
It is helpful to many that work for a company that blocks Youtube access to flag these videos as Educational. Otherwise we are only left to view the tantalizing preview frame.
Fanny Littmarck
November 19, 2013 10:37 am
Hi Kenneth,
You can also find these two videos in our Video Center:
Hope that helps for now.
Also, if you're interested, the webinar mentioned in this blog post is occurring again on November 21: http://www.comsol.com/events/1507/vacuum-system-simulations/
Sheng-Yung Chen
November 19, 2013 8:38 pm
It's helpful for me to study an ion-implant vacuum system. However, the simulation just simulates the distributions of incident molecular flux, number density and pressure. Would you be so kind to add the particle tracing of the ion beams on this module? Thank you very much!
Christopher Boucher
November 21, 2013 1:11 pm
Hi Sheng-Yung,
With the Particle Tracing Module, you can model the trajectory of an ion beam due to electric and magnetic fields using the Charged Particle Tracing interface. The following examples show how you can set up such a model:
http://www.comsol.com/model/magnetic-lens-10185 (requires AC/DC Module)
Michael Junker
November 21, 2013 3:37 pm
I have a real-world problem, as is typical it is a dirty, uncertain constraints situation. I am interested in the vacuum regime which is about 30 to maybe 10 Torr. The application is the pump-down of petroleum pipelines that run under the Gulf of Mexico to shore or to the platform. The goal is to verify that the pipeline integrity (no holes) is intact and to flush the line of hydrocarbons. The line will then be flooded with sea water and sealed and abandoned. The critical feature is to ensure adequate removal of hydrocarbons to ensure an ecologically safe pipe to flood, seal and abandon. What I am interested in is whether it is possible to model this situation accurately enough that 2 things can be certain 1) that evacuation of such lines can be made secure with evacuation which is limited to at best 29 inches of vacuum (~25 Torr) at the pump and 2) can the performance of the evacuation procedure be determined from either time or the performance characteristics of the evacuation system? Needless to say there will have to be a lot of assumed parameters.
James Ransley
November 22, 2013 1:52 pm
Hi Michael, at the pressures you are talking about the mean free path of air is of order 1 mm, which means that your system is likely in the slip flow (mean free path/system size<0.1) or even the continuum flow (mean free path/system size<0.01) regime (I assume that the pipes have a diameter on the length scale of cm to m in your case). You might want to consider using conventional fluid flow for modeling your system in this instance – rather than the specific tools we have for rarefied gas flows.


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You may recall the media reporting that Microsoft was looking to purchase Nokia and then we covered well-respected Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat, which detailed a rather bleak picture regarding Nokia. If that wasn't enough already, Nokia's board of directors were rumoured to have been summoned to Finland and Joe Belfiore was even seen wandering around Nokia's campus while on vacation.
We didn't look too much into Belfiore's visit as it could well be regarding the rather important relationship Microsoft and Nokia share when it comes to Windows Phone and we can imagine the VP and manager of Windows Phone having to pop in once in a while. That said, it was touched on that Belfiore could well be serving as a type of guidance to the Nokia board.
Today, Mr Belfiore tweeted out the following:
BTW, newsmedia.. I come to Finland regularly to work w/Nokia on actually *building* great phones. HW/SW together in harmony. #normalcy— joebelfiore (@joebelfiore) June 22, 2013
This pretty much confirms what we wrote in our previous article. Joe and co. looking to make some cool new hardware with an explosive combination when paired with the Windows Phone OS.
Temple Run install fix in the works
Do you own a Windows Phone with 512MB of RAM? Are you experiencing issues when attempting to install Temple Run on the device? Fear not as there's an update reportedly in the works. Joe Belfiore sent out a follow-up tweet to the one above. "Folks hitting the Temple Run install problems on 512MB phones-- the store team is working with imangi to get this addressed. Sorry!" No word on an ETA or what's causing the problem, but it's good to know a fix is in the works.


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Facebook (stylized facebook) is a liberal-promoted social networking website that profits by exploiting personal information in users' profiles, and by advertising. Users can spend, or indeed waste, their time on it in a variety of ways: by uploading pictures (typically of themselves), by gossiping about others, by talking to friends, by interfering with marriages and personal relationships, and by acting like a busybody. Facebook use is correlated with underachievement in school and disruption of social relationships, such as marriage. For many teenagers, Facebook use replaces healthier activities and gatherings.
Despite being called "social networking," Facebook is typically a poor substitute for real social networking. One survey conducted showed that Facebook feeds narcissistic tendencies.[1][2]
Other studies done have shown that the use of Facebook is associated with poorer performance in school. Facebook use is also associated with a substantial percentage of marital problems and an increase in psychological disorders in youth.[3][4] The site is heavily promoted by liberals, presumably because it is so unproductive or even counterproductive.
Activities on Facebook have caused people to be fired from their jobs.
Anybody with an account can create an unlimited amount of unproductive pages, which can then be "liked" by other users.
Facebook is based in Palo Alto, California. The name of the site is based on the paper facebooks that many colleges give to incoming students, faculty, and staff depicting members of the campus community.[5]
Monetary value
It is rumored that Facebook generates around $1 million per week in revenue. [6] In September 2006, Yahoo began talks to acquire Facebook for as high as $1 billion. In October, Google allegedly offered $2.3 billion.[7] All outside offers have been rejected. 2009 estimates put a net value of $6.5 billion. [8] 2010 estimates of the privately held company put the value at $14 billion dollars. [9]
In 2011, Goldman Sachs invested $500 million in Facebook. JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley was put in charge of an initial public offering of Facebook stock in 2012. The company went public at $38-per-share IPO price valued Facebook at $104 billion. [10] As of August 2012, the company is trading down at $20 per share, a loss of $50 billion in value.
Facebook was founded in February 2004 by Harvard sophomores Mark Zuckerberg, Chris Hughes, Dustin Moskovitz and Eduardo Saverin, with help from Andrew McCollum. By December of 2004, after expanding the site to other universities, the number of registered users exceeded one million. In August 2005 Facebook obtained the domain name facebook.com and dropped the "the" from the site's name.
A movie was made about the origins of Facebook, called The Social Network. The film did not meet expectations at the Academy Awards and, despite heavy media promotion, was number one in America for only several weeks. Mark Zuckerberg was not involved in the creation of film and said that it was more Hollywood storytelling than reality.
It has been known among Silicon Valley technology companies that Facebook has been luring away Google employees to the extent that Google is now offering bonuses for staying with the company. On October 15, 2010, Facebook announced the release of a new email client. Internally referred to as Titan, the media has dubbed it a "Gmail Killer". Zuckerberg insists it is not a head-to-head competitor of Google's Gmail service; rather, it will be more of a instant messaging service. [11]
Liberal policies
The world's largest online social network added civil unions and domestic partnerships to the list of relationships that its users can pick from to best describe their romantic status. The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation had lobbied for the policy adoption. The option is only available to Facebook users in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., France and Australia. [12]
98% of political donations from Facebook employees went to Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election. [13]
Censorship and harassment by Facebook
Ongoing censorship and harassment by Facebook is documented at facebookcensorship.com with screenshots. Also documented is the wholesale destruction of groups that took some people years to build by Facebook's deleting all of the members. Facebook then deleted the discussion areas from "pages" to further their control and censorship.
Privacy issues
Facebook Privacy Policy is constantly changing. This is not for the benefit of the users but to the monetary value they represent to advertisers. Due to the size of Facebook, all kinds of data on your habits are monitored. Not just by Facebook either, the government can peek at your life and monitor you behind the scenes. [14] [15] Facebook claims your personal information is not for sale. They make the case that it is anonymously collected data, thereby protecting your privacy. Third parties develop applications to run on top of Facebook. Your privacy is effectively in the hands of unknown organizations. The below examples include what information is on display by every user.
- Many users post their full address, e-mail address, birthday, and telephone number, and these can be available to their entire network (and, in reality, anyone). This information in the wrong hands can be used for purposes of phishing, stalking, or even identity theft.
- Some universities have begun to use students' pages to investigate underage drinking and other violations of university policy. This is very possible, since university faculty and staff can sign up for the same network as their students through their campus e-mail account.[16]
- The so-called "news feed" has aroused some discomfort among Facebook users, as it displays all changes and status updates from their friends by default.
- The "wall" feature allows a user to post a message to another user which remains on their profile page. This posting is viewable to everyone who can view the page (which is pretty much the entire world), and shows up on the news feed for all friends of both the sender and the recipient by default.
- As with Google ads, Facebook collects profile information, and places ads on the page that reflect the user's personal information. This resulted in one man logging into his facebook account, and seeing his wife's photograph appear in an advertisement for a dating website.[17]
- The privacy settings on Facebook give users a false sense of security and encourage people to post things they shouldn't. As with other social networks, Facebook refuses to admit that its privacy settings that apparently allow only "friends" to see certain information are completely bogus and can easily be cracked by people with little to no hacking experience. Instead, Facebook actually encourages young users to only allow "friends" to see certain information, rather than just warning them that what they post can be seen by the world and to not post what they wouldn't want people to see.[18]
See also
External links
- Chris Hughes married his partner Sean Eldridge. The gay co-funder of Facebook.
- ↑ http://articles.cnn.com/2010-08-30/tech/facebook.narcissism.mashable_1_facebook-social-networking-status-updates?_s=PM:TECH
- ↑ http://m.zdnet.com/blog/facebook/facebook-overuse-can-lead-to-psychological-disorders-in-youth/2389
- ↑ Facebook is the new cause of divorce, The Tech Journal, December 23, 2009
- ↑ http://m.zdnet.com/blog/facebook/facebook-overuse-can-lead-to-psychological-disorders-in-youth/2389
- ↑ "Facebook goes beyond college and high school markets"
- ↑ "First Youtube, Now Facebook: Rumors Circulate"
- ↑ Facebook stock trading open; valuation $6.5 billion CNET News, July 13, 2009
- ↑ Facebook Valued At $14 Billion On SecondMarket, TechCrunch.com, January 20, 2010
- ↑ Insight: Morgan Stanley cut Facebook estimates just before IPO, Reuters.com, May 22, 2012
- ↑ E-MAIL WAR: Facebook Launches 'Gmail Killer' -- AOL Jumps In, Too, FOX News, November 15, 2010
- ↑ [http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/02/18/facebook-adds-support-sex-civil-unions Facebook Adds Support for Same-Sex Civil Unions, Fox News, February 18, 2011
- ↑ Facebook – self appointed arbiter of "free speech" – tells Tea Party no more organizing, Before It's News, June 2, 2011
- ↑ 13-Year-Old Boy Questioned by Secret Service Over Facebook Posting, Fox News, May 17, 2011
- ↑ Feds mine Facebook for info, STLToday.com, April 25, 2011
- ↑ Facebook on allexperts.com
- ↑ [1] Husband finds wife in facebook singles ad
- ↑ This is why only a fool would trust any social networking platform to keep any information private


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FDA Moves to Block Diabetes Treatments
The FDA cracks down on 15 companies' dietary supplements and "natural cures" for diabetes, saying the therapies don't work, can be dangerous and, in some cases, include undisclosed and counterfeit prescription drugs. Tom Burton reports. Photo: Getty Images.
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