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Whatever the economic and job market conditions, the surest way to uncover job opportunities is to be the best job seeker there is.
You'll have a distinct advantage over your competition if you commit yourself to learning everything you can about job search strategies and tactics. Your biggest challenge will be to stay on course and see the mission through until you are successfully employed. Staying focused and on course is where the rubber meets the road during a job search. It literally separates the winners from the losers.
Throughout the course of your search, you should think of yourself as a sales and marketing expert looking to sell and promote one product: you. Sales and marketing experts spend their careers looking to build a pipeline of potential customers to sell products and services. They know that only a certain percentage of those potential customers will turn into real, paying customers.
Say, for example, you have 10 potential customers in your sales pipeline. How many of them will convert into real customers? All 10? Probably not. The same applies to a job search. Only a small percentage of job opportunities you find will convert into real job offers.
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A successful job search in a highly competitive world requires you to have much more than a cover letter and a resume at the ready. You need to become a skillful marketer of your experiences, knowledge, insights and performance history. A modern job search uses many of the same cutting-edge marketing strategies and tactics that are used today by high-performing, market-focused companies.
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David Dirks is the author of "Job Search Marketing: Finding Job Opportunities in Any Economy." You can find more information on his job search strategies at jobsearchmarketing.net and by listening to his podcasts at blogtalkradio.com/jobsearchmarketing.

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World Health Organization HIV Treatment Guidelines Evolve
Safer and More Effective Drug Combinations Included in New Guidelines
Winter 2010
Unusually, there was something to celebrate on World AIDS Day in 2009, even if it was only on paper. The World Health Organization (WHO) updated its antiretroviral treatment (ART) guidelines for adults, adolescents, pregnant women, mother-to-child transmission, and breastfeeding. These guidelines were issued in late November 2009.1 The new WHO guidelines are progressive and reflect changes in knowledge and practice which have also been reflected over the past year in revised ART guidelines in Europe, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States, among others. TAGline will cover the new WHO ART guidelines for adults and adolescents here; future articles will examine issues related to children, pregnancy, breastfeeding, and evolving ART guidelines in specific countries.
The new WHO ART guidelines are the first to be released since 2006. Among the key changes in the new guidelines are a higher CD4 cell level for initiating ART from ≤200 to ≤350 CD4 cells, including pregnant women and people with tuberculosis (TB). This move brings the WHO guidelines more in synch with the most recent ART recommendations in developed nations. The panel addressed several other key issues with this update:
The new WHO guidelines do not change the recommended first-line ART anchor NNRTI agent -- either efavirenz or nevirapine -- with a background of tenofovir (TDF) or zidovudine (AZT) with 3TC or FTC. This presents new complications when starting treatment at higher CD4 counts. Nevirapine is not safe to initiate in women with over 250 CD4 cells (or in men with over 400) due to a higher risk of liver toxicity, while efavirenz is contraindicated in the first trimester of pregnancy due to concerns of neural tube defects in the fetus. Since many women do not know they are pregnant during their first trimester, this complicates the selection of the safest treatment choice when starting ART at a CD4 count of over 250. Data from the antiretroviral pregnancy registry do not suggest that there is an excess of such defects in babies born to mothers taking efavirenz. However, new options that lack either danger would be welcome in this situation.
These new guidelines are more progressive than those of the previous version, and will vastly increase the estimated number of people who need treatment. This in turn makes the achievement of universal access to HIV treatment -- defined as treating at least 80% of those who need ART -- by the end of 2010 even more unlikely. Meeting the universal access target under the 2006 guidelines would have required putting 6 million more people on treatment by the end of 2010. With the new higher CD4 ≤350 as the ART starting recommendation, one would need to perhaps quadruple the number currently on therapy from 4 to 16 million.
In the next five years, over 10 million people will die of AIDS unless treatment scale-up -- enrollment of new ART participants -- continues and those on current programs stay enrolled. There is an AIDS funding backlash which claims that treating people with ART is too expensive. It is necessary to point out, however, that for every increase in the proportion of HIV-positive people put on therapy, there is in fact a certain (but not yet precisely measured) decrease in the likelihood of onward transmission of HIV. If applied widely enough, this approach (treating HIV earlier) has the potential, when combined with other effective prevention methods, to reverse the spread of HIV and even perhaps to bring the epidemic under control, though it is unlikely that in the absence of a vaccine that the HIV pandemic can ever be fully eliminated.
The WHO's new HIV treatment guidelines offer plenty of promise in a time of uncertainty about the future of the fight against HIV. Recommendations call for better, safer, and more effective drug combinations to be made available earlier and much more widely for all people with HIV; scale-up of better monitoring technology including viral load is recommended; and the potential for quantifying the effect of expanding HIV treatment to limit HIV transmission thus changing the dynamics of the pandemic is emerging. A tipping point for the pandemic appears to be coming into focus. It would be tragic if world leaders decide now is the time to stop scaling up the fight against HIV.
Other References
World Health Organization. Rapid advice: use of antiretroviral drugs for treating pregnant women and preventing HIV infection in infants. November 2009.
World Health Organization. Rapid advice: revised WHO principles and recommendations on infant feeding in the context of HIV. November 2009.
For updates see the WHO ARV guidelines site.
This article was provided by Treatment Action Group. It is a part of the publication TAGline.


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Regarding requests to make all past quizzes available
"I would like to see a search option added so we can search all past quizzes by topic as a reference. For instance, search for "bulk collect" and we would find the quiz results from June 16..."
That sounds like a great idea. A really great idea. Imagine having a searchable database of hundreds, and eventually thousands, of Q&As, backed up by links to documentation, explanations of the reasons for the answers, and perhaps even videos demonstrating a technique or feature of the language.
It's such a great idea, that I am in active planning stages to build a whole website that will deliver my expertise in the PL/SQL language through various means: a testing database (not just quizzes, but user-defined and curriculum-based tests on given areas), an extensive library of video trainings linked to specific topics or features, a repository of reusable code, and more.
I hope that you read the above paragraph and think to yourself: "Wow, that sounds great. I would love to have access to all that information and expertise." And I further hope that you then think something like: "Heck, I would even pay (or get my company to pay) to have access to this expertise."
I say that because I plan to charge a fee for access to this broad, deep content. I am definitely not comfortable with giving it all away for free (and if I make all past quizzes available all the time, then the effectiveness of these Q&As as a testing database is greatly diminished).
In fact, my plan is to largely stop traveling (it's been great fun and wonderful to meet so many people, but being away so much is not the best thing for me or my family) and instead concentrate on delivering my expertise online.
What do you think of my idea? Would you pay for this content or do you think your company would? I would very much like to hear your thoughts.
This plan also explains why, at least for the foreseeable future, I will keep the restrictions in place on the number of past quizzes you can see through the PL/SQL Challenge site.
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Just a reminder to all that Knowledge Xpert for Oracle (that I think was based in your expertise) was a Quest Software software and paid for with SQLNavigator and Toad for Oracle and that info is now available for free from Quest site Knowledge Xpert for Oracle
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I also think it'd be a great idea to make the quiz question database available and searchable. It'd be a great resource for personal training.
Much as I'm sure everyone appreciates interacting with you directly around the world, I also think it's an even *greater* idea to try to limit travel for your family's sake - family must come first!
Personally, though, I would never pay for access to it. It's your choice, of course, but I suspect it'd go the same way as EE - which used to be a great site, but is now just a nuisance (it keeps popping up in Google search results, but clicking on the link brings the paywall comes up).
Jeff, what is EE?ReplyDelete
- Anonymous18 July, 2010 06:04
Sorry, Experts-Exchange.ReplyDelete
I used to use it frequently before they put the paywall up - quite a few years ago. Nowadays I'm active on StackOverflow, which has a better Q&A & "reputation" model (IMHO) and is free, supported by ads.
Trying to get money out of an employer for a useful resource (even a book) can be like extracting blood from a stone.ReplyDelete
Pitching it as a recruitment tool may work. Target the recruitment agencies as a way for them to filter out candidates. People may buy it to crib from.
As a value-add to user groups, it could be worthwhile.
Offer it along with a certification may be a route too. See if Quest want to move into the Certification game.
- Anonymous19 July, 2010 06:09
I agreed with Gary Myers on above comments. I think my company never pay for this access too. "You have a free google"ReplyDelete
Using the site as a recruitment tools is very interesting. However the quizs is quite difficult and may be more than need of organization which have many many standard code and the only thing programmer should do is to follow them. I think this site show us the level of experts so the certification idea may be better.
Keep it free. See http://asktom.oracle.comReplyDelete


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The U.S. Department of Education added the Unusual Enrollment History Flag to the Institutional Student Information Record (ISIR). According to Dear Colleague Letter GEN-13-09, the purpose of the UEH Flag is to identify instances of potential fraud and abuse of the Federal Pell Grant Program. While some students have legitimate reasons for unusual enrollment histories, other students may enroll in postsecondary schools long enough to receive credit balance payments, leave the institutions, and repeat the process at other schools.
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Undergraduate Degrees in Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice programs combine a broad variety of topics and discliplines related to law enforcement, the courts, and America's criminal justice system. Most Criminal Justice programs offer specific concentrations to focus on, such as:
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The majority of people who obtain a Criminal Justice degree use it to begin their careers in law enforcement, corrections, criminal law or social work. The degree can also be used as a stepping stone to an advanced degree, such as a Master's in Criminal Justice or a Master's in Public Administration.
Most 4-year colleges and universities offer at least a Bachelor's in Criminal Justice, and many offer advanced degrees at the Master's and Doctorate levels as well. Two-year colleges quite often offer an Associate's degree in Criminal Justice.
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While global economic growth has been sluggish in recent years, Africa has been growing. We've seen a resurgence of traditional sectors such as agriculture and the extractive industries as well as promising new ones such as ICT. Not surprisingly, these booming sectors need highly skilled technicians, engineers, medical workers, agricultural scientists and researchers. Yet large numbers of African graduates remain unemployed as their skills are often not in line with industry requirements.


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Regulators created the program during the 2008 financial crisis to reassure depositors, and Congress extended it in 2010. TAG is set to expire at the end of this year, and an extension would need to be drafted in the next three legislative weeks. The Independent Community Bankers of America wants a five-year extension for the program, which insures about $1.3 trillion held in accounts that do not pay interest at banks around the U.S.
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Education Management Corp (EDMC) Jumps 12.5% on February 19Equities Staff Follow |
Education Management Corp (EDMC) was among the biggest gainers on the Russell 2000 for Friday February 19 as the stock popped 12.5% to $0.09, representing a gain of $0.01 per share. Some 11,150 shares traded hands on 5 trades, compared with an average daily volume of 39,045 shares out of a total float of 126.06 million. The stock opened at $0.09 and traded with an intraday range of $0.09 to $0.07.
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Education Management Corp is based out of Pittsburgh, PA and has some 20,800 employees. Its CEO is Edward H. west.
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A Short History of Gems and Jewelry Appraising in the American Society of Appraisers Released
ASA's Gems and Jewelry Discipline this year is celebrating its 20th anniversary, although its roots in the Society go back much earlier. Its path to autonomy is connected to world events of the 1970s and the development of personal property appraising since that time.
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Some of the smartest high school juniors in the Rochester area have the chance to work as science researchers through the imaging science summer internship program at Rochester Institute of Technology.
The program, conducted by the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, is open to as many as 14 of the brightest and best high school juniors who want to experience the world of scientific research. For seven weeks, the students get paid as full-time employees to work on research topics varying from space weather to ultrasound imaging.
Now in its 14th year, the program exposes students who are interested in science, technology, engineering or math, called the STEM fields, to the discipline of imaging science. They work alongside professors, as well as undergraduate and graduate students at RIT, to perform research in laboratories that house cutting-edge imaging technology.
"The imaging science high school internship program is the ideal way to experience a real research laboratory atmosphere and be able to contribute to state-of-the-art imaging research in a meaningful way—even before graduating from high school," says Bethany Choate, who coordinates outreach and recruitment for the Center for Imaging Science. Choate went through the internship program herself and went on to graduate from RIT in 2006 with a degree in imaging science.
Gaining a spot in the internship program is a highly competitive process, with approximately 60 students applying each year. The application process consists of questions, an essay, recommendations and interviews. However, Choate emphasizes that having the highest grades or the most extracurricular activities does not guarantee acceptance into the program. Important criteria for acceptance include having a passion for science as well as interests and a personality that resonates with one of the research groups.
"Our main priority is to expose young minds to many of the amazing things you can create, solve and accomplish with science and technology," says Choate. "Science is too often misconceived as boring, challenging or difficult to relate to actual careers. Through introducing high school students to hands-on research, we hope to open their eyes to how they can apply concepts learned in the classroom to real life."
Some of the students who participate in the internship end up studying imaging science at RIT. Choate says that roughly 12 percent of the interns enroll in the imaging science major, which she cites as a positive achievement. Three current freshmen in imaging science were members of the intern program.
Among older RIT students who have completed the internship are second-year student Cicely DiPaulo and doctoral student Monica Cook.
"I had no idea what imaging science was prior to the internship," says DiPaulo. "It sounded like a cool mixture of science applications and the real world, so I applied to the internship."
The interns are placed in labs as contributing members of research teams, working alongside some of the top scientists in the imaging field for 40 hours a week. The research areas at RIT that typically employ interns include remote sensing, visual perception, magnetic resonance imaging, astronomical imaging and historical document restoration.
"It's a great opportunity for high school students," says Cook. "I would tell future students of the program to take advantage of all the opportunities of spending a summer on a college campus."
Applications for the intern program are due by March 1. The application package and additional information is available at www.cis.rit.edu/interns.
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Only days before Christmas, Liz's (Fey) parents ditch her to celebrate the holidays at a couples-only retreat, leaving her all alone for the holiday. To fill the void, she participates in a charity program, "Letters to Santa," to help underprivileged kids have a nice Christmas. Meanwhile, Jack (Baldwin) takes his frustration out on the TGS staff when his plans for a dream holiday vacation away from his overbearing mother, Colleen (guest star Elaine Stritch), are crushed. The TGS crew are forced to give up their plans to produce a last minute Christmas special. Also stars Tracy Morgan, Jane Krakowski, Jack McBrayer, Judah Friedlander and Keith Powell.


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Acquisitive Investments Limited Reports Holdings of Common Shares of Global Alumina Corporation
By: PR Newswire
Nov. 22, 2012 03:33 PM
NICOSIA, Cyprus, Nov. 22, 2012 /CNW/ - Acquisitive Investments Limited. ("Acquisitive Investments") today announced that, on November 21, 2012, Acquisitive Investments acquired 6,000,000 common shares ("Common Shares") of Global Alumina Corporation ("Global Alumina") at a price of approximately CDN$ 0.14 per Common Share (the "Transaction"). The aggregate cash consideration paid by Acquisitive Investments for the 6,000,000 Common Shares was US$ 840,000 (CDN$ 838,320 based on the Bank of Canada nominal noon exchange rate for November 21, 2012).
Immediately following completion of the Transaction, Acquisitive Investments had ownership and control over 21,000,000 Common Shares or approximately 11.5% of the Common Shares outstanding at such time.
For purposes of calculating the percentages of Common Shares owned by Acquisitive Investments, Acquisitive Investments has assumed that there were 183,331,495 Common Shares outstanding as of November 21, 2012, as disclosed by Global Alumina in its management's discussion and analysis for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2012, a copy of which was filed and is available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
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Acquisitive Investments acquired ownership and control of the Common Shares that are the subject of this press release for investment purposes.
Acquisitive Investments intends to review its investment in Global Alumina on a continuing basis. Depending on various factors including, without limitation, Global Alumina's financial position, the price levels of the Common Shares, conditions in the securities markets and general economic and industry conditions, Acquisitive Investments' business or financial condition and other factors and conditions it deems appropriate, Acquisitive Investments may in the future take such actions with respect to its investment in Global Alumina as Acquisitive Investments deems appropriate including, without limitation, making proposals to Global Alumina concerning changes to the capitalization, board of directors, ownership structure or operations of Global Alumina, acquiring additional Common Shares, and/or selling or otherwise disposing of some or all of its Common Shares. In addition, Acquisitive Investments may formulate other purposes, plans or proposals regarding Global Alumina or any of Global Alumina's securities to the extent deemed advisable in light of general investment and trading policies, market conditions or other factors or may change its intention with respect to any and all matters referred to above.
Neither the issuance of this news release in connection with the matters disclosed in this news release nor the anticipated filing by Acquisitive Investments of the corresponding "early warning" report required to be filed in accordance with applicable Canadian securities laws is an admission that an entity named or otherwise referred to in this news release owns or controls any described securities or is a joint actor with another entity named or otherwise referred to in this news release.
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when the price for something is sky high, because the manufacturer knows you need it and have no choice but to pay for it. stems from gas stations on highways in the middle of fucking nowhere who charge $10 for a 2 year old microwave burrito because they know the next gas station is 150 miles down the road.
Person 1-"Man, I paid $50 for 3 gallons of gas, a pack of gum, and a soda last night at this gas station in bumfuck Egypt"
Person 2- "Talk about highway robbery!"
Person 2- "Talk about highway robbery!"
by One1ove719 January 30, 2010
by Kennith Curnutt July 05, 2006
by The Return of Light Joker July 15, 2008
When a guy or girl is bringing someone back to their place for sexual intercourse and someone manages to take them away from that person for their own pleasures.
Ian pulled a highway robbery on AJ.
by MU3West February 20, 2011
When one is given oral pleasure while driving
"Last night on the way to her parent house, we did some highway robbery"
by decompresion January 04, 2008
When one guy gives a handjob to another guy while they both ride on a motorcycle on Route 30 in PA
Guy 1: "Dude, you should change your name to Jesse James with your awesome Highway Robbery skills"
Guy 2: "Thanks man, I like giving HJs"
Guy 2: "Thanks man, I like giving HJs"
by The Tamboureenz2 December 10, 2010
Stealing your {friends} {girlfriend}.
-Yo, girl i can treat you better than that dude.
:Two weeks later:
-WTF! man you totally just did a highway robbery on me!
:Two weeks later:
-WTF! man you totally just did a highway robbery on me!
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The Jaguar XF is a midsize luxury sedan that was designed as a successor to the Jaguar S-Type, which the brand discontinued in 2008. The car aims to compete directly with the Audi A6 and the BMW 5 Series. Unlike its predecessor, which was designed using classic Jaguar style, the Jaguar XF places great emphasis on contemporary design.
The Jaguar XF draws its inspiration from the C-XF Concept Car, and the influence can be seen in its low roofline, minimalistic chrome trim, and athletic stance. However, the styling varies in some ways between the production Jaguar XF and the C-XF Concept. The most notable difference is that of the nose and front light styling. The Jaguar XF uses an oval mesh grille, similar in style to that of the original 1968 XJ.
As a successor to the Jaguar S-Type, the XF also has some similarities with the car. For example, the boot lid of the car uses the same chromed blade on its edge as the S-Type. However, the XF also uses the leaping Jaguar logo.
The Jaguar XF is known for being a great alternative to its German competitors from BMW and Audi. The car offers better value than the BMW 5 Series, and it matches German cars in terms of performance.
The most significant aspect of the Jaguar XF is its drastic change from its predecessor. While the S-Type is a classically styled car, the Jaguar XF is aggressive in its design and has several unique characteristics. For example, the dash of the car is fitted with flush-fitting air-conditioning vents that rotate when the engine starts. The XF is also fitted with the JaguarDrive Selector—a unique, rotating, gear-shifting dial that rises from the center console.
Another difference between the Jaguar XF and other classic Jaguar cars is the installment of a pale blue backlight for the switchgear, instruments, and major control panels. Minor systems like interior lighting are controlled directly from the light covers. Moreover, the glove compartment opens with just a touch.
The Jaguar XF does not offer an interior cloth option. Even the basic model of the XF is fitted with fully trimmed leather seats. Areas that were previously made with plastic in other Jaguar cars are now trimmed with leather. In addition to this, the Jaguar XF is also available with real wood veneers that combine with an aluminum trim to give the passenger compartment a modern look.
The latest version of the Jaguar XF has received a facelift, which brings it closer to its original inspiration—the C-XF Concept. The revision includes a completely new front fascia and a slightly different grille, along with streamlined headlights, revamped lower vents, and LED daytime running lights. These new LED lights have been arranged to form the signature "J-Blade" pattern. The rear of the car has also been changed, with the tail lamps now extending onto the trunk lid. Also, Jaguar now offers more wheel choices with the Jaguar XF than ever before.
The 2012 model of the Jaguar XF features new veneer and interior choices along with more supportive seats. It offers a new color scheme on the steering wheel, fascia, and central console, which replaces the earlier Tungsten theme with a modern Aurora look. Other revisions on this model include new graphics on the central touch screen monitor, redundant controls, and a full-color instrument panel with more clarity and better resolution.
In terms of performance, the 2012 Jaguar XF is fitted with a better-tuned suspension system that delivers more tactile and accurate steering. These improvements help make the Jaguar XF comfortable to ride in and easier to handle.
The Jaguar XF was first introduced in 2007 at the Frankfurt Motor Show, which followed the display of the C-XF Concept car at the North American International Auto Show earlier the same year. Designed by Ian Callum, it is considered to be a big change from the car it replaced--the Jaguar S-Type. Jaguar offers the 2008 XF in several variants including Luxury, Premium Luxury, and Portfolio. The XF is driven by a wide range of petrol and diesel, V-6 and V-8 engines, depending on the purchased variant.
In 2009, two new variants to the Jaguar XF were launched--the XFR and the XF Supercharged. The XFR variant was announced at the North American International Auto Show in 2009. It offers a performance-oriented design of the Jaguar XK range. A newly designed 5.0-liter, supercharged, AJ V-8, Generation 3 engine powers the car, with a rating of 503 hp. The XF Supercharged model modifies the 2008 model Jaguar XF with a 5.0-liter, supercharged engine that delivers 464 hp. The car also comes with Active Differential Control and Adaptive Dynamics.
2019 Jaguar XF
Luxury, Sedan, Wagon
2018 Jaguar XF
Luxury, Sedan
2017 Jaguar XF
2015 Jaguar XF
2014 Jaguar XF
2013 Jaguar XF
2012 Jaguar XF
New for 2012 is an upgraded navigation system with touch-screen controls. It's the same one found in the popular XJ model. Physical buttons to control the media center are also present and wrapped in a soft-touch black finish. An updated, more supportive seat design also debut for 2012.
2011 Jaguar XF
The XF's 4.2-liter V-8 has been replaced with new direct-injected 5.0-liter V-8s that offer more power. A new high-performance XFR model was added to the top of the range while the Supercharged model bowed out, only to return in late 2010 as a 2011 model with the new 5.0-liter supercharged V-8. A new Portfolio package for the Premium model adds more luxury touches including contrast stitching, suede headliner, a new wood veneer and deep-pile carpets.
2010 Jaguar XF
2009 Jaguar XF
A luxury sedan with the styling of a coupe, the 2009 Jaguar XF combines the class and distinction of a classic British motorcar with the latest in style and technology.


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No matter the reason – growing family, marriage, new job or retirement – it's exciting when you decide now is the time for a new home. For buyers, it can be an intimating process. How do you start? Who can you contact? How much can you afford? Fortunately, Ruhl&Ruhl provides trusted real estate advisors and resources to help buyers with every step of the process.
When you start the process of buying a home, you should first consider your needs and wants, your timeline, and current market conditions
Consider where you want to live, what type of house do you want, what features are absolutely necessary to you. Take some time to gather your housing needs and put your 'wish list' on paper.
Here are some questions you should discuss with your family and then share with your Realtor:
Next, you need to consider your specific timeline. The buying process takes anywhere from 9-22 months. In addition, it takes 45 days on average to close on your home purchase after an accepted offer. That means that it will be very important to understand when you would like to be in your new home and then work backwards.
Lastly, you will want to consider the area's housing market condition. Ask your Realtor how many months of inventory there is in the specific area or neighborhood. Months of inventory is a good way to measure supply and demand.
Months of inventory reflects an estimate of the amount of time it would take to sell all of the current listings in a given area if no new listings became available.
Feeling overwhelmed already? Don't be!
Choose a Realtor
to help you start the process. A Ruhl&Ruhl sales associate will sit down with you and your family and walk you through the entire buyer process to help identify your top needs and priorities and to be your advocate throughout the process.
Now that you have considered your needs and wants, as well as your timeline and the current market conditions, you will want to start identifying where you would like live and how you will purchase a home.
There are three key factors that you will need to consider when determining how much home you can afford. These are:
You will first want to sit down with a mortgage loan officer to share your timeline and some of your expectations of the home buying process. Based on your income, debt and savings, they will be able to provide a pre-approval letter for the total loan amount you qualify for, and discuss different loan products that may work for you.. It's important to find a mortgage loan officer that is knowledgeable and has access to lots of different loan products. To contact a loan officer or to get pre-approved for a mortgage online, visit
Here are the benefits of a mortgage pre-approval:
Remember, you shouldn't just go to one lender. You should always get a second opinion.
You will also discuss with your loan officer what you plan to use as your down payment. Most loans today require a minimum down payment of between 3.5% and 5.0% depending on the type and terms of the loan.
If you are able to come up with 20-25% down payment, you may be eligible to take advantage of special fast-track programs and possibly eliminate mortgage insurance.
Closing costs are the fees charged by lenders and attorneys in order to close your home. These fees can vary on your team members and price of the home. These are paid at the time that you close on your mortgage. Most of the time, the homebuyer pays the closing costs, but there are times that the seller may pay a portion of these costs if negotiated.
Closing costs may include:
Closing costs in our markets generally cost between $2,000-$5,000. Lenders are required by law to give you a good faith estimate (GFE) of what the closing costs on your home will be within three days of when you apply for a loan.
Once you have your pre-approval letter and understand what you can afford, it's time to get looking! You first should identify the area or neighborhoods in which you would like to live.
While you're looking at neighborhoods, drive through different areas of town to see them in person. You need to determine that the neighborhood in which you choose to look for a home matches your lifestyle and personality. Talk to people who live there. Drive through the entire area at different times of the day. Here are some tips about what to look for:
Behind every successful manager is a great team. In the game of real estate, you are the manager and you need to ensure you have the best team to help you reach your goals. By picking the right team, you will have a team of experts in your corner and looking out for your interests throughout the process.
Realtors make the process of purchasing a home efficient, effective and with as few issues as possible. But if and when an issue does arise, it's their job to offer solutions. In fact, this is what they are specially trained to do. You will always make the decisions, but your Realtor and the rest of the team will manage the process.
Your Realtor will also help you navigate the process of buying a home. In fact, they have a fiduciary duty, or a legal responsibility, to act solely in your interest. Here are some ways that your Realtor will advocate for you:
As this is the largest purchase that most people will ever make, it's common to have fears – fears of overpaying or missing out or fear that that something will go wrong, fear that this is 'the' house.
It's the job of your first team member, your Realtor, to help you find the right home and, at the same time, make sure they are addressing your fears. They are specially trained to support you through this process and will be your guide from start to finish.
They are your counselor, your advocate, and are the person looking out for you and your interests. You always stay the manager, but they will be the lead team member to get you home.
When hiring a Realtor, decide whom you believe in your mind is the most qualified to get the job done. A Realtor should be chosen for expertise in guiding clients through the home buying maze of paperwork, negotiations, and "what-if" scenarios. You want to look for someone who
Also, don't forget to select a lender, a real estate attorney and insurance provider.
You have your team in place and understand where you want to live and what is important to you – now it's time for the hunt!
Ninety percent of people begin their property search online. Start your search on RuhlHomes.com by choosing an area and then selecting search criteria that meets your needs.
You want to look at the wish list that you created earlier and start selecting homes that may be of interested to you. Ruhlhomes.com can help, because our site has all homes for sale on the market and has information about our local areas.
Also, you can set up an email alert, called a Personal Shopper, which will email you new listings that meet your specific criteria as soon as they hit the market.
Once you have this list, it's time to sit down with your Realtor to review your list of needs and wants, as well as the list of properties you are interested in. Through a process of elimination, your Realtor will carefully narrow down the list to your top homes.
Some of these top homes you will look at online, some you will drive by, and some you will decide you want to make an appointment and tour the home. It's important to remember that you are in control of the decisions.
As you go through this process, the goal is to find your top three. This will be a rolling list because it will change over time.
Take your time and know that this process will take time. Remember, there is no perfect home, but there is a perfect home for you. Be patient and make sure to stay in tuned with the information that your Realtor is providing, as well as what is coming through your Personal Shopper reports.
Once you have identified a property you could see yourself living in, your Realtor will do a market analysis showing you similar, recently sold properties in the same area to help you get a feel for the value.
Your Realtor will take you step-by-step through the
purchase contract
and what each section means. The purchase contract is the most important document in the sale of real estate. The contract sets the terms and conditions that the seller and buyer agree to. Be sure to review the seller disclosure of property information carefully before writing your offer.
A well-written contract, which is available through your Ruhl&Ruhl Realtor, is designed to protect both the buyer and seller and will save you money if prepared and negotiated properly.
There are a few main Items that can be negotiated in a real estate purchase agreement:
Your Realtor will work through all of these with you. Again, you will make the decisions; your Realtor will help educate you on your options and make recommendations.
Once the offer is submitted to a seller, they may accept the offer, reject it, or present a counter offer. It is important not to get emotionally attached to the property during the negotiating process so you do not over pay. The better job you do of controlling your emotions, the more likely you are to control the transaction.
Once you have come to terms it's time to move towards closing.
Closing takes place at an attorney's office or sometimes your lender's office. Make sure to talk with your lender and your Realtor on what you need to specifically bring to the closing table.
Don't forget
– you'll need to bring some information to closing, including (X, Y, Z)
When all the applicable paperwork has been signed and notarized, the keys are handed over to you. You'll want to make sure you have turned on your utilities and forwarded your mail. Title to the property is conveyed to you through a recorded deed. After the closing, the mortgage servicer collects your monthly payments and handles your escrow account.
Congratulations! You now own a house!
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The Specifics of the Model
Going back to what we want from a component, let's get into specifics. What kinds of sources are there?
- Streams: Streams provide data sequentially, generally with no history of what came before, and no knowledge of what comes after. Streams live in the now. Files typically present themselves as streams, as is the input from your keyboard, data coming from a network socket, data flowing from a sensor, etc.
- Containers: Containers are fixed collections of data that have at last one method of iterating through all elements. Typical containers would include arrays, hash tables, trees, and linked lists.
- Generators: Generators are algorithms that produce a stream of data. Examples of generators would be random number generators, iotas, prime number generators, producing successive digits ofpi, and so on. Generators have a known starting point (a seed), and sometimes can produce an infinite succession of values.
- List comprehensions: A source passed through an algorithm (such as a filter for list comprehensions), is also a source.
What kinds of algorithms are there?
- Filter: A filter takes its input, and produces some subset of that for its output. Examples include selecting only odd values or prime values, searching for regex matches, validating the data, or passing only employees with a security clearance.
- Map: Maps take input data, transform it, and output the transformed data. Examples include capitalizing words, squaring numbers, and sorting the input.
- Reduce: Reduce consumes its input and produces as output a single value. Examples include summing all the data, finding the maximum, and so forth.
These are just a few examples of many. There are myriad algorithms, each with its own personality. Sorting, searching, pattern matching, encryption, compression, and more come to mind, not to mention a great number of numeric algorithms. Notably, algorithms have specific demands on the layout of the data they operate on. Filter, map, and reduce all operate with simple streams, but many algorithms need more sophisticated data access patterns.
And sinks:
- Streams: writing to files, the console, a network socket, etc.
- Containers: the container gets built from the data.
Forming a table with three columns, we get:
random numbers
word count
A perfect component design should be able to take any item from the Source column, apply any Algorithm, and output to any Sink, even if those Sources, Algorithms, and Sinks were developed independently by groups that have never heard of each other. Furthermore, they need to be able to be snapped together (that is, be composable) like:
file → sort → odd → list
for any combination that makes sense.
Some data format transformation may be in order. For example, quicksort needs random access, something a streaming file doesn't offer reasonably well. So we'd need to insert an adapter component that transforms an input stream into an array, leading to:
file → make_array → sort → odd → list
And, of course, we won't accept performance compromises. C++ STL showed that component design can be just as efficient as hand-built non-component code, and often turns out to be even faster. Any component design based on indirection (that is, virtual dispatch), boxing, or dynamic typing is going to have a harder time delivering good performance. (After all, giving users motivation to replace the abstraction with hand-coded equivalents when they 'really mean it' is a sign that something went wrong in the abstracting process. Components must work for industrial code.)
Summing up what is needed for a modern, excellent component design:
- Ability to "snap together" independently developed sources, algorithms, and sinks; that is, composability.
- Strong support for encapsulation.
- Ability to generate code as efficient as hand-coded versions.
- A natural syntax that looks like source → algorithm → sink
- Ability to work with types that are not known in advance.
Being a more recent programming language, D enjoys the benefit of standing on the shoulders of giants. Fundamentally improving component programming has enormous potential to change and significantly improve the way we write software. Here is how the D standard library does it.
What are the minimum requirements for a source?
- Determine if there is input data available
- Read the current input datum
- Advance to the next input datum
To satisfy these requirements, an
InputRange is defined as having the following:
- A property:
bool empty; which returns true if there is no more input, and false if there is.
- A property:
E front; which returns the current input datum of type
E. Input ranges are parameterized by their element type (denoted here as
- A method:
void popFront(); which advances to the next input datum.
Note that this implies a one-element buffer because client code may call front multiple times without moving to the next element. There exists an even simpler notion, the unbuffered range; it only enables a modicum of algorithms and currently it is not formally abstracted in D's standard library.
A very interesting thing about an
InputRange is it isn't itself a type. A type is an
InputRange if it has the primitives
front, and
popFront. This makes an
InputRange a concept, rather than a type.
Since we all know C file I/O so well, here's an
InputRange that reads characters from
private import core.stdc.stdio; struct StdinByChar { @property bool empty() { if (hasChar) return false; auto c = fgetc(stdin); if (c == EOF) return true; ch = cast(char)c; hasChar = true; return false; } @property char front() { return ch; } void popFront() { hasChar = false; } private: char ch; bool hasChar; }
It has the expected one element buffer and a flag that keeps track of it. The use of it is straightforward, here's code to print it to
for (auto r = StdinByChar(); !r.empty; r.popFront()) { auto c = r.front; fputc(c, stdout); }
It's pretty clear that anything with those three primitives can be expressed in a
for loop the same way. For example, the D
foreach statement can automatically do the equivalent with:
foreach (c; StdinByChar()) fputc(c, stdout);
Look, Ma, no types! Already, we're on to something powerfully useful. The
InputRange I just described is streaming only. One pass streams are hardly sufficient for complex processing. Let's extend it.
ForwardRange. It adds a property
@property R save;
R is the
ForwardRange type.
save returns a copy of the
ForwardRange in its current state. It does not make a copy of the data being iterated over, only the position. Hence, the original and the copy can now traverse the
ForwardRange independently of each other. A singly linked list is a typical forward range.
ForwardRange is useful when look-ahead is needed. Algorithms that require a
ForwardRange are brute force subsequence searching, and generally any pattern matching that needs to do multiple passes over its inputs, are good examples. Merge sort and bring to front also come to mind.
Note that a file stream usually cannot efficiently be a
ForwardRange; the way the buffering is done precludes it.
The next extension is for a bidirectional range, and two additional primitives are required:
@property E back; void popBack();
These work analogously to
front and
popFront(), except they work their way backwards from the end of the range rather than the beginning. An example of a bidirectional range would be a doubly linked list. But doubly linked lists are not used all that often. What makes bidirectional ranges worth studying is that UTF8- and UTF16-encoded strings are, in fact, bidirectional ranges. Bidirectionality enables a few more efficient algorithms, such as finding the last occurrence of a sequence in another.
RandomAccessRangeoverloads the
[] operator so it can be indexed to refer to the
nth element:
E opIndex(size_t n);
In addition to indexing, there are two options for the
RandomAccessRange's functionality:
BidirectionalRangethat offers the length property or is infinite:
@property size_t length;
ForwardRangethat is infinite. (An infinite range always returns false for the empty property.) More details about
InputRanges can be found at dlang.org.
Sinks in D are called
OutputRanges. An
OutputRange is nothing more than a type that supports a method called
void put(E e);
The idea is that element
e of
type E gets "
put" into the range. (Some other variations on an
OutputRange are detailed at dlang.org.)


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NWSB Insider Bryant Knox brings us an excellent look at the newest additions to the Portland Trail Blazers this offseason. Damian Lillard, Dan Gadzuric, Jared Jeffries, Joel Freeland, Ronnie Price, Sasha Pavlovic and Victor Claver all bring different talents to the team. With these new additions, the Blazers will address their shooting and size issues.
Portland Trail Blazers: New additions strengths and weaknesses
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Opinion: Meet James Madison
American Enterprise Institute senior fellow Lynne Cheney on what James Madison has to teach us about politics today. Photo credit: Getty Images.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... I ... welcome back to Opinion Journal I'm here with when Cheney the former second lady of the United States during the George W Bush administration and the former chair of the National and the month of the humanities ... all her new book is being published this week James Madison all like reconsider ... going to have your thoughts on ... the year ... Mrs Cheney are James Madison was the fourth president of United States we are currently of living with the forty fourth president the United States unlike the cap to relate to especially since ... just this week Brock Obama was at a fundraiser in California ... where she was saying that our politics is in a downward spiral of cynicism and dysfunction ... he said the people that the most to gain from government are opting out not voting ... that those who despise government are voting on or taking power ... this is describing a political system did you think James Madison would have recognized ... well I think you would actually recognize that some of the adjectives that the president used ... he didn't have any notion that we were setting up an efficient government ... Scotland are setting up a government that they take the liberty ... and ... I frankly is a citizen back home in Wyoming people feel this way generally ... when the garments not anything that I feel much safer ... so you know the dysfunction that caught dysfunction few one ... thing you can also caught the clash of ambition against ambition the clash of ideas I share ... of powers ... it's also the case that in the seventeen nineties after Madison aam led the way in founding the first opposition political party ... that the politics ... of ... the United States were very nasty it was that ... you know by two per rationing consulted the politics of personal destruction on display people forgot that I mean the big predators were tarred feathered and run out of town ... that way and and it's interesting though Madison when he felt the need to ... establish an opposition party the first thing he did whiskey Jefferson the hair an old college friend ... to start an opposition newspaper because he understood the power of ideas ... and how important was to ... help the public to understand what the political controversy was about ... well it by your James Madison could address us today what you think he would try to tell the American electorate because it is indeed polarized ... well I think he wouldn't that ... make the case for limited government that was that what he states his whole career on one scene Alexander Hamilton who is that ... trying to make this be a government of unlimited power he would point out that the Constitution ... he said enumerated powers to the government and reserves arrest for the people in the States ... he would urge us to fight politically for that cause and I don't think you would be trying to revise ... both sides of the issue he would be trying to advise those of us to ... believe in limited government as he did in low debt as he did the Texas's he did ... yet sometimes we look at these great people like the founders they seem like abstract statesman what did you discover about James Madison the man reading this book well I do I love his personality in OT he was thought to be too shy by some of the strands Jefferson County would never get the place because ... Jefferson County was too modest was the word ... he was reserved and shy as summoning the twentieth century call them but ... modest when you are ... a person who has a ... little too honest about ... our modesty may not sound not one that got this confused I wanna say your politician ... who has been seen honest about modest easing strategy ... but when a person gets like Madison was ... then you can shine through with the reserved manner it can be very appealing be almost wonder whether James Madison with that and today were in the age of ... political celebrity ... and ... then just wonder whether celebrity ... associated with ... James Madison Deloitte reconsider well I necessarily could have true adding a larger than life figure really and warm and embracing person ... and she knew how to make yourself part of the yet entertainment and owns a spectacular ... downs the huge head dresses some ... the answer is a great political helped him not that she gave advice on policy ... but in terms of bringing people together and helping him win the Republican nomination ... well it's been great to have you with this check my platelets were reading a book Great is James Madison alike reconsider ...


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NWSB insider Blair Thomas brings us his reasons why the Oregon State Beavers don't deserve to make the NIT tournament yet. Although anything is possible in this year's Pac-12, these Beavers are not anywhere close to the memories of when Gary Payton was a Beaver. Craig Robinson is slowly bringing this team back to relevance and if the team can make a run at the Pac-12 tournament.
Oregon State Beavers Don't Deserve NIT…Yet
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My first try at some Easter Bento.
Here we have a cheese sandwich cut with the bento container for a perfect fit. Sitting on the sandwich is the Easter Bunny himself. Grin. This guy came from Fancy Flours:
Wouldn't he be cute on a cupcake?
The pink striped bunny Bento food pick flat was purchased on ebay. Search "Bento Food Pick Flag" to find these on ebay. The green grass behind the cheese sandwich is reusable silicon BARAN purchased from jbox http://www.jbox.com/product/NYH131
Also from Fancy Flours are these adorable bunny party picks--perfect for Bento! I smile thinking of my daughter eating her raspberries and red grapes with this darling bunny. I picked these up on one of Fancy Flours super sales and sadly they are sold out now.
***Giveaway Alert***However, I picked up an extra set of 10 for the blog! So followers of my blog, please leave a comment on this post and I'll do a drawing Friday 3/4/2011 for the Bunnies. :-)
Using a small bunny cutter, I made the bunny cucumbers for the veggie.
The organic cheddar bunny crackers are Annie's brand from the grocery store.
The bunny message bubble (that I have no idea what it says?) is a Bento food divider found on ebay.
Did you know that Pottery Barn Kids no carries Bento boxes! You know Bento has gone mainstream in the USA if Pottery Barn jumps on board. These are great basic boxes for girls and boys!
Happy Monday Everyone.
~The Lemonista