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From the New York Times
Change We Can Stomach
COOKING, like farming, for all its down-home community spirit, is essentially a solitary craft. But lately it's feeling more like a lonely burden. Finding guilt-free food for our menus — food that's clean, green and humane — is about as easy as securing a housing loan. And we're suddenly paying more — 75 percent more in the last six years — to stock our pantries. Around the world, from Cairo to Port-au-Prince, increases in food prices have governments facing riots born of shortages and hunger. It's enough to make you want to toss in the toque.
But here's the good news: if you're a chef, or an eater who cares about where your food comes from (and there are a lot of you out there), we can have a hand in making food for the future downright delicious.
Farming has the potential to go through the greatest upheaval since the Green Revolution, bringing harvests that are more healthful, sustainable and, yes, even more flavorful. The change is being pushed along by market forces that influence how our farmers farm.
Until now, food production has been controlled by Big Agriculture, with its macho fixation on "average tonnage" and "record harvests." But there's a cost to its breadbasket-to-the-world bragging rights. Like those big Industrial Age factories that once billowed black smoke, American agriculture is mired in a mind-set that relies on capital, chemistry and machines. Food production is dependent on oil, in the form of fertilizers and pesticides, in the distances produce travels from farm to plate and in the energy it takes to process it.
For decades, environmentalists and small farmers have claimed that this is several kinds of madness. But industrial agriculture has simply responded that if we're feeding more people more cheaply using less land, how terrible can our food system be?
Now that argument no longer holds true. With the price of oil at more than $120 a barrel (up from less than $30 for most of the last 50 years), small and midsize nonpolluting farms, the ones growing the healthiest and best-tasting food, are gaining a competitive advantage. They aren't as reliant on oil, because they use fewer large machines and less pesticide and fertilizer.
In fact, small farms are the most productive on earth. A four-acre farm in the United States nets, on average, $1,400 per acre; a 1,364-acre farm nets $39 an acre. Big farms have long compensated for the disequilibrium with sheer quantity. But their economies of scale come from mass distribution, and with diesel fuel costing more than $4 per gallon in many locations, it's no longer efficient to transport food 1,500 miles from where it's grown.
The high cost of oil alone will not be enough to reform American agriculture, however. As long as agricultural companies exploit the poor and extract labor from them at slave wages, and as long as they aren't required to pay the price for the pollution they so brazenly produce, their system will stay afloat. If financially pinched Americans opt for the cheapest (and the least healthful) foods rather than cook their own, the food industry will continue to reach for the lowest common denominator.
But it is possible to nudge the revolution along — for instance, by changing how we measure the value of food. If we stop calculating the cost per quantity and begin considering the cost per nutrient value, the demand for higher-quality food would rise.
Organic fruits and vegetables contain 40 percent more nutrients than their chemical-fed counterparts. And animals raised on pasture provide us with meat and dairy products containing more beta carotene and at least three times as much C.L.A. (conjugated linoleic acid, shown in animal studies to reduce the risk of cancer) than those raised on grain.
Where good nutrition goes, flavor tends to follow. Chefs are the first to admit that an impossibly sweet, flavor-filled carrot has nothing to do with our work. It has to do with growing the right seed in healthy, nutrient-rich soil.
Increasingly we can see the wisdom of diversified farming operations, where there are built-in relationships among plants and animals. A dairy farm can provide manure for a neighboring potato farm, for example, which can in turn offer potato scraps as extra feed for the herd. When crops and livestock are judiciously mixed, agriculture wisely mimics nature.
To encourage small, diversified farms is not to make a nostalgic bid to revert to the agrarian ways of our ancestors. It is to look toward the future, leapfrogging past the age of heavy machinery and pollution, to farms that take advantage of the sun's free energy and use the waste of one species as food for another.
Chefs can help move our food system into the future by continuing to demand the most flavorful food. Our support of the local food movement is an important example of this approach, but it's not enough. As demand for fresh, local food rises, we cannot continue to rely entirely on farmers' markets. Asking every farmer to plant, harvest, drive his pickup truck to a market and sell his goods there is like asking me to cook, take reservations, serve and wash the dishes.
We now need to support a system of well-coordinated regional farm networks, each suited to the food it can best grow. Farmers organized into marketing networks that can promote their common brands (like the Organic Valley Family of Farms in the Midwest) can ease the economic and ecological burden of food production and transportation. They can also distribute their products to new markets, including poor communities that have relied mainly on food from convenience stores.
Similar networks could also operate in the countries that are now experiencing food shortages. For years, the United States has flooded the world with food exports, displacing small farmers and disrupting domestic markets. As escalating food prices threaten an additional 100 million people with hunger, a new concept of humanitarian aid is required. Local farming efforts focused on conserving natural resources and biodiversity are essential to improving food security in developing countries, as a report just published by the International Assessment of Agriculture Science and Technology for Development has concluded. We must build on these tenets, providing financial and technical assistance to small farmers across the world.
But regional systems will work only if there is enough small-scale farming going on to make them viable. With a less energy-intensive food system in place, we will need more muscle power devoted to food production, and more people on the farm. (The need is especially urgent when you consider that the average age of today's American farmer is over 55.) In order to move gracefully into a post-industrial agriculture economy, we also need to rethink how we educate the people who will grow our food. Land-grant universities and agricultural schools, dependent on financing from agribusiness, focus on maximum extraction from the land — take more, sell more, waste more.
Leave our agricultural future to chefs and anyone who takes food and cooking seriously. We never bought into the "bigger is better" mantra, not because it left us too dependent on oil, but because it never produced anything really good to eat. Truly great cooking — not faddish 1.5-pound rib-eye steaks with butter sauce, but food that has evolved from the world's thriving peasant cuisines — is based on the correspondence of good farming to a healthy environment and good nutrition. It's never been any other way, and we should be grateful. The future belongs to the gourmet.


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Global Growth Spurs Record Breaking Year for Tagetik
Significant growth in 2015 to be driven by innovative and targeted performance management products and expanded investments in Marketing, Sales, and R&D
Tagetik, a visionary leader in global performance management software solutions, today announced its record financial results for 2014, and highlighted its plans for significant growth in 2015 supported by its recent $36 million capital investment by White Bridge Investments S.p.A. Results for 2014 included:
- 35 percent growth in revenue (13th straight year of double-digit growth)
- 36 percent increase in Tagetik Cloud revenue
- 115 new customers globally
- Strong growth in key verticals including banks, insurance and manufacturing.
- Recognized as a global leader in customer satisfaction, product capabilities and technology innovation by major analyst firms
Tagetik continues to expand its global reach and deliver results for businesses across multiple industries and geographies. Strong performance of Tagetik's prepackaged solution for Solvency II and an increased number of customers using Tagetik Cloud were two of many contributing factors.
Some of customers Tagetik added in 2014 include: Generali Group, Aggreko, Fiat Chrysler Finance, CNH Industrial Finance, Barilla, GLS, Siemens VAI Metals Technologies, Teka, Whistler Blackcomb Holdings, Webster Bank, Shanghai Volkswagen, ONVZ, Nelnet, Carhartt WIP. A listing of some other additional new customers can be found at this link.
"We will be aggressively investing in 2015 to drive significant growth. We will be nearly doubling our teams in key markets including North America, the UK, and France; and will be increasingour staff by almost 50% globally," said Manuel Vellutini, co-chief executive officer, Tagetik."With the capital support we received last year, we will drive our global expansion with a strongfocus on North America, Tagetik Cloud, and dramatically expanding our vertical market presence in insurance, banking, manufacturing and consumer packaged goods."
Along with strong customer and revenue growth, Tagetik also launched Tagetik 5, the latest version of the company's corporate performance management (CPM) platform, including expanded capabilities and a new intuitive user interface, native mobility, dashboards and in-memory technology. All of these advancements enhance the common user experience, collaboration, and workflow across budgeting,forecasting and planning, consolidation and close, disclosure management and compliance, internal and external reporting, and workflow and process management.
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"Creativity is the basis of self-expression. Why are some people supposedly more creative than others, and why can't others open themselves up enough to be able to express who they are?
Creation is the birth of something, and something cannot come from nothing. When someone creates something: a painting, a poem, a photograph, the creativity comes from an idea, from a feeling, from emotion, or from a combination of ideas, feelings and emotions that are somehow 'reborn' from all our experiences and perspectives.
Creativity is the desire to express ourselves. To formulate these expressions, we have to draw from our reservoir of experience, dreams, desires and experimentation and mix together what was, what is, and what could be... I don't think you can learn it, it is rather something that evolves. Your perception of everything in your life fills up this reservoir.
Some people are drawn to create and express themselves, others are drawn to reflect, to analyze. But in the end, they all could be creative if they had the desire to explore the way in which they are integrated in the world of their experiences. Because creativity is really a rebirth, a true tone we feel for ourselves and for our world. Then our work becomes a real part of who we are. Maybe all this is a question of how deep we are willing to go..."


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Luis Fernando Lopez is the main protagonist and playable character of Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony, the second and final downloadable episodic pack for Grand Theft Auto IV.
Luis Fernando Lopez is the 25-year old bodyguard and business associate of Anthony Prince. He is of Dominican decent. He was born and raised in Northwood. He has a brother and a sister who have both left Liberty City and lead law-abiding lives. His father was a Marine who abandoned them while they were young. Luis grew up with Armando Torres, Henrique Bardas, Oscar Gomez, Alonso Gomez, Teddy Benavidez and Willy Valerio, as they all went to the same school, and often got him into trouble. During his childhood, it is assumed that Lopez delt drugs for Oscar Gomez and Willy Valerio.
During the time Lopez had been arrested for dealing drugs, nightclub entrepreneur Anthony Prince had begun hiring doormen for his two new nightclubs: the Maisonette 9 and gay club Hercules. Eventually, Prince found Luis in a youth program. Lopez accepted the job, eventually becoming Prince's bodyguard. He cut all remaining ties he held with Gomez and Valerio, with the exception of Torres and Bardas. Unfortunately, Prince was in debt to several criminals across the city such as Mori Kibbutz, a fitness enthusiast and Rocco Pelosi, a made man of the Ancelotti crime family. Lopez also worked casually with the multibillionare real estate developer Yusuf Amir and Russian gangster Ray Bulgarin, who would later attempt to murder Luis and Prince.
Grand Theft Auto IV
Luis appears in Grand Theft Auto IV on three occasions:
- The first time he appears is in the mission "Three Leaf Clover", where he is being held hostage by Niko Bellic, Patrick McReary, Derrick McReary and Michael Keane.
- The second time he appears in the game is when he interrupts the diamond deal being held by Bellic and Johnny Klebitz, on behalf of the Pegorino crime family, in the mission "Museum Piece".
- Lopez's third appearance was alongside Prince in the mission "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend", in which he watches over the exchange between the diamonds, which Luis had originally stole, and Gracie Ancelotti. The exchange was interrupted by Ray Bulgarin, who believed Prince and Lopez had stolen the diamonds from him, and sent his men to murder all parties who were attending the exchange.
The Lost And Damned
Luis appears in The Lost and Damned twice; once during the game's rendition of the mission "Museum Piece", and then once again in the mission "Diamonds in the Rough", where Johnny Klebitz attemps to steal the conflict diamonds being sold to Prince. When the deal is ambushed, Luis orders Prince's boyfriend, Evan Moss, to escape with the diamonds in Moss' limo, while Luis escorts Prince to safety. It is revealed in The Ballad of Gay Tony that during Lopez and Prince's escape, members of the Lost Motorcycle Club tailed them, attemping to murder the pair. Klebitz eventually stole the diamonds from Moss, before murdering him.
- It is revealed that Luis did a stint in prison as a result of a crime committed with Armando Torres and Henrique Bardas (neither of whom were caught).
- Lopez went to juvenile hall for shooting a teacher who felt up his sister.
- If Niko responds negatively to the e-mail "Brucie Owns Reality. Bro!", Niko writes: "There are more important things in life than being a celebrity or having good abs. You've been spending too much time fluffing the bouncer at the Maisonette 9", which could be referring to Luis, but also Dessie as well.
- Gracie occasionally teases Luis and suggests that he is a closeted homosexual.
- In the mission "Blog This!...", Luis tells Prince and Gracie Ancelotti that he had a short-lived relationship with Dani Lupisella, a mobster's daughter who threatened to have her father "chop his balls off" if or when the relationship ended.
- Out of all the GTA IV protagonists, Luis is the youngest at 25 years old with Niko Bellic being 30 and Johnny Klebitz being 34.
- Luis is legally able to pilot a helicopter, as shown from his Higgins Helitours piloting certificate in his apartment.
- The LCPD think that Luis is still dealing drugs for Oscar Gomez and Willy Valerio.
- During Ladies Half Price, Luis can go back and kill Packie McReary and Niko Bellic, who both have a ton of health. This does not affect the storyline.
- From GTA IV to The Lost and Damned, Luis' appearance has changed from a stocky individual to a muscluar guy. In The Ballad of Gay Tony his legs are a bit thinner.
- Armando once called Luis "Captain Downtown" and "Mr Big Shot". These are simply insults though.
Mission appearances
- The Lost and Damned
Murders committed
- Frickie Van Hardenburg - murdered when his yacht is destroyed.
- Tahir Saeed - murdered for tipping off the cops to get Yusuf "out of the picture."
- Ahmed - Luis makes an attacking gesture towards Ahmed, purposely causing him to fall from the Rotterdam Tower.
- Vic - murdered for assaulting Monique and attempting to shoot Luis.
- Maurice - Killed for witnessing Vic's death.
- Mori Green - murdered in the Libertonian for the diamonds.
- Marki Ashvilli - murdered on orders from Rodislav Bulgarin, to own a hockey team.
- Vince - murdered to intimidate Rocco Pelosi and rescue Anthony Prince.
- Timur - killed for threatening the lives of Luis and Prince.
- Ray Bulgarin - murdered for threatening and attempting to murder Luis and Prince.
- Mr. Santo - can be killed for attempting to attack Luis with a blade, when Luis refuses to take a dive in a fight to pay off his mother's loan, in the mission "Momma's Boy".


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Welcome back to another Episode of Ammertime Podcast!
This is a rather special episode of Ammertime. Casimir The Swede and Henrypmiller went to the UK to participate in the English Championships (TEC).
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We have a bit of a chit chat with Jack "The Cheesemonger" Chapman from the Thundercocks Podcast, Jack "Big Jack" Austin, and Barry about our first day of games.
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We have an exclusive interview with Executive Board Chairman @Giladis. This is mostly about Highborn Elves (as promised).
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Casimir the Swede and Henrypmiller give a recap of their games and the results of the tournament.
This episode was recorded on the road/in airports/at the event so the sound quality is not as good as our usual studio quality.
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Children with Special Health Care Needs in Context: A Portrait of States and the Nation 2007 Chartbook
The National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH) was fielded using the State and Local Area Integrated Telephone Survey (SLAITS) mechanism. SLAITS is conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It uses the same large-scale random-digit-dial sampling frame as the CDC's National Immunization Survey1
Approximately 2.8 million telephone numbers were randomly generated for inclusion in the NSCH. After eliminating numbers that were determined to be nonresidential or nonworking, the remaining numbers were called to identify households with children less than 18 years of age. From each household with children, one child was randomly selected to be the focus of the interview.
The respondent was the parent or guardian in the household who was knowledgeable about the health and health care of the randomly selected child. For 73.5 percent of the children, the respondent was the mother. Respondents for the remaining children were fathers (20.5 percent), grandparents (4.2 percent), or other relatives or guardians (1.8 percent).
Surveys were conducted in English, Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese, and Korean. Overall, 5.3 percent of the interviews were completed in Spanish, and 0.2 percent of the interviews were conducted in one of the four Asian languages.
Data collection began on April 5, 2007 and ended on July 27, 2008, with interviews conducted from telephone centers in Chicago, Illinois and Las Vegas, Nevada. A computer assisted telephone interviewing system was used to collect the data. A total of 91,642 interviews were fully or partially completed for the NSCH, with 79 percent of the interviews completed in 2007. The number of completed interviews varied by state, ranging from 1,725 in Vermont to 1,932 in Illinois.
The interview completion rate, which is the proportion of interviews completed after a household was determined to include a child under age 18, was 66.0 percent. The overall response rate, which is the product of the resolution rate (the proportion of telephone numbers identified as residential or nonresidential), the screener completion rate (the proportion of households successfully screened for children), and the interview completion rate, was 51.2 percent. This rate is based on the assumption that telephone numbers that were busy or rang with no answer on all attempts were nonresidential.
Overall response rates ranged from 39.4 percent in New Jersey to 61.9 percent in North Dakota. Several efforts were made to increase response rates, including sending letters to households in advance to introduce the survey, toll-free numbers left on potential respondents' answering machines to allow them to call back, and small monetary incentives for those households with children who initially declined to participate.
For producing the population-based estimates in this report, the data records for each interview were assigned a sampling weight. These weights are based on the probability of selection of each household telephone number within each State, with adjustments that compensate for households that have multiple telephone numbers, for households without telephones, and for nonresponse.
With data from the U.S. Bureau of the Census, the weights were also adjusted by age, sex, race, ethnicity, household size, and educational attainment of the most educated household member to provide a dataset that was more representative of each State's population of noninstitutionalized children less than 18 years of age. Analyses were conducted using statistical software that accounts for the weights and the complex survey design.
Responses of "don't know" and "refuse to answer" were considered to be missing data. Records with missing data on the variables of interest were excluded from all analyses, with one exception. For households with missing data for income or household size, the household income relative to the federal poverty level was multiply imputed.
Racial and ethnic groups are mutually exclusive; that is, data reported for White, Black, multiracial and children of other races do not include Hispanics, who may be of any race.
The data from the NSCH are subject to the usual variability associated with sample surveys. Small differences between survey estimates may be due to random survey error and not to true differences among children or across States.
The precision of the survey estimates is based on the sample size and the measure of interest. Estimates at the national level will be more precise than estimates at the State level. Estimates for all children will be more precise than estimates for subgroups of children (for example, children 0-5 years of age or children with the same race). For national estimates of the health and health care for all children, the maximum margin of error is 0.8 percentage points. For the State-level indicators for all children, the maximum margin of error is 4.5 percentage points.
Except for data suppressed to protect the confidentiality of the survey subjects, all data collected in the NSCH are available to the public on the NCHS and MCHB Web sites. Data documentation and additional details on the methodology2 are available from the NCHS .
Interactive data queries are possible through the Data Resource Center for the NSCH . The Data Resource Center provides immediate access to the survey data, as well as resources and assistance for interpreting and reporting findings.
1 Zell ER, Ezzati-Rice TM, Battaglia MP, Wright RA. National immunization survey: The methodology of a vaccination surveillance system. Public Health Reports 115:65-77. 2000.
2 Blumberg SJ, Foster EB, Frasier AM, et al. Design and Operation of the National Survey of Children's Health, 2007. National Center for Health Statistics. Vital Health Stat 1. 2009.


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Latvia has been a intersections of Europe for centuries, giving it fascinating history and an exciting future. Half of the country is a beautiful natural landscape of forests, lakes and deep river valleys while the other half is made up of vibrant cities, blending World Heritage sites with modern designs. Along the coast, you'll find famous spa towns and one of the longest sandy beaches in Europe, bordered by shallow seas containing relatively little salt.
The capital city of Riga is a big highlight of any trip to Latvia. It has a beautiful old town, a vibrant nightlife and some great festivals. Highlights include Riga Castle and St. Peter's Church, with its stunning views of the old town from the top of its tallest spire. Other places outside of Riga worth checking out include Sigulda, Liepāja and Cesis, which each offer the country's fantastic combination of history, nature and exciting activities.
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Wis. man gets life for killing police officer wife
- An Iraq War veteran convicted of killing his police officer wife was sentenced to life behind bars
- Benjamin G. Sebena pleaded guilty earlier this year to first-degree intentional homicide
- Sebena%27s wife was conducting a pre-dawn patrol on Christmas Even last year when he shot her to death
MILWAUKEE (AP) — An Iraq War veteran who ambushed and killed his police officer wife last Christmas Eve was sentenced Friday to life in prison for gunning down the woman he called his "one love," and the earliest he could be eligible for parole is in 35 years.
Benjamin G. Sebena, 30, pleaded guilty in June to first-degree intentional homicide in the death of Jennifer Sebena. Ben Sebena has not said exactly why he killed his wife. His attorney noted that he was diagnosed with severe post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury, and sometimes has trouble distinguishing between what is real and what's not.
The charge carried a mandatory life sentence, although Judge David Borowski had the option of allowing for the possibility for parole after at least 20 years. Wisconsin does not have the death penalty.
"What you did was the worst of the worst," Borowski told Ben Sebena before handing down the sentence. "You took from this earth the person who probably loved you more than anyone, even more than your parents. You've shaken an entire community and destroyed two families."
Sebena served two tours in Iraq with the U.S. Marine Corps. He was honorably discharged in 2005 after suffering severe arm and leg injuries in a mortar attack.
After praising Sebena for his distinguished service, the judge added that thousands of other war veterans don't come home and kill their spouses.
Jennifer Sebena, a 30-year-old Wauwatosa police officer, was conducting a pre-dawn patrol alone on Christmas Eve when her husband shot her twice in the back of the head and three times in the face.
Prosecutor Mark Williams handed five autopsy photographs to the judge, who declared them "gruesome."
The court was standing room only, with about half of the 80 seats occupied by Wauwatosa police officers. Several dabbed their eyes or rested their foreheads in their hands as Williams described how the gunfire shot off portions of Jennifer Sebena's face.
Ben Sebena, as he has in every court appearance, was brought into court in a wheelchair and wearing a blue padded suicide vest. His voice cracked as he apologized to his mother-in-law and sister-in-law. He told the judge that he endures his own punishment each day for what he did to "the one love of my life."
"I ask for forgiveness and I hope to God he gives it to me one day," he said.
Sebena had initially pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. But he changed his plea after two doctors testified that despite his mental health issues, he wasn't insane at the time of the crime.
The defense filed a sentencing memorandum earlier this week detailing the psychological and physical effects of Sebena's combat experience. Sebena claimed to have killed 68 people during his military service. He also watched friends die and sometimes had to clean their blood and body parts out of military vehicles.
His mother, Linda Sebena, told the judge that she didn't want to minimize the tragedy of Jennifer's death. However, she added, her son spent years fighting in Iraq against cowards who hid behind women and children, against men who would smile at an American soldier even as they were ready to blow him to bits. The experiences broke her son psychologically, she said.
She blamed the Pentagon for training Americans to go to war but not preparing them to come home. She said she hoped Jennifer's death would spur the military to do more to help returning veterans.
"I wear my son's dog tags as a reminder that the son that went to war is not the son who came home," she said. "I ask for mercy for our son."


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Student Program Make It Happen - Teach
Make It Happen: A Student's Guide
Here at NEA we get thousands of letters asking about teaching as a career. We get letters from eighth-graders as well as college graduates. We have developed a brochure to answer most of the common questions people have about preparing to become a teacher. Here are some of the highlights in the brochure.
What do teachers do?
Along with teaching classes, all teachers prepared lesson plans, grade tests, talk with parents and attend school meetings. Some school teachers have specialty areas such as music, art, or physical education, and teach only that subject. Often teachers supervise after-school activities such as school plays, athletics, and school newspapers.
What is a teacher's day like?
Many teachers say that no two days are exactly alike and that makes their careers exciting. Teaching calls on a variety of talent—knowing the subject, communicating, listening, understanding, making decisions, helping others. It offers unlimited outlets for using your special talents. Being a teacher these days doesn't mean sticking with third grade or high school chemistry for an entire career. New career opportunities—from preschool through adult education—are emerging.
What are working conditions like for teachers?
Through the advocacy of the local NEA affiliates, school districts are recognizing that the way to keep good teachers is to make the conditions for teaching and learning attractive—smaller class sizes, adequate attractive classrooms, and sufficient supplies and materials to assist learning. States are also providing teachers with more opportunities to attend classes to improve their teaching skills and to learn about using new technologies in the classroom.
How flexible is teaching?
Teachers enjoy flexible work schedules with breaks for holidays and summer—valuable time to grow professionally or to relax and recharge. In the classroom, teachers are gaining influence over decisions about coursework and textbooks and are expanding opportunities for creativity.
Are teachers paid well?
The good news is that salaries for teachers are increasing. As the country recognizes the need to attract more teachers, salaries should continue to increase. Teachers' salaries can differ from state to state. In some states, teachers are paid according to a salary schedule. Some states add what is known as a supplement. In 34 states, teachers negotiate with school boards for their salaries. Attractive benefits-including health, dental, and other insurance are usually offered to teachers as well.
Is there a shortage of teachers in some areas?
Many school districts desperately need more teachers of color. Additionally, there is a need for teachers in urban areas. Persons interested and qualified to teach math and science (all grades) also are needed. There also are shortages based upon geography. Some parts of the country need teachers more than others. If you would like more information about these areas of interest, please contact your state department of education.
Will I make a difference as a teacher?
Never has teaching been so important. As our nation moves into the next century, we need an educated workforce if America is to remain an economic leader. We need good teachers who will be able to help people learn so they can work in exciting new technologies. Teaching is challenging. It isn't easy to make lessons interesting, inspire learning, help students cope or discipline students. Few careers offer such opportunities for making a difference or for having a positive impact on the lives of others.


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Hamilton Library presents Looking for Edward Gorey: An afternoon soireeUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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Events & Communications Coordinator, Library Services
Posted: Oct 21, 2011
Paula Mochida, the University Librarian, is pleased to announce an afternoon soiree on Sunday, October 30, 2011, in UH Mānoa's Hamilton Library celebrating the release of a 164-page catalogue, Looking for Edward Gorey, produced as a companion to the exhibition Musings of Mystery and Alphabets of Agony: The Work of Edward Gorey. The exhibition was originally presented by the University of Hawai'i Art Gallery in collaboration with the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa Library on September 26 - December 10, 2010.
The afternoon soiree will be held in the Hamilton Library Sunny Alcove from 2:00-5:00 p.m.
2:00 John A. Carollo - Edward Gorey Collection in the University of Hawai'i Library's Special Research Collections
2:05 The Gorey Exhibit Team
2:15 *Lecture by Humanities Scholar, Dr. Joseph Stanton
3:00-5:00 Catalogue signing along with light refreshments, an Edward Gorey inspired photo booth, postcard, and mask activities.+
* Seating for the lecture is limited to first-come-first-seated.
+ While supplies last
The exhibit, catalogue and corresponding events were supported by a grant from the Hawai'i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, through appropriations from the State of Hawai'i Legislature and the National Endowment for the Arts; and a grant from the Hawai'i Council for the Humanities and by the "We the People" initiative of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Also supported by Riánna M. Williams, the Blodwyn Goo Endowment, and anonymous donors. Additional support provided by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Outreach College, Department of Music and Department of English; The Mānoa Foundation; Mānoa: A Pacific Journal of International Writing; Hawaiʻi State Public Library System; Barnes and Noble Booksellers; and Mānoa Arts & Minds, a partnership that cultivates the mind and spotlights the best of art, music, theater, dance and special performances at UH Mānoa.


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Williams: No problem with Harper's two-strike bunting
WASHINGTON -- A strange play occurred in the sixth inning during the Nationals' 5-4 victory over the Angels on Wednesday night. After Adam LaRoche singled off right-hander Jared Weaver to lead off, Bryce Harper tried to bunt for a hit on a 2-2 count, but he fouled out to catcher Chris Iannetta.
Manager Matt Williams defended Harper, saying the Angels gave him the opportunity to bunt.
"I'm not opposed to him laying a bunt down with two strikes. We've seen guys do it before," Williams said. "If he gets that bunt down, it's a base hit. I'm not concerned about that. He is trying to do things to help us win."
Two innings later, Harper hit a routine ground ball to first baseman Albert Pujols, who bobbled the ball. At first, Harper didn't run hard to first base, but once he saw that Pujols couldn't handle the grounder, Harper ran hard and was safe on the play. Pujols was charged with an error on the play.
This past Saturday, Harper was taken out of the game after six innings for not running hard to first base against the Cardinals. This time, Williams defended Harper.
"He was safe at first base. That's all I care about," Williams said. "We are not asking him to go 100 percent all the time -- as fast as he could possibly go, every single moment. Not everybody does. But what we expect is for him to give us a chance, and he gave us a chance on that play. The ball was mishandled by Albert and [Harper] kicked it in gear and got on first base. That's all I care about."


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Fallout continues over Fire & Police Commission ruling
State senator calls for public meeting
Fallout continues from Thursday night's raucous meeting of Milwaukee's fire and police commissioners.
On Monday, the panel overturned the police chief's decision to fire a police officer captured on camera punching a handcuffed woman.
That decision is meeting mixed reaction.
Outrage from politicians and the public prompted commissioners to meet again Tuesday to review their decision, but at least one critic believes that creates a dangerous precedent.
Dozens of angry citizens turned out Thursday to protest the Fire and Police Commission's decision to reinstate the police officer videotaped punching a handcuffed woman in the back of a squad car, including the woman herself.
After three days of criticism from the public and politicians, the commissioners decided to meet next week to reconsider that decision.
State Sen. Lena Taylor welcomes that news but said she believes there are bigger problems with the commission.
"People don't feel that they're heard. People don't feel that they're respected. People don't feel that the commission is doing what its mission is," Taylor said.
Taylor is calling a public meeting next meeting to discuss changing the law that controls the Fire and Police Commission so it reflects the public's concerns and to avoid situations like the reinstatement of the officer.
"Yeah, the video is disturbing. Having said that, we can't base all of our decisions on videos that last four to five seconds," Milwaukee Alderman Bob Donovan said.
Donovan said commissioners based their decision based on evidence not on public opinion.
"That's as it should be and certainly not succumbing to demands of certain elected officials or the dictates of some mob and that concerns me," Donovan said.
Mayor Tom Barrett told WISN 12 News Friday that he disagreed with the commission's decision, but supports the commission in general. He is working to fill vacancies on the panel that will bolster public confidence.
The Fire and Police Commission will meet Tuesday morning at City Hall. It will deliberate in closed session.
If it decides more testimony is necessary, the commissioners will open the meeting to the public.
A decision is possible later on Tuesday.
Taylor's meeting with be at 4 p.m. Friday at the NAACP office at 2745 N. MLK Drive, Milwaukee.


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To carry out a trick, deception, or practical joke (against someone). It turns out that the supposed alien visitors that people had been seeing were just a bunch of teenagers pulling a prank on the town. I've got a great plan to pull a prank on the school for April Fools' Day. The fake article had been in print in the renowned scientific journal for more than a week before its author revealed that he had pulled a prank when he decided to submit it.


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Sylvester Stallone and Robert De Niro are rumored to go head to head in Tim Kelleher's Grudge Match. According to Production Weekly, the project is housed at Warner Bros. Not much else is known about the project at this time — hell, IMDB just barely posted a space for it. But THR states the film is about two former boxers, Billy "The Kid" McGuigan and Henry "Razor" Sharp, who go into the ring for one final round against one another. The film will reportedly have a tone similar to that of Clint Eastwood's Space Cowboys.
Kelleher has written for (among other things) the popular 90s television show In Living Color, and has directed one feature film, the aptly titled 1998 TV-movie The Garbage Picking Field Goal Kicking Philadelphia Phenomenon. Kelleher wrote the script to Grudge Match, which is produced by Billy Gerber and Mark Steven Johnson; no word on whether he will take the directorial chair or pass this on to somebody else. This will be the second time Stallone and DeNiro have teamed up, having starred together in director James Mangold's Copland back in 1997.


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When a house goes on the market, any sign of a foundation problem is an obvious deal breaker.
"A foundation problem is one of the biggest red flags" that can emerge from a pre-sale inspection, said real estate agent Tracey Lammert of Phyllis Browning Co. "Buyers will run scared if that comes up."
Unfortunately, South Texas weather and soil types do not mix well with house foundations.
The last several years of weather that have either set records in rainfall or in drought have been particularly rough on foundations, said John Campbell, general manager of San Antonio's Olshan Foundation Solutions, one of a family of companies based in Houston.
It didn't help that last October and November in San Antonio were the driest back-to-back October and November on record, Campbell said.
San Antonio has nearly every variety of soil, too, from solid rock to expanding clay, he said. Solid rock is the best place for a house foundation.
Rocky ground exists in various places in North and Northwest Bexar County. Inside Loop 410 and east of Interstate 35 in the Schertz, Cibolo and Marion areas, clay soils tend to dominate.
Rainy periods cause clay soils to expand and swell, putting upward pressure on foundations. Hot, dry periods contracts clay soils, allowing foundations to drop at certain points.
Other factors that can cause foundation damage are tree roots and improper soil compaction at the time of foundation construction, Campbell said. But 90 percent of the cases are caused by soil conditions, he said.
"It all depends on the moisture content of soils or the lack thereof," said Braxton Curry, area manager in San Antonio for Du-West Inc., based in Pasadena.
Various types of foundation repairs exist. The most common are press pilings, which are installed underneath the foundation to stabilize it. Press pilings can use either steel or pre-cast concrete. Du-West does both types of press pilings, Curry said.
Olshan uses a combination of steel and concrete, with the concrete portion nearest the surface of the land to avoid corrosion or rusting of the steel, Campbell said. Water or rain generally will reach only the upper part of the piling, he said.
Other types of foundation repair can include drilled piers, driven steel piers and helical piers. The latter, with a screw-type of piling, is mainly used for commercial building foundations, Campbell said. The ability to adjust pilings after installation has become standard, Campbell said.
Curry said Du-West sometimes will use a polyurethane-foam injection beneath the slab if that is an appropriate solution. "The type of repair is dictated by the type of housing and soil," Curry said.
Homeowners easily can tell when a house has a foundation problem. Doors can stick or not open or close. Windows won't open. Doors will swing on their hinges one way or the other when partially open, called "ghost doors." Cracks appear in brick walls and/or sheetrock walls, Campbell said.
Plumbing leaks also can cause foundation repair, Campbell pointed out. Foundation shifts also can damage plumbing, Curry added. "About half of our jobs involve plumbing repair," he said.
Foundation problems can emerge no matter the age of the house, from one to 100 years old, Campbell said.
Costs vary, of course, and depend mainly on the number of pilings needed. Campbell said the average cost for a house foundation repair is $8,700. The range can be from $3,000 for a partial-foundation repair to as high as $40,000 at a house, he said. Curry said the average can be $5,500 to $6,500 with a low at about $3,000.
The most expensive cases are those where pilings are required under the center of a foundation instead of near the edges. The cost of tunneling is twice as much as the cost of tearing out the flooring and going through the foundation, Campbell pointed out.
Homeowners can take steps to help avoid needing foundation repairs. Both Olshan and Du-West offer drainage and/or watering systems to maintain moisture in the soil surrounding foundations.
"With San Antonio's sporadic rainfall, we are forced as homeowners to provide the uniformity of moisture," Curry said.
Trees should not be closer to a house than the reach of their canopies, Campbell said, because that is the size of the root systems. Trees absorb large amounts of water and can dry out the soil. "A 16-inch diameter tree can remove 10,000 to 20,000 gallons of water from the soil monthly," Campbell said.
Curry listed Arizona Ash, elm, cottonwood, mulberry, ashberry and any softwood trees as the species that can dry out soils the most.
Campbell and Curry both said existing trees should not be removed because subsequent watering or rain can cause the soil to swell, damaging the foundation.
Campbell advised that homeowners prune their trees yearly to remove new growth to help prevent foundation damage.
Watering restrictions issued by water utilities make it difficult during droughts for homeowners to maintain soil moisture, such as when watering is allowed only once every two weeks, Campbell said.
Campbell and Curry said homeowners insurance these days rarely covers foundation repair. The coverage started to disappear around 1999, they said. Homeowners have to ask for and pay higher premiums now for the coverage, they said.
Homeowners should hire a structural engineer to evaluate whether a foundation is damaged. Only licensed engineers can issue a written report, Campbell said.
In addition to the cost of foundation repair, homeowners must also pay to fix the house itself, such as cracked walls. Foundation repair itself can add to wall damage, Campbell said. That is one reason sellers must do the repairs when houses are going on the market, not the buyer, he said.
"Buyers are rarely willing to take on that cost," Lammert said. "The seller will have to fix it, or the buyer will walk away. I've had that happen.
"It's almost better," Lammert added, "if the foundation is fixed, and it has a warranty. You know the foundation is solid."


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Just a quick-post.
Recently, the DEFT gang released DEFT Linux 6. This is the next iteration of the DEFT LiveCD for forensics work.
(I'm continuing to make notes for my promised write-up of Xplico and was hoping to work with the latest LiveCD which includes the updated version of Xplico as well for my post, anyway…)
For some reason, when I downloaded the ISO file and attempted to boot it in the latest 4.0 version releases of VirtualBox on my Windows 7, x64 (Home Premium) system, I only got a black screen.
I checked the MD5 for the ISO and it matched perfectly. The "burned" CD of the same ISO file would work just fine to boot a physical system…so I was at a loss as to why it wouldn't work in VirtualBox.
I had allocated 1024MB for the virtual machine, and bumped the video RAM allocated up to 16 MB.
My host system is a Dell Studio 15 (1558) with 4GB RAM and an i7 processor. Should be able to handle things.
For kicks I tried booting my DEFT 5.1 ISO in the same "ISO Loader" VirutalBox machine and had no issues. It loaded and ran just fine. Back to using the DEFT 6 ISO file and nothing.
After a couple of days pondering things, I decided to try disabling "VT-x/AMD-V" & "Nested Paging" under the "Acceleration" tab just for kicks n grins.
Guess what?
The DEFT 6 ISO now loaded and was executed just fine by VirtualBox.
Probably just an issue with my particular host system but just in case anyone else is scratching their head getting a non-boot of the DEFT 6 ISO in VirtualBox, it might not hurt to try.
I can enable those settings on other virtual machines in VirtualBox and don't have any issues so maybe it's just DEFT 6 specific…
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fossil, remains or imprints of plants or animals preserved from prehistoric times by the operation of natural conditions. Fossils are found in sedimentary rock, asphalt deposits, and coal and sometimes in amber and certain other materials. The scientific study of fossils is paleontology. Not until c.1800 were fossils generally recognized as the remains of living things of the past and accepted as an invaluable record of the earth's history.
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The latest Tumblr to get a book deal is Fake Science, the site "for when the facts are too confusing." "Senior Fake Scientist" Phil Edwards will turn his amazing site into Fake Science 101, a textbook for Adams Media. The blurb at Publishers Marketplace describes the book as "a humorous tour of all the subjects you cheated on in school."
Here's a great round-up of the best posts from the site's first year.


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Pierce County Racist Regime Police Terrorist Kent Mundell Dead; "Another One Bites The Dust," Seattle Black Foot Soldier Alfred "Issaquah" Shafford
"Another one bites the dust; and, except for by hypocrites, there be no mourning for the death of the so called deputy with the racist Pierce County regime of terrorists, Kent Mundell." Controversial and high profile Seattle Black Foot Soldier Alfred "Issaquah" Shafford says in a statement released Mundell's death. "We, those in my community, can feel nothing short of relief."
Shafford, who became one of the most high profile Black Foot Soldiers in the nation after soldier Maurice Clemmons' protest against the racist regime of Lakewood police terrorists was staged, says white police and the government's continued institutionalized racism have forced Black Foot Soldiers into seeing all whites and white police as terrorists.
"When you recognize white police as terrorists, you must conclude that those who give them authority as terrorists. When you reach the conclusion that those who give them authority are terrorists, you understand that those who voted to put them in positions of power are terrorists. When you reach that conclusion, you must face the reality that all white people are terrorists and, ultimately, have one agenda: to continue to dominate and rule the world by oppression."
Shafford and the Soldiers' penitentiary protest tactics outside the Forenza Coffee in the immediately after Clemmons' demonstration brought national debate by Republicans and Democrats who, reportedly, began using the movement to perpetuate their own political agendas.
"Some not knowing the new protest style didn't see us in the tradition fashion they are accustomed to seeing black protests in and used that to fan that we don't exist. Others used their perception of what they want us to be to attempt to foster increased anti Muslim sentiment among devils.
"The standard no FECES SMEAR, no URINE BOMB & no KEY THEIR CARS PENITENTIARY PROTEST WE ENCOURAGE SOLDIERS not TO ENGAGE IN TOOK & IS TAKING PLACE. We will only sing "We Shall Overcome" and say "No Justice, No Peace" where they can see us.
"From the local Black Panthers to local NOI, to Washington State Penitentiary Islam our understanding of how to deal with the devil has evolved. While presently their are more Christians in the movement, they know that God hates whites and has condemned whites.
"We read from the Book Of Life – the book prophesied to be published when the Bible expired. The devil still reads from the Bible. We read from the new Koran, which states that, to be worthy in Allah's eyes, we must return unto the devil seven times that which the devil has done unto you. The devil still thinks Malcom X changed after Mecca. We, even the new Christians, know we are martyrs if we are killed and crowned when imprisoned for righteousnesses sake.
"As brother Clemmons knew, we are greater in the after life than we are in this life, for life is but the shadow of death."


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I brought this bike brand new from Pro Honda in Ipswich
I have been the only rider of this bike from new.
It has been sitting under my house for the past two years without being ridden as i just can't find time to get out anymore. It has been
started every month or so and just had fresh motul oil change.
Bike starts first kick every time and runs great.
-Pro Taper handle Bar kit
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-Aftermarket CDI
-FMF Power Core 4 Exhaust
-Red Baron Fork Extender Kit – Fork legs are substantially stronger and 1" longer than stock. – Zinc plated chromoly fork legs. – Includes extended fork legs, extended brake cable and delrin bushings. Bushs need to be replaced this is a very easy job. Bushs only 25$
-Red Baron HD Fork Springs – Stiffer than stock. – Slightly longer for increased height.
-Extended Aluminum Swingarm - Increases wheelbaseby 2" - Oversized tubing & internally re-enforced welds ensure maimum strength. - Includes sealed bearings, HD chain slider, brake rod extender and red billet chain adjuster blocks. -Black anodized
-Fox Float MXR Shock - One of the favourite shocks for the CRF50 –Weighs only 1.1 lbs. –Most adjustable shock available with external rebound adjustment and infinitely adjustable air spring using the provided air pump. –Rebuildable and revalvable
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wow, time flies when you rescue a puppy and write about her… my baby is all grown up now !
Happy Birthday to my dear sweet polka dot princess Cici !
August 1 is my cici's fifth birthday… and there are a few items she really wants… a new collar, leash, bed, if you would like to give her a gift, here's our wish list, http://thegivingpaw.com/members/ciciwriter/ thanks !!!
Dear Cici,
Woof woof!
We want to wish you a very Happy Birthday full of love and joy and tail wagging. We are thrilled to be able to celebrate it with you!
Cici will be profiled today with other birthday doggies on Dogster's special Birthday Stroll.
Since it's your birthday we want to give you something special, so we have given you 25 Dogster bones and one vote of 5 Paws! Dogster loves you!
Your Friends at Dogster
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We are invited to a local seafood restaurant at Fisherman's Wharf with a pet friendly patio so am thinking I shall bring the polka dot princess there for lunch. She has her own menu, choice of burger or chicken patty served on a frisbee, woof ! Will tell you MORE about it after we go… it's on Fisherman's Wharf and a local favorite called Abalonetti's. Lots of calamari, fish and chips, pasta, abalone, clam chowder and other freshly caught seafood. Yum.
Would like to go on a whale watching tour, but not with Cici. She'd be licking everyone on the boat and if she could, she would probably kiss the whales and dolphins, too 🙂
The Gilroy Garlic Festival is going on this weekend, was hoping to go but looks like it's not going to happen.
if I were going to have a barkday party for Cici, first I'd invite all of her furry friends, including all of YOU…and your puppies…
We'd have pizza full of ham, sausage, bacon and liver… doggie meat lovers pie !
a peanut butter and cheese cake
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SANTA CRUZ — A man prosecutors say held a fraudulent fundraiser for the O"Neill Sea Odyssey will have to pay more than $12,000 in restitution and serve time in Santa Cruz County Jail.
Patrick Aki, 40, pleaded no contest to two felony charges, forgery and the unlawful taking of a vehicle earlier this month.
The Washington state native was arrested in September. Santa Cruz police investigators say he was the primary organizer of the Santa Cruz Dive Expo, held in July at the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf. The event was billed as a fundraiser for the O"Neill Sea Odyssey but police said Aki failed to pay several businesses for the services and products they provided for the event.
He also failed to provide the promised funds to the nonprofit organization, which offers free educational sea voyages for students in grades 4-6.
In court Wednesday, Judge Paul Burdick sentenced Aki to spend a year in County Jail and 36 months on formal probation. He must also pay a total of $12,470.69 in restitution. That money will be disbursed to 11 victims through the District Attorney"s check recovery unit.
Prosecutors dismissed further charges against Aki, but he will have to pay restitution on those charges under what"s called a Harvey waiver. In that case, Aki was alleged to have purchased a car from a local dealership with a check written from a closed bank account.
In September, O"Neill Sea Odyssey Executive Director Dan Haifley said he first noticed something was wrong when he heard from a vendor whose check had bounced. He notified police.
Aki was already in custody at County Jail at the time of sentencing.
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Home Depot 4Q results top Street, OKs $17B buyback
Home Depot Inc., the largest U.S. home improvement retailer, said Tuesday its fiscal fourth-quarter net income surged 32 percent, beating expectations, helped by strong U.S. sales and the cleanup related to Superstorm Sandy.
The news follows smaller rival Lowe's Cos. results Monday, which also beat expectations, and is the latest sign that Americans are feeling more comfortable spending money on their homes as the housing market slowly recovers.
"We ended the year with a strong performance as our business benefited from a continued recovery in the housing market coupled with sales related to repairs in the areas impacted by Hurricane Sandy," Home Depot CEO Frank Blake said in a statement.
The company said its results were strong across the country. New York and New Jersey were the strongest regions as people repaired homes after Superstorm Sandy, but there was also recovery in Florida, California and Arizona - the hardest hit regions during the housing downturn.
Home Depot also said Tuesday that it will buy back $17 billion of its common stock and boosted its quarterly dividend by 34 percent.
Its shares rose more than 5 percent in midday trading.
The news comes amid other signs that the economy is finding its way again. The Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index rose 6.8 percent in December, up from a 5.5 percent annual gain in November. And consumer confidence rose more than expected in February, according to the New York-based Conference Board, reversing three months of decline.
For the period ended Feb. 3, Home Depot Inc. earned $1.02 billion, or 68 cents per share. That compares with $774 million, or 50 cents per share, a year ago. Analysts polled by FactSet expected 64 cents per share.
The chain said that an extra week in the current quarter compared with last year increased its earnings by about 7 cents per share.
Revenue climbed 14 percent to $18.25 billion from $16.01 billion, beating Wall Street's estimate of $17.72 billion.
The extra week added approximately $1.2 billion to the current quarter's revenue. Home Depot estimates Superstorm Sandy added $242 million in sales during the quarter, $112 million more than sales related to Irene in the prior year.
Revenue at stores open at least a year, a key indicator of a retailer's health, increased 7 percent. In the U.S., the figure climbed 7.1 percent. The extra week is not included in these results.
This metric excludes results from stores recently opened or closed.
Purchases under $50 rose 0.3 percent in the fourth quarter, while purchases over $900 rose 9 percent, boosted by sales of generators and appliances.
CEO Blake said there are many encouraging signs the housing market is finally on the mend. During the downturn and the recent stabilization, sales to professional renovators lagged behind consumer sales. But in the fourth quarter, both grew at the same pace. Also, sales to smaller pros are growing along with larger-ticket professionals.
"We had a hypothesis that growth would start to reach our smaller volume pros as the market recovered, and our fourth quarter results provide at least one data point to suggest that is occurring," Blake said.
Its full-year net income rose 17 percent to $4.54 billion, or $3 per share, from $3.88 billion, or $2.47 per share, in the previous year. Annual revenue increased 6 percent to $74.75 billion from $70.4 billion.
Revenue at stores open at least a year rose 4.6 percent, with U.S. results up 4.9 percent.
For fiscal 2013, the Atlanta company anticipates earnings of $3.37 per share adjusted for share repurchases. Revenue is expected to climb about 2 percent. Based on 2012's revenue, this implies $76.21 billion.
Wall Street expects earnings of $3.50 per share on revenue of $76.24 billion.
Even though the guidance is below analysts' expectations, NBG Productions analyst Brian Sozzi said the company is typically cautious on its outlook.
"The guidance is about right for the usually conservative Home Depot team," Sozzi said in a client note.
CFO Carol Tome says the guidance does not assume that the housing market will fully recover in 2013. "Some may say that this is a conservative view - we would agree," she said. "But we would rather plan conservatively, and, as we showed in the fourth quarter, if sales are stronger than we expect we can react quickly to the demand."
CEO Blake added that he expects a "workout" stage in the housing market for two years before the housing market hits "really the recovery stage."
Home Depot said that its $17 billion buyback replaces a prior authorization. The company has repurchased about 1 billion shares through Feb. 3. It plans to complete $17 billion in buybacks by the end of fiscal 2015.
The 34 percent increase to Home Depot's quarterly dividend puts it at 39 cents per share. The dividend will be paid on March 28 to shareholders of record on March 14.
Home Depot had 2,256 retail stores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, 10 Canadian provinces and Mexico at the end of the fourth quarter.
Shares rose $3.64, or 5.7 percent, to close at $67.56 Tuesday, near the high end of its 52-week range of $46.12 to $68.15.


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Styrene-Butadiene-Styrene Block Copolymer (SBS) Markets - China Market, Trends, Share, Size Research Report
China's demand for Styrene-Butadiene-Styrene Block Copolymer (SBS) has grown at a fast pace in the past decade. In the next five years, both production and demand will continue to grow. This new study examines China's economic trends, investment environment, industry development, supply and demand, industry capacity, industry structure, marketing channels and major industry participants. Historical data (2003, 2008 and 2013) and long-term forecasts through 2018 and 2023 are presented. Major producers in China are profiled. For More Info @ http://www.researchmoz.us/styrene-butadiene-styrene-block-copolymer-sbs-markets-china-report.html
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Concurrency in Java 'the language' is left to the use of threads. However, Scala -- the JVM compatible language -- relies on the use of Actors for dealing with concurrency. Matt Raible weighs in on the topic of concurrency on the JVM using Scala, based on a talk given by Venkat Subramaniam at a recent Java User Group. Read Matt Raible's post 'Concurrency on the JVM Using Scala with Venkat Subramaniam': http://raibledesigns.com/rd/entry/concurrency_on_the_jvm_using
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Lightweight On-Ear Headphones with Mic and Controller - Black - RP-HF300M-K
- Clear, powerful, balanced bass and treble (10Hz-23kHz) with dual 30mm neodymium drivers
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The sleek, Panasonic RP-HF300M On-Ear Headphones skillfully combine the quality of on-ear headphones with the pure satisfaction of high-performance sound. Song after song, lyric after lyric, premium dual 30mm diameter drivers and neodymium magnets deliver an impressive balance of full, resonating bass and mid and high-frequency tones for clear, natural sound, both outdoors and in (10Hz-23kHz).
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- Frequency Response (Hz - kHz) 10Hz - 23kHz
- Cord Length (m / ft.) 1.2 m (3.9ft)
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The various neighborhoods of Boston range in environment, affordability, and social scene as much as the winding career paths of the former members of the 90's power-boy-band N'SYNC. Each one offers something different and unique, however the same characteristics that appeal to one person may be the deterrent for another. For students, neighborhoods range from the affordable and spacious student filled duplexes of Allston/Brighton to the more swank, pricey, and ultimately smaller apartments of downtown Boston. A neighborhood reflects upon you as much as the car you drive in LA. It represents and embodies your own priorities, values, and personality. It is an extension of ones-self that has been materialized in the coffee shops, restaurants, bars, and green spaces that surround you.
How do you choose what neighborhood best fits you? What I look for in a great apartment is proximity to a T stop and school, a safe and friendly neighborhood, and most importantly price. As I touched upon in my first blog entry at ONEin3, I have lived numerous apartments in Boston over the past seven years and am currently on my fifth.
My first apartment was 160 Newbury Street. There were five people, three boys and two girls ranging in age from 20-22. It was a perfect fit for a Sophomore in college. We did whatever we wanted whenever we wanted. People stopped by constantly and there was always something to do. We were a 30 second walk from the Copley stop and a ten minute walk from school, and most importantly the price was right. What I quickly learned was that Newbury Street is not just a street and my front yard, it is Boston's very own catwalk. It is a venue of its own where Boston's most "fashionable" come to see and be seen. Now people watching is one of my favorite sports, however watching people so into themselves can only be entertaining for so long. Newbury Street is a great place to live, however one year at 160 and another at the corner of Hereford and Newbury was enough for me.


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Trust and consumer confidence is the foundation upon which the Internet has been built. A core element of that confidence rests on the protection provided by SSL certificates from trusted Certificate Authorities.
SSL/TLS (sometimes referred to as HTTPS) delivers website and server identity authentication as well as encryption of data in transit. Today, it is estimated that more than 4.5 million sites are using SSL certificates issued by a Certificate Authority to protect web pages with sensitive information such as logins and credit card numbers.
Many organizations use the SSL/TLS protocol to encrypt the authentication process when users log in to a website, but do not encrypt subsequent pages during the user's session. Unfortunately this intermittent use of SSL protection is not adequate security considering today's online threats.
With the rise of Web 2.0 and social networking, people are spending more time online and logged in, and they are communicating much more than just their credit card numbers. Cybercriminals today are targeting consumers using an attack method called sidejacking that takes advantage of consumers visiting unencrypted HTTP web pages after they have logged into a site.
Sidejacking allows hackers to intercept cookies (typically used to retain user specific information such as username, password, and session data) when they are transmitted without the protection of SSL encryption.
There are several software tools written to support sidejacking activities, but none are more infamous than Firesheep. An extension for the Firefox Web browser developed by Eric Butler and released in October 2010, Firesheep allow hackers with no programming skills to easily capture usernames, passwords, browsing history, and other private information from unsuspecting users.
Online Trust Alliance (OTA) is calling on the security, business and interactive advertising communities to adopt Always On SSL (AOSSL), the approach of using SSL/TLS across your entire website to protect users with persistent security, from arrival to login to logout. Always On SSL is a proven, practical security measure that should be implemented on all websites where users share or view sensitive information.
Always On SSL is supported as a best practice by leading industry players including Google, Microsoft, PayPal, Symantec, Facebook and Twitter. Learn their stories in the OTA white paper Protecting Your Website With Always On SSL and from their participation in a panel discussion at the RSA Conference 2012.
OTA encourages all websites to consider implementing Always On SSL. It is incumbent on all of us to work together to implement web security best practices to protect consumers from harm.
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bozocity n. stupidity; bozo-like behavior. Also bozosity. Editorial Note: This term is a favorite of the cultish faux religion Kibo, especially at the newsgroup alt.religion.kibology, and of Guy Kawasaki, a technology entrepreneur and venture capitalist. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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This invitation to a virtual party really excited me. Why? Because it's for Annie's baby shower! Annie is a food blogging friend at Annie's Eats who is pregnant with her second child. It's a girl!! Annie and I started blogging around the same time and she's been an inspiration to me since day one.
I remember when Annie was expecting her first baby a few years ago, a precious baby boy. It's actually a vivid memory, and I distinctly recall thinking how cool she was because she decorated super cute sugar cookies to announce her pregnancy on her blog. At that moment I thought, "wouldn't it be fun to somehow throw her a virtual baby shower?" But, I quickly dumped that thought for two reasons: 1) I hardly knew her at the time and figured she'd think I'm a freak for offering to do so <smile>…and 2) Being new to the blogging world, I had no idea how a virtual party would work, or what that would look like. In fact, I don't think there were any previously thrown virtual parties at that time. Now, here we are doing it! 🙂 Thanks to Courtney, another friend who blogs at Cook Like a Champion, for hosting!
I chose to serve these Baby Hummus Sandwiches at the party in order to offer a vegetarian option. They are filled with layers of hummus and veggies, and a sprinkle of feta cheese. Having small sandwiches like these at a party makes it easy for your guests to pick them up and eat them, even if they don't choose to grab a plate! Don't just save these for a shower, serve them this Sunday at your Super Bowl party!
Annie and Courtney both posted a round up of all the food the other guests brought to the party. Check out their posts to see the gorgeous photos and snatch the links to the other recipes. These bloggers are some of my favorites where I have found many delicious recipes. I'm sure you'll find yourself drooling!
Congratulations, Annie! Super excited for your sweet baby girl to arrive so we can all give her a big virtual hug! 🙂
Baby Hummus Sandwiches
Yield: 16 baby sandwiches
8 slices bread
hummus (homemade or store-bought)
spinach leaves
thinly sliced tomato
1/4 yellow pepper, thinly sliced
1/4 red pepper, thinly sliced
2 ounces feta cheese, crumbled
salt and pepper, to taste
Lay out the bread slices on a cutting board. Spread a thin layer of hummus on each slice of bread. On half of the slices, place a thin layer of spinach, tomato and peppers. Sprinkle with a small amount of feta cheese and season with salt and pepper. Top with the other half of the slices of bread. Use a serrated knife to carefully cut each sandwich into quarters, lengthwise. Serve immediately.
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Appeal for the Decani Monastery Relief Fund: Food shortages in northern Kosovo
Archimandrite Nektarios Serfes, President of The Decani Monastery Relief Fund Inc., has circulated a press release requesting help for the people of Northern Kosovo:
Beloved in Christ our Lord,
May our Gracious God always bless you!
Some of us have heard for the last couple of weeks of problems at the borders of Kosovo, and currently NATO troops are securing the borders due to the fact the Albanians have tried to take over the borders. Cars can pass through the borders it has been reported, but not trucks that are carrying supplies such as food and medicine among ethnic Serbs living in northern Kosovo.
"Suppliers from Serbia have been unable to deliver bread and milk to the towns of Lesak, Leposavic and northern Mitrovica, the Belgrade-based Beta news agency reported." Local shops in the towns are on the verge of selling out of meat and sugar products, and customers have been trying to stockpiling flour and yeast. Bottled water is also in short demand. Local doctors at the main health centers in Mitrovica expressed concern over shortages of medicine, the Beta said. In addition long lines now at local fuel stations throughout the region.
The Independent Kosovo government has created all of these severe difficulties for thousands of Serbs, as it was also decided earlier this monthly to implement a new ban on imports from Serbia, At this time as it has been indicated no trucks with supplies are allowed to enter Mitrovica or Northern Kosovo.
As the days continue onward and months Serbs will indeed be facing a humanitarian crisis from the lack of fuel, water, food, and medicine.
If talks begin about the problems at the borders NATO will perhaps in the end grant further freedom to the Independent Kosovo government in allowing them to control the borders! This will be a humanitarian disaster! for Serbs living in Mitrovica and in Northern Kosovo. Thousands of Serbs will starve and many will perish due to the lack of medical help!
How did many of these problems begin in the first place?
Peace-keeping troops have been taken out of the region for the protection of Serbs!
Local Serbian Orthodox Churches and monasteries have limited protection at this time, as well as local towns and villages!
Then we have reports of vandalism of local Serbian Orthodox cemeteries!
Now we will have starvation and serious medical problems for the Serbs with no one to assist them or offer any help! The eyes and ears of many of us will be closed!
We must as loving Christians open up our hearts and offer any assistance possible to help the Serbs in the Kosovo region, and the way to do this is to please support the Decani Monastery Relief Fund, -send a donation of your choice to this fund. The monks at the Decani Monastery will offer as much as possible further assistance throughout these towns and villages.
Our love and kindness is needed at this hour, and let us together bring some comfort and hope to our brothers and sisters! Offer as well your humble prayers.
God love and bless you!
Decani Monastery Relief Fund Inc.
C/O Very Rev. Archimandrite Nektarios Serfes
2618 West Bannock Street
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Salted Caramel is a minimalist, professional PSD theme. This theme can be used for a variety of sites. It has a very corporate yet energetic feel.
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