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Kovarus Bolsters Microsoft Application Expertise With Acquisition Of Back Office Architects
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SAN RAMON, Calif., Jan. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Kovarus, Inc., a leading systems integrator specializing in increasing IT efficiency by architecting and integrating business-aligned IT solutions, today announced that it has acquired Back Office Architects. Back Office Architects is an IT services firm that delivers high quality Microsoft and Virtualization solutions to companies who rely on a high-performance infrastructure and demand superior customer service.
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Through the acquisition, Kovarus will provide new and existing customers with a more robust offering of business-aligned IT solutions. In addition to Kovarus' deep expertise in data center technologies such as virtualization, server, storage, networking and cloud computing, the combined entity will now include the proven Microsoft application expertise that customers require including support for Windows Server, Exchange and Active Directory.
"We are very excited about this acquisition and what it will bring to our customers," said Patrick Cronin, principal and co-founder of Kovarus. "Kovarus has been recognized as a premier provider of cloud solutions. The acquisition of Back Office Architects provides us with a critical component in truly providing our customers end-to-end solutions in the Microsoft stack and bridging those solutions to our cloud offerings."
Back Office Architects is recognized in the industry for their superior track record delivering successful mission-critical solutions and providing exceptional customer service. The executive team brings more than 25 years of IT management and consulting experience having built and grown consulting operations for such companies as Taos, C2, Keynotes and Cohesive Technology Solutions.
About Kovarus
Kovarus focuses on increasing IT efficiency for their clients by architecting and integrating business-aligned IT solutions. The company's holistic approach to helping customers deliver IT-as-a-Service (ITaaS) focuses on the people, process, and technologies for enabling IT management and service delivery. This includes deep expertise in data center technologies, including: virtualization, server, storage, networking and cloud computing. Kovarus enables its customers to dramatically simplify their IT operating model and cost-effectively deliver the resources their organizations need to succeed in today's highly competitive environment.
Kovarus has been chosen as a premier partner by leading technology companies including VMware, EMC, and Cisco, and has successfully helped a wide range of private and public sector customers drive business innovation and success. Founded in 2003, Kovarus is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area with additional locations in Sacramento, Seattle, and Denver. For more information on Kovarus, please visit www.kovarus.com.
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5th Arrondissement (Latin Quarter), Paris Travel Guide
5th Arrondissement (Latin Quarter) Summary
- Bustling, young scene
- Bohemian culture and rich literary history
- The Pantheon, where historic figures such as Voltaire and Rousseau are buried
- The Sorbonne, the famous university founded in the Middle Ages
- Ancient Roman ruins
- Numerous (inexpensive) cafes and bistros
- Streets are lined by wine shops, produce markets, and artsy movie theaters
- Areas such as Place St-Michel are some of the most touristy in Paris
- Numerous tourist-trap shops and restaurants
What It's Like
The 5th Arrondissement, also known as the Latin Quarter, is a bustling spot filled with locals, tourists, and students, situated on the city's Left Bank. The area is the educational center of Paris and has been since the Middle Ages when the famous Sorbonne university was built. Over the years the neighborhood has attracted intellectuals such as Ernest Hemingway (where in Paris hasn't?) and James Joyce, and though much of its quaint, literary charm has been corrupted by tourist trap restaurants and tacky souvenir shops, it is still a beautiful part of the city with many historically significant buildings.
The historic sights here date to various time periods: There is an ancient Roman theater, the Pantheon (an 18th-century mausoleum where historic figures such as Voltaire and Rousseau are buried), the Sorbonne, and the Museum of Natural History nestled in the Botanical Gardens. Bohemian movie theaters, wine shops, produce markets, and cafes also line the streets. Many cafes in the 5th Arrondissement, particularly those at Place St-Michel, can be subpar and inauthentic, but those who venture down side streets can often find delicious, and inexpensive, cafes and bistros.
Where To Stay
Like almost every other neighborhood in Paris, the 5th Arrondissement has numerous expensive hotels, but deals can be found in this area. Visitors may consider avoiding hotels in Place St-Michel and along Rue de la Huchette, two of the most touristy spots in the city. The southern area of the neighborhood is more residential, which can make for quieter, and more pleasant, hotel stays.


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Focus: Lent is a time to look inward to seek how we might more fully accept God's love and peace and grace in our lives.
- Youth will take part in a game to review basic facts about the season of Lent.
- Youth will create masks as a way to reflect on our inward sin.
- Youth will discuss the story of Jesus' temptation in the wilderness.
- Youth will participate in a worship experience to consider their own journey of Lent.
- The official (liturgical) color of Lent is red. True of False? (False. It's purple – representing royalty and repentance.)
- Lent lasts for 40 days, not counting Sundays. True or False? (True.)
- The word Lent comes from an old Anglo-Saxon word meaning "midwinter." (False. It translates "springtime" since that is the time of year the season generally falls.)
- The 40 days of Lent are a reminder of the Bible story in which Jesus spends 40 days alone in the wilderness and is tempted by the Devil. True or False? (True. It also recalls the 40 years the Israelites wandered in the wilderness.)
- Lent begins with Ash Wednesday, when people often have the sign of the cross made of ashes placed on their foreheads. Most often, these ashes are made by burning palm leaves from the previous year's Palm Sunday service. True or False? (True.)
- The ash is supposed to represent the story in which Jesus places dirt or ash on a blind man's eyes to make him see again. True or False? (False. The ashes represent humility and our own mortality – from dust we came and to dust we shall return.)
- Many people give up something during Lent. The point of this practice is to show your willpower. True or False? (False. It is a practice of self-denial that allows room in your life for God to do something new.)
- Fasting is a common practice in Lent but the one day people don't fast during Lent is Sundays. True or False? (True. People traditionally do not fast on Sundays as Sundays are to be reminders or a foretaste of the coming resurrection.)
- The phrase "Glory to God" is traditionally never spoken during Lent and does not make its return until Easter morning. True or False. (False. "Alleluia" is the what many churches abstain from saying in worship during Lent.)
- The last week of Lent is known as "Holy Week." True or False? (True.)
- On Maundy Thursday, the last Thursday in Lent, we recall the last night and meal that Jesus shares with his disciples. True or False? (True.)
3) Going Deeper: (20 minutes) Invite youth to read the story of Jesus' temptation in the wilderness (Matthew 4: 1-11). Ask one or more persons to read the narration, another to read the words of Jesus, and one or more to read the words of the Tempter. Help the group to explore this story where Jesus goes off on his own to do some soul-searching and , in a sense, confront his own demons. The journey Jesus takes into the desert -- the journey to be alone with God and to seek God's guidance about our true identity -- is the journey we are all invited to focus on during Lent.
- What do you think Jesus might have had to give up to go out in the wilderness by himself?
- The things the Tempter offers him are not intrinsically bad: food in a time of hunger, political power in a time of Roman oppression, a leap of faith. So why do you think Jesus resists these temptations?
- What memories do you have of times you faced choices that at the time seemed like good ideas but were ultimately led you in an unhealthy or unfaithful direction?
- Share what you do when you want time alone to think/pray/reflect. Where do you go? What do you do?
- What might be the benefit of spending time in Lent examining your life, considering your sins, thinking about what God wants for you?
Ask youth to reflect on how Jesus gives up much to go out in the wilderness to move closer to the heart of God. What do they make of the artist's interpretation of the Tempter? Distribute note cards and ask participants to draw a line down the center. Invite them to echo Jesus' journey by writing on one side of the card something they will consider "giving up" during Lent (food, TV, internet, etc.) and on the other side something new they would like to take on during Lent that might help them connect more deeply with the experience of God in their daily lives (prayer, random acts of kindness, helping their parents, going to worship, reading the Bible, exercise, etc). Encourage youth to keep these note cards and place them somewhere that they will see them daily in the coming weeks of Lent.
Finally, invite the group to gather in a circle and place their completed masks in the center as an offering to God of both their inner and outer selves. Conclude together with a prayer of confession and assurance of pardon.


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The South Col is a saddle between Everest and Lhotse. It is about 8,000 meters or 26,250 feet. This is the beginning of the end for human existances. If you spend too long at this altitude, your body will die.
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Written back in spring, this paper foretold of a summer of range-bound asset markets, hopping between indiscriminate falls and recoveries, which largely came to pass. However, the Brexit referendum decision and the election of Trump in the States were not predicted, with the possibility of a bear equity market seemingly now on hold. Sentiment currently feels bipolar, torn between the heady expectation of tax reform and infrastructure stimulus and the gloom associated with trade protectionism, higher bond yields and rising interest rates. 2016 was far from a dull year – don't expect anything different from 2017. - Eoin Murray, Head of Investment
The bulls are back in control – but behind the market rally, are worrying trends emerging? In his latest investment note, Eoin Murray, Head of the Investment Office at Hermes Investment Management, analyses the dynamics behind the current market surge and asks whether we are experiencing a 'bunny' market.
Should an inquisitive inter-stellar traveller happen to land on Earth this week, it might take a cursory glance at the markets and conclude that the planet's economics appear to be in rude health.
After all, since the brutal early year sell-off, oil has rebounded strongly, developed and emerging markets have rallied, and equity volatility is way below its long-term average. For now at least, the bears have been chased away. Yet the question remains: how much of this market rally is grounded in reality?
Gruelling road to recovery
Let's firstly look at the macro picture and check the health of the US economy – still by far the world's largest and most influential. One interesting measure that takes the pulse of the US economy is Chicago Fed National Activity Index (CFNAI). This is a monthly index that gauges broad categories of data that includes employment, production, income and consumption. For 55% of the months since the global financial crisis this measure has shown economic activity to be behind the long-term historic trend. This has not been a full-throttle roar back into recovery but a long, hard slog, which many would argue is nearing its end.
Developed market earnings have also disappointed; taking the example of US corporate earnings, in Q4 2015 we saw an 11.5% year-on-year decline (BP's $20.8bn penalty payment in the Mexican Gulf accounted for a significant hit to profitability, but even excluding BP's numbers, the figures are down 7.6% year-on-year), while the latest forecast for the US Q1 earnings is approximately 8.7% down year-on-year. By any measure, this is a pretty grim picture.
So as the US and other developed markets endure torpid growth, and corporate earnings continue to disappoint, what is turning up the heat on the market?
Beware of the forced buyers
Beneath the ripples of the market's surface, lies some deep and potentially violent undercurrents. One concerning undertow is the growing presence of forced traders, many of them quantitative or systematic strategies, whose actions are often driven by the level of volatility. They include smart beta, risk parity and momentum players, who can drive risk assets back to high levels. To emphasise how broad this move has been, at one interval at the end of April, there was not a single stock in the S&P that was not ahead of its 52-week average – an extremely rare event.
A further worrying sign is lurking within the options markets where traders are hedging their bets. During mid-February, traders were tilted towards puts – essentially buying protection. That positioning had completely shifted towards long calls before option expiry towards the end of April. This positive sentiment shift is causing volatility in the market to dampen.
Hence we see the VIX at a third below its long-term average, a level which seems bewildering given the level of fear gripping the market a couple of months ago. This newly found positive attitude has turned all of the volatility-targeting strategies, such as risk parity funds etc., into forced buyers, sending stocks rocketing back.
Will the market continue to hop?
This behaviour and its knock-on effect underlines just how sentiment-driven the market has become and how powerful the underlying forces are. Given this scenario, we believe it may oscillate between a period of brief rallies and dips for some time yet.
Economists and market pundits often like to categorize markets as either bull or bear. But I think we are in neither. What we are seeing is a classic bunny market: where asset classes hop around a great deal but ultimately don't really go anywhere.
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The U.S. government must pay a pair of local water districts $2.4 million for water promised but often not delivered from New Melones Lake, a judge ruled this week.
The U.S. government must pay a pair of local water districts $2.4 million for water promised but often not delivered from New Melones Lake, a judge ruled this week.
That's far less than the $37 million to $42 million collectively sought by the Stockton East and Central San Joaquin water districts.
"It's a shame. We think we should have gotten more," Stockton East General Manager Kevin Kauffman said Friday.
"Were we treated fairly? I don't think so. What are we going to do about it? I don't know."
The districts signed a contract for New Melones water in 1983 and built a $65 million tunnel to take it - financed by Stockton ratepayers and home buyers.
But the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation later refused to turn on the spigot.
The districts sued in 2004 and eventually prevailed in federal court. On Thursday, U.S. Court of Federal Claims Judge Christine Odell Cook Miller awarded damages.
Most of the $2.5 million goes to Stockton East, which provides both city drinking water and irrigation flows for farmers.
While limited, the money does exceed the cost of the litigation and could be used on projects to help recharge the county's sinking groundwater supply, Kauffman said.
"It can't hurt," he said.
But, he added, it doesn't come close to making up for losing the water.
"If they hadn't breached (the contract), we would have been where we are today almost 20 years ago - planning to do groundwater recharge, to build infrastructure to give farmers a better chance to use the water," Kauffman said.
The judge, however, dismissed Stockton East's claims that it could have taken the water if it was available.
The judge found that a pipeline crucial to delivering the water to Stockton East's treatment plant would not have been built in time to use all that water, in part because the city had "serious concerns" about the financing plan.
Nor did Stockton East prove it had the capacity at its plant to treat additional New Melones water, the judge ruled.
She criticized as "speculative" Stockton East's calculations of the damages to which it argued it was entitled.
She did award the district limited damages based on its need to buy a replacement water supply from districts on the Stanislaus River once it became clear New Melones water would not be consistently delivered.
Kauffman said his district would consult with its attorneys and consider an appeal. A spokesman for the Bureau of Reclamation said officials were reviewing the decision and could not yet comment.
Federal officials have previously said it became difficult to provide New Melones water to Stockton because of increasingly strict environmental laws requiring water to be released down the river.
Damages aside, the bureau has provided full New Melones allocations in recent years, which Stockton East officials have attributed in part to pressure brought through the litigation.
Just on Monday, the bureau announced another full allocation for the districts, despite increasingly dry conditions.
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Thunder, clouds and rain are expected to continue rolling into Southern Oregon today, putting meteorologists and fire officials on the alert for lightning-sparked fires and potential flooding in scorched forestlands.
National Weather Service officials said the soils burned by area wildfires over the past month can fuse together, hindering water absorption into the ground.
"It depends on the composition of the soil and how badly it was burned," said meteorologist Jay Stockton. "The rain just rushes off quickly. It increases the chances of things like mudslides and debris flows."
A red flag warning, meaning weather conditions could contribute to additional fires, will be in effect through 8 tonight.
The rain is expected to fall in spots across the region from Siskiyou County, Calif., to Douglas County, Stockton added, so it's not yet known whether burned areas will be affected. Weather officials also will be keeping an eye out for lightning strikes that could spark additional wildfires.
"We are going to get thunderstorms. That's pretty much a given," Stockton said.
Fire officials at the Big Windy Complex near the Rogue River said the potential for flash floods isn't a concern at this point. Meteorologists on site have said the fire is right on the edge of the system.
"We could get any parts of that, but that's not something (we) think is highly likely," said Howard Hunter, public information officer for the Big Windy Complex. "We're on top of the ridges, we're not on any lower swales. We're more worried about dry lightning."
The Big Windy fire, burning 25 miles northwest of Grants Pass, remained at 20 percent containment Wednesday, with close to 23,000 acres burned. Crews continue to draw fire lines and do burnout work on about six miles of the fire's west flank, while keeping flames close to the Rogue River in check. An increase in winds that could fuel fire activity remains a concern. Crews have an estimated containment date of Sept. 1.
The Whiskey Complex burning outside Tiller grew to nearly 18,000 acres Wednesday, with crews continuing to make progress on lines and upgrading to 75 percent containment. Firefighters estimate full containment on the blaze by Friday.
That progress prompted Umpqua National Forest officials to reopen South Umpqua Road. Motorists cannot stop on the two-mile stretch between Forest Service Road No. 2826 at the Ash Flat Campground and the South Umpqua day-use access road, as material from the fires could roll down hills into the road. Forest Service Road No. 29 has been reopened from Buckeye Ridge to the junction with Forest Service Road No. 68.
The Douglas Complex, seven miles outside of Glendale, was at nearly 80 percent containment Wednesday. Fire officials reported it had burned more than 48,600 acres. Firefighters estimate full containment by Sept. 1.
In Northern California, the Salmon River and Butler complexes are continuing to send smoke into the Rogue Valley. The Butler fire, about 10 miles east of Somes Bar, had burned more than 18,000 acres and was at 30 percent containment. The Salmon River fire, burning one mile west of Sawyers Bar, is at 85 percent containment and has burned more than 14,000 acres.
Data from the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality showed Medford air quality continued to hover in the "moderate" range Wednesday because of smoke from the nearby fires. Grants Pass and Cave Junction were listed as "good," while Shady Cove's air was listed as "unhealthy for sensitive groups."
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The fiscal cliff is the story of the moment and the next few months as taxpayers, businesses, defense contractors, local governments and social-service organizations across the country wait to see if they'll all be taking an economic hit as a result of tax increases and budget cuts – and if the debate over taxes and spending pushes the country back into another recession next year. Those are the expected outcomes if President Obama and Congress can't come up with a deal to avert those tax hikes and spending cuts.
But let's step back for a moment and explain what we're talking about, because the "cliff" is one of those Washington phrases that become so ubiquitous that we often gloss over it without explaining exactly what's going on. (In fact, the cliff itself is largely an amalgamation of those types of issues: it encompasses sequestration, the Bush tax cuts, the AMT, debt ceiling and the Doc Fix).
If you're a taxpayer, the stakes are clear: no deal means tax hikes on 90 percent of Americans, starting in January. In Monday's Inquirer I also wrote about the potential impact on local businesses and non-profits who are waiting out the uncertainty: a Burlington County, N.J. business that makes small lights for outdoors enthusiasts and the military (which could be impacted by defense cuts) and a Philly AIDS-prevention organization that could face budget cuts from reductions in domestic spending.
But what's causing all this concern? Here's a quick rundown:
What is the fiscal cliff?
In plain English, it's a combination of a slew of fiscal policies all set to hit at the same time, Jan. 1. That includes some major tax hikes, smaller tax increases, deep spending cuts and a few targeted cuts. Taken all together, it would add up to a roughly $500 billion hit on the economy if all of these policies were allowed to stay in effect through 2013. (Some estimates are even higher, though it depends on how you count certain policies; whatever the specific amount, the point is there's a lot of money in question). The country will also soon have to increase its debt ceiling – the amount the federal government is allowed to borrow – and while that deadline won't hit on the same date, it's close enough that the fight on debt will probably also be wrapped up into these negotiations.
Taken alone, any of these issues would be a big deal. Taken together, they have the potential to roughly, abruptly jolt the fragile economy back into trouble.
What impact would it have?
The tax hikes are pretty easy to measure: nearly 90 percent of Americans would see their taxes rise, by an average of $3,500 if nothing is done to avert the cliff, according to the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center. (Of course, both parties say they want to avoid tax hikes of the vast majority of Americans – more on that below).
Economically, the combination of people having less to spend and government cutting back as well would to put the economy back into a recession, according to an analysis from the Congressional Budget Office. Unemployment would go back up to around 9 percent late in 2013, the CBO predicted in August.
Now, how quickly all this bad stuff would happen -- right away, over the course of months -- has become subject to debate (more on that below as well). But everyone agrees that if there's no solution, 2013 looks ugly.
On the flip side, the deficit would drop sharply – to $641 billion, down from more than $1 trillion this year – but even people who want to get spending back in line with revenues see this drop as too steep and abrupt (hence the name "cliff.")
What taxes are included?
The big ones are the Bush tax cuts approved in 2001 and 2003 and later extended in a deal between Obama and Republicans in Congress. The tax increases that would affect most Americans come from the end of Bush-era tax rates, which are scheduled to expire at year's end and jump back to the levels they were at under Bill Clinton. Obama and House Republicans both want to keep the rates at their current levels for couples earning less than $250,000 (and individuals making under $200k). The debate is over what to do for the 2 percent making $250,000 and up (again, $200,000 for individuals). Obama campaigned on raising those rates; Republicans want to keep them at their current levels, or even lower them if they can make up for the revenue by eliminating deductions and making the tax code simpler.
A 2 percent payroll tax cut is also set to expire, costing workers $115 billion in 2013, according to the Tax Policy Center. This would be the second largest tax hike if we go over the cliff – and it appears likely to happen. Neither Democrats nor Republicans have made much noise about further extending this tax break.
Dividend and capital gains tax rates are also expected to go up for high income individuals – due to Bush-era rates also set to expire. This accounts for a relatively small piece of the pie, $8 billion according to the Tax Policy Center, and mostly affects the wealthy. Some Republicans, however, including PA Sen. Pat Toomey, say letting these rates increase will be very damaging for businesses.
Another big tax issue is the Alternative Minimum Tax, which was created long ago to make sure the wealthy pay a certain share of their income in taxes. Only the formula hasn't kept up with the times, so Congress has to regularly override its own law to prevent the AMT from jacking up taxes on middle class families. (In Washington, this is part of the regular process).
If Congress fails to fix the AMT for the coming year, an extra 26 million filers are expected to pay it. (Though they have never let this happen).
The other big piece is a package of targeted deductions and tax credits for things like research and development that are also set to expire. They'd cost businesses and others around $80 billion.
What about spending cuts?
Here's where we get to another of those DC terms that mean so much here and nothing else to most normal human beings: the sequester, or sequestration. That's the term for $1.2 trillion in automatic spending cuts set to hit over the next decade, starting with $110 billion next year.
Quick explainer-within-an-explainer: when Obama and Congress raised the debt ceiling in 2011 they agreed to find a way to reduce the deficit by $1.2 trillion. Of course, in grand DC tradition they didn't actually say how they would accomplish this. Instead it was left to a committee, but with tough penalties that were supposed to prompt a deal: cuts to defense (Republican pain) and domestic programs (Democratic pain). You can guess what happened next: there was still no deal, and now the penalties that were never supposed to happen are on the verge of happening – unless the two parties can reach a deal given a second try. If not, $55 billion will come out of each of defense and domestic programs next year. (The full effect, though, will be felt over several years, not all at once, but similar cuts will follow).
Even people who want to see a smaller federal budget are wary of these cuts, because they will hit across-the-board, targeting programs whether or not they are efficient or inefficient, beneficial or not.
At the same time, long-term unemployment benefits will run out unless they are extended – taking more money out of some Americans' pockets and, presumably, the economy. Benefits would be cut by around $34 billion, according to the CBO.
Lastly there's the "Doc Fix" or "Sustainable Growth Rate" or "SGR," one of those running dramas, like the AMT. The law was meant to keep Medicare payments from growing too quickly, but once cuts were required, Congress started overriding the reductions (stop me if you've heard this before). Doctors are due for a 27 percent cut in Medicare payments next year – a $10 billion hit, unless another fix is agreed to.
What's holding up a deal?
No one wants to see all of these things happen. At best, they want some of them but not others, and they want it all to happen more gradually, so as not to be such a shock to the economic system.
The AMT and Doc Fix are things both parties regularly agree to deal with, but they're relatively small pieces of the picture here. Both parties also agree on avoiding income tax hikes on people earning $250,000 and below. (Not so, notably, on the payroll tax).
The big fight comes down to tax rates on incomes above that mark and on spending cuts involving Medicare, Social Security and Medicaid. Start with the tax rates, which are the big topic of discussion at the moment.
Obama campaigned on letting the Bush tax cuts expire above the $250k threshold – which would raise top rates from 35 percent to 39.6 percent. He won, he figures, so he should get his way.
Republicans say they held the House, so taxes shouldn't rise, but they have signaled a willingness to increase tax revenue by eliminating deductions/loopholes and simplifying the tax code. (They're called 'deductions' when they're popular, 'loopholes' when they're not). Obama says the math doesn't add up by relying only on deductions. He's sticking to letting those Bush cuts expire at the high end of the income scale.
Obama and Republicans, though, have been careful to leave themselves room to maneuver in their public statements. Maybe Obama eventually agrees with the GOP and uses only deduction changes to raise revenue. Maybe they raise the rates but not quite to the level they were at in the past. Those are just two possibilities.
Next comes spending – the GOP is demanding cuts to Medicare, Social Security and Medicaid, they say to make the programs more sustainable in the long run and get ahold of the costs of some of the biggest expenses really driving the federal budget. Here's where some Democrats are likely dig in, just as some Republicans are likely to draw a red line on taxes.
The challenge will be for the two sides to give enough ground that they each A)get what they think is necessary B)make a meaningful dent in the deficit and C)can get enough votes that the hard-liners in each party don't shoot down a potential bargain.
What are the likely outcomes?
UPDATE: I originally wrote about three scenarios, but left out a very real fourth option. It's now included below.
There are essentially four things that can happen between now and the end of the year (with a million variations on each of the three).
The biggest surprise would be a "grand bargain" now that overhauls the tax code, replaces the big cuts with more targeted reductions, increases tax revenue and sets the federal budget on a newly sustainable path all before we sit down to watch college Bowl games Jan. 1. This kind of generational deal may be in the offing eventually – and could be critical to Obama's legacy – but it seems it will take more time than lawmakers have left in 2012.
Option 2 is that the two sides reach the broad outline of a big deal, laying the groundwork for a sweeping agreement next year while immediately adding some tax revenue and some budget cuts. The final pieces would come together early next year, after Obama's inauguration. A new deadline trigger (Sequestration II!) would (theoretically) make them stick to their deal. At the moment, this outcome seems most likely. No one wants to see the impacts of the cliff, but there doesn't seem to be enough time to work out the full details of a massive deal before New Year's day.
(UPDATED OPTION) If there's no deal at all, Congress could do what Congress does best: punt the entire big decision down the line. Yes, the sequester was supposed to be a big, bad penalty that prompted action. But rather than face the consequences of their inaction, Congress could simply write a new law maintaining the status quo -- same tax rates, same spending, same tax code, no harm to the economy and no progress on balancing the budget -- and move the penalties, say, six or 12 months down the road. This time, they'd pinky swear that they'LL really really get serious about solving these problems by the new deadline.
Lastly, the two sides could dig in and we could just go over the cliff, bad consequences and all. For Democrats, there may be some political advantages to this: for one, taxes would automatically increase on everyone, so once we're over the cliff, Obama could argue for passing tax cuts for the middle class -- giving most Americans some relief -- and leave Republicans to either join him or let everyone feel the economic pain while the GOP holds out for the top 2 percent. That would bring a lot of pressure on Republicans, and might give them some political cover if they went along with the President (after all, taxes will already have risen, regardless of their votes; now they'd be voting for a tax cut, not an increase on the wealthy).
But what about the potential recession and tax hikes? Some argue that the "cliff" is more like a "slope" and that the pain of all these policies for just a few weeks in 2013 might not be so bad. It's not like anyone would have to pay their full, increased tax bill all at once – though their withholdings would decrease right away. The budget cuts could maybe be papered over for a bit with left-over money from 2012 or restored once a deal was struck. Same with tax rates, which could be lowered retroactively. Maybe a few weeks of belt tightening wouldn't bring the carnage many expect. The full $500 billion impact doesn't hit Jan. 1 -- it would be felt over the course of 2013.
Then again, that's taking a pretty big risk with a shaky economy, and could badly damage what recovery Obama has overseen. No one knows how the markets would react to the uncertainty of budget cuts and tax hikes that could go on for … who knows? Weeks? Months? All of 2013? If there's no deal now, who's to say one gets done in January?
It would also send a bad message that our leaders were unable to come to a compromise even when facing all sorts of penalties and reasons to reach a deal.
We'll find out in the coming weeks if they go that far.


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Funeral Services for Wilbur Edwin Swyers of Elsberry, will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014 at New Hope Baptist Church near Elsberry.
Rev. John Zellmer, church pastor, will officiate with burial in New Salem Cemetery near Winfield.
Serving as pallbearers will be Chris Steen, Kevin Pingleton, Jeremy Steen, Alan Turner, Scott West and Mick Settles.
Mr. Swyers, 89, died Sunday morning, Feb. 23, 2014 at St. Joseph Hospital West in Lake St. Louis.
Born April 11, 1924 in St. James, he was the son of George and Altha Mae Neeley Swyers.
He served his country during World War II in the U.S. Marine Corps from July 11, 1941 until he was honorably discharged on Oct. 30, 1945.
He was united in marriage on Jan. 20, 1951 in St. Louis to Blanche Elaine Swyers.
This union was blessed with two daughters, Janet Lynn and Kathy Ellen.
He was self-employed as an auto mechanic for many years.
His beloved wife of almost 23 years, Blanche, passed away on Dec. 6, 1974.
He was married again on Nov. 29, 1975 in Overland to Rose Mae Sutton.
He was a member of the New Hope Baptist Church near Elsberry.
He was preceded in death by his parents, George and Altha Swyers; five brothers: Granville Swyers, Charles Swyers, Kenneth Swyers, Marvin Swyers and Everett Swyers; two sisters: Lola Hartnett and Lueona White; his first wife, Blanche Swyers; one daughter, Jan Wood; one grandson, Ricky Wood; and one great-grandson, Mitchell Robert Steen.
Survivors include his loving wife of 38 years, Rose Swyers of Elsberry; one daughter, Kathy Swyers of Elsberry; one step-son, Kevin Pingleton and his wife, Sandi, of St. Peters; three step-daughters: Debra Douglas of Elsberry, Patricia Settles and her husband, Mick, of St. Charles and Michelle Creech and her companion, Scott West, of Moscow Mills; twelve grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren and two great, great-grandchildren.
He also leaves several in-laws, nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends.
Visitation was held from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2014 at Carter-Ricks Funeral Home in Elsberry.
Memorials may be made to the New Hope Baptist Church in care of Carter-Ricks Funeral Home; 107 S. 5th Street; Elsberry, MO 63343.
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Safety and Effectiveness of a New Anti-HIV Drug (AG1549) in Combination With Other Anti-HIV Drugs in HIV-Infected Patients
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|[Note: As of 2/28/2001, due to toxicity studies and concerns for safety, sites were notified that they need to discontinue patients from the capravirine/placebo arms and continue patients with their background therapies or switch patients to new therapies, as deemed appropriate by the investigators.] Patients are randomized to receive one of two doses of AG1549 plus Viracept (nelfinavir) plus Combivir (zidovudine/lamivudine). Patients remain on their assigned therapy for 48 weeks, with a follow-up visit at 28 to 35 days after the last dose of study medication. Blood samples are taken regularly to quantify HIV-1 RNA, CD4 and CD8 counts, peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC), AG1549, Viracept, and M8 plasma concentrations. Physical exams, safety assessments, and other tests are also done throughout the study. On Day 8 and at the end of Week 48, pharmacokinetic samples are collected at 0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, 4.0, 6.0, 8.0, and 12.0 hours postdose. At the end of Weeks 4, 8, 16, 24, and 36, pharmacokinetic samples are taken prior to dosing and between 2 to 4 hours post-dose.
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The Recession's Over; Get Growing!
Grocery Manufacturers Association-commissioned report recommends shifting gears into innovation.
The recession's over, so get on with it – that seems to be the message of a report from Grocery Manufacturers Association and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
"Consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies will need to employ different tactics than those used during the recession - divesting non-core brands, conserving cash, and cutting costs - to preservConsumer packaged goodse shareholder value as the economy recovers," according to a summary of "2010 Financial Performance Report: Forging Ahead in the New Economy."
"To grow revenues in this new climate, companies will have to focus on innovation to encourage household spending, especially for products in mature segments and to offset reduced spending by Baby Boomers who are nearing retirement."
According to the study, many CPG companies are looking to innovate by reaching consumers in more places or tailoring products for local customer tastes in emerging markets. Additionally, understanding customer priorities is central to innovation as consumers in the U.S. are buying more carefully, buying different pack sizes, taking advantage of volume discounts and trading down to non-premium brands.
The 2010 Financial Performance Report, released in July, is the 14th annual edition, compiled from interviews with senior leadership of GMA members (including members of the GMA CFO Committee), publicly reported company financial data, government statistics, analyst reports, and other published material on 152 companies in the food, beverage and consumer products sector.
"The CPG industry has a legacy of strong financial performance and resilience in the face of challenging economic times, and 2009 was no exception," said GMA president and CEO Pamela Bailey. "However, reigned-in consumer spending and continued fears about the future of the U.S. economy mean that companies will have to harness the innovation for which they are known as they look to grow sales."
The report found that establishing a foothold in emerging markets - especially in China, Russia, Brazil, India, and Southeast Asia - has taken on a sense of urgency for CPG makers as capital flows faster than ever and new competitors can ramp up quickly. The middle classes are growing and forming attachments to new brands and products just as fast. Consequently, product growth cycles in emerging markets have accelerated and the success or failure of a product launch or brand introduction now can be determined in a matter of just 12 or 18 months.
Additional key findings:
- CPG company median shareholder returns stood out as strong relative to the rest of the market.
- With shareholder returns up 49 percent in 2009 and median earnings from continuing operations jumping a remarkable 33 percent, the beverage sector had the best quantitative performance among the three major CPG sectors (beverage, food and household products).
- Median net sales growth sank in all three sectors, and beverage's 1.6 percent decline was the first time in five years that the sector experienced negative growth.
- The food sector as a whole cut spending with a nearly 2 percentage point drop in median selling, general and administrative costs as a percentage of sales.
- The food sector's median five-year shareholder return metric of 6 percent led the way for all three sectors, with beverage coming in at 5.3 percent and household products at 2.7 percent.
- The CPG sector lagged the S&P 500 by 5 index points and the Dow by 1 index point in 2009.
"These food, beverage, and household product companies are part of a true counter-cyclical industry, as it performs better than other industries during recessions, but tends to balance the scales with slower growth during expansions, as was the case in 2009," said Susan McPartlin, U.S. consumer packaged goods industry leader at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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- Segment the market. You can't impact people if you don't know what they care about; and you can't know what they care about if you don't know who they are. Because you can target ads to people in this segmented fashion, it makes sense to know what you should say to each group. For example, CEOs and CFOs have different priorities. They favor different words. When you target people by their job titles, you can use those titles in the ad to increase attention and clicks (for example, "Attention, CEOs"). Prospects are also more impressed and interested when you address their particular industry. Some of your salespeople may have insight on segmentation and messaging. You can make a grid of the top three to five industries and the top three job titles that marketing and sales want to reach. These can include decision-makers, influencers, financial people and the people who use the solutions you sell. This grid can also be used to generate ideas for content marketing.
- Persuade presale. The goal of b-to-b advertising is to help marketing and sales get better results by preparing prospects ahead of time. In your ads, highlight their concerns. Tell them why your company is great and how your solutions fix their problems. Show customers who have benefitted from your solutions. It's easier for sales when the prospect has confidence in your company. If competitors do effective presale advertising and you don't, your salespeople face a bigger challenge. As one salesperson put it, "I've been in two different cycles this year already where the buyer was armed with a portfolio of misinformation. They dug their feet in because their people researched it on social media and the Internet. I didn't care so much that we lost; what I cared about was the clients' addiction to that information as if it were the truth."
The marketing department needs to develop strategies to combat competitor propaganda and keep prospects from the commodity-thinking that creates price wars. Try to establish value your competitors can't undercut. Brian Carter is VP-customer success and marketing at social marketing company Infinigraph. He is also the author of "LinkedIn for Business: How Advertisers, Marketers and Salespeople Get Leads, Sales and Profits From LinkedIn" (Que Publishing, 2012). He can be reached at [email protected]


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DOVER, Del. - Brad Keselowski had just enough fuel left to take the checkered flag Sunday at Dover International Speedway for his second victory in three weeks.
Keselowski won the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship opener at Chicagloland and followed that by conserving enough fuel down the stretch at Dover.
Keselowski raced to his fifth victory of the season and zipped into the points lead.
Chase driver Jeff Gordon finished second. Jimmie Johnson lost his grip on the points lead with a fourth-place finish.
Johnson and Denny Hamlin, who faded to eighth, had two of the top cars all race. They just did not have enough fuel to make a hard, clean push in the closing laps of the 400-mile race.
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But when the Dodgers acquired Shane Victorino from the Phillies, Gwynn's designation was inevitable.
Gwynn still has value to a team. His defense in center field is elite, his speed off the bench is something that's coveted late in games and he's adept at pinch-hitting, as he boasts a career .305/.372/.405 triple slash in the role.
I'm a little surprised he wasn't picked up off waivers by a team in need of a pinch-hitter and defensive stud in center with speed, but he'll play with Albuquerque for the time being.
So, the Dodgers recalled Jerry Sands to take Gwynn's place on the roster. Sands was on fire before being recalled: .476/.500/.952 with six home runs and 21 RBI. Almost everyone thought Sands was being recalled to take the place of James Loney and Juan Rivera at first base -- at least, that's what would have made since.
Instead, Sands started one game and was demoted when Adam Kennedy was activated from the disabled list.
I'm not sure what exactly Sands has done to the Dodgers or the front office, but they aren't giving him a fair shake. He had an eight-game stint earlier this season in which he didn't do much, but he closed last season hitting the ball well. I can accept the fact the roster was too full for him at the start of the season, but what do the Dodgers have to lose in playing Sands in first base everyday?
Nothing. Absolutely nothing. He's an adequate defender at first (Loney is better in that department), but Sands can be as effective -- if not more effective -- than Rivera.
Sands is still just 24 and the Dodgers are unfairly jerking him around. I know I tend to gravitate toward prospects and young players, but to not give a guy who won the organization's Minor League Player of the Year in 2010 is just dumb.
I'm not saying Sands is sure to be the answer at first base, but how are the Dodgers ever going to know if they don't give him a chance to succeed?
If I'm this frustrated, I can only imagine how Sands feels. He goes from top prospect to afterthought in less than two years.
When the alternatives are Loney and Rivera, something like this just doesn't make sense.
Ned Colletti to Sands:
Abreu to Albuquerque
Bobby Abreu, who was designated for assignment after the Victorino trade, accepted an assignment to Triple-A Albuquerque.
Suddenly, the Isotopes' lineup looks like it could be even more stacked with the additions of Abreu, Gwynn and Sands to go with Alex Castellanos, Tim Federowicz and Scott Van Slyke.
Both Abreu and Gwynn will be eligible for the postseason roster, if they're needed.
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"Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me. " - Luke 18:22
The COC and CAD investigated this case for 2 years to gather evidence before the case goes to court. Putting a charismatic pastor with a following for tens of thousands in court is not something they will do unless it is completely necessary and there is compelling evidence to go to trial. A mistake here will end the careers of senior officers involved in the case. This is very unlikely that what Pastor Zulkarmain said above is true because it is very easy for the church accountants to prove what he said to satisfy the investigators if the money is there. It is unwise for CHC people uninvolved in the alleged crimes to put themselves and their church on a collision course with the authorities. While they may want to support Kong Hee as a friend in his time of need, they should be careful when dealing with the facts surrounding the case. If they continue to demonstrate a denial of the facts, the outcomes can show that their faith is blind and the credibility of their church can be destroyed and the church may not be able to recover from this setback. Kong Hee has hired one of the best lawyers in town. Justice should be allowed to run its course and all evidence surrounding the matter will emerge in the coming days.
A pastor during a sermon I attended a few years back said, "Do not put your faith in me.". He went to tell the congregation not to put their faith in their children, their parents, their spouses and their leaders. His message was that human beings are never perfect. They are always tempted to sin and not matter how strongly virtuous they have been in the past, they can succumb to various temptations. This is an enduring piece of wisdom from the Bible we should always remember when we deal with systems that involve human beings. When there is a lot of money involved, full transparency, accountability and sufficient check and balance are the best ways to safeguard the system from fraud and abuse. We cannot trust what we cannot see fully and never trust people who keep black boxes in accounting.
A few years back, a businessman who was a devout Christian suspected something was not right at CHC and wrote a letter to the Straits Times. He was forced to withdraw his allegations and apologise when they threatened him with a defamation lawsuit[Link]. This was also what happened in NKF - use of threats to silience critics. When there are questions surround the accounts of these charities, they responded with threats of lawsuits instead of greater transparency. When people refuse to tell you the numbers, they have something to hide and history tells us we should continue to probe because there is almost always something there they don't want you to see. For Singaporeans there is something very large and very opaque and we have been told to have faith and trust in the people managing it without full access to numbers.


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Historical Newspaper and Magazine
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This page lists databases produced by states or their political subdivisions that index articles in newspapers, journals and magazines that may be historical or genealogical resources. In most cases the full article will not be online. In many cases the article will be available through Interlibrary Loan at your local library.
Return to the subject focused databases page.
- Alaska
- Alaska Newspapers Index - Indexing for a number of Fairbanks Newspapers from 1900-1975 and for the Juneau Empire for 1992-1999. Searchable by headline and year for all newspapers. Juneau Empire may also be searched by reporter or abstract.
- Colorado
- Colorado's Historic Newspaper Collection - A digitized collection of Colorado newspapers from 1859 to 1923. Keyword searching is available by title, by region, or for the whole collection. Limits can be set for articles, photos, or ads. The collection is a joint endeavor of the Colorado State Library, the Colorado Historical Society, and the Collaborative Digitization Program (CDP)
- Florida
- Florida Biography & Citation Index contains references to biographical information on notable Floridians in the books, periodicals, vertical files, newspapers and maps of the State Library's Florida Collection. Some of the resources indexed are rare, but many are current periodicals that might be found in local libraries. The records in this index are a subset of the State Library of Florida's library catalog and are searched through the Library Online Catalog. To search for just the Florida Biography/Citation Index citations, click on the "Power Search" option (under the search box), and then on the search form, choose Florida Biography & Citation Index from the "Location" dropdown box. On the results of your search, you will see a list of the records with a call number in the format FLCITE(374332.1). Click on the "Details" button to see the record. On the detailed record click on the "Catalog Record" tab to see the list of citations for that record.
- Missouri
- Missouri Newspapers on Microfilm at the State Historical Society of Missouri - This catalog provides information regarding the newspapers on microfilm that are available from the State Historical Society of Missouri to the public on-site and through interlibrary loan. The Society's newspapers on microfilm offer information about the day-to-day lives of Missourians and the political, cultural, economic, and religious events that have influenced them. These Missouri newspapers document events and public opinion from the state's rural environs to its largest metropolitan areas.
- Ohio
- Ohio Historical Society Newspaper Database Search the hard copy and microfilm newspaper holdings of Ohio titles.
- Oklahoma
- Historical Society Research Center Newspaper Articles - Allows searching of the Oklahoma Historical Society Research Center Newspaper Article database. One can search by first or last name, newspaper title, article title, subject, geographic names, author, date, page number, column number, or notes.
- Oklahoma Periodicals Index - Oklahoma Periodicals Index is a searchable online index about people, places, history, culture, wildlife, and natural history in the state of Oklahoma. The index consists of four key periodicals: The Chronicles of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Today, Outdoor Oklahoma, and Persimmon Hill. Index is produced by Oklahoma State University.
- South Dakota
- Newspaper Vital Records Index - From the website, "Search for newspaper articles concerning your relatives. Main topics include birth, marriage, and death, along with various other categories."
- Wyoming
- Greater Yellowstone Bibliography The Greater Yellowstone Bibliography (GYB) contains over 28,900 bibliographic citations to scholarly, popular, professional, and creative literature about the greater Yellowstone region of Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. The GYB includes citations to journal, magazine, and newspaper articles; books; book chapters; conference papers; state and federal government documents; theses; maps; CDs and CD-ROMs; sheet music; and promotional brochures and souvenirs. Some references to manuscripts, photographs, and museum artifacts are included, but these are not a major focus for adding to the Bibliography.
- Wyoming Magazine Prospector Provides author and subject keyword access to over 15,800 articles, poems and short stories from 45 current or ceased Wyoming magazines, including Annals of Wyoming, In Wyoming, Wyoming Wildlife, Wyoming Homes and Living, Teton, or Yellowstone Science.


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Zalman VF3000A Review
Zalman has been a popular name in aftermarket cooling solutions for over a decade now. Its best known products are aimed at processor cooling, but the company also provides quiet power supplies, water cooling systems, chipset and graphic card cooling solutions. The latter is what we're looking at today with the VF3000A, a heat sink kit for AMD Radeon 5800 series graphics cards. Zalman's products usually aim to reduce noise and/or temperatures, and with the VF3000A, both goals are targeted thanks to manually adjustable fan speeds through a single knob that controls a pair of 92mm fans that sit atop a finned heat pipe structure with five heat pipes. Aftermarket heat sinks such as this are generally bought to reduce video card operational noise or temperatures to a much more comfortable level, and since some manufacturers are now allowing the installation of aftermarket heat sinks, you no longer have to worry about voiding their warranty in those cases.
Closer Look:
The box is primarily black, red, grey, and white with a rather mechanical look. The top has a rope handle and the front has a window to show off most of the top of the heat sink. The top of the front shows its purpose and model number - VGA Dual Fan Cooler VF3000A. At the bottom, the compatible graphic cards are listed - AMD Radeon HD 5870/5850/5830. At the bottom right is the website www.zalman.com to get more information. Rotating to the back shows several angles of the heat sink and accompanying parts. The highlighted features include high performance heat pipes with a large dissipation area, quiet design from the flow structure for maximum cooling at the low noise level, peripheral cooling capabilities where the fans can cool items nearby since air is circulated all around the heat sink rather than directed outside of the case, high performance thermal grease ZM-STG2M included, and the Fan Mate 2 speed controller capable of adjusting the noise/cooling performance of both fans at the twist of a knob. Underneath the features is a shorthand list of specifications about the heat sink and fans, and below that is the UPC and RoHS compliance information.
The sides continue the box art and are similar to the front with the VGA Dual Fan Cooler labeling. The top has a black rope handle to make carrying easier, although the package is small enough that it isn't too necessary. The top has the Zalman logo with "Cool Innovations" underneath it. Opening the top reveals the components needed to install the heat sink properly and successfully - two instruction booklets, the Fan Mate 2 fan controller module and wiring, and the numerous memory and other heat sinks and mounting gear sit above the heat sink separated by a cardboard tray.
The Fan Mate 2 is a two-part system where a normal 3-pin fan header plugs into the motherboard for signal while a second 3-pin male connection hooks into the video card fans that are wired together. A 6-pin connection joins the input and output together at the fan controller. The two connections are joined together, but easily peeled apart. When together the length is around two feet. A bag contains all the secondary heat sinks and mounting equipment, along with the thermal grease. One user manual gives a very basic rundown on how to install the kit on an AMD 5830, while a larger manual gives instructions for the 5870/5850s.
The bag contains seven normal memory heat sinks, one combined memory IC and FET heat sink, both of which use double-sided tape to adhere, and another larger FET heat sink for the rear of the cards, which uses two to three pushpins to hold it to the card, depending on which one is chosen. A large piece of double-sided tape is included to mount the Fan Mate 2 onto the system chassis and the same goes for the case badge. Most of the rest of the parts are for installing the main heat sink itself. The heat sink is protected by a two-piece, form-fitted shell that snaps at six locations to keep it clean and safe, while also maintaining visibility through the window on the package.
With everything unpacked, it is time to dissect the heat sink to get a good look at its qualities, then on to reassemble it and install it on an AMD Radeon HD 5870 for testing!


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Grayton is a funky little ol' beach town � and the perfect name for a pair of blessed mothers looking to name their bouncing baby boys.
The community known as Grayton Beach is a place with well-worn paths and real old-style Florida houses with low roofs set comfortably next to newer and taller modern homes. Folks there walk in the street, and have been known to dance in those same streets.
Coupled with a 2-mile stretch of one of the undeniably loveliest, most pristine beaches in the world, the burg emits a comfortable, laid-back atmosphere that has made families and couples want to return year after year. It has been the site of many a first date. Many more relationships are cemented here, earning the community a place in the hearts and minds of many � including two growing families that have named their newborns Grayton.
Megan Harrison grew up in DeFuniak Springs. When she and her now husband Kris began dating, they often came down to Grayton for dinner at The Red Bar, followed by a walk on the beach.
Eight months ago they moved to Santa Rosa Beach.
As they discussed picking out a name for their first child, the Harrisons talked of how much they love Grayton and thought it would be a cool name for a boy. And a boy it was.
Grayton Michael Harrison is now 3-months-old.
"We were thrilled he was a boy and we got to give him such a cool name," said Megan. "Since we moved back to the area, we get to go and take our Grayton to Grayton often. It's special."
Denise Walsh was living in South Walton when she met her future husband, Edward. While dating, they also frequented hot spots in the area, including those in Grayton.
Even though she moved to Mississippi after marrying on Nov. 13, 2010, the couple returns to the place they fell in love often, along with their extended families.
Denise was diagnosed with a non-cancerous, non-removable brain tumor a year after the couple's wedding and underwent exploratory brain surgery.
After one of the surgeries, the Walshes came to South Walton for a mini-vacation in May 2011.
There was a lot going on with her health at the time, but Denise still she felt it was God's will that she get pregnant and trust Him with the outcome.
When she found out she was indeed pregnant, she came off her meds, but there was still concern for the baby and mother's health. The pregnancy was not without its challenges, but Denise is grateful for the many prayers that went up for her and her unborn child.
"We didn't know if I could carry a baby to term or if it would be OK," she says now. "We prayed that the baby would be OK, but we also discussed would we be OK if we had a special-needs child. We decided that we would, no matter what."
Denise said she asked God to use her in what she now calls "an amazing journey."
As the journey progressed, the couple talked about names for their miracle baby. They wanted their baby to have a name that meant something to them.
"Gray kept coming up, like gray matter, and gray areas," said Denise. "We went through Biblical names, but nothing seemed to fit. Then it came to me that this baby is a blessing of 'The Great I Am.' "
So they fused that biblical concept with one of their favorite places in the world, and Grayton Edward Walsh was born Feb. 12, 2013.
Denise was able to carry him full term and the only side effect from the tumor she experienced during that time was head pain.
"We didn't know of any Graytons when we named him," she said. "He's a blessing. Every part of him was beautifully made. It is a miracle of joy that he is healthy and happy. I believe God had a plan. A lot of times people forget that.�
Grayton Edward visited Grayton Beach for the first time last week, and his parents took him all around the town he is named after and to the different sites his mom used to frequent.
"He is God's blessing," said Denise. "Believe in God's plan."


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The FSU Autism Institute was established to coordinate and promote research, education and service related to autism spectrum disorders. The specific aims of the Autism Institute are:
Someday your doctor may be able to examine your infant, notice a telltale physical characteristic and say, "Your child has autism – but we've caught it early, so don't worry."
The Autism Institute at the Florida State University College of Medicine is part of a new $8.3 million study to measure risk and resilience factors for autism in infants and toddlers.
April is Autism Awareness Month and we are pleased to announce the launch of Autism Florida: Your First Source for Autism Information for citizens of Florida. Autism Florida is a statewide website to serve as a centralized point of entry to information on autism in Florida to help families, individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), and professionals who serve them.
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Stereo sound effect (SFX) of a train clicking and clacking along a railroad track with the steam locomotive subtly audible as well. This mid/side stereo recording can be converted to mono without phase problems.
This sound effect is part of larger collection. Check out the Steam Train SFX Pack and save money by licensing a variety of train sound effects together for one low price.


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Please be courteous and respect your fellow students by keeping your voices down and your
study areas clean. Food should remain outside the library. If you must bring a cell phone,
please turn it off or set the ringer to vibrate, and remember to take the phone outside the
library before you start your conversation. Drinks may be brought into the library, provided
that you dispose of the container in the appropriate recycling bin when you are finished.
No food or drinks of any kind are allowed in the computer labs. You can find more library
policies online: http://library.kentlaw.edu/services/students.htm
The Library staff wishes to remind all students that the Library is open to the public, and
students should guard against petty thefts by keeping their laptops and other valuables close
at all times.
In recognition of United Nations Day on October 24, the new exhibit in the Library's display cases features a selection of materials about the UN. The display, which will run through all of October, includes a timeline of important milestones in the history of the UN, and also highlights UN resources that are available in the Library. And if you need a study break, you can test your knowledge with our UN-themed crossword puzzle available at the display. The Library is a UN Depository Library, and the display draws from the Library's strong collection of UN materials.
This semester, all the IIT libraries are joining together with other libraries across the nation to help rebuild collections in hurricane-torn areas. Please bring any books you wish to donate to the Circulation Desk where we'll have a special box.
IIT is calling on all students, staff, and faculty to assist in this effort by donating books that are in new or good condition. All items should have recent publication dates. Items most needed include new or very lightly used children's books, adult fiction and nonfiction, and reference materials. IIT libraries will continue the Hurricane Katrina Book Drive through the fall semester.
The American Library Association publishes several lists of books to help children, teens, and parents deal with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Purchasing these books for donation also will help victims cope with the disaster.
IIT's effort is part of a nationwide book drive organized by the Texas Library Association.
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