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The Federal Work-Study Program is one component of funds granted by the Federal Government to aid individuals with financial need in achieving a college education. Federal Work-Study assists employers by paying a portion of a qualified student's wages with the employer paying the remaining balance.
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The UC Riverside Financial Aid Office determines the percentage split each year.
To qualify for the program, an employer must be a public or private nonprofit organization,
submit an agreement, and be approved by the Financial Aid Office. Employers are encouraged
to develop Work-Study positions that will provide students with meaningful learning
experiences and help meet their educational or career goals, without displacing or
replacing regular employees.
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Cory Monteith, who plays Finn on Glee, is in rehab. This is unfortunately not an April Fools joke.
Cory, who is 30, has talked in the past about being treated when he was younger: "I don't want kids to think it's okay to drop out of school and get high, and they'll be famous actors, too," he said a couple of years ago. "But for those people who might give up: Get real about what you want and go after it."
The actor will be written out of the final two episodes of the show's fourth season, which have not yet filmed.
"Cory is a beloved member of the Glee family and we fully support his decision to seek treatment," Glee producer 20th Century Fox TV said in a statement. "Everyone at the show wishes him well and looks forward to his return."
Lea Michele, Cory's girlfriend and Glee co-star shared her support for Cory.
"I love and support Cory and will stand by him through this. I am grateful and proud he made this decision."
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WOW, John Daly shoots a second round 88?! 51 on the final nine holes?! Good Lord, I could shoot better than that tomorrow morning! What is going on with him? Maybe if he spent more time on his game, less on his weird clothes he'd play a bit better.
It's sad, I love John Daly but what is going ON with him, his life, and his golf game?
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I just came across a pretty funny, or sad (?) post by Mike. Startups: Fire Your Dev Teams. Yeah, that's what I thought.
To tell you the truth – he has some very valid points, indeed:
Seriously. The minute you're successful, plan to rewrite your software from scratch.
That is a very good point. Even though, as the whole post does, even this quote does overshoot the target. There are EXTREMLY good points against rewriting from scratch. Nonono. Don't. It should read: "Seriously. The minute you're successful, plan to rewrite your software. FULL STOP". Not from scratch, use refactoring techniques.
But the next sentence was the killer:
Plan to hire enterprise quality developers.
Now THAT's a WTF. Hahaha. I laugh, because it is so tragic. "enterprise"-anything is a marketing term. enterprise != quality. I am seriously getting allergic to that word and the misconception it carries along. Buzzword bingo galore! Well, what did I expect on a blog called "agile thinking". What is particularly funny is that he states "I've worked for two startups and consulted at several more.". All while he is seriously bashing startup developer AND suggesting that he does indeed know better. Now that is tragically funny. Just my kind of humor.
The sad part is that most symptoms he describes are actually management related. Not developer related. No developer enjoys the death march before a presentation. Those death marches are usually managment induced. Lack of requirements, incomplete feature lists, last minute changes, lack of sticking to decisions, …
The requirements for developer don't change that dramatically going from a startup to a enterprise. What does change dramatically are the requirements for management. Going from 10 developer to 20 is a huge step. Going to 100 is different world. All the while it is true, not all developer that "have been with us all the time" should get promoted. But even that is a management decision. It's not the developer's fault. Move them to those team that should open up new business areas. That's where they belong and where they will most likely be most satisfied. And make a team of (newly hired!) quality asssurance professionals bundled with some (newly hired!) senior architects work on the legacy code base.
Good points:
- There is a difference in business goals between startups and enterprises.
- When you know you found your market, harden your business by hardening your codebase.
- Not all developers are bound to become lead-anything.
Ugly stuff:
- The title.
- Overuse of the buzz word "enterprise".
- Blaming the developer for most of these flaws.
- Doing a complete rewrite without the old developers, that's the evil himself.
- The three tests if you are "enterprise" or not are quite a lot of fun for all the wrong reasons.


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The different accolades Chizik has accumulated? I noticed (and i'm sure many others) that he won Kirk Herbstreit's 2006 "Hot Future Coach" and "Defensive Mind." I know it's just one guy's opinion, but I have always found Herbstreit to pretty open minded, and to have a great mind for the game. This seems to be quite an honor in my opinion, and I am ecstatic that we could land such a high caliber individual!
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I took pictures of each of them as they displayed on the scoreboard. These can be found in the gallery if you're unfamiliar with all of them.
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Is her only income from social security?
no she also receives a pension she is a retired school principal
Social security and most pensions are exempt from collections,
however banks will try to freeze bank accounts as they are assets,
she would have to file an exemption form and submit it to the bank and creditor to show that the bank account is exempt
that is what is happening
do i get the exemption form from the bank?
The judgment creditor can send your bank a notice that it wants your account garnished. The bank then notifies you of the garnishment attempt. You are given 14 days to file objections with the court. The court has a form # XXXXX for this purpose. A hearing is scheduled after you file the form. If you prove that the money in your account is exempt Social Security, then the court will not allow the garnishment to continue. When income other than Social Security is also in the account some judges allow garnishment of the entire amount.
pension benefits can not be garnished before they are paid to you. Once you receive the pension income it can be garnished, for example if you deposit it in a bank account. If you are aware of a threatened lawsuit or a court judgment against you, consider paying your bills in cash or money order as discussed above rather than depositing your pension check in an account where it could be garnished. For child support or divorce obligations, your pension benefit can be reduced before it is paid to you.
Ok that must be the form I filled out her court date is next thursday. if i get a statement from the bank showing her only deposits are from social security and pension will that be enough?
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Landscape Ordinance
County of San Diego's Landscape Ordinance and Water Efficient Landscape Design Manual
The Water Conservation Act of 2006 required all local governments to update their existing landscape ordinances to use water more efficiently. San Diego County's previous ordinance required new commercial projects to create water budgets for their landscaping. The new ordinance will now require new residential construction to create landscape water budgets as well. It will also ensure that new construction uses the latest irrigation technology to irrigate without wasting water like older, outdated methods and equipment.
The Water Efficient Landscape Design Manual explains how people can comply with the new ordinance and how to create beautiful landscapes while using water efficiently and protecting people and properties from wildfires. We've also included several links to find more information about a host of subjects, from water, to water-friendly plants and landscaping, to County regulations and guidelines
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Our stereotype of a spacesuit involves an astronaut clad in a bulky white outfit like some outer space Michelin Man wearing a rucksack – and about as graceful. But if an MIT team has any say, the spacesuit of the future will be a snug, form-fitting outfit that's not only lighter and more flexible but also easier to get on, automatically tightening up to a proper fit at the touch of a button. Read More
The votes are in with NASA announcing the winner of its Z-2 spacesuit design challenge. For the challenge, the public was invited to choose one of three alternative designs for a new prototype spacesuit with the "Technology" option winning with 233,431 votes, or about 63 percent of the total vote. The Technology design will now be used in the completed Z-2 suit as part of NASA's project to create a new spacesuit for the exploration of Mars.Read More
If you've ever wanted to own a space suit from the NASA Mercury project, or maybe a pack of gum that went to the Moon, here's your chance. On Tuesday, Bonhams auction house is selling a bumper crop of space exploration artifacts as part of its sixth annual Space History Sale in New York. The auction will see 296 lots of memorabilia from the US and Soviet space programs go on the block, including a Mercury-era space suit.Read More
NASA has gone a touch sartorial as it asks the public to vote on the design of its new prototype Z-2 spacesuit. Part of the Advanced Suit development program to come up with a replacement for the 22-year old suit designs currently used on the International Space Station, the Z-2 not only includes a number of technical innovations, but also a design that for the first time has an eye on the aesthetics of living and working in outer space. Read More
Putting a snorkel on a space suit seems about as daft as making water wings for a meerkat, but that's exactly what NASA has done. It isn't some bureaucratic error, but a serious piece of life-saving engineering inspired by an incident in July, when an astronaut on the International Space Station (ISS) almost drowned in his own helmet when water started leaking in. Now faced with urgent repairs due to a faulty cooling system, NASA has come up with a quick fix, so a team can venture outside the station in safety while the cause of the leak remains under investigation. Read More
Sometimes you have to take a step back to take a step forward. NASA is carrying out initial tests on a new, lighter spacesuit for use by the crew of the Orion spacecraft that is currently under development. The tests are being carried out in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory near the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas on a modified version of the pumpkin orange suit normally worn by Space Shuttle crews during liftoff and re-entry and is a return to a space suit design of the 1960s.Read More
On October 8, three teams in various parts of the world participated in an unprecedented simultaneous test of three experimental spacesuits. Coordinated from a mission control center in Innsbruck, Austria run by the Austrian Space Forum (OeWF), World Space Walk 2013 aims at setting standards for developing suits for the future exploration of the planet Mars.Read More
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Science fiction may well become reality with the development of a real life Iron Man suit that would allow astronauts or extreme thrill seekers to space dive from up to 62 miles (100 km) above the Earth's surface at the very edge of space, and safely land using thruster boots instead of a parachute. Hi-tech inventors over at Solar System Express (Sol-X) and biotech designers Juxtopia LLC (JLLC) are collaborating on this project with a goal of releasing a production model of such a suit by 2016. The project will use a commercial space suit to which will be added augmented reality (AR) goggles, jet packs, power gloves and movement gyros.Read More
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Hot, humid, but sailing. A slight breeze erases the oppressive feeling of the dead of summer in Baja.
Jake definitely has the makings of a sailing dog. In July of 2007 I took the motor home down to San Carlos with my trusty Golden Retrievers Jake and Anne. I planned to try them out on an ocean sailing trip. It didn't work out as hoped. I managed to get them on the zodiac inflatable (with a little help getting Anne in) but I just didn't have the strength or ingenuity to get them from the inflatable up and into the boat. It was a let down and we wound up motoring the zodiac back to shore without even getting them into Singmeaway. If I had crew, it might have been possible, but I am basically a solo sailor. The dogs spent the day in the motor home while I sailed from San Carlos marina to Isle de Ventana and back. That was when I realized if I was going to go cruising with my dogs Jake and Anne, I would need a bigger sailboat, preferably with a walk-through transom.
This is a picture of the Catalina 25 being towed to the Sea during my late summer sailing trip in 2007. I am following in the motor home with Jake and Anne (the Goldens). I launched the boat with my newly found cruising friend in the rain but weather like this does not affect Singmeaway much. I was granted a slip from my kind friend and that's where the boat was kept for a few days until I brought it in for storage and installation of the GPS/Chartplotter/Depth finder.
09/23/2007, Other Marina, San Carlos
Just before I arrived back at Marina San Carlos from my 250 mile second Baja sailing trip in May of 2007, I stopped by Marina Real (I think its called) to return the two empty 5 gallon gas cans that allowed me to cross the Sea of Cortez and back in light winds. His 36 foot boat is to the right. It was built in the 1960s to race to Hawaii. It's somewhat worse for wear, but he's got it slipped in San Carlos and evidently goes on sailing trips with it. The two old men were supposedly sailing across the sea when their main halyard parted in two and one had to winch the other up the mast to replace it. They turned back when it happened and didn't start again. Having a beer in the spacious stern of that boat and getting the inside-out tour inspired my purchase of a Catalina 36 later that year. You can hang out in the cabin and on the deck of a 36 foot sailboat, Singmeaway, not so much.
09/23/2007, Sea of Cortez Northern Mexico Coast
This adventure resulted in a lot of interesting sites. There was a fishing camp next to a privately owned house with a 25-30 foot sailboat stored outside. The area I anchored in had some sort of pump bringing water into an open area below the shore for reasons I could not ascertain. But most of all it was one of those anchorages whose bottom is sand in clear sea water. Those anchorages are typically found in protected waters and are much desired.
09/23/2007, Sea of Cortez
This anchorage was reached after I returned from across the Sea of Cortez. It was a great place to chill out for a day before heading back to civilization. The water was so clear I could see down to the bottom.
09/23/2007, Sea of Cortez
That island in the distance is Matir. It is located in the center of the northern Sea of Cortez. Gerry says sailboats shouldn't go there because of potential water turbulence and the fact that its like 40 miles from anything. Of course, that's the point of going to Matir. Also, I didn't want to do an all night passage and it was the perfect place to stop for the night. The weather and water were so calm when I last traveled the Sea of Cortez that it was fine around Matir. And that place was incredible. Maybe the most adventurous night at sea so far. I liked the remoteness. And it was like a Jurassic Park with all the wildlife and sounds. In the picture Matir seems close, but it is still a long way away. I didn't arrive until late afternoon. When sailors back at San Carlos found out that I went to Matir, I was legendary for a day.
See what I mean.
09/23/2007, San Franciscito, Baja
I met this Canadian gentleman and his wife while anchored in the little protected cove in San Franciscito after island hopping across the Sea of Cortez. They were retired and cruising their 27 or so foot 1960s vintage sailboat all around the Sea of Cortez and had also sailed up to Alaska and numerous other places in that boat in addition to truck and camper camping around Latin America. Nice couple. They gave me fish. I had them over for drinks. They liked the Catalina 25 and thought it quite roomy and capable to sail long distances. We went adventuring together in my zodiac and hiked into the desert looking for caves. Didn't find those, but we did find beautiful rock formations and some nice cruising friends. We exchanged photos through e-mail months later. I'll try and find those and post one.
09/23/2007, San Franciscito, Baja
One of the rewards of having just sailed across the Sea of Cortez.


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Franceschi, Paul (2002) A Third Route to the Doomsday Argument. [Preprint]
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In this paper, I present a solution to the Doomsday argument based on a third type of solution, by contrast to on the one hand, the Carter-Leslie view and on the other hand, the Eckhardt-Sowers-Sober analysis. The present line of thought is based on the fact that both aforementioned analyses are based on an inaccurate analogy. After discussing the imperfections of both models, I present then a novel model that fits more adequately with the human situation corresponding to the Doomsday argument. This last model also encapsulates both Carter-Leslie's and Eckhardt et al.'s models, and reveals a link with the issue of mind-body dualism. Lastly I argue that this novel analogy, combined with an adequate solution to the reference class problem, leads to a novel formulation of the argument that could well be more consensual than the original one
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We saw this awhile back, and just noticed that SlamxHype had posted it… a nice look at Stacy Peralta's "Bones Brigade." film. Peralta did Dogtown and Z-Boys, so he has a history with these types of subjects. Nice to rekindle the Hosoi v Hawk, style vs tricks battle.
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Trey Songz seems to serve up the sexy without even trying, so it's only right that he look for the same in a woman. What is it that Trey Songz finds to be the most sexy quality in a woman?
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In the recent run up to the Iowa Caucus Texas Governor and GOP Candidate Rick Perry has put a socially conservative edge into his rhetoric that has caused a certain disquietude and alarm in some quarters of the gay, lesbian and transgendered community. GOP Proud is a GL&T group that purports to support the interests of these individuals who generally practice political Conservatism. Thus, it | Read More »


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LXD55 6-inch refractor
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Still if it is a REALLY good deal then the worst case is some wide-field AP and a nice visual scope.
Posted 18 July 2013 - 09:43 PM
I think it all depends on what kind of deal you are getting. I got my LXD55 + SN6 for $200. I am not complaining!
If you are getting this setup for less than $500 then I think it is a good deal and you should go for it. Mount itself is ~$500 new.
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You can use the refractor for visual or sell it.
For imaging it is not too good - too much of CA. You need an APO refractor to get decent images.
I would try to knock off couple of hundreds off the price and get it. LXD55 are going for around $300, have no idea about the refractor though.
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M27 – The Dumbbell Nebula in Vulpecula
Telescope: Meade LXD75 AR-6
Camera: Canon Rebel T2i
Filter: Orion Imaging Sky Glow Filter
Guide scope: None
Exposure: 60x20sec, ISO 3200 saved as RAW
Darks: Internal
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Telescope: Meade LXD75 AR-6
Camera: Canon Rebel T2i
Filter: Orion Imaging Sky Glow Filter
Guide scope: None
Exposure: 40x30sec, ISO 3200 saved as RAW
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Filter: Orion Imaging Sky Glow Filter
Guide scope: None
Exposure: 40x20sec, ISO 3200 saved as RAW
Darks: Internal
Flat: Synthetic
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Posted 19 July 2013 - 01:34 PM
Oh yeah, sorry, "5-inch" was a typo. It's the 6-inch. It's being offered for $700 o.b.o. I already have a LXD75 8-inch Newtonian that I use for astrophotography (with a good degree of success). I just didn't know if a refractor with about a 50% longer focal length would give me anything I don't already have. To be honest, I don't really understand the point of refractors, given that reflectors are so much cheaper for a given aperture area. Slightly longer focal length, maybe? Or is there another advantage to them?
My thinking is that since you already have an LXD75 and your use includes AP the $700 would be better spent on other gear rather then the LXD55/AR6.
For example - do you have a guiding setup yet? If not a 50mm finder-guider and guide scope can be had for half that total. How about a wider FOV telescope? You 8" newt is probably something on the order of 800mm focal length (guessing an f/4 scope), something like the AT65EDQ would give you a nice 420mm focal length to use on larger targets or groups of targets.
Posted 19 July 2013 - 02:52 PM
Posted 20 July 2013 - 01:41 AM
There are thankfully quite a few things you can do to help with the problem:
1) When your polar alignment is not *perfect* (and really, when is it ever perfect?) watch what direction DEC wants to drift and then change PHD's DEC guide mode to either North Only or South Only (depending on what direction it is drifting). This can avoid the backlash issue.
2) Spend some time doing Drift Alignment to get as good a polar alignment as you can possibly get before you start imaging. With a good enough polar alignment you may be able to simply turn DEC guiding off (this would avoid the sticktion issue). Yes I know this contradicts #1
3) disassemble the mount (or just the the DEC axis), clean off the grease, re-apply new high-quality grease and re-assemble. Possibly adjusting the worm/worm-wheel mesh as you do so in order to remove some of the backlash (just do not adjust it so that it becomes tight). Doing this improved the guiding of my CG5.
4) Do a Hyper-Tune on the mount. This is basically the same thing as #3 but also involves replacing some bearings and polishing some of the metal surfaces to reduce stiction even further. This set of instructions is for the CG-5 but as far as I understand it applies to the LXD75 as well (both the CG5 and LXD75 are clones of the Vixen Great Polaris mount). If you ignore polishing section you can use this as a guide for #3 as well.
5) Image at shorter focal lengths. If you image with wider Fields of View such as a smaller scope or camera lenses provide you will not be able to see problems that are fairly obvious at 800mm focal length.
and finally.....
6) Get a better mount (possibly selling the LXD75 to fund it). This is what I eventually did to get acceptable performance at 1370mm focal length (and better performance at 900mm and 300mm). I still have my CG5 though for use in easily portable wide-field imaging with camera lenses.
That #6 might be a bit tough to chew on, but if you consider that $700 you where thinking of spending and toss in what the LXD75 might sell for you could probably get a used Orion Atlas EQG (also called the Skywatcher NEQ6 Pro). That is a significantly beefier mount with a proven track recored for AP use.


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Comic-Con, full swing, check. 20th Century Fox's "In Time," the new sci-fi film by "Gattaca" director Andrew Niccol just released an official first look photo of its stars Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried earlier this week, and with the picture doing the hawk-and-sell rounds at the Con, it's only natural that more assets are hitting.
Fox just unveiled new posters and footage from the film which you can see below.
Co-starring Cillian Muphy, Vincent Kartheiser, Alex Pettyfer, Johnny Galecki, Olivia Wilde and Matthew Bomer, "In Time" presents a world where "time has become the ultimate currency. You stop aging at 25, but there's a catch: you're genetically-engineered to live only one more year, unless you can buy your way out of it. The rich 'earn' decades at a time (remaining at age 25), becoming essentially immortal, while the rest beg, borrow or steal enough hours to make it through the day. When a man from the wrong side of the tracks is falsely accused of murder, he is forced to go on the run with a beautiful hostage. Living minute to minute, the duo's love becomes a powerful tool in their war against the system."
What part of the film appealed to Timberlake? "The idea of how could we achieve being young forever," he said in today's Comic-Con press conference. "I just fell in love with the man that he was. An ordinary man being put in fantastical situations. He wakes up with 24 hours on his body clock, so he only has a day to live. [I liked] the idea of what would you do, how would you live; the idea of having to beg and steal to stay alive."
Having the director of "Gattaca" at the helm didn't hurt either. "As a director [Andrew] has the ability to create a thrill ride in the midst of all these ideas. I haven't done a film like this, so I was excited to jump into those running shoes. I run a lot. While it is thrilling, I feel like it is performance driven."
And he's also pretty down with all the action in the film. "I'm from Tennessee and it's no secret, we like to shoot guns. So that was pretty cool," he said.
While presenting an "unknown" project at Comic-Con -- that's not a franchise -- can be tough, Niccol seemed indifferent. "I think we'll get out alive," he said slyly. "If I have all my limbs when I walk out, I'll be satisfied," Timberlake said, noting that the geek crowd can be ruthless. "Any time you create something that's a little bit left of center… A movie like this is intense and thrilling but it says a lot."
"In Time" is currently scheduled for a October 28, 2011 release. Posters and footage below. -- Additional reporting by Jeff Otto.


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A compromise that works well is to get the DBA to change the CURSOR_SHARING instance parameter from EXACT to FORCE. This pretty much simulates the effects of using bind variables without having to do changes to the application code.
Not quite as efficient as using bind variables, but works well.
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> Use prepared statments like Jim explained.
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Going into training camp, there were two offensive players on the Miami Dolphins reportedly dealing with injuries, and both were possible candidates for the Physically Unable To Perform list.
It turns out, they both will reportedly start training camp on that very list.
Per the NFL transaction wire and stated in several media reports, the first by Field Yates of ESPN, the Miami Dolphins have placed center Mike Pouncey and running back Knowshon Moreno on the PUP list.
Players placed on PUP today: Dolphins RB Knowshon Moreno, C Mike Pouncey, Bengals T Andrew Whitworth, Cowboys DE Anthony Spencer.
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Another piece in this "series" that I recently enjoyed in my latest endeavor and resolution to write and read more poetry, starting with Billy Collins' compilation of Poetry 180.
After Us by Connie Wanek
Rain is falling through the roof.
And all that prospered under the sun,
the books that opened in the morning
and closed at night, and all day
turned their pages to the light;
the sketches of boats and strong forearms
and clever faces, and of fields
and barns, and of a bowl of eggs,
and lying across the piano
the silver stick of a flute; everything
invented and imagined,
everything whispered and sung,
all silenced by cold rain.
The sky is the color of gravestones.
The rain tastes like salt, and rises
in the streets like a ruinous tide.
We spoke of millions, of billions of years.
We talked and talked.
Then a drop of rain fell
into the sound hole of the guitar, another
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4th Sunday of Lent. This season is going by so quickly. I'm still reading the devotionals from FPC, and reflecting on the sermons/texts from each Sunday in conjunction with reading poetry. We had the familiar John 3:16 passage, and the conversation between Nicodemus and Jesus late at night. Fitting for the theme this week: Seeking Christ in the night. The night holds so many images – a time of hiding and doing things in secret, a time when what haunts and burdens us by day seems to take on a whole new weight, and a time when sometimes scary creatures – real and fantasy – go bump in the night. For me this past year, the night was a struggle – what with the babies' and their needs. I was struck by Andy's reminder that even though our struggles in the dark may seem so lonely and isolating, we have the One who came to us as Emmanuel during that parallel season not-too-long-ago. And, truly, there were very tangible moments that I felt God's comforting nearness. No voice, no specific words, just nearness. Sometimes that's all one needs to make it through the night.
But, I'm also struck by the question posed in today's devotional: Have you ever had a conversation late at night that changed you?
I can think of a number of conversations – snippets – from different seasons. Words about faith and theology. Words about relationships. Words about loss and confusion. Words about potential and possibility. Words about fears. Words about hope.
The common thread throughout these conversations wasn't the topic or even the conclusions, but the person. It was the sense of grace I felt in those moments, and God's presence. It made everything truly bearable so that I could carry on through the night and turn my face to the promise of morning, and whatever the day might hold for me.
Be Present, Merciful God, and protect us through the silent
hours of this night, so that we who are wearied by changes and
chances of this fleeting world, may rest upon your eternal
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April 24. 2006
University of Michigan unveils innovative medication program
for employees and dependents with diabetes
Co-pays for some proven preventive medications will now be free
Concept inspired by U-M research on co-pays' impact on long-term health
ANN ARBOR, MI – University of Michigan employees and their dependents who have any form of diabetes will be able to receive some of their medications for free, through an innovative new pilot program aimed at encouraging the use of medicines that can help prevent the disease's worst long-term effects.
Beginning July 1, participants will be charged no co-pay for certain drugs that control blood sugar, lower blood pressure, cut the risk of heart and kidney problems, and ease depression. All of the drugs chosen for "free co-pays" have been shown to help prevent diabetes complications that can be debilitating or fatal. Co-pays for other drugs in the same classes will be reduced by 50 percent or 25 percent.
Participants will also receive educational materials to help them understand how to improve their health and reduce their chance of diabetes complications. More than 2,000 of the 69,700 employees and dependents covered by U-M benefits currently take medication for diabetes.
The concept for the program came from U-M research that has shown the potential health value of removing any cost barrier that might keep people with some chronic illnesses from getting beneficial medications, tests and screenings. U-M research has also suggested that the approach may save individuals, employers, insurers and society money in the long run, by preventing or delaying costly complications ranging from heart attacks and strokes to blindness and amputations.
The U-M program, called MHealthy: Focus on Diabetes, is the first in the nation to be designed specifically to evaluate the impact of targeted co-pay reduction for preventive medications. Although several companies have reduced or waived co-pays as part of employee health promotion or disease management programs, and at least one has reported cost savings linked to such programs, the specific impact of reduced drug co-pays has not been measured.
"Chronic diseases like diabetes pose a real and growing threat to the health of our employees and their dependents, and to our society. We must find a better way of encouraging prevention now, so we can reduce the human and economic costs down the road," says U-M President Mary Sue Coleman. "We hope this effort will yield solid results for our own community, and provide a model for others. Although it will cost us money in the short run, we anticipate it will save lives and money in the long run."
The decision to start with diabetes, says U-M Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs Robert Kelch, M.D., stemmed from a University analysis that showed much room for improvement in the use of preventive medications, and other measures, among diabetic members of M-CARE, the U-M-owned managed care company.
The fact that diabetes affects so many people, and that proper treatment has been shown to reduce the risk of complications and early death by up to 50 percent, also played an important role.
"Because the evidence of preventive benefit from certain medications is so strong, and because the opportunity to improve is so great, diabetes is a natural place to start," says Kelch, who chairs the Michigan Healthy Community Initiative task force that has developed the program as part of a University-wide health improvement effort. He notes that similar analyses of preventive care for U-M employees with cardiovascular disease and asthma revealed additional opportunities for future quality-improvement projects, which are now being considered.
The new program will be open to all U-M employees and their dependents who have diabetes, regardless of which health insurance plan they have chosen. U-M prescription drug benefits are all offered through a single plan, allowing the program's effects to be evaluated.
The evaluation component of the program will be headed by Allison Rosen, M.D., Sc.D., an assistant professor of internal medicine at the U-M Medical School and one of the researchers whose work inspired the new project. Rosen led a 2005 computer-model study that showed that making a certain drugs free to older diabetics would prevent health problems and premature deaths while ultimately saving money. She also has a paper in the April Journal of General Internal Medicine showing that half of older diabetics don't take drugs to protect their hearts and kidneys, and an editorial in Medical Care.
"Academics like myself have repeatedly demonstrated that increased co-pays decrease the likelihood that patients will adhere to their prescriptions, and that in turn this poor adherence to certain medications harms their health," says Rosen, who also holds appointments at the U-M School of Public Health and the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System. "But there has been a disconnect between what academia is demonstrating, and what has been done in real-world prescription drug benefit design."
She notes that on a national level, employers have tended to increase employees' out-of-pocket costs, no matter what the potential long-term health benefit of their drugs. "This program will test whether we can improve both the quality and the value of care for people with diabetes, and will stand as an example of what can be done, with an in-depth evaluation to reveal if there's been a difference," she says.
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The project is being co-directed by Zelda Geyer-Sylvia, MPH, the executive director and CEO of M-CARE; Mark Fendrick, M.D., a U-M professor of internal medicine and public health who co-directs the U-M Center for Value-Based Insurance Design; and William Herman, M.D., MPH, director of U-M's Michigan Diabetes Research and Training Center, M-CARE medical director for disease management and a leading national figure in research on preventive measures in diabetes. For information on the project and the Michigan Healthy Community initiative, visit Mhealthy.umich.edu/improve/diabetes.html.
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Poverty in America At a Record 46.5M
One in seven at the bottom for six straight years
September 18, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's poverty rate remained stuck at 15 percent last year despite America's slowly reviving economy, a discouraging lack of improvement for the record 46....
The % of Americans working in August was 63.2% In August of 2009 in the midst of the recession that % was 65.4%. If the Obama admin could even hold the recession level of Americans participating in the work force (aka employed) there would be 3.25 million Americans w/ jobs. However this important statistic has decreased EVERY year since to the lowest level in 30 years.
August 2008 66.1%
August 2009 65.1%
August 2010 64.7%
August 2011 64.2%
August 2012 63.5%
August 2013 63.2%
Nearly 70% of the jobs created this year have been part time! The poverty level getting worse is no surprise.
Things are getting worse, not improving!!
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I'm a firm believer that not one single job should be given to any non American, no matter how technical until there are not enough American workers to fill the jobs. We American's (citizens) can drive cabs, Manage 7-11's, motels, pick produce, etc. Force those to work that can or no welfare, not one cent.
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Obama is the first President in history to go without passing a budget (though required by law). We are five years into his administration and he has yet to pass a single budget.
Before you blame "obstructionist" Republicans, think about this: Congress can't vote up or down on a budget IF THE PRESIDENT DOES NOT SEND THEM A BUDGET!!!
Obummer sent ONE budget to Congress. The Senate voted it down 97-0, with three cowards abstaining.
This guy is in over his head. When will you Kool Aid drinkers admit it?
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oldrustedvanman, Bush created 8.4 million jobs and had the highest percentage of the population working as well as the lowest unemployment rate since WWII.
News Flash: Bush was president for 96 months, not just 8 months in 2008.
Nobama can't even come close after spending over a $1 Trillion for stimulus to crony capitalists.
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Continued: It's still one of the biggest USW locals, but about 5000. Still better than Aliquippa, Monessen, Homestead, Warren, Youngstown, etc...
The world changes. 200 years ago you worked on a farm. 100 years ago you worked an assembly line. 20 years ago you worked at a computer terminal.
Now if you're lucky, you may have another factory job, if the idiots in Washington don't regulate us all into poverty.
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The bulk of better jobs lost didn't go to China, Japan or India. They just went away. Steel mills designed and built for labor intensive processes were okay as long as everyone had them. Once the minimills got a hold on bar products, it was just a matter of time before they moved into higher value areas. Result? The minimills get most of the easy products, and the mills that have the cash to adapt move to the tougher stuff. Went back to a former Bethlehem plant I visited 20 years ago, and walked by an inspection station. Last time there were five people there. Now there's one, with several cameras and computer imaging software.
WP never had the cash to do this, because that great contract with all the benefits drained away the money for upgrades. Same with Weirton.
You see this in Auto, Appliance and all sorts of other manufacturing fields. Robots don't have to be paid, and work all shifts. Local 1010 at Indiana Harbor has 16,000 members in the 70s. It's still one o
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Yeah, vanagon, after Pelosi and Reid took over Congress and doubled the deficit, and blew up the economy. Take a look at spending for 2005,2006 and the beginning of 2007. Even with a war, total spending as a percentage of the GDP was dropping.
Also, that job loss is only at the last few months of his second term. He had double to triple obie's best growth rate for most of his time, and his jobs were full-time, $20/hr and up, not $10 to 15/hr and part time.
Hope and Change, hah!
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Bush was losing jobs at 750,000 per months.
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Good points, OSM!
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The POOR are getting poorer, but here is ONE reason WHY the RICH get RICHER under NOBAMA:
America's companies, from Apple Inc. (AAPL) to Verizon Communications Inc., are saving about $700 billion in interest payments with the Federal Reserve's unprecedented stimulus. Corporate bond yields over the past four years have fallen to an average of 4.6 percent from 6.14 percent in the five years before Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.'s demise, a savings equal to $15.4 million annually per every $1 billion borrowed. Businesses took advantage of the Fed's largesse to lock in record low rates, extend maturities and raise cash by selling $5.16 trillion of bonds, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
Thanks Opie!
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BTW, usually when a lot of people can't find work, they start small companies and find something to do. The rate of new business formation is the lowest it has ever been for such an extended time, and one of the big factors cited is the extended benefits handed out. people learn to get by with less, and get used to it. Another problem is the explosion of new rules and regulations, making it harder and more expensive to get going.
One of the founders of Home Depot said if the current rules were around when he started, Home Depot would not exist. What does that tell you?
If you are Rock or Hoopie, probably not much.
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During his terms obie has had several "jobs summits" to solve the problem. An interesting point of these is none of the people invited are businessmen/women that actually employ workers. The closest he gets are guys like Immelt, who is in the job export business. No one from a manufacturing firm, a builder, or any part of the economy that produces wealth is ever there. Bankers, academics, consultants that never worked a day in a factory or a mine or a farm field, that's the "experts" he wants, because they won't say what a botchup this administration is.
There are only four ways real value is created Mine it make it build it grow it. Everything else is a service to those four. The fundamental problem is our leader thinks "a job is a job is a job", and puts our tax money into makework jobs to move money around.
Doesn't work, because that money has to come from somewhere, and if it isn't going to one of the four, or something that supports them, it h
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Bad Economic News? Time to threaten to bomb another Mideastern country to move focus on a new crisis!!!
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Remember that 'laser-like focus' obie was bringing to the jobs problem?
Looks a bit less than well focused to me. Looks like he needs a flashlight, not a laser, since he's clearly in the dark about job creation.
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Barry OCronyism's list of corporate fiancees. I mean financers. Same thing.
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Summing then:
The Party that after two terms of governance by "Hope and Change" is making more use of "social safety nets" than ever before still thinks all that misery is somebody else's fault. Apparently "elections have consequences" only for Republicans. LOL
Who said "corporate donors"? Because I found some you need to bash, RockE. Goldman Sachs, Microsoft, Google, JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup, Time Warner, General Electric, Morgan Stanley? They're been sidling up to your Corporate Embracer in Chief. Maybe Barry Bankrupter relates to the plight of the 1% more than you're willing to admit.
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Every one says the jobs are lost because of unions driving up wages and the cos. move to say China,Vietman,etc.Look farther into it the regs. cost more than the wages do the people are "replaceable" they have 1000s die in coal mines in China every year no biggy more outside the door. the real reason is the cost of energy to build the products and the regulations that the govt.imposes on businesses. Some of the regs make sense some dont when we arent allowed to burn coal but China is building new plants at least at the rate of 1 per WEEK it doesnt help global warmimg sorry climate change.It makes no sense if all do not do the same thing.The fact that the gas boom is helping cos. come back here to build their products here, but stop saying man is cause of the global warming, we have had climate change for billions of years and before humans even got here so how do you explain that?But its better if you feel needed so govt. wants to feel needed so"poverty"makes them n
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you gotta love when the welfare's wage and benefits out weigh the working poor wages and benefits.and not even a drug test for the welfare benefits.
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said John Iceland, a former Census Bureau chief of the poverty and health statistics branch who is now a Penn State sociology professor. "This lack of progress in poverty indicates that these small improvements in the economy are not yet being equally shared by all."
My question: Must they be equally shared by all?
Liberals and unbelievers would rather spend an eternity in a flaming he11 than for once acknowledge truth. Truth that their beliefs are based upon lies, manipulation, deception, and subterfuge. Truth that the fruits of their ways are the ways of suffering, pain, poverty, and he11.
Going against the 'grain of nature' has dire consequences. America is just beginning to see the fruits of a godless society.
The path of Obama is a path to poverty and ultimate destruction. The sheeple stubbornly refuse to 'connect the dots'.
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Loving the fact that we are in sequester because the President will not present a budget that does not increase the debt and misery, and love the press releasees about how the Repubs are responsible for cutting off gov services (actually is automatic from previous legislation) and yet the President wants to start another war, that has not a thing to do with us. And just zipped off another $250 million in "humanitarian aid" to the rebels (who hate us openly). Thats $500 billion to them in six months, and $20 billion for Libya,Egypt and Syria in the last six months. Thats equal to the total annual budget of the post office. People are out of work, hungry, bridges are falling in and Obama (don't you dare say Muslim) has spent more on the Muslim Brotherhood's wars than he did on America. Wonder what kind of convoluted, ring around the rosy rant progressives have to make this sound swell? We have a President of dubious background, obsessed with installing radical Islamic regi
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Summing then:
As GOPeers bemoan all social safety nets utilized by citizens who were lambasted via Recession Vers. BushII by defining those programs as "bums living large while WE struggle" so as for the GOPeer regime to be able to sidle up to and embrace(pun) middle Americans (whose votes they want but plights they can't relate to) while that same GOPeer legislative arm bows to its corporate donors.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama warned Republicans in Congress on Monday that he will not negotiate over an extension of the U.S. debt ceiling as part of a budget battle that will soon dominate Washington, with a deadline fast approaching.
Pivoting to domestic policy after devoting weeks to the crisis in Syria, Obama scolded his political opponents for threatening a federal government shutdown and attempting to attach conditions to funding the budget for the 2014 fiscal year that begins October 1.
"Let's stop the threats. Let's stop the political posturing. Let's keep our government open. Let's pay our bills on time. Let's pass a budget," Obama said.
Obama is like a THIEF that breaks into your house, robs you blind, and then lectures you on why you should give him MORE MONEY!!!
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Oh horsemanure RuinedReputation,the MYTH is the Liberal Ideas of Keynesian Economics that have played out during the Abomination Administration in the last 56 months.
The greatest wage loss was in Big Blue Michigan, birthplace of the Union movement. Things got so bad, now even Mich is a right to work state.
Under Obama's policies the average middle class income is DOWN more the $4,300, a record 49 million on food stamps, a record 48% black youth unemployment, all higher than the great Depression.
Face it, FOOL, your liberals ideas have been in play for 56 months and the rich got RICHER proportionally than under the evil genius Bush.
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In a Capitalist market the consumers (consumer spending drives about 70% of the market) are the "job creators!" one dude has 10 million dollars or 10 dudes have 1 million dollars which one/group consumes more?
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Interesting, RockE. Unemployment and the cost of living are ALSO highest in non-right to work states. So if you live in a non-right to work state, although you're probably angry about rising prices, you can be happy that most likely someone else is making higher wages.
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Will shares in Johnson Matthey help you build a FTSE-beating retirement fund?
The last five years have been tough for those in retirement. Portfolio valuations have been hammered and annuity rates have plunged. There's no sign of things improving anytime soon, either, as the eurozone and the UK economy look set to muddle through at best for some years to come.
A great way of protecting yourself from the downturn, however, is by building your retirement fund with shares of large, well-run companies that should grow their earnings steadily over the coming decades. Over time, such investments ought to result in rising dividends and inflation-beating capital growth.
In this series, I'm tracking down the UK large-caps that have the potential to beat the FTSE 100 (UKX) over the long term and support a lower-risk income-generating retirement fund (you can see the companies I've covered so far on this page).
Today, I'm going to take a look at Johnson Matthey (LSE: JMAT), the chemicals business that's one of the world's main producers of automotive catalytic converters.
Johnson Matthey has performed strongly against the FTSE 100 over the last 10 years, as these figures show:
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(Total return includes both changes to the share price and reinvested dividends. These two ingredients combined are what make it possible for equity portfolios to regularly outperform cash and bonds over the long term.)
Johnson Matthey's 10-year average trailing total return is impressive and places its total returns firmly ahead of those of the FTSE 100.
To help me pinpoint suitable investments, I like to score companies on key financial metrics that highlight the characteristics I look for in a retirement share. Let's see how Johnson Matthey shapes up:
Source: Morningstar, Digital Look, Johnson Matthey
Here's how I've scored Johnson Matthey on each of these criteria:
Although Johnson Matthey's current dividend yield of 2.4% is below the FTSE 100 average, dividend growth is one of the most important attributes for long-term retirement investing, as you need your income to keep pace with inflation. Johnson Matthey scores very well in this regard, as its annual dividend payments have risen from 19p in 1999 to 46p in 2011 -- an increase of 242% in twelve years. What's more, the dividend rose every single year during that period.
Anyone who invested in Johnson Matthey at the end of 1999 would have paid around 700p per share and received an initial dividend yield of around 2.7%. Today, that original investment would provide a dividend yield on cost of 6.5%, better than the vast majority of FTSE 100 shares and highlighting the value of dividend growth and long-term holding in retirement investing. By taking this approach, you would not have had to worry about the capital value of your shares falling by 57% in 2008 -- your income would have continued to rise regardless, and sure enough, the share price has also since recovered.
I think Johnson Matthey's score of 21/25 is well-deserved and suggests that it could be a strong candidate for a retirement fund portfolio, especially if your retirement is still at least five or ten years away.
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It would have been a good one to hold long term if purchased in 2008, but looks a bit pricey now even though it is good quality.
I bought some Jmat a month or so back and saw the price pop up, but didn't take any profits, I'm looking to get some more but agree with ScotishPound that it's not cheap right now.
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- Backed by a new strategic institutional investor, leading provider of HR software poised for further growth within the global SMB market -
HAZLET, N.J. (January 11, 2012) - iCIMS, the leading provider of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) talent management solutions for the SMB market, announced today that the company has secured a $35 million minority growth equity investment from Susquehanna Growth Equity, LLC (SGE). Prior to securing the investment capital, iCIMS had been self-funded, highly profitable, and grown solely organically at 43% CAGR since 2003. The company plans to significantly increase investments in marketing, product development, and additional acquisitions that will further accelerate the organization's rapid growth and expansion plans.
iCIMS focuses on delivering intuitive and scalable solutions designed to help companies of all sizes streamline Human Resources processes. iCIMS' flagship product, the Talent Platform, is a seamless talent management solution that adheres to the company's "back to the basics" philosophy, providing a simple-to-use yet extremely robust talent acquisition system that automates social recruiting, applicant tracking, and onboarding processes. Recently, iCIMS was recognized as a "champion" in the Info-Tech Research Group's Vendor Landscape Report for Talent Acquisition Systems and tied for the highest overall rating within both the product and vendor evaluations.
iCIMS experienced explosive growth in 2011, reaching its 1000-client milestone by adding an average of one new customer for every business day. The company's growth and sustained success has garnered recognition from several leading publications, trade organizations, and analyst firms. For the sixth consecutive year, iCIMS was ranked on the Inc. 500/5000 list of America's fastest growing private companies. In addition, iCIMS ranked on the Deloitte Technology list of the fastest growing technology companies in North America for the sixth consecutive year.
"We have been watching iCIMS and the talent management software space for quite some time and believe this well-managed, nimble, and extremely profitable SaaS company will continue to devour market share in the vast SMB space," said Scott Feldman, Director, SGE. "iCIMS has all of the makings of a SaaS giant on the march: strong leadership, clear strategic vision, innovative products, outstanding customer service, and employees who are invested in the company direction. We are very excited about the role our investment will play in the elevation of iCIMS' success," Feldman concluded.
"We are invigorated by the success the iCIMS team has demonstrated over the last 11 years and our path to this point has clearly earned the confidence of SGE," said Colin Day, CEO, iCIMS. "We could have sustained our current rate of growth without an outside investment -- but the timing was ideal to take iCIMS to the next level. This minority growth equity investment from SGE will help us dramatically accelerate our aggressive expansion plans. We look forward to offering deeper and broader services and support to our clients, and further penetrating the SMB marketplace with our high-value solutions and services," Day concluded.
As part of its expansion strategy, iCIMS plans to increase full time staff by almost 25% within the next year. These employees will be spread throughout the United States and abroad and will be concentrated in marketing, sales, and technology.
Scott Feldman, Amir Goldman, and Jonathan Klahr will join the iCIMS Board of Directors. All three SGE representatives currently serve on the boards of multiple software companies including the JK Group, PaySimple, Netformx, MMIT, and Skybox. iCIMS was represented in the transaction by Raymond James & Associates (NYSE-RJF).
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Your OWN Show: It Takes A Villageâ€ÂÂJanuary 7, 2011 09:07:36 by Veronica Dudo
This week, Your OWN Show debuted on the Oprah Winfrey Network showing America it's never too late to follow your dreams! More than 15,000 people auditioned but only one will get their very own show. Find out who you will soon be watching on OWN!
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TLC Turns "Extreme Couponing" Special Into ShowJanuary 7, 2011 03:00:37 by Paula_Kosowski
Didn't get enough obsessive bargain shopping on last week's "Extreme Couponing" special? Well, TLC's got you covered. They've ordered more episodes for a series set to premiere this Spring. Read on for more details on the new show…
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Live To Dance: Viewers Can Now Vote For Their Favorite DancersJanuary 7, 2011 02:30:46 by Allyson Wells
CBS has announced that Paula Abdul's new reality show, Live to Dance, will give viewers the opportunity to vote for their favorite dancers. The former American Idol host serves as executive producer, mentor and lead expert.Â
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Wipeout Returns With New Winter ThemeJanuary 7, 2011 01:00:06 by Paula_Kosowski
Get ready to see a lot more spills, thrills and giant hams? ABC's Wipeout is back with a whole new seasonal take on the obstacle-course game show. Read more to see what challenges new contestants will face.
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The Fashion Show Ultimate Collection: Week Eight PreviewJanuary 7, 2011 12:00:07 by Lori Wilson
It's a week of firsts on The Fashion Show Ultimate Collection, as Calvin displays doubt and emotion in the challenge that sees the five remaining designers create a collection around accessories. To find out what makes Calvin tear up in week eight of the Bravo reality show and who will join Cesar in the House of Emerald, keep on reading.
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American Idol: New Judges Create Different Feel For 10th SeasonJanuary 7, 2011 11:00:28 by Paula_Kosowski
American Idol's new judges are chiming in to Entertainment Weekly on their different judging style and how that will affect the feel of Fox's hit show. Read more to see what they had to say…
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Your OWN Show: Oprah's Search For The Next TV Starâ€â€ÂMeet The 10 ContestantsJanuary 7, 2011 10:08:30 by Veronica Dudo
Oprah's new reality series Your OWN Show: Oprah's search for the next TV star debuts on the Oprah Winfrey Network tonight. Find out who the contestants are!
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Worst Cooks In America: Sophia Gettys Drops The Weight And Tackles A Marathon!January 7, 2011 10:00:55 by Lisa Princ
For those of you who tuned into season one of Worst Cooks In America on Food Network, surely you remember Sophia Gettys who was eliminated only a few weeks into the season. Sophia, who left the competition as an overweight, unhealthy mom who wanted to change her life for the healthier, has done just that as only a year later Sophia has dropped a massive amount of weight and has even tackled a marathon! Keep reading for all the details!
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Skating With The Stars: Winner Rebecca Budig's Engagement ConfirmedJanuary 7, 2011 09:00:35 by Paula_Kosowski
Life & Style Weekly confirms ABC's "Skating With the Stars" winner, soap star Rebecca Budig, is getting engaged. Read more for all the proposal details…
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The Bachelorette: Former Contestant Rescues Lost SnowboarderJanuary 7, 2011 07:00:40 by Paula_Kosowski
Season four Bachelorette winner, Jesse Csincsak, might not have been able to save his relationship with Bachelorette DeAnna Pappas, but he was able to rescue a stranded snowboarder in Vail, Colorado. Read more to find out how Csincsak saved the day…
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I have a 2005 Specialized Rockhopper Sport....How do I adjust the rear derailleur (SRAM 2SX5) ?
When I shift it will go 1-2 fine then when I shift to 3 it jumps to five. Every time I make an adjustment by the shifter it just jumps 4-6, 5-7, etc...
I took it to my dealer and they charged my $40. I don't want to pay this again. I have been riding down Big Mountain in Whitefish MT, and all the dust seems to throw it out of adjustment.
The shift lever also squeels because of the fine powdery dust. How do I fix that?
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Often have we witnessed things change, but such dramatic changes of the kind we are witnessing in the Indian Economy and the air travel situation in this country makes one really wonder, is our infrastructure really able to handle such a change??. But we will let time decide that, and anyways to come to the point .
I have not been doing a great lot of flying recently but this trip of mine should give us an insight about the dramatically changing Indian aviation scene and ofcourse my first Indian LCC experience.
Background Information
The idea of this trip came up from a thread on the airliners-india.net forums where plans were being formulated for an Aero India meet at BLR.
At first I was not too keen and only decided to go if a good and convenient ticket price became available.—a rare combination indeed::
I surfed around the web pages and found a return fare on GO Air for approx INR 2400 or around 60 USD .
After coordinating with a BLR/BOM based and fellow airliners.net member Himmat01 we fixed the timing for Saturday the 10th of Feb, 2007.
10th Feb, 2007
I did not sleep well at all the previous night due to some unexpected guests showing up at my place, this would prove to be quite disrupting for my entire trip the next day
So after barely 2 hours and a few winks it was time for me to head to the airport, my parents saw me off at around 6:15am , I looked at the huge check in line for the flight and was quite disappointed to say the least as I did not know if I had enough energy left in me to tolerate such a queue.
But as luck would have it, a GO air agent came up to the line and said, "Anyone without any check in baggage?"
I quickly raised my hand he took mine and a few other passengers e tickets and after a few minutes came out with our printed boarding passes— No photo id check at all
So check in turned out to be quite a breeze, and I felt sorry for the rather long queues of passengers at the various IC IT G8 check in counters during this morning rush hour
I just don't understand how they plan to integrate both domestic and international operations in one large building
I headed to the security screening and after about 20 mins cleared it, but the screener did not put a stamp check on my carry on bag and as a result I was stopped before arriving at my departure gate and was requested to pass through security again, I told him, "no way am I standing in the line again", he said just give me your bag and ill pass it through and get it stamped, I thanked him and after receiving my stamped baggage proceeded to the departure gate.
Altough spacious the departure hall is pretty dull as it is located at the lower levels—which means boarding the aircraft by bus and the sad part being tinted glasses which prevents any views of the tarmac action.
However just when it was time for boarding to commence an announcement regarding first a 30 min delay and then a 1 hour delay.
I made the necessary calls to Himmat informing him about the change in the timings for my flight.
I then tuned onto the music on my Nokia N73 and wiled away my time hearing aircraft takeoff noises and some Trance, quite an interesting mix if you ask me, maybe some of the DJs should try it out.
Soon it was time for boarding to commence by bus, it was a long bus drive to where our aircraft was parked.
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Petties Trial Update
A jury has now been selected in the Petties drug case trial underway in Memphis Federal Court. The panel's final member was selected late Thursday afternoon. Opening statements are scheduled to begin Monday, Feb. 13.
Jury selection went four days as the attorneys for Clinton and Martin Lewis, prosecutors and Judge Hardy Mays sought a jury of 12 and six alternates. The attorneys had a set number of challenges they can use to unseat potential jurors who make it to the jury box. But before that, Mays could disqualify a prospective juror who he feels shouldn't be on the jury. And that's where the process became difficult.
"Sometimes jurors ask me if I can tell time," Mays quipped Thursday morning as the jury pool was ushered into his courtroom. "We have been working."
While the jury pool was waiting elsewhere, he and the attorneys were reviewing questions he would put to individual prospective juror. One made it to the jury box just long enough to answer questions from Mays about upholding laws he may not agree with. Mays cited the example of federal legislation making it a crime for felons to possess guns — a law that has produced a flood of cases in recent years not just in Mays' courtroom but the courtrooms of many other federal judges. Mays said he's not a fan of the law, because there may be some cases where that person needs a gun for protection. But it's a law and Mays said he has to uphold it until or unless Congress changes it.
The potential juror, however, didn't see it that way. "To take away someone's freedom, because of a bad law — I couldn't do that."
"You are excused," Mays replied.
Another prospective juror answered a question about whether she knew anyone connected to the case by listing several of the people who were murdered allegedly by the Petties drug organization. Attorneys pondered why she didn't say anything before she made it to the jury box. The issue quickly remedied itself when she said she would find it hard to be impartial. After a bench conference, she was excused.


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Two couples make plans to get married at the same time, but their shared fairytale ends in disaster.
Cast: David Koechner, C. Thomas Howell, Stephanie Drapeau, Kate Siegel, André Gordon, Brandon Molale, Lisa Ann Walter, James Lyons
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