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Pulmonary embolism is
the sudden blockage of a major blood vessel (artery) in the lung, usually by a
blood clot. In most cases, the clots are small and are not deadly, but they
can damage the lung. But if the clot is large and stops blood flow to the lung,
it can be deadly. Quick treatment could save your life or reduce the risk of
future problems.
The most common symptoms
Pulmonary embolism can also cause more general symptoms.
For example, you may feel anxious or on edge, sweat a lot, feel lightheaded or
faint, or have a fast heart rate or
If you have symptoms like
these, you need to see a doctor right away, especially if they are sudden and
In most cases,
pulmonary embolism is caused by a blood clot in the leg that breaks loose and
travels to the lungs. A blood clot in a vein close to the skin is not likely to
cause problems. But having blood clots in deep veins (deep vein thrombosis) can lead to pulmonary embolism. More than 300,000 people each year have deep vein thrombosis or a pulmonary embolism.1
Other things
can block an artery, such as tumors, air bubbles,
amniotic fluid, or fat that is released into the blood
vessels when a bone is broken. But these are rare.
Anything that makes you more likely to form blood clots increases your
risk of pulmonary embolism. Some people are born with blood that clots too
quickly. Other things that can increase your risk include:
You are also at higher risk for blood clots if you are an
older adult (especially older than 70) or extremely overweight (obese).
It may be
hard to diagnose pulmonary embolism, because the symptoms are like those of
many other problems, such as a
heart attack, a
panic attack, or
pneumonia. A doctor will start by doing a physical
exam and asking questions about your past health and your symptoms. This helps
the doctor decide if you are at high risk for pulmonary embolism.
Based on your risk, you might have tests to look for blood clots or rule
out other causes of your symptoms. Common tests include blood tests,
, CT scan,
electrocardiogram (EKG, ECG), ultrasound, and
Doctors usually treat pulmonary
embolism with medicines called
anticoagulants. They are often called blood thinners,
but they don't really thin the blood. They help prevent new clots and keep
existing clots from growing.
Most people take
a blood thinner for a few months. People at high risk for blood clots may need it for
the rest of their lives.
If symptoms are severe and
life-threatening, "clot-busting" drugs called thrombolytics may be used. These
medicines can dissolve clots quickly, but they increase the risk of serious
bleeding. Another option is surgery or a minimally invasive procedure to remove the clot (embolectomy).
Some people can't take blood thinners, or they form clots in spite of
taking the medicine. To prevent future problems, they may have a filter put
into the large vein (vena cava) that carries blood from the lower body to the
heart. A
vena cava filter helps keep blood clots from reaching
the lungs.
If you have had pulmonary embolism once, you are more
likely to have it again. Blood thinners can help reduce your risk, but they
increase your risk of bleeding. If your doctor prescribes blood thinners, be
sure you understand how to take your medicine safely.
You can reduce your risk of pulmonary
embolism by doing things that help prevent blood clots in your legs.
Learning about pulmonary embolism:
Being diagnosed:
Getting treatment:
Living with pulmonary embolism:
Health Tools help you make wise health decisions or take action to improve your health.
Pulmonary embolism is caused by a blocked artery in the lungs. The most common
cause of such a blockage is a blood clot that forms in a
deep vein in the leg and travels to the lungs, where
it becomes lodged in a smaller lung artery.
Almost all blood
clots that cause pulmonary embolism are formed in the
deep leg veins. Clots also can form in the deep
veins of the arms or pelvis.
Sometimes blood clots develop in
surface veins. But these clots rarely lead to
pulmonary embolism.
In rare cases, pulmonary embolism may be
caused by other substances, including:
The symptoms of
pulmonary embolism may include:
Pulmonary embolism may be hard to diagnose because its
symptoms may occur with or are similar to other conditions, such as a
heart attack, asthma, a
panic attack, or
pneumonia. Also, some people with pulmonary embolism
don't have symptoms.
If a large blood clot blocks
the artery in the lung, blood flow may be completely stopped, causing sudden
death. A smaller clot reduces the blood flow and may cause damage to lung
tissue. But if the clot dissolves on its own, it may not cause any major
Symptoms of
pulmonary embolism usually begin suddenly. Reduced
blood flow to one or both lungs can cause shortness of breath and a rapid heart
rate. Inflammation of the tissue covering the lungs and chest wall (pleura) can
cause sharp chest pain.
Without treatment, pulmonary embolism is
likely to come back.
Doctors will consider aggressive steps when they are
treating a large, life-threatening pulmonary embolism.
Blood clots that cause
pulmonary embolism may dissolve on their own. But if you have had pulmonary
embolism, you have an increased risk of a repeat episode if you do not receive
treatment. If pulmonary embolism is diagnosed promptly, treatment with
anticoagulant medicines may prevent new blood clots from forming.
The risk of having
another pulmonary embolism caused by something other than blood clots varies.
Substances that are reabsorbed into the body, such as air, fat, or amniotic
fluid, usually do not increase the risk of having another episode. Cancer
increases the risk of blood clots.
Having multiple episodes of
pulmonary embolism can severely reduce blood flow through the lungs and heart.
Over time, this increases blood pressure in the lungs (pulmonary hypertension),
eventually leading to right-sided
heart failure and possibly
Having a blood clot in the
deep vein of your leg and having a previous
pulmonary embolism are the two greatest risk factors
for pulmonary embolism.
For more information on risk factors for
blood clots in the legs, see the topic Deep Vein Thrombosis.
Many things increase your risk for a blood clot. These include:
When blood does not circulate
normally, clots are more likely to develop. Reduced circulation may result
Some people have blood that
clots too easily or too quickly. People with this problem are more likely to
form larger clots that can break loose and travel to the lungs. Conditions that
may cause increased clotting include:
Blood is more
likely to clot in veins and arteries shortly after they are injured. Injury to
a vein can be caused by:
Call 911 or other emergency services immediately if you think you have symptoms of
pulmonary embolism.
Symptoms include:
Call your doctor immediately if you
have symptoms of a blood clot in the leg, including:
Blood clots in the deep veins of the leg are the most
common cause of pulmonary embolism. For more information on these types of
blood clots, see the topic Deep Vein Thrombosis.
Health professionals who can diagnose pulmonary embolism include:
To prepare for your appointment, see the topic Making the Most of Your Appointment.
pulmonary embolism is difficult, because there are many other medical conditions, such as a
heart attack or an
anxiety attack, that can cause similar symptoms.
Diagnosis depends on an
accurate and thorough
medical history and ruling out other conditions. Your
doctor will need to know about your symptoms and
risk factors for pulmonary embolism. This information, combined
with a careful
physical exam, will point to the initial tests that
are best suited to diagnose a
deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism.
Tests that are often done if you have shortness of breath or chest pain
Further testing may include:
After your doctor has determined that you have a pulmonary
embolism, other tests can help guide treatment and suggest how well you will
recover. These tests may include:
Treatment of
pulmonary embolism focuses on preventing future
pulmonary embolism by using
anticoagulant medicines. Anticoagulants prevent
existing blood clots from growing larger and help prevent new ones from
If symptoms are severe and life-threatening,
immediate and sometimes aggressive treatment is needed. Aggressive treatment
may include
thrombolytic medicines, which can dissolve a blood
clot quickly but also increase the risk of severe bleeding. Another option for
life-threatening, large pulmonary embolism is to remove the clot. This is
called an embolectomy. An embolectomy is done during a surgery or minimally invasive procedure.
Some people may also benefit from having a
vena cava filter inserted into the large central vein
of the body. This filter can help prevent blood clots from reaching the lungs.
It is used when anticoagulants are not an option, when clots form despite
anticoagulant use, or when there is an increased risk of death or a severely
restricted lifestyle if another pulmonary embolism occurs.
Daily use of
anticoagulant medicines may help prevent recurring
pulmonary embolism by stopping new blood clots from
forming and stopping existing clots from growing.
The risk of
forming another blood clot is highest in the weeks after the first episode of
pulmonary embolism. This risk decreases over time. But the risk remains high
for months and sometimes years, depending upon what caused the pulmonary
embolism. People with recurrent blood clots and/or pulmonary embolism may have
to take anticoagulants daily for the rest of their lives. Anticoagulant medicines also are often used for people who
are not active due to illness or injury, or people who are having surgery on
the legs, hips, belly, or brain.
preventive methods may also be used, such as:
Take steps to prevent blood clots from travel, such as drinking fluids and walking around every hour. Because of long periods of inactivity, you are at higher risk for blood clots when you are
If you are already at high risk for pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis, talk to your doctor before taking a long flight or car trip. Ask if you need to take any special precautions to prevent blood clots during travel.
Home treatment is not recommended for
initial treatment for
pulmonary embolism. But it is important for preventing
more clots from developing and causing a
deep vein thrombosis, which can lead to recurring
pulmonary embolism.
Measures that reduce your risk for developing
a deep vein thrombosis include the following:
For more information on how to prevent clots from
developing, see the topic
Deep Vein Thrombosis.
Medicines can help prevent repeated
episodes of
pulmonary embolism by preventing new blood clots from
forming or preventing existing clots from getting larger.
Anticoagulants are prescribed when pulmonary embolism
is diagnosed or strongly suspected.
You'll likely take an anticoagulant for at least 3 months after
pulmonary embolism to reduce the risk of having another blood clot.2 Treatment
with anticoagulants may continue throughout your life if the risk of having
another pulmonary embolism remains high.
Different types of anticoagulants are used to treat pulmonary embolism. In the hospital, you might be given an anticoagulant as a shot or through an IV. After you go home, you might give yourself shots for a few days. For the long term, you'll likely take a pill.
Anticoagulants include:
If you take an anticoagulant, you can take steps to prevent bleeding. This includes preventing injuries and getting regular blood tests if needed.
Clot-dissolving (thrombolytic) medicines are not
commonly used to treat pulmonary embolism. Although they can quickly dissolve a
blood clot, thrombolytics also greatly increase the risk of serious bleeding.
They are sometimes used to treat a life-threatening pulmonary
The removal of a clot is called an
embolectomy. An embolectomy might be done during a surgery. Or it might be done with a minimally invasive procedure that uses a catheter (a thin tube that is guided through a blood vessel). This type of treatment for
pulmonary embolism is used only in rare cases. It is considered
for people who can't have other kinds of treatment or those whose clot is so
dangerous that they can't wait for medicine to work. An embolectomy also may
be an option for a person whose condition is stable but who shows signs of
significant reduced blood flow in the pulmonary artery.
Surgery increases the risk of
forming new blood clots that can cause another pulmonary embolism.
Some people cannot take
anticoagulant medicines, or they continue to develop blood clots despite taking
the medicines. If surgery or medicines are not options, other methods of
pulmonary embolism may be considered, such as a vena
cava filter.
vena cava filter may be inserted in the large central
vein that passes through the abdomen and returns blood from the body to the
heart (vena cava). This filter can prevent blood clots in the leg or pelvic
veins from traveling to the lungs and heart. These filters may be permanent or
Vena cava filters aren't
typically recommended as the first treatment for pulmonary embolism. But they may be
considered if you:
Vena cava filters may benefit people who have had a
clot removed (embolectomy), or if another pulmonary
embolism would likely be fatal or severely limit a person's lifestyle.
Vena cava filters can cause serious health problems if they break or become
blocked with one or more blood clots.
Vena cava filters have not
been shown to lower the death rate in people with pulmonary embolism.3
The Vascular Disease Foundation is a nonprofit organization that provides information and support for patients and their families about vascular diseases. It also provides information and education for health professionals. This organization also provides public education through its press releases, website, and printed materials.
This Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) website has evidence-based tips on staying healthy, choosing quality care, getting safe care, understanding diseases, comparing medical treatments, and more. AHRQ is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It supports research that will help people make more informed decisions and improve the quality of health care services.
Visit the American Heart Association (AHA) website for information on
physical activity, diet, and various heart-related conditions. You can search for information on heart disease and stroke, share information with friends and family, and use tools to help you make heart-healthy goals and plans. Contact the AHA to find your
nearest local or state AHA group. The AHA provides brochures and information
about support groups and community programs, including Mended Hearts, a
nationwide organization whose members visit people with heart problems and
provide information and support.
CardioSmart is an online education and support program that can be your partner in heart health. This website engages, informs, and empowers people to take part in their own care and to work well with their health care teams. It has tools and resources to help you prevent, treat, and/or manage heart diseases.
You can set health and wellness goals and track your progress with online tools. You can track your weight, waist measurement, blood pressure, and activity. You can use calculators to help you find your body mass index (BMI) and check your risk for heart problems. You can search for a cardiologist. And you can find medicine information and prepare for your next appointment. Also, you can join online communities to connect with peers and take heart-healthy challenges.
CardioSmart was designed by cardiovascular professionals at the American College of Cardiology, a nonprofit medical society. Members include doctors, nurses, and surgeons.
The U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
(NHLBI) information center offers information and publications about preventing
and treating:
VascularWeb is a Web site provided by the Society for Vascular
Surgery. This Web site provides information about vascular conditions for
patients and families. VascularWeb can help you learn about how to prevent and
treat vascular diseases, learn about vascular screening, and find a vascular
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Inspired by the charred skeletal remains of cars and trucks in the aftermath of riots, Indian artist Jitish Kallat has been building these incredible bone-like skeletons of cars, motorcycles, and trucks. I wonder what he did with all the meat? I bet that water tanker truck tastes like buffalo.
He describes the works as "grotesque, burlesque and arabesque in equal measure," and you've got to hand it to the man for that great run of "-esque" words. The pieces are named to suggest prehistoric animals as well — that water truck from 2008 is called Aquasaurus.
I've been thinking about biological analogues to motor vehicles for some time, and these manage to capture that strange, imagined interconnection remarkably well. I'd love to see these in person, as I imagine at full scale they're unsettling to be around, as the parts of your brain that appreciate natural history museums and garages collide.

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John Kerry Nomination Could Create Musical Chairs for Scott Brown in Senate
(WASHINGTON) -- News that Amb. Susan Rice withdrew her name from consideration for Secretary of State may have brightened the days of both senators from Massachusetts.
Prior to Rice's withdrawal, she was considered one of the top two contenders for the job -- the other is Sen. John Kerry, and with Rice out of the running, Kerry is "all but certain" to get the nomination, according to ABC's Jake Tapper. That means a vacant seat and a special election, which could benefit out-going Sen. Scott Brown, who lost his bid for reelection to Elizabeth Warren in November.
Brown is widely expected to seek out his old job and he would be viewed as a strong contender, particularly in a special election to fill Kerry's vacancy. Republicans have a tendency to perform better in special elections, which draw many fewer voters.
But it would be at least six months -- assuming that Kerry is indeed nominated as Secretary of State and assuming that Brown wins a special election -- before he could re-join the Senate.
Massachusetts law dictates that a special election cannot take place sooner than 145 days from the time an out-going Congress member's resignation is effective, meaning that at least 145 days must pass between the date that member actually leaves their job and the date that the special occurs. At this juncture in time, even if Kerry is nominated tomorrow and has an incredibly quick confirmation at the beginning of the next Congress, the earliest conceivable date to reach this mark is in June 2013.
The special cannot occur more than 160 days from the time that the resignation is effective.
Brown's victory in a special election would not be a sure thing. Although he leaves office with high approval ratings -- exit polls from the 2012 election showed him with a favorability rating of 60 percent -- but Massachusetts is a solidly Democratic state, and there are many Democrats in elected office in the state who could challenge Brown.
In an odd twist of political gamesmanship, the law requiring a special election instead of an appointment from the governor in the event of a vacant seat was passed by Democrats passed in Massachusetts in 2004 in case Kerry resigned if he won the presidency. He did not. But Democrats at the time were trying to take the appointment power away from the sitting Republican governor -- Mitt Romney.
A request for comment from Sen. Brown's office on the news was not immediately returned.
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Lower Austria's position at the Danube, which has always been strategically important has given the province a chequered history
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Maplegrove Property establishes itself in downtown market
Company buys residential portfolio from Heritage and becomes a player.
Although it's not the biggest investment the firm has made, it is the largest single portfolio it has acquired.
Heritage Collection LLC recently bought eight multifamily residential buildings located in the urban core of Grand Rapids for $10.3 million from Heritage Management LLC.
Maplegrove Property Management and its investors comprised Heritage Collection. Chad Cassidy is the owner and president of the Heritage Investment Group, which made up Heritage Management.
The eight structures are multi-story apartment complexes located in and near downtown. Two are on Fountain Street, including Fountain Hill Flats at 301 Fountain St. NE. There are two more on Lafayette Avenue NE, and two on Prospect Avenue NE. One is on Ransom Avenue — namely, the iconic Park Place apartments at 68 Ransom Ave. NE. The Iowa Flats building at 125 Jefferson Ave. SE is the only one of the eight situated south of Fulton Street.
"It's eight properties. It's a portfolio; it's a lot of properties to acquire. So as far as the number of properties, it's probably our biggest deal," said David Emdin, an owner of Maplegrove Property Management, which is based in East Lansing but has a Grand Rapids office on Lake Drive SE.
Emdin told the Business Journal the purchase of the Heritage portfolio took about two months to complete. He said the location of the buildings drew Maplegrove's interest to the portfolio.
"The location was big. They're all either downtown or right on the edge of downtown — kind of on the west edge of Heritage Hill or on the east side of downtown Grand Rapids. So that was attractive," he said.
"We really believe that apartment living in downtown is a good thing right now. There is a lot of demand, and we were seeking opportunities to potentially have a bigger presence. So this worked out great."
Maplegrove really established its presence here last April when it bought Thirty-Eight Commerce, an office, retail and residential development in downtown's southeast sector, from Locus Development.
Emdin said another key factor in the acquisition was Heritage offered some wonderful properties that would allow Maplegrove to make an entry into what it sees as an appealing market.
"The buildings themselves were great properties. We were excited about that. The segment of the market the buildings service was exciting, too. These are kind of mid-priced apartment properties, and there is a lot of new stuff going in downtown which will be on the higher end — kind of like Thirty-Eight Commerce," he said.
"These mid-priced ones were very enticing to us and made a nice addition to our portfolio."
Emdin said students and young professionals are the firm's primary targets for the apartments. All the structures are near Grand Rapids Community College, the hospitals and the rest of the medical industry that has established itself along Michigan Street.
"Those particular aspects of it really interested us," he said. "And the price range and the locations were very key."
Emdin said Maplegrove doesn't plan any major renovations on any of the structures, as all were well maintained by Heritage Management.
The eight buildings give Maplegrove 131 apartments to manage. The firm is off to a good start, as each one is occupied, a scenario that doesn't happen often when that many buildings and units are involved in a sale.
"It goes to show that the apartment market in downtown Grand Rapids is just hot," said Emdin. "It shows there is demand."


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The first thing every business owner needs is a professional Email address. After you setup your website, the next most important to do is create a professional branded email address. In this article, we will show you how to setup professional email address with Google Apps and Gmail.
What is a Professional Email Address?A professional email is the one that has your business name in it. For example, [email protected] is a professional email address.
Email accounts on free email services like [email protected] are not good because they do not look professional.
For a professional email address, you will need a domain name and a website.
If you already have a domain name and a website, then you are all set to have your own professional email address.
Why Use Google Apps for Professional Branded Email Address?You might be thinking why use Google Apps when most WordPress hosting companies offer unlimited email accounts with your own domain name?
Email is one of the most crucial communication tool for any individual or business. With an unreliable email service, you can miss important emails, and this can hurt your business.
Most hosting email servers are unreliable, restrictive, isolated, and less secure. You wouldn't even know if the email you sent was delivered.
This is where Google Apps for Work and Gmail comes in.
Gmail is already the industry leader in email and with Google Apps for Work, you can use your professional branded email address with Gmail.
Here are some of the benefits of using Google Apps and Gmail for a professional email address.
- Professional business email address on your own domain.
- Gmail's rock solid security and spam filters
- 30 GB – Double the storage of a free Gmail Account.
- Manage email even when offline using Gmail app on mobile devices
- Works anywhere web, mobile, tablet, you name it.
- Works great with Outlook and can even sync old Outlook accounts.
- Each user can have up to 30 email aliases.
- Use Google Calendar, Google Hangouts for chat, video, and voice calls on your own business email address.
- No advertisements and 24/7 professional support whenever you need help
- Works seamlessly with your WordPress site.
- Most important of all, high deliverability, no delays, no ending up in spam folder.
Now that you know why using Google Apps for professional is important, let's take a look at how to set up a branded professional email address with Google Apps.
All Blogs Info's Note: We use Google Apps for all of our professional email addresses, and can honestly say it's the best.
Setting up a Professional Email Address with Google Apps and GmailFirst you will need to signup for a Google Apps for Work account.
It costs around $5/month for each user. If you pay annually, then you get 2 months free ($50/year per user).
Google Apps for Work also offer a free 30 day trial, which allows you to test drive everything before you make up your mind. Basically its all the powerful features you're used to if Gmail, Drive, Calendar, etc (but now it's for your business).
Simply visit the Google Apps for Work website and click on the Get Started button.
Fill out a form with your first and last name, an existing email address, and your phone number.
Click on the next button to continue.
On the next screen, you will be asked if you would like to signup for a new domain name, or use a domain name that you already own.
If you don't have your own WordPress site or a domain name, then you can buy a new domain here. It will cost you $8 per year, and your email will be automatically setup by Google. You will not need to follow rest of the tutorial.
However, if you are an owner of a self-hosted WordPress site, then you already own a domain name. Simply enter your WordPress site's domain name and click on the next button.
Google will now ask you to create your Google Apps account. This is where you will pick your business email address like [email protected]
This will become your first email address and will also become your Google Apps admin account.
You can always add more email addresses and email aliases later on.
Fill in the username and password and then click on accept and sign up button.
Google will now create a Google Apps business account for you. Upon completion, it will show you the progress dashboard.
As you can see in the screenshot, that you have completed the first step of the setup.
Now you need to add users to your Google Apps account. Simply click on the start button next to 'Add people to your Google Apps account'.
This will bring up a popup where you can add more users if you need to.
If you just want to keep that single user, then you need to scroll down and just check the box next to 'I added all user email addresses currently using @yourdomain.com.'
Click on the next button to continue.
The last step in the Google Apps for Work setup wizard is to verify the ownership of your domain name.
Google offers multiple ways to do that. You can add a meta tag to your website's header, upload a file to your webserver, or add a TXT/CNAME record. You can choose any one of these methods.
The easiest one is to add a meta tag to your website's header. Copy the meta tag code shown on Google Apps setup screen.
You will need to login to admin area of your WordPress site.
After that install and activate the Insert Headers and Footers plugin.
Upon activation, you need to visit Settings » Insert Headers and Footers page.
Paste the meta tag line you copied from Google Apps setup screen into the headers section.
Don't forget to click on the Save button to store your changes.
Return back to Google Apps setup screen and check the box next to 'I added the meta tag to my homepage.' option.
The setup wizard will now ask you to visit your domain's account management section.
Login to your web hosting account (cpanel dashboard). Under the mail section, click on MX Entry icon.
On the next screen, you will be asked to select your domain name. After which you will see a list of options.
Scroll down and you will find MX Records. There would be one or more entries there. You need to delete all of them.
Return back to Google Apps setup screen and check the box next to 'I have opened the control panel for my domain' option.
Google will now show you a list of entries. These entries are called MX records and you need to add them to your domain.
Return back to MX Entry page in cPanel to add priority and then the matching MX value. Click on Add record button to save an entry, and then repeat till you have added all MX record entries shown in the Google Apps setup page.
After entering MX record entries, return back to Google Apps setup screen and check the box next to 'I created new MX records' option.
Google will now ask you to delete old MX Records. We have already deleted old MX records, so you can mark that as checked.
Click on verify domain and setup button to finish the setup wizard.
DNS settings like MX Records can take some time to update. In that case, you will see an estimated time notice.
You can stay on this page for a few minutes, and then it would automatically show you a success message that your domain is now verified.
Click on the next button to continue.
That's all you have successfully setup Google Apps and Gmail.
Using Your Professional Email with Google Apps and GmailYour email account works as any other Gmail account. You can access it by visiting Gmail Website and sign in with your email address, e.g. [email protected]
You can also manage your Google Apps account by visiting the admin console
This is where you can add/remove new users to your domain name. Each of your users will have 30 GB storage and all the same features, but they will not have access to the admin console. You can remove those users at any time you want.
Troubleshooting Google Apps Domain SetupIt is likely that your web host may not be using a dashboard like we have shown in the screenshots above.
Google Apps for Work has detailed documentation for many of the popular web hosting and domain registration service providers. Visit, set up MX records (Hosts specific steps) page and then locate your domain registrar or web host from the list.
If you do not find your service provider in the list, then you can ask them directly to help you setup Google Apps for Work for your domain name.
We hope this article helped you setup a professional email address with Google Apps for Work and Gmail.
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RVWholesalers, based in Lakeview, Ohio, will be featured in a segment of the next episode of "What the Stuff Outdoor Adventure" airing on the Outdoor Channel.
"What the Stuff Outdoor Adventure" showcases the hottest outdoor trends, classic equipment and "must have" gadgets and gizmos for the outdoors. The show takes viewers to trendy outdoor destinations, campgrounds, RV parks, RV dealerships and vacation spots.
RVWholesalers is the first RV dealer to be featured on the show, according to a news release. RVW attracted the show's attention with all the benefits that each customer receives before and after the purchase of a trailer that no other RV dealers offer, the company stated. These benefits include being the only dealer in the country with a true nationwide service network, a trip itinerary coverage program and the brand new Total Customer Confidence Plan that will cover payments for up to five months for buyers who lose their jobs or are injured after purchasing.
"One of the smartest things that we've ever done is offering a Customer Protection Plan," said David Durnell, RVWholesalers vice president. "Throw that in with our Nationwide Service Network, with our Unemployment Disability Coverage and our customers are completely protected. We pride ourselves in being the leader in the RV Industry offering benefits that not only helps new customers purchase a trailer but keeps our customers happy about camping. The last thing we want is a customer that has a bad experience and decides to stop camping. Many RV dealers look at selling a trailer to a customer once, we want to sell a customer a trailer then a new one in a few years when they want to upgrade to a bigger trailer."
RVW featured the Sandpiper fifth-wheel line produced by Forest River Inc. for this show. Viewers will also see video of all the lines that RVW stocks at its dealership in Lakeview.
The next episode of "What the Stuff Outdoor" will air on Memorial Day, Monday, May 25 at 11:30 a.m. EST, with reruns airing Wednesday, May 27 at 4 a.m. EST and Saturday, May 30, at 4 a.m. EST. Viewers can check their local listings for the correct channel of the Outdoor Channel and DirecTV viewers can tune into Channel 606.
RVWholesalers sells travel trailers, fifth-wheels, toy haulers, hybrid campers, recreational park trailers and RV parts and accessories at its dealership and on its website. RVWholesalers delivers to customers across the U.S., Canada and overseas to Australia, New Zealand, Italy and England.


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Verizon Sponsors Technology Education with Black Pride NYC
Verizon, for a third year was a major corporate sponsor of the Seventh Annual Black Pride NYC celebration.
In conjunction with Black Pride NYC, the company hosted the Verizon Youth Agenda, an event that provides Gay, Lesbian, Bi-Sexual and Transgender (GLBT) youth with a day of technology and personal empowerment.
The event was held on Thursday, June 24, at the Verizon Education and Technology Center (VETC) in Harlem. The attendees experienced a customized technology seminar, participated in a live web cast discussion with Chicago area GLBT youth and heard from award-winning motivational speaker Willie Jolley.
During the event, 40 GLBT youth leaders from New York and Chicago discussed, via a live web cast, issues that face their community. Participants also received instruction on navigating the Internet to search for career opportunities. The seminar covered topics such as "Music & Movin Around the Net,� and "Site Watch: Viewings of Cultural Web sites.�
GLBT youth from various organizations, such as Black Pride NYC and the Young Men For Community Advocacy in Chicago, were invited to participate in the event based on their activism and leadership in the GLBT community.
"The Verizon Youth Agenda program is important to the GLBT community because many of our youth face low self-esteem and isolation due to their sexual orientation and lack of positive role models,� said Laurence Pinckney, executive director, Black Pride NYC, Inc. "Through this program, these young adults will have an opportunity to express themselves, ignite positive change and learn from credible community and business leaders such as Verizon.�
Members of the Verizon Employee Resource Group (ERG) Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Employees of Verizon and Their Allies (GLOBE) participated in the day's activities as speakers during the web cast.
"The Youth Agenda serves a vital role in providing youth with tools to enhance their lives and communities,� said Vincent Reed, Verizon group manager, multicultural marketing. "We want to motivate our youth and teach them how to use technology to make progress in their lives.�
Verizon's Education and Technology Center (VETC) is dedicated to educating the public about advances in communications and information services. The VETC, 148 W.125th St., provides customized seminars and tours to businesses, entrepreneurs, organizations and community groups. The center's seminars are free and open to the public. For information on courses offered at the VETC, visit www.verizon.com/techcenter or call 866-882-0125.
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I see a lot of sites that focus on apps, but where are the sites that focus on widgets?
For example, I'm trying to find an agenda widget that doesn't hurt my eyes, but it's really hard trying to sort out everything from a Google search. A widget gallery type of site would be nice.


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This was supposed to be a tune up before the real deal.
Virginia Tech just didn't follow the script. The struggling Hokies led surging Miami by as much as 12 before the visiting Hurricanes escaped Blacksburg 73-64 winners Wednesday night.
The Hurricanes (16-3, 7-0 ACC) won its eight straight game and remains two games ahead of the pack atop the league standings. Miami became the first ACC team outside of Duke and North Carolina to open ACC play 7-0 since 1981.
Miami will drive to Raleigh on Thursday in advance of its road game at No. 19 North Carolina State at 4 p.m. Saturday.
On Wednesday, it came down to a shooting contest between two shooters.
Miami's Shane Larkin had 25 points, but couldn't outgun Erick Green's 30. The Hokie led the nation with a 25.2-point average entering the game.
Larkin also had three steals and two blocks. His 3 pointer with 1:48 left gave Miami a seven-point lead when the Hokies appeared to have some momentum.
Larkin finished 5-for-10 from 3-point range and 9 of 14 from the field while just missing his career high of 27.
Virginia Tech turned the ball over 17 times while eight of its shots were blocked by Hurricanes.
The Hokies (11-9, 3-4 ACC) had lost six of its last eight, but couldn't miss early on. Shooting percentages were in the 60s when Tech took its first double-digit lead behind 3-point bombs.
By halftime the hosts were 5-for-10 after its lead peaked at 28-16 with 5:56 left.
But Miami responded in a big way.
Larkin keyed the 13-4 run that closed the half and cut the Tech advantage to 32-29. The sophomore guard had 12 in the opening half.
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The Miami surge extended to 22-6 in the opening minutes of the second period as the Hurricanes found their groove. After Virginia Tech answered back to take a 45-44 lead, Miami scored 10 straight for a nine-point edge.
Kenny Kadji had 14 of his 18 in the second half as Miami pulled away late with free throws. Trey McKinney Jones also hit double figures with 12 points.
UM senior guard Durand Scott struggled. He scored five points on 2 of 10 shooting including misses on all four 3-point tries.
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Friday, September 24, 2010
Is there an economy of scale in genealogical records?
Ancestry.com's website is anything but graphically friendly. There are layers of screens and menus with no graphics at all. It is also nearly impossible to tell which collections of records have images and which do not without stumbling on the images accidentally. For example, how many users realize that Ancestry.com has a fairly large collection of digitized books, considering the fact that they are buried in the "Card Catalog?" On the other hand, Footnote.com is graphic and searches come up with the document or documents found. This is why I view this acquisition as one by a menu driven company like Microsoft taking over a graphically driven company like Apple. How long will the innovation and graphically driven interface of Footnote.com, as it is today, last under the ownership of Ancestry.com?
From my comments so far, you can probably guess that I favor Footnote.com's graphic interface over Ancestry.com and you would be guessing right. If I search for my Great-grandfather Samuel Linton on Ancestry. com's initial search screen, I get the usual endless list of people, some of whom may be related but many of whom are not. Ancestry.com indicates that there are 259,199 records for a search of Samuel Linton in Utah. On the other hand, Footnote.com gives you list of record types in which the name is found, giving you a clear idea of how may records are available in each category. This may seem like merely a difference in convention, but it reflects a fundamental difference in how the data is approached.
Other than Ancestry.com (and perhaps Footnote.com's owners) who benefits from this acquisition? Will this result in more records becoming available? Less expense to us the users? Some types of commercial activities result in decreased pricing, greater availability, and more innovation with the larger scale of mass production. Economies of scale tend to arise in businesses with high capital costs when those costs can be distributed across a large number of units. However, at large-scale levels of output, inefficiencies may begin to appear thereby causing unit costs to rise. Do we know if a larger and larger Ancestry.com will result in any economies of scale or will internal inefficiencies drown out the usefulness of the entire operation? I, for one, am not entirely happy with the prospect of finding out.
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Very good analogy on the Apple / Microsoft comparison of the Ancestry acquisition.ReplyDelete
One thing to watch for in terms of economies of scale: how much money it takes to attract a new subscriber. If you look at the 2Q financials, the amount spent on marketing etc. per subscriber keeps increasing.
Also, it appears that Ancestry is broadening its television advertising. Many family members back home in New York (I went home this weekend) mentioned they had seen ads recently.
I'm thinking Ancestry is the clear winner here (aside from the owners of Footnote). Taken from a purely capitalist standpoint, the narrowing of the field is not a good thing for consumers, but as someone else pointed out, the competition from Familysearch remains strong, so there is that. Of course, Ancestry profits from the Revolutionary War files indexed in FamilySearch now, so maybe this is a way of taking a share of the competition's yield?ReplyDelete
I can't say I view this event happily. I'm a firm believer in competition, and I think the habit of the last several decades of committing premeditated merger all over the place serves the consumer most ill.ReplyDelete
"Economy of scale" rather depends on the product and method being along a continuum, rather like expanding an assembly line to accomodate more production.ReplyDelete
Ancestry.com is rather a hodgepodge of enterprises. It disposed of its publishing sector, neglects others (cutting resources available to them).
It would seem that the large number of databases in the money-making subscription sector is an economy of scale, but in fact the databases are also a hodgepodge of different sorts of things. Some databases are not indexed at all, some were only partially keyword-indexed by OCR (some interference caused by foxing in books).
Some databases are themselves hodgepodge partial extracts of compilations by subcontractors, whose sources often are not even fully listed. I had an exchange recently with a subscriber who wanted to find the source-record that was indexed in one of these compilations; Ancestry.com customer service refused to tell the seeker what publications had been indexed by the subcontractor, told the seeker to post a query on a message board.
The diversity of indexing types poses major problems for the ten- or 15-year-old primitive search engine. Recent tinkering with user interfaces has not greatly improved its basic logical failings. Some of the tinkering, such as adding "soundex" searching as a hidden part of default searches, produces hugely greater numbers of simply-wrong search results.
A labor-intensive fixing of database indexing inconsistencies should have commenced some 5 years ago when problems were becoming apparent. This would have contributed to the "economy of scale" principle.
Instead, the outfit is engaging in new directions without fixing old problems and oversights. It can't figure out how to allow customers to search only databases "about" a given geographic area. Its Learning Center has no subject outline with links to content, only a combination of articles searchable only by keyword, non-searchable videos, and a poor installation of two books (the footnotes deleted from one) in a wiki format that is not user-friendly. The little-publicized mirror Tree site awaits some sort of search interface that would integrate with Ancestry.com marketing plans; it has been in "beta" for a year with few discernible changes in that time.
Perhaps leadership will grasp the difference between size and scale.


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Lights! Camera! Action! Russian Film Crew Visits Seminary
9 November 2010
Our campus turned into a film set this week, as a Russian TV crew produced a documentary about the history of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA). The crew, led by Archpriest Alexey Uminskiy, host of the popular Russian TV program "Orthodox Encyclopedia," shot extensive footage around our campus, especially in the library, bookstore, and chapel. Fr. Uminskiy is also rector of the Church of the Holy Trinity on Khokhlovsky Lane in Moscow, where SVOTS alumnus Dr. Alexander Dvorkin is a faithful parishioner and the parish's reader.
On hand to speak to the camera were Professors Paul Meyendorff and Peter C. Bouteneff, both fluent in the Russian language. "The crew was interested in the mission of St. Vladimir's Seminary, and, particularly, in the roles played by Frs. Alexander Schmemann and John Meyendorff in its history. These two men are now extremely popular and well known in Russia," said Professor Meyendorff, who is the son of Fr. John.
"Orthodox Encyclopedia" is the major nationally broadcast Orthodox TV program in Russia. As its name indicates, it is an arm of the "Orthodox Encyclopedia Ecclesiastical Scholarly Research Center of the Russian Orthodox Church," which is publishing the huge multi-volume Orthodox Encyclopedia, an endeavor that has been ongoing for a decade and still continues.
The current episode being filmed was conceived to mark the 40th anniversary of the OCA's autocephaly, and to pay tribute to the late Fr. Dmitry Grigorieff, SVOTS alumnus and former faculty member. The film crew's short visit to the United States is limited to Washington D.C., mainly St. Nicholas Cathedral; St. Vladimir's Seminary; interviews with Metropolitan Jonah, primate of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) and with Archpriest Leonid Kishkovsky, Sea Cliff, NY; and St. Nicholas Cathedral in New York City.
The TV program will be broadcast in Russia in January or February 2011. Soon after broadcast, the transcript and video will be posted on the Website of "Orthodox Encyclopedia" and the YouTube channel of the Russian Orthodox Church.


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Keeping Up with the Steins (2006)
Directed by Scott Marshall / Scott A. MarshallGenres - Comedy | Sub-Genres - Coming-of-Age, Domestic Comedy | Release Date - May 12, 2006 (USA - Limited) | Run Time - 99 min. | Countries - United States | MPAA Rating - PG13
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The competition heats up as a young man on the cusp of adulthood in Brentwood, CA, prepares for his upcoming bar mitzvah, and his father strives to outdo the gargantuan coming-of-age bash recently thrown by his number-one nemesis, in a madcap tale of Hebrew rivalry from actor-turned-director Scott Marshall. Benjamin Fiedler (Daryl Sabara) is about to become a man, though the prospect of reciting a language he doesn't even really know in front of a temple full of strangers is so daunting that it makes him wish he could just stay a boy and write the whole thing off. As if his personal peccadilloes weren't enough to rack Benjamin's nerves, his father, Adam (Jeremy Piven), and mother, Joanne (Jami Gertz), are determined to send Benjamin into the adult world in true style. Recently, Adam's rival agent, Arnie Stein (Larry Miller), threw down the gauntlet for his own son's bar mitzvah by hosting a no-holds-barred bash that made New Year's Eve in Times Square look like cake-and-coffee day at the retirement community, and ultra-competitive Adam is determined to prove that he can top that now-legendary party. When Adam's aging, hippy-dippy father, Irwin (Garry Marshall), rolls into town in a broken-down RV with his dizzy young girlfriend, Sandy (Daryl Hannah), however, it appears as if all of his plans to out-class Arnie Stein may have been for naught.
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NIOSH ALERT: "Exposure to Mercury Vapor During the Use of Mercury Carburetor Synchronizers" (WISHA Cover Letter)
February 4, 2000
TO: Owners, Operators, and Employees of Motorcycle or Outboard Engine Repair Shops
This letter is to inform you of potential health hazards related to your industry. The attached information (click here to view the NIOSH Alert) could be helpful in protecting yourself and employees from serious dangers on the job.
Specifically, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is warning shops that repair small engines with multiple carburetors of the hazards associated with the use of mercury containing carburetor synchronizers. The use of mercury containing gauges can result in exposure to mercury vapor under accidental conditions or improper use.
We encourage you to read and share the information with employees, and follow the recommendations for prevention should this equipment be used in your shop.
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Mumbai is an expensive city wherein purchasing a property is a difficult task. Thus, the rental market in Mumbai enjoys great scope. Moreover, the infrastructural projects such as the Mumbai Coastal Road, Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL) and Navi Mumbai International Airport will further increase the demand for rental housing in Mumbai. PropGuide lists the top five localities in Mumbai that have witnessed an increase in the rental rates over the period ranging from January 2016 to November 2016.


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A study by Oxford University researchers marks financial advisors as vulnerable to robotic replacements, a conclusion that was exposed to strong rebuttal at LPL's annual gathering in San Diego.
Addressing a general session attended by thousands of the firm's affiliated advisors, LPL's chief investment officer Burt White looked under the hood of the 2013 study which found that 47% of all U.S. jobs could be "bot-sourced," or computerized, within the next 20 years.
The job of financial advisor fell somewhere in the middle in terms of risk of replacement among some 700 occupations under study, with telemarketers given a 99% risk of replacement and recreational therapists the least, with a .03% risk, according to the study.
Citing the study, White said the barriers to bot-sourcing were dexterity (robots don't have fine motor skills); caring for people (robots are indifferent to people); and originality (robots just follow programming rules).
For that reason, he said, it was easy to see why referees — given a 98% chance of replacement — were at risk of job loss: dexterity is not needed, they "clearly don't care about others," he joked, and the job doesn't require originality but rather just following rules.
Conversely, surgeons must be dexterous, care about others and think creatively, so their virtually nonexistent .04% vulnerability to job loss makes sense, he said.
Speaking from a broader economic point of view, White says we need not fear a time when half of Americans will be unemployed.
He noted that in the late 1800s, most working Americans were farmers, yet only a few decades later the same process of industrialization that forced 30% of them from their jobs spurred the development of higher paying factory jobs.
Citing Kondratiev wave theory, which postulates the regularity of boom and bust phases of business cycles, White said that "where you drop into the wave matters — ask any surfer," noting the desirability of catching the wave early in order to ride it and the probability of wipeout when catching it late.
"The waves are getting close together; the distance from cutting edge to obsolete doesn't take very long anymore," said White, who took solace in the fact that the U.S. remains the economy best poised to stay in front of tech trends.
And yet he expressed concern that people are working longer, productivity is declining and the wage gap between skilled and unskilled laborers is currently at an all-time high.
The most "understudied" aspect of the labor force participation rate, he said, is the number of people 55 years and older staying in the work force.
"The expected retirement date is moving higher by four months a year; incomes haven't risen… after inflation; incomes haven't budged in almost 20 years; people weren't prepared for two recessions," and at their own peril, he added, they have been overly cautious about getting back into the market.
"We're working employees harder than ever," he continued, yet at a time when profits are up 42%, payrolls are up just 0.2%, meaning that workers are carrying the load but not seeing the rewards of their toil.
Companies, meanwhile, are not reinvesting profits in productivity-enhancing plants and equipment but are rather just buying their own shares back.
On top of these harsh trends that make advisors more necessary than ever, are we now to match the rarity of "made in America" labels with a dearth of "made by human" labels?
Emphatically no, at least in the case of financial advisors, the LPL investment exec protested.
"This study gets it wrong," he shouted. "You're all about caring about others."
And given all the new tech tools advisors are constantly employing, "the next time you hear 'robo-advisor' [mentioned], answer 'Yes, I am the robo-advisor,'" White quipped.
The LPL exec reminded his audience that advisors have been down this road before many times.
In the dot-com boom, investors thought they could invest for themselves at E*Trade. When the boom went bust, they came back to advisors.
Then, in the last decade, people were saying, "Why are you investing in stocks? You should be buying condos."
Real estate went way up, then way down again, he said, adding that now people are talking about robos.
"They'll come running back to you," he predicted.
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CLAYTON — A road supervisor responsible for keeping an eye on the safety of travel conditions in east Contra Costa County performed his job exceptionally well Tuesday morning, and Contra Costa Public Works officials said a potential disaster on Marsh Creek Road was avoided as a result.
Crews were expected to complete construction of a temporary bridge on the road between Pine Lane and Deer Valley Road by 5 p.m., after the supervisor noticed a sinkhole developing along the shoulder of the road, a Public Works official said.
"He was just doing his job, driving around and making sure everything was safe," said Joe Yee, a manager for the county's Road and Flood Control Maintenance Division and a spokesman on the incident. "He noticed that something just didn't look right, and when he investigated further, he saw that a sinkhole was starting to form."
Officials closed the road in both directions after the discovery at approximately 8:30 a.m.
Crews used metal plates to act as a bridge, a temporary solution that will last until early 2013, when permanent repairs will be made.
"This will be temporary, and we will monitor it closely, especially with more rain anticipated to come," Yee said. "It is safe."
Big-rig trucks will be detoured around the sight, Yee said, but traffic will not have any other restrictions.
Officials were still investigating what caused the sinkhole, but it appears to be at least partially due to the recent rains, Yee said.
Contact Rick Hurd in Walnut Creek at 925-945-4780 and follow him at Twitter.com/3rdERH.


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Based on the conversations I have every day with Cisco customers, the impact of mobility on organizations cannot be denied.
Abundant data details how the proliferation of mobile devices is affecting communications, collaboration, and the way we do business today. For example, Cisco recently commissioned a Forrester Research report that looks at mobility, virtualization, and other enterprise-level technology initiatives. Nearly half the firms surveyed are implementing "bring your own device" (BYOD) programs to support employee-owned devices.
I've outlined my position in the past: BYOD is an opportunity, not a threat. There are profound benefits for organizations that embrace BYOD and mobilize the collaboration experience.
Collaboration is increasingly taking place on personal and company-provided mobile devices. According to a Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG) survey of 600 enterprise IT leaders, 41% of respondents indicated that a majority of smartphones connecting to their company's networks are actually employee-owned. It's clear that IT needs to overcome challenges — support BYO devices, manage platform diversity, mobilize apps, mitigate security risks, and enhance the user experience — to enable mobile collaboration.
Frequent questions I hear from customers are:
- Our employees want choice in mobile applications and devices – how do I manage this diversity?
- How can I quickly mobilize critical applications and information for my organization?
- How can I embrace BYO apps and devices but mitigate security and compliance risks?
- I want to mobilize the collaboration experience without sacrificing the experience — how do I ensure ease of use and support?
At Cisco, we are extending our commitment to help simplify our customers' BYOD complexity with a new cloud-based mobile collaboration management service for mobile devices, applications, and content management. We're bringing together our deep experience as a market leader in collaboration devices and applications, and leveraging cloud-based technology from Fiberlink Communications to help secure, manage, and enhance the collaboration on company-provided and BYO devices.
In the same IBSG survey mentioned above, IT leaders identified the top challenges of BYOD as (1) ensuring security/privacy of company data and (2) providing IT support for multiple mobile platforms. With our mobile collaboration management service, we are able to help our customers secure and manage mobile collaboration BYOD and company-provided smartphones and tablets. IT administrators can quickly onboard and proactively secure devices running a variety of operating systems.
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Ways of Covering
PARAPHRASING the well-known
quotation of "nothing succeeds like
success," it may be said, "Nothing illustrates
the application of a principle like a
concrete case." The work of detecting
financial irregularities is complicated, exacting,
and must be carried on, often
under troublesome conditions and mental
strain, with speed and sureness. Admittedly
it is trying work. But any amount
of abstract generalization will not convey
adequately, like actual cases, an idea of
the difficulties involved in this kind of
work. One fundamental fact must always
be kept in mind, namely, if there has been
a defalcation, there is strong likelihood
that an attempt has been made to cover it.
The ways of covering are legion. As a
matter of interest as well as for the educational
value which attaches thereto, several
cases from actual experience, illustrating
ways of covering, are reproduced below.
The cashier and bookkeeper of a wholesale
jewelry house perpetrated a shortage
of about $8,000, through the interception
of collections from customers, crediting
certain customers' accounts without entering
the corresponding amounts in the
cash book, and substituting certain checks
in place of currency when making deposits
in the bank.
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of the customers' debit balances into
agreement with the control certain accounts
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Agenda: January 17, 2013 Neighborhood Centers PEG Meeting
Neighborhood Centers Policy Expert Group
Date: Thursday, January 17
Time: 8:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Location:1900 SW 4th Avenue, Portland, Conference Room 2500A (Second Floor)
Welcome, Introductions and Updates (8:00 a.m.)
Presenters: Steve Faust, Facilitator, Bill Cunningham, BPS
- Distribution of Comprehensive Plan Working Draft copies
- Centers polices compilation
- Public workshop schedule
Urban Design Framework (8:40 a.m.)
Presenters: Mark Raggett, Lora Lillard and Bill Cunningham, BPS
Description: Presentation of the draft Urban Design Framework, focusing on its centers element. BPS is looking for initial feedback on the framework elements and input on approaches to presenting and supporting public discussion of the Urban Design Framework as part of the February/March public workshops.
Related Material: Urban Design Framework
Design, Scale and Transition in Centers and Corridors (9:20 a.m.)
Presenters: Matt Wickstrom and Bill Cunningham, BPS
Description: Presentation and discussion of the topic of the design and scale of new development in centers and corridors. During this session, staff will summarize community concerns raised about the design and scale of new development in these areas and will provide an overview of policy and implementation approaches related to the management of the design, development scale and transitions to lower-density zoning in these areas. BPS is looking for initial feedback on these topics and identification of issues that merit further discussion in future PEG meetings.
Equity Issues: Impacts of policies and regulations on housing opportunities and affordability
Public Comment (10:10 a.m.)
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Adjourn (10:30 a.m.)
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- I am aware of the "bug" and tried to fix it before. The meritbadge.org mediawiki installation is missing something (I can't quite remember exactly what right now) that prevents it from being displayed correctly. One other solution that I tried will not display correctly on Internet Explorer, due to IE's non-compliance with CSS standards. So we are out on both counts. Both methods work fine on my local install using Firefox. I think I have a workaround that I will try... Scouterdennis 07:12, May 1, 2008 (EDT)
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- Take a look at the code in the Protected policy lock and Protected policy templates. I made them a long while back, and honestly can't remember how I got it to work there. Maybe the code there will help. Maybe it'll put the lock at the top of the page; or, maybe it'll put the lock at the top of the req box. I don't know. Either way, good luck and thanks for trying. —RWSmith, 17:28, May 3, 2008 (EDT)
- That one works because it is always at the top of the page. Our requirements section is at a variable position on the page. Anyway, I think that the way it is fixed now is acceptable; the only thing is the horizontal line does not extend all the way to the right.Scouterdennis 17:46, May 3, 2008 (EDT)
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- Ah-hah! When using the "+" tab (up at the top) to add a new section to the discussion, the Summary field is not provided. I'm assuming this is a change in the latest MediaWiki software upgrade. —RWSmith (Bureaucrat), 21:58, April 30, 2008 (EDT)
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Today we're sitting down with Sallyann Corn and Joe Kent of FRUITSUPER, a Product Design Firm. In addition to all of the consulting and expertise their company offers, they have also developed lines of products, including their silicon SBiR rings which are new to our site. They truly are So Big it's Ridiculous, and that is, of course, why we love 'em so much!
How did you come up with your company's name?
Ahhh,that is always everyone's first question! And the hardest one to figure out, apparently, since no one ever guesses the correct answer! But I suppose we can finally divulge the secret…Corn is Sallyann's last name, and corn is technically a fruit (since it bears seeds). Joe's last name is Kent, which is Superman's last name. Smash those two together, and you've got fruitsuper design!
I never would have guessed that, as I had no idea that corn was a fruit. Anyway, how did you two meet?
We met in 2004 while both studying Industrial Design at The Art Institute of Seattle. We gravitated toward each other, because we had opposing skill sets, which made us perfect partners to work together. We also both have the same sarcastic sense of humor, obsession for all things design, and a ridiculous love of food and travel. Starting our own company had always been one of our goals early on, knowing how well our skill sets complemented each other. After working for other companies, we both decided to go back to school (Pratt Institute) to round out our education experience and Pratt has always been known for cultivating entrepreneurs.
What inspired your geodesic-ish rings? What gave you the guts to go so large scale?
Sallyann is a huge lover of giant jewelry (no pun intended). Her philosophy when it comes to jewelry selection is that if no one comments on the jewelry she's wearing, it's not big enough. And after extensive research, we realized she wasn't the only women that felt this way. A great big piece of jewelry can be the perfect conversation starter, and the right piece to pull a perfect ensemble together. This line of geometric inspired rings was born out of the exploration of materials. We both have quite a bit of experience working with Silicone, so were familiar with all of the properties it has to offer. No one is currently capitalizing on these properties in the jewelry arena. That's why we chose it for this line- we were able to create these chiseled geometric gemlike shapes that are juxtaposed by this soft, squishy material. The stretch properties in Silicone make them comfortable, lightweight, and easy to wear, which are uncommon features in large jewelry.
What does SBiR mean?
SBiR stands for So Big it's Ridiculous. These rings most definitely fall into the category of 'statement jewelry,' and we intended them to be that way. They are not for the faint at heart, they're big, they're bold, and they're equal parts of ridiculous and awesomeness!
O.K. I should have figured that one out! Love it! How long have you been in business? What inspired you to start your own creative business?
We founded fruitsuper design in 2008, to create not only our own objects, but to take on other challenges as well. We're one half a product consultancy company, and one half design producers of our own products. This adds multiple levels of challenges as well as a firm understanding of the entire design process. Taking on projects for outside clients keeps us grounded, provides fresh approaches, as well as inspires us to do more of our own work! So it's a great balance!
Where do you look for inspiration?
We are both museum junkies, and will escape the office and studio any chance we can! We're also obsessive travelers, and firmly believe that contrast and context are the keys to great design thinking. Traveling opens our eyes to new foods, new ways of thinking, new colors, patterns, and entire worlds of opportunity. Just talking about traveling is making us feel the need to book a trip somewhere and fill the reservoir!
What's your workspace like?
Our workspace is constantly evolving. Since we're always juggling between our own product development, as well as client projects, our space has to be extremely flexible. It's held together by paperclips and masking tape, as we're always rotating drawings, sketches, and models to focus on the project at hand. And tucked away in every possible nook and cranny are objects of inspiration, TONS and tons of books (as we're both bibliophiles), our pear collection, and Sallyann's millions of post-it note lists.
Thanks so much to Sallyann and Joe for sitting down with us today. See all of the SBiR rings here.


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10 Most Dangerous Jobs In The U.S.
What makes a job dangerous and potentially fatal? It can be any number of factors, including the type of work and where it's performed. Last year, as the Labor Department recently reported, 4,609 people lost their lives on the job, a rate equal to 3.5 deaths for every 100,000 full-time workers.
While the preliminary number is alarming, it is 2 percent less than 2010's tally, when 4,690 workplace fatalities were recorded. What's more, industries known for high fatality rates saw a downward trend in year-over-year deaths.
The number of fatal work injuries in the private construction sector declined by 7 percent last year, CareerBuilder notes, adding that economic conditions, which caused the delay or termination of construction projects, may explain some of the decline.
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Thursday, May 16, 2013
An Amazing School Lunch For My Best Girl
Packed in a PlanetBox:
- kiwi fruit pieces and strawberries, packed in the PlanetBox Big Dipper
- veggie chips
- two cute animal silicone cups hold peanuts (in the elephant, naturally) and pistachios
- deli pinwheels made with Applegate ham & Applegate cheddar cheese*, secured with simple bento picks
- a square of organic dark chocolate
That little orange fork tucked alongside the Big Dipper is from a set of bento forks I bought a few years ago. They were made by a bento company I never see around any longer called Caio (or something like that). There were a lot of bento accessories from that line that all coordinated, color-wise and with the same little animal characters. I think the line was called "Farm", though the animals featured were a bear, elephant, and bunny. It's unfortunate miniature sized utensils aren't more available for bento, they are really such a great little size. Not as tiny as a bento pick, but much more compact than a full sized utensil!
Supplies used to pack this lunch:
* Disclosure: Applegate recently sent me a variety of yummy meat and cheese to try out and enjoy with my family. :)
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- Meg said... [Reply to comment]
How do you make such perfect pinwheels? I tried making ham & cheese sandwich pinwheels, but the cheese always cracks...so it does not look as good!
- May 17, 2013 at 1:56 PM
- Melissa said... [Reply to comment]
Hi Meg! When I'm able to make pretty pinwheels, it's usually because I've used a soft cheese that bends easily. Havarti is a very moist and creamy cheese and rolls up easily. Provolone can be good too, and thin Monterey Jack and mozzarella. THESE pinwheels were cheddar and actually DID crack and not look too pretty -- which is why I placed them on the side to hide the ugly cracking...ha! ;)
- May 17, 2013 at 3:09 PM
- Jenn Christ said... [Reply to comment]
Looks amazing to me! yum yum!
- May 17, 2013 at 5:45 PM
Meg - Do you have any suggestions for an insulated bag and bento box combo? My kindergartener will soon be needing a lunch bag, but will not have the ability to keep it refrigerated.
- May 19, 2013 at 9:19 AM
- Melissa said... [Reply to comment]
Hi anonymous! Step 1 is to pick the box. Do you have your eye on any particular one? What sorts of food does you child eat? Sandwiches? The type of box that has worked great for my Kindergarten daughter this year is VERY different than the boxes I used for my oldest son when he was in Kindergarten -- because they are very different eaters, one with a big appetite (that's my girl!) who needed a bigger box. If you have some idea of what box you'll use I can absolutely recommend some bags to carry them in. :) My kids have always used insulated bags with ice packs for school with fine results. :)
- May 19, 2013 at 9:44 AM
We are looking at the Lock and Lock and LunchBots boxes. He's a snacker (wraps, cheese/crackers, fruits, veggies). No wet fruit, yogurt, soups. We would like to be able to pack a drink for him in his bag as he won't drink milk from a carton. I use the zojirushi lunch bag and love it, but I'm more of a yogurt/fruit or salad eater. My lunch stays cold all day without an ice pack.
- May 19, 2013 at 12:08 PM
- Meg said... [Reply to comment]
Thanks Melissa...but believe me my pinwheels look "not pretty" from any angle :) But I'll try Havarti next time. Thanks again! Love your blog!
- May 20, 2013 at 1:28 PM


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Multi-Channel Video Wall Output Controller
Support up to 8 output channels per single-slot board and up to 2 boards for a maximum of 16 outputs channels per system. Optional capture cards for RGB and NTSC/PAL/SECAM can add acquisition and real-time streaming capabilities.
- Up to 8 output channels on a single PCI-X slot
- Multiple card support for a single Windows® desktop spanning up to 16 outputs
- Standard Windows® desktop means that standard application can run on the display wall.
- Hardware acceleration of DirectShow and DirectDraw
- Over the top, dedicated bus allows streaming with no requirements on system resources
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Kevin Fenton's Merit Badges follows four friends as they move from junior high to middle management. Meet Quint, whose rebellion frays into self-destruction; Slow, who struggles to become the world's first teenage father figure; Chimes, who fears losing his friends while picking up a 7-10 split; and Barb, who escapes the judgment of Minnisapa only to return by dark of night. You'll feel as if you've always lived in Minnisapa. And you'll never underestimate nice kids from the Midwest again. Read the Star Tribune review here.
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