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Can I use these cameras with a microscope?
No. Your camera is not compatible with a microscope, but Olympus does manufacture a DP-10 microscope digital camera system designed specifically for medical and industrial use. For more information about this, please contact the Olympus Precision Instrument Division at 800-446-5967.
Does the camera have a manual focus?
Your camera does not have a full manual focus mode. However, it does have a Quick Focus Mode that allows for two pre-adjusted ranges, either 1 ft. (40cm) or 8 ft (2.5 cm). Additionally, the D-620L has an 'Infinity' Quick Focus.
Are attachable lenses available?
Yes, there are a variety of lenses and filters that can be attached to your camera. You can find complete information on all these accessories by going to the Accessories for Digital Cameras page.
Can I use color filters with the camera?
No, color filters will impede the AWB (Automatic White Balance) circuit which will result in improper color expectations in the final image.
Can I use polarizing filters?
Use only a Circular Polarizing filter.
What kind of filters can I use?
Neutral Density, Skylight 1A, and U/V Haze filters can be used with no adverse effects to the camera's images.
Does the D-500L/D-600L camera have external sync capacity?
No, the D-500L/D-600L cameras do not have an external sync for flash. However, the D-620L includes a PC Connector for use with an external flash.
What size SmartMedia cards will work on these cameras?
The D-500L and D-600L can use a 2, 4, or 8 MB SmartMedia card. The D-620L can additionally use a 16 or 32 MB SmartMedia card.
What are the newer features of the D-620L camera?
• 4 Nickel Metal Hydride (Ni-MH) Batteries w/Charger included.• 8 MB SmartMedia Card included. On the web it says that Two 8MB SmartMedia Card included.• 6 Step Manual White Balance/ Color Temperature Control.• Burst Mode: up-to 5 images in 1/3 second intervals at any resolution.• External Flash Sync/PC flash connector.• 3 position quick focus settings: 1.3ft, 8 ft., and infinity.• Battery Saving Mode.• Rapid Fire Capabilities all resolution modes (even with the flash on).• 6 Mode pop-up flash system, including Auto, Red Eye Reduction, Fill in, Fill in with External Flash, External Flash and Flash Off.


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Missouri high school evacuated due to anonymous threat
Police say students and staff are safe
Police say students and staff are safe
Hundreds of students were evacuated from Oak Park High School on Monday morning due to an anonymous bomb threat.
The school was on lockdown as police evacuated the students. Police said the anonymous threat was called in to the school.
Police said no weapons have been found and everyone inside is safe.
Several buses were called to the school so that the students can be moved to Staley High School.
Students held their hands over their heads as they were led onto buses by officers. Authorities said this is standard procedure when they aren't sure who called in the threat.
"As a precautionary measure, we are relocating Oak Park High School students to ensure law enforcement can most effectively assess the situation," the North Kansas City School District said in a statement.
Police said the school was safe just after 2 p.m. Nothing dangerous was found.

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The College of Mount St. Joseph Department of Athletic Training in the Division of Health Sciences will be hosting its annual Scholarship Night on Monday, April 22nd. The event will include an invited lecture, a poster session, and awards ceremony. The evening begins at 6:30 pm in the College Recital Hall. The event is free and open to members of the Mount community.
This year the invited speaker is David Graston, President and founder of Carpal Tunnel, Inc. Mr. Graston will present "Sound Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization" discussing the use of therapeutic devices designed to assist with relieving pain and inflammation. Graston was the lead designer and founder of several instrumented soft tissue mobilization devices currently in use in the musculoskeletal, rehabilitation, and sports medicine community.
Following the presentation at 8:00 pm, junior and senior level AT students will present their original research prospectus and case report posters in the College Theatre Lobby during an informal reception. Simlar to a poster session scheduled at a professional symposium, the session will allow students to showcase their creative ideas and research skills while answering questions from attendees.
Finally at 8:30 pm, the AT program will announce the Outstanding Clinician and Outstanding Academic award winners, the Senior Peer Educator Award, and the Rookie of the Year award recipients.
Awarded on the basis of merit following a review by the Athletic Training faculty, the Outstanding Clinician awards are given to the student(s) in each class that demonstrates the highest level of clinical skill in providing athletic training services to the Mount's athletic department and off campus clinical sites based on their instructor evaluations. The Outstanding Academic awards are given to the students in each class with the highest cumulative grade point average. The Peer Educator Award is given to the graduating senior that has demonstrated an on-going commitment to outstanding teaching of underclassmen in the classroom and/or in the clinical environment. The Rookie of the Year award is given to a student from the entering class of AT students that has demonstrated the greatest potential and commitment to learning and a desire for clinical and professional development.


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This week, J.C. Penney showcased its new pricing policy with commercials starring Ellen DeGeneres during the Academy Awards. The discount store -- which only recently sold sweatshirts aimed at young girls bearing the slogan "I'm too pretty to do my homework" -- is revamping its image and cutting down on the kind of everyday sales featured at competitors like Macy's. It's also using simpler pricing: $15 for a sweater rather than $14.99. ("No games, just great prices," the ads proclaim.)
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The return of round numbers is surprising, given that psychologists say customers are less likely to question the value of a product if it has an unusual price. People tend to believe that more precise numbers are chosen by retailers after careful calculations based on costs and profit margins and, as such, may be less willing to bargain, says social psychologist Matt Wallaert. "So in theory you could actually price a house lower with a specific price and still end up making more money than you would if you used a higher, rounded price," Wallaert says.
But using round numbers also makes J.C. Penney seem less like a discount/promotional store like Target, which sells sports jackets at $49.99 instead of $50, says Vicki G. Morwitz is the Harvey Golub Professor of Business Leadership and Professor of Marketing at New York University Stern School of Business. "A high-end restaurant will charge $32 for a steak because it makes it seem more luxurious than a steak for $31.99," she says. (J.C. Penney spokeswoman Kate Coultas says the change was to "bring integrity" back to pricing.) There was originally a more practical reason for not rounding out prices, Morwitz says: it started in the 1800s and forced sales assistants to ring up the purchase on a cash register to give change to the customer – and reduced the temptation for salespeople to pocket the note.
J.C. Penney may be abandoning the age-old retail tactic, but experts say there are plenty of other ways retailers use price tag gimmicks to get shoppers to buy. Here are four more of the most common:
Fewer calories, same price
People tend not to mind paying the same price for a smaller candy bar if they save on calories, experts say. Cocoa prices rose in recent years along with other commodities, but it's easier for retailers to reduce the sizes of guilty pleasures than increase prices, Morwitz says. "Consumers may notice, but reward themselves by eating less calories," she says. Ghiradelli Chocolate recently reduced the size of its 60% Cacao chocolate chips to 10 ounces from 11.5 ounces. Earlier this month, Mars said it will reduce the calorie content in chocolate products to 250 calories by the end of the year. Snickers bars have 280 calories, Morwitz says, so they will now come in smaller sizes. (A spokeswoman for Mars says the pricing details haven't been finalized; Ghiradelli did not respond to requests for comment.)
The compromise-price effect
This is one of the most common but effective pricing tactics used by retailers who specialize in low prices and electronic stores that want customers to pay extra for a better gadget, says Michelle Barnhart, assistant professor of marketing at Oregon State University College of Business. A camera shop might place a relatively expensive camera next to a camera that would be out of reach of most consumers, to persuade the customer to buy the more inexpensive item. As SmartMoney.com reported, this so-called compromise-price strategy can also encourage customers to spend more and buy a far nicer sofa if it's placed next to an extremely dowdy sofa. The advantage for the store, according to author and retail analyst Johan Stenebo, is customers walk away still believing the store is inexpensive.
Buy more -- but at the same price
Bundling a bunch of fruit and vegetables together has all the hallmarks of a special deal, but it often merely helps to convince the customer to buy more products at the same price, says L.J. Shrum, president of the Society for Consumer Psychology. "Studies show that even though consumers can purchase five lemons for 20 cents each, having the multiple unit pricing increases sales," he says. It's called the "anchoring and adjustment bias," he says. Here's how it works: "5 lemons for $1" signs sound like the customer is getting a bargain and serves as an anchor or focal point for busy shoppers. Even though consumers may have no intention of buying a large number, according to a raft of research on the topic, they often settle on a larger quantity without doing their own simple arithmetic to realize that one lemon is just as cheap as buying five.
Uneven price tags that end in "0"
Some price tags occupy that delicate middle ground between $99.99 and $100, suggesting they are good value, but not too cheap, Barnhart says. Japan's Uniqlo casual-clothing chain, which competes with Gap Inc. and Zara on prices, prices its cotton shirts at $39.90 -- not $39.99, which Barnhart says could make Uniqlo sound like a lower-brow discount store. A spokeswoman for Uniqlo says in Japan it's regarded a polite to give customers 10 yen in change rather than 1 yen and, in the U.S., one dime rather than a cent in change. She also says a lot of thought goes into "eloquent" item descriptions like this plain white cotton shirt: "The work of the perfectionist: The white shirt – the symbol of +J. Offering supreme comfort thanks to densely-woven, luxury-quality fabrics and body-fitting, three-dimensional cutting." Confused? Don't be. It's a white shirt, for $29.90.


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State finance officials have temporarily squashed a series of land deals put in motion by the Burbank City Council last month to keep IKEA within city limits, officials reported this week.
The Swedish furniture retailer has outgrown its current digs and has its eyes on a much larger property at 805 South San Fernando Boulevard. The owner of that property, Crown Realty and Development, was willing to sell the land to the retailer provided it can acquire the current IKEA building.
"Right now, nothing is happening with that sale," City Atty. Amy Albano said Tuesday.
Complicating the deal is the fact that state finance officials have yet to determine whether the transfer of the $1.3-million IKEA building from the now-defunct Redevelopment Agency to the city is legal since it occurred three months after property transfers were banned by the legislature.
A decision on the legality of the property transfers — and others like it that took place in cities across the state — isn't expected until mid-2013.
But saying the risk of losing such an important sales tax generator required "immediate action," city officials last month went ahead with a series of agreements to keep IKEA in Burbank.
On Oct. 30, the City Council transferred the IKEA building to the Successor Agency — the interim body set up to oversee the local wind down of redevelopment obligations — which was then scheduled to consider selling the property to the owners of Crown Realty, moving IKEA one step closer to the larger parcel.
That's until the state Department of Finance froze the deal, said Ruth Davidson-Guerra, Burbank's assistant community development director.
City officials had thought the Successor Agency could move forward with the transaction, she said, calling the redevelopment dissolution law "less than clear."
"Obviously, we don't read the law the same way that the Department of Finance reads it," Davidson-Guerra said.
Officials discovered last week that before the Successor Agency can decide on the sale, the property transfers need to be validated by the state and a long-term asset management plan must be submitted, Davidson-Guerra said.
"Nobody's really gone through this process before, so we're all kind of navigating through unchartered waters," Davidson-Guerra said.
So for now, the potential sale of the property has been tabled. An IKEA spokesman, meanwhile, said the retailer still has its sights on Burbank.
"We believe it's in our interest to keep a new store as close to the existing store as possible," said IKEA spokesman Joseph Roth, adding that the store has an established customer base in Burbank and prefers to keep its locations 30 to 40 miles apart from one another.
Still, he added, the retailer will continue to evaluate its options.
"We're always in discussions with the city, developers, brokers about potential opportunities," Roth said.
-- Alene Tchekmedyian, Times Community News
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Media Blackout Backfire?
We have seen how the Media has attempted to manipulate this GOP Primary with exposure time on the news and during debates. Of all the candidates, Congressman Ron Paul is the most disrespected by the Media. They cannot claim they are not intentionally running a Blackout against Congressman Paul any longer. It is very apparent and they have even supplied the evidence of such. Candidates polling in the single digits get much more talking time in debates than does Paul who consistently polls in double digits. Let us also note that Ron Paul's "Plan to Restore America" gets zero discussion time as the Media focuses on Cain's 9-9-9 plan or Perry's "Flat Tax" plan (neither of which offer a real solution).
The latest Bloomberg Poll, released on Monday, has Cain at 20%, Paul at 19%, Romney at 18% and Gingrich at 17%. Basically, this is a tie with the margin of error being 4.4 percentage points.
In the coming weeks it will become increasingly difficult for the Media to continue its Blackout of Congressman Paul. I predict that with each Ron Paul success the Media will begin speaking about the imagined predicament the GOP may face with a "third-party" run by Ron Paul, totally ignoring the fact that he may actually win the GOP nomination.
The Media Blackout of Congressman Paul has not been as easy this election cycle as it was during the 2008 election cycle. This may be in part due to the successes of the Tea Party which had spawned from Congressman Paul's 2008 election bid, a fact that the Media fails to mention in any discussion of the Tea Party.
The Media has been adept at failing to mention that Congressman Paul's 2008 election run has also changed the focus of political issues around the country as well as the tone of this campaign.
Has the Media committed its final act of sabotage against the American election process? Has the Media's attempts to manipulate the nations voters had enough exposure to force the People to seek information elsewhere? Only time will tell if the Media will continue its attempts to control the outcome of elections or will return to its roots as a "truthful" provider of information.
Honestly, I was surprised to see Ron Paul listed Second in the Headlines.
Romney Two-Way Race Now Four-Way Republican Dead Heat in Iowa
Poll: It's now a four-way race in Iowa
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Who Ordered the Poo Poo Platter?
Others are just ugly,
But these are full of...
uh, poo-like frosting clumps.
Amy H. & Clinton C., who gets to dig the plastic plate out of all that frosting, and who gets to pinch off one of those "logs"?
Ashley, as far as ads for fast-acting laxatives go, this one could be a tad more subtle.
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Sandra Bullock donates $1 million to Houston flood relief
Actress Sandra Bullock has joined a long list of celebrities, athletes and business leaders pledging to help Houston recover from the devastating floods caused by Tropical Storm Harvey.
The "Blind Side" star announced on Tuesday that she would donate $1 million to the Red Cross' relief efforts.
"There are no politics in eight feet of water. There are human beings in eight feet of water," the actress said, according to People Magazine.
The outpouring of support for Houston has been immense, with comedian Kevin Hart leading an effort to get other stars to donate.
Closer to home, Houston Texans star JJ Watt set out to raise $200,000, a goal was quickly eclipsed and steadily raised. At around 7 p.m. Tuesday he had upped the goal to $5 million and by 11:15 p.m., he had raised nearly $4.9 million.
Harvey, which initially battered the Texas coast as a Category 4 hurricane, has become one of the most devastating storms in American history, dumping nearly 50 inches of rain in some parts of South Texas and causing widespread flooding throughout Houston.
On Tuesday, the National Hurricane Center posted the following:
"A preliminary report from one Texas rain gauge has broken the Texas tropical cyclone rainfall record. Southeast of Houston, Mary's Creek at Winding Road reported 49.32 inches as of 9 am CDT. This total is higher than the previous record of 48 inches set during tropical cyclone Amelia of 1978 at Medina, Texas."


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If you're superstitious, you may want to stay away from ladders and black cats Friday. But if you're in the market for a tattoo, Friday the 13th is your lucky day.
If you're superstitious, you may want to stay away from ladders and black cats Friday. But if you're in the market for a tattoo, Friday the 13th is your lucky day.
Several local tattoo shops are offering $13 tattoos this Friday in honor of the unluckiest day of the year.
Nick Hutchinson, tattoo artist at Copperhead Tattoo, 7716 Main St., Houma, said the shop has more than 300 designs for customers to choose from.
He said each design was drawn by one of the shop's artists and each tattoo looks unique.
"Even if you get the same thing as someone else, we'll make it something different," Hutchinson said.
Hutchinson said the tattoo artists planned to stick to a Friday the 13th theme, but once they started drawing, they didn't want to stop.
"I'm pretty sure we would have something to fit any person," he said.
Hutchinson said the shop first offered the special at its grand opening in 2011. About 50 people took advantage of the promotion that year and about 60 people took part the following year.
This year, Hutchinson said he expects even more people to stop by.
"It's actually getting bigger," he said.
David Steelman, shop manager at Cosmo Ink, 6613 W. Park Ave., Houma, said this is the first Friday the 13th since the shop opened in January, so he's unsure of what to expect.
"These are usually pretty popular," he said. "I'm from New Orleans originally, and it's really popular there."
Cosmo Ink's designs are all based on the day's theme — many incorporate the number 13 and others are drawings of traditionally "spooky" subjects like skulls and tombstones.
Steelman said offering special prices on Friday the 13th is a tradition for most tattoo shops.
Hutchinson said the special is a way for shops to catch people's attention and promote themselves, but it's also a way to give back to loyal supporters.
"It's really a customer-appreciation thing," he said.
For first-timers, Hutchinson recommends visiting the shop after eating a filling meal to avoid getting light-headed during the tattoo process.
He also suggests people have an idea of what kind of tattoo they would like before visiting the shop.
"Even if it's just a general idea, that will help us do what you want," he said.
Hutchinson said the shop's artists are still adding designs to the board, but customers can visit the shop early to get an idea of what they will offer Friday.


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Westley leaves Preston
Preston have confirmed that Graham Westley has stepped down as manager after 13 months in charge.
The 44-year-old's departure from the club comes after Tuesday night's 3-1 defeat at Yeovil. After the loss at Huish Park, the former Stevenage boss had insisted that he would not resign from his post.
"I'm a professional person and when things aren't working it is my responsibility to do what I can to put them right," he said after the game. "I have never walked away from anything in my life and don't expect me to."
Westley leaves the Lilywhites just five points above the npower League One relegation zone, with only one win in the competition since November.
An official club statement said: "Preston North End Football Club can confirm that Graham Westley has left his position as manager.
"Graham oversaw a fundamental change in reducing the wage bill in line with the financial fair play criteria and brought together a whole new squad of players last summer.
"After an initially encouraging start to the season regrettably results have not been acceptable and the Board felt that a change of manager was the only way forward.
"Graham leaves with our thanks and best wishes for the future.
"An announcement regarding interim management arrangements will be made on Thursday 14th February."


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Comic: Carribean Blue (http://www.katbox.net/cblueen/)
By: Ronaldo Rodrigues
Welcome to another episode of Postcards. Today I am going to look at another comic request:
Hi, I'm the artist behind the Caribbean Blue webcomic, a full color (save for guest pages), weekly comic, located at http://www.katbox.net/cblueen/. I came across your comic review site and I was hoping you guys would consider me for a review.
Thanks for your time, I look forward to any feedback you can provide!
Every type of reader has their own particular biases when it comes to the type of comics they want to read. I know I certainly do. My tastes tend towards story-oriented comics with good characterization, original world building and sophisticated plots, and the occasional witty humour comic though I find even the best of them grow slightly stale after a while.
However, on occasion I do read comics that fall out of that particular "comfort reading zone", as a matter of fact, one of the reasons I started this blog is to get myself to read comics out of that aforementioned comfort zone..
"Carribean Blue", I have to admit, falls out of my comfort reading zone. It involves manga-style catgirls, a lot of fanservice and is rather light hearted. I have however, fallen head over heels in love with comics that weren't in my comfort reading zone before, so like they say, proof of the pudding is in the eating.... so let's see how this goes.
In keeping with my policy of being ruthlessly honest, I will say if I hadn't been asked to review this comic, I probably wouldn't have continued reading it as far as I did due to the overwhelmingly jarring intro. I would have given up within the first 6 pages or so.
From the very first page of the comic I felt as though the I was having a whole bunch of main characters shoved in my face. I hadn't even managed to get the names or adjust to the fact they were catgirls, or "Nekocats" when the comic immediately started on introducing even MORE characters and a epic prophecy plot of sorts. I couldn't help but thinking rather resentfully: "Oi, you haven't given me a reason to even CARE about your main characters and I'm supposed to care about whatever else these new characters are?!"
The lack of coherence in the story intro is a pity, because the full colour art is quite pretty in the later pages (although I prefer the black and white screentone ones more). There is a some cute characterization and humour in there, but without a solid narration and plot to build upon, they lose much of their impact.
Generally I don't recommend backtracking, but I would probably recommend a prologue or something to make the introduction less info-dumpish. Carribean Blue might have promise and a story worth reading behind all its flaws, but to be honest... as much as I tried to keep reading, I lost interest by the third chapter. Sadly, a story is only as good as how well it is told. Without a good intro to hook them in, most readers won't be staying around long enough to find out whether it is or not.


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Man, I was so glad to find out that this place had opened up again.
Hamburger RISA used to be out West on the Tozai line (and I wrote about it on this blog way back when), but it closed down a couple of years ago in order to relocate to these new premises. That sounded awesome to me, especially since the new place was near the Namboku line and therefore far more convenient (for me at least). But it took so long to reopen that I just figured something had gone awry and that it would never open its doors again. I even went down there last year to check it out only to find that it was still under construction.
But thankfully it did reopen last August. I only thought to check what was going on with the place recently though, so it came as a surprise to me that it'd been open again for a while, and I immediately wanted to check out the new place. The answer - it's bigger and nicer than the old place but with just as much character, and just as small a menu.
You can go back and read my old post from the link up there to find out a bit more about Hamburger RISA, but I suppose I should cover some key points here too. It's run by a jazz/blues guitarist who my girlfriend remembered as being somewhat grumpy, but who seemed very smiley and happy when we went the other day. The menu consists of one item - a hamburger for 700 yen; and the place is a tip. Actually the new place is nicer and less messy than the old one was, but there's still tons of random musical equipment lying around, and piles of weird looking transistors and tubes and stuff. It's great! In fact there's a full band set-up in the corner and it looks like for a while they were doing live music there every Saturday night.
This post is gonna be pretty light on photos, so to take a look go to the link at the top. That's because he actually has a sign on the wall asking people not to take photos, and I ain't gonna argue with him. I also remember talking to him at the old restaurant and him being pretty withering about students who always took pictures of their burgers before they ate them. Don't tell him I take pictures of food all the time, will you? Then again the sign on the wall, like the menus on the tables, is hand written in marker on a tatty, torn-off bit of a cardboard box. So really I could've feigned ignorance if I hadn't already known his feeling about taking snaps of your food.
If I remember correctly he lived in the States for a while and his burger is the kind of burger he couldn't find when he came back to Japan. It's a straight-up burger - 100% beef, lettuce, a big slice of tomato, onions, and home-made pickles. No cheese, but plenty of sauces to put on it if you want. I love it; it's not subtle and it's not perfect, but it's satisfying and delicious. Plus it's the only thing on the menu.
As for drinks, I think he has an old juicer there that he uses to make delicious fresh orange juice, and the coffee is just coffee, but you can get free refills which is some kind of miracle for me.
Hamburger RISA is pretty easy to get to. It's at North 13, West 1, and the closest station would be Kita 12 Jo (EDIT! I just realised that the closest station is Kita 13 Higashi on the Toho line, but I never get the Toho line so the location of its stations is a mystery to me). It is hidden away a bit though, tucked away from the road behind another building. You should be able to see a sign, and a big rickety-looking metal arch from the road though. I'll stick it on my map of course. I really like the place, and if you like burgers or weird, eccentric looking places you should really take a look.
Hamburger RISA - North 13, West 1
Open: midday to 8pm.
Closed: Thursdays
Wednesday, 9 May 2012
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Europass is a portfolio of five documents, designed to make skills and qualifications clearly and easily understood across Europe.
What is Europass for?
Europass helps:
- citizens – to communicate their skills and qualifications effectively when looking for a job or training;
- employers – to understand and compare the skills and qualifications of the workforce;
- education and training authorities – to communicate the content of curricula.
How does it work?
Two documents are directly completed and updated by citizens using the Europass online editor, with the help of examples and tutorials:
- the Curriculum vitae (CV) presents skills and qualifications acquired in formal and non-formal learning; a cover letter can also be created online and attached to the CV, along with copies of qualifications, employment certificates, etc.;
- the Language passport gives a detailed description of language skills.
Three documents are issued by national authorities:
- the Europass mobility is a record of knowledge and skills acquired during a placement or a training in another European country;
- the Certificate supplement describes the content of training programmes (knowledge and skills acquired, validation, certification level, legal framework). It complements the information included in official certificates;
- the Diploma supplement is issued to graduates of higher education. It describes the nature, level, context, content and status of the studies.
A network of National Europass Centres is the first point of contact to learn more about Europass.
How Cedefop is involved
Cedefop designed and maintains the Europass Web site available in 27 languages.
Since its launch in 2005, there have been more than 210 million visits to the Europass website.
125 million Europass CVs have been completed either online or offline (nearly 70 000 per day – state of play: April 2019).
More about Europass
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As I settle into my new "office" I can't help but feel a sense of contentment that is altogether new. It's not a real office, the type that comes in a 40-storey building made of glass and steel, with a million desks and phones with lots of buttons. It's a home office, 2 desks and a computer tucked in the corner of our new den. I've been working from home for 5 years now and I've had 3 "offices" including this one. The first was a laptop on a dresser in my bedroom before I was married. When C and I moved in together, I had the whole second bedroom to myself. Now I share the space with our (ok, C's) tv and shelves of our (ok, my) books.
Why does this feel different? Maybe it's the little trill of permanence (or at least semi-permanence) that I feel in this, our first co-owned bit of concrete space. Maybe it's the feeling I've had since we have moved in, even as the mammoth piles of boxes lay a mess at our feet, that this is really home. Maybe because, no matter how small and pigeonhole-ish, a space of one's own is truly a magical thing.
It's nothing fancy. As I mentioned, two simple desks, a computer, some shelves, a chocolate brown wall and matching sofa. Above me are my books (and cookbooks) that always manage to make me smile no matter how frenetic the day. Beside me is a window from where I can see the buildings across the street, the busy stream of people going about their business, and most importantly, some trees (a view of green in the city is always something to be relished).
The best thing about my little home office though is the unlimited access to homemade lunches like these (well, that and the dress code).
Chicken Sautéed with Cheese & Milk
(adapted from Apples for Jam by Tessa Kiros)
- 4 chicken thigh fillets
- about 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 – 1 1/2 teaspoons paprika
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 4 large thin slices of fontina cheese (I used grated cheddar, but feel free to use whatever cheese you wish, I think gruyere or manchego might also be nice)
- 1/2 cup milk
- salt
– Pound the chicken thigh fillets between two sheets of plastic wrap with a meat mallet until they are a bit thinner and of even thickness.
– Mix the flour with the paprika and dust the chicken in this mixture. Shake off excess flour.
– Heat the oil in a large frying pan and when hot add the four chicken fillets. Cook over medium heat until the undersides are golden brown. Turn and season the cooked sides with salt. When golden underneath, flip again and season the newly cooked sides.
– Put a slice of cheese over each fillet so it more or less covers it completely. Add the milk to the pan, cover, and cook until the cheese has melted and there is a bubbly, thickened sauce. Make sure the chicken is completely cooked but do not overcook.
– Remove from the heat but leave the lid on the pan until just before you serve it so the cheese carries on melting. Serve hot.
I've mentioned my love for Tessa Kiros before, and for Apples for Jam in particular. This is what Tessa describes as a homely dish. But not in a bad way. It's gentle and reassuring…like a very familiar hug, or a well-loved blankie. She also says that this is the kind of dish she likes to call her kids down to after their bath…and I imagine I would too.
I substituted chicken thigh fillets for the chicken breast fillets in the original recipe and the addition of paprika is mine. This cooks up in no time flat, perfect for a busy day at the "office" 🙂


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Duesenberg Luxury Cars
The Lyon Air Museum will be displaying ten Duesenberg automobiles from Gen. William Lyon's collection. The museum, 19300 Ike Jones Road, Santa Ana, has daily hours of 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and various admission charges. Visit http://www.lyonairmuseum.org or call (714) 210-4585 for more information.
'Mary Poppins'
The Segerstrom Center for the Arts presents "Mary Poppins," the hit musical based on the Disney film. Showtimes vary. Tickets start at $22.50. For more information, visit http://www.scfta.org or call (714) 556-2787.
'Speak for the Trees'
Orange Coast College hosts an exhibit exploring man's relationship with trees in the Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavilion, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa Mesa. Thirty-eight artists are featured through various artistic mediums. Admission is free and hours vary. Call (714) 432-5102 for more information.
SummerYoga Series
lululemon athletica at Fashion Island hosts Vino & Vinyasa, a summer yoga series. The classes are held from 6 to 7 p.m. Thursdays. For more information, call (949) 644-9642.
Local, national and international artists will exhibit their work at the Art-A-Fair, 777 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach. The event is in its 45th season and an adult season pass is $7. For more information, visit http://www.art-a-fair.com or call (949) 494-4514.
Summer Sunday Dinner BBQ
The Balboa Bay Club & Resort presents Summer Sunday Dinner BBQ on the outdoor terrace of Duke's Place. In addition to dining overlooking the bay, the event also features live calypso and reggae music by Coconut Frank. Pricing is $29.50 for adults and $19.50 for children 12 and younger. Reservations are not necessary. For more information, visit http://www.balboabayclub.com.
Brett Rubbico Gallery
Tessa Shane and Mitch Esaki are the featured artists for "TSME" at the Brett Rubbico Gallery, 361 Old Newport Blvd., Newport Beach. According to the gallery, the two artists have "masculine geometrics [merging] harmoniously with feminine detail to create a complementary seamless fit and perfect balance." For more information, visit http://www.brettrubbicogallery.com or call (949) 515-5102.
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Free Movie Mondays
The Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa is having its Free Movie Monday series. "Victor/Victoria" the musical, starring Julie Andrews, will be screened at 8 p.m.
Paul Rodgers
Rocker Paul Rodgers performs at the Pacific Amphitheatre, as part of the O.C. Fair. The show starts at 8 p.m. For more information, visit http://www.pacamp.com.
Coastline Car Classic
The third annual Coastline Car Classic Wine Dinner is at 6:30 p.m. at Mastro's Ocean Club, 8112 E. Coast Hwy., Newport Beach. The cost is $100 and reservations are required. Proceeds go to benefit the Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation. For more information, visit http://www.coastlinecarclassic.com or call (949) 673-4050.
Wine Tasting Fundraiser
Proceeds of the Summertime BLENDing and Wine Tasting at the OC Wine Mart, 2272 Michelson Drive, Irvine, help the Boys & Girls Club of Santa Ana. The event is from 6 to 8:30 p.m. A $35 contribution gets a $40 tasting card. RVSP to firstname.lastname@example.com.
John Bell
The composer, musician and theologian John Bell will be at the Corona del Mar Community Church, 611 Heliotrope Ave. He performs Friday from 6 to 9 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The cost is $20 for Friday and $60 for Saturday. For more information and to register, call (949) 644-7400.
UFO Symposium
The Mutual UFO Network is having its 42nd annual international symposium at the Hyatt Regency hotel, 17900 Jamboree Road, Irvine. Visit http://www.2011mufonsymposium.com to register and for more information.
Walking Club
Men and women interested in walking with a group can join the Newport Mesa Walking Club at 9 a.m. Monday through Saturday and 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday at Hospital Road and Superior Avenue in Newport Beach. To join, call Loyda at (949) 650-0084.
Boot Camp at the Pac Amp
Out of Bounds Training hosts Boot Camp at the Pac Amp, an extreme one-hour training session by trainer Josh Phelan. The sessions start at 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday at the Pacific Amphitheatre in Costa Mesa, and the first week is free. For more information, call (949) 812-0069 or visit http://www.outofboundstraining.com.


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Santa's bag gets lighter every year as more people request gift cards. In fact, gift cards have become so popular that a secondary market is booming. While you probably wouldn't give Mom a used sweater for the holidays, you might be able to save money by buying other people's unwanted gift cards at a discount.
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A good first stop is GiftGardGranny.com, an aggregator site that buys and sells gift cards and lists deals from more than a dozen gift card discount sites. At press time, GiftCardGranny listed more than 36,000 gift cards for sale from 538 different merchants at an average discount of 13.7 percent. Shipping is almost always free and if you don't see a card you want, many sites offer email alerts to let you know as soon as that card becomes available.
The cost of a secondhand card depends a lot on how popular it is. During the holidays, many shoppers are looking for gift cards from toy retailers such as Toys R Us, says Shelley Hunter, content manager, spokeswoman and "gift card girlfriend" for GiftCards.com. Other big sellers are cards that can be used for a wide variety of merchandise -- those from retailers such as Target, Wal-Mart and JC Penney, Hunter says.
No surprise, the popular cards usually carry the smallest discounts. A recent spot check of deals listed on GiftCardGranny.com showed Wal-Mart cards discounted 2.6 percent, Target cards marked down 3.9 percent, Toys R Us going for 5.4 percent off and JC Penney cards discounted 12.1 percent.
At the same time, Petco gift cards were going for 16.3 percent off and Cold Stone Creamery for 23.1 percent off. "The best discounts can be found on cards that maybe aren't as widely popular, such as restaurants, service providers and select clothing retailers," says Luke Knowles, CEO of GiftCardGranny.com.
If you want a popular card, is it really worth the hassle to save only 5 percent or 6 percent? Yes, says Knowles, noting that savvy shoppers stack the discounts with coupons and sales. "We believe paying less than face value for anything is a good thing."
Read on for more tips on buying and using discounted gift cards.
Consider using vs. gifting Think twice about giving the discount gift cards themselves to people. They may not make the best gifts. "Some do look like they've been sitting in a wallet," Hunter says. "The card is still good, but it's not presentation ready."
Another issue is the card value -- most people give new gift cards in round dollar amounts such as $10, $25, $50. On the swap sites, you may see cards with odd dollar amounts such as $19.22 or $86.55.
"If you got a gift card from someone for $87, you'd think 'Hmmm, what happened to the rest of it?'" Hunter says.
Instead, you may want to use the gift card to purchase merchandise that you give the recipient. Hunter even once bought a gift card, used part of the balance to buy a gift and the remainder to buy a new gift card -- though that may not work at all retailers.
Be wary of fraud Fraud on gift card exchanges usually involves cards that are stolen or counterfeit or that do not have the value represented to be in the card, says attorney Steven J.J. Weisman, professor at Bentley University and editor of the security blog Scamicide.
Reputable sites have practices in place to minimize those kinds of fraud. For example, when GiftCards.com buys a card from a consumer who no longer wants it, the consumer has to provide a credit card number, Hunter says. "If there is something wrong with the [gift] card, we're going to charge that credit card number. We have a way to recover that money."
In the most common scam, however, thieves steal credit card information, use it to buy gift cards and then exchange those cards for cash via swap sites, says Knowles. Hunter says her site has safeguards against those kinds of incidents, too. She won't go into specifics for fear of tipping off fraudsters, but says GiftCards.com has a fraud rate of less than 1 percent. "We have patented fraud protection that we have licensed to other gift card resellers because of its effectiveness," she says. "Fraud is very low and something we actively and continually work to eliminate."
In fact, if you're buying multiple gift cards from an exchange for the first time, your credit card issuer may issue a fraud alert. That's one reason to make sure you don't wait until the last minute to buy from an exchange.
Your best defense against fraud is to check out a discount card site before you use it. Read online reviews and check with the Better Business Bureau and the consumer protection division of your state's attorney general's office to see if there have been complaints.
Be especially careful with cards sold through general resale sites such as Craigslist. Katherine Hutt, spokeswoman for the Better Business Bureau, says her organization saw one recent scam in which a seller bought a $1,000 gift card through Craigslist for $750. "The buyer met the seller and actually called the number on the card to verify that it really had $1,000 on it, and it did," says Hutt. "She handed over the $750, but when she went to use the card the next day, the balance was zero. Either the seller was a scam artist who had copied the number off the card and had used all of the funds before the buyer had a chance to spend a penny, or the card had been purchased with a stolen credit card and had been deactivated. Either way, the buyer was out the $750."
Online auction sites are another danger zone. Weisman recommends avoiding them altogether. "My concern with online auction sites is based on the possibility of fraud through the sale of stolen or counterfeit cards," Weisman says. "That possibility still exists with reputable sites, however, the legitimate discount card sites will provide a warranty that can effectively protect the consumer."
Check out the warranty/guarantee policies Weisman recommends making sure the discount gift card companies you're considering are legit and then going with the one that provides the best price with the best warranty. Even among reputable sites, warranty policies can vary widely. GiftCards.com, which sells both discounted cards and conventional cards, guarantees its cards for 100 days. The buyer protection policies listed at GiftCardGranny range from 999 days to 10 days, depending on the website selling the card.
"Consumers should use the card before the gift card company's guarantee has expired," Knowles says. That could be tricky if you're giving the card as a gift. A Consumer Reports poll in 2011 found that 25 percent of adults still had an unused gift card from the previous holiday season.
Buy early -- but not too early To make sure the card arrives in time for your shopping excursion or gift-giving occasion, buy it at least a week in advance, Knowles says. For e-gift cards and codes, the turnaround time is 24 hours or less, Hunter says.
If you're planning to give the card as a gift, consider waiting until close to when you plan to give it so that you won't use up the buying protection period with the card sitting in your closet.
Save even more If you want to save even more money, buy gift cards at the end of January and beginning of February when the supply and discounts will be higher, Knowles says. "Gift cards are the most popular gift during the holidays and people who receive cards they don't want are eager to exchange them for cash," he says.
That's also good information to keep in mind in case Santa brings you a gift card for a store that's not your favorite.
"That's why we created Gift Card Exchange Day on Dec. 26," Knowles says, "To bring awareness to the option of exchanging unwanted gift cards for cash."
See related: Layaway 2013: Survives recession's end, but evolves, Best ways to redeem rewards points for the holidays, Three ways to curb pre-holiday money stress


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As an entrepreneur, you're constantly looking for tools to help give you that edge above the competition.
Whether that be a tool to manage your workflow, to track your hours worked—or even something as basic as a piece of software that helps you write—finding the best ones can be difficult.
That's where we come in.
Earlier this week we talked about six different free tools to use—but now, we're going deeper with this huge list.
We've broken down the top challenges entrepreneurs face and have listed some of the top tools you can use to make your life as an entrepreneur easier.
Are you ready?
Bookmark this blog post as a resource you can refer to later in your entrepreneurial journey. The resources below are timeless.
Productivity and Organization
Every entrepreneur knows that their time is valuable. Being able to crunch more tasks into any given day is something we all long for.
Here are some tools that will keep you more productive throughout your day. Be sure to use this in conjunction with some of our productivity tips.
1. Evernote - Perfect software for anyone who needs to keep track of things in any medium.
2. 1Password - The best way to create a strong, secure password for every website you visit.
3. Dropbox - Cloud storage app for business. Great for all entrepreneurs.
4. Toggl - Free time tracking tool that's simple to use.
5. Mod Notebooks - A paper notebook that syncs to the cloud.
We've teamed up with Mod Notebooks to offer a 15% discount on your order. Just use the coupon code SHOPIFY15 at checkout and save!
Customer Support and Email
Customer support is not the most exciting aspect of being an entrepreneur, but it's certainly valuable. These tools will help you along the way, and make your life and workflow much easier.
6. Zendesk - Software that makes your life easier when dealing with every aspect of customer support.
7. Freshdesk - Offers a solution for customer support requests as well as online helpdesks.
8. Uservoice - Product Management & Customer Support Software to help companies build better products and support their users.
9. Clickdesk - Online live chat software that combines chat and support desks.
Outsourcing and Virtual Assistants
Sometimes it isn't possible to work on everything at once—and that's where outsourcing and virtual assistants come in. They'll help you complete tasks that you don't have the time or the knowledge to do.
10. Upwork - One of the best online solutions for hiring freelancers.
11. Fiverr - Find anything you need, starting at just $5.
12. Clarity - Schedule a call with influencers and experts in your market.
13. Gigster - Hire a quality developer for your project in under five minutes.
Copywriting and Word Processing
Often an overlooked part of setting up a product or website, good copy and writing is essential to how customers feel about your product. Be sure to check out some of these tools to help with your writing process.
14. Grammarly - Making you a better writer by finding 10x more grammar and spelling mistakes than a normal word editor.
15. Hemingway Editor - A wonderful tool that makes your writing and spelling mistakes bold and clear.
16. Draft - Write better. Genius for any business looking for more apps to help their workflow.
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The above resources are all free! Grab them while you can.
Social Media Management and Automation
Social media management is an absolute essential part of any entrepreneurial endeavour. Being able to respond to messages quickly in a professional manner can be the difference between losing a sale, and gaining a customer.
17. Buffer - Schedule and share social media content with just a few clicks.
18. Hootsuite - The only social media dashboard you'll ever need.
19. Topsy - Monitor certain hashtags and accounts to stay up to date with current events.
20. Crowdbooster - Measure and manage your social media marketing campaigns.
Graphic Design and Branding
Every entrepreneur at some point needs help with their design and branding. Whether it's for your personal brand, or a business you're starting—you'll need tools that help with design. Be sure to play around with some of these tools to figure out which one works best for you.
21. Sketch - An easy to use, beautiful program for designers.
22. InVision - Free web and mobile prototyping for designers and developers.
23. Crayon - Market design research for your next project.
24. Photoshop - An absolute must for anyone who's serious about design.
25. Canva - Make awesome images without much design knowledge.
Team Communication
With the ever expanding popularity of remote teams, team communication is more important than ever. Being able to reach someone quickly to notify them about anything is essential. These tools will make your team's communication easier than ever.
26. Slack - Be less busy by having everything in one place.
27. GitHub - Build software better, together.
28. Trello - Organize, plan, and schedule projects as a team.
29. Flowdock - Groupchat for teams. Stay in touch and stay up to date with everyone.
Did you know that...
Slack is totally free to use for as long as you want with an unlimited amount of people!
Analytics and Website Data
Analytics for your business is extremely important. Being able to see how long someone visits a page for, where they drop off, and more can be a way for you to make important business decisions. Be sure to check out some of these tools and find which one works best for you.
30. Google Analytics - The absolute gold standard for all website analytics software.
31. CrazyEgg - Heatmap analytics to see where visitors are clicking.
32. Piwik - Open-source analytics that gives you much more than just powerful analytics.
Email Marketing and List Building
Email has proven to be a tool so valuable with all of the noise across social media—if you haven't started building an email marketing campaign, now is the time.
33. Mailchimp - Send better email.
34. Customer.io - Send customized messages based on their interactions with your business.
35. Really Good Emails - Take a look at some of the best email marketing from top businesses.
36. Constant Contact - Grow your business with email marketing software.
37. Exact Target - Build and manage marketing campaigns based on customer journeys.
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Be sure to check out some of these email marketing campaigns to draw inspiration from!
Financials and Invoicing
Sometimes as an entrepreneur you'll need to invoice clients. That can be a bit of a headache if you don't have the proper systems in place. And, when tax season comes around—you had better have your financials in order. These tools will help with the financial headache.
38. Freshbooks - Send invoices, track time, and capture expenses in minutes.
39. Mint - Be good with your money with Mint money manager.
40. Xero - Online accounting software for your small business.
41. NutCache - Smart and simple project management for invoices and expenses.
42. QuickBooks Online - Easily manage your business anywhere, anytime.
Food and Delivery Services
Working as an entrepreneur might mean you don't have time to cook for yourself. Luckily, there's a lot of different tools and services at your disposal for getting groceries or prepared food on demand.
43. Instacart - Groceries delivered in an hour.
44. Caviar - Get delivery from your favorite restaurants.
45. Eatclub - Food delivered to your team, without all the work.
46. UberEATS - Food delivered in five minutes or less.
Free Stock Images
Free stock images are perhaps the most valuable resource to any entrepreneur. Being able to cut costs while also getting stunning images is such a wonderful thing.
47. The Ultimate List - We put together the ultimate list of free stock images.
48. Unsplash - Free (to do whatever you want) high resolution stock images.
49. Superfamous - Nature and abstract stock photos.
Fonts and Type
Comic-sans just doesn't cut it anymore. Be sure to check out the resources below to find some fantastic fonts.
50. Google Fonts - Hundreds of free fonts that you can use for your website.
51. DaFont - A massive online resource of free and paid fonts you can use.
52. Font Squirrel - Handpicked free fonts.
53. Type Kit - Subscription based font service that brings thousands of fonts into one library.
54. Abstract Fonts - Over 10,000 fonts for you to use.
Miscellaneous Services
These are the misfit apps and services that didn't fit in anywhere else—but they're incredibly useful. Need someone to clean your laundry because you're spending most of your day working on your project? We've got you covered.
55. Handy - Home cleaning at a moment's notice.
56. Washio - Dry cleaning and laundry service on demand.
57. TaskRabbit - Connecting you to safe and reliable helpers for home related tasks.
58. The 10x Journal - Created by the team who contributes to this blog, the 10x Journal is specifically designed to help Entrepreneurs accomplish more each day. Every morning you will be guided to define your daily tasks and think about your long-term strategic goals, resulting in better long-term planning for your business.
Now that we've listed some of our favourite tools for entrepreneurs, it's up to you to put them to use.
Let us know if the comments below if these work for you, or if you have any other suggestions.
About The Author
Tucker Schreiber is an entrepreneur and content crafter at Shopify. He writes to inspire and educate readers on all things commerce.
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MINDEN, La., Jan. 15, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Minden Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company" or "Minden Bancorp") (OTCBB:MDNB) announced today that its Board of Directors at their meeting on January 14, 2014, declared a cash dividend of $0.095 per share on the common stock of the Company, payable on February 3, 2014 to the shareholders of record at the close of business on January 24, 2014.
The Company is the parent holding company of MBL Bank headquartered in Minden, Louisiana. At September 30, 2013 the Company had assets of $273.9 million, total liabilities of $232.5 million, and total stockholders' equity of $41.4 million.
The Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission are available at the Securities and Exchange Commission's website at http://www.sec.gov. The press release can be found on Minden Bancorp's website at http://www.mblbank.com/.
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There's a classic scene near the end of "The Big Lebowski" — the best bowling movie ever — where The Dude (Jeff Bridges) and Walter (John Goodman) stand on an ocean cliff. They've clambered out there to spread the cremated ashes of Donnie, their recently deceased friend and bowling partner.
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Validate the server's certificate.
By default, the Sun Java System Application Server generates a self-signed certificate and stores it in a key store file at the location
where appServerRoot is the root directory in which the Application Server is installed.
If necessary, you can use the JDK Key Tool utility to generate a key store of your own and use it in place of the default key store. For more information, see the section "Establishing a Secure Connection Using SSL" in Chapter 28, "Introduction to Security in Java EE," of the Java EE 5 Tutorial at
Make the directory containing the key store file your current directory.
For example, to use the Application Server's default key store file (as shown above), navigate to its directory with the command
cd appServerRoot/glassfish/domains/domain1/config
where appServerRoot is, again, the root directory in which the Application Server is installed.
List the contents of the key store file.
The Key Tool utility's -list option lists the contents of a specified key store file. For example, the following command lists the Application Server's default key store file (keystore.jks):
keytool -list -keystore keystore.jks -v
The -v option tells the Key Tool utility to display certificate fingerprints in human-readable form.
Enter the key store password.
The Key Tool utility prompts you for the key store file's password:
Enter keystore password:
By default, the key store password is set to changeit; you can use the Key Tool utility's -storepasswd option to change it to something more secure. After you have entered a valid password, the Key Tool utility will respond with output like the following:
Verify the certificate's fingerprints.
Obtain the correct fingerprints for the Application Server's self-signed certificate by independent means (such as by telephone) and compare them with the fingerprints displayed by the keytool -list command. Do not accept the certificate and install it in your application's trust store unless the fingerprints match.
Export the Application Server's certificate to a certificate file.
Use the Key Tool utility's -export option to export the certificate from the Application Server's key store to a separate certificate file, from which you can then import it into your application's trust store. For example, the following command exports the certificate shown above, whose alias is slas, from the Application Server's default key store (keystore.jks) to a certificate file named slas.cer:
keytool -export -keystore keystore.jks -storepass changeit -alias slas -file slas.cer
The Key Tool utility responds with the output
Certificate stored in file <slas.cer>
Verify the contents of the certificate file.
If you wish, you can double-check the contents of the certificate file to make sure it contains the correct certificate:
List the contents of the certificate file.
The Key Tool utility's -printcert option lists the contents of a specified certificate file. For example, the following command lists the certificate file slas.cer that was created in the preceding step:
keytool -printcert -file slas.cer -v
Once again, the -v option tells the Key Tool utility to display the certificate's fingerprints in human-readable form. The resulting output looks like the following:
Confirm the certificate's contents.
Examine the output from the keytool -printcert command to make sure that the certificate is correct.
Import the certificate into your application's trust store.
The Key Tool utility's -import option installs a certificate from a certificate file in a specified trust store. For example, if your client application's trust store is kept in the file /local/tmp/imqhttps/appKeyStore, the following command will install the certificate from the file slas.cer created above:
keytool -import -file slas.cer -keystore "/local/tmp/imqhttps/appKeyStore"


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Atlantic Natural Foods Rolls Out Five Vegetarian Proteins
Forget about Meatless Mondays, now you can go meatless five days a week and still enjoy tacos, tuna, chili and more. That's the message from Atlantic Natural Foods, Nashville, N.C., which is rolling out five vegetarian proteins under the Meatless Select brand. They are: Five Bean Chili, Meatless Taco Filling, Fishless Tuna, Chick-less Chicken Patty and Meatless Hot Dog. All are free of artificial flavorings and colorings as well as preservatives, and are made with high-quality renewable plant proteins derived from soy and wheat. Building on the sustainability attribute, the products also offer the convenience, reliability and recyclability of cans.
"We believe the market for low-cost, renewable protein will explode in the next few years," says Steve Morris, vice president of sales and marketing. "Our products provide a real alternative to meat-based protein and are not just for the vegetarian market. In side-by-side taste tests, meat lovers could not distinguish between our product and the meat-based alternative."
The 5-oz. canned tuna and taco products are designed for the dollar store channel. The taco also comes in a 20-oz. can, as do the chili and hot dog products. They have a suggested retail price of $2.89 to $2.99. The patty product is sold in 13-oz. cans for about $2.49. All five varieties are available to club stores and foodservice in 6.5-lb. cans. These items sell for $1.50 to $1.79 per pound, depending on product.


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The x-ray results came back to say that his bone wasn't fractured, but his ligaments, tendons or muscles were torn in his knee. They put his leg in a cast from his thigh to his foot in hope that it would heal as he is a puppy. I am so worried, :( they also said that if it didn't heal that they would have to amputate his leg. I can't understand why they would say that, surely there's an operation procedure to consider first. We took him to an RSPCA hospital, and I'm not liking them that much. I am also scared that the cast is too tight, I'm sure it isn't but I am just panicking. I actually shed a tear when I handed him in for x-ray, I can't believe how attached I have become. It was such a relief to have him back in my arms. He has to be in his cast for 3 weeks, and go for a check up every week, the poor thing!
His army print cast!
He has been running around and jumping like normal, being a typical Jack Russell. It doesn't seem to be affecting him too much and hopefully within a few days he will be used to it.
I can't wait for him to get better!! I am so glad we kept him as I dread to think what might of happened to him.


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Odwalla Introduces Smoothies For Kids
Parents on a quest for fortified, natural, 100 percent juice their kids might actually enjoy drinking can now find some delicious assistance from Odwalla Inc., Half Moon Bay, Calif.
Odwalla, a Coca-Cola company, introduces a refrigerated line of lunchbox-suitable, not-from-concentrate smoothies. Conveniently packaged in easy-to-hold drink boxes, the smoothies are perfect for lunchboxes or on-the-go use. Odwalla Smoothies For Kids come in three kid-friendly flavors: Strawberry Banana Jungle, Mango Pineapple Island and Grape Berry Prairie. Each is gluten-free, 100 percent juice with other ingredients, and all contain one whole serving of fruit. With no added sugar and 110-120 calories per box, they are also a great source of vitamin C.
To strengthen its commitment to nutritious and accessible snack options for children, Odwalla is now a proud supporter of HealthyChildren.org, the official parenting web site of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the nation's largest pediatric organization. Packaging of all three Odwalla Smoothies For Kids flavors features the HealthyChildren.org logo.
"Our line of Odwalla Smoothies For Kids is a convenient — and delicious — way for moms to help their families get several nutrients they need for good health," says Irma Shrivastava, Odwalla's vice president of marketing. "We're dedicated to helping parents meet the nutritional needs of their children, one fruit at a time."
Suggested retail price for a 6.75-oz. single drink box is $1.49 and $5.99 for a four-pack.


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Steve Hed lives in a wind tunnel. And while sleepless nights spent mulling over complex algorithms, carbon layups, and boundary layers could be bad for his home life, you prosper from his insomnia. The HED Corsair is the latest HED innovation in aerodynamic design. Featuring HED's lightest time-trial bar construction to date and a stiff full-carbon-fiber layup, the Corsair will certainly help shave off the seconds during your next race.
The HED Corsair is the lightest and stiffest HED full-aerobar in production. Its low weight (less than 600g, including integrated brake levers) and higher rigidity make it easier for you to sustain speed over longer periods of time. To create the unique shapes of the flat base and aerobar, HED drew on its 25+ years of wind-tunnel research; the Corsair's refined shape and rigidity is the result of all this work in this controlled environment. The carbon-fiber layup was meticulously adjusted and improved throughout the process to maximize rigidity while still maintaining the new aero shape. HED also engineered the Corsair with user comfort mind; the clamp-on aerobars are capable of a wide array of lateral and angular adjustments to maximize comfort and aerodynamics as your position changes throughout season. In fact, the armrest design tolerates a super-wide 200mm width. The base bar includes ergonomic hand positions and reverse carbon brake levers; it is also compatible with Shimano Di2 shift/brake levers. The base bar is also highly aerodynamic, and internal cable routing accentuates the Corsair's streamlined design. The Corsair is designed to be a non-integrated bar that allows you to use your preferred stem, stem length, and degree of rise.
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text: I spotted this article on The Register. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/19/amd_top500_loss/ As someone who has installed Opteron clusters, including what I believe was the first in the UK (used for computational chemistry, and going strong), I disagree with this article. Opteron are alive and kicking. What's more the article confuses 'supercomputer' with '(super)computer in the Top 500' and also makes no mention of EMT64/Nocona. The artcle says Xeon/Itanium, then goes on to talk about 32 bit Xeon. The fact that there are fewer Opteron based systems in the Top 500 is irrefutable (I didn't know this) but it makes me uneasy to extrapolate this to the impending death of a CPU. I DO agree (and let's have some debate here) that Nocona is bound to make big inroads.


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StartUp NY has the potential to: create jobs; generate new partnerships and new investments on or near our Utica and Rome campuses; increase industry-sponsored research funding; enable more selective student recruitment; increase co-op opportunities and provide a richer student and faculty experience.
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On 3/11, the city of Kesennuma was struck by earthquake, tsunami and fire.
This is how the town looked on 3/11, 2011.
Casualties and unfound victims of the town counts 1,373 people, and it is said that 80% of the local business were affected by the disaster.
11 months have passed since 311, and you may be wondering how bad it still is- or how well the town has recovered.
On 2/15, I visited Kesennuma, and here are some photos from that trip.
Some areas of the town are burnt and still empty.
Broken bus...
Broken houses
Broken businesses
There still are loads to clean up
Boats in the middle of the town.
The businesses trying to rebuild.
The black things getting dried are shark fins.
"We will not say we can't do that. Kesennuma City"
One year has passed, but there are still lots to do to get back to pre-311 situation. We are trying to seek what we can do to help the area and recover the businesses there. According to the volunteer center, more than 50,000 people came to help the city as volunteers.
Here are some videos I shot in Kesennuma. I'm sorry the quality of the video is low (primarily due to the fact that I was shooting still photos in my right hand and videos in my left hand)
2012/2/15: Near Bentencho in Kesennuma
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31243, Hymns, Families Can Be Together Forever, no. 300
1. I have a fam'ly here on earth.
They are so good to me.
I want to share my life with them through all eternity.
Fam'lies can be together forever
Through Heav'nly Father's plan.
I always want to be with my own family,
And the Lord has shown me how I can.
The Lord has shown me how I can.
2. While I am in my early years,
I'll prepare most carefully,
So I can marry in God's temple for eternity.
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Music: Vanja Y. Watkins, b. 1938. © 1980 IRI
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Art Everywhere U.S., a campaign that will exhibit American art on billboards, telephone kiosks, subways, movie screens, newsstands, and bus shelters, will launch on Aug. 4 in Times Square. 58 works—including paintings by Gilbert Stuart, James McNeill Whistler, Mary Cassatt, Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol—will be on view on 50,000 display sites throughout the country.


text: On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, William Park wrote: > On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 04:11:03PM -0400, Velocet wrote: > > > The trick is just to cool the CPU and leave everything else on the > > > motherboard untouched. So, why not put dry-ice (CO2) on top of CPU? > > > You would need something to hold it in place on top of CPU, and the > > > dry-ice dimension can extend vertically. I'm thinking long rectangular > > > or round stick, freely held vertically from CPU, so that as dry-ice > > > evaporates it will drop down. > > > > CO2 is liquid at about 6ATM and above (IIRC, remembering where > > the triple point is from my university chem...) > > > > I dont think you want to mess with high pressure cooling systems... > > Dry-ice goes from solid to gas directly! So, all you get is mist around > your motherboard. Hmmm, water vapour condensation is one concern. Guys, I'm going nuts here. Let's assume that your CPU runs at a nice convenient 30W. Let's also assume that the latent heat of the CO_2 on top of it is oh, 300 KJ/Kg (correct within a factor of 2 depending on the temperature. The CPU thus releases 30 Joules per second, and 300,000 Joules are required to vaporize the CO_2. We divide and discover -- Amazing! The Kg of CO_2 will keep our CPU a nice frosty -78.4C for 10,000 whole seconds, or (dividing by 3600 and being sloppy) three whole hours before the active release of heat turns it back into a greenhouse gas. Now, two minutes on the web reveals that the market price of dry ice is around $0.60/pound (because it is, as I mentioned before, increasingly expensive to cool things way below ambient temperature). Let's call this a mere dollar a Kg, since you'll be buying in bulk. This means that you can keep that CPU frosty cold for a mere $8/day, provided that you work out some way to load a vertical hopper that will hold 8 kg of dry ice in a vertical tower over the hapless CPU, or work out some other way of refilling a smaller tower (your very own dry ice machine dropping its precious and massive solids down only a CPU cooled WAY into the brittle zone, for example). And this is WAY CHEAPER than a liquid nitrogen cooler, which I don't even want to THINK about. Why do you think the liquid gas (>>any<< gas) cooled supercomputers cost a gazillion dollars each and required a small army of technicians to care for? Because piping a potentially deadly liquid that changes the physical properties of things like metals from strong and flexible to brittle is EXPENSIVE. This whole discussion is a total waste of time. Only a complete idiot with far more money than sense is going to try to actually build a CO_2 or liquid nitrogen cooled PC for any reason other than the fun of it. If that complete idiot actually builds the cooler, chances are excellent that even if it functions as designed it will break the shit out of his system and not TOO shabby that it will literally burn him a time or two while doing so, quite possibly badly (unless he or she is an expert in cryogenic technology). Now can we just STOP? This has nothing whatsoever to do with beowulfery. The next time somebody asks about exotic cooling technologies, the appropriate answer from the list should be "No, no, for the love of God, Montressor..." rgb -- Robert G. Brown http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/ Duke University Dept. of Physics, Box 90305 Durham, N.C. 27708-0305 Phone: 1-919-660-2567 Fax: 919-660-2525 email:rgb at phy.duke.edu


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Herv. teol. stud. vol.64 n.1 Pretoria Mar. 2008
Peters, T 2007 The stem cell debate
Publisher: Fortress. 122 Pages. Price: Unknown
Reviewer: Prof Cornel du Toit (University of South Africa)
This is a lucid introduction to the stem cell debate, offering ethical guidelines for assessing it. The author, Ted Peters, is a well-known systematic theologian at the Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary in Berkeley, California. He is also prominent in the die science-religion debate. From 1990 to 1994 he was involved in monitoring the human genome project. Since 1996 he has been involved in the stem cell controversy and was appointed consultant to MD West, chief executive of Geron Corporation at that time. In 2004 the state of California approved a grant of $3 billion in bonds for stem cell research. The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) was established and Peters is a member of the workgroup that advises CIRM on ethical standards (p xiii). Thus, Peters is theoretically not involved in the issue, but directly influences the way in which the research is conducted.
The controversy centres aroundthe status of zygotes, since stem cells mostly develop from these cells, and for this reasonthe debate encompasses abortion with all its ramifications.
To grasp the ethical problem the book is dealing with, one needs to understand the biological background. Stem cells can potentially trigger a medical revolution in that they create new tissue. Peters explains (p 2): What scientists are imagining is placing regenerative stem cells into not only the heart but also the brain, pancreas, liver, and spinal nervous system. With tissue renewal, regenerative therapy could reverse deterioration that leads to such diseases as heart disease, Alzheimers, Parkinsons, diabetes, lower body paralysis, and numerous others. As a by-product, regenerative medicine offers strides forward in the battle against cancer.
Within days after the formation of a zygote mitosis occurs. Every cell (now called a blastomere) is totipotent. At the blastocyst stage the trophechtoderm (an external shell/tissue of sorts formed between days four and six, surrounding the inner cell and eventually the connective tissue with the uterine wall) is removed and the inner cell mass is disaggregated. The individual cells are placed on a feeder tray and if all goes well, the cells, now called pluripotent cells, will divide. After fifty cell divisions they will be defined as characterized. Once characterized, experiments to tease pluripotent cells into integrating with targeted tissue can begin (p 10). That, in broad outline, is the background.
Peters sees the ethical response to this in terms of interpretive frameworks, within each of which one could argue in favour of or against stem cell research. The three frameworks the embryo protection framework; nature protection framework and medical benefits framework are discussed in chapters 3 to 6 respectively. Within the embryo protection framework the question is whether the blastocyst (zygote after a few days) has human dignity and if so, are we forbidden to dismantle it when pursuing medical research? (p 30). I find the debate somewhat artificial, since zygotes are derived from fertility programs redundant frozen cells. . Should the question of whether freezing zygote cells endlessly violates human dignity not have been raised long ago? Zygote cells can be directly obtained from the uterus, but because it is risky for the mother, it is commonly felt that it should not be permitted. The nature protection framework (p 49ff) centres around the question of whether we should so radically intervene in nature and whether it is not trying to act God. I cannot say that I found this discussion particularly profound could it be expected in a scenario where the interlocutors are representatives of popular opinion? The medical benefit framework (p 61ff) is focused on the question of whether the ends (inconceivable relief of suffering) justify the means. Again, I find the discussion rather superficial. The issue of economic benefit from the research (p 70) is vitally important, but is dealt with far too cursorily. Chapter 6 (p 75 ff) deals with the research standards framework. It concerns guidelines that secular research sets for itself. In its most mature form, ethics becomes policy-rules made by society to guide our best attempts to live a good life (p 76). Peters cites examples of self-imposed limitations set in practice. One is the fourteen-days rule that research should not be permitted that involves in vitro culture of any intact human embryo, regardless of derivation method, for longer than 14 days or until formation of the primitive streak begins, whichever begins first (p 77). Another aspect dealt with is the issue of whether women should be paid to donate their ova (81ff).
In chapter 7 (p 89 ff), under the heading Theological reflections on human nature, Peters tries to sway public opinion in favour of stem cell research by falling back on the issue of dignity. In this regard it is pointed out that dignity only emerges in relationships. A zygote is not yet in any relationship and therefore the dignity argument does not apply. After lengthy argument Peters concludes that dignity is relational rather than biological (p 104). This finding smacks of a response by a paid official. After all, we know better and can see through such artificial distinctions: the one (social interaction) necessarily entails the other (biology).
Technology appears to have landed us in a pseudo-argument, evidenced by Peters comment (p 107): An early embryo ex vivo, outside a mothers body, cannot become a person in the biological sense, let alone an autonomous individual. Hence, the entire debate on frozen zygotes is a virtual one. Virtual ethics is not pointless, provided it results in actual rules for conduct. This is what Peters grapples with in the final chapter. A good conclusion is a stance of humility since there are only degrees of certainty available regarding the ontological status of the early embryo (p 112).