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|Oliver Larsen Peterson Diaries (1895-1951), Box 1
|This is Box 1 of a 6-box collection of diaries written over the course of 56 years (1895-1951) by a farmer in Petersboro, Utah. Box 1 covers the period 1895-1904 and is organized into 12 folders: Folder 1: Vol. 1A, Daybook 1895-1916 (bound vol. 7.75 x 9.5 inches) Folder 2: Vol. 1B, Diary, 1895-1896 (bound vol. 5.5 x 7.5 inches) Folder 3: Vol. 2, 1897 (bound vol. 6.5 x 8.5 inches) Folder 4: Vol. 3, 1898 (bound vol. 6.75 x 8.25 inches) Folder 5: Vol. 4, 1899 (bound vol. 6.75 x 8.25 inches) Folder 6: Vol. 5, 1900 (bound vol. 5.75 x 8.75 inches) Folder 7: Vol. 6, 1901 (bound vol. 5.75 x 8.5 inches) Folder 8: Vol. 7, 1902 (bound vol. 6.75 x 8.25 inches) Folder 9: Vol. 7, 1902 (loose pages 8 x 12.75 inches) Folder 10: Vol. 8, 1903 (bound vol. 8 x 12.75 inches) Folder 11: Vol. 8, 1913 (loose pages 8 x 10 inches) Folder 12: Vol. 9, 1904 (loose pages 7.75 x 10 inches)
|Oliver Larsen Peterson was born in Logan, Utah in 1879 to Mary and Peter Peterson. Oliver, or O. L. as he was known, and his twin brother Edward were the first two of seven children. Shortly after birth of the twins, the family moved from Logan to their dry farm in Petersboro, Utah. Established by their father between 1875 and 1878, this was a large dry farm and cattle ranch located on the west side of Cache Valley directly north of Mendon, Utah. Here O. L., an astute observer as his diaries attest, spent his life as a rancher and farmer. On October 2, 1913 O. L. married Navieve Haws of Logan and they later had eight children. O. L. Peterson died April 7, 1955. O. L. kept a daily diary from 1895-1951. Due to Peterson's discerning eye for detail, his journal entries are voluminous. The diaries comprehensively describe the changes in a turn-of-the-century dry farming operation in Cache Valley. Peterson not only throughly described the daily farm routine, but also the seasonal occurrences of plowing, planting, harvesting, and winter livestock care. He concluded each year's entries with an inventory of equipment, livestock, and the amount of feed stored for winter. For example, in the 1903 volume (Box 1, Folder 10) he listed all of the farm machinery along with purchase dates and costs. The same volume also inventories the livestock, going as far as stating the names and weights of the horses. Box 1 Folder 1 contains a 'daybook', which spans the period of 1895 to 1915 and presents an overview of Peterson's thoughts and labor. In addition to describing farm operations, Peterson mentioned important social and political events, but without any comment about his feelings toward those events. He recorded weather conditions, natural occurrences such as earthquakes, and local flora and fauna. As well, he described the physical geography of the Petersboro-Benson area both before and after the building of the Cutler Dam, noting the dam's effects on area drainage.
|Peterson, Oliver Larsen, 1879-1955
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Petersboro, Cache County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5779635/
Cache Valley, Cache County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5772316/
Cache County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5772317/
Franklin County, Idaho, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5593547/
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Peterson family--History--Diaries
Peterson, Oliver Larsen, 1879-1955--Diaries
Farmers--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Diaries
Agriculture--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--History
Agricultural machinery--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--History
Dry farming--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--History
Family farms--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--History
Livestock--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--History
Threshing--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--History
Natural history--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--History
Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)--Climate--History
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19th century
20th century
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|Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives, Historical Photoboards Collection. Oliver L. Peterson diaries, 1895-1951. COLL MSS 101, Boxes 2-6
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Banks' Bill for Crisis Hits $100 Billion
The likely legal toll for the world's largest banks stands at $100 billion and counting as they settle claims and pay damages related to the mortgage meltdown, financial crisis and allaged interest-rate manipulation. Suzanne Kapner reports. Photo: AP.
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A few weeks ago, I put out a call on Twitter and on Facebook for detailed posts that people would like to see. I got enough great responses that I'm going to fill the entire month of July – one post per day – addressing these ideas.
On Facebook, Tyler wanted to know, "Should I stop my retirement contributions while i pay back my college loans? I am 23 and my employer will match up to 5% of my contribution. Should i continue? or hold off until my loans are paid?"
The challenge with any question like this is that it relies so much on future events. What will the stock market do over the next thirty or forty years? That's unknown. What path will Tyler's life take over the next ten years or so? That's unknown as well. Both of these factor enormously into answering the question above.
The best thing we can do is follow some reasonable approximations and rules of thumb for future investment growth while also striving to give Tyler as much freedom as possible in the coming years.
The Ghost of Investing Future
In order to get an estimate of how much someone should be investing for retirement, you have to come up with a few basic assumptions.
When will the person retire? This lets us know how many years of investing we'll be able to account for. I'll assume that Tyler will retire at 75, giving us 52 (!) years to work with.
How much of an annual raise can we assume? I usually just match this at the same rate as inflation. Speaking of inflation…
How much inflation should we assume? I usually peg this at 3%, which is pretty sound based on the economy of the last twenty five years.
How much of an annual return on stocks can we assume? Warren Buffett projects a 7% annual return over the long haul in the American stock market, so I'll use that number.
Do you see how tenuous all of these calculations are? When you estimate retirement savings, you're making a lot of guesses for the future.
What you're going to shoot for is an amount high enough so that the person's annual expenses equal 4% of the total savings at the time of retirement.
I ran the numbers, assuming that Tyler is able to live on about 75% of his salary each year. My calculations showed that Tyler should be saving somewhere between 9% and 10% of his annual income for retirement, so we'll use 10%.
10% is an excellent thumbnail to use. In this case, Tyler has the advantage of a long period until retirement, but I'm also using some pretty conservative returns on his investments for my calculations.
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In order to make it to a healthy retirement, Tyler needs to be saving 10% of his annual income starting today. He can choose to delay it a few years, but then he'll be locking down 11% or 12% or more to make it to his goals. He's a lot better off locking things down at 10% starting today.
Tyler's employer will match up to 5% of his contribution, so if Tyler contributes just 5% of his salary today, he'll be on pace for what he needs for retirement. This is exactly what I would recommend that Tyler does.
Once that's taken care of, he should throw every dime that he can at his debts. It is far easier to live a little lean now when you're single and aren't weighted down with responsibilities than to live lean later on when you're burdened with career and personal requirements.
Should Debts Ever Delay Retirement Contributions?
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President Barack Obama and presidential hopeful Mitt Romney are in the public eye almost every day, telling Americans about their plans to guide the country should they win the 2012 presidential race. Ironically, given such constant coverage, most Americans would probably be hard pressed to factually state what positions the candidates hold concerning fiscal issues, foreign policy, civil liberties, and social issues, especially to a depth great enough to compare and contrast the candidates or understand the long-term ramifications of their policies.
Americans are likely aware that Obama claims to have turned our ailing economy around, while Romney claims Obama is making the economy worse. And they are probably cognizant of the fact that Romney claims that while he was governor, he pushed fiscally sound policies and didn't raise taxes and that he will undo Obama-Care, while Obama claims Romney's policies will lead to the outsourcing of the remainder of America's manufacturing and hi-tech jobs. But are the claims true, and if they are true, are the claims meaningful?
Even with information about the candidates readily available, most Americans simply don't have the time to research the claims and counterclaims that are being made about the men, so information overload literally leads to ignorance.
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Fiscal Issues
Obama's budget plan is pretty simple: increase tax revenues by a third over the next four years and still rack up an annual deficit of about $650 billion in 2016 (see first chart below). And that's assuming his budget estimates, unlike his past projections, turn out to be accurate. Three years ago, in his first budget, he projected a deficit of $557 billion in 2012. He was off by about a factor of two. The deficit for 2012, the fiscal year ending this September 30, is now estimated to be $1.17 trillion.
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Mitt Romney promises "spending cuts of approximately $500 billion per year in 2016 assuming robust economic recovery with 4% annual growth, and reversal of irresponsible Obama-era defense cuts."
But the math on Romney's spending cuts thus far proposed doesn't match his $500 billion campaign promise. Even taking his dubious campaign figures at face value, which include $60 billion in savings by eliminating waste and fraud (a standard promise by politicians that is never realized, at least in part because of the inefficiencies inherent in government bureaucracies), the Romney campaign details less than $320 billion in proposed cuts (see "Romney's Spending Projections" chart above). And those cuts are based on cutting projected future spending, they are not based on cutting the budget in the absolute sense. Even if all the proposed cuts are made, government spending would still climb, only not as much as currently projected.
Moreover, Romney would radically increase defense spending over Obama's projections with his promise of "reversal of irresponsible Obama-era defense cuts." Romney promises to keep defense spending "at a floor of 4 percent of GDP," which is slightly less than the United States is spending this year ($718 billion) on two wars, but some $203 billion more than Obama's recommendation of $578 billion by 2016.
In short, Romney would re-spend most of his proposed "cuts" on defense and not make any substantial overall cuts in federal spending. Indeed, his campaign promises he would "Set Honest Goals: Cap Spending At 20 Percent Of GDP … Reduced from 24.3 percent last year; in line with the historical trend between 18 and 20 percent." But with his publicly released cut proposals, Romney would not substantially cut federal spending, and spending would remain at the 24 percent of GDP level into the indefinite future.
Romney does propose some tax cuts that Obama hasn't proposed, and this is the only substantial fiscal difference between the two candidates. While Obama wants to raise the income-tax rates on Americans earning $250,000 or more per year, Romney proposes only tax cuts, including:
• Make a permanent, across-the-board 20-percent cut in marginal rates
• Maintain current tax rates on interest, dividends, and capital gains
• Eliminate taxes for taxpayers with AGI below $200,000 on interest, dividends, and capital gains
• Eliminate the Death Tax
• Repeal the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT)
• Cut the corporate rate to 25 percent
• Strengthen and make permanent the R&D tax credit
• Switch to a territorial tax system
• Repeal the corporate Alternative Minimum Tax
While Romney's proposal to cut corporate tax rates may actually bring in more federal revenue, as capital that has fled abroad comes home, many of his other tax-cut proposals, in the absence of offsetting spending cuts, will spike the national debt — resulting in the creation of more money out of thin air to finance the debt, higher interest payments to service the debt, and the further decline of the dollar's purchasing power. This is not to suggest that taxes should not be lowered, but they need to be lowered through less government in order to reduce government's burden on the economy.
On balance, Romney's proposals would make the deficit significantly larger compared to current projections. This will lighten the short-term tax burden on taxpayers, but increase the burden in the long run.
Of course, presidents have little practical power in the budgeting process. Constitutionally speaking, presidents propose budgets, then Congress disposes of them and does what it wants. The Constitution requires that Congress originate all spending and tax bills. The president can do little more than set a tone and make his recommendations, and threaten to veto spending bills when Congress seems bent on passing spending that's out of line with his recommendations. But a presidential veto threat on congressional appropriations bills is usually not politically serious, as most appropriations bills contain a variety of funds that are politically impossible to do without.
Verdict: No substantial difference. Romney is somewhat better on taxes, while Obama is significantly better on deficit control.
Foreign Policy
Presidents make a major impact on foreign policy issues, in contrast to fiscal policy. This has been especially true as presidents have diverged from the constitutional principle that Congress possesses the war power.
On paper, President Obama has several major foreign policy successes to his credit. He has found and killed Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks; saved an American merchant marine captain kidnapped by Somali terrorists; and declared an end to the Iraq War in December 2011.
In actuality, Obama's success in this venue must be tempered by relevant facts. The announced withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq occurred several years later than his campaign promises to withdraw them within 16 months of taking office. Even now, the U.S. war in Iraq continues without the name. Some 5,000 mercenary troops in armored cars and attack helicopters patrol the streets of Iraq, commanded by Hillary Clinton's State Department, in addition to an increased U.S. presence of drone surveillance and strikes.
One reason Barack Obama was elected in 2008 was to end wars, but he has unleashed drone strikes — acts of war — against a half a dozen nations or more, including Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, and other countries. President Obama claims that he's kept a "tight leash" on drone strikes, but documented drone strikes have killed at least 168 children according to widely published studies. One of these children was 16-year-old, Colorado-born, U.S. citizen Abdulrahman al-Awlaki, who was killed in a Yemeni drone strike in October 2011.
Abdulrahman al-Awlaki is the only American child known to have been targeted by the Obama administration, but the Obama administration reportedly has an assassination list of people who can be killed on sight, and two other U.S. citizens have also died in drone strikes, al-Awlaki's father, Anwar, and Samir Khan. U.S. and foreign news agencies have widely reported numerous civilian casualties in the drone war.
Drone strikes would continue in a Romney administration. Mitt Romney has no problem with a presidential assassination list of American citizens either. Asked explicitly by Scott Pelley of CBS in a November 12, 2011 presidential debate: "Is it appropriate for the American president on the president's say-so alone to order the death of an American citizen suspected of terrorism?" Mitt Romney responded "Absolutely." Neither the incumbent, President Obama, nor the challenger, Romney, have a need for trial by jury to sort the innocent from the guilty because they apparently believe the president is always right when his party is in power.
Back in December 2007, then-Senator Barack Obama told the Boston Globe: "The President does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation." He of course was correct. Under Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution, only Congress has the power to "declare war." Yet as president, he engaged in a war against Libya without congressional consent. In an address to the nation on March 28, 2011 at the National Defense University, Obama acknowledged: "I authorized military action to stop the killing and enforce U.N. Security Council Resolution 1973." Gone was candidate Obama's stipulation that he needed the permission of Congress under the Constitution.
Obama's justification for war in Libya included a revolutionary statement that he would continue to put American soldiers into harm's way even when U.S. national security wasn't threatened: "There will be times, though, when our safety is not directly threatened, but our interests and our values are.... In such cases, we should not be afraid to act." Constitutionally, of course, the decision to go to war belongs to the Congress, not the president. And morally speaking, sending American soldiers to fight in aggressive and unnecessary foreign wars against countries that have not threatened or attacked us is not upholding our values; it is instead a betrayal of the trust of those patriotic soldiers.
Mitt Romney, who would be no better at restoring to Congress its rightful power to decide when to go to war, claims that he can start a war against Iran without even consulting Congress. Romney told CBS's Face the Nation on June 17 of this year:
I believe it's important for us to communicate that. I can assure you if I'm President, the Iranians will have no question but that I would be willing to take military action, if necessary, to prevent them from becoming a nuclear threat to the world. I — I don't believe at this stage, therefore, if I'm President, that we need to have war powers approval or a special authorization for military force. The President has that capacity now.
Romney's bellicosity against Iran is even more militant than Obama's, which itself stops just short of war against the Persian nation. His foreign policy is even more warlike than Obama's, if that is possible. Romney has criticized Obama's planned downsizing of the U.S. troop commitment to Afghanistan:
This past June, President Obama disregarded the counsel of his top military commanders, including General David Petraeus, and announced a full withdrawal of those 30,000 surge troops by September 2012.... There is no military rationale for it.
Both Obama and Romney not only support NAFTA but have announced their commitment to negotiate and sign more multilateral "free trade" agreements. Obama has negotiated free trade agreements with Colombia and South Korea and committed to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a regional free trade agreement still under negotiation along the lines of NAFTA. Though promoted as free trade, arrangements such as NAFTA do not eliminate government's involvement with trade; they instead create multinational bureaucracies that supplant national authority to determine trade policy.
Verdict: No substantial difference. Romney's bellicosity against Iran is marginally worse than that of Obama, who nevertheless ranks as the worst president in American history on foreign policy.
Civil Liberties at Home
A strong argument could be made that President Obama has the worst record of protecting constitutional liberties in American history, despite 2008 campaign promises to abolish torture, "eliminate warrantless wiretaps," end signing statements and executive privilege as a means of backdoor legislating, close the Guantanamo Bay prison, and "Restore Habeas Corpus," which Obama accurately described in 2008 campaign literature: "The right of habeas corpus allows prisoners to ask a court to determine whether they are being lawfully imprisoned." With the exception of making some progress on moving away from torture (Bradley Manning's solitary confinement and conditions at Baghram Air Force base in Afghanistan constitute continued torture), every one of those promises has been completely broken.
Obama has vigorously defended the wide-ranging Bush-era warrantless surveillance of American citizens with Justice Department lawyers, and has continued massive funding of the NSA warrantless surveillance capability. Under the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, government searches of American persons and private property require probable cause and a warrant from a judge, with a description of what is going to be searched and what contraband or evidence will be found. But Obama has continued, without warrants, to build a permanent database of Internet traffic through the NSA, which will be able to store the entire content of the Internet. The NSA database reputedly includes all e-mails sent through the Internet, all web pages, and the dates, times, length, and parties' numbers of all telephone conversations by American citizens.
Mitt Romney would be unlikely to dismantle the spying apparatus or confine its use to constitutional searches, having long supported the Patriot Act's warrantless surveillance provisions. Though he is silent on warrantless surveillance through the NSA, his publicly announced policy advisors include former NSA chief Michael Hayden, the man who set up and publicly defended Bush's expansive warrantless wiretap program.
President Obama has claimed the right to kill any American citizen he accuses of terrorism, even a child (as explained earlier), and in 2011 he signed a bill to grant himself the additional pretended power to detain American citizens indefinitely without trial. This power has been struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court in the cases of Rumsfeld v. Padilla and Rumsfeld v. Hamdan, but sections 1021 and 1022 of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 (NDAA) affirm "the authority of the President to use all necessary and appropriate force pursuant to the Authorization for Use of Military Force" to "detain covered persons" indefinitely without trial — including U.S. citizens — if the president determines that they are al-Qaeda or "an associated force," or that they've carried out an "attack" against the United States. The terms "associated force" and "attack" are wide-ranging terms: Anwar al-Awlaki was assassinated by the United States, though he was primarily known for using YouTube to post videos asking for violence against the United States, and had not (as far as the public has ever been informed) actually committed an act of violence himself.
Romney's views are no different from Obama's on the indefinite detention of American citizens without trial under the NDAA. The Wall Street Journal's Kelly Evans asked Romney in a January 17, 2012 presidential debate in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina: "Governor Romney, as president, would you have signed the National Defense Act as written?" Romney replied, to audience boos: "Yes, I would have. And I do believe that it is appropriate to have in our nation the capacity to detain people who are threats to this country, who are members of al Qaeda.... But let me tell you, people who join al Qaeda are not entitled to rights of due process under our normal legal code. They are entitled instead to be treated as enemy combatants."
Romney's campaign website claims, "Mitt Romney's view of the Constitution is straightforward: its words have meaning. The founding generation adopted a written constitution for a reason. They intended to limit the powers of government according to enduring principles." But Romney's other campaign rhetoric suggests that he will ignore the Sixth Amendment's requirement that every "person" receive a prompt trial by jury and the Fourth Amendment's requirement that all searches be cleared by a judge with a search warrant, probable cause, and a description of what will be searched and found.
President Obama pledged to end the Bush administration's abuse of executive orders and signing statements, and use of executive privilege, the latter a constitutional fiction designed to shield the presidency from congressional investigations into executive-branch wrongdoing. But Obama invoked executive privilege to protect his attorney general in the "Fast and Furious" gun-walking scandal when it became apparent that the Justice Department would be embarrassed by releasing information about how the U.S. government gave Mexican drug gangs some 2,000 guns. Obama has also prolifically used signing statements and executive orders as a means of undoing laws passed by Congress, such as Obama's executive order reversing the Mexico City policy on the funding of abortion providers with foreign aid dollars, issued during his first week as president. Likewise, Romney has made several broad claims about planned executive orders were he to become president, including a claim that he could overturn ObamaCare by executive order.
And Romney may actually be less likely to nominate Supreme Court justices who will protect civil liberties. One of the most important powers a president has is to appoint members of the U.S. Supreme Court (with the advice and consent of the Senate), and justices will decide many important issues related to civil liberties. "As president, Mitt will nominate judges in the mold of Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Scalia, Thomas, and Alito," Romney's campaign website says. Yet none of these "conservatives," who were nominated by Republican presidents, have been among the majority in the Padilla, Hamdan, and Boumediene cases defending the right to habeas corpus and trial by jury. Nor have they appeared interested in stopping surveillance, torture, or any other executive branch excess in the area of civil liberties. Obama's nominee Elena Kagan will likely support more restrictions on the executive branch than the people Romney promises to model his Supreme Court nominees on.
Verdict: Obama is marginally better on issues of civil liberties because he will more likely appoint — if a vacancy occurs — Supreme Court justices who will adhere more closely to the Constitution on civil liberties issues (though less so on social issues, as indicated below).
Social Issues
Barack Obama is a statist liberal on social issues, meaning that he works to thoroughly undermine traditional values, using the force of the federal government to do so. Obama is 100 percent pro-abortion, and received a 100-percent rating from the abortion organization NARAL as a senator. He voted as an Illinois state senator to fund abortions with state money, as a U.S. senator to fund embryonic stem-cell research with federal funds, and as president to overturn the Mexico City policy that banned use of foreign aid to fund abortion providers abroad, using an executive order.
Mitt Romney ran for governor of Massachusetts in 2002 as a "pro-choice" candidate to the left of his former U.S. Senate opponent Ted Kennedy (against whom he ran in 1994), but as governor claimed to have experienced a change of heart on the issue. He now claims to be 100 percent pro-life on abortion.
The abortion issue and other social issues are at the heart of why many label Romney as a "flip-flopper." As a U.S. Senate candidate against Ted Kennedy in 1994, and as a gubernatorial candidate in 2002, Romney also supported gun bans ("assault weapons" and "Brady Bill") and rejected Ronald Reagan as too conservative.
As governor of Massachusetts, Romney sent the legislature a request to double the funds for the Governor's Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth in 2005, and then vetoed it when the legislature complied with his request. Local conservative activists had complained about the inappropriate nature of the parades that the commission had sponsored. Romney then abolished the governor's commission by executive order and instead created an "Office of Diversity and Equal Opportunity" aimed at fulfilling his campaign promise to the Log Cabin Republicans of Massachusetts to "provide more effective leadership than my opponent" and "make equality for gays and lesbians a mainstream concern. My opponent cannot do this. I can and will." Romney also said he favored "gays and lesbians being able to serve openly and honestly" in the military.
Romney even banned the Boy Scouts from participating in the 2002 Olympics because of their opposition to homosexuality, and told the Boston Globe in 2004, "I feel that all people should be allowed to participate in the Boy Scouts regardless of their sexual orientation."
On marriage, there is a difference between Romney and Obama, though this will not apply directly to legitimate presidential powers. Obama has recently publicly endorsed political recognition of same-sex "marriage." Mitt Romney has backed a constitutional amendment defining marriage between a man and a woman, though Romney favors political recognition of same-sex unions under a name other than marriage.
On healthcare, ObamaCare and Romneycare are based upon identical principles, though not on the principle of federalism: Romneycare nominally leaves healthcare out of the federal sphere. But Romney's recent campaign statements in the wake of the June 2012 Supreme Court decision seem to indicate that he would keep in place every element of Obama-Care at the federal level, except the individual mandate.
Romney has better public positions on social issues than Obama, and Romney may make some differences on this issue by restoring the Mexico City policy, and by appointing more conservative Supreme Court justices. Romney's judgment is not rock-solid on social issues, as his campaign website touts the appointing of John Roberts as a model to follow. Roberts was the deciding vote on the high court that upheld the ObamaCare mandate. This has long been the case with Supreme Court appointments by Republicans. Activist Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren was a Republican governor appointed by Republican President Dwight David Eisenhower. But, on balance, Romney would more likely appoint justices who, on social issues, would comport with both the Constitution and traditional values than Obama (whose appointee Elena Kagan also voted for ObamaCare) would.
Even on such social issues as drug legalization, conservatives are more likely to back limits to the federal government's powers. In the medicinal marijuana case, Raiche v. Gonzales, only conservative justice Clarence Thomas argued that medical marijuana a cancer patient grows on her own property for her own consumption is not "commerce" subject to federal regulation under the U.S. Constitution.
Verdict: Romney is marginally better, and will more likely appoint — if a vacancy occurs — Supreme Court justices who will adhere more closely to the Constitution on social issues (though less so on civil liberties issues as indicated above).
A serious analysis of the issues facing the nation makes a choice of the "lesser of two evils" between Democratic incumbent President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney all but a coin toss, even on the Supreme Court nominations that many conservatives assume is a perpetual advantage for Republicans.
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by Christopher Johnson
A common denominator among high-level athletes, irrespective of their sport, is exceptional body control. This holds true for IRONMAN athletes, who need to maintain form across three disciplines while battling fatigue. Sound body control in each discipline of triathlon starts with hip strength and trunk stability. Swimming involves rotating the body around a longitudinal axis while maintaining a horizontal position. The low back, pelvis and hips must work in a synchronized manner for this to occur. Cycling involves maintaining a relatively fixed low back and pelvic position to enable the hips to produce force from a stable base. Lastly, in running, hip strength and stability help minimize excessive torso motion, helping the athlete conserve energy and maintain an upright position.
Exercise: the Bridge
A simple and effective exercise that challenges hip strength and trunk control is the bridge. While several variations of the bridge exist, I'm sharing a simple progression that I often have clients master before moving on to more advanced versions. The beauty of this exercise is that it can be done in the comfort of your home and requires no equipment. Watch the video below for instruction, and progress, by increasing the number of repetitions and/or the hold time. No matter your age or ability, you will benefit from this progression, which can be done both in season and for maintenance during the off-season. If you are suffering from pain and dysfunction in your low back, pelvis and/or hips, please consult a licensed medical professional to determine if these exercises are appropriate for you.
Purpose: Strengthen the low back, hip, and trunk musculature while challenging spinal control
Objective: Perform each of the three exercises in sequence without breaking form and technique
Equipment: Rug, mat and a pillow for comfort as needed.
Success: Performing one round while maintaining proper form and technique such that your hips and pelvis stay square throughout the exercise.
Mastery: Completing three bouts with 30 seconds rest while maintaining good form and technique.
Chris Johnson is a Seattle based physical therapist and triathlete. He currently manages patients out of Olympic Physical Therapy and renders performance coaching and clinical education through head2toesystems.com.


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An old lady approaches a police station and observes three women in hand cuffs waiting to go in.
The old lady asks one of the women, "Why are you in line?"
The woman looks at the other prostitutes, winks and says, "We're waiting in line for a free lollipop."
So the old lady gets in line for her free lollipop. The chief of police comes out to take the girls in and notices the old lady in line. Shocked, he says to the old lady, "'You should be ashamed of yourself!"
"Let me tell you something, sonny," the old lady replies, "as long as they keep making them, I will keep sucking them!"


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I am the president of the NY Metro Chapter of the National Autism Association. Our National parent – The National Autism Association – recently welcomed Sunlighten as a sponsor and some lucky NYC-area NAA members – myself included – had the opportunity to try their fabulous, full spectrum saunas at the Beach Bum Tanning locations in Chelsea, Forest Hills (Queens), and Saddle Brook (NJ). As many of you know, infrared saunas can be beneficial in helping individuals on the autism spectrum to detoxify, improve immune function and reduce inflammation. But they are good for everyone and as a busy mom of a child on the spectrum, I appreciated the chance to relax and do something that was good for me too!
I had my Sunlighten experience at Beach Bum's Chelsea location, 239 Seventh Ave. at 23rd St. Beach Bum has an 18+ policy, so my son couldn't try the Sunlighten sauna with me this time. However, it's still great for us, as parents, to have a relaxing, detoxifying experience. Plus, like many autism parents, I often "road test" new treatments on myself before sharing them with my son.
Many doctors and other practitioners working with children on the autism spectrum recommend infrared sauna use. In Dr. Kenneth Bock's book, "Healing theNew Childhood Epidemics" he says, "Recent evidence indicates that infrared rays may be of some benefit in stimulating immunity and providing a mild anti-inflammatory effect. In addition to helping remove toxins through perspiration, there is a growing belief that saunas also help detoxify the body by increasing the breakdown of fat cells, where toxins tend to be stored. This enhances the removal of these toxins by the liver. Fat cells can also be broken down during exercise, or by any other factor that causes loss of adipose tissue." Again, these effects are important for our kids – but also for us as parents. We need to stay well to help get our kids get well.
Of course, I have been in saunas before, and had even tried a far infrared sauna a few times. However, this was my first time in a full-spectrum sauna, one that provides near, mid and far infrared rays. Sunlighten is the only brand that makes full-spectrum infrared saunas. I was excited to experience the difference – and it was different – and better – than any other sauna that I have tried. This is the sauna I tried:
The first thing I noticed was the heat; even though the temperature is quite elevated (over 130°F!), it doesn't feel stifling hot. Anyone who knows me knows that I usually complain when the outside temperature is over 75°F, so being overheated is something to which I am acutely sensitive. Instead, the heat in the Sunlighten sauna was gentle, and I felt as though I were lounging outside a warm, sunny day. Surprisingly, it felt very comfortable and stayed that way throughout the session. Infrared heat works on a cellular level, heating our bodies directly vs. the surrounding air. This means we can sit comfortably while our body's core temperature increases resulting in a deeper sweat. And boy, do you sweat – but in a way that makes you feel like your body is getting rid of stuff it needs to, not in a cloying, overheated way. The whole experience was quite relaxing. Afterwards, I felt as if I had completed a workout or a massage; light, refreshed and just really good. I even slept better that night – it was easier to fall asleep and stay asleep, something I really struggle with. And my skin felt unusually soft too.
As a mom of a child who is sensitive to environmental toxins (and sensitive myself), I was, of course, curious about the materials used and the safety of the saunas – especially since heat is involved. The Sunlighten rep. explained to me, Sunlighten saunas are the most effective and the safest saunas available. Their Solocarbon technology is 95-99% effective and virtually eliminates all EMF for ultimate safety. They are made with hypoallergenic basswood and assembled with a patented magnetic system; no glues or VOCs are used. And since their heaters operate at a low surface temperature, they are completely safe to the touch.One other feature I was not able to try at Beach Bum but am very curious about is Acoustic Resonance Therapy (A.R.T.). A.R.T. is an additional therapy that Sunlighten offers in their saunas. Acoustic Resonance Therapy (A.R.T.) creates an environment for the body to experience the benefits of sound and vibration healing in an integrative way. Feeling the music we hear brings our bodies into harmony physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually and environmentally. Autism requires a holistic lifestyle approach and combining infrared therapy and A.R.T. provides a natural, healing environment that can benefit the whole family.
Infrared Sauna Benefits:
- Reduces inflammation caused by viral exposure
- Increase blood flow to reduce the body's hold on toxic metals
- Provides a non-invasive way to detoxify at the cellular level
A.R.T. Benefits:
- Balancing heart rate, blood pressure and increasing circulation
- Energizing and uplifting one's mood and emotional well being
- Enhanced creativity, communication and problem solving capabilities
- Significant stress reduction, including relief from symptoms of Autism
Beach Bum Tanning is currently offering a special rate of 2 sessions for $50. I hope you'll give it a try. NAA members get a special discount from Sunlighten for sauna purchases – there are many different models and price points from which to choose. For us city dwellers, check out their apartment-friendly Solo: http://www.sunlighten.com/solo-system.html
Look for information about Sunlighten at the NAA national conference next week in St. Pete's Beach to tell you more about their mission, their products and the benefits of full spectrum saunas for our kids and ourselves. Their saunas provide a gentle and relaxing way to help us relax, detox, lower our blood pressure, reduce pain and even reduce waist circumference. What's not to like about that?


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Do the Olsen twins rule the world yet? With three clothing lines under their belt, Ashley and Mary-Kate have style locked up at every price point. Nestled between tween-centric Olsenboye, and the super-luxe (and oh-so pricey) The Row, lies Elizabeth and James. The lower priced line exudes the twins' own brand of effortless cool — at costs that won't make you weep when you see your credit-card bill.
As usual, we're obsessed with the shoes. If we had to choose, we'd say the vibe is a little more Mary-Kate than Ashley. They're sophisticated and stylish, with an unmistakable edge: Think tapered-toe booties in luxe calf hair, gleaming metallic leather stilettos, and be-chained black ankle boots with just the right amount of stomp.
Ready to deck yourself out in Olsen-approved kicks? Take a peek at all our picks, straight ahead.


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Change from a mock server to live OData service for TechEd
You will learn
Change your data source from a mock server created by BUILD to a live OData service. It is important to know how to configure a connection to the backend of an application, which you will learn here.
When you create a new destination in SAP Cloud Platform, SAP Web IDE must be updated to get the latest information. Refresh or close and re-open your SAP Web IDE.
You need to add the OData service to your application. Right click on the project name. Select New > OData Service.
The OData service wizard will pop up. On the Data Connection page, select Service URL from the Sources options.
In the drop down, select
Toys OData service for TechEd Frontend app.
Enter / for the relative URL and click Test. If you configured your destination and OData connection properly, you will see a list of entities in the OData service, which include Sets and Parts.
Click Next if your data is correct.
Leave Overwrite existing OData service connections unchecked. Click Finish.
Open the metadata file for the new OData service by opening the
webapp, then the
localService, and finally the
te2017frontend folders.
Double click on the
metadata.xml file to open it. Copy the
NavigationProperty element in the XML under the entity
Locate the
Component.js file under the
webapp folder. Double click to open the file.
Two updates need to be made to this file to switch from the Mock Data to the Live Data service. Locate the server initialization line and the navigation properties variable. You want to remove the
server.init() line as this initializes the mock server. Additionally, you need to update the navigation properties to match the new entity name of Sets instead of
Comment out
server.init() on line 14 by adding 2 forward slashes (
//) to the beginning of the line.
Change the word
ToysSet to
Sets in line 18.
SAVE your changes.
Open the
manifest.json file also located in the
webapp folder.
SAP Web IDE defaults to the Description Editor. You will need to be in the Code Editor. To change to the Code Editor, locate the toolbar on the bottom of the screen. Click Code Editor in the toolbar.
You will know you are in the Code Editor because the file is all code. If you see tabs and input fields, you are still in the Description Editor. Make sure your screen matches the screenshot below.
Locate the
dataSources array in the manifest file. You have added a new data source called
te2017frontend when you added the OData service in the earlier steps. You want to make this your main data service.
main to
te2017frontend to
SAVE your changes.
Open the Master view, or the view ending with
The items binding in the List control needs to be updated to match the new entity name.
/ToysSet to
SAVE your changes.
Open the Detail controller, or the controller ending in
The expand parameter needs to be updated to match the new entity description. There are 2 instances of
PartOf in the controller file. Both need to be updated.
In the
handleRouteMatched function, find the
oParams variable. Change the value of
expand from
PartOf to
Towards the bottom of the
onInit function, right before the
onAfterRendering function, there is a reference to the expanded entity name that needs to be updated. In the
oBindingParameters variable, Change the value of
path from
PartOf to
SAVE your changes.
Copy the code from your
onInit function in the Detail (
S1) controller. Paste it in the box below.
Step 1: Reopen SAP Web IDE
Step 2: Add the OData service
Step 3: Select the service
Step 4: Validate the data source
Step 5: Change the Component file
Step 6: Change the manifest file
Step 7: Update the Master view
Step 8: Update the Detail controller
Step 9: Validate your initialization function
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Anchorage, AK
About ENA :
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Have been out of the adult dating scene for awhile and def not ready for nething serious like a relationship.. Just casual encounters; quick fix with great sex
Send me a message and I might consider you"
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About RUTHA :
"I am looking for an funny equally spontaneous guy to have some online fun with. I cant reveal my face though i dont do that on the internet.. To be honest I've never had a real serious relationship. Plus I would like to shake off my shyness and prudishness. That dont get me anywhere in this life. I am looking for someone of my age and to have a click right away for me is very important. Message me for more info!"
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Anchorage, AK
About DAVIDA :
"I am open to most anything sexually, just not into pain. I am bi curious so I am interested in meeting a man or a woman. If you contact me bear in mind that I'm just looking for a fuck buddy, not a soulmate. I look forward to setting up our first rendezvous."
Odessa (Age 27)
Anchorage, AK
About ODESSA :
"I've been single for a while, Ive not even dated. OMG what do I miss that! And oh what do I have a desire for a man. My sexual needs are so huge, but I do not to deal with it . I often do not know how to start a conversation with a man. And besides, I usually work in the evenings, during the day I sleep if I do my own household, so I do not go outside so often. So I'm often at odd times available when bars are long closed to meet men. If only alternative remains online flirting and dating …. It starts with flirting and if you like, dating!"


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John here with a wrecky collage of cakes which are "near and dear" to my heart: sports cakes.
I like to think one of the reasons Jen was first attracted to me (besides my devastating, Kiefer-Sutherland-before-he-got-too-skinny-on-24 good looks*, of course) is my natural affinity for sports. Sure, I don't like to watch them much, or talk about them, or really play any, but I am way more knowledgeable on the subject than Jen is. (Granted, Jen thinks 4D chess deserves its own Olympic category, so that's not saying much, but still...)
Anyway, I've been asked to shed a little testosterone-fueled light on some of these here basketball cakes. Here goes.
The first thing to know is that the ball is round. Like so:
(In the decorator's defense, it is really hard to make a round cake. It's not like they make pans for that kind of thing.)
This baker solved the round problem with a classic "spinning rug of poo on a bed of scrapple" approach:
Then again, maybe it's not spinning so much as it is sprouting ear hair... which raises a bunch of other questions I won't get into right now.
(Oh, and this is probably a good place to mention that it's never a good idea to change tips and/or Wreckerators mid-cake. Nobody likes mismatched balls.)
Next we have the ever popular basketball-flower-with-an-obligatory-face cake:
What's with all the faces on balls anyway? Is there a rule that says that all round objects on a cake have to be looking at you?
And if so, what kind of occasion calls for a nauseous basketball, anyway?
At least this last one looks happy, if a bit demented.
Aaaand we've come full circle with the round thing again. Given that they're both dreaded CCCs *ptooie* , that's not much of a surprise.
So in conclusion, sports are an inspiring blah blah blah full of life lessons blah blah blah, funny joke that showcases my wit and charm... blah blah.
Jessica S., Hallie S., Tara M., Erin K., and Ann Marie W., try to contain yourselves, please; I'm happily married**.
- Related Wreckage: Have a Ball!
* Jen wrote that, not me. (I would have gone with a Matt Damon/Brad Pitt mash-up.)
**And by "happily" I mean "ecstatically overjoyed with every passing day" - er, did I get that right, Sweetie?


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THE SPORTS DOCTOR- Polo poison: What probably caused this sports disaster
When 21 Venezuelan polo ponies died last weekend, many people blamed steroids. And why not? After all, when it comes to performance enhancing drugs in the world of horseflesh makes the Tour de France look like a church picnic. But the fact remains that when 21 horses die and there's not a barn fire involved, steroids aren't the reason. The actual culprit may be much more insidious in its mundanity.
Last year, a lot of people lost money betting on Big Brown to win the Belmont Stakes. Were it not for a crack in his left front hoof, surely Big Brown would have been the first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978. And why not? Whatever Big Brown's pedigree lacked, his trainer, Rick Dutrow, was happy to provide.
Luckily for Dutrow, who has been fined or suspended at least once a year since 2000 for doping violations, Wintrol, the anabolic steroid with which he injected Big Brown, was legal in 28 of the 38 states with racing, including those with the Triple Crown.
The use of steroids and medications in horse racing is so pervasive that Congress held a hearing about it last June. Since then several states, including Kentucky, have approved sweeping steroid bans for racehorses and many hope US, Polo will follow suit.
If you've ever owned horses, you know nothing is more dangerous than what they ingest. You shouldn't feed horses first-cut hay that isn't treated with a preservative, because it often doesn't dry properly and develops mold, which can kill a horse. Lou Lopez, coach of Virginia Polo, recently threw away two bales of hay. "I opened them, and the mold just flew out."
And hay is just the beginning. Sudangrass and sorghum-sudangrass hybrids can cause death; older varieties of tall fescue may contain an endophyte fungus that causes severe health problems when eaten in summer– even common plants can poison horses. Is it any wonder many owners choose to purchase feed instead?
Most horse feed is produced on the same machines that process cattle feed: a dangerous gamble. A 1999 case of poisoning ended up in Virginia's courts when twenty horses were poisoned by a mistaken delivery of cattle feed laced with the antibiotic lasalodic. All twenty horses colicked, and five died. Lasolodic is an ionophore, a class of additives commonly fed to cattle to improve feed efficiency and promote growth.
The manner in which the Venezuelan polo ponies died is shockingly similar to that of another type of ionophore poisoning: Rumensin.
In 2005, Tennessee Farmers Cooperative recalled four lots of horse feed that was contaminated with of Rumensin. The following year, Western Stockmen's issued a recall of its Pride Mature Horse Feed, lot 7701-05030, for the same reason.
According to a local equine doctor, plants are required to run three waste batches of untreated feed through a mill when switching from cattle to horse feed, but only takes 80 parts per million of Rumensin to cause sudden heart failure in a horse.
The polo team's vet, Dr. James Belden, cited the immediate cause of death in the 21 horses as pulmonary edema and cardiac arrest. Before they died, the horses acted "dizzy and disoriented." Rumensin's own data warns of "degenerative and reparative tissue changes, electrocardiogram changes, congestive heart failure and skeletalmuscle changes, elevated blood enzymes" in horses that ingest it.
Down at the US Open, it's not the polo that smells. Two FDA inspections of the Western Stockmen's feed mills (available under FOIA) reveal that safe practices were not in place, recommended practices were not followed, and horse feed was routinely contaminated with Rumensin. According to every vet, horse trainer and breeder I asked, those 21 Venezuelan horses must have died from poisoned feed, and all mentioned Rumensin by name. One vet said he "would be the most shocked person in the world" if it turned out to be anything else.
Unfortunately, there is no tissue test for Rumensin, so chances are if that is the cause of death, we may never know.
Of course, tainted feed is not the only thing that leads to heart failure in horses: bad medicines, moldy bedding, even muscle liniments could be at fault. The bottom line is that someone somewhere sold a poisonous substance to the Venezuelan polo team, and 21 horses died as a result. Everything those horses ate, drank, slept in, or were rubbed could be on the market right now. You could very well have it in your own barn and you don't know it.
Not so mundane, is it?


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To maintain healthy teeth, it's essential to have good oral and dental hygiene. It is also vital to visit our dentist, who will provide advice and instructions on how to take care of your teeth properly. During your initial visit to Dental Care at Trinity Lakes in Odessa, Florida, you can expect your oral exam to be accompanied by x-rays or other dental imaging techniques.
Dental imaging helps our dentist make a well-informed diagnosis and treatment plan catered to your unique needs. There are various types of x-rays available for dental imaging. Depending on your symptoms, some x-ray procedures will be more suitable than others. Take a closer look at some of the modern dental imaging procedures we may use during your visit.
Digital X-Rays
Among the most commonly used dental imaging techniques, digital x-rays are especially valuable because they don't expose you to as much radiation as film x-rays. The resulting images aid our dentist in identifying any growths or abnormalities in the gums, teeth and enamel with efficiency.
The digital x-ray machine is connected to a computer that displays the image minutes after it is taken. This process is not only convenient, but it also allows our dentist to view the results immediately instead of having to wait hours or days.
Intraoral Camera
Another common dental x-ray, the intraoral camera, is utilized when our dentist needs to take x-rays that show the interior of your mouth as clearly as possible. In this case, the camera is largely focused on the inside of your mouth.
There are three different types of intraoral x-rays that can be used, and each is chosen based on the area of the mouth that is being x-rayed. These variations include:
· Periapical X-ray: The periapical x-ray reveals the entire tooth, from its starting point in the jaw to the enamel. This style of dental imaging is important to identify any unusual growths, abnormalities or changes which might be occurring at the root, near the gum or in other bone structures.
· Bitewing X-ray: Focusing on the enamel of the teeth, bitewing x-rays are essential for identifying cavities and tooth decay between the teeth. Tooth decay caused by gum diseases are also easy to identify with this tool. In situations where fillings need replacing, the bitewing x-ray can be used to identify the level of deterioration that has occurred.
· Occlusal X-ray: Occlusal x-rays allow for a broader look at the placement and overall arch of the teeth. This technique is largely used to identify alignment problems that need to be fixed with braces.
Our dentist may use any these styles of intraoral camera x-rays based on your particular dental needs.
Oral Cancer Screening (Velscope)
Our dentist may also recommend that you get tested or screened for oral cancer. One of the tools used for oral cancer screening is Velscope, which is a technology that is recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO) and is efficient in diagnosing oral cancer. The system works by analyzing and providing visual representations of abnormalities in the oral mucous that may not be visible to the naked eye. It's one of the most widely used tools for oral cancer screenings today.
iTero Dental Impressions
Used to get effective intraoral x-rays, the iTero dental impressions provide a 3D image of your teeth. This technique is used to acquire dental impressions for braces, dental fillings, dental crowns, implants and more. The iTero dental impressions tool takes minutes to use and can be operated without any protective wear.
CEPH X-Ray
A CEPH X-ray, also known as a cephalometric analysis, is a type of panoramic x-ray that displays the entire bone structure of your neck and head. Our dentist will use this dental imaging technique to identify any problems in the jaw, neck and head areas that may be affecting your oral and facial bone development.
This tool is useful for understanding the occurrence of underbites and overbites, and it helps realistically predict the movement of teeth when applying various treatments. With the condition of the jaw in mind, the CEPH X-ray can work out how the teeth will move and predict how soon the results will occur.
Digital X-rays
Digital X-rays are one of the most important advancements in dentistry. This technology replaces conventional X-rays, reducing the use of film, harsh chemicals and waste materials used to capture the images. Unlike traditional X-rays, digital X-rays use less radiation. They also make it easier for our dentist to accurately and efficiently reach a diagnosis as their processing time is faster, providing immediate results.
Intraoral Camera
An intraoral camera is a small video camera that takes an image of the outside of the gum or tooth. The intraoral camera resembles an oversized pen. While simultaneously viewing a monitor, the dentist inserts the camera into a patient's mouth and gently shifts it about so that images can be taken from a variety of angles.
The intraoral camera is extremely helpful in diagnosing dental conditions such as tooth decay and cracked teeth and in educating the patient. Since the intraoral camera is used in tandem with a computer screen or television monitor, your dentist can easily show you, in real-time, if you have a fractured tooth or need gum disease treatment. A picture is worth a thousand words!
Time-savings that come with the intraoral camera are especially noticeable when your dentist needs to take several images at one time. Intraoral camera images are easy to re-take, print and duplicate. Printouts can be sent to dental insurance companies to strengthen claims. In fact, these images are so useful that some insurance companies now accept images via e-mail; the reduced paper trail cuts down on claim-processing time and is an environmentally friendly option as well.
For more information on the intraoral camera at Dental Care at Trinity Lakes, call us at 727-312-5035 today!
At Dental Care at Trinity Lakes in Odessa, Florida, we utilize a variety of dental imaging technologies to ensure each patient receives the treatments they need. Take the first step in achieving your dental goals today by calling 727-312-5035. Our dentist and team are here to schedule your appointment, answer your questions and address any concerns.


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A2K Presets for Kustom / KLWP v2.42
A2K Presets for Kustom / KLWP v2.42
Requirements: 4.4+
Overview: This is not a stand alone application, download Kustom Live Wallpaper and its pro key before use.
What you need:
1. Kustom Live Wallpaper (KLWP) and its Pro key, available for download here in playstore
2. Compatible launcher that supported by KLWP, Nova launcher is recommended, always turn the dock in launcher off
3. Kustom Icon Plugin, available in playstore, so we can use icon pack image in KLWP
4. Download A2K presets
5. Open your KLWP editor, choose menu icon on top left, then load preset
6. Look inside "installed" section, find A2K, then choose your preset selection
7. Press disc icon / save on top right, then select it as wallpaper, tick any needed notifications
8. Always check "globals" section in KLWP editor to set any preset in A2K as you need
9. Depends on the preset used, but it is a good idea to keep your homescreen clean from widget or icon since they will be on top of the KLWP
10. Check this video to guide you through setting A2K preset:
New presets with be added regularly, some old presets will be removed to keep the apk size manageable, all removed presets will be available free in AH Kollection, we can download it from playstore.
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A huge new set of rules on revenue recognition from the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the International Accounting Standards Board, which was 12 years in the making, made a thump when it was released last week. The complexity, to put it lightly, was overwhelming.
The rules, which will be implemented in 2017, set a uniform standard of revenue recognition that all companies — from utilities to banks — must follow. They will make life easier for chief financial officers and analysts, who will be able to compare revenue trends across industries. But investors still need to take companies' revenue with a grain of salt, at least until they dig deeper into financial statements to gain a more detailed understanding.
You need to know one thing that isn't in the new rules: Investors must focus on cash flow when considering buying a stock and reviewing performance. Cash flow is simply the net amount of cash moving into or out of a business within a given time period. Operating cash flow is cash generated by a business' normal operations. Cash flow is important for investors, since a company can show a profit while its cash dwindles because of debt payments or slowing collections from customers meant to pump up sales.
You may see the term "free cash flow" being used because it measures how much cash flow remains after capital expenditures. This is important for investors relying on dividends, since it shows how much room a company has to raise them, as we recently discussed in five dividend stocks that offset inflation in retirement. A company may also decide to direct free cash flow toward organic expansion or an acquisition.
Aggressive revenue recognition
Here's an outline of a major problem that's not addressed in the new rules, from "What's Behind the Numbers," by John Del Vecchio and Tom Jacobs.
"Revenue is 'realized' when goods, services, merchandise, or other assets are exchanged for cash or claims on cash. There is a large difference between a dollar deposited in the company checking account and having a claim on one."
That is why investors need to look at statements of cash flow, in addition to income statements and balance sheets. Investors also must read the footnotes to quarterly and annual filings to gain a better understanding of the "quality" of a company's revenue growth.
For example, a company could report solid revenue growth, while showing accounts receivables growing at a faster pace. That may not be a problem over a relatively short period, but it cannot go on forever. Eventually something will blow up.
One way to measure the trend, as described by Del Vecchio and Jacobs, is to calculate a company's days sales outstanding (DSO). This can be done by dividing accounts receivable by quarterly revenue, and multiplying the result by 91.25. You can then compare DSO quarter-over-quarter, as well as year-over-year, "to account for business seasonality."
"Changes can come from economic slowdowns, poor collection, and so on, but the practice we want to catch is a change in payment terms that borrows revenue from the future to make this quarter look better than it is," Del Vecchio and Jacobs wrote.
One goal of the authors is to identify stocks to sell short, or betting on a decline in the share price. Shorting stocks is among the riskiest strategies because if a stock price rises, you can lose everything. But learning what short investors look for can help you avoid losing money by selling a stock or not buying it in the first place.
An example of a recent short position for Del Vecchio's AdvisorShares Ranger Equity Bear ETF HDGE, -0.33% is 3D Systems Corp. DDD, +0.00%, which Del Vecchio said in an article on 247wallst.com had shown DSO rising "eight days year-over-year to the highest level in years," with "50% of the organic revenue growth … due to building inventory in the sales channel."
Del Vecchio, in a phone interview, said 3D Systems remains his "favorite short idea."
"It is our opinion their revenue recognition policy has gotten more aggressive and that they are pushing a lot of product into the channel," he said.
3D Systems Corp. is headquartered in Rock Hill, S.C., and makes 3D-printing equipment to help manufacturers in various industries using a variety of materials. The stock has plummeted 46% this year, following a 161% gain during 2013. The shares trade for 42.2 times the consensus 2015 EPS estimate of $1.20 and 38.9 times the consensus 2015 cash flow estimate of $1.30 a share.
Despite the sharp drop this year, many short investors haven't covered their positions yet, as they see greater downside opportunity. According to FactSet, 34% of 3D Systems shares available for trading are currently sold short.
"We take 500 large-cap stocks and score them based on the quality of their earnings sustainability of financial results," Del Vecchio said. The ones that raise fed flags are shorted by the Ranger Bear ETF. For investors looking to avoid the higher volatility of a short-only ETF, Del Vecchio also runs the Forensic Accounting ETF FLAG, +0.68%, which takes long positions in all the screened large-cap stocks not shorted by the Ranger Equity Bear ETF. Neither ETF is leveraged or uses derivatives, according to Del Vecchio.
When discussing the new FASB revenue-recognition guidelines, Del Vecchio said: "Merging standards is a positive, allowing for comparison across regions and sectors, so theoretically that's good."
Then again, he expects the hyper-focus on quarterly results to continue, "which may not be good" for a company.
"There is a need for greater disclosure than what was put in [the new revenue reporting standards] because there are a lot of subjective estimates included in these new principles," Sandy Peters, who heads the Financial Reporting Policy Group at the CFA Institute, said in a phone interview.
According to Peters, for the 30 stocks included in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, there has been "amazingly little disclosure for such an important number." The new rules include many new disclosure requirements, but Peters says there's a need for investors and analysts "to ask questions about the underlying assumptions used when recognizing revenue."
"This standard might change the pattern of revenue recognition, but ultimately investors need to concern themselves with what cash is collected," Peters added.
Homework for investors includes reviewing earnings releases, the much more detailed quarterly 10-Q filings and annual 10-K filings and, if possible, listening to earnings calls or reviewing transcripts to see how management answers detailed questions and revenue recognition.


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LLVMpipe Scaling With Intel's Core i7 Gulftown
Posted by Philipp Esselbach on: 11/01/2010 03:00 PM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ]
Phoronix tested LLVMpipe Scaling with Intel's Core i7 Gulftown
When finding out that an Intel Core i7 970 "Gulftown" CPU was on the way, which boasts six physical cores plus another six logical cores via Hyper Threading, immediately coming to mind was to try out this latest Intel 32nm processor with the Gallium3D LLVMpipe driver. There's a lot to love about Gallium3D when it comes open-source Linux graphics drivers with the possibilities being presented by the different state trackers (such as native Direct3D 11 support on Linux) and the hardware drivers themselves being more advanced, easier to write, and eventually should be much faster than the classic Mesa drivers for Linux. One of the drivers that has especially been of interest is LLVMpipe, which is an attempt to finally make a useful CPU-based software rasterizer for Linux by leveraging the Low-Level Virtual Machine infrastructure. Here is our introductory article to LLVMpipe and even with a Core i7 "Bloomfield" processor the driver is very demanding, but with Intel's Gulftown the results are somewhat surprising as we experiment with how this CPU-based driver scales up to twelve threads.
LLVMpipe Scaling With Intel's Core i7 Gulftown


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text: SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Tech stocks mostly fell in early trades on Thursday, with Facebook Inc. and the company now known as BlackBerry leading the declines. Facebook FB, -0.15% fell more than 6% as several brokers downgraded the stock following its fourth quarter results, which included a forecast for heavy spending in 2013. BlackBerry, which still trades under the name Research In Motion rimm, slid more than 9% after Credit Suisse downgraded the stock to underperform. Fusion-io fio slid more than 13% after several downgrades that followed its own quarterly report. Qualcomm QCOM, -0.85% was a rare gainer, picking up more than 5% following better-than-expected results. The Nasdaq Composite COMP, -0.22% fell fractionally to 3,140 while the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index SOX, -0.32% fell 0.2%.


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Newlyweds Evan Rachel Wood and Jamie Bell were given a nasty shock over the weekend after discovering their hotel room had been raided by a thief.
The actors are enjoying a low-key honeymoon after exchanging vows in an intimate ceremony in California last week, but on Sunday they found a number of their belongings were stolen.
Taking to Twitter, Wood writes, "Dude!! @1jamiebell and i just got robbed!! Found our room ransacked. We are safe and have everything we need. So all is well. damn."
The "Wrestler" actress stopped short of giving out any further details about where the incident took place or what was taken, and it is not yet known whether the couple filed a police report over the matter.


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